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General School Laws 
 
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 PERMEAL TRENCH, 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction State of Idaho, 
 
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 DEMOCRATIC-TIMES' JOB ROOM, 
 Moscow, Idaho. 
 1899. 
 

 GENERAL INFORMATION. 
 
 Certificates. 
 
 Life Diplomas, State Certificates, and County Certificates 
 are granted only on examination. 
 
 Applicants for Life Diplomas are examined in the follow- 
 ing: Political Economy, Zoology, Psychology, Plane Geometry. 
 
 Applicants for State Certificates are examined in the 
 following: Physics, Literature, General History, Botany, Paper. 
 
 Applicants for County Certificates are examined in the 
 following: Arithmetic, Grammar, United States History, Civil 
 Government, Geography, State Constitution, Physiology, Reading, 
 School-Law, Theory and Art, Algebra. 
 
 Application for Life Diploma and State Certificate is not 
 considered unless applicant holds a first-grade County Certificate, 
 issued by a County Superintendent of this State. 
 
 State Board of Public Instruction. 
 
 Permeal French, Supt. of Public Instruction. 
 M. Patrie, Secretary of State, 
 Samuel H. Hays, Attorney General, 
 
 University of Idaho Moscow. 
 
 Six years: 
 Albert Alford, 
 F. N^Gilbert, 
 
 F. E. Cornwall, 
 
 Four years: 
 A. B. Campbell, 
 C. E. Harris, 
 
 G. E. Robethan, 
 
 Two Years: 
 Josiah Hickman, 
 John B. Goode, 
 Mrs. George A. Williams, 
 
 REGENTS. 
 
 Boise, Idaho 
 Boise, Idaho 
 Boise, Idaho 
 
 Lewiston, Idaho 
 Moscow, Idaho 
 Moscow, Idaho 
 
 Wallace, Idaho 
 
 Paris, Idaho 
 
 Pocatello, Idaho 
 
 Ma lad, Idaho 
 
 Rathdrum, Idaho 
 
 Hailev, Idaho 
 
 Lewiston State Normal School Lewiston. 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 Two years: 
 B.F.Morris, Lewiston, Idaho. C. W. Shaft'. Lewiston. Idaho 
 
 Four years: 
 J. P. Vollmer, Lewiston, Idaho. Geo. E. Erb, Lewiston, Idaho 
 
 Six years: 
 Jas. W. Reid, Lewiston, Idaho. James W. Poe, Lewiston. Idaho 
 
 Albion State Normal School Albion. 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 H. E. McElroy, Boise, Idaho. J. E. Harroun. Albion, Idaho 
 
 C. S. Mark,- Albion, Idaho. H. T. Eames. Almo, Idaho 
 
 Chester Call. Pocatello. Idaho. 
 
Laws Relating to Common Schools. 
 
 CHAPTER I.- STATE BOAKD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, 
 
 SECTION 1. Members and Officers. The Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney 
 General shall constitute the State Board of Public Instruction, 
 of which the Superintendent shall be President. The Board shall 
 have power to appoint a Secretary. 
 
 SEC. 2. Regular Meetings. The Board of Public Instruc- 
 tion shall meet at the Capitol on the first Monday of June and 
 December of each year for the transaction of business and at such 
 other times as its President shall direct; and shall have power to 
 adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this 
 State, for its own government. 
 
 SEC. 3. State Examinations Assistants Compensation. 
 The State Board shall hold annually, at least two public exam- 
 inations of teachers, at each of which examinations one member 
 of the Board shall preside, assisted by such person, or persons, 
 not to exceed two in number, as the Board may select, who shall 
 receive for such services not to exceed five dollars per day, and 
 said Board shall keep a full and correct record of its proceedings 
 and a complete register of all persons to whom certificates are 
 issued. 
 
 SEC. 4 State Certificates and State Diplomas When 
 Granted. Said Board shall issue State Certificates and State 
 Diplomas to those persons only, who possess good moral character 
 and who shall have passed a thorough examination in all the 
 branches included in the Course of Study prescribed for the pub- 
 lic schools of the State, didactics and such other branches as the 
 Board may direct. I'rovided, That in no case shall a State 
 Certificate be granted unless the applicant has been successfully 
 engaged in teaching for at least three years and can furnish the 
 Board satisfactory evidence of his or her ability to instruct and 
 properly manage any school in the State. Such certificate shall 
 authorize the person to whom it is issued to teach in any public 
 school in the State for the term of five years from the date of its 
 issue, unless sooner revoked by the State Board of Public In- 
 struction. 
 
 SEC. 5. State Diploma Conditions. In no case shall a 
 State Diploma be granted, unless the applicant has been success- 
 fully engaged in teaching for the term of at least five years, two of 
 which shall have been in the State of Idaho, and can furnish the 
 Board satisfactory evidence of his ability to instruct and properly 
 manage any public school -in the State. Such diploma shall 
 authorize the person to whom it is issued to teach in any public 
 school of the State during the life-time of the holder, unless re- 
 voked bv the State Board of Public Instruction. 
 
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 SEC. 6. Recognition of Other State Diploma*. The Boanl 
 may issue certificates to persons holding State Diplomas or Stat- 
 Certificates from other States requiring similar qualifications. 
 
 SKC. 7.- Revocation of Certificates. The State Board ot" 
 Public Instruction shall have the power to revoke any State Cer- 
 tificate or State Diploma, for any cause or disqualification, which. 
 would have been sufficient ground for refusing to issue the s-ame, 
 had the cause existed or been known at the time of its issue. 
 I'roi'ided. That before 'revoking- any such certificate or diploma 
 the holder thereof shall have at least thirty days' notice to appear 
 before the State Board and show cause why such revocation 
 should not be made. 
 
 CHAPTER II. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
 
 SECTION 1. Official Qualification, Before entering upon 
 the duties of his office the State Superintendent of Public In- 
 struction shall take and subscribe to the oath, prescribed by the 
 Constitution, and execute a bond in the penal sum of two 
 thousand dollars, payable to the State of Idaho, with sureties to 
 be approved by the Governor, conditioned upon the faithful per- 
 formance of his official duties, and the delivery to his sue." 
 of all books, papers, documents and other property belonging to 
 the office. Said bond and oath shall be deposited with tin 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 SEC. 2. Office at Seat of Government Preservation <>f 
 Records. He shall have an office at the Capitol, where a seal 
 shall be kept which shall be the official seal of the State Super- 
 intendent of Public Instruction, by wdiich all his official acts may 
 be authenticated, and all records, books, and papers apper- 
 taining to the business of this office. He shall file all papers, 
 reports, and public documents transmitted to him by the County 
 Superintendents of the several counties and hold the same in 
 readiness to be exhibited to the Governor, or to any Committee of 
 any House of the Legislature, or any citizen of the State. 
 
 SEC. 3. Supervision of Schools Course of Study. He shall 
 have general supervision of all the County Superintendents and 
 of the public schools of the State, and shall prepare and prescribe 
 a Course of Study for use in all such public schools. 
 
 SKC. 4. Teachers' Examination. He shall prepare or 
 eause to be prepared all examination questions to be used by the 
 County Superintendents of the several counties of the State in the 
 examination of applicants for teachers' certificates, and shall pre- 
 scribe the rules and regulations for the conducting of all svich 
 examinations. 
 
 SEC. 5. Conference with County Superintendents. He shall 
 meet the County Superintendents of each judicial district, or of 
 two or more districts combined, at such time and place as he 
 shall appoint, giving them due notice of such meeting. The ob- 
 ject of such meeting shall be to accumulate facts relative to 
 schools, to compare views, to discuss principles, to hear dis- 
 
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 cushions and. suggestions appertaining to the examination and 
 qualification of teachers, methods of instruction, institutes and 
 all other matters embraced in the public school system. 
 
 SEC. 6. School Laws. He shall have the law relating to 
 the public schools printed in pamphlet form and shall supply 
 school officers, school libraries and State Librarians with one 
 copy each of such pamphlets; said printing to be paid for on the 
 warrant of the Auditor out of the General Fund on bills ap- 
 proved by the State Board of Examiners. 
 
 SEC. 7. Biennial Report. He shall on or before the first 
 day of December in every year preceding that in which shall be 
 held a regular session of the Legislature, report to the Governor 
 the condition of the public schools, the amount of State School 
 Fund apportioned and sources from which derived, with such 
 suggestions and recommendations relating to the affairs of his 
 office as he may think proper. 
 
 SEC. 8. Visitation of Schools. It shall be his duty to visit 
 annually such counties of the State as most need his personal 
 attendance, and all counties if practicable, for the purpose of 
 inspecting the schools, awakening and guiding public sentiment 
 in relation to the practical interests of education. And he shall 
 open such correspondence as may enable him to obtain all 
 necessary information relating to the system of public schools in 
 other states. 
 
 SKC. 9. Traveling Expenses and Incidentals. He shall re- 
 ceive out of the State Treasury for actual traveling expenses and 
 other expenses while traveling on the business of the department, 
 not exceeding seven hundred and'fifty dollars per annum, for 
 which he shall render an itemized bill to the State Board of 
 Examiners; and all office fuel, furniture, books, postage, stationery 
 and other contingent expenses pertaining to his office, shall be 
 furnished, in the same manner as those of the other departments 
 of the State government. 
 
 SEC. 10. Apportionment of School Funds. The income of 
 the State School Fund and taxes collected by the State for the 
 support of the public schools which will be received up to the first 
 day of January and the first day of July of each year shall be 
 distributed semi-annually during said months respectively in 
 each year among the several counties of the State from which 
 reports have been received by the State Superintendent of Public 
 Instruction, as provided in this act, in proportion to the number 
 of children of school age, as shown by the last school census list 
 of each county, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 shall certify such apportionment to the State Auditor, and upon 
 such certificate the Auditor shall draw his warrant in favor of 
 the County Treasurer of each county, for the amount due such 
 county. The Superintendent shall also certify to the Treasurer 
 and Superintendent of each county the amount apportioned to 
 each county. 
 
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 CHAPTER III. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 An Act to Establish the Office of County Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 and Prescribing the Duties of the Same. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 
 
 SEC. 1. Election of County Superintendents. At the next 
 ensuing general election after the passage of this act, there shall 
 be elected in each county in the State oi Idaho, a Superintendent 
 of Public Instruction, who shall reside at the county seat of the 
 county in which he is elected, and who shall hold his office for 
 A term of two years, from and after his taking charge of the same 
 and until hi& successor has- been elected and qualified. 
 
 SEC. 2. Official Qualifications. Before entering upon the 
 duties of his office the County Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
 tion shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by law and 
 execute a bond, payable to the State of Idaho, with two or more 
 sureties to be approved by the Board of County Commissioners, 
 in the penal sum of not less than two thousand dollars, conditioned 
 upon the faithful performance of his official duties, and the 
 delivery of all moneys and property received by him as such 
 Superintendent to his successor in office, which bond shall be filed 
 in the office of the County Recorder; which official bond, together 
 with his official oath, shall be filed in the office of the County 
 Recorder as aforesaid, not later than the second Monday in 
 January, next after election. Provided, That no person shall 
 be eligible to the office of County Superintendent of Public 
 Instruction except a practical teacher of not less than two years' 
 experience and the holder of a valid First Grade Certificate, at 
 the time of his election or appointment. 
 
 SEC. 3. Supervision ailH Visitation. The County Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction shall have charge and oversight of 
 the public schools of his county, and it shall be his duty to visit 
 every public school in his county at least once during each term 
 and remain at said public school at least one-half day. At such 
 visits he shall carefully observe the methods employed by the 
 teacher in giving instruction in the several branches taught; the 
 manner of discipline and government, the classification of the 
 pupils, and the general management of the schools, and shall give 
 the schools such instruction and encouragement as he deems for 
 the best interest of all concerned, and he shall make such sug- 
 gestions to the teacher in private as, in his judgment, will render 
 the said teacher more efficient, and promote the general educational 
 interests of the districts. 
 
 SEC. 4. Office <d the County Seat Distribution of Blanks. 
 The County Commissioners shall furnish the County Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction an office at the county seat, and 
 they shall furnish him with all necessary office furniture, includ- 
 ing seal and blank books, stationery, postage, expressage, all 
 blanks necessary for his office, and all blank books and blanks 
 necessary for the use of the Trustees and teachers in the discharge 
 of their respective official duties in his county. The County 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate certain days 
 in each month as his office days, which shall not he less than five 
 in any month, and upon these days so designated hy him, he 
 shall keep his office open from 9 o'clock A, M. until o'clock 5 P. M. 
 
 SEC. 5. Direction to Trustees. He may, in his discretion, 
 require the Trustees in any district to repair the school buildings 
 or property, or to abate any nuisance in and about the premises,* 
 if such repair or abatement can be done for a sum not to exceed 
 seventy-five dollars, J'rovided, There is a sufficient amount of 
 money in the treasury to the credit of the district. He may also, 
 in all cases, require the Trustees to provide suitable outhouses; 
 and in case the Trustees fail to make such provision within a 
 reasonable time, he may cause it to be done and draw an order 
 for a warrant, as hereinafter provided, upon the County Auditor 
 for said expenses, who shall draw his warrant payable out of any 
 money to the credit of such district. 
 
 SEC. 6. Record of Official Acts. He shall keep a complete 
 record of all his official acts; preserve all blanks, maps, charts 
 and apparatus, sent him as such officer, and file all papers, re- 
 ports and statements from teachers and school boards; keep a 
 record of all teachers employed in his county, giving name of 
 teacher, number of district, salar} T per month, grade of certificate 
 and date of Superintendent's visit. He shall obey the legal in- 
 structions of'the State Superintendent. 
 
 SEC. 7. Examinations Regular Special Official Notice . 
 He shall hold one regular public examination in each year for the 
 purpose of examining all persons who may offer themselves as 
 teachers in the public schools; said examination to be held in 
 some suitable room at the county seat, and commencing on the 
 fourth Thursday of August and continuing not to exceed three 
 days. And for a like purpose the said County Superintendent 
 shall hold not to ex'ceed three special examinations at such times 
 and places as in his judgment the interests of the schools and 
 teachers of the county shall require. Provided, That it shall be 
 the duty of the County Superintendent to give at least fifteen 
 days' notice of such regular and special public examinations in 
 some newspaper published in the county. 
 
 SEC. 8. Teachers? Certificates Qualifications Signatures 
 He shall grant certificates to teachers in such form as the State 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe, and to those 
 persons only who shall have attained the age of eighteen years, 
 who have attended the said public examination and shall be found 
 to possess good moral character, thorough scholarship, and the 
 ability to instruct and govern a school; but no certificate shall be 
 granted to any person who shall not pass a satisfactory examin- 
 ation in Orthography, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Arithmetic, 
 Geography, History of the United States, Civil Government. 
 Physiology and Hygiene, with particular reference to the effects 
 of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants and Narcotics upon the Human 
 System, Theory and Practice of Teaching, State Constitution, and 
 
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 so much of the General School Laws as relates to the duties and 
 responsibilities of teaching. All certificates shall be signed by 
 the County Superintendent, and no person shall he considered a 
 qualified teacher within the meaning of the School Law, who has 
 not a certificate granted by the said Superintendent or other law- 
 ful authority. Provided, That all examination questions shall 
 have been prepared as prescribed by law, furnished under seal 
 and opened before the applicants for certificates on the day of 
 examination. Provided, That First Grade Certificates shall be 
 granted to all applicants who are otherwise qualified according to 
 law, and who shall have 'passed all the branches required in this 
 section, and Algebra an addition thereto, with a general average 
 of not less than ninety per cent., and with a minimum of not less 
 than seventy-five per ce/nt. in any branch, and all applicants 
 who are otherwise qualified according to law, shall be granted 
 Second Grade Certificates who shall have attained a general 
 average of eighty per cent., and a minimum in any branch of not 
 less than seventy per cent., and Third Grade Certificates shall be 
 granted to all applicants who are otherwise qualified according to 
 law, who shall have attained a general average of seventy-five 
 per cent., and a minimum in any branch of not less than sixty 
 percent. Provided* further. That each applicant for teacher's 
 certificate under the provisions of this act shall pay the County 
 Superintendent the sum of one dollar, the same to be deposited 
 by him in the county treasury to the credit of the Institute Fund, 
 to be used in institute work in addition to the regular appro- 
 priation. 
 
 SEC. 9. Teachers' Certificates Gmdes. The certificates 
 issued by the County Superintendent, subject to the rules and 
 .regulations prescribed by the State Superintendent, shall be of 
 three grades: (1.) First grades, which shall be valid in the 
 county in which they are issued for a term of three years from 
 the date thereof unless sooner revoked, and they shall be good in 
 -any county in the State for the same period by the holder thereof 
 filing a certified copy of the same with the County Superin- 
 tendent in the county in which he desires to teach. (2.) Second 
 Grade Certificates, which shall entitle the holder to teach in the 
 county in and for which they are issued, for a term of two years. 
 (3.) Third grades, which shall be valid in the county where is- 
 sued for a term of one year. 
 
 SEC. 10. Revocation of Cr,rtifictes. The County Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction shall have power to revoke any 
 teacher's certificate, other than those granted by the State Super- 
 intendent, for neglect of duty, for incompetency to instruct and 
 govern a school, for immorality or for any cause or disqualification 
 which would have been sufficient ground for refusing to issue the 
 same had the cause existed or been known at the time of its issue. 
 Provided, . That no certificate shall be revoked or annulled 
 without a personal hearing, unless the holder thereof shall, after 
 reasonable notice, neglect or refute to appear before the Superin- 
 tendent for that purpose. 
 
VKSITY 
 
 OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 
 
 SEC. 11. Record of Certificates. He shall keep a record of 
 .-all certificates granted or revoked, showing to whom issued, age 
 of grantee, date of issue, grade and duration of each certificate, 
 and if revoked, date and reason therefor. 
 
 SEC. 12. Annual Report. He shall, on or before the first 
 day of October in each year, make and transmit an Annual Re- 
 port to the State Superintendent for the school year ending 
 August 81st, next preceding, which report shall contain an 
 ^abstract of all reports made to him by the District Clerks of the 
 several districts of the county, together with such statistics, items 
 and statements, relative to the schools of the county, as may be 
 required and prescribed by the State Superintendent. Such re- 
 ports shall be made upon and conform to the blanks furnished 
 by the State Superintendent for that purpose. He shall inquire 
 and ascertain whether the boundaries of the school districts in 
 his county are definitely and plainly described in the records of 
 the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and to keep in 
 his office a full and correct transcript of such boundaries. In 
 ease the boundaries of districts are conflicting or incorrectly de- 
 scribed, he shall report such fact to the Board of County 
 Commissioners at their regular meeting in July, and such Board 
 shall immediately take such steps as are necessary to change. 
 harmonize and clearly define them. The County Superintend- 
 ent, if he deems it necessary for the guidance of School Census 
 Marshals, may order the description of the district boundaries 
 printed in pamphlet form, to be paid out of the Current Expense 
 Fund of the county. 
 
 SEC. 13. Appointments New Districts Vacancies. The 
 County Superintendent shall appoint Trustees for all newly 
 organized school districts who shall serve until the next regular 
 election, fill all vacancies that may occur in the Board of Trustees 
 by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, and such appoint- 
 ments shall hold until the next regular election. 
 
 SEC. 14. Necessary Expenses. The County Superintendent 
 shall be allowed all necessary expenses incurred in the examina- 
 tion of teachers, for blanks, books, stationery, pens and inks, out 
 of the Current Expense Fund of the county. 
 
 SEC. 15. Apportionment of School Funds. The County 
 Superintendent shall require of the County Treasurer quarterly 
 each year, a report of the amount of money on hand to the credit 
 of the School Fund of each county, not already apportioned, and 
 the County Treasurer shall furnish such report when so re- 
 quired. The County Superintendent upon receiving such report- 
 shall proceed to apportion the public school moneys, both county 
 and State, reported by the County Treasurer, to be in the county 
 treasury, among the several school districts in the following man- 
 ner, to-wdt: One-third of the whole amount he shall divide 
 equally among the several districts that have complied with the 
 provisions of this act. The remaining two-thirds of said whole 
 amount he shall apportion per capita among the several districts 
 in proportion to the number of children in each district as shown 
 
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 by the last report of the Census Marshal of each district, and 
 credit each district with the amount to which the apportionment 
 entitles. Provided, That each district is entitled to one share 
 in the apportionment of the first one-third, regardless of the num- 
 ber of children therein. Immediately after such apportionment 
 he shall certify to the County Treasurer the amounts which are 
 to be placed to the credit of each district and notify the Clerk 
 of each district of the amount placed to the credit of his district. 
 
 SEC. 16. Neglect of Duty Penalty. If the County Superin- 
 tendent fails to make a full and correct report to the State Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction of all statements required by law 
 to be made, he forfeits the sum of one hundred dollars from any 
 moneys due him from the county, and the Board of County Com- 
 missioners are hereby authorized and required to deduct there- 
 from the sum aforesaid upon information from the State Super- 
 intendent of Public Instruction, that such reports have not been 
 made. 
 
 SEC. 17. To Whom Issue Certificates. No certificate 
 shall be granted or teacher employed in any of the public schools 
 of this State to any person not a citizen of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 18. Repealing Clause. All acts and parts of acts in 
 conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 
 
 SEC. 19. Snltry Catnity Superintendent. The County Su- 
 perintendent of Public Instruction shall receive a salary of not less 
 than five hundred dollars ($500) per annum, and not to exceed 
 fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. DISTRICT TRUSTEES. 
 
 SEC. 1. Board How Composed. At the next regular school 
 election, following the passage of this act, there must be elected a 
 Board of Trustees consisting of three in number, one of whom 
 must hold office for three years, one for two years and one for one 
 year, and the ballots must designate the length of time which 
 said Trustees are to serve. At the second and every subsequent 
 school election there must be elected one Trustee for the term of 
 three years. 
 
 SEC. 2. Organization. Immediately after their election 
 they must elect from their number a Chairman and Clerk. 
 
 SEC. 3. Regular Meetings. The regular meeting of the 
 Board of Trustees shall be held on the last Saturday of March. 
 June, September and December. The Board may, however, hold 
 other special or adjourned meetings, as they may from time to 
 time determine, 
 
 SEC. 4.- -Quorum. Anv two of said Trustees shall con- 
 stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
 
 Sfia 5. Employment and Diwi*sal <\f Teachers Cornpen- 
 Kation of Clerk and luitioii of Ptip'ds. It shall be the duty of the 
 Trustees of each district to employ teachers, on a written contract, 
 and to discharge the same, and to fix, allow and order paid their 
 salaries and compensation, and the compensation of the Clerk of 
 
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 the Board, and to determine the rate of tuition of non-resident 
 pupils, and they shall have power to discharge any teacher for any 
 neglect of duty, or any cause that in their opinion, renders the 
 service of such teacher unprofitable to the district, but no teacher 
 shall be discharged before the end of his term without a reason- 
 able hearing. 
 
 SEC. 6. Charge of School 1'roperty. The Trustees shall 
 have charge of all school property in their district, and have 
 power to receive in trust all real estate or other property conveyed 
 to said school district, and to convey by deed, duly executed or 
 delivered, all the estate or interest of their district in any school 
 house or site directed to be sold by a vote of their district; and all 
 conveyance made to said Board must be made in their corporate 
 
 name: To the Trustees of School District No , County 
 
 , State of Idaho. 
 
 8i-:r. 7. Power to Purchase Real Estate, Etc. Said Trustees 
 have further power when directed by a vote of their district, to pur- 
 chase, receive, hold arid convey real and personal property for school 
 purposes, and to hold, purchase and repair school houses and to 
 supply the same with necessary furniture and to fix the location 
 of school houses. 
 
 SEC. 8. Pecuniary Interest. No Trustee shall be pecuni- 
 arily interested in any contract made by the Board of Trustees of. 
 which he is a member, and any contract made in violation of this 
 section is null and void. 
 
 SEC. 9. Furnish Necessary Supplies Limit of Such Pur- 
 chase. The Trustees of the respective districts must furnish all 
 things, not herein otherwise provided for, necessary for the use 
 and comfort of the schools in their district, such as fuel, improve- 
 ments, maps, apparatus, a library, and for such purpose may 
 audit and allow accounts against the School Fund of their dis- 
 trict, not to exceed twenty-five per cent, of the amount of such 
 School Fund in any one year. 
 
 SEC. 10. Orders for Warrants. That the Trustees shall 
 not draw an order for a warrant in excess of the amount to the 
 credit of the district at the time the order is given. 
 
 SEC. 11. Annual Report. The Trustees of each district 
 must make a full report in writing^ annually, on the 1st day of 
 September, to the County Superintendent of their county, on 
 blanks furnished, relating to all matters pertaining to schools as 
 may be required of them by the State or County Superintendent. 
 
 SEC. 12. Suspension of Pupils. It is the duty of the 
 Trustees of the respective districts an receiving a report from any 
 teacher of the disorderly conduct of any pupil, to decide how said 
 insubordinate pupil shall be punished, or whether he or she be 
 dismissed from schoof, and the teacher must enforce the decision 
 so made. 
 
 SEC. 13. Enumeration of Children. The Clerk of the 
 Board of Trustees must, on the first Monday of July of each year, 
 proceed to enumerate the children of school age in his district, 
 
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 and he must not enumerate any except bona fide residents thereof., 
 and the Board of Trustees must cause a true and certified copy of 
 said census to be transmitted to the County Superintendent. 
 
 SEC. 14, Compensation for Enumeration. For said service 
 said Clerk shall be allowed as full compensation therefor five 
 cents for each child so enumerated, and the Chairman of the 
 Board of Trustees shall draw his order upon the County Auditor, 
 which must be countersigned by at least one other member of the 
 Board of said district for the amount so allowed, and it must be 
 charged against and paid out of the fund of said county [district.} 
 
 SEC. 15. Non Resident Pupils. Trustees may determine 
 whether pupils outside of their district may attend school in such 
 district, and upon what terms. (Laws 1893 T Ctu 5, Sec. 35.) 
 When it shall appear that a pupil living in one district cannot 
 attend school in his or her own district because of the distance 
 of the school house and for other reasons, then when convenient,, 
 by an agreement of the Trustees of the respective districts, he or 
 she may attend a school in an adjoining district and that dis- 
 trict shall receive for said pupil's tuition from the said pupil's- 
 district, such an amount as said pupil would be credited with in, 
 said pupil's own district. 
 
 CHAPTER V. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 
 SECTION 1. -Corporation How Constituted, Each regularly 
 organized school district in this State is hereby declared to be a 
 body corporate by the name and style of School District Number 
 
 ', in the County of , State of Idaho; and in 
 
 that name the Trustees may sue and be sued, hold and convey 
 property for the use and benefit of such district and make con- 
 tracts the same as municipal corporations in this State. 
 
 SEC. 2. New Districts and Change of Boundaries When 
 Done. The Board of County Commissioners of several counties- 
 of the State shall have power to create new districts from un- 
 organized territory or from old districts, to change the boundaries 
 of any district heretofore established or to attach to one or more 
 school districts the territory included within the boundaries of 
 any district which shall lapse by reason of the failure to comply 
 with the provisions of this act: Provided, That no district shall 
 be formed from any territory, or the boundaries of any district 
 be changed at any other time than at the regular quarterly meet- 
 ings of the board, nor at that time unless a petition for such new 
 district or the change of boundaries is filed in the olfice of County 
 Superintendent on or before the fifteenth day of the month 
 preceding. 
 
 SEC. 3. Petition Contents Of. If such petition is for a 
 new district it must set forth the boundaries of the new district 
 asked for and must be signed by the parents or guardians of at 
 least ten children of school age who are residents of the proposed 
 new district ; and if for a change of boundaries, such petition 
 must set forth the change of boundaries desired and the reasons 
 
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 for the same, and must be signed by at least two-thirds of those 
 who are heads of families and residents of the territory embraced 
 within the limits of the tract to be stricken off or added to a 
 district. 
 
 SEC. 4. Petition Notice to Parties Presentation, to Com- 
 missioners. It shall be the duty of the County Superintendent up- 
 on receipt of any petition, as herein provided for, to immediately 
 give notice to all parties interested by sending notice by registered 
 mail to each of the Trustees of the district to be affected by such 
 change or changes; and cause printed notices to be posted in at least 
 three public places in the districts so affected, one of which shall 
 be on the door of the school house in said district, for at least one 
 week. Such notice must state the change or changes to be made 
 in said district, that the petition is on file in the office of the 
 County Superintendent, and that the same will be presented to 
 the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting for 
 their final action. The Superintendent must transmit the said 
 petition to the said Board with his approval or disapproval, and 
 if he approve the same he may note such changes in boundaries 
 as in his judgment shall be for the best interest of all parties 
 concerned. 
 
 SEC. 5. Petition County Commissioners Must Act. The 
 Board of County Commissioners must, at their next regular 
 meeting, act upon the same. If such petition be granted it may 
 be in accordance with the original prayer, or with such modifica- 
 tions as they may choose to make. 
 
 SEC. 6 - Union of Districts Division When Allowed Area. 
 Two or more districts lying contiguous may, upon a petition of 
 the majority of the heads of families residing in each of said dis- 
 tricts, be united to constitute one district: Provided, also, That no 
 district shall be hereafter divided for the purpose of forming a 
 new district unless it contains an area of more than nine square 
 miles ; nor shall a new district be divided, if by so doing the re- 
 mainder of the district shall be found to contain less than fifteen 
 persons of school age, nor shall any incorporated city or town, 
 hereafter be divided into two or more districts. 
 
 SEC. 7. Joint Districts H(>w Formed. A joint school district 
 may be formed from territory belonging to two or more contig- 
 uous counties. For the purpose of organizing a joint district the 
 same preliminary steps must be taken, and the same course be 
 pursued, as is pursued in the organization of other districts, as 
 is provided in Sec. 35* and 36* of this act. Such districts shall 
 
 be designated as "Joint District No.. .., of the counties of ;? 
 
 and be so numbered that it shall have the same number in all 
 the counties from which it was formed. The petition required 
 by Sec. 35* shall be made to each County Superintendent inter- 
 ested. 
 
 SEC. 8 Record of Joint Districts. The school census, the 
 record of attendance at school, the assessing of property, the col- 
 
 *Section 6. Chapters. "Section 4. Chapters. 
 
M .'-.'NEKAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 lection of taxes, and all nets which from their nature shall be 
 separately kept, shall be kept and done, and the report thereof: 
 made as if each portion of said joint district were an entire dis- 
 trict in the respective counties. The teachevof such joint district 
 shall not be required to hold a c<-rtinVate in both counties. 
 
 Si-:t.*-.9. New Districts Entitled to Apportionment. All new 
 districts formed of unorganized territory shall be entitled to their 
 just proportion of school moneys at- the next apportionment and. 
 the County Superintendent shall place the same to the credit of 
 such district: Provided, That in no case shall such district be 
 entitled to use the same unless school has actually been com- 
 menced therein and six months shall not have elapsed since the 
 date of its organization. 
 
 Si-:r. 10. New Districts Adjustment of Funds or Indebted- 
 ness. If any new district is organized from any part of any other 
 organized district or districts, as provided in this act, the County 
 Superintendent, after having ascertained the amount of money- 
 belonging to said old district or districts and deducting said in- 
 debtedness and liabilities, must apportion to said new district "its 
 due per capita proportion of money or indebtedness, as the cast- 
 ma y be, from said districts from which it may be formed. 
 
 SEC. 11. Joint District* Apportionment. [Laws 1893, Ch. 
 5, Sec. 39J And in case of joint districts the County Superin- 
 tendent must apportion to such district such proportion of the 
 school money to which such district is entitled, as the number of 
 school children residing in that portion of the district situated in 
 his county bears to the whole number of school census children, 
 in the whole district. 
 
 SEC. 12 Dissolution of Districts When Sale of Property 
 Disposal of Territory. If any school district shall, for the period of 
 one year, fail to maintain a school for a term of at least three 
 consecutive months or keep up its organization of officers, as re- 
 quired by law, or if there has been an average attendance for 
 three consecutive months of only five pupils, or less, such dis- 
 trict shall lapse, and the moneys in the treasury of the county 
 belonging thereto shall be apportioned by the County Superin- 
 tendent among the other districts in the same manner as other 
 school moneys are apportioned. The property of any school dis- 
 trict that shall lapse shall be sold by the County Superintendent 
 in such manner as he shall deem best. The proceeds of such sale, 
 after the payment of any indebtedness of said district, shall be 
 placed to the credit of the General School Fund. The territory in- 
 cluded within the boundaries of the said district shall, by order 
 of the Board of County Commissioners, be attached to one or 
 more school districts. 
 
 CHAPTER VL SCHOOL ELECTIONS SPECIAL TAX. 
 
 SEC. 1. The regular election for electing members of the 
 ^Board of School Trustees shall be held annually in each district 
 on the first Monday in June at which time it shall be lawful to 
 
OF T H E S P A T E OF 1 D.UtO. IS 
 
 transa-ct any business pertaining to schools and school interests. 
 The Clerk of said Hoard of Trustees shall cause printed or written 
 notices to be posted specifying the time and place of holding' such 
 election and the time during which the hallot box shall he kept 
 open, not less, however, than three hours, and further specifying 
 at what hour other business shall be transacted. Said notice 
 shall be posted in three public places in the district, one of which 
 shall be the school house, if there be one, at least ten days 
 previous to such time of election. If the Clerk fail to give such 
 notice, then any two legal voters residing in the district may give 
 such notice over their own names, and such election may be held 
 .after the day fixed in this Act. for such election. All elections 
 shall be by ballot; the polls shall be opened by one of the Board 
 of Trustees, or by any qualified elector if no Trustee be present At 
 the time specified in the notice. If no time is specified in tin- 
 notice, then the_ polls shall be opened at one o'clock r. M. and 
 <-IoM'd at five i'. M. of the same day. Said election shall be con- 
 ducted as any other county election, except that one Judge 
 .and one Clerk may constitute a Board of Election, and any 
 Trustee may administer the oath to the said Judge and Clerk. 
 Said Judge and Clerk shall make return of such election to the 
 County Superintendent immediately, which return shall be filed 
 in the office of the County Superintendent: Provided, further, 
 That it shall be lawful at such annual meeting and election on 
 said first Monday in June to vote upon the question of whether 
 or not any special tax shall be levied for any purpose, such as 
 building or repairing school houses, or for the support of public- 
 schools in the district; said meeting may first decide the rate to 
 be levied, not to exceed ten mills on the dollar of taxable property, 
 then proceed to ballot, on which ballot shall be written or printed 
 "Tax Yes" or "Tax No" and none but actual resident free- 
 holders or heads of families of said district are entitled to vote at 
 such election: Provided* That for the . purpose of this Act both 
 husband and wife are to be considered a head of a family. A 
 separate ballot box shall be used for voting on any question of 
 taxation or other business concerning schools and school interests, 
 from that used in voting for Trustees. If a majority of the votes 
 polled at such election are in favor of a tax, the Board of Trustees 
 must immediately make such levy and certify the fact, the date 
 thereof, and the rate of tax levied, the year for which levied and 
 the number of the district, to the Clerk of the Board of County 
 Commissioners and the County Assessors, but not more than one 
 such special tax shall be levied in any one year. 
 
 SEC. 2. Qualified Voters General School Election. 
 (Const. Art. 6, Sec. 2.) Except as in this article otherwise pro- 
 vided, every male citizen of the United States, twenty-one years 
 old, who has actually resided in the state or territory for six 
 months, and in the county where he offers to vote, thirty days 
 next preceding the day of election, is a qualified elector; and 
 until otherwise provided by the legislature, women who have the 
 qualifications prescribed in this article, may continue to hold 
 
16 GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 such school offices and vote at such school elections as provided 
 by the laws of Idaho. 
 
 SEC. 3. When and Hnw Trustees Qualify. Trustees must 
 qualify within fifteen days after receiving notice of their election, 
 by taking the official oath, which oath may be administered by 
 either of the other Trustees or the retiring Trustee, and said oath 
 shall be subscribed and filed in the office of the County Super- 
 intendent. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. SCHOOL FUNDS. 
 
 SEC. 1. Proceeds of Land*. The Public School Fund of 
 the State shall consist of the proceeds of such lands as have here- 
 tofore been granted, or may hereafter be granted, to the State 
 by the general government known as "School Lands" and those 
 granted in lieu of such. Lands acquired by gift or grant from 
 any person or corporation under any law or grant, and of all 
 other grants of land or money made to the State for general 
 educational purposes, and all moneys accruing to the State from 
 the estates of deceased persons. 
 
 SEC. 2. Funds Shall Remain [miniate and Intact (Const. 
 Ch. 9, Sec. 3.) The Public School Fund of the State shall for- 
 ever remain inviolate and intact; the interest thereon only shall 
 be expended in the maintenance of the schools of the State, and 
 shall be distributed among the several counties and school dis- 
 tricts of the State in such manner as may be prescribed by law. 
 No part of this fund, principal or interest, shall ever be trans- 
 ferred to any other fund, or used or appropriated except as herein 
 provided. The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of this 
 fund, and the same shall be securely and profitably invested as 
 may be by law directed. The State shall supply all losses there- 
 of that may in any manner occur. 
 
 SEC. 3. School Tax Levy. For the purpose of establishing 
 and maintaining public schools in the several counties of the 
 State, the Board of County Commissioners shall, at the time of 
 levying the taxes for the State and county purposes, levy a tax 
 of not less than five mills nor more than ten mills on each dollar 
 of taxable property, in their respective counties, for school pur- 
 poses. Said taxes must be assessed and collected in each county 
 as other taxes for State and county purposes. 
 
 FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM -AMENDING OE. 
 
 An Act to Amend Sections Thirty-one and Thirty-three of an Act Entitled, "An 
 Act to Establish and Maintain a System of Eree Schools." 
 
 SEC. 4. Free School System Amending Of Duty of 
 Bounty Treasurer District not Entitled, to Apportionment Duty 
 of Oon.nty Auditor Repeal Approval. That Section 31 of said 
 act be amended to read as follows: Sec. 31. It is hereby made the 
 duty of the County Treasurer to keep a separate account with 
 each school district in the county : to place to the credit of each. 
 the amount of money certified to by the County Superintendent, 
 as provided .in this act. and to pay over the money on legally 
 
F T 1 1 E S T A T E ( J F I D A II . 17 
 
 drawn warrants or orders of the district officers entii draw 
 
 the same: /Vor/V^/. That ii the County Sup 
 notify the County Treasurer in writing, that then* has b 
 .failure on the part of any Board of Trustee*^ to comply with the 
 law, and that said mone\ s;ia!! .he withheld from said Board of 
 Trustees, he shall retain tl until further notice fro:n the 
 
 <Jounty Superintendent. All moneys that shall he finally for- 
 feited !>y any district shall i Fund of 
 the county, and he apportioned as oth T in And it shall 
 he the duty of said Treasurer to receive and hold as special de- 
 all moneys belonging to the Puhlie, S..-honl Fund of his 
 county in accordance with the provisions of this act, and to pay 
 over only on the warran ity Auditor: Provided, 
 tiirt.lie.i-, That the said County Treasurer shall pay over to the 
 Treasure^ or any independent school district organized under the 
 provisions of this act, all morn- ; ^' n & to such district 
 
 station of an order from the Clerk of the Board of 
 Trust ich district signed also hy the Chairman th 
 
 and countersigned Cuuntv Superintendent and County 
 
 Auditor. (Special Act 1897, II. li. 7:1 Sec. 2.) That Sec. 33 of 
 
 act he amended to read as follows: Sec. .>:>. It shall be the 
 
 duty of the County Auditor upon the presentation of any order 
 
 from the Clerk of the B >ard of Trustees of a,ny school district in 
 
 id order also being signed hy the Chairman of the 
 
 said Board of Trustees or in his absence hy the other member of 
 
 toard, i > draw his warrant upon the School Fun I standing to 
 the credit of said district in favor of the person mentioned in the 
 said order: Proridr.d, That in case of independent school dis- 
 trict orders, he shall not draw his warrant, but countersign the 
 warrant or order of said district officers: Pi-oeided further, 
 That the said orders have been countersigned by the County 
 Superintendent, but in no case shall he issue a warrant, or 
 countersign an order for a greater amount than there is cash in 
 the treasury to the credit of said district. 
 
 . }. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this 
 act are hereby repealed. 
 
 SKC. o. --Duty nf Comity Superintendent, It shall be the 
 duty of the County Superintendent in each county to keep a 
 separate account with each school district in his county; to place 
 to tfie credit of each district the amount apportioned by him as 
 provided for in this act; to countersign all legally drawn warrants 
 and orders of the district officers entitled to draw 7 the same: to 
 enter the same upon his books in proper form, giving, date, 
 number of such- warrant, or order, to- whom drawn, for what pur- 
 pose, and the amount of the same. 
 
 SEC. (i. Crtllectlvn. nf Pi'nal Fi.ncx. It shall be the duty rf 
 the County Superintendent to collect by process of law all penal 
 tines not paid over by the Justices of the Peace, or other oilicers 
 required by law to pay the same into the county treasury: and 
 the same may he collected and recovered by action at law, in 
 which the State of Idaho, by the County Superintendent, is 
 
18 GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 plaintiff and the officer neglecting or refusing to pa} 7 over said 
 moneys is defendant. 
 
 SEC. 7. Special Tax Levy Duty of Assessor. Upon re- 
 ceiving such statement from the Trustees of any school district 
 the Assessor must assess upon all property in the district subject 
 to taxation the tax so levied and certified to him as aforesaid ; 
 but for that purpose he is not required to take new statements 
 from the owners of property but his assessment of all special 
 taxes so levied may be computed and made upon the valuation 
 of property as fixed by the Board of Equalization for State and 
 county purposes, and as appears upon the assessment roll in the 
 same year. 
 
 SEC. 8. Special Tax Levy A Lien Upon the Property 
 Assessor Must Keep Separate Lint and Get Separate Receipts. Said 
 special taxes so levied as aforesaid shall become a lien upon the 
 property so assessed from the date of assessment, and shall ]>; 
 due and payable at the same time as State and county taxes, 
 and in all respects are to be collected in the same way, except 
 that the Assessor must keep a separate list or assessment roll 
 thereof, and when paid must be named in his receipt to the tax- 
 payer as a separate item, and he must pay them to the County 
 Treasurer as he pays other taxes; but at the time of payment ho 
 must specify to the Treasurer what taxes they are. and take a 
 separate receipt therefor and keep separate accounts thereof. 
 
 SEC. 9. Special 'lax Compensation of Assessor The 
 Assessor shall receive two per centum on all such special taxes 
 so collected by him, having first rendered his account thereto. 
 and the same being allowed by the Board of County Commission- 
 ers, and shall be paid out of said special tax. 
 
 SEC. 10. Special Tax Provision for Blanks Exemptions 
 of Independent Districts. The Board of County Commissioners 
 shall furnish the Assessor with such blanks as are needed to com- 
 ply with the provisions hereof. The provision of this act for the 
 levy and collection of taxes shall not apply to independent dis- 
 tricts now established, which have special laws for the collection 
 of school taxes. 
 
 SEC. 11. Investment of Funds. Whenever there shall 
 have accumulated in the hands of the Treasurer of any school 
 district in this State moneys belonging to said school district to 
 an amount in excess of the amount which, in the opinion of the 
 School District Board of said district, shall be necessary for the 
 necessary current expenses of maintaining the schools in said 
 district, the same shall be invested by said Board in United 
 States bonds, State bonds, State warrants or county warrants, 
 when the market value thereof is not below par. And said Board 
 shall deposit said securities in some safe deposit, and they shall 
 there be kept until it shall become necessary to convert the same 
 into money for school district purposes, to be determined by said 
 Board. 
 
 SEC. 12. New License Fund- Collection and Payment to 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 19 
 
 Treasurer On the first Monday in each month the collector 
 must return to the Auditor all licenses unsold and be credited 
 therewith, and must, with the Auditor, appear at the Treasurer's 
 office and pay into the county treasury ail moneys collected for 
 licenses sold during the preceding month, take the Treasurer's 
 receipt therefor and file the duplicate thereof with the Auditor. 
 The Auditor must credit the collector and charge the Treasurer 
 therewith. 
 
 SEC. 13. Apportionment of the License Money. Fifty per 
 cent, of all moneys paid for licenses shall be applied to and con- 
 stitute a part of the School Fund of the school district in which 
 said licenses are collected, forty per cent, to the General Road 
 Fund of the county in which said licenses are collected and ten 
 per cent, shall be paid into the State treasury: Provided. That 
 forty per cent, of all moneys paid for licenses by applicants 
 within incorporated towns, cities, and villages, or cities acting 
 under special charters shall be paid by the County Treasurer to 
 the municipal authorities of such town, city, or village for general 
 revenue purposes of such town, city, or village; fifty per cent, of 
 said moneys so paid for licenses are to be applied and constitute 
 a part of the School Fund of the school district in which said 
 licenses are collected, and ten per cent, shall be paid into the 
 State treasury. 
 
 SEC. 14. Collector's Report. The Collector shall file with 
 the Treasurer a statement or report each quarter showing the 
 amount of licenses collected in each school district, incorporated 
 town, city, or village, or city acting under special charter. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. TEACHERS AND TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. 
 
 SECTION 1. Registers and Reports. Teachers of the public 
 schools must be furnished with a school register by the Trustees 
 of the district, for the purpose of registering the names of their 
 pupils and their daily attendance at school, and at the close of 
 the term said register must be delivered to the Clerk of the Board 
 of Trustees of the district; and the teacher must also be fur- 
 nished with a blank report by said Trustees, which report said 
 teacher must fill up according to the heading of same and trans- 
 mit it to the County Superintendent of the county at the close of 
 the term; and no teacher shall be allowed an order in excess of 
 ninety per cent, of his or her salary until said report is made out 
 and transmitted. 
 
 SEC. 2. General Duties. Every teacher in the public schools 
 may suspend for good cause any pupil and report such suspension 
 to the Board of Trustees for review. If the action of the teacher 
 is sustained by the Board, the pupil may be censured and re- 
 turned to the school or expelled from school as in the judgment 
 of the Board seems proper, but if not sustained, the teacher may 
 appeal to the County Superintendent, whose decision shall be 
 final. Every teacher shall make reports, in addition to those men- 
 tioned elsewhere in said act, which may be required by the State 
 
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 Superiniv intehdent, or by the school district 
 
 ; of Trustees; shall use the text books provided for the 
 schools of the State: enforce the Course of Study and the rules 
 and r : by the State Superintendent; hold 
 
 pupils to a strict account for disorderly conduct or improper Ian- 
 Linage in and about the building, on the play grounds and on the 
 way to am 1 from school; shall keep himself or herself above re- 
 proach and endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the 
 principles of truth, justice, morality, patriotism and refinement 
 and to avoid idlen -hood, profanity, vulgarity and in 
 
 :C.e; give attention during every school term to the cultiva- 
 >! manners, and devote not less than thirty minutes 
 week to the systematic teaching of kindness of pupils to one 
 another and toward d< md other living crea* 
 
 in. Xo teacher shall be entitled I 
 msatio-n for the time heorshe i<-achesin any 
 
 lie school without a certificate valid or in force for such time in 
 the county where such school is taught, except that if a teacher's 
 certificate shall expire by its own limitation within six weeks of 
 the ci term such teacher may finish such term without re- 
 
 examination or renewal i her certilicatc. 
 
 4. Prohibit* -in*. No books, papers, tracts or < 
 nients of a political, sectarian or denomination character must 
 be used or introduced in any school established under the provis- 
 ions of this act. and any and every political, sectarian or d<- 
 inational doctrin." -cssly forbidden to be taught 
 
 therein ; nor shall, any teacher or any district receive any of the 
 public school moneys in wiiich the 'schools have not been tauirht 
 in accordance with the provisions of this act. 
 
 SKC. .">. School Year and School Month. The school 
 within this State shall commence on the first Monday in Septem- 
 i each vear. A school month is four weeks of five school 
 days each. 
 
 S w. I'., Schftfil A<!? D<'fr:i<><], School aa'c MS lierein used is 
 defined as all per and twenty-one 
 
 years. 
 
 Si-x 1 . 7. - -Institute Call Notice. The County Superintendent 
 of each county in this State must hold annually a teachers' in- 
 stitute at such time as lie may designate, and such institute must 
 continue in session not less than five nor more than fifteen days. 
 He must give at least ten days' notice of the time and place of 
 holding such institute by publication in some newspaper pub- 
 lished in the county or by a written notice to each qualified 
 teacher in ;tbe county. Provided, that two or more adjoining 
 counties may unite in holding a joint institute under the joint 
 supervision of the County Superintendents of such counties. 
 
 Institutes Teach ri'$ Shall Attend. It is the duty 
 
 of all teachers engaged in the county and of all persons holding 
 
 certificates, to attend such institute and to participate in the ex- 
 
 reof, and all teachers who may have charge of schools 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO 
 
 at the time of holding the annual institute must adjourn their 
 schools for the time during which the institute is held. J^mridcd, 
 that when joint institutes an? held in accordance with the provis- 
 ions of Section -51* it shall be the duty of all teachers in said 
 counties and of all persons holding certificates therein, to attend 
 such joint institute. 
 
 SKC. 1*. Institutes Adjournment of Schools,. All teachers 
 who IMM.V adjourn school for the purpose of attending any annual 
 county or joint institute must be allowed the same pay while in 
 actual attendance as when teaching, and the County Superintend- 
 ent must certify to the number of days attendance of each 
 teacher, arid the Trustees of the several districts must count them 
 as so many days lawfully employed. 
 
 SKO. 10.- Institute* Axsixtants /Vwi*/m? for Expense. 
 The County Superintendent shall procure the services of one or 
 Eaore competent persons to assist in conducting said institute^ 
 he must also provide- a building, lights, stationery, janitor service, 
 and all things necessary for the holding of the institute ; and 
 must present an itemized account of such expense* not to exceed 
 one hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount received 
 from fees of applicants for teachers' certificates to the Auditor of 
 his county, and the County Auditor shall issue a, warrant in 
 favor of the County Superintendent equal to the amount of such 
 expenses. I'rnri.de.d. In case joint institutes are held as provided 
 in Section 7, the County Superintendents of the counties holding 
 such institutes shall each present an itemized account of such ex- 
 penses as aforesaid to the Auditor of his county and the expense-^ 
 thereof shall be borne equally by such counties, and the County 
 Auditor shall issue a warrant in favor of the County Superin- 
 tendent for the part chargeable against such county. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. FREE TEXT BOOK LAW. 
 
 An Act to Provide for the Free and Uniform Text Books for the Public Schools 
 of the State of Idaho. 
 
 Be, it Enacted by tJie Legislature of the State of Idaho; 
 
 SECTION 1. The Governor of the State of Idaho is hereby 
 authorized and empowered to appoint five persons, one of whom 
 shall he the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and four 
 of whom shall be educators of the State of- Idaho, who shall con- 
 stitute a State Board of Text Book Commissioners, and who shall 
 hold office until they have complied with the duties hereinafter 
 imposed. 
 
 SEC 2. The said Board of Text Book Commissioners shall 
 meet at the State Capitol, in the Senate chamber, on the first 
 Monday in May, 1899, for the purpose of selecting and adopting 
 a uniform series of text books for use in all the public schools of 
 the State. Said Board shall have power to formulate rules for 
 its own government and three members shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 ^Section 7. Chapter 8. 
 
2? GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 SEC\. 3, Immediately upon the approval of this Act, the 
 State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall advertise for at 
 least thirty days- in two newspapers published in the State, giving: 
 notice that the Text Book Commissioners will meet as herein- 
 before provided, and will consider all offers and proposals for 
 supplying the State of Idaho with a uniform series of text books- 
 for use in all public schools of said State for a term of six years 
 from and after the first day of September, 1899, in the following 
 branches, to- wit: Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geog- 
 vaphy, Grammar, Physiology and Hygiene, Civil Government, 
 History of the United States, and in all other branches taught in 
 the common, graded, and high schools of the State. Said pro- 
 posals shall state the price at which said books will be furnished 
 free on board the ca'rs at the places designated by the said Corn-- 
 mission, Provided. That the price paid for the books so adopted 
 and used in the public schools shall not exceed the price at which 
 said books shall be sold by said publishers to other purchasers 
 during- the existence of their contract with the State. 
 
 SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Text 
 Book Commissioners to meet at the time and place mentioned in 
 said notice, and to carefully consider all proposals made to them 
 for the furnishing of the said text books as hereinbefore provided, 
 and said Board shall select and adopt such text books for use in 
 all the public schools, as will in their judgment best subserve the 
 interests and promote the progress of the public schools in the 
 State. The series of text books so selected and adopted by the said 
 Board of Text Book Commissioners, shall be certified to by the 
 Chairman, and said certificate with a copy of all books named 
 therein, must be placed on file in the office of the State Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction. Such certificate must contain, a 
 complete list of all books adopted by the said Board, giving the 
 price for which each kind and grade of books will be furnished, 
 and the name and address of the publisher agreeing to furnish 
 the same. The said books named in the said certificate shall for 
 a period of six years from and after the first day of September, 
 1899. be used in all the public schools of the State to the exclu- 
 sion of all others. 
 
 SEC. 5. The said Board of Text Book Commissioners shall 
 have power to make such contracts and agreements with pub- 
 lishers as they shall deem necessary for the best interests of the 
 public schools of the State, and shall require of a 11 publishers con- 
 tracting and agreeing to furnish books adopted by said Commis- 
 sioners to furnish bonds in double the amount in value of the 
 books to be furnished, for the faithful performance of the condi- 
 tions of said contract. 
 
 SEC. 6. Immediately after the filing of said certificate in 
 his office, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall 
 have prepared printed lists of the text books adopted by said 
 Board, with the price of each of said books as certified to in said 
 certificate and shall forward the same to the County Superintend- 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAQO. 2?, 
 
 ente of the several counties of the State, who shall immediately 
 forward one list to each Trustee and to each teacher in his county. 
 
 SEC, 7. It shall be the duty of all book publishers furnish- 
 ing books to the State of Idaho under this Act to keep the book? 
 they agree to furnish, on hand at all times at their places of 
 business. 
 
 SEC. 8. Not later than the first Monday in August, 1899, 
 and at such othsr times as may be necessary to properly supply 
 the schools of said district th 3 Chairman o,' each of the several 
 Boards of Trustees of the county shall forward to the County 
 Superintendent of his county a list of th.3 kind of books, and the 
 number of each kind, which will be required to supply the pupils of 
 the public schools of his district. Immediately upon the receipt of 
 this requisition from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 'he 
 County Superintendent shall order from the nearest book pub- 
 lisher or publishers furnishing said books designated therein, and 
 upon receipt of the duplicate bills from said publishers, and upon 
 comparison with the original bills sent to t'he Trustee or other 
 person to whom the order was consigned, and after comparing 
 the same with the publishad price furnished him by the State 
 Superintendent as hereinbefore provided, shall order the County 
 Treasurer to remit the purchased price to the said publishers from 
 the funds of said district: Provided, That if the district had no 
 funds to its credit in the hands of the County Treasurer, then the 
 said County Treasurer shall at once remit from the Current Ex- 
 pense Fund of the county, the same to be reimbursed to the 
 Current Expense Fund of the county, from the funds of the dis- 
 trict as soon as the amount has been paid into the treasury to 
 the account of said district. And: Provided, further., That if 
 from any cause the accounts are not paid within ninety days, the 
 same shall draw interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum 
 from the date of the shipment of the books to the date of payment. 
 
 SEC. 9. The County Superintendent and the County 
 Treasurer shall each keep an account of all books ordered, show- 
 ing the number of the district, the number and kind of books, the 
 date of the order, the place from whence ordered, the date and 
 the amount of the remittance and such other items as will in 
 their judgement render the whole transaction easily understood. 
 Provided, That the Trustees of each district shall determine 
 whether or not the text books for said district shall be free text 
 books, and if it shall be determined by said Trustees that said 
 text books shall not be free then any parent or guardian or other 
 person having the legal or actual control of a child or children, 
 shall be required to purchase necessary books for such child or 
 children from the Trustees of his district at actual cost to t hat 
 district, and the Trustees shall pay the purchase price back into 
 the treasury, the same to be placed to the credit of said district: 
 Provided, That in cases where it is deemed by said Trustees that 
 any parent or guardian is unable to pay for said text books, the 
 s<ame may be furnished free. 
 
 SEC. 10. The Clerk of the Board of Trustees is hereby 
 
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 made the custodian of the text books belonging to the district. 
 and he shall, on the morning of the opening of the school or prior 
 thereto, count out the number of the books belonging to the dis- 
 tric. carefully the condition of said books, and placing 
 
 the same in the hands of the teacher, taking a receipt for the 
 same and at the end of the term of the school the said Clerk of 
 the Board of Trustees shall receive the said books from the 
 teacher giving his receipt for. them, and any missing or destroyed 
 books shall be accounted for by the teacher: /-'roridcd, That 
 the pupils shall be responsible through his parents or guardian, 
 to the district, if the responsibility is fixed upon said, pupil, and: 
 rrnvided, J'u^ih' j r. That no one shall be responsible for the 
 natural wea r and tear of the books. In the interim of the sessions 
 of the school, the Clerk of the Board of Trustees shall safely k 
 the books, and use clue diligence in their preservation. 
 
 SEC. 11. In connection with the text books that shall 
 have been adopted; the Board of Text Book Commissioners is 
 authorized to prepare such suggestions and outlines as in their 
 judgment will be useful to the teachers and schools of the Si: 
 which said suggestions and outlines shall he printed and 
 tributed to the teachers and Trustees of the State free of charge. 
 by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In addii 
 to the suggestions and outlines hereinahove mentioned, the Si 
 Superintendent is authorized and it shall be her duly to prepaie 
 and have printed such regulations as she may deem may be ] 
 essary, in regard to .the care and custody of the books, and the 
 keeping of the accounts between the districts and the several 
 companies, and such regulations shall be binding on the County 
 Treasurer. County Superintendent, teachers and Trust' 
 
 SEC. 12. The said Board of Text Book Commissioners 
 shall each receive the sum of six dollars per day and in addition 
 thereto. each shall receive his actual and necessary exper 
 while in the discharge of his official duties including the time ac- 
 tually and necessarily consumed in going to and returning from 
 the meeting of the commission. 
 
 SEC. 13. There is hereby appropriated the sum of one 
 thousand dollars or so much thereof as inay.be necessary, t< 
 carry out the provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 14. All act*, and parts of acts in conflict with this 
 act are hereby repealed. 
 
 SEC. 15. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall take 
 effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved March <>, 18t)<>. 
 
 CHAPTER X. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. 
 
 SEC. 1. Duties of Torrent* or Gurtrdicws Prows*). Ev- 
 ery parent, guardian or other person in the State of Idaho having 
 control of a child or children between the ages of eight and four- 
 teen vears shall be required to send such child or children to a 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 2.S 
 
 public school for a period of twelve weeks in each school year, at 
 least eight weeks of which shall be consecutive, unless such child 
 -or children are excused from such attendance by the Board of 
 -School Trustees of the school district in which such parents or 
 .guardians reside, upon it being shown to their satisfaction that 
 the bodily or mental condition of such children has been suck 
 as to prevent his, her or their attendance at school, or application 
 -at study for the period required, or that such child or children. 
 .are taught in a private school or at home in such branches as are 
 usually taught in a primary school, or have already acquired the 
 ordinary branches of learning taught in the public schools: 
 I'roridefL In case a public school shall not be taught for a period 
 of twelve weeks, during the year, within three miles by the near- 
 est traveled road of the residence of any such parent or guardian 
 within the school district, he or she shall not be liable to the pro- 
 visions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. Duties of Trustees It shall be the duty of the 
 Board of School Trustees of each district in the State, on or be- 
 fore the first Monday in September in each year, to furnish the 
 principal in each public school taught in the district with a list 
 of all children in the school district between the ages of eight and 
 fourteen years, said list to be taken from the report of the School 
 Census Marshal. 
 
 SEC. 3. Duty of Teachers Monthly Reports. At the be- 
 ginning of each school month thereafter it shall be the duty of the 
 principal of each school in such district to report to the Board of 
 School Trustees of such district the names of all children attend- 
 ing school during the previous school month. 
 
 SEC. 4. Violation of the Law How Proceedings are Begun, 
 Proviso. When it shall appear, at the expiration of three 
 school months, to the Board of School Trustees that any parent, 
 guardian or other person having charge or control of any child 
 or children shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this 
 act, the Board shall cause dematod to be made upon such parent, 
 guardian or other person for the amount of the penalty herein- 
 after provided, when, if such parent, guardian or other person 
 shall neglect or refuse to pay the same within five days after the 
 making of said demand, the Board shall commence proceedings 
 in the name of the school district for the recovery of the fine 
 hereinafter provided before any court having jurisdiction: Pro- 
 vided, That nothing in sub-division 1 shall apply to any child 
 or children who are actually and necessarily compelled to labor 
 for the support of a parent or parents. 
 
 SEC. 5. Penalty Disposal of Fines Arising From Such 
 Funds. Any parent, guardian or other person having control or 
 charge of any child or children, failing to comply with the pro- 
 visions of this act, shall be liable to a fine of not less than five 
 dollars for the first offense, nor less than ten dollars, nor more 
 than fifty dollars for the second and each subsequent offense, be- 
 side the cost of collection. All fines collected under the pro- 
 visions of this act shall be paid into the county treasury, the 
 
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 same to be placed to the credit of the school district collecting the 
 same. 
 
 SEC. 6. Trustees' Annual Notice. The Board of School 
 Trustees in each district shall cause to be posted annually in 
 three public places in the district notices of the requirements and 
 penalties of this law. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. SCHOOL BONDS. 
 
 SECTION 1. Election Limit of Issue Rate of Interest 
 Purpose. The Board of School Trustees of an} 7 school district 
 may, whenever a majority so decide, submit to the electors who 
 are residents, freeholders or heads of families of the district, the 
 question whether the Board be authorized to issue coupon bonds 
 to a certain amount, not to exceed four per cent of the taxable 
 property in said district, and bearing a certain rate of interest. 
 not exceeding eight per centum per annum, and payable and 
 redeemable at a certain time, for the purpose of building or 
 providing a school house in said district with all necessary 
 furniture, as desks, blackboards, globes, charts, outline maps, 
 etc., and the Board of School Trustees of any school district, 
 which has issued bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in 
 this section, may submit to the electors of such district the ques- 
 tion whether the Board shall be authorized to issue coupon bonds 
 to refund or take up any of the bonded indebtedness of such 
 district, at a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent, per 
 annum. 
 
 SEC. 2. Manner of Holding Election. Such elections 
 must be held in the manner prescribed for elections in this act. 
 The ballots must contain the words "Bonds Yes" or ''Bonds No." 
 If two-thirds of the votes cast at such election are " Bonds Yes'! 
 the Board of Trustees must issue such bonds in such forms as the 
 Board may direct; they must bear the signature of the Chairman 
 of the Board of Trustees and be countersigned by the Clerk of the 
 school district, and coupons attached to the bonds must be signed 
 by said Chairman and said Clerk; 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 hereinafter provided. 
 
 SEC. 3. Notice of Male. The school Trustees must give 
 notice in some newspaper published in the State, for a period of 
 not less than four weeks to the effect that said school Trustees 
 will sell said bonds, briefly describing the same, and stating the 
 time when, and the place where said sale will take place: 
 Pro rided, That the said bonds must not be sold for less than 
 their par value, and the Trustees are authorized to reject any bids 
 and to sell said bonds at private sale if they deem it for the best 
 interest of the district, and all money arising from the sale of said 
 bonds must be paid forthwith into the treasury of the county in 
 which said district may be located, to the credit of said district, 
 
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 and the same are immediately available for any of the purposes 
 authorized by this chapter. 
 
 SKC 4. 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 act. And 
 for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act, each school 
 district is a body corporate, and may sue and be sued by or in the 
 name of the Board of School Trustees of said district. 
 
 SEC. 5. Interest Loaning 'of Sinking Fand. The school 
 Trustees 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 bonds at their maturity, and said tax is a 
 lien upon the property of said school district and must be collected 
 in the same manner as other taxes for school purposes: Provided, 
 That the said Sinking Fund may, at the discretion of the Board, 
 be loaned on first mortgage or improved farm lands, but 110 loan 
 shall exceed one-third of the market value of the land, exclusive 
 of the improvements thereon, given as security for such loans. 
 The annual interest on all loans herein provided for shall be 
 seven per cent., or may be invested in United States bonds, State 
 bonds, county or State warrants, when the market value thereof 
 is not below par, at the discretion of said Board. 
 
 SEC. 6. Redemption. When the sum in the Sinking Fund 
 equals or exceeds the amount of any bond then due, the County 
 Treasurer shall post in his office a notice that he will, within 
 thirty days from the date of such notice, redeem the bonds then 
 payable, giving the number thereof; and preference 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 "redeemed," 
 and the date of such redemption. 
 
 SEC. 7. County Treasurer Must Pay Interest. The County 
 Treasurer must pay out of any moneys belonging to a school dis- 
 trict, the interest upon any bonds issued under this chapter by 
 such school district when the same becomes due, upon the pre- 
 sentation 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 the first meeting thereafter. 
 
 SEC. 8. 'trustees Issue Bonds. The school Trustees of any 
 district must cause to be printed or lithographed at the lowest 
 rate, suitable bonds, with the coupons attached, when the same 
 becomes necessary, and pay therefor out of any moneys in the 
 county treasury to the credit of the school district. 
 
 SEC. 9. Penalty for Refusing to Pay. If any of the school 
 Trustees fraudulently fail or refuse to pay into the county treasury 
 
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 the money arising from the sale of any bonds provided for by 
 this act. they are guilty of a felony. 
 
 CHA'PTER XII. INDEPENDE>:T SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 FREE SCHOOLS INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. 
 
 \n Act to Amend Section Seventy-eight of an Act Entitled, "An Act to Establish! 
 
 and Maintain a System of Free Schools." Passed by the Second 
 
 Session of the Legislature of the State of Idaho. 
 
 Be it Enacted by the legislature of the State of fdaho; 
 
 SECTION 1. Free Schools Independent Ditricts. That 
 Section Seventy-eight [78] of an act of the legislature of the State 
 of Idaho entitled, "An Act to Establish and Maintain a System 
 of Free Schools," approved March 11, 1898, be amended so as- 
 to read as follows: Sec. 78. Whenever any school district 
 within this State, as defined by the Board of County Commission- 
 ers, has within its limits taxable property to the amount of one 
 hundred and fifty thousand dollars or over, as shown by the last 
 assessment roll for the county, it may be organized into an in- 
 dependent school district upon a vote of one-fifth or over, of those 
 within the district who are qualified to vote at school elections- 
 petitioning the said Board for the establishing of such district as an 
 independent school district, and if a greater number of such quali- 
 fied voters do not remonstrate against such establishment, the Board 
 must clearly, by its order of record y define the boundaries of such 
 district, if not already done, and within one month, order that the 
 question of so establishing such independent school district must 
 be submitted tp a vote of all the electors of the district, who, 
 under the provisions of this act, are authorized to vote for the lew 
 of taxes and issue of bonds, and must make the necessary ar- 
 rangements for such election, giving at least twenty days' notice 
 thereof, and the time and place of holding the same. If a ma- 
 jority of those so voting, vote in favor of so organizing such 
 independent district, said Board must make its order of record 
 and declare such district established, and designate it as the 
 independent school district, [state name and number of district] 
 in County, Idaho. 
 
 SEC. 2. Corporate rowers. The district so established is 
 constituted a body corporate and succeeds to the title of all 
 property , rights and privileges, and assumes and must dischn 
 and pay all debts, obligations and duties belonging to or devolving 
 upon the old district or districts of which it is so formed and 
 established, and by its corporate name it may: 
 
 FIRST. Make contracts, sue and be sued. 
 
 SECOND. Take, hold and convey such real and personal 
 property only as is needed for actual school purposes. 
 
 THIRD. To have a corporate seal. 
 
 FOURTH. To choose such officers as are herein provided 
 for. 
 
 SEC. 3. Officers Trustees Terms. The officers of such 
 district consist of a Board oi Trustees, composed of six qualified 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 2<> 
 
 electors, who are resident freeholders within the district. The 
 first Board of Trustees must be appointed by the Board of County 
 Commissioners immediately after the district is so established 
 and hold their offices for terms as follows, to-wit: Two, until the 
 next school election under the provision hereof; two for two, and 
 two for four years after such election arid until their successors 
 are elected and qualified, and said Board so appointing must 
 designate the term of each Trustee so appointed. 
 
 SEC. 4. Election Time Notice. There must be an 
 election for two members of the Board of Trustees to be held on 
 the first Monday of September following the establishment of 
 such district, and biennially thereafter an election must be held 
 to elect two Trustees. The Clerk of the Board must give at least 
 ten days' notice of the time and place of such election, by publica- 
 tion in a newspaper, or by three posted notices in the district. 
 
 SEC. 5. Qualified Electors Judges 1 Decision on Tie Vote. 
 At all elections under this chapter voters must have the same 
 qualifications prescribed by this title for school elections. At 
 such elections any person offering to vote may be challenged and 
 required to take all oaths required of voters at the general 
 elections in this State; and on refusing to take such oaths must 
 not be allowed to vote, and the Board of Trustees must appoint 
 for all such elections two Judges and one Clerk. Voting must be 
 by ballot, and if upon counting the ballots there is a tie and 
 three qualified persons have the highest and an equal number of 
 votes, the Board of Trustees must select two from the three, and 
 when there is a failure to elect by reason of a tie vote the Board 
 of Trustees must select. 
 
 SEC. 6. Vacancies. If any Trustee dies, removes from the 
 district, or ceases to have the qualifications for such office, or from 
 any cause his office is vacant, or he neglects or refuses to act, or 
 without excuse ceases to attend the meeting of the Board for four 
 consecutive regular meetings thereof, his office thereby becomes 
 vacant, and a majority of said Board of Trustees may appoint 
 another qualified person to fill his unexpired term. 
 
 SEC. 7. Pecuniary Interest. No Trustee must be interested 
 in any contract let or made by or with the Board, or with any 
 officer thereof, or in any supplies furnished to or for said district, 
 or a surety for the performance of any contract with said Board 
 or district, or the agent or partner of any contractor with said 
 Board or district ; and no action can be maintained or recovery 
 had against said Board or district upon any contract or obliga- 
 tion in which any Trustee is so interested, but the same is void. 
 
 SEC. 8. Official Oath of Trustees. Each Trustee must be- 
 fore entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the 
 official oath, which must be filed with the County School Super- 
 intendent. 
 
 SEC. 9. Organization of Board of 'trustees. Immediately 
 after the appointment of such Trustees by the Board of County 
 Commissioners, as above provided, and after such biennial el- 
 
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 ection, the Trustees, or a majority thereof, must meet at the 
 school house and organize as a Board, and from their number- 
 must select a Chairman, a Clerk and a Treasurer, or they may 
 elect as Treasurer some competent or responsible person who is- 
 not a Trustee. 
 
 SEQ. 10. Compensation of T-'vxte.ez. No school officer 
 whatever must receive any pay or compensation for his time or 
 services or in any way be allowed to make any pecuniary profit 
 or gain by reason of his office ; and any school officer or person- 
 who has the custody in any way of any school funds must give- 
 bonds, with at least two good sureties, in double the amount of 
 funds likely at any time to be in his custody. 
 
 SE'C. 11. Rcoular Meetings Quo-rum. Regular meetings 
 f the- Board of Trustees must be held on the second Monday of 
 each month, and special meetings- may be called by the Chair- 
 man of the Board, or by any two Trustees-, by personal notice of 
 the time and place of such meetings to each member of the Board.. 
 or, if he cannot be found, by leaving such notice at his place of 
 residence with some person of suitable age and discretion. Four- 
 Trustees constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. 
 but a less number may adjourn any regular meeting from time 
 to time, until a quorum can be obtained ; but no meeting of the 
 Board, not provided for by the rules or by law, is legal unless all. 
 the members thereof have been notified as provided for in this sec- 
 tion. 
 
 SEC. 12. General Duties and Powers of Board of Trustees-. 
 The Board of Trustees of said district must have power to and it 
 is their duty: 
 
 FIRST. To make such by-laws for their own government and 
 for the government of the schools of the district as they may 
 deem expedient, not inconsisient with the provisions of this chap- 
 ter. 
 
 SECOND. T employ or discharge teachers, mechanics and la- 
 borers, and to fix, allow and order paid their salaries and compen- 
 sation, and to determine the rates of tuition for non-resident pu- 
 pils. 
 
 THIRD. -To levy a special tax if necessary, which when added 
 to the moneys apportioned by the County Superintendent of 
 schools, will be sufficient to provide funds for the maintenance 
 of the schools for nine months in each year ; the special taxes- 
 levied by said Board of Trustees for the payment of interest on 
 bonds and Sinking Fund, for payment of bonds at maturity, to- 
 gether with the levy for maintenance of schools, shall not exceed 
 ten mills on the dollar. 
 
 FOURTH. To provide furniture, fixtures and apparatus, and 
 for everything needed in the school house or for the use of the 
 board. 
 
 FIFTH. To rent, repair and insure school houses and property, 
 and preserve the same for the benefit of the school of the district. 
 
 SIXTH. To build or remove school houses and buildings, and 
 to purchase or sell school lots. 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. ?,1 
 
 SEVENTH. To suspend or expel pupils from school who refuse 
 to obey the rules thereof, and to exclude from school, children 
 under six years of age. 
 
 EIGHTH. To determine the nurnher and qualifications of 
 teachers who shall be employed and the length of time the school 
 shall he kept, to fix the time for opening or closing of school, and 
 for the dismissal of primary pupils before the regular time of 
 closing schools. 
 
 NINTH. To require pupils to be furnished with the proper and 
 suitable books as a condition of membership irr the schools. 
 
 TENTH. To exclude from the schools and the school libraries 
 of said district all books, tracts, papers and catechisms of a sec- 
 tarian nature. 
 
 ELEVENTH, To require teachers to conform to the law and the 
 regulation of the Board. 
 
 TWELFTH. To protect the morals and the health of the pupils 
 while at school. 
 
 SEC. 13. General Provisiofis, Not Contradictory Govern 
 Independent Distric.f*. All the provisions of this act providing 
 for a public school system wherein not contradictory to or incon- 
 sistent with the provisions of this chapter, and which may be 
 made applicable to the objects thereof, are adopted as part of the 
 law governing the establishment and management of independent 
 school districts. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 ACT AUTHORIZING INDEPENDENT DISTRICTS TO ISSUE BONDS, 
 
 SEC. 1. Trustees May Issue Purpose Limit of Issue. 
 Board of Trustees of any independent school district organized 
 under any general or special law, may issue negotiable coupon 
 bonds of their district for the purpose of paying, redeeming or re- 
 funding the principal of any of the outstanding bonded indebted- 
 ness of their district, whenever the same can be done to the profit 
 or advantage of their district, and without the district incurring 
 any additional indebtedness or liability exceeding in any year 
 the income or revenue provided for such year. 
 
 SEC. 2. Bonds Description of. Said bonds must bear in- 
 terest at not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semi- 
 annually, at the office of the Treasurer of the district, or at such 
 banking house in the city of New York as may be designated by 
 the Board of Trustees ; and the principal of said bonds, or any 
 part thereof, may, at the option of the district, be paid at any 
 time after ten years, and must be paid within twenty years, 
 from the time they are issued, and in the order in which they 
 are issued and numbered. 
 
 Semi-annual interest coupons, covering the interest to grow 
 due, must be attached to each bond ; the bonds must be signed by 
 the presiding officer of the Board and attested to by its Secretary 
 and the seal of the district, if it have a seal, and -the coupons 
 must be signed and the bonds registered by the Treasurer of the 
 Board. 
 
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 SEC. 3. Bonds rnlve of Application of I'roceedx. 
 No bond shall be sold at less than its par value, and the proceeds 
 thereof must be devoted to the payment, redemption or refunding 
 of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district. 
 
 SEC. 4. Election to Issue Bonds tor Building, Improving, 
 Etc. The Board of Trustees of any such independent district 
 may, whenever two-thirds of the Board so decide, submit to the 
 qualified electors of the district, at an election to be held for that 
 purpose, ad to be called and conducted as other school elections 
 in said dis'trict, the question whether the Board shall be author- 
 ized to issue the negotiable coupon bonds of the district in an 
 amount to be mentioned in the notice of election, for the pur- 
 poses of providing and improving school houses and grounds and 
 furniture, apparatus, and fixtures for said district, or for any or 
 either of said purposes ; and if at such election two- thirds of the 
 qualified electors of said district voting at said election assent 
 thereto, the Board of Trustees may issue such bonds of the dis- 
 trict to the amount and for the purpose designated in said notice; 
 which bonds shall be in all respects similar to, and shall be 
 be signed, negotiated, registered, bear interest, and be made pay- 
 able as provided in the last preceding section ; and no bond shall 
 be sold .for less than its par value ; and the proceeds thereof must 
 be devoted to the purposes mentioned in said notice. 
 
 SEC. 5. Special Tax for Interest Sinking Fund and, R? 
 demption. The Board of Trustees of any such district that ha? 
 issued bonds under either of the last two preceding sections must 
 annually levy upon all the taxable property of the district, in 
 addition to other authorized taxes, a tax sufficient to pay the in- 
 terest on all bonds so issued as it falls due, and also to constitute 
 a Sinking Fund for the payment of the principal thereof within 
 twenty years from the time the bonds are issued ; which taxes 
 shall be levied, assessed, collected and paid over as other taxes 
 are levied, assessed, collected and paid over, in the district, and 
 shall be devoted to the payment of the principal and interest of 
 said bonds only; and the accumulated Sinking Fund may be used 
 for the redemption of said bond? at any time after ten years from 
 the date of their issue. Approved March 6, A. D., 1891. 
 
 SEC. 6. Whereas an emergeny exists, therefor, this act 
 shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 An Act to Validate and Legalize State, County, School, Municipal or Other Bonds Issued 
 
 Under Acts of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Sessions of the 
 
 Legislature of the State of Idaho. 
 
 Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Statr of Idaho: 
 
 SECTION 1. All bonds heretofore duly issued under, in 
 pursuance or by virtue of. and in accordance with, the provisions 
 of any Act of the first, second, third or fourth sessions of the 
 Legislature of the State of Idaho are hereby declared to be good, 
 valid and binding obligations, any question as to the manner of 
 
OF THE -STATE OF IDAHO. 
 
 the passage of any such Act or Acts notwithstanding; and tkeir 
 validity shall not be questioned in any court. 
 
 SEC. 2, Whereas an emergency exists therefor this Act 
 shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved March 6, 1899, 
 
 CHAPTER XV, 
 
 A Joint Resolution to Submit to the Electors of the State of Idaho for Rejection or Approval, 
 
 an Amendment to Section Eleven of Article Nine, of the Constitution of the 
 
 State of Idaho, Relating to Investing of Public School Fund. 
 
 Be it Resolved by the. Legislative of the State of Idaho; 
 
 SECTION 1. That Section Eleven of Article Nine of the 
 ^Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended to read as follows: 
 Section 11. The permanent educational funds other than 
 funds arising from the disposition of University lands belonging 
 to the State, shall be loaned on first mortgage on improved farm 
 lands within the State; State, United States, or school district 
 bonds, or State warrants, under such regulations as the Legisla- 
 ture may provide: Provide I, That no loan shall be made of any 
 amount of money exceeding one-third of the market value of the 
 lands at the time of the loan, exclusive of the buildings. 
 
 SEC, 2. The question to be submitted to the electors of the 
 State, at the next general election shall be in form as follows, to- 
 wit: "Shall Section 11 of Article Nine of the Constitution of the 
 State of Idaho be amended to enlarge the powers of the State 
 Board of Land Commissioners, in loaning school money." 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. EDUCATION OF DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND. 
 
 SECTION 1. Animal Appropriation. There is hereby ap- 
 propriated, annually, the sum of six thousand (6,000) dollars or so 
 m uch thereof as may be necessary for the ed ucation of the deaf, dumb 
 and blind of this State, under the direction of the State Board of 
 .Education, and the Treasurer shall pay the same on the warrant of 
 the Auditor for that purpose. 
 
 SEC, 2. Contract for Tuition. The said Board of Educa- 
 tion shall enter into contract with some one of the adjacent States 
 or Territories having an institution for the education of the deaf, 
 dumb and blind of the State of Idaho upon the most economical 
 terms possible, 
 
 SEC. 3. Duly of the Board of Education to Ascertain Pupils 
 Eligible. It shall be the duty of the Board of Education to 
 ascertain the number of deaf, dumb and blind in the State of 
 school age and of sound mind and body, whose parents are not 
 able to provide for their education, and as soon as practicable 
 thereafter take "the necessary steps for their education as provid- 
 ed for in Section 2 of this act. 
 
 SEC. 4 Payment of Tuition Rate. The State or Territory 
 in which such institution for the education of the deaf, dumb 
 and blind is located, as designated by the said Board of Educa- 
 
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 tion, shall be paid from the appropriation made in section 1, of 
 this act, of the rate of not to exceed three hundred dollars a year 
 for each scholar's instruction and board, including board during 
 vacation, on the certificate of the State Board of Education to be 
 furnished to the State Auditor. 
 
 SEC. 5. -Examination of Applicant* Contingent Expenses. 
 The State Board of Education is authorized to provide for the 
 careful examination of all applicants for admission to the insti- 
 tution designated, and to audit and certify to the State Auditor 
 all accounts for the expenses of designating said institution and 
 conducting examinations, and all contingent expenses attending 
 the same, and the accounts thereof shall be paid from the appro- 
 priation for this purpose made in Section 1 of this act. 
 
 SEC. 6. Emergency Clause In Approval. This act shall 
 take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval, 
 an emergency existing therefor. 
 
 Approved March 14, A. D., 1891. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 An Act to Provide for taking the Census of the Deaf and Blind Children of 
 School Age and Defining who are Deaf and Blind. 
 
 Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State, of Idaho: 
 
 SECTION 1. It is hereby made the duty of the Census 
 Marshal of each school district in the State of Idaho, when he 
 shall enumerate the children of school age in his district, to care- 
 fully ascertain what children in that district are deaf or blind as 
 defined in Section 2 of this Act, and he shall note the name, age, 
 and sex of such child or children, also the names of parents or 
 guardian or other person having the legal or actual charge of 
 such child or children, and shall report the same to the County 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction, and said County Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction shall include these items in his 
 annual report to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 SEC. 2. All children between the ages of six and twenty- 
 four years, who are too deaf or too blind to be educated in our 
 public schools shall be deemed deaf and blind for the purposes of 
 this Act. 
 
 SEC. 3. Whereas an emergency exists, therefore, this Act 
 shall be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved March 13, 1899. 
 
 CHAPTER. XVIII. ACT TO ENCOURAGE ARBORCULTURE. 
 
 SECTION 1. Designation of Arbor Day. The Friday follow- 
 ing the first day of May in each year shall hereafter be known 
 throughout this State as Arbor day. 
 
 SEC. 2. Schools Shall Observe the Day Manner Purpose. 
 It shall be the duty of the authorities of every public school in 
 this State to assemble the scholars in their charge on that day in 
 
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 the school building or elsewhere, as they may deem proper, and 
 to provide for and conduct, under the general supervision of the 
 County Superintendents of Public Instruction, such exercises as 
 shall tend to encourage the planting, protection and preservation 
 of trees and shrubs, and an acquaintance with the best methods 
 to be adopted to accomplish such results. 
 
 SEC. 3. Program of Exercises. The State Superintendent 
 of Public Instruction shall have power to prescribe from time to 
 time in writing a course of exercises in instructions in the subject 
 hereinbefore mentioned, which shall be adopted and observed by 
 the school authorities on Arbor Day, and upon receipt of copies 
 of such course, sufficient in number to supply all the schools 
 under their, supervision, the County Superintendent of Public In- 
 struction aforesaid shall promptly provide each of the schools 
 under his charge with a copy, and cause it to be adopted and 
 observed. 
 
 SEC. 4. Emergency Clause. This Act shall take effect and 
 be in force from and after its passage and approval, an emergency 
 existing therefor. 
 
 SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. All Acts and parts of Acts in- 
 consistent with this Act are hereby repealed. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 An Act to Prevent the Spread of Contagious Diseases. 
 
 Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho; 
 
 SECTION 1. The owner, or agent of the owner, of a house in 
 which a person resides who has the small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet 
 fever or any other contagious or infectious disease, dangerous to 
 the public health, and the physician called to attend the person 
 or persons so affected shall, within twenty-four hours after be- 
 coming cognizant of the fact, give notice thereof to the Clerk of 
 the Board of Trustees of the school district in which said person 
 so afflicted resides, and said person so afflicted shall be kept away 
 and apart from all other persons except those whose presence 
 may be necessary to the physical or spiritual wellbeing of such 
 person or persons. 
 
 SEC. 2. The school Trustees of the various school districts 
 in the State, shall not allow any pupil to attend the public 
 schools while any member of the household to which such pupil 
 belongs is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or other con- 
 tagious or infectious disease, dangerous to the public health, or 
 during the period of two weeks after the death, recovery or re- 
 moval of such sick person; and any pupil coming from such 
 household shall be required to present, to the teacher of the 
 school the pupil desires to attend, a certificate, from the attend- 
 ing physician, of the facts necessary to entitle him to admission 
 in accordance with 'he above regulations. 
 
 SEC. 3. Whenever any text-book or books, belonging to 
 any school district, shall be in any house during the time that 
 
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 pupils residing' in such house are prevented from attending the* 
 public school in accordance with the provisions of this Act, Midi 
 book or hooks shall not be returned to such public school until 
 the same shall have been thoroughly disinfected under the direc- 
 tion of the attending physician, who* shall certify the same to the 
 teacher of said school, or to the Clerk of the Board of Trustees in 
 ease the school is not in session at such time, 
 
 SEC. 4. Any school Trustees or other person, violating: 
 any of the provision's of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor. 
 
 SEC. 5. Whereas an emergency exists therefor, this Act 
 <hnll be enforced from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved March 13, 1899. 
 
 CHAPTER XX.- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, 
 
 SECTION 1, Location There is hereby established in this 
 State at the town of Moscow, in the County of Latah, an in- 
 stitution of learning by the name and style of the ''University of 
 Idaho." 
 
 SEC. 2. The government of the University shall vest in a 
 Board of Regents to consist of nine members chosen from the 
 State at large, which board the Governor shall nominate, and 
 with advice and consent of the Senate, appoint. The term of 
 office of said Regents shall be six years from the first Monday in 
 February in the year in w r hich appointed. Provided. That the 
 Regents appointed in the year 1899 shall hold their offices during 
 the following periods: Three shall be appointed for a term of 
 two years, three shall be appointed for a term of four years, and 
 three shall be appointed for a term of six years. The Governor 
 shall have power to fill vacancies in the Board by appointment, 
 which appointment shall be valid until the last day of the regular 
 session of the Legislature following such appointment. 
 
 SEC. 3. Board nf Rz gents a Body Corporate Organization 
 Duties of Officers. The Board of Regents and their successors 
 in office shall constitute a body corporate by tha name of "The 
 Regents of the University of Idaho," and shall possess all the 
 powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the objects and 
 perform the duties prescribed by law, and shall have the custody 
 of the books, records, buildings and other proparty of said Uni- 
 versity. The Board shall elect a President, Secretary and Treas- 
 urer, who shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the 
 by-laws of the Board. The Secretary shall keep a faithful record 
 of all the transactions of the Board and of the Executive Com- 
 mittee thereof. The Treasurer shall perform all the duties of such 
 office, subject to such regulations as the Board may adopt, and 
 for the faithful discharge of all his duties shall execute a bond in 
 such sum as the Board may direct. 
 
 SEC. 4. Elections and Annual Meetings Fixed by By- 
 Laws Quorum. The time of the election of the President, 
 Secretary and Treasurer of said Board, and the duration of their 
 
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 respective terms of office, and the times for holding the regular 
 annual meeting and such other meetings as may be required, and 
 the manner of notifying the same shall be determined by 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. 
 
 SEC. 5. Board of Regents General Duties. The Board 
 of Regents shall enact laws for the government of the University 
 in all its branches, elect a President and the requisite number of 
 professors, instructors, officers and employees, and fix the salaries 
 and the term of office of each, and determine the moral and 
 educational qualifications of applicants for. admission to the var- 
 ious Courses of Instruction; but no instruction, either sectarian 
 in religion or partisan in politics shall ever be allowed in any 
 department of the University, and no sectarian or partisan test 
 shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of Regents 
 or in the election of professors, teachers or other officers of the 
 University, or in the admission of students thereto, or for any 
 purpose whatever. The Board of Regents shall ha've power to re- 
 move the President, or any professor, instructor or officer of the 
 University, when, in their judgment, the interests of the Uni- 
 versity require it. The Board may prescribe rules and regulations 
 for the management of the libraries, cabinet, museum, laboratories 
 and all other property of the University and of its several depart- 
 ments, and for the care and preservation thereof, with penalties 
 and forfeitures, by way of damages, for their violation, which may 
 be sued for and collected in the name of the Board before any court 
 having jurisdiction of such action. 
 
 SEC. 6. Power to Expend Income. The Board of Regents 
 are authorized to expend such portion of the income of the Uni- 
 versity Fund hereinafter created as they may deem expedient for 
 the erection of suitable buildings and the purchase of apparatus, 
 a library, cabinets and additions thereto. 
 
 SEC. 7. Annual report of Regents At the close of each 
 fiscal year, the Regents, through their President, shall make a 
 report in detail to the Governor, exhibiting the progress, condi- 
 tions and wants of the University, the Course of Study, the num- 
 ber of professors and students, the amount of receipts and dis- 
 bursements, together with the nature, costs and results of all im- 
 portant investigations and experiments, and such other inform- 
 ation as they may deem important. 
 
 SEC. 8. Duties of the President. The President of the Uni- 
 versity shall be President of the Faculty or of the several facul- 
 ties as they may be hereafter established and the executive head 
 of the instructional force in all its departments; as such, he shall 
 have authority, subject, to the Board of Regents, to give general 
 direction to the instruction and scientific investigation of the 
 University, and so long as the interests of the institution require 
 it, he shall be charged with the duties of one of the professor- 
 ships. 
 
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 SEC. 9. G vernment of the University. The immediate 
 government of the University shall be entrusted to the Faculty 7 
 but the Regents shall have the power to regulate the Course of In- 
 struction and prescribe the books or works to be used in the sev- 
 eral courses, and also to confer such degrees and grant such di- 
 plomas as are usual in universities, or as they shall deem appro- 
 priate, and to confer upon the Faculty by by-laws the power to 
 suspend or expel students for misconduct or other cause pre- 
 scribed by such by-laws. 
 
 SEC. 10. Object of the University. The object of the Uni- 
 versity of Idaho shall be to provide the means of acquiring a 
 thorough knowledge of the various branches of learning con- 
 nected with scientific, industrial and professional pursuits, and 
 to this end it shall consist of the following colleges- or depart- 
 ments, to- wit: 
 
 FIRST, The college or department of arts. 
 
 SECOND. The college or department of letters. 
 
 THIRD, The professional or other colleges or departments as 
 may from time to time be added thereto or connected therewith, 
 
 SEC. 11. Courses of Instruction. The college or depart- 
 ment of arts shall embrace courses of instruction in mathemate- 
 eal, physical and natural sciences, with their application to the 
 industrial arts, such as agricultural, mechanics, engineering, 
 mining and metallurgy, manufacturers, architecture and com- 
 merce in such branches included in the college of letters as shall 
 be necessary to a proper fitness of the pupils in the scientific and 
 practical courses for their chosen pursuits ; and, as soon as the 
 income of the University will allow, in such order as the wants 
 of the public shall seem to require, the said course in the sciences 
 and their application to the practical arts shall be expanded into 
 distinct colleges of the University, each with its own faculty and 
 appropriate title. The college of letters shall be co-existent with 
 the college of arts, and shall embrace a liberal course of instruc- 
 tion in language, literature and physiology, together with such 
 courses or parts of courses in the college of arts as the Regents of 
 the University shall prescribe. 
 
 SEC. 12. Who May be Students. The University shall 
 be open to female as well as male students, under such regula- 
 tions and restrictions as the Board of Regents may deem proper. 
 
 SEC. 13. Tuition. No student who shall have been a 
 resident of the State for one year next preceding his admission 
 shall be required to pay any fees for tuition in the University, ex- 
 cept in a professional department and for the extra studies. The 
 Regents may prescribe rates of tuition for any .pupil in a profes- 
 sional department, or who shall not have been a resident as 
 aforesaid, and for teaching extra studies. 
 
 SEC. 14. Board of Reaents Organization. The Board of 
 Regents herein provided for shall be appointed immediately after 
 this act becomes a law ; and within ninety days after the ap- 
 pointment of said Regents the Board shall meet at Boise City and 
 
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 elect a President, Secretary and Treasurer thereof, and shall at 
 aid meeting adopt by-laws for the government of said Board and 
 the officers chosen by virtue of this act. 
 
 SEC. 15. Special Appropriations. How Expended. The 
 sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars is hereby appropriated out of 
 iiny money in the state treasury of Idaho, not otherwise appro- 
 priated, and the State Auditor is hereby authorized to draw his 
 warrant on the State Treasurer for said amount, and the State 
 Treasurer is hereby directed and commanded to pay the same, as 
 hereinafter provided, which money shall be expended for the fol- 
 lowing purposes, to wit: 
 
 FIRST. The purchase of a site or grounds for said Uni- 
 versity, said location to consist of not less than ten nor more 
 than twenty acres of ground, and for the improvement of the 
 same, and for keeping the same in repair. 
 
 SECOND, To advertise for and obtain plans and specifica- 
 tions for a University building under such rules and regulations 
 as the Board may impose, 
 
 THIRD. For the payment of the necessary expense of said 
 Board, as hereinafter provided. 
 
 SEC. 16. Executive Committee. The President and Secre- 
 tary ex-officio, and one member of the Board to be appointed by 
 the President thereof, shall constitute an Executive Committee of 
 said Board, whose duties shall be prescribed by the by-laws of 
 the Board. 
 
 SEC. 17. Transfer of Appropriations. Upon executing and 
 filing with the State Treasurer a good and sufficient bond, in 
 whatever sum the Board of Regents shall direct, provided said 
 bond shall have been first approved by the State Attorney Gen- 
 eral, the State Treasurer shall pay over to the Treasurer of the 
 Board the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as 
 may be available; and in the event said sum is not paid in full 
 upon the execution and delivery of said bond as aforesaid, then 
 the remainder of said bond shall be transferred to the Treasurer 
 of said Board as speedily as the fund shall accumulate therefor. 
 
 SEC. 18. Expenditure of Funds. The Treasurer of said 
 Board shall, out of any moneys in his hands belonging to said 
 Board, pay all orders drawn upon him by the President and 
 Secretary thereof, when accompanied by vouchers fully explaining 
 the character of the expenditure, and the books and account of 
 the Treasurer shall at all times be open to the inspection of the 
 Board. The Treasurer shall make an annual report to the Pres- 
 ident of the Board of all transactions connected with the duties 
 of his office. 
 
 SEC. 19. University Tax Levy. There shall be levied and col- 
 lected annually a State tax of three-quarters of a mill for each dollar 
 of the assessed valuation of taxable property of the State of Idaho, 
 which amount, when so levied and collected, shall be appropriated 
 to a University Building Fund, to remain in the treasury subject 
 to ,the order of the Board of Regents; but in no event shall 
 
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 said Board appropriate the fund thus collected, or any portion 
 thereof, to any purpose other than that for which said fund was 
 provided: and, Provided, further, That said tax shall not be 
 levied and collected for a longer period than four years from the 
 date hereof. [As amended by the act of 1891.] 
 
 SEC. 20. Regents Compensation, for Expenses. The Re- 
 gents shall receive the actual amount of their expense in travel- 
 ing to and from and in attendance upon all meetings of the 
 Board, or incurred in the performance of any duty in pursuance 
 of any direction of the Board; accounts of such expenses shall be 
 duly authenticated and audited by the Board and be paid on 
 their order by the Treasurer out of any funds belonging to the 
 University not otherwise appropriated; no Regent shall receive 
 any pay, mileage or per diem except as above prescribed. 
 
 SEC. 21. Date of Passaue and Approval. This Act shall 
 take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved January 30, 1889. 
 
 An Act to Provide for the Issue of State Bonds for the Construction, Improve- 
 ment and Furnishing of the Public Buildings of the State, and the 
 Improvement of the Grounds Adjacent Thereto, and 
 Creating a Sinking Fund and Providing 
 for Its Investment. 
 
 Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho; 
 
 SECTION 1. That for the purpose of providing money for 
 the finishing and furnishing the State University of Idaho," im- 
 proving the Idaho State Penitentiary, building and furnishing a 
 hospital and other improvements for the Soldiers' Home, and re- 
 pairing and improving the Capitol building, a loan of Forty-nine 
 Thousand ($49,000) dollars is hereby authorized to be negotiated 
 by a Board, consisting of the .Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of 
 State and Attorney General of the State of Idaho, on the faith 
 and credit of the State of Idaho. The Treasurer of the State is 
 hereby authorized, empowered and directed immediately on the 
 passage of this act to issue forty-nine (49) bonds of the 'State of 
 Idaho, to be known as Idaho Improvement Bonds, in the sum of 
 One Thousand ($1000) Dollars each, payable in twenty years 
 from the date of their issuance, to bear interest at the rate of five 
 (5) per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day 
 of January and July of each year, at a bank in" the city of New 
 York to be selected by the State Treasurer ; Provided, that said 
 bonds shall be redeemable at the option of the State of Idaho at 
 any time after the expiration of ten years from their date of is- 
 euacne, and said bonds shall be plainly numbered from one (1) 
 to forty-nine (49) consecutively. Provided, that the State Board 
 of Land Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to in- 
 vest any and all moneys in the General School Fund of the State 
 in the bonds authorized by this act, at their par value ; the re- 
 mainder of the issue to be negotiated by sale to the highest re- 
 sponsible bidder. 
 
 SEC. 2 The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, empow- 
 
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 <ered and directed to cause to be printed or lithographed suitable 
 bonds in proper form, with coupons attached, for the purpose of 
 this act All such bonds shall be signed by the Secretary of 
 State with his own proper name, affixing his official character, 
 and shall.be authenticated by the great seal of the State, and 
 shall also be signed or endorsed by the Governor of the State 
 with his own proper name, affixing his official character, and 
 shall then be delivered by the Secretary of State to the Auditor, 
 who shall make and keep a register of such bonds, showing the 
 number and amount of each bond, and then deliver the said 
 bonds to the State Treasurer, and charge the State Treasurer on 
 the books of the Auditor's office with the full amount of such 
 bonds. 
 
 SEC. 3. At the time of issuing of said bonds under the 
 provisions of this Act, the State Treasurer shall sign them with 
 his own proper name, affixing his official character, and shall in 
 like manner sign the coupons thereunto attached, and such sign- 
 ing shall bind the State. The coupons for the payment of interest 
 shall be attached to said bonds in such manner that they may be 
 taken off, without injuring or mutilating the bonds, and sball be 
 severally numbered from one (1) to forty-nine (49), inclusive, 
 each bearing the corresponding number of the bond to which it is 
 attached. The Treasurer shall keep a register of all the bonds 
 issued by him, showing the date of issuance, and shall deliver 
 said bonds, with coupons attached as aforesaid, to the purchaser 
 or purchasers upon the receipt of the purchase money therefor; 
 and the money received from the sale of said bonds shall be by 
 said Treasurer placed in certain funds hereinafter named, as here- 
 inafter provided, none of said bonds, .however, shall be sold for 
 less than their face or par value. The expense of printing or 
 lithographing and procuring said bonds with coupons attached 
 shall be paid out of tli3 fund arising from tha sale of th.3 bonds, a 
 proportionate amount being paid from each fund hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 SEC. 4. For the purpose of creating a fund to pay the 
 interest coupons and the principal of said bonds, the State Treas- 
 urer is hereby empowered and directed, from and after the passage 
 of this Act, to set apart one-half of all moneys that shall be re- 
 ceived by him on account of licenses of every kind and descrip- 
 tion collected under the revenue laws of the State, and the same 
 shall constitute a separate and distinct fund, to be known as the 
 State Improvement Fund. And the State Treasurer shall pay 
 the interest on said bonds, when due, out of said fund, taking the 
 coupons as his vouchers therefor. And after the expiration of 
 ten (10) years from the issuance of any of said bonds, whenever 
 there shall be five thousand ($5000) dollars or more in said fund, 
 provided for in this section, over and above the amount required 
 for the payment of interest coupons due, or to become due within 
 the next ensuing six months, the Treasurer shall use such surplus 
 money in the redemption of said bonds according to the number 
 and date of their issue, of which the Treasurer shall give notice 
 
42 GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 by publication once in a week in some newspaper published in 
 the county of Ada, and from the date of the last publication of 
 such notice, the bonds proposed to be redeemed shall cease to 
 draw interest; and if any such bonds shall not be presented with- 
 in sixty days from the date of the last publication of such notice, 
 the Treasurer shall apply the money for the redemption of bonds 
 next in order of the number and date of their issue. 
 
 SEC. 5. If at any time there shall not be sufficient moneys 
 in said State Improvement Fund to pay the interest coupons or the 
 principal of such bonds when due, the State Treasurer shall pay 
 the same out of the General Fund of the State, and shall replace 
 the amount so paid out of the fund last named whenever moneys 
 derived from licenses shall be received. 
 
 SEC. 6. At any time prior to the time when the bonds 
 provided in Section one [1] of this act shall become subject to re- 
 demption, as provided by this act, the amount of money in tin- 
 Sinking Fund provided for by Section four (4) of this act shall 
 exceed the amount required for the payment of interest coupons 
 of such bonds due, or to become due within the next ensuing 
 twelve months, the State Treasurer shall use such surplus in 
 payment of any warrant drawn upon him by the State Auditor. 
 and presented for payment and not paid for want of money in 
 the fund upon which they are drawn properly applicable thereto, 
 and shall register and endorse such warrants, as provided by 
 Section two hundred and thirty-eight (238) of the Revised Stat- 
 utes, and place the same, so endorsed, to the credit of the Sinking 
 Fund aforesaid; and such warrants shall bear interest and be 
 payable in due course as other outstanding warrants, and. when 
 paid, the interest and principal thereof shall belong to the Sink- 
 ing Fund aforesaid, and shall be in like manner reinvested until 
 said bonds become redeemable as aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 7. When the money arising from the sale of said im- 
 provement bonds is received by the State Treasurer, he shall no- 
 tify the State Auditor of the amount of money so received, and 
 the State Auditor shall thereupon credit the Treasurer's account 
 with the amount of bonds sold and proceed to apportion the 
 money so received to the funds following which are hereby ere- 
 -ated, to- wit: Fourteen thousand ($14,000) dollars to the Univer- 
 sity Improvement Fund, and twenty-six thousand ($26,000) dol- 
 lars to the Penitentiary Improvement Fund, and three thousand 
 ($3,000) dollars to the Soldiers' Improvement Fund, and six 
 thousand ($6,000) dollars to the Capitol Building Improvement 
 Fund. Should such bonds be sold for more than their face or par 
 value, the premium thereon shall be apportioned to the funds by 
 this section created in proportional amounts. 
 
 SEC. 8. All moneys paid or to be paid into the funds 
 above described [Section 7,] are hereby appropriated for the uses 
 and purposes in this Act provided. Fourteen thousand [$14,000] 
 dollars shall be paid out for expenses incurred in finishing and 
 furnishing the State University of Idaho. Twenty-Fix thousand 
 
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 ($26,000) dollars shall be paid out for expenses incurred in im- 
 proving the Idaho State Penitentiary, and three thousand ($3,000) 
 dollars shall be paid out for expenses incurred in building and 
 furnishing a hospital and improving the Soldiers' Home, and Six 
 thousand ($6,000) dollars shall be paid for expenses incurred in 
 repairs and improving the Capitol building. 
 
 SEC. 9. No contract or award or understanding for repairs 
 or improvements for the different institutions mentioned in this 
 Act shall be made or entered into by the various governing 
 Boards of the institutions herein mentioned, unless the same shall 
 have been submitted to and approved by the Chairman of the 
 State Board of Examiners, and at least one of the other members 
 of said Board of Examiners. 
 
 SEC. 10. Moneys in the University Improvement Fund, the 
 Penitentiary Improvement Fund, the Soldiers' Home Improve- 
 ment Fund, and the Capitol Building Improvement Fund, shall 
 be drawn therefrom only upon warrants issued by the State Aud- 
 itor upon certificates signed by the Secretary and President, or 
 Secretary and Chairman, of the several Boards of Regents, or 
 Commissioners, or Trustees, of the different institutions, duly ap- 
 proved by the State Board of Examiners. 
 
 SEC. 11. This Act shall take effect and be in force from 
 and after its passage, an emergency existing therefor. 
 
 Approved, March 9, 1899. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. LEWISTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 
 SECTION. 1. Location Purpose of (School Proviso. That 
 a Normal School for the State of Idaho is hereby established in 
 the city of Lewiston, in the County of Nez Perce, to be called the 
 "Lewiston State Normal School," the purpose of which shall be 
 for training and educating teachers in the art of instruction and 
 governing in the public schools of this State, and of teaching the 
 various branches that pertain to a good common school education: 
 Provided, That the Mayor and city council of the said city of 
 Lewiston shall prior to the fijrst day of May, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-three, donate to the Board of Trustees hereinafter 
 named, as a site for the use of the said Lewiston State Normal 
 School, ten acres of land, within the limits of the said city of 
 Lewiston, known and described as a part of the City Park of 
 Lewiston, and shall convey the same by a good and perfect title 
 in fee simple to said Board of Trustees, who are hereby authorized 
 and empowered to receive and hold the same, and the title there- 
 to, in trust and for the use of the Lewiston State Normal School. 
 And the Mayor and city council of the said city of Lewiston are 
 hereby authorized and empowered to convey said site of ten 
 acres to the said Board of Trustees as aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 2. The said Lewiston State Normal School shall be 
 under the direction of a Board of Trustees to be known as "The 
 Board of Trustees of the Lewiston State Normal School." The 
 said Board of Trustees shall consist of six members, to-wit: B. 
 
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 F. Morris and C. W. Shaff, who shall bold their terms of office* 
 until January 27, A. D., 1901; Jno. P. \ T ollmer and Geo. E. Erb., 
 who shall hold their terms of office until January 27 r A. D., 
 1903; and James W. Reid and James W. Poe, who shall hold 
 their terms of office until January 27 A.D., 1905, and their successors 
 shall be appointed for the term of six years by the GoYernor of the- 
 State of Idaho, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
 Before entering upon the duties of his office, each of said Trustees' 
 shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before some per- 
 son duly authorized to administer the same, that he will support 
 the constitution of the United States and the State of Idaho, and 
 will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of 
 Trustee of the Lewiston State Normal School, which oath or 
 affirmation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. 
 
 SEC. 3. Organization Quorum Etc. The said Board of 
 Trustees may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best 
 conduce to the proper dispatch of business. A majority of the 
 Board of Trustee* shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
 business but a less number may adjourn from time to time. No 
 member of said Board of Trustees shall participate in any pro- 
 ceedings in which he has any pecuniary interest. Every vote and 
 official act of the said Board of Trustees shall be entered on 
 record. Said Board of Trustees shall have an official seal, -which 
 shall be judicially noticed. Said Board of Trustees may sue and 
 be sued. No Vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall impare the 
 right of the remaining Trustees to exercise all the powers of the 
 said Board of Trustees. At their first meeting, and annually 
 thereafter, the said Board of Trustees shall elect from their num- 
 ber a President and a secretary. The State Treasurer shall be 
 ex-officio Treasurer of the said Board of Trustees. It shall be the 
 duty of the Secretary to keep an exact and detailed account of 
 the doings of said Board, and itemized account of all expenditures 
 authorized by said Board. 
 
 SEC. 4. General Powers and Duties oj Trustees. The said 
 Board of Trustees are hereby authorized, and it is made their 
 duty, to take and at all times to have general supervision and 
 control of all buildings and property appertaining to said Normal 
 School, and to have general charge and control of the construction 
 of all buildings to be built. They shall have power to let con- 
 tracts for buildings and completion of any such buildings, and the 
 entire supervision of their construction. 
 
 SEC. 5. Funds How Expended Proviso. One half of all 
 funds appropriated for the use and benefit of Normal Schools in 
 the State of Idaho, for the establishment and maintenance of 
 State Normal Schools, shall be under the direction and control 
 of said Board of Trustees subject to the provisions herein con- 
 tained. The Treasurer of the Board shall pay out of such funds 
 all orders or drafts for money to be expended under the provisions 
 of this Act. Such orders or drafts to be drawn by the State 
 Auditor on certificates of the Secretary countersigned by the 
 President of the said Board of Trustees. No such certificates 
 
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 shall be given except upon accounts audited and allowed by said 
 Board: Provided. The Board of Trustees of said Lewiston State 
 Normal School may use all the funds in the State treasury arising 
 from the sale of any part of said lands, until such time as another 
 State Normal School shall be established: and, Provided, further, 
 Not more than fift^i thousand( 50,000) acres of said lands shall 
 ever be sold for said pupose of establishing and maintaining the 
 Lewiston State Normal School, and said Board of Trustees shall 
 never use more of said funds than necessary for the purpose of 
 carrying out the provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 6. Regular Meetings. The Board of Trustees shall 
 hold two regular meetings annually at the said city of Lewiston, 
 but special meetings may be called by the President of the Board 
 by sending written notice at least ten days before such meeting to 
 each member. 
 
 SEC. 7. Election of Teachers Salaries Removals. The 
 Board of Trustees shall have power to elect a principal and other 
 teachers that may be deemed necessary, to fix the salaries of the 
 same and to prescribe their duties. They shall have power to re- 
 move either the principal, assistant or teachers and appoint others 
 in their stead. 
 
 SEC. 8. Course of Study. It shall be the duty of the 
 Board of Trustees to prescribe the Course of Study, and the time 
 and standard of graduation, and to issue such certificates and 
 diplomas as may from time to time be deemed ^suitable. These 
 certificates and diplomas shall entitle the holder to teach in the 
 public schools of any county in the State for the time and in the 
 grade specified in the certificate or diploma. 
 
 SEC. 9. Text Books, Apparatus and Furniture. The Board 
 of Trustees shall prescribe the text books, apparatus and furni- 
 ture, and provide the same together with all necessary stationery 
 for the use of the pupils. 
 
 SEC. 10. Training or Model Schools. The Board of Trustees 
 shall, when deemed expedient, establish and maintain a training 
 or model school or schools; in which the pupils of the Normal 
 School shall be required to instruct classes under the supervision 
 and direction of experienced teachers. 
 
 SEC. 11. Rules and Regulations. The Board of Trustees 
 shall ordain such rules and regulations for the admission of pu- 
 pils to said Normal School as they shall deem necessary and 
 proper. All classes may be admitted into the said Normal 
 School who are admitted without restriction into the public 
 schools of the State. Provided, The applicant, if a male, must be 
 not less than sixteen years of age, or if a female, not less than 
 fifteen years of age. Applicants must also present letters of rec- 
 ommendation from the County Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
 tion of the county in which they reside, certifying to their good 
 moral character, and their fitness to enter the Normal School. 
 Before entering all applicants must sign the following declaration: 
 "We hereby declare that our purpose in entering the Lewiston 
 
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 State Normal School is to fit ourselves for the profession of teacfr- 
 ing, and that it is our intention to engage in teaching in the pub- 
 lic schools of this State." 
 
 SEC. 12. Non-Resident PcpiLi. Pupils from other States- 
 and territories- may be admitted to all the privileges of the said 
 Normal School, on presenting letters of recommendation from the- 
 Executive or State School Superintendent^thereof, and the pay- 
 ment of one hundred dollars. Pupils from other states shall not 
 l>e required to sign the declaration named in the foregoing section. 
 
 SEC, 13. Lectures in Sciences and Arts. Lectures in chem- 
 istry, comparative anatomy, agricultural chemistry, and any 
 other science or any other branch of literature that the Board of 
 Trustees may direct, may be delivered to those attending such 
 school in such manner and on such conditions as the Board of 
 Trustees may prescribe. 
 
 SEC. 14. Traveling and Necessary Expenses of Trustees. 
 The actual and necessary personal expenses incurred by the mem- 
 bers of said Board of Trustees, in carrying out the provisions of 
 this act, shall be paid on the proper certificate out of any fundy 
 belonging to said Normal School in the hands of the Treasurer. 
 
 SEC. 15. Vacancies on Board of Trustees It shall be the 
 duty of the Governor of the State to fill by appointme-nt all vacan- 
 cies" that may, from any cause, occur in the said Board of Trustees. 
 
 SEC. 16-. Annual Report. The President and Secretary of 
 the Board of Trustees shall on the first day of January of each 
 year, transmit to the Governor of the State, a full report of the 
 doings of the said Board of Trustees, the progress and condition 
 of said Normal School, together with a full report of the- expend- 
 itures of the same for the previous year, setting forth each item 
 in full, and the date thereof and such recommendations as they 
 deem proper for the good of said Normal School. 
 
 SEC. 17. School Discipline. The Board of Trustees in their 
 regulations, and the Principal and assistants in their supervision 
 and government of said school, shall exercise a watchful guard- 
 ianship over the morals of the pupils at all times during their at- 
 tendance upon the same, but no religious or sectarian tests si i all 
 be applied in the selection of teachers, and none shall be adopted 
 in said school. 
 
 Approved, Feb. 7, 1899, 
 
 CHAPTER XIL LEWISTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 
 
 An Act Providing for the Issue of State Bonds for the Purchase of Chemicals 
 
 and Chemical and Physical Apparatus, and for the Erection of two 
 
 Dormitories for the Lewiston State Normal School, and 
 
 Prescribing how the Proceeds of the Sale of 
 
 such Bonds shall be Expended* 
 
 Be it Enacted by the Legislatue of the State of Idaho: 
 
 SECTION. 1. That for the purpose of providing money for 
 chemicals and chemical and physical apparatus, and for the 
 erection of two dormitories for the Lewiston State Normal School, 
 
()P THE STATE OF IDAHO. 
 
 located at Lewiston, in Nez Perce County. State of Idaho, a loan 
 of Seven Thousand Five Hundred (7,500) Dollars is hereby au- 
 thorized to be negotiated by a Board consisting of Governor, 
 Treasurer, Secretary of State and Attorney General, of the State 
 of Idaho on the faith and credit of the State of Idaho, and 
 secured by the proceeds of the sale of State Normal School lands 
 and the timber thereon as hereinafter provided. 
 
 SEC. 2. The Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized, 
 empowered and directed immediately upon the passage of this 
 Act, to issue fifteen (15) bonds of the State of Idaho, to be known 
 as Idaho Lewiston State Normal School Bonds, in the sum of 
 Five Hundred (500) Dollars each, payable in twenty (20) years 
 from the date of their issuance, to bear interest at the rate of five 
 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of 
 January and July of each year at a bank in the city of New York 
 to be selected by the State Treasurer; said bonds however to Ir- 
 redeemable at the option of the State of Idaho, at any time at the 
 expiration of ten (10) years from the date of their issuance, and 
 -said bonds shall.be plain I} 7 numbered from one to fifteen (15) 
 consecutively. 
 
 SEC. o. The State Treasurer is hereby further authorized, 
 empowered and directed, to cause to be printed or lithographed, 
 suitable bonds, in proper form, with coupons attached, for the 
 purposes of this Act. All such bonds shall be signed by the Sec- 
 retary of State with his own proper name, affixing his official 
 character, and shall be authenticated by the Great Seal of the 
 State, and shall also be signed or endorsed by the Governor of the 
 State with his own proper name, affixing his official character, 
 and shall then be delivered by the Secretary of State to the State 
 Auditor, who shall make and keep a register of such bonds, show- 
 ing the number and amount of each bond, and then deliver the 
 said bonds to the State Treasurer, and charge the State Treasurer 
 on the books of the Auditor's office with the full amount of each 
 bond. 
 
 SEC, 4. At the time of issuing said bonds under the pro- 
 visions of this Act, the State Treasurer shall sign them with his 
 own proper name, affixing his official character, and shall in like 
 manner sign the coupons thereunto attached, and such signing 
 shall bind the State. The coupons for the payment of interest 
 shall be attached to said bonds in such manner that they may 
 be taken off without injury or mutilating the bonds, and shall be 
 severally numbered from one to forty, inclusive, each bearing the 
 corresponding number of the bond to which it is attached. The 
 Treasurer shall keep a register of all the bonds issued by him 
 showing the date of issuance, and shall deliver said bonds with 
 the coupons attached as aforesaid, to the purchaser or purchasers, 
 upon the receipt of the purchase money therefor; and the money 
 received from the sale of said bonds shall be by said Treasurer 
 placed in a certain fund to be known as the Lewiston Normal 
 School Fund for chemical and physical apparatus and the erec- 
 tion of domitories. none of said bonds however shall be sold for 
 
48 GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 less than their face or par value.' The expense of printing or 
 lithographing and procuring said bonds with coupons attached, 
 shall be paid out of the funds arising from the sale of said bonds. 
 SEC. 5. For the purpose of securing the payment of the 
 principal of the bonds provided for in this Act, the proceeds of 
 the sale of all the lands, or of timber growing thereon, granted 
 to the State of Idaho by the United States for State Normal 
 Schools are hereby set apart as a separate and distinct fund to be 
 known as the Normal School Sinking Fund; and after the pay- 
 ment of the principal and interest of the bonds provided for by 
 an Act providing for the issue of said bonds for the benefit of the 
 Albion State Normal School and the Lewiston State Normal 
 Schools, and prescribing how the proceeds of the sale of said 
 bonds shall be expended, ratified the seventh day of March, 1895; 
 and after the payment of the said principal of the said 
 bonds provided by this Act, then the proceeds of the sales 
 of said land or timber shall be paid into the General Fund 
 in the State treasury. until an amount, equal to the total amount 
 of interest that has theretofore been paid out of said General Fund 
 on said bonds, issued by the said two Acts hereinbefore named, 
 less the amount of interest that may have been paid into raid 
 General Fund from investment of Normal School Sinking Fund 
 moneys in State warrants, as hereinafter provided for, has been 
 so paid into said General Fund. When the principal of said 
 bonds shall have been fully paid and the General Fund of the 
 State reimbursed for interest on said bonds provided in said two 
 Acts as herein specified, then and thereafter the proceeds of the 
 sales of such lands and timber shall be disposed of, as may by 
 law be provided. 
 
 SEC. 6. At any time after ten (10) years from the issuance 
 of said bonds, whenever there shall be ten thousand (10,000) 
 dollars of said Sinking Fund, the Treasurer of the State shall 
 make a "call" by publication for sixty (60) days in some daily 
 newspaper in this State, notifying all the parties interested that 
 certain bonds of said Normal School Bonds provided by the said 
 two Acts hereinbefore referred to, giving their numbers, will at a 
 certain date be paid at the office of said Treasurer, and the bonds 
 so called shall cease to bear interest from and after the date in 
 said '''call" specified. 
 
 SEC. 7. At any time when money to the amount of One 
 Thousand Dollars or more is in said Sinking Fund it is hereby 
 made the duty of the State Treasurer to invest such money in 
 registered State warrants of this State, and in registered State 
 warrants only, and to hold such warrants until they are re- 
 deemed as a part of said Sinking Fund, and whenever State war- 
 rants so held by the Treasurer are paid, the Treasurer shall certify 
 the amount of interest that may have accrued thereon to the 
 State Auditor and the amount of such interest shall thereupon be 
 placed to the credit of and become a part of the General Fund of 
 the State, and the amount of the principal of said Sinking Fund 
 invested in such warrants shall upon the redemption of said war- 
 
\)Y THE STAIE OF IDAHO. -fcl 
 
 rants he returned to said Sinking Fund, to be reinvested in the 
 <3ame manner: Provided, That when the principal pi said Sink- 
 ing Fund is required for the redemption of the bonds called as 
 provided for in this Act, such principal shall not be so invested 
 in such warrants. 
 
 SEC. 8. For the prompt payment of the interest that may 
 accrue upon said bonds there is hereby appropriated for each 
 year out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise ap- 
 propriated, an amount equal to the amount of said interest on 
 said bond? as the same may become due, and for the payment of 
 such interest when due the Treasurer of the State shall reserve 
 any and sufficient of the funds in his hands, in preference to all 
 other claims whatsoever, except the interest on bonds of the State 
 heretofore issued pursuant to law. 
 
 SEC. 9. When the moneys arising from the sale of said 
 bonds are received by the State Treasurer he shall notify the 
 State Auditor of the amount of money so received, and the State 
 Auditor shall thereupon credit the Treasurer's account with the 
 amount of bonds sold. 
 
 SEC. 10. All moneys paid or to be paid into said the Lewiston 
 State Normal School Fund, are hereby appropriated 'to the Lew- 
 iston State Normal School for the purposes of said two acts as 
 hereinbefore stated and provided. 
 
 SEC. 11. The moneys in said Lewiston State Normal 
 School Fund received from sale of bonds issued under this Act, 
 and hereinbefore stated and provided, shall be paid out for the 
 purchase of chemicals and chemical and physical apparatus, and 
 for the erection and furnishing of the two dormitories for the 
 Lewiston State Normal School. 
 
 SEC. 12. The moneys in the said Lewiston State Normal 
 School Fund, as hereinbefore provided in this Act, shall be drawn 
 therefrom only upon warrants issued by the State Auditor upon 
 certificates of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of said Lew- 
 iston Normal School, countersigned by the President thereof, as 
 provided in Section five [5] of "An Act to establish a State Nor- 
 mal School at Lewiston, V etc.: Approved February 7, 1899, and 
 approved by the State Board of Examiners. 
 
 SEC. 13. Whereas an emergency exists therefor this Act 
 shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and ap- 
 proval. 
 
 Became a law without Executive Approval March 9, 1899. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. ALBION STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 
 SECTION 1. Location Purpose Proviso. That a Normal 
 School for the State of Idaho is hereby established at or near the 
 town of Albion, in the County of Cassia, to be called the "Albion 
 State Normal School," the purpose of which will be for training 
 and educating teachers in 'the art of instruction and governing in 
 the public schools of this State, and of teaching the various 
 branches that pertain to a good common school education: Pro- 
 
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 rided. That J. E. Miller, of the said town of Albion, shall prior 
 to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, do- 
 nate to the Board of Trustees hereinafter named, as a -site for t he- 
 use of the said Albion State Normal School, five acres of Lot 3~ 
 Section 6, Township 12, S., R. 25 E., together with a permanent 
 water right therefor and shall convey the same by a good' and 
 perfect title in fee simple to said Board of Trustees, who are 
 herebv authorized and empowered to receive and hold the same,, 
 and the title thereto, in trust and for the use of the said Albion, 
 State Normal School. 
 
 SEC, 2. That a non-partisan Board of Trustees to be- 
 known a& "The Board of Trustees of the Albion State Normal 
 School" consisting of five members, no more than three of whom 
 shall be of the same political party, is hereby created for the 
 management and control of the Albion State Normal School. 
 Said Trustees shall be appointed by the Governor by and with 
 the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of two years and 
 until their successors are appointed and qualified, and before en- 
 tering upon the duties of their office each of said Trustees shall 
 take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that he will support 
 the constitution of the United States and the constitution and 
 laws of the State of Idaho, and will faithfully and impartially 
 discharge the duties of said office, which oath or affirmation shall 
 be filed in office of Secretary of State. 
 
 SEC. 3. All the rights, powers, duties and titles to real es- 
 tate or personal property belonging to or vested in said Albion 
 State Normal School, are hereby vested in the Trustees of said 
 school herein provided for. 
 
 SEC. 4. Organization Quorum Etc. The said Board of 
 Trustees may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best 
 conduce to the proper dispatch of business. A majority of the 
 Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
 of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. 
 No member of said Board of Trustees shall participate in any 
 proceedings in which he has any pecuniary interest. Every vote 
 and official act of the said Board of Trustees shall be entered on 
 record. Said Board of Trustees shall have an official seal, which 
 shall be judicially noticed. Said Board of Trustees may sue and 
 be sued. No vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall impair the 
 right of the remaining Trustees to exercise all the powers of the 
 said Board of Trustees. At their first meeting, and annually 
 thereafter, the said Board of Trustees shall elect from their num- 
 ber a President and a Secretary. The State Treasurer shall be ex- 
 officio Treasurer of the said Board of Trustees. It shall be the 
 duty of the Secretary to keep an exact and detailed account of 
 the doings of said Board, and an itemized account of all expend- 
 itures authorized by said Board. 
 
 SEC. 5. General Fowe v s and Duties of Trustees. The said 
 Board of Trustees are hereby authorized, and it is made their 
 duty, to take and at all times to have general supervision and 
 control of all buildings and. N property appertaining to said Normal 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO 51 
 
 School, and to have general charge and control of the construc- 
 tion of all buildings to be built. They shall have power to let 
 contracts for buildings and completion of any such buildings^ 
 and the entire supervision of their construction. 
 
 SEC. 6. Funds Hew Expended Proviso. All funds ap- 
 propriated for the use and benefit of said Normal School, -from 
 every source, including the pro rata share of the available pro- 
 ceeds of sales of land, granted by the government of the United 
 States to the State of Idaho, for the establishment and mainte- 
 nance of the State Normal Schools, due to said Normal School, 
 shall be under the direction and control of said Board of Trustees 
 subject to the provision herein contained. The Treasurer of the 
 Board of Trustees shall pay out of such funds all orders or drafts 
 for money to be expended under the provisions of this Act. Such 
 orders or drafts shall be drawn by the State Auditor on certifi- 
 cates of the Secretary countersigned by the President of said 
 Board of Trustees and approved by the State Board of Examiners, 
 No such certificates shall be given except on accounts audited 
 and allowed by said Board of Trustees. 
 
 SEC. 7. Regular Meetings. The Board of Trustees shall 
 hold two regular meetings annually, at the said town of Albion, 
 but special meetings may be called by the President of the Board 
 by sending written notice at least ten days before such meeting to 
 each member. 
 
 SEC. 8. Election of Teachers Salaries Removals. The 
 Board of Trustees shall have power to elect a principal and all 
 other teachers that may be deemed necessary, to fix the salaries 
 of the same and to prescribe their duties. They shall have power 
 to remove either the Principal, assistant or teachers and appoint 
 others in their stead. 
 
 SEC. 9. Course of Study Value of Certificates. It shall 
 be the duty of the Board of Trustees to prescribe the course of 
 study, and the time and standard of graduation, and to issue 
 such certificates and diplomas as may from time to time be deemed 
 suitable. These certificates and diplomas shall entitle the holders 
 to teach in the public schools in any county in this State for the 
 time and in the grade specified in the certificate or diploma. 
 
 SEC. 10. Text Books, Apparatus and Furniture. The 
 Board of Trustees shall prescribe the text books, apparatus and 
 furniture, and provide the same together with all the necessary 
 stationery for the use of the pupils. 
 
 SEC. 11. Training or Model Schools. The Board of Trus- 
 tees, shall, when deemed expedient, establish and maintain a 
 training or model school or schools; in which the pupils of the 
 Normal School shall be required to instruct classes under the 
 supervision and direction of experienced teachers. 
 
 SEC. 12. Rules and Regulations. The Board of Trustees 
 shall ordain such rules and regulations for the admission of 
 pupils to said Normal School as they shall deem necessary and 
 proper. All classes may be admitted into the said Normal School 
 
f>2 GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 who are admitted without restriction into the public schools of 
 the State: Provided, The applicant, if a male, must be not less 
 than sixteen years of age, or if a female not less than fifteen years 
 of age. Applicants must also present letters of recommendation 
 from the County Superintendent of Public Instruction of the 
 county in which they reside, certifying to their good moral char- 
 acter, and their fitness to enter the Normal School. Before enter- 
 ing all applicants must sign the following declaration: "We 
 hereby declare that our purpose in entering the Albion State 
 Normal School is to fit ourselves for the profession of teaching. 
 and that it is our intention to engage in teaching in the public 
 schools of this State." 
 
 SEC. 13. N on Resident l*Hpih. Pupils from other States 
 and Territories may be admitted to all the privileges of the said 
 Normal School, on presenting letters of recommendation from 
 the Executive or State School Superintendent thereof, and paying 
 such tuition fee as the Board of Trustees may prescribe. Each of 
 such pupils must sign the following declaration: "I hereby de- 
 clare that my purpose in entering the Albion State Normal 
 School is to tit myself for the profession of teaching." 
 
 SEC. 14. Lectures in Sciences and Arts. Lectures in chemis- 
 try, comparative anatomy, mechanical arts, agricultural chemistry, 
 and any other science or any other branch of literature that t he Boar< I 
 of Trustees may direct, may be delivered to those attending such 
 school in such manner and on such conditions as the Board of 
 Trustees may prescribe. 
 
 SEC. 15. Traveling and Necessary Expenses <>f Trustees. 
 The actual and necessary personal expenses incurred by the mem- 
 bers of said Board of Trustees, in carrying out the provisions of 
 this act, shall be paid on the proper certificate out of any funds 
 belonging to said Normal School in the hands of the Treasurer. 
 
 SEC. 16. -Vacancies on Board of Trustees. It shall be the 
 duty of the Governor of the State to fill by appointment all vacan- 
 cies that may, from any cause, occur in the said Board of Trustees. 
 
 SEC. 17. Annn.nl Report. The President and Secretary of 
 the Board of Trustees shall on the first days of January and July of 
 each year, transmit to the Governor of the State, a full report of the 
 doings of the said Board of Trustees, the progress and condition 
 of said Normal School, together with a full report of the expend- 
 itures of the same for the previous six months, setting forth each 
 item of in full, and the date thereof and such recommendations 
 as they deem proper for the good of said Normal School. 
 
 SEC. 18.- School Discipline. The Board of Trustees in their 
 regulations, and the Principal and assistant in their supervision 
 and government of said school, shall exercise a watchful guard- 
 ianship over the morals of the pupils at all times during their at- 
 tendance upon the same, but no religious or sectarian tests shall 
 be applied in the selection of teachers, and none shall be adopted 
 in the said school. 
 
 SEC. 19. Whereas an emergency exists therefor this Act 
 shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved, February 14, 1899. 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDATO. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Chapter. Section 
 
 Adjournment of schools ................................. ....... 8 9 
 
 Age, school, defined, ............... ________ ...... ____ 8 6 
 
 Age, teachers' ....................................................... . .......................... ...^. 3 # 
 
 Albion State Normal School ................... .. ........ .....! 28 
 
 Amendment, constitutional- 
 
 Investment of public school funds...,. ............. ...... .......... 16 1-2 
 
 Apportionment of forfei ted money .............................................. ..,.,. 7 4 
 
 Apportionment of license money ........................... . _____ ..\... ......... ......... 7 13 
 
 Apportionment of school funds, county and state 
 
 Hy county superintendent... ..................................... ..... 3 15 
 
 Manner of ....................................... ..................... 3 1& 
 
 Share given each district .................................... ..,..'..... 3 15 
 
 For new districts ............................... ...,.....,....,.,. ............. 5 n 
 
 For joint districts ................................................ , ...... 5 u 
 
 Apportionment of state school funds 
 
 By state superintendent ...................... .., ......... ................... ... s 10 
 
 Appropriation 
 
 Text book commission ..................... . ........... ........ , ............ 9 J3 
 
 Arbor culture ................................... ______ ....................................... ,. _____ 3.8 i 
 
 Arbor day 
 
 Designation of ................................ .............. ............... .,,.... 18 1 
 
 Schools obliged to observe the day..., .......... . ........ ............... 18 2 
 
 Manner ...... ............................. ................. .......................... 18 z 
 
 Purpose ............................................ , ........ ----- ... .......... ...... is 2 
 
 Programme of exercises .................. .......... ... ................ ... 18 3 
 
 Assessors 
 
 Duty in special tax levy .................................. v _______ .,.>... 7 7 
 
 Must keep separate list, and take separate receipt ............. 7 8 
 
 Must keep separate account ..................... ^ ............ ............. ? 8 
 
 Compensation ................................................................... 7 9 
 
 Paid from special tax ............... . ........................ .................... 7 % 
 
 Blanks furnished by county cemmisfei0r>ers ................ , ..... 7 10 
 
 Assistants ^t institutes ........................ ...................... .., ...... .,,, .......... 8 U 
 
 {?ee school bonds.) 
 
 IiKiependen t school Dist. (See independent school Diat.) 
 
 State, county, school, municipal, or other bends validated It \ 
 Boundaries- 
 
 Petition to change filed with county superintendent ......... 5 2 
 
 County commissioners hav power to change at regular 
 
 meetings .......................................................... f 2 
 
 Cbangedonly on petition ..... ,. ......... . ...... ........ ,. ..... .. ..... .. 5 2 
 
 Notice of petition to change must be posted in public 
 
 places ............................................... ... ..... ............ 5 4 
 
 Trustees must be notified of petitio a ..... ...... .> ................ 5 4 
 
 Census Marshal- 
 
 Shall report children of school age to trustees .................... ..... 10 2 
 
 report deaf , dumb and blind in each district to county 
 
 superintendent ........................ , ............................ 17 1 
 
 Certificates, County 
 
 First-erade ..... ~ ...... , ................ ~~ ........... ., .., ........................... 3 8-9 
 
 Second-grade ----- ............... ........... . ..... . ................ ... ......... ... . 3 8-9 
 
 Tnird-grade ................... , ......... ........................ , ............... 3 8-9 
 
 Fee .................................... . ......................................... 3 8-9 
 
 Maybe revok-ed by county superintendent forcause ____ ...... 9 lu 
 
 Not granted to persons not citizens of the United States... 3 17 
 
 Corporation - 
 
 Each regularly organized district..... ..... . ............................ . 5 1 
 
 Name and style .................................................................... 5 1 
 
 Certificates, state ................ .............. ................ ........... 2 3-i 
 
 Examinations held semi-annually ....................................... 1 8 
 
 When granted ............................................................ I 4 
 
 Conditions ............................................................................ 1 4 
 
 Life of ............................................................................. 1 4 
 
 May be revoked by state board ............................................. 1 4-7 
 
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 Chapter. Sectioia 
 Chairman beard of trustees- 
 Elected by board 4 2- 
 
 bhall sign school bonds and coupons 11 2 
 
 Clrk board of trustees 
 
 Elected by board of trustees ,, 4 2 
 
 Compensation paid by trustees 4 5 
 
 Must enumerate children of school age in his district 4 13 
 
 Compensation of enumeration.- 4 14 
 
 Post notice of election .*;...... 6 1 
 
 Receives school register 8 1 
 
 custodian of district textbooks 9 10 
 
 Shall distribute text-books to teachers ". 9 10 
 
 take receipt for books J~ 9 lO 
 
 ' receive books at close of school year 9 10 1 
 
 sign school bonds and coupons 11 
 
 Collector - 
 
 Shall return unsold licenses to county auditor 7 12 
 
 pay to county treasurer all moneys collected 7 12 
 
 take treasurer's receipt 7 12 
 
 " file duplicate receipt with auditor. 7 12 
 
 " file quarterly report w ith county treasurer.... 7 14 
 
 Compensation of teachers... ..- 8 a 
 
 Contagious diseases 
 
 To prevent spread of ~. 19 1 
 
 Duty of owners of houses ~~ 19 1 
 
 Duty of physicians 19 1-2-3 
 
 Duty of trustees ^ 19 2-4 
 
 County auditor- 
 Shall draw warrant on district school fund on presentation of 
 
 order 7 4 
 
 " countersign warrant on independent district officers 7 4 
 
 Unsold licenses returned to 7 
 
 draw warrant for expense of teachers' institutes 9 10 
 
 County bonds- 
 Validated ~ ~ 14 1 
 
 County commissioners- 
 Have power to create new school district at regular meetings 5 2 
 
 Have power to change boundaries at regular meetings 5 
 
 May change boundaries only on petition ~ 5 2 
 
 May create districts only on petition ... 5 2 
 
 Must act on petition for new districts, and change of 
 
 boundaries at regular meeting 5 4-5 
 
 May modify petition 5 4-k 
 
 Shall order territory of lapsed district* attached to other school 
 
 districts ~ 5 12 
 
 " levy tax for school purposes ~ 7 
 
 " furnish assessor blanks for special tax , 7 
 
 County superintendent- 
 Election of ~ 3 I 
 
 Residence 3 1 
 
 Term of office ~ ~ 3 
 
 Special qualifications 3 2 
 
 Bond 3 2 
 
 Sureties 3 2 
 
 Bond approved by county commissioners 3 2 
 
 Bond and oath filed with county recorder ~ 3 2 
 
 Must possess valid first-grade certificate 3 2 
 
 Eligibility.. ~ ~ 3 2 
 
 Shall visit and supervise schools 
 
 Office at county seat , 3 4 
 
 Office supplies and office, provided by commissioners- 4 
 
 " designate office days - 3 4 
 
 ketpoffice open _ % 4 
 
 " direct trustees i egarding repair of school buildings 3 
 
 keep record of official acts 3 
 
 " preserve office supplies ~ 3 
 
 file all official documents - 3 
 
 obey legal instructions of state superintendent -.. 3 
 
 hold examinations, regular and special 3 
 
 " adveitise examinations 3 
 
 " grant and sign certificates to teachers 3 
 
 open examination questions in presence of applicants... S 
 
 deposit fees collected for certificates in county treasury. . . 3 
 
 May revoke county cerfcincates for cause 3 10 
 
 keep record of all certificates granted or revoked 3 11 
 
 " keep books required by state superintendent, showing re- 
 ports of trustees, etc 3 
 
 " report annually to state superintendent 
 
 " appoint tiustees in all newly-organized districts 3 
 
 appoint trustees to fill all vacancies 3 
 
 " be allowed expense of examination , 3 14 
 
 require county treasurer to report, quarterly, school 
 
 moneys not apportioned 
 
 ' apportion school moneys, county and state 3 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 
 
 Chapter. Section. 
 Shall certify to county treasurer amount of school monev to 
 
 credit of each district 3. 15 
 
 " notify clerk of each district of amount of money to credit 
 
 of district...... .- ; 3 15 
 
 . Peualty for failure to comply with requirements of state 
 
 superintendent. 3 lft 
 
 Salary.. , '. 
 
 uotity trustees when petitions for new districts, or change 
 
 of boundaries ate filed 5 4 
 
 Contents of notice * 
 
 post printed notices of petitions ...1V.V. 5 
 
 " present petitions for new districts and change of bound- 
 aries to county commissioners 5 4 
 
 May approve, or disapproYe, petition 5 4 
 
 apportion money to new districts 5 9 
 
 ' apportion .money to joint districts.. " 5 n 
 
 " apportion to other districts money apportioned to districts 
 
 that have lapsed 5 jg 
 
 " sell property of lapsed districts ', 5 
 
 " notify county treasurer if trustees fail to comply with the 
 
 law 7 4 
 
 keep account with each district 7 5 
 
 ' countersign warrants of district officers " 7 
 
 ' collect peual tines due county 7 & 
 
 Decision final in cases of suspension of pupils 8 
 
 ' hold annual institute 8 7 
 
 ' advertise time of holding institute, or send written notice 
 
 to teachers 8 7 
 
 May hold joint institute g 7 
 
 ' certify to trustees teachers' attendance at institutes 8 9 
 
 " procure institute assistants 8 10 
 
 ' provide all necessaries for institute work .*." 8 10 
 
 present account of institute expenses to county auditor . . 8 10 
 
 forward text-book lists to teachers and trustees 9 6 
 
 order text-books 9 g 
 
 " keep accouuts of books ordered... 9 9 
 
 Bound by state superintendent's regulations concerning 
 
 text-books... 9 n 
 
 ' report number of deaf, dumb and blind to state superin- 
 tendent 17 i 
 
 County treasurer- 
 Gives receipt therefore .-i* 7 12 
 
 Receives collector's report . 7 14 
 
 Shall keep account of text-books ordered 9 9 
 
 bound by state superintendent's regulations concerning 
 
 text-books 9 n 
 
 1 register school bonds 11 2 
 
 ' post notice to redeem bonds 11 e 
 
 ' pay interest on bonds 11 7 
 
 " report quarterly to county superintendent school money 
 
 not apportioned 9 15 
 
 ' keep separate account with each school district... 7 4 
 
 " pay money on warrant 7 4 
 
 " retain district money wheu directed by county superinten- 
 dent .. 7 4 
 
 " hold school fund as special deposit 7 4 
 
 " pay to treasurer 01 independent school district money 
 
 belonging thereto 7 4 
 
 Receives license money 7 ia 
 
 Course of study 2 i 
 
 Days of school in a week .. 8 5 
 
 Deaf, dumb and blind 10 
 
 Census of 17 i 
 
 Age limit **. 17 t 
 
 Denominational literature forbidden in schools '...'.'. .". 8 4 
 
 Diplomas, state . 3-4 
 
 When granted _ 4 
 
 Conditions .. 4-5 
 
 Good during life of holder ,.. f 
 
 May be revoked by state board 5-7 
 
 Districts- 
 Amount of school money to which each is entitled*. 3 15 
 
 Manner of apportioning money to each ... a It 
 
 Limit of expenditures for supplies * 4 9 
 
 Regularly organized, body corporate . 5 1 
 
 May sue, and be sued 5 1 
 
 Boundaries may be changed on petition at quarterly meet* 
 
 ings of board of county commissioners 5 
 
 Union of , when allowed 5 
 
 Division, when allowed 5 
 
 Area of 5 
 
 City, or town, shall not be divided 5 
 
 Dissolution of, when 5 IS 
 
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 Chapter. Section. 
 
 Sale of property and disposal of funds by county superin- 
 tendent 5 12 
 
 Disposal of territory by county commissioners 5 12 
 
 Account kept with each by county treasurer 7 4 
 
 Account kept with each by county superintendent 7 5 
 
 Faith pledged for redemption of bonds 11 4 
 
 fcach a body corporate, may sue and be sued It 4 
 
 Districts, independent (See independent school districts.) 
 
 Distrijis, joint- 
 How formed 5 7 
 
 Record of 5 8 
 
 Census 5 
 
 Attendance 5 
 
 Assessment of property 5 
 
 Collection of taxes 5 K 
 
 Apportionment 5 It 
 
 Districts, new 
 
 When created 5 2 
 
 Petitions for. 5 2-3 
 
 Contents of 5 3 
 
 Boundaries of 5 2 3 
 
 Entitled to proportion of school moneys 5 9 
 
 Adjustment oi funds, or indebtedness 5 10 
 
 Education compulsory 10 1 
 
 I hildren required to attend school 10 
 
 Exceptions 10 
 
 > Duties of parents or guardians 10 
 
 ^Election special tax - 6 
 
 ballots 
 
 Ballot box, separate t> 
 
 Who may vote 6 
 
 Certification of levy, rate, date, etc., of special tax to 
 
 county commissioners, by trustees l> 
 
 Limit t> 
 
 Election of trustees- time 6 
 
 Notice u 
 
 contents of notice 6 
 
 Judge ti 
 
 Clerk 6 
 
 Returns made to county superintendent 6 
 
 Returns filed in office ot county superintendent 
 
 Voters, qualified t> a 
 
 Election for issuance of school bonds. (See school bonds.) 
 
 Examination, state 
 
 One member oi the state ooard shall preside l 
 
 Assistants may be employed 
 
 Compensation of assistants 1 
 
 Examinations, county 
 
 Date 3 
 
 Kegular, must be held at the county seat .. 
 
 Special, may be held elsewhere 
 
 Advertised by county superintendent 3 
 
 Subjects 3 
 
 Questions furnished county superintendent under seal 
 
 Questions must be opened in presence of applicants 3 
 
 fcee .' 3 
 
 Expense of examination paid from current expense fund.. 
 
 Questions prepared by state superintendent 2 
 
 Kules prescribed by state superintendent 2 
 
 Fines 
 
 For violation of school law paid into the county treasury .. 10 
 
 Independent school districts- 
 Have special laws for collection of taxes 
 
 Free schools independent districts 12 
 
 Corporate powers 12 2 
 
 Officers 12 
 
 Bonds trustees may issue 13 1 
 
 Purpose ~ ~ , 13 I 
 
 Limit . 13 1 
 
 Description of 13 2 
 
 Value of 13 3 
 
 Application of proceeds 13 3 
 
 Election to issue for buildings, etc 13 4 
 
 Special tax for interest sinking fund, redemption 13 5 
 
 Trustees 12 2 
 
 Terms 1 3 
 
 Election..... 12 4 
 
 Time . 12 4 
 
 Notice !.".".".. 1 12 4 
 
 Qualified electors 12 5 
 
 Judges 1 decision on tie vote 12 5 
 
 Vacancies 12 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 
 
 Clapter. Section. 
 
 Pecuniary Ijt-M-est 12 7 
 
 'Official oath or trustees ... 12 8 
 
 Organization of boards of trustees ,~ 12 9 
 
 Compensation of trustees. ~ 12 16 
 
 Regular meetings 12 11 
 
 Quorum 12 It 
 
 General dutkjs ;ind powers of hoard . 12 12 
 
 General provisions uot contradictory govern . 12 13 
 
 Institutes- 
 Held annually bv county superintendent 8 
 
 Time of holding determined toy county superintendent 8 
 
 Ten days' notice given . , 8 7 
 
 Lenyth of session , $ 7 
 
 Advertised r-y county superintendent 8 7 
 
 Teachers to be notified -~ ~ - 8 7 
 
 Teachers must attend, 8 
 
 Kxpense of - 8 10 
 
 Limit of expens .., 8 10 
 
 Assistants 8 10 
 
 Necessaries provided by county superintendent 8 10 
 
 Joint institutes ~ 8 
 
 Expenses or _ 8 10 
 
 Interest on state school funds 7 2 
 
 Xnvestmont of school funds . ' 7 11 
 
 Lewiston State Normal c chool 21 
 
 Sale of bondsfcr purchase of chemicals and chemical and 
 
 physical apparatus ,., .. 22 
 
 License fund ~ 7 li 
 
 Collection and payment to treasurer .'. 7 1* 
 
 License money apportionment of ,.7 13 
 
 Month, school 8 ft 
 
 Municipal bonds, validated , ,,. 14 1 
 
 Notice 
 
 Of petition for new district r 4 
 
 Of ctuvnere of district boundaries .., _ 5 4 
 
 Contents of. , !> 4 
 
 Presentation to county commissioners 5 4 
 
 Parents or Guardians 
 
 Required to send children to school , 10 1 
 
 Provisos 10 1 
 
 Fined for violating the school-law 10 5 
 
 Petitions 
 
 For new districts, and change of boundaries 5 2-3 
 
 Contents of 5 9 
 
 Parties interested notified by county superintendents 5 4 
 
 Commissioners act on petitions at regular meetings 5 4-5 
 
 For union of districts 5 6 
 
 Must be placed before trustees 5 4 
 
 Political literature-forbidden in schools 8 4 
 
 Prohibitions to teachers .,. 8 
 
 Property for school purposes 4 
 
 (See trustees > 
 
 Publishers of text-books 
 
 Must furnish bonds 9 
 
 M ust keep books on hand ft 
 
 Must make bills for books in duplicate 8 8 
 
 Pupils- 
 Disorderly conduct of 4 12 
 
 Suspension of 4 12 
 
 May be suspended, censured, expelled 8 
 
 Non-resident 4 15 
 
 Reports 
 
 State superintendent's 9 
 
 County superintendents' 3 12 
 
 Trustees' - 4 11 
 
 Teachers' 8 1-2 
 
 School bonds 
 
 Trustees may submit issuance 11 
 
 Election II 
 
 Limit of issue 
 
 Rate of interest 11 
 
 Purpose 
 
 Election manner of holding 11 , 2 
 
 Ballots n * 
 
 Ballots signed by chairman and clerk 
 
 Coupons 2 
 
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 Chapter. Sectforu 
 
 Coupons signed by chairman and clerk 11 3 
 
 Coupons registered by county treasurer 11 2 
 
 dumber and amount of bonds shown in bond book 11 2 
 
 To whom issued ri 2- 
 
 Soldby trustees 11 2' 
 
 Notice of sale 11 3 
 
 Contents of notice 11 3 
 
 JM ust not be sold below par 11 3 
 
 Bids may be reiected by trustees 11 3 
 
 K 1 ay be "sold at private sale II 3 
 
 Money arising paid into county treasury 11 3. 
 
 Interest H 5- 
 
 Sinking fund ^ !, .11 
 
 Kedernption . .- Jl 6- 
 
 Oldest redeemed first _, n t>. 
 
 Interest ceases thirty days after call 11 o 
 
 Cancelled on redemption 11 e 
 
 Interest paid out of school money 11 7 
 
 Payment reported bj county treasurer to school trustees..,. 11 7 
 
 Validated 14 i 
 
 School days in week school weeks in mouth, school months in year . 8 5- 
 
 School fund-district- 
 
 Not to exceed twenty five per cent, thereof must be spent 
 
 for school supplies annually 4 9- 
 
 Excess invested in ^curities 7 11 
 
 Receives share of license money 7 13 
 
 State proceeds of lands 7 1 
 
 Kemaios inviolate and intact, not transferable, interest 
 spent to- maintain schools, state treasurer custodian, 
 
 shall be invested 7 2r 
 
 Scbool-laws-publication, distribution 2 6> 
 
 School money from sale of bonds paid into county treasury 11 3: 
 
 School tax- 
 Rate levied by county commissioners , assessed and 
 
 collected as other taxes are 7 3. 
 
 Sectarian literature forbidden in schools 8 4 
 
 linking fund -(See school bonds) _ 11 5- 
 
 Special tax election. (See election -special tax.* 
 special tax levy- 
 Duty of assessors 7 7: 
 
 Shall become a lien on property assessed 7 8 1 
 
 Separate account kept for, separate receipt taken for 7 M 
 
 Assessor's compensation paid out of special tax 7 9 
 
 State board of public instiuction 
 
 Members, president, secretary 1 
 
 Kegular meetings ..- 1 2 
 
 Shall adopt rules and regulations % 
 
 bold state examinations a 
 
 " keep record of proceedings 3. 
 
 Way revoke state certificates and state diplomas 4-7 
 
 M ust give thirty days notice to holder thereof 7 
 
 May issue certificates to persons holding same from other t> 
 
 states ~ 6 
 
 " direct education of deaf, dumb and blind lt> i 
 
 State superintendent of public instruction- 
 Official qualifications, oath of office approved by governor,. 
 
 bond deposited with secretary < if state 2 i 
 
 Office, seal 2 2 1 
 
 Shall preserve records 2 2 
 
 Kecords open to public _ 2 2 
 
 Has supervision of schools, has supervision of county 
 
 superintendents 2 
 
 " prepare course of study 2 a 
 
 " prepare all examination questions 2. 4 
 
 p?e scribe rules and regulations for conducting examina- 
 tions 2 4 
 
 " confer with county superintendents 2 
 
 " publish and distribute school laws 2 
 
 ' report to governor biennially . 2 
 
 - visit schools 2 8 
 
 Traveling expenses, office furnished by state government. 2 9 
 
 " apportion state school fund 2 10 
 
 certify to each county treasurer amount appoitioned to 
 
 county 2 10 
 
 " certify to each county superintendent amount apportioned 
 
 to county 2 10 
 
 v certify to state auditor amount apportioned to each county 2 10 
 
 ' furnish county superintendents blanks for annual reports 3 12 
 
 Member of text-book commission 9 1 
 
 " advertise meeting of text-book commission 9 3 
 
 " prepare printed lists of text-books adopted G 
 
 *' forward tex c-book lists to county superintendents 9 6 
 
 *' prepare, print and distribute text-book regulations 9 11 
 
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO 
 
 Trustees--" 
 
 For newly organized districts, vacancies filled by apooint> 
 
 ments, serve until next election 3 13 
 
 Election of, ballots must designate term of office, three 
 
 members on board, term of office 4 i 
 
 Clerk of board elected by members, chairman of "board 
 
 elected by members 4 3 
 
 Peeular meetings, special meetings 4 3 
 
 Quorum 4 4 
 
 Shall employ teachers .....!.....! 4 5 
 
 make written contracts with teachers 4 5 
 
 May disc barge teachers 4 5 
 
 fix, allow, and order paid teachers' salaries 4 5 
 
 fix, allow, and order paid clerks' salaries 4 5 
 
 determine rate of tuition for non-resident pupils 4 5-15 
 
 Huve charge of district school property 4 Q 
 
 Have power to purchase, receive, hold and convey real 
 
 property for school purposes 4 7 
 
 Forbidden to have pecuniary interest in contracts made 
 
 by board 4 g 
 
 " furnish necessary school supplies 4 9 
 
 May audit accounts against district school fund 4 9 
 
 Forbidden to draw warrants in excess of amount to credit 
 
 of district ' 4 \Q 
 
 1 report annually to county superintendent 4 n 
 
 ' decide on punishment of pupils 4 12 
 
 transmit certified copy of school census to county superin- 
 tendent 4 j3 
 
 May sue and be sued 5_l 1 i_4 
 
 M ay hold and convey property for district 5 t 
 
 May make contracts for districts 5 j 
 
 Notified by county superintendent of petitions for new 
 
 districts or change of boundaries 5 4 
 
 Election of, administer oath to judge and clerk of election, 
 levy special tax, certify levy of special tax to 
 county commissioners, certify rate of special tax to 
 county commissioners, certify date, etc. of special 
 
 tax to county commissioners : 6 1 
 
 Oath filed in office of county superintendent 6 3 
 
 \Vhenandhowtheyqualify 6 3 
 
 Shall furnish teacher with register and blank reports 8 i 
 
 " credit teachers with time spent at institutes 8 & 
 
 Furnished with lists of free text-books by county superin- 
 tendent 9 6 
 
 ' determine whether, or not, text-books shall be free 9 9 
 
 Bound by state superintendent's regulations concerning 
 
 text-books 9 n 
 
 1 furnish principal with list of children of school age 10 13 
 
 demand penalty from parents for violating school law 10 4 
 
 post requirements and penalties of compulsory school lw 10 6 
 
 " submit issuance of school bonds to electors 11 1 
 
 chairman and clerk shall sign bonds and coupons 11 2 
 
 ; "C sell bonds 11 2^ 
 
 " publish notice of sale of bonds 11 3 
 
 May reject all bids for bonds, may sell bonds at private sale 11 3 
 
 " levy tax to pay interest on bonds II 5 
 
 Notified by county treasurer of payment of school bonds... 11 7 
 
 " print bonds 11 8 
 
 " pay money arising from sale of bonds into county 
 
 treasury neglect, a felony 11 
 
 Duty in preventing spread of contagious diseases 19 2-4 
 
 Trustees independent school dist. (See independent school dist.) 
 Teachers 
 
 Qualifications, age 8 8 
 
 Must be citizens of the United States 3 17 
 
 Employed by trustees, contracts made with trustees, 
 
 salaries fixed by trustees 4 5 
 
 In joint districts need not hold certificates in both counties 5 8 
 
 Furnished by trustees with register and blank reports 8 1 
 
 May suspend pupils, may appeal from judgment of board 
 to county superintendents, general duties toward 
 
 pupils , 8 2 
 
 Must hold valid certificate . 8 3 
 
 Not entitled to compensation without certificate..... 6 3 
 
 Forbidden to introduce sectarian literature into schools 8 4 
 
 Forbidden to introduce political literature into schools 8 4 
 
 Forbidden to introduce denominational literature into 
 
 schools 8 4 
 
 Allowed salaries while attending institutes 8 9 
 
 Furnished with lists of free text-books by county superin- 
 tendent 9 6 
 
 Return text-books to clerk of board at close of term 9 10 
 
 Bound by state superintendent's regulation concerning 
 
 text-books 9 11 
 
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 . Cliapter."~Se( tion. 
 
 Shall not be discharged without hearing 4 5 
 
 " report disorderly conduct of pupils to trustees 4 12 
 
 ' enforce decision of trustees 4 12 
 
 " deliver register to clerk of board 8 1 
 
 " transmit report to county superintendent 8 1 
 
 " report suspensions to trustees 8 2 
 
 ' make reports required by state superintendent 8 2 
 
 " make reports required by county superintendent 8 2 
 
 ' use text-books provided by the state 8 2 
 
 " enforce course of study 8 2 
 
 " enforce rules prescribed by state superintendent 20 
 
 44 teach kindness 8 2 
 
 " attend institutes 8 
 
 ' prticipate in institute exercises 8 
 
 " adjourn school to attend institutes 8 8 
 
 " give receipt for text-books to clerk of board 9 10 
 
 * renort to trustees names of children attending school 10- 3 
 
 Text-books, free- 
 Adopted by board of text book commissioners 9 2 
 
 Branches, price 9 3 
 
 Books adopted cerlified by chairman of V>ard, certificate 
 filed with state superintendent, certificate of books 
 must be complete, sample copies of books adopted 
 filed with state superintendent, adopted for six years 9 4 
 List of books adopted furnished teachers by county super- 
 intendents 9 6 
 
 Kept by publishers 9 
 
 Date to order, ordered through county superintendent 9 
 
 Manner of ordering and making remittance 9 8 
 
 State superintendent's regulations 9 
 
 Text-book commissioners 
 
 Appointed by governor, consists of five persons, state 
 
 superintendent a member, term of office 9 I 
 
 Date of meeting, meet at state capitol. adont uniform text- 
 books, members formulate rules for government, 
 
 three members a quorum 9 
 
 Meeting advertised by state superintendent, adopt books 
 
 for six years, branches 9 8 
 
 Chairman certifies to books adopted, certificate filed with 
 
 state superintendent 9 
 
 Have power to make contracts, shall require publishers to 
 
 furnish bonds 9 5 
 
 Authorized to prepare circulars of text book information.. 9 
 
 Shall distribute circulars 
 
 Compensation of members 
 
 Appropriation 9 
 
 Tuition of non resident pupils . 4 5-15 
 
 Tax election, special. (See election.) 
 
 Tax, school 7 
 
 Treasurer, state custodian of state school funds 7 
 
 University of Idaho bonds, improvement 20 
 
 Voters^ qualified 6 Ss 
 
 Year, school.... 8 5 
 
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