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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5', '§ 6', '§7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18']

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MISSOURI. 141
ject to the restrictions and limitations  hereinafter  provided, may have and use
a common seal ahd alter the same at pleasure.
§ 5. The corporate powers of such town or village, for the purposes herein
declared, shall be vested in a board of school directors, to consist of not less
than five nor more than nine directors, to be determined by the court and specified in the order of such incorporation, which number may be changed by an
order of the court, as the convenience of the inhabitants may require, so that
the number be within the limits herein' specified.
§ 6. The first directors shallbe appointed by the county court making the
order of incorporation, and such court shall at the same time fix the time and
place for the first meeting of the directors, which shall be within twenty days
after the making the order of incorporation.
§7. All school directors (except the first) shall be chosen by the qualified
electors, residing within the limits of the corporation, on tire first Monday of October in each year.
§ 8. All school directors, including the first, shall continue in office until the
next annual election, and until their successors are duly chosen and qualified.
§ 9. No person shall vote at any election of school directors, unless he be a
free white male person above the age of twenty one years, and shall at the time
of voting be a resident within the limits of the corporation; and shall moreover
be, either a free holder-or house holder therein, or shall have been assessed the
same year or the preceding year, to pay taxes therein, or shall have charge as
parent or guardian of a white child or children, between the ages of six and
eighteen years, or shall have such charge as master of an apprentice therein,
and every person not so qualified, who shall vote at any such election, shall, for
every such offence,forfeitasiim not exceeding five dollars.
§ 10. No person shall be a school director, who shall not be a citizen of the
United States, and a resident house holder within the limits of the corporation
one whole year next preceding his election, and otherwise qualified as a voter
§ 11. Each board of school directors shall have power to appoint a clerk,
a treasurer and a collector, each of whom shall be a person qualified to vote for
directors, and the board may supply all  vacancies   in such offices.
§ 12.    Every director and other officer of the  corporation shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take an oath  to support the constitution of
the United States and of this State, and to demean himself honestly, faithfully
and impartially in his office.
§ 13. Any vacancy happening in the office of a school director may be supplied by the remaining directors, or a majority of them, until the next annual
§ 14. Each board of school directors shall, as often as may be necessary appoint three qualified voters to be judges of elections, to superintend elections for directors.
§ 15. Such judges of election shall give notice of the time and place of
election, by written or printed notices put up at six or more publrc places within
the limits of the corporation, and also by publication in some newspaper (if
there be one) published therein, not less than ten, nor more than twenty days
§ 16. If, on the day appointed for holding any election, any of the judges
shall fail to attend, the electors present may appoint a judge or judges of election, who shall possess the qualifications of voters.
§ 17. The judges of elections shall appoint a clerk, to register tfce names of
voters and of those whose votes are rejected.
§ 18.   The polls shall be opened and kept  open from eight o'clock in   the
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Transcript MISSOURI. 141 ject to the restrictions and limitations hereinafter provided, may have and use a common seal ahd alter the same at pleasure. § 5. The corporate powers of such town or village, for the purposes herein declared, shall be vested in a board of school directors, to consist of not less than five nor more than nine directors, to be determined by the court and specified in the order of such incorporation, which number may be changed by an order of the court, as the convenience of the inhabitants may require, so that the number be within the limits herein' specified. § 6. The first directors shallbe appointed by the county court making the order of incorporation, and such court shall at the same time fix the time and place for the first meeting of the directors, which shall be within twenty days after the making the order of incorporation. §7. All school directors (except the first) shall be chosen by the qualified electors, residing within the limits of the corporation, on tire first Monday of October in each year. § 8. All school directors, including the first, shall continue in office until the next annual election, and until their successors are duly chosen and qualified. § 9. No person shall vote at any election of school directors, unless he be a free white male person above the age of twenty one years, and shall at the time of voting be a resident within the limits of the corporation; and shall moreover be, either a free holder-or house holder therein, or shall have been assessed the same year or the preceding year, to pay taxes therein, or shall have charge as parent or guardian of a white child or children, between the ages of six and eighteen years, or shall have such charge as master of an apprentice therein, and every person not so qualified, who shall vote at any such election, shall, for every such offence,forfeitasiim not exceeding five dollars. § 10. No person shall be a school director, who shall not be a citizen of the United States, and a resident house holder within the limits of the corporation one whole year next preceding his election, and otherwise qualified as a voter therein. § 11. Each board of school directors shall have power to appoint a clerk, a treasurer and a collector, each of whom shall be a person qualified to vote for directors, and the board may supply all vacancies in such offices. § 12. Every director and other officer of the corporation shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and of this State, and to demean himself honestly, faithfully and impartially in his office. § 13. Any vacancy happening in the office of a school director may be supplied by the remaining directors, or a majority of them, until the next annual election. § 14. Each board of school directors shall, as often as may be necessary appoint three qualified voters to be judges of elections, to superintend elections for directors. § 15. Such judges of election shall give notice of the time and place of election, by written or printed notices put up at six or more publrc places within the limits of the corporation, and also by publication in some newspaper (if there be one) published therein, not less than ten, nor more than twenty days before the election. § 16. If, on the day appointed for holding any election, any of the judges shall fail to attend, the electors present may appoint a judge or judges of election, who shall possess the qualifications of voters. § 17. The judges of elections shall appoint a clerk, to register tfce names of voters and of those whose votes are rejected. § 18. The polls shall be opened and kept open from eight o'clock in the