Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
No. S33. A.. ii'ublshed June IL, 1902.
CHATTER 3Gl, LAWS " 1905

NO. 900, q. IuDtiSueu June TX, lbp'.
CHATTER 3Gl, LAWS oE 1905
AN ACT to create section 43oa--i, OF raS
statutes, providing tor holding elecLluL1
for school officers Ia districts contaihus
an Incorporated village or city o. ~
fourth claSs.
The people ot the State OK Wisconsin,, rel,ye-
sehted in Senate and AsGeAD5iy, az enact
as follows:
Section l. There Is added to the statutes
a new section to read Section 430a---l.
a. Whenever O petition requesting that
an election Of school district officers shall
ba conducted after the manner OF voting 4or
village or city officers, signed by mol less
than twelve qualtled voters Of any school
district in which the school officers are
elected by the people, and which contains
wholly or partly within It's limits an incpr-
porated village. or city OK the touTtA CLASS,
Is presented to the clerk OF such district he
shall at least six days before the time nxed
By law for the annual school district meet
ing post or cause 70 be posted ID at least
six OF the most public places IN tne aistric!
notices giving the manner OF hol0inG aao
conducting such election.
(2) The election Of school district oncers
shall be held In some convenlent room Ia
the district school building and there are
two or more school buildings in such dls'
trict, the notice shall specify In Wnlcn
building the election shall be held, ana u
the notice does not 30 specify 1t shall pe IN
derstood that the building In which the iest
annual school meeting was held sna4l DC
the building designated.
(3) The election Of officers shall be by
ballot, and suitable ballot boxes snail %
provided therefor. The polls shall be opened
at three o'clock In the afternoon Of the DAY
fixed by law for holding the annual school,
district meeting, and shall oe eioSeu a.
seven o'clock of the same day. The Tune OF
opening and closing the polls, as wen as tAe
place Of holding the election, shall DC specl'
lied In the notice Of such meeting. Dut .
failure to so specify the time. OF opening
aud closing the polls and designating the
place shall not vitiate such election. 800,
"a The mayor OF the city or the prest
dent Of the village or board OF trustees, ~
the case may be, shall appoint not more
than Ave persons who shall act Us IS w.
tors and clerks of this election ana VINO
shall make and keep a list OF all tne e,ec"
tors men and women, voting az SUCH sieV"
ton lila oro
90 Immediately after the polls are
closed and the ballots counted, the result
shau be declared, and all ballots as sOpn has 90
counted, shall be sealed in the baliot oo1
and he kept in the custody OF the yhIinBo
clerk or the city clerk, as the case may pe,
for sixty days. As soon as tue result 81 tno
election Is announced, the electors s1a4l ~
garlize and conduct the regular ana s usuaA
authorized to be done at annual scnool ais'
(6) The privilege Of challenging any per,
son as to his or her right to vote az sucn
election shall not be prohibited or restrlc.etu;
rs The amount II compensation pa oa
to me jnspectors and clerks Of this election
shall be one dollar for each such lnspsc lnt
ana clerk engaged and acting In conuuSt
ing this election, said compensation 70 oo
pald from any funds In the treasury o. tn9
school district not otherwise appr9prissSu;;
Section 2. This act shall take eIect snd d
no in force from and after Its passage ana
p' APPROVED June TO- 1909.