The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.

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 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.
 No. S5S.) AN ACT (I. B. 6s2 To amend Sections G. 9, 10, Is, r, 19 and 20,
 of an act entitled An act to provide
 for the redistrictng of the public schools
 of the State and for the management
 and control of the same" approved Sep
 tember 90, 1903.
 Be it enacted by the Legislat ature of Ala bama.
 Section 1. That Section of an act en- titled "An act to provide for the redis- tricting of the public schools of the State, and for the management and control of the same, approved September 30, 19O3 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That on the first Saturday in July, 190S and each fourth year thereafter at an hour to be fixed and appointed by the County Superintend- end of Education of each county and to be uniform throughout the county, after notice has been given thereof by the County Superintendent of Education by publication in a newspaper published in said county for three successive weeks (the expenses to be paid out of the coun- ty treasury) and if there be no newspa- per published in the county, then by writ ten notices sent to each of the chairman of the Boards of District Trustees in such county, the qualified electors of each pub lie school district shall meet at the dis trict school house and elect from among fraa holders and house holders who can read and write residing In such dis tricts, a local board of three district trus- tees whose duty shall be as hereinafter provided. The chairman, or In his ab- sence, a member. of the Board of District Trustees shall preside over such meeting and shall certify to the County Super intendent of Education the result of the election held thereat which certificate must show the names of the district trus- tees elected at said meeting for the dis trict and said certificates must be filed with the County Superintendent of Edu- cation within five days after such meet ing and election; provided, however, that in the event the chairman or other mem- Der of such board of district trustees should not be present at the time fixed for said meeting, or being present should wilfully fail or refuse to call said meeting to order to preside over the same, then the qualified electors of such district as- sembled may choose from among their number a person to preside over such meeting, and such person shall be fully authorized to so preside and to make the certificate of election of district trustees had at such meeting and to file the same as herein above provided. Any qualified voter of such district may within ten days after the holding of such election contest the election of any person or per sons shown to be elected by said certifi- cate, by filing contest In writing with the county superintendent of education and addressed to the County Board of Education, stating therein the ground for such contest, and it shall be the duty of the County Board of Education upon mo- tice to them by the county superintend- ent of education of the filing of such con- tests within twenty days from the hold ing of the election. And it shall be the duty of the county superintendent of edu- cation upon the filing of all such contests to immediately notify in writing each per son whose election is contested, Of the filing of the same and of the date and place where such contest shall De heard. Such district trustees shall hold office for the term of four years from the time of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
 Sec. ?. That Section of said act shall be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: It shall be the duty of said district trustees to care for all school property, nominate teachers for their school districts, such nomination to be subject to the approval of the Coun- ty Board of Education, the contract to teach to be made with said County Board of Education, to visit the schools within their respective districts, observe the man. agement of the same, to make quarterly reports of the condition of such school to the County Superintendent of Education, and to perform such other duties as may be required by the County Board of Edu- cation hereinafter provided for; provided that if said district trustees shall fail or refuse for period of thirty days after required in writing by the County Board of Education to nominate and submit for approval a teacher or teachers for their district, or for such period after so re- quired in writing, shall fail or refuse to perform any of the duties required of them under this act. then and in such event, the County Board of Education shall be authorized to perform any such duties Qncluding the nominati tion and em- ployment of teachers in lieu of said dis trict trustees), wherein they have failed to perform them.
 Sec. 3. That Section 10 of said act shall be and the same is amended to read as follows: The chairmen of the several boards of district trustees shall meet at the court house in their respective coun- ties on the second Saturday in August after their election and shall elect four county trustees who shall hold office for term of four years from the date of their election and until their successors