The Springdale news., 1907-03-29

ton thereto, be land owners with in the district. Said directors shall hold office for d term of six years. except that at the first election held under the outhority of this Act. one thereof shall be selected for two years. one for four years and one for six years, and thereafter one member of said board of di- reotorS shall be elected every two years. on the second anniversary of the date of the first election. for the full term of six years.
 Sec. 4 In the case of an elee- tion held iu d district formed of less than the area of the entire county, the result thereof shall be declared by the judges of the election holding the same, and certificates shall be issued to each director so shown to be elect ed; and in the case of district formed of the territory of the entire county, the returns shall be delivered to the county clerk, who, together with two justices of the peace of the county, shall cast up the returns from the Sev- eral voting precincts and declare the result thereof; and the said county clerk shall under his hand
 
 and official seal. issue the certiti- cates to the persons so shown to be elected director or directors. In the case of district formed out Of the territory of an entire county. the county clerk shall designate date not less than ten days nor more than twenty days after the declaration of the election of said directors OH which the said directors shall assemble for the purpose of or ganization; and in d district con- taining less than the area of the entire county, the said date of meeting for organization shall be l likewise indicated by the judges holding the election aud declar- ing the result thereof. Each di- rector elected shall hold his office until his successor Is elected and qualified. In case vacaney Y shall occur by death. resignation or otherwise III board of diree- tors, then the county court shall fill the vacancy by appointment, which shall expire at the next regular election. And in the case of the refusal of any such director to serve. the vacancy shall be filled m the same way. The said directors shall take the oath of office prescribed by sec tion 20 of article l9 of the Con- stitution. The said board of di- rectors shall elect secretary for such period and on such eompen- Sation as shall from time to time i be determined. The said board shall likewise make such rules and regulations as shall be deem- ed necessary to carry into effect the purpose of their appointment. They may adopt seal, and em- ploy all officers and agents and make all contracts necessary to l build. construct. maintain and repair the roads in their respec- 1 tive districts and do all things necessary to carry out and make effective the purposes of this Act. The said directors shall organize by electing one of their number president. The secre- tary may be member of the Board of directors. or be chosen l from persons not such members
 Sec. ;. The said board of directors shall have, and they are hereby vested with. power and authority to build. construct, maintain and repair such road or roads within their respective districts dS may be deemed necessary, and in dong so shall exprnd sums of money authorized to be levied and collected uuder authority Of this Act But no board of diree- tors shall have authority to make and enter into a contract or ere ate liability in the dis charge of winch sum of money shall be necessary that will exceed twenty per cent of the value of the real prop erty located within the limits of the said district. This limit of twenty per cent Is absolute and shall not be exceeded regardless Of the number of roads the building, construction. maintenance and re- pair of which may be deemed necessary, nor the length of time required to do the work. That before any tax Is levied under au- thoritg of this Act, the several and particular tracts of land that are to be benefited by the build