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members.
Sec. 4. Each person elected or ap-
pointed on the county board Of education
shall be a citizen Of the United States and
OF the state Of Missouri and shall have
resided in said state for at least one year
prior to his election and shall be a resi-
dent Of the county in which he is elected,
and a resident Of the county school dis
trict for at least six months, and shall be
able to read and write the English Ian
guage and shall a v paid a state and
county tax for the year next preceding his
election. and shall not be less han
twenty-five years OF age.
Sec. S. Amy person. qualified under this
law, may become a candidate for cleo
ton on the county board Of education by
filing his announcement with the clerk Of
the county court at least twenty days be-
fore the annual school election and said
clerk shall file the announcements n
PRINT all names Of candidates In all no.
tees of election and on all ballots In
alphabetical order. Not more than one
membe Of said board hall be elected
from any one municipal township unless
the county contains fewer than six town
ships, In which case two members may
be elected from any one township. n
not more than three of said members
shall be elected from one judicial district
OF Ine COUNTY do uIfluSu lOTs tno SLcSAlOi
Of county judges Of the county. In event
no announcements for the county board
Of education are fled with the county
clerk, as required herein, then the voters
Of the local school district, at their an
nual school meetings, may vote for any
persons, qualified under this law, for
members of the county board of educa-
ton, and the six persons having the high
est number of votes, in accordance with
| thu ahnUa nrnVfsiOn ~ this Qnptt0n shall
be declared elected as the first county
board of education, and in subsequent
elections the same procedure shall be had
for such members of the board, as shall
be necessary to elect.
Sec. 6. hi county clerk shall publish
in alphabetical order the names, post
office addresses and townships of all per-
so:ls filing for election in two newspapers
of the county, for two consecutive weeks
prior to the day of holding the annual
local district election; provided, that If
only one newspaper be published In the
county, the publication required by this
section h be made in such newspaper.
Sec. 7. At least ten lays before the
annual school election, the county clerk
shall arrange in alphabetical order the
names of the persons filing for election,
with the name of the township in which
each resides, and cause the same to be
printed on the official ballot, and sent by
mail or otherwise to the clerk Of each
local district q number of official ballots
equal to two times the estimated number
Of qualified voters in the local school dis
trict. The official ballots shall not con-
tain any party emblem, name, title, or
designation.
Sec. s. Whenever the county board Of
education or the county court has certi-
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proposition to be voted upon or election
to be held under the provisions of this
act, it shall be the duty Of such clerk
of the county court to prepare and dis
tribute ballots, and blank certificates for
each and every election that may be held
under the provisions of this act, shall be
as now provided for the holding of the
annual school meeting in the local school
district.
Sec. 9. The members Of the county
board Of education shall be elected by the
qualified voters of the county school dis
trict, voting at the annual school election
held at two O'Clock in the afternoon OF
the first Tuesday in April of each year.
Said members so elected shall hold their
office for three years inc until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified, except
those elected at the first election in 1921
and those elected to fill u~nexpired terms
Sec. 10. The voting for membership on
the county board of education shall be by
ballot and no ballots shall be used except
the official ballots furnished by the coun-
ty clerk in the manner hereinbefore pro-
vided. Each qualified voter of the county
school district shall be entitled to vote for
as many members of the county board Of
education as there are vacancies to be
filled. The voter shall draw a line through
thu a nv " ~ nf oil nandfdnfnd m.
pearing on said ballot except the names
of the candidates for whom he desires
to cast his vote. It shall be the duty Of
the chairman and clerk of the annua
school meeting to cast up the result OF
said election, announce the number Of
votes received by each of said candidates
and cause the same to be entered upor
the records of the proceedings of said an.
nual meeting. The chairman and cleri
shall make out upon a blanlq certificate
to be furnished by the county clerk at the
time official ballots are distributed, the
number of votes cast for each candidate
and within five days after the holding o.
such election transmit by mail or other.
wise to the clerk Of the county court sait
certificate, together with all ballots voted
r. said election. Such certificates shall
be signed by the chairman and clerk Of
the election and a copy of this certiicat,
properly signed shall be filed with tn,
clerk OF the local district. 1t h be thu
duty Of the county clerk within ten day
after the annual election to call to hi
assistance two justices Of the peace o.
two qualified voters of the county, whit
together, shall cast up the vote. TIL
! county clerk shall issue commissions Il
! the persons elected, for which he shall
! receive a fee of one dollar for each com
mission issued, to be paid out of the Incl
dental fund of the county school district
Sec. Ii. The first election for member
of the county board of education held un
der the provisions of this act, shall be he'll
on the third Tuesday in August, 1921, a
two o'clock in the afternoon, at whicl
: time six members shall be elected. TIL
( county clerk shall cast up the returns a
: provided in section 10 of this act. TIL
4 two member receiving the highest mum
Der of votes shall serve until April ]
8 1924, the two member receiving the mex
3 highest number of votes shall serve unit
April l, 1923, and the two receiving tn
next highest number of votes shall serv
Q until April /, 1922. Announcements 70
8 members Of the county board of educa
tion to be elected in August, 1921, sha
: be made in the manner provided in sec
s tons s and 6 of this act, except that tn
county clerk shall give notice Of sue
announcements twenty days prior to tn
y third Tuesday in August, 1921. and 6
least ten days prior to TIE third Tuesda
in August, 1921, the county clerk sha
Il arrange the official ballots and distribut