Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
No no. Al Published June & 1913
CHAPTER $50. LAWS OF 1913

No 10. Al Published June 4. 1918.
CHAPTER $780, LAWS OF 1913
AN ACT. To create sections 496-1 to 496-12. In
elusive and section l72-ll2 OF the statutes. re-
latins to the consolidation Of rural schools and
making appropriation.
The people OF the state OF Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly. do enact as follows:
Section l. There are added To the statutes thirteen
new sectious to read: Section 496-1. l. Whenever
fifteen per cent of the Of any school
district and more contiguous school districts
or subdistrcts within outside Of an incorporated
village shah petition therefor the respective school
boards shall meet at a place designated by the
school board Of the pcitoning district having the
largest population to fix time for an election to
determine whether the district schools within the dis
tricts shall be consolidated They shall fix the date
OF the election at not less than four nor more than
eight weeks from the time OF their meeting and notify
the district clerks Of the date The district clerks
Of the respective districts and subdstriets shall post
the notices OF election as notices OF school district
meetings posted. The elections shall be held
ny the school officers Of the respective districts by
written naIiotS Ihey shau report the result OF the
election I'm their respective districts the clerk of
the district in which The meeting to FIX the time of
ae eiecuon IS Reld within three days after the cleo
ton The respective school boards week after
the election shall meet ia the and place
IS for calling the election and shall canvass the
. II majority Of those Of each district voting
at the election in favor Of consolidating the dis
trct schools in their respective school districts the
school district
g. The school boards at the time Of canvassinv the
returns shan appoint time and place for the lrst
district meeting and shall pest written notice there
several school districts bdistrcts which compose
the consolidated school district
Section $3.50. consolidated rural school dis
tret shall be deemed organized when any two If the
officers elected n its first legal meeting file with the
clerk OF the meeting for canFassing the returns their
written aceeptances Of the Office 10 which they haye
been respectively elected or when il has exercised
The franchises and privileges OF the district for the
term Of one consolidated rural school district
lawfully organized is a body corporate and pos
sesses the usual powers Of public corporation. by
the name and style Of "Consodilated Rural school
ENSlltCt No. or fthe mr.
village, rs the case may be. 81 which the school
building is located or proposed 10 be located such
numbers shah be designated by the board or boards
IN the order Of the formation Of consolidated rural
Ia its corporate name.
section 1865 When a consolidated rural school
district shal be lawfully organized, the school dis
ticts er subdstrtcts out of which It shall haze 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
ana suedistriets out Of which It organized shall
thereupon become vested in the consolidated rural
school district, and all valid subsisting claims ANA
ouhgauons egalnst ana contracts Of the said several
school districts and subistrets shah continue to be
valid claims and obligations against Them serera1ly
All claims and obligations arising after the forms-
ton Of consolidated school district shan So vsfns.
the consolidated school dfstrict THE a,,sso1iSa4sS
rural school district shall maintain ana condu,t ina
schools Heretofore maintained and conducted ly the
several districts and suOdlstrics until such time as
the consolidated rural school district shah have pur-
chased or erected and equipped a building in which
school be conducted
Section 49e--4 The consolidated rural school dis
trict established under sections sa6-I to 49s--Is
inclusive shall have authority to borrow money uner
the conditions specified IN sections ara ATS and 470
of the statutes.
Section 1865 Consolidated rural school districts
shall be entitled to and shall share the distrfb-
ton of the common school fund income ana other
school funds, in the same manner as school dis
ritts maintaining common ana graded schools IN
rase high school is maintained the consolidated |
rural school shall be entitled and share as In the
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