The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-03-04


tation OF Children To and From
school, and Other Matters Relating
Thereto.
Section l. Any two or more ada
cent school districts may unite for the
purpose of establishing a single con-
solidated district
See. 2. The process of uniting two
or more school districts into consol-
. idated district shall be as follows:
Upon receipt of a petition signed by
majority of the voters who are quail
fed to vote at school elections
from each of the districts to be af-
fected by the consolidation, the county
commissioners of the county in which
such districts are located shall cause
a notice to be published for three con-
seeutive weeks, in a newspaper hav-
ing general circulation throughout the
county, which notice shall fully state
the names of the districts proposing
to consolidate, the boundaries of the
proposed consolidated district, and
shall set forth a DAY and hour at
the next regular meeting of the board
of county commissioners when the said
board will canvass the signatures on
each petition and hear statements that
any of the residents of any of the
districts to be affected by the consoli-
dation may wish to make either for
or against the proposition of consol-
idation.
At the time set forth in the notice
the county commissioners shall pro-
ceed to canvass the signatures on each
petition, and if majority of sand
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presented represent the win of the ma
| iority of the voters of each of the
districts affected, they shall unite such
districts into a single consolidated
district, shall designate the said dis
triet as CONSOLIDATED School District
No. =, and shall designate a place at
which the school trustees of the sew
eral districts united shall meet to hold
an election.
IF three or more districts are pro-
posing to consolidate and majority
of the voters of eny district are op-
posed to such consolidation, such dis
trict shall not be made part of the
consolidated district but the county
commissioners may consolidate such
other districts as are affected by the
consolidation without requiring new
petitions.
Sec g. On the second Saturday af-
ter the consolidated district has been
formed the trustees of the several
districts which have consolidated
shall meet at the place designated by
the county commissioners as herein
before provided and shall elect by
ballot three of their number to be
trustees of the consolidated district,
and such trustees shall hold office un-
til the next regular election of
school trustees as now provided by
law A certified statement of the re-
suit of said election, together with the
oaths of office of the trustees elected,
shall be filed with the Superintendent
of the supervision district in which
the consolidated district is located. In
case such election is not held, the su-
perintendent shall appoint the trustees.
Upon the election cr appointment of
the trustees of the consolidated dis
trict, the districts which have consol-
idated shall each be considered disor-
ganized and the offices of trustees of
each of the several districts as no
longer existing.
Sec. ). To obtain funds for such
transportation, the trustees shall each
year make an estimate of the amount
of money necessary to maintain such
transportation for that year or for
the next ensuing year, or for both, and
shall certify the amount to the county
commissioners, who shall ascertain the
necessary percentage on the property
in said district, as shown by the last
assessment made thereof after equal
ization. to raise the amount of money
certified to, and shall add it to the
next county tax to be collected on the
property aforesaid; and the same shall
be paid into the county treasury in ia
vor of said district and be kept as a
separate fund to be known as Consol
idated School District No. Trars
portation Fund, TO be drawn only for
purposes of transportation of school
children to and from school, and in
the same manner as is now provided
by law for drawing other school mon
evs: provided. that If the trustees
shall certify to the county commits
sioners that such money is for imme-
liate use. the tax provided for in this
section shall be due and payable to
the treasurer of .he county in the
same manner as are oil other taxes.
Sec 6. The trustees of any school
district, other than consolidated dis
triet, shall provi le rsnsportation to
and from school for al children living
one mile or more therefrom in the
manner provided in sections and )
of this Act. If at any regular or spe-
cial election held in the district the
proposition of providing transporta-
tion for pupils to and from school
shall have been submitted to the quail
ifed voters of the district and ma-
ioritv of the votes east shall have IA
vored such transportation.
Sec z. Tn apportioning county ard
state school money to consolidate
school district the superintendent
public instruction shall apportion sneh
money in the following manner: First.
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