SCHOOL LAWS OF THE Territory of Alaska Issued by Authority Territorial Board of Education August 15, 1919 Compiled 3y LESTER D. HENDERSON, Commissioner of Education, Juneau, Alaska. SCHOOL LAWS OF THE Territory of Alaska Issued by Authority Territorial Board of Education August 15, 1919 Compiled By LESTER D. HENDERSON, Commissioner of Education, Juneau, Alaska. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVED OCT 2 1924 DOCUMENTS DIVISION Q ^ \ Table of Contents. Article I Article II Article III Article IV Article V Article VI Article VII Article VIII Article IX Article X Article XI Article XII Article XIII Article XIV Article XV Article XVI Article XVII Pages. —Territorial Board of Education 11 — Commissioner of Education 12 — Certification of Teachers : 15 — General Regulations 17 — School Districts in Incorporated Towns 20 — Incorporated School Districts..... 21 — School Districts Outside Incorporated Towns.... 25 — Citizenship Night Schools 28 — Normal High Schools 29 — Textbook Commission 30 — Compulsory Education 32 — Territorial Refund — Schools in Incorporated Towns and Districts 33 — School Fund — Districts Outside Incorporated Towns 35 — School Tax 36 — School Lands 40 — Lease of School Lands... 41 — Agricultural College and School of Mines 42 INDEX INDEX Agricultural College and School of Mines — Section Appropriations for buildings and equipment 149 Board of Trustees — Appointment, etc 143 Board of Trustees — Meetings 145 Board of Trustees — Powers and Duties 146 College Established 142 Executive Head — Powers and Duties 147 General Power Granted 148 Purposes of institution 141 Certification of Teachers — Certificates required ". 30 Certificates by Indorsement 31 First, Second and Third Grade 32 Place of Examination 33 Revocation of certificates 35 Special Certificates 33 Temporary Certificates 34 Time of Examination 36 Citizenship Night Schools — Apportionment of Funds 92 Attendance Required 87 Course of Instruction 88 Expenditures — 'School Board to Report 91 Establishment of Citizenship Night Schools '. 85 Instructors — Compensation of 90 Report of Commissioner of Education S6 Sessions — Number of weekly 87 Textbooks 89 Commissioner of Education — Appointment . 11 Bond , 16 Oath of Office 15 Office Provided 13 Powers and Duties: Approve expenditures Ill Budget of proposed expenditures — To approve 108 Bulletins — To publish 23 . Citizenship Night Schools — To approve subjects pre- sented 88 Citizenship Night Schools — To approve report of school board 89 Citizenship Night Schools — To approve continuance 87 Citizenship Night Schools — To apportion funds 92 Citizenship Night Schools — To issue regulations 86 Citizenship Night Schools — To recommend textbooks.... 89 Certificates by Indorsement — To grant 31 Certificates — To issue first, second and third grade 32 6 INDEX Section Certificates — To issue special 33 Certificates — To issue temporary 34 Certificates — To revoke 35 Course of Study — To prepare - 22 Election papers — To file certified copies of 80 Elementary Schools — To examine and accredit 29 Examinations — Eighth Grade - 25 Examinations — Teachers' certificates - 36 Funds to districts outside incorporated towns — To assign 82 Normal High Schools — To authorize establishment of.... 94 Normal High Schools — To choose textbooks 95 Normal High Schools — To examine students 95 Normal High Schools — To outline course of study 95 Normal High Schools — To prescribe rules and regula- tions 95 Normal High Schools — To specify qualifications of in- structors 95 Papers, Reports, etc. — To file 21 Policies of Territorial Board — To execute 14 Records, Books, etc.— To deliver 27 Records and Statistics — To keep 20 Reports — To require - ----- 19 Rules and Regulations — To prescribe 26 Sanitary regulation — To prescribe 26 School building plans — To approve 46 School building sites — To approve 46 School Census — To prepare blanks 48 School day — To approve length 41 Secondary Schools — To examine and accredit 29 Supervise all public educational institutions 17 Teachers' institutes — To provide 29 Textbook Commission — To serve as member 96-99-100 Textbook Commission — To appoint members 96 Textbooks — To notify boards of adoption 101 Travel outside Territory..— IS Traveling expenses — To submit statement 28 Qualifications - 12 Vacancies in office - 12 Compulsory Education — Duties of principals and school boards 105 Penalties for violation 104 Provisions as to school attendance 103 General Regulations — Accredited elementary schools defined 5i Accredited secondary schools defined 50 Alcoholic drinks and narcotics — Instructions in required.... 52 Annual report required: 43 Building plans must be approved 46 Elementary schools defined 49 Examination regarding effects of alcoholic drinks and nar- cotics required : - 54 Fire drills required 47 Partisan, Sectarian or Denominational Doctrines prohibited 38 INDEX 7 Section Rules and regulations must be complied with 44 School census to be taken 48 School day denned 41 School holidays defined 42 School month defined 40 School year defined 39 Secondary schools defined 49 U. S. Flag must be displayed 45 Use of school house authorized.. 39 incorporated School Districts — Bond of treasurer and assessor 62 Clerk of Board — Duties 72 Communities may incorporate 57 Electors — Qualifications of 64 Incorporation — Manner of 63 Judges of election — Duties 65-67 Judges of Election — Citizens 67 Order establishing district _ 66 School board — Citizens 68 School board — Divide into two classes 69 School board — Filling of vacancies in 70 School board — Organization of 53 School board — Powers of common councils.... 61 School board — Prescribe rules 71 School tax — Board may levy 50 Taxation consented to 72 Taxes — A lien on property 60 Lease of School Lands; — Application and contents 139 Assignment of lease — Limitations on 137 Forfeiture of lease 138 Lessors, Governor and Secretary 135 Lease money in school fund 136 Rules and Regulations 141 Statements, etc., under oath 140 Normal High Schools' — Authorized by Commissioner of Education 94 Course — -Length of ,. 93 Course of Study _ __. 95 Establishment of Normal High Schools 93 Examination of students 95 Instructors 95 Regulations governing .._ 94-95 Textbooks 95 School Districts in Incorporated Towns — Common Council, powers of: Establish Districts 55 Levy Tax for school purposes 56 Establishment of School districts 55 School Board: Election of Duties of 8 INDEX Power of Terms of Service of 55 Tax for School Purposes 56 School Districts Outside Incorporated Towns — Section Appropriations — Limitations of use of 84 Board : Duties of Board on Election 80 First Election of 75 Powers of •. - 78 Report to Commissioner of Education 81 Terms of Service of 79 Vacancies „ 76 Bond of Treasurer 77 Electors — Qualifications of 76 Establishment of 73 Funds — Assignment of 82 Laws to which Schools Subject 83 Petition — Contents of 74 School Funds — Districts Outside Incorporated Towns — Additional funds provided 114 Schools for white children and children of mixed blood .... 113 Source and Disposition' of 'Alaska Fund" 112 School Lands — Sections 16 and 36 Reserved, Section 33 in Tanana Valley Reserved — Provisions for leasing 133 Site for Agricultural College and School of Mines 134 School Tax- Amount of tax f 115 Collector — Appointment of ...117-131 Collector — Powers of 126 Collector — Remuneration of 129 Collector — Penalty for non-performance of duty 132 Collector— Report of 128 Common Councils — Duty of 116 Delinquent — 'When — Penalty 121 Employers — Duties and liabilities of 124 Employers — Action against — Penalty 125 Non-payment — Penalty for 12V, Notice Publication — Contents 118 Notice Publication — Monthly 119 Payable— When 120 Persons taxed 115 Receipts - 123 School Board — Duties of 117 Territorial Treasurer — Duties of 127 U. S. Commissioner — Duties 12<6 TJ. S. Commissioner — Fees 126 TJ. S. Marshal— Duties 126 TJ. S. Marshal— Fees 120 Territorial Board of Education — Authorization of Territorial Board of Education 2 Budget of Expenses — Preparation of 7 INDEX Expenditures— Supervise and audit SeCti ° n -final court of appeals - 9 Meetings 6 Organization 4 Reports from School Board 3 Rules and Regulations ** Seal — Adoption of " " " 5 School System established "ZZZZZZ". '"" 10 Territorial Refund-Schools in Incorporated Towns and Districts*- Accounts— Approval of Elementary schools— Refund for Ul Expenditures : - 106 Estimate of Restrictions of " 1°8 High Schools— Refund for "" ' ' 109 Improvements not restricted "" 10G Normal Schools— Refund for "' ' " 107 Refund — Manner of .... ' " "'"' 106 Reports— Quarterly ■ - m 110 Textbook Commission — Appropriation for Commission Duties of Textbook Commission " """"" ^ 2 Membership of Textbook Commission"- " " " ' Appointment of members Oath of members '" dS Qualifications of members ' " f 6 Term of Service of Members '■ " If Vacancies " — ^" Report to School Boards " """ " 96 Textbooks: ; l01 Manner of Adoption Period of Adoption— New Adoptions " o? Publishing Houses to Submit ^ SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. n SCHOOL LAWS of the Territory of Alaska ARTICLE I. TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION School System Established. Section 1 That a general and uniform system of schools shall be maintained throughout the Territory of Alaska, and shall embrace common schools, including High, Grammar, Primary and Kinder- garten schools, and such other schools as may be hereafter estab- lished; Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed as nnw^ VI aS inc , ludin S sch00ls f °r Alaska Natives which are now, and which may nereafter come under the control of the Fed- TT r nit^ OV |fT en ^ and be ' administered and supervised through the Interior ™ Educati °n of the Department of the Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 137. Territorial Board of Education Authorized. Section 2. That for the general supervision, government, and control of all the Territorial public schools of Alaska, and for the general supervision, government and control of any other public school, or Territorial Educational Institution, as may now or here- after be founded, a Territorial Board of Education is hereby created and established to be known as the Territorial Board of Educat'on of the Territory of Alaska. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 137. Organization. Section 3. The Territorial Board of Education shall consist of the Governor of the Territory, who shall be ex-officio President, and the four senior senators, one from each division of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 137. Meetings. Section 4. It shall hold its regular meetings on the first day of May, 1917, and bi-ennially thereafter on the second Monday in March m such place at the Capital of the Territory as the president may designate. The regular meetings may be adjourned from day to day until all business has been disposed of. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 137. Rules and Regulations. Section 5. It shall have power to make rules and regulations for its own government, and for the government of the Commis- sioner of Education. It shall assign to the Commissioner of Educa- tion his duties, direct him as to his work, and shall be free to 12 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. change such assignments and directions to meet the necessities of the work under his direction. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 138. Final Court of Appeals. Section 6. It shall constitute a final Court of Appeals, in all Educational Controversies, and shall delegate to the Commissioner of Education the execution of all policies decided upon. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 138. Prepare Budget of Expenses. Section 7. It shall prepare a budget of necessary expenses for the maintenance of the Public Schools of the Territory, and the department of the Board of Education, and shall present the same to the legislature at each session. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 139. To Require Reports. Section 8. It shall require the School Boards to make such reports as deemed necessary. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 139. Supervise and Audit Expenditures. Section 9. It shall direct and supervise the auditing of all expenditures of funds and appropriations made for the maintenance and the upbuilding of the public schools of the Territory, and shall have the direction and control of all Territorial school funds and shall make provisions for the payment of all warrants and accounts that may be drawn on said fund. Laws 1917, Cha#. 64, P. 139. To Adopt Seal. Section 10. The Board of Education shall adopt an official seal. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 139. ARTICLE II. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION: Appointment of Commissioner of Education. Section 11. The Territorial Board of Education shall have power, and it shall be its duty to appoint at .a salary not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), per annum, a Commissioner of Education, and upon recommendation of said Commissioner of Edu- cation, may appoint such other specialists, clerks and other executive office employees, as in its judgment the execution of the work of the Board may demand, and fix the salaries of the same, provided, however, that the expenses under this section shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), per annum in addition to the salary of the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 138. Qualifications of Commissioner of Education — Filling of Vacancy in Office. Section 12. Said Commissioner of Education shall be chosen for a term of two years upon merit, and because of his special fitness to propose and execute beneficial educational policies for the general supervision, government and control of the public schools of the Territory. The Territorial Board of Education shall have SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 13 ittrdIm P ^\hl Sm 1 iSS , t w C ° mmiSSi0ner of Education whenever in removal! ^ mtereBta ° f the public school s require his »»^u aS Jr * vacan °y sh ould arise in the office of Commissioner shall hJve tne' T****?* £ otherwise, the president of sSd board snail have the power to fill said vacancy by appointment said appointee to hold office until the first meeting 7 ,* ?he Board 'there Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 138. Commissioner of Education to be Provided With Office. ^.^f™ l3 \ T ^ Commissioner of Education shall be provided with an office by the Territorial Board of Education to be located at the capital of the Territory of Alaska, and shall be furnished with necessary stationery, fuel, light and other essential things Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 139. Execute Policies of Board. Section 14. In all Educational matters which involve new policies and new methods of procedure, the Commissioner of ml cation shall report back to the Board for instructions; but once having tn th/p 6n th6Se insti ; uctions ' the execution of them shall be left to the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 139. Take Oath of Office. thP fSVTa?'* The Commissioner. of Education shall be a citizen of W? nffSf Sta n S ' and he Sha11 ' b8fore enterin ^ u P° n the duties of ™ cZtt L f ■♦? ™ is /. 101 ? er of Education, take and subscribe to i £ ? *? ? aithfuI1 y discharge the duties of his office, which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 139. Furnish a Bond. nffl J ec i ion . J 6 - Hs shall > before entering upon the duties of his office, furnish a proper bond of some approved surety company (such bond and surety or sureties to be subject to the approval of the Territorial Board of Education) payable to the Territory of Alaska, and conditional upon the faithful performance of his official duties as provided by this Act. Said bonds shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Territory of Alaska, ^ The Commissioner shall furnish a new bond whenever required by the Board. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 140. To Supervise All Public Educational Institutions. Section 17. He shall have supervision of all matters pertaining to the public schools, and other educational institutions of the Terri- tory of Alaska, to include all public schools within incorporated towns and all public schools outside the limits of incorporated towns. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 140. Travel Outside Territory. Section 18. He may travel with the consent of the Board of Education without neglecting his official duties as Commissioner of Education, for the purpose of study and attending educational meet- ings, outside the Territory. Provided, that he shall not absent him- self from the Territory for more than ninety (90) days during any one year. Provided, further, however, that no expense shall be 14 SCHOO L LAWS OF ALASKA. incurred under this section unless appropriation is previously made therefor by the legislature. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 140. To Require Reports. Section 19. He shall require annually, or at such other times as he may determine, of the teacher, President, Superintendent, or Principal of all public schools or other education institutions and the School Boards of all School Districts receiving Territorial aid, a report of such facts, arranged in such form as he may prescribe. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 140. Keep Records and Statistics. Section 20. He shall keep in his office all records, books and papers pertaining to the business of his office, and shall keep and preserve in his office a complete record of statistics of all matters pertaining to educational interests of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 140. File Papers, Reports, Etc. Section 21. He shall file, all papers, reports and public docu- ments transmitted to him by school officers of the several school districts of the Territory each year separately. Copies of all papers in his office and his official acts may be certified by him and attested under the official seal of the Board of Education, and when so certified shall be evidence equally and in like manner as the original papers. He shall charge for such certified copy 50 cents per folio and all moneys so received shall be immediately paid to the Territorial Treasurer and accredited to the school fund of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 04, P. 140. Prepare Minimum Course of Study. Section 22. He shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a min imum course of study for the public schools of the Territory, and such a course be approved by the Board of Education before its adoption. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 141. Prepare and Publish Bulletins. Section 23. He shall, on approval of the Board of Education, prepare and publish such bulletins or pamphlets relating to various phases of educational work as he may deem necessary for the infor- mation and instruction of the citizens of the Territory, and shall distribute the same to the various school boards throughout the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 141. Prescribe Rules and Regulations. Section 24. He shall, with the approval of the Board of Educa- tion, prescribe such rules and regulations for the general govern- ment of the public schools, as shall be necessary to secure effi ciency and promote the true interests of the public schools. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 141. Prepare Eighth Grade Examinations, Section 25. He shall prepare uniform questions for use in the examination of pupils of the Territory, completing the grammar- school course of study, and shall prescribe uniform rules and regula- tions for the conducting of such examinations; provided, however, SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 15 that accredited schools may be exempt from such examinations at the discretion of the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 141. Prescribe Sanitary Regulations. Section 26. He shall in conjunction with the Commissioners of Health, prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the Territory as may from time to time in his opinion be needed to secure thorough sanitary conditions in the public schools throughout the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 141. To Deliver Records, Books, Etc. Section 27. He shall deliver to his successor at the expiration of his term of office, all records, books, maps, documents and papers, of whatever kind belonging to his office, or which may have been received by him for the use of his office. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 142. Submit Statement of Traveling Expenses. Section 28. He shall submit to the President of the Board of Education a monthly statement with vouchers attached of his expenditures for traveling expenses together with a statement of his actual subsistence and other expenditures when away from the Capital on work connected with his office, and in the discharge of his official duties, Provided, that such actual traveling and subsis- tence expenses shall not exceed the amount of Two Thousand Dol- lars ($2,000.00) annually, Provided, further, however that no expense shall be incurred under this section, unless appropriation is previ- ously made therefor by the Legislature. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 142. Provide for Teachers' Institute — Examine and Accredit Schools. Section 29. The Commissioner of Education may in his discre- tion provide for a Teacher's Institute for teachers in each of the four Judicial Divisions of Alaska, and approve the programs thereof. It shall also be his duty, to examine and accredit the Secondary and Elementary or Grammar Schools of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 142. ARTICLE III. CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS. Teachers' Certificate Required. Section 30. Every person employed as a teacher in the public schools in the Territory of Alaska shall first apply for and obtain a teacher's certificate, as provided in this Act. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 142. Certificates by Endorsement. Section 31. — The Commissioner of Education shall have power to grant Territorial certificates by endorsements of approved certificates issued by any State valid for a period equal to that of the certificate presented for endorsement, provided, that such applicant shall pre- sent satisfactory evidence that he, or she has been successfully engaged in educational work within two years time prior to the presentation of such certificate. He shall have power to grant Ter- 16 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. .ritorial certificates valid for a period of three years by endorsement of diplomas issued by Normal Schools, colleges and universities of approved standing. All such certificates by endorsement shall be renewable on presentment of proof that the holder has been success- fully engaged in educational work during one-half the period in which the certificate was valid or in force. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 142. First, Second and Third Grade Certificates. Section 32. He shall have the power to issue first, second and third grade Territorial certificates upon examination in such sub- jects as the Board of Education may prescribe, Provided, that first grade certificates shall be valid for five years, second grade certi- ficates for three years and third grade certificates for one year from the date of issuance, and Provided, further, that any of the certi- ficates mentioned in this section may be renewable upon present- ment of evidence that the holder thereof has been successfully engaged in educational work during at least one-half of the period in which the certificate is valid or in force. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 143. Special Certificates. Section 33. He shall have power to grant special certificates valid for three years to teachers of manual training, domestic science, physical education, music, drawing and such other sub- jects as may be authorized by the Territorial Board of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 68. Temporary Certificates. Section 34. He may, in case of an emergency, grant a temporary certificate valid for one year to a teacher, who, in his opinion is entitled to such, and who shall furnish evidence of his, or her, qualifications, Provided, that such certificate shall not be renew- able. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 143. Certificates May Be Revoked. Section 35. He shall have the power to revoke for immorality, violation of written contract, intemperance, crime against the laws of the Territory or any unprofessional conduct, any certificate which may have been granted, Provided, that, no certificate shall be revoked until the accused has been given an opportunity of being heard. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 143. Time and Place of Teachers' Examination. Section 36. Examinations for all Territorial certificates shall be held at such time as the Commissroner of Education may desig- nate. Such examinations may be held in the division where needed, and shall be under the charge of the Commissioner of Education, a teacher, or other person appointed by him. Said examination shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Education. The questions used in these examinations shall be such only as are sent out by him under the seal of the Board of Education. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 143. Examination Papers Forwarded to Commissioner of Education. Section 37. The examination papers, together with recommenda- tions of the examiner in each case shall be forwarded to the Com- SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 17 missioner of Education, who shall, if he approves the same, issue to the applicant a Territorial certificate. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 144. ARTICLE IV. GENERAL REGULATIONS. Partisan, Sectarian or Denominational Doctrines Prohibited. Section 38. No books, papers, tracts, or documents of a partisan, sectarian or denominational character shall he introduced in any public school under the provisions of this law, and any and every, partisan, sectarian or denominational doctrines are hereby expressly forbidden to be taught therein, and no teacher, or school board shall receive any public money for the maintenance of schools, which have not been conducted in accordance with the provisions of this act. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 144. School Year Defined — School Board May Authorize Use of School House. Section 39. The school year shall begin on the first day of July of each year, Provided, that this does not require the school terms to begin on this date, but such terms may begin at such times as fixed by the school board of the school district. The Trustees of any school district shall have the power to authorize the use of any school house, or school houses, as a com- munity center. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 144, School Month Defined. Section 40. For purposes of determining the time when com- pensation of teachers and other employees of the school district is due and of determining when monthly reports to the Commissioner of Education shall be submitted, or a school year of any given num- ber of months shall end, a school month shall be considered as consisting of twenty days or four weeks of five days each. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 69. School Day Defined. Section 41. The school day in every school shall not be less than four hours in length for the first and second grades, exclusive of intermissions, and five hours for all other grades, exclusive of intermissions; Provided, that a shorter day for certain grades may be arranged on the approval of the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 69. School Holidays Defined. Section 42. No teacher shall be required to teach school on Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Years, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, nor shall the monthly salary of any teacher be diminished because of fact that these holidays fall on a school day. The public schools shall be in session on all other legal holidays falling upon school days and shall give appropriate exercises in com- memoration of the day; Provided, that the School Board may declare a holiday when good reason exists therefor. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 69. 18 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. Annual Reports Required. Section 43. No school board shall draw any order or warrant for, or pay the salary of any teacher for the last month of his or her service until the annual report to the Commissioner of Educa- tion shall have been presented for mailing and until all summaries and statistics have been entered in the school register and the same presented to the school board for approval; Provided, that in all schools organized under the direction of a city superintendent or principal the report of such superintendent or principal shall be accepted by the school board in lieu of the teachers' reports. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 68. Rules and Regulations Must Be Complied With. Section 44. No Territorial moneys shall be paid to any school board or to any teacher who fails to comply with the school laws of the Territory of Alaska or with the rules and regulations pro- mulgated by the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 69. U. S. Flag Must Be Displayed. Section 45. Every school board of the several school districts of the Territory shall procure a United States flag and shall display said flag upon or near each public school building, during school hours and at such other times as they may deem proper. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 68. Building Plans Must Be Approved. Section 46. All building plans for school buildings in all school districts shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Education for his approval before the erection of the same; Provided, that in cases of emergency this requirement may be set aside by the Commis- sioner of Education. The location of all school buildings in districts outside of incorporated towns shall also, where possible, be approved by the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 70. Fire Drills Required. Section 47. — It shall be the duty of the principal, or other per- sons, in charge of every public or private school or educational institution with the Territory, to instruct and train pupils by means of drills, so that they may, in a sudden emergency, be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible time without confusion or panic. Such drills shall be held at least twice each school month, weather permitting. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 70. School Census To Be Taken. Section 48. Every school board in all school districts shall annually, during the last week in October, cause to be taken an enumeration or census of all bona fide residents of the district, between the ages of five and twenty-one years, and shall report the same to the Commissioner of Education, said enumeration and report to be made on blanks and forms provided by the Commissioner of Education. It shall be the duty of all teachers and principals in each district to co-operate with the school board in securing and compiling the census fact, required. No expenditures of Territorial funds by school boards for carrying out the provisions of this sec- tion shall be allowed. Laws 1919, Chap. 27, P. 70. SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 19 Elementary and Secondary Schools Defined. Section 49. The term secondary schools shall be considered as referring to schools doing work in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, as distinguished from elementary or grammar schools whose work usually covers grades 1 to 8, or from colleges or universities doing work above the 12th grade. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 145. Accredited Secondary Schools Defined 1 . Section 50. Accredited secondary schools shall be considered as applying to secondary schools whose work is equal to or above a standard set by the Commissioner of Education of the Territory. In establishing this standard, the Commissioner of Education shall be guided by the practices employed by the University of Washing- ton in accrediting the secondary schools of the State of Washington or by the requirements of other state universities of equal rank in accrediting secondary schools within the state in which they are situated. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 145. Elementary Accredited Schools Defined, Section 51. Accredited elementary or grammar schools shall be considered as applying to elementary or grammar schools whose work is equal to or above a standard set by the Commissioner of Education of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 64, P. 145. Instruction Regarding Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Required. Section 52. The nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and special instruction as to their effects upon the human system, in connection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, shall be included in the branches of study taught in the common or public schools, and in the military and naval schools, and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same man- ner as other like required branches are in said schools, by the use of textbooks in the hands of pupils where other branches are thus studied in said schools, and by all pupils in all said schools throughout the Territories, in the Military and Naval Academies of the United States, and in the District of Columbia, and in all Indian and colored schools in the Territories of the United States. Compiled Laws 1913, Title 9, Chap. 1, P. 228. School Officers or Teachers May Be Removed. Section 53. That it shall be the duty of the proper officers in control of any school described in the foregoing section to enforce the provisions of this act; and any such officer, school director, committee, superintendent, or teacher who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of this act, or shall neglect or fail to make proper provisions for the instruction required, and in the manner specified by the first section of this act, for all pupils in each and every school under his jurisdiction, shall be removed from office, and the vacancy filled as in other cases. Compiled Laws 1913, Title 9, Chap. 1, P. 229. Examination Regarding Effects of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Required. Section 54. That no certificate shall be granted to any person to teach in the public schools of the District of Columbia or Ter- ritories after the first (".ay of January, Anno Domini Eighteen Hun- 20 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. dred and Eighty-eight, who has not passed a satisfactory examina- tion in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the nataio and the effects of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics upon the human system. Compiled Laws 1913, Title 9, Chap. 1, P. 229. ARTICLE V. SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN INCORPORATED TOWNS. Common Council to Establish Districts — Election, Term of Service, Duties, Etc., of School Board. Section 55. — The common council of incorporated towns shall have and exercise the following power: To establish school districts, to provide the same with suitable schoolhouses, and to maintain public schools therein and to provide the necessary funds for the schools; but such schools when estab- lished shall be under the supervision and control of a school board of three members, consisting of a director, a treasurer, and a clerk, to be elected annually by the vote of all adults who are citizens of the United States or who have declared their intention to become such and who are residents of the school district. The members of said board first elected shall hold their offices for the term of one, two and three years, respectively, and until their suc- cessors are elected and qualified, and one member of such board shall be elected each year thereafter and shall hold his office for a period of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified; and they shall each, before entering upon the duties of their office, take an oath in writing to honestly and faithfully dis- charge the duties of their trust. In case a vacancy in the member- ship of said board occurs from death, resignation, removal, or other cause, such vacancy may be filled by special election, upon ten days' notice, called by the remaining members of the board upon the petition of five qualified voters. All money available for school purposes, except for the construction and equipment ,of school houses and the acquisition of sites for the same, shall be expended under the direction of said board, and the treasurer of said board shall be the custodian of said money, and he shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give his bond, with sufficient sureties, to the school district, in such sum as the common council may direct, and subject to its approval, but not less than twice the amount that may come into his hands as treasurer, conditioned that he will honestly and faithfully disburse and account for all money that may come into his hands as such treasurer. The said board shall have the power to hire and employ the necessary teachers, to pro- vide for heating and lighting the schoolhouse and in general to do and perform everything necessary for the due maintenance of a proper school. Complied Laws 1913, Title 12, Chap. 21. P. 319. Common Council May Levy Tax for School Purposes. Section 56. The power granted to the common council of muni- cipal corporations in the Territory of Alaska, to assess, levy and collect a general tax for school and municipal purposes, by subdi- vision ninth, of section 4 of the Act of Congress of the United States entitled "An Act to amend and codify the laws relating to muni- cipal corporations in the District of Alaska," approved April 28, 1904, SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 21 shall toe exercised by means of general ordinances duly passed by the common councils of such corporations, provided that the rate of levy and the date of equalization and date when taxes shall be- come delinquent may be fixed by resolution, and the levy for school and municipal purposes may be separately made and fixed, but the aggregate thereof shall not exceed two per cent, of the assessed value of the property assessed. Laws 1913, Chap. 69, P. 257. ARTICLE VI. INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Incorporated School Districts — Communities May Become. Section 57. Any town, village or settlement in the Territory of Alaska outside the limits of any incorporated town, having a population of one hundred or more and thirty children between the ages of six and twenty years, may incorporate as a school dis- trict in the manner hereinafter provided, but such school district shall not embrace more than forty (40) square miles of Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 5. a Organization of School Board. Section 5$ Each school district organized under the provis- ions of this chapter shall have a board of directors of five mem- bers to be elected as hereinafter provided, who shall have the exclusive management and control of all school matters in the school district subject to such general laws governing the grading and superintendency of schools as may be now or hereafter en- acted by the Territorial Legislature. Said board of directors shall have the power, and it shall be their duty to select from their number, a clerk, treasurer, assessor, who shall also act as tax collector, and two directors, all of whom shall qualify by taking an oath in writing to honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of their offices. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 5. School Board May Levy Tax. Section 59. That said boards of directors shall have the power to levy and collect taxes upon all real and personal property within the limits of their respective districts not exempt there- from by existing law, not to exceed one per cent (1 per cent) of the assessed value of such property in any one year and all monies collected by such taxation shall be expended in payment of the cost of levying and collecting such taxes; in payment of the cost of conducting school elections; and for the construction and main- tenance of schools only. All taxes levied and assessed shall be in conformity to a resolution adopted by the majority of the whole board of directors and entered on the minutes of the board at a meeting of the board called for that purpose, of which meeting at least ten days notice shall be given by posting notice of such meeting in at least three public places in the district. Said boards are hereby empowered to prescribe rules for the annual assessment and levy of such taxes and by such rules to fix the dates when such assessment shall be annually made; the mode and manner of assessment; when the taxes may become due; to require the listing of property subject to taxation by the owner or agent thereof; to impose, fix and provide for collection of 22 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. penalties for non-payment of taxes when due, not to exceed 15 per cent of such taxes and to fix the rate of interest on delin- quent taxes not to exceed 12 per cent per annum, and to provide for the collection of such interest, and to provide generally such other matters and things relative to the assessment and levy of such taxes as may be proper. Provided, however, all assessments shall be equal and uniform and based upon the actual cash value of the property assessed, and prior to fixing the rates of levy, said board shall sit and publicly equalize the* valuation of the property assessed. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 5. Taxes a Lien on Property. Section 60. All taxes levied and assessed by the board of school directors under this act shall be a lien upon the property assessed and such lien shall be prior and paramount to all other liens and encumbrances, and may be foreclosed by an appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The owner of property assessed shall be personally liable for the amount of taxes assessed against such property and such taxes, together with penalties and interest, may be collected after the same become due, in a personal action brought in the name of the school district against such owner in any court of compe- tent jurisdiction. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 6. School Boards Same Power as Common Councils. Section 61. That in addition to the remedies given by the last section, the school board shall have the same power to levy and collect taxes and to enforce the lien against personal or real property as is now by law granted or may hereafter be granted to the common council of municipal corporations and in such proceedings the board of directors shall have the same power as common council of a municipal corporation, and the clerk of the school board shall have the same power and duties as the clerk of an incorporated town. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 7. Treasurer and Assessor to Give Bond. Section 62. The treasurer and assessor of the school board shall give such bond with such sureties as the board of directors may require. Said bonds to be conditioned for the honest and faithful disbursing and accounting of all monies that may come into the hands of such officers by virtue of their offices. The treasurer of the board shall be the custodian of all funds belonging to the school district. The board of directors shall have the power to fix the compensation of the treasurer and assessor which shall be paid from the funds belonging to the school district. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 7. Manner of Incorporation. Section 63. The manner of incorporation of school districts shall be as follows: A petition praying for such incorporation shall first be pre- sented to the Judge of the United States District Court of the Judicial Division in which the proposed school district is located. Such petition must be signed by at least fifty citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 23 become such, over the age of twenty-one years, who are residents of the proposed school district, and shall specify as nearly as may be, the location, boundaries and number of inhabitants of the proposed school district, and specify the name or number by which it is to be known. The judge of the district court, upon presentation and filing of such petition shall order an election in said proposed district for the purpose of determining whether the people of the com- munity desire such incorporation, and shall, by said order, desig- nate the date of such election and appoint three qualified voters in the proposed school district to arrange for, supervise and appoint judges and election officers for such election. A printed or typewritten copy of said order shall be posted at three public places within the limits of the proposed school district for at least thirty (30) days prior to the day of election and such post- ing shall be sufficient notice of such election. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 7. Qualifications of Electors. Section 64. The qualification of electors at said or any sub- sequent school district election shall be the same as those pre- scribed in Section 5 of the Organic Act of the Territory of Alaska. The persons appointed to conduct said first election shall provide a form of printed or written ballots suitable for determining the question whether the voter is in favor of, or against the incor- poration of the district, and for the election of five directors who must be qualified electors of the school district and whose term of office shall be as hereinafter prescribed. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 8. Duties of Judges of Election. Section 65. The judges of election shall, before entering upon the duties of their offices, take an oath in writing to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their trust and they shall duly canvass and compile the votes cast and issue under their hands and seals a certificate in triplicate showing the number of votes cast in favor of incorporation and the number of votes cast against incorporation. One of said triplicate certificates, together with all ballots and oaths of the judges of election, shall immediately be filed with the clerk of the district court in which the community proposed to be incorporated is situate. Another of said certificates shall be filed with the Secretary of the Territory of Alaska, and the third of said certificates shall be filed with the commissioner of the recording district in which said school district is located. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 8. Order Establishing District. Section 66. If a majority of the votes cast at said election are in favor of incorporation, the district judge shall, by an order in writing entered in the records of the court, adjudge and de- clare that the community in which such election has been held, is a school district corporation, and the same shall thenceforth exercise the powers hereinbefore and hereinafter designated, and such other powers as may be granted by law. Said order shall designate the school district by name or number and may correct or more definitely describe its boundaries. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 9. SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. Judges of Election Citizens — Canvass Vote. Section 67. The said judges of election shall be citizens of the United States and shall also canvass the vote cast at said election for members of the board of school directors and in case the ma- jority of the votes cast in the community where such election is held have voted for incorporation, the judges shall declare the five candidates who have received the greatest- number of votes for such office, duly elected and shall issue and deliver to them certificates of their election. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 9. Board Members Citizens. Section 68. The directors chosen at said election as well as those chosen at subsequent elections shall be citizens of the United States, and before entering upon the duties of their offices, severally take an oath in writing as prescribed in Section 2 of this act, which oath shall be filed with the clerk of the school board. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 9. Board of Directors in Two Classes. Section 69. Immediately after qualifying as aforesaid, the said board of directors shall assemble and by lot or drawing be divided into two classes. The first class shall be composed of two of said directors and the second class of three of said directors. The directors of the first class shall hold office until the first Tuesday in April of the following 1 year at which time an election shall be held to choose their successors. The directors of the second class shall hold office until the first Tuesday in April of the second year following their election, at which time an election shall be held to choose their successors, and all directors, except those chosen at the election held for the purpose of incorporating the school district, shall hold office for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, for which purpose, an election shall be held annually on the first Tuesday of April of each year. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 9. Filling of Vacancies in Board. Section 70. In case a vacancy in the membership of said board occurs from death, resignation, removal or other cause, such vacancy may be filled by special election upon ten days notice, called by the remaining members of the board upon the petition of five qualified voters. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 10. Board to Prescribe Rules. Section 71. The board of directors shall have the power and it shall be their duty to prescribe rules for the conduct of the election hereinbefore authorized, to give notice of election, desig- nate and provide polling places, appoint judges of election and attend to all matters pertaining to such election. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 10. Community Consents to Taxation — Clerk Keeps Record Money. Section 72. Any community incorporated in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed to have consented to the imposition of such taxes as are authorized by and may be imposed under its provisions for school purposes. The clerk of % SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 25 the school board in each district shall keep a record of all monies collected and distributed and shall annually transmit to the Sec- retary of the Territory a verified statement showing such receipts and disbursements, which statement shall be kept on file in the ottice of the Secretary of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 5, P. 10. ARTICLE VII. SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUTSIDE INCORPORATED TOWNS. Clerk of Court to Establish. Section 73. The clerk of the district court shall have the poAver, and it shall be his duty, in the division to which he is appointed and in which he resides, upon petition as hereinafter specified, to establish by order in writing a school district at any village, or settlement outside of the limits of any incorporated town, but such school district shall not embrace more than forty square miles of ierritory, nor contain less than ten resident white children, or children of the mixed blood who lead a civilized life between the ages of six and seventeen years. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 49. Petition — Its Contents. Section 74. The said petition shall specify, as near as may be, the location and boundary of the proposed school district, the number of people, the number of families, and the number of chil- dren between the ages of six and seventeen years resident therein and such other material facts as tend to show the necessity for the establishment of the school district. Said petition shall be signed by not less than eight persons of adult age who are citi- zens of the United States, or who have declared their intention to become such and who reside within the boundaries of the pro- posed school district. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 49. First Election of School Board. Section 75. If the clerk of the court is satisfied that it is necessary and proper to grant such petition, he shall make an order in writing establishing the school district prayed for de- scribing the same, and defining its boundaries, and he shall' also in said order appoint three of the petitioners to supervise and give notice of the first election, and shall specify the time and place of the same. The original order shall remain on file in the records of the court, and a copy of the same shall be posted at three public places in the school district at least ten days before the election, and such posting shall be deemed a sufficient notice of said election. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 49. Qualifications of Electors— Vacancies on Board. Section 76. All persons qualified to sign said petition shall be qualified to vote at said election. The qualified voters of said school district shall at said election choose by a plurality vote a school board of three members, consisting of a clerk, a treasurer and a director, who shall, before entering upon the duties of their trust, each take an oath in writing to honorably and faithfully discharge the duties of their office. In case a vacancy in the 26 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. membership of said board occurs from death, resignation, removal, or other cause, such vacancy may be filled by a special election, upon ten days' notice, called by the remaining members of the board, upon the petition of five qualified voters. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 50. Treasurer to Give Bond. Section 77. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of the mon- eys of the school district and he shall before entering upon the duties of his office, give his bond to the school district, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of the court, and in such sum as he may direct, but not less than twice the amount of money that may come into his hands as treasurer, conditioned that he, the treasurer, will honestly and faithfully disburse and account for all the money that may come into his hands by virtue of his office. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 50. Powers of Board. Section 78. Said board shall have the power to build or rent the necessary school house or school rooms, to equip the same with the necessary furniture and fixtures, to provide fuel and light, to hire and employ teachers, and in general to do and perform every- thing that may be necessary for the maintenance of the public school. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 50. Term of Service of Board. Section 79. The members of said board shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. An annual election shall be held each year, after the first election, for the election of members of said board. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 51. Duties of Board on Election. Section 80. As soon as the members of said school board have been elected and qualified, they shall send to the clerk of the court and file in his office a certificate of their election under the hand and seal of the judges or supervisors of election, their oaths of office, and the bond of the treasurer, and the clerk of the court shall file said papers and carefully keep them as a part of the files and records of this office, and he shall at once send to the Commissioner of Education of the Territory of Alaska a certified copy of said papers, together with a certified copy of the order establishing the school district, and the Commissioner of Education shall duly file and preserve the same as records of the Territorial Board of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 51. Board to Report to Commissioner of Education. Section 81. — The said board, as soon as they have complied with the requirements aforesaid, shall immediately report in writ- ing to the Commissioner of Education, the number of children in their school district between the ages of six and seventeen years, that intend to attend a public school, and the wages per month for which a teacher can be obtained; and after a school has been opened and maintained they shall, at the end of each school term, report to the Commissioner of Education, in writing, the length of the term, the wages paid the teacher, the total number of pu- pils in attendance, and the daily average of such attendance at SCHOOL. DAWS OF ALASKA. 27 such term, and shall make such other reports as the Territorial Board of Education, or the Commissioner of Education may require. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 51. Commissioner of Education to Assign Funds. Section 82. Where necessary, the Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the Governor, as chairman of the Territorial Board of Education, may assign and set apart to each school dis- trict established and organized under the provisions of this act, a sum, not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), nor more than Eighteen Hundred Dollars, ($1,800.00), for the construction and equipment of a school house, which sum shall be paid from the Territorial Treasury to the Treasurer of the school district, upon the order and voucher of the Governor, as chairman of the Board of Education, out of an appropriation set apart for the establishment and maintenance of public schools. The residue of said appropriation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall by the Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the Governor, as chairman of the Territorial Board of Education, be apportioned among the several school districts established under the provisions of this act, in amounts sufficient for each district, to pay the wages of a teacher, together with the expenses of fuel and light for not more than nine school months in any one year. And the amount so apportioned to each school district shall be paid to the Treasurer of the district from the Territorial Treasury upon the order and voucher of the Governor, as chairman of the Board of Education, as other Territorial expenses are paid. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 51. Laws to Which Schools Subject. Section 83. Schools established under this act shall be sub- ject to all of the provisions of Chapter 64, Session Laws of 1917, being "An Act to Establish a uniform school system in the Terri- tory of Alaska," and shall be under the supervision, government and control of the Territorial Board of Education. And all schools established under the provisions of Chapter 59, Session Daws of 1915, or under the provisions of Chapter 22, Session Daws of 1917, which are now, or may hereafter receive aid from Territorial funds, shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and to the provisions of said Chapter 64, Session Laws of 1917. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 52. Limitation of Use of Appropriations. Section 84. Except with the consent of the Territorial Board of Education, no part of the appropriation for the support of schools outside of incorporated towns, and outside of incorporated school districts shall be used for the support of a school in an in- corporated city or town, of the first or second class; nor for the support of a school in an incorporated school district; nor for the support of a school in an unincorporated school district, which has a population of more than one hundred and contains more than thirty school children between the ages of six and twenty years, but such unincorporated school district may incorporate under the provisions of Chapter 5, Session Laws of 1917, and shall then be entitled to receive support from the appropriation for the support of schools in incorporated towns, and in incorporated school dis- tricts. Laws 1919, Chap. 18, P. 53. 28 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. ARTICLE VIII. CITIZENSHIP NIGHT SCHOOLS. School Boards May Establish Section 85. Every school board in the Territory of Alaska shall have the power to establish in their respective districts, a Citizen- ship Night School for adults and minors over sixteen years of age. The said Citizenship Night School shall be under the direction and control of said school board, subject to such regulations as may be set forth hereinafter and to such further regulations as the Commissioner of Education may, with the approval of the Territorial Board of Education, prescribe for its general govern- ment and control. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 65. Report to Commissioner of Education. Section 86. School boards in establishing Citizenship Night Schools shall report to the Commissioner of Education the number or prospective students in such proposed school, the subjects in which instruction is to be given and the prospective number of students who will enroll for each subject, the number of weeks in the school term, the number of sessions per week, the number of teachers to be employed and such other material facts as tend to show the necessity for the establishment of a Citizenship Night School. They shall also present a detailed estimate of the pro- posed expenditures for the maintenance of such school. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 65. Sessions and Attendance. Section 87. Citizenship Night Schools shall be conducted for not less than two, nor more than five nights each week and for not more than twenty— four (24) weeks in one school year. No Citizenship Night School shall be established unless at least twelve (12) students shall enroll, nor shall any such school be continued without special permission from the Commissioner of Education should the average attendance for one month be less than eight students per session. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 65. Course of Instruction. Section 88. All instruction in Citizenship Night Schools shall be in the English language. At each session, instruction must be given in English, United States history, and the Government of the United States or of the Territory of Alaska. Instruction may be given in other subjects approved by the Commissioner of Education, or lectures not of a partisan or sectarian nature, may be delivered before the student body, having in view at all times, a higher standard of citizenship, and a better understanding of the American form of government, and of the obligations and privi- leges of American citizenship. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 66. Textbooks — Sectarianism, Etc., Prohibited. Section 89. The Commissioner of Education shall recommend the textbooks to be used in the various subjects taught in Citi- zenship Night Schools, and where practicable such books shall be used. No books, papers, tracts, or documents of a partisan, sectarian, or denominational character shall be introduced in any SCHOOL LAWS OP ALASKA. 29 Citizenship Night School organized under the provisions of this Act, and any and every partisan, sectarian, or denominational doctrine is hereby expressly forbidden to be taught therein. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 66. Instructors — Compensation of Instructors. Section 90. The school board shall appoint competent persons as instructors in Citizenship Night Schools, having in mind at all times the fact that the school is maintained for the good of the students who may attend and not to afford employment to any particular person. An instructor in a Citizenship Night School shall receive from Territorial funds, for each night's instruction of at least two hours, compensation not to exceed four dollars ($4.00) for each night. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 66. School Board to Report Expenditures. Section 91. The school board in each school district maintain- ing a Citizenship Night School shall, at the expiration of every four weeks after the beginning of school prepare in duplicate an accurate detailed account of the expense of maintenance of said school for such four-week period. Said itemized account show all indebtedness incurred, for what purpose; and shall state the name and post-office address of the person to whom money shall be paid. The original and duplicate of such account shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Education who shall approve such parts as come within the purview of this Act, and who shall then transmit the same to be paid by the proper authority. War- rants drawn on the Territorial Treasurer shall be payable to the persons named in the account, and forwarded direct to the post- office address given. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 66. Apportionment of Funds. Section 92. The Commissioner of Education shall designate the amount of money from Territorial funds that shall be appor- tioned to each school board establishing such Citizenship Night School. All Territorial moneys for carrying out the provisions of this act shall be drawn from appropriations provided for that purpose by the Territorial Legislature and no school board shall be allowed more than is apportioned to it by the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 25, P. 67. ARTICLE IX. NORMAL HIGH SCHOOLS. Normal High Schools Authorized — Length of Course. Section 93. That school boards in incorporated towns, cities or districts maintaining a four year accredited high school are hereby authorized to establish and maintain a normal school or teacher's training course in connection therewith under condi- tions as outlined in this act. Such teacher's training course shall be two years in length and shall begin with the twelfth grade or fourth year of the high school and shall continue through the same and through a fifth or additional year of high school work. 30 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. High schools in which such teacher's training course are main- tained shall be known as "normal high schools." Laws 1919, Chap. 9, P. 11. Authorized by Commissioner of Education. Section 94. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Edu- cation to authorize the establishment of teacher's training courses in accredited high schools making application for the same and no school board shall be entitled to Territorial funds for the main- tenance of such teacher's training courses unless the same shall have been established by authority of the Commissioner of Edu- cation and conducted in accord with such rules and regulations as he may promulgate with the approval of the Territorial Board of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 9, P. 11. Course of Study, Instructors, Examinations, Etc. Section 95. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Edu- cation to outline the minimum course of study for each of the two years of the teacher's training course in "normal high schools," to choose the textbooks which shall be used in the same, to specify the minimum qualifications of instructors, to prepare or cause to be prepared questions for use in the examination of stu- dents taking the teacher's training course, and to prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of such examinations and for the general conduct of said teacher's training course in normal high schools. Laws 1919, Chap. 9, P. 12. ARTICLE X. TEXTBOOK COMMISSION. Membership, Appointment, Qualifications, Term; of Service, Oath, Etc., of Members of Textbook Commission. Section 96. That a textbook commission consisting of the Commissioner of Education as ex-officio chairman, and two le- gally qualified teachers of Alaska to be appointed by him with the advice and consent of the Governor, as President of the Ter- ritorial Board of Education, is hereby created. Said textbook commission shall serve for a period of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies in the mem- bership of the commission caused by resignation, withdrawal from the Territory or from other causes shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original appointees, the newly ap- pointed members to serve until the completion of the four year period. Members of the commission shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take an oath before some person au- thorized to administer the same, to faithfully discharge all the duties imposed upon them as members of the textbook commission, and that they have no interest directly or indirectly in any adop- tion that may be made and will receive no personal benefit there- from, and that they will examine all books submitted carefully and faithfully, and said oath shall be filed with the Secretary of the Territory. Laws 1919, Chap. 10, P. 12. SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 31 ; Duties of Textbook Commission. Section 97. It shall be the duty of the textbook commission to select and adopt a uniform set of textbooks for use in all the branches of study presented in the elementary schools of the Territory, and to select and adopt anapproved list of textbooks for use in each of the subjects presented in the high schools of the Territory. None of the books so selected and adopted shall contain anything of a partisan or sectarian character. After Sep- tember 1, 1921, it shall be unlawful for any school to use text- books other than those adopted by the textbook commission ex- cept for purposes of supplementary study; Provided, that where it is impossible for any school to secure the approved textbooks, others may be substituted on approval of the Commissioner of Education. Laws 1919, Chap. 10, P. 13. Period of Adoption — New Adoptions. Section 98. All textbook adoptions shall be made for a period of four years. A majority vote of the members of the commission shall he necessary for the adoption of any book. After the first adoption has been made, no more than one third of the original list of books shall be changed during any one year. Laws 1919, Chap. 10, P. 13. Publishing Houses to Submit Textbooks. Section 99. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Edu- cation to send the names of the members of the textbook commis- sion to the various school textbook publishing houses, and to re- quest that sample copies of such books as they may see fit to present be forwarded to them, together with the introductory and exchange prices of the same. In making his or her selection of books each member of the commission shall take into consideration the merits of each book in subject matter, mechanical qualities, price, and general suitability for the purposes intended. Laws 1919, Chap. 10, P. 13. Manner of Adoption. Section 100. It shall be the duty of each appointive member of the textbook commission to forward to the Commissioner of Education, within a reasonable time after appointment, his or her first and second choice of textbooks for use in the elementary schools, and a list of textbooks approved for high schol use. These lists, together with that prepared by the Commissioner of Education, shall be used by him in determining the result of the vote, and it shall be his duty, in case there is no -clear majority in favor of any particular textbook in a certain subject, to se- cure a further expression from the various members of the Com- mission until a majority have expressed themselves as favoring the adoption of the textbook in question. The Commissioner of Education shall keep a record of all proceedings, votes and actions of the commission, and shall report to each member of the commis- sion the choice of each other member at the time a vote on the textbook for use in any particular subject is taken. Laws 1919, Chap. 10, p. 14. Report to School Boards. Section 101. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Edu- cation to forward to each school board in the Territory a report 32 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. of the textbooks adopted for use in the elementary and high schools, together with the names of the publishers and the introductory retail price and exchange price of the same. Laws 1919, Chap. 10, p. 14. Appropriation for Commission. Section 102. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund of the Territory the sum of $250.00 to be expended under the direction of the Territorial Board of Education for the pur- pose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Laws 1919, Chap. 10, p. 14. ARTICLE XI. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Provisions as to School Attendance. Section 103. That every parent, guardian, or other^erson hav- ing possession or control of any white child or child of mixed blood living a civilized life in the Territory of Alaska, between the ages of eight and sixteen years, residing within two miles of any school outside of an incorporated town where a school in which such child is entitled to admission is maintained, or within the limits of an incorporated town, where a school to which such child is entitled to admission is maintained, shall cause such child regularly to attend school during the entire school year, unless the physical or mental condition of such child is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable, or such child has been excused for other cause by an excuse in writing signed by the majority of the school board. Provided, That any child who has completed a course of study equal to that covered by the public schools of the Territory shall not be required to attend school. Laws 1913, Chap. 44, P. 80. Penalty for Violation. Section 104. That every parent, guardian, or other person having possession or control of any white child or child of mixed blood living a civilized life, as hereinbefore described, who shall, without legal excuse, permit such child to be absent from school for a total of five days on which sessions are held during any one school quarter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars and the cost of the prosecution, and shall be imprisoned in the Federal jail until such fine and costs are paid; Provided, That such person so convicted shall be imprisoned one day for every two dollars of such fine and costs; and each absence of five days shall constitute a separate offense; Provided further, that the court may suspend sentence, stay or postpone the enforcement of execution, or release from custody any person found guilty in any case under this act upon such condition as shall seem to be to the best interests of the child and fair under the circumstances, but no sentence shall be suspended or final judgment or execution stayed in the case of any person found guilty under this act for a period to exceed the end of the school year during which such person is convicted. If at any time prior therto it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that such person has complied faithfully SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 33 with the condition of any suspended sentence, judgment or exe- cution, or is for any cause in the opinion of the court, entitled to be released therefrom, the court may suspend such sentence in- definitely, in which case such person shall be released and dis- charged, as he shall be in any event at the expiration of the school year from the imposition of any such fine. Laws 1913, Chap. 44, P. 81. Duties of Principal and School Boards. Section 105. It shall be the duty of the principals of the schools hereinbefore described nearest the place at which offending parent, guardian, or other person resides to report each case and violation of this act to the school board, and such board shall, if it sees fit to, lay the case before the United States Commissioner in whose precinct such school is situated, and the said United States Commissioner shall thereupon issue a warrant for the arrest of the said delinquent and have power and jurisdiction to act upon the complaint of the school board, and take such action or impose such fine, under this act, as the circumstances justify. Laws 1913, Chap. 44, P. 82. ARTICLE XIL TERRITORIAL REFUND— SCHOOLS IN INCORPORATED TOWNS AND DISTRICTS, Refund for Elementary Schools, High Schools, and Normal High Schools. Sectin 108. That seventy-five per cent, of the total amount expended for the maintenance of the public elementary schools and high schools, including normal high schools, within the limits of any incorporated town, city or incorporated school district, now existing or hereafter established, for the school years ending June 30, 1920 and 1921, shall be refunded to the school fund of said incorporated town, city or incorporated school district from the moneys of the Territory of Alaska, as hereinafter set forth; Pro- vided, that no expense incurred for the construction of new build- ings, purchasing building sites, or other real estate, shall be con- sidered expenses of maintenance within the meaning of this act, and not more than ten per cent. (10 per cent.) of the total amount of the expenses of maintenance shall consist of expenses incurred for repairs, alterations or other improvements on buildings or other real estate; Provided, further, that no incorporated town, city or incorporated school district, shall receive more than Fif- teen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) from the Territory of Alaska under the provisions of this act, during any one school year of not less than nine (9) school months, unless such incorporated town, city or incorporated school district shall maintain a normal high school, when the annual refund shall not exceed the sum of Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($16,500.00). Laws 1919, Chap. 28, P. 71. Improvements Not Restricted. Section 107. Nothing in this act shall be construed to pre- vent an incorporated town, city or incorporated school district from expending an amount in excess of ten per cent. (10 per cent.) of the expense of maintenance within the meaning of this act 34 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. for repairs, alterations or other improvements of buildings or other real estate. However, such additional expenses shall not be considered within the provisions of this act. Laws 1919, Chap. 28, P. 72. Estimates of Expenditures Section 108. The school board of each incorporated town, city or incorporated school district shall annually before the first day of July submit to the Commissioner of Education a detailed state- ment of proposed expenditures for the maintenance of the schools of such incorporated town, city or incorporated school district dur- ing the following school year. Said detailed statement shall be submitted in duplicate and shall set forth the salaries of teachers in each grade and of janitors or other employees of the school district, and proposed expenditures for fuel, light, water, school books and supplies, janitor's supplies, manual training, domestic science, library, repairs and for miscellaneous purposes. The Commissioner of Education shall approve for Territorial refund such parts of the proposed expenditures as come within the pur- view of this act, or as seem to be reasonable and necessary, and shall return the duplicate copy of the said detailed statement to the school board submitting the same. No refund of Territorial moneys shall be made to any school board for expenditures not previously approved by the Commissioner of Education; Provided, that items which it is not possible to include in the annual budget of expenditures may be submitted at a later date. Laws 1919, Chap. 28, P. 72. Restriction of Expenditures Section 109. No expenditures for the following purposes shall be considered as expenditures for maintenance within the mean- ing of this act: (a) Levying and collecting taxes. (b) Conducting regular or special school elections. (c) Providing or furnishing living quarters for teachers and janitors. (d) Taxes paid upon real estate used by the schools. (e) Prizes given to pupils. (f) Other expenditures which the Territorial Board of Edu- cation may, by regulation, class as not being proper expenditures for maintenance. Laws 1919, Chap. 28, P. 73. Quarterly Reports Section 110. The school board of each incorporated town, city, or incorporated school district, shall, at the expiration of every three school months, after the beginning of the school term, and at the close of the school term, for such fraction of three months as remains, prepare in duplicate an accurate detailed ac- count of the expenses of maintenance of the public schools for such three months period or fraction thereof. Said account shall be accompanied by vouchers receipted by the payee and showing for what purpose each expenditure has been made, and said account shall be verified by the treasurer of said board, and certified as to correctness by a majority of the school board. The original of such account, with accompanying vouchers, shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Education, and the duplicate with vouchers retained by the Treasurer of the school board. Laws 1919, Chap. 28, P. 73. SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 35 Approval of Accounts and Manner of Refund Section 111. Upon receipt of the detailed expense account with accompanying vouchers, the Commissioner of Education shall approve the same, or so much thereof as appears to be for expen- ditures within the purpose and scope of this act, and thereupon transmit the same to be paid by the proper authority who shall issue a warrant on the Territorial Treasurer for seventy-five per cent. (75 per cent.) of the amount set forth in the account, and approved as aforesaid. Such warrant shall be payable to the Treasurer of the school board, submitting the said expense ac- count, and shall be deposited in the school fund of the incorporated town, city or incorporated school district in which such expense was incurred, and the amount so received shall be transferred to no other fund of the said incorporated town, city or incorporated school district; Provided, that the Territorial Treasurer may trans- fer by telegraph amounts of said warrants in settlement thereof under such regulations as the Territorial Treasurer may prescribe. Laws 1919, Chap. 28, P. 73. ARTICLE XIII. SCHOOL FUND— DISTRICTS OUTSIDE INCORPORATED TOWNS Source and Disposition of "Alaska Fund" Section 112. All moneys derived from and collected for li- quor licenses, occupation or trade licenses outside of the incorpor- ated towns in the District of Alaska shall be deposited in the Treasury Department of the United States, there to remain as a separate and distinct fund to be known as the "Alaska Fund," and to be wholly devoted to the purposes hereinafter stated in the District of Alaska. One-fourth of said fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be devoted to the establishment and maintenance of public schools in said district; five per centum of said fund shall bei devoted to the care and maintenance of in- sane persons in said district, or so much of said five per centum as may be needed; and all the residue of said fund shall be de- voted to the construction and maintenance of wagon roads, bridges, and trails in said districts. Compiled Laws, 1913, Title 9, P. 230. Schools For White Children and Children of Mixed Blood Section 113. The schools specified and provided for in this Act shall be devoted to the education of white children and chil- dren of mixed blood who lead a civilized life. Compiled Laws, 1913, Title 9, P. 230. Additional Funds Provided Section 114. So much of the act approved January twenty- seventh, nineteen hundred and five, entitled "An Act to provide for the construction and maintenannce of roads, establishment and maintenance of schools, and care and support of insane persons in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes," as provide that five per centum of the license moneys collected outside of incor- porated towns in the District of Alaska shall be devoted to the care and maintenance of such insane persons is hereby repealed, and such five per centum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall hereafter be applied to and used for the establishment and 36 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. maintenance of public schools in said district, under the super- vision of the Governor. Compiled Laws, 1913, Title 9, P. 230. ARTICLE XIV. SCHOOL TAX Persons Taxed — Amount of Tax Section 115. That there is hereby made, imposed and levied upon each male person, except soldiers, sailors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter service, volunteer firemen, pau- pers, insane persons, or territorial charges, within the Territory of Alaska or the waters thereof, over the age of twenty-one years and under the age of fifty years, an annual tax in the sum of five dollars ($5.00), to be paid and collected in the manner pro- vided in the following sections of this Act, and to be deposited by the Treasurer of the Territory of Alaska in a separate fund called the "School Fund" and used for no other than school pur- poses. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 74. Duty of Common Councils Section 116. It shall be the duty of the Common Council of each incorporated town in the Territory of Alaska to provide by ordinance for the collection of the tax imposed by this Act within the limits of such incorporated town, and for this purpose to des- ignate a competent person to act as School Tax Collector who shall perform the duties and receive the compensation hereinafter pro- vided. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 75. Duties of School Boards Section 117. It shall bef the duty of the school board in each school district outside of incorporated towns in the Territory of Alaska to designate a member of such board, or some other com- petent person, to act as school tax collector who shall perform the duties and receive the compensation hereinafter provided in this Act. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 75. Publication of Notice — Contents Section 118. Every school tax collector shall, en or before the first day of April in each year, publish in, at least one news- paper of general circulation, published within his school district, or if there be no newspaper published therein, then post in five (5) public places within his school district, a notice setting forth that the tax imposed by this* act is due and payable between the dates hereinafter designated and that the payment thereof will become delinquent as provided in this act, and warning all per- sons to pay the same and that in case of failure, the penalties provided in this act will be imposed. It shall be the duty of every person, subject to such tax, to pay the same to the School Tax Collector within the time which such notice specifies. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 75. SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 37 Notice Published Monthly Section 119. The notice herein prescribed shall be published at least once a month during the period within which the tax is payable or posted at least once a month, as herein provided, during- the same period. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 75. When Tax Payable Section 120. The tax for which provision is herein made shall be payable between the first Monday in the month of April and the first Monday in the month of August in each year; Pro- vided, that all persons subject to the tax who are in the Territory of Alaska on the first Monday in the month of April shall pay said tax on or before the first day of May in the same year, and all persons arriving in the Territory of Alaska after the first Monday in the month of April shall pay said tax within thirty days (30) days after such arrival; Provided, further, that all persons subject to said tax shall pay the same within ten (10) days after a written or oral demand by the said School Tax Collec- tor made within the period between the first Monday in April and the first Monday in August in each year. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 76. When Tax Delinquent — Penalty Section 121. All taxes shall become delinquent if not paid within the times prescribed in the last preceding section or within ten (10) days after demand by the School Tax Collector, as above prescribed, and each person delinquent in the payment of his tax, as aforesaid, shall be subject to a penalty of two dollars ($2.00) in addition to the amount of the tax. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 76. Penalty For Non-Payment Section 122. Any person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to pay his tax, as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine or not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or by im- prisonment in the Federal jail not to exceed one (1) month. All fines collected under tihis section shall be covered into the Territor- ial Treasury and become a part of the "School Fund." Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 76. Receipts Section 123. It shall be the duty of the School Tax Collector to receipt to each person, upon payment of the tax herein provided for, and such receipt shall be the only evidence of payment. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 76. Duties and Liabilities of Employers Section 124. It shall be the duty of the School Tax Collector to demand, and it shall be the duty of every person, firm, or cor- poration, employing labor in the Territory of Alaska, to furnish to such collector upon demand, a list of the employees of such person, firm, or corporation subject to the tax imposed herein, and for this purpose the Territorial Treasurer shall furnish to each school tax collector suitable blank forms for the making of such lists, which blank forms shall be delivered by the school tax col- lector to the employers of labor aforesaid. Every such person, 38 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. firm or corporation having in his or its employ persons subject to said tax who neglect to pay the same within the time within which the same is due and payable, as provided in Section four (4) hereof, shall be liable for the payment of the same and it shall be the duty of every such person, firm or corporation to deduct from the wages of each of its said employees, who are subject to said tax, the amount thereof, unless such employee furnishes proof of the payment of the same, and to pay, upon the first day of each month, during the period within which the tax herein imposed is due and payable, all amounts so deducted and collected to the School Tax Collector, together with a list of the persons from whom the same are collected, taking a receipt from the School Tax Collector, for the amount of each tax so paid, and to deliver such receipt to the employee from whom the same was collected. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 76. Action Against Employers — Penalty Section 125. If any person, firm or corporation fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with the provisions of this section, such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed builty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dol- lars ($500.00). Any person, firm or corporation becoming liable for the tax of another, as provided in this section, may be proceeded against in a civil action prosecuted in the name of the Territory for the payment of the same, and there shall be added to the judgment in all such cases the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), penalty for each tax said person, firm or corporation has failed to collect and pay, as in this section provided. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 77. Powers of Collector, Duties and Fees of Commissioner and Marshal Section 126. The School Tax Collector is hereby authorized and empowered to collect said tax herein imposed from any person owing the same when the same shall become delinquent, or from any person, firm or corporation whose duty it is made by this Act to pay any tax from his or its employees, by a seizure and sale of any personal property belonging to such delinquent or to such person, firm or corporation, of sufficient value to pay such tax, penalty and costs of sale, that may be found in the district in which said tax is due and payable. It shall be the duty of the United States Commissioner to issue a warrant for such seizure and sale of personal property upon a verified complaint being filed by the School Tax Collector, and it shall be the duty of the United States Marshal, or any deputy, to execute the same. All property seized under the provisions of this act shall be sold by said Marshal or Deputy Marshal after first giving five (5) days notice of sale to the owner of such prop- erty by posting a notice of the time and place of sale of such prop- erty in three (3) conspicuous places in the district in which said tax is due, for at least five (5) days prior to such sale. The fees and costs of the Commissioner and Marshal under this section shall be the same as provided by law in the case of levy and sale of personal property on execution. From the proceeds of any property sold as aforesaid, the Marshal shall deduct the SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 39 amount of the tax due, penalties, fees and costs, and deliver the remainder, if any, to the owner of the property. Laws, 1919, Chap. 29, P. 78. Duties of Territorial Treasurer Section 127. The Treasurer of the Territory of Alaska shall, hefore the first Monday in the month of April in each year de- liver to each School Tax Collector in the Territory of Alaska blank tax receipts, in book form, with stubs numbered the same as the receipts, of one hundred (100) in each book, and in sufficient number for each school district or incorporated town. Laws, 1919, Chap. 29, P. 78. Collector to Report Section 128. The School Tax Collector shall keep an accurate account of all moneys collected by him under this act and shall, on the first day of each month during the period within which the tax herein provided for is due and payable, transmit all such moneys in his hands to the Treasurer of the Territory of Alaska, with a list of persons from whom collected. Such statement shall be verfied by the affidavit of the School Tax Collector to the ef- fect that the same is in all respects a full and true statement of all moneys received by him under the provisions of this Act. After the first Monday in the month of August in each year, the School Tax Collector shall, at least once in three (3) months, file an additional statement setting forth any taxes and penalties col- lected by him under the provisions of this Act during said period of three (3) months, and shall transmit said moneys to the Treas- ury of the Territory. Such supplemental statement shall be made and verified as herein provided for the first statement. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 79. Remuneration of Collector Section 129. The School Tax Collector, for services rendered under the provisions of this Act, shall receive as full compensa- tion fifty cents (50c) for each tax collected, whether the same be collected without suit or be collected either by criminal action, civil action or seizure and sale of personal property. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 79. Tax For Year 1919 — When Due Section 130. The tax imposed by this act shall be due and payable, as to all persons within the Territory subject to said tax at the time of the passage of this act, immediately upon its pas- sage and approval and, as to all persons arriving in the Territory after the passage of this act, as elsewhere in this act provided. For use during the year 1919 it shall be the duty of the Terri- torial Treasurer, as soon as notified of the selection and appoint- ment of a School Tax Collector in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to furnish such School Tax Collector with the blank forms and receipt books provided for in Sections eight (8) and ten (10) of this act. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 79. Governor to Appoint Collector Section 131. The Governor of Alaska shall have the power to appoint a person to act as School Tax Collector, where neces- sary, in any portion of the Territory of Alaska without the limits 40 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. of any incorporated town or school district. Such person shall furnish a bond as required by this act of other School Tax Collect- ors, which bond shall be approved by the nearest United States Commissioner and filed with the Territorial Treasurer, and all of the provisions of this Act shall apply to the School Tax Collector so appointed. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 89. Penalty For Non-Perfcrmance of Duty Section 132. _ Any School Tax Collector who shall fail to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and shall be removed from office. Laws 1919, Chap. 29, P. 80. ARTICLE XV. SCHOOL LANDS Sections 16 and 36 Reserved' — Section 33 in Tanana Valiey Reserved — Provisions For Leasing Section 133. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when the public lands of the Territory of Alaska are sur- veyed, under direction of the Government of the United States, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved from sale or settlement for the support of common schools in the Territory of Alaska; and section thirty-three in each township in the Tanana Valley between parallels sixty-four and sixty-five north latitude and between the one hundred and forty-fifth and the one hundred and fifty-second degrees of west longitude (meridian of Green- wich) shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved from sale or set- tlement for the support of a Territorial agricultural college and school of mines when established by the Legislature of Alaska upon the tract granted in section two of this act; Provided, That where settlement with a view to homestead entry has been made upon any part of the sections reserved hereby before the survey thereof in the field, or where the same have been sold or otherwise ap- propriated by or under the authority of any act of Congress, or are wanting or fractional in quantity, other lands may be desig- nated and reserved in lieu thereof in the manner provided by the act of Congress of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, page seven hundred and ninety- one) ; Provided further, That the Territory may, by general law, provide for leasing said land in area not to exceed one section to any one person, association, or corporation for not longer than ten years at any one time; And provided further, That if any of said sections, or any part thereof, shall be of known mineral character at the date of acceptance of survey thereof, the reser- vation herein made shall not be effective or applicable, bat the entire proceeds or income derived by the United States from such sections sixteen and thirty-six and such section thirty-three in each township in the Tanana Valley area herein-, before described, and the minerals therein, together with the entire proceeds or income derived from said reserved lands, SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 41 are hereby appropriated , and set apart as separate and per- manent funds in the Territorial treasury, to be invested and the income from which shall be expended only for the exclusive use and benefit of the public schools of Alaska or of the agricultural college and school of mines, respectively, in such manner as the Legislature of Alaska may by law direct. Vol. 38, U. S. Statutes, P. 1214. Site For Agricultural College and School of Mines Section 134. That section numbered six, in township numbered one south of Fairbanks base line and range numbered one west of the Fairbanks meridian; section numbered thirty-one, in township numbered one north of the Fairbanks base line and range numbered one west of the Fairbanks meridian; section numbered one, in township numbered one south of the Fairbanks base line and range numbered two west of the Fairbanks meridian; and section num- bered thirty-six, in township numbered one north of the Fairbanks base line and range numbered two west of the Fairbanks merid- ian, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the Territory of Alas- ka, but with the express condition that they shall be forever re- served and dedicated to use as a site for an agricultural college and school of mines; Provided, That nothing in this act shall be held to interfere with or destroy any legal claim of any person or corporation to any part of said lands under the homestead or other law for the disposal of the public lands acquired prior to the approval of this act; Provided further, That so much of the said land as is now used by the Government of the United States as an agricultural experiment station may continue to be used for such purpose until abandoned for that use by an order of the President of the United States or by act of Congress. Approved, March 4, 1915. Vol. 38, U. S. Statutes, P. 1215. ARTICLE XVI. LEASE OF SCHOOL LANDS Governor and Secretary Lessors Section 135. The Governor- and Secretary of the Territory of Alaska shall offer and are authorized to lease all lands surveyed and reserved under the Act of Congress of the United States, dated March 4, 1915, Chapter 181, Section 1, which lease shall be made by the said Governor and Secretary in accordance with the powers granted the Territory in the above referred to act. Laws 1917, Chap. 61, P. 129. Lease Money in School Fund Section 136. Any lessee of lands covered by the lease above specified shall pay to the Territory of Alaska to be deposited in its School Fund, a sum to be fixed by the Governor and Secretary of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 61, P. 129. Limitations on Assignment of Lease Section 137. No lease issued under authority of this Act shall be assigned or sublet without the consent of the Governor and Secretary of the Territory. Laws 1917, Chap. 61, P. 129. 42 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. Forfeiture of Lease Section 138., Any such lease may be forfeited or canceled in a proper proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction whenever the lessee fails to comply with any of the provisions of the law or of the general regulations promulgated under this Act, and the lease may provide for the enforcement of other appropriate remedies for breach of specified conditions thereof. Laws 1917, Chap. 61, P. 129. Application and Contents Section 139. All applicants for a lease shall make an applica- tion under oath, describing the ground sought to be leased, stating the conditions thereof, whether the same is tillable or covered with - valuable forest, definitely describing the nature of the trees growing thereon, if any such there be, and stating the use which the applicant intends to make of the ground sought to be leased. Said application is to be made according to the regulations pre- scribed by the Governor and Secretary. Laws 1917, Chap. 61, P. 130. Statements, Etc. Under Oath. Section 140. All statements, representations or reports required either under this act or under rules and regulations formulated hereunder, by the Governor and Secretary of the Territory unless otherwise specified, by said Governor and Secretary shall be upon oath and in such form and upon such blank as the said Governor and Secretary may require, and any person making false oath, representation or report shall be guilty of perjury. Laws 1917, Chap. 61, P. 130. Rules and Regulations Section 141. The Governor and Secretary of Alaska are au- thorized to prescribe the necessary and proper rules and regula- tions and to do any and all things necessary to carry out and ac- complish the purposes of this Act. Laws 1917, Chap. 61, P. 130. ARTICLE XVII. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF MINES College Established Section 142. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska, that as soon as the Trustees are appointed as set forth in Section 2 of this Act they and their successors in office shall be and are hereby constituted a corporation under the name and style of "THE ALASKA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OP MINES" and by that name shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, taking and holding real and personal property, contracting and being contracted with, adopting and using a cor- porate seal and changing such seal at their pleasure, and doing and causing to be done all matters necessary for the purposes of any function as herein set forth. Laws 1917, Chap. 62, P. 130. Trustees — Appointment and Term of Service Section 143. And, be it further enacted, that the Government of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines shall be SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. 43 vested in a Board of eight (8) Trustees, citizens of the Territory of Alaska, who shall be appointed by the Governor thereof by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their reasonable neces- sary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official du- ties. Two of said Trustees shall be appointed to serve until the first Monday of April, 1919; two to serve until the first Monday of April, 1921; two to serve until the first Monday of April, 1923; two to serve until the first Monday of April, 1925, and their successors thereafter shall be appointed for a term of eight years from the first Monday of April of the years in which they are appointed, to serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified, and any vacancy in the Board shall be filled by appoint- ment made in the same manner as in the original appointment, but only for the unexpired term thereof. Laws 1917, Chap. 62, P. 131. Purposes of Institution Section 144. Be it further enacted that the Alaska Agricul- tural College and School of Mines shall hold all properties and all funds herein granted to it and all other property and funds hereafter acquired by it, and shall use the same for the purpose of conducting a college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including mili- tary tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture, the mechanical arts and household economics, in order to promote a liberal and practical education. All departments of said institution shall be open to both sexes for equal educa- tional opportunities. The said Trustees are hereby empowered to conduct a college extension service, the leading object of which shall be to carry information on rural life subjects to the people of Alaska. Laws 1917, Chap. 62. P. 131. Meetings of Trustees Section 145. Be it further enacted that the Trustees of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines as herein con- stituted shall meet and organize and for the orderly conducting of the business of said corporation said Trustees shall have the power and authority, from time to time, to elect such officers as may be required and prescribe their duties and tenures. The meetings of the Board of Trustees of the College shall be open to the public and the press and all records of such meetings and of all pro- ceedings of such Board shall be open to inspection by the public and the press at reasonable times thereafter; provided, that said Board may hold executive sessions, the findings of said ses- sions to be made a part of the record of the proceedings of said Board. Laws 1917, Chap. 62, P. 132. Powers and Duties of Trustees Section 146. Be it further enacted that the Board of Trustees of said corporation shall have full power and authority to deter- mine the time and place of meeting and the manner of notifying its members to convene at such meetings, and also to elect, by a majority vote of the whole Board, an executive head of the said college, who may attend all "meetings of the Board. The said Board of Trustees shall establish the position and fix the salaries and 44 SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. emoluments of the executive head of the college, all heads of departments, professors, teachers, instructors, and other officers; and the said Board of Trustees is further empowered to make or ordain, as the occasion may require, reasonable rules, orders and by-laws not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States nor the laws of the Territory of Alaska, with reasonable penalties, for the good government of the said corporation, for the regulation of their own body, and also by and with the advice of the executive head of the college, to determine and regulate the course of instruction in said college, but no instruction, either sectarian in religion or partisan in politics, shall ever be permitted in any department of the college; and no sectarian or partisan test shall be allowed or exercised in the appointment of Trustees or in the appointment of any instructors or other officers of the college, or in the admission of students thereto, or for any purpose whatever. And the Board of Trustees shall confer such appropriate degrees as they may determine) and prescribe. The Trustees shall have the care, control and management of all the real and per- sonal property and all moneys of the said college, and shall keep a correct and easily understood record of the minutes of every meeting and all acts done by them in pursuance of their duties, and shall cause to be kept a complete record of all moneys re- ceived and disbursements thereof. They shall make a written re- port to" the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska at the beginning of its regular sessions, of the condition of the college property, of all receipts and expenditures and of the educational and other work performed, provided, nevertheless, that no corporate, busi- ness shall be transacted at any meeting unless at least five of the Trustees are present. Laws 1917, Chap. 62, P. 132. Executive Head — Powers and Duties Section 147. Be it further enacted that the executive head of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines shall have authority, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees to give general direction to the work of the institution in all of its de- parments. He shall have power to appoint the heads of depart- ments and such other professors, assistants, instructors, tutors, and other officers of the said college to the positions established by the Board of Trustees, and he shall define their duties, and supervise the performance thereof except that the Dean of the College shall be nominated and appointed by the majority vote of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees shall pave power to re- move from office any of the officers of the institution, by a ma- jority vote of the whole Board when in their judgment the good of the college requires it, provided, also, however, that the power to suspend and expel students for misconduct or other causes and to reinstate same is vested solely in the executive head of the col- lege. Laws 1917, Chap. 62, P. 133. General Section 148. Be it further enacted that all powers, duties and obligations devolving upon the said Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines in connection with or by reason of the var- ious and several acts of Congress of the United States of America now enacted or which may be hereafter enacted in relation to Agricultural Colleges and Agricultural or Mining Experiment sta- SCHOOL LAWS OF ALASKA. tions, extension work in Agriculture and instruction and exten- sion work in the Mechanic Arts, are hereby granted and conveyed to and imposed upon the Alaska Agricultural College and school of Mines to be enjoyed and carried out by it in compliance with the acts of the Congress of the United States and of the Legisla- ture of the Territory of Alaska, or, as may appear to the best interests of the purpose or purposes for which they were created, and the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines is hereby named and appointed by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska to receive all moneys, appropriations and grants now or hereafter coming to the Territory of Alaska from the United States Govern- ment, under any Acts of Congress now in force or hereafter to be passed for the purpose or purposes herein named. Laws 1917, Chap. 62, P. 134. Appropriation! — Buildings and Equipment Section 149. That for the purpose of constructing buildings, for the purchase of equipment such as is necessary to the institu- tion herein named, the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) is hereby appropriated from the Treasury of the Territory of Alas- ka, provided, that one half of this said amount only shall be turned over to the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines during the calendar year of 1917. Laws 1917, Chap. 62, P. 134. EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY JUNEAU, ALASKA