**.NEW SCHOOL LAWS

Passed by the Thirty-
Seventh Session of the
Nebraska Legislature

SXH A I N Oij

BHJ. HO

W. H. CLEMMONS, Superintendent
Lincoln, Nebraska

GIFT OF

Department of Public Instruction
State of Nebraska

Laws Passed by the Thirty-Seventh Session or

the Nebraska Legislature Pertaining

to Educational Matters.

For the information of county superintendents and school boards,
we are sending out this lulletin. It contains a complete copy of all
changes in the school law passed by the thirty-seventh session of the
legislature. A careful study of these will be helpful, in order that
school authorities may act intelligently and carry out the provisions
of the law.

W. H. CLEMMONS,
State Superintendent.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
MAY 1, 1919

INDEX

HOUSE ROLLS Page

Child Welfare Bureau, H. R. 344 25

Aggregate school tax, metropolitan cities, Art. XXII, H. R. 190 14

Bonds, amount, Art. VI H. R. 217 .'. 15

County Superintendent's salary, H. R. 246 18

Employment certificate for child labor, H. R. 143 11

Exhibit of school work, H. R. 384 30

Levy for building fund, H. R. 207 29

Normal training appropriation, H. R. 268 19

Parochial schools, etc., H. R. 64 5

Payment of teachers during epidemic, H. R. 199 31

Relating to vocational schools, H. R. 293 22

School district bonds, amount, (Section 451) H. R. 321 25

School district londs, amount, (Section 451), H. R. 559 28

Teachers required to be citizens, H. R. 106 9

Tuition of non-resident pupils, H. R. 69 9

Wearing of dress or garb indicationg religious order, H. R. 115 .,... 10

SENATE FILES

Certificates, teachers', S. F. 180 .... ................................................................ 44

Condemnation of property for school purposes, S. F. 192 .................... 51

County roads to public schools, S. F. 260 ........................................ - ....... 53

Course of study for rural schools, S. F. 73 ............................................ 37

Free High School tuition, S. F. 48 ................................................................ 34

Free High School tuition, S. F. 85 ................................................................ 38

Languages, teaching of, S. F. 24 .................................................................... 32

Medical examination of pupils, S. F. 93 .................................................... 41

Merger of metropolitan and other cities, S. F. 158 ................................ 43

Powers of regents of county high schools, S. F. 110 ................... - ........ 42

Qualif ications.oj*. voters^ at jspfcpel flections, S. F. 49 .................... ........ 35

Qualifications o*4tate' siipertnte'nQent, S. F. 189 ............................ --.-. 50

Re-districftnfc,: Si ift j20l^-:-----:---.\V- v -- ; - ........................................................ 54

Tax levyiriOt)'mili : s**Art*vi,*S* F* 3*7 ...., .................................................. 32

Tax levy of 100 mills, bonds, Art. XXII, S. F. 70 .................................... 36

House Roll No. 64

Introduced

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

TITLE

A bill for an act to regulate public, private, denominational and
parochial schools, to amend sections 6924, 6925, 6926, Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, relating to schools, and to repeal
said original sections and to declare an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That section 6924, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6924. In school districts other than city and metropolitan
city school districts every person having a legal or actual charge or
control of any child or children or youth not less than seven nor more
than sixteen years of age, shall, during each school year between the
second Monday of July and the last Monday of June following, cause
such child or children or youth to attend the public, private, denomi-
national or parochial day school for a period of not less than twelve
weeks, and if the public day school of the school district in which the
person or persons, having charge or control of such child or children
or youth, may reside shall be in session during the school year
between the second Monday of July and the last Monday of June fol-
lowing, more than twelve weeks, then the person having legal con-
trol of such child or children or youth shall cause each of them to
attend such public, private, denominational or parochial day school
not less than two-thirds of the entire time the public schools shall
be in session during the school year as aforesaid; and in no case
shall such attendance be for a less period than twelve weeks. In city
and metropolitan city school districts every person residing within
such school district, who has legal or actual charge or control of any
child or children or youth not less than seven nor more than sixteen
years of age, shall cause such child or children or youth to attend
the public, private, denominational or parochial day school for the
full period of each school year in which the public day schools of
such school district are in session. The portion of this article
requiring attendance in public, private, denominational or parochial
day school shall not apply in case where the child or youth being
of the age of fourteen years, is legally and regularly employed for

his .Qwn^suppQrt.or. tjifc Support of those actually dependent upon
him eft-Ma caseVw64r*4 %ke child or youth is physically or mentally
meaajcjta*3d, f or he WQtk'done in the schools, or in any case where
the' c clttid or S r outh Wes" nfo'fe than two miles from the school by the
nearest practicable travelled road unless free transportation to and
from such school is furnished to such child or youth. In case exemp-
tion is claimed on account of mental or physical incapacity, the school
authorities shall have the right to employ a phyysician or physicians
who shall have authority to examine such child or youth, and if such
physician or physyicians shall declare that such child or youth is
capatle of undertaking the work of the schools, then such child or
youth shall not be exempt from the requirement of this article. In
case exemption is claimed and granted on account of a child or youtli
of the age of fourteen years being legally and regularly employed
for his own support or the support of those dependent upon him,
such child or youth may, in the discretion of those charged with the
enforcement of this article, be required to attend a public, private,
denominational or parochial evening school for not less than two
hours each school day and not less than three days each week for a
school year of not less than twenty weeks. All persons of from
seven to eighteen years of age who are residents of this state anrl
who by reason of partial or total blindness or deafness are unable
to obtain an education in the public, private, denominar.ional or
parochial schools of this state, shall under the provisions of this
article te required to attend the Institute for the Blind or the School
for the Deaf, unless such persons are being privately or otherwise
educated or unless they are not subject for admission to the Deaf and
Dumb and Blind Institute of the State of Nebraska. It is hereby
made the duty of each teacher in all of the public, private, denomi-
national and parochial schol of this state to keep a record showing
the name and age of the children enrolled, the number of the school
district in which said school is located and the county of their
residence, the number of days each pupil was present an-i the num-
ber! of days absent, and at the end of each month of school to make
and furnish a report to the County Superintendent and a duplicate
thereof to the director or secretary of the school district in which
such child or children reside, on blanks to be furnished or prescribed
by the State superintendent of Public Instruction, which report
shall cover said items of record as above, except that in such districts
organized under the provisions of Articles XXII, XXIII, and XXIV
of this Chapter, such report shall be made to the Superintendent of
the city school of such district. It is hereby made the duty of such
county or city superintendent, upon the receipt of the report for the
first month of school in the district and in each two weeks thereafter,
to compare such reports with the last census report on file in his

office from such district and , prepare a list of all children or youth
resident in such district who are not receiving instruction, as in
this article provided, and to transmit the list to the officer or
officers in such district whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of
this article. All private, denominational and parochial schools in
the State of Nebraska and all teachers employed or giving instruction
therein shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of the
general school laws of the state so far as the same apply to grades,
qualification and certification of teachers and promotion of pupils.
All private, denominational and parochial schools shall have adquate
oauipment and supplies and shall be graded the same and shall have
courses of study for each grade conducted therein substantially the
same as those given in the public schools where the children attend-
ing would attend in the absence of such private, denominational or
parochial schools.

Sec. 2. No person shall after September 1, 1919, be employed to
teach or teach in any private, denominational or parochial school
who has not obtained a teacher's certificate entitling such teacher
to teach corresponding courses or classes in public schools where
the children attending would attend in the absence of such private,
denominational or parochial school.

Sec. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as
to interfere with religious instruction in any private, denominational
or parochial school.

Sec. 4. For the purposes of this act the owner or governing board
of any private, denominational or parochial school shall have the
authority to select and purchase text books, equipment and supplies,
to employ teachers and to have and exercise the general manage-
ment of the school, subject to the provisions of this act.

Sec. 5. All public, private, denominational and parochial schools
shall give in the proper grades such courses in American History and
in Civil Government, both state and national, as will give the pupils
therein a thorough knowledge of the Hstory of our country and its
institutions and our form of government and shall conduct such
patriotic exercises as may be prescribed from time to time by the
state superintendent.

Sec. 6. The County Superintendent of the county, or the City
Superintendent of the city, where any private, denominational ov
parochial school is located shall inspect such school and report to
the proper officers any evidence of the use of any text books or
of any activities, instruction or propaganda therein subversive of
American institutions and republican form of government or good
citizenship or of failure to observe any of the provisions of this .act.

Sec. 7. In case any private, denominational or parochial school
after a final determination by the proper authorities under this act
fails, refuses or neglects to conform to and comply therewith, no
person shall be granted or allowed a certificate to teach therein
and the pupils attending such school or schools shall be required to
attend the public school of the proper district as provided by law in
like manner as though there were no such private, denominational or
parochial school. Full credit for certification under the law shall be
given all teachers who have taught in private, denominational or
I-arochial schools the same as though they had taught in public
schools.

Sec. 8. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more than one
hundred ($100.00) dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not to
exceed three (3) months.

Sec. 9. That section 6925, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6925. Boards of education in cities, villages and metropoli-
tan cities shall appoint one or more truant officers, who shall qualify
as police officers; shall enforce the provisions of this law in the
wards or district for which they severally act; shall have authority
to apprehend and take to his home or to some public, private, demoni-
national or parochial school any child found in violation of this ar-
ticle, and shall be compensated for his or her services in such sums
as shall be determined by the Board of Education to be paid out of
the general school fund of the city or village. In all school districts
in this state, any superintendent, principal, teacher or member of the
Board of Education, who, shall know of any violation of this article
on the part 'of any child or children of school age their parents, or
persons in actual or legal control of such child or children or any
other person shall as soon as possible report such violation to the
superintendent of public instruction of the county who shall immedi-
ately investigate the case, and if necessary give written notice to the
person or persons violating this article warning him or them to com-
ply with its provisions; and, if in one week from the time such notices
are given, such person or persons are still violating this article, then
such county superintendent shall file a complaint against such per-
son or persons before the county judge of the county charging such
persons with violation of the provisions of this article; Provided,
if the violation occurred within any city or village the superintend-
ent of said city or village may, in his discretion, file such complaint
before the police judge, or police magistrate of such city or village.

Sec. 10. That said original sections 6924, 6925, 6926, Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, are hereby repealed.

Sec. 11. Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall be in
force from and after its passage and approval.

House Roll No. 69.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE C. M. McGRATH OF CHASE COUNTY

TITLE

A bill for an act relating to schools.
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. When any child of school age shall reside with his
parents or guardian 'more than two miles from the school house, in
the school district of his residence, and more than two and one-half
miles from a school house in an adjacent district, and the school
board of such residence school district shall refuse to furnish free
transportation for such child 'to such school house upon the written
request of such parents or guardian, such child may attend the
public school in any school district in the State of Nebsraka, and
such school district refusing to furnish free transportation shall be
liable for the tuition of such child at the public school which he shall
attend.

House Roll No. 106.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE HENRY C. McKEE OF OTOE COUNTY

TITLE

A bill for an act relating to schools.
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That no person shall be qualified, licensed or per-

mitted by the state or county superintendents of public instruction
to teach in any public, private and parochial school in the State of
Nebraska unless such person is a natural born or duly and fully
naturalized citizen of the United States.

House Roll No. 115.

Introduced By

REPRESENTATIVE F. E. ANDERSON OF CEDAR AND KNOX, and
SENATOR C. H. RANDALL OF CEDAR AND KNOX

TITLE

A bill for an act declaring the wearing in the public schools of this
state by any of the teachers thereof of any dress, or garb,
indicating the fact that such teacher is an adherent or member
of any religious order, sect or denomination, to be a misde-
meanor, providing a punishment for the violation thereof and
imposing a fine upon the Board of Directors or other school
officers of any public school permitting the same.

Be it Enacted l>y the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Any teacher in any public school in this state who
shall wear in said school or while engaged in the performance of his
or her duty any dress, or garb, indicating the fact that such teacher
is a member or an adherent of any religious order, sect or denomi-
nation, shall upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred ($100)
dollars and the costs of prosecution or shall be committed to the
county jail for a period not exceeding thirty days or both.

Sec. 2. In case of violation of section 1 of this act by any
teachers employed in any public school, notice of which having been
previously given to the school board, board of education or board of
directors employing such teacher, it shall be the duty of such school
board, I oard of education or board of directors to suspend such
teacher from employment in such school for the term of one year.
In case of the second offense by such teacher, it is the duty of the
board of education, board of directors or school board to disqualify
permanently such teacher from teaching in such school and any
public school director, member of a board of education or school

board who fails to comply with the provisions of this act shall be>
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by ai
fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars and costs of prose-
cution.

Sec. 3 Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall be in force
from and after its passage and approval.

House Roll No. 143

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LARSEN OF DOUGLAS

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Sections 3581 and 3583, Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913, relating to employment of child labor, and
to repeal said original sections.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That section 3581, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3581. The superintendent of public schools in all cities and
town having a population of more than one thousand according to
the last official census and the presiding officer of all other school
boards shall furnish a duplicate copy of all certificates issued- under
the provisions of this article to tke Commissioner of Labor. The
duplicate certificate as to form shall be as set forth in Section 3583 of
this article, and must be filed with the Commissioner of Labor at
the time of the issuance of the original certificate.

Sec. 2. That section 3583, Revised Statutes of Nebraska tour
1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3583. The age and schooling certificate provided for hereia
shall be made out upon blank forms furnished in triplicate by the
state commissioner of labor and shall be in the following form:

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE
. Nebraska

(Name of school) City or town)

(date)

This certifies that....

(signature of child)

has completed the work of the th grade, can read and write

legibly simple sentences in the English language. '

This also certifies that according to the records of this school and

in my belief the said

(name of child)

was born at in

(city or town)

county, state of on the

(date)

and is now years and months old,

and has attended said school within the the past twelve months the
following period

(name of parent or guardian) (residence)

(Signature) Teacher

(Signature Principal

AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE

Nebraska 19

(city or town) (date)

This certifies that I am the of

(father, mother, guardian or custodian)

: and that was born

(name of child)

at in county

state of on the

jand is now _ years ..months old.

(signature of father, mother, guardian or custodian)
12

Nebraska 19 .,

(name of city or town) (date)

There personally appeared before me the above named

and being sworn

(name of person signing)

testified that the foregoing certificate by signed is

(him or her)

true to the best of knowledge or belief.

(his or her)

I hereby approve the foregoing certificate of ,

(name of child)

height feet inches, weight

pounds ounces, complexion hair

(fair or dark) (color)

eyes having not sufficient reason to doubt that

(color) (he or she)

is of the age herein certified. I hereby certiy that ... .........

(he or she can or cannot)

read at sight and write legibly simple

sentences in the English language, that said child has appeared before
me and been personally examined by me; that all certificates and
papers required by law have, in due form, been presented to, and
approved by me and the same have been placed on file.

(In case the child is attending school insert here the following:)

I further certify that is regularly attending

(he or she)

the

(name of school)

This certificate shall continue in force only so long as the regular
attendance of said child at said school is certified weekly by a teacher
thereof.

This certificate belongs to

(name of child)
and is to be surrendered to the superintendent of schools whenever

: leaves the service of the person, firm, corporation holding

(he or she)

same as employer.

(signature and official title of person authorized to
approve and sign.) ^

Place employed Authority for age

Hours.... Certificate valid until....

EVENING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE 'CERTIFICATE

This certifies that is registered

(name of child)

in and regularly attends the

evening school. This also certifies that according to the records of

my school and in my belief was

(name of child)

born at on the

(name of city or town)
day of 19 and is now old.

(Name of parent er guardian)
(Signature of teacher)

(Signature of principal)

Duplicate copies of such certificates shall be retained in all cases
by the person or officer issuing the same and kept on file by the super-
intendent of schools or school directors of the county in which the
same are issued.

Sec. 3. That said original sections 3581 and 3583 Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for 1913 are hereby repealed.

House Boll No. 190.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE J. FRANK BURGESS

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Secttion 7028 of the Revised Statutes of
Nebraska, 1913, as amended by Chapter 126, Session Laws of
Nebraska for 1915 and Chapter 130 of the Laws of Nebraska,
1917, and to repeal said section as now existing, and to declare
an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section. 1.. That section 7028 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska

1913, as amended by Chapter 126, Session Laws of Nelraska for 1915
and Chapter 130 of the Laws of Nebraska, 1917, le and the same is
herel y amer.ded to read as follows:

7028. Section 329. The aggregate school tax shall not in any
one year exceed 50 mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property
of the district.

Sec. 2. That said Section 7028 of the Revised Statutes of
Nebraska, 1913, as amended by Chapter 126, Session Laws of Nebraska
for 1915 and Chapter 130 of the Laws of Nebraska, 1917, be and. the
same is herel y repealed.

Sec. 3. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall be in effect
and force upon its passage and approval.

House Roll So. 217.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE J. REII) GREEN OF LANCASTER

TITLE

A I ill for an act to amend Section 6801 of the Revised Statutes of
the State of Nebraska for 1913, as amended by Chapter 121 of
the Session Laws of Nebraska for the year 1917 to provide for
or all of the purposes mentioned in saidtEE7afNebraskOcllGD
the issuance of bonds and to legalize bonds already issued for
any or all of the purposes mentioned in said section, and to
repeal said section and all acts and parts of acts in conflict
therewith, and to declare an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6801 of the Revised Statutes of the
State of Nebraska for 1913, as amended by Chapter 121 of the Session
Laws of Nebraska for the year 1917 be amended to read as follows:

6801. Sec. 102. School districts of more than one hundred and
fifty pupils annual statement tax bonds. The said trustees shall
present at each annual meeting a statement in writing of all receipts
and expenditures on behalf of the district, for the preceding year,
and of all funds then on hand, and an estimate of the amount neces-

sary to le raised by the district, in addition to the money to be
received from the primary school fund and other sources, for the
support of the schools of said district for the ensuing year, and
for incidental expenses thereof and the said district may, at the
annual meeting, vote such sums to be raised by tax upon the taxable
property of said district, as may be required to maintain the several
schools thereof, for the ensuing year. The amount of money so voted
as being necessary for the maintenance of the schools for the ensuing
year shall le certified by the district school board to the county clerk
of the county in which such school board is located, and the arjiount
so certified shall be levied by the county board on the assessed value
of the school district, and be collected as other taxes; Provided,
the amount so levied shall not exceed in any one year, thirty-five
mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation in such school district.
Provided, that a levy not exceeding 100 mills may be made after
submitting the proposition of the increased levy at an election called
for the purpose or at any regular election, notice whereof shall have
been given for at least 20 days in one or more papers published in
the district or county to the qualifed voters of the district, and if
60 per cent of the votes cast at such election shall be for; the
proposed increased levy, the board may make the levy in such amount
as may le named in the election notice. Provided, that in addition
to the foregoing, a tax to create a special fund for the erection of
a school house in said district may be levied when authorized by a
majority of the qualified electors voting in any special or regular
meeting or election called or held after such proposition including
the sum to be raised or the amount of the tax to be levied, the
period of years and the whole regulation including the time of its
taking effect or having operation has leen stated in the notice of
any such meeting or election, and if a majority of the qualified
electors at any such meeting or election vote in favor thereof, the
record of the meeting or election shall be certified to the county
loard, which upon being satisfied that all the requirements have
been sul stantially complied with, shall cause the preceedings to be
entered upon the record of the county board and shall make an
order that the levy le made in accordance therewith, and collected
as other taxes.

The provisions of sections 7.5, 76, 77 and 78 of Chapter 8 of the
revised statutes of 1914 relating to special funds for erection of
court houses shall apply so far as practicable to the procedure under
this section, the school board of district trustees having power to
contract for the erection of the proposed building under the same
restrictions as the county board in case of the erection of a court
house, and any residue of such tax going into the school district
general fund: Provided further, the amount of such special

tax so levied shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar valuation above
the amount allowed by law for general school purposes, and the
total amount voted for the period of years shall not exceed ten per
cent of the assessed valuation of the school district: Provided
further, if a majority of the qualified electors vote in favor
thereof, the school t oard may at once proceed to carry out the pur-
pose of the levy, and to do so, are hereby authorized to issue war-
rants, as needed, not to exceed eighty-five per cent of the amount
raised by the levy, against the fund voted, and the interest on any
such warrants shall be paid annually.

The board of education may borrow money upon bonds which
they are herety authorized and empowered to issue, bearing a rate
of interest not to exceed 6 per cent per annum, interest payable
annually or semi-annually at such place as may be mentioned upon
the face of the bonds which loan shall be paid and reimbursed, in a
period of not exceeding thirty years from the date of said bonds,
a,nd, the same shall be paid from the proceeds of a special levy for
that purpose. Provided, no bonds shall be issued nor the question
of issue submitted to the voters without the consent of two-thirds of
the members of the board of education and offered in the open market
and sold to the highest bidder for not less than par value on the
dollar; and provided, further, no bonds shall be issued by the board
of education without first submitting the proposition of issuing the
bonds at an election called for that purpose, or at any regular elec-
tion, notice whereof shall be given for at least 20 days in one or
more papers published within the district or county to the qualified
voters of the district and at such election, there shall be submitted
to the qualified voters the question of the issuance of bonds of the
district and if a majority of the ballots cast at such election shall
be for issuing bonds, the board may issue bonds in such amount as
may be named in the election notice, not exceeding thirty per cent
of the assessed valuation of the last completed assessment.

Sec. 2. Where bonds have been heretofore issued by any
school district having more than one hundred fifty pupils for any
or all of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and the procedure
provided in Chapter 121 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1917
has been complied with, and said bonds do not exceed in amount 30
per cent of the last completed assessment of the school district
issuing same, said bonds so issued are hereby declared to be valid
and legal obligations of 'the school district that issued same.

Sec. 3. That said original Section 6801, Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913 as amended by Chapter 121 of the Session Laws
of Nebraska for 1917, as it now exists is hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

House Roll No. 246.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE E. H. GERHART, MADISON COUNTY

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 2452, Revised Statutes of Nebraska
for 1913, as amended by Chapter 47, Session Laws of 1917,
relating to county superintendents, and to repeal said original
section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 2452, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, as amended by Chapter 47, Session Laws of 1917, is hereby
amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2452. The county board, at the first regular session of each
year, shall determine the compensation to te paid to the county
superintendent, but in counties containing a school population of
fifteen thousand or more, such compensation shall not be less than
twenty-five hundred dollars per annum; in counties containing a
school population of seven thousand and less than fifteen thousand,
such compensation shall not be less than twenty-four hundred
dollars per annum; in counties containing a school population of
six thousand and less than seven thousand such compensation shall
not be less than twenty-one hundred dollars per annum; in counties
having a school population of not less than four thousand and not
more than six thousand, such compensation shall not be less than
nineteen hundred dollars; in counties containing a school population
of two thousand five hundred and less than four thousand, such com-
pensation shall not be less than seventeen hundred dollars per
annum; in counties containing a school population of two thousand
and less than two thousand five hundred, such compensation shall not
le less than fifteen hundred dollars per annum; in counties con-
taining a school population of fifteen hundred and less than two
thousand, such compensation shall not be less than thirteen hundred
dollars per annum; in counties containing a school population of less

than one thousand five hundred, the county superintendent shall
receive not less than seven dollars per day for each day actually
employed in the performance of the duties of the office, but the
total compensation in this class shall not exceed twelve hundred
dollars per annum. The number of days necessary for the perform-
ance of said duties shall be determined by the county superintend-
ent, but the number of days so employed shall not be less than two
times the number of districts in the county, and one day for each
precinct thereof for the examination of teachers. The county board
at their option may allow the county superintendent such clerk hire
as they deem necessary, and the county superintendent shall receive
in addition to his or her salary, an amount sufficient to pay his or
her traveling expenses at the rate of ten cents per mile for each
mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of his or
her official duties, in visiting the various schools under his or her
supervision as provided by law. For said traveling expenses the
county superintendent shall present such sworn statements and!
receipts as the county board may require, and the amount due shall
be paid out of the county general fund; provided, that the county
board may at its option restrict said mileage to one visit each year
to each school in the county. Provided, however, in counties where
the assessed valuation of county is not in excess of the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars, the number of days necessary for the per-
formance of said duties may be determined by the county board,
I ut the number of days so employed shall not be less than two times
the number of districts in the county, and one day for each precinct
thereof for the examination of teachers.

Sec. 2. That said original section 2452, Revised Statutes of 1913,
as amended by Chapter 47 of the Session Laws of 1917, is hereby
repealed.

House Roll No. 268.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE E. H. GERHART, MADISON COUNTY

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 6840, Revised Statutes of Nebraska
for 1913, relating to normal training and to repeal said origi-
nal section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6840, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6840. The sum of one thousand ($1000.00) dollars for the
biennium shal be paid for the appropriation made for that purpose
to each schol district in which a class of not less than ten is organ-
ized and instructed in accordance with the provisions of this act;
Provided, that funds derived from this appropriation shall be devoted
exclusively to the payment of the salary of a special instructor or
supervisor of Normal Training subjects who has the qualifications
prescribed by the state superintendent of public instruction.

Sec. 2. That the said original Section 6840 of the Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for 1913 is hereby repealed.

House Roll No. 293.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVES E. E. GOOD AND E. H. GERHART

TITLE

A bill for an act relating to the establishment, regulation,, super-
vision and maintenance of vocational schools, departments or
classes, and the training of teachers of vocational subjects; to
provide for the support of same from federal, state and dis-
trict funds, and to appropriate moneys for such purpose; to
define the authority and duties of the State Board for Vocational
Education; to repeal all conflicting acts or parts of acts; and
to declare an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Any board in control of any public school, state
school, college or university may establish in cooperation with the
State Board for Vocational Education a vocational school, department
or class giving instruction of less than college grade in agricultural,
trade or industrial or home economics subjects to persons over four-
teen years of age who have entered upon or who are preparing to
enter upon the work of the farm, a trade, or the home.

Sec. 2. A vocational agricultural school, department or class
shall be one which gives all-day, part-time or evening instruction
in agricultural subjects to persons who have entered upon or who
are preparing to enter upon the work of the farm.

When organized as an all-day school, department or class, the
instruction in vocational agriculture shall extend over a term of at
least nine months and a half of the time shall be given to purely
agricultural instruction.

A part-time agricultural school, department or class may be
organized for the same purpose as the all-day school, said part-
time school to give at least one hundred forty-four hours of instruc-
tion during the year.

An evening agricultural school, department or class may be
organized to give instruction to persons who have entered upon the
work of the farm.

The agricultural school, department or class shall provide for
at least six months supervised practice for each pupil in attendance.

Sec. 3. A vocational trade or industrial school, department or
class shall be one which gives all-day, part-time or evening instruc-
tion in trade and industrial subjects to persons who have entered
upon or who are preparing to enter upon employment in a particular/
trade or industrial pursuit.

When organized as an all-day school, department or class the
instruction shall be for persons who are preparing to enter upon the
work of a particular trade or industrial pursuit; it shall cover a
period of at least nine months and shall provide for at least thirty
hours of instruction per week. At least half the time of instruction
must be devoted to work on the useful or productive basis and the
remainder of the time to related subjects and to subjects necessary
to build a well rounded course of training, provided that for cities
and towns of less than twenty-five thousand population according to
the last preceding United States census the local board with the
approval of the State Board for Vocational Education may modify
the conditions as to the length of the course and hours of instruc-
tion a week.

When organized as a part-time school, department or class, the
instruction shall be provided for persons who have entered upon
employment; it shall cover a period of at least one hundred forty-
four hours per year; and may include instruction supplementary to
the employment in which the pupils are engaged, instruction in a
different employment or instruction in elementary or secondary

subjects given to continue the general education of the pupils ia
attendance. \

When organized as an evening school, department or class the
instruction shall be provided foV persons over sixteen years of age
who have entered upon the work of a particular trade or industrial
pursuit and shall provide for instruction supplemental to the daily
employment.

'Sec. 4. A vocational home economics school, department or class
shall le one which gives all-day, part-time or evening instruction in
home economics subjects to persons who, as housewives, home
daughters or otherwise, have entered upon or who are preparing to
enter upon employment in the home.

When organized as an all-day school, department or class the
Instruction shall be for persons who are preparing to enter upon
the work of the home; it shall cover a period of at least nine months
and shall provide for at least thirty hours per week, provided that
for cities and towns of less than twenty-five thousand population,
acording to the last preceding United States census, the local board
with the approval of the State Board for Vocational Education may
modify the conditions as to the length of course and hours of instruc-
tion a week. At least half the time of instruction must be devoted to
home economics subjects or to home economics subjects and related
subjects, and the remainder of the time to subjects necessary to build
a well-rounded course of training.

When organized as a part-time school, department or class the
instruction shall le for the persons who have entered upon employ-
ment; it shall cover a period of at least one hundred forty-four hours
a year, of which time at least seventy-two hours shall be devoted to
home economics instruction.

When organized as an evening school, department or class the
instruction shall be designed to supplement the work of the home
and shall be given to persons over sixteen years of age.

Sec. 5. The State Board for Vocational Education shall have all
necessary authority to cooperate with the boards authorized by this
act to establish vocational schools, departments or classes and to
cooperate with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the
administration of the act of Congress as provided for by Chapter
227 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1917. It shall also have the
power to administer the funds provided by the Federal Government
under said Federal act and the State of Nebraska under the pro-
visions of this Act for the promotion of vocational education in such

subjects as an essential and integral part of the public school sys-
tem of education in the State of Nebraska and to provide for the
preparation of teachers of such subjects. It shall have the author-
ity to appoint such officials and assistants as may be necessary to
administer the Federal Act and this Act for the State of Nebraska
and to fix the compensation of such officials and to pay such com-
pensation and other necessary expenses of administration from funds
appropriated by this Act. It shall have authority to make studies
and investigations relative to vocatonal education; to promote and
aid in the establishment of vocational schools, departments or classes
in communities giving training in such subjects and to cooperate with
local toards in the maintenance of the same; to prescribe qualifica-
tions and to have full authority to provide for the certification of
teachers and supervisors of vocational and related subjects: to-
cooperate in the maintenance of classes supported and controlled by
the public for the preparation of teachers and supervisors of voca-
tional and related subjects or to maintain such classes under its
own direction and control; to establish and determine by general
regulations the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in
the training of vocational teachers.

Sec. 6. Whenever any school, department or class giving instruc-
tion in vocational subjects as provided for in this act and the rules
and regulations adopted by the State Board for Vocational Education
shall have been approved by the State Board for Vocational Educa-
tion it shall be entitled to share in the Federal and State funds avail-
able to the extent of not less than three-fourths the salaries of
teachers of such vocational subjects; provided, that if the amount
of Federal and State funds shall not be sufficient to reimburse in full
the amounts due the schools, the State Board for Vocational Educa-
tion may prorate the sums available among the vocational schools,
departments or classes entitled to reimbursement; and provided
further that the amounts still due shall be valid claims against the
State of Nebraska to be paid from the first funds available thereafter
for the promotion and support of vocational education.

Sec. 7. The board in control of the public school of any public
school district in the state having at least fifteen children between
the ages of fourteen and sixteen years who hold employment certi-
ficates in force, shall establish a part-time school or class and shall
require minors holding such employment certificates to attend said!
school or class regularly for not less than eight hours a week white
so employed and until they reach the age of sixteen years provided}
that no person over sixteen and under twenty-one years of age shall;
be barred from attendance upon said part-time schools or classes.

If any such minor between the ages of fourteen and sixteen shall

fail to attend regularly upon such part-time school or class as herein
required the employment certificate of such minor shall be cancelled.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ
any such minor between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years of
age for more than forty hours in any one week, nor more than eight
hours in any one day, nor before the hour of six o'clock in the morn-
ing or after the hour of eight oclock in the evening nor unless such
minor shall attend regularly upon such part-time school or class as
herein required. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars
nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.

The local board of any such school district is hereby authorized
to raise and expend moneys for the support of such part-time schools
or classes in a manner similar to that by which moneys are raised
and expended for other school purposes, provided that said boards
may make a levy sufficient to cover expenses of such schools over
and above the amount now provided for school purposes. Such
part-time schools 01". classes shall be organized in accordance with,
the rules and regulations which may be established by the State
Board for Vocational Education. Such part-time schools or classes
shall provide instruction which shall continue education in elemen-
tary or secondary school subjects or instruction supplementary to
the employment in which such minors over fourteen and under six-
teen years of age are engaged. Whenever such part-time schools or
classes shall be established they shall share in any Federal and State
funds available for the promotion and support of Vocational Educa-
tion in the State of Nebraska.

Sec. 8. The State Board for Vocational Education shall make a
biennial report to the Legislature showing the progress of vocational
education in the State of Nebraska, together with a list of schools,
departments or classes receiving reimbursement, and a detailed
statement of expenditure of Federal and State funds available for
vocational education.

Sec. 9. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys not
otherwise appropriated the sum of one hundred thousand dollars or
so much thereof as may be necessary to enable the State Board fop
Vocational Education to cooperate with the Federal Board for Voca-
tional Education and to carry out the provisions of this act.

Sec. 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.

Sec. 11. Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall take effect
.and te in force from and after its passage and approval.

House Roll No. 321.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE D. S. HARBIN OF HARLAN COUNTY

TITLE

A Bill for an act to amend section 451, Revised Statutes of Nebraska
for 1913, to repeal said original section, and to declare an emer-
gency.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Sec. 1. That said original section 451, Revised Statutes of Ne-
braska for 1913 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 451. The amount of bonds shall in no case exceed one
thousand dollars in those districts having less than twenty-five
children and not less than twelve of school age; and the amount of
bonds shall not exceed two thousand dollars when the number of
children of school age is twenty-five or more and less than fifty; and
the amount of bonds shall not exceed five thousand dollars when the
number of children of school age in the district is fifty or more but
less than one hundred; and in districts having one hundred or more
children of school age, such amount as may be agreed upon, not to
exceed twelve per cent of the assessed valuation of the last complet-
ed assessment.

Sec. 2. That said original section 451, Revised Statutes of Ne-
braska for 1913 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall take effect
from and after its passage and approval.

House Roll 844.

Introduced By

REPRESENTATIVES HOSTETLER, MILLER, GOOD, REYNOLDS,
CROZIER, TRACEWELL, RICKARD and J. REID GREEN

TITLE

A bill for an act to provide for child welfare in the State of Nebraska?.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska :

Section 1. There is hereby established in the state department
of public instruction a bureau to be known as the State Child Welfare
Bureau. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby author-
ized to provide sufficient quarters and equipment for the said bureau
In the state department of education.

Sec. 2. Within thirty days after* this law goes into effect, the
Governor shall appoint for a term of two years a director who shall
have charge of the working organization of the State Child Welfare
Bureau. The Governor shall likewise appoint for a period to termi-
nate May 11, 1921, a special investigating committee to be known as
the "The Children's Code Commission," which commission shall be
an independent branch of the State Child Welfare Bureau, but shall
be cooperative with all other workers in the Bureau. Said Com-
mission shall be composed of not less than five nor more than fifteen
persons, residents of Nebraska, specially qualified by experience and
study to deal with the problems relating to child welfare in Nebraska.
Any vacancy which may occur in said commission, by reason of death,
resignation or otherwise, shall le filled ly appointment by the Gov-
ernor. The Director of the State Child Welfare Bureau may or may
not be a member of the investigating commission.

Sec. 3. The Director of the State Child Welfare Bureau shall
have special training and knowledge of the principles underlying
political and social welfare. He shall receive an annual compensa-
tion of $2400.00, together with necessary traveling expenses, not to
exceed $800.00. Said Director shall have authority to organize,
employ and secure such assistance, within the funds available
through this act, as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes
of this act.

Sec. 4. The members of the Children's Code Commission shall
receive no salary, except a secretary as herein provided tut may
receive actual traveling expenses while going to and in attendance
upon the meetings of the commission within Nebraska, or otherwise
exclusively engaged within said state upon the business of said com-
mission. The Commission shall choose one of its members as presi-
dent, and shall have power to select a secretary from within or
outside its membership. The secretary shall le paid a salary -.f
not to exceed $150.00 per month. Stenographic and other assistance
as necessary may le employed, within the appropriations available
under this act.

Sec. 5. It shall le the duty of the director who is in charge of
the working organization of the State Child Welfare Bureau, to

organize, make rules and regulations for a supervised system of
recreation, and to devise ways and means for securing and placing
playground equipment in urban, village and rural communities,
where needed. Said bureau shall keep a record of the birth of every
child born in Nebraska, which information shall be secured from the
State Department of Health. This, and other records, shall be
carefully preserved in the office of the State Child Welfare Bureau.
The State Child Welfare Bureau shall endeavor, in every way possible
to lessen and prevent penal trials and punishments for children. It
shall assist in equalizing the opportunities for thec hildren of
Nebraska. It shall maintain a live children's survey of the state.
The bureau shall be a unifying agency, through which the state may
cooperate with individuals and organizations among all classes of
people, on matters pertaining to children's aid and benefit, and this
bureau shall offer an avenue through which government agencies
functioning in the interests of children may operate. No representa-
tive of the said tureau shall force its authority over and above the
recognized head of any household.

Sec. 6 The Children's Code Commission of the Child Welfare
Bureau shall make a careful study of the subject of child welfare
with special reference to the problems presented in Nebraska, and,
as part of its duties, shall investigate social and other conditions
affecting child welfare in Nebraska, shall make a study of compara-
tive legislation relating thereto, to point out, and make recommenda-
tions for removal of, inconsistent, obsolete or otherwise undesirable
laws, and recommend new legislation for promotion of child welfare
in said state and shall embody said recommendations and the results
of said investigation in a written report to the Governor on Decem-
ber 1, 1920, which report the Governor shall transmit to the legisla-
ture next convening. Prefixed to such report shall be submitted a
brief abstract, prepared by said commission, containing in condensed
form the substance of the complete report. Not to exceed five thous-
and copies of said report shall le published and distributed by the
commission, the expense thereof to be paid out of the appropriation
herein made. The record and reports of the Children's Code Commis-
sion shall be at all times available to the Director of the Child Wel-
fare Bureau, and shall te filed permanently with other records and
reports of the bureau.

Sec. 7. The Children's Code Commission shall have free access
to all books and records in the several departments of the state gov-
ernment and in the counties, cities, villages and school districts in
this state including the books and records of all municipal, county
and state institutions; and also to the books and records of all
private agencies having the custody of or the placing out of children.

The Commission may call upon the Legislative Reference Bureau for
room and any assistance which may properly be asked from that
Bureau.

Sec. 8. There is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of
the State of Nebraska the sum of $15,000.00 or so much thereof as
may be necessary, for the payment of salaries and other expenses
herein authorized, which shall be paid out upon presentation of
vouchers approved by the Governor. One-half of the amount herein
appropriated shall be available to the Director of the State Child
Welfare Bureau for the work in his charge; one-half shall be avail-
able to the Childrens Code Commission for the discharge of their
duties.

House Roll No. 55*.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE J. REID GREEN OF LANCASTER.

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 451 of the Revised Statutes of the
State of Nebraska, for the year 1913, as amended by H. R. 321
of this present session and to repeal said original section.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 451 of the Revised Statutes of the State
of Nebraska for the year 1913 is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 451. The amount of bonds shall toe such amount as may be
agreed upon not to exceed twenty per cent of the assessed valuation of
the last completed assessment.

Sec. 2. That Section 451 of the Revised Statutes of the State of
Nebraska, for the year 1913, as amended by H. R. 321 of this present
session as heretofore existing, hereby is repealed.

House Roll No. 207.

Introduced By
REPRESENTATIVE J. REID GREEN OF LANCASTER

TITLE

A till for an act to amend Section 6743, Revised Statutes of the State
of Nebraska, for 1913, and to repeal said original section.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6743, Revised Statutes of the State of
Nebraska for 1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6743. TAX FOR BUILDING PURPOSES. The legal voters
may also, at any annual or special meetings, determine the number of
mills, not exceeding ten mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation,
which shall te expended for the building or building an addition
thereto, purchase, or lease of schoolhouse, in said district, when ther<e
are no tonds voted for such purpose, which amount shall be reported,
levied and collected as in the preceding section; Provided, upon peti-
tion of one-fourth of the legal voters of such district to the trustees at
least twenty days before time of annual or special meeting, praying
that the question of voting a tax to creat a special fund for the erec-
tion of a school house in said district be submitted to the qualified
voters at such annual or special meeting, the trustees shall include such
question in the posted notices of business to be considered at such
annual or special meeting. Said petition shall definitely state the
whole question to be sutmitted, including the sum desired to be raised
or the amount of tax so levied, the period of years and the whole
regulation, including the time of its taking effect or having operation.
And if a majority of the qualified electors at such meeting vote in
favor thereof, the record of the meeting shall be certified to the
county board, which, upon being satisfied that all the requirements
have teen substantially complied with, shall cause the preceedings to
be entered upon the record of the county board and shall make an
order that the levy be made in accordance therewith and collected as
other taxes. The provisions of sections, 75, 76, 77 and 78 of chapter 8
of the Revised Statutes of 1913 relating to special funds for erection
of court houses shall apply so far as practicable to the procedure
under this section, the school board of district trustees having power
to contract for the erection of the proposed building under the same
restrictions as the county board in case of the erection of a court
house and any residue of such tax going into the school district

general fund; Provided further, the amount of such special tax so
levied shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar valuation above the
amount allowed by law for general school purposes, and the total
amount voted for the period of years shall not exceed ten percent of
the assessed valuation of the school district; Provided further, if a
majority of the qualified electors vote in favor thereof, the school
board may at. once preceed to carry out the purpose of the levy as
provided in the petition, and to do so, are hereby authorized to issue
warrants, as needed, not to exceed eighty-five per cent of the amount
raised by the levy, against the fund voted, and the interest on any
such warrants shall be paid annually.

Sec. 2. That said Section 6743 of the Revised Statutes of the
State of Nebraska for 1913 as it now stands, and all acts and parts
of acts in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. Whereas an emergency exists, therefore this act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

House Roll No. 384.

Introduced By
REPRRESENTATIVE E. R. PURCELL OF CUSTER

TITLE

A bill for an act relating to schools and to declare an emergency.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. There shall hereafter be held at the county seat of
each county, under the supervision and direction of the County Super-
intendent, and county board on or before the first day of May of each
year, an exhitit of school work done in each school district of said
county during the current school year. The nature and character of
said exhibit shall fce determined by the county superintendent Said
exhibit shall be open to the public for not less than one nor more
than three days. The county superintendent shall annually offer and
award premiums intended to stimulate the interest in school affairs.
A list of premiums to be awarded shall be published in the various
county papers, as other school news, at least sixty days before the
date or dates fixed for said exhibit. Each year the county board shall

make arrangements to have said county school exhibit taken to the
county fair of said county, if there le one, and to the Nebraska State
Fair at Lincoln.

Sec. 2. To defray the expenses incident to assembling and
carrying on said annual county school exhibit a sum equal to
not less than two and one-half cents nor more than five cents for
every pupil of school age shall upon the written request of the teachers
of at least one-half of the schools for said county be set aside each
year from the general fund of said county by the county board. Said
fund shall be known as " - County School Exhibit Fund." It
shall be the duty of the county board to pay all bills incurred or
approved by the county superintendent of said county for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of this act, not exceeding the sum set
aside for such purposes. Said toard may in its discretion include
said items of expense incident to said exhibit in its annual estimate
and levy a tax for the payment thereof together with other necessary
taxes for the current year.

Sec. 3. Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall be in full
force and take effect from and after its passage and approval.

House Roll No. 199.

Introduced By

REPRESENTATIVES G. C. PORTER OF DOUGLAS AND GEO. A.

WILLIAMS

TITLE

A till for an act to provide that teachers' salaries shall not te sus-
pended because of epidemic sickness and to declare an emer-
gency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That in case of epidemic sickness prevailing to such
an extent that the school or schools in any school district shall be
closed, teacher's salaries shall not le suspended but that they shall
be paid their usual salaries in full for such time as the school or
schools shall be closed.

Sec. 2. Whereas, an emergency exists this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Senate File No. 24.

Introduced By
SENATORS SIMAN, REED, AINLAY AND JOHNSON.

TITLE

A bill for an act relating to the teaching of foreign languages in the
State of Nebraska.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. No person, individually or as a teacher, shall, in any
private, denominational, parochial or public school, teach any subject
to any person in any other language than the English language.

Sec. 2. Languages, other than the English language, may be taught
as languages only after a pupil shall have attained and successfully
pased the eighth grade as evidenced by a certificate of graduation
issued by the county superintendent of the county in which the child
resides.

Sec. 3. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall
be subject to a fine of not less than Twenty-five ($25) Dollars, not
more than One Hundred ($100) Dollars or be confined in the county
jail for any period not exceeding thirty days for each offense.

Sec. 4. Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall be in force
from and after its passage and approval.

Senate File No. 37.

Introduced By
SENATOR GOOD

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 6801, Revised Statutes of Nebraska
for 1913, as amended by Chapter 121, Session Laws of Nebraska
for 1917, relating to school tax and to repeal said original
section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section. 1. That Section 6801, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, as amended by Chapter 121, Session Laws of Nebraska for 1917
is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6801. The said trustees shall present at each annual meet-
ing a statement in writing of all receipts and expenditures on behalf
of the district, for the preceding year, and of all funds then on hand,
and an estimate of the amount necessary to be raised by the district,
in addition to the money to be received from the primary school fund
and other sources, for the support of the schools of said district for
the ensuing year, and for incidental expenses thereof and the said
district may, at the annual meeting, vote such sums to be raised by
tax upon the taxal le property of said district, as may be required to
maintain the several schools thereof, for the ensuing year. The
amount of money so voted as being necesary fop the maintenance of
the schools for the ensuing year shall be certified by the district
school board to the county clerk of the county in which such school
district is located, and the amount so certified shall be levied by the
county board on the assessed value of the school district, and be
collected as other taxes; Provided, the amount so levied shall not
exceed in any one year, thirty-five mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation in such school district. Provided, That a levy not exceeding
100 mills may le made after submitting the proposition of the increased
levy at an election called for the purpose or at any regular election,
notice whereof shall have been given for at least 20 days in one or
more papers published in the district or county to the qualified voters
of the district, and if 60 per cent of the votes cast at such election
shall le for the 'proposed increased levy, the board may make the
levy in such amount as may be named in the election notice.

But the board of education may borrow money upon bonds or
warrants which they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue,
bearing a rate of interest not to exceed 6 per cent per annum, interest
payatle annually or semi-annually at such place as may be men-
tioned upon the face of the bonds or special warrants which loan
shall le paid and reimbursed, in the case of bonds, in a period of not
exceeding thirty years from the date of said bonds, and, in the case
of special warrants, the same shall be paid from the proceeds of a
special levy for that purpose as is provided for the payment of above
bonds herein referred to. Provided, no bonds or special warrants
shall le issued nor the question of issue submitted to the voters
without the consent of two-thirds of the members of the boafd of
education and offered in the open market and sold to the highest
bidder for not less than par value on the dollar; and provided further

no bonds nor special warrants shall le issued by the loard of edu-
cation without first submitting the proposition of issuing the bonds
or special warrants at an election called for that purpose, or at any
regular election, notice whereof shall be given for at least 20 days
in one or more papers published within the district or county to the
qualified voters of the district and at such election, there shall be
submitted to the qualified voters the question of the issuance of
bonds or special warrants of the district and if a majority of the
ballots cast at such election shal Ibe for issuing bonds or special war-
rants, the board may issue bonds or special warrants, as the case
may be, in such amount as may be named in the election notice.

Sec. 2. That Section 6801, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913,
as amended by chapter 121, Session Laws of Nebraska for 1917, is
hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 48.

Introduced By
SENATOR AINLAY AND SENATOR WATSON.

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 6814 of the Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913, as amended by Chapter 119 of the Session
Laws of Nebraska for 1915, as amended by Chapter 124 of the
Session Laws of Nebraska for 1917, as amended by Chapter
123 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1917, relating to
schools, and to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6814 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska
for 1913, as amended ly Chapter 119 of the Session Laws of Nebraska
foil 1915, as amended by Chapter 124 of the Session Laws of Nebraska
for 1917, as amended by Chapter 123 of the Session Laws of Nebraska
for 1917, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6814. Every puplic school district granting free public high
school education to non-resident pupils under the provisions of this
act shall receive the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each week's
attendance by each non-resident pupil from the public school district
in which the parent or guardian of such non-resident pupils main-
tains his legal residence, at the time the application is made and

such public school district is hereby made liable for the payment of
such tuition. Provided, however, that if such school district in which
the parent of guardian of such non-resident pupils maintains his
legal residence is not able to maintain nine months of school out of
its own resources after levying the full amount of taxes it is per-
mitted by law to levy for school purposes, together with the appor-
tionment from the state school fund, then and in that case, said
district shall not be liable for such tuition. When any parent or
guardian residing in a public school district granting free public high
school education shall change his legal residence during any school
year from such school district to another public school district,
which does not furnish free public high school education the child or
children of such parent or guardian may continue to attend for
the balance of the school year, the high school in such district grant-
ing free puMic high school education without the payment of any
tuition ly the parent or guardian or by the school district to which
such parent or guardian has changed his legal residence. Provided
that when any such child shall be a lona fide resident of the high
school district, no tuition shall be charged such child.

Sec. 2. That said original Section 6814 of the Revised Statutes
of Nebraska for 1913, as amended by Chapter 119 of the Session Laws
of Nebraska for 1915, as amended by Chapter 124 of the Session Laws
of Nebraska for 1917, as amended by Chapter 123 of the Session
Laws of Nebraska for 1917, is hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 49.

Introduced By
SENATOR CHAPPELL

TITLE

A I ill for an act to amend Section 6733 of the Revised Statutes of
the State of Nebraska for 1913, relating to the qualification of
voters at school elections and to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6733 of the Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, te and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

6733. Secti9n 34. Every citizen of the United States, male or
female, who has resided in the district forty days and is twenty-one

years old and who owns real property or personal property that was
assessed in the district in his or her name at the last annual assess-
ment, or who has children of school age residing in the district,
shall be entitled to vote at any district meeting or school election
held in any district, village or city; Provided, all electors at school
elections held in cities where registration of voters is required shall
comply with the provisions of such registration law before they shall
le entitled to vote.

Sec. 2. That said original Section 6733 of the Revised Statutes
of Nebraska for 1913 is hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 70.

Introduced By

SENATORS SIMAN AND GOOD AND REPRESENTATIVE DAN

McCLOUD

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 6971 of the Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913, as amended by Chapter 124, of the Session
Laws of Nebraska for 1915, as amended by Chapter 129, of
the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1917, relating to schools, and
to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6971, of the . Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913 as amended by Chapter 124, Session Laws of
Nebraska, 1915, as amended by Chapter 129, Session Laws of Nebraska,
1917, is hereby amended to read as follows:

6971 Sec. 272. The aggregate school tax, exclusive of school
bond and special warrant taxes, shall in no year exceed such a sum
or rate as shall te necessary to raise the sum provided for by the
estimate returned in accordance with Section 6970 of the Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1913, provided such levy shall in
no event exceed 100 mills.

tioned upon the face of the bonds or special warrants which loan
shall be paid and reimbursed, in the case of bonds, in a period not
exceeding thirty years from the date of said bonds, and, in case of
special warrants, the same shall be paid from the proceeds of a
special levy for that purpose as it provided for the payment of bonds
herein referred to. Provided, no bonds or special warrants shall
be issued nor the question of issue submitted to the voters without
the consent of two-thirds of the members of the board of education
and be offered in the open market and sold to the highest bidder for
not less than par value of the dollars; and provided further, no bonds
nor special warrants shall be issued by the board of education
without first submitting the proposition of issuing the bonds or spe-
cial warrants at an election called for that purpose, or at any regular
election, notice whereof shall be given for at least twenty days in
one or more newspapers published within the district to the qualified
voters of the district and at such election there shall be submitted
to the qualified voters the question of the issuance of bonds or special
warrants of the district and if a majority of the ballots cast at such
election shall be for issuing bonds or special warrants, the board may
issue bonds or special warrants, as the case may be, in such amount
as may be named in the election notice. Provided further, that when
there shall have been presented to such board of education, signed
by at least fifty-one per cent of all the legal voters of said district,
praying for the issuance of such bonds or special warrants, the board
of education may issue such bonds or special warrants, in suc5i
-amount as may be named in such petition, without having submitted
the question of the issuance of the same to the voters of said district
at any election. Provided, in cities of the first class having over
25,000 inhabitants, if such question is submitted at a special election,
it shall require to carry the same a two-thirds majority ot the vote
cast at such election.

Sec. 2. That said original Section 6971, of the Revised Statutes
of Nebraska, for 1913, as amended by Chapter 124, of the Session
Laws of Nebraska 1915, as amended by Chapter 129, of the Session
Laws of Nebraska, 1917, is hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 73.

Introduced By
SENATOR HEED

TITLE

A till for an act to amend Section 6783, Revised Statutes of Nebraska

for 1913, relating to course of study in rural schools, and to
repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6783, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for
1913, be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6783.. The district school boards shall have the general
care of the schools, and shall have the power to cause pupils to be
taught in such branches and classified in such grades or depart-
ments as may seem lest adapted to a course of study which the
school board of any county shall establish with the consent and
advice of the state superintendent. This course of study shall apply
only to rural schools and shall include all subjects now required for
a second grade certificate viz: Agriculture, bookkeeping, civics,
drawing, arithmetic, English composition, geography, grammar, his-
tory, mental arithmetic, orthography, penmanship, physiology, read-
ing. The school board with the teacher shall nuake provisions for
pupils that may enter at any time during the school year, and the
school loard of each district shall cause a record of the advance-
ment in each branch of study of all pupils to be kept in a book pro-
vided for this purpose; an dit is hereby made the duty of each district
toard, to make such rules and regulations as they may think neces-
sary for the government and health of the pupils, and devise such
means as may seem best to secure regular attendance and progress
of children at school.

Sec. 2. That said original Section 6783, Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913, is herely repealed.

Senate File No. 85.

Introduced By
SENATOR REED

TITLE

A till for an act to amend Section 6813, Revised Statutes of Nebraska,
for 1913, for free high school tuition, and to repeal said ori-
ginal section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6813, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for

1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6813. Provision is hereby made for four years of free public
high school education for all the youth of this state whose parents
or guardians live in public school districts which maintain less than
a four year high school course of study, on the following conditions,
to-wit:

First For the purposes of this article all grades alove the
eighth grade in any public school districts of this state shall be
deemed high school grades. The course of study for the first eight
grades in common schools shall be composed of the following sub-
jects: Agriculture, bookkeeping, civics, drawing, arithmetic, English
composition, geography, grammer, history, mental arithmetic, ortho-
graphy, penmanship, physiology, reading. The State Superintendent
with these subjects for a foundation shall lay out a feasible course
of study adapted to rural school conditions keeping in view the
good of a thorough education for the child in these branches rather
than to the completion of the course in a given number of years.
Every pupil after faking this course of study may by applying to
the County Superintendent take examinations in these subjects, such
examination to le held at a time and place designated by the County
Superintendent and held by him or his assistant, and at no time shall
be held by a teacher any of whose pupils are taking the examination.
The questions used in such examination shall be furnished by the
State Superintendent and be the same in all counties each year. The
County Superintendent at the close of such examination, shall, after
ascertaining that the name of the pupil is not written on any exami-
nation paper, record each set of papers by name and also by number,
after which such papers shall be turned over to the examining board
who shall consider the papers by numler only. Said board to be
appointed by the county superintendent and shall consist of at least
five competent examiners with qualifications at least equal to those
required for a second grade county certificate. Each member of said
examining I card shall give careful consideration to the grading of
each paper, expense of such grading to be paid out of the general
fund of the county, and if such pupils shall have passed with an aver-
age of seventy-five percent in the subjects named in this chapter,
no sulject being less than sixty percent, the County Superintendent
shall issue a certificate stating the pupil is entitled to free high
school tuition, providing the ninth grade is not geing taught in the
district where pupil's parents or guardians reside. The course of
study for the high school grades shall be the Nebraska High School
Manual issued jointly by the University of Nebraska and the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Second Every pupil to be entitled under the provisions of this-
article of free public high school education in the ninth grade of any
public school district maintaining such grade, must have a, statement
signed by the County Superintendent that he has passed the neces-
sary examination with a seventy-five per cent average in all subjects-
required for a second grade certificate, viz: Agriculture, bookkeep-
ing, civics, drawing, arithmetic, English composition, geography,
grammar, history, mental arithmetic, orthography, penmanship,
physiology, reading, and that he is unable to secure ninth grade
work in the public school district of his residence.

Third Every pupil to be entitled under the provisions of this
article to free public high school education in the tenth grade of any
public school district maintaining such grade must have a certificate
signed by the county superintendent of the proper county that he
has completed the course of study for the ninth grade as set forth
in the first condition of this section and that he is unable to secure
tenth grade work in the public school district of his residence.

Fourth Every pupil, to be entitled under the provisions of this
article to free public high school education in the eleventh grade of
any public high school district maintaining such grade must have
a certificate signed by the county superintendent of the proper county
that he has completed the course of study for the tenth grade as
set forth in the first conditions of this section and that he is unable
to secure eleventh grade work in the public schol district of his resi-
dence.

Fifth Every pupil to be entitled under the provisions of this

article to free public high school education in the twelfth grade of
any public school district maintaining such grade, must have a cer-
tificate signed by the county superintendent of the proper county
that he has completed the course of study for the eleventh grade as
set forth in the first condition of this section and that he is unable
to secure twelfth grade work in the public school district of his resi-
dence.

Sixth Every non-resident pupil attending any public school
under the provisions of this article shall have the same rights and.
shall be subject to the same rules and restrictions which govern
resident pupils attending such put lie school. Any public school dis-
trict unable to furnish accomodations to non-resident pupils, without
constructing or renting additional buildings, hiring extra teachers,
or for other reasonable cause, may refuse admission to any or all
such non-resident pupils.

Sec. 2. That said original Section 6813, Revised Statutes of
Netraska for 1913 is hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 93.

Introduced By
SENATOR STURM

TITLE

A bill for an act requiring the examination of all school children to
ascertain if they have defective sight or hearing or diseased
teeth, of if they are addicted to mouth breathiiig, or have any
contagious of infectious disease, and to provide a penalty.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. It shall be the duty of every teacher engaged in teach-
ing in the schools of the state, separately and carefully, to test and
examine every child under his jurisdiction to ascertain if such child
is suffering from defective sight or hearing or diseased teeth, or
breathes through its mouth. If such test determines that any child
has such defect, it shall be the duty of the teacher to notify, in
writing the parent of the child, of such defect and explain to such
parent the necessity of medical attendance for such child. Whenever
a child shall show symptoms of any contagious or infectious disease
such child shall te sent to his home immediately, or as soon as safe
and proper conveyance can be found, and the board of health or
school board or board of education shall be at once notified.

Sec. 2. The State Board of Health shall prescribe rules for
making such tests, and shall furnish the boards of education and
boards of trustees of school districts rules of instruction, test cards,
blanks and other useful appliances for carrying out the purposes
of this act.

Sec. 3. During the first month of each school year, after the
opening of school, teachers must make the tests required by this act
upon the children then in attendance at school; and thereafter, as
children enter school during the year, such tests must be made imme-
diately upon their entrance.

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the boards of education and school
toards of the several school districts of the state to enforce the
provisions of this act.

Sec. 5. The board of education or school board of any school
district may employ regularly licensed physicians to make the tests
required by Section 1 of this act, and when such tests are made by

a physician, the teachers shall not be required to make the tests
provided for in Section 1 of this act.

Sec. 6. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum not to exceed one hundred dollars.

Senate File No. 110.

Introduced By
SENATOR BUSHEE

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Sections 6823, 6830 and 6833, Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for 1913 relating to powers of Board of
Regents of County High Schools and to repeal said original
Section, and to declare an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 6823, Revised Statutes of 1913 is hereby
amended to read as follows:

6823. The board of regents shall have power to employ a super-
intendent for a term of three years and assistant teachers for a term
of two years, and such other employees as may be required; to fix
their compensation and prescribe their duties. They shall have
power to remove all persons appointed by them by a majority vote;
to adopt books and purchase fuel. They shall annually during the
month of June make an estimate of the amount of funds required
for the support of the schools during the fiscal year next ensuing, the
amount of funds required for the purpose of school sites, the erec-
tion of school buildings, the payment of jnterest on bonds issued
for school purposes and the creation of a sinking fund for the pay-
ment of such indebtedness, and the county board, when sitting as a
board at the time provided by law for levying taxes, are hereby
authorized and required to levy the tax recommended by the board
of regents the same as other taxes are levied; but in no case shall
the aggregate tax for the county high school, exclusive of the levy
for paying the principal and interest on bonds, exceed eight mills
upon each dollar of assessed valuation of the property of the county.

Section 2. That Section 6830 of the Revised Statutes of
Nebraska for 1913 be amended to read as follows:

6830. Whenever the proper officers of any rural high school or
city or village high school, shall certify to the Board of Regents
on or before the fifteenth day of June of each year that the course
of study leyond the first eight grades has been prescribed for the
school for the ensuing year then all of the property within such
district or districts shall be omitted from the levy of the tax for
the support and maintenance of the county high school for the ensu-
ing year and such property shall also be omitted from the levy
of any tax to pay the principal or interest of any bonds that may,
subsequent to such notice, have been issued for school district pur-
poses.

Sec. 3. That Section 6833 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska
for 1913 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6833. Every person, male or female, living in that portion of
the county that maintains the county high school, and who has
resided in that state for six months and in the county forty days and
in the precinct or township ten days and is twenty-one years old,
and who owns real or personal property that was assessed in the
county in his or her name at the last annual assessment, or, who
has children of school age residing in the voting precinct of his
or her residence, shall be entitled to vote on the question of estab-
lishing a county high school, voting bonds for the same and all
other questions relative to the county high school.

Sec. 4. That said original Section 6823, 6830 and 6833 of the
Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. Whereas an emergency exists this act shall take effect
and le in force from and after its passage and approval.

Senate File No. 158.

Introduced By
SENATOR SEARS

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 1, Chapter 235 of Session Laws
of the State of Nebraska for the year 1915, found at page 551,
pertaining to schools in metropolitan cities merged with other
cities, and to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 1, of Chapter 235, as found on page 551

of Session Laws of the State of Nebraska for the year 1915, pertain-
ing to schools in metropolitan cities merged with other cities be
amended to read as follsw:

Sec. 1. Whenever a city of the first or second class or a vil-
lage is merged or consolidated, according to law, with the city of the
metropolitan class, the school district of the city or village, consoli-
dated with the metropolitan city shall also be and be deemed merged
p.nd consolidated with the metropolitan school district and become a
part thereof, and thereupon all laws, rules and regulations govern-
ing and the metropolitan city school district and its schools shall
extend over the districts and schools embraced and established within
the territory of any city or village school district thus consolidated
with metropolitan city and district; and the metropolitan city school
district shall succeed to all property, property rights, contracts,
obligations or grants of such school disticts so consolidated with it
and the metropolitan city school district shall be liable for, recog-
nize, assume and carry out all valid contracts, obligations or grants
of any such city or village school district so consolidated with it.

Provided, however, that where the school district boundaries of
said school district extend outside of said metropolitan city, such
part of said school district shall have its tax levy extended upon
the county tax list, in the manner provided for all other school dis-
tricts of said county, outside of the school district of the city of
Omaha. And said taxes shall le paid to the county treasurer at the
same time that other school district taxes are paid.

Sec. 2. That said original section is hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 180.

Introduced By
SENATOR HARRISS.

TITLE

A bill for an act to repeal Sections 6853, 6854, 6855, 6856, 6857, 6858,
6859, 6860, 6863, 6866, and 6883 of the Revised Statutes for 1913,
and to provide for the issuance of County and State certifi-
cates, and to make provisions for their validity, renewal and
conversion into professional certificates.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Certificate Classes. Teachers' certificates issued by

authority of the State of Nebraska, and entitling the holders thereof
to teach in the public, private, denominational, and parochial schools
of this state shall consist of two principal classes, viz: County
certificates and State certificates.

Sec. 2. County Certificates. County certificates shall consist
of two grades, viz:

First. The second grade county certificates, issued by the county
superintendent, which shall be valid in and for the county where
issued for a term of two years and in any other county of the state
upon application to the State Superintendent by the county superin-
tendent for a transfer of the record of said certificate which shall be
made, provided the grades meet legal requirements; it shall be issued
to any person of approved character who has had at least eight weeks
of normal training in a standard college, the university, state normal
school, or other approved normal school in this or another state, or
in a high school approved by the State Superintendent as being
equipped to give such normal trainng, upon the payment of an examina-
tion fee of one dollar and fifty cents and upon having passed a State
examination in orthography, reading, penmanship, geography, mental
and written arithmetic, physiology and hygiene, English grammar,
United States History, civil government, drawing, theory and art of
teaching, and the elements of agiculture with an general average of
not less than 80 per cent in all subjects and with no grade below
70 per cent; it shall be renewable once only at the end of two years
by the county superintendent of the county in which the holder last
taught by the payment to him of a fee of one dollar and fifty cents
and upon the following conditions: First, that the general average
in all subjects for the second grade certificate, be, or be raised by
examination to, 85 per cent, with no subject below 75 per cent; and
second, ly the presentation of a certificate when signed by the proper
authorities of the institution attended, showing that he has earned
six college hours in residence or in absentia:

Second, the first grade county certificate, issued by the county
superintendent, which shall te valid in and for the county where
issued for a term of three years and in any other county of the
state upon application to the State Superintendent by the county
superintendent for a transfer of the record of said certificate which
shall be made provided the grades meet legal requirements; it shall
be issued to any person of approved character with one year of teaching
experience who has had at least twelve weeks of normal training in
^ University, a standard college, a state normal school, in an
approved normal school in this state or another state, or in a high
school of this state approved by the State Superintendent as being
equipped to give such normal training upon the payment of a fee of one

dollar and fifty cents, upon having passed State examinations in all
ubjects for a second grade county certificate, and in addition thereto
upon passing State examinations in algebra, lotany, geometry and
public school music, with an average in all required subjects of 80
per cent, and with no grade lelow 75 per cent; provided, however,
that equivalent grades for the last four subjects earned in high
school ly graduates of approved normal training high schools shall
be accepted by the State Superintendent in lieu of the examination
grades; it shall be renewable at the end of three years by the county
superintendent of the county in which the holder last taught upon the
payment to him of a fee of one dollar and fifty cents and upon the
following conditions: first, that the general average in all required
subjects be, or te raised fcy State examinations to 85 per cent, with
no subject lelow 80 per cent; second, upon presentation of a certi-
ficate signed by the proper authorities of the institution attended
showing the completion of six college hours of work earned in resi-
dence or in absentia in addition to the requirements for the renewal
of a second grade county certificate, or twelve college hours in addi-
tion to the requirement for the first issuance of a second grade
county certificate; it shall be renewable thereafter by the county
superintendent of the county in which the holder has taught I y the
the presentation of a certificate signed by the proper authorities of
the institution attended showing the completion of twelve additional
college hours earned in residence or in atsentia since the certificate
was first renewed, and upon the payment of a fee of one dollar and
fifty cents to the county superintendent;

Provided, that if a shortage of properly certified teachers actually
exists in any county of the state the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall, upon the recommendation of the county superin-
tendent of the county in which the shortage exists as to the approved
character of the applicant and his reasonable preparation for teach-
ing and upon the request of the board of education of a designated
district, and upon the payment of a fee of one dollar by the applicant
to the State Superintendent, issue an emergency certificate which
shall be valid only in the county where issued and in the designated
district only for one school year.

Sec. 3. State Certificates. State certificates shall be of two kinds,
viz: Ctiy-State certificates and General State certificates:

City-State certificates shall consist of the following classes shall
le granted, shall have validity, shall be renewable and shall be con-
vertible into professional city-state certificates in the manner here-
inafter specified: First, grade city-state certificate, issued by the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, which shall be valid from
the kindergarten to the eighth grade inclusive for a term of three

years in all districts of the state organized under Article XXII and in
districts organized under Article VI, when registered with the county
superintendent without fee, and may be valid in metropolitan cities;
it shall be issued to any person of approved character who shall
have graduated from an approved four year high school, and shall have
earned a first grade county certificate, shall present credits from the
university, a standard college, a state normal school, or other approved
normal school in this or another state for twelve college hours, at
least four of which must be professional work, it shall be issued upon
the payment of a fee of one dollar to the State Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction and upon application certified to by proper authorities
of the institution attended showing character and the amount of the
academic and professional preparation of the applicant, experience in
teaching, the kind of certificate held, and the kind of certificate desired,
all certified to by a county or a city superintendent who has know-
ledge of the facts stated in the application; it shall be convertible
into a professional grade city state certificate valid for life, unless
allowed to lapse by reason of failure to teach for a period of three
years upon the following conditions; first, upon application to the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction showing satisfactory com-
pletion of one year of normal school or college work and giving evi-
dence of three years or an aggregate of 24 months, of successful
teaching experience; second, upon payment to the State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction of a fee of one dollar;

Second, the high school city-state certificate, issued ly the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, which shall be valid for a term
of three years in all districts of the state organized under Article
XXII and Article VI when registered with county superintendent
without fee; and it may be valid in metropolitan cities; it shall be
granted to any person of approved character who has secured, or
who secures, a first grade county certificate, and who earns by exami-
nation before the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or a
committee appointed by him a grade of 80 per cent in each of the
following subjects: psychology, zoology, geology, English literature,
rhetoric, general science, chemistry, trigonometry, physics and
general history, and who has in addition a credit from the University,
a standard college, a state normal school, or other approved normal
school in this or another state of twelve college hours in education;
or it shall be issued to any person of approved character who is a
graduate of the higher course of a state normal school, or other
approved normal school of this or another state with an advanced
course comparable in all respects with the advanced course in a state
normal school of this state, of the State University from a course
prescribed therein for the training of teachers, or of a standard
college in this or another s*tate whose course for the training of

teachers is substantially comparable to the course in the State Uni-
versity for the training of teachers; it shall be granted in either
case upon the payment to the State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion of a fee of one dollar and upon application as described in the-
provisions for the issuance of the grade city-state certificate; it shall
be convertible into a professional high school city-state certificate
valid for life in the manner provided for the convertibility into a
professional certificate of a grade city-state certificate;

Third, the superintendent's city-state certificate issued by the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction which shall be valid for
a term of three years in all districts of the state organized under
Article XXII and in districts organized under Article VI, when regis-
tered with the county superintendent without fee, and may be valid
in metropolitan districts ; it shall be granted to any person of approved 1
character who holds a professional high school city-state certificate
and who has had at least one year of experience as a principal of an
approved high school upon payment of a fee of one dollar to the;
State Superintendent of Public Instruction and upon application im
the manner prescribed in the provisions for the issuance of the grade-
city-state certificate; it shall be convertible into a professional super-
intendent's city-state certificate valid for life in the manner pro-
vided for the convertibility into a professional grade city-state certifi-
cate of the grade city-state certificate;

Fourth, the special city-state certificate, issued by the States
Superintendent of Public Instruction, which shall be valid for a
term of three years in all districts of the state organized under Article'
XXII and in the districts organized under Article VI, when registered
with the county superintendent without a fee and may be valid in
metropolitan districts; it shall be issued to any person of approved,
character who has had at least one year of special work in an.
approved conservatory, training, vocational or industrial school
organized and equipped for the training of special teachers, or it shall
be issued to any person of approved character who in lieu of the one
year of special work mentioned above has had one year of practical
experience as a competent mechanic in the craft or trade for the
teaching of which the special city certificate is issued; it shall
be issued upon the payment to the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction of a fee of one dollar and upon application as prescribed
in the provisions for the issuance of the grade city-state certificate;
it shall be convertible into a professional special city-state certifi-
cate valid for life in the manner provided for the convertibility into
a professional grade state of a grade city-state certificate.

General state certificates shall consist of the following classes;

first, the professional state certificate; second, the elementary or
second" grade state certificate, and the first grade state certificate.

The professional state certificate, issued by the State Super-
intendent of public instruction, which shall be valid for life, unless
allowed to lapse by reason of , failure to teach for a period of three
consecutive years, in all districts of the state organized under
Articles VI and III; it shall be granted to any person of approved
character who has secured, or who secures, a first grade county
certificate and in addition thereto earns by examination before the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction or before a committee
appointed by him a grade of not less' than 80 per cent in each of the
following subjects, psychology, zoology, geologyy, English literature,
rhetoric, general science, chemistry, trigonometry, physics and
general history, and who has had at least two years additional
teaching beyond that required for the issuance of a first grade county
certificate; or it shall be granted to any person of approved character
who is a graduate of a standard college, or university, in this or
another state who has had three years of successful experience as
a teacher in the public, private, denominational, or parochial schools
of Nebraska and holds a first grade county certificate; or it shall be
issued to any person of approved character who holds a diploma from
a state normal school or standard college of another state conferring
a right to teach for life in that state, provided such right is based upon
conditions of preparation and experience equivalent to those
required in this state for the issuance of the professional state cer-
tificates; in either of the above cases, it shall be issued upon pay-
ment to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of a fee of one
dollar, and in the two latter cases in addition upon application as
prescribed in the provisions for the issuance of the grade city-state
certificate;

Provided, that if a shortage of properly certified teachers for the
cities and towns of the state actually exists, the State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, upon the joint request of the city and
county superintendent and the board of education of any town or
city, shall issue to any person of approved character who is a gradu-
ate of the State University, or of a standard college of this state, an
emergency certificate valid for one year and only in the district
designated in the emergency certificate; it shall be granted only
when a fee of one dollar payable to the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction accompanies the application, or the request of the city
and county superintendent and the board of education;

The elementary state, the second grade state and the first grade
state certificates, are issued under the provisions of Article XIV

governing the granting of certificates by the State University and
approved colleges, and under the provisions of Article XXV govern-
ing the granting of certificates by the state normal schools.

Sec. 4. All examinations referred to in the foregoing sections
shall be governed and conducted by provisions of the law unaffected
by this act, and the fees referred to shall be paid; distributed, and
used in the manner specified in the law unaffected by this act.

Sec. 5. This act shall not be construed to be retroactive as to
certificates in force at the time this act becomes effective.

Sec. 6. Institute fund. To form a fund to defray t^he expense
of institutes. Each teacher or person in attendance for the purpose
of receiving instruction shall pay a fee of one dollar; to which
sum thus raised the county board shall add each year the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars from the general fund of the county,
and if they deem it desirable they may increase the amount to any
sum not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars. The county super-
intendent shall make a semi-annual statement under oath to the
county board of all money received by him for the institute fund and
of all moneys disbursed by him from the fund.

Sec. 7. Each holder of a teacher's certificate of any grade or
class shall, before he begins to teach, register the same in the office
of the county superintendent of the county in which he shall teach.
No certificate shall be valid in any county until so registered. Such
registration shall be without fee.

Sec. 8. That Sections 6853, 6854, 6855, 6856, 6857, 6858, 6859,
6860, 6863, 6866, and 6883, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 191S
are hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 189.

Introduced By

SENATOR CRONIN

.
TITLE

A bill for an act relating to qualification for State Superintendent of
Public Instruction.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. No person shall be eligible to the office of State

Superintendent of Public Instruction who does not hold a certificate
issued in this state and in force at the time of his election equal to
the highest grade certificate the State Superintendent of Public
tion is by law authorizd to issue.

Senate File No. 192.

Introduced By
SENATOR CORDEAL

TITLE

A bill for an act authorizing school districts to exercise the right of
eminent domain, and to repeal Sections 6909, 6910, 6911, 6912,
and 6913 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, and to
declare an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Every school district shall have power to exorcise
the right of eminent domain.

Sec. 2. Whenever a schol district shall require, for district or
general school purposes, private property which it cannot acquire by
agreement with the owner, the board s*hall ty resolution, declare the
necessity therefor. The adoption of the resolution shall be deemed
conclusive evidence of such necessity. The board shall then file with
the county judge of the county in which the school district is located,
a petitien setting forth the fact of the adoption of the resolution and
a description of, and the names of all persons interested in, the real
estate sought to be appropriated.

Sec. 3. Thereupon notice shall issue, under the seal of the
county court, to the persons interested in the property sought to be
taken, of the filing of the petition and of the time and place fixed for
a hearing thereon. Such notice shall be served by delivering to each
of the persons interested, when his residence is known, a certified
copy thereof, and the service shall be proven by affidavit. If per-
sonal service cannot le had, service shall be made by publication of
the notice herein provided for, in some newspaper of general cir-
culation in the county in which the land is situated, for a period
of not less than thirty days. The hearing on the petition may not be
had for at least ten days after the completion of service.

Sec. 4 At the time the petition is filed, the county judge shall

p.ppoint three disinterested freeholders of the school district in which
the real estate is situated, who, after being duly sworn to perform
the duties of their appointment with fidelity and impartiality shall
assess the damages that may be sustained by reason of the taking of
the property and on or before the day set for the hearing file a report
in writing with the county judge.

Sec. 5. If the assessment made is satisfactory to the board, it
shall forthwith signify its acceptance thereof in writing and shall pay
the amount thereof to the persons entitled thereto or deposit the
same with the county pudge subject to their order. Thereafter, such
real estate may, at any time, be taken for the use of the school dis-
trict which shall, if necessary, have the process of the court to
nlace it in immediate possession thereof. The taking of real estate
under this act shall vest a fee simple title in the district.

Sec. 6. If the assessment shall not be satisfactory to the board,
other and different appraisers may, on application of the board be
appointed to assess the damages. In such case the proceedings shall
be conducted in the same manner as in the first instance except that
no further petition need be filed and no further notice need be given.

Sec. 7. The school board shall pay the expenses of the appraise-
ment herein provided for.

Sec. 8. Not more than ten acres may be taken under the pro-
visions of this act, and orchards, gardens and public parks shall not
be subject to be so taken and outside the corporate limits of any city
or village shall land be taken within twenty rods of any residence,
unless a highway intervene between such residence and the land to be
taken.

Sec. 9. Any person who may have any interest in land taken
under the provisions of this act may prosecute an appeal to the
district court and from the district court to the supreme court, in
the same manner as appeals are prosecuted as civil actions but the
school district shall not be liable for costs made on appeal unless on
final decree larger damages are awarded than the appraisers gave.

Sec. 10. An appeal shall not delay the appropriation of the real
estate sought to be taken and such appeal shall on five days notice
to the school district, be placed at the head of the list of cases for
trial in the district court and for hearing in the supreme court, and
shall have precedence over other civil actions.

Sec. 11. When a school district desires to locate a school house
on school lands belonging to the state, it shall be permitted to pur-
chase not less than one acre nor more than ten acres, and shall
receive a deed therefor from the state.

Sec. 12. Whereas, an emergency exists, this law shall take
effect from and after its passage and approval.

Sec. 13. Sections 6909, 6910, 6911, 6912 and 6913 of the Revised
Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, are hereby repealed.

Senate File No. 260.

Introduced By

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES,
AT REQUEST OF GOVERNOR McKELTIE

TITLE

A bill for an act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 67, Session Laws of
1917, relating to county roads, providing for highways leading
to and from rural schools and to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by tho People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 67, Session Laws of 1917, is
hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1. The board of county commissioners or supervisors of
each county shall, within one month after the taking effect of this
act, select and designate from the laid out and platted public roads
within the county certain roads to be known as "county roads,"
which shall be direct highways leading to and from rural schools
where ten or more grades are being taught, also highways connect-
ing cities, villages and market centers, and shall be main traveled
roads. As soon as said county roads are so designated, the board
r )f county commissioners or supervisors shall cause said county roads
to te plainly marked on a map, and said map shall be deposited with
the county clerk, and shall be open to public inspection. Upon filing
said map the county clerk shall at once fix a date of hearing thereon,
which shall not be more than twenty days, nor less than ten days,
from said date of filing and notice of the filing of said map and the
date of said hearing shall be published in one issue of each news-
paper published in the English language, in said county. At any
time before said hearing is concluded any ten freeholders of the
county may file a petition with the county clerk asking for any
change in said designated roads, setting forth the reason for the
proposed change, accompanied with a plat showing such proposed

change. If no agreement is reached between the county .board and
the petitioners at said hearing, the county clerk shall forward said
map, together with all petitions and plats, if any, to the State Board
of Irrigation, Highways and Drainage. If no objections are filed and
no hearing had, or if an agreement is reached, the roads so designated
on said map shall be conclusively established as such county roads.

Senate File No. 261.

Introduced By
SENATE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE

At the request of Governor McKebie

TITLE

A BILL For an Act to provide for the districting of all territory into
districts for consolidated and high school purposes, and to provide
for the organizing and operating of the same, and to repeal Chap-
ter 229, Session Laws of 1917 and Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 121
of the Session Laws of 1915.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. All of the territory in any county of the state shall
I e districted into districts for high school and consolidated school pur-
poses according to and under the provisions of this act.

Section 2. Within twenty (20) days after this act becomes a law,
the county board of each county of the state shall meet and appoint
two school electors from said county, and the county clerk shall cer-
tify the same to the county and state superintendents within five (5)
days; and such two persons together with the county superintendent,
shall constitute a committee of three to make such surveys and inves-
tigation as will determine an equitable adjustment, of the boundaries
of districts for high and consolidated school of all such territory of
said county. Such two persons shall hold office for four years from
the date of their appointment. At the end of their terms the county
board may again appoint two persons to serve for the same term.
The county board shall fill all vacancies. Within thirty (30) days
after this act becomes a law, the state superintendent shall call a state
conference of all said committees for the discussion of the prinsiples
to be followed in the adjustment of school boundaries and locating
school house sites. Each member of said committee shall attend said
state conference if possible, and his necessary traveling and hotel

expenses shall be paid by the county he represents. Within ten (10)
days after the adjournment of said state conference, each county
committee shall meet in the office of the county superintendent and
proceed to plat and establish the school house site and boundary lines
of the proposed districts within the county.

If the best interests of the public school and surrounding commun-
ity, require that a district shall be composed of territory from ad-
joining counties, each said committee of said counties, shall hold a
joint meeting and shall so arrange the boundaries of said district
accordingly. Said joint district and each other district organized
under the provisions of this act shall receive its share of the state
apportionment and other revenues due from each county. For such
services said two person appointed by the county board shall receive
$5.00 a day for each day said committee is engaged in said work, and
the county superintendent shall receive expenses, to be allowed and
paid by the county board out of the county general fund.

Section 3. In the adjustment of district boundaries, wherever
practicable, the boundary shall be on the half section line. The stan-
dard districts shall contain twenty-five (25) square miles; Provided,
that this section shal be construed to permit the establishment of dis-
tricts of more than twenty-five square miles, or less when deemed for
the best interest of the several communities concerned.

Section 4. Within ten days after the report is completed and maps
of the new district prepared, the county superintendent shall designate
a time for hearing at the county seat where any school elector may file
objections to the plan as recommended. After said hearing said com-
mittee shal make such changes of said report and maps as Said com-
mittee shall deem advisal le, and shall transmit said final report and
order to the county board within thirty days after the completion of
the survey, who shall record the same in the minutes of their pro-
ceedings.

After the filing of said report with the county board twenty-five per
cent of the school electors of any such new district, may within forty
days, file a written protest or appeal with the State Superintendent,
against the establishment of the boundaries, and school house site,
as fixed by said county committee.. Upon receipt of such protest or ap-
peal, the State Superintendent shall call a meeting in the office of the
county superintendent of the county wherein complaint has been made,
giving ten days' notice of the same to the objectors, and to the members
of the county committee whose work is sought to be affected, and shall
send a memter of his staff to investigate such complaint, and be pres-
ent at such meeting, at which hearing shall te had a detailed state-
ment of the facts and conditions developed at said hearing and shall by

such staff officer le reported in writing to the Stale Superintendent
who shall then approve the boundaries established by the county
committee, or order a re-arrangement of such boundaries as in his
judgment may seem best, and the county superintendent shall by pro-
clamation declare all boundaries as finally estallished by the county
committee or ly the State Superintendent in case of appeal, to be le-
gally constituted boundaries and school house sites of the saM pro-
posed school districts.

Section 5. At any time after the completion of said districting and
the elapsing of the time for hearing and appeals, upon a petition of
twenty-five per cent of the school electors living in any one of the
proposed consolidated and high school districts, the county superin-
tendent shall order an election to be held in such proposed district,
at such central place as he may designate and shallgive at least
twenty (20) days notice thereof required by law for holding school dis-
trict elections. The voting shall be by printed 1: allot provided by the
county superintendent and the proposition shall be placed upon the
ballots in substantially the following form:

( ) For the establishment of New School District No.

( ) Against the establishment of New School District No.

Ballots shall be cast in I allot boxes and the voting shall be under the
direction and in charge of the board of trustees of the local school dis-
tricts within which such election is being held. Said board of trus-
tees shall make a list of all persons voting at said election, shall
count the ballots and certify the returns within twenty-four hours
to the county clerk who shall canvass the same as provided by law
for canvassing returns in general elections, and shall report the re-
sults to the county superintendent. If a majority of the votes cast in
such proposed district shall be in favor of the establishment thereof,
the county superintendent shall declare the same duly established and
all former district boundaries annulled. If a majority of such votes
cast in such proposed district shall be against the establishment
thereof, the provisions of this act shall not be effective in such pro-
posed district. Provided, that another election shall not be held
within twelve months.

Section 6.. If the election results are favorable to the establish-
ment of said new school district, the county superintendent within ten
(10) days thereafter, shall call a meeting of the electors as provided
by law for the organization of new districts; at said meeting the qual-
ified electors shall proceed to elect a school board as provided by
law. The new district when organized shall be governed by all laws
enacted for the government of schools, provided, that if the proposed

new district contains an organized consolidated or high school district,
when a petition of not less than fifty-one (51) per cent of the school
electors in said new district residing outside of the existing organized
consolidated or high school districts shall be filed with the county
superintendent then he shall declare such territory to be so annexed,
conditioned upon the approval of the board of education of said exist-
ing districts. Blank petitions for this purpose shall te furnished by
the State Superintendent. Provided, further, any parts or fragments
of old districts which may be left outside of the boundaries of the new
districts, in the adjustment and operation of this act shall be provided
for by the districting committee, which may add temporarily such
parts or fragments to other districts.

Section 7. The Board of Education of every such district shall
provide for the transportation over established public highways of rural
pupils. Said Board of Education is authorized to establish such rules
and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this act.

Section 8. A consolidated district may be formed under the pro-
visions of this act any time during the year.

All consolidated districts organized in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act and which are now or may be hereafter organized
and which provide for comfortable transportation of pupils and main-
tain suitable grounds and a two room school building and the neces-
sary departments and equipment for teaching agriculture and home
economics or other industrial and vocational subjects in addition to the
regular course of study and employing teachers holding a certificate
showing their qualifications to teach said subjects, and in which said
subjects are provided as a part of the regular course in such instruc-
tion, shall be awarded and paid from the state treasury from moneys
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100 toward the equipment re-
quired, and the furthter sum of $150 annually.

All consolidated districts organized in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act and which are now or may be hereafter organized
and which provide for comfortable transportation of pupils and
maintain suitable grounds and a three room building and the necessary
department and equipment for teaching agriculture and home econo-
mics, or other suitable and vocational- subjects in addition to the regu-
lar course of study, and employing teachers holding certificates show-
ing their qualifications to teach said subjects and in which said sub-
jects are provided as a part of the regular course in such schools,
subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction,
shall be awarded and paid from the state treasury, from moneys not

otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150 toward the equipment re-
quired and the further sum of $200 annually.

All consolidated districts organized in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act which are now or may be hereafter organized which
provide for comfortable transportation of pupils and maintain suitable
grounds and a four or more room school building and the necessary
equipment for teaching agriculture and home economics or other
suitable and vocational subjects in addition to the regular course of
study and employing teachers holding certificates showing their quali-
fications tp teach said subjects, and which said subjects are provided
as a part in the regular course in such schools, subject to the approval
of the superintendent of public instruction, shall be awarded and paid
from the state treasury, from moneys not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of $250 toward the equipment required and the further sum of
$300 annually.

Section 9. That Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 121 of the Session
Laws of Nebraska for the year 1915, and Chapter 229 of the Session
Laws of Nebraska for the year 1917 are hereby repealed.

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