The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-21
COURT CAN CHANCE SPECIAL DISTRICTS TEXT OF NEW SCHOOL ACT LAW AFFECTING MANY FAULK- NER COUNTY DISTRICTS
 IS AMENDED.


 Democrat is able to publish today an official copy of the act amending the law regarding the formation of special rural school districts. Under the provisions of act No. 321 of the general assembly of 1909, many special districts have been formed in thls county, and much dissension has resulted over the inclusion or exclu- sion of territory in the various dis tricts. In several cases it has been claimed that certain patrons were practically debarred from school priv ileges by reason of being taken into other districts where the school building was too remote from them About 20 of these special districts were organized last year and in near ly every case additional territory was included
 Under the old law, after special district had once been formed it was | impossible for the county court to | make any changes in it's boundaries The new act, copy of which is print ed below, provides that any person may petition the court for a change in the boundary of special district and after a hearing, at which the president or secretary of the school board must be summoned to appear the court Is empowered to grant the relief prayed for. The new act ap- plies only to Faulkner, Cleburne, Lo- gan, Dallas and White counties. It is as follows:
 An Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
 Act No. 321 of the Acts of the Gen
 eral Assembly of the Acts of 1909
 and for Other Purposes, So Far
 As Said Act Applies to Faulkner,
 Logan and Dallas Counties and
 Cleburne and White Counties. be 1t Enacted By the General Assem-
 bly, of the State of Arkansas: Be It Enacted By the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 Section l. That Act 321 of the Acts of 1909 be amended to read as follows:
 Section 1. That when the people Of any given territory now embraced within any single common school dis trlct in any county in this state. other than incorporated cities and towns desire to avail themselves of the benefits of all the laws of this
 state, for the regulation of public schools in incorporated cities and towns, they may be organized into and established as single school dis trict in the manner and with powers therein provided with such modified tions of said laws as are herein pro- vided
 "Section ?. That the petitions pro- vided for in Section 7669 of Kirby's Digest of the laws of Arkansas shall be accompanied by a map showing the territory embraced within the com mon school district asked to be made into special district and shall be presented to the county judge of the county containing such territory, who shall perform the duties imposed upon the mayor of cities and towns in said original act, and with like form and effect, and said county judge shall designate the time and place for holding the election provided for therein and shall appoint the three directors of said common school dis trict to hold said election.
 "Section 8. That all school dis tricts created under this act shall have the power to borrow money as any other special or single district, in cities or incorporated towns, when a majority of the lagal voters of said district vote for same at any annual school meeting"
 Section 2. The county courts shall have power to change or alter the boundary line or lines of certain sin gle or special school districts created under Act No. 321 of the Acts of 1909 prior to the passage of this act, by adding to or taking from the terri tory of any such special school dis tricts, in the manner hereinafter pro- vided
 Section 3. Any person desiring to change the boundary line of such dis tricts as are mentioned in Section of this act, shall file with the clerk of the county court of the county in which such district is located, his pe- tition in which shall be set out the change or changes desired, which pe- titon shall stand for hearing at any regular or adjourned term of the court after ten days notice as herein after provided. Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk shall issue summons directed to the secretary and president of the school board of the district to be affected and seryice on either the president or secretary of