Year: 1867

tne olncerS OF SuCn 0lSkFlct from among
the persons residing in such district Of
the age Of twenty-one years and upward,
who are taxpayers therein; which Of
icers thus appointed shall severalIy file
with the director a written acceptance of
the officers to which they shall have been
appointed. which shall be recorded by
the director.


Sec. IA Every such school district
shall be deemed duly organized when
ever any two of the officers thus appoint
ed shall have filed their acceptance as
aforesaid and such school district and
its officers shall be entitled TO all the
rights. privileges and lmmuni;ies and be
subject to all the duties and liabilities
conferred upon school districts by law.


Sec. Is. The annual meeting of each
school district shall be held on the first
Monday in October each year; and the
school year shall commence on that day.


Sec. Is. Special meetings may be
called by the district board or any one of
them, an the written request of any five
legal voters of the district, by giving the
notice required in the next succeeding
section; and in all notices Of special
meetings the subject of the meeting shall
be stated.


Sec. II. All notices of annual or spe.
cial meetings, after the first meeting has
been held as aforesaid. shall specify the
day and hour and place of meeting, and
shall be given at least fifteen days pre-.
vious to such meeting, by posting up cop.
les thereof in three of the most public
places, or by publication in newspa per
published in the district; and in case Of
any special meeting ca lied for the pur-
pose of establishing or changing the site
of a school house, such notice shall be
given at least fifteen days previous there.
to.


Sec. Is. No district meeting shall be
deemed illegal for want of due notice,
unless it shall appear that the omission
to give such notice was wilful and fraud
ulent: Provided. that for all meetings to
provide for the location or removal of a
site for a school house, the notice required
in the last proceeding section shall in all
eases be given.


Sec. 19. Every inhabitans of the
age of twenty one years residing in the
district and liable 70 pay a school district
tax therein shall be entitled to vote at
any district meeting.


Sec. 90. If any person offering to
vote al school district meeting shall be
challenged as unqualified by any legal
voter in such district, the chairman pre-
siding at snch meeting shall declare to
the person challenged the qualifications
of voter and if such person shall state
that he. or she, is qualified and the chal.
lenge shall not be Withdrawn, the 50 id
chairman shall administer TO bin or her
an oath in substance as follows: You do
solemnIy swear and affirm that you are
twenty-one years Of age, that you are an
actual resident Of this school district and
liable to pay school district tax therein,
so help you God And every person ta-
king such oath shall be permitted to vote
on all questions proposed at such meeting


Sec. 81. If any person so challenged
shall refuse to take such oath, his, or her
vote shall be rejected, and any person
who shall wilfully take a false oath or
make a false affirmation, under the pro-
visions of.the preceding section shall be
deemed guilty of perjury.


Sec. %. When any question is taken
in any other manner than by ballot,
challenge Immediately after the vote
has been taken and previous TO the an
nouncement Of the vote by the chair, shall
be deemed to be made when offering to
vote and treated in the same manner.


Sec. %. The qualified voters in such
school district when lawfully assembled
shall have power tc adjourn from time to
time as may be necessary; to designate
a site for a school house BY a vote of two
thirds of those present and TO change
the same by similar vote at any regular
meeting.


Sec. "a. When no site can be estab-
lished by such inhabitants as aforesaid,
the county superintendent of the coun-
" in which the district is situated, shall
determine where such site shall be and
his determination shall be certified to
the director of the district and shall be
final, except that such decision may be
changed by the county superintendent on
written request of majority Of the
qualified veters of the district.


Sec. 25. The said qualified voters
shall also have power at any such meet
ing to direct the purchasing or leasing of
any appropriate site and the building,
hiring or purchasing of a school house,
and the amount Of fuel to be furnished
and the time of furnishing it for the sue
ceeding year, whether TO be delivered at
the school house, TO be assessed by a tax
on the property of the district and to i'm
pose such tax as may be sufficient for the
payments thereof.


Sec. 26. Any school district shall
have power and authoritytO borrow mon
ey to pay for sites for school houses and
to erect buildings thereon and to furnish
the same by a vote of two-thirds of the
qualified voters Of said district present at
any annual meeting or special meeting.
Provided: That a special meeting for
such purpose shall be upon a notice CIV
en- by the director Of such district at least
twenty days prior TO the day Of such
meeting, and that the whole debt Of any
such district at any one time for money
thus borrowed shall not exceed FIVE
thousand dollars.


Sec. q. The qualified voters, when
assembled at any annual or regular NEE
ting, may from time to time impose such