No. 5.

Form of notice for a meeting of a school district to be delivered by the town supervisors, to a taxable inhabitant, in case there is no officer to call a meeting.

To A. B., a taxable inhabitant of school district No. -, of

of

You are hereby directed to notify every qualified voter of school district, No. to attend a meeting thereof, which is hereby appointed to be held at the house of in said district on the day of 19-, at o'clock in the -noon, by reading this notice in the hearing of such votef, or in case of absence from his place of residence, by leaving thereat a written notice of the time and place of such meeting, at least five days before the time appointed for such meeting. The following is a description of said district: [here describe the district as in form No. 1.]

NOTE. If it is a joint district, the notice must be signed by the supervisors of each town in which any part of the district lies.

No. 6.

Form of order organizing a joint school district.

It is hereby ordered and determined that [here describe the territory by sections and parts of sections] shall hereafter constitute a school district, to be known as joint school district No. of the towns of [here insert the names of all the towns in

which any portion of the district is situated].

NOTE. The above order must be signed by at least two supervisors from each town affected by it, and a copy must be filed with the town clerk of each town. If created from an old district or districts, give number of old district and a description of territory taken.

No. 7.

Form of acceptance of office by district officers elected at the first meeting after the formation of a district, to be filed with the clerk of the meeting.

I hereby signify my acceptance of the office of in the town of· -, to which I have been elected.

of school district No.

No. 8.

Form of notice to be given to the district clerks, treasurers, and directors when alteration of the boundaries of districts is contemplated or new districts formed.

To C. D., Clerk of school district No. of town of

:

You will take notice that we shall be present at [here mention the place], on the
day of
-noon, to hear and decide

—, 19—, at

o'clock in the

day of, 19-.

upon certain proposed alterations of the boundaries of your school district. Dated this

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D

F

Supervisors of the town of

NOTE. In case of a joint district, the above notice must be signed by a majority of the supervisors of each town, a part of which is embraced in the district or districts to be affected by the proposed alteration. Return must be filed in the office of town clerk of each town by person serving the notice.

No. 9.

Form of "return" to be indorsed upon notice of final meeting of supervisors to alter district boundaries or to create a new school district.

known to me to be clerk [director or treasurer] of the school board of school district No., county of personally [or by copy left at place of residence], a copy of

the within notice.

(Signed)

(Person serving notice).

NOTE. If the district is joint-the towns (village or city) should be named in the return. A copy of the notice must be made part of the return. The town clerk or any one designated at the preliminary meeting can serve this notice or several persons may, for convenience, perform this duty. The return should be filed in the office of the clerk of each town (or village or city) in case joint districts are involved. The notice must be served at least five full days previous to the second meeting.

No. 10.

Form of application for alteration of the joint school district, under provision of
Chapter 218, Laws of 1903, Section 419a, of this school code.
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То А

:

Chairman of the Town of

County of

,

We, the undersigned, members of the town board of supervisors of the town of county of do herewith make application to have [here describe the territory which it is desired shall be taken from one district and made part of another] detached from school district No. [joint] of the town [or towns] of

county, Wisconsin; and in order that a hearing may be had as to the advisability of the transfer of territory you are requested to fix a time for the joint meeting of the boards of supervisors [or board of trustees or common council] of the towns of

and

-; said meeting to be held not less than ten nor more than twenty days after this application is placed in your hands.

NOTE. If the chairman, etc., attempts to call the meeting he must not only notify the supervisors as described above but he must notify the clerks of the different districts, as provided for in section 418 of the statutes, and a "return" that the clerks have been so notified must be filed in the office of the clerk of each town by the person serving the notice. It is advisable that the person serving the notices upon the clerks shall serve notices upon the treasurer and director, making suitable "return." If the chairman neglects or refuses to call the meeting an appeal may be taken to the committee on common schools. Chairmen sometimes do refuse and cause an appeal to be taken in order to avoid expense incurred by meeting.

No. 11.

Form of order for altering the boundaries of a school district.

It is hereby ordered and determined that the [here describe the territory by sections and parts of sections] now part of school district No. —, of the town of be and hereby is taken from said school district, and attached to and made a part of school district No. -, of said town for all purposes whatsoever.

NOTE. The above order must be filed with the town clerk and the district clerk; and in case of a joint district the order must be signed by a majority of the supervisors of each town, a part of which is embraced in the district and filed with the town clerk of each town, and the district clerk of each district affected by the alteration.

No. 12.

Form of order of town supervisors awarding proportion of value of property to new district.

- of the town of

- of the town of

:

To the district clerk of school district No. Having formed a new school district, No. in part [or wholly] from the territory of your district, we have ascertained and determined the

proportion of value of the schoolhouse and other property, justly due to such new school district from your district, retaining such schoolhouse and other property to be dollars. You are therefore to raise and collect by tax, upon the taxable property of your district, the said sum of dollars, and when collected pay the same to the treasurer of said new district.

NOTE. In the case of a joint district, the above notice must be signed by a majority of the supervisors of each town embraced, in part, in the district.

of

No. 13.

Form of notice for annual district meeting.

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of school district No. of the town that the annual meeting of said district for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, will be held at on the first Monday, being the day of July, at 7 o'clock in the afternoon [unless some other hour was determined upon by the district at the previous annual meeting].

Dated this

(Signed)

day of

,19-.

NOTE. A copy of the above notice must be affixed to the outer door of the schoolhouse, if there be one in the district, and must be posted up in at least three other public places, at least six days before the time appointed for the meeting.

No. 14.

Form of notice for an adjourned district meeting, when such meeting has been adjourned for a longer period than one month.

Notice is hereby given, that a meeting of the qualified electors of school district No. in the town of I will be held at in said district, on the day of 19-, at o'clock in -noon, pursuant to adjournment of the annual [or special] meeting held [here give the date].

NOTE. The foregoing must be posted the same as for the annual meeting.

No. 15.

Form of request for clerk to call a special district meeting.

To A. B., clerk of school district No.

Sir:

the
pose of [here state the business to be transacted].

of the town of

-:

You are hereby requested to
day of
19-, at

call a special meeting of the above district on o'clock in the

-noon, for the pur

The above notice must be signed by at least five legal voters and no matter if 40 things are to be voted on each item must be specified in the request. Better eight or ten names than just five.

town of

No. 16.

Form of notice for special district meeting.

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of school district No.-, in the
that a special meeting of said district will be held at
on the
day of
19-, at
o'clock in the
-noon, for the following
[Here particularly specify each item of business to be acted upon.]
(Signed)
C-

objects:

D

District Clerk.

NOTE. The above must be posted as for an annual meeting, and in case it is intended to raise a tax, or vote a loan, three-fourths of the legal voters, men and women, must be personally notified of the meeting, or a copy of the above notice must be left at their places of residence, at least six days before the time appointed for the meeting. The person serving the notice must make due return of persons served and manner of service. (See form 4.)

No. 17.

Form of notice for special school meeting for the purpose of authorizing the district board to borrow money from the trust funds of the state, and to vote the taxes required by law to be voted, in order to obtain such loan.

Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of

19-, at

school district No.

o'clock P. M., for the

town of —, that a special school meeting of said district will be held at
in said district on the
purpose of voting on the following propositions, viz.:

day of

1st. To authorize the school board to make application for a loan of dollars from the state trust funds, payable in years, with interest at the rate per cent per annum payable annually in advance, for the purpose of building a schoolhouse.

of

2d. To raise by tax a sum sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such loan as it becomes due.

Dated

(Signed)

District Clerk.

Before calling this meeting three or four of the persons directly interested should meet, read what is said under the head of "Borrowing Money" in this code and agree upon the amount to be borrowed and other business to be transacted and see that the request is made accordingly. "Return" of service of notice must be made. (See

form 4.)

No. 18.

Form of notice to be given by the clerk of a school district meeting to the officers elect who were not present at the meeting.

You are hereby notified that at a meeting of school district No. - in the town held on the 19-, you were duly elected

of

This notice is required to be given within five days after the meeting, and only to those persons elected to office who were not present at the time.

No. 19.

Form of refusal to accept district office, to be filed with the clerk of the district. To the clerk of school district No. -, in the town of

You are hereby notified of my refusal to accept the office of was elected at the meeting of said district, held on the

(Signed) NOTE. This notice of refusal must be filed within ten days after the election, or the person will be deemed to have accepted the office, and be liable for nonperformance of duty.

No. 20.

Form of an appointment to fill a vacancy in the district board when ten days have not elapsed.

To A. B.:

The office of [clerk, director, or treasurer] of school district No.-, of the town of —, having become vacant, you are hereby appointed to fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting in said district.

NOTE.—It requires two members of the board to make an appointment. neglect for ten days to fill the vacancy, it must be done by the town clerk, after the following form; in either case the appointment must be filed with the district clerk.

The office of [clerk, director or treasurer] of school district No. having become vacant, and the district board of said district having failed

to fill the same within ten days you are hereby appointed to fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting of said district.

(Signed)

NOTE. In case a vacancy in a joint district is to be filled by the town clerk, the appointment is to be made by the clerk of the town (village or city) containing the schoolhouse. (See sec. 433.)

No. 22.

Form of refusal to accept a district office by appointment.

To the district board of school district No.

:

[or the town clerk as the case may be],

of school

day of

of the town of You are hereby notified of my refusal to accept the office of district No. of said town, to which I was appointed by you on the 19

NOTE. The notice of refusal must be filed with the clerk or director within five days after the appointment, or the person shall be deemed to have accepted the office, and be liable to a fine for nonperformance of duty.

No. 23.

Form of notice that may be sent by two members of the board to the third member calling a board meeting.

То А. В.

Dear Sir: will be held at

You are hereby notified that a meeting of the board of this district -noon [day of the week, month,

date] 19

Dated

(Signed)

(Signed)

NOTE. This notice must be served at least 24 hours before the hour fixed upon for the meeting. It will be a good plan to include in the notice one or two of the principal items of business to be transacted. Any business that may come up can however be transacted, specification is not necessary.

Know all men by these presents, that I, A. B. [and C. B., his wife, if married], of the town of in the county of in state of Wisconsin, party of the dollars to them in hand paid of the town of -, county of

first part, for and in consideration of the sum of by the district board of school district No. and state aforesaid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said school district, party of the second part and their assigns, the following described piece of land, namely: [Here insert description of land], together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging: To have and to hold the same to the party of the second part and their assigns forever; and the said party of the first part for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, covenant, bargain, and agree, to and with the said party of the second part and their assigns, that at the time of the sealing and delivery of these presents, they are well seized of the premises above conveyed, as of good, sure, perfect, absolute, and indefeasible estate of an inheritance in the law in fee simple and that the said lands and premises are free from all incumbrances whatsoever, and that the above bargained premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the third party of the second part and their assigns, against all and every person or persons lawfully claiming, or to claim, the whole or any part thereof, the said party of the first part will forever warrant and defend.

In witness whereof, the said A. B. and C. D., his wife, party of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals, this

NOTE. Such deed should be duly acknowledged before a notary public, justice of the peace, or other officer authorized by law to take such acknowledgment, and recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county.