§ 1602. Number of trustees; determination of change.
1.At the first\nannual meeting next after the erection of a common school district the\nelectors shall determine, by resolution, whether the district shall have\none or three trustees; and if they resolve to have three trustees, shall\nelect the three for one, two and three years, respectively, and shall\ndesignate by their votes for which term each is elected; thereafter in\nsuch district, one trustee shall be elected for three years at each\nannual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee; and if they\nresolve to have one trustee, shall elect the trustee for a one-year\nterm; thereafter in such district a trustee shall be elected for one\nyear at each annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee.\n 2. The el
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§ 1602. Number of trustees; determination of change. 1. At the first\nannual meeting next after the erection of a common school district the\nelectors shall determine, by resolution, whether the district shall have\none or three trustees; and if they resolve to have three trustees, shall\nelect the three for one, two and three years, respectively, and shall\ndesignate by their votes for which term each is elected; thereafter in\nsuch district, one trustee shall be elected for three years at each\nannual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee; and if they\nresolve to have one trustee, shall elect the trustee for a one-year\nterm; thereafter in such district a trustee shall be elected for one\nyear at each annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee.\n 2. The electors of any common school district having three trustees\nshall have power to decide at any annual meeting by a majority vote of\nthose present and voting, whether the district shall have a sole trustee\nor three trustees. If they resolve to have a sole trustee, the trustees\nin office shall continue in office until their terms of office shall\nexpire. No election of a trustee shall be had in the district until the\noffices of such trustees shall become vacant by the expiration of their\nterms of office or otherwise, and thereafter but one trustee shall be\nelected for said district.\n 3. The electors of a common school district having but one trustee may\ndetermine at an annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters\npresent and voting thereat, to have three trustees; and upon the\nadoption of a resolution to that effect, shall proceed to elect three\ntrustees or such number as may be necessary to form a board of three\ntrustees, in the same manner as provided in this section for the\nelection of three trustees at the first annual meeting after the\nerection of a district; and thereafter in such district, one trustee\nshall be elected for three years, at each annual meeting, to fill the\noffice of the outgoing trustee.\n