General Laws of the State of Idaho ...

create the Independent School District of Boise City, and to
provide for establishing and maintaining a graded public school
therein." Approved February 4, 1881, the same being Section

161 of the special and local laws of Idaho, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4. The trustees shall, at the first meeting after each biennial election, choose one of their number to act as president, who shall preside at all the meetings of the board; they shall also choose, at said time, some competent person clerk of the board, to act during their pleasure and fix his compensation, said clerk shall execute a bond to the district in such sum as shall be required by the board of trustees, conditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his trust and faithfully to account for and pay over, as may be required by the board of trustees or the law, all moneys that may come to his hands as such clerk; and shall also, at the same time, choose one of their number or some other competent person, who shall be a resident taxpayer of the district, treasurer of the district, and shall fix his compensation, and the treasurer shall execute to the district an official bond in such sum as shall be required by the board of trustees, and the same shall be not less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) conditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his trust and faithfully to account for and pay over, as may be required by the board of trustees or the law, all moneys that may come into his hands as such

treasurer.

In the event of a tie vote upon any proposition coming before said board of trustees and in consequence thereof they are not able to come to an agreement thereon, then it shall be the duty of the president of said board to call in the mayor of Boise City, who shall have the power and whose duty it shall be, to cast the deciding vote on said tie, but otherwise the mayor shall have no part in the proceedings of said board.

SEC. 2. Section 6 of said act, the same being Section 163 of the Special and Local Laws of Idaho, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6. Regular meetings of the board of trustees shall be held on the second Monday in each month, and special meetings may be called by the president of the board, or by any two trustees, by personal notice of the time and place of such meeting to each member of the board, or if he can not be found, by leaving such notice at his place of residence, with some person of suitable age and discretion. Four trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, but a less number may adjourn any regular meeting from

time to time until a quorum can be obtained. The board shall make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient and necessary for its government, and the government of its employes and the pupils, and no meeting of the board not provided for by the rules, or by law, shall be legal, unless all the members thereof have been notified as provided for in this section.

SEC. 3. That Section 28 of said act, the same being Section 185 of the special and local laws of Idaho, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 28. The board of trustees of said district shall have the power and it shall be their duty:

1. To make such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary for their own government and the government of the schools of the district, not inconsistent with the provision of this act;

2. To employ or discharge the superintendent and teachers, mechanics, laborers, or any other employes they may deem necessary and proper, and to fix, allow and order paid their salaries and compensation;

3. To prescribe and fix the rates of tuition for all nonresident pupils of said district, provided that no non-resident pupil shall be admitted to the schools of said district without paying in advance at least one month's tuition as fixed and determined by said board;

4. To adopt a uniform series of text-books for the use of the schools of said district, and the text-books adopted by said board shall be purchased at the expense of said district and furnished to the pupils of said district free of charge, under such rules and regulations as the board may establish; that when such series of text-books shall have been adopted the same shall not be changed for a period of three years except by a vote of at least five-sixths of the board: Provided, however, That said board shall have the power to supplement such series at any time; and further provided, however, that said board of trustees shall have power to require the pupils of said district to provide themselves, at their own expense, with stationery, pens, pencils, rulers and other supplies, not covered by the series of text-books herein authorized to be adopted;

5. To grade the schools of said district and fix and prescribe the course of study and the exercises therefor, and re

quire all the pupils attending the schools of said district to conform thereto;

6. To provide school furniture, fixtures and apparatus needed or required by the schools of said district, or for the official use of the board of trustees;

7. To rent, repair, remodel and insure the school houses and school property of said district, and to preserve the same for the benefit of the schools of said district;

8. To build and remove school houses and buildings, and to purchase or sell school lots or real or personal property, owned or required by said school district;

9. To suspend or expel pupils from the schools of said district who refuse to obey the rules thereof, and to exclude from all schools of said district all children under six or over twenty-one years of age;

10. To determine the qualifications of the superintendent and teachers who shall be employed, the length of time that school shall be kept, to fix a time for the opening and closing of school, and for the dismissal of primary and other pupils before the regular time for closing the schools, and to provide and require of the superintendent and teachers to be employed by said board, that they shall take and pass such examination as to their qualifications as shall be required or prescribed by the board;

11. To discharge the superintendent or any teacher employed by said board for any cause sufficient to the board, and to terminate such contract and the compensation of such superintendent and teacher at any time when the board shall be satisfied that the same is for the best interests of the schools of said district;

12. To require pupils to be furnished with suitable supplies as a condition of membership in the schools of said district, other than the regular uniform series of text-books adopted by said board;

13. To exclude from the schools and school libraries of said district all books, tracts or paper of a sectarian nature; 14. To require the superintendent and teachers to conform to the law and the regulations of the board;

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To control the conduct and protect the morals and health of the pupils while at school, or going to and returning from school;

16. To appoint all necessary officers for the conduct of special and general elections;

17. To adjust all claims for illegal or double taxation;

18. To provide and designate as many election districts and polling places in said district for election purposes as may, in the opinion of the board, be necessary, not exceeding six, and it shall be the duty of the clerk to designate said disricts and polling places for the elections hereafter to be held in the notice thereof to be given as provided by law. The board shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to designate and appoint three judges of election for each of said polling places, but in the event such judges of election are not present at the opening of the polls then the electors present shall appoint legal voters to fill the vacancy. In all respects the election shall be conducted at said polling places as is now provided by law, except that all general school elections, hereafter, shall be held on the first Tuesday of September.

SEC. 4. There is hereby added to said act an additional section which shall be known and designated as Section 31, which is as follows:

Section 31. Whenever ten or more persons with the qualifications of electors as provided in said act, in any territory adjacent to said school district, shall present a petition to the board of trustees of said district, praying that a special election be held in said territory for the purpose of annexing said territory to said district, said board of trustees of said Independent School District may, if in their discretion the same is deemed advisable and for the best interests of said district, forthwith call a special election in said territory, fixing the date thereof, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors thereof the question of annexing said territory to said district. Notice of the time and place of holding said election shall be given in the same manner, and said election shall be conducted in the same manner as is provided for holding elections of trustees in said district, so far as applicable, except that said election shall be held at a place in said territory proposed to be annexed to be designated by said board. The ballots for said election must contain the words "Annexation Yes" and "Annexation No," the voter placing the cross (X) after the name he wishes to vote. If a majority of the votes cast at such election are “Annexation Yes," then the board shall declare by a resolution that such territory has

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