Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No sS, Al published June 10, 1909
CHAPTER 1913, LAWS OF 1909.

o. AL
CHAPTER 1913, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to create sections 495--l to 40
10, inclusive, of the statutes, relating to
free high school districts.
The people Of the state of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section l. There Is added to the stat
utes nineteen new sections to read: Sec
ton 495--1 With the advice and consent
Of the state superintendent free high
school to be known as a union free high
school may Re established and maintained
In any tract Of contiguous territory with
an area of not less than thirty-six square
miles, such territory to be bounded by sec
ton lines or by lines bounding In part an
existing free high school district, or in
cases where impossible streams, lakes or
swamps render 1t impracticable to follow
section lines such natural boundaries may
be substituted
No such union free high school district
shall be established or maintained unless
at least twenty-five persons of school age
resident of such tract of territory give
evidence through examination or otherwise
satisfactory to the state superintendent that
they are prepared to begin high school
course.
Section 495-2 In case the tract of ter
ritory is entirely included in one town and
said tract does not include within it's boun-
dares INCORPORATED village soerd IS 81 eef Test
town to submit the question or establish
ing such union free high school to the
voters of such tract upon filing with the
praying for such submission for election.
Said petition shall describe the boundaries
of the proposed union free high school dis
trict and shall be signed by at least one
nth OF the persons resident therein and
qualified to vote at any school district meet
ing. The chairman shall within ten days
after the receipt Of the petition notify the
clerk of his town, and the clerk shall cause
at once ten days notice of such election
to be given by posting at least six copies
thereof in at least six different public places
in arlch ira n territory. publishing
such notice in any newspaper published
therein once each week for two weeks I'M
mediately. prior to the time set for holding
the election. The election shall be con-
Quoted and the vote canvassed according
to the statutes for conducting town meet
ings.
of territory shall lie in two or more towns
and contains no Incorporated village, such
petition may be presented to the chairman
OF any one of the town boards OF super
visors of such towns, and this chairman
shall. within five days OF the receipt OF said
petition, notify the other chairman or chair
men as the case may be, Of the receipt of
the petition and shall set date for a meet
ing of all the chairmen OF the towns in
teTested for the purpose OF liking time
and place for holding such union free high
duty of said chairman TO meet on said date
and fix upon the time and place for holding
such election. # any chairman Is unable
supervisors of his board to attend upon
this meeting to act In his place. The cleo
ton shall be noticed and conducted for the
Guided In the proposed union free high
school district by the town board Of the
town in which the election is held and in
the manner provided for above In the case
where all the territory is included In one
town.
Section 495---4. In case the tract of
territory which it is proposed to form into
n union free high school district shall con-
Tod nt1fft
may be presented TO any town chairman as
.csignated above, or to the president of the
village. 1t shall then be the duty OF the
to notify each chairman tor the village
president) of the receipt Of such petition
and to Ak time and place for meeting
a day for holding the election. The cleo
ton for the village shall be held in the
village on the same day the election for
the territory lying outside Is held and the
election for the territory lying outside the
village and which it Is proposed to include
in the union free high school district may
venient place agreed upon and DESIGNATED
In the notice The election for the village
shall be noticed and conducted and the
votes canyassed in the manner provided by
statute for conducting village elections ana
the election for that territory lying out
side the village limits and which it is pro-
posed tS include ,d n the tn n %nlon free ee high
Quoted and the votes canvasscd In the man
ner provided by statute for noticing and
conducting town elections. Il this outlying
territory comprises parts of two or more
towns. the supervisors at the meeting re-
ferred to above shall designate the town
the officers of which shall notice, control
and direct such election.
Section 1896 In all cases the vote
shall be BY ballot, those ballots 10 favor
being written or printed for the union free
high school" those opposed against the
union free high school" and the question
shall not be adopted unless a majority OF
the electors voting in that part of the ter
ritory outside of the village and ma
jority OF the electors voting In the village