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 LARAMIE. WYO., 
 THE REPUBLICAN BOOK AND JOB PRINT. 
 
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SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 . . OF THE . . . 
 
 STATE OF WYOMING 
 
 In Force June 30, J899 
 
 Compiled by 
 
 THOS. T. TYNAN, 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
 
 Cheyenne, Wyoming. 
 
 LARAMIE. WYO., 
 THE REPUBLICAN BOOK AND JOB PRINT. 
 
 1809. 
 
W.S.3 
 
School Laws of the State of Wyoming. 
 
 DIVISION ONE. 
 TITLE III. STATE OFFICERS. 
 
 CHAPTER 5. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
 
 Sec. 91. General duties. I Sec. 93. Distribution of school funds. 
 
 Sec. 92. Disposition of donated books, maps 
 and school apparatus. 
 
 GENERAL DUTIES. 
 
 Sec. 91. The duties of superintendent of public instruction shall 
 be as follows: He shall file all papers, reports and public documents 
 transmitted to him by the school officers of the several counties, each 
 jear, separately, and hold the same in readiness to be exhibited to the 
 governor, or to any committees of either house of the legislature, and 
 shall keep a fair record of all matter pertaining to the business of his of- 
 fice. He shall have a general supervision of all the district schools of the 
 state, and shall see that the school system is, as early as practicable, put 
 into uniform operation. He shall prepare and have printed suitable 
 forms for all reports required by law, and shall transmit the same, with 
 such instructions in reference to the course of studies as he may judg 
 advisable, to the several officers entrusted with their management and 
 care. He shall make all further rules and regulations that may be neces- 
 sary to carry the law into full effect, according to its spirit and intent, 
 which shall have the same force and effect as though contained herein. 
 
 [R. Si '1887, 'Sec. T3906.] 
 DISPOSITION OF DONATED BOOKS, MAPS AND SCHOOL APPARATUS. 
 
 Sec. 92. One copy of all books, maps, charts or school apparatus, 
 which may be received by the superintendent of public instruction, from 
 publishers, inventors or manufacturers, shall be placed by him in the 
 public library of this state. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3907.] 
 DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL FUNDS. 
 
 Sec. 93. On or before the thirty-first day of March in every year, 
 if there shall be any money to the credit of the income fund, for the use of 
 public schools in the state treasury, including the rents of the unsold 
 school lands, the state superintendent of public instruction shall distrib- 
 ute such income among the several counties of the state according to the 
 number of children of school age in each, the same to be determined by 
 reference to the last preceding annual reports furnished to the state su- 
 perintendent of public instruction by the several county superintendents 
 of schools. Such moneys so distributed shall be paid to the county treas- 
 
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180 STATE OFFICERS. DIV. 1 TL. 3 
 
 urer of each county by the state treasurer, upon the requisition to that 
 effect by the state superintendent of public instruction, which said requi- 
 sition shall state the county entitled thereto, together with the amount, 
 and the fund out of which it is to be paid; and the superintendent of pub- 
 lic instruction shall at the same time notify each superintendent of 
 schools that such distribution has been made; such requisition shall be 
 accompanied by a warrant of the auditor upon the treasurer covering 
 the amount of the requisition in each case, and the superintendent of pub- 
 lic instruction shall file such requisition with the auditor and a copj of 
 the same with the treasurer. Upon such distribution being made and 
 said money being paid to the respective county treasurers, the county 
 superintendent of schools in each county shall cause such money to be 
 distributed among the several school districts in the county pro ratar 
 in the same manner and in the same proportion as the regular county 
 school tax is required by law to be distributed. Provided, however, That 
 any law with reference to the distribution of the county school tax which 
 provides for a certain amount to be paid to each school district before the 
 pro rata distribution of the balance is made shall not apply in the case 
 of the distribution of said moneys ; Provided further, That no apportion- 
 ment from said state fund shall be made to any school district for a year 
 in which a school has not been maintained therein for at least three 
 months. 
 
 [See Div. 1, Tl. 6, Ch. 3, Art. VI.] [S. L. 1895, Ch. 53, Sec. 1.] 
 
 BIENNIAL REPORTS OF STATE OFFICERS. 
 
 Sec. 18O. Biennially, on or before the first day of November, imme- 
 diately preceding the meeting of the legislature, each and every state offi- 
 cer (except those mentioned in the last preceding section), and each and 
 every commission or board of a state institution, shall report in writing 
 to the governor of the state, the condition of his department, or its insti- 
 tution, covering the period of tw T o years preceding and up to and includ- 
 ing the thirtieth day of September immediately preceding the filing of 
 such report. The reports thus required to be filed shall be in triplicate, 
 one copy to be filed in the office of the governor, one copy for the use of 
 the senate, and one copy for the use of the house of representatives. 
 
 [S. L. 1890, Ch. 5, Sec. 1.] 
 
CH. 16 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 [1190 
 
 DIVISION ONE. 
 TITLE X. COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 
 
 CHAPTER 16. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 Sec. 1190. Oath and bond Prohibited from 
 teaching. 
 
 Sec. 1191. Salary. 
 
 Sec. 1192. Duties. 
 
 Sec. 1193. Apportionment of taxes Dis- 
 trict treasurer's bond. 
 
 Sec. 1194. Supplemental apportionment. 
 
 Sec. 1195. Boundaries of districts when 
 changed Number. 
 
 Sec. 1196. Examination of teachers Visits. 
 
 Sec. 1197. Failure to make report Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1198. Supervisory and appellate au- 
 thority. 
 
 Sec. 1199. County teachers' institute. 
 
 OATH AND BOND PROHIBITED FROM TEACHING. 
 
 Sec. 119O. There shall be in each organized county a superintend- 
 ent of public schools, who shall, before entering upon the duties of his 
 office, give bond to the state of Wyoming in the penal sum of five hun- 
 dred dollars for the faithful performance of all, duties required of him by 
 law as such superintendent, to be approved by the board of county com- 
 missioners, and together with said certificate and oath, filed in the coun- 
 ty clerk's office; Provided, That no person shall at the same time hold the 
 position of county superintendent of public scfrb'tHs and teacher in any 
 public school in his or her county. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1898".] 
 SALARY. 
 
 Sec. 1191. County superintendents of schools shall receive the fol- 
 lowing annual salaries : 
 
 In counties of the first class, six hundred dollars; in counties of the 
 second class, five hundred dollars; in counties of the third class, four 
 hundred dollars; and in counties of the fourth class, three hundred dol- 
 lars, together with his actual and necessary traveling expenses while 
 engaged in the discharge of his official duties, the account for which ex- 
 penses, before being allowed, shall be stated in separate items, accom- 
 panied by vouchers or receipts for all items amounting to five dollars or 
 more, and otherwise made conformable to the law. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 76, Sees. 6 and 14.] 
 DUTIES. 
 
 Sec. 1192. The duties of the county superintendent of schools shall 
 be as follows: He shall on the first Monday of October in each year, 
 transmit to the superintendent of public instruction a report, containing 
 an abstract of the several particulars set forth in the reports of the dis- 
 trict clerks, together with a statement of the financial affairs of his of- 
 fice, and such suggestions as he shall think proper, relative to the schools 
 of his county; he shall distribute to the districts within his county such 
 blank forms, circulars and other communications as may be transmitted 
 to him for that purpose, by the superintendent of public instruction. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 44, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Powder River Cattle Company vs. Board Commissioners, 3 Wyo. 597. 
 Baldwin vs. Wickman, 3 Wyo. 208. 
 
'1193 COUNTY GOVERNMENT. DIV. 1 TL. 10 
 
 APPORTIONMENT OF TAXES DISTRICT TREASURER'S BOND. 
 
 Sec. 1193. On the first Monday of December, annually, he shall 
 apportion the county school tax and all money in the county treasury, 
 belonging to the school fund, in the following manner: Each school dis- 
 trict in his county shall be apportioned the sum of one hundred and fifty 
 dollars for the payment of teachers in such district, and all moneys re- 
 maining after such apportionment shall be apportioned to each district 
 pro rata, in accordance with the number of pupils in attendance at the 
 schools of said district, reported to him by the several district clerks; 
 Provided always, That each, every and all poll taxes, levied and collected 
 for school purposes, in each school district in this state, shall, when col- 
 lected by the county treasurer, be paid over to the treasurer of the school 
 district in which the persons respectively reside, who paid such poll tax, 
 and the said poll taxes shall not be divided among the school districts of 
 the county pro rata to the number of scholars in such school district, 
 but the poll taxes so collected from the inhabitants of each school dis- 
 trict shall be paid to the treasurer of the district in which they severally 
 reside, for the support of the schools of such district; no district shall 
 be entitled to the amount of one hundred and fifty dollars, for the pay- 
 ment of teachers, besides the pro rata apportionment as provided in this 
 section, when there are less than eight scholars of school age in said dis- 
 trict; he shall record a statement of such apportionment in his office, and 
 he shall also notify the county treasurer of the same; he shall immedi- 
 ately draw an order on the county treasurer, in favor of the treasurer of 
 each district for the amount of its proportion, and transmit the same to 
 the treasurer of the district; Provided, Such district treasurer shall have 
 given his official bond, which draft the county treasurer shall pay to the 
 district treasurer on presentation of the draft properly endorsed. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 44, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Powder River Cattle Co. vs. Board Commissioners, 3 Wyo. 597. 
 Baldwin vs. Wickman, 3 Wyo. 208. 
 
 SUPPLEMENTAL APPORTIONMENT. 
 
 Sec. 1194. Should no apportionment of the school funds be made 
 on the first Monday in December, as required in this chapter, he may 
 make an apportionment as soon thereafter as practicable, in the same 
 manner as hereinbefore provided. He may also make a supplementary 
 apportionment of the money in the county school fund at any time after 
 the first Monday in December, prior to the first of the following June, 
 and such supplementary apportionment shall be pro rata, according to 
 the number of pupils in attendance in any and all schools in each dis- 
 trict, as reported to him by the several district clerks in their last annual 
 reports. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 44, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Powder River Cattle Co. vs. Board Commissioners, 3 Wyo. 597. 
 Baldwin vs. Wickman, 3 Wyo. 208. 
 
 BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS WHEN CHANGED NUMBER. 
 
 Sec. 1195. He shall divide the county into school districts, and 
 may alter and change the boundaries of districts thus formed, from time 
 to time as the convenience of the inhabitants of the aforesaid district 
 may require, and shall proceed to make such change at any time, when 
 petitioned by two-thirds of the legal voters of any district: Provided, 
 That the number of districts in any county whose population is less than 
 ten thousand, shall not exceed twenty-five; and in case the number of dis- 
 tricts in any county exceeds the proportion above stated, it shall be the 
 duty of the superintendent of such county, immediately to re-district 
 
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CH. 16 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 1196 
 
 such county in accordance herewith. And the county superintendent 
 of schools shall abolish or join in a contiguous district, any school district 
 in which no school has been maintained for twelve consecutive months, 
 and all funds to the credit of such district so abolished or joined to an- 
 other district, shall be returned to, and become a part of the general 
 school fund of the county : Provided, That nothing in this chapter shall 
 be so construed as to prevent the county superintendent of schools from 
 joining any school district (having less than eight pupils) to any other 
 school district lying contiguous thereto, if, in the judgment of said sup- 
 erintendent, it will be for the benefit of the public schools, to so join such 
 districts. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 44, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Powder River Cattle Co. vs. Board Commissioners, 3 Wyo. 597. 
 Baldwin vs. Wickman, 3 Wyo. 208. 
 
 EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS VISITS. 
 
 Sec. 1196. He shall examine every person offering himself or herself 
 as a teacher of public schools under the provisions of section six hundred 
 .and thirty-one, and if in his opinion such person is qualified to teach a 
 public school, shall give him or her a certificate as provided for in sec- 
 tions six hundred and twenty-seven and six hundred and twenty-eig^t, 
 authorizing him or her to teach a public school in his county. He shall 
 have the general superintendence of the schools of his county, and shall 
 visit each school at least once each term, and shall have power to dismiss 
 all teachers he may find to be incompetent. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 44, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Powder River Cattle Co. vs. Board Commissioners, 3 Wyo. 597. 
 Baldwin vs. Wickman, 3 Wyo. 208. 
 
 FAILURE TO MAKE REPORT PENALTY. 
 
 Sec. 1197. Should he fail to make his reports, as required in this 
 chapter, he shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars, and suit shall be 
 brought on his official bond for the collection of the same, with damages, 
 by the prosecuting attorney. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3915.] 
 SUPERVISORY AND APPELLATE AUTHORITY. 
 
 Sec. 111)8. He shall see that the annual reports of the clerks of the 
 several school districts in his county are made correctly and in due time, 
 and shall hear and determine all appeals from the decision of the district 
 boards. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3917.] 
 COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. 
 
 Sec. 1199. The county superintendent of public schools shall hold 
 annually, at some convenient place, a county teachers' institute for the 
 instruction and advancement of teachers. Said institute shall continue 
 not less than four days nor more than five days. The county superin- 
 tendent shall preside at all meetings, and determine the time and place 
 for holding such institute. It shall be the duty of all teachers actually 
 engaged in teaching in such county to attend such institute unless they 
 shall have a written excuse, signed by the county superintendent. It 
 shall be the duty of each district board to pay all teachers who attend such 
 institute, the same salary per day they would have paid had the same 
 amount of time been spent in teaching. It shall be the duty of the county 
 board of commissioners in each county, to appropriate annually the sum 
 of one hundred dollars for the payment of such instructors or lecturers 
 as the county superintendent may employ to assist him in holding the 
 county institute. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sub. Div. 4, Sec. 1.] 
 
}4:85 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. DIV. 1 TL. 
 
 DIVISION ONE. 
 TITLE VI. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 CHAPTER 1. THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. 
 CHAPTER 2. THE WYOMING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
 CHAPTER 3. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 CHAPTER 1. 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. 
 
 Sec. 485. Establishment. 
 
 Sec. 486. Object of. 
 
 Sec. 487. Departments. 
 
 Sec. 488. Board of trustees. 
 
 Sec. 489. Appointment Term of office. 
 
 Sec. 490. Powers of the board of trustees. 
 
 Sec. 491. Board to prescribe government. 
 
 Sec. 492. Report of trustees. 
 
 Sec. 493. The faculty and its power. 
 
 Sec. 494. Duty and power of the president. 
 
 Sec. 495. Secretary shall take oath of of- 
 fice. 
 
 Sec. 496. Secretary may administer oaths 
 
 Sec. 497. Tuition. 
 
 Sec. 498. Diploma. 
 
 Sec. 499. Acceptance of congressional ap- 
 propriation. 
 
 Sec. 500. Experiment stations Appropria- 
 tion. 
 
 Sec. 501. Legislature shall make appropria- 
 tion. 
 
 Sec. 502. Appropriation for experiment sta- 
 tionsHow used. 
 
 Sec. 503. Appropriation How expended. 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT. 
 
 Sec. 485. There is established in this state, at the city of Laramie, 
 an institution of learning under the name and style of "The University of 
 Wyoming." 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 1.] 
 OBJECT OF. 
 
 Sec. 486. The objects of such university shall be to provide an ef- 
 ficient means of imparting to young men and young women, without re- 
 gard to color, on equal terms, a liberal education, together with a 
 thorough knowledge of the various branches connected with the scien- 
 tific, industrial and professional pursuits. To this end it shall embrace 
 colleges or departments of letters, of science, and of the arts, together 
 with such professional or other departments as in course of time may 
 be connected therewith. The department of letters shall embrace a lib- 
 eral course of instruction in language, literature and philosophy, together 
 with such courses or parts of courses in the college or department of 
 science as are deemed necessary. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 2.J 
 DEPARTMENTS. 
 
 Sec. 487. The college, or department of science, shall embrace 
 courses of instruction in the mathematical, physical and natural sciences, 
 together with such courses in language, literature and philosophy as shall 
 constitute a liberal education. The college or department of t.hft arts, 
 shall embrace courses of instruction in the practical and fine arts; espec- 
 ially in the applications of science to the arts of mining and metallurgy, 
 mechanics, engineering, architecture, agriculture and commerce, together 
 with instruction in military tactics, and in such branches in the depart- 
 ment of letters, as are necessary to a proper fitness of students for their 
 chosen pursuits, and as soon as the income of the university will allow, 
 
CH. 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. 488 
 
 in such order as the wants of the public shall seem to require, the said 
 courses in the sciences and their practical applications shall be expanded 
 into full and distinct schools or departments. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 2.] 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
 
 Sec. 488. The government of the university shall vest in a board 
 of nine trustees to be appointed by the governor, three, and only three, 
 of whom shall at all times be residents of the county of Albany, together 
 with the president of the university and the state superintendent of pub- 
 lic instruction, as members ex-officio as such having the right to speak, 
 but not to vote. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 3.] 
 APPOINTMENT TERM OF OFFICE. 
 
 Sec. 489. The term of office of the trustees appointed shall be six 
 years. During each session of the legislature, the governor shall nomi- 
 nate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint suc- 
 cessors to the three trustees whose term of office shall have expired, or 
 will expire before the next session of the legislature. Any vacancy in 
 the board of trustees caused by death, resignation, removal from the 
 state or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment to be made by the gov- 
 ernor, which appointment shall continue until the next session of the 
 legislature, and no longer, but no member of the faculty, while holding 
 that position, shall ever be appointed a trustee. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 4.] 
 POWERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
 
 Sec. 49O. The board of trustees and their successors in office shall 
 constitute a body corporate by the name of "The Trustees of the Univer- 
 sity of Wyoming." They shall possess all the powers necessary or con- 
 venient to accomplish the objects and perform the duties prescribed by 
 law, and shall have the custody of the books, records, buildings and all 
 other property of the university. The board shall have power to elect 
 a president, secretary and treasurer, who shall perform such duties as are 
 prescribed in the by-laws of the board. The treasurer shall execute such 
 bond, with approved sureties in double the sum likely to come into his 
 hands, for the faithful discharge of his duties as the board shall require. 
 The term of office of said officers, their duties severally, and 
 the times for holding meetings, shall be fixed in the by-laws of the board. 
 A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
 business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time, and all 
 routine business may be entrusted to an executive committee of three 
 members, subject to such conditions as the by-laws of the board shall 
 prescribe. The actual and necessary traveling expenses of non-resident 
 members in attending the annual meeting of the board may be audited by 
 the audting committee thereof, and paid by warrant on the treasurer 
 out of the general fund of the university. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 5.] 
 BOARD TO PRESCRIBE GOVERNMENT. 
 
 Sec. 41)1. The board of trustees shall prescribe rules for the govern- 
 ment of the university in all its branches, elect the requisite officers, 
 professors, instructors and employes, any of whom may be removed for 
 cause, as well as fix the salary and term of office of each, prescribe the 
 studies to be pursued and the text-books to be used, and determine the 
 qualifications of applicants for admission to the various courses of study; 
 but no instruction either sectarian in religion or partisan in politics, 
 shall ever be allowed in any department of the university, and no sec- 
 tarian or partisan test shall ever be exercised or allowed in the appoint- 
 
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492 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 ment of trustees, or in the election or removal of professors, teachers or 
 other officers of the university, or in the admission of students thereto, or 
 for any purpose whatsoever. The board of trustees shall also have power 
 to confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usual in universi- 
 ties, or as they shall deem appropriate; through by-laws, to confer upon 
 the faculty the power to suspend or expel students for causes therein 
 prescribed; to possess and use for the benefit of the institution, all pro- 
 perty of the university; to hold, manage, lease, or dispose of, according to 
 law, any real or personal estate, as shall be conducive to the welfare of 
 the institution; to expend the income placed under their control, from 
 whatever source derived, and finally to exercise any and all other func- 
 tions properly belonging to such a board and necessary to the prosperity 
 of the university in all of its departments. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 6.] 
 REPORT OF TRUSTEES. 
 
 Sec. 492. At the close of each scholastic year, (June 30th,) the trus- 
 tees of the University of Wyoming, through their president, shall make 
 a report in detail to the governor, exhibiting the progress, condition and 
 wants of the university, and of each school or department thereof; the 
 course of study in each, the number of professors and students, together 
 with the nature, costs and results of important investigations, and such 
 other information as they deem important, or as may be required by any 
 law of this state, or of the United States. Accompanying such report, 
 and as a part thereof, the secretary and treasurer of the board of trus- 
 tees shall unite in an itemized report showing the amount of receipts and 
 disbursements for the year, as had and made by said board, showing the 
 appropriation resolution for that year, showing clearly the purposes for 
 which the same have been expended, and the amount thereof expended 
 upon each school or department of work, including the experiment sta- 
 tion. Such reports are to be printed and not less than one hundred copies 
 thereof filed with the secretary of state for distribution among the mem- 
 bers of the legislature and other public officers. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 51, Sees. 1 and 2.] 
 THE FACULTY AND ITS POWER. 
 
 Sec. 493. The president and professors of the university shall be 
 styled "the faculty," and shall have power, as such body, to enforce the 
 rules and regulations adopted by the trustees for the government 
 of students, to reward and censure students as they may deserve, 
 and generally to exercise such discipline, in harmony with the 
 said regulations, as shall be necessary for the good order of the 
 institution; to present to the trustees for degrees and honors such 
 students as are entitled thereto, and in testimony thereof, when 
 ordered by the board, suitable diplomas, certificates or other testimonials 
 under seal of the university, and the signatures of the faculty. When, in 
 course of time, distinct colleges or departments of the university are duly 
 organized and in active operation, the immediate government of such de- 
 partments shall, in like manner, be entrusted to their respective faculties. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 8.] 
 DUTY AND POWER OF PRESIDENT. 
 
 Sec. 494. The president of the university shall be president of the 
 several faculties and the executive head of all the departments. As such, 
 subject to the board of trustees, he shall have authority to give general 
 direction to the instruction and investigations of the several schools and 
 departments, and, so long as the interests of the institution require it, 
 he may be charged with the duties of one of the professorships. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 9.] 
 
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 UNIVERSITY 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOIIUN^ 495 
 
 SECRETARY SHALL TAKE OATH OF OFFICE. 
 
 Sec. 495. The secretary of the board of trustees, of the University 
 of Wyoming, shall be required before entering upon the duties of said 
 office, to take the oath of office provided for elective officers under the 
 constitution of this state. 
 
 [S. L. 1897, Ch. 24, Sec. 1.] 
 SECRETARY MAY ADMINISTER OATHS. 
 
 Sec. 496. The secretary of the board of trustees of the University of 
 Wyoming, is hereby authorized to administer oaths and affirmations to 
 any person or persons, in connection with the business of the said Univer- 
 sity of the State of Wyoming. 
 
 [S. L. 1897, Ch. 24, Sec. 2.] 
 TUITION. 
 
 Sec. 497. To the end that none of the youth of the state who crave 
 the benefits of higher education may be denied, and that all may be en- 
 couraged to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the university, 
 tuition shall be as nearly free as possible, and it shall be wholly free to 
 such students from each county as are selected and appointed by the 
 board of countv commissioners therein. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 10.] 
 DIPLOMA. 
 
 Sec. 498. After any student has been graduated from either of the 
 chief departments of the university, and received the degree of bachelor 
 of arts, of letters, of philosophy, or of science, and has had a subsequent 
 experience as a successful teacher of a public school in Wyoming for a 
 period of one school year, the state superintendent of public instruction 
 shall have authority to countersign the diploma of such teacher after 
 such examination as to moral character, learning and ability to teach as 
 to the said superintendent may seem proper; and such graduate so 
 tested shall, after his diploma has been so countersigned by the state sup- 
 erintendent, as aforesaid, be deemed qualified to teach any of the public 
 schools of this state, and the diploma so countersigned shall be his certi- 
 ficate of such qualification until annulled by the state superintendent of 
 public instruction. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 11.] 
 ACCEPTANCE OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION. 
 
 Sec. 499. The University of Wyoming having been designated by 
 the secretary of the interior as the proper institution to receive and ex- 
 pend the moneys appropriated by an act of congress, approved August 
 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled, "An Act to apply a por- 
 tion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment 
 and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic 
 arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress, approved 
 July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," until such time as there 
 may be an agricultural college established in this state, separate and 
 apart from said University of Wyoming, assent is hereby given to all the 
 terms and conditions of the said act of congress and the grants of money 
 authorized and made by said act are hereby assented to and accepted by 
 the state of Wyoming. The treasurer of the state of Wyoming is hereby 
 designated as the proper officer to accept and receive said moneys so 
 granted by said act of congress, and to disburse the same in accordance 
 with the provisions of section two, of the said act of congress. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 74, Sees. 1 and 2.] 
 EXPERIMENT STATIONS APPROPRIATION. 
 
 Sec. 5OO. The University of Wyoming having been designated by 
 the secretary of the interior as the proper institution to receive and ex- 
 
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 pend the moneys appropriated by an act of congress approved August 
 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to apply a por- 
 tion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment 
 and support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic 
 arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress approved 
 July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," until such time as there 
 may be an agricultural college established in this state, separate and 
 apart from the said University of Wyoming, assent is hereby given to all 
 the terms and conditions of said act of congress, and grants of money 
 authorized and made by said act, by the act of March second, eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-seven, relative to the establishment of agricultural 
 experiment stations, or any other act for like purposes, are hereby as- 
 sented to and accepted by the state of Wyoming. Except where other 
 designation is made by congress, all moneys granted or donated by 
 congress in aid of scientific instruction or experimentation, and set apart 
 by the legislature for such use by the University of Wyoming, shall be 
 accepted and received by the state treasurer, and by him placed at the 
 disposal of the board of trustees of the said university by transfer to the 
 treasurer of said board, for disbursement in accordance with the provis- 
 ions of the act or acts of congress aforesaid. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 13.] 
 LEGISLATURE SHALL MAKE APPROPRIATION. 
 
 Sec. 5O1. There shall be appropriations made by the legislature of 
 the moneys intended for the support and maintenance of the University 
 of Wyoming, and such appropriations shall specify as nearly and accur- 
 ately as the same can be done, the specific purposes for which such 
 moneys are intended and may be used. Such appropriations shall apply 
 to and include all moneys received by the university from the United 
 States for the endowment and support of colleges for the benefit of agri- 
 culture and mechanic arts; but moneys so received from the United 
 States shall be appropriated, applied and used solely for the purpose 
 specified in the acts of congress regulating the same. No expenditure 
 shall be made in excess of such appropriation, and no moneys so appro- 
 priated shall be used for any purpose other than that for which they are 
 appropriated. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 110, Sec. 1.] 
 APPROPRIATION FOR EXPERIMENT STATIONS HOW USED. 
 
 Sec. 5O2. The moneys received under an act of congress, approved 
 March 2, 1887, entitled, "An Act to establish agricultural experiment sta- 
 tions in connection with the colleges established in the several states 
 under the provisions of an act approved July 2, 1862, and of the acts sup- 
 plementary thereto," shall be ar>propriated, used and expended pursuant 
 to the provisions of this chapter, and not otherwise. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 109, Sec. 1.] 
 APPROPRIATION HOW EXPENDED. 
 
 Sec. 5O3. The trustees of the university or college at Laramie, 
 Wyoming, in connection with which such experimental station is estab- 
 lished shall annually, by resolution, specifically appropriate and desig- 
 nate the uses to which such money shall be applied and the purposes for 
 which the same shall be expended. Such uses and purposes at all times 
 to be within the use and purpose for which such money is donated under 
 the acts of congress regulating the same, and no part of such money shall 
 be used or expended in any manner or for any purpose not covered by 
 such appropriation, and no indebtedness shall be contracted or expend- 
 iture made in excess of such appropriation. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 109, Sec. 2.] 
 
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CH. 2 THE WYOMING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 504 
 
 CHAPTER 2. 
 
 THE WYOMING AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE. 
 
 Sec. 513. No religious test. 
 
 Sec. 514. Who to be admitted free of 
 
 charge. 
 
 Sec. 515. Donations Management of. 
 
 Sec. 516. Treasurer to give bond. 
 
 Sec. 517. Duty of secretary. 
 
 Sec. 518. Duty of treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 519. Board of visitors Duty. 
 
 Sec. 520. Funds How invested. 
 
 Sec. 521. Limitation upon investment. 
 
 Sec. 522. Interest How used. 
 
 Sec. 504. Establishment of an agricultural 
 
 college. 
 
 Sec. 505. Objects. 
 Sec. 506. Government Trustees. 
 Sec. 507. Term of office Appointment. 
 
 Sec. 508. Vacancy How filled. 
 
 Sec. 509. Quorum and meetings. 
 
 Sec. 510. Power of the board. 
 
 Sec. 511. The faculty and their powers. 
 
 Sec. 512. Member of faculty cannot be 
 
 trustee. 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
 
 Sec. 5O4. There shall be established in this state "The Wyoming 
 Agricultural College," which shall be located by vote of the people, and 
 which shall be a state public educational institution. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 1.] 
 
 (Under the provisions of sections 18 to 24 of chapter 92, laws of 1890-91, said col- 
 lege was located by vote of the people, in 1892, at Lander, Fremont county.) 
 
 OBJECTS. 
 
 Sec. 5O5. The objects of said agricultural college shall be to pro- 
 vide an efficient means of imparting to young men and young women, 
 without regard to color, on equal terms, a liberal education and a 
 thorough knowledge of such arts and sciences as will aid in the prose- 
 cution of agricultural pursuits with their varied applications. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 2.] 
 GOVERNMENT TRUSTEES. 
 
 Sec. 5O6. The government of said agricultural college shall be 
 vested in a board of five trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, 
 by and with the advice and consent of the senate. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 3.] 
 TERM OF OFFICE APPOINTMENT. 
 
 Sec. 5O7. The term of office of such trustees shall be four years, 
 and during each session of the legislature the governor shall nominate 
 and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint succes- 
 sors to such of said trustees whose terms of office shall have expired or 
 will expire during such session of the legislature. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sees. 4 and 5.] 
 VACANCY HOW FILLED. 
 
 Sec. 5O8. Any vacancy in the said board of trustees caused by death, 
 resignation, removal from the state or otherwise, shall be filled by ap- 
 pointment to be made by the governor, which appointment shall continue 
 until the next session of the legislature and no longer. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 6.] 
 QUORUM AND MEETINGS. 
 
 Sec. 5(K>. A majority of the said board of trustees shall constitute 
 a quorum for the transaction of business, and the said board shall hold 
 regular meetings at the seat of the said agricultural college on the first 
 day of the months of January, April, July and October of each year. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 7.] 
 POWER OF THE BOARD. 
 
 Sec. 51O. The said board of trustees shall have power: 
 
 1. To elect one of its members president of said board. 
 
 2. To appoint a secretary and treasurer from among the members 
 of such board and such other officers as it may deem necessary for the 
 good order and government of the said agricultural college, and to pre- 
 scribe the duties and fix the compensation of all such officers. 
 
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 3. To provide by resolution or otherwise for special meetings of 
 such board. 
 
 4. To procure by purchase, donation or otherwise, in the name of 
 the state of Wyoming, within or near the limits of the city, town or vil- 
 lage chosen as the seat of said agricultural college, a suitable site 
 upon which to erect suitable, convenient and proper buildings for 
 said agricultural college, and to superintend the erection of such 
 buildings; Provided, That said trustees shall not purchase any site or 
 contract for the erection of any building until the funds shall be in their 
 hands with which to pay for the same. 
 
 5. To possess and use for the benefit of the said agricultural col- 
 lege, the buildings and sites that may be provided therefor. 
 
 6. To take and hold for the use and benefit of the said agricultural 
 college any real or personal estate, and to dispose of the same in such 
 manner as they may deem most conducive to the interests of said agri- 
 cultural college. 
 
 7. To expend any and all income that may be placed under the con- 
 trol of such board, by donations or by law or otherwise, in such manner 
 as shall best promote the interests and prosperity of the said institution. 
 
 8. To elect a president, such professors, tutors and other officers of 
 the faculty of the said institution, as they may deem necessary, who 
 shall hold their offices during the pleasure of such trustees. 
 
 9. To prescribe the duties, salaries and emoluments of such profes- 
 sors, tutors and officers. 
 
 10. To prescribe the course of study and discipline to be observed 
 in said institution and the price of tuition therein. 
 
 11. To make all by-laws and rules necessary and proper to carry into 
 effect the powers herein conferred. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 8.] 
 THE FACULTY AND THEIR POWERS. 
 
 Sec. 511. The president, professors and tutors of said agricultural 
 college, shall be styled the faculty thereof, and as such shall have power : 
 
 1. To enforce the rules and regulations adopted by the trustees of 
 said institution for the government of the students thereof. 
 
 2. To reprove and censure students as they may deserve, and to 
 suspend those who continue refractory until a determination of the board 
 of trustees can be had thereof. 
 
 3. To grant and confer, by and with the consent and approval of 
 the trustees, such literary honors and degrees as are usually granted and 
 conferred in institutions of the same class in the United States, and in 
 testimony thereof to give suitable diplomas under the seal of the state 
 and signatures of the faculty. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 9.] 
 MEMBER OF FACULTY CANNOT BE TRUSTEE. 
 
 Sec. 512. No member of the faculty of the said agricultural col- 
 lege, shall, while acting in that capacity, be a trustee. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 10. 3 
 NO RELIGIOUS TEST. 
 
 Sec. 513. No religious qualification or test shall be required of any 
 student, trustee, president, professor, tutor or officer of said institution, 
 or as a condition for admission to any privilege in the same, and no 
 sectarian tenets or principles shall be taught, instructed or inculcated at 
 said institution, by any president, professor or tutor therein. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 11.] 
 WHO TO BE ADMITTED FREE OF CHARGE. 
 
 Sec. 514. The trustees of said institution shall provide for the tui- 
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CH. 2 THE WYOMING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 515 
 
 tion, free of charge, of such students from each county as may be selected 
 and appointed by the board of county commissioners of such county. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 12.] 
 DONATIONS MANAGEMENT OF. 
 
 Sec. 515. In the management and application of any property, real 
 or personal, granted, devised or bequeathed to the use of said agricul- 
 tural college, or the proceeds thereof, the trustees shall conform to the 
 will and directions of the donor thereof, if any such directions shall have 
 been connected with such grant, devise bequest or donation. 
 
 TREASURER TO GIVE BOND. ' ^ U ^ ^ * *" 
 
 Sec. 516. The trustees of said institution shall require their treas- 
 urer to give a bond with sureties to be approved by them, in double the 
 sum likely to come into his hands. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 14.] 
 DUTY OF SECRETARY. 
 
 Sec. 517. The secretary of said board of trustees shall keep a true 
 record of the proceedings of the board and shall make and certify 
 copies thereof. He shall also keep an account of the students in the in- 
 stitution, according to their classes, showing their respective ages and 
 places of residence. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 15.] 
 BITTY OF TREASURER. 
 
 Sec. 518. The treasurer of said board shall keep full, true and faith- 
 ful accounts of all moneys received by him as such treasurer, and of all 
 expenditures and disbursements thereof. He shall pay out the moneys 
 received by him as such treasurer, on the order of the board of trustees, 
 certified by their secretary. He shall keep accurate accounts of all per- 
 sons having dealings with the institution for which he is treasurer. He 
 shall collect the tuition fees due the same, and shall submit a full and 
 proper statement of the finances of such institution, of its receipts and 
 disbursements, at each of the regular meetings of the said board, and at 
 such other times as said board may direct. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 16.] 
 BOARD OF VISITORS DUTY. 
 
 Sec. 519. A board of visitors for said agricultural college, to con- 
 sist of three persons, shall be appointed biennially, at the commencement 
 of the college year by the governor of the state. It shall be the duty of 
 the board of visitors for said institution to make a personal examination 
 into the state and condition thereof and all its affairs, twice at least in 
 each year, and report the result to the governor, suggesting such im- 
 provements as they may deem proper, which report shall be submitted to 
 the legislature at its next session. Such visitors shall receive no com- 
 pensation for their services. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 92, Sec. 17.] 
 FUNDS HOW INVESTED. 
 
 Sec. 52O. During such time as the University of Wyoming shall 
 be and remain the recipient of the funds donated by the United States 
 government to the state, under the act of congress of March 2, 1887, es- 
 tablishing agricultural experiment stations, and the act of congress of 
 Augst 30, 1890, applying certain moneys in aid of agricultural colleges, 
 and all acts of congress amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, 
 the treasurer of the state shall, upon the order of the board of trustees 
 of said university, invest all moneys in his hands derived or arising from 
 the sale, disposal or rental of the lands or any of them, donated to this 
 state by congress for the use and support of an agricultural college, in 
 
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 such securities and loans as may be unanimously approved by all the 
 trustees present at any regular meeting of said board of trustees of said 
 university, provided, however, that no profit or interest from said loans or 
 investments shall be so paid over for the support of said institution as 
 hereinafter provided, until all loss or losses if any, out of the principal 
 of said funds shall be made good and restored out of the said profits and 
 interest; said loans or investments to be made in the name of the state 
 of Wyoming, for the use of the Agricultural College Fund, the proceeds 
 and payments upon or derived from said loans or investments, both 
 principal and interest to be paid into the treasury of the state for the use 
 of said fund, the principal for reinvestment and the profit and interest fop 
 the use of said college as herein provided. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 13, Sec. 1.] 
 LIMITATION UPON INVESTMENT. 
 
 Sec. 521. Said fund shall be invested in bonds of the United States, 
 of this state, or in bonds yielding not less than five per centum per annum 
 upon the par value thereof issued by any county, municipal corporation 
 or school district of this state. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 13, Sec. 2.] 
 INTEREST HOW USED. 
 
 Sec. 522, The net interest and profit received and derived from any 
 loan or investment made in pursuance of the authority conferred by the 
 last preceding section after all loss or losses have been made good as 
 aforesaid shall, at all times, be available for use and may be used by the 
 board of trustees of said university for any purpose connected with the 
 supporting and maintenance of the Agricultural college at the University 
 of Wyoming, not inconsistent or in conflict with any act of congress 
 herein referred to, or any act amendatory thereof or supplemental 
 thereto. 
 
 [S. L,. 1899, Ch. 13, Sec. 3.] 
 
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CH. 3 ART. 1 
 
 ARTICLE 
 ARTICLE 
 ARTICLE 
 ARTICLE 
 ARTICLE 
 ARTICLE 
 ARTICLE 
 
 I. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 
 VII. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 CHAPTER 3. 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ORGANIZATION AND POWERS. 
 
 DISTRICT OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 
 
 REFUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 
 
 PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN. 
 
 FREE TEXT BoOKS. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 SCHOOL, DISTRICTS ORGANIZATION AND POWKRS. 
 
 Sec. 523. Notice of formation of new dis- 
 trict. 
 
 Sec. 524. Appeal from superintendent on 
 formation of district. 
 
 Sec. 525. First election of trustees Officers 
 of district. 
 
 Sec. 526. Election of trustees where number 
 increased to six. 
 
 Sec. 527. School district seal. 
 
 Sec. 528. Oath of directors. 
 
 Sec. 529. School district to be body cor- 
 porate. 
 
 Sec. 530. Regular meetings of district. 
 
 Sec. 531. Powers of district meeting. 
 
 Sec. 532. Objects in voting money to be 
 designated. 
 
 Sec. 533. Meeting may adopt rules of order. 
 
 Sec. 534. Transfer of school funds. 
 
 Sec. 535. Manner of conducting election of 
 trustees. 
 
 Sec. 536. Qualifications of electors. 
 
 Sec. 537. Annual election of trustees Dis- 
 trict officers. 
 
 Sec. 538. Directors shall qualify. 
 
 Sec. 539. Meetings of board. 
 
 Sec. 540. Powers and duties of district 
 board. 
 
 Sec. 541. Members of board may administer 
 oaths. 
 
 Sec. 542. Authority of board to admit or 
 remove scholars. 
 
 Sec. 543. When board to advertise for bids. 
 
 Sec. 544. Settlement with treasurer Report 
 to district meeting. 
 
 Sec. 545. Visiting committee. 
 
 Sec. 546. Auditing and payment of claims. 
 
 Sec. 547. Special district meetings Requis- 
 ites of notice. 
 
 Sec. 548. Term of existing appointees to fill 
 vacancies. 
 
 Sec. 549. Vacancy in board How filled. 
 
 Sec. 550. Bond of district treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 551. Establishment of high schools. 
 
 Sec. 552. Separate schools for colored 
 children. 
 
 Sec. 553. Employment and payment of 
 teachers. 
 
 Sec. 554. School age Compulsory educa- 
 tion. 
 
 Sec. 555. Liability of parents and guardian 
 Authority of police officers. 
 
 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NEW DISTRICT. 
 
 Sec. 523. Whenever a school district shall be formed in any county, 
 the county superintendent of schools in such county shall, within fifteen 
 days thereafter, prepare a notice of the formation of such district, de- 
 scribing its boundaries and stating the number thereof, and appointing 
 a time and place for the district meeting. He shall cause the notice, thus 
 prepared, to be posted in at least five public places in the district, at 
 least ten days before the time appointed for such meeting; and when a 
 joint district is derived from portions of two or more counties, the county 
 superintendent of each county, from which any portion of the new dis- 
 trict is taken, shall unite in giving the customary notices, and the new 
 district shall be numbered by the superintendent of the county having the 
 highest number of districts. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3918.] 
 Baldwin vs. Wickman, 3 Wyo. 208. 
 
 APPEAL FROM SUPERINTENDENT ON FORMATION OF DISTRICT. 
 
 Sec. 524. A majority of the voters in any school district, being dis- 
 satisfied with the formation of any school district, shall have the right 
 to appeal from the superintendent to the board of county commissioners, 
 and from the board of county commissioners to the superintendent of 
 public instruction. 
 
 [R. S. 18S7, Sec. 3919.] 
 FIRST ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS OF DISTRICT. 
 
 Sec. 525. The qualified electors of a school district when as- 
 sembled in accordance with the notice required in section 
 five hundred and twenty-three, shall organize by appointing a 
 chairman and a secretary who shall act as judges of election. 
 
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 They shall then by ballot elect three trustees possessing the qualifica- 
 tions of electors of said district, and the name of each elector shall be 
 recorded by the secretary and they shall hold their office until the next 
 succeeding annual district election and until their successors are elected 
 and qualified. The said trustees shall constitute a board of directors for 
 the district and shall, as soon as they are qualified, choose from their 
 number a director, treasurer and clerk of the district. 
 
 [S. L. 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 1.] 
 ELECTION OF TRUSTEES WHERE NUMBER INCREASED TO SIX. 
 
 Sec. 526. In all school districts in this state containing a popula- 
 tion of one thousand or more, the number of trustees may be increased 
 to six at any annual school election held hereafter if the majority 
 of the electors at such annual meeting, upon taking a vote by 
 ballot so decide. The electors shall then proceed by ballot to elect 
 one trustee for one year, one trustee for two years and two trustees for 
 three years. At all annual elections held thereafter there shall be elected 
 two trustees who shall hold their office for three years or until their suc- 
 cessors are elected and qualified. 
 
 [S. L. 1897, Ch. 38.] 
 SCHOOL DISTRICT SEAL. 
 
 Sec. 527. It shall be the duty of every board of school directors so 
 increased to six members, to provide at the expense of their district, and 
 for said district, a seal, upon which shall be engraved the words "School 
 
 District No , County, Wyo.," stating the number 
 
 of the district and the county in which it is situated. The seal shall be 
 in possession of the clerk of the district. It shall be affixed to all com- 
 munications or notices required by law to be sent or published by such 
 school board, and to all warrants drawn upon the treasurer of the dis- 
 trict. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3923.] 
 OATH OF DIRECTORS. 
 
 Sec. 528. All directors of the board shall, within ten days after their 
 election, appear before some justice of the peace or other person qualified 
 to administer oaths, and take an oath for the faithful performance of 
 their duties and in accordance with law and shall, witout delay, transmit 
 a copy of said oath in writing to the county superintendent of schools. 
 
 [S. L. 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 2.] 
 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE BODY CORPORATE. 
 
 Sec. 529. Each school district formed under the provisions of this 
 title, is hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of 
 
 "School District No , in the County of , and State 
 
 of Wyoming ;" and in that name it may hold property, and be a party to 
 suits and contracts. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3925.] 
 Powder River Cattle Co. vs. Board Commissioners, 3 Wyo. 597. 
 
 REGULAR MEETINGS OF DISTRICT. 
 
 Sec. 53O. The regular meeting of each school district shall be held 
 on the first Monday of May of each year. And, when present, the di- 
 rector and clerk shall preside as chairman and secretary of such meeting. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3926.] 
 POWERS OF DISTRICT MEETING. 
 
 Sec. 531. The qualified electors of the district, when assembled,, 
 shall have power: 
 
 1. To appoint a chairman and secretary, in the absence of the regu- 
 lar officers. 
 
 2. To adjourn from time to time, as occasion may require. 
 
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CH. 3 ART. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 532 
 
 3. To determine the number of schools which shall be established 
 in the district, and the length of time each shall be taught. 
 
 4. To fix the site of each school house, taking into consideration 
 in doing so, the wants and necessities of the people of each portion of 
 the district. 
 
 5. To vote such sum of money as the meeting shall deem sufficient 
 for any of the following purposes : To supply any deficiency in the fund 
 for the payment of teachers; to purchase or lease a suitable site for a 
 school house, or school houses; to build, rent or purchase a school house or 
 school houses, and keep in repair and furnish the same with the necessary 
 fuel and appendages; for procuring libraries for the schools, books and 
 stationery for the use of the board and district meetings; and for the 
 payment of all other contingent expenses of the district; Provided, That 
 the sum of money so voted shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar of all 
 taxable property in each school district; Provided further, That the tax 
 to be levied and collected, as authorized by this section, shall not exceed 
 five mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property 
 in any one year in all school districts having a total valuation of pro- 
 perty exceeding three millions of dollars, or a valuation thereof of less 
 than two hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 6. To direct the sale or other disposition to be made of any school 
 house, or the site thereof, and of such other property, real or personal, 
 as may belong to the district; and to direct the manner in which the pro- 
 ceeds arising therefrom shall be applied. 
 
 7. To vote a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one 
 year, to procure a district library, consisting of such books as they may 
 direct any person to procure. 
 
 8. To delegate any and all powers specified in the foregoing sub- 
 divisions to the district board, provided that the district board shall not 
 have power to vote or raise money as provided in sub-division five. 
 
 9. To transact generally such business as may tend to promote 
 the cause of education in accordance with the provisions of this title. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3927. S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 12. S. L. 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 5.] 
 Miller vs. School District, 5 Wyo. 217. 
 School District vs. Western Tube Co., 5 Wyo. 185. 
 
 OBJECTS IN VOTING MONEY TO BE DESIGNATED. 
 
 Sec. 532. In voting money, the district meetings shall designate 
 the respective objects for which the same is raised, and the amount to be 
 raised for each object, and the aggregate amount shall be assessed and 
 collected, as provided in this title. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3928.] 
 School District vs. Western Tube Co., 5 Wyo. 185. 
 
 MEETING MAY ADOPT RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 Sec. 53:1. They may adopt rules of order, not incompatible with the 
 provisions of this chapter and the instructions of the superintendent 
 of public instruction, for the government of district meetings, and may 
 alter and change the some from time to time as occasion may re- 
 quire, and may prescribe the manner of taking the sense of the meet- 
 ing upon any question; Provided, That the last specification shall not 
 apply to the election of officers. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3929.] 
 TRANSFER OF SCHOOL FUNDS. 
 
 Sec. 534. In all cases where there are moneys belonging to the 
 school house fund, remaining in the hands of the -district treasurer of 
 any school district, and the board of directors thereof are satisfied that 
 such moneys are not required to build a school house or school houses, 
 
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 in said district, or repair or furnish the same, such moneys may be trans- 
 ferred and accredited to the teachers' fund, and applied to the payment 
 of teachers. And the board may also in like manner transfer a surplus 
 of the teachers' fund to the fund for building school houses when re- 
 quired. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3930.] 
 MANNER OF CONDUCTING ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. 
 
 Sec. 535. At the regular district meeting of school districts in each 
 year, at the time now provided by law for the election of trustees, such 
 district meeting shall be opened by proclamation of the trustees, at the 
 hour named in the published or posted notice for the meeting. And the 
 order of business at such meeting shall be: 
 
 1. Reading and consideration of the report of the clerk and treas- 
 urer. 
 
 2. Voting of money to be raised by special tax. 
 
 3. Election of trustee or trustees. 
 
 4. Miscellaneous business. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 73, Sec. 1.] 
 Powder River Cattle Co. vs. Board Commissioners, 3 Wyo. 597. 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS. 
 
 Sec. 536. All school district elections shall be carried on as pro- 
 vided by law, and the qualifications of voters at such elections shall be 
 the same as at any other election. 
 
 [S. L. 1890, Ch. 80, Sec. 179.] 
 ANNUAL ELECTION OF TRUSTEES DISTRICT OFFICERS. 
 
 Sec. 537. Except as otherwise provided by law there shall be elected 
 in each organized school district at the regular annual district meeting 
 on the first Monday in May of each year, one trustee, who shall hold his 
 office for three years and until bis successor is duly elected and qualified. 
 If, for any cause, the annual election should not be held at the regular 
 annual meeting, a special meeting may be held for that purpose if so 
 specified in the notice for said special meeting. The trustees together 
 shall constitute a board of directors for the district, and shall, immed- 
 iately after they are qualified, elect one of their number a director, treas- 
 urer and clerk of the district. At the first regular annual election after 
 a school district is organized there shall be three trustees elected, one to 
 hold his office for the term of three years, and one to hold his office for 
 the term of two years, and one for the term of one year and until their 
 successors are elected and qualified, and thereafter at each such annual 
 meeting there shall be one trustee elected as aforesaid, for the term of 
 three years as successor to the out-going member of the board, and all of 
 said trustees herein mentioned shall possess the qualifications of any 
 elector in said district, and shall be elected by ballot, and the name of 
 each elector voting for trustee shall be recorded by the secretary of the 
 meeting, and such record shall be filed with the district clerk,. 
 
 [S. L. 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 3.] 
 DIRECTORS SHALL QUALIFY. 
 
 Sec. 538. Said directors shall qualify in the manner prescribed for 
 directors elected upon the formation of a new school district; and in case 
 they neglect or refuse so to do, they shall be subject to the same penalty. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3934.] 
 MEETINGS OF BOARD. 
 
 Sec. 539. The board of directors may hold such regular, special or 
 adjourned meetings as they may from time to time determine. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3935.] 
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CH. 3 ART. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 54:0 
 
 POWERS AND DUTIES OF DISTRICT BOARD. 
 
 Sec. 54O. The district board shall make all contracts, purchases, 
 payments and sales, necessary to carry out every vote of the district, for 
 procuring any site for a school house, renting, repairing or furnishing the 
 same, and disposing thereof, or for keeping a school therein, and per- 
 forming such other duties as may be delegated to them by the district 
 meeting. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3936.] 
 School District vs. Western Tube Co., 5 Wyo. 185. 
 
 MEMBERS OF BOARD MAY ADMINISTER OATHS. 
 
 Sec. 541. The trustees of school districts are hereby severally au- 
 thorized to administer oaths within their respective counties in any and 
 all matters pertaining to their respective districts and the business 
 thereof, where an oath is or shall be required bv law. 
 
 [S. L. 1897, Ch. 4.] 
 AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO REMOVE SCHOLARS. 
 
 Sec. 542. The district board shall have power to admit scholars 
 from adjoining districts, and remove scholars for disorderly conduct; and 
 when scholars are admitted from other districts the district board may, 
 in their discretion, require a tuition fee from such scholars. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3937.] 
 WHEN BOARD TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS. 
 
 Sec. 543. Whenever any school house is to be built or any repairs, 
 addition or improvement costing more than two hundred dollars made to 
 any school house or district property, the board of directors of the district 
 shall advertise for bids for such work, and in all cases contract the same 
 to the lowest responsible bidder. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3938.] 
 SETTLEMENT WITH TREASURER REPORT TO DISTRICT MEETING. 
 
 Sec. 544. They shall, from time to time examine the books and 
 accounts of the treasurer, and make settlement with him, and shall, at 
 each regular meeting of the district, present to the same a full statement 
 of the receipts and expenditures of the district, and such other matters 
 as may be deemed important. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3939.] 
 VISITING COMMITTEE. 
 
 Sec. 545. They shall appoint a committee from their own body to 
 visit the respective schools of the district monthly, and to aid the teachers 
 in establishing and enforcing rules for the government of schools, and 
 see that the teachers keep a correct list of the pupils, the time which 
 they attend school, the branches of learning which each is studying, and 
 such other matters as may, in the opinion of the board, tend to promote 
 the welfare of the school. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3940.] 
 AUDITING AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. 
 
 Sec. 546. They shall audit and allow all just claims against the dis- 
 trict, and the directors shall draw an order for all demands thus audited, 
 on the district treasurer. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3941.] 
 SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETINGS REQUISITES OF NOTICE. 
 
 Sec. 547. They shall, upon the written request of five legal voters 
 of the district, or whenever they deem it expedient, call special meetings 
 thereof; but in all such cases, the notice of such meeting shall clearly 
 state the precise object for which it is called, and time and place at 
 which it is to be held. 
 
 [R. S. 1S87, Sec. 3942/j 
 
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548 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 TERM OF EXISTING APPOINTEES TO FILL VACANCIES. 
 
 Sec. 548. In case a vacancy in any district school board, caused by 
 the resignation, death or otherwise of any one of its members, is or has 
 been filled by appointment, said appointee may legally hold such office 
 until the next annual school election following said appointment, but no 
 longer, and at the annual election said vacancy shall be filled in the same 
 way and manner as authorized by law for the annual election of school 
 trustees. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3943.] 
 VACANCY IN BOARD HOW FILLED. 
 
 Sec. 549. When a vacancy occurs in any school board by the resig- 
 nation, death or otherwise of any of its members, three months or more 
 before the following annual school election, said vacancy cannot be filled 
 by appointment, but a special election must be called in the way provided 
 by law for the purpose of filling such vacancy; but if such vacancy occurs 
 less than three months before the next annual school election, such va- 
 cancy shall be filled by appointment by the board. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3944.] 
 BOND OF DISTRICT TREASURER. 
 
 Sec. 55O. The district treasurer shall give bonds to the district in 
 such penalty and with such sureties as the board of the county commis- 
 sioners shall direct and approve, conditioned for the faithful application 
 of all money which may come into his hands by virtue of his office; Pro- 
 vided, Said bonds shall not exceed one and one-quarter times the amount 
 of all the school moneys handled by such treasurer in any one year. Said 
 penalty may be increased from time to time as the interests of the dis- 
 trict may require. The said bond, after being approved by the board 
 of county commissioners, shall be filed with the county treasurer, and it 
 is hereby made unlawful for the county treasurer to pay over any sums of 
 money out of the school fund to any district treasurer until such bond 
 shall have been approved and filed as herein provided, and in case of a 
 breach in the conditions of said bond, suit shall be brought thereon by 
 the board of the county commissioners of the county in which the dis- 
 trict is situated for the benefit of said district. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3945.] 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS. 
 
 Sec. 551. The county superintendent and district board of direc- 
 tors may determine whether a school of a higher grade shall be estab- 
 lished in the district, the number of teachers to be employed, and the 
 course of instruction to be pursued therein, until the meeting of the 
 teachers' institute, provided for by law, at which time the institute shall 
 determine the studies to be pursued in all schools of like grade in the 
 state; and the superintendent of public instruction shall have the same 
 power to carry into effect the determination of the institute, as is pro- 
 vided in other cases; and the board may erect, for the purpose, one or 
 more permanent school houses, and shall cause such classification of the 
 pupils as they may deem necessary; but in selecting the site for such 
 school house or school houses the permanent interest and future welfare 
 of the people of the entire district shall be consulted. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3946.] 
 SEPARATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN. 
 
 Sec. 552. When there are fifteen or more colored children within 
 any school district, the board of directors thereof, with the approval of 
 the county superintendent of schools, may provide a separate school for 
 the instruction of such colored children. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3947.] 
 
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OF THE 
 
 R UN 
 
 CH. 3 ART. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 
 &U*' 
 
 EMPLOYMENT AND PAYMENT OF TEACHERS. 
 
 Sec. 553. The district board shall employ all teachers necessary 
 for the schools of the district, and pay them by draft on the treasurer. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3948.] 
 SCHOOL AGE COMPULSORY EDUCATION. 
 
 Sec. 554. The district schools established under the provisions of 
 this title shall at all times be equally free and accessible to all children 
 resident therein, over six and under the age of twenty-one years, subject 
 to such regulations as the district board in each district may prescribe. 
 And it shall be the duty of all parents and guardians or other persons 
 having the control of children between the ages above mentioned, to send 
 such children to some school, at least three months in each and every 
 year, except in case of invalids, and others to whom the school room 
 would be injurious. In such cases, the district board shall, upon receipt 
 of a physician's certificate, excuse such children; and the district board 
 may, in its discretion, excuse children from attendance when a com- 
 pliance with this title would work great hardship. In all such cases the 
 clerk of the board shall state the reason for excuse, and the name of the 
 child or person excused, and the length of time for which excused, at 
 large in the minutes of the proceedings of the board. Provided, That in 
 all cases the applicant may appeal from the decision of the board to the 
 county superintendent, whose decision shall be final. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3949.] 
 
 LIABILITY OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS-AUTHORITY OF POLICE 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Sec. 555. Any parent or guardian, or other person, having children 
 in their charge between the ages of seven and sixteen years, who shall 
 neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this chapter, shall, on 
 conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, for 
 each and every offense, and it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, constables 
 or police officers, at all times, whenever it conies to their knowledge that 
 any child is living idly and loitering about the streets or thoroughfares 
 and spending its time in an idle and dissolute manner, to notify some 
 member of the school board of the district in which such child is living, 
 whose duty it shall be to immediately make all the proper inquiries to 
 ascertain the reasons for the non-attendance of said child in some school 
 of the county in which such child may be found by said board. If any 
 such child or ward is wilfully violating the conditions of this law, it shall 
 become the duty of the county superintendent of schools, on written 
 notice from the board, to make a complaint before some justice of the 
 peace against the parent or guardian of said child or ward, or to make 
 complaint against such child or ward, as provided in cases of vagrancy, 
 under the laws of this state. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3950.] 
 
^556 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. DIV. 1 TL. 6- 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 DISTRICT OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 
 
 Sec. 556. Director to preside at meetings 
 and countersign orders. 
 
 Sec- 557. How drafts and orders drawn. 
 
 Sec. 558. By whom district to appear in 
 actions. 
 
 Sec. 559. .uuties of clerk. 
 
 Sec. 560. Clerk to certify debt limit. 
 
 Sec. 561. Clerks shall keep accounts. 
 
 Sec. 562. Notice of district meetings. 
 
 Sec. 563. Annual report of clerk to county 
 superintendent. 
 
 Sec. 564. Failure to make report Penalty. 
 Sec. 565. Duties of treasurer Publication 
 
 of report. 
 
 Sec. 566. Teachers' fund. 
 Sec. 567. School house fund. 
 Sec. 568. Treasurer to receive district 
 
 money. 
 Sec. 569. Treasurer to render statement on 
 
 request. 
 
 DIRECTOR TO PRESIDE AT MEETINGS AND COUNTERSIGN ORDERS. 
 
 Sec. 556. The director, when present, shall preside at all meetings 
 of the board of the district, and countersign all orders on the treasury 
 for the payment of money. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3951.] 
 HOW DRAFTS AND ORDERS DRAWN. 
 
 Sec. 557. All drafts and orders drawn on the district treasurer, as 
 required in the foregoing section, shall specify the fund on which they 
 are drawn, and the use for which the money is designed, and shall be 
 signed by the district clerk. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3952.J 
 BY WHOM DISTRICT TO APPEAR IN ACTIONS. 
 
 Sec. 558. The director shall appear in behalf of his district in all 
 suits brought by or against the same; but when he is individually a 
 party, this duty shall be performed by the clerk. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3953.] 
 DUTIES OF CLERK. 
 
 Sec. 559. The clerk shall record all the proceedings of the board 
 and of the district meetings in books to be kept for that purpose, and 
 report in writing to the county superintendent of schools the name of the 
 director and treasurer immediately after they are chosen or elected, and 
 he shall preserve copies of all reports made to the county superintendent, 
 and shall file all papers transmitted to him, by school officers or other 
 persons, pertaining to the business of the district, and shall sign all 
 drafts,' warrants and orders drawn by him. 
 
 [S. L. 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 4.] 
 CLERK TO CERTIFY DEBT LIMIT. 
 
 Sec. 56O. The clerk of each school district of each county shall 
 endorse a certificate upon every bond or evidence of debt issued pursuant 
 to law, that the same is within the lawful debt limit of such school dis- 
 trict, and is issued according to law. He shall sign such certificate in 
 his official character. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 43, Sec. 2.] 
 CLERKS SHALL KEEP ACCOUNTS. 
 
 Sec. 561. The district clerk shall keep an accurate account of all 
 the expenses incurred by the district, and shall present the same to the 
 district board, to be audited and paid as herein provided, out of the 
 school fund. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3955.] 
 NOTICE OF DISTRICT MEETINGS. 
 
 Sec. 562. The district clerk shall give ten days previous notice of 
 all regular and special meetings of the district, herein authorized, by 
 posting up a written notice in three different places therein; and shall 
 furnish a copy of the same to the teachers of each school in the district, 
 to be read once in the presence of the pupils thereof. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3956.}' 
 
CH. 3 ART. 2 DISTRICT OFFICERS. 563 
 
 ANNUAL REPORT OF CLERK TO COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. 
 
 Sec. 563. The district clerk shall, on the first Monday of September 
 in each year, submit a report to the county superintendent, for the year 
 past, then ending: 
 
 1. Of the number of schools taught in such district, the number of 
 days each scholar attended the same, and the aggregate number of days 
 of attendance of said school respectively, as certified by the teachers of 
 the several schools of such district. 
 
 2. The number of schools and the branches taught in each. 
 
 3. The number of pupils in each school, and of each sex. 
 
 4. The number of teachers employed in each school, and the average 
 compensation of each per month. 
 
 5. The number of days the school has been taught, and by whom. 
 
 6. The average cost of tuition for a pupil, per month, in each school. 
 
 7. Books used in each school. 
 
 8. The number of volumes in the library of each school. 
 
 9. The aggregate amount paid teachers during the year, the source 
 from which the same was received, and the amount of the teachers' fund 
 in the hands of the treasurer. 
 
 10. The number "of district school houses, and the cost of each. 
 
 11. The amount raised in the district by tax, for the erection of 
 school houses, and for other purposes authorized in this title, and such 
 other information as he may deem useful. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3957.3 
 FAILURE TO MAKE REPORT PENALTY. 
 
 Sec. 564. Should the clerk fail to file his report, as above directed, 
 he shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars, and shall be liable to 
 make good all loss resulting to the district from such failure, suit to be 
 brought in both cases by the director, in the name of the district, on his 
 official bond. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3958.} 
 DUTIES OF TREASURER PUBLICATION OF REPORT. 
 
 Sec. 565. The treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys be- 
 longing to the district, and shall pay out the same upon the order of the 
 clerk, countersigned by the director; and shall keep an account of the re- 
 ceipts and expenditures thereof, in a book provided for that purpose. He 
 shall cause to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in 
 the county wherein such school district is situate, on the first week of 
 July in each year, a full and true report of the receipts and disbursements 
 of said district for the year next preceding such report. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3959.] 
 TEACHERS' FUND. 
 
 Sec. 566. The moneys for the payment of teachers shall be called 
 the "teachers' fund," and the treasurer shall keep distinct and separate 
 accounts with them; and no warrant for money shall be paid by the 
 treasurer which does not specify the fund on which it is drawn, and the 
 specific use to which it is to be applied. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3960. J 
 School District vs. Western Tube Co., 5 Vvyo. 185. 
 
 SCHOOL HOUSE FUND. 
 
 Sec. 567. The school house fund shall consist only of taxes collected 
 in the district; and all other school moneys belonging to the district shall 
 go to the teachers' fund, and shall be applied to no other use except to pay 
 the wages of school teachers in the district. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3961.] 
 
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 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 TREASURER TO RECEIVE DISTRICT MONEY. 
 
 Sec. 568. The district treasurer shall apply for, and receive all 
 money apportioned to the district, by the county superintendent, when 
 notified of said apportionment. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3962.] 
 TREASURER TO RENDER STATEMENT ON REQUEST. 
 
 Sec. 569. The district treasurer shall render a statement of the fin- 
 ances of the district as shown by the records of his office, at any time 
 when required by the district board. 
 
 [R. S. 1S87, Sec. 3963.] 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 
 
 Sec 570. Authority to call election to de- 
 termine upon issue. 
 
 Sec. 571. Bond election Issue of bonds. 
 
 Sec. 572. Sale of bonds Application of 
 proceeds. 
 
 Sec. 573. Pledge for payment. 
 
 Sec. 574. Tax levy to redeem and pay in- 
 terest. 
 
 Sec. 575. Redemption. 
 
 Sec. 576. Payment of interest. 
 
 Sec. 577. Preparation of bonds. 
 
 Sec. 578. Penalty for misapplication of 
 funds by trustees. 
 
 Sec. 579. County treasurer shall have cus- 
 tody of funds. 
 
 Sec. 580. Additional bond of county treas- 
 urer. 
 
 AUTHORITY TO CALL ELECTION TO DETERMINE ISSUE. 
 
 Sec. 57O. The board of school trustees of any school district may, 
 whenever a majority thereof so decide, submit to the electors of the dis- 
 trict the question whether the board shall be authorized to issue the 
 coupon bonds of the district to a certain amount, not to exceed two per 
 cent, of the taxable property in said district, and bearing a certain rate of 
 interest, not exceeding six Der cent, per annum, and payable and re- 
 deemable at a certain time, not exceeding twenty-five years, for the pur- 
 pose of building one or more school houses in said district, and providing 
 the same with necessary furniture, and funding outstanding indebted- 
 ness evidenced by warrant or otherwise, against said district. 
 
 [S. L. 1897, Ch. 41.1 
 BOND ELECTION ISSUE OF BONDS. 
 
 Sec. 571. Such elections must be held in the manner prescribed for 
 general or special elections in school districts, and the ballots must con- 
 tain the words "Bonds, yes;" or "bonds, no." If the majority of the votes 
 at such election are, "bonds, yes," the board of trustees must issue such 
 bonds in such form as the board may direct; they must bear the signa- 
 tures of the president of the board of trustees and be countersigned by 
 the clerk of the school district, and bear the district seal and be counter- 
 signed by the county treasurer, and the coupon attached to the bonds 
 must be signed by the president and clerk and the county treasurer. 
 And each bond so issued must be registered by the county treasurer in a 
 book provided for that purpose, which must show the number and 
 amount of each bond, and the person to whom the same is issued, and the 
 said bonds must be sold by the said school trustees, as provided in sec- 
 tion five hundred and seventy-two. 
 
 SALE OF BONDS APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. 
 
 Sec. 572. The school trustees must give notice in some newspaper 
 of general circulation, published in the capital of this state, and also in 
 some newspaper published in the county in which said school district is 
 located, for a period of not less than four weeks, to the effect that the 
 said school trustees will sell said bonds, briefly describing the same, and 
 
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CH. 3 ART. 3 SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 573 
 
 the time and place where such sale will take place; Provided, That the 
 said bonds must not be sold for less than their par value, and the said 
 trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell said bonds at private 
 sale, if they deem it for the best interests of the district; and all money 
 arising from the sale of said bonds must be paid forthwith into the treas- 
 ury of the county in which said district may be located, to the credit of 
 said district, and the same shall be immediately available for the purpose 
 of building or providing the school house, or school houses authorized by 
 this chapter. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 3.] 
 FLEDGE FOR FAYMENT. 
 
 Sec. 573. The faith of each school district is solemnly pledged for 
 the payment of the interest, and the redemption of the principal of all 
 bonds which are issued under this chapter. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 4.] 
 TAX LEVY TO REDEEM AND FAY INTEREST. 
 
 Sec. 574. The board of county commissioners of the proper county of 
 each district must ascertain and levy annually, the tax necessary to pay 
 the interest as it becomes due, and a sinking fund to redeem the said 
 bonds at their maturity ; and said tax is a lien upon the property in said 
 school district, and must be collected in the same manner as other taxes 
 for school purposes. Said tax shall be known as "district bond tax of 
 school district No " 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 5.] 
 REDEMPTION. 
 
 Sec. 575. When the sum in the sinking fund equals or exceeds the 
 amount of any bond then due, the county treasurer shall post in his of- 
 fice, a notice that he w r ill, within thirty days from the date of such notice, 
 redeem the bonds then payable, giving the number thereof, and the pre- 
 ference must be given to the oldest issue; and if, at the expiration of the 
 said thirty days, the holder or holders of said bonds, shall fail or neglect 
 to present the same for payment, interest thereon must cease; but the 
 treasurer shall, at all times thereafter, be ready to redeem the same on 
 presentation, and when any bonds are so purchased or redeemed, the 
 county treasurer must cancel the same by writing across the face of each 
 bond in red ink, the word, "cancelled," and the date of such cancellation. 
 The annual interest on all of said bonds shall be payable at the office of 
 the treasurer of the proper county on the first and ten succeeding days of 
 Januarv in each vear. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 6.] 
 FAYMENT OF INTEREST. 
 
 Sec. 57G. The county treasurer may pay out of any moneys be- 
 longing to a school district tax fund, the interest upon any bonds issued 
 under this chapter by such school district, when the same becomes due, 
 upon the presentation at his office of the proper coupon, which must 
 show the amount due, and the number of the bond to which it belonged, 
 and all coupons so paid, must be reported to the school trustees at their 
 first regular meeting thereafter. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 7.] 
 PREPARATION OF BONDS. 
 
 Sec. 577. The school trustees of any district, shall cause to be 
 printed or lithographed at the lowest rates, suitable bonds, with the cou- 
 pons attached, when the same become necessary, and pay therefor out 
 of any monevs in their treasury. 
 
 ' [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 8.] 
 PENALTY FOR MISAPPLICATION OF FUNDS BY TRUSTEES. 
 
 Sec. 578. If any of the school trustees fraudulently fail or refuse 
 
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 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 DIV. 1 TL. 6- 
 
 to pay into the proper county treasury the money arising from the sale 
 of any bonds provided for by this chapter, they shall be deemed guilty of 
 felony, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the 
 state penitentiary for a term of not less than one year, nor more than ten 
 years. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 9.} 
 COUNTY TREASURER SHALL HAVE CUSTODY OF FUNDS. 
 
 Sec. 579. The county treasurer of such county shall have the cus- 
 tody of all funds realized from the sale of said bonds, until the same are 
 drawn out by the order of the board of directors of said district. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 10.] 
 ADDITIONAL BOND OF COUNTY TREASURER. 
 
 Sec. 58O. The board of trustees of said district shall require the 
 said county treasurer to give said district a separate bond in such sum 
 as said board may deem proper, with two or more sufficient sureties, con- 
 ditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of him by this 
 act, and the faithful accounting for the moneys deposited with him and 
 realized from the sale of said bonds, as herein provided for, and such 
 bonds shall be approved by said board and shall be and remain in the 
 custodv of said board of trustees. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 11.} 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 REFUNDING SCHOOL, DISTRICT BONDS. 
 
 Sec. 581. Power of board to issue refund- 
 ing bonds. 
 
 Sec. 582. Form of bond, time and interest. 
 
 Sec. 583. Registration of bond. 
 
 Sec. 584. By whom signed and sale thereof. 
 
 Sec. 585. Coupons Where paid. 
 
 Sec. 586. Tax to pay interest and principal. 
 
 Sec. 587. Duty of school directors as to re- 
 demption. 
 
 Sec. 588. Property in district pledged for 
 payment. 
 
 Sec. 589. Duty of county treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 590. Funds realized from sale of re- 
 funding bonds. 
 
 Sec. 591. Balance in the hands of county 
 treasurer How used. 
 
 Sec. 592. Surplus How used. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. l.J 
 
 POWER OF BOARD TO ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS. 
 
 Sec. 581. The board of directors of each and every school district 
 in the state of Wyoming are hereby authorized to issue refunding bonds 
 of such school district, for the purpose of taking up outstanding bonds of 
 such school district, for any sum not exceeding the amount of outstand- 
 ing bonds; Provided, That the qualified electors of any school district 
 shall so elect and determine at any regular meeting, or at any special 
 meeting, held for such purpose. 
 
 Miller vs. School District, 5 Wyo. 217. 
 FORM OF BOND, TIME AND INTEREST. 
 
 Sec. 582. Said bonds shall be issued in sums of not less than one 
 hundred dollars, and shall be redeemed by the school district issuing the 
 same within a period not exceeding thirty years, and not less than five 
 years from the date of issue, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceed- 
 ing six per centum per annum, on each dollar of their face, which interest 
 shall be payable annually or semi-annually, the rate of interest to be de- 
 termined by the board of school directors. Such bonds shall be numbered 
 from one upwards, and be headed "Refunding bonds of school district 
 number , in the county of , state of Wyom- 
 ing;" and before being issued shall be registered by the treasurer of the 
 county, within which such school district is situated. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 2.] 
 
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CH. 3 ART. 4 REFUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 583 
 
 REGISTRATION OF BOND. 
 
 Sec. 583. The county treasurer of each county shall keep a book 
 in which shall be registered all such bonds, showing the number of the 
 bond, the date of issue, amount, number of coupons, date of redemption, 
 date of registry and payment of interest on such bonds, which book shall, 
 during business hours, be open for inspection. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 3.] 
 BY WHOM SIGNED AND SALE THEREOF. 
 
 Sec. 584. All bonds so issued shall be signed by the presiding 
 officer of the board of directors of such school district, countersigned 
 by the county treasurer of the county in which such school dis- 
 trict is situated, and attested by the clerk of such school district, with 
 the seal of such school district attached; and none of such bonds shall be 
 sold for less than their face value, and shall not be sold until thirty days 
 notice shall have been given in some newspaper of general circulation in 
 the state of Wyoming. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 4.] 
 COUPONS WHERE PAID. 
 
 Sec. 585. Said bonds shall have coupons attached, representing the 
 interest to be paid each year, and the coupons representing said interest 
 shall be detached from the bonds before presentation for payment of the 
 interest for the year corresponding, and upon payment shall be forthwith 
 cancelled by the county treasurer, by writing the word "cancelled" across 
 the face thereof. The interest on all such bonds shall be payable at the 
 office of the county treasurer of the county in which such school district 
 issuing such bonds is situated, or in any place designated by the board 
 of school directors of such school district. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 5.] 
 TAX TO PAY INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL. 
 
 Sec. 586. There shall be annually levied by the board of county com- 
 missioners of the county, within wMch is situate any school district is- 
 suing any such bonds, as are herein provided for, on all taxable pro- 
 perty within the limits of said school district, a tax not to exceed seven 
 mills on the dollar of valuation, which shall be know as the "Refunding 
 
 Bond Fund of school district No " Said tax shall be payable 
 
 only in the lawful money of the United States, and shall be used to pay 
 the interest and principal of said bonds, and for no other pumose; and 
 said tax shall be collected in the same manner, and at the same time as 
 the county taxes, and naid into the county treasury by the collector of 
 taxes. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 6.] 
 DUTY OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS AS TO REDEMPTION. 
 
 Sec. 587. The board of school directors of any school district, which 
 may issue bonds, as provided in this article, shall each year, after the 
 tenth year, retire as many of such bonds as can be redeemed, with the 
 amount of said bond fund, at the time in the hands of the county treas- 
 urer, and in all such cases, such bonds shall be redeemed by the payment 
 of number one first, and proceeding continuously upwards with those out- 
 standing. All cancelled bonds shall be turned over to the board of direc- 
 tors at such times as they may direct. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 7.] 
 PROPERTY IN DISTRICT PLEDGED FOR PAYMENT. 
 
 Sec. 588. All taxable property of any school. district issuing bonds, 
 as herein provided for, at the time of issuing such bonds, shall be pledged 
 for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds in the 
 
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589 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 manner herein provided, and it shall not be lawful to use or divert any 
 portion of such bond fund for any purpose whatever, except for the pay- 
 ment of such principal and interest. 
 
 [S., L. 1893. Ch. 10, Sec. 8.] 
 DUTY OF COUNTY TREASURER. 
 
 Sec. 589. The county treasurer of each county in which any school 
 district, issuing bonds as herein provided for, is situated, shall have cus- 
 tody of all funds realized from the sale of such bonds, and shall pay the 
 same out only upon the return of such bonds, for the redemption of which 
 the refunding bonds, for the issue of which this article provides, may 
 have been issued. Such bonds so redeemed shall be cancelled by the 
 county treasurer and turned over to the board of school directors of the 
 school district which issued said redeemed bonds at such time as they 
 may direct. It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to give a separate 
 bond to be made to such school district, in such sum and with such sure- 
 ties as the board of county commissioners of the county may deem proper 
 and sufficient, conditioned for the faithful accounting of the moneys de- 
 posited with him and realized from the sale of such bonds as are herein 
 provided for, and such treasurer's separate bond shall be and remain in 
 the custody of the county clerk of the county in which such school dis- 
 trict is situated. 
 
 [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 9.] 
 FUNDS REALIZED FROM SALE OF REFUNDING BONDS. 
 
 Sec. 59O. Whenever any school district shall have issued its re- 
 funding bonds, and the funds realized from the sale of such refunding 
 bonds, by reason of such bonds selling for more than their par value, are 
 more than sufficient to redeem all the bonds, to redeem which said re- 
 funding bonds were issued, such surplus may be used, First. To pay 
 all the expense of issuing and disposing of said refunding bonds. 
 Second. Any surplus still remaining shall be turned by the county treas- 
 urer into the "Refunding Bond Fund" of such school district, and used 
 for the purposes for which such fund is used as provided in section five 
 hundred and eighty-six. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 10, Sec. 1.] 
 BALANCE IN THE HANDS OF COUNTY TREASURER HOW USED. 
 
 Sec. 591. Whenever any school district shall have issued its re- 
 funding bonds and there remains in the hands of the county treasurer of 
 the county in which said school district is situated, any moneys belong- 
 ing to the funds provided by law for the payment of the principal or in- 
 terest, or both, of the bonds to redeem which said refunding bonds were is- 
 sued, said money may be used, First. To pay any deficiency in the ex- 
 penses of issuing and disposing of said refunding bonds that cannot be 
 paid by the surplus realized from the sale of said refunding bonds. 
 Second. Any moneys still remaining in said fund shall be turned by said 
 county treasurer into the "Refunding Bond Fund" of such school dis- 
 trict and used for the purposes for which such fund is used as provided 
 in section five hundred and eighty-six. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 10, Sec. 2.] 
 SURPLUS HOW USED. 
 
 Sec. 592. The county treasurer of any county in which is situated 
 a school district that may issue refunding bonds, is hereby authorized 
 and required to pay out the surplus moneys derived from the sale of any 
 such refunding bonds, or the surplus moneys remaining in the old fund 
 for the expenses incurred by such school district in issuing and dispos- 
 ing of such refunding bonds on orders of the school board of such school 
 
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CH. 3 AKT. 5 PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN. 593 
 
 district, which orders shall state on their face that the money to be so 
 paid was a legitimate expense incurred in the issue and sale of such re- 
 funding bonds. When all of such expense has been paid by the issue of 
 such orders or otherwise, the board of directors shall, over the seal of 
 said district, notify said county treasurer of the fact that all the ex- 
 pense incurred in the issue and sale of such refunding bonds has been 
 paid, w r hereupon said treasurer shall immediately transfer all moneys 
 remaining in his hands applicable to the payment of interest or principal 
 of the old bonds to the ''Refunding Bond Fund" of such school district; 
 Provided, how r ever. That all the bonds to redeem which said refunding 
 bonds were issued have already been paid. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 10, Sec. 3.J 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN. 
 
 Sec. 593. Power of trustees to establish 
 kindergarten. 
 
 Sec. 594. Shall be part of school system- 
 Teachers. 
 
 Sec. 595. Law not changed in reference to- 
 
 apportionment. 
 Sec. 596. How carried into effect. 
 
 POWER OF TRUSTEES TO ESTABLISH KINDERGARTEN. 
 
 Sec. 593. The board of trustees of any school district in this state 
 shall have pow r er to establish and maintain free kindergarten schools in 
 connection with the public schools of their district, for tlie instruction of 
 children residing in such district and between the ages of four and six 
 years, and shall establish such courses of training, study and discipline 
 and such rules and regulations for the government of such kindergarten 
 schools as said board may deem advisable; Provided, That the cost of 
 establishing and maintaining such kindergarten schools shall be paid 
 from the special school fund of said school district, and the gross sum to 
 be so expended by the said board for such kindergarten schools shall be 
 annually fixed and determined by the qualified electors of such district 
 at the annual meeting of such electors. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 50, Sec. 1.] 
 SHALL BE PART OF SCHOOL SYSTEM-TEACHERS. 
 
 Sec. 594. The said kindergarten schools shall be a part of the public 
 school system and governed as far as practicable in the same manner and 
 by the same officers as is now, or hereafter may be provided by law, for 
 the government of the other public schools of this state; Provided, how- 
 ever, that teachers of the kindergarten schools shall be the holders of 
 certificates or diplomas from some reputable institution for the training 
 of kindergarten teachers, and shall pass such other examination and pos- 
 sess such other qualifications as may be required by the board of trus- 
 tees of the district employing them. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 50, Sec. 1.] 
 LAW NOT CHANGED IN REFERENCE TO APPORTIONMENT. 
 
 Sec. 595. Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to, in any 
 manner, change the law, as it now exists, with reference to the taking of 
 the census of the school population, or the apportionment of the state 
 and county school funds among the several counties and districts in this 
 state. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 50, Sec. 1.] 
 HOW CARRIED INTO EFFECT. 
 
 Sec. 596. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provis- 
 ions of this article, it shall be lawful for the qualified electors 
 
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 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 of any school district in the state at the annual meeting held under the 
 provisions of existing law, to vote such sum of money as may be neces- 
 sary to establish and maintain such kindergarten schools, during the 
 school year next following such meeting, such sum in the aggregate not 
 to exceed one mill upon the dollar of the valuation of the property in the 
 district, as determined by the next preceding annual assessment thereof 
 for the purposes of taxation, the same to be certified, levied, collected 
 and disbursed in the same manner as is now provided by law with respect 
 to the special school funds of the several school districts in this state. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 50, Sec. 2.] 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 FREE TEXT BOOKS. 
 
 Sec. 597. 
 Sec. 598. 
 Sec. 599. 
 
 Sec. 601. 
 Sec. 602. 
 
 Duty of school directors. 
 Publishers must file bond. 
 Books Paid for from public 
 
 school land income fund. 
 Sec. 600. Books paid for by order on dis- 
 
 trict treasurer. 
 
 Orders from what funds paid. 
 Publisher becoming member of 
 
 trust nullifies contract. 
 
 Sec. 603. Duty superintendent of public in- 
 struction. 
 
 Sec. 604. Superintendent must furnish form 
 of contract. 
 
 Sec. 605. Attorney general must investigate 
 violation of contracts. 
 
 Sec. 606. Books property of district. 
 
 Sec. 607. Pupils may purchase books. 
 
 DUTY OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS. 
 
 Sec. 597. Boards of school directors in city or county are hereby 
 empowered, and it is made their duty, to purchase all text books neces- 
 sary for the schools of such city, town or district; and they are further 
 authorized to enter into contract, as hereinafter provided, with the pub- 
 lishers of such books for a term of years, not to exceed five; provided, 
 that the contract prices of such books shall not exceed the lowest price 
 then granted to any dealer, state, county, township, school district, or 
 other individual or corporation in the United States, to be determined as 
 hereinafter provided; and, provided further, that such contract shall 
 guarantee to such districts any further reduction that may be granted 
 elsewhere during the life of such contract. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 1.] 
 PUBLISHERS MUST FILE BOND. 
 
 Sec. 598. Before any publisher of school books shall be permitted 
 to enter into contract with any school district under the provisions of 
 this article, he shall file with the state superintendent of public instruc- 
 tion, to be approved by him, a good and sufficient bond in the sum of two 
 thousand to twenty thousand dollars, which amount shall be fixed by the 
 state superintendent of public instruction, for the faithful performance 
 of the conditions of such contracts, and the observance of the require- 
 ments of this article; and such publisher shall also file with the state super- 
 intendent of public instruction, a sworn statement of the lowest prices 
 for which his series of text books are sold anywhere in the United States ; 
 and a failure to file such bond and sworn statement of prices shall be a 
 good and valid defense on the part of the district against payment for 
 any books that may be sold by such publisher prior to the date of filing 
 such bond and sworn statement of prices; and all such contracts to 
 which such publisher is a party made prior to filing such bond and sworn 
 statement of prices, shall be null and void. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 2.] 
 BOOKS PAID FOR FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND INCOME FUND. 
 
 Sec. 599. The books to be purchased under the provisions of this 
 article shall be paid for by the directors of the different school districts of 
 
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 the state, out of the public school land income fund, when the same shall 
 be distributed to such districts annually. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 11.] 
 BOOKS PAID FOR BY ORDER ON DISTRICT TREASURER. 
 
 Sec. 600. For the purpose of paying for school books, the school dis- 
 trict officers may draw an order on the district treasurer for the amount 
 of school books ordered. 
 
 ORDERS FROM WHAT FUNDS PAID. 
 
 Sec. 601. The district treasurer shall pay orders drawn by school 
 district officers for the purpose of school books out of any funds in his 
 hands belonging to the district, except the money belonging to the 
 teachers' fund. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 4.] 
 PUBLISHER BECOMING MEMBER OF TRUST NULLIFIES CONTRACT. 
 
 Sec. 602. Any contract entered into under the provisions of this 
 article with any publisher who shall hereafter become a party to any com- 
 bination or trust for the purpose of raising the price of school textbooks 
 shall, at the wish of the school board of the district using such books, 
 become null and void. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 5.] 
 DUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
 
 Sec. 603. The state superintendent of public instruction shall, 
 within thirty days after the tiling of the hereinbefore mentioned sworn 
 statement of prices of text books, have the same printed and forward a 
 sufficient number of certified copies of the same to each of the county 
 superintendents of the state to furnish all the school districts of such 
 county with one copy each; and the county superintendent shall immed- 
 iately after receiving said certified copies of prices of books send or de- 
 liver one of such certified copies to the directors or secretary of each 
 school district or board of education in such county, to be filed as a part 
 of the records of such district ; and he shall also file one of said certified 
 copies of prices in his office as a part of the records of said office. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 6.] 
 SUPERINTENDENT MUST FURNISH FORM OF CONTRACT. 
 
 Sec. 604. It shall be the duty of the state superintendent of public 
 instruction to prepare and have printed a form of contract between dis- 
 trict boards and publishers of school books and to furnish the same 
 through the county superintendent to the several district boards of the 
 state; and no other form of contract shall be used by such district boards 
 and publishers. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 7.] 
 
 ATTORNEY GENERAL MUST INVESTIGATE VIOLATION OF CON- 
 TRACTS. 
 
 Sec. 605. Upon the filing of a written complaint with the state' sup- 
 erintendent of public instruction by the officers of any district board, 
 charging any publisher with violating the conditions of such contract as 
 hereinbefore mentioned, the attorney general is hereby instructed, and it 
 shall be his duty, to investigate the same, and if he finds probable cause 
 for action, he shall immediately begin proceedings in the name of the 
 state to enforce the liability on the bond hereinbefore mentioned. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 8.] 
 BOOKS PROPERTY OF DISTRICT. 
 
 Sec. 606. All books purchased by district boards, as hereinbefore 
 mentioned, shall be held as the property of the district, and loaned to 
 
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 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 pupils of the school while pursuing a course of study therein, free of 
 charge; but the district boards shall hold such pupils responsible for any 
 damage to, loss of, or failure to return such books at the time and to the 
 person that may be designated by the board of such district. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 9.] 
 PUPILS MAY PURCHASE BOOKS. 
 
 Sec. 6O7. The provisions of this article shall include all school 
 supplies; provided, that nothing in this article shall be construed 
 to prohibit any pupil or parent from purchasing from the board 
 such books as may be necessary, at cost to the district; provided 
 further, that the board may designate some local dealer to handle books 
 for the district with such an increase above contract price to pay cost of 
 transportation and handling, as may be agreed upon between said board 
 and said dealer. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 10.] 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 
 Sec. 608. Offenses defined Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 609. School week and month defined. 
 
 Sec. 610. School officers shall not be agents 
 for school supplies Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 611. State treasurer shall keep school 
 fund. 
 
 Sec. 612. Physiology and hygiene shall be 
 taught. 
 
 Sec. 613. Failure to comply with last sec- 
 tionPenalty. 
 
 Sec. 614. Discrimination on account of sex 
 or religious belief prohibited. 
 
 Sec. 615. Examinations required. 
 
 Sec. 616. Teacher's report. 
 
 Sec. 617. Refusal to deliver records to suc- 
 cessor Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 618. Employment of counsel. 
 
 Sec. 619. Collection and disposition of fines. 
 
 Sec. 620. Officer failing to pay over money 
 Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 621. Effect of- change in county boun- 
 daries on school districts. 
 
 Sec. 622. State treasurer authorized to re- 
 ceive donations for schools. 
 
 Sec. 623. Liability of treasurer for school 
 money. 
 
 Sec. 624. School board may establish 
 manual training schools. 
 
 Sec. 625. Land income funds available, 
 when. 
 
 Sec. 626. Teachers' certificates. 
 
 Sec. 627. Subjects of examinations. 
 
 Sec. 628. Time certificate is good. 
 
 Sec. 629. Examining board. 
 
 Sec. 630. Applicants for professional certi- 
 ficates. 
 
 Sec. 631. Examination by county superin- 
 tendents. 
 
 OFFENSES DEFINED PENALTY. 
 
 Sec. 6O8. Any person who shall use insulting and abusive language 
 to and toward any teacher in or about any public school house, or who 
 shall wilfully disturb any public school or district meeting, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in 
 any sum not less than five dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Any person who shall wilfully break, cut, deface, despoil, injure, 
 damage or destroy any school property, or who shall cut, mark, write or 
 otherwise place or put on, or cause to be placed or put upon, any school 
 property, any language, or pictures or figures or signs of an obscene 
 character, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 
 thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. The said fines shall be paid into the treasury of the 
 school district in which the offense was committed. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sub. Div. 2, Sees. 1-2.] 
 SCHOOL WEEK AND MONTH DEFINED. 
 
 Sec. 6O9. For the purposes of this chapter, a school week shall con- 
 sist of five days; and a school month shall consist of all the days of a cal- 
 endar month except Saturdays and Sundays, and legal holidays. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sub. Div. 3, Sec. 1.] 
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CH. 3 ART. 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 610 
 
 SCHOOL OFFICERS SHALL NOT BE AGENTS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES- 
 PENALTY. 
 
 Sec. 61 0. Neither the state superintendent, or any person in his 
 office, nor any county superintendent, nor school district officer, nor any 
 officer or teacher connected with any public school, shall act as agent or 
 solicitor for the sale of any school books, maps, charts, school library 
 books, school furniture, apparatus or stationery, or furnish any assistance 
 to, or receive any reward therefor, from any author, publisher, bookseller 
 or dealer, doing the same. Every person violating this section shall for- 
 feit not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for each of- 
 fense, and be liable to removal from office therefor. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sub. Div. 3, Sec. 2.] 
 STATE TREASURER SHALL KEEP SCHOOL FUND. 
 
 Sec. 61 1 . The state treasurer shall keep a separate fund to be 
 known as the "school fund," and all moneys appropriated for school pur- 
 poses shall be kept in such fund. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sub. Div. 3, Sec. 3.] 
 PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE SHALL BE TAUGHT. 
 
 S<H-. 612. Physiology and hygiene, which shall include in each di- 
 vision of the subject special reference to the effects of alcohol and nar- 
 cotics upon the human system, shall be included in the branches taught 
 in the common schools of the state, and shall be introduced and taught, 
 either orally or by text book, in all departments of the public schools 
 above the second primary grade, and in all educational institutions sup- 
 iiorlcd wholly or in part by the state. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3939. ] 
 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LAST SECTION PENALTY. 
 
 Sec. 61 :5. It shall be the duty of the several county and city super- 
 intendents of schools in the state, and of the secretary of the board of 
 directors of all other educational institutions receiving aid from the state, 
 to report to the state superintendent of public instruction any failure 
 or neglect on the part of the board of trustees of any school dis- 
 trict, or the board of directors of any educational institution receiving 
 aid from the state, to make proper provision for the teaching of the 
 bianchcs mentioned in the last preceding section in any or all of the 
 schools or other educational institutions under their charge, or over 
 which they have jurisdiction, and such failure on the part of the above 
 mentioned officers, so reported and satisfactorily proved, shall be deemed 
 sufficient cause for withholding the warrant for the district appropria- 
 tion of school money to which such school district or educational institu- 
 tion would otherwise be entitled. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3970.] 
 
 DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF SEX OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF PRO- 
 HIBITED. 
 
 Sec. 614. In the employment of teachers in the public schools in 
 this state, no discrimination "shall be nade in the question of pay on ac- 
 count of sex, nor on account of the religious belief of the applicant for the 
 position of teacher, when the persons are equally qualified, and the labor 
 is the same. 
 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 21.] 
 EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED. 
 
 Sec. 615. No certificate shall be granted hereafter to any person to 
 tench in the schools of Wyoming, who shall not pass a satisfactory exam- 
 ination in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of 
 alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics upon the human system. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3972.] 
 
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616 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 TEACHER'S REPORT. 
 
 Sec. 616. It shall be the duty of the teacher of every district school, 
 or graded school, to make out and file with the district clerk, at the ex- 
 piration of each term of the school, a full report of the whole number of 
 scholars admitted to the school during such term, distinguishing between 
 male and female, the names of such scholars, the number of days each 
 scholar attended the same, the aggregate number of days attendance of 
 said schoolsj the text books used, the branches taught and the number of 
 pupils engaged in the study of each of said branches. Any teacher who 
 shall neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of this section, 
 shall forfeit his or her wages for teaching such school, at the discretion 
 of the district board. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3973.] 
 . People ex rel vs. Dolan, 5 Wyo. 245. 
 
 REFUSAL TO DELIVER RECORDS TO SUCCESSOR PENALTY. 
 
 Sec. 617. Every school district clerk, or treasurer, who shall neglect 
 or refuse to deliver to their successors in office, all records and books, be- 
 longing severally to their offices, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding 
 five hundred dollars. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3974.] 
 EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL. 
 
 Sec. 618. In all cases where suits may be instituted, by, or against, 
 any of the school officers contemplated or created by this title, to enforce 
 any of the provisions herein contained, counsel may be employed, if nec- 
 essary, by the officer instituting the suit, and the expense of the suit shall 
 be borne by the district, county or state in whose name, or against whom, 
 the same may be instituted. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3975.] 
 COLLECTION AND DISPOSITION OF FINES. 
 
 Sec. 619. All fines, penalties and forfeitures provided by this title 
 may be recovered by action in the name of the people of the state of Wy- 
 oming for the use of the proper school district or county, and when they 
 accrue, belong to the respective districts or counties in which the same 
 may have accrued; and the treasurer of such districts, and the county 
 commissioners of such counties are hereby authorized to receive and 
 apply the proceeds of such forfeitures as the interest of the permanent 
 fund is now, or mav hereafter be, applied. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3976.] 
 People ex rel vs. Dolan, 5 Wyo. 245. 
 
 OFFICER FAILING TO PAY OVER MONEY-PENALTY. 
 
 Sec. 62O. Any officer or person collecting or receiving any fines, for- 
 feitures or other moneys and refusing and failing to pay over the same as 
 required by law, shall forfeit double the amount so withheld, and interest 
 thereon at the rate of five per cent, per month during the time of so with- 
 holding the same. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3D77.] 
 People ex rel vs. Dolan, 5 Wyo. 245. 
 
 EFFECT OF CHANGE IN COUNTY BOUNDARIES ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 
 Sec. 621. If by any act of the state legislature changing the boun- 
 dary line or lines of any county or counties, or forming new counties from 
 counties already formed, any legally organized school district is or 
 has been separated from the county to which it then belonged, and 
 is or has been joined to another county, the members of the school 
 board of such school district so separated from one county and 
 joined to another county, shall hold their respective offices until 
 the next annual school election following said change in county 
 
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CH. 3 ART. 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 622 
 
 boundaries; and until such annual school election said school board 
 may draw the public school funds for paying teachers, or other 
 necessary legal school expenses from the school treasury of the county 
 to which said school district formerly belonged, and in the same way and 
 manner as said board would have drawn and expended said public moneys 
 had no change in county boundaries been made. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3978.] 
 Baldwin vs. Wickman, 3 Wyo. 208. 
 
 STATE TREASURER AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE DONATIONS FOR 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 Sec. 22. Whenever the state of Wyoming shall be entitled to re- 
 ceive any moneys or funds from the United States of America, or from 
 any other source or authority, to be expended for the benefit of the public 
 schools of the state, or held or in any manner applied for their benefit, 
 the state treasurer is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for such 
 moneys or funds, and to make such application and use of the same as 
 may be required by law. Should such moneys or funds be donated to the 
 state, and should the act of donation require such moneys or funds to be 
 applied or held, or used in a particular manner, they shall be so applied. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3981.] 
 LIABILITY OF TREASURER FOR SCHOOL MONEY. 
 
 Sec. <>2tf. The state treasurer shall faithfully account for all moneys 
 or funds received pursuant to the foregoing section, and he and his sure- 
 ties upon his official bond shall be liable for any failure to so account for 
 such moneys or funds. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3982.] 
 SCHOOL BOARD MAY ESTABLISH MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOLS. 
 
 Sec. 624. The school board of any district in the state shall have 
 power to establish and locate industrial and manual training schools, in 
 connection with the public schools of said district. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 88.] 
 LAND INCOME FUNDS AVAILABLE WHEN. 
 
 Sec. (>25. On the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-nine, and on the fifteenth day of January of each second year there- 
 after, any and all moneys which shall be in either of the following land 
 income funds shall become available, and may be used for the following 
 purposes, respectively: 
 
 First The "Deaf, Dumb and Blind Land Income Fund," for the sup- 
 port, maintenance and education of all such deaf, dumb and blind per- 
 sons as are or may hereafter become charges upon the state. 
 
 Second The "Insane Asylum Land Income Fund," for the support 
 and maintenance of the state insane asylum and the inmates thereof. 
 
 Third The "Fish Hatchery Land Income Fund," for the support and 
 maintenance of the state fish hatchery in Albany county. 
 
 ronrtli The "Penitentiary in Albany County Land Income Fund," 
 for the support and maintenance of the penitentiary located in Albany 
 county, and the care and subsistence of the convicts therein. 
 
 /. ; /t7/, The "University Land Income Fund," for the support and 
 maintenance of the state university at Laramie, the same to be paid by 
 the state treasurer to the treasurer of the board of trustees of the state 
 university upon the warrant of the state auditor to be issued upon request 
 of said boa i-d of trustees. 
 
 X /.//// The "State, Charitable, Educational, Penal and Reformatory 
 
 Institutions Land Income Fund," for the custody, support and mainten- 
 
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 ance of state convicts and persons confined at the expense of the state in 
 reformatory institutions within or without the state. 
 
 Seventh The "Penal, Reformatory or Educational Institution in Car- 
 bon County Land Income Fund," for and toward the completion, furnish- 
 ing and maintenance of the penitentiary at Rawlins, in Carbon county. 
 
 Eighth The "Miners' Hospital Land Income Fund," for the support 
 and maintenance of the Wyoming General Hospital, at Rock Springs. 
 
 Ninth The "Public Buildings at the Capital Land Income Fund," 
 for the care, repair, maintenance and furnishing of the capitol build- 
 ing. 
 
 Tenth The "Poor Farm in Fremont County Land Income Fund," for 
 the care, repair, maintenance and improvement of the poor farm in Fre- 
 mont County. 
 
 On the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and one, and on 
 the fifteenth day of January of each second year thereafter, it shall be the 
 duty of the state treasurer to make a report to the governor and to the 
 senate and house of reoresentatives, showing the amount of money in 
 each of the said land income funds on that date. 
 
 [S. L. 1897, Ch. 30.] 
 TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. 
 
 Sec. 626. There are hereby established four grades of teachers' cer- 
 tificates; one to be known as a state or professional certificate, and county 
 certificates of the first, second and third grades, which certificates shall 
 show the branches in which the holder has been examined, and his or her 
 relative attainments in each branch. No person shall receive a certificate 
 who is known to the examining officer, or board, to be of immoral charac- 
 ter, who is deficient in learning or ability to teach, or who does not write 
 and speak the English language with facility and correctness. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 70, Sec. 1.] 
 SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION. 
 
 Sec. 627. Every applicant for a certificate shall be examined in the 
 subjects hereinafter mentioned, for the several grades, respectively, as 
 follows : For the third grade, in orthoepy, orthography, reading, penman- 
 ship, arithmetic, language lessons, English grammar, geography, civil 
 government, the history and constitution of the United States, the consti- 
 tution of the state of Wyoming, physiology and hygiene, and the theory 
 and practice of teaching. If the applicants shall pass an examination in 
 these branches with an average of seventy per cent., they shall re- 
 ceive a third grade certificate. If the markings of said applicant shall 
 average of eighty-five per cent., a second grade certificate shall be is- 
 sued. For the first grade certificate, the applicant shall pass an examin- 
 ation in all of the foregoing branches required in examination for second 
 and third grade certificates, and also in rhetoric, elementary algebra, nat- 
 ural philosophy, plane geometry, English literature, political economy, 
 physical geography and bookkeeping. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 70, Sec. 2.J 
 TIME CERTIFICATE IS GOOD. 
 
 Sec. 628. The third grade certificate shall entitle the holder to 
 teach for the period of one year; and a third grade certificate shall not be 
 issued to any teacher more than once; the second grade certificate shall 
 entitle the holder to teach for one year; the first grade certificate shall 
 entitle the holder to teach for a period of two years; and the state or pro- 
 fessional certificate shall entitle the holder to teach in the graded and 
 high schools of the state for a period of five years, at the end of which 
 time, if the teacher has been actively engaged for two years prior thereto 
 
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CH. 3 ART. 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 629 
 
 in educational work, the state superintendent, or the state board of exam- 
 iners and the state superintendent, may endorse said certificate, and this 
 endorsement shall entitle the holder to teach for another period of five 
 years. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 70, Sec. 2.] 
 EXAMINING BOARD. 
 
 Sec. 621). There shall be established in the state of Wyoming a state 
 board of examiners, which shall be composed of three members to be 
 selected and appointed by the superintendent of public instruction from 
 the principals of high schools and city superintendents of schools in the 
 state and the faculty of the state university. This board shall serve with- 
 out compensation other than actual expenses and transportation. It 
 shall be the duty of said board to meet at some convenient place and pre- 
 pare, for the use of the county superintendents of the various counties, 
 uniform examination questions, and they may prescribe rules and regula- 
 tions for the taking of such examinations. They shall have the power to 
 hold examinations, and on their recommendation, the superintendent of 
 public instruction shall issue professional certificates as provided in this 
 article. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 70, Sec. 3.] 
 APPLICANTS FOR PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES. 
 
 Sec. 63O. Applicants for professional certificates shall show them- 
 selves to be competent to teach all the branches required for the issuing 
 of a first grade certificate in the counties, and, in addition thereto, shall 
 show that they are qualified to teach all of the branches usually taught 
 in the high schools and academic courses. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 70, Sec. 4.] 
 EXAMINATIONS BY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 Sec. 6ttl. County superintendents shall hold regular examinations 
 in their counties at least twice in each year, and one of such examinations 
 shall be held at the close of the teachers' institute held in their respective 
 counties; the county superintendent may require all teachers to pass a 
 written examination prepared by the state board of examiners, and, where 
 such examination is in writing, shall mark and file said written examina- 
 tion papers in his office, there to be kept for the period of one year where 
 it may be seen by any school board desiring to examine the same. Pro- 
 vided, that where a teacher has had professional training in some reputa- 
 ble normal training school for teachers, has taught successfully, and pre- 
 sents a diploma or other sufficient evidence of his or her qualifications 
 to teach, the county suDerintendent may issue a certificate to such person 
 stating the facts and setting forth the qualifications of such teacher. And 
 provided further, that all persons who are graduates of the University of 
 Wyoming, and upon whom have been conferred the degree of Bachelor 
 of Arts; or the degree of Bachelor of Science; or the degree of Bachelor 
 of Pedagogy, or Didactics; shall be exempt from taking the teachers' ex- 
 amination for certificates of the first, second and third grades, as provided 
 in this article, and upon the presentation of their diploma granted by the 
 University of Wyoming to the county superintendent of schools, it shall 
 be the duty of such county superintendents to issue to such person a first 
 grade certificate. 
 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 70, Sec. 5.] 
 
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88 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. DIV. 1 TL. 6 
 
 INVESTMENT OF LAND FUNDS. 
 
 Sec. 88. All permanent funds arising from the sale of state lands 
 and any permanent addition thereto may, and whenever practicable shall 
 be invested by the treasurer of the state, with the approval of the gov- 
 ernor and attorney general, in bonds of the United States or of the state 
 of Wyoming, or in bonds issued by school districts within this state, or 
 registered county bonds of the state, or interest bearing warrants of this 
 state. The interest only shall be used for the purpose for which the grant 
 of lands was made. 
 
 [S. L. 1895, Ch. 67, Sec. 1.] 
 
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