School law supplement giving the laws relating to common schools as enacted and amended by the legislature of 1903

EXCHANGE

SCHOOL LAW SUPPLEMENT

GIVING THE

LAWS RELATING TO
COMMON SCHOOLS

AS ENACTED AND AMENDED BY THE

LEGISLATURE OF 1QO3.

COMPILED BY

C. P. GARY,

STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

THE

f UNIVERSITY )

MADISON, WIS.

DEMOCRAT PRINTING Co., STATE PRINTER.
1903.

SCHOOL LAW SUPPLEMENT.

OFFICE OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

MADISON, Wis., July 20, 1903.
To School District Clerks:

Tliis pamphlet gives the lawts relating to the schools of this
state as enacted by the legislature of 1903. They are furnished,
in this form, in order that they may be easily pjasted.into the
copy of the School Code in your possession. I trust that the
comments placed in connection with the different chapters may
be helpful in showing what changes were made in the laws
as they previously existed and what the requirements now are.
It is probably true that very many of the educational laws of
1903 do not apply to your district, but it will be well for you,
immediately upon receipt of this pamphlet, to look it through
and to study such chapters and the comments made thereon
as from their title may appear to apply to your district. If
any interpretation is needed at any time, you may rest assured
I shall be very glad indeed to answer any inquiries you may
make. This supplement with the School Code in your office
should be placed in the hands of your successor, at the expira-
tion of your term.

Assuring you of my hearty cooperation at all times, I am,
Very truly yours,

State Superintendent

380087

Wisconsin School Laws of 1903*

Second grade certificates. (Chapter 5, Laws of 1903, amend-
ing Chapter 439, Laws of 1901.) SECTION 450. Every ap-
plicant for a certificate shall be examined in the subjects here-
inafter mentioned, for the several grades respectively as fol-
lows : For the third grade, in orthoepy, orthography, read-
ing, penmanship, arithmetic, English grammar, geography, the
history of the United States, the constitution of the United
States, the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, physiology
and hygiene with special reference to the effects of stimulants
and narcotics upon the human system, the theory and art of
teaching, and after January 1st, 1902, in the "Manual of the
Elementary Course of Study for the Common Schools of Wis-
consin/7 and in the elements of agriculture; for the second
grade in all the foregoing and also in algebra, physical geog-
raphy, and after July 1st, 1902, in American literature and
English composition; for the first grade in all the foregoing
and also in physics and plane geometry, and after July 1st,
1902, in English literature and English history. If found
qualified said applicant shall receive the certificate appropri-
ate to his grade. A third grade certificate shall entitle the
holder to teach for such period not more than cne year as may
be specified therein, in any town in the superintendent district
in which he is examined, except that it may be limited by the
county superintendent to one town or school district therein.
A second gTade certificate shall entitle the holder to teach in
any town in such superintendent district and be in force three
years from its date, but the county superintendent may limit
the same to one year and remove the limitation upon satisfac-
tory evidence that the holder has successfully taught a public
school in this state for at least six months.

A first £Tade certificate shall entitle the holder to teach in
any town in such superintendent district and be in force five
years from its date; provided, that no such certificate shall be

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(1 to ;i:iy person who has net taught successfully for one
School year in the public schools <:f Wisconsin. Whenever a

!i lias taught successfully f<,r cue year on suclr a limited
iirs t. grade1 cert 'ideate, the county superintendent shall, upon the

ntation of satisfactory evidence of such successful teach-
ing, issue to the holder of the limited certificate a iirst grade
certificate good for five years from the date of issue of tin1 lim-
ited certificate.

Tlie slight change in this law authorizes the county super-
intendent to limit a second grade certificate for one year only
when issued to a person who has not already taught sucee^fully.
This limitation may be removed after such person has taught
successfully for at least six months.

Certification of manual training and domestic science teachers.

(Chapter (J4-.) SECTION 1. A diploma granted by the board
of regents of normal schools to any person who completes the
training course for teachers of manual training or of domestic
science, established by said board in any of the state normal
schools, shall be regarded as a certificate legally qualifying the
holder thereof to teach manual' train ing and domestic science
respectively for one year in, any school forming a part of the
public school system. The state superintendent may, after
such examination as to moral character, learning and ability
to teach, as to him may seem proper, countersign such diploma
if, since receiving it, the holder has taught manual training or
domestic science in a public school in. this state one year, and
thereafter such countersigned diploma shall qualify the holder
as a teacher of manual training or domestic science as ihe case
may be, until the same shall be annulled.

Other diplomas; special license. SECTION 2. The holder of
a diploma granted by any manual training school or school of
domestic science, upon the completion of a 1 raining course for
teachers in either subject fully and fairly equivalent to the
course of instruction for teachers in the same >ubjeets pre-
s'cribel by the board of regent- of normal schools, may rm-.-cul
such diploma, together with the evidence of the required stand-
ing of the training school issuing such diploma, to the state
board of examiners. The applicant, shall furnish therewith
testimonials of good moral character and of two years' success-

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fnl teaching of manual 1 raining1 or domestic science, as the case
:iv be, in the public schools of the state after the date of such
iploma. The holder of any such diploma, recommended fa-
rably by the board, shall be entitled to receive a certificate
sued by the state superintendent, qualifying the holder as a
teacher of manual training or of. domestic science, until the
same shall bo annulled. The holder of a diploma granted upon
the completion of a course of study, accredited as herein pro-
vided, upon which a state certificate has not been issued, upon
the recommendation of the board of examiners .made in pur-
suance of such examination as to learning, moral character
and ability to teach as said board may require, may be given a
special license by the state superintendent to teach manual train-
ing or domestic science as recommended by the board, for two
years in the public schools of the state.

"This is a new law passed for the purpose, of forming, a defi-
nite basis from which to judge the qualifications of persons em-
ployed in this state as special teachers of Manual Training and
of Domestic Science. A diploma granted by the normal schools
i<> persons having completed either of these special courses qual-
ifies the holder to teach for one year. After a year of suc-
cessful work said diploma may be countersigned by the state
superintendent, whereupon it has the force and effect of an un-
limited state certificate for the above special purposes only.
Graduates from other schools of Manual Training and of Do-
mestic Science must send their diplomas to the state superin-
tendent, Upon receipt they will be cared for until the next
meeting' of the state board of examiners. This board will pass
upon the courses of study pursued in the institutions granting
sue! i diplomas and if the courses pursued by the applicant have
satisfactory, the state board will recommend the state su-
perintendent to issue a special license. This wall legally
qualify the holder for two years. At the expiration of twTo> years
of successful work the diploma must again be sent to this de-
partment and placed before the state board of examiners with
evidences of success in* teaching and of moral character. If fa-

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vorably passed upon at this time by said board, the state su-
perintendent is authorized to issue an unlimited certificate
qualifying the holder to teach in any Manual Training depart-
ment or department of Domestic Science in this state. A. cata-
logue showing the courses of study pursued by the applicant
must be filed with the diploma in each case when applying for
special license.

Certificates for kindergarten teachers. (Chapter 69, Laws of
1903, amending Chapter 347, Laws of 1901.) SECTION 1.
The holder of a diploma granted by any kindergarten training
school whose course of instruction is fully and fairly equiva-
lent to the course of instruction in kindergarten training pre-
scribed by the board of regents of normal schools in any of the
state normal schools, may present such diploma, together with
evidence of the required standing of the kindergarten training
school issuing such diploma to the state board of examiners.
The applicant shall furnish therewith testimonials of good
moral character and of two years' successful teaching in a kin-
dergarten in Wisconsin after the date of such diploma. The
holder of any such diploma recommended favorably by the
board shall be entitled to receive a certificate issued by the state
superintendent qualifying the holder to teach in any public
kindergarten in the state until the same shall be annulled.
Tne holder of a diploma granted upon the completion of a
course of study accredited as herein provided, upon which a
state certificate has not been issued, upon the recommendation
of the board of examiners made in pursuance of such examina-
tion as to learning', moral character and ability to teach as
said board may require, may be given a special license by the
state superintendent to teach for two years in any public kin-
dergarten in the state.

Tlhis chapter a,s amended permits recognition of diplomas
from unincorporated institutions as well as those that arc in-
corporated.

Day schools for the deaf; control of. (Chapter 86, Laws of
1903, amending Section 578, Statutes of 1898.) SECTION 1.
Upon application by the board of education of any village or
city, made to the state superintendent, he may, by and with the

WISCONbiN SCHOOL LAWS OF 1903. <j

consent of the state board of control, grant permission to such
city or village to establish and maintain within its corporate
limits one or more schools for the instruction of deaf mutes who
are residents of this state. , The board of education of any vil-
lage or city which shall maintain one or more such schools, shall,
through its clerk or secretary, report to such superintendent. and
board annually, and oftener if they so direct, such facts in re-
lation to such school or schools as they may require: There
shall be paid out of the state, treasury annually, in the month
of July, to the treasurer of every such city or village maintain-
ing such school or schools under the charge of one or more
teachers, whose qualifications shall be approved by the state su-
perintendent, the sum of one hundred fifty dollars for each deaf
mute pupil instructed in such school or schools at least nine
months during the year next preceding the first day of July,
and a share of such sum proportionate to the term of instruc-
tion of any such pupil as shall be so instructed less than nine
months during such year.

This chapter takes the power to organize day schools for deaf
mutes in villages and cities from the common! council of any
city or the board of trustees of a village and gives the authority
into the hands of the board of education instead.

Powers of school boards in cities of the first class. (Chapter
100, Laws of 1903, amending Section 7, Chapter 186, Laws of
1897.) SECTION 7. The board of school directors of each
city in which this act shall be applicable is hereby authorized
and required, subject to the approval of the common council,
-to establish and organize so many public schools, in addition
to those already established in such city, as may be necessary
for the accommodation of the children of the city entitled by
the constitution and laws of the state to instruction therein.
The common council upon recommendation and request of the
said board of school directors as hereinafter provided, shall
erect, purchase, hire or lease buildings, improve or enlarge the
same, and purchase furniture and lots for the accommodation
of such public schools of said city. The selection of sites for
school buildings and the adoption of plans for the erection of
school buildings shall be determined by a committee consisting
of the president of the common council, the city engineer, the
superintendent of schools, the president of the board of school
directors, and tho chairman of the committee on buildings of

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the said boarxl of school directors, who shall be known as the
statutory committee on school sites and plans. Their decision
shall be subject to the approval of the said board of school di-
rectors. The decisions of this committee in the selection of
sites and of plans for school buildings, when, thus approved,
shall bt reported to the common council, and shall not be mod-
ified or amended by the said common council except as to the
amount of money appropriated for the execution of the work,
the purchase of sites or the fulfillment of contracts involved.
Tlie school house's now erected and the lots on which they are
situated, and the lots now or hereafter purchased for school
purposes, and the school houses thereon erected shall be the
property of the city, and no lot shall be purchased or leased,
nor shall "any school house be erected without an ordinance or
resolution duly passed by the common council. Deeds of con-
veyance and leases shall be made to< the city. The said hen id
of school directors shall also have the powler to establish and
define from time to time the boundaries of all common and
high school districts, in such manner as they may deem best
calculated to promote the interests of the schools. The board
shall also have the power, subject to the powers and regula-
tions of the city service commission, to employ all janitors nec-
essary in the school houses of their city and to fix their com-
pensation; but the principal of each school shall be custodian
of all building's and rooms occupied by the school over which
lie presides, and shall have the general supervision over the
same, and shall direct the janitor thereof in relation to the.
keeping and care. of such buildings and rooms.

This chapter applies to the city of Milwaukee only.

Number of school district to be recorded and not changed
thereafter. (Chapter 113, Laws of 1903.) SECTION!. After
the first day of January, 1904, it shall not be lawful for any
town board of supervisors or any town board of school direc-
tors, or any other officer or officers to change the number of any
school district or suVdistrict, joint or entire.

Not to be revived. SECTION 2. If a district or a suV>dis-
trict is dissolved, or by the exercise of proper authority attached
to and made a part of another district or districts, no newly
formed district shall, after January 1, 1904, be made to bear
the number of the district so dissolved.

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11

This chapter is designed 1<> prevent confusion hereafter in
the numbering of school districts, the keeping of school district
records by the towns, and to enable a more definite record of dic-
ionaries furnished free to school districts in accordance with
the provisions of section 509 as kept in the office of the Stale
Superintendent.

In the case of consolidation of districts the town supervis-
ors shall decide upon the district, the number of which is to

be retained and a definite record made in the office of the town
clerk.

Providing for town free high school buildings. (Chapter
123, Laws of 1903, amending Chapter 27, Statutes of 189S,
by the addition of a new section to be known as Section 495a.)
SECTION 49 5a. The electors of any town organized as a town
free high school district are authorized at any annual town
meeting or special town meeting, regularly called, to levy a
tax upon the real and personal property of said town free high
school district for the purpose of purchasing a, site, erecting a
suitable school building thereon, and furnishing said building
with the necessarv furniture, and heating and ventilating ap-
paratus.

This law was passed for the purpose of authorizing the elec-
tors of the towrn, assembled at some special or annual town
meeting, to vote a tax for the purpose of providing for the erec-
tion and equipment of a town high school building and for pu:1
chasing a site.

Maintenance of county schools of agriculture and domestic
economy. (Chapter 143, Laws of 1903, amending Section 10,
Chapter 288, Laws of 1901.) SECTION 10. Any school es-
tablished under the provisions of this act, Avhose courses of
study and qualifications of whose teachers have been approved
by the state superintendent and the dean of the college of agri-
culture may, upon application, be placed upon an approved
list of county schools of agriculture and domestic economy.
A school once entered upon such list may remain listed and
be entitled to state aid so long as the scope and character of its
work are maintained in such manner a,s to' meet the approval

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of the state superintendent; provided, that lie shall not place
upon said list mdre than four schools. On the first day of
July in each year, the secretary of each county school board
maintaining a school on the approved list, shall report to the
state superintendent, setting fortli the facts relating to the cost
of maintaining the school, the character of the work done,' the
number and names of teachers employed and such other mat-
ters as may be required by the county board or the state super-
intendent. Upon the receipt of such report, if it shall appeal-
that the school has been maintained in a satisfactory manner
for a period of not less than eight months., during the year clos-
ing on the thirtieth day of the preceding June, the said super-
intendent shall make a certificate to that effect and file it with
the secretary of state. Upon receiving such certificate, the
secretary of state shall draw his warrant, payable to the treas-
urer of the county maintaining such: school, for a sum equal
to two-thirds the amount actually expended for maintaining
such school during the year; provided, that the total amount
so apportioned shall not exceed four thousand dollars' to any
one school any one year; when more than one county has
contributed to the support of the school, the secretary of state
shall draw his warrant payable to the treasurer of each county
for such portion of the state aid as the amount contributed by
his county is part of the total amount contributed by all the
counties for the support of the school for the preceding year.
The secretary of state shall annually include and apportion in
the state tax such sum as shall have been so paid.

This chapter provides for two additional county schools of
agriculture and domestic economy, and increases the amount
which the state may be called upon to pay for each of such
schools from one-half to two-thirds the amount expended there-
for, but in no case is such amount to exceed $4,000.00. Two
such schools have already been established and are in opera-
tion.

Relating to attendance at school. (Chapter 189, Laws of
1903, amending Sections 439a, 439b, and repealing Section
439c of the Statutes of 1898.) ' SECTION 439a. Any person
having under his control any child between the ages of 7 and
14 years, or any child between the ages of 14 and 16 years not
regularly and lawfully employed in any useful employment or

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service at home or elsewhere, shall cause such child to be en-
rolled and to attend some public, parochial or private school
regularly, during such period and hours of the calendar year
(religious holidays excepted) as the public, parochial or pri-
vate school in which such child is enrolled may be in session;
provided, that in cities such child must attend school not less
than 8 calendar months, and in towns, villages, and districts
not less than 5 calendar months in each year, and provided
further that this section shall not apply to any child not in
proper physical or mental condition to attend school, who shall
present the certificate of a reputable physician in general prac-
tice to that effect, nor to any child who lives in country
districts more than two miles by the nearest traveled road
from the school which the person having1 control of such child
shall designate. Instruction during the required period else-
where than at school by a teacher selected by the parson, hav-
ing control of such child shall be equivalent to school attend-
ance. Occasional legitimate absence from school attendance
or instruction, shall not he deemed a violation of the provi-
sions of this section. Any person who shall violate the pro-
visions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding
three months for each offense. Any person who shall be pro-
ceeded against under the provisions of this section may prove
in defense that he is unable to compel- the child under his con-
trol to attend school or work,, and he shall be thereupon dis-
charged from liability, and such child shall be proceeded
against as incorrigible, or otherwise, according to law, and in
case of commitment, if the parents or person having control
of such child desire it, such child shall be committed to a
school or association controlled by persons of the same relig-
ious faith as such child, w7hich is walling and able to receive
and maintain it without compensation from the public treas-
ury. When in any proceeding under this section there is any
doubt as to the age of any child, a, verified baptismal certifi-
cate or a duly attested birth certificate shall be produced and
filed with the court. In case such certificates cannot be se-
cured, upon proof of such fact, the record of age stated in the
first school enrollment of such child shall be admissible as evi-
dence thereof.

Duty of officers. SECTION- 439b. In all cities of the first
class the board of education or any board having similar pow-

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ers, shall appoint three or more truant officers and in all other
cities having more than 10,000 population by the la>i I/nitcd
States or state census, such board shall appoint one or more
truant ofUeors whose duty it shall b© to see that the provisions
of this and the last preceding section are enforced, and when of
his personal knowledge, or by report or complaint from any
resident of the city, a truant officer believes that any child is
unlawfully and habitually absent from school and not other-
wise receiving instruction as provided in section I30a as
amended, ho shall immediately investigate and render all serv-
ice in his power, acting discreetly, to compel such child to at-
tend some public, parochial or private school which the \
having control of the child shall desk mile, or if over 14 years
of age to attend school or boo Hue regularly employed at
or elsewhere, and upon failure he shall serve a written notice
upon the person having control of such child requiring him to
place such child in some public, private or parochial school
within five days, and if such person shall fail to . with

such notice without legal excuse within the specified ir.no, the
truant officer shall prosecute such person in the manner pro-
vided in the preceding section. In all cities having lots than
10,000 population by such census, and in all towns, villages
and districts the board of education or any board h living sim-
ilar .powers, or the district board may appoint one or more tru-
ant'officers whose duties shall he the same as the truant ofliceis
above provided, and in case no truant oilioor is Appointed, those
duties shall be performed by the city superintendent of schools
in cities having such officers and by the chairman of the board
of education or the district board in all other cities, towns, vil-
lages and districts. Any truant officer, or other oiH"er whose
duties are herein prescribed, who shall fail to comply with or
enforce1 the provisions of this or the preceding1 section within
fifteen days after a written notice has been served upon him by
any qualified elector or taxpayer within the district, town, vil-
lage or city within which the offending1 person shall reside,
shall himself be liable to a, forfeiture of not less than ten dol-
lars nor more than twenty dollars for each offense, and any
such elector or taxpayer may sue for such forfeiture. Tiuant
officers shall receive only such compensation from tl>o public
school funds as may be determined upon by their respective
boards and such truant officers shall report all cases of truancy
and their action therein to their respective boards within seven
days after such action shall have been taken. Any factory
inspector or assistant factory inspector appointed by the corn-

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inissioner of the bureau of labor and 'industrial statistics shall
have the power of a truant officer, and shall report all cases of
truancy coming to his knowledge to the board of the city,
town, village or district in which such truant resides.

This is an important and far reaching law. It changes the
period of attendance hereafter required on the part of persons
between 7 and 14 years of age from, twelve weeks during the
year to five calendar months on the part of such persons resid-
ing in towns, villages and districts and to eight calendar
months on the part of persons residing in cities. The term
"calendar month" must be understood to imply "school
month" of twenty days including legal holidays.

Joint school districts, (Chapter 218, Laws of 1903, amend-
ing Section 419a, Statutes of 1898, as amended by Chapter
343 of the Laws of 1901.) SECTION 419a. Whenever an ap-
plication in writing, describing and clearly 'setting forth by
use of usual and definite terms, and having for its purpose the
alteration of the boundaries of any joint school district, signed
by at least two members of the board of supervisors of any
town in which any part of such joint school district is situ-
ated, shall be presented to the chairman of the town, the mayor
of the city or president of the board of trustees of the village,
in which, the school house of such joint district may bo situ-
ated, such chairman, mayor of the city, or president of the vil-
lage board, shall, upon receipt of such application or petition,
fix a time for the joint meeting of the town board of super-
visors, and the city council, or the village board of trustees of
all the •municipalities in any way affected by said proposed
change, which time shall not be less than ten or more than
twenty days after the presentation to said officer of such peti-
tion or application. The officer to whom the application or
petition is presented shall cause a written notice of the time,
and place of such meeting to be given to each supervisor, mem-
f' the council, or member of the village board of trustees
entitled to he present at such meeting, which notice shall be
served at least five days prior to the dale fixed therefor. Such
UK cling shall ho held at the school house- in such joint district,
unless some other convenient place shall be designated in the
notice. If the chairman .of tlio town, mayor of the citv, or
president of the hoard of village trustees, as The ease mav ho.

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to whom such application shall be presented, neglect or refuse
to fix the time and the place or to give notice for the meeting
as provided by this section, or if the supervisors, the city coun-
cil, or the board of village trustees, or a, majority thereof, of
any town, city or village in any way interested or affected by
the proposed change of school district boundaries, neglect or
refuse to be present at such, meeting or being present, neglect
or refuse to hear and vote upon the application before them,
the application shall be deemed denied, and an appeal may be
had therefrom in similar manner, and with like effect as in
other cases of denial. The provisions of sections 418, 419,
422, and 497, shall, as far as may be applicable, apply to the
above proceedings.

Change of boundaries in joint school districts; application,
how made. SECTION 2. The board of supervisors of any
town containing territory, now or hereafter embraced within
the boundaries of any joint school district may make the ap-
plication provided for in section one, whenever in their judg-
ment such alteration will promote the welfare of the pupils re-
siding in such town ; and suck board shall make such applica-
tion whenever one-third of the voters residing in such town or
two-thirds of the voters residing in that portion of such joint
district, situated in such town shall make and file with the town
<clerk a petition, praying that such alteration be made.

It appears that this law provides another method whereby
the boundaries of joint districts may be altered. In any case
where such alteration is contemplated it will be wise for the
town boards of supervisors, as well as other parties interested,
to look up all the laws relating to the alteration of district
boundaries and formation of new districts, especially sections
413, 415, 418, 419, 419a, 420, 422, 424. The method
most easily applied in the particular case should be adopted.
It may not be out of place to state that if in any case the town
boards of supervisors in any way interested agree to meet, they
may do so on their own motion and without any petition.
If their proceedings are regular their actions will stand, un-
less set aside upon an appeal. A petition is deemed necessary
only in cases where it is probable that one or more of the board

WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OP 1903. tf

will refuse to act. Section 41 9 a was apparently enacted
for the sole purpose of providing a possible remedy by an ap-
peal to the state superintendent. It should also be understood
that where the boards meet on their own motion a preliminary
meeting must be called for the purpose of issuing the written
notices, required by section 418 (See Form 8, Page 223 of the
School Code). At the time and place for the second meeting
the supervisors will have jurisdiction over the subject matter
and, consequently, have power to lawfully make any bound-
ary alteration and to make the requisite orde>r if their judgment
so dictates.

Certificates for primary teachers. (Chapter 222, Laws of
1903.) SECTION 1. All teachers of primary grades only
(and the words "primary grades" shall be construed to include
nothing beyond the first four years' work in schools working
under a course of study requiring at least eight years for its
completion), who now hold or may hereafter obtain by exami-
nation from the proper examining officer, a certificate of the
third or any higher grade1, or of a countersigned high school
diploma, which, under this act, shall be construed to mean the
first grade certificate, may secure a renewal thereof as now
provided by law, or may submit to the county or city super-
intendent, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of having
taught successfully in primary grades of the public schools of
this state, as above specified, for at least forty months, in five
consecutive years, shall be granted a certificate of the same
grade without further examination, upon application to the'
superintendent of the county or city from which the first cer-
tificate was granted, provided, any teacher availing herself of
such waiver of examination, shall each year, for a period of
at least two consecutive weeks, before each said second or third
certificate is issued, attend some school or department
thereof ^specially established for the purpose of giving; instruc-
tion and training in primary methods of teaching; and it is
further provided that certificates may be granted to primary
teachers already qualified in one county or city by the examin-
ing officer of another county or city, on the transfer of papers
as provided in section 450c, laws of 1901.

This is a new law, enacted for the purpose of relieving teach-

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ers in primary grades from examination in certain eases and
Tinder certain conditions. It is not intended that this law shall
renew certificates that have already expired, no matter of what
grade, neither does it renew certificates granted by the state
normal schools. The provisions of the chapter vail be under-
stood by careful reading.

Alteration of school district boundaries. (Chapter 266,
amending Section 419, Statutes t>f 1898.) SECTION 4-19. , In
all cases where an alteration of the boundaries of a school dis-
trict shall be made, the town board of supervisors shall, within
three days thereafter, give notice thereof by filing a copy of the
order so altering said school district., with the town clerk and
also with the district clerk of each of the districts affected by
such alteration. No alteration of any organized school district
shall be made to take effect between the first day of December
in any year, and the first day of April following.

Before the passage of this law it was in the power of a school
district board to postpone the time when an. order made by
the town board of supervisors altering the boundary of a school
district could take effect. The clause of section 4-li) giving
a district board this power, is omitted and hereafter an order
altering school district boundaries may be made to take effect
in accordance with the judgment of the supervisors making the
order.

State aid to graded schools.— Average daily attendance.

(Chapter 285, amending Subdivision 2, of Section !>, cf Chap-
ter 439, Laws of 1JI01.) 2. Schools shall bo maintained in
the district receiving such aid, at least nine school iiiontlis, in-
cluding legal holidays, in each and every depai tin* nt, / t le&st
three departments in schools of the first class and both depart*
ments in schools of the second class shall have an average daily
attendance of not less than fifteen pupils for the entire school
year, to entitle the school to state- aid.

The change made by this chapter is slight. It provides that
when any three departments in a state graded sclmr.l shall have
had an average daily attendance of not less than fifteen for

WISCONSIN SCHOOL LA\V o OF 1903. 19

the entire school year the district will be entitled to share in
the special apportionment made to graded schools, notwith-
standing that a fourth or a fifth department may not have
had an average daily attendance of fifteen pupils,

Election of county or district superintendents. (Chapter 307,
Laws of 11)03, amending- Section 098 of the Statutes of 1898.)
&ECTIOX 098. At the general election in the year one thousand
nine hundred and four and biennially thereaiter, there shall be
elected in each county for a regular term, the following county
officers, viz. : A county clerk, treasurer, sheriff, coroner, clerk
of circuit court, district attorney, register of deeds and sur-
veyor. The regular term of office of ail such officers shall com-
mence on the first Monday of January next succeeding their
election and continue two years ; but eacli such officer, includ-
ing those now in office, shall hold his office until his successor is
qualified.

A superintendent of schools shall be chosen by the ^ qualified
electors of each superintendent district in the state of Wiscon-
sin, at the election to be held on the first Tuesday in April
in the year one thousand nine hundred and five and biennially
thereafter, and said officer shall hold his office for the term
of two years from the succeeding first Monday of July. The
countv 'or district superintendent chosen at the general election
in November, A. IX 1902, or thereafter appointed, shall hold
and continue in office as such, until the first .Monday in July,
A. D. 1905, and their successors shall be chosen, as herein-
before prescribed at the election in Apiril, A. I). 1905. The
superintendent of each district shall hold his. office until his
successor is elected and qualified. The county board of super-
visors of every county, at the annual meeting next preceding
the election of such superintendent or superintendents, shall
fix the amount of salary which shall be received by the ^ super-
intendent of schools of each superintendent district within said
county except the city superintendent of schools of any city,
and may allow such actual and necessary traveling expenses
within and without the county, as may be reasonable and jjust;
the same to be audited, allowed and paid in, the same manner
as other claims against the county are audited, allowed and
paid.

This chapter changes the time of the election of county super-
intendents of schools. Hereafter such officers will be elected

QQ WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OF 1903.

at the spring elections. The term of office is not. changed ex-
cept that the superintendents now in orEjce will continue until
the tiist Mi.nday in July, 1905.

Common school fund. (Chapter 313, amending Sections
10 7:2 n and 554 of the Statutes of IS 98, and adding two new
sections.) SECTION 1072a. There is appropriated annually
to the common school fund income an amount equal to seven-
tentlis of one mill for each dollar of the assessed valuation of
the taxable property in the state,, as determined by a State
Board of Assessment, exclusive of the property of corporations
which pay license fees, or which are assessed for taxation by
a state board of assessment, to be derived annually as follows:
two hundred thousand dollars from the license fees, or taxes
paid by said corporations, and the balance from a tax which
shall be levied on all other taxable property. The appropria-
tion hereby made shall be taken from the license fees and taxes
aforesaid accruing to the state in the month of February in
each year, and the amount thereof shall be disbursed in the
manner and under the conditions and restrictions provided for
disbursements of the common school fund income.

Apportionment of. SECTION 554. The school fund income
shall be apportioned by the state superintendent between the
tenth and fifteenth days of December in each year. The
amo'unt to be so apportioned shall include all moneys belong-
ing to said fund received prior to the first day of December in
the same year, together with the amount thereafter to accrue
to such income from the state tax levy made in the same year,
and the two hundred thousand dollars to be appropriated from
license fees and taxes paid by corporations in February follow-
ing, under the provisions of section 1072a,, and after Decem-
ber, 1903, shall include also the interest receipts thereafter to
accrue to said fund from the state tax levy of the same year
or to be collected therewith as special charges. Such appor-
tionment shall be made among the several counties, towns, vil-
lages and cities according to the number of children in each
over the a^e of four and under the age of twenty years, as
shown by the reports made to the State Superintendent for the
year preceding, ending June 30th.

Sections repealed and renumbered. SEOTTOX 4. Section 554
of the statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by striking out the

WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OF 1903. 21

first two sentences, and renumbering the remainder of such sec-
tion as amended by chapter 115 of the laws of 1899, so thai
the same shall be section 554a.

This chapter was passed for the purpose of reducing the
amount of the common school income derived from what is
commonly known as the one-mill tax. It provides that an
amount not to exceed seven-tenths of a mill, based upon the
assessed valuation of the property of the state, as fixed by the
state tax commission, shall be paid from the state treasury
each year to the common schools of the state. This chapter
also provides that a specific sum of two hundred thousand dol-
lars shall, for each of the next two years at least, be taken each
year from the license fees and taxes paid by corporations. This
will reduce the tax levied by the tax commission upon the prop
erty of the state to less than seven-tenths of a mill each year.

Legal school holidays, (Chapter 326, Laws of 1903, amend-
ing Section 459 of the Statutes of 1898.) SECTION 459.
TWenty days of teaching shall constitute a school month unless
it be otherwise specified in the contract, and all legal holidays,
except the day of any general election, occurring on school days
shall be counted although no school be taught ; but school taught
on legal holidays shall not be counted for two school days, and
no Saturday shall be counted. The board may give to any
teacher employed, without deduction from his wages, the whole
or any part of any time spent by him in attending the sessions
of any institute held in the county embracing any part of the
district., upon such teacher furnishing to the clerk, to be filed
by him, a certificate of regular attendance on such institute,
signed by the person conducting the same.

This chapter abolishes general election day (the first Tues-
day xa.f ter the first Monday in November in every even num-
bered year) as a legal holiday. legal holidays can only be
counted in favor of the teacher or the school district when they
occur on school days and when school under other circum-
stances would be in session. The school holidays now recog-
nized by statute are: January 1st, February 22d, May 30th.

L>.> WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OF 1903.

July 4 tli, I.abitr Day — usually ccfurriiii,1 the first. Monday in
September in accordance! wi;h a proclamation by the Gover-
nor— Thanksgiving Day — usually the last Thursday in No-
vember— and Christmas Day. When legal holidays occur on
Sunday, the following Monday is the holiday.

Free high school attendance — Tuition, how paid. (Chapter
329, amendatory of Chapter 188 of the Laws of 1901.) &EC-
TIOJST 1. The free high school board of any free high school
district organized under the laws of this state, shall admit
to the high school under its control, whenever the facilities for
seating and instruction will warrant, any person of school age
prepared to enter such school, who may reside in any town
or incorporated village, but not within any free high school dis-
trict, and who shall have completed the course of study in the
school district in which he resides, or one equivalent thereto.
Persons so admitted shall be entitled to the same privileges and
be subject to the same rules- and regulations as pupils- of the
school who are residents of the free high school district,

Tuition fee, statement of. SEC-;'; ox '2. \Vhenever persons,
not residing in any free high school district and having com-
pleted the course of study in the school district in \\hieli they
reside, or one equivalent thereto, as herein provided, enter
any free high school, the free high sehcc-1 Ix^rd of that district
shall he entitled and is hereby authorized to charge a tuition
fee for such pupils not to exceed lifty cents pov week. On
or before the first day of July in each year, the secretary of
the free high school boa»rd shall make a. sv tement to the

clerk of the city, town or village from v, Inch r.ny person may
have been admitted to said free high school. Said statement
shall set forth the residence, name, age ;md date of entrance
to such school, and number cf months' attendance during the
preceding school year cf each person so admitted from such
city,, town or village; this statei H show ihe amount

of tuition which, under the provisions of this act, the district
is entitled to receive for each' person reported as having been
a member of the school from such city, town or village, and
the aggregate sum for tuition for all porsons so> admitted from
each city, town or village, which p.tate'vent ^h-ill he filed ;;s a
claim n <Tiiin*t- the town, cit.v or village where ^ir-h person re-
side-, and allowed as other claims are allowed.

. WISCONSIN SCHOOL LA\\ S OF 1903. ->;>

Evidence of completion of course of study, what is sufficient.
SECTION <}. 1 lie ii.--.ua 1 diploma issued by any school or school,
district organized under the laws of the state, shall be sulh'-
eieiit evideneo of the completion of the course of study herein-
before mentioned, and it shall be the duly of the stale super-
intendent, in all eases where a coin ;:<!y is not already
prescribed, to prescribe a course of study and designate what
shall constitute a completion, thereof under this act. A du-
plicate of Mich diploma or a copy thereof duly certified as such,
by any of the persons signing the original, shall be delivered
up n request to the ] orsons named therein, and shall bo filed
by him with the- secretary of the free high school board of the
free high school district, upon his admission to. its- high school.
A certificate from the county superintendent of the completion
of such 'course, or thai the diploma hereinbefore referred to has
been properly issued to the person named therein, shall have
the same effect as such diploma, as ^vidence of the completion
of the course of study. All duplicate diplomas, or certified
copies thereof, or certificates of county superintendents so filed,
shall be attached to the sworn statement of such secretary here-
inbefore provided for.

Tuition, how collected in villages. SKCTIOX -1. The village
clerk shall enter upon the tax roll of the village for the ensu-
ing year such sums as may be due for tuition on account of
residents of the village who have attended such free high school
or schools, and the amounts so entered shall be collected when
and as other taxes are collected, and shall be paid when so col-
lected, to the treasurer of the free hiffh school district or dis-
tricts, where such persons have attended the free hiqh school
or schools.

How collected in towns. SKCTTOX ;">. The clerk of any town
not having1 within its territory a free hi<>h -'"heel district, shall
enter upon the tax roll of the town for the ensuing vonr such
sums as may be due for tuition on account of residents of the
town who have attended such free In'p'h school or schools, and
the amounts so entered shall be collected when and P* other
taxes are collected, and shall bo r<-nd when s'> c'>lle"-f^d. to the
treasurer of the free liiffh school district where such persons
have attended the free high school or schools.

How collected in portion of town or city not in district. ftw-
TTOX f>. The clerk of anv town or citv. a portion of wlrVh

94 WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OF 1903. '

constitutes or forms a. part of a free high school distrit, shall
enter upon the tax roll for that part of the town or city, not
within a free high school district, such sums as may be due
for tuition on account of residents of that portion of the town
or city, that have attended such free high school or schools,
and the amounts so entered shall be collected when, and as
other taxes are collected, and shall be paid when so collected,
to the treasurer of the free high school district or districts where
such persons have attended the free high school or schools.

This law permits persons (a) of school age (b) not residing
in a free high school district, and (c) possessed of proper evi-
dence of having, completed a common school course of study, to
attend any free high school jn Wisconsin, where (d) facilities
for instruction are sufficient, and (e) subject to the rules and
regulations of such school, and makes their tuition not to ex-
ceed fifty cents a week, chargeable to the town, city or village
in which they reside.

Under "(c)" above the following points are to be noted:

1. The course of study to be completed must: be prescribed
by the state superintendent, and it is left to him to determine
what1 shall constitute a completion thereof. The course pre-
scribed by him is found in the manual for common schools.

2. Except in city superintendent districts, all public schools
except free high schools, are under the supervision of some
county superintendent, and all diplomas issued by such schools
must receive his sanction in order to be received as evidence that
the common school course of study has been completed. He
may insist upon examination in all cases, or, as in the case of
a system of graded schools under the supervision of a high
school principal, he may accept the certificates of the princi-
pal without examination.

3. It follows, therefore, that whereas the principal acting un-
der direction of the board has heretofore had the power to de-
termine the qualifications for admission, the power to do so
now rests xolely with the county superintendent.

WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OP 1903. 25

It would seem that in all cases where a pupil has been in
attendance upon a free high school and has completed the work
of any year of said high school the records may be taken by
the county superintendent as sufficient evidence of the quali-
fication of the pupil to continue high school work, and of his
right, if he 'so desires, to have his tuition made a charge upon
the town or village in which he resides. It would also seem
that in cases where non-resident pupils complete the work in
the 8th or 9th grade in any district having a free high, school,
the record of such department may be accepted by the county
superintendent as evidence of the fitness of Such pupil to enter
the high school with other pupils of the same class and grade,
who are residents of the free high school district,

4. In order that charges for tuition may be collected by a
free high school board from the town in which any non-resi-
dent student resides, the secretary must, before the first day
of July in each year, file a sworn statement with the clerk,
giving residence, name, age, date of entrance and number of
months' attendance at school of each person so admitted from
his town, city or village, together with the amount of tuition
charged, such charge not to exceed fifty cents per week.

5. This statement must be accompanied by a diploma, or copy
of diploma, or certificate from one who has signed the diploma,
or a certificate from the county superintendent. As above
shown, this diploma if from a, public school under the super-
vision of the county superintendent, must have been issued by
the county superintendent, or have received his sanction in order
that it may be received as evidence, that the common school
course of study has been completed.

When, a certificate or diploma as above described, or a certi-
fied copy of either, has once been filed with the clerk, the law
will doubtless be satisfied thereafter if other copies are not filed
with him with the bill for tuition.

Section 1 states that "persons so admitted shall be subject

20 WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAM/S OF 1903.

to the same rules and regulations as pupils of the school who
are residents of the free high school district", This clearly
gives the free high school authorities the right to examine all
students and to reject an}' whose qualifications are found to* be
below the standard set by such school even though the diploma
or certificate may be presented.

County training schools for teachers. (Chapter 338, Laws of
1903, amending Chapter 373, Laws of 1901, creating five new
sections relating" to county training schools for teachers.) SEC-
TION 1. The county board of any county within which a state
normal school is not located, is hereby authorized to appropri-
ate money for the organization, equipment and maintenance
of a county training school for teachers of the common schools.

Board for; appointments, vacancies, bond, organization. SEC-
TION 2. A board to be known as the county training school
board, is hereby created, who shall have charge and control of
all matters pertaining to the organization, equipment and main-
tenance of such school, except as otherwise provided by law.
Said board shall consist of three members, one of whom shall
be the county superintendent of schools of the county or dis-
trict in which the school is located. Tlhe other members of
the board shall be elected by the county hoard, for the tcri:i of
three years from the date of their election. Vacancies existing
in the board, from) whatever cause, except in the case of the
county superintendent, shall be filled by appointment made by
the chairman of the county board, if the comity hoard i* not
in session when such vacancy occurs. If the county board is in
session, vacancies shall be filled by election by said board for
the unexpired term. Appointments made by the chairman of
the county board, as hereinbefore specified, shall he for the time
to elapse until the next regular meeting of the county board.
Eiach person appointed or cmitcd a member of the county train-
ing school board shall within ten days after the notice of such
app'iiiitiiioiit, tnk° ailfl subscribe an oath, to support the consti-
tution of the United States and the constitution of Wisconsin,
and honestly, faithfully and impartially to discharge his duties
as a member of said hoard, to the best of his ahilitv, which oath
shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. lie shall also,
within the same time, file a bond in such sum as may be fixed
by the county board, which bond shall he filed in the ofH<

WISCONSIN SCHOOL LA\VS OF 1903. 27

the c< unty clerk. \Villiin fifteen days after the appointment
of said board, the members thereof shall meet and organize by
electing one of their number as president and one as treasurer;
the county superintendent of schools shall be ex-officio secretary
of the said hoard. The said board shall prescribe the duties of
the several officers, except as fixed by law.

Honeys for; how paid. SECTION 3. All moneys appropri-
ated and expended under the provisions of this act shall be ex-
pended by the county training school board, and shall be paid
hy the county treasurer on orders issued by said board.

Duty of state superintendent. SECTION 4. The state super-
intendent shall give such information and assistance as may
seem necessary in organizing and maintaining such training
school*. He shall prescribe the courses of study to be pursued,
and shall determine the qualifications of all teachers employed
in such schools. He shall have the general supervision of all
schools established under this act; shall from time to time in-
spect the same, make such recommendations relating to their
management as he may deem necessary, and make such report
thereon as shall give full information concerning their num-
ber, character and efficiency.

- State aid for, how secured. SECTION 5. Any school estab-
lished-under the provisions of this act, whose courses of study
and the qualifications of whose teachers have been approved by
the state superintendent; may, upon application, be placed upon
an approved list of county training schools for teachers. A
school once entered up; n such list may remain listed and he
entitled ti> state aid so Long as the scope and charactn* of its
work are maintained in such manner as to meet the approval
of the state superintendent; provided, that he shall not place
upon said list more than eight schools. On the first day of
July in each year the secretary of each CQunty training school

! maintaining a school on the approved list, shall report
to the state superintendent sotting forth the facts rel-?tii!-> to
the cost of maintaining the school, the character of the work
done, the number and names of teachers employed and such
other matters as may he required. Upon the receipt of such

i, if it shall appear that the school lias been maintained
in a satisfactory manner for a period of not lo?s than ten
months during the year closing on the thirtieth <b>y of the pro-

28 WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAvvS OF 1903.

ceding June., the said superintendent shall make a certificate
to that effect and file it with, the secretary of state. Upon re-
ceiving such certificates, the secretary of state shall draw his
warrant, payable to the treasurer of the county maintaining
such school, a sum equal to one-half the amount actually ex
pended for maintaining such school during the year, provide*
that the total amount so apportioned shall not exceed twenty
five hundred dollars in any one school year.

Certificates to graduates; effect of. SECTION 6. Any per
son who shall complete in a satisfactory manner the course oJ
study prescribed for any county training school, and who shal
be of good moral character, shall receive a certificate signec
by the principal of the school and by the members of the
county training school board. Said certificate shall certify that
the person named therein has satisfactorily completed the
course of study prescribed for the county training school, and
is of good moral character; it shall also contain a list of the
standings secured by the person on the completion of each of
the studies pursued in the school. Such certificate shall have
the force and effect of a third grade certificate issued by the
county superintendent of the county or district in which the
school id located, -for the term of three years from the date of
its issue. Any school superintendent or officer authorized to
grant certificates to teachers in Wisconsin schools is hereby au-
thorized, in his discretion, to accept standings obtained by the
completion of studies in any county training school in the state,
when duly certified by the principal of said school, in lieu of
actual examination by said superintendent or examiner at any
time within three years from the date of the certificate of com-
pletion of the course by the person desiring to have such stand-
ings accepted. This provision shall apply to certificates of
third and second grade.

Joint training school between counties. SECTION 7. The
county board of two or more adjoining counties may unite in
establishing and maintaining a training school for teachers for
the purposes and on the same general plan as provided for in
chapter 373, laws of 1901, and may appropriate money for its
maintenance, and whenever two or more counties unite in es-
tablishing such a school, the county superintendent of the
county in which the schoolhouse is situated shall be e^-ofEc
secretary of the board, and two members in addition shall be

WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OF 1903. 29

11 from each county, and no member of any county board
"f supervisors shall be eligible.

Cost of joint training school, how apportioned. SECTION 8.
Whenever two or more counties unite in establishing and
maintaining such school, the county school board provided for
in such cases shall determine the amount of money necessary
for the maintenance and equipment of the school for the next
succeeding year, and annually thereafter. They shall appor-
tion the amount to be raised by taxation among the counties
in proportion to the assessed valuation of the real and per-
sonal property in each county as last fixed by the state
Doard of assessment, and shall report to the county clerk of
ach county on or before1 the first Monday of November in
each year, the amount of the apportionment so fixed, and such
amount- shall be levied in the county tax of each county for the
ensuing year for the support of the school.

Who shall be treasurer of; money, how expended. SECTION
9. The county treasurer of the county in which the school
!s located shall be ex-offiteio treasurer of the training school
ward and all moneys appropriated and expended under.
lie provisions of this act shall be expended by the board of
said county training school and shall be paid by said county
rea surer on orders drawn by the secretary and countersigned
y the president,

Who may be admitted. SECTION 10. The board of any
raining school for teachers established under this law in a
Dingle county, or by two or more adjoining counties, shall ad-
nit to said school, whenever the facilities provided will war-
•ant said board in so doin^, any person prepared to enter such
school, and who may reside in any county but not within the
listrict where any training school has already been established.
us so admitted shall be entitled to the same privileges
ind subject to the rules of the board adopted for the govern-
nent of such school.

Tuition of non-residents, how collected. SECTION 11.
iVhonever any person not residing in any training school dis-
riet shall become a student in any training school, the board
•f such school is hereby empowered to charge a. tuition fee for
•rich person to bo fixed by a majority of the members of said

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WISCONSIN SCHOOL LAWS OF L903.

board at a regular m«etin»- thereof. 'Jin- county U.ard oi
pervisors of the county of which -ndi person i> a In.na
[dent, is hereby jinthori/ed and empowered to provide by

D ill,- ] roj erty of the county, a sum snliicient to
tor the paynunt of ihe tuition on account of the resident*
said county, win; have attended -udi teacher-' training -diool,
und the amount- 80 levied shall be collected when and a.- other
taxes are collect. «1. and -hall be paid by the county t
of said county to the cuinty treasurer of the county in which
the training -dio..l enrollinir such person is situated, and
amount so received by such trea-nrer shall le p. tin-

credit of the teacher-' training sdiool di.-trict.

Appropriation. SKCTIOX l^. There i- here!
ated out of any money in the trea-ury not otherwis
ated, a sufficient sum t«» carry out the provisions of thi-

This chapter clearly explains it- purpose. It
two more county training school- for ;ded

to the number already in operation, and also that pen
siding in counties not havinir such schools may attend u
payment of a tuition fee.

Joint high school districts, ((liapn

491, Statutes of 1898, as amended hy Section 1. -I" <'ha
:.7 of the Laws of 1899, and also amending section 492 of the
Statutes of 189S. ) Si-< TI«..\ !'.>!. TSvo or more adj<.i;

1(i\V]|s «,!• >:-h<:nl «li<tl'icls. « V OH6 OT HI' 1'e to\VHS or

tricts and an incnrpn rated villa-*' or « ity, \vhen tJ
ii'ether will make a district «;f cnnti^mn^ territory, ma
in establishing and maintaininii anv <uch liiLdi -••hM,,l.
resolution ]vn>]:nsino- the same shall be apj roved and
and the notice of election -iirned by at lea-t a maj«Tit\
supervisors ot' each town, the din Jtors of eacli gchi
the fomnion council < f such city and ti -icli vil!

if any, and the election shall In- notiti-.-d and conducted
town, school district, city or vi!h>^«- BB proyided in the preced-
ing section. Such resolution shall n« t be adopited unl«
majority of the votes casl in each <nch town, set
city or village, be in favor thereof. The

~>'d at the tir-t election, and all sub-concur election- in the
several town.- as at town meeting, in the several -chool di-
tric'ts as at annual school district meeting, in the city, if any.

\VKSroXSlX SCHOOL LAWS OF 190:'-. 31

' a dinner . h »tion, and in tin- village., if any, as at vil-
ns; and the supervisors of the several towns, direct-
aid sdn.nl districts common council of suck city and
trustees •>}' such village shall, within one week after sucli elec-
ti"n. meet and canvass the votes and certify the result to the
t<>un cL adi t<>wn, the clerk of each school district, the

d« rk nf such city and to the village clerk of such village. If
n-olulinn he adopted, the town, or towns, school district
6r school districts and city and village, so voting, shall con-
ite a joint high -ehool district. '1 he creation, of a new
town or iii'-.-rpurati, n ,,f a village nut of the territory included
in ;i free liigli school district shall imt dissolve nor otherwise
idi di-iriet but such towns or town and village shall
tlui- finite a joint high school district. A town,

school district, incorporated village or city contiguous to a
high -dio<d di-tr'rt may l>ecome je-int with such district
val and snl»!iii->i«.n <>}' a resolution proposing
the -aine and the tcnn< thereof, and notice of election signed
hy a maj"rif\ • d' the siij ervis »rs of each town, directors of each
ict, e< iniiiMii <• iimcil of each city, and trustees of
village, if any, to he atleete«l and the adoption of such reso-
lutinn l.y a niaj. r'ty < i' all the votes casl in each such town,
ict, city or village, the election to he had and the
It eanva— ed and de;< -nnined in the manner provided herein
fnr the organization of a joint high sdioo-1 district in the first
instance.

District officers. SK< rio.x I ML!. The officers of each such
di-triet -hall he a director, treasurer and dei'k, whose terms
shall 1-e eadi tln-ee year- l.e^:nnin^ with the annual town meet-
\]\'j:. a-id until lii- successor -hall have been chosen; provided
that at the tir-t election the elerk -hall he chosen for one year,
the treasurer for two years and the director for three years,
and all «-t' -aid officers may lie chosen first at the same election
at which the question of e-iahli-hin-- a high school is sub-
mitted, to take their oilier- if the resolution theref or be adopted.
Thereafter -udi officers sha.ll be elected at the annual town
ting or charter election. The votes cast shall be canvassed
and the result declared and rcrtiticd as provided in the preced-
ini: sections. Mnt in all cities not under a county superintend-
ent which now constitute free, high school districts or which
shall hereafter adnj>t the resolution provided for in section
and become free high school distrieis the board of educa-
tion in eaeh -ndi eitv shall be the high school board and the

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city treasurer >\i-<\\\ be ex-ofticio the treasurer of the high school
district unless the board of education embrace a treasurer; and
in all districts maintaining a graded school of not less than two
de| artments which now constitute free high -clx.ol di-trif-
which shall hereafter adopt said resolution, the district board
in each shall be the high school board and the district trea-mvr
shall l>e the treasurer of the high school district. Whenever a
subdistrict shall vote to establish and maintain a free high
school, such sub-district shall constitute a free high school di--
trict, shall elect a free high school board, the clerk for on<- year,
the treasurer for two years, and the director for three ye;
thereafter one officer shall be elected annually in place of the
one whose term expires at the annual meeting of such sub-
district., and such high school board shall ]x-rfnnii all the du-
ties and have the same authority as high school board- in to
or districts. The clerk -hall certify all taxes levied for high
school purposes to the town, city or village clerk, who -hall
apportion the same upon the taxable property of the sub-dis-
trict, and the treasurers of -uch municipality -h-ili collect tin-
taxes thus apportioned and pay over the -aim to the high -chool
treasurer and return the delinquent taxes to tin- county b
urer as in other cases. Where a hi»h school district
of two or more towns or school d'-trici-, or oiie or moiv to\vn-
or school districts and an incorpn-ated village or city, tin- offi-
cers thereof shall he elected for the -aim- term- a- in other dis-
tricts by joint vote of the town hoard- of auoh towns or tho
board or boards of the school district or dig '«»wn or

lowns, and three, members selected by the board of the vil
or council of the city which have united in f<>rmimr -uch dis-
trict Such town board- -hall hold th<-;r lir-t meet]
officers at two o'clock P. M. on the fir-t Tm-day following tlie
town meeting ;•( the otlice of the clerk of the town lia\
largest population, and thereafter shall meet for -ueli ]uir;
at the same -time at <ncli place as may be deicrniined upon.
The first meetina1 of flic board or boards of a town or town- or
a s,.lin<.l district or distri«-ts with the member- selected bv the
board of anv vill;"jc or council of anv citv which forms -m-h a
district shall beheld at two o'clock P. "M". on tbe ti- -day

next followii>g the village or city election at the office ,,f tl^
clerk of such village or city: all subsequent meeting -liall be
held at the same time at such place as may be determined ui
A majority of all tho member^ repn Denting -ucli town or town-,
school district or district- and .-ucb village board or city coun-
cil shall be neees<ary t«. constitute a (piorum. The secretary

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of tin1 meeting of such boards shall certify the names of the
officers of the district elected thereat to all the clerks of the
towns, school districts, village or city in the district. The of-
ticer- so elected shall have the same authority, be charged with
the -aine duties and be under the same liabilities as other offi-
oftre of Midi districts.

The amendments to this chapter are for the purpose of mak-
ing clear the relations existing between an incorporated village
or a city and the outlying town or towns in cases where the
free h'^h school district is a joini school district.

To prescribe and limit the duties and qualifications of city su-
perintendent of schools in cities of the third class (cities having
a population of more than 10,000 and less than 40,000) and to
provide for his appointment. — To provide for the proper super-
vision of public schools in cities of the fourth class (cities hav-
ing a population of 10,000 or less). (Chapter 360.) SECTION
1. In all chits <>f the third class there may be elected an-
nually l.y the school board <>r the board of school commis-
sion. !•- a city -up;-rintcudent of schools whose duties shall
be: 1. To i xainine and license teachers according to the
Litea • f l^'ls and law- am< ndalory thereto relating to the

L*. To supervise the administration of the courses of
Miidv. •'!. To liavi iM neral su| crvision of the professional
\\.rk < f the schools of the city including the holding of
teachers' meetings, and the promotion of pupils.. 4. From
time tn time to make a written report to the school board em-
bodying such re. -i mmendat ions relative to the employment of
teacher-, jnlopi ii.-n • f t< xi bonks, changes in the course® of
study. di-c:plh<e, and such other matters as he may deem for
the welfare nt' the city schools. 5. To make such other rer

nd to ] !-rf« rm snch other duties as the school board
or beard nf scln-nl (-' MM m i — inners iiuiv direct and which are
not in conflict with the provisions of this act/ The school board
or'ln.ard of sdn.<.l commissioners shall determine the annual
pensation to l;c p-iid sai«l city surx^rintendent of public
schools from the -chool funds of said city.

Superintendent not to engage in other business. SECTION 2.
This act 'hall apply tc all cities of the third and fourth class

whether --rd chic- are «rnvenicd bv special charters or by the
8

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general charter, or are working under the distric-
election ;m<l iMiveninient of school atl'aii-. Elereafter, no <
HIJ erintendont of schools -hall engage in any other pro
occupation or |»ur-nit. I'm- such time and in su«-li manner
shall interfere with the proper di-chariie of his dir -m-h

durinii the term for which he i- !. A \ any

of the provisions of tlr n shall suhjeet the offender

removal from "Ilice ; provided, that this section -hall n< t h<- C0H-
striu-il t«» h:ir any city sii] lenl of >«-h-

princij al < \' « r teaching in any s<-liool under hi- supervision.

City superintendent, how appointed; school board. -

3. In all cities of the third and fourth e!a— where the

sup<T:ntend< nt « f 8ch( - 1- at th. 1 «»r i\\>-

jM.inted, in some otlier ma !y than

the school board or board

shall cease i«> exisl at the expirati. n «.f the I r which

the present incuinhent was elected, and the duti< i»n-

seribed fcr hi> office shall 1 by the s«-h. ..1 ].u;ird

or bo-anl <-f school eoinmi-sioners ;i- f«»lli'\v- : 1. The ilntie- cnn-

merated in <ection 1 of thi- act,, f«»niMM'ly d. on -aid

city superintendent, shall l.-e a — iinn-il l»y the su]

ejected nr t<> bi(B elected hy the -eliool Ix.Mn! :i-<.l

comiuissioner< : it' ii" city -uj •i-intenden1

clin-en in cities of the third class, and in all eitii irth

class, the hiuh <chool pi'inci] .il <\\:\\\ a--nnu' and di- -aid

duties. In thi'-e cities within whose limits there -hall

than one liijjli school, the h-cinl of edn«-.

(M»nimi-si« ner- shall designate which j-rincipal >liall an«l

execute <llch <llltie-. '2. The school l<»;ird li'x.l

(innimis-:. oerfi -hall annually c! : tin ir «i\vn nun

chairman. •'». Said !<>;ird sliall elect

their own number, or imt, to j-erform the (derical duti*

tlie heard at such eonip-n--it ion ,-is they may name. The

superintendent < f scho,,l< chosen by the -cho.,1 Ix.jird or hoard

of -ch.-ol eonimi>-i«-ner- -hall it

the school l.-.-j'.rd, nor shall lie l-e ]•;•« -ident or i-liairman "t -aid

board.

Eligibility, qualifications required. S 1. N"o ]

shall 1 c eli.L'iMe to the oilire of city superintendent
Avhese le'jal (!ualiticatioii< are not e<|iiivalent to tho-e ro.jn
for the ]-rincij alsliip of ;i four year- lii^li school.

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This chapter | tescribes certain educati< ual qu:>lineat:ons
whi< h city - !s mus!_ before they

oli-i! le to the office. Jt also prescribes the duties
rintendents ami the manner of their election. It
does nol : ilia; it was tlic intention of this chapter to ar-

bitrarily place the cities of the fourih class under the super-
vision of eity superintendents and withdraw the said cities
from ili« jurisdiction of the county superintendents. It ap-
hat ihi< chapter was intended to apply only to such
citiee as were alp-ady under the supervision of a city superin-
or -iidi cities as may hereafter, -through proper pro~
luntarily withdraw from the jurisdiction of county
intendents and p.lace city superintendents in authority.

Taxation in counties, towns and school districts. (Chapter
t39, aiiu-ndini;1 Section H'Tl. Sulndivision 1, of S'Cction 776,
:md als< - n 7:;<»a. Statutes of 1808.) SECTION 1074.

The < nniy l.-.ard shall aUo, al said nieeliiiii', determine by res-
nlu?:«.ii the amount of taxes to l>e levied in their county for
county |uirp«.-(- iVr ilu- year, and a!s-i the amount to be raised
hy tax in < adi t.»wii t'«:r the sup. port of cominon schools therein
tor the eii-uin^ year, which shall not in any town he less than
the am- tint ap.port i«.m-d to -uch town in the last apportionment

be income < !' the school fund; and by separate resolution,
a»l"i majority ..!' tin memhers of the board not prohib-

ited lVi-m voting thei'e.'ii 1-y section TO-"), determine the amount
levied to j--ay the ciimps'iisMtimi and allowances of
tin- <• unity superintendents <•!' >cho«;l> and <lesii:-nate therein
the cities exempt from t.ixan.n th<-efor; provided, however,
that the total amount of county taxes assessed, levied and car-
rii-d « ill a-jain-t the taxable property of any county in any one
-hall i d in the whole one-half of one per centum

of the 1 I valuation of said county for the preced-

ing year as tixed hy the state hoard of equalization, except-

in so far a- a larger percentage may he necessary in order
to IIM - i indehtedne-- inc!'.rred prior to the pas<aire and publica-
tion of ihi- act.

Roads and bridges. 1. To vote to raise money for the repair
and huildin- of roads or b ridges, or either; for the support of

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llic |)iM»r and defraying nil other ehar«M-- ;in<l ex]
town: provided, however, that, tin- total taxe< levied in any
town for jiny one year for all town pur]x*e-. exclusive -
taxefl ;iml liabilities heretofore lawfully incurred, -hall n<>
ceed in the whole, one and one-halt' j

assessed valuation , f >ueh town for the preivdii:L .ual-

ized by 'he town l».ard of equalization, unle-s a larger sui
needed for the building or repairing <•!' hi-h
in which case the electors may vote and the projvr author
may levy, not b :"' 1 '•''' '•'•ntuni in addi-

tion to the aforesaid one and one-half per centum: j. P. \idrd,
further, that not cx'-c. din-- one per centum additional may
be levied for school puqx>ses when under the t< wn-hi|
of school government

Limitation of taxes. SECTION i:;nM. 'I'h.- total atnoui
school di>trict tax hereafter Icvi. d in any -ch.^1 di>t!'i<-f in
\]\i< -tatc in any one year f«»r building, hirinir «>r pur«-ha-
any school huildini:, and for the maintrnan<-c • f schools, indud-
iiii:1 tcadiers' \v:i»-c< and incidental expt-n^-s, shall n<--
two per cent of the total assessed valuation of taxable prop-
erty in -nch -dinol district for th<- pn-cedin»- year.

'\'}\':< chaj ter iiives the amount which may be le\ i.-d by the
county board of supervisors, the eleetoj^ at annual town n.
inu-, and the elector- at -<-ho«.l district meet ini:-. Thi- «-ha|>-
ter should 1 e <-arefull\ -tudied in ,:rder that tin-
tors may m;t he declared void. The school distric pro-
hibited from raising an amount to exceed two per cenl. ot
total a«es<ed valuation of the taxable pr« jx'rty in the ^-h«M»l
district for purposes of Imildini:, hirin-- or pnn-ha-in^ a build-
in. i;1 and maintaining the >eh<.: 1, and when under t< \\n-hii-
tern of <choo] government are limi'ed to one per «•« nt. « t' th
valuation of the town.

INDEX.

ACTIONS— PAGE

to be brought by chairman or director of board of education * 14

to be brought by city superintendent 14

to be brought by truant officer 14

to be brought under compulsory education law 14

ADMISSION—

of non-resident pupils to county training school for teachers 29

of non-residents to free high school 22

APPOINTMENT—

of city superintendent 34

of truant officers 14

ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL 12-14

CERTIFICATES—

branches required 5

(1 u ration of 5-6

for primary teachers 17

limitations 5-6

manual training, domestic science 6

CITY S! PERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS—

duties of 33

eligibility — qualifications required 34

ho\v appointed 34

not to engage in other business 33-34

COMMON SCHOOL FUND—

apportionment of 20

how apportioned 20

section 554 amended . 20

COMPENSATION—

of city superintendents

of county superintendents

of truant officers . 1*

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