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District superintendents of schools were authorized in 1914 to alter school district boundaries with the consent of district trustees. These files contain the following items documenting changes: copies of school district trustees' consent to boundary alterations and orders by the district superintendent of schools making alterations ("Consent and Order"); orders of the Commissioner of Education altering boundaries of or renumbering district superintendencies; Comissioner's orders appointing district superintendents; memorandums announcing changes in district superintendencies; correspondence concerning school district or district superintendency boundary alterations; district superintendent's notices of hearings regarding boundary changes; and occasional maps showing school district boundaries.