10 To vote a tax for the establishment of a school library and the maintenance thereof, or for the support of any school library already owned by said district, and for the purchase of books therefor, and such sum as they may deem necessary for the purchase of a bookcase.

11 To vote a tax to supply a deficiency in any former tax arising from such tax being, in whole or in part, uncollectible.

12 To authorize the trustees to cause the schoolhouses, and their furniture, appurtenances and school apparatus to be insured by any insurance company created by or under the laws of this State, or any other insurance company authorized by law to transact business in this State.

13 To alter, repeal and modify their proceedings, from time to time, as occasion may require.

14 To vote a tax for the purchase of a book for the purpose of recording their proceedings.

15 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.

16 To vote a tax to pay whatever deficiency there may be in teachers' wages after the public money apportioned to the district shall have been applied thereto.

17 To vote a tax to pay and satisfy of record any judgments of a competent court which may have been or shall hereafter be obtained in an action against the trustees of the district for unpaid teachers' wages, where the time to appeal from said judgments shall have lapsed, or there shall be no intent to appeal on the part of such district, or the said judgments are or shall be of the court of last

resort.

18 Whenever any district shall have contracted with the school authorities of any city, or other school district for the education therein of the pupils residing in such school district, or whenever in any school district children of school age shall reside so remote from the schoolhouse therein that they are practically deprived of school advantages during any portion of the school year, the inhabitants thereof entitled to vote are authorized to provide, by tax or otherwise, for the conveyance of any or all pupils residing therein to the schools of such city, or district with which such contract shall have been made, or to the school maintained in said district, and the trustees thereof may contract for such conveyance when so

authorized in accordance with such rules and regulations as they may establish, and for the purpose of defraying any expense incurred in carrying out the provisions of this subdivision, they may if necessary use any portion of the public money apportioned to such district as a district quota.

In all proposi

§ 207 Vote on proposition to expend money. tions arising at said district meetings, involving the expenditure of money, or authorizing the levy of taxes, the vote thereon shall be by ballot, or ascertained by taking and recording the ayes and noes of such qualified voters attending and voting at such district meetings.

ARTICLE 7-A

(Added by L. 1917, ch. 791, in effect June 8, 1917)

School Elections in Certain Cities

Section 208 Application of article

209 Annual school election

210 Qualifications of electors

211 Division of city or district into districts; elections held in schoolhouses

212 Notices of election

213 Preparation of poll lists in certain cities; correction

214 Inspectors of election; organization

215 Nomination and ballot

216 Conduct of election; challenges

217 Canvass of votes and return to board of education; declaration of result

218 Use of voting machines

§ 208 Application of article. This article shall apply to each city in the State, in which members of the board of education are elected by the qualified electors of such city at an election other than a general or municipal election. [Added by L. 1917, ch. 791, in effect June 8, 1917.]

§ 209 Annual school election. 1 An annual election shall be held on the first Tuesday of May in each city to which this article applies.

2 The polls of such election shall be open from twelve o'clock noon until eight o'clock in the evening. [Added by L. 1917, ch. 791, in effect June 8, 1917.]

§ 210 Qualifications of voters. A person shall be entitled to vote at a school election in such city who is:

1 A citizen of the United States.

2 Twenty-one years of age.

3 A resident within the election district for a period of thirty days next preceding the election at which he offers to vote; and who in addition thereto possesses one of the following four qualifications:

a Owns or hires real property in such district or is in the possession of such property under a contract of purchase, assessed upon the last preceding assessment-roll of the city, or

b Is the parent of a child of school age, provided such child shall have attended the public schools in the city in which the election is held for a period of at least eight weeks during the year preceding such election, or

c Not being the parent, has permanently residing with him a child of school age who shall have attended such public schools for a period of at least eight weeks during the year preceding such election, or

d Owns personal property, assessed on the last preceding assess-. ment-roll of the city, exceeding fifty dollars in value, exclusive of such as is exempt from execution.

No person shall be deemed to be ineligible to vote at any such election, by reason of sex, who has the other qualifications required by this section. In any city school district whose boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of the city, any person shall be permitted to vote at any such election in the school election district within which he resides on the date of the election, provided he shall have been resident of the city school district for the period of thirty days next preceding the date of the election, and provided he shall possess the other qualifications which entitle him to vote as prescribed in this section. [Added by L. 1917, ch. 791. Subdivision 3-d amended by L. 1921, ch. 384, in effect April 30, 1921.]

§ 211 Division of city into districts; elections held in schoolhouses. The board of education of each such city shall adopt a resolution on or before the first day of April, preceding the first annual school election held hereunder, dividing the city into school election districts. The city shall be so divided, that if circumstances will permit, there shall be a schoolhouse in each district and each district shall contain not more than one thousand qualified voters. The districts thus formed shall continue in existence until modified by resolution of the board of education. Such resolution shall accurately describe the boundaries of such districts by streets, alleys and highways, when practicable, and shall so far as may be, include one or more of the regular election districts of such city. School

elections shall be held in such districts so far as may be possible in the public schoolhouses therein. If there is no public schoolhouse in a district the board of education shall by resolution designate the place where the election in such district shall be held. [Added by L. 1917, ch. 791, in effect June 8, 1917.]

§ 212 Notices of election. The board of education shall cause a notice of the annual school election to be published at least once in each week for the four weeks preceding such election, in at least two newspapers published in such city. Such notice shall state the day of election and the hours during which the polls are to be open, shall accurately describe the boundaries of the school election districts into which the city is divided, and shall specify the schoolhouses or other places therein where such election will be held. Such notice shall also state that poll lists prepared by the clerk of the board of education as required by this article containing the names of the qualified electors of each school election district are on file and may be examined at the office of such clerk or of the superintendent of 'schools of such city. [Added by L. 1917, ch. 791, in effect June 8, 1917.]

§ 213 Preparation of poll lists in certain cities; correction. 1 The secretary or clerk of the board of education in each such. city having a population of over fifty thousand shall on or before the first day of April in each year prepare a poll list for each school election district which shall contain the names of all persons residing in such district who shall be qualified to vote for candidates for the offices of members of the board of education at the ensuing election. The names on such list shall be arranged alphabetically by the surnames, and the place of residence by street and number of each person named on such list, if any, and if not, some description accurately locating such place of residence shall be given on such list. [Subdivision 1 amended by L. 1921, ch. 384, in effect April 30, 1921.]

2 Such list shall be placed on file in the office of the secretary or clerk of the board of education or some other suitable and accessible place to be designated by the board of education where it may be examined by persons interested therein during the office hours of such secretary or clerk for thirty days preceding the annual school election and from four to eight o'clock in the evening of each Friday and Saturday of the four weeks immediately preceding the election. The secretary or clerk of the board of education or some person to be designated by such board shall attend at such office at such times, and shall permit such lists to be examined by the public.

3 Any person whose name is not upon such list, who is or will be a qualified voter of the city at such election; may file a written statement with the secretary or clerk of the board of education giving his name, place of residence, occupation and the school election district in which he resides, and specifying the qualifications which entitle him to vote at such election. The name of such voter

If such person appears

shall thereupon be placed on such poll list. before the secretary or clerk of the board of education and furnishes the information above required, such secretary or clerk shall place his name upon the poll list.

4 If a qualified voter is a resident of a school election district and his name appears on a poll list as a resident of another district, a written statement may be filed by such voter with the secretary or clerk of the board of education showing his correct residence and the name of such voter shall thereupon be stricken from such poll st and placed upon the proper poll list.

5 The board of education shall furnish blanks for such statements, which shall be used by the voters in presenting the facts above prescribed. No change or alteration of such list shall be made by any person before the correction and revision thereof as hereinafter provided.

6 Such statements and challenges shall be received and preserved by the secretary or clerk of the board or other person designated by the board, and on the Monday preceding the annual election such secretary or clerk shall correct and revise each of such duplicate lists by striking therefrom and inserting in their proper places the names of persons who have filed the statements above referred to and shall indicate on such lists the persons whose qualifications as voters have been challenged.

7 Such corrected and revised lists shall be filed in the office of the secretary or clerk of the board of education. Such board shall cause a copy of the list of each election district to be delivered on the day of the election, before the opening of the polls therein, to the inspectors of such districts, at the place where the election in such district is to be held.

8 A qualified voter may, upon the examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list. Such challenge shall be written and shall be on blanks to be furnished by the board of education.

9 In each city of the State having a population of fifty thousand or less by the last preceding census any person possessing qualifica