River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
No. S33, Al published June IL, 1909.
CIIAPTER 35l. IAM9 QE 1909.

AN ACT to create section 43Ua--l, OF the
statutes, providing for holding elections
for school officers Ia districts containing
an incorporated village or city Of the
fourth class.
The people OF the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
Section i. There is added to the statutes
n new section to read Section 430a--l.
ID Whenever q petition requesting ChaE
I'm election Of school district olhcers snail
be conducted after the manner of voting Tor
village or city officers, signed by not less
than twelve qualified voters or any schOol
district In which the school officers are
elected by the people, and which contains
wholly or partly within its limits an lncor-
porated village. or city or the Iourth Grass,
Is presented TO the clerk OF such district ne
shall at least six days before the time hxed
by law for the annual school district meet
ing post or cause to be posted In at least
six of the most public PAGES IN tne olstries
notices giving the manner or holuinE anu
conducting such election.
10y The election OF school district officers
shall be held Ia some conYenient room IN
the district school building, and II there are
cwo or more school buildings In such dis
trict, the notice shall specify Ia when
building the election shall be held, and "
the notice does not SO specify u snall DC uIs
derstood that the building 10 which the last
annual school meeting was heid sh9li De
the building designated. -
(3) The election OF officers snail pc py
ballot and suitable ballot boxes snail De
provided therefor. The polls shall be opened
~ three o'clock 10 the afternoon of the day
dyed by law for holding the annual school
district meeting, and shall be closed az
seven o'clock OF the same day. The time or
opening and closing the polls, as ven as the
Mace Of holding the election, shall be speci-
had In the notice Of such meeting, but
failure 10 so specify the time OF opening
and closing the polls and Designating Lne
Mace shall not vitlate such election.
(4) The mayor Of the city or the presl-
dent of the village or board OF trustees es
fhe case may be, shall appoint not more
than five persons who shall act as inspec-
tors and clerks OF this election and who
tors men and women, voting aL sacn elec-
~ Immediately after the polls are
olosed and the ballots counted, the result
shall he declared, and all ballots as soon as
counted. shall be sealed In the ballot pox
and be Kept In the custody OF the village
clerk or the city clerk, as the case may pc,
for sixty days. AS soon as the resull o. Lns
election Ia an Iounced, the electors shall or,
oanize and conduct the regular and usual
business. other than the election OF oincefs,
authorized to be done at annual school dis
S6) The privilege Of challenging any per
son as to his or her right to vote az sucn
election shall not be pro hibited or restricted
III The amount OF compensation phla
To the inspectors and clerks OF this election
sheII no one dollar for each such Inspector
and clerk engaged and acting In conduct
mo this election, said compensation 70 pc
maid from any funds In the treasury OF lne
achooI distrtct not otherwise appropriated
sartion q This act shall take eject ana
he In force from and after Its passage ana
Approved Approved June 10. 1909.