The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-16


this 18th day of March, 1915.
J. T. BOTkIN, Secretary of State.
By E. A. CORNELL,
Asst Secretary of State.
Published in The Topeka State journal
March 16, 1851
HOUSE BILL No. Sc
AN ACT relating to the establishment of
rural high school districts and repeal
ing chapter 262 of the Session Laws of
1911 and chapter 21S of the Session Laws
of 1913 and all other acts and parts of
acts in conflict herewith.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
Section l. The legal electors residing
in territory containing not less than six
teen square miles and comprising one or
more townships or parts thereof shall have
authority to form rural high school dis
trict and to establish, locate and maintain
therein a rural high school as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 2. Whenever a petition, signed by
two-fifths of the legal electors residing in
the territory of the proposed rural high
school district, to be determined by an
enumeration taken for this purpose, shall
be presented to the board of county com
missioners of the county in which lies the
greatest portion of territory comprising
said district, reciting the boundaries of
said proposed district and requesting said
board of county commissioners to call
locating a rural high school and to vote
bonds for the construction of a high school
amount of the bonds proposed to be stated
in the petition, it shall be the duty of the
board of county commissioners forthwith to
call, special election in said proposed dis
trict to vote on establishing and locating
rural high school and to vote bonds
therefor. All elections held under the pro-
visions of this act shall be governed by
the general election laws of the state when
not contrary to this act. Notice of all such
elections shall be given at least twenty
one days prior to the date of such election
by posting printed or typewriter notices
on the door of each school house in the
proposed district and by publishing the
same twice in some newspaper published in
each county in which the proposed district
or any part of the proposed district lies,
and such elections shall not be called
oftener than once in every two years I'M
less by the petition of more than one-half
the legal voters of said district presented
to the proper county commissioners.
Sec. 8. If the territory comprising the
any Incorporated town or city with a pop
ulation of more than 300, the election pro-
be called unless petitions snail be present.
ed to the county commissioners signed by
wo-fifths of the legal electors residing in
said town or city and by wo-fifths of the
the proposed high school district outside
of said town or city; and when such petit
lions shall be presented, the county com
missioners shall call an election as pro-
vided in section 2 of this act and the vote
in said town or city and in the territory
outside of said town or city shall be taken
and counted separately; and high school
containing any incorporated town city
with population of more than 300 I'M
less the proposition to form such a high
school therein shall be favored by a
Jority of those voting in said town or city
and by a majority of those voting in the
territory of the proposed high school dis
triet outside of said town or city.
Sec. 4. On the Friday following, the
of this act the board of county commits
sioners shall canvass the vote and shall
ent of public instruction. Upon receiving
notice that a proposition to establish a
majority of those voting in an election held
as provided in sections 2 and 3 of this act
the county superintendent of public in
notice of which shall be given as provided
in section 2, to elect a rural high school
board which shall consist of a director.
elected shall serve respectively until the
expiration of the terms of director. clerk,
thereafter rural high school officers shall
serve for a term of three years and until
their successors are elected and qualified.
Sec D. The annual school meeting for
the election of officers shall be held at two
o'clock p; m. on the day proceeding the
date of the annual meeting of school dis
tricts. The high school board of each
high school district shall meet annually on
the third Monday in April at two p. m. at
the high school building or at such other
place Is they may agree upon and shall
make the necessary levy for taxes not to
exceed four mills the dollar of valua-
ton on all taxable property in the rural
high school district, to pay teachers to
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debtedness, and pay interest the same.
and the incidental expenses of said high
school. The clerk of said district shall GER
tify the levy to the county clerk, who
shall extend the amount the tax roll
and the county treasurer shall collect and
pay over such taxes in the manner pro-
vided by law for school districts.
Sec. 6. The rural high school board
shall have the care and control of all prop
erty belonging to the high school district
and, except herein provided, shall have
the powers prescribed by law for school
district boards. The rural high school
board is hereby authorized to secure
site, selected provided in section . of
this act, either by donation purchase
or such site may be condemned in the
manner provided in chapter So Session
Laws of 1909, for the Condemnation of
for school sites in cities and
school districts Il
Sec Z. In case any rural high school
district shall lie partly in two or more
the clerk of said high school dis
trict shall certify the tax levy to the coun-
~ clerk of each county in which any part
of said high school district lies. and said !
county clerk shall place the same on the |
tax roll and the county treasurer of each |
of said counties shall collect and pay over |
such taxes to the treasurer of the high |
school district as provided in section i !
and such rural high school district shall i