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

No. 101. S. Published June TO- 1890
CHAPTER 500, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to repeal subsections 10, 10, ard
20 OF section 430, sections 430--1 to
480--S, inclusive and to create eight
new sections, to be known ae section 430
ton Sso-~4. section sso-5, section $50 $50
30, section 430-7, and section 430-S.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section 1. Subsections 10, Is, and 20 Of
section $50 and sections 400 to 430--
8, inclusive, Of the statutes are repealed.
Section 2. There are added to the stat
utes eight new sections to read Section
430-1. The electors of any school dis
trlct shall have power at any annual or
special school district meeting to order the
district board to suspend the district school
for such length Of time as said electors
may determine to be to the best interests
and advantage of the pupils residing In
said district and to authorize the district
board to make all necessary contracts In
behalf Of the district suspending the school
for payment of tuition OF such pupils to
another school or to other schools conven-
iently located
Section 4SO---2. The electors shall also
have power to order the board to provide
for transportation Of any or all pupils re-
siding in the district to and from the
school In their district or to and from the
school or schools with which contracts for
tuition are made.
Section 400. In all cases where the
electors nave VOIeu 10 suspend Tue bCuOol
In their district or have directed the board
to pay for tuition or for transportation
they shall provide by tax upon the district
a sum sufficient to meet the cost of the tut
ton or the transportation or both pro-
vided that If any district at its annual
or at a subsequent special meeting prior
to the third Monday Of November follow
ing shall not vote tax sufficient to pay
the time during which the school Is Hus-
pended, the district board, on or before
the Wednesday next following said third
Monday Of November, shall determine the
sum necessary to pay for tuition or trans
portation or both. as the case may be, and
the district clerk shall at once certify to
the town clerk the amount SO fixed and the
town clerk shall assess said amount as
other district taxes are assessed
Section 430--4. 1t shall also be lawful
for the electors to authorize the school
board to enter into an agreement with the
parent, guardian, or other person In charge
of any pupil to compensate such parent.
guardian, or other person. for transporting
any pupil or pupils to and from school and
to levy a tax therefor, provided that In
all cases where the distance from the home
of the pupil or pupils who are to be trans
ported Is two miles or less by the nearest
Travelled highway the Gum per pupil so
by the electors, and IN all cases where the
distance Is more than two miles the state
may be called upon to pay i've cents per
day for each such pupil transported regu-
larly to and from school Ia some reason.
able and comfor able manner for period
OF not less than Ave months The school
board or the town board OF school directors
and the principal teacher Of the school In
which such pupil Is enrolled SHALL on or
before the fifteenth day Of July of each
year make under oath report giving the
name Of each pupil transported more than
two miles the number Of days such puDil
was transported, the mode of transporta-
ton and the total amount claimed BY the
district on account OF all pupils residing
more than two miles from school for
whom transportation or transportation ana
Section 43O-6 Upon receipt Of such
report the state superintendent shall GER
tify to the secretary Of state tire amount
due such district and tha secretary OF state
shall fhereupon issue q warrant In favor or
such district for such amount, which shall
be paid by the state treasurer to the treas
urer Of the district from tho school funds
provided for By section 1072a OF the stat
Section 400. 1t shall be the duty Of
the clerk Of the school district board to
embody In the notice of every annual or
special school district meeting at which
any or all Of the above matters are to be
considered a statement to that effect and
said notices shall be posted, or posted and
served as provided for In sections 425,
42e. and 427 Of the statutes Of 1893.
Section 48o--7. No contract or agree
ment shall be made under this act that
Section 43o-s. wherever the term
ELECTORS" or BOARD" or district board"
or idistrict" occurs In this chapter 1t shall
town or towns" or town boards Of school
directors" In towns operating under the
township system Of school government.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
Approves Approved JunS 10, 1909.