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


cerned aad IL the question be adopted, the
result shall also be certified to the state
superintendent by the clerk of each mnniel,
panty interested, such certificate 70 De hisu
with the state superintendent witnin SIX
days after the election and such tract OF
territory shall upon approval OF the St ;tt
school district
Section 495--7 If an existing free high
school district Is included In the tract OF
| territory embraced in the proposed Union
free high school district, the formation OF
the union free high school district and the
to the provisions of this act shall annul
the organization of the existing free hlgh
school district.
Section 1865. The officers of such high
school district shall be a director treasurer,
and clerk. who shall have the same all-
thority, be charged with the same duties ,i,.s
and be under the same liabilities as like
officers OF other free high school districts
| The term of each shall be three years, be-
ginning with the annual union free nigh
| school district meeting held on the third
Monday in March, and each officer elected
shall continue in Office until his successor
shall have been chosen provided that at
the first election the clerk shall be chosen
| for one year, the treasurer for two years.
and the director for three years, and all OK
election at which the question of establish
| ing union free high school Is submitted
In such cases a separate ballot pox ., snail asl
| and plurality of the votes cast shall be
| sufficient to elect. In case an Incorporated
village shall be included In the proposed
I, union free high school district the officers
| of the election In the outside territory shall
| meet at once after the polls are closed, IN
| the Office OF the village clerk and the votes
for said officers In the outside territory anu
| In the village shall be counted as q joint
| VOTE and plurality of the votes cast snail
be sufficient to elect.
The time until the first annual meeting
| shall be counted as the first year IN De-
termining the term of Office. Thereafter
| officers shall be elected annually In place
| those yVh0Ea -farma
meeting OF such union free high school dis
| trict.
high school district meeting for the cleo
| ton of officers and the transaction Of other
business ehall be held on the third Wedneg-
day IN March, unless that be q legal hoLi-
day, In which case 1t shall Do held the
The election Of district officers shall be
held In some convenient room in the union
| free high school building, II there be such
| building, and If not, then in some other
convenient room determined upon By. the
board and specified in the notice, II the
notice does not so specify it shall be IN
derstood that the building In which the
last annual meeting was held shall be the
The election of officers shall be by bal
lot and suitable ballot boxes shall be pro,
vided theref0r The polls shall se tS opeda eG
fixed by law for holding the annual free
high school district meeting and shall be
closed at seven o'clock of the same day
The time of opening and closing the polls
| as well as the place Of holding the cleo
ton, shall be specified In the notice OF such
| election or meeting, but failure to SO
specify the time Of opening and closing the
| polls and designating the place where the
annual meeting or election is to be held ana
| conducted shall not vitiate such election
| Immediately after the polls are closed
| and the ballots counted the electors shall
organize for the purpose of conducting the
/ regular and usual business, other than the
election Of officers, necessary for carrying
on and maintaining the union free high
senGo Al soon fhe a. ea Of che election
officers shall be declared
The officers conducting the election shall
| consist Of the. union free high school dis,
by the school district board. II an In
| corporated village is comprised IN the dis
trict one officer shall be selected from the
outside of the village and included in the
union free high school district. The in,
| spectors and clerks of this election shall
| make and keep a list of all the electors,
| men and women, voting at the election
The amount Of compensation paid TO the
| inspectors or clerks of election shall be
such sum as may be agreed upon by the
| district board, not to exceed two dollars
for each inspector engaged and acting In
| conducting this election, said compensation
/ to be paid from any funds In the treasury
| Of the school district not otherwise appro-
priated.
Of the district board to meet on the Sat
| urday Immediately preceding the annual
meeting, carefully examine the accounts Of
the treasurer and make up full and Item
| lied report Of ali receipts and expenditures
! since the last annual meeting, of the amount
in the hands Of the treasurer OF the amount
of the deficit, If any, for which the district
Is liable, Of the amount necessary to be
raised by taxes for the report of the school
for the, ensuing year, and OF the amount
required to pay the interest or principal of
| any debt due or to become due during the
| year; which report shall be submitted in
| writing at the annual meeting and recorded
| h,y fE,1 rlr Of of Nyffh "a on
| thereon in the proceedings of the. meeting.
Section 495-11. The clerk shall give
annual meetings by posting notices there
for in six or more public places in the
| district one of which shall be. affixed to
the outer door of the union free high school
building, If there be one In the district,
and he shall give like notice for any adj
journed meeting If the adjournment be for
| ing shall be deemed illegal for want of
| due notice, unless 1t shall appear that the
omission to give such notice was wilful and
fraudulent.
Section 495-12. Special meetings shall
| be called by the clerk or In his absence by
| the director or treasurer on the written
| trict, and notices thereof specifying par
ticularly the business TO be transacted shall
| be posted in the manner prescribed for call
| ing the annual meeting and the electors
when lawfully assembled at alspecial meet
ing shall have power to transact the same
| business as at the first or annual meeting
| except tue tl0CtlOu Oh OUceFS. Out no HIOEe
than one such special meeting to consider
the same subject shall be held in The dis
trict In the same school year. No tax or
| loan or debt shall be voted at q special
| meeting unless three-fourths of the legal
| voters shall have been notified either per-
| sonaly or by written notice left at their
| places of residence, stating the time, place
| and objects OF the meeting, and specifying
the amount proposed to be voted at least
six days before the time appointed there
for, exclusive of the day on which the
| meeting is to be held.
Section 495-13. Every resident elector
Of the district shall be entitled to vote In
any annual meeting, provided such elector
has resided therein for at least thirty days
| next preceding any meeting.
Section 495-14. The inhabitants Of any
| school district qualified by law to vote at
| a high school district meeting when as
sembled at the first and each annual meet
ing in their district or at any adjournment
thereof, shall have power:
"a To appoint chairman for the time
being, and In absence of the clerk to APP
point some person to act IN his stead, and
the person SO appointed shall certify the
proceedings of such meeting to the district
| clerk, who shall enter the same in the rec
, ords of the district and file and preserve
the certificate Of such temporary clerk
/ (2) To adjourn from time to time as
occasion may require.
(3) To vote such tax az the meeting
shall deem sufficient to purchase or lease
suitable site for a school house, to build,
hire or purchase school house and to
keep in repair and furnish the same with
necessary furniture and Yentilating and
| heating apparatus, and to provide for the
equipment and maintenance Of the union
free high school