§ 1526. Enlarged city school districts. 1. The commissioner of\neducation is hereby authorized and empowered to create enlarged city\nschool districts by consolidation of city school districts of cities of\nless than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants with such area or\nareas contiguous to such city school districts as, in his discretion,\nare suitable for the establishment of enlarged city school systems, and\nto fix, determine and define the boundaries of such enlarged districts\nas provided in this section.\n 2. The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to make and\nenter in his office orders laying out such area or areas contiguous to a\ncity school district of a city of less than one hundred twenty-five\nthousand inhabitants, provided, however, that no school district which\nhas an outstanding bonded indebtedness shall be divided by such order in\nsuch manner that only a part of such district is included in such an\narea.\n 3. Within ten days after the making and entry of an order pursuant to\nthis section, the commissioner shall transmit a certified copy thereof\nto the board of education of the city school district and the clerk, or\nin the event there is no clerk, to the trustee or trustees of each\nschool district wholly or partly included in such area or areas. Such\nclerk, trustee or trustees, as the case may be, shall, within five days\nafter receipt of such order, post a copy thereof in five conspicuous\nplaces in such district.\n 4. No such area or areas laid out by order of the commissioner shall\nbe consolidated with such city school district until a majority of the\nqualified voters of such area or areas have adopted a proposition to\nconsolidate such area or areas with the city school district, as\nprovided in this section, and until the board of education of the city\nschool district has consented to such consolidation by resolution duly\nadopted and has transmitted a certified copy of such resolution to the\ncommissioner.\n 5. When the order laying out such area or areas has been made and\nentered as provided in this section, a petition may be presented by\npersons qualified to vote at school meetings, asking for the\nestablishment of an enlarged city school district by the consolidation\nof such area or areas with the city school district. Such petition shall\nbe signed by a number of qualified voters equal to at least ten per\ncentum of the children in the area or areas according to the latest\nschool census for the area or areas laid out by the commissioner. Such\npetition shall be filed with the commissioner and shall request that an\nelection of the qualified voters within such area or areas be called for\nthe purpose of determining whether or not such area or areas shall be\nconsolidated with the city school district. If the commissioner is\nsatisfied that the petition has been duly signed as provided in this\nsection, he shall fix a time and place or places for an election of the\nqualified voters within each such area, which election shall be held not\nmore than thirty days after the filing of such petition.\n 6. The commissioner of education shall divide the area into a school\nelection district or districts. The area shall be so divided that if\ncircumstances will permit, the school election district will be\ncoterminous with one or more school districts, or parts or combinations\nthereof, and that, if practicable, there shall be a schoolhouse in each\nschool election district. The commissioner shall describe each of such\nelection districts. If there is no public schoolhouse in a school\nelection district, the commissioner shall designate the place where the\nelection in such district shall be had.\n 7. The commissioner shall cause notice of such election to be posted\nat least ten days before the election in three conspicuous places in\neach school district wholly or partly within such area. In addition to\nthe posting of such notice a copy thereof shall be published
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