E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1852.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the legal voters of
the several school districts, shall assemble annually and
elect from among the inhabitants, three discreet per-

sons, who shall constitute a board of trustees for said

district, and shall serve for one year from the date of
their election, or until their successors shall be qualified;

the polls at the election as aforesaid, shall not be open-
ed before one o'clock, P. M., and shall be kept open
for at least three hours, and the three persons receiving
the highest number of votes cast, shall be declared duly
elected, and it shall be the duty of the trustees so elect-
ed, to notify the legal voters of the district of the time
and place of holding the next election for trustees, by
putting up notices of the same in the most public places
in said district at least ten days previous to such elec-
tion.

CHAP. 168.

Three dis-
creet persons
to be elected
annually, as a
board of trus-
tees.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That a majority of said
trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and in case of a vacancy in the board of trus-
tees, the remaining trustees shall fill said vacancy until
the next election.

Trustees to
fill vacancy.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the secretary of any election for trustees, as
aforesaid, to notify the board of school commissioners of
said election, and the names of the trustees.

Secretary to
give notice.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the following du-
ties shall devolve on the trustees to be elected under the
provisions of this act: First — It shall be their duty,
immediately after their election, to ascertain the num-
ber of children in their respective districts, entitled to
receive a portion of the public school fund, and report,
the same to the president of the board of school com-
missioners of the county, and if there be no school
house in the district, they shall make the necessary
arrangements for erecting a school house, and procuring
the necessary furniture for the same; and one half of
that portion of the school fund of the county, which
paid district may he entitled to for that year, may be
expended by Said trustees in building and furnishing
said school house, bill in selecting the site for a school
house, said trustees shall locate it, so far as practicable,
to suit the convenience of all the inhabitants of the
district. Secondly— They shall assemble annually,
or oftener, in case of a vacancy, and elect one or more
teachers for the school or schools within their respective
districts, but no teacher shall be eligible unless he or
she shall furnish a certificate from the board of exami-
ners, and if a teacher had been previously employed in
any school district, before said teacher can be re-eligible,

Duties of

trustees.