The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-16
pEN CHILDREN
FOR A DISIRIC-

At a sI,cial meeting of tho House
 oJ Representatives Wedne iday 'fght House Bin n. giving relief Co ;sGlated
 districts in regard to the esiah.ish-
 ment of schools was agreed upon, ind
 several sections of the uniform school
 bill were ratified before a recess was
 taken.
 House bin n will pass the Honse in
 the following form, according to the committees recommendation, wh-''h
 was adopted (The present law pro-
 visions are inclosed in parenthesis)
 Section l. That Section S25 of Chap
 ter 9, Of the Compiled Laws cf Alaska
 be amended to read as follows: "rhe
 (clerk of the District Cour0 Commis-
 sioner of the Precinct shall have the power and 1t shall be his duty, in the
 lDivision) Precinct to which he is appointed and in which he resides up-
 on petition as hereinafter specified. to
 establish by order in writing school district at any camp. village, or settle
 ment outside of the limits Of any in-
 corporated town. but such school dis
 trict shall not embrace more than for ty square miles of territory not less than (twenty) ten resident white chil- dren between the ages of six and twenty years. The said petition shall specify as near as may be the location and boundary Of the proposed school district) the number Of people the number of families, and the number of children between the ages of six and twenty years. The said petition shall specify as near as may be the location and boundary of the propos. ed school district, the number of peo- pie. the number of families. and the number of children between the ages of six and twenty years resident there in. and such other material facts as tend to show the necessity for the es- tablishment of the school district
 Said petition shall be signed by not less than twelve persons of adult age who are citizens of the United States or have declared their intentions to- become such and who reside within the boundaries of the proposed school district. If the (Clerk of the Court Commissioner of the Precinct is sat isfied that it is necessary and proper to grant such petition. he shall make an order in writing establishing the school district prayed for. describing the same and defining It's boundaries and he shall also in said order appoint three of the petitioners to supervise and give notice of the first election, and shall specify the time and place of the same The original order shall remain on file in the records Of (the Court the precinct and Q copy of the same shall be posted at three public places in the school district at least ten days before the election, and such posting shall be deemed a sufficient notice of such election All persons qualified to sign said petition shall be qualified to vote at said election. The qualified voters of said school district shall at said election choose ! by a pluraliay vote a school board of three members. consisting of clerk, | a treasurer. and a directorw ho shall. ! before entering upon the duties of ! their trust. each take an oath in writ ! ing to honorably and faithfully dis charge the duties of their office. In case vacancy in the membership ! of said board occurs from death, res ignation. removal. or other cause. such vacancy may be filled by @ special election. upon ten days notice called 1 by the remaining members of the board upon the petition of five quail lied voters. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the moneys of the school district. and he shall, before en- tering upon the duties of his office, give his bond to the school district, with sufficient sureties, to be approy- ed by the (Clerk of the CourN Com missioner of the Precinct. and in such sum as he may direct, but not less than twice the amount of money that may come into his hands as treasurer, conditioned that he, the treasurer will honestly and faithfully disburse and account for all the money that may come into his hands by virtue of his office. Said Board shall have the power to build or rent the necessary school house or school room, to equip the same with the necessary furniture and fixtures. to provide fuel and light to hire and employ teachers, and in general to do and perform everything
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