§ 1602. Number of trustees; determination of change. 1. At the first
annual meeting next after the erection of a common school district the
electors shall determine, by resolution, whether the district shall have
one or three trustees; and if they resolve to have three trustees, shall
elect the three for one, two and three years, respectively, and shall
designate by their votes for which term each is elected; thereafter in
such district, one trustee shall be elected for three years at each
annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee; and if they
resolve to have one trustee, shall elect the trustee for a one-year
term; thereafter in such district a trustee shall be elected for one
year at each annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee.

2. The electors of any common school district having three trustees
shall have power to decide at any annual meeting by a majority vote of
those present and voting, whether the district shall have a sole trustee
or three trustees. If they resolve to have a sole trustee, the trustees
in office shall continue in office until their terms of office shall
expire. No election of a trustee shall be had in the district until the
offices of such trustees shall become vacant by the expiration of their
terms of office or otherwise, and thereafter but one trustee shall be
elected for said district.

3. The electors of a common school district having but one trustee may
determine at an annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters
present and voting thereat, to have three trustees; and upon the
adoption of a resolution to that effect, shall proceed to elect three
trustees or such number as may be necessary to form a board of three
trustees, in the same manner as provided in this section for the
election of three trustees at the first annual meeting after the
erection of a district; and thereafter in such district, one trustee
shall be elected for three years, at each annual meeting, to fill the
office of the outgoing trustee.