ELECTION OF TRUSTEES WHERE NUMBER INCREASED TO SIX.

Sec. 3922. In all school districts in this Territory containing a population of two thousand or more, and in which the number of Trustees has been increased to six as provided by law, at each annual election there shall be elected two Trustees who shall hold office until the third annual election after the the time of their election. (S. L. 1879, ch. 63, secs. 1 and 2.)

SCHOOL DISTRICT SEAL.

Sec. 2923. It shall be the duty of every Board of School Directors so increased to six members, to provide at the expense of their district, and for said district, a seal, upon which shall be engraved the words, "School District No.

Co., Wyo. Ter.," stating the number of the district and the county in which it is situated. The seal shall be in possession of the Clerk of the district. It shall be affixed to all communications or notices required by law to be sent or published by such School Board, and to all warranis drawn upon the Treasurer of the district. (S. L. 1879, ch. 63, sec.4.)

OATH OF DIRECTORS.

Sec. 3924, (as amended and re-enacted by laws of 1890, ch. 77, page154). "All Directors of the Board shall, within ten days after their election, appear before some justice of the peace or other person qualified to administer oaths, and take an oath for the faithful performance of their duties and in accord· ance with law, and shall, without delay, transmit a copy of said oath in writing to the County Superintendent of Schools." (Approved March 14, 1890.)

SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE BODY CORPORATE, ETC.

Sec. 5925. Each school district formed under the provisions of this title, is hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of School District No. in the County

(C. L.

of ————————-; and Territory of Wyoming; and in that name it may hold property, and be a party to suits and contracts. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 15.)

REGULAR MEETINGS OF DISTRICT.

Ser. 3926. The regular meeting of each school district shall be held on the first Monday of May of each year. And, when present, the Director and Clerk shall preside as chairman and secretary of such meeting. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 16.)

POWERS OF DISTRICT MEETING.

Sec. 3927, (as amended, sub-divisions five and eight, by laws of 1888, pag 163, and laws of 1890, page 154). The qualified electors of the district, when assembled, shall have power:

First-To appoint a chairman and secretary, in the absence of the regular officers;

Second-To adjourn from time to time, as occasion may

require;

Third-To determine the number of schools which shall be established in the district, and the length of time each shall be taught;

Fourth-To fix the site of each school house, taking into consideration, in doing so, the wants and necessities of the people of each portion of the district;

Fifth-"To vote such sum of money as the meeting shall deem suflicient for any of the following purposes: To supply any deficiency in the fund for the payment of teachers; to purchase or lease a suitable site for a school house, or school houses; to build, rent or purchase a school house, or school houses; and keep in repair and furnish the same with the necessary fuel and appendages; for procuring libraries for the schools, books and stationery for the use of the Board and district meetings; for purchasing books for indigent scholars and to defray all other contingent expenses of the district; Provided, That the sum of money so voted shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar of all taxable property in each school district; Provided further, That the tax to be levied and collected as authorized by this section, shall not exceed five mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in any one year in all school districts having a total valuation of property exceeding three millions of dollars, or a valuation thereof of less than two hundred thousand dollars." (Approved March 9, 1888.)

Sixth-To direct the sale or other disposition to be made of any school house, or the site thereof, and of such other property, real or personal, as may belong to the district, and to direct the manner in which the proceeds arising therefrom shall be applied;

Seventh-To vote a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one year, to procure a district library, consisting of such books as they may direct any person to procure;

Eighth "To delegate any and all powers specified in the foregoing sub-divisions to the District Board; Provided, always, That the District Board shall not have power to vote or raise money as provided in sub-division fifth as amended and

re enacted in Chapter 1, Section 12, page 163, Session Laws of the Territory of Wyoming, A. D. 1888." (Approved March 14, 1890.)

Ninth To transact generally such business as may tend to promote the cause of education in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 17. S. L. 1886, ch. 75, ser. 1.)

OBJECTS IN VOTING MONEY TO BE DESIGNATED.

Sec. 3928. In voting money, the district meetings shall designate the respective objects for which the same is raised, and the amount to be raised for each object, and the aggregate amount shall be assessed and collected, as provided in this title. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 18.)

MEETING MAY ADOPT RULES OF ORDER.

Sec. 3929. They may adopt rules of order, not incompatible with the provisions of this chapter and the instructions of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the government of district meetings, and may alter and change the same from time to time as occasion may require, and may prescribe the manner of taking the sense of the meeting upon any question; Provided, That the last specification shall not apply to the election of oicers. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 19.)

TRANSFER OF SCHOOL FUNDS.

Sec. 3930. In all cases where there are moneys belonging to the school house fund, remaining in the hands of the district Treasure of any school district, and the Board of Directors thereof are satisfied that such moneys are not required to build a school house, or school houses, in said district, or repair or furnish the same, such moneys may be transferred and accredited to the teachers' fund, and applied to the payment of teachers. And the Board may also in like manner transfer a surplus of the teachers' fund to the fund for building school houses when required. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 20.)

MANNER OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS OF TRUSTEES.

Sec. 3931, (as amended and re-enacted by laws of 1888, ch. 73, pages 165 and 166). "At the regular district meeting of school districts in each year, at the time now provided by law for the election of Trustees, such district meeting shall be opened by proclamation of the Trustees, at the hour named in the published or posted notices for the meeting. And the order of business at such meeting shall be:

ORDER OF BUSINESS OF DISTRICT MEETING.

1. Reading and consideration of the report of the Clerk and Treasurer.

3. Voting of money to be raised by special tax.

5. Election of Trustee or Trustees.

4. Miscellaneous business."
(Approved March 9, 1888.)

QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS IN VOTING FOR TRUSTEES.

Sec. 3932. Every legal voter in this Territory, who shall have been a bona fide resident of said district for three months next preceding any such district election, and who has paid a poll tax for the support of common schools within the Territory for the preceding year, shall be entitled and qualified to vote at such school district election for District Trustees. (S. L. 1886, ch. 93, sec. 2.)

ANNUAL ELECTION OF DISTRICT OFFICERS.

Sec. 3933, (as amended and re-enacted, laws of 1890, ch. 77, page 154). "Except as otherwise provided by law, there shall be elected in each organized school district at the regular annual district meeting on the first Monday in May of each year, one Trustee, who shall hold his office for three years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. If for any cause the annual election should not be held at the regular annual meeting, a special meeting may be held for that purpose if so specified in the notice for said special meeting. The Trustees together shall constitute a Board of Directors for the district, and shall, immediately after they are qualified, elect one of their number a Director, Treasurer and Clerk of the district. At the first regular annual election after a school district is organized there shall be three Trustees elected, one to hold his office for the term of three years, and one to hold his office for the term of two years, and one for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and thereafter at each annual meeting there shall be one Trustee elected as aforesaid for the term of three years as successor to the outgoing member of the Board, and all of said Trustees herein mentioned shall possess the qualifications of an elector in said district and shall be elected by ballot, and the name of each elector voting for Trustee shall be recorded by the secretary of the meeting, and such record shall be filed with the District Clerk."

(Approved March 14, 1890.)

DIRECTORS SHALL QUALIFY.

Sec. 3934. Said Directors shall qualify in the manner prescribed for Directors elected upon the formation of a new school district; and in case they refuse or neglect so to do, they shall be subject to the same penalty. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 22.)

MEETINGS OF BOARDS.

Sec. 3935. The Board of Directors may hold such regular. special or adjourned meetings as they may from time to time determine. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec 23.)

POWERS AND DUTIES OF DISTRICT BOARD.

Sec. 3936. The District Board shall make all contracts, purchases, payments and sales necessary to carry out every vote of the district, for procuring any site for a school house, renting, repairing or furnishing the same, and disposing thereof, or for keeping a school therein, and performing such other duties s may be delegated to them by the district meeting. (C. L. 1876, ch. sec. 14.)

AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO ADMIT OR REMOVE SCHOLARS.

Sec. 3937. The District Board shall have power to admit scholars from adjoining districts, and remove scholars for disorderly conduct; and when scholars are admitted from other districts the District Board may in their discretion, require a tuition fee from such scholars. (C. L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 25.)

WHEN BOARD SHALL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS BEFORE CONTRACTING.

Sec. 3938. Whenever any school house is to be built or any repairs, addition or improvement costing more than two hundred dollars made to any school house or district property, the Board of Directors of the district shall advertise for bids for such work, and in all cases contract the same to the lowest responsible bidder.. (S. L. 1886, ch. 93, sec. .8.)

SETTLEMENT

MEETING.

WITH

TREASURERS-REPORT

ΤΟ DISTRICT

Sec. 3939. They shall, from time to time, examine the books and accounts of the Treasurer, and make settlement with him, and shall, at each regular meeting of the district, present to the same a full statement of the receipts and expenditures of the district, and such other matters as may be deemed important. . L. 1876, ch. 103, sec. 28.)