The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-28


at such meeting than such as speci-
fled in the notice. The district
clerk shall be clerk of the meeting,
and the chairman of the board of
directors, or, in his absence, the SEN
ior director present, shall be chair
man of the meeting; Provided, that
in the absence of one or all of said
officers the qualified electors present
may elect a chairman or clerk, or
both chairman and clerk, of said
meeting as occasion may require,
from among their number. The
clerk of the meeting shall make a
record of the proceedings of the
meeting has been elected by the
qualified voters present, he shall
within ten days thereafter file the
record of the proceedings, duly GER
titled, with the clerk of the district,
and said records shall become part
of the records of the district, and
shall be preserved as other records"
Section 1906: ut shall be the duty
of every board of directors to carry
out the directions of the electors of
their districts as expressed at any
such meeting"
Some further criticism has been
made that the said meeting was il
| legal for the reason that the notice
! of the meeting did not state the
hours between which the polls would
| be open The Supreme Court of the
State of Washington has passed up
on the question of the sufiiciency of
such a notice in the case of Regain
against School District No. 20 re-
ported in 44th Washington, page
523. in which decision the court held
that the notice of meeting of the
voters of a school district to decide
| upon the selection of a school build
ing site and authorize its purchase
need not state the hours during
which the polls would be kept open
and that notice stating that the
meeting would begin at an hour GER
tain is sufficient.
The Legislature of the State. UNI
doubtedly having in mind the fact
that it is impossible to get unan-
imous opinion relating to the selec-
ton of a public building and the fur
Their fact that persons dissatisfied
with the one selection might often
endeavor to change the same, adopt
ed the following provision: Reming-
ton e. Ballinger's Code, Section
4622:
"The board shall build or remove
schoolhouses, purchase or sell lots or
other real estate when directed by a
vote of the district to do SO: Pro-
vided, that a school house already
built on a site which has been select
ed by majority vote of the legal
school electors of a district shall not
be removed to a new site without
voting at an annual or special cleo
ton; nor shall a school house site
that has been selected by a majority
vote of the legal school electors, but
upOn which no school house has been
built. be changed except by two
thirds vote of the legal school cleo
! nj or a
school election as hereinbefOre pro-
vided"
As the Board views it. the matter
of the selection of this site has been
definitely settled and, to the mem
bcrs of the Board. it seems improb-
! able thar i. would be possible TO get
two-thirds vote at the present
time against this site. The Board
has but one desire in this affair and
that is to carry out the will of the
majority of the people as it has been
twice expressed, and to relieve the
crowded condition of our schools by
the erection of a suitable and ade-
ouate high school building, and they
therefore urge those electors VINO
have been opposing the matter be-
cause of the site to yield to the Will
Of the majority and give their sup
mort to the Board in the matter of
providing the proper school faciii-
ties.
The estimated cost of such
building has been given the Board
as s65. 100000. This estimate has
been furnished by an architect who
was recommended to the Board by
the School Board of the City of Sc
attic. man who has devoted most
of his professional career to the cree
tion of school buildings. and whose
Judgment in this particular is based
upon the fact that a similar build
ing has been but recently erected in
the City of Wenatchee at the cost of
s65.OOO.OO. Certainly if such
buiIding is required in a city the size