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

No. 953, Al Published August 5, 1913
CHAPTER 751, LAWS OBJ 1913.
AN ACT-To create sections 702-1 to
1913, inclusive, of the statutes, pro-
viding for a county board of education,
and making an appropriation.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section 1. There is added to the stat
utes thirteen new sections to read: Sec
lions to read: Section 702-1. There is
hereby created a board of education for
each county In the state of Wisconsin.
cation, consisting Of five members to be
chosen as hereinafter provided.
Section 1922. The county board of
education district shall include the entire
thereof as Is included within any city
having q board of education, a superin-
tenGent of schools, or other board or Of
fiCer vested with power to examine and
license teachers and supervise and man
age the schools therein, and in counties
now having more than one superintendent
district each such district shall consti-
tute a county board of education dis
trict. The electors of such city shall have
no vote in eleCting the county board of
education, and the county supervisors
from such city shall have no voice in any
matter relating to said board or the
members thereof, nor shall any tax be
levied in such city to pay any part of the
such board, the members thereof or the
county superintendent or assistant coun-
ty superintendent or the clerk for the
superintendent. or examiners for COM
Section 1923. Any person resident
within the county board Of education dis
trict, qualified to vote at elections per-
tanning to school matters, shall be eligible
to membership on said board.
Section 1924. AT the regular spring
election to be held on the first Tuesday
of April, 1914, there shall be elected in
each county board of education dis
trict five members of such county board
of education. AT the first meeting after
the said election the members Of such
board shall cast lots to determine who
shall serve for term Of one year, who
for term of two years, who for a term
Of three years, who for a term Of four
years, and who for term of five years,
respectively. Except as to those mem
bers whose first term shall be fixed by
lot, as aforesaid, at one, two, three, four
and five years, the terms of office Of each
member of such board shall be five years
and until his successor Is elected and
qualified, and one member shall be elected
and qualified, and one member shall be
elected each year following the year 1914
Section 7o2-5. Every person residing
within the county board of education dis
ttct qualified to vote at elections per-
tanning to school matters shall be quail
fled electors at elections for members of
the county board of education.
Section 1925 The candidates to be
voted for as members of the county board
of education shall be nominated as pro-
vided in section 80 of the statutes, and
such election shall be noticed and held
and returns thereof made in the manner
now provided by law for the election OF
county judicial officers.
Section 1927. Vacancies occurring In
the county board of education shall be
Allied by the board. The members SO
elected to fill such vacancies snail serve
until the next regular election, at which
time the vacancies shall be flied for the
unexpired term In the same manner as is
provided herein for the election of the
members of such board for the full term.
Section 1923. On the first Tuesday In
May, after the election In April, 1914, and
annually thereafter. sudh board shall
meet at the county seat and organize by
eleoting one of the members as presi-
dent. Said president shall serve for one