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PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. — .
them '' For " or " Against " the proposition in words

Duties of
judges of elec-
tion.

accurately describing the same. And the judges of
the said general election shall receive, deposit, count
and make returns of all the ballots cast, for and against
the proposition to the clerk of the circuit court of said
county, in the same manner and subject to the same
regulations as are provided by law, in case of a general
election for members of the general assembly. And

Clerk of court.

said clerk of the circuit court shall return the same to
the board of county commissioners, and to the board
of county school commissioners at their first meeting

County com-
missioners.

respectively held after said election. And the county
commissioners of said county shall levy on the pro-
perty 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 certi-
fied to them by the board of county school commis-
sioners.

Division of
county into
school dis-
tricts.

6. In all cases where the county has not been pro-
perly 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 intel-
ligence and sound judgment, members of their own
body or otherwise, who shall divide the county into
suitable school districts, define and describe the bound-

Proviso.

aries of each; provided, that no school district shall
contain 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 accom-
panied by a plat, and shall report the same to the
board of county school commissioners, who shall there-
upon give notice in all the newspapers of the county