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such district. aggregation OF DISTRICTS
requesting the compulsory school at
tendance under this Act be authorized
IN such territory, shall have been sub
mitted to the Clerk of Court. The said
Clerk of Court shall examine such petit
tion with especial reference to- the legi-
bility of the names contained thereon,
and after examination shall refer such
petition to the County Board of Regis
tration. Along with the petition the
Clerk of Court shall send his written
statement showing that he has count
ed the names thereon and has found
them to be so many giving the
number). Immediately upon receipt
of the petition and the statement Of
the Clerk of Court. the County Board
of Registration shall check such petition
against the registration books OF the
county or of such number thereof as
may be affected, and the said County
Board of Registration shall certify its
findings in writing to the County Super
intendent of Education. Upon receipt
of such certificate showing that such
petition bears the signatures of a ma
jority of the qualified voters Of the ter
ritory affected, the County Board Of
Education shall forthwith declare the
privisions of this Act of full force and
effect in such territory. If such petit
ton for any district, Or aggregation of
districts, is filed with the Clerk of Court,
checked by the County Board Of Regis
~tration, and certified to the County Su-
p~erintendent of Education after the
opening of any school or schools, the
County Board of Education may fix the
date for the beginning Of the compulso-
ry school attendance for that year; or
the said County Board of Education
may order such compulsory school at
tendance to begin at the opening of the
next succeeding scholastic year. That
where no such petition is filed, signed by
a majority of the electors as herein pro-
vided, upon the filing: of petition signed
by o%ne-fourth of the qualified electors Of
such district, or aggregation OF districts,
tricts, an election shall be ordered by
the County Board of Education, sub
uniting to the qualified electors OF such
district, or aggregation OF districts, the
question of compulsory school attend
ance or no compulsory school attend
ance for said district, or aggregation OF
districts Provided, further, That the
County Board of Education, in all school
districts containing a town Of a popula-
ton of 1,50U or more inhabitants, upon
the petition of a majority of the Board of
Trustees shall order such election: The
said election shall be held at the school
house, or schoolhouses, for white chill
dren in the said district, or aggregation
of districts. The managers shall be ap-
pointed by the Board OF Trustees of
each district. and the said election shall
be conducted in accordance with the
rules governing general elections. The
County Board of Education shall sup
ply printed ballots, as follows: Com
pulsory school attendance accepted -
Compulsory school attendance reject
ed - and if the majority vote in the
said election Compulsory school at
tendance accepted, then the provisions
of this Act shall apply to the said dis
trict or aggregation of districts. The
said election shall be held OF the second
Tuesday in June, one thousand nine
hundred and hfteen, following the filing
of the said petition, or on the second
Tuesday in June of any subsequent
year. Any district emitting, failing,
or refusing to accept compulsory school
attendance as herein provided, either by
petition or by election, may adopt the
provisions of this Act in any subsequent
year, either by petition or by election
as hereinabove provided.
Sec. ~. The Board of Education Of
each county, and in case of towns and
cities Of two Thousand inhabitants, the
Board of Trustees therein shall have
power at any meeting to make
such rules and regulations not in con-
fict with the provisions hereof, as they
may deem best with reference to the
time, place and hours for scuool attend
ance 80 as to secure the attendance OF
all children between the ages of eight
and fourteen years upon the schools of
the county as herein provided, and s. c
rules and regulations. when approved
by the County Superintendent OF Edu-
cation, and posted at the courthouse
door and at the door of each pubic
schoolhouse in the territory affected
thereby, shall have the force of law un-
til, and unless. they have been revoked
on appeal by the State Board of Educa-
ton. TIE operation uf such rules and
regulations may be suspended by the
State Superintendent of Education dur
ing the tendency of slch appeal.
Sec. II. No tuition. contingent. ma
circulation. incidental. or other fee of
any kind shall be charged or collected
for the attendance Of any pupil upon
any school in the common or public
school department residing in this State
adopting the provisions of this Act.
Sec. II. The Court Board of Educa-
ton shall have full power and authority
to remove from office any Trustee, or
Board of Trustees, neglecting, refus-
ing, or emitting to carry out the provis-
ions of this Act. and to fill the vacancy
thereby created or said Board in accord
ance with existing law.
Sec. II. This Act shall be in fnll
force and effect from and after the first
day of July, one thousand nine hundred
and fifteen. All Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act be, and the
same are hereby. repealed.
Approved the Goth day Of February.
A. D. 1915.