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SCHOOL LAWS 
 
 . . OF THE . . 
 
 STATE OF WYOMING 
 
 In Force April I, 1911 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 
 ROSE A. BIRD, 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, 
 CHEYENNE, WYOMING. 
 
 I.AKAMII , WYOMING 
 
 THE LARAMIE REPUBLICAN COMPANY 
 
 PRINTERS AND BINDERS 
 
 1911 
 
School* Laws of Wyoming 
 
 Shall Have Free Access to State Offices For What Purpose. 
 
 Sec. 83. The governor shall have free access to the office 
 of any state officer for the inspection and examination of all 
 books, papers, records and proceedings. [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 
 95, Sec. 5.] 
 
 May Require Reports to Be Made to Him When. 
 
 Sec. 84. The governor, or either house of the legislature, 
 may, when in the opinion of either of them, the public interest 
 demands the same, require any state officer, commission or 
 board of a state institution, to communicate in writing any 
 information concerning any subject pertaining to such office, 
 commission or board, as the case may be. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 
 5. Sec. 2.] 
 
 Custodian of Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 106. The secretary of state shall be the custodian of 
 all bonds of state officers, excepting his own. If at any time 
 the sureties or any of them upon any official bond shall die, 
 remove from this state, become insolvent or from any other 
 cause cease to possess the qualifications required by law, the 
 secretary of state shall require the officer giving such bond 
 to give a new bond with such sureties as are required by law. 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1687.] 
 
 Investment of Land Funds. 
 
 Sec. 125. All permanent funds arising from the sale of 
 state lands and any permanent addition thereto, may, and 
 whenever practicable, shall be invested by the treasurer of 
 the state, with the approval of the governor and attorney gen- 
 eral, in bonds of the United States or of the state of Wyoming, 
 or in bonds issued by school districts within the state or reg- 
 istered coupon county bonds of the state or registered coupon 
 municipal bonds, issued by any corporate city or town in the 
 state of Wyoming, or interest bearing warrants of this state. 
 The interest only shall be used for the purpose for which the 
 grant of lands was made. Provided, That all funds belonging 
 to the state for public school purposes, the interest and income 
 of which only are to be 'used, shall be invested only in bonds 
 issued by school districts or registered county bonds of the 
 
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 state or state securities of this state or of the United States. 
 [S. L. 1903, Ch. 30, Sec. 1.] 
 
 How Invested. 
 
 Sec. 126. Whenever in pursuance of any law of the state,, 
 authorizing such investment, the state treasurer shall propose 
 to invest any of the permanent state land funds in bonds of 
 any school district in the state, or registered bonds of any 
 county in this state, he shall be and he is hereby authorized, 
 if in his judgment it shall be desirable or necessary to do so, 
 to offer and pay for any such bonds out of any such permanent 
 funds, a premium for the same in such reasonable amount as 
 shall be deemed proper and necessary to secure such bonds. 
 Provided, That the treasurer shall not pay for any such bond 
 a price in excess of their market value at the time of purchase. 
 Such premium so paid to be thereafter returned to the 
 permanent fund from which it shall have been taken out of 
 the first interest moneys received on such bonds, until the 
 permanent fund is entirely reimbursed for the amount of the 
 premium so paid. [S. L. 1897, Ch. 67.] 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
 
 General Duties. 
 
 Sec. 133. The duties of superintendent of public instruc- 
 tion shall be as follows: He shall file all papers, reports and 
 public documents transmitted to him by the school officers of 
 the several counties, each year, separately, and hold the same 
 in readiness to be exhibited to the governor, or to any com- 
 mittees of either house of the legislature, and shall keep a fair 
 record of all matters pertaining to the business of his office. 
 He shall have a general supervision of all the district schools 
 of the state, and shall see that the school system is, as early 
 as practicable, put into uniform operation. He shall prepare 
 and have printed suitable forms for all reports required by 
 law and shall transmit the same, with such instructions in 
 reference to the course of studies as he may judge advisable, 
 to the several officers entrusted with their management and 
 care. He shall make all further rules and regulations that 
 may be necessary to carry the law into full effect, according- 
 to its spirit and intent, which shall have the same force and 
 effect as though contained herein. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3906.] 
 
 Disposition of Donated Books, Maps, and School Apparatus, 
 
 Sec. 134. One copy of all books, maps, charts or school 
 apparatus, which .may be received by the superintendent of 
 public instruction from publishers, inventors or manufacturers,. 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 5 
 
 .shall be placed by him in the public library of this state. [R. 
 S. 1887, Sec. 3907.] 
 
 Distribution of School Funds. 
 
 Sec. 135. On or before the 31st day of March in every 
 year, if there shall be any money to the credit of the inxionie 
 fund, for the use of public schools, in the state treasury, 
 including the rents of the unsold school lands, the state su- 
 perintendent of public instruction shall distribute such income 
 among the several counties of the state according to the num- 
 ber of children of school age in each, the same to be determined 
 by reference to the last preceding annual reports furnished 
 to the state superintendent of public instruction by the several 
 county superintendents of schools. Such moneys so distributed 
 shall be paid to the county treasurer of each county by the 
 state treasurer, upon the requisition to that effect by the state 
 superintendent of public instruction, which said requisition 
 shall state the county entitled thereto, together with the 
 amount, and the fund out of which it is to be paid ; and the 
 superintendent of public instruction shall at the same time 
 notify each superintendent of schools that such distribution has 
 been made; such requisition shall be accompanied by a war- 
 rant of the auditor upon the treasurer covering the amount 
 of the requisition in each case, and the superintendent of pub- 
 lie instruction shall file such requisition with the auditor and 
 a copy of the same with the treasurer. Upon such distribution 
 being made and said money being paid to the respective county 
 treasurers, the county superintendent of schools in each county 
 shall cause such money to be distributed among the several 
 school districts in the county pro rata in the same manner and 
 in the same proportion as the regular county school tax is re- 
 quired by law to be distributed. Provided, however, That any 
 hnv with reference to the distribution of- the county school 
 tax which provides for a certain amount to be paid to each 
 school district before the pro rata distribution of the balance 
 is made shall not apply in the case of the distribution of said 
 moneys; Provided, further, That no apportionment from said 
 state fund shall be made to any school district for a year in 
 which a school has not been maintained therein for at least 
 three months. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 53, Sec. 1; R. S. 1899, Sec. 93.] 
 
 Salaries Shall Deposit Fees. 
 
 Sec. 136. Until otherwise provided by law, the governor 
 shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars ; the 
 secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, and superin- 
 tendent of public instruction, shall each receive an annual 
 salary of three thousand dollars; and the salaries of any of 
 said officers shall not be increased or diminished during the 
 
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 period for which they were elected, and all fees and profits 
 arising from any of said offices shall be covered into the state 
 treasury. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 54, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Shall Reside at Seat of Government. 
 
 Sec. 137. All officers hereafter elected to the offices men- 
 tioned in Section 136 shall reside at the seat of government, and 
 shall keep their offices at the state capitol. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 
 54, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Attorney General Legal Adviser, 
 
 Sec. 145. The attorney general shall prosecute and de- 
 fend all suits that may be instituted by or against the state 
 of Wyoming, the prosecution and defense of which is not other- 
 wise provided for by law, and he shall represent the state in 
 all criminal cases in the supreme court, and shall defend all 
 suits brought against the state officers in their official relations,, 
 except suits brought against them by the state. He shall be 
 required to attend to the interests of the state in all suits r 
 actions or claims in which the state is or may become interested 
 in either the supreme court of the state, or in any of the 
 United States courts. He shall be the legal adviser of all 
 elective and appointive state officers, and of the prosecuting 
 attorneys of the several counties of the state, and shall, when 
 requested, give written opinions upon questions submitted to- 
 him by such officers, and by either branch of the legislature, 
 when in session. He shall also, within thirty days next pre- 
 ceding the meeting of the legislature, make a report to the 
 governor of the condition of affairs of his department, and in 
 said report make such suggestions as shall appear to him cal- 
 culated to improve the laws of the state, and shall communicate 
 to the governor or either house of the legislature, whenever 
 requested, any information concerning his office. It shall be 
 the duty of the attorney general to pay over to the state 
 treasurer all funds that may come into his hands by reason 
 of the duties of his office. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 22, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Limitation of Expense. 
 
 Sec. 249. No state officer shall be authorized to create 
 any expense of any kind or character as a charge against the 
 state in excess of the amount expressly provided for his use 
 as a contingent fund. Any officer creating an expense in ex- 
 cess of such amount shall be responsible for such expenditure 
 under his official bond; Provided, further, That the various 
 contingents must be made to cover the full period of two years 
 for which they are appropriated, and that any outgoing officer 
 who shall not, when his term of office expires, have on hand 
 the full sum of one-eighth of his entire contingent, to cover 
 
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 the period to the first day of the following April, shall be 
 considered delinquent, and shall be held responsible as above 
 provided. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 35, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 250. Any person or persons, or board, who shall 
 violate any of the provisions of the preceding section, shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and shall be fined in a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars. 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 35, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Receipts to Be Attached to Vouchers. 
 
 Sec. 251. When an appropriation is made by law as a 
 contingent fund for any office or officer, or board, or for any 
 other purpose, to be expended for the state, theofficer or board 
 having charge of such fund shall keep an account therewith, 
 showing when, to whom, and for what purpose any portion 
 of said fund has been expended; which account shall always 
 be open for public inspection ; and every officer or person 
 presenting any voucher to any board for allowance, or to the 
 auditor for payment, shall have fixed thereunto receipts for 
 all moneys expended; and any and all claims failing to comply 
 with this provision shall be rejected by the auditor, or any 
 of said boards to which such claims shall be presented ; if any 
 officer or person shall make or present any voucher for a 
 greater sum of money than was actually paid or expended for 
 the purpose stated or indicated in or by such voucher, he 
 shall upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of embezzle- 
 ment of the amount so falsely included in such voucher in 
 the excess actually paid or expended, and shall be imprisoned 
 in the penitentiary not less than five years. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 
 .T>. Sec. 4.1 
 
 Contingent Fund. 
 
 Sec. 252. AYliriiever an appropriation is made as a con- 
 tingent fund for the use of any state office, officer, board or 
 commission to be expended for the state, the officer, board, 
 com mission or other agency having charge of such fund shall 
 keep an accurate account thereof showing when and to whom 
 and for what purpose any portion of said fund has been 
 expended and when such expenditure is made as an incident 
 to travel on business of the state, a statement as to the nature 
 and purpose of such travel, which account shall always be open 
 for public inspection. Every such officer, board, commission 
 or other agency having charge of such fund shall file with 
 the secretary of state not later than the 30th day of November 
 in even numbered years, a certified transcript of all items and 
 explanations appearing upon the original expense vouchers 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 theretofore filed with the state auditor for payment, all of 
 which shall be reconciled with the account of the state auditor 
 at the close of business upon the date mentioned. [S. L. 1909, 
 Ch. 125, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Publication of Accounts. 
 
 Sec. 253. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to 
 compile and publish in pamphlet form as a public document, 
 all certified transcripts of accounts filed in his office pursuant 
 to Section 252 for general distribution and to deliver a copy 
 thereof to each member of the legislature on or before the 
 first day of the next succeeding session. The cost of such 
 publication shall be paid out of the fund appropriated for 
 legislative printing, the number of copies not to exceed three 
 hundred. [S. B. 1909, Ch. 125, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 254. Any state officer, or any member of any state 
 board or commission who shall fail to comply with the pro- 
 visions of the two preceding sections, shall be guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 125, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Fiscal Officers to Balance Accounts. 
 
 Sec. 260. All fiscal officers of the state shall balance their 
 respective accounts at noon on the 31st day of March, and at 
 noon on the 30th day of September in each year. [S. L. 1888, 
 Ch. 54, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Annual Fiscal Reports to Governor. 
 
 Sec. 261. On or before the 1st day of November, annu- 
 ally, each fiscal officer of the state shall report in writing, to 
 the governor, the condition of his department, as required by 
 laAV, covering the period since the last report, and up to and in- 
 cluding the 30th day of September. [S. L. 1888, Ch. 54, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Biennial Reports of State Officers. 
 
 Sec. 262. Biennially, on or before the 1st day of Novem- 
 ber, immediately preceding the meeting of the legislature, 
 each and every state officer (except those mentioned in the last 
 preceding section), and each and every commission or board of 
 a state institution, shall report in writing to the governor of the 
 state, the condition of his department, or its institution, cov- 
 ering the period of two years preceding and up to and includ- 
 ing the 30th day of September immediately preceding the fil- 
 ing of such report. The reports thus required to be filed shall 
 be in triplicate, one copy to be filed in the office of the gov- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 9 
 
 ernor, one copy for the use of the senate, and one copy for the 
 use of the house of representatives. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 5, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Annual Salary Only Compensation. 
 
 Sec. 263. The officers of all state institutions shall each be 
 paid an annual salary, to be fixed by law, and they shall re- 
 ceive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance what- 
 ever. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 79, Sec. 2.] 
 
 State Officers to Be Paid Monthly. 
 
 Sec. 264. Each state officer shall be paid his salary or 
 compensation allowed by the constitution of this state or by 
 law, in monthly installments, and the salary of each officer 
 for each month shall become due and payable on the last day 
 of each month upon the presentation of his account for the 
 salary or compensation for such month, duly verified as pre- 
 scribed by law. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 18, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Qualifications of Sureties. 
 
 Sec. 265. Each surety, when he shall sign an official 
 bond, shall make affidavit that he is a resident of this state; 
 that he is worth the amount to be secured by such bond, over 
 and above all' debts, liabilities and exemptions, and that the 
 property named in such bond is situated in this state, which 
 .affidavit shall be attached to the bond and be sworn to before 
 any officer authorized by law to administer oaths; Provided, 
 That any surety upon .any official bond, who shall wilfully, 
 falsely and corruptly make affidavit as to any of the qualifica- 
 tions required of him, as such, shall be guilty of perjury, and 
 upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary 
 of the state of "VVvoming for a term of not exceeding ten years. 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1688.] 
 
 Bonds to Be Given Before Entering Upon Duties. 
 
 Sec. 266. No auditor or treasurer shall enter upon the 
 duties of his office until he shall have given bonds, as herein- 
 before specified. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1690.] 
 
 Inventory of State Property. 
 
 Sec. 268. It is hereby made the duty of .each state officer 
 other than the state examiner, and each state board to furnish 
 to the state examiner in the month of April of each year an 
 exact and true inventory of all chattel property belonging to 
 the state in his, her or its possession or under his, her or its 
 control on the 31st day of March of each year, which inven- 
 tory so furnished shall give a description of the property, con- 
 dition, for what purpose used, where situated and its cost. 
 Such inventory to account for all property coming into his, 
 
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 her or its possession since the report last made as required by 
 this section. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 62, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Deputies. 
 
 Sec. 269. The secretary of state, the state auditor, state 
 treasurer, and state superintendent of public instruction, or 
 each of them, may appoint a deputy to perform the duties 
 of their respective offices, such state officers being responsible 
 to the state for the acts of such deputies appertaining to such 
 office. The board of charities and reform, the state board of 
 equalization, and every other board composed of any or all of 
 the state officers shall choose from among the deputies of the 
 several state officers, a person to be clerk of such board, and 
 any such deputy so chosen shall not receive any other or further 
 compensation as clerk 'of any such board ; his salary as deputy, 
 as by law provided being in full for all services.* The same 
 person shall not be chosen as clerk of any two of the following 
 boards, to-wit : Board of charities and reform and board of 
 equalization. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 35, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Salaries of Deputies. 
 
 Sec. 270. Such deputies shall each receive a salary of 
 one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month and no other 
 compensationf for any service rendered by them to the state ; 
 said salary to be payable monthly, commencing on the 1st 
 day of April, A. D. 1899. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 35, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Shall Appoint Clerks of Boards Compensation. 
 
 Sec. 271. Whenever pursuant to law, the state board of 
 charities and reform shall appoint one of the regularly ap- 
 pointed and qualified deputies of state officers to act as clerk 
 of said board, and whenever pursuant to law, the state board 
 of equalization shall appoint one of the regularly appointed and 
 qualified deputies of state officers to act as clerk of said board, 
 in such case the deputy so chosen to act in said capacity shall 
 receive such salary as may be determined upon by the board 
 making the appointment, no.t exceeding three hundred dollars 
 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments, in addition 
 to his salary as a deputy state officer, as provided by law, 
 which said salary as clerk shall be approved and paid from the 
 funds at the disposal of said boards for contingent expenses in 
 the same manner that other accounts coming under the juris- 
 diction of said boards are approved and paid ; Provided, That 
 no deputy state officer shall be eligible for appointment to both 
 clerkships referred to in this section. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 74, 
 Sec. 1.] 
 
 *See Ch. 74, S. L. 1909. 
 
 fS. L. 1909, Ch. 74, and S. L. 1911 state exceptions. 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 1 1 
 
 Restriction Upon Public Officers in Contracting. 
 
 Sec. 280. It shall not be lawful for any person, now or 
 hereafter holding any office, either by election or appoint- 
 ment, under the constitution and laws of this state, to become 
 in any manner interested, either directly or indirectly, in his 
 own name or in the name of any other person or corporation, 
 in any contract, or the performance of any work in the mak- 
 ing or letting of which such officer may be called upon to act 
 or vote. And it shall not be lawful for any such officer to rep- 
 resent, either as agent or otherwise, any person, company or 
 corporation, in respect of any application or bid for any con- 
 tract or work in regard to which such officer may be called 
 upon to vote. Nor shall any such officer take or receive, or 
 offer to take or receive, either directly or indirectly, any 
 money or other thing of value, as a gift or bribe, or means of 
 influencing his vote or action in his official character; and 
 any and all contracts made and procured in violation hereof, 
 shall be null and void. [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 25.] 
 
 Treasurers' Bonds Condition. 
 
 Sec. 281. The state treasurer and the treasurer of each 
 county, city, town, school district, and any other public officer 
 having the custody of moneys, shall be required to furnish a 
 bond in the amount required by law, which bond shall be con- 
 ditioned that he shall faithfully perform all of the duties of 
 his office as prescribed by law, and that he will safely keep all 
 moneys which may come into his hands by virtue of his office, 
 that he will promptly pay over to the person or persons legally 
 authorized to receive the same all such moneys in the manner 
 provided by law, and that he will deliver over to his successor 
 in office all moneys held by him as such officer. Each of the 
 said officers, and his bondsmen and sureties respectively, shall 
 be responsible for the safe keeping and paying over according 
 to law of all funds which shall come into his hands by virtue 
 of his office. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 94, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Who May Be Sureties. 
 
 Sec. 282. The sureties and bondsmen on such official 
 bonds shall be residents of the state of Wyoming, who shall 
 duly qualify to own property in the state amounting in the ag- 
 gregate to double the amount of the bond upon which they be- 
 come sureties. Provided, however, That any surety or guar- 
 anty company, duly qualified to act as surety or guarantor in 
 this state upon executing such bonds, shall be accepted in lieu 
 of such sureties. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 94, Sec. 2.] 
 
12 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 Premium Payable How. 
 
 Sec. 283. When the bond of the state treasurer or of the 
 treasurer of any county, city, town or school district in this 
 state shall be furnished by a guaranty or surety company, 
 the premiums due such company for furnishing such bond shall 
 be paid out of the public funds of said state, county, city, town, 
 or school district, respectively; and there is hereby appro- 
 priated the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, or so much 
 thereof as may be necessary, as a special contingent fund for 
 the purpose of paying the premium upon the bond of the state 
 treasurer. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 94, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Condition of Bond. 
 
 Sec. 284. All bonds required by Sections 281, 282 and 283 
 may be conditioned as follows : 
 
 "Whereas, The above bounden was 
 
 to the office of 
 
 on the day of , A. D 
 
 "Now, therefore, the conditions of this obligation are such 
 
 that if the said bounden 
 
 and his deputies shall well and truly perform all the duties 
 
 of his said office of as is or may 
 
 be prescribed by law and shall with all reasonable skill, dili- 
 gence, good faith and honesty safely keep and be responsible 
 for all funds coming into the hands of such officer by virtue 
 of his office ; and pay over without delay to the person or 
 persons authorized by law to receive the same, all moneys 
 which may come into his hands by virtue of his said office; 
 and shall well and truly deliver to his successor in office, or 
 such other person or persons as are authorized -by law to receive 
 the same, all moneys, books, papers and things of every kind 
 and nature held by him as such officer, the above obligation 
 to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect." [S. 
 L. 1899, Ch. 94, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Sureties on Official Bonds How Released. 
 
 Sec. 285. Any surety upon the bond of any state, county 
 or municipal officer shall be released from further liability of 
 such surety for such officer, by filing with the person or per- 
 sons having authority to approve said bond, or with whom said 
 bond is directed to be filed, a notice that said surety is unwill- 
 ing longer to be security for such state, county or municipal 
 officer. When any notice shall be filed as aforesaid, notice 
 thereof shall immediately be given to such state, county or 
 municipal officer, who shall thereupon file within fifteen days 
 another security to be approved as provided by law. If said 
 state, county or municipal officer shall not in the manner afore- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 13 
 
 said file such bond to be approved as aforesaid, the said office 
 shall become vacant and the said vacancy shall be filled in 
 manner as is now provided by law. Jf a new bond shall be 
 given by any officer, as hereinbefore provided, then the former 
 surety or sureties shall be entirely released and discharged 
 from all liability incurred by such officer after the time of the 
 approval of said new bond, and the sureties to the new bond 
 shall henceforth be liable as therein provided, after the ap- 
 proval of said new bond as aforesaid. The officer, officers, 
 board or official body where or with whom said original bond 
 was filed shall have power to declare any office or offices 
 vacant as hereinbefore provided; Provided, That no surety 
 shall be released from further responsibility until the office 
 shall be declared vacant or a new bond approved by the proper 
 authority. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 9, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Court Officers May Give Surety Bonds When Expense. 
 
 Sec. 286. Any receiver, assignee, guardian, trustee, com- 
 mittee, executor, administrator or curator or other fiduciary 
 required by law or the order of any court or judge to give a 
 bond or other obligation as such, may include as a part of 
 the lawful expense of executing his trust, such reasonable sum 
 paid a company authorized under the laws of this state so to 
 do, for becoming his surety on such bond, as may be allowed 
 by the court in which, or a judge before whom he is required to 
 account, on bonds of one thousand dollars or more, not exceed- 
 ing one-half of one per cent, per annum ; on bonds of less 
 than one thousand dollars, not to exceed the sum of five dollars. 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 9, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Official Bonds in Surety Company Expense. 
 
 Sec. 287. Any state, county, municipal or district officer 
 required by law or the order of any state, county or municipal 
 council, board or organization to give a bond or other obliga- 
 tion as such, may include as a part of the lawful expense of 
 executing and performing the duties of his office, such reason- 
 able sum paid a company authorized under the laws of this 
 state so to do, for becoming his surety on such bond or obli- 
 gation, and may pay such sum or expense from any contingent 
 or other fund furnished by the state, county, or municipality 
 or organization for the payment of the lawful expenses of said 
 officer, or may upon proper presentation of a claim for such 
 sum or expense, have the same paid by any such state, county 
 or municipal council, board or organization that ordered and 
 directed the said bond or obligation to be furnished; Pro- 
 vided, That the cost of bonds and obligations of all state, 
 county, municipal or other public officers shall not exceed the 
 
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 sum of one-half of one per cent, per annum on the amount of 
 such bond or obligation. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 9, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Limitation on Expense of Bond. 
 
 Sec. 288. In all actions and proceedings wherein the 
 parties thereto have furnished any bond, recognizance, un- 
 dertaking, stipulation or other obligation, paying therefor to 
 any company so authorized to do, a premium for such bond 
 or obligation, such party, if entitled to recover costs in said 
 action, shall be allowed and- may tax and recover such sum 
 paid such company for executing any bond, recognizance, un- 
 dertaking, stipulation or other obligation therein not exceed- 
 ing, however, one-half of one per cent, on the 'amount of such 
 bond, recognizance, undertaking, stipulation or other obliga- 
 tion on bonds of one thousand dollars or more during each year 
 the same has been in force ; on bonds less than one thousand 
 dollars, not to exceed the sum of five dollars. [S. L. "1899, Ch. 
 9, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Board of Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 413. The government of the university shall vest 
 in a board of nine trustees to be appointed by the governor, 
 three, and only three, of whom shall at all times be residents 
 of the county of Albany, together with the president of the 
 university and the state superintendent of public instruction, 
 as members ex officio, as such having the right to speak, but 
 not to vote. [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 75, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Board Who Members. 
 
 Sec. 436. The governor, the secretary of state, the state 
 treasurer, the state auditor and the state superintendent of 
 public instruction shall constitute and shall hereafter be known 
 as the state board of charities and reform. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 
 34, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Secretary of Board. 
 
 Sec. 443. The superintendent of public instruction shall 
 be secretary of the board, and shall keep a careful record of 
 the transactions of the board in a substantial and bound book, 
 to be kept for that purpose, and which shall be known as the 
 records and proceedings of the state board of charities and 
 reform; he shall countersign all papers, instruments, or docu- 
 ments approved, made, or directed by the board ; he shall also, 
 for the board and under its direction, make a biennial report 
 to the governor, during the month of December in each even 
 numbered year, showing clearly and succinctly the condition of 
 all institutions under the control or supervision of said board, 
 whether general or direct, giving the number of inmates 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 15 
 
 therein, their ages, sex, condition, religious belief, conduct, and 
 all other matters pertaining thereto, and such report shall also 
 contain such recommendations as the board may see fit to make 
 to the governor, or the legislature, as shall tend to ameliorate 
 the condition of the inmates of such institutions, that may 
 tend to prevent crime, and as the claims of humanity and the 
 public good may require. [S. L. 1903, Ch. 5, Sec. 1.] 
 
 School Land Board. 
 
 Sec. 602. The governor, secretary of state, state treas- 
 urer and superintendent of public instruction, being consti- 
 tuted a board of land commissioners by the provisions of sec- 
 tion thirteen, article seven, of the constitution of the state, 
 they shall, as such board, have the direction, control, lease and 
 disposal of all lands heretofore or hereafter granted to the 
 state for the support and benefit of public schools. Said board 
 shall be officially known and designated as "the state board of 
 school land commissioners," and shall have power and au- 
 thority to take such official action, as may be at any time neces- 
 sary, in making the selection of lands granted to the state for 
 public school purposes, or to secure to the state the transfer 
 and title of any such lands. [S. L. 1903, Ch. 78, Sec. 1.] 
 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES. 
 
 Classification of Counties. 
 
 Sec. 1070. For the purpose of fixing the compensation to 
 be paid to and the fees to be charged by county and precinct 
 officers, the counties of the state are classified as follows : 
 
 1. Counties having an assessed valuation of more than 
 twelve million dollars shall be counties of the first class. 
 
 2. Counties having an assessed valuation of more than 
 six million dollars and not exceeding twelve million dollars 
 shall be counties of the second class. 
 
 3. Counties having an assessed valuation of six million 
 dollars, or less, shall be counties of the third class. [S. L. 1911, 
 Ch. 38, Sec. L] 
 
 Offices to be at County Seat Records Public. 
 
 Sec. 1134. In counties of the first, second and third classes 
 the clerk, sheriff and treasurer shall, without expense to such 
 officers, be furnished with offices in the court house, or building 
 used as such. Every sheriff, county clerk and county treasurer 
 shall keep his office at the county seat of his county, and in 
 the office provided by the county; if there be none provided, 
 then at such place as the board of county commissioners may 
 direct, and they shall keep the same open during the usual 
 business hours of each day, Sundays and legal holidays ex- 
 
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 cepted ; and all books and papers required to be in their office, 
 shall be open to the examination of any person; and if any 
 person or officer shall neglect to comply with the provisions of 
 this section, he shall forfeit, for each day he so neglects, thi> 
 sum of five dollars. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 1901 ; S. L. 1895, Ch. 76 r 
 Sec. 21.] 
 
 Bonds and Oaths. 
 
 Sec. 1135. Every county officer provided for by law shall, 
 before entering upon the duties of his office, and within twenty 
 days after the commencement of the term for which he was 
 elected or appointed, execute and deposit his official bond, as 
 prescribed by law, and every such officer shall, also within the 
 same time, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by 
 section twenty of article six of the constitution of Wyoming, 
 before some officer authorized to administer oaths, which oath 
 shall be endorsed on the back of his certificate of election or 
 appointment, arid shall be deposited with his official bond. [R. 
 S. 1887, Sec. 1902.1 
 
 Time of Qualifying. 
 
 Sec. 1136. All county officers elected at any general elec- 
 tion, shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their re- 
 spective duties upon the first Monday in January immediately 
 following such general election. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1903.] 
 
 Vacancies in County Offices How Filled. 
 
 Sec. 1137. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of 
 sheriff, county clerk, county treasurer, county and prosecuting 
 attorney, or county commissioners, superintendent of schools y 
 coroner, surveyor, road supervisor, assessor, justice of the 
 peace, constable, or other county or precinct officer, any such 
 vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the board of county 
 commissioners in the county in which such vacancy exists. 
 All such officers so appointed shall give bond, qualify and 
 enter upon the discharge of their respective duties as by law 
 required, and shall continue in the faithful discharge of such 
 duties for the balance of the unexpired term of their respec- 
 tive predecessors in office. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 80, Sec. 51.] 
 
 Mileage How Computed. 
 
 Sec. 1138. In all cases where a mileage fee or mileage ex- 
 pense is allowed to any state, county or precinct officer, it shall 
 not exceed the rate of ten cents per mile, for each and every 
 mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of 
 the duties of his office. 
 
 In determining the mileage, it shall be computed by the 
 nearest practicable route, and the " nearest practicable route" 
 shall be construed to mean where the route is by railroad, it 
 
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 shall be by the most direct railroad line; where the route .shall 
 be partly by* stage or other conveyance, then the route shall be 
 the most direct stage line, or other conveyance, to the nearest 
 railroad station, and then by rail, as above provided. [S. !,. 
 1897, Ch. 22.] 
 
 Transportation Expenses. 
 
 Sec. 1139. Whenever a county officer is allowed by law. 
 mileage in the discharge of his duties, it shall be unlawful for 
 him to claim, or for the board of county commissioners to al- 
 low, any amount for horse hire, livery or any other and differ- 
 ent transportation expenses. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 92.] 
 
 Qualification of Sureties. 
 
 Sec. 1140. Sureties upon an official bond, must be resi- 
 dents of this state, and worth in the aggregate, double the 
 amount to be secured by the bond, over and above all ex- 
 emptions, debts and liabilities and each surety shall make an 
 affidavit as to what he is worth, over and above all of his 
 debts, liabilities and exemptions, which affidavit shall be en- 
 dorsed on the bond. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1912.] 
 
 Failure to Give New Bond Renders Office Vacant. 
 
 See. 1141. Whenever the board of county commissioners 
 of any county shall require any new or additional bond to be 
 given, as required by this chapter, it shall be the duty of the 
 county clerk to immediately give personal notice thereof to 
 the person required to give such bond, and if the bond so re- 
 quired be not gi^ r en within twenty days after the receipt of 
 such -notice, it shall be the duty of the board of county com- 
 missioners to declare the office for which such bond is required 
 to be given, vacant, and to cause such vacancy to be filled as 
 provided by law. The person elected or appointed to fill such 
 vacancy upon qualifying, as required by law, shall hold his 
 office until the next general election in the county, and until 
 his successor is duly chosen and qualified. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 
 1913.] 
 
 Officer Filling Vacancy to Give Bond. 
 
 See. 1142. Every person appointed to fill any vacant of- 
 lire, as required by law, shall, before entering upon the duties 
 of his office, qualify and give bond in the same manner as 
 though he had been duly elected to the same office, and shall 
 in all things be subject to the provisions of law relating to such 
 office. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 1914.] 
 
 Perjury by Surety. 
 
 Sec. 1143. Any surety upon any official bond, who shall 
 wilfully, falsely and corruptly make affidavits as to any of the 
 
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 qualifications required of him as such, shall be guilty of per- 
 jury, and upon conviction therefor, shall be imprisoned in the 
 penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten years, and not less 
 than one year. [K, S. 1887, Sec. 1915.] 
 
 Public Money to be Paid Into Treasury. 
 
 Sec. 1144. All county officers receiving money for any 
 county in this state, shall pay the' same into the county treas- 
 ury of the proper county. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1916.] 
 
 Officers to be Paid in Warrants. 
 
 Sec. 1145. All county officers of any county in this state 
 are prohibited from paying themselves from money belonging 
 to any county which may be in their hands, but shall receive 
 pay for all services rendered to a county, in warrants, drawn 
 upon the county treasury by the board of county commission- 
 ers. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1917.] 
 
 Official Year Defined. 
 
 Sec. 1146. The official year of all county and precinct of- 
 ficers shall commence on the first Monday of January every 
 second year, except as otherwise provided by law. [R. S. 1887, 
 Sec. 1918.] 
 
 Copies of Records as Evidence. 
 
 Sec. 1147. Copies of all documents, writs, proceedings, 
 instruments, papers and writings, duly filed or deposited in the 
 office of any county clerk or county treasurer, and transcripts 
 from books of records or proceedings kept by any such officers, 
 with the seal of his office affixed, shall be prima facie evidence 
 in all cases. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1904.] 
 
 Auditing Officer May Withhold Salary. 
 
 Sec. 1148. In case any officer of the state, or of any county 
 or municipal corporation therein, having the custody of public 
 funds, shall be a defaulter, or in case any public officer 
 whose duty it is to pay into the treasury of the state, county 
 or municipal corporation, any fees collected by him as such 
 officer, shall fail at the time or times required by law to 
 pay over such fees into the proper public treasury, the of- 
 ficer or officers, whose duty it shall be to audit and a.llow 
 claims for salary of any such officer or to issue a warrant or 
 warrants, in payment of the same, shall have authority to with- 
 hold the salary due to such officer, until such defalcation, if 
 any, shall have been satisfied, or until such fees so unlawfully 
 retained by such officer shall have been properly turned over 
 and paid into the proper public treasury ; and in case the state 
 examiner shall have determined any such defalcation to exist, 
 or that any such fees have been improperly retained by any 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 19 
 
 public officer, it shall be the duty of such auditing officer or 
 board to withhold such salary until such defalcation shall have 
 been satisfied, or such fees shall have been turned into the 
 proper public treasury, or unless, or until, a court of competent 
 jurisdiction shall by judgment or decree arrive at a different 
 conclusion from that of the state examiner, and adjudge that 
 no defalcation or failure to pay over fees existed. [S. L. 1895, 
 Ch. 119, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Population How Determined. 
 
 Sec. 1149. The number of inhabitants or population of a 
 precinct for the purposes of fixing the compensation of justices 
 of peace and constables provided by Sections 5180 to 5182, in- 
 clusive, shall 1/e ascertained by a reference to the census 
 thereof last taken by the United States, or this state. In pre- 
 cincts where the records of the census, as aforesaid, do not 
 -show the number of inhabitants or population, the presumption 
 .shall be, until overcome by satisfactory evidence to the board 
 of county commissioners, that the population thereof is less 
 than fifteen hundred. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 76, Sec. 22.] 
 
 Assessment How Determined. 
 
 Sec, 1150. The assessed valuation of a county for the pur- 
 poses of classification for compensation of its officers shall be 
 ascertained by a reference to the assessment last made before 
 the election or appointment of the county officer affected 
 thereby. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 76, Sec. 23.] 
 
 Power to Appoint Deputies. 
 
 Sec. 1151. County officers may appoint such deputies, and 
 may employ such assistants as they may deem necessary, but 
 no such deputies or assistants shall be paid by the county, ex- 
 cepting when specifically provided for by law. [S. L. 1895, 
 Ch. 74, Sec. 10.] 
 
 Officers Responsible for Acts of Deputies. 
 
 Sec. 1152. All county officers shall be responsible for the 
 acts of their deputies and assistants, and shall be holden on 
 their official bonds therefor. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 74, Sec. 11.] 
 
 Power of Deputies Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 1153. All deputy county officers shall have the same 
 power and authority as their principal, and all official acts 
 performed by them shall have the same force and effect as if 
 done by their principal. All officers appointing deputies and 
 assistants may require from them a bond for their own protec- 
 tion, in such sums as they may see fit. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 74, 
 Sec. 12.] 
 
2O SCHOOL LAWS 01? WYOMING. 
 
 Powers and Compensation in Special Cases. 
 
 Sec. 1154. Whenever any county officer shall be required 
 to perform the official duties of any other officer in this state, 
 he shall for the time being have the same powers in respect 
 to the duties of such office as are given by law to the officer 
 whose duties he shall perform, and shall be entitled to receive 
 the same compensation for his services. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1906.] 
 
 Official Bonds Payable to State. 
 
 Sec. 1155. Every official bond of any county officer, where 
 not otherwise provided by law, shall be payable to the state of 
 Wyoming, and an action shall lie thereon to the use of any 
 party aggrieved, in the name of the people. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 
 1907.] 
 
 Bonds of Revenue Officers. 
 
 Sec. 1156. The several boards of county commissioners 
 of this state, at any regular or special meeting, shall have 
 power, by an order entered of record, to require any county 
 officer, whose duty it is to receive any of the revenues of the 
 county, to give bonds, with sufficient sureties to the people of 
 the state of Wyoming, conditioned as now required by law, in 
 the penal sum of one and one-fourth times the amount of taxes 
 collected, or revenues of any kind, coming into his hands as 
 such officer. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 1910.] 
 
 Commissioners May Require New Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 1157. If at any time the sureties or any of them, 
 upon any official bond shall die, remove from this state, be- 
 come insolvent, or from any other cause cease to possess the 
 qualifications required by law, the board of county commis- 
 sioners shall require the officer giving such bond, to give a 
 new bond, with such sureties as are required by law. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec. 1911.] 
 
 When Salaries to be Paid. 
 
 Sec. 1158. The salaries of county and precinct officers as 
 provided for by law shall be paid in equal monthly installments, 
 by the county in which they serve, and shall be allowed at the 
 first regular monthly meeting of the board of county commis- 
 sioners occurring after the rendition of such service ; Provided, 
 That in counties of the third and fourth classes the salaries of 
 the county and precinct officers may be paid quarterly. [S. L. 
 1895, Ch. 76, Sec. 20.] 
 
 Removal of Officers. 
 
 Sec. 1159. Every justice of the peace or other county 
 officer not liable to impeachment, shall be removed from of- 
 
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 fice by the board of county commissioners of the proper county, 
 if after proof submitted, they shall be satisfied that the said 
 officer has been guilty of any palpable omission of duty as 
 such officer, or has been guilty of wilful or corrupt oppression 
 or partiality in the discharge of his official duties, or has de- 
 manded or received any pay for the performance of the duties 
 of his office to which he is not entitled or for any other act 
 which by statute is in violation of his official oath and bond. 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 7, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Procedure in Removal. 
 
 Sec. 1160. The accusation shall be presented to the clerk 
 of the proper county in writing and be subscribed and verified 
 by the person making the same, whereupon the clerk shall im-r 
 mediately notify the officer so accused to appear before the 
 board of county commissioners at the next regular meeting, 
 provided the same be more than fifteen days from the date 
 of such notice, and if less, at the second regular meeting there- 
 after. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 7, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Testimony Vacancy, How Filled. 
 
 Sec. 1161. The manner of taking testimony shall con- 
 form to the provisions of the statutes as set forth in the justice 
 code. If a vacancy be declared, the commissioners shall imme- 
 diately proceed to fill the same as provided by law, unless 
 notice of appeal be immediately given, and said appeal per- 
 fected as provided in case of disallowance of claims, provided 
 the right to appeal to the district court shall extend to both 
 parties. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 7, Sec. 3.1 
 
 Collector of Taxes. 
 
 Sec. 1183. The county treasurer of each county shall be, 
 by virtue of his office, collector of taxes therein, and shall per- 
 form such duties in that regard as are prescribed by law ; and 
 the bond to be given by such treasurer, as above provided, 
 shall cover any or all violation or violations of his duties as 
 collector of taxes, and any or all failure or failures on his part 
 to pay over to the proper person or persons any moneys by him 
 received as collector of taxes, and any and all failure or fail- 
 ures of said treasurer to deliver to any person or persons au- 
 thorized by law to receive the same, any books, papers or other 
 things appertaining to his duties as collector of taxes. [S. L. 
 1890-91, Ch. 45, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Custodian of County Funds. 
 
 Sec. 1186. The county treasurer shall receive all moneys 
 belonging to the county and state, from whatever sources they 
 may be derived, and all moneys which may be directed by 
 
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 law to be paid to him. All moneys received by him for the use 
 of the county, shall be paid out by him only on the orders 
 or warrants issued by the board of county commissioners, as 
 prescribed by law, except where special provisions for the pay- 
 ment thereof shall be otherwise made by law. [S. L. 1890-91,. 
 Ch. 45, Sec. 5. 
 
 To be Legal Adviser of County Officers. 
 
 Sec. 1207. The county and prosecuting attorney, upon, 
 request of any county officer of his county, shall, without fee,, 
 give his opinion in writing upon all questions of law having 
 reference to the duties of such officer, which may be submitted, 
 and shall file and preserve in his office a copy of all such opin- 
 ions. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 1895.] 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 Oath and Bond Prohibited from Teaching. 
 
 Sec. 1296. There shall be in each organized county a su- 
 perintendent of public schools, who shall, before entering upon 
 the duties of his office, take the oath prescribed by the constitu- 
 tion and give bond to the state of Wyoming in the penal sum 
 of five hundred dollars for the faithful performance of all du- 
 ties required of him by law as such superintendent, to be ap- 
 proved by the board of county commissioners, and together with 
 his certificate of election and oath, filed in the county clerk's 
 office; rrovided, That no person shall at the same time hold 
 the positions of county superintendent of public schools and 
 teacher in any public school in his or her county. [R. S. 1887, 
 Sec. 1898.] 
 
 Salary. 
 
 Sec. 1297. County superintendents of schools shall receive- 
 the following annual salaries: In counties of the first class 
 nine hundred dollars, in counties of the second class seven 
 hundred and fifty dollars, in counties of the third class six 
 hundred dollars, and in counties of the fourth class five hun- 
 dred dollars, together with their actual and necessary traveling 
 expenses, w T hile engaged in the discharge of their official duties, 
 the account for which expenses, before being allowed, shall be 
 stated in separate items, accompanied by vouchers, or receipts,, 
 for all items amounting to five dollars or more, and otherwise 
 made conformable to the law. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 18.] 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Sec. 1298. The duties of the county superintendent shall 
 be as follows: He shall on or before the fourth Monday of 
 July in each year, transmit to the superintendent of public 
 instruction a report containing an abstract of the several par- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 23 
 
 ticulars set forth in the report of the district clerks, together 
 with a statement of the financial affairs of his office, and such 
 suggestions as he shall think proper, relative to the schools of 
 his county ; he shall distribute to the districts within his county 
 such blank forms, circulars and other communications as may 
 be transmitted to him for that purpose by the superintendent 
 of public instruction. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 15, Sec. 3.] 
 
 The Apportionment of Taxes. 
 
 Sec. 1299. On the first Monday of December, annually, 
 lie shall apportion the county school tax and all money in the 
 county treasury belonging to the county school fund, in the 
 following manner : Each school district in the county, includ- 
 ing the high school district that may exist, shall be apportioned 
 the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the payment of 
 teachers in such district and all moneys remaining after such 
 apportionment shall be apportioned to each district pro rata 
 in accordance with the number of pupils in attendance at the 
 schools of said district reported to him by the several district 
 clerks; provided, always, that each, every and all poll taxes 
 levied and collected for school purposes, in each school district 
 of this state, shall, when collected by the county treasurer, be 
 paid over to the treasurer of the school district in which the 
 persons respectively reside, who paid such poll tax, and the said 
 poll taxes shall not be divided among the school districts of the 
 county pro rata to the number of scholars in such school dis- 
 trict, but the poll taxes so collected from the inhabitants of 
 each school district shall be paid to the treasurer of the school 
 district in which they severally reside, for the support of the 
 school of such district ; no district shall be entitled to the 
 amount of one hundred and fifty dollars for the payment of 
 teachers besides the pro rata apportionment as provided in this 
 section where there are less than eight scholars of school age 
 in said district; and provided, further, that in counties where 
 there may exist a county high school, the said money shall be 
 apportioned in the following manner: After the apportion- 
 ment of one hundred and fifty dollars to each district, as above 
 provided, all money of the county school fund, to which the 
 districts composing the high school district may be entitled, 
 shall be apportioned between such high school district and the 
 districts composing the same, in proportion as the number of 
 children in such district between the ages of seventeen and 
 twenty-one bears to the whole number of children of school age 
 as shown by the last school census and after such portion of the 
 school fund shall have been apportioned to such high school 
 district as last above provided the remainder thereof shall be 
 apportioned among the districts embraced in the said high 
 school district in accordance with the rule hereinbefore es- 
 
24 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 tablished; he shall record a statement of such apportionment 
 in his office and he shall also notify the county treasurer of the 
 same: he shall immediately draw an order on the county 
 treasurer in favor of the treasurer of each district for the 
 amount of its proportion and transmit the same to the treasurer 
 of the district, provided such district treasurer shall have given 
 his official bond, which draft the county treasurer shall pay to 
 the district treasurer on presentation of the drafts properly 
 endorsed. [S. L. 1911, Ch. 90, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Supplemental Apportionment. 
 
 Sec. 1300. Should no apportionment of the school funds 
 be made on the first Monday in December as required in this 
 chapter, he may make an apportionment as soon thereafter as 
 practicable, in the same manner as hereinbefore provided. He 
 may also make a supplementary apportionment of the money 
 in the county school fund at any time after the first Monday in 
 December prior to the first of the following June and such 
 supplementary apportionment shall be pro rata according to 
 the number of pupils in attendance in any and all schools in 
 each district, as reported to him by the several district clerks 
 in their last annual reports. Provided, That in counties 
 wherein there may exist a county high school, such apportion- 
 ment shall be made in the manner provided by the last section. 
 [S. L. 1911, Ch. 90, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Boundaries of Districts When Changed Number. 
 
 Sec. 1301. The county superintendent of schools shall 
 divide the county into school districts, and may alter and 
 change the boundaries of districts thus formed, from time to 
 time as the convenience of the inhabitants of the aforesaid 
 district may require, and shall proceed to make such change 
 at any time, when petitioned by t\vo-thirds of the legal voters 
 of any district. And the county superintendent of schools 
 shall abolish or join in a contiguous district any school district 
 in which no school has been maintained for twelve consecutive 
 months, and all funds to the credit of such district so abol- 
 ished or joined to another district shall be re-turned to, and be- 
 come a part of the general school fund of the county; Pro- 
 vided, That nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to 
 prevent the county superintendent of schools from joining 
 any school district (having less than eight pupils) to any other 
 school district lying continguous thereto, if, in the judgment of 
 said superintendent, it will be for the benefit of the public 
 schools, so to join such districts. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 20.] 
 
 Dismiss Incompetent Teachers Visits. 
 
 Sec. 1302. He shall have the general superintendence of 
 the schools of his county, and shall visit each school at least 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 25 
 
 once in each term, and shall have power to recommend for dis- 
 missal all teachers he may find to be incompetent; Provided, 
 That before any teacher shall be dismissed it shall be the duty 
 of the superintendent to specify charges, in writing, against 
 said teacher, and shall file the same with the board of trustees 
 of the school district wherein said teacher is employed, and 
 upon such charges a hearing shall be had in the presence of the 
 board, and if in their judgment the charges as preferred are 
 well sustained, then the said board may proceed to dismiss 
 said teacher. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 56.] 
 
 Failure to Make Report Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1303. Should he fail to make his reports, as required 
 in this chapter, he shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dol- 
 lars, and suit shall be brought on his official bond for the col- 
 lection of the same, with damages, by the prosecuting attor- 
 ney. [B. S. 1887, Sec. 3915.] 
 
 Supervisory and Appellate Authority. 
 
 Sec. 1304. He shall see that the annual report of the 
 clerks of the several school districts in his county are made 
 correctly and in due time, and shall hear and determine all 
 appeals from the decision of the district boards. [R. S. 1887, 
 Sec, 3917.] 
 
 County Teachers' Institute. 
 
 Sec. 1305. The county superintendent of public schools 
 shall hold annually, at some convenient place, a county teach- 
 ers' institute for the instruction and advancement of teachers. 
 Said institute shall continue not less than four days. The 
 county superintendent shall preside at all meetings, and de- 
 termine the time and place for holding such institute. It shall 
 be the duty of all teachers actualy engaged in teaching in such 
 county to attend such institute unless they shall have a written 
 excuse, signed by the county superintendent. It shall be the 
 duty of each district board to pay all teachers who attend 
 such institute, the same salary per day they would have been 
 paid had the same amount of time been spent in teaching. -It 
 shall be the duty of the county board of commissioners in each 
 county to appropriate annually in counties of the first class, 
 $250.00 ; in counties of the second class, $200.00 ; in counties of 
 the third class, $150.00, for the payment of such instructors or 
 1 cturers as the county superintendents may employ to assist 
 him or her in holding the county institute. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 
 40.] 
 
 May Appoint Deputies. 
 
 Sec. 1306. In counties of the first, second and third 
 class, the county superintendent, by and with the consent 
 
26 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 of the board of county commissioners, may appoint deputy 
 county superintendents, to be paid by the county a compensa- 
 tion of three dollars per diem while actually engaged as such 
 deputy. Provided, however, That in no case shall the amount 
 so appropriated by any county for such deputy exceed the sum 
 of one hundred and fifty dollars, in any one year. [S. L. 1909 r 
 Ch. 46, Sec. 1.] 
 
 COUNTY LIBRARIES. 
 
 Tax to Be Levied Amount. 
 
 Sec. 1316. When the county commissioners of any county 
 have received proper and sufficient guarantees, whether in the 
 form of conveyances, or bonds of citizens, or associations or 
 corporations, that a suitable place will be permanently fur- 
 nished for the protection and use of a public library as a con- 
 dition precedent to their own action, under the provisions of 
 this chapter, it shall be their duty to levy annually a tax of not 
 less than one-eighth of a mill nor more than one-half of a 
 mill on the dollar on all taxable property in the county, for 
 the establishment and maintenance of a public library to be 
 located at the county seat of such county. And whenever a 
 suitable place is furnished without rent for the use of any 
 county library, the directors thereof shall have the power to 
 pay such incidental expenses as may.be necessary in keeping in 
 repair and properly janitored, lighted, heated and cared for, 
 the place so furnished, and to pay the expense thereof out of 
 the taxes levied hereunder. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. ] 
 
 How Tax Levied and Collected. 
 
 Sec. 1317. The tax authorized by the preceding section 
 shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same 
 manner as other county taxes of such county are levied and 
 collected, and the whole amount so collected shall be set apart 
 and shall be desiganted the county library fund; Provided, 
 That nothing herein contained shall be construed into author- 
 izing any additional levy to that now authorized by law. [S. L. 
 1907, Ch. 45, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Board of Directors Appointment. 
 
 Sec. 1318. The control and use of said library fund shall 
 be entrusted by the county commissioners of any county to 
 three competent and responsible citizens of the county, to be 
 appointed by said commissioners and to constitute a board of 
 directors for this purpose. As soon as .appointed they shall in- 
 corporate as a body, with an appropriate name. They shall 
 serve without compensation and the treasurer of the board 
 shall give bonds, to be approved by the county commissioners, 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 27 
 
 for the faithful performance of his duties. It shall be their 
 duty, upon notification from the county commissioners that a 
 library fund is at their disposal, to expend so much of the said 
 fund as shall be found available, in the purchase of books, fur- 
 niture, salaries of librarian and assistants, and incidental ex- 
 penses for the library herein provided to be established; Pro- 
 vided, That the books so purchased shall be of a kind best 
 suited to inform the mind and improve the character of the 
 reader; that neither sectarian nor professional books shall be 
 purchased out of such fund, and that not exceeding twenty-five 
 per centum of such fund so expended shall be used for the pur- 
 chase of works of fiction; the said trustees appointed by the 
 county commissioners shall hold office, one-third for one year, 
 one-third for two years, and one-third for three years from 
 the 1st day of July following their appointment, and at their 
 regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective terms; and 
 annually thereafter the county commissioners shall, before the 
 1st day of July of each ye^r, appoint, as before, one director 
 to take the place of the retiring director, who shall hold office 
 for three years and until his successor is appointed. The 
 county commissioners may remove any director for misconduct 
 or neglect of duty. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 686 ; S. L. 1907, Ch. 45, 
 Sec. 3.] 
 
 Donations Location of Library Librarian. 
 
 Sec. 1319. The said board of directors is authorized to re- 
 ceive donations of real estate, money or books, in aid of the 
 establishment or maintenance of the library, for which said 
 directors are hereby made responsible, and, as trustees of the 
 donor, shall carefully observe the conditions accompanying 
 every such gift, and if any incorporated literary or library 
 association shall donate to such county library, property equal 
 in value to one thousand dollars, or shall annually contribute 
 to its resources a sum exceeding two hundred and fifty dol- 
 lars in money, such association shall be entitled to name one 
 person to be an associate member of said board of trustees, who 
 shall have all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of the 
 other members thereof. When no provision can be made for 
 otherwise furnishing the library with the necessary accommo- 
 dations for its books and other publications, without expense 
 to the library fund arising from the public tax, it shall be the 
 duty of the board of school trustees or directors of the school 
 district embracing the county seat, to provide accommodations 
 for them in the best situated school building over which such 
 board of school trustees have control. The board of directors 
 shall also appoint a competent person to have the immediate 
 
28 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 charge of the library, with such duties and compensation for 
 services as they shall fix and determine. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 45, 
 
 Sec. 4.] 
 
 Libraries to Be Free. 
 
 Sec. 1320. Every library established and maintained un- 
 der the provisions of this chapter shall be free to all residents 
 of the county to which it belongs, on the condition that such 
 persons comply with such rules and regulations for the safety 
 and management of the library as the board of directors shall 
 prescribe, which rules and regulations may be enforced by 
 legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction ; 
 Provided, That in the management of the library, the best 
 possible provision shall be made for the convenient use of the 
 books thereof by the residents of such county residing out of 
 the town wherein the library is situated. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 45, 
 Sec. 5.] 
 
 Board of Directors Use of Books. 
 
 Sec. 1321. It shall be the further duty of such board of 
 directors to keep a careful record of all its doings, with du- 
 plicate vouchers for all expenditures, one set of such vouch- 
 ers to be kept in the office of the secretary of the board of 
 directors, the other to be filed with the county commissioners 
 at the end of each calendar year. The board of directors shall 
 also, at the end of each year, report to the county commis- 
 sioners all the important transactions for the previous twelve 
 months, specifying in each report the sum of money received 
 from the county library fund, also the moneys and property re- 
 ceived from other sources, the use and disposition made of such 
 moneys and other property, the number of books and other pub- 
 lications then in the library, the number of books and other 
 publications added by purchase and gift during the year, as 
 well as the number of books lost and missing, the number, title 
 and cost of books, maps and charts purchased out of the county 
 library fund, the number of books loaned out, with the gen- 
 eral character of such books, the number of persons who have 
 drawn books from the library during the year, and the num- 
 ber of visitors thereto, together with such other facts deemed 
 of public interest, a copy of which report shall be furnished 
 by the clerk of said board of county commissioners for pub- 
 lication in at least one paper of general circulation in the 
 county. Only persons resident of the county shall be al- 
 lowed to obtain a loan of books from the library, and in every 
 case when books are lost or destroyed by such parties, or with- 
 held from the library by such persons, then in that event such 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 29 
 
 persons shall be responsible for the loss of such book or books, 
 and the value of said book or books may be recovered by 
 proper action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction in 
 the county. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 45, Sec. 6.] 
 
 PUBLIC INDEBTENDESS. 
 
 Indebtedness in Excess of Constitutional Limit, Void. 
 
 Sec. 1353. Any indebtedness created after February 21, 
 1899, in excess of the limitation of the constitution, by any 
 county, city, town, village, or other sub-division of the state 
 of Wyoming in any current year, defined as from the first Mon- 
 day in January of one year to the first Monday in January of 
 the next year ensuing, in excess of that authorized by the con- 
 stitution of the state and for the payment of which there are no 
 available revenues, during such current year, shall as against 
 such county, city, town, village, or other sub-division of the 
 state, be void and of no effect, but any officer who shall par- 
 ticipate in creating such indebtedness, and the sureties on his 
 official bond, shall be personally liable to the holder, or holders, 
 of such indebtedness as fully as if such indebtedness had been 
 contracted for his individual benefit. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 89.] 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ORGANIZATION AND GOVERN- 
 MENT. 
 
 Notice of Formation of New District. 
 
 Sec. 1926. Whenever a school district shall be formed in 
 any county, the county superintendent of schools in such county 
 shall, within fifteen days thereafter, prepare a notice of the 
 formation of such district, describing its boundaries and stating 
 the number thereof, and appointing a time and place for the 
 district meeting. He shall cause the notice, thus prepared, to 
 be posted in at least five public places in the district, at least 
 ten days before the time appointed for such meeting ; and when 
 a joint district is derived from portions of two or more coun- 
 ties, the county superintendent of each county, from which any 
 portion of the new district is taken, shall unite in giving the 
 customary notices, and the new district shall be numbered by 
 the superintendent of the county having the highest number of 
 districts. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3918.] 
 
 Appeal from Superintendent on Formation of District. 
 
 Sec. 1927. A majority of the voters in any school district, 
 being dissatisfied with the formation of any school district, 
 shall have the right to appeal from the superintendent to the 
 board of county commissioners, and from the board of county 
 
30 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 commissioners to the superintendent of public instruction. [R. 
 S. 1887, Sec. 3919.] 
 
 First Election of Trustees Officers of District. 
 
 Sec. 1928. The qualified electors of a school district, when 
 assembled in accordance with the notice required in section 
 nineteen hundred and twenty-six, shall organize by appointing 
 a chairman and a secretary who shall act as judges of election. 
 They shall the'n by ballot elect three trustees possessing the 
 qualifications of electors of said district, and the name of each 
 elector shall be recorded by the secretary, and they shall hold 
 their office until the next succeeding annual district election 
 and until their successors are elected and qualified. The said 
 trustees shall constitute a board of directors for the district and 
 shall, as soon as they are qualified, choose from their number 
 a director, treasurer and clerk of the district. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 
 77, Sec. '!.] 
 
 Oath of Directors. 
 
 Sec. 1929. All directors of the board shall, within ten days 
 after their election, appear before some justice of the peace 
 or other person qualified to administer oaths, and take an oath 
 for the faithful performance of their duties and in accordance 
 with law, and shall, without delay, transmit a copy of said 
 oath in writing to the county superintendent of schools. [S. L. 
 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Annual Election of Trustees District Officers. 
 
 Sec. 1930. Except as otherwise provided by law, there 
 shall be elected in each organized school district meeting on 
 the first Monday in May of each year, one trustee, who shall 
 hold his office for three years and until his successor is duly 
 elected and qualified. If, for any cause, the annual election 
 should not be held at the regular annual meeting, a special 
 meeting may be held for that purpose if so- specified in the 
 notice for said special meeting. The trustees together shall 
 constitute a board of directors for the district, and shall, im- 
 mediately after they are qualified, elect one of their number a 
 director, treasurer and clerk of the district. At the first regu- 
 lar annual election after a school district is organized there 
 shall be three trustees elected, one to hold his office for the 
 term of three years, and one to hold his office for the term of 
 two years, and one for the term of one year and until their 
 successors are elected and qualified, and thereafter at each 
 such annual meeting there shall be one trustee elected as afore- 
 said, for the term of three years, as successor to the outgoing 
 member of the board, and all of said trustees herein men- 
 tioned shall possess the qualifications of any elector in said 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 31 
 
 District, and shall be elected by ballot, and the name of each 
 elector voting for trustee shall be recorded by the secretary 
 of the meeting, and such record shall be filed with the district 
 derk. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Election of Trustees Where Number Increased to Six. 
 
 Sec. 1931. In all school districts in this state containing 
 a population of one thousand or more, the number of trustees 
 may be increased to six at any annual school election held 
 hereafter, if the majority of the electors at such annual meet- 
 ing, upon taking a vote by ballot, so decide. The electors shall 
 then proceed by ballot to elect one trustee for one year, one 
 trustee for two years and two trustees for three years. . At all 
 annual elections held thereafter there shall be elected two 
 trustees, who shall hold their office for three years, or until 
 their successors are elected and qualified. [S. L. 1897, Ch. 38.] 
 
 School District Seal. 
 
 Sec. 1932. It shall be the duty of every board of school 
 directors so increased to six members to provide, at the ex- 
 pense of their district, and for said district, a seal, upon which 
 
 shall be engraved the words "School District No , 
 
 County, Wyo., " stating the number 
 
 of the district, and the county in which it is situated. The seal 
 shall be in possession of the clerk of the district. It shall be 
 .affixed to all communications or notices required by law to be 
 sent or published by such school board, and to all warrants 
 drawn upon the treasurer of the district. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 
 3923.] 
 
 School District to Be Body Corporate. 
 
 Sec. 1933. Each school district formed under the pro- 
 visions of this title is hereby declared to be a body corporate by 
 
 the name and style of ' ' School District No , in the 
 
 County of and State of Wyoming ' ' , 
 
 and in that name it may hold property anfl be a party to suits 
 and contracts. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3925.] 
 
 Regular Meetings of District. 
 
 Sec. 1934. The fiscal year shall end on the 30th day oE 
 April and the annual school meeting of each school district 
 shall be held on the first Monday of May in each year. And, 
 when present, the director and clerk shall preside as chairman 
 and secretary, respectively, of such meeting. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 
 15, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Powers of District Meeting 1 . 
 
 Sec. 1935. The qualified electors of the district, when 
 .assembled, shall have power : 
 
32 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 1. To appoint a chairman and secretary, in the absence 
 of the regular officers. 
 
 2. To adjourn from time to time, as occasion may re- 
 quire. 
 
 3. To determine the number of schools which shall be 
 established in the district, and the length of time each shall be 
 taught. 
 
 4. To fix the site of each school house, taking into con- 
 sideration in doing so, -the wants and necessities of the people 
 of each portion of the district. 
 
 5. To vote such sum of money as the meeting shall deem 
 sufficient for any of the following purposes : To supply .any 
 deficiency in the fund for the payment of teachers ; to pur- 
 chase or lease a suitable site for a school house, or school 
 houses; to build, rent or purchase a school house, or school 
 houses, and keep in repair and furnish the same with the 
 necessary fuel and appendages ; for procuring libraries for 
 the schools, books and stationery for the use of the board and 
 district meetings ; and for the payment of all other contingent 
 expenses of the district ; Provided, That the sum of money so 
 voted shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar of all taxable 
 property in each school district. 
 
 6. To direct the sale or other disposition to be made 
 of any school house, or the site thereof, and of such other 
 property, real or personal, as may belong to the district ; and 
 to direct the manner in which the proceeds arising therefrom 
 shall be applied. 
 
 7. To vote a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars in 
 any one year, to procure a district library, consisting of such 
 books as they may direct any person to procure. 
 
 8. To delegate any and all powers specified in the fore- 
 going subdivisions to the district board; Provided, That the 
 district board shall not have power to vote or raise money as 
 provided in subdivision five. 
 
 9. To transact generally such business as may tend to 
 promote the cause of education in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of this and succeeding chapters. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3927 ,- 
 S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 12; S. L. 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 5; S. L. 1903, 
 Ch. 63; S. L. 1905, Ch. 91, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Objects in Voting Money to Be Designated. 
 
 Sec. 1936. In voting money, the district meetings shall 
 designate the respective objects for which the same is raised, 
 and the amount to be raised for each object, and the aggre- 
 gate amount shall be assessed and collected, as provided by law. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3928.] 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 33 
 
 Meeting May Adopt Rules of Order. 
 
 Sec. 1937. They may adopt rules of order, not incom- 
 patible with the provisions of this chapter and the instructions 
 of the superintendent of public instruction, for the government 
 of district meetings, and may alter and change the same from 
 time to time as occasion may require, and may prescribe the 
 manner of taking the sense of the meeting upon any question ; 
 Provided, That the last specification shall not apply to the elec- 
 tion of officers. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3929.1 
 
 Transfer of School Funds. 
 
 Sec. 1938. In all cases where there are moneys belonging 
 to the school house fund, remaining in the hands of the dis- 
 trict treasurer of any school district, and the board of directors 
 thereof are satisfied that such moneys are not required to build 
 a school house or school houses, in said district, or repair or 
 furnish the same, such moneys may be transferred and accred- 
 ited to the teachers' fund, and applied' to the payment of 
 teachers. And the board may also in like manner transfer a 
 surplus of the teachers' fund to the fund for building school 
 houses when required. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 3930.] 
 
 Manner of Conducting Election of Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 1939. At the regular district" meeting of school dis- 
 tricts in each year, at the time now provided by law for the 
 election of trustees, such district meeting shall be opened by 
 proclamation of the trustees, at the hour named in the pub- 
 lished or posted notice for the meeting. And the order of 
 business at such meeting shall be : 
 
 1. Reading and consideration of the report of the clerk 
 and treasurer. 
 
 2. Voting of money to be raised by special tax. . 
 
 3. Election of trustee or trustees. 
 
 4. Miscellaneous business. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 73, Sec. 1.] 
 Qualifications of Electors. 
 
 Sec. 1940. All school district elections shall be carried on 
 as provided by law, and the qualifications of voters at such 
 elections shall be the same as at any other election, and in ad- 
 dition thereto, such voter shall be in possession of a tax re- 
 ceipt, from the tax collector of the county in which such elec- 
 tion is being held, showing that such voter is a property 
 owner in such school district ; Provided, however, That the 
 tax qualification mentioned in this section shall apply only to 
 questions of special school tax appropriations of money and 
 bonding such school district. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 80, Sec. 179- 
 K. S. 1899, Sec. 536; S. L. 1905, Ch. 68, Sec. 1.1 
 
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 Directors Shall Qualify. 
 
 Sec. 1941. Said directors shall qualify in the manner pre- 
 scribed for directors elected upon the formation of a new 
 school district ,- and in case they neglect or refuse to do so they 
 shall be subject to the same pentlay. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3934; 
 R. S. 18,99, Sec. 538.] 
 
 Meeting of Board. 
 
 Sec. 1942. The board of directors may hold such regular, 
 special or adjourned meetings as they may from time to time 
 determine. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3935.] 
 
 Powers and Duties of District Board. 
 
 Sec. 1943. The district board shall make all contracts, pur- 
 chases, payments and sales, necessary to carry out every vote 
 of the district, for procuring any site for a school house, rent- 
 ing, repairing or furnishing the same, and disposing thereof, or 
 for keeping a school therein, and performing such other duties 
 as may be delegated to them by the district meeting. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec, 3936.] 
 
 Members of Board May Administer Oaths. 
 
 Sec. 1944. The trustees of school districts are hereby 
 severally authorized to administer oaths within their respec- 
 tive counties in any and all matters pertaining to their re- 
 spective districts and the business thereof, where an oath is or 
 shall be required by law. [S. L. 1897, Ch. 4.] 
 
 Authority of Board to Remove Scholars. 
 
 Sec. 1945. The district board shall have power to admit 
 scholars from adjoining districts, and remove scholars for 
 disorderly conduct ; and when scholars are admitted from other 
 districts the district board may, in their discretion require a 
 tuition fee from such scholars. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3937.] 
 
 When Board to Advertise for Bids. 
 
 Sec. 1946. Whenever any school house is to be built or any 
 repairs, addition or improvement costing more than two hun- 
 dred dollars, made to any school house or district property, 
 the board of directors of the district shall advertise for bids 
 for such work, and in all cases contract the same to the lowest 
 responsible bidder. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 3938.] 
 
 Settlement With Treasurer Report to District Meeting. 
 
 Sec. 1947. They shall, from time to time, examine the 
 books and accounts of the treasurer, and make settlement with 
 him, and shall, at each regular meeting of the district, present 
 to the same a full statement of the receipts and expenditures 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 35 
 
 of the district and such other matters as may be deemed im- 
 portant. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3939.] 
 
 Visiting Committee. 
 
 Sec. 1948. They shall appoint a committee from their 
 own body to visit the respective schools of the district monthly, 
 and to aid the teachers in establishing and enforcing rules 
 for the government of schools, and see that the teachers keep 
 a correct list of the pupils, the time which they attend school, 
 the branches of learning which each is studying, and such other 
 matters as may. in the opinion of the board, tend to promote 
 the welfare pf the school. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3940.] 
 
 Auditing and Payment of Claims. 
 
 Sec. 1949. They shall audit and allow all just claims 
 against the district, and the directors shall draw an order for 
 all demands thus audited, on the district treasurer. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec. 3941.] 
 
 Special District Meetings Requisites of Notice. 
 
 Sec. 1950. They shall, upon the written request of five 
 legal voters of the district, or whenever they deem it expedient, 
 call special meetings thereof; but in all such cases, the notice of 
 such meeting shall clearly state the precise object for which it 
 is called, and time and place at which it is to be held. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec. 3942.] 
 
 Vacancy How Filled. 
 
 Sec. 1951. In case a vacancy in any district school board 
 shall be caused by the resignation, death or otherwise of any 
 one of its members, such vacancy shall be filled by appoint- 
 ment of the district board, and said appointee may legally 
 hold such office until the next annual school election following 
 said appointment, but no longer, and at the annual election 
 said vacancy shall be filled in the same way and manner as 
 authorized by law for the annual election of school trustees.' 
 [S.'L. 1901, Ch. 58.] 
 
 Bond of District Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 1952. The district treasurer shall give bonds to the 
 district in such penalty and with such sureties as the board 
 of the county commissioners shall direct and approve, con- 
 ditioned for the faithful application of all money which may 
 come into his hands by virtue of his office ; Provided, Said 
 bonds shall not exceed one and one-quarter times the amount 
 of all the school moneys handled by the treasurer in any 
 one year. Said penalty may be increased from time to time 
 as the interests of the district may require. The said bond, 
 after being approved by the board of county commissioners, 
 
36 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 shall be filed with the county treasurer, and it is hereby made 
 unlawful for the county treasurer to pay over any sums of 
 money out of the school fund to any district treasurer until 
 such bond shall have been approved and filed as herein pro- 
 vided, and in case of a breach in the conditions of said bond, 
 suit shall be brought thereon by the board of county commis- 
 sioners of the county in which the district is situated, for the 
 benefit of said district. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3945.] 
 
 Establishment of High Schools. 
 
 Sec. 1953. The county superintendent and district board 
 of directors may determine whether a school of a higher grade 
 shall be established in the district, the number of teachers to 
 be employed, and the course of instruction to be pursued 
 therein, until the meeting of the teachers' institute, provided 
 for by law, at which time the institute shall determine the 
 studies to be pursued in all schools of like grade in the state j 
 and the superintendent of public instruction shall have the 
 same power to carry into effect the determination of the in- 
 stitute, as is provided in other cases ; and the board may erect, 
 for the purpose, one or more permanent school houses, and 
 shall cause such classification of the pupils as they may deem 
 necessary; but in selecting the site for such school house or 
 school houses the permanent interest and future welfare of 
 the people of the entire district shall be consulted. [R. S. 1887, 
 Sec. 3946.] 
 
 Note This refers particularly to the district high school, 
 and not to the high school as formed in accordance with S. L. 
 1905, Ch. 67. 
 
 Separate School for Colored Children. 
 
 Sec. 1954. When there are fifteen or more colored -child- 
 ren within any school district, the board of directors thereof, 
 with the approval of the county superintendent of schools, may 
 provide a separate school for the instruction of such colored 
 children. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 3947.] 
 
 Employment and Payment of Teachers. 
 
 Sec. 1955. The district board shall employ all teachers, 
 necessary for the schools of the district, and pay them by draft 
 on the treasurer. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 3948.] 
 
 Free to All Children Compulsory Education. 
 
 Sec. 1956. The public schools of each school district of 
 the state shall at all times be equally free and accessible 
 to all children resident therein over six and under the age of 
 twenty-one years, subject to such regulations as the district 
 board in each district may prescribe. Every parent, guardian 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 37 
 
 or other person in this state having control or charge of any 
 child or children between the ages of seven and fourteen years, 
 inclusive, shall be required to send such child or children to a 
 public, private or parochial school, or to two or more of these 
 schools, each school year, during the entire time that the pub- 
 lic school shall be in session in the district in which the pupil 
 resides. Provided, That exceptions may be made in the fol- 
 lowing cases: (1) Invalids or others to whom the school room 
 might be injurious, may upon receipt of a physician's certifi- 
 cate be excused by the district board. (2) Pupils to whom the 
 provisions of this act might work a hardship may be excused 
 by the written consent of the district board when a request 
 stating the reason for such excuse is presented by the parent 
 or guardian to the district board. (3) Pupils who for legal 
 reasons have been excluded from the regular schools and no 
 provisions made for the schooling of such children. [S. L. 
 1 !><>!), Ch. 31, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Truant Officer Duty. 
 
 Sec. 1957. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county 
 and of every deputy sheriff and constable within their respec- 
 tive precincts and of any truant officer, if there be any, to 
 see that the provisions of sections 1956, 1957 and 1958 are com- 
 plied with, and when from personal knowledge, or upon reports 
 or complaints of any resident or teacher of the county, or pre- 
 cinct, or district under his supervision, he believes that any 
 child subject to the provisions of said sections is habitually 
 tardy or absent from school, he shall immediately give written 
 notice to the parent, guardian or custodian of such child that 
 the attendance of such child at school is required by law, and 
 if within five days after such notice such parent, guardian or 
 custodian does not comply with the provisions of this act, then 
 such officer shall make and file complaint against such parent, 
 guardian or custodian of any such child before a justice of the 
 peace of the proper county, or the district court, for a violation 
 of said provisions. Provided, That only one notice shall be 
 required as to any child in any one year. Any such parent, 
 guardian or custodian of any such child who shall violate the 
 provisions of said sections, and after receiving such notice as 
 aforesaid, and shall fail to comply with the provisions thereof, 
 shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction 
 thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars and 
 not more than twenty-five dollars for any one offense, to which 
 may be added in the discretion of the court, imprisonment in 
 the county jail of not more than ninety days for any offense 
 after the first. Any district board of a school district in which 
 there is located a city or town of more than 2,500 inhabitants, 
 may appoint a regular truant officer to carry out the pro- 
 
38 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 visions of said sections, who shall be paid out of the district 
 treasury such sum as shall be provided in the order for his 
 appointment, not exceeding, however, the sum of four dollars 
 for each day of actual service. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 93, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Enumeration Delinquent Pupils. 
 
 Sec. 1958. On the first day of school in each school dis- 
 trict it shall be the duty of the clerk thereof to furnish to the 
 sheriff or constable within the proper precinct, a list of the 
 names of children of compulsory school age within the district 
 who are enumerated on the regular enumeration lists. At the 
 close of the first week of school in such district, it shall be the 
 duty of each teacher therein to send to the county superintend- 
 ent of schools a complete list of pupils attending his or her 
 school, which list shall be immediately forwarded by said 
 county superintendent to the proper sehriff, deputy sheriff, 
 constable or truant officer, in order that the provision of this 
 and the two preceding sections may be duly executed; and it 
 shall be the further duty of the teacher, or principal, if there 
 be any, when a pupil has been absent for three consecutive 
 days, for which absence there has been, in the teacher's judg- 
 ment, no good reason assigned, or when a pupil is habitually 
 absent or tardy, to make written report to the truant officer 
 of the district concerning such delinquency, and it shall then 
 be the duty of said officer to proceed according to section 
 1957. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 31, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Offenses Defined Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1959. Any person who shall use insulting and abusive 
 language to and toward any teacher in or about any public 
 school house, or who shall wilfully disturb any public school 
 or district meeting, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than 
 five dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars. 
 
 Any person who shall wilfully break, cut, deface, despoil,, 
 injure, damage or destroy any school property, or who shall 
 cut, mark, write or otherwise place or put on, or cause to 
 be placed or put upon, any school property, any language or 
 pictures or figures or signs of an obscene character, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, 
 shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. The said fines shall be paid into- the treasury 
 of the school district in which the offense was committed. 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sub-Div. 2, Sees. 1-2.] 
 
 School Week and Month Defined. 
 
 Sec. 1960. Five days shall constitute a school week, and 
 twenty days a school month ; and it shall be understood that 
 school is not to be kept in operation on Saturdays or any holi- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 39 
 
 day, but if a holiday fall upon a day which would otherwise 
 be a school day, it shall be counted as though taught. [S. L. 
 1909, Ch. 159.] 
 
 School Officers Shall Not be Agents for School Supplies- 
 Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1961. Neither the state superintendent, or any per- 
 son in his office, nor any county superintendent, nor school 
 district officer, nor any officer or teacher connected with any 
 public school, shall act as agent or solicitor for the sale of any 
 school books, maps, charts, school library books, school fur- 
 niture, apparatus or stationery, or furnish any assistance to, 
 or receive any reward therefor, from any author, publisher, 
 bookseller or dealer-, doing the same. Every person violating 
 this section shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than two 
 hundred dollars for each offense, and be liable to removal from 
 
 office therefor. [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sub-Div. 3, Sec. 2.] 
 
 
 
 State Treasurer Shall Keep School Fund. 
 
 Sec. 1962. The state treasurer shall keep a separate fund 
 to be known as the ' ' school fund, ' ' and all moneys appropri- 
 ated for school purposes shall be kept in such fund. [S. L. 1888, 
 Ch. 72, Sub-Div. 3, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Physiology and Hygiene Shall Be Taught. 
 
 Sec. 1963. Physiology and hygiene, which shall include 
 in each division of the subject special reference to the effects 
 of alcohol and narcotics upon the human system, shall be 
 included in the branches taught in the common schools of the 
 state, and shall be introduced and taught, either orally or by 
 text-books, in all departments of the public schools above the 
 second primary grade, and in all educational institutions sup- 
 ported wholly or in part by the state. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 3969.] 
 
 Failure to Comply With Last Section Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1964. It shall be the duty of the several county 
 and city superintendents of schools in the state, and of the 
 secretary of the board of directors of all other educational in- 
 stitutions receiving aid from the state, to report to the state 
 superintendent of public instruction any failure or neglect 
 on the part of the board of trustees of any school district, or 
 the board of directors of any educational institution receiving 
 aid from the state, to make proper provision for the teaching 
 of the branches mentioned in the last preceding section in 
 any or all of the schools or other educational institutions un- 
 der their charge, or over which they have jurisdiction, and 
 such failure on the part of the above mentioned officers, so 
 reported and satisfactorily proved, shall be deemed sufficient 
 
4 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 cause for withholding the warrant for the district appropria- 
 tion of school money to which such school district or edu- 
 cational institution would otherwise be entitled. [R. S. 1887, 
 Sec. 3970.] 
 
 Discrimination on Account of Sex or Religious Belief Pro- 
 hibited. 
 
 Sec. 1965. In the employment of teachers in the public 
 schools in this state, no discrimination shall be made in the 
 question of pay on account of sex, nor on account of the re- 
 ligious belief of the applicant for the position of teacher, when 
 the persons are equally qualified, and the labor is the same. 
 [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 21.] 
 
 Examinations Required. 
 
 Sec. 1966. No certificate shall be granted hereafter to 
 any person to teach in the schools of Wyoming, who shall not 
 pass a satisfactory examination in physiology and hygiene, with 
 special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants 
 and narcotics upon the human system. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3972.] 
 
 Note This is interpreted not to apply to those who have 
 shown that efficiency to render them eligible to secure cer- 
 tificates without examination. 
 
 Teacher's Report. 
 
 Sec. 1967. It shall be the duty of the teacher of every 
 district school, or graded school, to make out and file with 
 the district clerk, at the expiration of each term of the school, 
 a full report of the whole number of scholars admitted to 
 the school during such term, distinguishing between male and 
 female, the names of such scholars, the number of days each 
 scholar attended the same, the aggregate number of days of 
 attendance of said schools, the text-books used, the branches 
 taught and the number of pupils engaged in the study of each 
 of said branches. Any teacher who shall neglect or refuse to 
 comply with the requirements of this section, shall forfeit his 
 or her wages for teaching such school, at the discretion of the 
 district board. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3973.] . 
 
 Refusal to Deliver Records to Successor Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1968. Every school district clerk, or treasurer, who 
 shall neglect or refuse to deliver to their successors in office, all 
 records and books, belonging severally to their offices, shall 
 be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec. 3974.] 
 
 Employment of Counsel. 
 
 Sec. 1969. In all cases where suits may be instituted 
 by, or against, any of the school officers contemplated or created 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 41 
 
 by law, to enforce any of the provisions herein contained, 
 counsel may be employed, if necessary, by the officer insti- 
 tuting the suit, and the expense of the suit shall be borne by 
 the district, county or state in whose name, or against whom, 
 the same may be instituted. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3975.] 
 
 Collection and Disposition of Fines. 
 
 Sec. 1970. All fines, penalties and forfeitures provided 
 by the school laws may be recovered by action in the name of 
 tin- people of the state of Wyoming, for the use of the proper 
 school district or county, and when they accrue, belong to the 
 respective districts or counties in which the same may be ac- 
 crued ; and the treasurer of such districts, and the county 
 commissioners of such counties are hereby authorized to re- 
 ceive and apply the proceeds of such forfeitures as the interest 
 of the permanent fund is now, or may hereafter be, applied. 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3976.1 
 
 Officer Failing to Pay Over Money Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1971. Any officer or person collecting or receiving 
 any fines, forfeitures or other moneys and refusing and fail- 
 ing to pay over the same as required by law, shall forfeit 
 double the amount so withheld, and interest thereon at the rate 
 of five per cent, per month during the time of so withholding 
 the same. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3977.] 
 
 Effect of Change in County Boundaries on School Districts. 
 
 See. 1972. If by any act of the state legislature changing 
 the boundary line or lines of any county or counties, or form- 
 ing new counties from counties already formed, any legally 
 organized school district is or has been separated from the 
 county to which it then belonged and is or has been joined to 
 another county, the members of the school board of such 
 school district so separated from one county and joined to 
 another county, shall hold their respective offices until the 
 next annual school election following said change in county 
 boundaries; and until such annual school election said school 
 board may draw the public school funds for paying teachers, 
 or other necessary legal school expenses from the school treas- 
 ury of the county to which said school district formerly be- 
 longed, and in the same way and manner as said board would 
 have drawn and expended said public moneys had no change in 
 county boundaries been made. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3978.] 
 
 State Treasurer Authorized to Receive Donations for Schools. 
 
 Sec. 1973. Whenever the state of Wyoming shall be en- 
 titled to receive any moneys or funds from the United States 
 of America, or from any other source or authority, to be ex- 
 pended for the benefit of the public schools of the state, or 
 
42 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 held or in any manner applied for their benefit, the state treas- 
 urer is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for such moneys 
 or funds, and to make such application and use of the same 
 as may be required by law. Should such moneys or funds be 
 donated to the state, and should the act of donation require 
 such moneys or funds to be applied or held, or used in a par- 
 ticular manner, they shall be so applied. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 
 3981.] 
 
 Liability of Treasurer for School Money. 
 
 Sec. 1974. The state treasurer shall faithfully account 
 for all moneys or funds received pursuant to the foregoing 
 section, and he and his sureties upon his official bond shall be 
 liable for any failure to so account for such moneys or funds. 
 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3982.] 
 
 School Board May Establish Manual Training Schools. 
 
 Sec. 1975. The school board of any district in the state 
 shall have power to establish and locate industrial and manual 
 training schools, in connection with the public schools of said 
 district. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 88.] 
 
 Humane Treatment of Animals Taught. 
 
 Sec. 1976. There shall be taught in the public schools of 
 Wyoming, in addition to the other branches of study now 
 prescribed, a system of humane treatment of animals, as em- 
 bodied in the laws of Wyoming; such instruction to consist 
 of not less than two lessons of ten minutes each per week. 
 The principal or teacher of every school shall certify in his or 
 her reports that such instruction has been given in the school 
 under his or her control. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 8.] 
 
 DISTRICT OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 
 
 Director to Preside at Meetings and Countersign Orders. 
 
 Sec. 1977. . The director, when present, shall preside at 
 all meetings of the board of the district, and countersign all 
 orders on the treasury for the payment of money. [R. S. 1887,. 
 Sec. 3951.] 
 
 How Drafts and Orders Drawn. 
 
 Sec. 1978. All drafts and orders drawn on the district 
 treasurer, as required in the foregoing section, shall specify 
 the funds on which they are drawn, and the use for which 
 the money is designated, and shall be signed by the district 
 clerk. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 3952.] 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 43 
 
 By Whom District to Appear in Actions. 
 
 Sec. 1979. The director shall appear in behalf of his dis- 
 trict in all suits brought by or against the same ; but when 
 he is individually a party, this duty shall be performed by the 
 clerk. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3953. [ 
 
 Duties of Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 1980. The clerk shall record all the proceedings of 
 the board and of the district meetings in books to be kept 
 for that purpose, and report in writing to the county superin- 
 tendent of schools the name of the director and treasurer im- 
 mediately after they are chosen or elected, and he shall pre- 
 serve copies of all reports made to the county superintendent, 
 and shall file all papers transmitted to him, by school officers 
 or other persons, pertaining to the business of the district, and 
 shall sign all drafts, warrants and orders drawn by him. [S. L. 
 1890, Ch. 77, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Clerk to Certify Debt Limit. 
 
 Sec. 1981 . The clerk of each school district of each county 
 shall endorse a certificate upon every bond or evidence of debt 
 issued pursuant to law, that the same is within the lawful debt 
 limit of such school district, and is issued according to. law. He 
 shall sign such certificate in his official character. [S. L. 
 1890-91, Ch. 43, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Clerks Shall Keep Accounts. 
 
 Sec. 1982. The district clerk shall keep an accurate ac- 
 count of all the expenses incurred by the district, and shall 
 present the same to the district board, to be audited and paid 
 as herein provided, out of the school fund. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 
 3955.] 
 
 Notice of District Meetings. 
 
 Sec. 1983. The district clerk shall give ten days previous 
 notice of all regular and special meetings of the district, 
 herein authorized, by posting up a written notice in three dif- 
 ferent places therein, and shall furnish a copy of the same to 
 the teachers of each school in the district, to be read once in 
 the presence of the pupils thereof. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3956.] 
 
 Duty District Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 1984. The district clerk sh'all immediately after the 
 annual school meeting and not later than the fourth Monday 
 in May in each year, submit a report to the county superin- 
 tendent for the past year ending April 30th next preceding. 
 
 1. Of the number of schools taught in such district, the 
 number of days each scholar attended the same, and the ag- 
 gregate number of days of attendance of said school respec- 
 
44 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 tively, as certified by the teachers of the several schools of 
 such district. 
 
 2. The number of schools and the branches taught in 
 each. 
 
 3. The number of pupils in each school, and of each sex. 
 
 4. The number of teachers employed in each school and 
 the average compensation of each per month. 
 
 5. The number of days the school has been taught, and 
 by whom. 
 
 6. The average cost of tuition for a pupil, per month, in 
 each school. 
 
 7. Books used in each school. 
 
 8. The number of volumes in the library of each school. 
 
 9. The aggregate amount paid teachers during the year, 
 the source from which the same was received, and the amount 
 of teachers' fund in the hands of the treasurer. 
 
 10. The number of district school houses and the cost 
 of each. 
 
 11. The amount raised in the district by tax for the 
 erection of school houses, and for other purposes authorized 
 by law, and such other information as he may deem use- 
 ful. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 15, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Failure to Make Report Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1985. Should the clerk fail to file his report, as above 
 directed, he shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars, and 
 shall be liable to make good all loss resulting to the district 
 from such failure, suit to be brought in both cases by the di- 
 rector, in the name of the district, on his official bond. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec. 3958.] 
 
 Note Local authorities may, at their discretion, require 
 this bond. 
 
 Duties of the Treasurer Publication of Report. 
 
 Sec. 1986. The treasurer shall have the custody of all 
 moneys belonging to the district, and shall pay out the same 
 upon the order of the clerk, countersigned by the director ; and 
 shall keep an account of the receipts and expenditures thereof, 
 in a book provided for that purpose. He shall cause to be pub- 
 lished in some newspaper of general circulation in the county 
 wherein such school -district is situate, on the first week of 
 July in each year, a full and true report of the receipts and 
 disbursements of said district for the year next preceding such 
 report. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3959.] 
 
 Teachers' Fund. 
 
 Sec. 1987. The moneys for the payment of teachers shall 
 be called the "teachers' fund," and the treasurer shall keep 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. .45 
 
 distinct and separate accounts with them; and no warrant 
 for money shall be paid by the treasurer which does not specify 
 the fund on which it is drawn, and the specific use to which it 
 is to be applied. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3960.] 
 
 School House Fund. 
 
 Sec. 1988. The school house fund shall consist only of 
 taxes collected in the district ; and all other school moneys 
 belonging to the district shall go to the teachers' fund, and 
 shall be applied to no other use except to pay the wages of 
 school teachers in the district. [R, S. 1887, Sec. 3961.] 
 
 Treasurer to Receive District Money. 
 
 Sec. 1989. The district treasurer shall apply for, and re- 
 ceive all money apportioned to the district, by the county 
 superintendent, when notified of said apportionment. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec. 3962.] 
 
 Treasurer to Render Statement on Request. 
 
 Sec. 1990. The district treasurer shall render a statement 
 of the finances of the district as shown by the records of his 
 office, at any time when required by the district board. [R. S. 
 1887, Sec. 3963.] 
 
 Flag to Be Displayed on School House. 
 
 Sec. 1991. It shall be the duty of the trustees, at the ex- 
 pense of such district, in each school district in the state of 
 Wyoming, to cause the American flag to be placed in a proper 
 and suitable manner upon each school house, flag staff or 
 tower, in such respective school districts in the state of Wyo- 
 ming. And they shall cause said flag to be hoisted upon each 
 of said school house or school houses, flag staff or tower, in 
 such respective districts, during the time when school shall be 
 in session. [S. L. 1903, Ch. 83, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Annual Enumeration Children. 
 
 Sec. 1992. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of 
 each school district in this state to cause to be made during 
 the month of April in each year a full and true enumeration 
 of all children of school age, to-wit : those between the ages 
 of six and twenty-one years, in their respective districts. 
 Such enumeration shall be in duplicate and in such form as 
 may be prescribed by the state superintendent of public in- 
 struction, and shall set forth and state the name, age, sex 
 and residence of each child enumerated, and the same shall 
 bear a certificate signed by all or a majority of the trustees 
 of such school district to the effect that it has been examined 
 by the board of trustees of such district and found to be ac- 
 cording to the best judgment and belief of the subscribers a 
 
46 . SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 full, true and correct enumeration of ail the children of school 
 age in their district. One of the duplicate copies of said enu- 
 meration shall be filed by the clerk of the school district with 
 the other papers and records' of the district in his custody and 
 the other shall by said clerk be transmitted to the county su- 
 perintendent of schools of his county on or before the fourth 
 Monday of May in each year. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 41, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Employ an Enumerator. 
 
 Sec. 1993. The board of trustees of each district shall, if 
 in its judgment it is necessary so to do, have power to em- 
 ploy a suitable person or persons for such time as may be 
 actually necessary to make such enumeration for such district 
 and return the same to the said board such person so em- 
 ployed shall before commencing the making of such enumera- 
 tion take, subscribe and file with the district clerk an oath 
 in writing to the effect that he will faithfully, diligently, truly 
 and to the best of his skill and ability perform his duty as such 
 enumerator. [S. L. 1903, Ch. 91, Sec. 2.] 
 
 False Enumeration Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1994. Any trustee of any school district or any enu- 
 merator employed to make or assist in making the enumera- 
 tion for any district who shall knowingly and wilfully make 
 any false enumeration of the children of school age in such 
 district or who shall certify to the correctness. and truthfulness 
 of any such enumeration knowing the same to be false, in- 
 correct and untrue, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on 
 conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor 
 more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the county 
 jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by 
 both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. 
 [S. L. 1903, Ch. 91, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Failure to Enumerate Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 1995. In the event that the board of trustees of any 
 school district should fail, neglect or refuse to make or cause 
 to be made such enumerations as hereinbefore provided for 
 in the event that the clerk of any district shall fail, neglect 
 or refuse to transmit to the county superintendent of schools 
 on or before the fourth Monday in May of each year the dupli- 
 cate copy of the enumeration of his district as hereinbefore 
 provided, then and in either of such cases it is hereby made 
 the duty of the county superintendent of schools to cause 
 such enumeration to be made on or before the third Monday 
 in June following at the expense of the school, district, and 
 to that end the said superintendent shall have all the power 
 hereinbefore conferred upon the board of trustees for that 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 47 
 
 purpose, and for the purpose of paying the expense of such 
 enumeration the said superintendent is hereby authorized and 
 directed to issue to the person making such enumeration an 
 order upon such school district for the amount due such per- 
 son and upon presentation -of such order it shall be the duty 
 of the director and clerk of such district to issue a warrant 
 upon the treasurer of the district for such amount. Provided, 
 however, That in the event that such enumeration shall be 
 made because of the failure, neglect or refusal of the clerk 
 of the district to transmit a duplicate copy of an enumeration 
 which had been made, then and in such case the said clerk 
 shall be liable to his school district for the cost and expense 
 of the enumeration made by the county superintendent, and 
 the said district may, by an action at law recover of and from 
 such defaulting clerk the cost thereof, together with costs 
 and attorney's fees. Provided, further, That if such enumera- 
 tion by the county superintendent be rendered necessary be- 
 cause of the neglect or failure or default of any members of 
 ihe boa I'd of trustees in the performance of the duties by this 
 or the three preceding sections enjoined upon them, then and 
 in such case such defaulting members shall be jointly and 
 severally liable to the school district for such cost and expense; 
 and. the same, together with costs and attorney's fees, may be 
 recovered by the district in an action at law from such de- 
 faulting members of the board. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 41, Sec. 2.] 
 
 County Superintendents Duty Report. 
 
 Sec. 1996. It shall be the duty of the county superin- 
 tendent of schools to compile the said reports of the enu- 
 meration of children of school age in the several school dis- 
 tricts of his county reported to him as hereinbefore provided 
 and therefrom to ascertain and determine the number of chil- 
 dren of school age in his county, and at the time of making 
 his annual report to the state superintendent of public in- 
 struction he shall include in such report a statement of the 
 number of children of school age in his county as shown by 
 such enumeration. [S..L. 1903, Ch. 91, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Distribution of State School Funds. 
 
 Sec. 1997. It shall be the duty of the county superin- 
 tendent of schools in distributing to the several school districts 
 of his county the funds or moneys apportioned and distri- 
 br^ed to his county for school purposes by the state superin- 
 tendent of public instruction, and the balance of the moneys 
 raised by the general school tax remaining after the setting 
 aside of one hundred and fifty dollars to each school district 
 in his county entitled thereto as now provided by law, to ap- 
 portion the same to each school district in his county pro rata 
 
48 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 according to the number of children of school age in such dis- 
 trict as set forth and shown by the enumeration thereof here- 
 inbefore provided for; Provided, however, That no portion 
 of the funds apportioned to any county by the state superin- 
 tendent of public instruction for school purposes shall be 
 apportioned by the county superintendent of schools to any 
 district for the year in which a school has not been maintained 
 for at least three months. [S. L 1903, Ch. 91, Sec. 6.] 
 
 PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN. 
 
 Power of Trustees to Establish Kindergarten. 
 
 Sec. 1998. The board of trustees of any school district 
 in this state shall have power to establish and maintain free 
 kindergarten schools in connection with the public schools 
 of their district, for the instruction of children residing in 
 such district and between the ages of four and six years, and 
 shall establish such courses of training, study and discipline 
 and such rules and regulations for the government of such 
 kindergarten schools as said board may deem advisable ; Pro- 
 vided, That the cost of establishing and maintaining such kin- 
 dergarten schools shall be paid from the special school fund of 
 said school district, and the gross sum to be so expended by-the 
 said board for such kindergarten schools shall be annually 
 fixed and determined by the qualified electors of such district 
 at the annual meeting of such electors. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 50, 
 Sec. 1.] 
 
 Shall Be Part of School System Teachers. 
 
 Sec. 1999. The said kindergarten schools shall be a part 
 of the public school system and governed as far as practicable 
 in the same manner and by the same officers as is now, or here- 
 after may be provided by law, for the government of the pub- 
 lic schools of this state; Provided, however, That teachers 
 of the kindergarten schools shall be the holders of certificates 
 or diplomas from some reputable institution for the training of 
 kindergarten teachers, and shall pass such other examination 
 and possess such other qualifications as may be required by the 
 board of trustees of the district employing them. [S. L. 1895, 
 Ch. 50, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Law Not Changed in Reference to Apportionment. 
 
 Sec. 2000. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as 
 to, in any manner, change the law, as it now exists, with ref- 
 erence to the taking of the census of the school population, 
 or the apportionment of the state and county school funds 
 among the several counties and districts in this state. [S. L.. 
 1895, Ch. 50, Sec. 1.] 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. . 49 
 
 How Carried Into Effect. 
 
 Sec. 2001. That for the purpose of carrying into effect 
 the provisions of this chapter, it shall be lawful for the quali- 
 fied electors of any school district in the state at the annual 
 meeting held under the provisions of existing law, to vote 
 such sum of money as may be necessary to establish and main- 
 tain such kindergarten schools, during the school year next 
 following such meeting, such sum in the aggregate not to 
 exceed one mill upon the dollar of the valuation of the prop- 
 erty in the district, as determined by the next preceding an- 
 nual assessment thereof for the purposes of taxation, the same 
 to he certified, levied, collected and disbursed in the same man- 
 ner as is now provided by law with respect to the special school 
 funds of the several school districts in this state. [S. L. 1895, 
 Hi. :>(). Sec. 2.] 
 
 FREE TEXT BOOKS. 
 
 Text Books in Public Schools. 
 
 Sec. 2002. The board of school directors in city or county 
 are hereby empowered, and it is made their duty, to purchase 
 rill text-books necessary for the schools of such city, town or 
 district ; and they are further authorized to enter into con- 
 tract, as hereinafter provided, with the publishers of such 
 books for a period of years, not to exceed five ; Provided, 
 That the contract prices of such books shall not exceed the 
 lowest price then granted to any dealer, state, county, township, 
 school district, or other individual or corporation in the United 
 States, to be determined as hereinafter provided ; and Pro- 
 vided, further, That such contract shall guarantee to such 
 district any further reduction that may be granted elsewhere 
 during the life of such contract. Said boards are hereby em- 
 powered to purchase, as a book of reference for use in their 
 schools, the History of Wyoming, in three volumes, of which 
 C. G. Coutant is the author, and l ' The Sabbath as an American 
 War Day," in one volume, of which W. P. Carroll is the author ; 
 Provided, That the price paid for the said work shall not ex- 
 ceed the price paid therefor by subscribers generally. Pro- 
 vided, That no school trustee or officer of the district shall be 
 interested in any way directly or indirectly in the sale of 
 school supplies in the district in which he is a director. [S. L. 
 1901, Ch. 38.] 
 
 Publishers Must File Bond. 
 
 Sec. 2003. Before any publisher of school books shall 
 be permitted to enter into contract with any school district 
 under the provisions of this chapter, he shall file with the state 
 superintendent of public instruction, to be approved by him, 
 
50 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 a good and sufficient bond in the sum of two thousand to 
 twenty thousand dollars, which amount shall be fixed by the 
 state superintendent of public instruction, for the faithful per- 
 formance of the conditions of such contracts, and the observ- 
 ance of the requirements of this chapter, and such publisher 
 shall also file with the state superintendent of public instruc- 
 tion, a sworn statement of the lowest prices for which his 
 series of text-books are sold anywhere in the United States ; 
 and a failure to file such bond and sworn statement of prices 
 shall be a good and valid defense on the part of the district 
 against payment for any books that may be sold by such pub- 
 lisher prior to the date of filing such bond and sworn state- 
 ment of prices ; and all such contracts to which such publisher 
 is a party made prior to filing such bond and sworn statement 
 of prices, shall be null and void. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Books Paid for from Public School Land Income Fund. 
 
 Sec. 2004. . The books to be purchased under the pro- 
 visions of this chapter shall be paid for by the directors of the 
 different school districts of the state, out of the public school 
 land income fund, when the same shall be distributed to such 
 districts annually. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 11.] 
 
 Books Paid for by Order on District Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 2005. For the purpose of paying for school books, 
 the school district officers may draw an order on the district 
 treasurer for the amount of school books ordered. [S. L. 1899, 
 
 Ch. 29, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Orders From What Funds Paid. 
 
 Sec. 2006. The district treasurer shall pay orders drawn 
 by school district officers for the purpose of school books out 
 of any funds in his hands belonging to the district, except 
 the money belonging to the teachers' fiind. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 
 
 29, Sec. 4.J 
 
 Publisher Becoming Member of Trust Nullifies Contract. 
 
 Sec. 2007. Any contract entered into under the provi- 
 sions of this chapter with any publisher who shall hereafter be- 
 come a party to any combination or trust for the purpose of 
 raising the price of school text-books shall, at the wish of the 
 school board of the district using such books, become null and 
 void. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Duty Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 Sec. 2008. The state superintendent of public instruction 
 shall, within thirty days after the filing of the hereinbefore 
 mentioned sworn statement of prices of text-books, have the 
 same printed and forward a sufficient number of certified copies 
 of the same to each of the county superintendents of the state 
 
SCHOOL L-\\vs OF WYOMINC,. 
 
 to furnish all the school districts of such county with one copy 
 each; and the county superintendent shall immediately after 
 receiving said certified copies of prices of books send or de- 
 liver one of such certified copies to the director or secretary 
 of each school district or board of education in such county, 
 to be filed as a part of the records of such district ; and he shall 
 also file one of said certified copies of prices in his office as a 
 part of the records of said office. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 6.] 
 
 Superintendent Must Furnish Form of Contract. 
 
 Sec. 2009. It shall be the duty of the state superintendent 
 of public instruction to prepare and have printed a form of con- 
 tract between district boards and publishers of school books 
 and to furnish the same through the county superintendent to 
 the several district boards of the state ; and no other form 
 of contract shall be used by such district boards and publishers. 
 [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 7.] 
 
 Attorney General Must Investigate Violation of Contracts. 
 
 Sec. 2010. Upon the filing of a written complaint with 
 the state superintendent of public instruction by the officers of 
 any district board, charging any publisher with violating the 
 provisions of such contract as hereinbefore mentioned, the 
 attorney general is hereby instructed, and it shall be his duty, 
 to investigate the same, and if he finds probable cause for 
 action, he shall immediately begin proceedings in the name of 
 the state to enforce the liability on the bond hereinbefore men- 
 tioned. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 8.] 
 
 Books Property of District. 
 
 Sec. 2011. All books purchased by district boards, as here- 
 inbefore mentioned, shall be held as the property of the dis- 
 trict and loaned to pupils of the school while pursuing a course 
 of study therein, free of charge; but the district boards shall 
 hold such pupils responsible for any damage to, loss of, -or 
 failure to return such books at the time and to the person that 
 may be designated by the board of such district. [S. L. 1899, 
 Ch. 29, Sec. 9.] 
 
 Pupils May Purchase Books. 
 
 Sec. 2012. The provisions of this chapter shall include all 
 school supplies; Provided, That nothing in this chapter shall 
 be construed to prohibit any pupil or parent from purchasing 
 from the board such books as may be necessary, at cost to the 
 district; Provided, further, That the board may designate 
 some local dealer to handle books for the district with such an 
 increase above contract price to pay cost of transportation and 
 handling, as may be agreed upon between said board and said 
 dealer. [S. L. 1899, Ch. 29, Sec. 10.] 
 
52 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 TEACHERS. 
 Board of Examiners. 
 
 Sec. 2013. There shall be established in the state of Wyo- 
 ming a state board of examiners, which shall be composed of 
 three members, who shall be selected and appointed by the 
 state superintendent of public instruction from the principals 
 of the high schools, city and county superintendents and the 
 faculty of the state university in the state. The board shall 
 receive $5.00 a day while actually engaged in the performance 
 of duty and also their actual traveling expenses in attend- 
 ing meetings. It shall be the duty of said board to meet at 
 least annually in the office of the state superintendent of public 
 instruction at the state house and adopt rules and regulations 
 for the granting of certificates to teachers, to prepare examina- 
 tion questions, which shall be sent to the county superintend- 
 ents of the several counties, where examinations shall be held at 
 least twice a year ; to receive all papers written by applicants 
 for certificates in the various counties and mark such papers, 
 and to return within tw T o weeks to the county superintendent 
 from whose county the papers were received, the result of such 
 examinations and when the result warrants, to recommend to 
 the state superintendent of public instruction, that he issue to 
 the applicant a certificate of the proper grade ; to keep on file 
 for one year in the office of the state superintendent of public 
 instruction at the state house all examination papers and all 
 other papers pertaining to the work of the board, which shall 
 be open at all times to the inspection of the public ; to recom- 
 mend to the state superintendent of public instruction the is- 
 suing of five regular classes of certificates as follows, to be 
 determined by the qualifications of the applicants in each case : 
 
 Third Class. The applicant shall pass an examination in 
 the following subjects: Orthography, reading, penmanship, 
 arithmetic, English grammar, geography, United States his- 
 tory, civil government of the United States and Wyoming, 
 physiology and hygiene, securing an average of not less than 
 70 per cent and not falling below 50 per cent in any one branch. 
 
 Second Class. The applicant shall pass an examination 
 in all of the subjects required for the third class certificates 
 with the following additional subjects: Rhetoric and compo- 
 sition, theory and practice of teaching, securing an average 
 grade of not less than 80 per cent and not falling below 60 
 per cent in any one branch. 
 
 First Class. The applicant shall pass an examination in all 
 of the subjects required for the second class certificate with 
 the following additional subjects : Elementary algebra, English 
 and American literature, elementary psychology, physical ge- 
 ography, and any two or more of the following subjects : Plane 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 53 
 
 geometry, botany, zoology, chemistry, general history, Latin, 
 German, political economy, bookkeeping, shorthand, securing 
 an average of not less than 80 per cent and not falling below 60 
 per cent in any one branch. An applicant for this class of cer- 
 tificate must have had not less than one school year of suc- 
 cessful experience in teaching. 
 
 Professional Second Class. The applicant shall pass an 
 examination in the same subjects as those required for the first 
 class certificate with at least two additional electives and the 
 following subjects in addition thereto : School management, 
 pedagogy, methods and history of education, and secure the 
 same average and minimum grades as those required for first 
 class certificates. Applicants for this certificate must have had 
 not less than two years of successful experience in teaching. 
 
 Professional First Class. The applicant at the time of his 
 application must have had not less than three years of suc- 
 cessful experience in teaching and must have previously been 
 granted a professional second class certificate and pass an, 
 examination upon the subjects of advanced psychology and 
 school supervision. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Recommend Issuance of Certificates. 
 
 Sec. 2014. The state board of examiners shall upon ap- 
 plication recommend to the state superintendent of public in- 
 struction the issuance of certificates of any of the classes 
 named in section 2013 to the following persons without ex- 
 amination : 
 
 Third Class. Graduates of the preparatory school of the 
 University of Wyoming and of high schools in the state of 
 Wyoming whose diplomas represent the completion of a regu- 
 lar four years' course of study above the eighth grade. 
 
 Second Class. Graduates of the preparatory school of the 
 University of Wyoming and of high schools in the state of 
 Wyoming whose diplomas represent the completion of a regu- 
 lar four years' course of study above the eighth grade, who in 
 addition thereto have successfully pursued a course of study in 
 the state normal school of the University of Wyoming for a 
 period of not less than eighteen weeks. 
 
 First Class. Graduates of the preparatory school of the 
 University of Wyoming and of high schools in the state of 
 Wyoming whose diplomas represent the completion of a regu- 
 lar four years' course of study above the eighth grade, who in 
 addition thereto have successfully pursued a course of study 
 in the state normal school of the University of Wyoming for a 
 period of not less than one year, and must have had not less 
 than one year of successful experience in teaching. 
 
54 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 Professional Second Class. Graduates of the state nor- 
 mal school of the University of Wyoming who have had at 
 least one year of successful teaching. 
 
 Professional First Class. Graduates of the college of lib- 
 eral arts of the University of Wyoming who have elected their 
 major subject in their course of study at the university in the 
 departments of psychology and pedagogy, said major being 
 equal to at least one-fifth of the entire course of study pur- 
 sued, or who pass a satisfactory examination upon the pro- 
 fessional subjects required for a professional second class 
 certificate and who have had at least two years of successful 
 experience in teaching. Provided, That no certificates of any 
 class shall be renewed without examinations except as here- 
 inafter provided by this chapter. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Classes of Certificates. 
 
 'Sec. 2015. The various classes of certificates named in 
 Section 2014 shall be valid in the entire state of Wyoming 
 for the following periods : 
 
 Third class, one year ; second class, two years ; first class, 
 four years; professional second class and professional first 
 class for life. Provided, That no certificate shall be granted to 
 any person under seventeen years of age and that any certifi- 
 cate of any class upon recommendation of the state board of 
 examiners may be revoked by the state superintendent of pub- 
 lic instruction for gross inefficiency or immoral character. 
 [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Grades. 
 
 Sec. 2016. The various classes of certificates named in 
 Section 2014 shall be valid to teach in the schools of Wyo- 
 ming as follows: Third and second class certificates in the 
 common schools from the kindergarten to the eighth grade, 
 inclusive ; first class certificates in the common schools from the 
 kindergarten to the eighth grade, inclusive, and for assistants 
 in high schools in subjects covered by the examinations and 
 for principals and superintendents of schools having no high 
 school grades ; professional second class certificates in any pub- 
 lic school and for principals and superintendents of schools 
 having not more than a two year high school course ; profes- 
 sional first class certificates in any public school and for prin- 
 cipals and superintendents of schools of any grade. Provided, 
 That persons now holding positions in this state as principals 
 and superintendents of schools having high schools of any 
 grade may continue to teach and supervise in positions of the 
 same class upon any certificate of as high grade as that now 
 held by the said person until July 1st, 1911. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 
 33, Sec. 4.] 
 
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 Special Certificates. 
 
 Sec. 2017. The state superintendent of public instruc- 
 tion upon the recommendation of the state board of examiners 
 shall issue the following special certificates : 
 
 A Temporary Certificate. An applicant for this class of 
 certificate must have been engaged to teach a school in the 
 state and present a request to the state board of examiners 
 for this class of certificate from a member of the school board 
 engaging her services, endorsed by the county superintendent 
 of the county in which the applicant has been engaged to teach. 
 Provided, That a good and sufficient reason must be presented 
 showing why such temporary certificate should be granted and 
 that this class of certificate is good only until the next regular 
 examination. 
 
 Diploma Certificate. This certificate shall be granted to 
 graduates of the state normal school and of the college of 
 liberal arts of the University of Wyoming for the period named 
 in Section 2014 necessary to gain the experiences required for 
 any life certificate. 
 
 Special Primary Certificate. This certificate shall be 
 granted for four years upon the following qualifications and 
 shall be valid to teach in primary and kindergarten grades, 
 the applicant must have held previously two certificates of 
 as high a class as the second class and must have had not less 
 than four years' successful experience in teaching and shall 
 pass an examination upon primary and kindergarten methods, 
 elementary psychology, methods and school management, mak- 
 ing an average of not less than 75 per cent and not falling 
 below 60 per cent in any one branch. 
 
 Special Technical Certificate. This certificate shall be 
 valid for four years to teach special technical subjects. <The 
 applicant shall pass an examination in the special branches 
 which he expects to teach, making an average of not less than 
 80 per cent. Provided, That this certificate may be granted 
 without examination to graduates of any technical school or 
 college of the University of Wyoming to teach subjects cov- 
 ered by the course of study which the applicant pursued and 
 that it may be renewable for life for such applicant upon ex- 
 amination in professional subjects required for the regular 
 professional second class certificate. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, 
 Sec. 5.] 
 
 State Board of Examiners Shall be Judge. 
 
 Sec. 2018. Certificates granted in other states and of as 
 high rank as the first or second class certificates, having re- 
 quirements equivalent to those in this state may be given the 
 same validity in this state. The state board of examiners shall 
 
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 be the judge of equivalency. Exemption certificates granted 
 to gradiiates of the state normal school and other schools of 
 the University of Wyoming, may be granted to the graduates 
 of other normal schools and colleges of equivalent rank. The 
 state board of examiners shall be the judge of equivalency. 
 [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 6.] 
 
 Board Discretionary Power. 
 
 Sec. 2019. The board of examiners may have discretion- 
 ary power to extend the first and second class certificates upon 
 the completion of course of study in the state reading circle, 
 provided, however, that no certificate shall be extended for a 
 longer period than that for which it was originally granted 
 and that after July 1st, 1911, no extension shall be made for 
 more than two years at a time and that the examination for 
 each year's extension must be based upon the reading of not 
 fewer than two books. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 7.] 
 
 Certificate Necessary for Compensation. 
 
 Sec. 2020. No person shall teach or supervise a public 
 school in the state of Wyoming and receive compensation 
 therefor out of any public fund who at the time of rendering 
 such services is not a holder of a certificate granted under the 
 provisions of this chapter. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33; Sec. 8.] 
 
 Examiners Recommend List of Books. 
 
 Sec. 2021. It shall be the further work of the state board 
 of examiners to recommend annually a list of books for the 
 state reading circle for teachers and also a list of books suit- 
 able for general reading for pupils of the various grades. [S. 
 L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 9.] 
 
 Register Their Certificates. 
 
 Sec. 2022. Teachers who contract to teach in any county 
 of the state of Wyoming and who secure a certificate of any 
 class from the state superintendent of public instruction shall 
 in every case register their certificates in the office of the county 
 superintendent of schools of said county before beginning to 
 teach therein. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 10.] 
 
 Fees. 
 
 Sec. 2023. Every applicant for a certificate of any class 
 to be granted upon examination or by exemption or renewal 
 shall pay to the state board of examiners the following fee : 
 
 Temporary certificates $ .50 
 
 Second and third class certificates and 
 
 special certificates 1.00 
 
 First and professional certificates 1.50 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 57 
 
 These fees shall be collected by the county superintendent 
 of schools at the time of taking the examination, or at the 
 time of making application for a certificate. The county su- 
 perintendent of schools shall transmit to the secretary of the 
 state board of examiners all fees collected, as provided by this 
 section, who shall issue his receipt therefor in duplicate, the 
 original to be forwarded to the county superintendent and the 
 duplicate to be transmitted to the state superintendent of 
 public instruction. The fees received by the state board of ex- 
 aminers shall be paid to the state treasurer and by him cred- 
 ited to the general fund of the state. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec, 
 11.] 
 
 Duty Secretary of Board. 
 
 Sec. 2024. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the 
 state board of examiners to give bond of not less than $1,000, 
 for tlie faithful performance of his duties, the expense of said 
 bond to l)e borne out of the funds appropriated for the support 
 of the state board of examiners, said bond to be approved as 
 other state bonds. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 12.] 
 
 Temporary Certificates. 
 
 See. 2025. A teacher contracting to begin a school in 
 the interim of examinations and not holding any certificate to 
 teaeli in this state may make an application for a temporary 
 certificate as provided in section 2017 ; and in the meantime 
 the county superintendent of schools of the county in which 
 the applicant proposes to teach may issue to such an appli- 
 cant a permit to proceed to teach legally in said school for a 
 period long enough for the state board of examiners to act 
 upon such application. Provided, That no such permit shall 
 be valid unless an application for a certificate shall be made 
 to the state board of examiners of even or preceding date and 
 that said permit shall state the fact of such application therein. 
 [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 13.] 
 
 Certificates How Issued. 
 
 Sec. 2026. The superintendent of public instruction shall 
 issue to teachers certificates of the proper grade on recom- 
 mendation of the state board of examiners, which certificate 
 shall entitle the holder to teach in Wyoming for the time 
 fixed by law for that particular class of certificate. [S. L. 
 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 14.] 
 
 Annual Report. 
 
 Sec. 2027. The state board of examiners shall make an 
 annual report to the state superintendent of public instruction 
 covering such points as the state superintendent may require. 
 [S. L. 1909, Ch. 33, Sec. 15.] 
 
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 SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 
 
 Note. School trustees are urged when considering the 
 issuance of school bonds, to consult with local attorneys. 
 
 Authority to Call Election to Determine Issue. 
 
 Sec. 2028. The board of school trustees of any school dis- 
 trict may, whenever a majority thereof so decide, submit to 
 the electors of the district the question whether the board shall 
 be authorized to issue the coupon bonds of the district to a 
 certain amount, not to exceed two per cent, of the taxable 
 property in said district, and bearing a certain rate of interest, 
 not exceeding six per cent, per annum, and payable and re- 
 deemable at a certain time, not exceeding twenty-five years, 
 for the purpose of building one or more school houses in said 
 district, and providing the same with necessary furniture, and 
 funding outstanding indebtedness evidenced by warrant or 
 otherwise, against said district. [S. L. 1897, Ch. 41.] 
 
 Bond Election Issue of Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2029. Such elections must be held in the manner 
 prescribed for general or special elections in school districts,, 
 and the ballots must contain the words, " Bonds, yes"; or 
 "Bonds, no." If the majority of the votes at such election 
 are, "Bonds, yes," the board of trustees must issue such bonds 
 in such form as the board may direct ; they must bear the- 
 signatures of the president of the board of trustees and be 
 countersigned by the clerk of the school district, and bear the 
 district seal and be countersigned by the county treasurer, and 
 the coupon attached to the bonds must be signed by the presi- 
 dent and clerk and the county treasurer. And each bond so 
 issued must be registered by the county treasurer in a book 
 provided for that purpose, which must show the number and 
 amount of each bond, and the person to whom the same is 
 issued, and the said bonds must be sold by the said school 
 trustees, as provided in section two thousand and thirty. [S. L. 
 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Sale of Bonds Application of Proceeds. 
 
 Sec. 2030. The school trustees must give notice in some 
 newspaper of general circulation, published in the capital of 
 this state, and also in some newspaper published in the county 
 in which said school district is located, for a period of not less 
 than four weeks, to the effect that the said school trustees will 
 sell said bonds, briefly describing the same, and the time and 
 place where such sale will take place ; Provided, That the said 
 bonds must not be sold for less than their par value, and the 
 said trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell said 
 bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best interests of 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 59 
 
 the district ; and all money arising from the sale of said bonds 
 must be paid forthwith into the treasury of the county in which 
 said district may be located, to the credit of said district, and 
 the same shall be immediately available for the purpose of 
 building or providing the school house, or school houses, au- 
 thorized by this chapter. [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Pledge for Payment. 
 
 Sec. 2031. The faith of each school district is solemnly 
 pledged for the payment of the interest, and the redemption 
 of the principal of all bonds which are issued under this 
 chapter. [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Tax Levy to Redeem and Pay Interest. 
 
 Sec. 2032. The board of county commissioners of the 
 proper county of each district must ascertain and levy an- 
 nually, the tax necessary to pay the interest as it becomes due, 
 and a sinking fund to redeem the said bonds at their maturity ; 
 and said tax is a lien upon the property in said school district, 
 and must be collected in the same manner as other taxes for 
 school purposes. Said tax shall be known as "district bond 
 tax of school district No " [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Redemption. 
 
 Sec. 2033. When the sum in the sinking fund equals or 
 exceeds the amount of any bond then due, the county treasurer 
 shall post in his office, a notice that he will, within thirty days 
 from the date of such notice, redeem the bonds then payable, 
 giving the number thereof, and the preference must be given 
 to the oldest issue ; and if, at the expiration of the said thirty 
 days the holder or holders of said bonds shall fail or neglect 
 to present the same for payment, interest thereon must cease ; 
 but the treasurer shall, at all times thereafter, be ready to re- 
 deem the same on presentation, and when any bonds are so 
 purchased or redeemed, the county treasurer must cancel the 
 same by writing across the face of each bond in red ink, the 
 word "cancelled," and the date of such cancellation. The an- 
 nual interest on all of said bonds shall be payable at the office 
 of the treasurer of the proper county on the first and ten suc- 
 ceeding days of January in each year. [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, 
 Sec. 6.] 
 
 Payment of Interest. 
 
 Sec. 2034. The county treasurer may pay out of any 
 moneys belonging to a school district tax fund, the interest 
 upon any bonds issued under this chapter by such school dis- 
 trict, when the same becomes due, upon the presentation at his 
 office of the proper coupon, which must show the amount due, 
 and the number of the bond to which it belonged, and all cou- 
 
60 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 pons so paid, must be reported to the school trustees at their 
 first regular meeting thereafter. [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 7.] 
 
 Preparation of Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2035. The school trustees of any district shall cause 
 to be printed or lithographed at the lowest rates, suitable 
 bonds, with the coupons attached, when the same become neces- 
 sary, and pay therefor out of any moneys in their treasury. 
 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 8.] 
 
 Penalty for Misapplication of Funds by Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 2036. If any of the school trustees fraudulently fail 
 or refuse to pay into the proper county treasury the money 
 arising from the sale of any bonds provided for by this chapter, 
 they shall be deemed guilty of felony, and upon conviction 
 thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary 
 for a term of not less than one year, nor more than ten years. 
 [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 9.] 
 
 County Treasurer Shall Have Custody of Funds. 
 
 Sec. 2037. The county treasurer of such county shall have 
 the custody of all funds realized from the sale of said bonds, 
 until the same are drawn out by the order of the board of 
 directors of said districts. [S. L. 1888, Ch. 72, Sec. 10.] 
 
 Additional Bond of County Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 2038. The board of trustees of said district shall re- 
 quire the said county treasurer to give said district a separate 
 bond in such sum as said board may deem proper, with two 
 or more sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful per- 
 formance of the duties required of him by this chapter, and the 
 faithful accounting for the moneys deposited with him and 
 realized from the sale of said bonds, as herein provided for, and 
 such bonds shall be .approved by said board and shall be and 
 remain in the custody of said board of trustees. [S. L. 1888, 
 Ch. 72, Sec. 11.] 
 
 REFUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. 
 
 Power of Board to Issue Refunding Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2039. The board of directors of each and every school 
 district in the state of Wyoming are hereby authorized to issue 
 refunding bonds of such school district, for the purpose of 
 taking up outstanding bonds of such school district, for any 
 sum not exceeding the amount of outstanding bonds ; Pro- 
 vided, That the qualified electors of any school district shall 
 so elect and determine at any regular meeting, or at any special 
 meeting, held for such purpose. [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 1.] 
 
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 Form of Bond, Time and Interest. 
 
 Sec. 2040. Said bonds shall be issued in sums of not less 
 than one hundred dollars, and shall be redeemed by the school 
 district issuing the same within a period not exceeding thirty 
 years, and not less than five years from the date of issue, and 
 shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per 
 annum, on each dollar of their face, which interest shall be 
 payable annually or semi-annually, the rate of interest to be 
 determined by the board of school directors. Such bonds shall 
 be numbered from one upwards, and be headed "Refunding 
 
 bonds of school district No , in the county of ,. 
 
 state of Wyoming"; and before being issued shall be reg- 
 istered by the treasurer of the county, within which such 
 school district is situated. [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Registration of Bond. 
 
 Sec. 2041. The county treasurer of each county shall keep 
 a book in which shall be registered all such bonds, showing 
 the number of the bond, the date of issue, amount, number of 
 coupons, date of redemption, date of registry and payment of 
 interest on such bonds, which book shall, during business 
 hours be open for inspection. [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 3.] 
 
 By Whom Signed and Sale Thereof. 
 
 Sec. 2042. All bonds so issued shall be signed by the 
 presiding officer of the board of directors of such school dis- 
 trict, countersigned by the county treasurer of the county in 
 which such school district is situated, and attested by the clerk 
 of such school district, with the seal of such school district at- 
 tached ; and none of such bonds shall be sold for less than their 
 face value, and shall not be sold until thirty days' notice shall 
 have been given in some newspaper of general circulation in 
 the state of Wyoming. [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Coupons Where Paid. 
 
 Sec. 2043. Said bonds shall have coupons attached, rep- 
 resenting the interest to be paid each year, and the coupons 
 representing said interest shall be detached from the bonds 
 before presentation for payment of the interest for the year 
 corresponding, and upon payment shall be forthwith cancelled 
 by the county treasurer, by writing the word "cancelled" 
 across the face thereof. The interst on all such bonds shall 
 be payable at the office of the county treasurer of the county 
 in which such school district issuing such bonds is situated, 
 or in any place designated by the board of school directors of 
 such school district. [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 5.] 
 
62 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 Tax to Pay Interest and Principal. 
 
 Sec. 2044. There shall be annually levied by the board 
 of county commissioners "of the county, within which is situated 
 any school district issuing any such bonds, as are herein pro- 
 vided for, on all taxable property within the limits of said 
 school district, a tax not to exceed seven mills on the dollar of 
 valuation, which shall be known as the "Refunding bond fund 
 
 of school district No " Said tax shall be payable only 
 
 in the lawful money of the United States, and shall be used to 
 pay the interest and principal of said bonds, and for no other 
 purpose, and said tax shall be collected in the same manner, 
 and at the same time as the county taxes, and paid into the 
 county treasury by the collector of taxes. [S. L. 1893, Ch. 
 10, Sec. 6.] 
 
 Duty of School Directors as to Redemption. 
 
 Sec. 2045. The board of school directors of any school 
 district, which may issue bonds, as provided in this chapter, 
 shall each year, after the tenth year, retire as many of such 
 bonds as can be redeemed, with the amount of said bond fund 
 at the time in the hands of the county treasurer, and in all such 
 cases, such bonds shall be redeemed by the payment of number 
 one first, and proceeding continuously upwards with those out- 
 standing. All cancelled bonds shall be turned over to the board 
 of directors at such times as they may direct. [S. L. 1893, 
 Ch. 10, Sec. 7.] 
 
 Property in District Pledged for Payment. 
 
 Sec. 2046. All taxable property of any school district is- 
 suing bonds, as herein provided for, at the time of issuing 
 such bonds, shall be pledged for the payment of the principal 
 and interest of such bonds in the manner herein provided, and 
 it shall not be lawful to use or divert any portion of such bond 
 fund for any purpose whatever, except for the payment of such 
 principal and interest. [S. L. 1893, Ch. 10, Sec. 8.] 
 
 Duty of County Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 2047. The county treasurer of each county in which 
 any school district, issuing bonds as herein provided for, is 
 situated, shall have custody of all funds realized from the sale 
 of such bonds, and shall pay the same out only upon the return 
 of such bonds, for the redemption of which the refunding 
 bonds, for the issue of which this chapter provides, may have 
 been issued. Such bonds so redeemed shall be cancelled by 
 the county treasurer and turned over to the board of school 
 directors of the school district which issued said redeemed 
 bonds at such time as they may direct. It shall be the duty 
 of the county treasurer to give a separate bond to be made to 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 63 
 
 sucti school district, in such sum and with such sureties as the 
 board of county commissioners of the county may deem proper 
 and sufficient, conditioned for the faithful accounting of the 
 moneys deposited with him and realized from the sale of such 
 bonds as are herein provided for, and such treasurer's separate 
 bond shall be and remain in the custody of the county clerk of 
 the county in which such school district is situated. [S. L. 
 18M. Ch. 10, Sec. 9.] 
 
 Funds Realized from Sale of Refunding Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2048. 'Whenever any school district shall have is- 
 sued its refunding bonds, and the funds realized from the sale 
 of such refunding bonds, by reason of such bonds selling for 
 more than their par value, are more than sufficient to redeem 
 all the bonds, to redeem which said refunding bonds were is- 
 sued, such surplus may be used: First, to pay all the expense 
 of issuing and disposing of said refunding bonds. Second, 
 any surplus still remaining shall be turned by the county treas- 
 urer into the "Refunding bond fund" of such school district, 
 and used for the purposes for which such fund is used as pro- 
 vided in section two thousand and forty-four. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 
 10, Sec. ].] 
 
 Balance in the Hands of County Treasurer How Used. 
 
 Sec. '204!). Whenever any school district shall have issued 
 its refunding bonds and there remains in the hands of the 
 Bounty treasurer of the county in which said school district 
 is situated, any moneys belonging to the funds provided by 
 law for 1he payment of the principal or interest, or both, of 
 the bonds to redeem which said refunding bonds were issued, 
 said money may be used: First, to pay any deficiency in the 
 expenses of issuing and disposing of said refunding bonds that 
 cannot be paid by the surplus realized from the sale of said re- 
 funding bonds. Second, any moneys still remaining in said 
 fund shall be turned by said county treasurer into the "Refund- 
 ing bond fund" of such school district and used for the pur- 
 poses for which such fund is used as provided in section two 
 thousand and forty-four. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 10, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Surplus How Used. 
 
 Sec. 2050. The county treasurer of any county in which 
 is situated a school district that may issue refunding bonds, 
 is hereby authorized and required to pay out the surplus 
 moneys derived from the sale of any such refunding bonds, or 
 the surplus moneys remaining in the old fund for the expenses 
 incurred by such school district in issuing and disposing of 
 such refunding bonds on orders of the school board of such 
 school district, which orders shall state on their face that the 
 
64 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 money to be so paid was a legitimate expense incurred in the 
 issue and sale of such refunding bonds. When all of such ex- 
 pense has been paid by the issue of such orders or otherwise, 
 the board of directors shall, over the seal of said district, no- 
 tify said county treasurer of the fact that all the expense in- 
 curred in the issue and sale of such refunding bonds has been 
 paid, whereupon said treasurer shall immediately transfer all 
 moneys remaining in his hands applicable to the payment of 
 interest or principal of the old bonds to the "Refunding bond 
 fund" of such school district; Provided, however, That all 
 the bonds to redeem which said refunding bonds were issued 
 have already been paid. [S.. L. 1895, Ch. 10, Sec. 3.] 
 
 HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
 
 High School Districts. 
 
 Sec. 2051. That for the purpose of affording better edu- 
 cational facilities for pupils more advanced than the studies 
 provided in the district schools existing in the several coun- 
 ties in this state, and in addition to such school districts as 
 are now organized, or which may hereafter be formed under 
 the laws for the creation and formation of the same, there may 
 be organized and established a high school district and a free 
 high school therein on conditions and in the manner herein- 
 after prescribed, the territorial extent of which may embrace 
 any number of present organized and constituted school dis- 
 tricts, the qualified electors of which may vote to become a part 
 of such high school district and participate in the maintenance 
 and benefits of such high school organization. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 
 67, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Body Corporate. 
 
 Sec. 2052. Each high school district which may be formed 
 under the provisions of this chapter, is hereby declared to be a 
 
 body corporate by the name and style of "..... 
 
 High School, State of Wyoming," and in that name it may 
 hold property and be a party to suits and contracts. [S. L. 
 1907, Ch. 57, Sec. 1.] 
 
 How Formed. 
 
 Sec. 2053. Whenever one hundred freeholders in any ter.- 
 ritory sought to be organized into a high school district under 
 the provisions of this chapter, a portion of which shall be free- 
 holders of each school district intended to be embraced within 
 such high school district, shall petition the board of county 
 commissioners of the county within which such territory is. 
 requesting the organization and establishment of a high school 
 district under the provisions of this chapter, defining the bound- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 65 
 
 aries thereof, and describing the lands to be embraced therein, 
 by townships and ranges or fractions of townships, the board 
 shall, at their first meeting thereafter, give twenty days' notice 
 by publication in the official paper of said county that the ques- 
 tion of the creation of such high school district will be sub- 
 mitted to the electors of the territory so to be embraced in such 
 high school district at a designated time, not to exceed thirty 
 days from the expiration of the said twenty days' notice, 
 whether such high school district shall be created and estab- 
 lished. In addition to said notice, the trustees in the several 
 school districts embraced within such territory thus to be or- 
 ganized into such high school district, shall be notified by such 
 board of county commissioners of the holding of said election 
 immediately after the first publication of the notice provided 
 for in this section. And it shall be the duty of said school 
 trustees to post a copy of said published notice on the front 
 door of each school house in their said respective districts of 
 such impending election. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Election Called by County Commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 2054. Such election shall be conducted in all respects 
 the same as the election for school trustees, except that the 
 said board of county commissioners shall call the election and 
 that there shall be no registration of voters required or printed 
 ballots furnished. Each school district to constitute a part of 
 such high school district, shall constitute a voting precinct for 
 the purpose of this chapter. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Failure Trustees to Open Election. 
 
 Sec. 2055. If for any reason the trustees of any such 
 school district fail to open such election in the manner pro- 
 vided, then and in such event the qualified electors of such 
 school district assembled at the time and place for holding such 
 election shall organize by appointing a chairman and secretary, 
 who shall act as judges of such election. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, 
 Sec. 5.] 
 
 Judges of Election. 
 
 Sec. 2056. In school districts having six trustees, three 
 of their number shall be designated by them to act as judges 
 of such election, but if for any reason they do not appear, the 
 qualified electors of such school district there assembled may 
 proceed to elect three persons having the qualifications of 
 electors to act as judges thereat. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 6.] 
 
 Election by Ballot. 
 
 Sec. 2057. Said election 'shall be by ballot either written 
 or printed and none but qualified electors of such school dis- 
 trict shall be permitted to vote thereat. And the name of each 
 
66 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 person voting shall be recorded by the judges certified as such 
 and return thereof made with the ballots as hereinafter pro- 
 vided. Those in favor of the creation and organization of the 
 high school district shall write or print on their ballots "For 
 high school district." Those opposed to the creation and or- 
 ganization of the high school district shall write or print on 
 their ballots, "Opposed to high school district." [S. L. 1905, 
 Ch. 67, Sec. 7.] 
 Canvass. 
 
 Sec. 2058. After the election the ballots on said question 
 shall be canvassed in the same manner as for school trustees, 
 except that the judges of such election in the different pre- 
 cincts shall forward the returns by registered mail to the 
 county clerk of the county to be canvassed and the result to be 
 determined by the board of county commissioners. The work 
 of canvassing the returns shall be expeditiously done, and if 
 for any reason delay should occur in forwarding the returns 
 from the different precincts or from any of them, the board of 
 county commissioners shall see that the delayed returns are 
 promptly obtained. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 8.] 
 When Created Appointment First Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 2059. When the returns of such election shall have 
 been received by the county clerk, the board of county com- 
 missioners shall proceed without delay to canvass the same, and 
 determine and declare the result of such election, and enter the 
 same upon their minutes. Such high school district shall be 
 created, and said board of county commissioners shall declare 
 the same to be composed of all precincts wherein a majority 
 vote has been in favor of said proposition. The board of county 
 commissioners shall give notice of the result of the election, 
 naming the territory embraced in such created high school dis- 
 trict, as shown by the election and as provided in this section, 
 and thereupon such territory shall at once be created and con- 
 stitute such high school district. The board of county com- 
 missioners shall thereafter, by order duly entered, promptly 
 proceed to appoint six persons possessing the qualifications 
 of electors within the described territory and taxpayers thereof, 
 who shall, with the county superintendent as ex officio mem- 
 ber thereof, constitute a board of trustees of said high school 
 district. Each of such trustees so appointed shall hold office 
 until the first Monday in May next following his appointment, 
 and until his successor is elected and qualified and shall 
 within ten days of his appointment qualify by taking the oath 
 required of county officers, and giving bond as may be required 
 by the county commissioners for the faithful discharge of his 
 duties, whereupon said high school district shall become fully 
 organized. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 57, Sec. 2.] 
 
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 Election of Trustees Time. 
 
 Sec. 2060. The election of high school district trustees 
 shall be held at the same time and place and in the same man- 
 ner as trustees of other school districts except that in high 
 school district elections the returns shall be made to the county 
 clerk of the county, and the same canvassed, the result de- 
 termined and declared by the board of county commissioners as 
 in the organization of a high school district. The acting and 
 qualified trustees of such high school district may, until other- 
 wise provided by law, make rules and regulations to secure 
 uniformity in the nomination of candidates for such trustees; 
 Provided, however, That no such rules and regulations shall 
 abridge the right of qualified voters to vote for any candidate 
 they may desire for such trustee. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 57, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Trustees Terms. 
 
 Sec. 2061. There shall be elected in each high school dis- 
 trict at the regular annual school election on the first Mon- 
 day in May of each year, in the same manner as provided by 
 law for the election of trustees for school districts, except as 
 provided in the preceding section, three trustees for such high 
 school district, who shall hold office for a term of two years 
 and until their successors are elected and qualified. On the 
 next succeeding first Monday in May after the establishment 
 of a high school district there shall be elected in said district 
 six trustees, who shall be divided into two classes of three each. 
 The term of those in the first class shall expire one year from 
 the first Monday in May following their election, and the term 
 of those in the second class shall expire two years from the first 
 Monday in May following their election. When a vacancy 
 occurrs in the office of trustees in said district by death, resig- 
 nation, removal from the district or otherwise, the fact of 
 said vacancy shall be immediately certified by the secretary, 
 and such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by said board 
 of trustees until the next annual election, at which time such 
 vacancy shall be filled by election. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 11.] 
 
 Quorum. 
 
 Sec. 2062. A majority of such board of trustees shall 
 constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, but 
 four votes shall be required to decide any question. [S. L. 
 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 12.1 
 
 Where Located. 
 
 Sec. 2063. The high school in said district shall be located 
 at the county seat of government whenever said county seat 
 is within the territory constituting such district, and a high 
 school may be located in any other district selected by the 
 
68 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 electors of said district. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 13 ; S. L. 1907, 
 Ch. 57, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Powers of Board Officers. 
 
 Sec. 2064. At their first meeting in each year the trustees 
 shall choose from their number a president and a secretary, who 
 shall hold office for one year or until their successors are 
 chosen and qualified. The county treasurer of the county 
 wherein such high school district is, shall be the custodian of all 
 funds available for such school purposes, under the provisions 
 of this chapter. Payment shall be made by said treasurer upon 
 warrants, drawn against said funds duly signed by the presi- 
 dent and secretary. The trustees shall have authority to make 
 all necessary rules for the government of said high school not 
 inconsistent with law, and shall possess all powers which may 
 be delegated to the board of trustees in other school districts, 
 at the annual meetings thereof. Such high school district shall 
 be recognized as one of the regular constituted school districts 
 of the county, and shall be entitled to and shall receive all the 
 rights and benefits as such. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 14.] 
 
 Tax Levy Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2065. At the first meeting of "the board of trustees 
 after any election in each year, or at any appropriate time, the 
 said trustees shall make an estimate of the amount of funds 
 needed for building purposes, for the payment of teachers' 
 wages and for the payment of contingent expenses, and they 
 shall present to the board of county commissioners a certified 
 estimate of the tax required to raise the amount desired for 
 such purpose. But in no case shall the tax for such purpose 
 exceed in any one year the amount of ten mills on the dollar 
 on all taxable property in said district, and when the tax is 
 levied for the payment of teachers' wages and contingent ex- 
 penses only, it shall not exceed two mills on the dollar. 
 
 Provided, That said trustees may, if in their judgment 
 they think best, bond said district for the purpose of raising 
 money necessary to build, equip a high school in said district, 
 and to purchase a suitable site therefor. But no bonds shall 
 ever be issued to pay teachers' salaries, or for the general ex- 
 penses in maintaining said school, or, further, that no bonds 
 shall be issued, by such district beyond the united bonding 
 capability of the territory embraced within such district, tak- 
 ing into consideration existing obligations thereof at the time 
 of the creation of such high school district, nor shall the 
 issuance of any such bonds impair any outstanding obligations, 
 of any portion of the territory embraced within such high 
 school district. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 15.] 
 
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 Submission of Bonding Question to Electors. 
 
 Sec. 2066. The board of trustees of the high school dis- 
 trict, whenever a majority of the board shall so desire, may 
 submit to the electors of said district the question whether 
 the board shall issue bonds of said district for the purchase 
 or erection of a building for high school purposes and the 
 equipment and for a suitable site therefor, provided that no 
 such district shall be bonded for the above purpose in any 
 amount to exceed $50,000.00 and provided such bonds must 
 run a term of twenty-five years or less, but no longer, and 
 provided any such issue of bonds shall not increase the school 
 indebtedness of the territory of said district beyond the maxi- 
 mum limit fixed by the state constitution. Said election shall 
 be held in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the sub- 
 mission of the question of the establishment of said high school 
 district, except that the board of high school trustees shall offi- 
 ciate in the place of the board of county commissioners in 
 giving the notices for and in determining the result of said 
 election. The ballot shall be in the form as follows : 
 
 " Shall bonds be issued and sold to the amount of $ , 
 
 bearisg per cent, interest, for the purpose of pur- 
 chasing a school lot and building a school thereon and to equip 
 the same?" 
 
 11 Bonds, Yes." 
 
 "Bonds, No." 
 
 The ballots herein provided for shall be printed and fur- 
 nished in sufficient quantities at the different polling places for 
 the use of the electors by the board of high school trustees. 
 The elector shall prepare his ballot by crossing out thereon 
 parts of the ballots in such a manner that the remaining part 
 shall express his vote upon the question submitted. If a ma- 
 jority of the votes cast at such election are "Bonds, Yes," the 
 board of high school trustees shall issue such bonds in such 
 form as the board may direct and shall bear the signature of 
 the president and the secretary of such board written in ink. 
 The coupons attached to said bonds shall be signed in the same 
 manner. Lithographic or fac simile signatures of the president 
 and secretary may be affixed to the coupons only when so 
 stated in the bonds. Each bond so issued shall be registered 
 by the county treasurer in a book provided for that purpose, 
 which shall show the number and amount of each bond and the 
 person to whom same is issued. Said bonds shall be sold by 
 said trustees in the manner provided for the sale of school dis- 
 trict bonds, and the moneys arising from the sale thereof shall 
 be paid into the treasury of the county to the credit of said high 
 school district. The faith of the said high school district is 
 solemnly pledged for the interest and redemption of the prin- 
 
70 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 cipal of the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. 
 The county commissioners at the time of making the levy of 
 taxes for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon 
 the taxable property in said high school district for the interest 
 and redemption of said bonds, and said tax must not be less 
 than sufficient to pay the interest of said bonds for that year 
 and such proportion of the principal as will come due during 
 such year, and in any event must be high enough to raise an- 
 nually for the first half of the term, (and) high enough to pay 
 such annual interest and to pay annually a portion of the 
 principal of said bonds equal to the sum pledged by taking the 
 whole amount of said bonds outstanding and dividing it by the 
 number of years for which said bonds have to run, and all 
 moneys so collected must be paid into the county treasurer to- 
 the credit of said high school district and kept in a separate 
 fund, and to be used for the payment of the principal and 
 interest on said bonds, and for no other purpose. [S. L. 1905,. 
 Ch. 67, Sec. 16.] 
 
 Payment of Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2067. Said bonds shall be paid, principal and inter- 
 est, in the manner provided for the payment of school district 
 bonds. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 17.1 
 
 Estimate for Maintenance When Bonds Are Issued. 
 
 Sec. 2068. In case bonds are issued, then the trustees, in 
 making estimates for the maintenance of the high school, shall 
 not include estimates for buildings or whatever said bonda 
 are issued for. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 18.] 
 
 Collection of Tax. 
 
 Sec. 2069. The tax provided for in Section 2065 shall be 
 levied and collected in the same manner as other county taxes, 
 and when collected the county treasurer shall place the same to 
 the credit of said high school district. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67,. 
 Sec. 19.] 
 
 Record of Proceedings. 
 
 Sec. 2070. The said board of trustees of said high school 
 district shall keep a record of all the official acts done by said 
 board, shall keep a full record of all warrants issued against 
 the moneys belonging to said high school district. Payments 
 of money can only be made upon warrants drawn against funds 
 belonging to said high school district and the warrants so 
 drawn must specify upon their face the purpose for which 
 funds, called for by the warrants so issued. Said board of 
 trustees of said high school district shall provide, at the expense 
 of their district and for said district, a seal, upon which shall 
 be engraved the words " County High School, 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 71 
 
 State of Wyoming," said blank space to contain the name of 
 the county wherein is located such high school district. The 
 seal shall be kept in possession of the clerk of said district. 
 Said seal shall be affixed to all communications or notices re- 
 quired by law to be sent or published by said high school board 
 and to all warrants drawn upon the treasurer of said high 
 school trustees. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 57, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Trustees Provide Suitable Buildings. 
 
 Sec. 2071. The said board of trustees shall proceed as 
 soon as practicable after their appointment and qualification 
 to establish the high school contemplated by this chapter, and 
 may at their discretion lease suitable buildings for the use of 
 the high school while the new buildings are in process of 
 erection, or may contract with the trustees, of the local school 
 district, or with other parties for the use of suitable buildings 
 for such high school purpose, and for such time as may be 
 deemed best for the interest of such high school district, and 
 if at any time the qualified electors of such district shall vote 
 bonds, as herein provided, said trustees shall select the best 
 site that can be obtained and the title thereto, upon procuring 
 such site, purchased or otherwise, shall vest in such high school 
 district under the name herein provided for and the trustees 
 shall then proceed to make purchase of material and to build 
 said building thereon, or to let such contracts for the neces- 
 sary school buildings as they may deem proper. They shall 
 not, however, make any purchase or enter into any contract 
 whereby obligations are assumed in excess of the amount of 
 funds on hand or available through the levy of taxes or the is- 
 suance of bonds for the current year. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 
 21.] 
 
 Employment of Faculty. 
 
 Sec. 2072. After suitable buildings are secured as herein 
 above provided for the carrying on of said high school, the 
 trustees shall employ some suitable person to take charge of 
 said school, who shall be known as principal of said school, 
 and who shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed 
 by said board of trustees, except that said principal shall be 
 required to possess at least five years' experience in teaching, 
 and the trustees shall furnish such assistant teachers as they 
 may deem necessary, and shall deignate the salaries which 
 shall be paid such principal and assistant teachers. [S. L. 
 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 22.] 
 
 Government. 
 
 Sec. 2073. The principal of any such high school, with 
 the approval of the board of trustees, shall make such rules 
 and regulations as may be deemed proper in regard to study, 
 
72 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 conduct and government of the pupils under his charge; and 
 if any such pupil shall not conform to or obey the rules of 
 the school, they may be suspended or expelled therefrom by 
 the board of trustees. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 23.] 
 
 Courses of Study. 
 
 Sec. 2074. There shall be provided such courses of study 
 as will prepare and fit a student attending such high school 
 for admission to the university of this state, and such courses 
 of study must be sufficient for such purposes. [S. L. 1905, 
 Ch. 67, Sec. 24.] 
 
 Tuition Admission. 
 
 Sec. 2075. Tuition shall be free to all pupils who are 
 bona fide residents of said high school district. The board of 
 trustees shall make such general rules and regulations as they 
 deem proper in regard to age and grade of attainments es- 
 sential to entitle pupils to admission to said school ; Provided, 
 That no person shall be admitted to such high school who shall 
 not have passed a satisfactory examination, or who does not 
 hold an eighth grade common school certificate. If there shall 
 be more applicants than can be accommodated at any one time, 
 each district shall be entitled to send its proportionate number 
 of pupils according to the number of pupils it may have as 
 shown by the last report of the county superintendent of 
 schools, and the boards of the respective school districts shall 
 designate such pupils as shall attend subject to the proviso 
 above stated. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 25.] 
 
 Admission of Pupils From Other Districts. 
 
 Sec. 2076. If at any time the school can accommodate 
 more pupils than apply for admission from the district, the 
 vacancies may be filled by applicants from other counties or 
 school districts, upon the payment of such tuition as the board 
 of trustees may prescribe, but at no time shall such pupils re- 
 main in said school to the exclusion of pupils residing in the 
 district. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 26.] 
 
 Mileage of Trustees No Compensation Reports. 
 
 Sec. 2077. The trustees of said high school district who 
 do not reside at the place where said high school is established 
 are entitled to mileage in attending the meetings of the board. 
 The trustees of said high school shall serve without compensa- 
 tion, and the board shall make such reports from time to time 
 as the county superintendent of schools or the state superin- 
 tendent of public instruction may require. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 
 67, Sec. 27.] 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 73 
 
 Certificates of Graduation Admission to State University. 
 
 Sec. 2078. Upon the presentation of a certificate of gradu- 
 ation from any such high school within one year of the date 
 of same, to any state institution of learning, the person pre- 
 senting the same may be admitted without further examina- 
 tion to said institution of learning. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, Sec. 
 28.] 
 
 No Tuition to Bona Fide Residents. 
 
 Sec. 2079. Such high school shall be free to all persons 
 of school age, possessing the qualifications, who are bona fide 
 residents of said high school district. [S. L. 1905, Ch. 67, 
 
 Sec. 29.] 
 
 Districts How Annexed. 
 
 Sec. 2080. Whenever any "high school district" shall 
 have been created in any county under the provisions of this 
 chapter, and any school district in the county wherein said 
 "high school district" is located shall not, at the time of the 
 election on the establishment of such "high school district," 
 cast a majority vote in favor of such proposition, such school 
 district may at any time thereafter become a part of such 
 "high school district" in the manner hereinafter provided. 
 [S. L. 1907, Ch. 58, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Petition for Annexation. 
 
 Sec. 2081. Whenever ten freeholders in any such school 
 district mentioned in Section 2080 hereof, not incorporated 
 within such high school district as mentioned in Section 2080 
 hereof, shall petition the board of county commissioners of the 
 county wherein said school district is located to make such 
 school district a part of such "high school district" as men- 
 tioned in Section 2080 hereof, describing the lands embraced 
 in said school district by townships and ranges, or fractions of 
 townships, the said board shall, at their first meeting there- 
 after, give twenty days' notice by publication in the official 
 paper of said county that the question whether such territory 
 shall be incorporated within said "high school district" will 
 be submitted to the electors of such school district at a desig- 
 nated time, which shall not exceed thirty days from the expi- 
 ration of said twenty days' notice. In addition to said notice 
 the trustees in said school district thus intended to be in- 
 corporated into the said "high school district" shall be notified 
 immediately after the first publication of said notice by such 
 board of county commissioners of the holding of such election, 
 and it shall be the duty of said school trustees to post a copy 
 of said published notice on the front door of each school house 
 in said school district. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 58, Sec. 2.] 
 
74 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 Submission of Question. 
 
 Sec. 2082. Such election shall be conducted in all respects 
 as near as may be, as provided in Sections 2054, 2055, 2056 r 
 2057 and 2058, and the duties and acts to be performed shall 
 be performed in the same manner, and by the same persons 
 as therein specified. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 58, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Return Commissioners' Action. 
 
 Sec. 2083. When the returns of such election shall have 
 been received by the county clerk, of said county, the board 
 of county commissioners shall proceed without delay to can- 
 vass the same, determine ,and declare the result of such elec- 
 tion, and enter the same upon their minutes, and if a majority 
 vote of such school district has been cast in favor of incor- 
 porating such school district within said "high school dis- 
 trict," then such school district shall at once become a part 
 of and b<e incorporated within such "high school district" 
 with the same force and effect and to all intents and purposes 
 as though originally embraced therein, and for the purpose 
 of maintaining and supporting the said "high school district" 
 and its purposes and objects and to pay the current or other 
 expenses, or pay the bonded indebtedness or the interest 
 thereon, the property of such school district, so incorporated 
 within said "high school district" so incorporated shall after 
 such incorporation in each year be subject to the same taxa- 
 tion as the property of the other territory embraced within 
 said "high school district" and be subject to all the laws, 
 rules and regulations governing such "high school district" as 
 though originally incorporated therein. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 58, 
 Sec. 4.] 
 
 GENERAL ELECTIONS. 
 
 Vacancy in State Office. 
 
 Sec. 2087. At each of said general elections there shall 
 also be elected such state officers as may be required to be 
 elected to fill any vacancy occurring by operation of law, or 
 the constitution of this state, including any vacancy or va- 
 cancies in the office of justice of the supreme court. [S. L. 
 1890-91, Ch. 68, Sec, 4.] 
 
 State Officers. 
 
 Sec. 2088. At the general election held in the year one 
 thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and at the general 
 election held every fourth year thereafter, there shall be elected 
 a governor, a secretary of state, an auditor, a treasurer, a su- 
 perintendent of public instruction, and such other state officers 
 as are, or may be, created by law, and made elective, whose 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 75 
 
 election shall occur, or ought to occur at such general elec- 
 tion. [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 68, Sec. 6.] 
 
 County Officers to Be Elected. 
 
 Sec. 2091. The following county and precinct officers shall 
 hold their office by election: and there shall be held in the 
 several voting precincts of this state, on the Tuesday next fol- 
 lowing the first Monday in November, in the year of our Lord 
 one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and on the Tues- 
 day next following the first Monday in November, in each sec- 
 ond year thereafter, a general election at which the following 
 county and precinct officers shall be elected : 
 
 The clerk. 
 
 The commissioners. 
 
 The surveyors. 
 
 The sheriff. 
 
 The county treasurer. 
 
 The county and prosecuting attorney. 
 
 The superintendent of schools. 
 
 The assessor. 
 
 The coroner. 
 
 The justices of the peace. 
 
 The constables. 
 
 The clerk of the district court for each county, whenever 
 his term of office shall expire before the next general elec- 
 tion, or whenever a vacancy therein is to be filled, and such 
 other county and precinct officers which may be created and 
 made elective by law. In counties having an assessed valua- 
 tion not exceeding five million dollars, the county clerk shall 
 be ex officio clerk of the district court, and shall perform all 
 the duties pertaining to the office of clerk of the district court, 
 but shall receive no additional or separate compensation there- 
 for. [S. L. 1890-91, Ch. 100, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Relating to General Elections. 
 
 Sec. 2092. Except as hereinafter provided every person 
 shall be qualified and entitled to vote who is a citizen of the 
 United States and over the age of twenty-one years and who 
 has been a bona fide resident of Wyoming for one year and 
 of the county wherein his residence is located sixty days next 
 preceding the election at which he votes and of the election 
 district he seeks to vote for a period of ten days next preceding 
 election and who shall be able to read the constitution of this 
 state and who has complied with the provisions of law con- 
 cerning registration ; Provided, however, That any person pre- 
 vented by physical disability from being able to read the con- 
 stitution of this state shall not for this reason while laboring 
 under such disability be deprived of his right to vote ; Pro- 
 
76 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 vided, further, That where any qualified elector who has reg- 
 istered in any other precinct in such city or town before the 
 date of election, such voter shall be entitled to vote in the pre- 
 cinct where registered; Provided, further, That any person 
 who is a citizen of the United States and who was a qualified 
 elector on the tenth day of July in the year 1890 and who has 
 since then continued to be a resident in this state and who 
 has complied with "the provisions of law concerning registra- 
 tion shall continue to be an elector of this state; and, Pro- 
 vided, moreover, That any person who is serving in the army 
 of the United States or is an officer or soldier and who is re- 
 siding on any military reservation in this state shall not be en- 
 titled to vote at any election held in this state unless such 
 person has acquired the rights of citizenship by residence 
 therein for a period of not less than one year while serving in 
 the army of the United States as such officer or soldier. [S. L. 
 1911, Ch. 60, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Special County Elections Shall Be Ordered by County Com- 
 missioners. 
 
 Sec. 2110. All special elections for county and precinct 
 officers shall be ordered by the county commissioners, which 
 order shall be countersigned by the clerk of the board of 
 county commissioners. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 80, Sec. 53.] 
 
 Vacancy in Office Who Determines Fact of. 
 
 Sec. 2112. Whenever it is alleged that a vacancy in any 
 office exists, the officer, court or county board, whose duty it 
 is to fill the vacancy, by appointment, or to order an election 
 to fill such vacancy, shall have power to determine whether or 
 not the facts occasioning such vacancy exist. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 
 80, Sec. 47; E. S. 1899, Sec. 217.] 
 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 Qualifications of Office Holders. 
 
 Sec. 2273. No person shall be eligible to any .office who, 
 at the time he is chosen and during his incumbency therein, 
 is not a qualified elector and an actual resident of the district, 
 county, town, ward or precinct, as the case may be, in which 
 he holds such office. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 80, Sec. 6.] 
 
 Woman Suffrage. 
 
 Sec. 2274. When they possess the other qualifications 
 of an elector, the rights of women to the elective franchise and 
 to hold office shall be the same as those of men. [S. L. 1890, 
 Ch. 80, Sec. 7.] 
 
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 Persons Disqualified from Voting or Holding Office. 
 
 Sec. 2275. The following persons shall not vote or hold 
 office: 
 
 One who is under guardianship. 
 
 One who is non compos mentis. 
 
 One who has been within Wyoming convicted of any fel- 
 ony, unless restored to civil rights by pardon. 
 
 One who has made or become, either directly or indirectly, 
 interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of 
 the election at which he or she shall offer to vote. [S. L. 1890, 
 Ch. 80, Sec. 8.] 
 
 Resignation of Elective Offices. 
 
 Sec. 2276. Resignation of elective offices shall be made 
 to the officer, court or county board authorized by law to fill 
 a vacancy in such office by appointment or to order an election 
 to fill such vacancy. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 80, Sec. 43.] 
 
 Vacancies in Elective Offices How Made. 
 
 Sec. 2277. Every elective office shall become vacant on the 
 happening of either of the following events to the incumbent 
 before the end of his term of office : 
 
 1. His death. 
 
 2. His resignation. 
 
 3. His becoming insane or non compos mentis. 
 
 4. His ceasing to be an inhabitant of the state, or if the 
 office is local, his ceasing to be an inhabitant of the district, 
 town, ward or precinct for which he was elected. 
 
 5. His conviction of an infamous crime* or of any offense 
 involving a violation of official oath. 
 
 6. His removal from office. 
 
 7. His refusal or neglect to take his oath of office, or to 
 give or renew his official bond, or to deposit or file such oath 
 or bond within the time prescribed by law. 
 
 8. The decision of a competent tribunal declaring his 
 election void. [S. L. 1890, Ch. 80, Sec. 45.] 
 
 TAXATION AND REVENUE. 
 Purposes for Which Taxes Levied Limitations Upon Amount. 
 
 Sec. 2320. There shall be levied and assessed upon the 
 taxable real and personal property within this state in each 
 year, the following taxes : 
 
 First For state revenue, four mills on the dollar when 
 no rate is directed by the state board of equalization before 
 the date in each year when the tax ought to be levied and as- 
 sessed, but in no case shall the tax for state revenue purposes 
 exceed said four mills on the dollar; except for the support of 
 
78 SCHOOL LAWS 01- WYOMING. 
 
 state educational and charitable institutions, the payment of 
 the state debt and the interest thereon. 
 
 Second The county commissioners shall annually levy a 
 tax for the support of the common schools in their county, not 
 to exceed three mills on the dollar. For county revenue for 
 all purposes there shall be levied annually a tax, but the aggre- 
 gate tax for county revenue, including general school tax, 
 shall not exceed twelve mills on the dollar, exclusive of state 
 revenue, except for the payment of its public debt and the in- 
 terest thereon. An additional tax of two dollars for each per- 
 son between the ages of twenty-one years and fifty years, 
 inclusive, shall be annually levied for county school purposes; 
 Provided, always, That the board of county commissioners in 
 each and every county of this state shall not expend in any one 
 year, from out of the revenue so raised, for the support of the 
 poor and lunatic purposes, a sum amounting to more than two 
 mills on the dollar of each and every dollar of the assessed 
 valuation of the property within their county for the then 
 current year; for road purposes, a sum not amounting to 
 more than three mills on the dollar of each and every dollar 
 of assessed valuation of the property within their county for 
 the then current year. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 102.] 
 
 Property Exempt from Taxation. 
 
 Sec. 2321. The following described property is hereby 
 exempted from taxation: First The property of the United 
 States and of this state, the property of any county, town- 
 ship, incorporated cities, towns and school districts; public 
 libraries; lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively for 
 religious worship ; church parsonages ; public grounds by 
 whomsoever donated to the public, including all places for the 
 burial of the dead. Second Fire engines and all implements 
 used for extinguishing fires, with the grounds used exclusively 
 for the buildings of a fire company or companies. Third- 
 Household and kitchen furniture, beds and bedding, wearing 
 apparel of every person, and the food provided for each fam- 
 ily, not to exceed in all the value of one hundred dollars. 
 Fourth The polls of all persons who have arrived at the age 
 of fifty years. Fifth The property engaged and used in the 
 manufacture of beet sugar or any of the products of sugar 
 beets, in the state of Wyoming, shall be exempt from taxation 
 annually during the actual use of such property for such pur- 
 pose, for a period of ten years. No factory thus engaged shall 
 be entitled to such exemption unless at least seventy-five per 
 centum of the sugar beets consumed therein during each year 
 shall have been grown in Wyoming; Provided, Sufficient sup- 
 ply can be obtained in this state. [S. L. 1895, ch. 52; S. L. 
 1897, Ch. 50.] 
 
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 Property Exempt from Taxation. 
 
 Sec. 2322. That lands, with the buildings thereon, used 
 for schools, orphan asylums or hospitals, and for lodge rooms 
 for the meetings of all secret, benevolent and charitable so- 
 cieties or associations shall be exempted from taxation so long 
 -as said lands and buildings are not used for private profit. [S. 
 L. 1001, Ch. 5.] 
 
 Bonds Exempt from Taxation. 
 
 Sec. 2323. Coupon or registered interest bearing bonds 
 of the state of Wyoming, or any county, school district, or mu- 
 nicipality of the state of Wyoming shall be exempt from taxa- 
 tion when owned by actual residents of the state, provided, 
 that the owner or owners of such securities shall list the same 
 annually on their assessment schedule, describing such bonds 
 and the amount thereof, and shall mark opposite thereto, on 
 such schedule, exempt." [S. L. 1905, Ch. 17.] 
 
 What Property Subject to Taxation. 
 
 Sccr, 2324. All other property, real and personal, within 
 this state is subject to taxation in the manner herein directed, 
 and this section is intended to embrace lands and lots in towns, 
 including lands bought from the United States, whether bought 
 on a credit or otherwise ; buildings' or improvements erected 
 upon lands, the title to which still remains in the United States, 
 or in any incorporated company, and all lands entered by pre- 
 emption, final or commuted homestead, or as desert land, or at 
 private or public sale, or under any act of congress, when final 
 receipt therefor has been issued, shall be subject to taxation 
 whether patent for the same has been issued or not, and when 
 such final proof shall have been made before the 1st day of 
 April in any year, the land so entered shall be subject to 
 taxation for that year. It shall be the duty of the county com- 
 missioners of each county to obtain from the officers of the 
 United States land district in which the county may be situ- 
 ated, an accurate transcript and plat of all entries and sales 
 of public land which may or should be subject to taxation 
 under the laws of the United States, or of this state, described 
 by land numbers in their respective counties. Such transcripts 
 shall be filed and preserved in their office, and they shall have 
 the same corrected each year by obtaining as aforesaid, addi- 
 tional or supplementary transcripts. . On the first Monday in 
 April of each year, they shall cause to be furnished to the 
 county assessor of the county, a true and correct plat or plats, 
 corrected as aforesaid of all lands hereinbefore described, situ- 
 ate in the county, and they are hereby authoroized and required 
 to make any appropriation necessary to secure the execution 
 of the work provided for in this section. Ferries, franchises 
 
8o SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 and toll-bridges, all of which, for the purpose of this chapter, 
 shall be considered real property. Horses and neat cattle, 
 mules and asses, sheep, swine, goats, and all dogs and other 
 animals; money in bank bills, coin or gold dust, whether in 
 possession or on deposit; property, money or labor, due from, 
 solvent debtors on contract, or on judgment, and whether 
 within this state or not ; mortgages and other like securities, 
 stock or shares in any bank or company, incorporated or 
 otherwise, and whether incorporated by this or any other state, 
 and whether situated in this state or not; public stocks or 
 loans, household furniture not otherwise exempt, including 
 gold and silver plate, musical instruments, watches and jew- 
 elry, pleasure carriages, stages, hacks, omnibuses and other 
 vehicles for transporting passengers, wagons, carts, drays, 
 sleds, and every other description of vehicle or carriage, all 
 real and personal property within this state of every kind and 
 description not heretofore enumerated, belonging to or claimed 
 by any incorporated company, whether incorporated in this 
 state or not, annuities but not including pensions from the 
 United States, or any state, nor salaries, nor payment for 
 services expected to be rendered and all other property not 
 above exempted, although not herein specified. [S. L. 1890-91, 
 Ch. 36, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Time of Making County Levy Form of Tax List. 
 
 Sec. 2343. On the first Monday of September, of each 
 year, the board of county commissioners shall, by an order 
 to be entered of record among their proceedings, levy the 
 requisite taxes for the year, and the same may be levied at any 
 time prior to the first Monday of September, if the statement 
 and notice required by Section 2340 has been received from 
 the auditor. Immediately after the taxes have been levied 
 the county assessor shall compute the taxes from the credit 
 valuations as corrected by the board of equalization, and as 
 entered by him in the column of corrected valuations in the 
 combined assessment roll and tax list; Provided, That all 
 taxes for state purposes may be computed as a whole and en- 
 tered in one column. The state examiner is hereby authorized 
 and directed to prescribe the form of such combined assess- 
 ment roll and tax list, which shall be uniform as to general 
 requirements in all counties of the state. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 
 3806; E. S. 1899, Sec. 1781; S. L. 1901, Ch. 10, Sec. 1; S. L. 
 1909, Ch. 121, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Tax for School Purposes. 
 
 Sec. 2401. The county commissioners shall, at the time 
 of levying tax for county purposes, cause to be levied a tax 
 for the support of schools within the county, as provided by 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 81 
 
 law, which shall be collected by the county collector, at the 
 same time, and in the same manner as state and county taxes 
 are collected, with the exception that it shall be receivable in 
 cash or warrants of the school district. The county treasurer 
 shall, at all times, hold subject to the draft of the proper of- 
 ficers, all moneys belonging to teachers' or school house fund. 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3964.] 
 
 Assessment When Made. 
 
 Sec. 2402. Whenever a sum of money has been voted by 
 a school district, as by law provided, the clerk shall, under the 
 supervision of the directors, make out and certify over his 
 official signature, the amount of money voted in his district, 
 and on or before the fourth Monday in May of each year cause 
 the same to be filed in the office of the clerk of the board of 
 county commissioners ; the clerk shall also at the same time 
 notify the district assessor of the assessment district in which 
 said school district is situated, in writing, of the action of the 
 district. Said district assessor shall at the time of making the 
 annual assessment of his district, also assess the property of 
 each school district, from which he has received notification 
 as aforesaid, and return to the supervising assessor at the time 
 of returning the assessment schedules, separate schedules list- 
 ing the property of each school district by him assessed. Said 
 separate schedule shall be by the supervising assessor, com- 
 piled, footed and returned to the board of county commission- 
 ers as hereinbefore provided for other assessment schedules. 
 [S. L. 1903, Ch. 79, Sec. 13.] 
 
 Equalization of Assessment and Levy of Taxes. 
 
 Sec. 2403. The board of county commissioners of each 
 county shall have the power and it is made their duty to 
 equalize the assessment and valuation of the taxable property 
 of all the several school districts in the county which is as- 
 sessable by the county assessor, and shall also have power to 
 add to such assessment any taxable property in such school 
 district not included in the assessments as returned by the as- 
 sessor, and which it was his duty to assess in the same manner 
 as is or hereafter may be provided by law for county and 
 state purposes, and it shall be the duty of the board of county 
 commissioners when making the annual levy for taxes, to levy 
 upon the taxable property of each school district a tax suffi- 
 cient to raise the amount of money voted in the district for the 
 year, which levy shall also be made upon the assessed valua- 
 tion of railroad and telegraph property in such school district 
 as assessed by the state board of equalization. And the county 
 clerk in making out the annual tax list shall carry out in a 
 separate column the amount of the district school tax in the 
 same manner as other taxes. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3966.] 
 
82 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 Manner of Collecting Taxes. 
 
 Sec. 2404. The taxes and assessments of all school dis- 
 tricts for all purposes, except as otherwise specially provided 
 by law, shall be collected like county taxes, and all delinquent 
 taxes shall be returned by the collector in the same manner as 
 other delinquent taxes are required by law to be returned. 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3967.] 
 
 To Whom School Moneys Paid. 
 
 Sec. 2405. The amount of tax collected by the county 
 collector shall be paid over to the county treasurer like other 
 taxes, and shall be held by said county treasurer subject to 
 the draft of the county superintendent, and shall be paid over 
 accordingly; Provided, That the money collected on the dis- 
 trict tax rolls shall be paid by the collector directly to the 
 treasurer of the proper district, and his receipt taken therefor. 
 [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3968.] 
 
 Land Income Funds Available When. 
 
 Sec. 2485. On the 15th day of January, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-nine, and on the 15th day of January of each second 
 year thereafter, any and all moneys which shall be in either of 
 the following land income funds shall become available, and 
 may be used for the following purposes, respectively: 
 
 First The "deaf, dumb and blind land income fund," for 
 the support, maintenance and education of all such deaf, dumb 
 and blind persons as are or may hereafter become charges 
 upon the state. 
 
 Second The "insane asylum land income fund," for the 
 support and maintenance of the state insane asylum and the 
 inmates thereof. 
 
 Third The "fish hatchery land income fund," for the 
 support and maintenance of the state fish hatchery in Albany 
 county. 
 
 Fourth The "penitentiary in Albany county land income 
 fund," for the support and maintenance of the penitentiary 
 located in Albany county, and the care and subsistence of the 
 convicts therein. 
 
 Fifth The "university land income fund," for the sup- 
 port and maintenance of the state university at Laramie, the 
 same to be paid by the state treasurer to the treasurer of the 
 board of trustees of the state university upon the warrant of 
 the state auditor to be issued upon request of said board of 
 trustees. 
 
 Sixth The "state charitable, educational, penal and re- 
 formatory institutions land income fund," for the custody, 
 support and maintenance of state convicts and persons con- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 83 
 
 fined at the expense of the state in reformatory institutions 
 within or without the state. 
 
 Seventh The ''penal, reformatory or educational insti- 
 tution in Carbon county land income fund," for and toward 
 the completion, furnishing and maintenance of the peniten- 
 tiary at Rawlins, in Carbon county. 
 
 Eighth The "miners' hospital land income fund," for 
 the support and maintenance of the Wyoming general hospital, 
 at Rock Springs. 
 
 Ninth The "public building at the capital land income 
 fund," for the care, repair, maintenance and furnishing of the 
 capitol building. 
 
 Tenth The "poor farm in Fremont county land income 
 fund," for the care, repair, maintenance and improvement of 
 the poor farm in Fremont county. 
 
 On the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and one, 
 and on the 15th day of January of each second year thereafter, 
 it shall be the duty of the state treasurer to make a report to 
 the governor and to the senate and house of representatives, 
 showing the amount of money in each of said land income funds 
 on that date. [S. L. 1897, Ch. 30.] 
 
 CHAPTER 106, SESSION LAWS OF 1911. 
 City or Town. 
 
 Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any city or town 
 council, or other officer or officers authorized or whose duty it 
 shall be under the laws of the state to direct, fix or make any 
 tax levy for city or town purposes on the assessed valuation 
 of all taxable property within the corporate limits of their re- 
 spective cities or towns, to hereafter direct, fix or make any 
 such tax levy which will produce a sum of money increasing 
 by more than two per cent, the total produced within their re- 
 spective jurisdictions by the tax levied for town or city pur- 
 poses for the preceding year. Provided, however, That if, in 
 any city or town, it shall be found to be unnecessary in any 
 year to raise any revenue for city or town purposes by direct 
 taxation, no levy shall be made for such purposes, and in that 
 case the limitation in this section provided shall thereafter 
 relate back to the last preceding year in which a levy was 
 made ; and provided, further, that the qualified electors of any 
 city or town may, by direct vote at any general or special elec- 
 tion held as provided by law in such city or town authorize 
 for one year a further increase in the levy above the two per 
 cent, increase specified in this section, but thereafter the ad- 
 ditional sums raised by such specially authorized levy shall 
 not be taken into account in computing the authorized two per 
 cent, annual increase in the levy. 
 
84 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 County Commissioners Limit. 
 
 Sec. 2. The power of the board of county commissioners, 
 of each of the several counties to fix rates of levy annually by 
 means of which to create a fund out of which to meet and de- 
 fray the current expenses of the county is hereby limited as 
 follows : 
 
 Assessed Valuation Limit. 
 
 Sec. 3. In any county which has an assessed valuation for 
 the current tax year of four millions of dollars or less, the 
 levy shall not exceed seven mills on the dollar of such valua- 
 tion; and in any county which has an assessed valuation for 
 the current tax year of five millions of dollars and not less than 
 four millions of dollars the levy shall not exceed six and one- 
 half mills on the dollar of such valuation. 
 
 Method of Estimating. 
 
 Sec. 4. In any county which has an assessed valuation for 
 the current tax year of more than five million dollars and not 
 in excess of twenty million dollars, the maximum levy shall 
 be determined by reducing the levy of six and one-half mills 
 allowed upon a valuation of five millions dollars one-tenth of 
 one mill for each one million dollars in excess of five million 
 dollars, and any rate of levy so determined shall be the maxi- 
 mum rate of levy for all assessed valuations which are frac- 
 tions of the next higher one million dollars of valuation. 
 
 The Same. 
 
 Sec. 5. In any county which has an assessed valuation 
 for the current tax year of more than twenty million dollars,, 
 the maximum levy shall be determined by reducing the levy of 
 four and one-half mills allowed upon a valuation of twenty 
 million dollars one one-hundredth of one mill for each one 
 million dollars in excess of twenty million dollars, and any rate 
 of levy so determined shall be the maximum rate of levy for 
 all assessed valuations which are fractions of the next higher 
 one million dollars of valuation. 
 
 Detail Illustration. 
 
 Sec. 6. The limitations of the county current expense tax 
 levies as prescribed and fixed in sections three, four, five and 
 six of this act are illustrated in detail, as follows : 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations less than $6,000,000 shall 
 be 6.5 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $6,000,000 and less 
 than $7,000,000 shall be 6.4 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $7,000,000 and less, 
 than $8,000,000 shall be 6. 3 mills. 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 85 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $8,000,000 and less 
 than $9,000,000 shall be 6.2 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $9,000,000 and less 
 than $10,000,000 shall be 6.1 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $10,000,000 and less 
 than $11,000,000 shall be 6 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $11,000,000 and less 
 than $12,000,000 shall be 5.9 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $12,000,000 and less 
 than $13,000,000 shall be 5.8 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $13,000,000 and less 
 than $14,000,000 shall be 5.7 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $14,000,000 and less 
 than $15,000,000 shall be 5.6 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $15,000,000 and less 
 than $16,000,000 shall be 5.5 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $16,000,000 and less 
 than $17,000,000 shall be 5.4 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $17,000,000 and less 
 than $18,000,000 shall be 5.3 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $18,000,000 and less 
 than $19,000,000 shall be 5.2 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $19,000,000 and less 
 than $20,000,000 shall be 5.1 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $20,000,000 and less 
 than $21,000,000 shall be 4.50 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $21,000,000 and less 
 than $22,000,000 shall be 4.49 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $22,000,000 and less 
 than $23,000,000 shall be 4.48 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $23,000,000 and less 
 than $24,000,000 shall be 4.47 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $24,000,000 and less 
 than $25,000,000 shall be 4.46 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $25,000,000 and less 
 than $26,000,000 shall be 4.45 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $26,000,000 and less 
 than $27,000,000 shall be 4.44 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $27,000,000 and less 
 than $28,000,000 shall be 4.43 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $28,000,000 and less 
 than $29,000,000 shall be 4.42 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $29,000,000 and less 
 than $30,000,000 shall be 4.41 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $30,000,000 and less 
 than $31,000,000 shall be 4.40 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $31,000,000 and less 
 than $32,000,000 shall be 4.39 mills. 
 
86 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $32,000,000 and less 
 than $33,000,000 shall be 4.38 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $33,000,000 and less 
 than $34,000,000 shall be 4.37 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $34,000,000 and less 
 than $35,000,000 shall be 4.36 mills. 
 
 The maximum levy for valuations of $35,000,000 and less 
 than $36,000,000 shall be 4.35 mills. 
 
 Provided, That if in any county it shall be shown by the 
 board of county commissioners of such county that the levy 
 authorized by this act would not be sufficient to pay the cur- 
 rent expenses of such county, or to liquidate its floating in- 
 debtedness, the board of county commissioners of such county 
 may apply to the state board of equalization for authority to 
 make a larger levy for the current year and such board of 
 equalization shall give such authority. This proviso shall ap- 
 ply to the year 1911, 1912 and 1913 only. Provided, always, 
 that the board of county commissioners in each and every 
 county of this state shall not expend in any one year, out of 
 the revenue raised for county current expenses, a sum amount- 
 ing to more than one-fifth of such revenue for the support of 
 the poor and lunatic purposes, and shall not expend for road 
 and bridge purposes in any one year a sum amounting to more 
 than one-half of the revenue raised for said county current 
 expenses; and provided, further, that the qualified electors 
 of any county may, by direct vote at any general or special 
 election held as provided by law in such county, authorize 
 for one year an increase, not exceeding two mills on the dollar 
 valuation, in the levy for county current expenses, over and 
 above the maximum levy for such purpose in this act pro- 
 vided, and if so authorized then the county board may make 
 such increased levy for the year voted upon, and thereafter the 
 limitation of this act shall apply unless an increased levy for 
 a particular year shall be voted at another election in like 
 manner. 
 
 County School Tax Limit. 
 
 Sec. 7. The authority of the board of county commission- 
 ers of each county to levy a general school tax, is hereby lim- 
 ited so that the board shall not levy in excess of six-tenths of 
 one mill on the dollar upon all taxable property in the county. 
 
 County Library Tax Limit. 
 
 Sec. 8. The authority of the board of county commission- 
 ers of each county to levy annually a county library tax, is 
 hereby limited so that the board shall not levy in excess of one- 
 fourth of one mill on the dollar upon all taxable property in 
 the county. 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 87 
 
 School District Limit. 
 
 Sec. 9. The authority of the qualified electors of any 
 school district at the annual meeting, to vote a tax for school 
 purposes, is hereby limited to the extent that no tax shall be 
 voted for such purposes which shall be in excess of three and 
 one-half mills upon the dollar of all the taxable property of 
 any such school district. Provided, That in no event shall any 
 school district levy any greater tax than is reasonably neces- 
 sary for the ensuing school year; and provided, further, that 
 the question of an increased levy above the limitation herein- 
 before specified may be submitted by the district board of any 
 school district to the electors of the district at the annual 
 meeting or election, and if so submitted due notice thereof shall 
 be given for at least thirty days in advance of such election 
 or meeting by posting written or printed notices upon the 
 front door of each and every school house in the district, 
 in at least three additional public places in the district, and 
 said notice shall state the proposed increase in the levy, which 
 increase shall not in any case amount to more than five mills 
 on the dollar valuation of all the taxable property of the dis- 
 trict, making the aggregate levy not to exceed eight and one- 
 half mills. If fifty-one per cent of the votes cast at such elec- 
 tion or meeting shall be in favor of the increased levy, as 
 named in said election notice, then the officers charged with 
 levying taxes may make such increased levy for the year voted 
 upon, and thereafter, the limitation of this act shall apply, 
 unless an increased levy for a particular year shall be voted at 
 another election in like manner; and in all cases where an 
 increased levy is voted the school district clerk shall forward 
 to the county clerk and the county superintendent, with his 
 certificate of the school district levy, his affidavit showing that 
 all of the notices herein required to be posted were in fact 
 duly posted at least thirty days in advance of the election, and 
 shall also forward a report showing the number of votes cast 
 for and against the proposition for an increased levy. 
 
 Bonded Debt. 
 
 Sec. 10. This act shall in no way limit the amount of any 
 levy necessary to be made for the purpose of paying any 
 bonded debt, judgment or the interest thereon, against any 
 county, city, town or school district. 
 
 Excess Levy Unlawful Duty of Assessor. 
 
 Sec. 11. Any levy which may be certified to the county 
 clerk in excess of the limitations fixed by this act shall be un- 
 lawful, and in any such case, it shall be unlawful for the county 
 clerk or county assessor of any county within the state to 
 enter upon the tax roll of the county any such excessive levy ; 
 
88 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 and in case of any such excess in any levy it is hereby made 
 the duty of the county assessor to reduce such levy and to ex- 
 tend upon the tax roll only such part thereof as will comply 
 with the provisions of this act. 
 
 Misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 12. Any member of any board, or any other officer 
 who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 
 fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars or more than 
 five hundred dollars, and shall also be subject to removal from 
 office by a civil action prosecuted by any tax payer. 
 
 Repeal. 
 
 Sec. 13. Sections 2341 and 2342 of the Wyoming Com- 
 piled Statutes of 1910 and all acts or parts of acts in conflict 
 with this act are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from and 
 after its passage. 
 
 Approved March 2nd, 1911. 
 
 DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC MONEY. 
 
 Officers Deposit Monthly. 
 
 Sec. 2486. Every state officer, employee, department, or 
 commission receiving money, for or on behalf of the state, 
 from any source, shall on or before the first Monday of each 
 month pay to the state treasurer all such money, received dur- 
 ing the preceding month, and on the same day shall file a de- 
 tailed verified statement of such receipts with the state auditor 
 and a true copy thereof with the state examiner. [S. L. 1907, 
 Ch. 30, Sec. 1.] 
 
 State Board of Deposits. 
 
 Sec. 2487. There is hereby created a board of deposits 
 consisting of the governor, state treasurer and secretary of 
 state, and said officers are hereby required to perform the 
 duties herein prescribed, as members of said board of deposits, 
 without any extra or additional compensation. The governor of 
 the state shall be chairman of said board, and the state treas- 
 urer, secretary thereof. The records of said board kept by said 
 secretary, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall be prima 
 facie evidence of the matter appearing therein in any court 
 in the United States. It shall be the duty of said board of 
 deposits to meet on the first Monday of April of each year, 
 or at any other time, upon the call of the chairman, and desig- 
 nate such banks within this state, as it may, under the pro- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 89 
 
 visions of this chapter, deem eligible to be made state deposi- 
 tories for the purpose of receiving on deposit funds of this 
 state. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 2.] 
 
 Designation of Depositories. 
 
 Sec. 2488. All banks, applying to be made state deposito- 
 ries under the provisions of this chapter, shall, on or before the 
 first Monday in April of each year, file their application, in 
 writing, with the secretary of the said board of deposits, said 
 application to be accompanied by a sworn statement of the 
 financial condition of said bank at the time the application is 
 made. The board of deposits at its meeting shall pass upon 
 all applications made in compliance with this chapter, and 
 shall, over the signatures of the members of said board, or a 
 majority thereof, endorse on said application their approval or 
 rejection. Any and all banks whose applications may be en- 
 dorsed with the approval of the board as aforesaid, shall be 
 deemed eligible to be made state depositories under the pro- 
 visions of this chapter. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Deposits by Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 2489. The state treasurer may deposit any portion 
 of the public moneys in his possession in such national banks 
 within this state, or in any state banks incorporated under 
 the laws of and doing business in this state, as shall have been 
 approved under the provisions of this chapter by the board 
 of deposits as herein provided ; but the said treasurer shall 
 not have on deposit in any bank of public funds more than 
 one-half of its paid in and unimpaired capital stock and sur- 
 plus at any one time. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Interest and Security. 
 
 Sec. 2490. For the security of funds so deposited under 
 the provisions of this chapter, the state treasurer shall require 
 all such depositories to deposit securities of the kind and char- 
 acter hereinafter described, or to give bonds in some respon- 
 sible surety company authorized to do business in this state, 
 for the payment of such deposits and interest thereon. Said 
 bonds, when given, shall run to the state of Wyoming, and, 
 together with the securities offered, shall be approved by the 
 said board of deposits. Said bonds shall be conditioned, that 
 the depositories shall on or before the tenth day of each month 
 render to the state treasurer, and state auditor, a statement 
 in duplicate, showing the daily balance of state funds, and 
 the amount of money of the state held by it during the month 
 preceding, and the amount of the interest accrued thereon, 
 and for the payment of the said deposit and the interest there- 
 on, as herein provided, when demanded by the state treasurer, 
 
90 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 or his authorized deputy on his check, order or demand at any 
 time, and generally to do and perform whatever may be re- 
 quired by the provisions of this chapter, for a faithful dis- 
 charge of the trust reposed in such depository. Said bonds 
 shall contain the further obligation to settle with and pay to the 
 state treasurer, for the use of this state, interest upon daily bal- 
 ances on said deposit, or deposits, at the rate fixed by said 
 board of deposits, payable quarterly, on the first Monday in 
 January, April, July and October in each year, or at any time 
 when the account may be closed. Said bond shall be in sub- 
 stance as follows : 
 
 Know All Men by These Presents : That we, , 
 
 as principal, and , as surety, are held and 
 
 firmly bound unto the State of Wyoming, in the just and full 
 
 sum of dollars, for the payment of which, 
 
 well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and our success- 
 sors and assigns, jointly and severally by these presents. 
 
 Dated the day of , A. D 
 
 The condition of the foregoing is such that, Whereas, The 
 said bank, in consideration of the deposit of certain moneys of 
 
 the State of Wyoming for safe keeping in .bank 
 
 of , the amount whereof shall be subject ta 
 
 withdrawal or diminution by the state treasurer of said state 
 as the requirements of the said state shall demand, and which 
 amount may be increased or decreased as the said treasurer 
 may determine, and, Whereas, The said bank, in consideration 
 of said deposits, and for the privilege of keeping the same, 
 has agreed to pay and will pay to the State of Wyoming in- 
 terest on account of said deposit at the rate fixed by the board 
 of deposits of the said state, to-wit: Interest at the rate of 
 
 per centum per annum, the same to be paid quarterly 
 
 on the first days of January, April, July and October in each 
 year upon the daily average balance of the deposit of state 
 funds in the said bank, for the quarter or any fraction thereof 
 next preceding the payment of said per centum, which shall be 
 computed and credited to the account of the state, and shall 
 become a part thereof. 
 
 Now, Therefore, If the said bank of 
 
 shall on or before the tenth day of each month render to the 
 state treasurer and state auditor of said state a statement 
 in duplicate, showing the daily balance of the state moneys 
 held by it during the month next preceding, and the interest 
 thereon, subject at all times to the check, order or demand of 
 the state treasurer, or his authorized deputy, as aforesaid, and 
 shall pay over the same, and any part thereof, upon the check, 
 order or demand of the state treasurer, or his authorized 
 deputy, and shall calculate, credit and pay said interest as 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 91 
 
 aforesaid, in the amount and manner aforesaid, and shall in 
 all respects save and keep the state of Wyoming and the state 
 treasurer, or his successor in office, safe and harmless for and 
 by reason of the making of said deposit, or deposits, then this 
 obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to be and to 
 remain in full force and virtue. 
 
 It being the further condition of the above, however, 
 that said surety shall have the right to terminate its obliga- 
 tion hereunder upon giving notice in writing to the governor 
 and state treasurer of said state of its election so to do, and 
 such termination shall take effect at the expiration of thirty 
 days from receipt of said notice by said governor and state 
 treasurer. 
 
 Witness our hands and seals, the day and year first above 
 written. 
 
 (Seal) 
 
 '. (Seal) 
 
 In addition to the other limitations herein provided, the 
 said treasurer shall not have on deposit in any bank, at any 
 time, more than ninety per cent, of the amount of the bond 
 given by said bank, and the bonds shall be deposited with and 
 held by the state treasurer. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Collateral Security. 
 
 Sec. 2491. Any such depository may, instead of such bond 
 in an approved surety company, furnish, as security for such 
 deposit, or deposits, United States government bonds, or state 
 bonds of this state, county, city or school district bonds or 
 warrants issued by virtue of the laws of this state, worth not 
 less than their par value, and in an amount equal, at least, to the 
 maximum amount of money at any time to be deposited with 
 such bank ; Provided, however, That for temporary deposits in 
 excess of the amount for which such bank may bond as pro- 
 vided by this chapter, such depository or bank may deposit 
 local securities having an appraised value of at least twenty- 
 five per cent, more than the amount of such temporary de- 
 posits; the said securities to be approved by said board of 
 deposits and to be accompanied by a written assignment vest- 
 ing the legal title thereto in the state of Wyoming, as collateral 
 security, that such depository, so depositing and assigning 
 said securities, shall and will safely keep and pay over to the 
 state treasurer, or his authorized deputy, on his check, order 
 or demand, all money which may come into the possession of 
 such depository, under and by virtue of the provisions of this 
 chapter, together with all interest accruing thereon as herein 
 provided, and providing, that in case of default on the part of 
 such depository, the said state shall have full power and au- 
 thority, to sell, in the manner hereinafter provided, said secu- 
 
92 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 rities or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the 
 full amount of the funds of the state so deposited in said de- 
 pository, together with the interest thereon. The interest on 
 such bonds, so deposited and furnished, shall, when paid,- be 
 turned over to the bank so depositing the same, as long as it 
 is not in default. [Amended Chapter 94, Session Laws 1909.] 
 
 Annul Interest Rate. 
 
 Sec. 2492. The said board of deposits shall annually, on 
 the first Monday in April of each year, or as soon thereafter 
 as possible, taking into consideration all information before it, 
 fix the rate of interest to be paid on the deposits herein pro- 
 vided for, which shall not be less than two per centum per 
 annum, nor more than four per centum per annum, and which 
 said rate shall be and go into effect on the first day of May 
 following, and which rate shall not be changed for a period of 
 one year. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 7.] 
 
 Daily Balance Computations. 
 
 Sec. 2493. The amount to be paid by any and all banks, 
 under the provisions of this chapter, for interest on such public 
 funds on deposit, shall be computed on the average daily bal- 
 ance of public moneys kept on deposit therewith, and shall 
 be paid to the state treasurer quarterly, on the first Monday in 
 January, April, July and October of each year, and said banks 
 shall quarterly, on the first Monday of January, April, July 
 and October of each year, render a statement in duplicate to 
 the state treasurer and state auditor, showing the amount so 
 paid. The state treasurer shall require, and it is hereby made 
 the duty of every such depository to keep accurate accounts 
 of all moneys deposited with it, showing the amount deposited 
 and when deposited, and to render on or before the tenth day 
 of each and every month, to the state treasurer and state 
 auditor a statement in duplicate showing the daily balances 
 of the state moneys held by it during the month next pre- 
 ceding, and the interest thereon; and all sums paid to the 
 state for interest as aforesaid shall be credited by the treas- 
 urer to the account of the several funds from which it was de- 
 rived. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 8.] 
 
 Withdrawals. 
 
 Sec. 2494. Nothing in this chapter shall be held to prevent 
 the state treasurer or his authorized deputy from withdraw- 
 ing any and all of said funds so deposited, for the purpose of 
 paying the appropriations and obligations of the state and 
 paying the same out as lawfully required, nor shall anything 
 in this chapter prevent the state treasurer or his authorized 
 deputy from withdrawing any or all of said funds so deposited, 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 93 
 
 whenever he deems it advisable or to the interests of the state to 
 do so. The state treasurer, and his sureties, shall be respon- 
 sible for the faithful performance of the duties of said treas- 
 urer under the law, and for a proper accounting and turning 
 over to his successor of all moneys paid to said treasurer as 
 such ; but he shall not be held personally liable for any moneys 
 that may be lost by reason of the failure or insolvency of any 
 bank selected as a depository under the provisions of this chap- 
 ter, nor for the deficiency or loss upon any bond, or securities 
 deposited by any bank, if the said bond or securities so de- 
 posited have been approved by the board of deposits; Pro- 
 vided, however, That if such loss could have been avoided by 
 the exercise of reasonable care and diligence on the part of 
 said treasurer or his deputy, then and in such case the said 
 treasurer shall be liable to the state for such loss ; but nothing 
 in this section contained shall be construed as relieving from 
 any liability any bond given or any collateral deposited under 
 the provisions of this chapter. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 9.] 
 
 Funds Not Deposited. 
 
 Sec. 2495. Whenever any state funds remain on hand 
 which cannot be placed in the banks of this state under the 
 provisions of this chapter, then the state treasurer shall imme- 
 diately notify the chairman of said board of deposits, which 
 said board shall immediately thereupon hold a meeting, and, if 
 possible, secure other banks in the state to hold said funds 
 under the provisions of this chapter. During the time that 
 funds cannot be deposited in the banks entitled thereto under 
 the provisions of this chapter, the state treasurer shall hold 
 said funds in safe keeping, and in that case he and his sureties 
 on his bond shall be responsible for the safe keeping of such 
 money and turning the same over to his successor. [S. L. 1907, 
 Ch. 30, Sec. 10.] 
 
 Sale of Collateral. 
 
 Sec. 2496. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and 
 empowered to sell any or all bonds that may be deposited as 
 collateral security for the deposit of any state fund in any 
 depository under this chapter, at a public or private sale, when- 
 ever there shall be a failure or refusal upon the part of any 
 bank, as a state depository, to pay over the funds, or any part 
 thereof, upon the demand or order of the state treasurer, or 
 his authorized deputy, on such bank. Notice of the sale of 
 bonds under this chapter shall be given by publication in a 
 newspaper published at the capital of Wyoming, once each 
 week for five consecutive weeks, and when a sale of bonds is 
 made by the said state treasurer, either at public or private sale 
 under this chapter, and such bonds have been transferred by 
 
94 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 the chairman and secretary of the said board of deposits, the 
 absolute ownership of such bonds shall vest in the purchaser 
 or purchasers, upon the payment of the purchase money to the 
 state treasurer. Should there be any surplus after paying the 
 amount due the state and expenses of sale, it shall be paid to 
 the bank which made the deposit of such securities. [S. L. 
 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 11.] 
 
 Recovery on Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2497. It shall be the duty of the attorney general 
 of the state to enter and prosecute, in the name of the state, to 
 final determination, all suits for the recovery of any penalty 
 arising under the conditions of any bond given, or required 
 to be given under the provisions of this chapter to the state of 
 Wyoming. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 30, Sec. 12.] 
 
 Investment Permanent Funds. 
 
 Sec. 2498. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to 
 prevent the proper state authorities from investing as provided 
 by law any of the permanent funds of this state. [S. L. 1907, 
 Ch. 30, Sec. 14.] 
 
 County, City and School Funds. 
 
 Sec. 2499. Under this chapter the term " proper governing 
 board" shall be held to mean when applied to the deposit of 
 county funds "the board of county commissioners" of such 
 county; when applied to the deposit of funds of a city or 
 town, the mayor and council or the mayor and trustees, as 
 the case may be, of such city or town, and when applied to 
 the deposit of school district funds, the board of directors or 
 trustees of such school district, [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 15.] 
 
 Deposits City, County, Town and School District Treasurers. 
 
 Sec. 2500. Every county treasurer, city treasurer, town 
 trustees and treasurer of a school district, within the state 
 of Wyoming, shall deposit, and at all times keep on deposit 
 for safe keeping, in banks, incorporated under the laws of 
 this state and in national banks, doing business in his county, 
 when designated as depositories by the proper governing board, 
 the amount of moneys in his hands collected and held by 
 him as such treasurer. Any such bank, located in such county, 
 may apply for the privilege of keeping such moneys upon the 
 following conditions: All such deposits shall be subject to 
 payment when demanded by the proper treasurer on his check, 
 order or demand, and by all banks, receiving and holding 
 such deposits, interest shall be paid at a rate not less than two 
 per cent, per annum nor more than four per cent per annum, 
 as may be determined by the proper governing board upon the 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 95 
 
 amount so deposited, as hereinafter provided, and subject also 
 to such regulations as are imposed by law. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 
 30, Sec. 16.] 
 
 Depositories Interest. 
 
 Sec. 2501. Such applications by such banks, shall be sub- 
 mitted to the proper governing board on or before the first 
 Monday of April of each year, and shall be acted upon by the 
 proper governing board on the said first Monday of April of 
 each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and said boarci 
 shall also at said time fix the rate of interest, which said rate 
 shall go into effect on May 1st following and shall not be 
 changed for one year, and no moneys shall be deposited by any 
 such treasurer except in such banks as have been approved by 
 the proper governing board. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 17.] 
 
 How Interest Computed. 
 
 Sec. 2502. The amount to be paid by any and all banks 
 under the provisions of this chapter for interest on public funds 
 on deposit shall be computed on the average daily balance 
 of the public moneys kept on deposit therewith, and shall 
 IK- paid and credited to the proper county, city, town or 
 school district on the first day of January, April, July and Oc- 
 tober of each year; and every such bank shall keep account 
 of such public moneys as may be deposited, and when deposited, 
 and the interest thereon as aforesaid, and shall make a state- 
 ment thereof, in duplicate, to the proper treasurer, and the 
 proper governing board, on the first Monday of January, April, 
 July and October of each year and all interest paid on said 
 public moneys shall be credited by the proper treasurer to the 
 account of the several funds from which it is derived. [S. L. 
 1907. Ch. 30, Sec. 18.] 
 
 Security Required. 
 
 Sec. 2503. For the security of the funds so deposited un- 
 der the provisions of this chapter, the proper treasurer shall re- 
 quire all such depositories to give bonds for the safe keeping 
 and payment of such deposits and the interest thereon, which 
 bond shall run to the proper county, city, town or school dis- 
 trict, and be approved by the proper governing board of such 
 county, city, town or school district, and conditioned that such 
 depository shall, on the first Monday of each January, April, 
 July and October of each year, render to the proper treasurer, 
 ^nd the proper governing board of the county, city, town or 
 school district, a statement in duplicate, showing the several 
 daily balances, and the amount of public moneys held by it 
 during the preceding three months, and the amount of the 
 interest thereon, and how credited, and for the payment of the 
 
g6 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 said deposits, and the interest accrued thereon, as herein pro- 
 vided, and when demanded by the proper treasurer on his 
 check, order or demand at any time, and generally to do and 
 perform whatever may be required by the provisions of this 
 chapter, and a faithful discharge of the trust reposed in such 
 depository. The said bond in substance shall be similar, or 
 as near as may be, to the bonds required of state depositories, 
 and when the penalty thereof exceeds the sum of five thousand 
 dollars, such bond shall be furnished by some responsible 
 surety company authorized to do business in this state. No 
 county, municipal or school district treasurer shall have on de- 
 posit in any bank at any one time more than one-half of the 
 penal amount named in its said bond in all cases where private 
 bonds are furnished, nor more than ninety per cent, of the 
 amount of all other bonds, nor more than one-half of the paid 
 up capital stock and unimpaired capital stock and surplus of 
 such bank. The bonds shall be deposited with the clerk of the 
 county, city, town or school district to which said bond may 
 be given. Where there are no banks in the county, or where 
 the banks in the proper county refuse or fail to bid on said 
 money, or refuse or fail to receive the said funds under the 
 provisions of this chapter, then part or all of said money may be 
 deposited under the conditions of this act, in any other bank 
 in the state, selected by the proper governing board of the 
 county, city, town or school district, as the case may be. [S. L. 
 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 19.] 
 
 Collateral Security. 
 
 Sec. 2504. Instead of the bonds provided for in Section 
 2503, the bank or banks receiving on deposit public funds may, 
 as security therefor, furnish to the proper treasurer of any 
 county, municipality or school district, securities of the kind 
 mentioned in Section 2491, to be approved by the proper gov- 
 erning board and the provisions of this chapter, applicable to 
 such securities when furnished by state depositories, shall be 
 applicable, as near as may be, to such securities when furnished 
 to the treasurer of any county, municipality or school district. 
 [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 20.] 
 
 Funds Not Deposited. 
 
 Sec. 2505. Whenever funds remain on hand which can- 
 not be placed in the banks of the respective counties of this 
 state under the provisions of this chapter, then the proper 
 treasurer shall immediately notify the chairman of the proper 
 governing board, which said board shall immediately thereupon 
 hold a meeting and, if possible, secure other banks in the state 
 to hold said funds under the provisions of this chapter. During 
 the time that funds cannot be deposited in the banks entitled 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 97 
 
 thereto under the provisions of this chapter, the proper treas- 
 urer shall hold said deposits in safe keeping, and shall be liable 
 on his official bond for such funds so held. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 
 30, Sec. 21. J 
 
 Treasurer's Liability. 
 
 Sec. 2506. No county, city, town or school district treas- 
 urer shall be liable on his official bond for money on deposit 
 in any bank under and by direction of the proper legal au- 
 thority and in conformity to the provisions of this chapter if 
 said bank has given bond which has been approved as herein 
 provided, except in cases where any loss could have been pre- 
 vented by the exercise of reasonable care on the part of such 
 treasurer. Nothing in this section contained shall be con- 
 strued as relieving from any liability any bond given or any 
 collateral deposited under the provisions of this chapter. Nor 
 shall anything in this chapter prevent the proper treasurer from 
 withdrawing any or all funds by him deposited in accordance 
 with this chapter, whenever he deems it advisable or to the 
 interests of the public which he represents, or to pay out money 
 as by law required. [S. L.' 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 22.] 
 
 Profit Making Prohibited. 
 
 Sec. 2507. The making of profit, directly or indirectly, 
 by any state treasurer, or by the treasurer of any county, 
 city, town or school district, or by any other public officer or 
 employee having in his custody or under his control any pub- 
 lic moneys, by loaning such moneys or by depositing the same 
 contrary to the provisions of this chapter or the using of such 
 moneys by any of said public officers or employes for any pur- 
 pose not authorized by law, shall be deemed a felony and are 
 hereby prohibited, and any of said public officers or em- 
 ployees who shall violate any of the foregoing provisions of 
 this section shall, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment 
 in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding two years or 
 by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by both such 
 fine and imprisonment. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 23.] 
 
 Bribes Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 2508. The offering or giving, directly or indirectly, 
 by any person to any public officer or employee having in 
 his custody or under his control any public moneys of any 
 gift, compensation, reward or inducement for the purpose of 
 inducing any such public officer or employee to deposit such 
 public moneys in any bank or to use the same in any manner 
 not authorized by law, shall be deemed a felony and is hereby 
 prohibited, and any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this section shall, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment 
 
98 SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 
 
 in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding two years or by 
 a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by both such 
 fine and imprisonment. [S. L. 1907, Ch. 30, Sec. 24.] 
 
 PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 
 
 Unlawful to Kill Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 2788. Any person who shall, within the state of 
 Wyoming, kill or catch or have in his or her possession, living 
 or dead, any wild bird other than a game bird, or who shall 
 purchase, offer or expose for sale any such wild bird after 
 it has been killed or caught, shall for each offense, be subject 
 to a fine of not more than five dollars for each such bird 
 killed or caught, or had in possession, living or dead, or im- 
 prisonment for not more than ten days, or both, at the discre- 
 tion of the court. For the purposes of this chapter the fol- 
 lowing only shall be considered game birds: The Anatidae, 
 commonly known as swans, geese, brant and river and lake 
 ducks ; the Eallidae, commonly known as rails, coots and mud- 
 hens; the Limicolae, commonly known as shore-birds, plovers, 
 snipe, sandpipers, tatlers, willets, curlews, godwits and avocets ; 
 the Gallinaw, commonly known as grouse, prairie chickens, 
 pheasants, sage hens, partridges and quails. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 
 37, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Destruction of Eggs Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 2789. Any person who shall, within the state of 
 Wyoming, take or needlessly destroy the nest or the eggs of 
 any wild bird, or shall have such nest or eggs in his or her pos- 
 session, shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more 
 than five dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ten days, 
 or both, at the discretion of the court, [S. L. 1901, Ch. 37, 
 Sec. 2.] 
 
 Scientific Use Permitted. 
 
 Sec. 2790. Sections 2788 and 2789 shall not apply to any 
 person holding a certificate giving the right to take birds, their 
 nests and eggs, for scientific purposes, as provided for in 
 Section 2791. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 37, Sec. 3.] 
 
 Certificates Bond. 
 
 Sec. 2791. Certificates may be granted by the superin- 
 tendent of public instruction to any properly accredited person 
 of the age of fifteen years or upwards, permitting the holder 
 thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs, for strictly scien- 
 tific purposes only. No such certificate shall be issued until 
 the applicant therefor shall have filed with the said superin- 
 tendent of public instruction written testimonials from two 
 well known scientific men or educators, certifying to the good 
 
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 character and fitness of said applicant to be entrusted with 
 such privilege. Said applicant must file with said persons or 
 officers a properly executed bond, in the sum of two hundred 
 dollars, signed by two responsible citizens of the state as sure- 
 ties. This bond shall be forfeited to the state, and the certifi- 
 cate become void, upon proof that the holder of such certificate 
 has killed any birds, or taken the nest or eggs of any bird, 
 for other than the purposes named in Sections 2790 and 2791, 
 and shall be further subject for each offense to the penalties 
 provided therefor in Sections 2788 and 2789. [S. L. 1901, 
 Ch. 37, Sec. 4.] 
 
 Term of Certificate. 
 
 Sec. 2792. The certificate authorized by this act shall be 
 in force for one year only from the date of its issue, and shall 
 not be tranferable. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 37, Sec. 5.] 
 
 Birds Not Protected. 
 
 Sec. 2793. The following named birds shall be exempt 
 from protection under the provisions of this chapter, viz: 
 English sparrow, magpie, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, 
 goshawk, duck hawk, gold or brown eagle, kingfisher and 
 blue heron. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 37, Sec. 6; S. L. 1909, Ch. 79.] 
 
 BOARD OF HEALTH. 
 
 Vaccination. 
 
 Sec. 2940. The state board of health may adopt such 
 measures for the general vaccination of the inhabitants of any 
 city, town or county in the state, as they shall deem proper 
 and necessary to prevent the introduction or arrest the pro- 
 gress of smallpox; and every person who shall refuse to be 
 vaccinated, or prevent any person under his care and control 
 from being vaccinated, or who shall fail to present himself 
 or herself to the county health officer or a practicing physi- 
 cian acting under the direction of the board or county health 
 officer, for the purpose of being vaccinated, if such physician 
 believes vaccination necessary, shall upon conviction be fined 
 not more than one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars, or 
 imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days. [S. L. 
 1901, Ch. 55, Sec. 13.] 
 
 INTEREST AND USURY. 
 When Rate Not Effective. 
 
 Sec. 3364. The rate of interest fixed by this chapter shall 
 not affect interest on purchase of school, university and agri- 
 cultural lands, or on lands delinquent, or sold for the non- 
 payment of taxes ; or the rates of interest on warrants issued 
 
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 by the proper authorities of the state, county, city, town, vil- 
 lage or other municipal subdivision, or any bonds issued by any 
 county, city, town, village or school district, but they and each 
 of them shall draw interest and be payable in the manner now, 
 or that may hereafter be fixed by law. [S. L. 1895, Ch. 30, 
 Sec. 10.] 
 
 Interest on Public Warrants. 
 
 Sec. 3365. All state, county, school district, town, city,, 
 or other public warrants issued after June Istj eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety, for any salary or salaries, fee or fees, or for 
 pr on account of any public indebtedness, claim or demand, 
 whatever, which indebtedness, claim or demand shall have 
 accrued on any public contract, transaction, or liability, en- 
 tered into or arising after the 1st day of June, eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety, shall draw interest upon the amount ex- 
 pressed in such warrant or warrants at the . rate of six per 
 centum per annum from the date of the presentation thereof 
 for payment at the treasury or other place where the same 
 may be payable, until there is money in the treasury for the 
 payment thereof, and it shall be unlawful to allow or pay any 
 rate of interest upon such warrant or warrants, except as 
 herein specified and expressed, and every state or county 
 treasurer or municipal officer duly authorized to act as treas- 
 urer, to whom such warrant or order is presented for payment,, 
 provided he has not sufficient funds in the treasury to pay the 
 same, shall endorse thereon the words "not paid, for want of 
 funds,-" and sign and date the same officially. [S. L. 1890, 
 Ch. 22.] 
 
 LEGAL HOLIDAYS. 
 
 Legal Holidays. 
 
 Sec. 3581. The 1st day of January, the 12th day of Febru- 
 ary, the 22d day of February, the 30th day of May, the 4th day 
 of July, the day that may be appointed by the president of the 
 United States as the annual Thanksgiving day, the 25th day of 
 December of each and every year, all days upon which general 
 elections are held and arbor day, are hereby declared legal 
 holidays in and for the state of Wyoming. If the 1st day of 
 January, the 12th day of February, the 22d day of February, 
 the 30th day of May, the 4th day of July or the 25th day of 
 December, fall upon a Sunday, the Monday following shall be 
 a legal holiday. [S. L. 1901, Ch. 93.] 
 
 Note Labor day is a national holiday. 
 
 Arbor Day. 
 
 Sec. 3582. The governor shall annually, in the spring, 
 designate by official proclamation, an arbor day, to be ob- 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF WYOMING. 101 
 
 served by the schools and for economic tree planting. [R. S. 
 1899, Sec. 2697.] 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Public Officers Subject to Garnishment. 
 
 Sec. 4997. All state, county, city, town and school district 
 officers shall be liable and subject to garnishment in civil ac- 
 tions on debts hereafter contracted, in the same manner, and 
 for the same causes as private individuals now are, or here- 
 after may be liable and subject to garnishment under the laws 
 of this state. [S. L. 1909, Ch. 140, Sec. 1.] 
 
 Disposition of Fines. 
 
 Sec. 6116. If a fine be imposed and paid before commit- 
 ment, it shall be received by the justice and by him paid over to 
 the county treasurer, within thirty days after the receipt 
 thereof, for the use of the schools in the county. [R. S. 1887, 
 Sec. 3651.] 
 
 Payment of Fine After Commitment. 
 
 Sec. 6117. If the defendant be committed for not pay- 
 ing a fine, he may pay it to the sheriff of the county, or to the 
 justice by whom the commitment was made, but to no other 
 person; who must in like manner, within thirty days after 
 the receipt thereof, pay it into the county treasury for the 
 use of the schools in the county. [R. S. 1887, Sec. 3652.] 
 
Index to School Laws. 
 
 Sec. Page 
 
 Abusive language Penalty for 1959 38 
 
 Animals Humane treatment of 1975 42 
 
 Arbor Day 3582 100 
 
 Assessment How determined 1151 19 
 
 Assessment in School Districts 2402 81 
 
 Attorney General Duties of 145 6 
 
 Shall approve investment of land funds 125 
 
 Auditor may withhold salaries When 1148 18 
 
 Biennial report of state officers 262 8 
 
 Bids When advertised for 1946 34 
 
 Birds 
 
 Destruction of eggs prohibited Penalty 2789 98 
 
 Certificates By whom issued Bond 2791 98 
 
 Scientific use permitted 2790 98 
 
 Term of certificate 2792 99 
 
 Not protected 2793 99 
 
 Bonded debt 87 
 
 Board of Charities and Reform 436 14 
 
 Board of Examiners 
 
 Appointed by whom 2013 
 
 Bond required of Secretary 2024 
 
 Certificates extended on reading circle work 2019 57 
 
 Certificate fees 2023 56 
 
 Certificates How issued 2026 
 
 Certificates of special class 2017 
 
 Certificates on examination 2013 52 
 
 Certificates presented from other states 2018 
 
 Certificates without examination 2014 53 
 
 Certificates valid How long 2015 54 
 
 Certificates valid for teaching in what schools 2016 54 
 
 Classes of certificates authorized 2013 52 
 
 Compensation 2013 52 
 
 Compensation denied to teacher without certificate 2020 56 
 
 County permits granted When and by whom 2025 57 
 
 Reading circle work 2019 56 
 
 Reading circle work recommended by 2021 56 
 
 Registration of certificates 2022 56 
 
 Shall adopt rules and regulations 2013 52 
 
 Shall be established 2013 52 
 
 Shall make annual report to State Superintendent 2027 57 
 
 Shall prepare examination questions 2013 52 
 
 Shall recommend certificates 2013 52 
 
 Who shall constitute. 2013 52 
 
 Board of Trustees 
 
 Advertise for bids 1946 34 
 
 Election of When increased to six 1931 31 
 
 Meets when 1934 31 
 
 Oath of 1929 30 
 
 Board of Trustees of University , 413 14 
 
 Bonds and oaths of county officers 1 135 16 
 
IQ4 INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 
 
 Bonds $ eCf p age 
 
 Custodian of state 106 3 
 
 Exempt from taxation 2323 79 
 
 Failure to give 1141 17 
 
 For High School District .- 2065 68 
 
 For School (See School District Bonds) 
 
 Guaranty company 287 13 
 
 High School District Payment of 2067 70 
 
 How invested 126 4 
 
 Limitation on expense of 288 14 
 
 Of revenue officers 1 156 20 
 
 Of Treasurer 281 11 
 
 Of Treasurer Premium payable on 283 12 
 
 Payable to state When 1 155 20 
 
 Premium on 126 4 
 
 Required when 1157 20 
 
 Secretary of Board of Examiners * 2024 57 
 
 State Auditor 266 9 
 
 State Treasurer 266 9 
 
 Surety 286 13 
 
 Surety company Expense of 286 13 
 
 Sureties on 285 12 
 
 Book companies ' 2003 49 
 
 Books donated to State Superintendent 134 4 
 
 Books for county library 1318 26 
 
 Books. (See free text books.) 
 
 Boundaries of districts When changed 1301 24 
 
 Census enumeration 1992 45 
 
 Census enumerator By whom employed 1993 46 
 
 Census To determine population 1149 19 
 
 Certificates. (See Board, of Examiners.) 
 
 Certificate fee 2023 56 
 
 Certificate from other states 2018 55 
 
 Certificates issued by whom 2026 57 
 
 Certificate of graduation from District High School 2078 . 73 
 
 Certificate necessary to compensation 2020 56 
 
 Certificate Special 2017 56 
 
 Certificate to be registered with County Superintendent 2022 56 
 
 Certificate to collect birds, their nests or eggs 2793 98 
 
 Children excusable from attending School When 1956 36 
 
 City or town has no power to fix tax levy 83 
 
 Classification of counties 1070 15 
 
 Clerk of School District shall notify Assessor 2402 81 
 
 Clerks of boards Compensation of 271 10 
 
 Collateral security 2491 91 
 
 Collection of fines -1970 41 
 
 Collateral security County Treasurer 2504 96 
 
 Collector of taxes 1 183 21 
 
 Colored children Separate School for 1954 36 
 
 Commissioners may require new bonds When 1157 20 
 
 Compensation denied to teachers without certificates 2020 56 
 
 Compulsory attendance 1956 36 
 
 Compulsory education Free to all children 1956 36 
 
 Duty of truant officer 1957 37 
 
 Duty of district board 1958 38 
 
 Duty of County Superintendent 1958 38 
 
 Duty of teacher 1958 38 
 
 Computation of mileage 1 138 16 
 
 Condition of Treasurers' bond. . . 284 12 
 
INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 105 
 
 Sec. Page 
 
 Copies of records as evidence 1 147 18 
 
 Contingent funds 252 7 
 
 Contingent funds Receipts for expense 251 7 
 
 Contingent funds State officers 252 7 
 
 Contracting Restrictions upon public officers 280 11 
 
 Counsel Employment of 1969 40 
 
 Counties Classification of 1070 15 
 
 County Attorney Advisor of county officers . . ; 1207 22 
 
 County boundaries Effect of change on School Districts 1972 41 
 
 County Commissioners Appeal from County Superintend- 
 ent to 1927 29 
 
 May call special elections 2110 76 
 
 Shall equalize assessments 2403 81 
 
 County School tax limited 86 
 
 County High Schools .- 2051 64 
 
 .County High School Funds for 1299 23 
 
 County library tax limited 86 
 
 County library 
 
 Board of directors 1318 26 
 
 Librarian 1319 27 
 
 Location of 1319 27 
 
 Purchase of books for 1318 26 
 
 Tax to be levied Amount 1316 26 
 
 Tax How levied and collected , 1317 26 
 
 To be free 1320 28 
 
 Use of books 1321 28 
 
 County officers 
 
 Duties of 2091 75 
 
 Election Occurs when 2091 75 
 
 How paid 1145 18 
 
 May appoint deputies When 1151 19 
 
 May give surety bond 286 .13 
 
 Mileage of 1138 16 
 
 Time of qualifying 1136 16 
 
 County officers Vacancies ; 2112 76 
 
 Vacancies 1137 16 
 
 County Treasurer 
 
 Collector of taxes 1183 21 
 
 Custodian of county funds 1 186 21 
 
 Shall receive School money 2405 82 
 
 Courses of study for High School District 2074 72 
 
 Defacing School property Penalty for 1959 
 
 Deposits of public money 
 
 Annual interest rate 2492 .92 
 
 Bribe penalty 2508 97 
 
 Collateral security State Treasurer 2491 91 
 
 County, city and School funds. (Proper governing board) .2499 94 
 
 Collateral security County Treasurer 2504 96 
 
 Daily balance computations State 2493 92 
 
 Deposits by State Treasurer 2489 89 
 
 Deposits, county, city and School. ..'.. 2500 94 
 
 Designation of depositories 2488 89 
 
 Depositories Interest .-2501 95 
 
 Funds not deposited State 2495 
 
 Funds not deposited County 2505 96 
 
 Interest and security State '. 2490 
 
 Interest How computed County 2502 95 
 
 Officers deposit monthly State 2486 88 
 
io6 INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 
 
 Deposits of public money (Continued). Sec. Page 
 
 Permanent fund investment 2498 94 
 
 Profit making prohibited 2507 97 
 
 Recovery on bonds 2497 94 
 
 Sale of collaterals 2496 93 
 
 Security required County Treasurer 2503 95 
 
 State Board of Deposits 2487 88 
 
 Treasurers' liability 2506 97 
 
 Withdrawals State Treasurer 2494 92 
 
 Depositories Interest 2501 95 
 
 Deputies 
 
 Bonds of 1153 19 
 
 Clerks of boards 271 10 
 
 For County Superintendent 1306 25 
 
 How appointed 1151 19 
 
 Officers responsible for 1152 19 
 
 Power of 1153 19 
 
 Salaries of 270 10 
 
 Who may appoint 269 10 
 
 Destruction of birds' nests or eggs Penalty for 2789 98 
 
 Destruction of School property Penalty for 1959 38 
 
 Directors Oath of 1929 30 
 
 Discrimination for religious belief prohibited 1965 40 
 
 Discrimination on account of sex prohibited 1965 40 
 
 Disposition of fines 1970 41 
 
 Distribution of School funds By whom 1997 47 
 
 District- 
 As body corporate 2052 64 
 
 Appeal from Superintendent on formation of 1927 29 
 
 Body corporate 1933 31 
 
 Formation of 1926 29 
 
 How annexed 2080 73 
 
 District Board 
 
 Appoint visiting committee 1948 35 
 
 May establish Manual Training schools *. 1975 42 
 
 May remove scholars 1945 34 
 
 Meets when 1934 31 
 
 Members may administer oaths When 1944 34 
 
 Powers and duties of 1943 34 
 
 Shall audit and pay claims 1949 35 
 
 Shall meet When 1942 34 
 
 District Clerk Duty of 1984 43 
 
 District High School How established 1953 36 
 
 District High School How formed ' 2053 64 
 
 District meetings Special 1950 35 
 
 District officers First election of , 1928 30 
 
 District officers may employ counsel When 1969 40 
 
 District officers shall qualify 1941 34 
 
 District School tax How paid over 2405 82 
 
 District School tax How recorded .' 2403 81 
 
 District Treasurer's bond 1299 23 
 
 District Treasurer shall give bond. 1952 35 
 
 District Trustees When elected 1930 30 
 
 Distribution of School land funds By whom 1299 
 
 Donations for Schools How received 973 41 
 
 Duties- 
 Clerk '. 1980 43 
 
 District High School Board 2070 70 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction 133 4 
 
INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 107 
 
 Duty of District officers Sec. Page 
 
 Clerk to certify debt limit 1981 43 
 
 Clerk Duties of 1980 43 
 
 Clerks shall defend Districts and suits 1979 43 
 
 Clerks shall report to County Superintendent When 1983 44 
 
 Clerks shall keep accounts . . 1982 43 
 
 Director shall countersign orders 1977 42 
 
 Director shall defend Districts in suits 1979 43 
 
 Director shall preside at meetings 1977 42 
 
 District money How received 1989 45 
 
 District meetings Notice of 1983 43 
 
 Drafts and orders How drawn 1978 42 
 
 Duties of Treasurer 1986 44 
 
 Enumeration of children 1992 45 
 
 Enumerator Employment of 1993 46 
 
 Enumeration Penalty for making false 1994 46 
 
 Enumeration -Penalty for failure to make 1995 46 
 
 Flag to be displayed on School House 1991 45 
 
 Failure to make report Penalty 1985 44 
 
 Funds for teachers 1988 45 
 
 Notice for District meetings 1983 43 
 
 Penalty for failure to make report 1985 44 
 
 Report of Clerk to County Superintendent 1984 43 
 
 Report of Treasurer 1986 44 
 
 School House fund ; 1988 45 
 
 Statement of Treasurer 1990 45 
 
 Teachers' fund 1987 44 
 
 Treasurer Duties of 1986 44 
 
 Treasurer shall publish report 1986 44 
 
 Treasurer shall receive District money 1989 45 
 
 Treasurer shall render statement on request 1990' 
 
 Election of county officers 2091 
 
 Election of Trustees Manner of conducting 1939 33 
 
 Election of Trustees 1930 30 
 
 Election of state officers 2088 74 
 
 Election of Trustees in High School District .2060 67 
 
 Elections Who may vote at 2092 75 
 
 Electors may bond High School District When 2065 68 
 
 Electors Qualification of 1940 33 
 
 Employment of counsel 1969 40 
 
 Enumeration 
 
 Duty of County Superintendent in census 1996 47 
 
 Of legal holidays 3581 100 
 
 Penalty of false census ." 1994 46 
 
 Report compiled by County Superintendent 1996 47 
 
 Of School children 1992 45 
 
 When made by County Superintendent 1995 46 
 
 Equalization of assessment and levy of taxes 2403 81 
 
 Examination required 1966 40 
 
 Examiners. (See Board of Examiners). 
 
 Excess levy unlawful Duty of Assessor 
 
 Exemption from taxation 2321 
 
 Exemption from taxation Bonds 2323 
 
 Exemption from examination 2014 
 
 Extension of certificates 2019 56 
 
 Expense of state officers 249 6 
 
 Expense of transportation 1139 
 
 Failure to enumerate Penalty 1995 46 
 
 Failure to give new bond renders office vacant 1141 17 
 
io8 INDKX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 
 
 Sec. Page 
 
 Failure to pay over money 1971 41 
 
 False enumeration Penalty 1994 46 
 
 Fines Collection and disposition of 1970 41 
 
 Fines Disposition of 6116 101 
 
 Fines Payment of after commitment 6117 101 
 
 Fiscal year 1146 18 
 
 Flag to be displayed on School House 1991 
 
 Form of tax list and time of tax levy 2343 80 
 
 Formation of High School District 2051 64 
 
 Free text-books 
 
 Attorney General must investigate violation of contract. . .2010 51 
 
 Books Paid for from what fund 2004 50 
 
 Books Paid for by order on District Treasurer 2005 50 
 
 Books Property of District 2011 
 
 Books Pupils may purchase 2012 51 
 
 Contract supplied by State Superintendent 2009 
 
 Contract Violation of 2010 51 
 
 Directors may contract for 2002 49 
 
 Duty of School Directors 2002 49 
 
 Duty Superintendent of Public Instruction 2008 50 
 
 Orders From what funds paid 2006 
 
 Publisher becoming member of trust nullifies contract 2007 50 
 
 Publishers must file bond 2003 49 
 
 Pupils may purchase books 2012 
 
 State Superintendent furnish form of contract. 2009 
 
 State Superintendent shall receive sworn price lists 2008 
 
 Sworn price lists submitted to whom 2008 50 
 
 Text books in Public Schools 2002 
 
 Violation of contract How investigated 2010 51 
 
 Funds Land income 2485 82 
 
 Funds of District Liability of Treasurer for '. 1974 
 
 Funds of School District How transferred 1938 
 
 Garnishment of salary of public officers 4787 101 
 
 Governor 
 
 Free access to state offices 83 
 
 May require reports When 84 
 
 Reports to 84 
 
 Shall appoint Trustees of University 413 
 
 Shall approve investment of land funds 125 
 
 High School Districts- 
 Admission of pupils from other Districts 2076 
 
 Annexation of District 2080 
 
 Appointment first Trustees 2059 66 
 
 Body corporate '. 2052 64 
 
 Bonds Tax levy 2065 
 
 Bonds Payment of 2067 70 
 
 Canvass 2058 66 
 
 Collection of tax 2069 
 
 Courses of study : 2074 72 
 
 Certificates of graduation 2078 / 3 
 
 Commissioners' action on return of election 2083 74 
 
 Districts How annexed 2080 
 
 Election Called by Commissioners 2054 65 
 
 Election Failure of Trustees to open 2055 
 
 Election Judges of 2056 65 
 
 Election by ballot 2057 65 
 
 Election of Trustees Time 2060 
 
 Employment of faculty 2072 71 
 
 Estimate for maintenance when bonds are issued 2068 70 
 
INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 109 
 
 High School Districts (Continued). Sec. Page 
 
 Failure of Trustees to open election. . . . -. 2055 65 
 
 Formed How 2053 64 
 
 Free to bona fide residents 2079 73 
 
 Government 2073 71 
 
 High School District Formation ...2051 64 
 
 How formed 2053 64 
 
 Judges of election 2056 65 
 
 Mileage of Trustees 2077 
 
 Payment of bonds 2067 70 
 
 Petition for annexation 2081 73 
 
 Powers of Board 2064 68 
 
 Quorum 2062 67 
 
 Record of proceedings 2070 70 
 
 Return Commissioners' action , . . . .2083 74 
 
 Submission of bonding question to electors 2066 69 
 
 Submission of question 2082 74 
 
 Tax levy and bond 2065 68 
 
 Trustees Terms 2061 67 
 
 Trustees provide suitable buildings 2071 71 
 
 When created Appointment first Trustees 2059 66 
 
 Where located 2063 67 
 
 Funds for High School 1299 23 
 
 High School Establishment of 1953 36 
 
 Holidays Enumeration of 3581 100 
 
 Humane treatment of animals 1976 42 
 
 Indebtedness in excess of constitutional limit Void 1353 29 
 
 Insulting language Penalty for 1957 37 
 
 Interest on public warrants : 3365 100 
 
 Interest and security of state 2490 89 
 
 Interest rate 3364 99 
 
 Interest How computed County 2502 95 
 
 Inventory of state property To whom and when made 268 9 
 
 Kindergartens. (See Public Kindergartens). 
 
 Lands for Schools 602 15 
 
 Land Board Duties 602 15 
 
 Land funds How distributed 135 5 
 
 Investment of , 125 3 
 
 Not apportioned To what District 135 5 
 
 Land income funds available When 2485 82 
 
 Lease of School lands 602 15 
 
 Legal holidays 3581 100 
 
 Liability of parents for truancy 1957 37 
 
 Librarian County library 1319 27 
 
 Library Donations for 1319 27 
 
 Library is to be free 1320 28 
 
 Library Location of 1319 27 
 
 Library Purchase of books 1318 26 
 
 Libraries Tax for 1316 26 
 
 Library tax How levied and collected 1318 26 
 
 Library Trustees 1318 26 
 
 Library Trustees Appointment of 1318 26 
 
 Library Trustees Bonds of 1318 26 
 
 Library Trustees Report to Commissioners 1321 28 
 
 Libraries Use of books from 1321 28 
 
 Limitation on expense of bond 288 14 
 
 Limitation of expense Penalty for violation of 249 6 
 
 Manner of collecting taxes 2404 82 
 
 Manual Training Schools How established 1975 42 
 
IIO INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 
 
 Sec. Page 
 Mileage How computed ..... . . ............................. JJ38 
 
 Mileage of county officers .................................... "J? 
 
 Money Object to be designated in voting .................... 1 oz 
 
 Money Public .............................................. }8 18 
 
 New Districts Notice of formation of .......... . 
 
 Notice of special District meetings 
 
 Oath of county officers 
 
 Office holders Qualifications of 
 
 Qffi ce _persons disqualified for .............................. 2275 // 
 
 Offices to be at county seats Records public .................. 1134 15 
 
 Office Resignation of elective ................................ ^2 4, 
 
 Offices Vacancies in Elective .............................. UU (' 
 
 Officers Board of Charities and Reform ..................... gj 
 
 Officers failing to pay over money Penalty ................... 19/1 
 
 Officers deposit monthly State .............................. ^ 
 
 Officers filling vacancy to give bond .......................... Jlje *J 
 
 Officers How removed 
 
 Officers responsible for acts of deputies 
 
 Officers removed By whom .................. , 
 
 Officers shall not contract When 
 
 Officers to balance accounts When .......................... && 9 
 
 Officers to be paid in warrants ................... ............ J J^ 15 
 
 Official bonds Payable to state .............................. Jig 
 
 Official year defined ....................................... ' * 
 
 Payment of fine after commitment 
 
 Penalty for failure to pay over money ................... - 
 
 Penalty for failure to make reports ....... ' 
 
 Penalty for failure to deliver records 
 
 Penalty for false enumeration 
 
 Penalty for failure to publish accounts 
 
 Perjury by surety ........ . 
 
 Permanent fund investment 
 
 Permits granted by County Superintendent. . . . . .............. ^5 5/ 
 
 Persons disqualified from voting or holding office ............ /o // 
 
 Physiology and hygiene Penalty 
 
 Physiology and hygiene shall be taught 
 
 Poll tax ................................................ 
 
 Population How determined 
 
 Powers and compensation in special cases ................. 
 
 Powers of deputies Bonds ............... 
 
 Power to appoint deputies .................................... * 
 
 Premium on bonds ........................................... ^ *f 
 
 Principal of. District High School Duties of .................. J/Z /I 
 
 Procedure and removal 
 
 Property exempt from taxation 
 
 Property exempt from taxation 
 
 Property subject to taxation 
 
 Protection of birds, their nests and eggs 
 
 Public Kindergarten 
 
 Funds How provided .................................. 2001 
 
 How established ....................... . ................. 1998 
 
 . 
 Law not changed in reference to apportionment .......... 4JUU 
 
 Powers of Trustees to establish Kindergarten ............ 1998 
 
 Shall be part of School system ........................... 1999 
 
 Teachers for ........................................... 1999 
 
 Public money ............................................... "3* 
 
 Publication of accounts ...... . . . ...................... ""'"4707 mi 
 
 Public officers subject to garnishment ......................... w wi 
 
 Publisher when member of trust. . . . ......... ................. zuu/ 
 
INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. in 
 
 Sec. Page 
 
 Purposes for which taxes are levied 2401 80 
 
 Qualifications of office holders 2092 75 
 
 Qualifications of voters 1140 17 
 
 Qualifications of sureties 265 9 
 
 Qualifications of sureties for state officers 3364 99 
 
 Rate of interest When not effective 2021 56 
 
 Reading Circle books Who shall recommend 2019 56 
 
 Reading Circle work 2021 56 
 
 Receipts to be attached to vouchers 251 7 
 
 Records as evidence 1968 40 
 
 Recovery on bonds . . . . 2497 94 
 
 Records must be delivered to successor 1134 15 
 
 Refunding School District bonds 
 
 Balance How paid 2049 63 
 
 Balance in hands of County Treasurer 2049 63 
 
 By whom signed 2042 61 
 
 Coupons Where paid 2043 61 
 
 Duty County Treasurer 2047 62 
 
 Duty of School Directors as to redemption 2045 62 
 
 Form of bond, time and interest 2040 61 
 
 Funds realized from sale of 2048 63 
 
 Interest on refunding bonds 2040 61 
 
 Payment for How pledged 2046 62 
 
 Power of Board to issue refunding bonds 2039 60 
 
 Property in District pledged for payment 2046 62 
 
 Redemption of bonds 2045 62 
 
 Refunding bonds How issued 2039 60 
 
 Registration of bonds 2041 61 
 
 Sale of refunding bonds 2042 61 
 
 Surplus How used 2050 63 
 
 Tax to pay interest and principal 2044 62 
 
 Repeal Sections 2341 and 2342 88 
 
 Refusal to deliver records to successor Penalty .1968 40 
 
 Removal of officers 1159 20 
 
 Remuneration of truant officer 1957 37 
 
 Reports filed in triplicate 262 8 
 
 Reports of High School District Trustees 2077 72 
 
 Report of County Superintendent 1303 25 
 
 Reports to Governor When filed 261 8 
 
 Resignation of elective offices 2276 77 
 
 Restriction on public officers and contractors 280 11 
 
 Rules of order How adopted 1937 33 
 
 Salaries of state officers 136 5 
 
 Salaries of state officers When paid 264 9 
 
 Salaries When paid , 1155 20 
 
 Salaries withheld By whom 1148 18 
 
 Sale of collaterals 2496 93 
 
 School Board may establish Manual Training Schools 1975 42 
 
 School bonds How invested 125 3 
 
 School census 1992 45 
 
 School District bonds 
 
 Additional bond of County Treasurer. 2038 60 
 
 Authority to issue 2028 58 
 
 Bonds .' 2030 58 
 
 Bond election 2029 58 
 
 Bonds Preparation of 2035 60 
 
 Bonds Sale of 2030 58 
 
 County Treasurer shall have custody of funds 2037 60 
 
ii2 INDEX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 
 
 School District bonds (Continued). Sec. Page 
 
 Election to determine issue of 2028 38 
 
 Funds Who shall have custody of 2037 60 
 
 Interest on bonds How paid 2034 59 
 
 Issue of bonds 2029 58 
 
 Payment of interest on 2034 59 
 
 Penalty for misapplication of funds by Trustees 2036 60 
 
 Pledge for payment of 2031 59 
 
 Proceeds for sale of bonds 2030 58 
 
 Redemption of bonds 2033 59 
 
 Sale of bonds 2030 58 
 
 Tax levy to redeem and pay interest 2032 59 
 
 School District funds How transferred 1938 33 
 
 School District How affected by change in county boundaries. 1972 41 
 School District Organization and powers 
 
 Annual election of Trustees 1930 30 
 
 Appeal from County Superintendent on formation of Dis- 
 trict 1927 29 
 
 Auditing and payment of claims 1949 35 
 
 Board may remove scholars : 1945 34 
 
 Board shall advertise for bids 1946 34 
 
 Bond of District Treasurer 1952 35 
 
 District meetings 1935 31 
 
 District officers 1930 30 
 
 Election of Trustees where number increased to six 1931 31 
 
 Electors Powers of 1935 31 
 
 Employment and payment of teachers 1956 36 
 
 Establishment of High Schools 1953 36 
 
 First election of Trustees Officers of District 1928 30 
 
 Manner conducting annual meeting 1939 35 
 
 Meeting may adopt rules of order 1937 33 
 
 Members of Board may administer oaths 1944 34 
 
 Meeting of Board ." 1942 34 
 
 Notice of District meeting. 1950 
 
 Notice of formation of new Districts 1926 
 
 Number of Schools to be taught 1935 31 
 
 Oath of Directors 1929 30 
 
 Object of voting money to be designated 1935 31 
 
 Powers and duties of Board ! 1943 34 
 
 Powers of District meeting 1935 
 
 Qualifications of electors 1938 
 
 Regular meetings of Board and fiscal year 1934 31 
 
 Sale of School House 1935 
 
 School District to be body corporate 1933 
 
 School District seal 1932 31 
 
 School House Site of 1935 
 
 Separate School for colored children 1954 36 
 
 Settlement with Treasurer 1947 
 
 Special District meeting 1950 
 
 Transfer of School funds 1946 
 
 Treasurer shall report to District meeting 1947 
 
 Vacancies in Board How filled 1951 
 
 Visiting Committee 1948 
 
 Schools Free to all children When 1956 
 
 School funds Distribution by County Superintendent 1299 
 
 School fund kept by State Treasurer 1962 39 
 
 School lands Board of Control 602 
 
 Scholars may be removed by Board 1945 
 
 School moneys To whom paid 2405 82 
 
INDKX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 113 
 
 Sec. Page 
 
 School money Liability of Treasurer for 1973 42 
 
 School month denned 1960 39 
 
 School officers 
 
 May employ counsel 1969 40 
 
 Shall not be agent for School supplies Penalty for 1961 39 
 
 School supplies School officers shall not be agents for 1961 39 
 
 School tax 2401 80 
 
 School week Definition of -. 1960 38 
 
 Seal of School District 1932 31 
 
 Secretary of the Board of Charities and Reform 443 14 
 
 Secretary of State Custodian of bonds 106 3 
 
 Sex discrimination prohibited 1965 40 
 
 Shall not teach without certificate 2020 56 
 
 Sheriff Truant officer When 1957 37 
 
 Special county elections By whom ordered 2110 76 
 
 Special certificates 2017 55 
 
 State Auditor shall give bonds . . 266 9 
 
 State Board of Charities and Reform 436 14 
 
 State Board of Deposits 2487 88 
 
 State Examiner shall receive inventory of state property 268 9 
 
 State office Vacancy in 2087 74 
 
 State officers Biennial report filed when 262 8 
 
 Contingents of 252 7 
 
 Contingent funds of 251 7 
 
 Deputies of 269 10 
 
 Elected when Elective officers 2088 74 
 
 Inventory of property 268 9 
 
 Limitation of expense 249 6 
 
 Reports to Governor 261 8 
 
 Salaries of 136 5 
 
 Salary only compensation 263 9 
 
 Salary paid monthly 264 9 
 
 Shall balance accounts When 260 8 
 
 Shall reside at capital 137 6 
 
 Sureties for 265 9 
 
 State Superintendent. (See Supt. of Public Instruction). 
 
 State Superintendent issues certificates 2026 57 
 
 State Treasurer shall keep school funds 1962 39 
 
 State Treasurer 
 
 Shall give bonds : 266 9 
 
 Receive donations for schools 1973 41 
 
 Land funds invested by 125 3 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 
 Appeal from County Superintendent 1927 29 
 
 Attorney General legal adviser of 145 6 
 
 Disposition of donated books, etc 134 4 
 
 Disposition of School land funds 135 5 
 
 General duties of 133 4 
 
 Report to Legislature 133 4 
 
 Report to Governor 133 4 
 
 Shall file report 133 4 
 
 Shall make rules and regulations 133 4 
 
 Supervisoin of School District 133 4 
 
 Superintendent of Schools. (See County Supt. of Schools). 
 Superintendent of Schools County 
 
 Apportionment of County School fund 1299 23 
 
 Bond of 1296 22 
 
 County School fund How apportioned 1299 23 
 
1 14 INDX TO SCHOOL LAWS. 
 
 Superintendent of Schools County (Continued). Sec. Page 
 
 County Teachers' Institute ...,, 1305 25 
 
 1 District boundaries How changed .1301 24 
 
 Duties of ..1298 22 
 
 Failure to make reports Penalty 1303 25 
 
 May change boundaries of District 1301 24 
 
 May appoint deputies 1306 25 
 
 Number of Districts How determined 1301 24 
 
 Oath and bond 1296 22 
 
 Prohibited from teaching ' 1296 22 
 
 Reports of 1298 22 
 
 Report of enumeration to State Superintendent 1996 47 
 
 Salary of 1297 22 
 
 School fund How apportioned 1299 23 
 
 Shall distribute blanks 1298 22 
 
 Shall visit Schools 1302 24 
 
 Supervision and appellate authority of 1304 25 
 
 Supplemental apportionment 1300 24 
 
 Teachers' Institute How conducted 1305 25 
 
 Superintendent Appeal from on formation of District. 1927 29 
 
 Superintendent of state institutions shall report When 262 8 
 
 Supplies Agents for 1961 39 
 
 Sureties for official bonds 282 11 
 
 Sureties for state officers 265 9 
 
 Sureties for official bonds how released 285 
 
 Sureties Qualifications of 1 140 17 
 
 Taxation and revenue 
 
 Assessed valuation of Limit 84 
 
 Bonded debt 
 
 City or town Unlawful to fix tax levy 83 
 
 County Commissioners Limit 84 
 
 County School tax Limit 86 
 
 County library tax Limit 86 
 
 Detailed illustration 84 
 
 Excessive levy unlawful Duty of Assessor 87 
 
 Method of estimating 84 
 
 Misdemeanor , 88 
 
 Taxation Property exempt from .3582 100 
 
 Tax for county libraries 1316 26 
 
 Tax for School purposes ... . ..2401 80 
 
 Tax for High School District Collection of 2065 68 
 
 Tax How collected 2402 81 
 
 Taxes How equalized 2403 81 
 
 Tax levy 2320 77 
 
 Tax levy High School District 2065 68 
 
 Taxes Limitation upon amount 2320 77 
 
 Tax list 2343 80 
 
 Taxes Property subject to 2324 
 
 Taxes Property exempt from 2321 
 
 Taxes Purposes of 2320 
 
 Teachers Employment and payment of 1955 36 
 
 Teachers shall register certificates 2022 56 
 
 Teachers' Institute 1305 25 
 
 Teachers High School District Employment of 2072 71 
 
 Teachers' reports Failure to make. 1967 40 
 
 Teachers report to Clerk 1967 40 
 
 Text Books. (See Free Text Books.) 
 
 Time of qualifying county officers 1136 16 
 
INDKX TO SnrooL LAWS. 11.5 
 
 Sec. Page 
 
 Transportation expenses 1139 17 
 
 Treasurer's bond Condition of 281 11 
 
 Treasurer's bond Condition of 284 12 
 
 Treasurer's bond Who may be sureties for 282 11 
 
 Treasurer's bond Premium payable on 283 12 
 
 Treasurers Liability of for school money 1974 42 
 
 Treasurers shall give bond 1952 35 
 
 Treasurer shall make report 1947 34 
 
 Truant officer Duty of '. . . . 1957 37 
 
 Truant officer Enumeration 1958 38 
 
 Truancy Penalty for ; 1958 39 
 
 Trustees of High School District No compensation 2077 72 
 
 Trustees Election of when increased to six 1931 31 
 
 Trustees First election of 1928 30 
 
 Trustees for library Bond of 1318 26 
 
 Trustees How elected 1939 33 
 
 Trustees When elected 1930 30 
 
 Trustees may employ enumerator 1993 46 
 
 Trustees oath of 1929 30 
 
 Trustees University of Wyoming . 413 14 
 
 Tuition in High School District 2075 72 
 
 Tuition not charged High School District residents 2076 72 
 
 University of Wyoming Board of Trustees 413 14 
 
 Vacancy How filled 1951 35 
 
 Vacancy in elective office How made 2277 77 
 
 Vacancy in county offices How filled 1 137 16 
 
 Vacancy in official position 1 161 21 
 
 Vacancy in office Who determines fact of 2112 76 
 
 Vacancy in state office How filled 2987 74 
 
 Vaccination When compulsory 2940 99 
 
 Voting Persons disqualified from 2275 77 
 
 Voting Qualifications for 2092 75 
 
 Voucher Penalty for false statement on 250 7 
 
 Vouchers Receipts to be attached. 251 7 
 
 Warrants For whom drawn 1 145 L8 
 
 Warrants Interest on 3364 99 
 
 When salary is to be paid 1158 20 
 
 Who shall issue certificates 2026 57 
 
 Woman suffrage 2274 76 
 
 Year Fiscal 1934 31 
 
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