School District No. Five v. Everett

The statute which defines the powers of school-district boards provides, among other things, that

“ They shall purchase or lease a site for a school-house, as shall have been designated by the district, in the corporate name thereof, and shall build, hire, or purchase such schoolhouse out of the fund provided for that purpose, and make sale of any site or other property of the district, when lawfully directed by the qualified voters at an annual or special meeting; provided, that the district shall not in any case build a stone or brick school-house upon any site, without having first obtained…