Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14

CHAPTER 500, LAWS OF 1908. .
AN ACT to repeal subsectons 10, 16, and
70 OF section 430, sections, 430--1 70
4SO-S inclusive, and to create eight
new sections, to be known as section Z80
Il, section 430--2, section 400, sec
ton 4S0--4. section 430-5, section $50
-6, section 400. and section 430--s
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
net as follows:
Section l. Subseetlons Is. 10. an6 20 Of
section 4S6 and sections 43o--1 to 40
), inclusive. OF the statutes are repealed
Section .. There are added TO the stat
utes eight new sections to read Section
43O-1. The electors of any school dis
trict shall have power al 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-
ielItiy located.
Section 43O-2. The electors shall also
have power to order the board TO provide
for transportation Of any or all pupils
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 43O-3. In all cases where the
electors have voted to suspend the school
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
tion or the transportation or both pro-
vided that II 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
for tuition or transportation or both for
the time during which the school IL sus-
Al ~. k-f.
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 1mount 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 tax therefor, provided that in
all cases where the distance from the home
ported Is two miles OF less by the nearest
travelled highway the sum per pupil so
paid shall be such may be authorized
bv the electors, and in all cases where the
distance Is more than two miles the state
may he called uuon to pay FIVE cents per
day for each such pupil transported regu.
larly to and from school In some reason
able and comfortable manner for period
OF not less than five months. The school
board or the town board OF school directors
and the principal teacher of the school 10
which such pupil Is enrolled shall. on or
before the fifteenth day Of July of each
year make under oath a report giving the
name Of each pupil transported more than
two miles, the number of drys such rHnil
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 and
tuition have been paid.
Section 1915. Upon receipt Of such
rpport the state superintendent shall GER
tify TO the secretary OF state tie amount
due such district and the secretary OF state
shall thereupon Issue warrant In favor OF
such district for such amount, which shall
be paid by the state treasurer to the treas
urer OF the district from the school funds
provided for by section 1o72a Of the stat
utes.
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. statement to that eYect and
said notices shall be posted, or posted and
served, as provided for In sections AIS,
426 and 427 Of the statutes of 1898.
Section 430-7. No contract or agree
ment shall be made under this act that
shall bind any district for more than three
Section 4so-s. Wherever the term
electors or board" or district board
or district" occurs in this chapter 1t shall
apply with equal force to ELECTORS OF
town or towns" or town boards Of 5ehool
directors" In towns operating under tSe
township system OF school government.
section g. This act shall take effect ana
be In force from and after Its passage and
Approved June i6. 1909.