schools shall continue in force and shall govern the administration of the schools of such city. The term of office of all school trustees elected under laws theretofore governing in such cities shall expire upon the organization of the new board, their election for a longer term to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 6. School districts in cities affected by this act shall General law be governed in all respects not herein specially provided for, to govern. by the general school laws of the State from time to time in

force.

of board.

SEC. 7. The board of education shall consist of nine mem- Membership bers elected from the city at large. The term of office shall commence on the first Monday of May in each year and continue until a successor is elected and qualified. The first board at its first meeting shall, by lot, determine which three of its members shall serve one year, which three shall serve two years, and which three shall serve three years, and their terms shall be accordingly: Provided, That the members of Proviso. the board of education elected prior to the adoption of this act shall continue in office until the expiration of the respective terms for which they were elected, and with the new members elected at the first election under this act shall constitute the first board of education hereunder. At the time of each annual city charter election thereafter, members of the board shall be chosen to fill the positions of those whose terms are about to expire. Three years shall be the term of each member chosen after the first election.

eligible.

SEC. 8. Any qualified school elector of the city shall be who eligible to be chosen as a board member, and, if duly registered shall be qualified to vote for board members at such election. The qualifications of school electors shall be as determined by general law. Nominations for board members Nominations. shall be by petition signed by not less than one hundred qualified school electors of the city, which petition shall be filed with the city clerk at least fifteen days before election. No petition which does not have such number of such signatures shall constitute a valid nomination. At the same time and Ballot. in the same general manner provided with reference to city charter elections, the proper officials shall prepare and have printed an official ballot on which shall be placed the names of all who have been nominated for members of said board. In printing, the names shall first be arranged alphabetically and the first one hundred printed accordingly; then the name at the top shall be put at the bottom for printing the second one hundred, and a corresponding change shall be made in each succeeding one hundred printed. The election shall be Election. by separate ballot in a separate box, but at the same time and place as the city charter election, and shall be conducted by the same inspectors, canvassed, reported, considered and treated as a part of such city charter election in all particulars not otherwise specified. Voting, or attempting to vote,

Who may vote.

Notice to officials elected.

Vacancy, how filled.

Body corporate.

for board members at such election by one not legally entitled to vote therefor, shall constitute the same offense and shall be prosecuted and punished in the same manner as casting, or attempting to cast, any illegal vote at the charter election.

SEC. 9. No school elector not registered as provided herein shall be entitled or permitted to vote at elections for board members, excepting that votes may be sworn in as is permitted by law at a general election. The same registration required or provided for a city charter election shall be sufficient registration for school elections. In addition thereto, the registration boards shall be provided with separate books for registration of school electors who are not general clectors. Before registering any name therein the registration board shall be reasonably satisfied that the applicant for reg istration is a qualified school elector. Such registration shall, in all respects not herein specified, be conducted in the same manner as, and as part of, the registration required or provided for with reference to city charter elections.

SEC. 10. The city clerk, within the time specified for serving notices upon officials elected at a municipal election, shall serve notice of his election upon each member of said board elected at said election. On the first Monday in May in each year the board shall organize for the ensuing year by el cting its officers herein provided.

SEC. 11. If any person elected fails to take oath of office within ten days after service of notice of his election, or if any member during his term shall die, become mentally incompetent, resign or lose residence in the district, a vacancy shall thereby exist, which shall be filled by election from such district by a majority of the remaining members of the board for the remainder of the current year, and at the next election the vacancy shall be filled by an election for the remainder of the term of the former member. If upon specific written charges filed with the secretary of the board, and after proper opportunity to be heard, any member of the board is by vote of two-thirds of the members thereof, found guilty of willful acts of misfeasance or nonfeasance in his office, he may be removed from his position by such two-thirds vote, whereupon a vacancy shall exist and be filled as above provided.

SEC. 12. The said board of education shall be a body corporate under the name and style of "The Board of Education of the City of ... ," and under that name may sue and be sued, and may take, hold, sell and convey real and personal property, including property received by gift, devise or bequest, as the interest of said schools and the property and welfare of said school district may require. The said board of education may take and hold real and personal property for the use of the public schools within and without its corporate limits and may sell and convey the same. The

property of said board of education shall be exempt from taxation for all purposes except for special improvements. The board of education chosen pursuant to this act shall be the successor of any school corporation or corporations existing within the limits of such city or cities and shall be vested with the title to all property, real and personal, vested in the school corporations of which it is the successor. Said board of education shall be liable to pay the indebtedness and obligations of the school corporations of which it is the successor, in the manner and to the extent provided in this act. Said board May purchase of education shall have power to purchase all property, erect etc. and maintain all buildings, purchase all personal property, employ and pay all persons, and do all other things in its judgment necessary for the proper establishment, maintenance, management and carrying on of the public schools of the city and for the protection of other property of the district, and it shall have authority to adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for its own government and for the control and management of all schools, school property and pupils. It shall not have power to raise money, borrow money, or incur indebtedness except in the manner herein specified.

SEC. 13. The officers of the board shall be a president, vice- Officers. president, secretary and treasurer. The city treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of the board. The president and vice president shall be elected annually from among the members of the board by a majority vote thereof. The secretary shall not be a member of the board. The president, vice president and secretary shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the by-laws, rules and regulations of the board. The officers of the board who in the discharge of the duties of their respective positions handle funds belonging to the public schools, shall be required to give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties, in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the rules and by-laws of the board. The treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys belonging to the school district and shall pay out the same only upon or ders as in this act specified. The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of said board and represent it in all litigation. The board shall require from the city treasurer a separate Treasurer's bond to protect the separate funds of the board. Interest upon such separate funds shall be the property of the board. SEC. 14. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at Meetings. least once in each month, at such time and place as may be fixed by the by-laws. Special meetings may be called and held in such manner and for such purposes as may be specified in the by-laws.

bond.

SEC. 15. The fiscal and accounting year shall commence Fiscal year. with the first day of July in each year.

tax necessary.

SEC. 16. The board shall annually on or before the first Estimate of Tuesday in April in each year, make an estimate of the amount of taxes deemed necessary for the ensuing year for

When report of, made.

Limit.

Amount, etc., may borrow.

Proviso.

all purposes within the power of said board, which estimate shall specify the amounts required for the different objects. The board shall transmit such estimates to the common council, city commission or other legislative body of the city on or before the second Monday in May of each year for ratification, amendment or rejection. If for any reason the common council, city commission or other legislative body of said city shall fail to pass on said estimate and finally adopt the same after such amendment, increase or decrease as it determines, before the second Monday in May in each year, then the esti mate made by such board shall stand as approved and be considered as approved and ratified by such legislative body and reported accordingly, and the amount therein named, levied and collected accordingly. On or before the third Monday in May the secretary of the board shall make to the assessing officers of said city, a written report of the amount of taxes so deemed necessary and approved or standing approved by said legislative body, and the assessing officers shall apportion said amount, and the same shall be levied, assessed, collected and returned the same as other city taxes. No greater sum than five mills on the dollar shall be levied for general school purposes in any one year. For purchasing school lots, erecting school houses and equipping the same, and paying school bonds, no greater sum than five mills on the dollar in addition to the tax for general school purposes shall be levied in any one year.

SEC. 17. The board may from time to time, on such terms as it may deem proper, borrow for temporary school purposes, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars total outstanding unpaid at any one time, and may give the note or bonds of the board therefor, which shall be paid from the first school moneys collected thereafter. For the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting buildings, or both, and for equipping buildings, the board may borrow such sums of money as it may deem necessary and may issue and sell its bonds therefor, upon such rate of interest and for such time, and in such amounts, as it may think proper, and in such form and with bonds and coupons signed and countersigned in such manner as it may by resolution direct, but the action of the board authorizing such loan shall first be submitted to the common council, city commission or other legislative body of the city for approval, and no such issue of bonds shall be valid unless the proposal to issue the same shall have been approved by a majority vote of the members elect of the common council, city commission or other legislative body: Provided, however, That such bonds shall be valid without the approval of the common council, city commission or other legislative body, if approved by a majority vote of the school electors of said city voting thereon at any election at which the question of approving such an issue of school bonds shall be submitted to them by the said board or by the said common council, city commission or other

legislative body. No bonds shall be sold for less than par, nor Bonds, sale of. bear more than five per cent interest, nor run for more than twenty years.

allowance of.

SEC. 18. All demands and claims against the board shall Claims, be allowed under such rules and regulations as it may establish, and shall thereupon be certified to the city comptroller or other auditing department of the city for payment. Payment of the same shall be made by the city treasurer out of the funds of the board in the same manner as near as may be as claims against the city are paid out of the general city treasury.

intendent of

SEC. 19. The board shall have power to elect for such term Superinnot exceeding three years as it may determine, a superinten- schools, etc. dent of schools and a business manager, neither of whom shall be members of said board, and to fix their salaries and remove either of them, notwithstanding their term of office has not expired, upon the concurrent vote of two-thirds of all the members of said board. It may delegate to such superintendent the executive management and control of the educational department and to the business manager the management and control of purchases, contracts, and all other business matters insofar and to such extent as it may from time to time determine.

etc..

SEC. 20. All proceedings and official actions of the board Proceedings, shall be printed and published immediately after such meet published. ing, in such manner as the board shall decide. It shall cause to be made at the end of each fiscal year and to be published a complete report of its receipts and expenditures and general school statistics.

census.

SEC. 21. The board shall provide for taking the school School census required by law. It shall receive the funds devoted by law to the maintenance of the district or school libraries and shall devote the same to that purpose, and may delegate the expenditure of such library funds to such executive body as may be constituted by law for the management of the public or school libraries within the city. No member of the board shall receive any compensation whatever for services as members nor for any service rendered to the board. Every action of the board involving the incurring of pecuniary liabilities or expenditure of money shall be by yea and nay vote entered at large upon its record.

vetoing by

SEC. 22. Within twenty-four hours after its passage, the Actions, president or acting president of the board may veto any ac- president. tion thereof by filing in the office of the secretary of the board his reasons therefor, in writing, and the same thereupon shall not go into effect or have any legal operation until after it shall be repassed at a subsequent meeting of the board by a vote of two-thirds of all the members thereof. No action of the board shall go into operation until the expiration of twenty-four hours after its passage unless the president or acting presi