The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-03-22

corporation, shall elect from outside the
board secretary and treasu rcr,
bat in independent districts no teacher
or. other employee of the board shall be
eligible as secretary. All officers shall
be elected by ballot and the vote shall
be recorded by the secretary. Should
the secretary or treasurer fail to report
as provided in sections twenty-seven
hundred siNty-fve (27G5) and twenty
seven hundred sixty-nine (27G9) of this
chapter, it shall be the duty OF the new
board to take any action necessary to
secure a proper settlement
Sec. a. That section twenty-seven
hundred sixty-two (2762) of the code be
and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the words "the March and
September meetings" in lines six and
seven inserting in lieu thereof the
words 'cach regular annual meeting"
Sec. 5. That section twenty-seven
hundred sixty-four (27G4) Of the code be
and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the words September and
the third Monday in September in line
two and inserting in lieu thereof the
words Juno and the first day of July"
Sec. 6. That section twenty-seven
hundred siNty-fve (2765) of code be and
the same is hereby amended by striking
outahe words "third Monday in Sep
tember of in the third line and insert
ing in lieu thereof the words regular
July meeting in"
Sec. Z. That section twenty-seven
hundred siNty-nine (2769) of the code be
and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the words con the third
Monday in September" in the fourth
line and inserting in lieu thereof the
words "at it's regular July meeting"
Sec. 8. That section twenty-seven
hundred seventyt three (2773) of the
code be and the same is hereby amended
by striking out the words "third Mon
day in March" in lines ten and eleven
and inserting in lieu thereof the words
"irst of July"
Sec. 8. That section twenty-seven
hundred eighty-flve (27S5) of the code
be and the same is hereby amended bv
striking out the words "tenth DAYS of
September" in the eighth line and in
serting in lieu thereof the words eff
teenth days of June" and by striking
out the word Fifteenth" in the tenth
line and inserting in lieu thereof the
word twentieth"
Sec. 10. That section twenty-seven
hundred ninety-three (2793) of the code
be and the same is hereby repealed, and
the following enacted in lieu thereof:
"The boundary lines of contiguous
svaool corporations in the same county
may be changed by concurrent action Of
the respective boards of directors at
their regular meeting in July, or at
special meeting thereafter called for
fhot NN,a
which territory is detached shall after
government sections of land, and it's
boundary lines must conform to the
lines of congressional divisions of land.
In the same manner, the boundary lines
Of contiguous school corporations in the
same county may be so changed that
one corporation shall be included in and
consolidate with the other as single
corporation"
Sec. II. That section twenty-eight
hundred (2S00) Of the code be and the
same is hereby amended by striking
out the words third Monday in March
following in the the last line of said
section, and inserting in lieu thereof
the words "first day of July following,
unless that day falls on Sunday, in
which case the day AFTER"
Sec. II. That section twenty-eight
hundred one (2S0D of the code be and
the same is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the word ''September" in line
three and inserting in lieu thereof the
word "July".
Sec. 13. That section twenty-eight
hundred two (2S02) of the code be and
the same is hereby repealed and the
following enacted in lieu thereof:
"When any changes are made in the
boundaries of any school corporations
the new corporation shall elect board
of directors in accordance with the new
boundaries, and such new boards shall
organize as provided in section twenty
seven hundred tifty-seven (2750 of this
chapter. The boards of directors in Of
flee at the time the changes are made in
the boundaries of the school corpora
tions, shall continue to act until the
boards of directors repre- senting The
newly formed districts have been duly
organized, whereupon the new boards
shall make an equitable division of all
assets and liabilities of the corporations
affected; and, if they cannot agree, the
matter upon which they differ shall be
decided by disinterested arbitrators,
and selected by each board having an
interest therein, and if the number thus
selected is even then one shall be addel
by the county superintendent, and the
decision of the arbitrators shall be
made in writing either party having
the right to appeal therefrom to the
district court"
Sec. IA. That the law as it appears
in section twenty-eigh hundred six
(2SO6) of the supplement to the code he
and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the word "March" in line
two and inserting in lieu thereof the
word July, and by striking out the
word "May" in the fourth and sixteenth
lines and inserting in lieu thereof in
each place the word August.
Sec. Is. This act being deemed of
immediate Importance shall be in full
force and effect on and after it's publ
cation in the Register and Leader and
the Des Moines Capital, newspapers
published in Des Moines, Iowa.
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