River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

Approved June Ao' 1eoS.
No. Il u.s. sDi laws s1 or Is 1909 5sO'
AN ACT to create sections 495-t to 400
free high school districts.
The people OF the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do
section ft /. 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 a free high
school to be known as union free nigh
school may be 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 impractic6ble 20 follow
section lines such natural boundaries may
No such union free hish school district
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 its boun-
daries an Incorporated village, 1t Is hereby
made the duty of the town board of that
town to submit the question Of establish q
voters of such tract upon fling with the
chairman OF said town board q petition
praying for such submission for election
of the proposed union free high school dis
trict and shall be signed by st least one
fifth 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
ut 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 such tract of territory, or by publishing
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.
Section 1865 In case the said tract
of territory shall le1dn 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 i've 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 a date for a meet
ing Of all the chairmen of the towns in
terested for the purpose OF fixing time
and place for holding such union free hign
school election: and It shall be the Official
duty of said chairman to meet on said date
and tx upon the time and place for holding
such election. II any chairman is unable
supervisors of his board to attend upon
this meeting to ect In his place. The cleo
ton shall be noticed and conducted for the
entire tract OF territory which Is to be IN
school district by the town board of the
| town in which the election is held and in
where all the territory La included In one
town.
Section 1896. In case the tract of
territory which It is proposed to form Into
q union free high school district shall con
| tain an incorporated village the petition
/ may be presented to any town chairman as
designated 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
OF said officers for the purpose of fixing
| cay for holding the election. The eiec-
! ton for the village shall he 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 Il Is proposed to include
! In the union free high school district may
| be held in the village or at any other con-
| yenient place agreed upon and designated
! in the notice The election Tor the village
shall be noticed and conducted and the
/ votes csnvassed In the manner provided by
/ statute for conducting village elections and
| the election for that territory lying out
side the village limits and which It Is pro-
/ posed TO include IN the union free high
| school district shall be noticed and con-
| Quoted and the votes canvassed in the man
| ner provided BIZ statute for noticing and
4 conducting town elections. II this outlying
/ territory comprises parts OF two or more
/ towns, the supervisors at the meeting re-
1 ferred TO above shall designate the town
/ the officers of which shall notice, control
! and direct such election.
| Sectica 495-S. In all cases the vote
shall la BY ballet, those ballots IN favor
/ being written or printed '.for the union free
/ high school," those opposed against the
j union free high school," end the question
q It, -
/ the electors voting IN that part OF the ter
1 rftory outsids CT the village and g ma
/ toxity ok &c electors voting i1 the village
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