may have, shall act as secretary, shall meet and appoint fifteen members of the board of school directors.

Term of appointment. Five of the directors so appointed shall be appointed to serve from the first Tuesday of the month next following their appointment until the first Tuesday of July next following the first regular school election to be held in any city to which this act will apply; five of the directors so appointed shall be appointed to serve from the first Tuesday of the month next following their appointment until the first Tuesday of July next following the second regular school election to be held in any city to which this act will apply; and five from the first Tuesday of the month next following their appointment until the first Tuesday of July next following the third regular school election to be held in any city to which this act will apply; and at the school elections to be held on the first Tuesday in April preceding the expiration of the terms of those members so appointed, their successor shall be elected by the qualified voters of such city to serve for the term of six years or until their successors are elected and qualified.

Special school election provided for. Within ninety days after such appointees shall have entered upon the duties of their office the common council of such city may by resolution concurred in by a majority of the members-elect thereof, provide for a special school election to be held in such city to elect successors to such appointees; five of the directors so elected to be nominated and elected to succeed the five directors appointed for the term expiring on the first Tuesday of July next following the first regular school election to be held in such city; five of the directors so nominated and elected to succeed the five directors appointed for the term expiring on the first Tuesday of July next following the second regular school election in such city; and five of the directors so nominated and elected to succeed the five directors appointed for the term expiring on the first Tuesday of July next following the third regular school election in such city.

Terms of office expire. The respective terms of office of such directors so elected at such special election shall terminate at the respective times when the terms of office of their predecessors would have terminated if no special school election had been called and held; in the event of such special school election in any city to which this act will apply, the terms of office of the directors-elect shall begin on the first Tuesday of the month next following such election.

Special election; how held and conducted. In the event such special school election be called by the common council of any city

as herein before provided, it shall be held at the polling places, in the manner and under the charge of the election officials, ballot clerks, inspectors, etc., as the regular school elections to be held under this act; and nominations for such special election shall be made and had in like manner as provided for the regular school elections under this act; provided, however, that no such resolution for the calling of a special election under this act shall be introduced except at a regular meeting of the council, and no action shall be taken thereon before the next regular meeting thereof, nor until such proposed resolution shall be published at least once in an official city paper, if there be one; and if there be none, in some newspaper to be designated by the council together with a notice of the time said resolution will be considered.

Vacancies; how filled. All vacancies in the said board of school directors caused by death, resignation, removal, or resulting from any cause, shall be filled by the board, a majority of the remaining members being necessary to a choice. Members so elected by the board shall serve until the first Tuesday in July following the next school election, at which election the vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as members are elected for the full term.

Members to hold office until successors are qualified.

Provided,

that the members of boards of school directors or of such board of education as such city may have in office when this act becomes effective in such city, shall hold their offices until the time for newly appointed members to assume their duties as provided heretofore in this section or until their successors so appointed are qualified, and during such period shall continue to exercise all the rights and privileges and discharge the duties devolving upon members of the board of school directors under the provisions of this act. (1907 c. 459)

Primary election; candidates nominated at. Section 4. 1. Candidates for members of the board of school directors shall be nominated at a primary election which shall be held two weeks prior to the first Tuesday of April in each year in which members of the board of school directors are required to be elected. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the general law relating to nomination of candidates at city primary elections shall apply to and govern said primary election.

Nomination papers; how signed. 2. Nomination papers for can

didates for members of the board of school directors shall follow substantially the form prescribed by section 11-5 of the statutes

for the September primary, shall be designated as non-partisan, shall be signed by not less than five hundred qualified voters of the city, and shall be filed with the city clerk at least ten days prior to such primary. No elector shall sign nomination papers for more candidates for membership on said board than there shall be members to be elected at the ensuing election to be held on the first Tuesday in April.

Ballot; how prepared. 3. The official ballot for said primary election shall be prepared by the city clerk and shall state the number of candidates for each office for which an elector is entitled to vote, and shall contain the names of all candidates who shall have filed sufficient nomination papers. All such candidates shall be designated as "For members of the board of school directors for the full term," or "For members of the board of school directors for two years, to fill vacancy," etc., and shall have no party or other designation whatever.

Ballot; how printed. The name of no other person shall be printed thereon, but the ballot shall be so prepared that an elector may vote for any other person for member of said board, if he so desires, by writing the name of such person thereon. The order in which the names shall be printed on the ballot shall be determined by drawing lots by or under the supervision of the city clerk at his office at twelve o'clock meridian on the day immediately following the last day for filing nomination papers. At such primary election each elector may vote for so many candidates only for members of said board as there shall be members to be elected to said board at the ensuing election.

City clerk to prepare notice of election. 4. The city clerk shall forthwith prepare a notice of such election and shall cause one publication of the same to be given, and shall also post such notice in three public places in each election precinct in the city, such publication and posting to be not less than five days before such election, but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election.

Candidates and nominees. 5. Those candidates, equal in number to twice the number of members of said board to be elected at the ensuing election to be held on the first Tuesday of April following, who shall receive the highest number of votes cast for candidates for members of the board of school directors at such primary election, shall be the nominees for such office, and their names and none other shall be placed upon the official ballot at said ensuing election. (1911 c. 5)

When board meets. Section 5. The board of school directors shall meet on the first Tuesday of the month following the first appointment of its members, and in event of a special election, on the first Tuesday of the month following such special election, and thereafter on the first Tuesday of July in each year, and organize by the election of the proper officers. A president shall be elected by said board from their own number to serve from one year or until his successor shall be chosen, and in his absence or during his disability the board shall elect a president pro tempore. After his election the president shall appoint standing committees, to serve for one year.

Vacancy; how declared. The seat of any member shall be declared vacant by the board and the vacancy shall be filled by them by election in the manner herein before provided, if the said member has been absent for four successive meetings of the board without satisfactory reason presented by him in writing.

Board may appoint. In case of the absence or inability, from any cause, of any officer appointed by said board to perform the duties of his office, said board may appoint some suitable person to act in his place and stead during his absence or inability; and such person shall have and possess the same power or authority as the officer whose place he is appointed temporarily to fill.

Members of board may be dismissed, etc. Section 6. The members of the board shall be subject to all restrictions, liabilities, punishments and limitations prescribed by law as to members of the common council in their city, and they shall be exempt from jury duty. A majority of all the members-elect of the board of school directors shall have power to dismiss from office for malfeasance in office in such city any member of the board of school directors, and the said board provide by resolution the manner of hearing and disposing of complaints against a member.

Shall not contract indebtedness. The board shall not in any one year contract any debt or incur any expense greater than the amount of the school funds subject to its order as provided in this act.

Quorum. A majority of the members of the board who have duly qualified shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but a smaller number may adjourn. A majority of the whole board shall be necessary to elect any officer authorized to be elected by said board.

Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at least once each month, at stated times to be fixed and published by the board in its rules, and special meetings may be called and held as shall be provided by the rules of the board, at which no other business shall be transacted than that specified in the notification thereof, which shall be given personally or mailed to each member at least twenty-four hours before the time of such meeting.

Additional schools to be provided. Section 7. The board of directors of each city in which this act shall be applicable is hereby authorized and required to establish and organize so many public schools, in addition to those already established in such city as may be necessary for the accommodation of the children of the city entitled by the constitution and laws of the state, to instruction therein.

Powers of board. The said board, as herein provided, shall erect, purchase, hire or lease buildings, improve or enlarge the same, and purchase furniture and lots for the accommodation of such public schools of said city and purchase, install and maintain heating systems in said schools, and enter into contract for the carrying out of any of the purposes authorized in this act; provided, however, that when the board of directors shall contemplate the doing of any work or the purchasing of any material, the estimated cost of which shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, said board of directors shall advertise for proposals for doing the same, a plan or profile of the work to be done, accompanied with specifications for doing the same, or other appropriate sufficient description of the work required to be done, and all the kinds or quality of material to be furnished, being first placed on file in the office of said board for the information of bidders and others.

Advertisement for bids to be published. Such advertisement shall be published at least six days in the official papers of such city and shall state the work to be done and the time for doing the same, which shall in all cases be such reasonable time as may be necessary to enable the contractor with proper diligence to perform and complete such work.

Proposals; how made. All proposals shall be sealed, and directed to said board and shall be accompanied with a bond to such city in the penal sum not less than thirty per cent of the amount of the board's estimate of the cost of such work, as such board in such advertisement may direct, and such board in letting any such contract and in doing such work shall proceed in manner and