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Notice of election.

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Township board to file certified copy.

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Accounting of property, etc.

and canvassed in the same manner that is now provided for
the counting of ballots under the general election law. If
a majority of the school electors of such township voting at
such election votes in favor of the proposition, such town-
ship shall, after the second Monday in July subsequent to
such election, be considered a single school district and shall be
governed by the provisions of this act. Whenever a majority
of the qualified school electors of any township votes in
favor of the organization of any township into a single school
district it shall be the duty of the township board to call a
township election for the second Monday in July, at which
election the trustees for the township school district shall be
elected by the qualified school electors of such township.
Notice of such election shall be given by the township board
by posting notices thereof in at least five public places in the
township and at least one notice in each organized school
district that on the second Monday in July following trustees
for the township school district will be elected, and it shall
be the duty of the township board of election inspectors of
such township to conduct such first election and perform
such duties in connection therewith as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this act: Provided, That if in
such township, or as
a part of such township, there
are
fractional school districts already organized, the
school house of which is within the boundaries of
the township, such fractional districts shall be considered
a part of the township for school purposes, and qualified
school electors residing anywhere in such fractional school
district shall be qualified to sign the petition for or vote
upon the question of the organization of the township dis-
trict. The township board shall make and file, both with the
county clerk and with the county commissioner of schools of
the county in which such township is located, a certified
copy of the above mentioned petition together with its find-
ings and decision thereon, and when the trustees or district
officers shall have been duly elected and shall have filed a
written acceptance of office with the township clerk of such
township and shall have complied with the general provi-
sions of this act pertaining to the election and acceptance of
school officers, the said board of education shall immediately
become the custodian of all the property pertaining to the
public schools of the township and shall have all the powers
and privileges conferred upon school officers by the general
laws of this State, and said general laws shall apply and be
in force in such district in all particulars not otherwise pro-
vided for in this act: Provided, That immediately upon the
organization of the board of education herein provided for
said board shall call a meeting of the officers of the school
districts of the township as heretofore existing, if any, and
at such meeting there shall be an accounting of the property,
records, and funds of such districts and a settlement of the
same, and the officers of the several school districts of the

township as heretofore existing shall immediately thereafter turn over to the said board of education all the books, records, money, property, and other matter or material in their possession and belonging to the public schools of their respective districts to the township board of education and said board shall give to such officers proper receipts, and the secretary of said board of education shall place a full statement of such several settlements in the records of the board of education for said township.

SEC. 2. All cities organized as school districts and all Exemption. graded school districts having a population of more than nine hundred shall be exempt from the provisions of this act. Their boundaries shall remain the same and they shall continue to administer the public schools of such city or graded district in the same manner as heretofore provided by statute: Provided, That if any such city or graded school dis- Proviso. trict shall desire to give up its own organization as a school district and become a part of the township district, and such district and the other district or districts of the township shall respectively so express themselves by ballot by a majority vote of the legal voters of each district at an annual or special meeting of such districts, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have authority to declare the organization of such city or graded school district for school purposes dissolved, and he shall make such declaration in writing and serve the same upon the officers of the township district and upon the officers of such city or graded district, and such officers shall immediately turn over to the board of education of such township all the building, property, appurtenances, money, and material heretofore belonging to such city or graded district to the board of education of the township district, and thereafter such city or graded district shall be a part of the township district and controlled by the township board of education as herein provided: Provided further, Further That where fractional school districts have been organized heretofore the organization of the township district for school purposes shall conform to the boundaries of such school districts, and that the said fractional districts shall become a part of the township district in which the school house of such district is located, and that in the election of school officers said boundaries shall be recognized by the officers of the township: Provided further, That in any case where a Further proviso. fractional district has been organized heretofore, such territory may be divided so that the township school district boundary lines shall conform to the township boundary lines, said division being made in their discretion by the township boards of the townships in which the territory may be located, said boards meeting in joint session for such purpose. When such division has been made, the township boards at said joint meeting shall immediately proceed to make an equitable division of the property, and money, if any, belonging to such district between the townships in which such dis

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Township clerk to give notice.

Fill vacancies.

Purchase

school sites.

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Vote taxes for wages, etc.

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trict was located. The township clerk of the township in which the school house of such fractional school district is located shall give at least ten days' notice to the township clerk of the other townships interested of the time and place of such meeting, and each township clerk upon receiving such notice shall notify each member of the township board of his township of the time and place of such meeting. The joint meeting of the township boards when assembled shall elect from their number a chairman and a clerk, and a majority of the joint board shall be necessary to determine all questions submitted. The clerk of said joint board shall provide each township clerk with an exact record of the proceedings of said meeting.

SEC. 9. The board of education shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To fill any vacancies that may occur in the office of trustee until the next annual meeting, and the person or persons so appointed shall file his acceptance and affidavit as hereinbefore provided;

(b) To purchase or lease in the name of the district such site or sites for school houses as may be necessary, out of the fund provided for that purpose, and make sale of any site or other property of the district when lawfully directed to do so by the qualified voters: Provided, That the board shall not build a stone or brick school house upon any site with out having first obtained a title in fee to the same or a lease for at least ninety-nine years, nor shall a frame school house be erected on any site for which the board has not secured a title in fee or a lease for at least fifty years, and in all cases where school sites are leased the board shall reserve the privilege of removing the school property from the site on the expiration of the lease;

(c) To estimate the amount of money necessary to be raised for buildings and sites and report same to the voters at the annual meeting;

(d) To vote the taxes necessary in addition to other school funds for teachers' wages which shall be accounted for under the title of "general fund;" and if no high school be established, to vote such taxes as may be necessary to pay the tuition of any and all children of high school age resident in such township, to high schools already established, and to vote such taxes as may be necessary for the regular running expenses of the school, which shall include school furnishings and all appendages, library, the care of school property, record books and blanks, and all apparatus and material which may be necessary in order that the schools may be properly managed and maintained, and such taxes when collected and received by the treasurer of the board shall be accounted for under the title "general fund." All moneys received from penal fines for library purposes and all moneys received for buildings and sites shall be kept in separate accounts under proper title: Provided, That when the dis

trict or the board has voted a tax for any legal purpose and the money is needed before the tax can be levied and collected the board may borrow on the warrant of the district a sum not to exceed the amount of tax voted for such purpose;

(e) Between the second Monday of July and the first Taxes levied. Monday of August in each year, to make out and deliver to the township clerk a report in writing, signed by the president and secretary, of all taxes for school purposes voted by the district and by the district board, to be levied on the taxable property of the district;

moneys,

(f) To apply and pay over all school moneys belonging to School the district in accordance with the provisions of the law regu- uses, etc. lating the same, and no money raised by tax shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it was raised without the consent of a majority of the taxpaying voters of the district present at an annual meeting or a special meeting, and no moneys received from the primary school interest fund shall be appropriated to any other use than the payment of teachers' wages, except as hereinafter provided, and no money received for teachers' wages shall be paid to any person who is not the holder of a proper certificate of qualification authorizing him to teach, and granted to said person before the commencement of his school. The board shall not apply any moneys received by it from any source for the support or maintenance of any school of a sectarian character, whether the same be under the control of any religious society or made sectarian by the school board;

school

(g) To have the care and custody of all school property Custody of and to provide suitable school privileges and sanitary condi- property. tions for all schools, a suitable water supply and all record

books and blanks;

(h) To specify the studies to be pursued in the schools of the district and adopt a suitable course of study for said schools;

adoption of,

(i) To select and adopt suitable text books for use in the Text books, schools, and the secretary shall make a record of such adop- etc. tion. Text books once adopted under the provisions of this act shall not be changed within five years except by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the district present at any annual or special meeting: Provided, That in the Proviso. adoption of text books the board shall provide for instruction in the subject of physiology and hygiene with special reference to the nature of alcohol and narcotics and their effects upon the human system, and sanitary science. Text books Text books, adopted in this subject shall give at least one-fourth of their approval of. space to the consideration of such subjects, and for the high schools such books shall contain at least twenty pages of such matter, and the instruction in this subject shall be given in such manner and at such times as may be suited to the grade of the pupils. The text books used in giving such instruction shall first be approved by the State Board of Education. Each teacher or superintendent shall report to

Regulation of schools.

Suspension,

etc.

Non-resident pupils.

School census.

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Further proviso.

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the board of education at the close of each term or year in regard to the quantity and character of such special instruction in the subject of alcohol and narcotics, and the secretary of the board shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that such instruction has been given;

(j) To have the general care of the schools of the district and make and enforce suitable rules and regulations for the general management of the schools and for the preservation of the property of the district, and to purchase at the expense of the district such text books as may be necessary for the use of children whose parents are not able to furnish same. The board may authorize or order the suspension or expulsion from school of any pupil guilty of gross misdemeanor or persistent disobedience, or one having habits or bodily conditions detrimental to the school, whenever in its judgment the interests of the school may demand it;

(k) The board may admit to the schools of the township any non-resident pupils and determine the rate of tuition of such pupils and collect same. Children who are being cared for at county expense shall be admitted to the school in the township which is nearest the county house or in which the county house may be located, on the same terms that nonresident pupils are admitted. When non-resident pupils, their parents or guardians, pay a school tax in said district such children shall be admitted to the schools of the district, and the amount of such school tax shall be credited on their tuition in a sum not to exceed the amount of such tuition;

(1) To make rules relative to the taking of census of all children resident in said township district five years of age and under twenty years, and to make all necessary reports and transmit the same to the proper officers as designated by law so that the district may be entitled to its proportion of the primary school fund;

(m) To fix the length of time school shall be kept in all the schools of the township, which shall be the same for all schools and not less than five months in each year: Provided, That all persons, residents of any township school district and five years of age, shall have an equal right to attend any school therein, and no separate school or department shall be kept for any person on account of race or color: Provided further, That this shall not be construed to prevent the classifying and grading of the schools according to the intellectual progress of the pupils, such grades to be taught in such separate places as may be deemed expedient;

(n) To establish and maintain a district library and provide for its care and management;

(0) To establish and maintain a high school or high schools for the township and determine the qualifications for admission thereto: Provided, That if a township high school be not maintained the board of education shall pay out of funds herein before provided for, the tuition of any and all children of high school age who desire to attend high schools in the

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