A woman who possesses the qualifications herein prescribed is

a qualified voter.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, § 11, and Con. School Law, tit. VIII, § 8, rewritten and condensed without intended change in substance, but with a view of making a concise general statement of the present law relating to the qualifications of voters at school meetings.]

(Pages 32, 67, §§ 11, 8.)

§ 107. Right of qualified voter.-A qualified voter is entitled to vote at a district meeting on all questions and propositions, and upon the election of all officers.

[New.]

§ 108. Annual district meeting.—The annual meeting of each school district shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of May, and unless the hour and place thereof shall have been fixed by a district meeting, the same shall be held in the schoolhouse at eight o'clock in the evening. If the district has more than one school house, the meeting shall be held in the house usually employed for that purpose, unless the trustee designates another. If the district has no schoolhouse, or it is not accessible, the meeting shall be held at such place as the trustee, or if there be none, the clerk, shall designate in the notice.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, § 8, and Con. School Law, tit. VIII, § 13, rewritten and condensed with the following change: By present law the school meeting is to be held on the first Tuesday of August. This we change to the fourth Tuesday in May, because of the change of the commencement of the school year to the 1st of July.]

(Pages 31, 71, §§ 8, 13.)

§ 109. Notice of annual meeting.- Notice of an annual meet

ing must be given by the clerk by posting notices at least five

days prior thereto in five public places in the district.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, § 34, subs. 3 and 4, rewritten and condensed without intended change of substance.

(Page 43, § 34, subs. 3 and 4.)

§ 110. Notice of an adjourned meeting. If a meeting be adjourned more than one month, notice of such adjournment shall be given by the clerk of the meeting by posting notices thereof in five public places in the district at least five days before the time appointed for the adjournment.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, § 34, sub. 3, rewritten without change, except that by present law it is the duty of the district clerk to give notice of an adjourned meeting. We propose that the notice shall be given by the clerk of the meeting.]

(Page 43, § 34, sub. 3.)

§ 111. Special meetings.-A trustee may call a special meeting at any time; and shall call such meeting whenever requested in writing by five qualified voters. If the office of trustee is vacant, or if he neglects or refuses to act, or call such meeting within five days after a written request therefor is presented to him, the clerk possesses all his powers and is subject to all his duties under this section. If both offices are vacant, the school commissioner may call a special meeting. A special meeting shall be held at the time and place specified in the notice. The notice of a special meeting must state the purpose thereof, and no other business can be there transacted.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, §§ 4, 6, and Con. School Law, tit. VII, § 47, sub. 1, rewritten and changed as follows: The provisions requiring a trustee to call a special meeting when requested in writing by five qualified voters, and authorizing the clerk to call a special meeting in case of the refusal or neglect by the trustee are new.]

(Pages 31, 47, §§ 4, 6, 47, sub. 1.)

§ 112. Special meeting in default of annual meeting. If the annual meeting is not held, a special meeting shall be called within twenty days thereafter by the trustee or clerk for the purpose of transacting the business of the annual meeting. If such special meeting is not so called, the commissioner or the superintendent may direct a qualified voter of the district to give notice of a special meeting. The district officers shall make to such meeting the reports required to be made at the annual meeting, subject to the same penalty in case of neglect. The officers elected at such meeting shall hold their respective offices during the remainder of the current school year.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, § 9, rewritten without change, except that the provision as to holding over until their successors are elected and have qualified is omitted here, but is included in § 731 of the revision.]

(Page 32, § 9.)

§ 113. Notice of special meeting; how served.—The qualified voters at an annual meeting may, by resolution, prescribe the method of giving notice of a special meeting. Such method shall be observed until changed in the same manner. cial method is not so prescribed, such a notice must be served by reading it in the hearing of each qualified voter, or by deliv

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ering a copy to him, or by leaving a copy at his abode, at least six days before the meeting. Notice of a special meeting must

be served by the trustee or clerk, or by any other qualified voter designated by the trustee for that purpose.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, §§ 2, 6, 34, subs. 3 and 47, sub. 2, rewritten and condensed without intended change of substance.] (Pages 30, 31, 43, 47, §§ 2, 6, 34, subs. 3 and 47 sub. 2.)

§ 114. Powers of district meeting.-A district meeting has

*power:

1. To appoint a chairman.

2. To appoint a clerk of the meeting, if the district clerk be absent.

3. To adjourn from time to time.

4. To elect district officers.

5. To fix the amount of the official bonds of the treasurer and

collector.

6. To vote a tax for establishing or maintaining a school library

and for the purchase of a bookcase.

7. To vote a tax to supply a deficiency in any former tax.

8. To authorize the trustee to cause the schoolhouse and its

appendages and the furniture and school apparatus to be in

sured.

9. To alter, repeal and modify its proceedings.

10. To vote a tax to replace moneys of the district lost or embezzled by district officers; and to pay the reasonable expenses incurred by district officers in defending suits or appeals brought

against them for their official acts, or in prosecuting suits or

appeals by direction of the district against other parties.

11. To designate a site for a schoolhouse. Such designation

can only be made at a special meeting, and by a resolution describing the site by metes and bounds.

12. To provide for the transportation of pupils to a school and raise by taxation the funds necessary therefor.

13. To vote all taxes which may be necessary and proper for the maintenance of the school and the acquisition of property therefor; but a failure to vote a tax does not prevent the trustee from incurring any obligation or contracting any indebtedness necessary for the purposes mentioned in this subdivision, and within the powers conferred on him by law.

[Con. School Law, tit. VII, § 14, subs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 19, rewritten and condensed without intentional change. The remainder of this section is included in §§ 50, 64 and 116 of revision.]

(Page 33, § 14.)

§ 115. Election to be by ballot.-All district officers shall be elected by ballot, and the trustee shall provide a suitable ballotbox for that purpose. Two inspectors of election shall be appointed by the meeting, who shall receive the votes cast, canvass the same and announce the result to the chairman. A poll-list containing the name of every person whose vote shall be received, shall be kept by the clerk of the meeting. The ballots shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, containing the name of the office and the candidate. The chairman shall declare to the meet