The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07


of education, formed today under a
dents of school boards held at Fort
Madison today. w. b. Woolley, pres
ident of the keokuk board of educa-
Boyd.
All were elected unanimously, and
they drew lots for the long and short
drawn by Boyd. Johnson and Lampe,
by Bell, Hazen and Dumenil.
The county board of education
gives advice to the county superin-
Superintendent Lynn is an ex offlcio
member of the board.
The New Law
The new law under which the
board is formed is as follows:
There shall also be held one of
such conventions on the first Mon.
day of April, 1918, at which time
there shall be elected six persons out.
side the membership Of such conven.
/ ton, who with the county superin.
tendent, ex-officio, shall constitute
f! the county board of education. Such
persons shall be reputable citizens of
! the county, of good educational quail
! ifications and whose term of office
shall begin the first day of May, 1919,
and continue until their successors
are elected and qualified. Three of
whom shall be elected for the term
of two years and three for the term
| of five years, and thereafter begin
ming with the regular convention in
1921, three members shall be elected
every three years for the term of six
years, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. All persons
elected or appointed on said board
shall qualify on or before ten days
following their election or appoint
ment, and at the time of their cleo
ton or appointment must be citizens
of the United States, over twenty
one years Of age, and residents of
the state for a period of six months,
and the county sixty days, prior to
their election or appointment, and
| the members of said board may be of
either sex, and not more than one
member, other than the county super
| intendent, shall be from the same
school corporation. Vacancies in
said board to be filled by the board
until the next regular convention,
when such convention shall fill all
| vacancies, provided, however, If the
| members of said board be reduced
below a quorum convention shall
be called as provided by law, to fill
vacancies. A majority of said board
shall constitute quorum for the
transaction Of business. The mem
bers of said board shall take an oat
of office as provided by law for all
county officers. The members of said
board, except the county superinten-
dent, shall serve without pay, but
shall be allowed their actual neces-
sary expenses in performing their
duties, not to exceed forty dollars
each, annually, to be audited by the
board of supervisors and paid out of
the general fund Meetings of said
board shall be held on the second
Monday of August and February in
each year at the Office of the county
superintendent and other meetings
on call of the county superintendent,
or on written request Of any three
members filed with the ounty super.
intendent. Said board shall perform
all duties prescribed by law for the
county board of education, and upon
all matters referred to them by him
shall act as an advisory board to the
county superintendent, and shall CO.
operate with him in formulating
plans and regulations for the adj
vancement and welfare of the schools
under his supervision"