in fee or a lease for at least fifty years, and in all cases where school sites are leased the board shall reserve the privilege of removing the school property from the site on the expiration of the lease;

(c) To estimate the amount of money necessary to be Estimates. raised for buildings, sites and repairs, and report the same to the voters at the annual meeting;

etc.

(d) To vote the taxes necessary in addition to other school vote taxes for funds for teachers' wages which shall be accounted for under wages, tuition, the title of "teachers' wages fund;" and if no high school be established to vote such taxes as may be necessary to pay the tuition of any and all children of high school age resident in such township, to high schools already established, and to vote such taxes as may be necessary for the regular running expenses of the school, which shall include school furnishings and all appendages, library, the care of school property, record books and blanks and all apparatus and material which may be necessary in order that the schools may be properly managed and maintained, and such taxes when collected and General received by the treasurer of the board shall be accounted for under the title of "general fund." All moneys received for library purposes and for buildings, sites and repairs shall be kept in separate accounts under proper title: Provided, That Proviso, when when the district or the board has voted a tax for any legal purpose and the money is needed before the tax can be levied and collected the board may borrow on the warrant of the district a sum not to exceed the amount of tax voted for such purpose;

fund.

may borrow.

(e) Between the second Monday of July and the first Report of Monday of August in each year, to make out and deliver to board, the township clerk a report in writing, signed by the president and secretary, of all taxes for school purposes voted by the district and by the district board, to be levied on the taxable property of the district;

(f) To apply and pay over all school moneys belonging to Moneys, how the district in accordance with the provisions of law regulat appropriated. ing the same, and no money raised by tax shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it was raised without the consent of a majority of the taxpaying voters of the district present at an annual meeting or a special meeting, and no moneys received from the primary school interest fund nor from the one mill tax shall be appropriated to any other use than the payment of teacher's wages, except as hereinafter provided, and no money received for teachers' wages shall be paid to any person who is not the holder of a proper certifi cate of qualification authorizing him to teach and granted to said person before the commencement of his school. The board Sectarian shall not apply any moneys received by it from any source for the support and maintenance of any school of a sectarian character, whether the same be under the control of any religi ous society or made sectarian by the school board: Provided,

school.

Proviso, transfer mill

tax.

Charge of property.

Course of study.

Adopt text books.

Proviso,

alcohol and narcotics.

Teacher to report.

Make rules, purchase books.

That after a district has maintained school nine months the board may transfer surplus mill tax to the general fund;

(g) To have the care and custody of all school property and to provide suitable school privileges and sanitary conditions for all schools, a suitable water supply and all necessary record books and blanks;

(h) To specify the studies to be pursued in the schools of the district and adopt a suitable course of study for said schools;

(i) To select and adopt suitable text books for use in the schools, and the secretary shall make a record of such adoption. Text books once adopted under the provisions of this act shall not be changed within five years, except by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the district present at any annual or special meeting: Provided, That in the adoption of text books the board shall provide for instruction in the subject of physiology and hygiene with special reference to the nature of alcohol and narcotics and their effects upon the human system, and sanitary science. Text books adopted in this subject shall give at least one-fourth of their space to the consideration of such subjects, and for the high schools such book shall contain at least twenty pages of such matter, and the instruction in this subject shall be given in such manner and at such times as may be suited to the grade of the pupils. The text books used in giving such instruction shall first be approved by the State Board of Education. Each teacher or superintendent shall report to the board of education at the close of each term or year in regard to the quantity and character of such special instruction in the subject of alcohol and narcotics, and the secretary of the board shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that such instruction has been given;

(j) To have the general care of the schools of the district and make and enforce suitable rules and regulations for the general management of the schools and for the preservation of the property of the district, and to purchase at the expense of the district such text books as may be necessary for the use of children whose parents are not able to furnish the same. Suspension. The board may authorize or order the suspension or expulsion from school of any pupil guilty of gross misdemeanor or persistent disobedience, or one having habits or bodily conditions detrimental to the school, whenever in its judgment the interests of the school may demand it;

Admission of non-residents,

etc.

(k) The board may admit to the schools of the township any non-resident pupils and determine the rate of tuition of such pupils and collect the same. Children who are being cared for at county expense shall be admitted to the school in the township which is nearest the county house or in which the county house may be located, on the same terms that nonresident pupils are admitted. When non-resident pupils, their parents or guardians, pay a school tax in said district such

census.

children shall be admitted to the schools of the district, and
the amount of such school tax shall be credited on their
tuition in a sum not to exceed the amount of such tuition;
(1) To make rules relative to the taking of census of all School
children resident in said township district five years of age
and under twenty years, and to make all necessary reports
and transmit the same to the proper officers as designated by
law so that the district may be entitled to its proportion of the
primary school fund;

(m) To fix the length of time school shall be kept in all the School year. schools of the township, which shall be the same for all schools and not less than five months in each year: Provided, That Proviso. all persons, residents of any township school district and five years of age shall have an equal right to attend any school therein, and no separate school or department shall be kept for any persons on account of race or color: Provided Further further, That this shall not be construed to prevent the class- proviso. ifying and grading of the schools according to the intellectual progress of the pupils, such grades to be taught in such separate places as may be deemed expedient;

(n) To establish and maintain a district library and provide for its care and management;

tuition.

(0) To establish and maintain a high school or high High school. schools for the township and determine the qualifications for admission thereto: Provided, If a township high school be Proviso, not maintained the board of education shall pay out of funds Payment of herein before provided for, the tuition of any and all children of high school age who desire to attend high schools in the same township or in adjoining townships: Provided further, Further That if in such township or adjoining townships there be no proviso. established high school, then the tuition of such children shall be paid in such high school as shall be designated by such township board of education;

(p) To authorize the secretary to purchase and provide Apparatus. such incidental apparatus and material as may be deemed advisable for the schools, and to audit and order the payment of all accounts for such expenses and material;

intendent.

duties.

(q) To employ a superintendent of schools for the town- Employ ship, when the same is authorized by a vote of the electors Super thereof, and to employ such other officers and servants as may qualifications, be necessary for the management of the schools and school property, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. The superintendent of schools herein provided for shall be the holder of at least a State life certificate or a normal school diploma, or he shall have educational qualifications equivalent thereto and shall be the holder of a diploma from a college or university of recognized standing, and he shall have the following duties:

intendent,

First, To recommend in writing all teachers necessary for Superthe schools, and to suspend any teacher for cause, until the tento board of education or a committee of such board may con- teachers. sider such suspension;

Classify pupils.

Course of study, etc.

Reports.

Supervision.

Contract with
teachers,
what to
specify, etc.

Second, To classify and control the promotion of pupils; Third, To recommend to the board the best methods of arranging the course of study and the proper text books to be used;

Fourth, To make reports in writing to the board of educa tion and to the Superintendent of Public Instruction annually or oftener if required;

Fifth, To supervise and direct the work of the teachers; Sixth, To assist the board in all matters pertaining to the general welfare of the school, and to perform such other duties as the board may determine;

(r) To hire and contract with such legally qualified teachers as may be required, and all contracts shall be in writing and signed by a majority of the board in behalf of the district. Said contracts shall specify the wages agreed upon and require the teacher to keep a correct record of all school work, the number of pupils, the classification and grading, the aggregate and average attendance and the percentage of attendance, and to furnish the secretary with a correct copy of the same at the close of school. The contract shall also require the board to provide all proper material and keep the school property in proper and sanitary condition. The contract shall be filed with the secretary and a duplicate furnished the teacher. A contract with a person not holding a legal certificate of qualification shall be invalid and all contracts shall terminate if the certificate of the teacher shall expire by limitation within its term, or if the certificate be suspended or revoked by proper authority: Provided, That in case of illness of a teacher or when a legally qualified teacher cannot be found by the board or by the commissioner of schools, a person otherwise qualified but not holding a certificate may be employed temporarily as a supply, and such School month, supply service shall be paid for from the general fund. A school month within the meaning of the school laws shall consist of four weeks of five days in each week;

Invalid.

Proviso, temporary teacher

Further duties.

President of board.

To preside.

Countersign orders.

Prosecute action.

(s) And to do all things needful and necessary for the maintenance, prosperity and success of the schools of the district and the promotion of the thorough education of the children thereof.

SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the president of the board: First, To preside at all meetings of the district and of the board;

Second, To countersign all orders legally drawn by the secretary upon the treasurer for moneys to be disbursed by the district, and all warrants of the secretary upon the township treasurer for moneys raised for district purposes or apportioned to the district by the township clerk or other officer;

Third, To cause an action to be prosecuted in the name of the district on the treasurer's bond in case of any breach of any condition thereof;

disturbance,

Fourth, To preserve order in all meetings of the district, Meetings, and he may arrest or order the arrest of any person or persons of, etc. who shall conduct himself or themselves in a disorderly manner, or who shall disturb such meeting by rude or indecent behavior, or by profane or indecent discourse or in any other way make such disturbance, and such person shall, on Penalty. conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. Any justice of the peace, recorder or Jurisdiction. police justice of the county where such offense shall be committed shall have jurisdiction to try and determine the same; Fifth, He may make complaint before a justice of the peace Complaint for against any person who shall disturb any school in the township by rude and indecent behavior or by profane and indecent discourse or in any other way make such disturbance, and such person shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days;

disturbance.

Sixth, To perform the duties required of the superintendent, Perform where such superintendent is not appointed, and such other duties of duties as may be appropriate to his office in the management intendent. of the schools as the board shall determine.

super

SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the secretary of each board Secretary, of education:

duties.

First, To act as clerk at all meetings of the district and Clerk of of the board;

board.

Second, To record the proceedings of all district meetings Record of and the minutes of all meetings, orders, resolutions and other proceedings. proceedings of the board in proper record books and sign the same;

Third, To give the prescribed notice of the annual meeting Notice of and of any special meetings of the district which the board meetings. may call: Provided, That the notice of all annual and special Proviso. meetings shall be properly posted in at least five public places in the township and one on each school building not less than five days prior to such meeting: Provided further, That on Further the petition of at least one-tenth and not less than twenty-five proviso. of the qualified voters of the township district presented to the secretary or president for the purpose of calling a special school meeting, the secretary shall give the notice as hereinbefore provided;

Fourth, To draw and sign warrants upon the township Warrants, orders, etc. treasurer for all moneys raised for district purposes or apportioned to the district by the township clerk or other officer and payable to the treasurer of the district, and orders upon the district treasurer for all moneys to be disbursed by the district, and present such warrants or orders to the president to be countersigned by that officer. Each warrant and order Numbering. shall be properly numbered and dated, and each warrant shall specify the sources of the funds called for, and each