The log cabin Democrat., 1920-03-24

board of education; provided, that not more tha ntwo members shall be elected or be members of the county board of education from any one po- litical township; provided further, that the number of the board so elect ed receiving the Highest number of votes cast respectively at the election shall hold office, with not more than two members from any one political township, for a period of five years, the member receiving the next high est numler of votes shall serve four years, the member receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve three years, the member receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve two years, and the member re- ceiving the next highest number of votes shall serve one year; provided further, that at the annual school election the third Saturday in May of each succeeding year thereafter, a member or members shall be elected for a term of five years, whose term or
 
 terms of office expire at that time ;; provided, that any member of the board of education shall hold office until his successor has been elected and qualified. The returns of the school elections on the matter of election of county board members shall be made as now provided by law to the county clerk of the county within 15 days af- ter the election, and it shall be the duty of the county clerk on or before June } next succeeding the school election, to canvass or tabulate the votes cast in the matter of election of the members of the county board, and make the proper record of said vote, announce the result, notify eith- CT personally CT by letter the mem bers who were duly elected in ac- cordance with the provisions of this law, and preserve for permanent fl- ing the poll books or tally sheets, showing the vote cast as a result of the same at such school election. The election laws of this state regulating the nomination and manner of certi- flying the names of candidates for county office shall govern in the mat ter of candidates for membership on the county board of education The expense of furnishing ballots. poll books and tally sheets shall be paid out of the common school fund. In de- termining and certifying results of the election of members of the county board of education at the first cleo tion held under the provisions of this act, the county clerk shall perform the duties imposed on the county board by Section Il of this act.
 Section 8. The members of the county board of education, elected as herein provided. shall meet in the of ice of the county clerk on or before the second Saturday in tune, take the oath of office, and shall then go to the office of the county superintend- ent, or other convenient meeting place Tn the court house, and organize bv electlng one of it's members chairman of the board. The chairman of the board shall be entitled to vote on all questions. The board shall elect an acting secretary, who shall act as sec retary In the absence of the county su. perlntendent, but the county superin- tendent Of schools shall be the secre- tary and executive officer of the board and shall attend, if possible to do SO all meetings of the board, but he shall not have the right to vote on the board.
 section 1. That the county board or education shall have direction and supervision of the public schools of the county, unless otherwise provided Dy law, in their respective counties. Inc county board shall also have all the powers and discharge all the du- Iles pertaining to the schols. school affairs and school revenues of the county, heretofore imposed upon the county judge, such as the followinp. Apportlon all school funds as pro- Vlded by law and in conformity with the regulations of the state board of education; form school districts change district boundary lines; trans fer children; dissolve upon petition To- cal school districts; where conditions and the best interests of the children demand; transfer funds and attach territory which it is no school district to the proper district or districts; set aside funds from the general school fund' before the school apportionment is made. for the salaru of thn co,,n4..