Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

ing and be filed in the office of the Sec
Section 3. There is appropriated a
sum sufficient to carry out the pur-
poses of this act, not exceeding the
amount paid into the state treasury
Section d. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved July IL, 1911. Copy Law.
No. 1856, Al Published July 10, 1911
CHAPTER $40, LAWS OF 1911.
AN ACT to create sections 419b. 419c,
statutes. relating to the consoIida-
ton of school districts.
The people Of the, State of WISCONSIN.
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section L. There are added to the
statutes seven new sections to read:
Section 419b. Whenever an applica-
ton in writing, signed by at least one
third of the legal voters in each of two
or more school districts. shall be filed
with the chairman of a town board of
supervisors or the president of a viii
lage board Of trustees or mayor Of the
city in which any part of such whole
or joint school districts are situated,
requesting the town board or boards Of
supervisors, or the town board or
boards of supervisors and the village
board of trustees or city council of any
of the municipalities included wholly
or in part within the boundaries of
OF the town board or boards of super
visors, or the town board or boards of
supervisors and the village board Of
trustees or city council to consider
the question of altering the boundaries
of such school districts and forming in
lieu thereof one consolidated school
district, 1t shall be the duty OF the Of
fiCer with whom such application or
the meeting Of the town board or
boards of supervisors, or the town
board Of supervisors and the village
trustees for a meeting Of the town
board of supervisors or for a joint
meeting Of the town boards Of super
Visors or town boards of supervisors
and the village board Of trustees or
city council in which any part of such
whole or joint school districts may be
situated, which time shall not be less
than ten nor more than twenty days
after the presentation to such officers
of such petition or application.
Section 419c. The officers to whom
the application or petition is presented
shall cause written notice of the time
and place of such meeting to be given
to each supervisors. member of the
council, or member of the village
board of trustees, entitled to be present
at such meeting, and to the clerk of
each school district affected by the
proposed change, which notice shall be
served at least five days prior to the
date fixed therefor, such meeting shall
be held at the school house, or some
of the proposed consolidated school dis
trict. X the town board or supervisors
or the town boards of supervisors, or
the town board or boards of super
visors and the village board of trustees
in which any part of the said school
district shall be situated, shall by joint
vote favor the consolidation of such
school districts, they shall make an
order to that effect, which order shall
be duly filed in the office of the town
clerk or village clerk Of each of the
towns or towns and villa"e in which
the school districts may wholly or in
part lie, and thereafter such CONSOLE
dated school district shall for all pur-
poses whatsoever be considered one
school district.
Section 419d If the officers upon
whom the application shall be served
shall reuse or neglect to fix the time
and the place, or to give the notices for
the meeting as provided in this act, or
if the board of supervisors or the board
of village trustees, or city council, or
a majority thereof any town, towns or
village, or cities, in any way Interested
shall neglect or refuse to hear and to
vote upon the application before them,
or if a majority of the town board of
supervisors or town boards of super
visors or village board Of trustees
shall refuse to attend such meeting,
then the application shall be deemed
denied, and any person feeling hlmSelf
aggrieVed by the action taken by the
town board of supervisors and trustees
Of the village, under the provisions of
this act, may appeal therefrom to the
state superintendent IN a similar man
ner and with like effect as in other
cases.
Section 419e. In case two or more
school districts shall be ordered con
act and in case the electors and school
board of such consolidated school dis
trict shall maintain during any
school year first class, or tree
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free high school, and the electors OF
such consolidated school district shall
direct the school board to transport all
persons of school age living more than
two miles from the school in such
district that may desire to attend
school then the state may repay to such
school district ten cents per day for
each such person living more than two
miles from school, the distance to be
measured by the nearest travelled high
way that was so transported to and at
tended school regularly for at least six
months during such said school years.
Section 419f. In case the electors
Of any such consolidated school dis
trct shall desire to take advantage of
transportat ton, they may make ar
rangement with the parents, guard
ians or other persons to transport such
children as may live more than two
such parents, guardians or other per
sons shall provide for the transporta-
ton of the children a comfortable and
convenient bus or wagon we'll supplied
with protection against Indictment
weather, and shall actually transport
such children to the school for at least
six months.
Section 419g. ANY board Of the conso-
lidated school district entitled to aid
under the provisions 0 fthis act shall,
on or before the 18th day of July in
each school year. make under oath a
report to the state superintendent
giving the name of each pupil trans
ported more than two miles, the num-
Der of days each such pupil was trans
ported, the mode of transportation,
and the total amount claimed by the
district on account Of all pupils re-
siding more than two miles from
school for whom transportation or