Section 1803. Proceedings at meeting

1. Any meeting held pursuant to the
  notice provided in section eighteen hundred two shall be called to order
  by a school official or a qualified voter of the district, designated by
  the commissioner of education  for  the  purpose.  The  first  order  of
  business  shall  be  the election of a chairman and a clerk who shall be
  qualified voters of the district. The meeting may be adjourned from time
  to time by a majority vote of the qualified voters present but  no  such
  adjournment  shall be for a longer period than ten days. The affirmative
  vote of a majority of the qualified voters present and voting  shall  be
  required on the adoption of a resolution.
    2.  At  a meeting held pursuant to subdivision one of section eighteen
  hundred two a resolution in substantially the following  form  shall  be
  presented  for  the  action  and  determination  of  the  meeting, viz.:
  "Resolved that the ........ central school district (add designation) as
  described in the order of the commissioner of education now before  this
  meeting, be organized and a central school for instruction in elementary
  and high school subjects be established."
    3.  At  a meeting held in an existing central school district pursuant
  to subdivision two of section  eighteen  hundred  two  a  resolution  in
  substantially  the  following form shall be presented for the action and
  determination of the meeting, viz.: "Resolved that the ........  (insert
  simplified  name  of  district  in accordance with section three hundred
  fifteen of this chapter) school district be  annexed  to  the  .........
  central  school district (designate central school district) as provided
  in the order of the commissioner of education now before this  meeting."
  Said  resolution  may  be  amended  by  a majority vote of the qualified
  voters present to exclude one or more of the districts described in said
  order  of  the  commissioner  from  annexation  to  the  central  school
  district.
    4.  At  a  meeting  held  in  any common or union free school district
  pursuant to subdivision two of section eighteen hundred two a resolution
  in substantially the following form shall be presented  for  the  action
  and  determination  of  the  meeting, viz.: "Resolved that the .........
  (insert simplified name of district in  accordance  with  section  three
  hundred  fifteen  of  this  chapter)  school  district be annexed to the
  ......... central school district (designate central school district) as
  provided in the order of the commissioner of education now  before  this
  meeting."
    5.  Votes  upon the adoption of a resolution shall be cast in the same
  manner as votes for  the  election  of  school  district  trustees.  The
  commissioner  of education may order such modifications in the manner of
  voting as are customary for school district elections in  the  community
  affected  by such vote. Such modifications may include the use of voting
  machines and shall include the use of absentee ballots as provided under
  section two thousand eighteen-a  or  two  thousand  eighteen-b  of  this
  chapter, whichever shall apply.
    6.  A copy of the minutes of the meeting or meetings duly certified by
  the clerk shall be filed by him with the commissioner of education, with
  each school superintendent in whose jurisdiction such  school  district,
  or  any  part  thereof, is or may thereafterward be located and with the
  town clerk of each town in which any part of said school district is  or
  may thereafterward be located.
    7.  If  the resolution described in subdivision two of this section is
  adopted, then the voters shall proceed to organize  in  accordance  with
  the provisions of this article.
    8. If at any such meeting the resolution described in subdivision two,
  three  or  four  of  this  section  shall  be presented and shall not be
  adopted, there shall be no further proceedings at such meeting, except a

  motion to reconsider the question. No such meeting shall again be called
  within one year after such original meeting. No  new  meeting  shall  be
  called unless a petition therefor shall be presented to the commissioner
  in  the  manner  provided in subdivision two of section eighteen hundred
  two of this article. If no meeting shall be  called  to  reconsider  the
  question  within two years after such original meeting or if at any such
  meeting  called  within  two  years  after  such  original  meeting  the
  resolution  shall  again fail of adoption, the order of the commissioner
  of education to which the resolution relates shall be  deemed  null  and
  void and of no further force or effect.
    9.  If  the  resolution  submitted to the voters as provided in either
  subdivision three or subdivision four of this section shall  be  adopted
  the  territory  described  therein  shall  thereupon  be  annexed to the
  existing central school district.