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as by revision the school year is to begin at that time. See § 8 of

revision.]

(Pages 66, 82, 83, 84, §§ 5, 32, 33, 40.)

§ 92. Dissolution; distribution of property.-If a district so dissolved was composed of two or more common school districts, the commissioner may divide its territory into districts corresponding, so far as practicable, with the original districts, and if in any such district property has been purchased, or a new schoolhouse erected, or other improvements made, the commissioner shall apportion the benefits thereof equitably between the districts, and shall direct the amount, if any, to be paid by one district to another. Such amount shall be a charge on the district, and shall be raised and paid in accordance with the order of the commissioner. The commissioner shall also apportion among the several districts moneys remaining in the hands of the district treasurer after payment of all district obligations, and he shall pay over such moneys accordingly.

[Con. School Law, tit. VIII, §§ 34, 36, 37, rewritten and condensed without intended change of substance.]

(Page 83, §§ 34, 36, 37.)

§ 94. Re-transfer of academies. If in such dissolved district in academy was adopted as its academic department, the board of education shall transfer such academy to its surviving former trustees or stockholders on the application of a majority thereof who reside in the district.

[Con. School Law, tit. VIII, § 35, rewritten without intended change of substance.]

(Page 83, § 35.)

§ 95. Notice of proposed tax for school buildings and sites.-In a union school district an addition to or change of site or purchase of a new site or structure or the purchase of an addition to a site of any schoolhouse or for the erection of an addition to a schoolhouse shall not be voted, except at a special meeting called on a notice by the board of education, stating that a tax therefor will be proposed and specifying the amount and object thereof, and which must be published once in each of the four weeks next preceding such meeting in two newspapers, if there be two, or in one if there be but one, published in such district. If no newspaper is then published therein, notice shall be posted in at least twenty public places in the district twenty days before the meeting.

[Con. School Law, tit. VIII, parts of §§ 9, 10, rewritten and condensed without intended change of substance.]

(Pages 68, 70, §§ 9, 10.)

Each

§ 96. Continuance and election of boards of education. board of education in a union free school district heretofore con stituted is. continued, and the members of such board in office when this chapter takes effect shall continue therein until the thirtieth day of June of the calendar year in which such terms would otherwise expire. Each union free school district is continued as a union school district under this chapter. All elections of members of boards of education of union school districts shall be for a full term of three years, commencing on the first day of July next following such election. In such a district conterminous with a city or village, members of the board of education shall be elected annually at the charter election in the same manner as the charter officers, by a separate ballot to be endorsed "school trustee " to supply the places of those whose terms will expire on

the next following thirtieth day of June. Not more than one member of a family shall be a member of a board of education. [New. Except the last sentence, which is taken from Con. School Law, tit. VIII, § 8, last sentence.]

(Page 67, § 8.)

ARTICLE V.

DISTRICT MEETINGS.

Section 105. Definition.

106. Qualifications of voters at a school meeting.

107. Right of qualified voter.

108. Annual district meeting.

109. Notice of an annual meeting.

110. Notice of an adjourned meeting.

111. Special meetings.

112. Special meetings in default of annual meeting.

113. Notice of special meeting; how served.

114. Powers of district meeting.

115. Election to be by ballot.

116. Votes upon propositions to be by ballot.

117. Challenges.

118. Penalty for illegal voting.

119. Chairman must receive vote.

120. When district may fix the hour of election.

121. Appointment of inspectors of election.
122. Canvass of votes.

123. When vote may be rescinded.

[General note. This article contains general provisions relat ing to district meetings. The law relating to the qualification of voters has been rewritten, but not with intentional alteration. is applicable to all school districts. It is believed that the pro

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visions relating to meetings, annual and special, are made more clear and definite, and that the powers of the district meeting are defined with sufficient certainty.]

Section 105. Definition.-A" district meeting" means the qualified voters of a district lawfully assembled for the transaction of its business.

[New.]

§ 106. Qualifications of voters at a school meeting.-A person entitled to vote at a school meeting must be:

1. An adult citizen of the United States, who has resided in the district during the thirty days next preceding such meeting; and also,

2. The owner, lessee, or in possession under a contract of purchase, of real property in the district liable to taxation for school purposes; or,

3. The owner of personal property exceeding tifty dollars in value, assessed on the last preceding assessment-roll of the town;

or,

4. A parent or guardian of a child of school age, or other person with whom such a child permanently resides, and which child has attended the school in such district for at least eight weeks within one year next preceding such meeting.

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 meeting 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

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