Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22


the time Of their meeting and notify the
1 district clerks Of the date. The district
! clerks of the respective districts and sub
districts shall post the notices OF election
as notices of school district meetings are
posted. The elections shall be held by the
| school officers of the respective districts
by written ballots. They shall report the
result OF the election in their respective
! districts to the clerk Of the district in
which the meeting to fix the time of the
election Is held, within three days after
the election. The respective school boards
one week after the election shall meet in
| the same manner and place as for calling
the election and shall canvass the re-
! turns.
/! 2. If a majority of those Of each dis
| trict voting at the election vote in favor
of consolidating the district schools in
! their respective school districts the terri
tory included constitutes a consolidated
rural school district.
| s. The school boards at the time Of
| canvassing the returns shall appoint a
time and place for the first district meet
ing and shall post writtea notice thereof
in at least three public places in each OF
the several districts or subdistriets which
| compose the consolidated school district
! Section 1862. A consolidated rural
school district shall be deemed organized
when any two of the officers elected at its
| first legal meeting file with the clerk of
| the meeting for canvassing the returns
| their written acceptances of the office to
| which they have been respectively elected,
or when it has exercised the franchises
| and privileges of the district for the term
| Of one year. A consolidated rural school
| district lawfully organized is body cor
| porate and possesses the usual powers OF
public corporation, by the name and
style Of consolidated Rural School Dis
| village. as the case may be, in which the
| school building is located or proposed to
! be located). Such numbers shall be desig-
mated by the board or boards in the order
| Of ion Nf nntaCA 1af I'D
| school districts. The board shall make its
| contracts in it's corporate name.
| Section 496-S. When a consolidated
rural school district shall be lawfully or
ganized, the school districts or subdis-
tricts out of which it shall have been
| formed shall cease to exist as school
| districts or bodies corporate, and the title
| to all property and assets of every nature
| Of the several school districts and subdis-
! tricts out of which 1t was organized, shall
| thereupen become vested in the consol1-
dated rural school district, and all valid
| subsisting claims and obligations against
and contracts Of the said several school
! districts and subdistricts shall continue
| to be valid claims and obligations against
them severally. All claims and obliga-
| tions arising after the formation of a con-
solidated school district shall be against
! the consolidated school district. The
consolidated rural school district shall
maintain and conduct the schools thereto
| fore maintained and conducted by the
|
| such time as the consolidated rural school
district shall have purchased Or erected
and equipped a building in which school
| can be conducted.
Section 496-4 The consolidated rural
school district established under sections
| 496-1 to 4S6-12 inclusive, shall have au-
thority to borrow money under the con-
| dltiOns specified in sections 474. 476 and
| 476 Of the statutes
| Section 1866. Consolidated rural school
districts shall be entitled to and shall share
| in the distribution of the common school
! fund income and other funds, in the
! same manner as school districts main
| tanning common and graded schools. In
case a high school is maintained, the
| consolidated rural school shall be entitled
! to and share as in the same union free
| high schools.
Section 1866 Special state aid par
TALLY to defray the cost of erecting and
equipping a school building shall be
| granted to consolidated rural school dis
tricts as follows:
% To a consolidated rural school dis
| trict maintaining school consisting OF
| one department formed by the uniting OF
| two or more school districts or SubdiS-
! tricts, one-half the cost. not to exceed five
| hundred dollars to any one school;
(2) To a consolidated rural school dis
| trict maintaining a school consisting Of a
| graded school of two departments, formed
by the uniting Of the schools Of two or
more school districts or subdistricts. one
half the cost, not to exceed fifteen hum
! dred dollars to any one school;
90 To a consolidated rural school dis
trict maintaining a school consisting Of a
graded school Of three departments.
formed by the uniting of the schools of
| two or more school districts Or subdis-
| tricts, one-half Of the cost, not to exceed
two thousand dollars to any one school;
"a To a consolidated rural school dis
| trict maintaining a school consisting of a
| graded school of four or more depart
| ments. formed by the uniting of the
schools of three or more school districts or
| subdistricts, one-half Of the cost, not to
exceed three thousand dollars to any one
school,
(5) To consolidated rural school dis
trict maintaining g. school consisting Of a
| graded school and high school, formed
by the uniting of all the districts and
subdistricts Of township, one-half of
the cost. not to exceed five thousand dol
lars to any one school.
Section 1866. All plans and expense
accounts for additions to school buildings,
or for new buildings under sections 496-1
to 496-12, inclusive. shall be submitted to
the state superintendent. No state aid
shall be granted unless the state superin-
tendent has approved the plans when thus
submitted.
Section 1865. The clerk of the school
board of consolidated rural school districts
shall, on or before the fifteenth day of
July of each year, make to the state su-
perintendent of public instruction report
stating the number of departments in the
school, the total expense for the previous
year, and such other information as the
state superintendent of public instruction
requires.
Section 1865 The officers of any con-
solidated rural school district may enter
into contracts for the transportation of
pupils to the consolidated rural schools
maintained under their authority
/ Section 1910. The consolidated rural
school district shall receive special state
aid for transportation upon complying
with the following conditions:
/ ID Transportation shall be provided
for at least thirty-two weeks. including
legal holidays.
(2) The average daily attendance Of
the pupils transported from any districts
or subdistrict to any consolidated rural
school or state graded school or free high
school district, under the provisions of this
act, shall be eighty per cent of the entire
number enrolled for transportation during
each term of school.
CD Each driver contracted with shall
! be of excellent moral character, trust
worthy and responsible, and shall furnish
a safe team with suitable and comfort
able conveyance, well supplied with pro-
tections against stormy and inclement
weather.
ca The clerks of each district or sub
district taking advantage OF sections
496-1 to 496-12, inclusive, shall make a
ia1 rapoYt To tha a a SJ1neripfpp6ant