J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      597

18.

District boards of school trustees shall each be composed of three
members, appointed from the residents of the school district by the
county boards of education on or before the third Tuesday in May,
for a term of three years from the third Saturday in May next
succeeding their appointment, and they shall hold office until their
successors qualify. Provided that in the first instance the county
boards of education shall each appoint one member for the term of
one year, one member for the term of two years and one member for
the term of three years, from the third Saturday in May, 1917.
Thereafter the term of each member appointed to the boards shall
be three years. The members of the boards shall be appointed solely
because of their character and fitness. A county board of education
may remove any member of a district board of trustees of the same
county for immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency or wilful
neglect of duty, giving to him a copy of the charges against him and
an opportunity of being publicly heard, in person, or by counsel, in
his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. Vacancies on
the boards shall be filled by the county boards of education for the
unexpired term and until a successor shall qualify. Any member of
a board appointed under the provisions of this section shall be
eligible for reappointment unless otherwise disqualified by the pro-
visions of this section. [If the county board of education shall find
it impossible in any school district to secure the required number of
competent persons who will serve as members of the district board
of school trustees, the duties of the board for the particular school
district shall devolve upon the county board of education.]

76.

Every district board of school trustees appointed pursuant to the
provisions of Section 18 of this article shall hold an annual meeting
each year on the third Saturday in May, or as soon thereafter in
May as possible. At this meeting the board shall each year appoint
one of its members as chairman, and shall give notice of such
appointment to the secretary of the county board of education. Other
regular meetings shall be held at least once each school term, and
such special meetings shall be held as the duties and business of the
board shall require. The principal teacher of the school district shall
be the secretary for the board and shall attend all meetings of the
board except when the board is in executive session; and shall with
the consent of the majority of the members of the board present
have the right to speak upon all questions, but shall have no right
to vote; shall prepare for adoption all reports required by the county
board of education, shall keep all records and accounts; shall keep
the minutes of the meetings of the board in a record book provided
by the county board of education, and shall conduct the correspond-
ence of the board. [Any teacher of the school district shall have the
right to appear before the board and speak upon any question, but
no teacher or principal teacher shall be entitled to be present before
the said board when the board is in executive session.]

[The district board of school trustees shall have the power, by
unanimous vote, to refuse to accept the original assignment of any
teacher who is provided for in any school under the board's juris-
diction, and upon the notification of such refusal the county superin-
tendent shall name another teacher for each teacher so refused by