at least three public places within the district, ten days previous to the time of meeting.
Sect. 19. Whenever the time for holding an annual meeting in any district shall pass without said meeting being held, the clerk, or, in his absence, any other member of the district board, within twenty days after the time for holding said annual meeting shall have passed, may give notice of a special meeting by putting up written notices thereof in three public places within the district, at least five days previous to the time of meeting; but if such meeting shall not be notified within twenty days as aforesaid, the county superintendent may give notice of such meeting in the manner provided for forming new districts, and the officers chosen at sach special meeting shall hold their offices until the next annual meeting, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Sect. 20. The qualified voters at each annual meeting, or at any special meeting duly called, may determine the length of time a school shall be taught in their district for the then ensuing year, which shall not be less than three months, and whether such school shall be taught by a male or female teacher, or both, and whether the school money to which the district may be entitled shall be applied to the support of the summer or winter term of the school, or a certain portion to each; but if such matters shall not be determined at the annual or any special meeting, it shall be the duty of the district board to determine the same.
Sect. 21. The director of each district shall preside at all district meetings, and shall sign all orders drawn by the clerk, authorized by a district meeting or by the district board, upon the treasurer of the district for moneys collected or received by him to be disbursed therein. He shall appear for and in behalf of the district in all suits brought by or against the district, unless other direction shall be given by the voters of such district, at a district meeting.
Sect. 22. The clerk of each district shall record the proceedings of his district in a book provided by the district for that purpose, and enter therein copies of all reports made by him to the county superintendent, and he shall keep and preserve all records, books, and papers belonging to his office, and deliver the same to his successor in office.
Sect. 23. The said clerk shall be clerk of the district