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ing respectively held after said election. And the
County Commissioners of said county shall levy
on the property in said county, and collect the
same as other taxes are levied and collected, a sum
sufficient to defray the expenses of said election,
and publication as certified to them by the Board
of county School Commissioners.
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Commission-
ers shall levj
taxes.
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Sec. 6. In all cases where the county has not
been properly divided into school districts, and full
records of the boundaries thereof have not been
made and recorded, the Board of County School
Commissioners shall appoint a committee, if, in
their opinion, they deem it necessary, consisting
of three persons of intelligence and sound judg-
ment, members of their own body or otherwise,
who shall divide the county into suitable school
districts, define and describe the boundaries of
each ; provided, that no school district shall con-
tain a greater area than four miles square, unless
part of it be located in a thinly-settled region. In
the formation of the school districts, the committee
shall take into consideration the most suitable site
for the school-house, the general features of the
country, and shall make each school district of
such size and form as will best accommodate the
population within its bounds. The committee
shall make an accurate description of the bounds
of the school districts accompanied by a plat, and
shall report the same to the Board of County
School Commissioners, who shall thereupon give
notice in all the newspapers of the county, at
what time they will meet to hear applications for
a change of boundaries, which applications shall
be made in writing, and within two months from
the date of the first publication of such notice.
When the applications shall have been made and
considered, the Board of County School Commis-
sioners may then change the boundaries of the
school districts, and revise the description, or they
may, without application, make such change as
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Divide Dis-
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