UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW LIBRARY » AM '•***»** I '3U| "SOUS 0*01 AV9 SCHOOL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI CHAPTERS: 125, SCHOOLS; 137, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS; 138 STATE SUPER- INTENDENT Annotated Code of 1906 Laws of 1908, Laws of 1910, Laws of 1911 Laws of 1912, Laws of 1914 DISCARD teachers room MEMPHIS, TENNESSE E H. CLARKE & KROTHER 1915 l-fflJURX jtySS i 55 iff \* li M>5 , 5+ A hifts, « fo . Ill SCHOOL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI CHAPTERS: 125, SCHOOLS; 137, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS; 138 STATE SUPER- INTENDENT Annotated Code of 1906 Laws of 1908, Laws of 1910, Laws of 1911 Laws of 1912, Laws of 1914 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE E H. CLARKE 4 BROTHER 1915 s Mte4-5. 19' 23 INDEX Agricultural High School 54-60 Assistant Teachers; when allowed 22 Biennial Reports of State Superintendent 63 Boards of Supervisors authorized to issue bonds for school buildings 62 Bond Issues for line schools 71 Bonds for schools in municipal separate districts 48 Changes in text-books limited 65 Consolidated schools Providing for transportation of pupils 45 Expenses paid out of school funds 46 Tax levy and bond issue for buildings and expenses _ 46 Privileges of consolidated schools 47 Certain defects in law cured 47 Consolidation of municipal separate school districts 72 County board of examiners 17 How appointed; vacancies filled 18 Examinations; when held and how conducted 18 Grading and marking papers 19 Contract with teachers 23 Constitutional provisions 1 &2 County Superintendent Teachers' register and outline maps 10 How examined 43 Oath of office and bond 43 Shall have an office and keep records 43 Not to teach school 43 Qua'ifications and how elected 42 General dut es 4 Penalty for failure to report 6 Salary, how paid 4 To visit school and settle disputes in same 7 To remove teacher or trustee; fill vacancies 7 Duty to successor 8 Record of trustees; official notices 8 Not to speculate in teachers' warrants 8 Deputies when appointed; compensation 8 County treasurer, bond and duties 26 Criminal to abuse teachers 41 Department of home economics 68 Election in consolidated schools 60 Enumeration of educable children 24 Enumeration by tax assessor; affidavit of enumeration 30 Two copies of enumeration; when and where filed 30 Compensation for enumeration 30 Examination of teachers All teachers must be examined 19 What examined on and penalty for receiving assistance 19 Special examinations; endorsement of licenses 20 Professional licenses 21 79458? iv School Laws of the Examination of teachers in agricultural high schools 70 General board of trustees • 66 General funds transferred to school funds 68 General rules for teachers 40 Graduates of I. I. & C. entitled to professional license 65 Library commission 42 Mississippi normal college 50-54 Municipal treasurer 27 Obedience to teachers; damage to school property 40 Officers, trustees and teachers not to speculate in books 41 Outstanding school indebtedness; deficit 1 41 Prizes for corn clubs ^ 49 Pupils attending high schools 24 Purchasing supplies by supervisor and trustees 73 School fund State distribution 29 Two and three per centum fund 29 How distributed in counties 28 Used only for year of receipt T 28 Poll taxes 29 Balances how and when used 29 School libraries 41 School taxes levied in municipality not separate district 41 School registers; pay certificates 24 School term; winter and summer 25 Scholastic year; month and day 25 School boards; how appointed 8 Qualifications ; compensation . 9 Fix boundaries of school districts 9 Separate districts for the races 9 Districts so made that all children can attend 10 Sixteenth-section funds 67 State board of education 3 To decide appeals 3 To audit claims against common school fund 3 To fix expenses of state superintendent's office 3 To adopt course of study 3 State superintendent of education To require reports' from county superintendents _ 3 To prepare and furnish the laws, blanks, books, etc., to school officers. .3 & 30 Conference with county superintendents 4 Official opinions 4 Qualifications and general duties 44 Salaries of teachers 22 State board of examiners; duties; compensation; term of office 20 Separate school district; how organized 13 Assessment of property in 14 Separate districts in two or more counties 15 Territory added to separate districts 17 To levy taxes; erect building and issue bonds 17 The same; graded schools 17 Supervisors may borrow money to pay teachers 69 Taxes ; counties may levy 27 State of Mississippi v Taxes levied for rural schools 72 Teachers' institutes; institute conductors 31 Board of education to prepare outlines for 31 How expenses are paid; funds; where deposited and how paid out 31 When funds insufficient ; surplus funds 32 Teachers' licenses County license; how obtained 19 State license 21 How transferred . 21 & 50 Term reports 25 Text-book commission; qualification of its members 32 Books selected for five years 1 32 Members to be sworn; not interested in contracts 33 How choice of books is made; when commission to meet and organize; to advertise for bids 33 What bids shall specify ; when to be opened 34 Forfeit money to be returned to bidders ; when 25 Quality of books furnished 35 State not liable to contractor; bids may be rejected 36 Depositories for books; damages for failure to supply books 36 Commission to enforce provision; books adopted to supplant all others. 38 Penalty for violating provisions; for teaching other books, for demanding more than contract price 38 Commission to keep journal; not to extend contract 39 Members not to accept employment or receive gifts from book dealers. 39 Exchange price of books; compensation of commissioners 39 When contract forfeited; when commissioners disqualified 40 Trustees; qualifications; how elected 10 Not interested in contracts 40 Vacancy; how filled 11 Quorum; executive officer; removals 11 To elect teachers; to examine enumerations 11 Other duties 1 11 Of separate school districts 12 How chosen; term of office 13 Nepotism forbidden 13 School Laws OF THE State of Mississippi CONSTITUTION OF MISSISSIPPI. ARTICLE VIII. EDUCATION. Section 201. It shall be the duty of the legislature to encourage, by all suitable means, the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral and agricultural improvement, by establishing a uniform system of free public schools, by taxation, or otherwise, for all children between the ages of five and twenty-one years, and, as soon as prac- tical, to establish schools of higher grade. Sec. 202. There shall be a superintendent of public education elected at the same time and in the same manner as the governor, who shall have the qualifications required of the secretary of state, and hold his office for four years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, who shall have the general supervision of the common schools, and of the educational interests of the State, and who shall perform such other duties and receive such compensation as shall be prescribed by law. Sec. 203. There shall be a board of education, consisting of tne secretary of state, the attorney-general, and the superintendent of public education, for the management and investment of the school funds, according to law, and for the performance of such other duties as may be prescribed. The superintendent and one other of said board shall constitute a quorum. Sec. 204. There shall be a superintendent of public education in each county, who shall be appointed by the board of education by and with the advice and con- sent of the senate, whose term of office shall be four years, and whose qualifications, compensation and duties shall be prescribed by law; provided, that the legislature shall have power to make the office of county superintendent of tUe several counties elective, or may otherwise provide for the discharge of the duties of county super- intendent, or abolish said office. Sec. 205. A public school shall be maintained in each school district in the county at least four months during each scholastic year. A school district neglecting to maintain its school four months, shall be entitled to only such part of the free school fund as may be required to pay the teacher for the time actually taught. Sec 206. There shall be a common school fund which shall ccnsist of the poll-tax (to be retained in the counties where the same is collected) and an additional sum from the general fund in the State treasury, which together shall be sufficient to maintain the common schools for the term of four months in each scholastic year. But any county or separate school district may levy an additional tax to maintain its schools for a longer time than the term of four months. The common school fund shall be distributed among the several counties and separate school districts, in proportion to the number of educable children in each, to be determined 2 School Laws of the from data collected through the office of the state superintendent of education, in the manner to be prescribed by law. Sec. 207. Separate schools shall be maintained for children of the white and colored races. Sec. 208. No religious or other sect, or sects, shall ever control any part of the school or other educational funds of this State; nor shall any funds be appropri- ated toward the support of any sectarian school; or to any school that at the time of receiving such appropriation is not conducted as a free school. Sec. 209. It shall be the duty of the legislature to provide by law for the sup- port of institutions for the education of the deaf, dumb, and blind. Sec. 210. No public officer of this State, or of any district, county, city or town thereof, nor any teacher or trustee of any public school, shall be interested in the sale, proceeds or profits of any books, apparatus or furniture to be used, in any public school in this State. Penalties shall be provided by law for the violation of this section. Sec. 211. The legislature shall enact such laws as may be necessary to ascertain the true condition of the title to the 16th sections of land in this State, or land granted in lieu thereof, in the Choctaw purchase, and shall provide that the six- teenth section lands reserved for the support of township schools shall not be sold, nor shall they be leased for a longer term than ten years for a gross sum; but the legislature may provide for the lease of any of said lands for a term not exceeding twenty-five years for a ground rental payable annually, and, in case of uncleared lands, may lease them for such short term as may be deemed proper in consideration of the improvement thereof, with right thereafter to lease for a term or to hold on payment of ground rent. Sec. 212. The rate of interest on the fund known as the Chickasaw school fund,, and other trust funds for educational purposes, for which the State is respon- sible, shall be fixed and remain as long as said funds are held by the State at six per centum per annum, from and after the close of the fiscal year a. d. 1891, and the distribution of said interest shall be made semi-annually on the first of May and November of each year. Sec. 213. The State having received and appropriated the land donated to it, for the support of Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, by the United States, and having, in furtherance of the beneficent design of Congress in granting said land, established the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, and the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, it is the duty of the State to sacredly carry out the conditions of the act of Congress upon the subject, approved July 2d, a. d. 1862, and the legislature shall preserve intact the endowments to, and support, said colleges. State of Mississippi CHAPTER 125. 4485. (3962) Uniform Schools of. There shall be main- tained a uniform system of free public schools for all children between the ages of five and twenty-one years. 4486. (3963) Board of Education; its meetings. The board of education created by the constitution shall hold its sessions at the seat of government. It may appoint the time of meeting, and a called meeting of the board may be held at any time upon the call of a member thereof. 4487. (3965) The same; to decide appeals. The board of education shall decide all appeals from the decisions of county superintendents, or from the decisions of the state superintendent; but all matters relating to appeals shall be presented in writing and the board's decision shall be final. 4488. (3967) The same; to remove them in certain cases. For continued neglect of duty, for drunkenness, incom- petency, or official misconduct, the board of education may remove a county superintendent; but before removal the officer shall have ten days' notice of the charge, and be allowed opportunity to make defense. The members of the board are authorized to administer oaths, and to take or cause depositions to be taken, and have the powers of a court to compel witnesses to attend and testify in all matters of investigation by the board. 4489. (3968) The same; to audit claims. The board of education shall audit all claims against the common school fund, and allow so much as may be justly due, not to exceed the amount allowed by law. 4490. (3969) The same; to fix expenses of state super- intendent 's office. The board of education shall determine the necessary contingent expenses of the superm endent's office, including stationery, postage, printing, furniture, and other things necessary, and shall examine the accounts therefor, and certify the same for payment. 4491. (3970) The same; administration; course of study; arbor day. The board of education shall regulate all mat- ters arising in the practical administration of the school system which are not otherwise provided for; and it may adopt a course of study to be pursued in the schools and may designate a day to be observed as arbor day, which shall be devoted to the planting of trees and otherwise improving the school grounds. 4492. (3971) State superintendent: to require reports from comity superintendents. The superintendent of public educa- tion shall require annually, and as often beside as he may deem proper, of the county superintendents, detailed re- ports of the educational business of his county, and shall give him all necessary instructions. 4493. (3972) The" same; to prepare, have printed, and furnish the laws, blanks, books, etc., to school officers. The superintendent of public education shall prepare, have printed, and furnish all officers charged with the adminis- School Laws of the tration of the laws pertaining to the public schools, such blank forms and books as may be necessary to the proper discharge of their duties, and the questions for the ex- amination of teachers. He shall have the laws pertaining to the public schools printed in pamphlet form, and pub- lish therein forms for conducting school business, the rules and regulations for the government of schools that he or the board of education may recommend, and such other matters as may be deemed worthy and of public interest pertaining to the subject. 4494. (3973) The same; conference with county super- intendents. The state superintendent may meet the county superintendents of each judicial district or of two or more districts combined, at such time and place as he shall appoint, giving them due notice of such meeting. The ob- jects of such meetings shall be to accumulate facts relative to schools, to compare views,* to discuss principles, to hear discussions and suggestions relative to the examinations and qualifications of teachers, methods of instruction, text-books, institutes, visitation of schools, and other matters embraced in the public school system. 4495. (3974) The same; official opinions. The state superintendent shall, at the request of any county super- intendent, give his opinion, upon a written statement oi the facts, on all questions and controversies arising out of the interpretation and construction of the school laws in regard to the rights, powers and duties of school officers and county superintendents, and shall keep a record of all such decisions. Before giving any opinion the superintendent may submit the statement of facts to the attorney-general for his advice thereon; and it shall be the duty of the attor- ney-general forthwith to examine such statement and suggest the proper decision to be made upon such facts. 4496. (3975) The same; to advise county superintendents. The state superintendent shall advise county superintendents upon all matters involving the welfare of the schools. (See Sees. 4809-4816). 4497. (3979) The same; duties generally. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent: (a) To employ for each school under his supervision, such teacher or teachers as may be recommended by the local trustees; but the teacher shall hold his certificate of proper date and grade and execute the required contract; (6) To examine the monthly reports of teachers and require the signatures of a majority of the trustees certify- ing to the accuracy of the report, and upon the report thus certified to issue a pay-certificate showing the amount of salary due, and the scholastic month for which it is issued. The pay-certificate must be in the torm prescribed by the board of education, and a stub duplicate made out and preserved in this office; (c) To fix the salaries of teachers and to make contracts with them ; State of Mississippi 5 (d) To enforce the course of study adopted by the board of education, and the uniform text-books adopted for the county; (e) To enforce the law and the rules and regulations in reference to the examination of teachers; (/) To visit the schools and require teachers to perform all their duties; (g) To select and employ teachers for public schools whose trustees fail to report a selection within ten days of the time fixed by the county school board for the be- ginning of the term; (h) To administer oaths in all cases of teachers, trustees, and others relating to the schools, and to take testimony in appeal cases under the school law; (i) To keep on file and preserve in his office the bi- ennial report of the superintendent of public education and all circular letters sent out by him and a copy of the school law; (j) To distribute promptly all reports, laws, forms, circulars and instructions which he may receive for the use of school officers and teachers, from the state super- intendent of public education. (/<•) To carefully preserve all reports of school officers and teachers, and, at the close of the term of office, deliver to his successor all records, books, documents, and papers belonging to the office, taking a receipt for the same, which shall be filed in the office of the chancery clerk; (/) To make annually, on or before the first day of October, a \* ritten report to the board of supervisors and mayor and board of aldermen of the municipality, con- stituting a separate school disctrict, showing the name, sex, and color of the teachers employed during the pre- ceding scholastic year, the number of months taught by each, and the aggregate amounts of pay-certificates issued to each and to all; and the report shall be filed in the office of the chancery clerk or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, and be compared by said officer with the pay- certificates of the county superintendent for the period embraced in the report; (m) To file with the chancery and municipal clerks, be- fore issuing any pay-certificate for the current term, lists of the teachers employed, and the monthly salary of each as shown by the contract, and to add to the list any teachers subsequently employed; (w) To keep in his office and carefully preserve the public school record provided; to enter therein the pro- ceedings of the county school board, the decisions of appeal cases, and other official acts; a list of the teachers ex- amined, licensed, and employed; and, within ten days after they are rendered, to record the data required from the monthly and term reports of teachers, and the annual reports of county and separate school district treasurers; and from the summaries of records thus kept, to render, on or before the twentieth of October an annual report to School Laws of the the state superintendent in the form and containing the particulars required; (o) To observe such instruction and regulations as the board of education may from time to time prescribe, and make special reports to those officials whenever required; and, (p) To perform such other duties as may be required of him by law or the rules and regulations of the board of education; and in no case shall he receipt for a teacher's warrant, or collect the money on the same. 4498. (3980) The same; penalty for failure to report. If a county superintendent fails to make his annual report to the state superintendent by the twentieth day of October, he forfeits fifty dollars of his salary; and the board of super- visors, upon receiving from the state superintendent of public education notice of such failure, must deduct the amount forfeited from his salary. 4499. (3981) The same; office days. The county super- intendent shall be at the county seat on Saturdays of each scholastic month of the term to receive monthly reports, issue pay-certificates, and attend to other official duties. If absent, without leave previously granted by the board of supervisors, the board shall deduct from his salary ten dollars for each day's absence, unless prevented by illness or other unavoidable cause. And when there are two judicial districts in his county, the superintendent shall alternate, going to the courthouse of the districts alternately. (See Sees. 3482, 4813). 4500 (3982) The same; reports. The county super- intendent shall make to the board of supervisors and mayor and board of aldermen of a municipality constituting a separate school district, reports for each scholastic month, which shall show the amount of pay-certificates issued for that month, together with a statement showing the schools visited, the date of visitation, and the time he spent in each school during his visit; and it shall be unlawful to allow the salary of the superintendent until said report be on file. 4501. (3983) The same; salary, hoiv paid. The salary of the county superintendent shall be paid monthly out of the county school fund, on allowance of the board of supervisors after it has approved the report required to be made to it every month by the superintendent, and the salary is fixed at five per centum of the total school fund received by the county annually; but a county superin- tendent shall not receive more than twelve hundred dollars, nor less than seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, and in fixing the salary for any year it shall be based on the amount of school funds received by the county during the preceding scholastic year; provided, the board of super- visors may fix the salary of the county superintendent at an amount between twelve and eighteen hundred dollars, without reference to the amount of the school fund, and when the board of supervisors so fixes the salary of a State of Mississippi 7 county superintendent, such county superintendent shall not pursue any other secular profession or business of a public nature, but shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office. Municipalities constituting separate school districts and rural separate school districts shall pay their proportionate part of salary, estimated upon the amount of funds received from the state distribution. 4502. (3984) The same; visiting schools. The county superintendent shall visit all the schools in his county at least once during the term. On the first visit he shall remain at least two hours, and shall, in county schools, correct any deficiency which may exist in the classification of the pupils or the government of the school; and in separate school districts he shall call the attention of the trustees to such deficiencies for correction by them. He shall note down the condition and value of the building and lot, and of the furniture, the methods of instruction, the branches taught, and his estimate of the ability of the teacher to conduct a school. He shall give such directions and make such recommendations as he deems expedient and needful to secure the best results in the instruction of the pupils, and shall examine the classes to see that thor- ough work is done. He shall urge patrons to provide their children with comfortable and well-furnished schoolhouses. For every school not so visited, the board of supervisors must, on proof thereof, deduct ten dollars from his salary. 4503. (3985) The same; to settle disputes in school. In all controversies arising under the school law, the opinion and advice of the county superintendent shall first be sought, from whose decision an appeal may be taken to the state board of education, upon a written statement of the facts, certified by the county superintendent or by the secretary of the trustees. 4504. (3986) The same; may suspend or remove a teacher or trustee; fill vacancies. For incompetency, neglect of duty, immoral conduct, or other disqualification, the county superintendent may suspend or remove any teacher or trustee from office, except in separate school districts. And for the purpose of conducting inquiries and trials, the superintendent has the same power as a justice of the peace to issue subpoenas for witnesses, and to compel their attendance aid consolidated school, together with the county superintendent, are authorized and empower- ed to provide means for the transportation of pupils living two miles from the consolidated school to and from the school house in the district, under such rules and regula- tions as may be prescribed by the state board of educa- tion. 46 School Laws of the Sec. 2. Expenses paid out of school fund on sworn itemized accounts; duty of trustees and county superintendent. The expense necessary to carry this Act into effect and provide for the transportation of the pupils, as provided in Section 1 of this Act, shall be paid out of the school fund of the county. At the end of each scholastic month the person or persons employed to transport the pupils shall file with the county superintendent an itemized state- ment of his services, properly sworn to by him and approved by at least two of the trustees and certified to by them; and upon filing of such account with him the county super- intendent shall issue to such person a pay-certificate, and such account shall be filed and preserved in his office. If the trustees, without good cause, refuse to approve said itemized account, such person may appeal to the county superintendent, who shall issue his pay-certificate without the approval of the trustees, in case he decides, after full investigation, in favor of the person who transports the pupils. Upon the presentation of the pay-certificate for services rendered, as herein set out, duly attested by the county superintendent, the clerk of the board of super- visors shall issue a warrant in the manner as directed for the issuance of teachers' warrants in Section 4566 of the Mississippi Code of 1906. The oath required to said ac- count may be made before the county superintendent. Sec. 3. Tax to be levied for transportation and other expenses; bonds may be issued (Amendment, 1914). On petition of the majority of the qualified electors of the consolidated school district containing not less than twenty- five square miles, and on the approval of the county school board, the board of supervisors shall, in the same manner as provided for separate school districts, annually levy a tax on the property of the said district sufficient to pay for fuel, transportation wagons, and other incidental expenses, erect and repair school buildings for the district, and shall levy a tax sufficient to maintain the schools of said district after the expiration of the county public school term, or to supplement during the county public school term, pro- vided a free public school shall be maintained therein at least seven months in each scholastic year. And the board of supervisors may issue bonds for such consolidated dis- tricts, in the manner provided in the chapter on "munic- ipalities" to erect, repair and equip school buildings for said districts; provided the bonds issued for other purposes on the property of said school district shall not be in- cluded in calculating the limit on the amount to be issued for the purposes herein provided, but only such bonds as may be issued for the said district as a separate taxing unit, shall be counted in calculating the limit of the amount. The tax collector shall collect the taxes required of such districts as other taxes are collected, and deposit the same with the county treasurer, to the credit of the district for which it was levied. Such funds shall be disbursed on pay- State of Mississippi 47 certificates issued by the county superintendent, on the order of the trustees of the district. The expense of trans- porting the pupils shall he borne by the district after the expiration of the county public school term. Approved March 28, 1914. Sec. 4. Privileges of consolidated schools. Such consoli- dated district may make its school a graded school and have all the privileges granted to separate school districts under Section 4535 of the Mississippi Code of 1906. Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 9, 1912. CHAPTER 182. House Bill No. 544. AN ACT to cure any defects or irregularities or any supposed defects or irregu- larities arising on the question of the sufficiency of title to House Bill No. 81, Chapter No. 255 of the acts of the legislature of 1912, being "An Act to provide for the transportation of pupils in consolidated school districts," and providing for the issuance of bonds for the erection, repair and equipment of school buildings To cure defects in House Bill No. 81, Acts of 1912, arising from error in title. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Mississippi, That in all cases where any bonds have been issued or are proposed to be issued, or may be here- after issued by any school district or consolidated school district in any county in the state operating under House Bill No. 81, Chapter No. 255, of the acts of the legislature of 1912, where all the preliminary conditions required by law have been complied with in aU respects, and where there may be a question or doubt in respect to the suffi- ciency of the title to said statute, under which the bonds are issued and which provide for their issuance, said bonds shall be held and treated in all respects the same as if the title to said statute had been ample and sufficient; and the defect or irregularity arising out of the doubt in regard to the title of said statute is hereby in all respects cured and ratified and the bonds are to be held valued for all purposes whatever; and it is further provided expressly that such defects or irregularities or such supposed defects or irregularities are hereby cured as fully and effectually and the condition of the issuance of said bond is hereby as effectually dispensed as if the full and proper statutory authority had existed in the first instance for the issuance of said bonds. Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1914. 48 School Laws of the CHAPTER 101. Senate Bill No. 161. AN ACT to authorize the municipal authorities of municipalities in this State constituting separate school districts, to issue bonds for such districts to build and repair school buildings, to maintain schools therein, pay the expenses thereof, and levy taxes on such districts with which to pay for the same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That any municipality of this state con- stituting a separate school district, whether such district is composed alone of the corporate limits of such munic- ipality, or made up by such corporate limits and added territory, in the manner prescribed by law, is hereby author- ized and empowered for the purpose of erecting, repairing and maintaining school buildings for such district, and maintaining schools therein, and paying expenses thereof, including salaraies of teachers, fuel and all other necessary expenses, to issue the bonds of such separate school dis- trict in the manner provided by the chapter on munic- ipalities; and for the purpose of paying such bonds, and the interest thereon, such municipality is authorized and em- powered annually to levy a tax on all the taxable property of such district, including that within the corporate limits of such municipality, as well as all taxable property in the added territory to make up such district; and the taxable property of such district, including such added territory, shall also be liable to taxation by such municipality for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses of such schools, including salaries, fuel and all other expenses incident there- to, to run said schools after the expiration of four months provided for by the state, or to supplement during the four months the funds distributed by the state. But a tax in excess of three mills on the dollar shall not be levied or collected without the consent of a majority of the tax- payers of such districts, evidenced by petition or petitions. Sec. 2. That the taxable property of such added ter- ritory to such municipality shall be assessed and the tax collected in the same manner as on the property within the corporate limits; and on the question of the issuance of such bonds, and the increase of such tax, provided for in Section 1 of this Act, and petitioning in reference there- to, the qualified electors and tax payers in such added territory shall have the same right to vote and petition as those have under the law within the corporate limits of such municipality, and for the purpose of such election such municipality shall cause the qualified electors in such added territory to be registered in like manner as those within its corporate limits, and governed by the same laws, as far as applicable. Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. State of Mississippi 49 Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 11, 1908. CHAPTER 188. House Bill No. 381, AN ACT to amend Chapter 104 of the law of 1908, relating to offering prizes to the corn clubs of the public schools. Secxion 1. Be it enacted bjf the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That Chapter 104 of the acts of 1908 be amended so as to read as follows: Boards of supervisors of this state may offer as prizes to corn clubs of the public schools of the counties an amount of money not exceeding fifty dollars in any one year in any county. The sum offered may be divided into three prizes of twenty-five dollars for the first prize, fifteen dollars for the second prize, and ten dollars for the third prize, or in that proportion. Sec. 2. That county superintendents of education, with the approval of the county board of examiners, may appro- priate an amount of money not exceeding fifty dollars in any one year in any county from the county school fund in addition to that provided for under Section 1 of this Act, to be offered as prizes to the corn clubs to the public schools of the countv. Said sums to be divided into three prizes of twenty-five dollars for the first prize, fifteen dollars for the second prize, and ten dollars for the third prize, or in that proportion. Sec. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 14, 1914. CHAPTER 127. Senate Bill No. 202. AX ACT to authorize any municipality not composing a separate school district to levy an annual tax to aid in the education of the children within such munic- ipality limits. Section 1. Be it enacted hi/ the legislature of the State of Mississippi, Any municipality not composing a separate school district, on petition of a majority of the tax payers in such municipality, may levy an annual tax, not ex- ceeding three mills on the dollar, for the purpose of aiding, as the mayor and board of aldermen may see fit, in the 50 School Laws of the education of the children of educable age living within such municipal limits. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 18, 1908. CHAPTER 133. Senate Bill No. 320. AN ACT to authorize the state board of examiners in cases where examination papers of teachers have been destroyed by the burning of courthouses in this State, to transfer their license to other counties; and authorizing the granting of a state license to teachers of such counties, exempt from examination, where their examination papers have been burned. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That any teacher in any county, holding a license, wishing to transfer to another county, may direct the superintendent of his county to forward such license, and such other proof of his qualifications, and of the burn- ing of his examination papers, as the state board of ex- aminers may require, and as may be reasonable; and if, on such proof, the state board should be of opinion that such teacher was properly graded by the county board, the license may be transferred to any county the appointee may designate. Sec. 2. State teachers license to be issued in certain cases where examination papers lost or destroyed. That any t&acher of this state heretofore exempt from examination may for- ward his license to the state board of examiners, with such proof as said state board may require, and which is reason- able, that his examination papers were destroyed in the burning of the court house of his county, or otherwise destroyed, and that such teacher is entitled to a state license, and upon payment of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to said board of examiners, such board may issue to such teacher a state license in lieu of the license granted by such county. Sec 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 31, 1912. CHAPTER 119. House Bill No. 204. AN ACT to establish the Mississippi Normal College to qualify teachers for the public schools; to provide for the government thereof; to provide how the location shall be made and the buildings constructed and for other pusposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That a body politic and corporate is hereby State of Mississippi 51 created by the name of the Mississippi Normal College (to cost not more than one hundred thousand dollars), to have perpetual succession, with power to contract and be contracted with, to receive by any legal method of transfer or conveyance, property of any description, and to have and hold and employ the same; also, to make and use a corporate seal, with power to break or change the same; to adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of its members, official agents and employes. Sec. 2. The object of the said Mississippi Normal College shall be to qualify teachers for the public schools of this state, by imparting instruction in the art and practice of teaching in all branches of study which pertain to a common school education, and such other studies as the board of trustees may from time to time prescribe. But no one shall be eligible to admission to such school who shall not have completed the studies or course pre- scribed by law for the common or public schools of the state and the course in such school shall always be con- fined or restricted to a strictly normal or professional course for training teachers to teach in the public schools of the state. Sec. 3. The powers of said corporation shall be vested in and its duties be performed by a board of trustees, composed of one member from each congressional district, in the state, and of the governor, and state superintendent of education, serving ex-officio, the former to be president of the board. Sec. 4. Upon the passage of this Act, within thirty days the governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice of the senate, appoint one citizen from each con- gressional district, as trustees of said institution, four of whom shall serve for a term of three years, and the re- mainder for six years, and until their successors are ap- pointed and enter on duty, and successors, in each class, shall be appointed in like manner for six years; provided, however, that in case of a vacancy by death or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the term vacated. Sec 5. The board of trustees shall hold their first meeting at Jackson, Mississippi, within one month from the time of appointment, at which meeting they shall elect one of their body secretary, and cause a regular record to be made and kept of their proceedings. The duties of the secretary shall be to keep a full and regular record of all proceedings of the board, and to make and prepare such report as may be required of him. The trustees shall also elect a treasurer, who shall give bond to the people of Mississippi in the amount of the largest sum likely to come into his hands, the penalty to be fixed by the board of trustees, conditional for the faithful discharge of his duties 52 School Laws of the as treasurer, with two or more persons as securities. The trustees at this meeting shall likewise elect, or take steps to elect, a president of said Mississippi Normal College. Sec. 6. The treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all the moneys received and paid out; the account for articles and supplies of every kind purchased shall be kept and reported so as to show the kind, quality and cost thereof. Sec. 7. No member, officer or agent of the board of trustees shall be a party to or interested in any contract for materials or supplies. Sec. 8. Accounts of this institution shall be stated and settled annually with the state auditor.. The board of trustees, shall, ten days previous to the session of the legislature, submit to the governor a report of their trust, with a statement of all accounts connected therewith, to be by him laid before the legislature. Sec. 9. The board of trustees shall, as soon as prac- ticable after their appointment, arrange to receive from the localities desiring to receive the location of said school, proposals for donations for a suitable site, and other valu- able considerations, and shall locate the same in the place offering the most advantageous conditions, all things con- sidered. Sec. 10. Upon the selection and securing of the land aforesaid, the board of trustees shall proceed to secure plans and to contract for the erection of buildings in which to furnish educational facilities for such number of students as hereinafter provided for; also, for the improvements of the land, so as to make it available for the use of the in- stitution. The buildings shall be constructed upon the most approved plans for use, and shall be of sufficient capacity to accommodate the number of students to be apportioned among the different counties of the state in proportion to the number of educable children in each county, as compared with the whole number of educable children in the state. The outside walls of the main build- ing to be of stone or brick, partition walls of brick, and the entire building made fire-resisting, and so constructed as to be warmed in the most healthful and economical man- ner, with ample ventilation in all its parts. Said plans shall be accompanied by specifications and an itemized statement of the amount required for the erection and com- pletion of the building in accordance therewith. The board of trustees shall appoint a trust-worthy and competent superintendent of the buildings and improvements afore- said, whose duty it shall be to be present during the pro- gress of the work and to see that every brick, stone and piece of timber used is sound and properly placed, and whose right it shall be to require contractors and their employes to conform to his regulations in executing their State of Mississippi 53 contract; provided, however, that said board of trustees shall not appoint any one of its members superintendent. Provided that the trustees shall have no power what- ever to bind the state for any part of the cost of the building's or grounds, it being understood that the school building's, grounds and dormitories are to be furnished free of cost to the state and that the same shall be sufficient for the requirements of the school. Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to elect the president, determine the number of teachers and number of other employes, and their compensation and, in their discretion, approve the appointment of all such teachers or other employes; prescribe the course of study which shall be taught and maintained in such in- stitution; prescribe rules and regulations governing the qualifications and admission of students; and to prepare suitable diplomas to be granted to students who shall complete successfully the course of study. The trustees of said school shall receive only their personal and traveling expenses and shall receive this allowance only upon pre- sentation of itemized statement as to their actual expenses. Sec. 12. The president shall be held as the professional advisor of the board of trustees of all matters pertaining to the inside arrangements of buildings, selection of faculty, and course of study, and he shall have the immediate supervision and management of said Mississippi Normal College, in all its departments, subject, however, to the general supervision, management and direction of the board of trustees. Sec. 13. The course of instruction in said Mississippi Normal College shall be so arranged as to fall into two divisions; the satisfactory completion of the first of said divisions shall be evidenced by a certificate, and the satis- factory completion of the second, by a diploma. Said course and the final examinations therein shall be sub- mitted annually to the state board of education, and upon their approval, evidenced by the signature of the president of said state board of education, said certificate shall be a first grade license for a period of five years from its date, and said diploma shall be a professional license as provided by Section 5553 of the Code of 1906. Sec. 14. Tuition shall be free to all students of Mis- sissippi who give a written pledge to teach for a period of not less than three years in the public schools of the state, two years of which shall be in the rural schools of the county in which the students reside, provided the students can secure a school in said county. All other students attending shall pay such tuition fees as the board of trustees may prescribe, such money to be paid into the treasury, as in other cases provided. 54 School Laws of the Sec. 15. The expense of the building, improving, re- pairing and supplying fuel and furniture, printing, and the necessary apparatus for conducting said school, the salaries or compensation of the trustees, president, professors, assistants and employes shall be a charge against the amount appropriated for the erection and maintenance of this in- stitution. All other expenses shall be chargeable against the pupils of said institution, in incidental fees, and the board of trustees shall regulate the charges accordingly. Sec. 16. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 30, 1910. CHAPTER 122. Senate Bill No. 4. AN ACT to provide for the establishment of county agricultural high schools and to provide for the equipment and maintanance of same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the county school board in each county in the state is hereby authorized and empowered to establish not more than two agricultural high schools in the county, and determine their location, one for white youths exclusively and the other for colored youths ex- clusively, in which instruction shall be given in high school branches, theoretical and practical agriculture, domestic science and in such other branches as the board may here- after provide for, may make a part of the cirriculum, subject to review and correction by the state board of education. If only one school be established at first, the school board shall have power at any subsequent time to establish an additional school whenever the necessity for the same shall arise. Sec. 2. (As amended by legislature of 1914). The board of supervisors of any county where an agricultural high school shall have been established by the school board, shall levy on the taxable property in the county at the time the annual tax levy is made for the support and maintenance of said school. In case there be two agri- cultural high schools in any county, the board shall levy a separate tax for the support of each school, and the taxes when collected shall only be used for the support and maintenance of the particular school for which the tax is levied; provided, that the tax levy for agricultural high school purposes, for any one year, shall not exceed two mills for each school established, and provided, further, that within twenty days after a levy has been made twenty per cent of the qualified electors of said county may file State of Mississippi 55 with the clerk of the board of supervisors a petition asking' that the tax for the support of either one or both agri- cultural high schools be not levied, then the question shall be submitted to an election of the qualified electors of the county within thirty days after the next meeting of the board of supervisors after the filing of the petition, at which election said electors may vote against the tax levied for the support of either one or both schools, and should a majority of the votes cast be against the tax levied for the support of either one or both schools, then the levy of the board for the support of that school or of both schools, as the case may be, shall be null and void, and the tax collector shall refuse to collect such tax so voted against; but should a majority of the vote be for the tax levied in support of either or both schools, then the tax collector shall proceed to collect the tax so authorized as all other taxes are collected, receiving the lawful commission for such collections. The tax collected shall be deposited with the county treasurer to be paid out by him on the order of the board of trustees for the high school or high schools. When a majority of the votes be for the tax levied in support of either or both schools or if the school be estab- lished and the tax levied without an election then another election shall not be held for the purpose of voting against the tax levied within a period of four years from the date of said election. Sec. 3. (As amended by legislature of 1914). The government and control of county agricultural high schools in any county shall be vested in a board of five trustees, one from each supervisor's district, two of whom shall be elected by the board of supervisors, two by the county school board and the county superintendent of education shall constitute the fifth member; two of the number first elected shall serve for a term of two years, and their successors shall serve for a term of three years, and two shall serve for a term of four years; all regular terms shall be for a term of four years. The trustees shall have con- trol of the property, elect and fix salaries of all teachers in the agricultural department of the school and shall have full power to do all things necessary to the successful operation of said school. And that each member of the board of trustees, county superintendent excepted, receive their actual expense while on duty, provided said expenses do not exceed three dollars ($3.00) per day, to be paid out of the county agricultural high school funds, on receipt of an itemized statement -issued to county superintendent. When a common school is taught in connection with an agricultural high school the election of teachers fcr the common school department shall be made by the common school trustees in the same manner as are required of other common school trustees. Sec. 4. In case the school boards of two adjacent counties shall so decide, the two adjacent counties may 56 School Laws of the unite in establishing an agricultural high school or two schools, one for each race. The school boards of the two counties shall meet in joint session to determine the loca- tion of the school, or schools, and if no place can be agreed upon by a majority of the joint board* for either school, the two highest places shall be certified by the board to the state board of education, who shall select one of them as the site for the school. The government of the school shall be vested in eleven trustees, five to be selected by each county in the same manner designated in Section 3 of this Act, and the eleventh to be chosen by the ten so selected; in case no one receives a majority of all the votes of the ten members, the eleventh man shall be selected by lot from the two highest in the voting. The terms of the five trustees from each county shall be as provided in Section 3, and the eleventh member shall serve for four years. In levying the taxes provided for in Section 2, each county shall act independently, but if one county joining another in establishing a school shall decline to levy the tax, the other county may nevertheless do so, in which event the joint plan shall thereby be abandoned, and the county levying the tax may proceed independently as though the joint plan had never been begun. In case two counties join in establishing a joint school, and each county levies a special tax provided for in Section 2, the tax collector of each county shall collect the tax in his county and pay the same to the county treasurer of his county In paying the expenses of either school the trustees shall draw on the funds of each county provided for that school equitably as near as may be in proportion to the amount of tax collected for that school by each county; or, if no tax is levied, shall draw on any fund in the treasury of the respective counties provided by law for the support of that school in proportion to the number of educable children attending said school from each county. The board of trustees of a school established by the joint action of two counties shall have all the power and discharge all the duties appertaining to boards of trustees of schools where only one county is interested . Sec. 5. (As amended by the legislature of 1912). When the state superintendent of education shall have received from the county superintendent of education of any county a statement showing that an agricultural high school has been located by the county school board, that the land as herein provided has been acquired, necessary levy made by the board of supervisors, as heretofore provided for in this Act, and suitable buildings have been erected, including a boarding department, where not less than forty students may have dormitory and diningroom facilities, then the state superintendent shall visit such school, and after a thorough inspection thereof, shall make a full and complete report of said inspection to the state board ot education. Should it appear to the state board of education that it State of Mississippi 57 would be to the interest of the state, the board shall draw an order on the auditor in favor of the county treasurer for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the use of the trustees of the high school or schools, and the auditor shall issue his warrant annually on the treasurer for this amount, but not more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) shall be paid to any one county in one year for agricultural high school purposes, except in case of a joint school, when the amount shall not exceed three thou- sand dollars ($3,000.00) to the joint counties. Amount to be drawn by schools. Provided, however, that when the number of boarding students shall exceed thirty pupils, then the school shall receive two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per year, and if the number of pupils shall exceed forty then the school shall draw two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) annually. In case a school or schools shall be established by two counties acting jointly the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) shall be paid to the trustees of said school or schools, and this sum shall be equally divided and one-half distributed to the treasurer of each county. Provided, that no aid shall be given an agricultural high school until the state board of education has approved the plans for the building and the course of study for the same. The appro- priation from the state treasury shall be made annually, but, the state aid may be withdrawn at any time when the state board of education finds that a school is not being legally conducted for the purpose for which it was estab- lished. Sec. 6. The board of trustees of the schools provided for in this Act shall make detailed statements of receipts and disbursements to the board of supervisors and county superintendent of education annually on the first Monday of July, and the county superintendent of education shall transmit to the state superintendent of education a copy of said detailed statement which shall be embodied in his biennial report to the legislature. Sec. 7. The board of trustees of each county shall be the judges of the eligibility of all applicants for admission to any agricultural high school in their respective counties and shall not permit any applicant to become a student therein when in the opinion of said trustees the moral and mental characteristics of the applicant are such as would prove detrimental to the good morals of the institution. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the legislature to make appropriations to meet the conditions of this Act. Sec 9. That this Act be in force and take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 16, 1910. 58 School Laws of the CHAPTER 126. Senate Bill No. 64. AN ACT providing where agricultural high schools hereafter established in counties where such schools were established under Chapter 102 of the laws of 1908 shall be located, and providing for a succession to the school property and how funds collected under said Chapter 102 may be expended. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the county school board, in counties where an agricultural high school has been established under and by virtue of Chapter 102, laws of 1908, shall, in locating the agricultural high school or schools, provided for in Senate Bill No. 4, passed at the 1910 session of tli8 legislature, locate whichever school may first be established in the county at the place where the school so established under Chapter 102, laws of 1908, is located; provided that all the conditions under which such school was located have been or shall be fully complied with. And the trustees of such school established under said Senate Bill No. 4 shall succeed to all the property and effects belonging to or appertaining to the school established under said Chapter 102, laws of 1908, for the purpose of conducting an agri- cultural high school as provided in said Senate Bill No. 4. Sec. 2. That all funds derived from taxes collected under the provisions of Chapter 102, laws of 1908, now in the hands, or hereafter coming into the hands of the county treasurer, may be paid out by the treasurer on the order of the trustees of the agricultural high school or schools hereafter established, and expend the same as if collected under the provisions of Senate Bill No. 4, passed at the 1910 session of the legislature in relation to such high schools. Sec. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 21, 1910. CHAPTER 150. House Bill No. 82. AN ACT authorizing members of the board of supervisors of Mississippi to issue bonds for the purpose of securing the establishment and equipment of agri- cultural high schools. Section 1. Authorizing county supervisors to issue bonds for agricultural high schools. Be it enacted by the legislature of the the State of Mississippi, That the board of super- visors of any county which has resolved and determined to accept the terms of the law relative to the locating and establishing of agricultural high schools, may issue State of Mississippi 59 bonds upon the property of said county to aid in the build- ing, equipment, and in any other way the establishment of agricultural high schools to an amount, which added to all its bonded indebtedness, shall not exceed ten per centum on the assessed value of the taxable property of the county appearing on the assessment rolls of the pre- ceding year, and which shall mature not later than twenty- five years from the date of their issuance, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable annually, and such bonds shall be payable after five years, at the option of the county. Said bonds shall be lithographed or engraved and printed in two or more colors to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in sums not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars each and shall be registered as they are issued, be numbered in regular series from one upward, be signed by the president of the board of supervisors and countersigned by the clerk, who shall impress the seal upon each bond as it is issued, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it has issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and each shall be made payable to bearer, and the bonds so issued shall not be sold for less than their face value. The board shall levy, annually, a special tax to be used exclusively in paying the interest on such bonds and in providing a sinking fund for their redemption. When a sufficient sum of said sinking fund shall have accumulated the board of supervisors may loan such accumulation at a rate of interest not less than six per cent and on such terms and for such time not longer than the date fixed for the maturity of said bonds, such loan to be secured upon improved real estate at one-half of its assessed value, and upon abstract of such real estate as provided for the loan of funds arising from the sale or lease of sixteenth section lands. Provided, further, that within three weeks after notice by publication has been made of the intention to issue bonds ten per cent of the adult tax payers of the county, exclusive of those who pay poll tax only, shall petition against the issuance of said bonds, then the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the county within twenty days after the next meeting of the board of supervisors, after filing of the petition, and should a majority of the male tax payers voting in such election vote against the bond issue the bonds shall not be issued and the order shall be null and void. Sec. 2. What the proceeds for such bonds shall be used for. That the proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be used only for the establishment, equipment, erection of buildings, purchasing lands, live stock, or other necessary improvements and shall be disbursed by the board of trustees of the agricultural high school and an itemized statement of all funds and disbursements shall be made to the board of supervisors. 60 School Laws of the Sec. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 6, 1912. CHAPTER 11. House Bill No. 12. AN ACT authorizing municipalities of Mississippi to issue bonds for the pur- pose of procuring the establishment of, and aiding and maintaining agri- cultural high schools. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the municipalities of Mississippi be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue municipal bonds to aid in procuring the establishment, location and maintenance of agricultural high schools, which have been or may hereafter be established under Chapter 122, of the laws of 1910, entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of county agricultural high schools, and to provide for the equipment and maintenance of same." Said bonds shall be issued in accordance with Sections 3416, 3419, and 3420 of the Code of 1906, and acts amenda- tory thereto, which bonds shall not be included in comput- ing any limit which is now placed by law on the amount of bonds to be issued by a municipality. Should there be a protest against said bonds sufficient to require an election, a majority of the votes cast in such election shall determine the result; if a majority of those voting in an election held for that purpose shall cast their vote for the said bond issue, then the bonds shall be issued. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be used for the purchase of land, or erecting buildings, or in any way to aid in the establish- ment and maintenance of county agricultural high schools. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved November 15, 1911. CHAPTER 129. House Bill No. 605. AN ACT to authorize the municipal authorities of municipalities in this State constituting separate school districts to release from such districts any part of the added territory lying outside the corporate limits of the municipality. Sectioii 1. Municipalities may release added territory from separate school districts. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the board of aldermen of any municipality in this state constituting a separate State of Mississippi 61 school district may release from such district any part of the added territory lying outside of the corporate limits, on petition of a majority of the resident free holders of the territory to be released. An order shall be entered on the minutes of the board of aldermen describing that part of the added territory proposed to be released. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 16, 1912. CHAPTER 213. House Bill No. 210. AN ACT to amend Section 4261 of Chapter 122 of the Mississippi Code of 1906, so as to show the lands in separate school districts and the ad valorem tax thereon. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That Section 4261 of Chapter 122 of the Mississippi Code of 1906 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 4261. (3752) Land rolls provided. The auditor of public accounts shall, on or before the first day of February of each year in which the land assessment is to be made, fur- nish each clerk of the board of supervisors with three copies of suitable land assessment rolls, and in counties having two judicial districts he shall furnish the clerk with four copies properly ruled and headed for the assessment of land, so as to show the following, viz: Number of assess- ment, name of owner, division of section, section, township, range, east or west, number of acres cleared, value; number of acres uncleared; value thereof; valuation of both cleared and uncleared; number of acres of cut-over land, value; number of acres of timber land; valuation of both cut-over and timber lands; total state tax on both cleared and un- cleared, number of acres of state land, total value of state land, total state tax on state land, number of acres of levee land, total ad valorem levee tax, number of acres of land in rural separate school districts, total ad valorem separate school tax, number of acres of vacant land not taxable, number of acres of school land not taxable, number of tax receipt for 19...., number of tax receipt for 19...., number of tax receipt for 19...., amount of raise 19...., amount of raise 19...., amount of reduction 19...., amount of reduction 19 Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 25, 1910. 62 School Laws of the CHAPTER 000. House Bill No. 92. AN ACT to amend Senate Bill No. 79, Chapter 159, of the acts of the legislature of 1912, being an act to authorize boards of supervisors to issue bonds for the erection, repair and equipment of school buildings, to levy taxes for fuel and other incidental expenses in certain cases. SectioH 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That Senate Bill No. 79, Chapter 159, of the acts of the legislature of 1912 be amended so as to read as follows : That the board of supervisors of any county be and the same is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the county, a supervisors' district, or a school district containing not less than sixteen (16) square miles, excluding, in each case, the territory embraced within separate school districts, for the purpose of erecting, repairing and equipping school buildings for the county, a supervisor's district, or a school district as the case may be. Sec. 2. Whenever a majority of the resident tax payers of a county' of a supervisor's district, or of a school dis- trict containing not less than sixteen (16) square miles shall petition the board of supervisors to issue bonds for the purposes hereinbefore stated, the board of supervisors of such county shall issue bonds of the county, of a super- visor's district or of a 'school district according to the direction of the petitioners, not to exceed five per centum (5 per cent) of the assessed value of the county, if it be for the county; or of the district if it be for a supervisor's district, or ol a school district if it be for a school district, said bonds to be issued in the manner provided in the chapter on municipalities. When a county, a supervisor's district or school district shall become obligated through the sale of bonds as indicated herein, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to levy a tax annually on the taxable property of the county or supervisor's district or school district as the case may be, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for their redemption. Sec. 3. On a petition of a majority of the qualified electors for the public school district in a couny, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax on the property of that district to provide fuel and other incidental expenses of the school in said district. Sec. 4. The tax collector shall collect the taxes levied under the provisions of this act as other taxes are collected and deposit the same with the county treasurer to the credit of the county or district for which it was levied. Such funds shall be disbursed on pay-certificate issued b the county superintendent on the order of the county school bard for the county or supervisor's district, and the order State of Mississippi 63 board for the county or supervisor's district, and the order of the school trustees for a school district. Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Aproved March 28, 1914. CHAPTER 220. Senate Bill No. 103. AN ACT to amend Section 4702 of the Mississippi Code of 1906, so as to include gravel and acid iron earth. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That Section 4702, of the Mississippi Code of 1906, be amended so as to read as follows: 4702. May sell timber (Laws 1904, Ch. 124, Laws 1898, Ch. 41). That the board of supervisors in counties having control of any sixteenth section of land, or a part of such section or of another section or part of a section taken in lieu of any sixteenth section or a part thereof, reserved for the support of township schools, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to sell the merchantable timber of any and all varieties and wood and gravel and acid iron earth, on said land, or to lease for a term not exceeding three years said land for turpentine, or pasturage purposes for a term not exceeding one year. The funds arising from the sale of such timber or wood or gravel or acid iron earth or from the lease for turpentine or pasturage pur- poses shall be credited to the proper township, and the treasurer shall keep a separate account with each town- ship. Such funds shall not be expended, but shall be loaned out by the boards of supervisors in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided by law for the loan and security of other sixteenth section funds. The interest arising from such funds shall be expended for the support of the township schools as is provided by law for the expenditure of the interest on other sixteenth sections. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 14, 1910. CHAPTER 116. House Bill No. 505. AN ACT to fix the time to be covered by the biennial reports of the various institutions and departments of government of the State of Mississippi, and to provide for copies of such reports to be furnished not later than December 1st, next preceding, to each member of the next succeeding legislature. Section 1. Changing time for closing biennial reports of the various state departments. Be it enacted by the legis- 64 School Laws of the lature of the State of Mississippi, That each and every educational, eleemosynary and other institutions of the state of Mississippi, supported in whole or in part, by the state, except the insurance, treasury and auditing depart- ments shall, biennially, make to the legislature a detailed report as now provided by law covering the biennial period ending 30th day of June, next, preceding the legislative sessions, that the insurance department shall make like report covering biennial period ending March .1, next, pre- ceding legislative session. Copies of all such reports shall be delivered by the heads of the several institutions and departments other than auditor and treasurer, to the secre- tary of state, for transmission to printer not later than July 15, thereafter. Sec. 2. Printers to deliver same by November 15, after receipt thereof. The printers and publishers undertaking and contracting to publish such reports shall promptly print and bind same into not more than three volumes as directed by the board of contracts and shall deliver same, so printed and bound, to the secretary of state, not later than November 15, next, thereafter, and the secretary of state shall immediately upon receipt of same, in no case later than December 1, deliver to each member of the next succeeding legislature, a copy of such printed and bound reports. Sec. 3. Supplemental reports of auditor and treasurer. The state auditor and treasurer shall, as soon as practicable, after October 1, next, preceding each session of the legis- lature, deliver to the secretary of state, for transmission to printers, detailed reports or statements of their departments, as now provided by law covering the biennial period ending- September 30, next, preceding, which shall likewise be by the secretary of state immediately transmitted to printer, who shall print and bind same into one volume and return to secretary of state as early as practicable, and upon receipt of same the secretary of state shall deliver to each member of such legislature a copy of such reports. Sec. 4. Penalty for failure to comply with this Act. For failure to comply with the provisions of this Act each officer or head of department or institution including printer responsible for such failure shall forfeit of his salary the sum of ten dollars for each day's delay after the dates fixed herein respectively. Sec. 5. The first reports made under this Act shall cover only that part of the biennial period which shall have elapsed since the last date covered by the last report made before the passage of this Act. Sec. 6. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 7. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 16, 1910. State of Mississippi 65 CHAPTER 163 Senate Bill No. 420. AN ACT o entitle a collegiate or a normal graduate of the Industrial Institute and College to a teacher's professional license. Section 1. Graduates of I. I. C. entitled to pro- fessional teacher's license. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That a diploma held by either a collegiate or a normal graduate of the Mississippi In- dustrial Institute and College shall be so recognized as to warrant the granting of a teacher's professional license to said graduate by the state board of examiners. Provided, that this Act applies only to those graduates of the college department who have taken not less than nine hours of college work in teachers' professional courses, and who obligate themselves to teach three years in the public schools of the state. The provisions for nine hours pro- fessional work shall not be enforced until after the session of 1911 and 1912. Provided, further, that the graduates of the normal department shall not have the benefits of this Act unless they obligate themselves to teach three years in the public schools of the state, two years of which shall be in the rural schools. And, after the sessions of 1911 and 1912, those who enter the normal department of said college shall give, upon entrance into said department, a written pledge to teach three years in the public schools of the state, two of which shall be in the rural schools of the state. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 16, 1912. CHAPTER 168. House Bill No. 124. AN ACT to limit the number of text books changed at any regular state adoption. Section 1. Text book commission not to change over 25 per cent of books. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the state text book com- mission shall not change more than twenty-five per cent of the books in use at any regular state adoption. Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed and that this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 9, 1912. 66 School Laws of the CHAPTER 169. Senate Bill No. 200. AN ACT providing that the go>—rtwr an J the state superintendent of education shall be made members of the one board of trustees, who shall control and have supervision of the affairs of the University of Mississippi, located at Oxford, Mississippi; the A. and M. College, located at Starkville, Mississippi; the Industrial Institute and College, located at Columbus, Mississippi; and the Alcorn A. and M. College, located at Rodney, Mississippi, to repeal Chapter 113, Acts of 1910, entitled: "An Act to prevent and prohibit the appointment of members of the legislature, state officers, and judicial officers as members of the board of trustees of any of the educational institutions or any of the eleemosynary institutions of the state on the board of trustees of any institu- tion which is supported in whole or in part by appropriations from the state treasury," and this board shall be known and designated as the board of trustees of the state university and colleges of Mississippi. Section 1. Governor and superintendent of education to be members general board of trustees. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the governor shall be a member and ex-officio president of the board of trustees having control and supervision of the University of Mississippi, the Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Industrial Institute and College, and the Alcorn Agri- cultural and Mechanical College, and the state superin- tendant of education shall also be made a member of said board and this board shall be known and designated as the board of trustees of the University and Colleges of Mississippi. Sec. 2. Minutes and records to be kept. The minutes and records of each institution shall be kept as now pro- vided by law. Sec 3. Legislators, state and judicial officers may be members of board of trustees. That Chapter No. 113, Acts Acts of 1910, entitled, "An Act to prevent and prohibit the appointment of members of the legislature, state officers and judicial officers as members of the board of trustees of any of the educational institutions or any of the elee- mosynary institutions of the state on the board of trustees of any institution which is supported in whole or in part by appropriations from the state treasury," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec 4. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17, 1912. CHAPTER 170. Senate Bill No. 432. AN ACT to amend Section 2 of Chapter 114 of the laws of 1910, so as to provide the manner of .'electing a board of trustees for the University of Mississippi, located at Oxford; the Agricultural College, located at Starkville, Mississippi; State of Mississippi 67 the Industrial Institute and College, located at Columbus, Mississippi; and the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, located at Rodney, Mississippi, and fixing their terms of office. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That Section 2 of Chapter 114 of the laws of 1910 be amended so as to read as follows: Board of trustees for state colleges and university. The governor of the state, bj r and with the consent of the senate, shall appoint seven trustees from the state-at-large, who, together with the governor and the state superin- tendent of education, shall constitute a board of trustees for the University of Mississippi, located at Oxford, Mis- sissippi; the Agricultural College, located at Starkville, Mississippi; the Industrial Institute and College, located at Columbus, Mississippi; and the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, located at Rodney, Mississippi; and, provided further, that one trustee in addition to the above shall be appointed for the University of Mississippi, who shall be a citizen of DeSoto county, to serve for a term of four years, and the term of office of the seven trustees appointed shall be two for two years, two for tour years and three for six years, and all terms thereafter shall be for six years, terms to commence from the date of con- firmation by the senate. And the governor shall have power to fill any vacancy that may occur in said board by ap- pointment for the unexpired term. Sec. 2. Secretary to be expert accountant. The oardb shall have authority to appoint one of their members as secretary of said board, who shall be a competent account- ant and whose duty it shall be to check up personally all the affairs and finances of each of the institutions at least twice a year, and for his services he may be paid a reason- able compensation, to be fixed by the board of trustees. Sec. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 5, 1912. CHAPTER 252. House Bill No. 227 AN ACT to amend Section 4710, Chapter 129, Mississippi Code of 1906, so as to compel counties receiving or collecting township funds belonging to another county to immediately pay over s me to the treasury of the county entitled thereto. Township funds: collection of, when lying in separate counties: Section 4710 code amended. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That Section 4710, chapter 129, of the Mississippi Code of 1906, be amended to read as follows: Sec. 4000. (4158) Where a township is divided so that parts are situated in different counti s, the county in which 68 School Laws of the the section or lands in lieu thereof may be situated, shall have jurisdiction thereof, and of the funds derived from it; and if the section or lands in lieu thereof be in several counties, each county has jurisdiction of the part lying in it, or the counties may co-operate in the management there- of; but in any case the fund shall be accounted there for with each county according to the number of cducable children in the part of the township in it as compared with the whole number in the township. And any county now having and hereafter receiving or collecting funds belonging to another county shall immediately thereafter pay over such funds, transfer and assign all notes, deeds of trust and security for funds, loaned out to the treasury of the county entitled thereto. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 14, 1914. CHAPTER 157. Senate Bill No. 385. AN ACT to authorize the beard of supervisors of the several counties of the State to transfer in their discretion all surplus funds that may accumulate in the general county fund to the common school fund of the county. Supervisors may transfer surplus county funds to school fund. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislatuer of the State of Mississippi, That the board of supervisors of any county may in their discretion transfer any surplus funds that may accumulate in the general county fund to the common school fund of the county. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 12, 1914. CHAPTER 190. Senate Bill No. 50. TO PROVIDE for county department of home economics. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the board of supervisors of a county or counties in this state may establish a department of home economics; that the purpose of this department shall be to disseminate useful information among farm women and to organize and supervise canning and poultry clubs and other organizations for the improvement of the home. Department to be under the direction of a county agent. State of Mississippi 69 Sec. 2. That the said department of home economics shall be under the direction of a woman appointed by the board of supervisors, who shall be well versed in scientific and practical home economics and shall have the qualifica- tion of a first-grade teacher; whose title shall be county agent of home economics; whose salary shall be fixed by the said board of supervisors and paid out of the general county fund; and whose duties shall be to keep in close touch with the United States department of agriculture, the Mississippi state colleges, the state department of edu- cation, of agriculture, and who shall work under the direc- tion of a county superintendent of education, to whom she shall render such reports as shall be required by said county superintendent or by the state board of education, and who shall advance in every way possible the home interests of the county. Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed by the senate February 2, 1914. CHAPTER 183. Senate Bill No. 26. AN ACT to authorize boards of supervisors to borrow money to pay teachers' salaries during the fal! months when there is no school funds in the county treasury for paying same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the boards of supervisors in the various counties be and the same are hereby authorized to borrow money to pay teachers' salaries during the fall months of the session when there is no school funds in the treasury for this purpose. Sec 2. That whatever interest is necessary shall be taken care of by an appropriation out of the general county fund, or out of the funds of separate school districts, when money is borrowed for their account. The principal of the amount borrowed as indicated in the first section of this Act, shall be refunded out of the common school fund of the county or out of the funds of the separate school districts after it has been distributed by the state, or collected by legal levies in the county or separate school districts. Sec. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 6, 1914. 70 School Laws of the CHAPTER 142. Senate Bill No. 287. AN ACT to authorize boards of supervisors, boards of school trustees and boards of mayor and aldermen to pay all just claims aga'nst their respective counties, schools, or municipalities where purchases were made in violation of chapter 123, of the acts of 1912. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That all boards of supervisors, boards of school trustees of the common schools and all boards of mayor and aldermen, whether operating under a special charter or code chapter be, and they are hereby authorized to pay all just claims against their respective counties, common schools or municipalities where purchases of sup- plies were made in violation of the provisions of Chapter 123 of the Acts of 1912. Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 25, 1914. CHAPTER 185. House Bill No. 153. AN ACT to require teachers in agricultural high schools to pass the examination required of applicants to teach in the public schools and in addition thereto an examination in the studies they are required to teach. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That all teachers in agricultural high schools shall pass an examination in the free school studies and in addition thereto an examination on the subjects they are required to teach in said schools. Such examination shall be held at the same time and places and under the same regulations as required of other applicants to teach in public schools. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after June 1, 1914. Approved March 28, 1914. CHAPTER 184. House Bill No. 802. AN ACT to fix a place of holding an election in consolidated school district when- ever it shall become necessary to vote on any question that may be required by law to be submitted to the qualified electors of said school district. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That in any case where it becomes necessary to hold an election affecting any question to be submitted State of Mississippi 71 to . the qualified electors in any consolidated school district in this state, as now provided by the laws of the state forming such consolidated school district that such election shall be held at the school house of said district. And that the commissioners holding such election shall have the power and authority to use the poll books of said county containing the names of the registered electors who may reside in said school district. Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1914. CHAPTER 195. House Bill No. 315. AN ACT to authorize rural separate, consolidated, and other school districts, having territory lying in two or more counties, to issue bonds for the erection, repair, and equipment of school buildings, and to indicate method of pro- cedure therein. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That on petition of a majority of the quali- fied electors of a rural separate, consolidated, or other school districts, organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi, and having territory lying in two or more counties, the boards of supervisors of the several counties may issue bonds for the erection, repair, and equipment of school buildings in the following manner: After the county superintendents of the several counties, together with the trustees of each separate, consolidated or public school districts, have certified to the boards of super- visors the proportionate amount of the bond issue to be borne by each county based on the proportionate amount of property in each county lying within the said school districts, each board of supervisors shall proceed to issue bonds on that part of the territory lying in its county res- pectively to cover its part of said bond issue as indicated herein before shall require a majority of the qualified electors of the entire school district regardless of county lines presented to the board of supervisors in each of the several counties. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 18, 1914. 72 School Laws of the CHAPTER 189. House Bill No. 225. AN ACT providing for the levying and collecting of taxes on property of rural school districts for school purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That on petition of the majority of the qualified electors of any school district containing not less than twelve square miles, the board of supervisors shall in the same manner as provided for separate school districts, annually levy a tax on the property of said district for the purpose of supplementing the salaries of the teachers of the district, or for extending the school term thereof, or for both purposes. Sec. 2. The tax collector shall collect the taxes of such districts as other taxes are collected, and deposit same with the county treasurer to the credit of the several districts, respectively, for which said taxes are levied. Such funds shall be disbursed on pay-certificates on the order of the trustees of the district. Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 14, 1914. CHAPTER 194. House Bill No. 210. AN ACT to provide for the consolidation of municipal separate school district and to create separate school districts by combining municipal corporations and adjacent territory and to provide for the management of the same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That where two or more municipalities lying adjacent to or near each other desire to do so, they may join in forming and maintaining a joint separate school district, that where the people of such municipalities desire to come under the provisions of this bill separate petitions may be circulated in each municipality praying the board of mayor and aldermen or the municipal commissioners where the municipality is operating the commission form of government, praying for the uniting of the said munic- ipalities in one separate school district; and if the said petition be signed by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality, in each of the municipalities respec- pectively the board of mayor and aldermen shall pass an ordinance adopting this chapter. When said chapter is adopted as aforesaid the boards of each municipality and shall make a joint levy of taxes for the support of the joint separate school, which tax shall be collected in each munic- ipality by its local tax collector and paid into its local State of Mississippi 73 treasury subject to the order of the board of trustees herein provided for in support of the joint separate school. The said separate school shall be governed and controlled by a board of five trustees, the said trustees to be appointed between the said municipalities according to the number of educable children each municipality bears to the whole number of educable children in said entire separate school school district, the board of mayor and aldermen, or com- missioners of each municipality to elect the number of trustees to which it is entitled, said elections to be made annually on the first Saturday in August, as in the com- mon schools. The said board of trustees shall have the powers and be charged with the duties of other municipal separate school districts. Sec. 2. That such municipality or any incorporated municipality not constituting a separate school district, may add unincorporatedd property to its boundaries for the pur- pose of establishing separate school districts on a petition of a majority of the adult inhabitants of such territory, having educable children. Sec. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force trom and after its passage. Approved March 26, 1914. CHAPTER 000. House Bill No. 162. AN ACT to amend Chapter 123 of the laws of 1912, entitled "An Act to regulate purchasing supplies by boards of supervisors, boards of school trustees, and boards of mayor and aldermen, except in cases of emergency," by changing the period for letting contracts therefor from not more than three months in advance to not more than twelve months in advance. Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Mississippi, That all boards of supervisors, boards of school trustees of the common schools and all boards of mayor and aldermen, whether operating under a special charter or code chapter, shall purchase their supplies for public works, and for public buildings, and for public construction, upon competitive bids, letting contracts there- for for periods of not more than twelve months in advance; and no individual member of any such board shall, in any case, purchase any such supplies, nor shall any such board ratify any purchases made by any individual mem- ber thereof or pay for the same out of public funds; provided, that, in case of emergency any such purchase, not exceeding one hundred dollars may be made by any individual member without competitive bidding, after having submitted an itemized statement of the supplies needed to at least two dealers in the supplies suoght, and shall pur- 74 School Laws of the chase from the lowest bidder; and provided further, that the individual member so purchasing shall approve the bill presented therefor, certifying in writing thereon to whom such itemized statement was so submitted and the sum bid by the dealers not bought of. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 12, 1914. iiAW LIBRARY I II 111 IMM III II AA 000 223 061 3