The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29

No. 101, S. IPublsh'd June 10, 1cH0.
CHAPTER BOZ. LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to repeal subsections 10. 10, aUd
20 of section 40. scet,ons 43o-1 to
430--8. inclusive and to create eight
new sections. TO be known as section 430
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The people Of the State # Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
Section /. subsections IL. 16. and 20 Of
section 430 and sections Sd to 430--
s, inclusive, of the statutes are repealed.
Section 2. There are added to the stat
utes eight new sections to re"d: Section
430--1. The electors Of any school dis
trict shall have power ct my annual or
special school district meeting 20 order the
district board to suspend the district school
for such length of time IS raid electors
NAV determine to be to the est interests
and advantage of the pupils residing in
said district and to authorize the district
behalf Of the district suspending the school
for payment of tuition Of such pupils to
another school or to other schools conYen-
iently located.
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 schools with which contracts for
tuition are made.
Section 400. 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
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 a tax sufficient to pay
the time during which the school is sus-
pended, the district board, on or before
the Wednesday next following said third
Monday of November, shall determine the
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. It 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
of the pupil or pupils who are to be trans
ported Is two miles or less by the nearest
travelled highway the sum per pupil SO
paid shall he such as may be an author zs
distance is more than two miles the state
may be called upon to pay five cents per
day for each such pupil TRANSPORTED regu-
abe AMI comfor able manner for period
of not less than five m nths. The school
board or the town board OF school directors
and the principal teacher of the school IN
before the fifteenth day Of Jnly OF each
year make under oath report giving the
name of each pupil TRANSPORTED more than
two miles, tie number Of d"ys such pn"l
was transported. the mode of transporta-
tioa and the total amount clajmed by the
district on account of all nupils residing
more than two miles from school for
whom transportation or transportation and
tuition have beer paid
Section 43O-5. Upon receipt Of such
rcnnrt the state superintendent shall GER
thy to the secretary OF state tie amount
due such district and the secretary of state
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 1072a of the stat
utes.
Section 43O-6. 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 &c the above matters are to be
said notices shall be posted. or posted and
served. as nrovided for in sections 425,
4a6 and APT of the statutes of 1898.
ment shall be made under this act that
shall bind any district for more than three
years,
Section 43o--s. Wherever the term
electors" or board" or district board
or district" occurs in this chapter it shall
apply with equal force to ELECTORS Of
town or towns" or "town boards Of school
directors" in towns operating under the
township system 81 school government
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
Approved June 1e. 1909.