Milford chronicle., 1943-04-16

bOafdS OF Education OF Spe
cial School Districts in an,
for Sussex County shall b
nominated under the prOvis
ions of the School Laws en-
acted at the 1943 Session O
the General Assembly.
The members of the sale
Board of School Trustees anC
Boards of Education shall b.
elected for the following
terms:
One member for four years
One member for three years
One member for two years
One member for one year.
Candidates for Trustees in
each of the State Board Dis.
tricts in Sussex County must
file on OF before five o'clock,
Friday, April %, 1943.
Candidates for Boards OF
Education in each of the Spe.
cial School Districts in Sus-
sex County must file on OF
before five o'clock, Wednes.
day, April %, 1943.
The nominations for candi-
dates for Trustees for the
State Board of Education Dis
tricts and the members fol
the Boards of Education OF
the Special School Districts
shall conform to the provis-
ions of the law above men,
toned which is published in
full. 1t follows:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
ELECTION OF BOARDS OF
SCHOOL TRUST EES OF
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AMI
BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF
SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Be It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of Delaware in General AS
sembly met:
Section l. That Chapter II oi
the Revised Code of Delaware
1895, be and the same is hereby
amended by repeating (but only in
so far as the same shall apply to
the Counties of Kent and Sussex
the following section thereof: 2643
Section 21.
Section 2. That Chapter II OF
the Revised Code of Delaware. 1885
be and the same is hereby amend
cd by adding after 2643. Section 81
of said Chapter. the following new
section to be known as 2643A. Sec
tion 21A, as follows:
2643A. Section 21A. In each
School District in the Counties OF
Kent and Sussex, as at present
constituted there shall be a Board
of School Trustees, who shall be
representatives of the State Board
of Education in said School Dis
tricts and shall exercise the pow
ers granted to Trustees by this
Chapter. The said Board of School
Trustees of Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties shall be composed of four
members, who shall be citizens of
the State of Delaware and resi-
dents of the said School District.
The Board of School Trustees shall
be elected from the residents of
the several School Districts in
Kent and Sussex Counties by the
qualified voters of that District at
the annual election, which shall be
held on the second Saturday in
May. between the hours of one and
five o'clock in the afternoon. The
present Board of School Trustees
of each School District in Kent and
Sussex Counties shall, by this Act
be appointed, to serve and shall
act as the Board of School Trus-
tees of said School District from
and after the passage hereof until
the Board of School Trustees are
duly elected and qualify; and that
at the annual election held on the
second Saturday in May, 1943, af-
ter the passage of this Act, four
members of the Board of School
Trustees in each School District of
Kent and Sussex Counties shall be
elected, one of whom shall be elect
ed for one year. one for two years,
one for three years and one for
four years from the first day of
July next succeeding their cleo
tiOn; and the person receiving the
highest number of votes shall be
elected for the term of four years,
the person receiving the next high
est number of votes. for a term of
three years. the person receiving
the third highest number of votes.
for a term of two years. and the
person receiving the fourth highest
of votes for a term of one
year. At each annual election
thereafter the successor of every
member of the Board of School
Trustees in each School District in
Kent and Sussex Counties shall be
elected by the qualified voters of
said School District for a term OF
four years from the first day of
July next succeeding their election
and until their respective success
Drs qualify.
In the event that there are not
my nominations filed for members
of the Board of School Trustees in
any School District in Kent or Sus-
sex Counties as hereinafter provid- !
ID, and an election of Board OF
School Trustees is not held in any
,f the School Districts in Kent and
sussex Counties ON the second Sat :
irday in May, 1913, after. the pass |
,ge of this Act. the present Board |