Sec. 4. A majority of the board of directors shall con2 stitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and in case 3 of a tie vote, the matter in question shall be referred for de4 cision to the county superintendent of free schools of Roane 5 county. The said board of directors shall hold regular meet6 ings at the office of the secretary at such times as the board 7 may determine; and special meetings may be held at the same 8 place at the call of the president or of the secretary at the 9 written request of two or more members. All calls for spe10 cial meetings shall be in writing and shall be handed to 11 each member in person or mailed to his proper postoffice ad12 dress. The said board of directors shall also hold such 13 statutory meetings as are provided by general law for district 14 boards of education. The president of said board of directors 15 shall receive one hundred dollars a year, and the members 16 shall receive five dollars for each meeting attended, not to 17 exceed fifteen in any one year. The secretary shall receive 18 such compensation as the board of directors may determine. 19 Compensation as herein provided shall be paid out of the 20 maintenance fund provided for by said boards of directors, 21 and in the manner provided by general law for district boards 22 of education. Sec. 5. For the purpose of purchasing a site and of erecting 2 and equipping such building or buildings as may be needed 3 for school and dormitory uses for said high school, said board of 4 directors is hereby authorized and empowered to lay a levy of not 5 to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars' valuation of 6 taxable property in such districts as shall ratify this act, and for 7 the maintenance of the said school the board of directors shall 8 levy annually not to exceed twenty cents on the hundred dollars' 9 valuation of taxable property in such districts as shall ratify this 10 act. It is provided, however, that until more than three dis11 tricts have ratified this act, that said board of directors shall 12 establish and maintain the high school provided by this act 13 in the same manner and by imposing the same levies as is 14 now provided by law for the maintenance of joint district 15 high schools. Sec. 6. Districts that shall ratify this act and that shall 2 hereafter established and maintain high schools shall be exempt 3 from the levies provided in section five as follows: For a four4 year high school, the entire levy; for a three-year high school, 5 three-fourths of the levy; for a two-year high school, one6 half of the levy; and for a one-year high school, one7 fourth of the levy; and students from the various districts 8 shall be entitled to attend the said county high school free of 9 tuition for such number of years as represents the difference 10 between the length of term provided by their district board 11 of education and the completition of a four-year high school 12 course. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect in such districts as may 2 ratify the same at a special election which shall be called and 3 conducted by the county court of Roane county, in the man4 ner provided by law for conducting general elections, so far 5 as applicable, not later than the fifteenth of June, in the year 6 one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. Such vote shall 7 be by districts, including the independent school district of 8 Spencer. It is provided, however, that there shall be no reg9 istration of the voters for said election, but any person other10 wise entitled to vote in his precinct who has not theretofore been 11 registered therein, may vote upon making affidavit that he is en12 titled to vote at said election. It is also provided that the ballots 13 used at such election shall have written or printed thereon, in 14 effect the following: 15 16 [ ] For County High School. [ ] Against County High School. 17 And all ballots which contain a mark within the square oppo18 site "For county high school" shall be counted as votes for 19 establishing said high school, and all ballots with a mark in 20 the square before "Against county high school" shall be 21 counted as votes against establishing such high school. And 22 if a majority of the votes in any district of said county 23 shall be for said high school, this act shall thereupon be24 come and be effective in said district. It is further pro25 vided that in any district where a majority of the votes cast 26 at said election are against said high school, that in such district 27 the question of the ratification or rejection of this act shall be 28 submitted to the voters therein at any general or primary elec29 tion to be held in said district upon a petition presented to the 30 county court of said county, signed by not less than ten per cent 31 of the legal voters therein, as shown by the next preceding reg32 istration of such voters. It is provided, further, that the of33 ficers at each precinct conducting said special election shall 34 consist of three commissioners and two clerks appointed by the 35 county court of said county, and that each of said officers shall 36 receive not to exceed the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per 37 day, and that they shall be paid out of any funds levied or to 38 be levied by said county court available for that purpose. And 39 it is also provided that at said special election the places of 40 voting shall be opened at six o'clock a. m., and closed at six 41 o'clock p. m. CHAPTER 88 (Senate Bill No. 218-Mr. Coffman) AN ACT to authorize the board of education of Coal district, in Harrison county, to lay a special levy for the years one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, for the purpose of securing suf ficient funds to complete the Victory high school building, and the building and construction of an addition thereto, located in said district, and the completion and construction of such other buildings, in said district, as may be deemed necessary by said board. [Passed April 21, 1923. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor April 26, 1923] SEC. SEC. Provision for referendum. 3. Application of proceeds. 1. Special levy; amount of; purpose 2. of. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The board of education of Coal district in Har2 rison county, is hereby empowered and authorized, subject to 3 ratification as hereinafter specified, in the years one thousand 4 nine hundred and twenty-three and one thousand nine hun5 dred and twenty-four, to lay a special levy of not to exceed 6 forty cents on the one hundred dollars' valuation of all prop7 erty situate in said district, to pay for the completion of the 8 Victory high school building, and the building and construc9 tion of an addition thereto, located in said district, and the 10 completion and construction of such other buildings, in said dis11 trict, as may be deemed necessary by said board. Sec. 2. The authority to lay such special levy shall not be 2 exercised, however, unless ratified by a majority of the votes 3 cast by the legal qualified voters of said district for said levy, 4 and the said board is hereby empowered and authorized to hold 5 a special election, according to law, as provided by section one 6 hundred and eighty-four of chapter forty-five of Barnes' code 7 of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, for the pur8 pose of submitting the ratification of said levy to the legal 9 qualified voters of said district. Sec. 3. Upon the ratification of such authority such levy 2 shall be laid, assessed and collected as otherwise provided by 3 law and the proceeds from the same shall be used for the pur4 pose set forth in section one of this act and for none other, and 5 shall be in addition to all other levies now authorized by law 6 in said district. CHAPTER 89 (Senate Bill No. 219-Mr. Coffman) AN ACT to authorize the board of education of Clark district, in Harrison county, to lay a special levy for the years one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, for the purpose of securing sufficient funds to complete and to construct school buildings in said district. [Passed April 21, 1923. In effect from passage. Approved by the Governor April 26, 1923] SEC. SEC. 1. Special levy; amount of; purpose 2. Provision for referendum. 3. Application of proceeds. of. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The board of education of Clark district, in. Har2 rison county, is hereby empowered and authorized, subject to 3 ratification as hereinafter specified, in the years one thousand 4 nine hundred and twenty-three and one thousand nine hundred 5 and twenty-four, to lay a special levy of not to exceed twenty6 five cents on the one hundred dollars' valuation of all property 7 situate in said district to pay for the completion and the build8 ing and construction of school buildings in said district. Sec. 2. The authority to lay such special levy shall not be 2 exercised, however, unless ratified by a majority of the vote 3 cast by the legal qualified voters of said district for said levy, 4 and the said board is hereby empowered and authorized to hold 5 a special election, according to law, as provided by section one 6 hundred and eighty-four of chapter forty-five of Barnes' code 7 of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, for the pur8 pose of submitting the ratification of said levy to the legal quali9 fied voters of said district. Sec. 3. Upon the ratification of such authority such levy shall 2 be laid, assessed and collected as otherwise provided by law and 3 the proceeds from the same shall be used for the purpose set 4 forth in section one of this act and for none other, and shall 5 be in addition to all other levies now authorized by law in said 6 district. CHAPTER 90 (House Bill No. 135-Mr. Garvin of Harrison) AN ACT to authorize the board of education of Simpson district, Harrison county, to call a special election for the purpose of approving the general school levies, in said Simpson district. [Passed April 4, 1923. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the approval of the Governor] SEC. 1. SEC. Provision for referendum on Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The board of education of Simpson district, 2 Harrison county, West Virginia, is hereby authorized to call a 3 special election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of 4 said Simpson district the proposition of approving or disap5 proving the general school levies for the year one thousand 6 nine hundred and twenty-three. Sec. 2. Such election shall be called at the discretion of 2 said board of education and shall be held under the provisions 3 of the general election laws governing special elections, except 4 that no petition of voters shall be necessary to the calling of 5 such election, and no other registration of voters, other than 6 that of the last general election, shall be required. Sec. 3. Such election shall be for the purposes set forth in 2 section one of this act, and for none other. |