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shall have the same qualification as registrars appointed for general elections and shall qualify in the same manner, and receive the same compensation to be paid by the school corporation. The registrars shall meet on the day of the election at the voting place in the precinct in which they have been appointed and shall hold continuous session from nine o'clock in the forenoon until seven o'clock in the afternoon. Any person claiming to be a voter, and who is not already registered in the proper precinct, may appear before them in the election precinct where he claims he is entitled to vote and make and subscribe under oath a statement in the registry book, which oath and statement shall be of the same general character as that prescribed by section ten hundred seventy-seven of the code, and shall thereupon be granted a certificate of registration. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit women from voting at all elections at which they are entitled to vote. The secretary must post a notice of the meeting in a public place in each precinct at least ten days before the meeting, and by publication once each week for two consecutive weeks preceding the same in some newspaper, published in the corporation, such notice to state the time, respective voting precincts, and the polling place in each precinct, and also to specify what questions authorized by law, in addition to the election of director or directors, shall be voted upon and determined by the voters of the several precincts.

"No register shall be prepared nor shall registration be required in any school corporation containing a city in which registration is not required at the general or city elections." [37 G. A., ch. 334; 37 G. A., ch. 225; 31 G. A., ch. 9, § 3; 29 G. A., ch. 125, §§ 1, 2; 28 G. A., ch. 105, § 1; 18 G. A., ch. 8, §§ 1-4]

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Sec. 2756. Conduct of elections. As judges of the election referred to in the preceding section, the board shall appoint three voters of the precinct, one of whom shall act as clerk, who shall be sworn as provided in case of a general election. Such judges may or may not be members of the board, as the board may determine, provided that not more than one member of the school board shall act as such judge at any one voting precinct. any person so appointed fails to attend, the judge or judges attending shall fill the place by the appointment of any voter present, and like action shall follow a refusal to serve or to be sworn. Should all of the appointees fail to attend, their places shall be filled by the voters from those in attendance. The board shall provide the necessary ballot box and poll book for each precinct, and the judges shall make and certify a return to the secretary of the corporation of the canvass of the votes for office and upon each question submitted. On the next Monday after the meeting the board shall canvass the returns made to the secretary, ascertain the result of the voting with regard to every matter voted upon, declare the same, cause a record to be made thereof, and at once issue a certificate to each person elected. At all meet

ings held under this and the next preceding section, the polls shall be kept open from nine o'clock a. m. until seven o'clock p. m. [35 G. A., ch. 245, § 2; 18 G. A., ch. 8, §§ 5, 6.]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS-ORGANIZATION-OFFICERS-POWERS.

Sec. 2757. Meetings of directors-election of officers. The board of directors of all independent city, town and village corporations, school townships maintaining school or schools with high school departments, and consolidated independent school districts shall organize on the third Monday in March, and those of all other school corporations on the first day of July, unless that date falls on Sunday, in which case on the day following. Such organizations shall be effected by the election of a president from the members of the board, who shall be entitled to vote as a member. Such special meetings may be held as may be determined by the board, or called by the president, or by the secretary upon the written request of a majority of the members of the board, upon notice specifying the time and place, delivered to each member in person, but attendance shall be a waiver of notice. Such meetings shall be held at any place within the civil township in which the corporation is situated.

On the first day of July, unless that date falls on Sunday, in which case on the day following, the board of all independent city, town and village corporations and the retiring board in all other school corporations shall meet, examine the books of, and settle with the secretary and treasurer for the year ending on the thirtieth day of June preceding, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. On the same day the board of each independent city, town and village corporation, except as provided in section twenty-seven hundred fifty-four (2754) of this chapter, and the new board of every other school corporation, shall elect from outside the board a secretary and treasurer, but in independent districts no teacher or other employee of the board shall be eligible as secretary. All officers shall be elected by ballot and the vote shall be recorded by the secretary. Should the secretary or treasurer fail to report as provided in sections twenty-seven hundred sixty-five (2765) and twenty-seven hundred sixty-nine (2769) of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the new board to take any action necessary to secure a proper settlement. [36 G. A., ch. 69, § 1; 31 G. A. ch. 136, § 3; 18 G. A., ch. 176; 15 G. A., ch. 27; C. '73, §§ 17212; R., §§ 2035-6, 2076; C. 51, § 1121.]

Sec. 2758. Qualification of directors-vacancies. Any member of the board may administer the oath of qualification to any member elect, and to the president of the board. Each director elected in March, 1906, or at any regular election thereafter, shall qualify on or before the date for the organization of the board. of the corporation in which he was elected by taking an oath to support the constitution of the United States and that of the

state of Iowa, and that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office; and shall hold the office for the term to which he is elected, and until a successor is elected and qualified. In case of a vacancy, the office shall be filled by appointment by the board until the next annual meeting. In all rural school corporations, the term of office of directors whose terms expire on the third Monday in March, 1906, is hereby extended to July 1, 1906. [31 G. A., ch. 137; C. '73, §§ 1752, 1790; R., §§ 2032, 2079; C. '51, §§ 1113, 1120.]

Sec. 2759. President-employment of counsel. The president of the board of directors shall preside at all of its meetings, sign all warrants and drafts, respectively, drawn upon the county treasurer for money apportioned and taxes collected and belonging to his school corporation, and all orders on the treasurer drawn as provided by law, sign all contracts made by the board, and appear in behalf of his corporation in all actions brought by or against it, unless individually a party, in which case this duty shall be performed by the secretary. In all cases where actions may be instituted by or against any school officer to enforce any provision of law, the board may employ counsel, for which the school corporation shall be liable. [19 G. A., ch. 46; C. '73, §§ 1739-40; R., §§ 2039-40; C. '51, §§ 1122-3, 1125.]

Sec. 2760. Bonds of secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer shall each give bond to the school corporation in such penalty as the board may require, and with sureties to be approved by it, which bond shall be filed with the president, conditioned for the faithful performance of his official duties, but in no case less than five hundred dollars. Each shall take the oath required of civil officers, which shall be indorsed upon the bond, and shall complete his qualification within ten days. In case of a breach of the bond, the president shall bring action thereon in the name of the school corporation. [15 G. A., ch. 27; C. '73, §§ 1721, 1731; R., §§ 2035, 2037, 2076; C. '51, § 1144.]

Sec. 2761. Duties of secretary. The secretary shall file and preserve copies of all reports made to the county superintendent, and all papers transmitted to him pertaining to the business of the corporation; keep a complete record of all the proceedings of the meetings of the board and the voters of the corporation in separate books; keep an accurate, separate account of each fund with the treasurer, charge him with all warrants and drafts drawn in his favor, and credit him with all orders drawn on each fund; and he shall keep an accurate account of all expenses incurred by the corporation, and present the same to the board for audit and payment. At the annual meeting he shall record, in a book provided for that purpose, the names of all persons voting thereat, the number of votes cast for each candidate, and for and against each proposition submitted. The secretary of each independent town or city district shall file monthly, on or before the tenth day of each month, with the board of directors, a complete statement

of all receipts and disbursements from the various funds during the preceding month, and also the balance remaining on hand in the various funds at the close of the period covered by said statement, which monthly statements shall be open to public inspection. [35 G. A., ch. 246, § 1; C. '73, §§ 1741, 1743; R., §§ 2041-2; C. '51, §§ 1126, 1128.]

Sec. 2762. Warrants. He shall countersign all warrants and drafts upon the county treasurer drawn or signed by the president; draw each order on the treasurer, specify the fund on which it is drawn and the use for which the money is appropriated; countersign and keep a register of the same, showing the number, date, to whom drawn, the fund upon which it is drawn, the purpose and the amount; and at each regular annual meeting furnish the board with a copy of the same. [31 G. A., ch. 136, § 4; 19 G. A., ch. 46; C. '73, §§ 1739, 1782; R., §§ 2039, 2061; C. '51, §§ 1122-3.]

Sec. 2763-a. Notice of special meetings in school corporations -divided into precincts. The secretary of the board of directors of any school corporation which is divided into precincts, shall give notice of all special meetings of the voters, as provided by section twenty-seven hundred fifty-five (2755) of the supplement to the code (1902). Each notice shall state the date, place and hours during which the meeting will be in session, and the object of the meeting. [31 G. A., ch. 138, § 2.]

Sec. 2763-b. Notice of special meetings in independent corporations of less than five thousand. The secretary of the board of directors for any school corporation, located wholly within or partly within the corporate limits of cities of the first class, cities of the second class, or incorporated towns, which may not have adopted the provisions of section twenty-seven hundred fifty-five (2755) of the supplement to the code (1902) and divided into precincts, shall give notice of special meeting of the voters in the same manner as for the annual meeting, by posting at least five notices in five public places within said corporation, for not less than ten days next preceding the day of special meeting. Each notice shall state the date, place and hours during which the meeting will be in session, and the object of the meeting. [31 G. A., ch. 138, § 3.]

Sec. 2763-c. Notice of special meetings in school townships. The secretary of the board of directors for any school township or for any school corporation not included in the preceding sections, shall give ten days' printed or written notice of special meeting to the voters, posted in at least five public places within. the corporation. The notice shall be posted at the door of each. schoolhouse, and also at or near the last place of meeting, and each notice shall state the date, place and hours during which the meeting will be in session and the object of the meeting. [31 G. A., ch. 138, § 4.]

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Sec. 2764. Register of persons of school age. tween the first day of June and the first day of July of each year, enter in a book made for that purpose, the name, sex and age of every person between five and twenty-one residing in the corporation, together with the name of the parent or guardian. [31 G. A., ch. 136, § 5; C. '97, § 2764.]

Sec. 2765. Reports. He shall notify the county superintendent when each school is to begin and its length of term, and within five days after the regular July meeting in each year, file with the county superintendent a report which shall give the number of persons in the corporation, male or female, of school age, the number of schools and branches taught, the number of scholars enrolled and average attendance in each school, the number of teachers employed and the average compensation paid per month, distinguishing the sexes, the length of school in days, and the average cost of tuition per month for each scholar, the text-books used, number of volumes in library, the value of apparatus belonging to the corporation, the number of schoolhouses and their estimated value, the name, age, and postoffice address of each deaf and dumb, or blind person in the corporation between the ages of five and twenty-one years, and this shall include those who are so blind or deaf as to be unable to obtain an education in the common schools, a like report as to all feeble-minded children of and between such ages, and the number of trees set out and in a thrifty condition on each schoolhouse ground. [31 G. A., ch. 136, § 6; 19 G. A., ch. 23, § 3; 16 G. A., ch. 112, § 1; C. '73, SS 1744-5; R., § 2046; C. '51, §§ 1127-8.]

Sec. 2766. Officers reported. He shall report to the county superintendent, auditor and treasurer the name and postoffice address of the president, treasurer and secretary of the board as soon as practicable after the qualification of each. [C. '73, § 1736.]

Sec. 2767. Certifying tax. Within five days after the board has fixed the amount required for the general fund, he shall certify to the board of supervisors the amount so fixed, and at the same time shall certify the amount of schoolhouse tax voted at any regular or special meeting. In case a schoolhouse tax is voted by a special meeting after the above certificate has been made and prior to the first day of September following, he shall forthwith certify the same to the board of supervisors. He shall also certify to such board any provision made by the board of directors for the payment of principal or interest of bonds lawfully issued. [37 G. A., ch. 386, § 3; C. '73, §§ 1777, 1823; R., §§ 2037, 2044.]

Sec. 2768. Duties of treasurer-payment of warrants-deposit of funds-interest. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the corporation, pay the same out only upon the order of the president countersigned by the secretary, keeping an accu

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