Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

clerk of each town and the village con-
cefned ana II the question be adopted, tde
result shall also be certified to the state
superintendent by the clerk Of each munich
p1lity Interested, such certificate TO be filed
with the state superintendent within six
days after the election and such tract of
territory shall upon approval of the state
superintt Gdent constitute a union free high
school district.
Section 4o5-T. II an existing free high
school district is included In the tract or
territory embraced in the proposed union
free high school district, the formation of
the union free high school district and the
establishment of high school according
to the provisions OF this act shall annul
the organization Of the existing free high
school district
Section 1865. The officers of such high
school district shall be a director, treasurer.
aud clerk. who shall have the same au-
thOrity, be charged with the same duties
and be under the same liabilities as Ike
officers Of other free high school districts.
The term Of each shall be three years, be
ginning with the annual union free hlgh
school district meeting held on the third
Monday IN March, and each officer elected
shall continue In Office until his successor
shall have been chosen. provided that at
the first election the clerk shall be chosen
for one year, the treasurer for two years,
and the director for three years. and all Of
said omcers may be chosen at the same
election at which the question of establish
ing 2 union free high school is submitted.
In such cases p separate ballot box shall
be provided for the election Of officers,
and q plurality OF the votes cast shall be
sufficient to elect IL case an incorpora ted
village shall be included IN the proposed
union free high school district the officers
of the election In the outside territory shall
meet at once after the polls are closed, in
the Office CT the village clerk and the votes
for said officers in the outside territory and
III the village shall be counted Il joint
vote, and plurality Of the votes cast shall
be sufficient TO elect.
The time uutil the first annual meeting
shall be counted as the first year II de-
termining the term Of office. Thereafter
officers shall be elected annually in place
Of those whose terms expire at the annual.
meeting of such union free high school dis
trict.
Section 495-8 The annual union free
nigh school district meeting for the cleo
ton of officers and the transaction Of other
business shall be held on the third Wednes-
day IN March, Unless that be a legs! holi-
day, IN which case it shall be held the
next day.
The election Of district officers shall be
held In some convenient room in the union
free high school building, If there be SUCH
building, and If not, then in some other
convenient room determined upon by the
board and specified in the notice, II the
notice does not SO specify it shall be IN
derstood that the building in which the
last annual meeting was held shall be the
building designated.
lot and suitable ballot boxes shall be pro
vided therefor. The polls shall be opened
at one O'Clock in the afternoon Of the day
fixed by law for holding the annual free
high school district meeting and shall be
closed at seven o'clock Of the same day.
The time Of opening and closing the polls
as well as the place Of holding the cleo
ton. shall be specified In the notice Of such
election or meeting, but a failure to SO
specify the time Of opening and closing the
polls and designating the place where me
annual meeting or election is to be held ana
conducted shall not vitiate such election.
Immediately after the polls are closed
and the ballots counted the electors snail
organize for the purpose of conducting the
regular and usual business, other than the
election Of officers, necessary for carrying
on and maintaining the union tree high
larly organized the result of the election Of
officers shall be declared,
The officers conducting the election shall
consist Of the union free high school dis
trict clerk and two other persons selected
BY the school district board. II an in
COTporated village is comprised IN the uiS-
trlCt one officer shall be selected from the
village and one from the territory lying
outside OF the village and included In the
aDeCtOrs and clerks Of this election snail
make and keep a list of all the electors,
men and women, voting at the election.
The amount OF compensation paid TO the
inspectors or clerks Of election shall be
such sum as may be agreed upon by the
district board, not TO exceed two dollars
for each inspector engaged and acting IN
conducting this election, said compensation
to be paid from any funds in the treasury
OF the school district not otherwise appro-
priated.
Section 1910. 1t sh~u be the duty
Of the district board to I'oet on the Sat
urGay Immediately preceding the annual
meeting, carefully examine the accounts Of
the treasurer and make up full and item
lied report Of all receipts and expenditures
since the last annual meeting, of the amount
in the hands Of the treasurer or the amount
OF the deficit, II any, for which the district
IS liable, of the amount necessary to be
raised by taxes for the report Of the school
for the ensuing year and of the amount
required to pay the interest or principal of
any debt due or to become due during the
year; which report shall be submitted in
writing at the annual meeting and recorded
by the clerk at length with the action
thereon in the proceedings Of the meeting.
Section 495--11. The clerk shall give
at least sig, days previous notice Of the
annual meetings by posting notices there
for in six or more public places in the
district of which shall be affixed to
the outer door Of the union free high school
building, If there be one In the district,
and he shall give like notice for any ad-
iOurned meeting If the adjournment be for
more than one month but no annual meet
ing shall be deemed Illegal for want OF
due notice, unless 1T shall appear that the
omission to give such notice was wilful and
fraudulent.
Section 4)5-12. Special meetings shall
be called " the clerk or in his absence by
the director or treasurer on the written
request Of twenty legal voters Of the dis
trict, and notices thereof specifying par
tlcuIarly the business to be transacted shall
be posted in the manner prescribed for call
ing the annual meeting; and the electors
when lawfully assembled at Il special meet
ing shall have power to transact the same
business as at the first or annual meeting
except the election Of officers But no more
than one such special meeting TO consider
the same subject shall be held in the dis
trict in the same school year. No tax
loan or debt shall be voted at a special
meeting unless thTee-fOurths Of the legal
voters shall have been notified either per-
sonally or by written notice left at their
places Of residence, stating the time place
and objects of the meeting, and specifying
the amount proposed to be voted at least
six days before the time appointed there
for exclusive Of the day on which the
meeting Is TO be held
Section 495-13. Every resident elector
Of the district shall be entitled to vote in
any annual meeting, provided such elector
next preceding any meeting
Section 495-14. The inhabitants Of any
school district qualified by law to vote at
a high school district meeting when as
sembIed at the first and each annual meet
ing IN their district at any adjournment
thereof, shall have power:
"a To appoint a chairman for the time
being and in absence of the clerk to ap-
point some person to act in his stead, and
the person so appointed shall certify the
| PROCEEDINGS of such meeting to the district
clerk, who shall enter the same In the rec
! 0rds Of the district and file and preserve
| the certificate Of such temporary clerk
~ To adjourn from time to time as
| occasion may require.
i3J 70 vote such tax as the meeting
| shall deem sufficient to purchase or lease
/ 6 suitable site for q school house, to build,
! keep in repair and furnish the same with
/ necessary furniture and ventilating and
heating apparatus and to provide for the
| equipment and maintenance Of the union
| a To authorize and direct the sale Of
any union free high school house, site or
! other property. belonging to the union free
| high school district when the same shall
/ ha M longer needed for usa in the dis