\^\S DIGEST OF THE SCHOOL LAWS J^^^ OF THE State of Florida WITH THE Regulations of the State Board of Education AND THE Instructions and Forms of the Departnient of Education Compiled by W. N. SHEATS Superintendent of Public Instruction Tallahassee, Fla. 1915 T. J. Appleyard, State Pkinter TALLAHASSEE^ FLOEIDA OCT Ot ^ 2^ ^ ff J STATE BOAED OF EDUCATION. (Ex-Officio.) HON. PARK TRAMMELL, Governor, President. HON. H. CLAY CRAWFORD, Secretary of State, HON. T. F. WEST, Attorney General. HON. J. C. LUNING, State Treasurer. HON. W. N. SHEATS, State Superintendent of PuUic Instruction. Constitution of Florida ARTICLE XII. Education. Section 1. The Legislature shall pro-fide for a inii- uniform SVStGIIl form system of public free schools, and shall provide for the liberal maintenance of the same. Sec. 2. There shall be a Superintendent of Public In- state Super- . Intendent. struction, whose duties shall be prescribed by law, and whose term of oflSce shall be for four years and until the election and qualification of his successor. Sec. 3. The Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney- fJ^'^^^J^aYj^n General, State Treasurer, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall constitute a body corporate, to be known as the State Board of Education of Florida, of which the Governor shall be President, and the Super- intendent of Public Instruction Secretary. This Board shall have power to remove any subordinate school officer for cause, upon notice to the incumbent; and shall have the management and investment of all State School Funds under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, and such supervision of schools of higher grades as the law shall provide. Sec. 4. The State School Fund, the interest of which f^^l School shall be exclusively applied to the support and main- tenance of public free schools, shall be derived from the following sources : The proceeds of all lands that have been or may here- Powers. 6 Principal inviolate. ^tate one- nill tax. Apportion- ment of. County levy. County School Fund. after be granted to the State by the United States for public school purposes. Donations to the State when the purpose is not specified. Appropriations by the State. The proceeds of escheated property or forfeitures. Twenty-fire per cent, of the sales of public lands which are now or may hereafter be owned by the State. Sec, 5. The principal of the State School Fund shall remain sacred and inviolate. Sec. 6. A special tax of one mill on the dollar of all taxable property in the State, in addition to the other means provided, shall be levied and apportioned annually for the support and maintenance of public free schools. Sec. 7. Provision shall be made by law for the appor- tionment and distribution of the interest on the State School Fund, and all other means provided, including the special tax, for the support and maintenance of public free schools among the several counties of the State in proportion to the average atendance upon schools in the said counties respectively. (As amended, 1894.) Sec. 8. Each county shall be required to assess and collect annually for the support of public free schhools therein, a tax of not less than three (3) mills, nor more than seven (7) mills on the dollar, of all taxable prop- erty in the same. (As amended, 1904.) Sec. 9. The County School Fund shall consist, in addi- tion to the tax provided for in section eight of this Article, of the proportion of the interest of the Stat3 School Fund and of the one-mill State tax apportioned to the county; *the net proceeds of all fines collected under the penal laws of the State within the county; District school tax. all capitation taxes collected within the county; and shall be disbursed by the County Board of Public In- struction solely for the maintenance and support of public free schools. (Fines and forfeitures given to general county fund im pliedly by amendment to Article XVI, Section 9, adopted at general election in 1894.) Sec. 10. The Legislature may provide for the division School of any county or counties into convenient school dis- tricts; and for the election bi-ennially of three school trustees, who shall hold their oflSce for two years, and who shall have the supervision of all the schools within the district; and for the levying and collection of a dis- trict school tax, for the exclusive use of public free schools within the district, whenever a majority of the qualified electors thereof that pay a tax on real or personal prop- erty shall vote in favor of such levy : Provided, That any tax authorized by this section shall not exceed three mills on the dollar in any one year on the taxable porp- erty of the district. Sec. 11. Any incorporated town or city may consti- tute a School District. The Fund raised by section ten may be expended in the district where levied for build- ing or repairing school houses, for the purchase of school libraries and text books, for salaries of teachers, or for other educational purposes, so that the distribution among all the schools of the district be equitable. Sec. 12. White and colored children shall not be ^^^^^ taught in the same school, but impartial provision shall separated. be made for both. Sec. 13. No law shall be enacted authorizing the diver- ^c^ooi funds ^ lot sion or the lending of any county or district school funds, Avertible. or the appropriation of any part of the permanent or available school fund to any other than school purposes; Expenditure Normal schools. forbidden HOP shall the Same, or any part thereof, be appropriated sectarian schools. to or used for the support of any sectarian school. Sec. 14. The Legislature at its first session shall pro- vide for the establishment, maintenance and management of such Normal Schools, not to exceed two, as the inter- ests of public education may demand. Sec. 15. The compensation of all county school officers Pay of school . » officers. shall be paid from the school fund of the respective coun- ties, and all other county officers receiving stated salaries shall be paid from the general funds of their respective counties. Sec. 16. {Proposedhut not ratified) . A special tax of one mill on the dollar of all taxable property in the State shall be levied annually for the support and maintenance of the University of the State of Florida, the Florida Female College, the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb and the Colored Normal School, which shall be paid into the State Treasurer and set apart by him to the credit of the State Board of Education to be apportioned and disposed of for the benefit of said institutions as re- quired by the Act creating and maintaining the same, known as Chapter 5384 of the Laws of Florida, approved June 5, 1905. Approved June 3, 1907. Defeated at general election in 1908. ?nd'tax.^°°^^ Sec. 17. The Legislature may provide for Special Tax School Districts, to issue bonds for the exclusive use of public free schools within any such Special Tax School District, whenever a majority of the qualified electors ma^^vote"^^ thereof, who are freeholders, shall vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds. 9 Whenever any such Special Tax School District has voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, a tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar, in any one year, on the tax- fj' five'^mms. able property within the district voting for the issue of bonds shall be levied in accordance with the law providing for the levying of taxes, to become a fund for the payment of the interest and redemption of such bonds. (Ratified at general election in 1912.) State Superintendent of Public Instruction. AETICLE IV. Sec. 20. The governor shall be assisted by adminis- fntendenT^an trative officers as follows : A secretary of state, attorney- f^™^offieer. general, comptroller, treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, and commissioner of agriculture, who shall be elected at the same time as the governor, and shall hold their offices for the same term: Provided, That tlvi chosen, first election of such officers shall be had at the time of voting for governor A. D. 1888. Sec. 25. The Superintendent of Public Instruction ?owlrs.^°'' shall have supervision of all matters pertaining to public instruction; the supervision of State buildings devoted to educational purposes, and perform such other duties as the Legislature may provide by law. Sec. 27. * * (He) shall make a full report of his ^^^^^t?^ official acts, of the receipts and expenditures of his office, and of the requirements of the same, to the Governor at the beginning of each regular session of the Legisla- ture, or whenever the Governor shall require it. Such * * (report) shall be laid before the Legislature by the Governor at the beginning of each regular session thereof. Either house of the Legislature may at any time call upon * * (him) for information required by it. 10 SCHOOL LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA COMPILED From the General Statutes and Subsequent Acts of the Legislature of 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913 and 1915. GENERAL PROAaSIONS for COMMON SCHOOLS AND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS. Gen. Stat., Sec. 313. Uniform system. School age. lb., Sec. 314. 1. There shall be ^tablished and maintained a uni- form system of public instruction free to all the youth residing in the State between the ages of six and twenty- one years, as far as the funds will admit, as hereinafter provided. Schooryel^n" ^- '^^^ school year for all public schools shall begin on the first day of July and end with the last day of the following June, and all reports, financial and other- wise, to the State department shall embrace such business and matters only as take place within the limits of the school year thus defined. [\'hen'^schoois '^^ ^^ school in any county shall begin before July may begin. -[st of the school year to which that term of school be- longs and for which the apportionment was made. 11 4. The time for the opening of public schools for each Siuiftl'^Bolrd county shall be determined by the county board of public opening'"^'' °* instruction : Provided, That all schools must begin so as to close before the last day of June. 5. A school day shall comprise not less than five hours a 'school, ^day. nor more than six hours, exclusive of recesses, the time to be fixed by the board of public instruction for the county. A school month shall consist of twenty days, exclusive Month. of the first and last days of the week. A school term contains four school months. Term. The school year contains two terms. ^'^ar. 6. All public schools shall observe the period from ^K^^Jfo^^and December 24 to January 1, both days inclusive, as a vaca- holidays. tion, and Independence day and Thanksgiving day as holidays, and no one of these days shall be counted as taught in a teacher's monthly report. 7. When it is more convenient for youth residing in How^youth^' one county to attend school in an adjoining county, they ^^^of [n°an- may do so by the concurrence of the superintendents of °^^^^ county. public instruction of the two counties. The proportion of school money for each youth shall be transferred by requisition of the county superintendent of public in- struction of the county in which the youth resides, upon the treasurer of the school funds of that county to the treasurer of the school funds of the county in which the school is located. 8. Any county or school district neglecting to estab- i^.^jf^^c. 326. lish and maintain such school or schools as the available f^^^Q^gif"'"^ «* funds will support shall forfeit its proportion of the funds. common school fund during such neglect, and in that case all moneys so forfeited shall be apportioned among the several counties at the next annual apportionment. 12 lb., Sec. 327. When a school for- feits its fund. 9. Any public school in the county failing to complete its public term before the termination of the school year, shall, if such lost time of such term be not made up within the next school year thereafter, forfeit the pro- portion of its financial apportionment not used by neg- lecting or failing to maintain a school for the full term of school in that county, and in that case all moneys so forfeited shall be apportioned among the several schools of the county at the next annual apportionment. Officers of Department of Public Instruction. [b., Sec. 328. State and county officers. 10. The officers of the department of public instruc- tion shall be a State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, a State Board of Education, a Board of Public In- struction for each county, a Superintendent of Public In- struction for each county, Local School Supervisors and Treasurers. State Superintendent. lb., Sec. 141. 11. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction Has charge -^ of all matters shall have the oversight, charge and management of all matters pertaining to public schools, school buildings and grounds. pertainin public schools to lb., Sec. 142. Duties. To distribute laws, etc. 12. It is his duty and he is hereby empowered: First — To prepare and cause to be printed and dis- tributed gratuitously to boards of public instruction, and other officers and teachers, as many copies of the school laws, and such forms, instruments, instructions, regulations and decisions as he may judge necessary for their use. To call con- ventions. Second. — To call conventions of county superintend- ents of public instruction, and other officers, for obtain- ing and imparting information on the practical workings 13 of the school system, and the means of promoting its efficiency and usefulness. Third. — To assemble teachers in institutes and employ To how insti- tutes. competent instructors to impart information on improved methods of teaching and conducting schools, and other relevant matters. Fourth. — To apportion the interest on the common ^^q^^sPP"^"*^"" school fund and the fund raised by the one-mill State tax authorized by Section 6 of Article XII, of the Constitu- tion, among the several counties of the State in propor- tion to the average attendance upon schools in the said counties respectively of children residing therein between the ages of six (6) and twenty-one (21) years. Fifth. — To make such apportionments as may in his Discretionary ^^ '' apportion- judgment be right and just, when the census and returns ments. on which the apportionments should be m^ade are mani- festly defective or have not been received by him. Sixth. — To entertain and decide upon appeals and ques- tions arising under the law, or refer such to the Board of Education for decision. To decide appeals. Seventh. — To prescribe rules and regulations for the jfujgs^lfnd'^^ management of the department of public instruction. regulations. Eighth. — He shall prepare the questions for county examinations and distribute same to county superintend- ents ; hold written examinations -for and issue State cer- tificates ; may grant life certificates as provided by law ; and may order county examinations on other days than those prescribed by law. Ninth.— To file and preserve certified copies of the monthly lists of persons who have paid their poll taxes, in his office as a part of the public records, and furnish copies thereof when requested by citizens of this State. To prepare examination questions. To hold certain exam- inations. To file poll- lists. 14 Sec. 143. To have seal. Sec. 144. Residence and office. Sec. 145. Salary. 13. He shall have a seal for his office, with which in connection with his own signature, to authenticate copies of decisions, acts, or documents, which copies so authenticated shall be of the game force as the originals. 14. He shall reside at the seat of government of this State, and shall keep his office in a room in the capitol. 15. The salary of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be at the rate of thirty-six hundred dol- lars (13,600.00) per annum. (Ch. 6447, Laws of 1913.) State Board of Education. lb., Sec. 335. 16. The state Board of Education shall consist of the Members of. Governor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney-General, the State Treasurer and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Governor shall be the presi- dent, the State Treasurer shall be the treasurer and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction the secretary of said board. Said board is a body corporate with full power to perform all corporate acts for educational purposes. 17. The State Board of Education are directed and empowered : First. — To obtain possession of and take the charge, oversight and management of all lands granted to or held by the State for educational purposes, and to fix the terms of sale, rental or use of such lands, and to do whatever may be necessary to preserve them from tres- pass or injury, and for their improvement. To manage Secoud. — To have the direction and management, and state school • t <• . , funds. to provide tor the safe keeping and expenditure of all the educational funds of the State, with due regard to the highest interests of education. A body cor- porate. lb., Sec. 336. Powers and duties of. To manage school lands. i 15 Third. — To entertain and decide upon questions and app^ai's^^ appeals referred to them by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction on any matter of difference or dis- pute arising under the operation of law, and to pre- scribe the manner of making appeals and conducting arbitrations. Fourth. — To remove any subordinate officer in the subordinates department for incompetency, neglect of duty or other cause which would disqualify a person for the appoint- ment. Fifth. — To keep in view the establishment of schools To establish ■^ schools on a on a broad and liberal basis, the object of which shall be li^^rai ^basis to impart instruction to youth in the profession of teach- ing, in the knowledge of the natural sciences, the theory fourels^^of and practice of agriculture, horticulture, mining, en- ^^^^^' gineering and the mechanic arts, in the ancient and modern languages, in the higher range of mathematics, literature, and in the useful and ornamental branches not taught in common schools. Sixth. — To co-operate with the State Superintendent of ro co-operate „ ,. . . with State Public Instruction m the management of the department, Superinten- ' dent. and m the general diffusion of knowledge in the State. 18. Credit shall not be allowed for the purchase money ib.. see. 338. on the sale of any of the school or seminary lands of i>e sold on this State, but every purchaser of such lands shall, at the time of purchase, make complete payment therefor. County Board of Public Instruction. 19. A board of public instruction shall consist of not ib., Sec.329. more than three (3) members, no two of whom shall "^^ ^^^ ^^' reside in the same district. IG {^■' «^c. 330. 20. All such officers who shall hold their offices bv All ofEicers to State™ ^° statutes shall couform to the regulations of the Depart- reguiations. jjjgjj^ ^f Public Instruction. lb., Se^. 331. No officer to vote on own compensa- tion. lb., Sec. 332. A quorum. lb.. Sec. 333. OfEicers to qualify with- in ten days. 21. No officer shall vote on a question fixing his own compensation. 22. A majoritj^ of any educational board shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 23. Every school officer who shall be elected or ap- pointed under statutory provisions, is required: First. — Before entering upon the duties of his office, and within ten days after receiving notice of his appoint- ment, to subscribe to an acceptance of the appointment and to pledge that he will faithfully perform the duties of the position, and to forward the same with his post- office address to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Officers to give bond be- fore receiving money. Original bond filed with clerk. Wben officer liable for loss ocasioned by anotaer. ib . Pec. 334. Officer to turn over moneys to successor. Second. — Before receiving any school moneys or prop- erty of any kind, for safe keeping or disbursement, to give bond with two good sureties, the bonds to be fixed and approved by the Board of Public Instruction for the county, the original to be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and a certified copy to be held by the officer giving the security to be produced when required. Third. — Any officer in charge of school moneys, or property to be so disbursed, shall satisfy himself that the officer to whom he issues it has given bond as afore- said, or be personally liable for any loss in consequence of such neglect. 24. Every officer shall turn over to his successor in office, on retiring, all books, papers, documents, funds, moneys and property of whatever kind, which he may 17 have acquired, received and held by virtue of his office, and take full receipt for them of his successor. 25. Each Board of Public Instruction is constituted a 'r?ouifty ' botrd body corporate by the n^me of ''The Board of Public tion°''^°''^" Instruction for the county of , State of Florida/' and in that name may acquire and hold real ^^j. ^^.^^^ and personal property, receive bequests and donations, p°'^®''^- and perform Other corporate acts for educational pur- poses. 26. Each and every member of the Board of Public Ch. 6477, Laws of 1913. Instruction, of the several Counties, of the State of fo ^^fve Tond^ Florida, elected or appointed to such office after the pas- sage of this Act, before he is commissioned, shall be required to give a good and sufficient bond with not less than two sureties, or a Surety Company duly authorized under the laws of the State of Florida, in the sum of two thousand dollars (|2,000.00), conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the Board of County Commissioners and the Comptroller of the State of Florida. The premium of STS of the bonds given with surety companies as sureties shall be paid out of the County School Fund. 27. Each board before proceeding to any other busi- Gen. stat., ness, shall complete its own organization. The chairman organitltion and secretary shall then make and sign two copies of the dut'y!'"''"'^ proceedings of organization, and annex their affidavits to each that the same is a correct and true copy of the original. They shall file one copy in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county, to be by him recorded in the record of deeds, and file the other copy in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 2— DSL 18 lb., Sec. 343. 28. The title to the school property of the county shall Title to i- i- J J property^'^^"^^ ^^ vested in them and their successors in office, except in such special tax school districts as provided for. lb., Sec. 344 Ch. 5656 Compensa tion 29. The members of the various County School rnmnensa?^^" Boards shall be paid from the county school fund for their services four dollars per day, for each day's service, and ten cents per mile for every mile actually traveled in going to and from the county court house by the nearest practicable route. lb., Sec. 345. Secretary. lb.. Sec. 346. Treasurer of. 30. The County Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be the secretary of the board. 31. The County Treasurers of the several counties shall be and the same are hereby constituted the treas- urers of the school funds in their respective counties. (See Ch. 6932, Laws of 1915.) 32. Each Board of Public Instruction is directed : First. — To obtain possession of, accept and hold, under proper title, as a corporation, all property pos- sessed, acquired or held by the county for educational purposes, and to manage and dispose of the same for the best interest of education: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent any special school district tax school district from holding school property that it property and , , -., • j? i i moneys. has, or may hereafter acquire, for school purposes, or prevent such districts from receiving their portions of money set apart for school purposes. lb., Sec. 347. Duties of. To hold title to, and man- age school property. To maintain schools. Second. — To locate and maintain schools in every locality in the county where they may be needed, to accommodate, as far as practicable, all the youth between the ages of six and twenty-one years, during not less than four months in each year. 19 Third. — To appoint one supervisor for each school on To appoint the recommendation of the patrons, whose duty it shall be to supervise the work of the school and to report to the County Superintendent of Public Instruction monthly the result of his observations.* *(See Duties of County Superintendent.) To select sites. General pro- visions and powers. Fourth. — To select and provide a site for each school house of not less than one-half acre of ground in the rural districts, and as nearly that amount as is practicable in the villages or cities ; the situation to be dry, airy, health- ful and pleasant, also reasonably central and convenient of access for all who should attend the school. Fifth. — To do whatever is necessary with regard to purchasing or renting school sites and premises, con- structing, repairing, furnishing, warming, ventilating, keeping in order or improving the school houses, out buildings, fences, land and movable property, procuring proper apparatus for the schools, grading and classifying the pupils, and providing separate schools for the differ- ent classes in such a manner as will secure the largest attendance of pupils, promote the harmony and advance- ment of the school, and establishing, when required by the patrons, schools of higher grades of instruction where the advancement and number of the pupils require them. Sixth. — To emplov teachers for every school in the to employ ^ -J "J _ and contract county, and to contract with and pay the same for their with services : Provided, That schools shall not be located .■■ , , ,1 -I o To observe nearer than three miles to each other, unless for some three-miie local reason or necessity. Seventh. — To audit and pav all accounts due bv the ^udit and ^ ' ' pay accounts. Board of Public Instruction. Eighth. — To keep accurate accounts of all their official co^m'ts^'^of^of- acts, proceedings and decisions, of all moneys received, fi"^^ ^^ts. 20 To report to State Super- intendent. held or disbursed, of all property acquired or disposed of, in a proper set of account books, and a record of the state and condition of each school, and to report the same to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction when required. They shall also at the close of the scholas- tic year prepare an itemized report of all moneys by them received and disbursed. To file monthly financial statement. To publish the same. To prescribe course of study. Required studies. Mnth. — To prepare and file with the Clerk of the Cir- cuit Court of their respective counties by the first Tues- day after the first Monday in every month, an itemized financial statement showing all sums of money, received during the month next preceding, on account of county school funds, and from whom received, and from what source derived, all appropriations made by such board, and for what purpose made, all warrants drawn by such board, in whose favor and for and on what account drawn, describing such warrant by date, number and amount. All such monthly financial statements shall be certified by the chairman of the Board of Public Instruc- tion for the county, and attested by the County Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, and the said board shall without delay cause the same to be published in a news- paper of the county, when any such newspaper exists : Provided, That the cost of such monthly publication shall not exceed two dollars per month; otherwise they shall post the same at the court house and at three other public places in the county. Tenth. — To prescribe, in consultation with prominent teachers, a course of study for the schools of the county and .grade them properly; and to require to be taught in every public school in the county over which they pre- side, elementary physiology, especialy as it relates to the effects of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics, morally, mentally and physically; and all persons applying for certificates to teach shall be examined upon this branch 21 of study, under the same conditions as other branches required by law. ( Teaching of effect of alcoholic beverages and narcotics ch. 6832, ^ *= ° Acts of 1915. to all pupils between six and twelve years required. — Ch. 6832, Laws of 1915, Appendix.) Eleventh. — To fix the compensation for the services |uperinten-°* of the County Superintendent of Public Instruction. *^^°*- (Salary based on total annual receipts of county. — See Eaw^s^o/'i907. Ch. 5658, Acts of 1907, Appendix.) Twelfth.— To perform all acts reasonable and necessary Plenary ^ "^ powers. for the promotion of the educational interests of the county and the general diffusion of knowledge among the citizens. Thirteenth. — To hold regular meetings for the transac- Hold regular " " meeting. tion of busines, by arrangement with the State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, and to convene a special special ' session at re- session on emergencies when requested by the County ouest of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Fourteenth. — To prepare on or before the last Monday Budget for ^ ^ '' school year. in June of each year, an itemized estimate showing the amount of money required for the maintenjince of the necessary common schools of their county for the next ensuing scholastic year, stating the amount in mills on the dollar of taxable property of the county, which shall not be less than three or more than seven mills, and fur- nish a copy of the statement to the assessor of taxes of the county, and file a copy in the office of the Board of Public Instruction; and the assessor shall assess the duties of amount so stated, and the collector shall collect the o/^coii°e^ctor!*^ amount assessed and pay over the same monthly to the County Treasurer, who is also by law School Treasurer, to be used for the sole benefit of the public schools. Fix millage. 22 School census. Shall require payment of all poll taxes. Penalty for failure. Ch. 6828, Laws of 1915. County Boards may borrow money. Restrictions as to amount. Fifteenth, — To select candidates for admission to the State University and State College for Women. [As amended in effect by Ch. 5384 (24), Laws of 1905.] Sixteenth. — To have school census taken in case the County Superintendent of Schools shall fail to perform such duty when the same is required to be performed. (See Duties of Superintendent, 12.) Seventeenth. — To examine at least twice each year the books and records of the Tax Collector which relate to the collection of poll taxes, and said board shall require prompt settlement for all poll taxes assessed, together with those not assessed but collected. Any member of a county school board who neglects to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be suspended from office. 33. When there is no money in the County School Fund applicable to the payment of outstanding school warrants issued by any County Board of Public Instruc- tion in this State, the County Board of Public Instruc- tion of the several counties in this State are hereby au- thorized and empowered to borrow money at a rate of interest not to exceed eight per cent per annum, for the purpose of paying all such outstanding warrants, and for the further purpose of paying any and all legitimate expenses incurred in operating the schools of said county : Provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for any County School Board to borrow any sum of money in any one year in excess of eighty per cent of the amount as estimated by them to be required for the maintenance of the necessary common schools of their county for the next ensuing scholastic year in the manner prescribed by Section 347, sub-section 14, of the General Statutes, which said sum so borrowed shall be paid in full before 23 the Board shall be authorized to borrow on the estimate for any succeeding year. Provided, further, that noth- ing: in this Act shall be construed to invalidate any out- ° "^ Existing standing debt of any county as now existing; and now debts not in- <=> J -^ o validated. due, or to become due, or as requiring any Board of Pub- lic Instruction to pay the same in full before being per- mitted to borrow eighty per cent on the estimate for the next ensuing year, or to prohibit any Board from fund- ing or refunding at its maturity any debt created and existing on or before July 1st, A. D. 1915, and being thereby prohibited from borrowing eighty per cent of its income for the ensuing year, as provided above ; and pro- vided, further, that no School Board shall, after July 1, 1915, incur debts of any nature in excess of the estimated amount, except as herein provided. 34. It shall be the duty of the County Treasurer, Treasiu-er. upon presentation to him of the county scnool warrants, to pay the same, if there are any funds in his custody applicable thereto, and if there are no such funds, he shall endorse the fact on the warrant, with the 6uie of presentation, and affix his signature thereto. 35. All interest payments made under this Act shall interest how be by warrant issued by the County Board of Public Instruction in the same manner as warrants ror otTier indebtedness are issued. (Boards of Public Instruction are required to furi\ish Lawt^o^f^'ioii. free text-books to children financially unable to procure ^f^j Appen- them. ) 36. Any County Board of Public Instruction or the ch 6833, "^ Laws of 1915. Board of Trustees of any Special Tax School District, is Authorized to . ,,,. establish hereby authorized and empowered to establish and main- Department of Home tarn a department of Home Economics, or a department Economics. of Home Demonstration Work, in any of the high schools 24 Canning and corn clubs, etc. Who may be employed. County Demonstra- tion Agents. of this State, and to pay the expenses of such departments out of any public school fund at their disposal. 37. This Act (Sec. 36) shall extend to and include canning clubs, corn clubs and departments of agricul- ture, to acquire land, stock, fertilizer, seed and im^vle- ments necessary to maintain the same. And no person shall be employed to demonstrate, teach or instruct in any of the departments mentioned herein who does not hold a certificate of graduation from a recognized college, university or normal school, indicating special training in home economics, home demonstration work or agricul- tural work, or any one who has not had satisfactory expe- rience in Home Economics or canning club work, 38. County Boards of Public Instruction are fur- ther empowered under this Act to employ County Agents, who shall, under the joint supervision of the County Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Florida State College for Women, or the University of Florida, conduct practical demonstration work in home economics, girls' and women's contest work, canning club, corn club, or agricultural work, and other movements for the ad- vancement of country home life, and shall aid the County Superintendent and teachers in giving practical educa- tion in home, farm, or garden economics. 39. No board of public instruction shall have power Gen. Stats., Sec. 348. ^°\ ^° 4. ...T, to enter into contract with anv of its members, except contract with ' ' ■»• members. fQp ^j^g purpose of obtaining school sites. lb., Sec. 349. School Board districts. 40. The County Board of Public Instruction in each county shall divide their respective counties into three county school board districts so as to place in each dis- trict, as nearly as practicable, the same number of quali- fied voters, the lines of said district to be so drawn as to place each election district wholly within one, or another, of said county school board districts; and the members of the County Board of Public Instruction shall file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for such county a certificate of their said action, containing a description of the boundaries of said districts, and nam- Boundanee in.g the election districts comprising each county school board district, which certificate shall be published in a newspaper published in the county, or if there be no newspaper published in the county, then by posting at the county court house door for four weeks thereafter. The County Board of* Public Instruction may there- when after change the boundaries of any such districts at a *^ ^°^^ meeting in July of the year of a general election, but such change shall be certified in the Clerk's office and published as required for fixing such districts in the first instance. 41. All vacancies on said Board of Public Instruc- n,., sec. sso. tion shall be filled for the unexpired term by appoint- how^mild. ment by the State Board of Education on the nomina- tion of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. County Superintendent. 42. The County Superintendent of Public Instruction lu., gee. 351. -,.,-, " Duties of. IS directed: First. — To make timely inspection of the county, to To ascertain " where schools ascertain the location in which schools should 'oe estab- needed, lished, the number of youth who would attend each, and the amount of aid that the citizens of the neighborhood will contribute to encourage the establishment of a school. Second. — To visit each school at least once during each to visit and examine school term, and to make a thorough examination of its schools. conditions as respects the progress of the pupils in learn- 26 To give ad- vice. To awaken interest. ing, the order and discipline observed, the system of instruction pursued, the attendance of the pupils, the mode of keeping school records, the character and con- dition of the school buildings, furniture, books, apparatus and premises, the efficiency of the School Supervisor, the interest and co-operation of the citizens in regard to educational matters, and to give such advice as he may deem proper. Third. — To do all in his power to awaken an increased interest in parents, guardians, ' School Supervisors and teachers, with regard to the better education of youth in every respect and the general diffusion of knowledge. Fourth. — To confer with the School Supervisors fre- quently, and see that they attend to their duties, keeping them supplied with a copy of the school laws, decisions, blanks and regulations of the department. Fifth. — To select for School Supervisors persons whose character, qualifications and sympathy with education specially commend them to those positions. To keep Sixth. — To keep a record by number, name and descrip- record of c&ch, school. tion of the locality of each school established, of the expenses incurred for, and of his visits of inspection to, the several schools. Oversight of School Super- visors. To select Supervisors. To furnish Seventh. — To notify the State Superintendent of Public fntendfil^fn- Instruction, immediately upon entering upon his duties, formation. ^j^^ names and addresses of all county school officers. To decide dis- putes. Eighth. — To decide upon questions and disputes which arise when submitted to him by the parties interested, and to refer his decisions to the Board of Public Instruction. 27 Ninth. — To see that the interests of the county are ?e°efts^^2. Grades of cer- tificates. G8.. There shall be seven grades of teachere' certifi- cates, issued as herein specified and named, respectively^ to-wit: Third grade, second grade, first grade, primary, special. State and life certificates. lb.. Sec. 364. Certificate of character. Fee. lb . Sec. .-Ses. (See also Ch. 5938. Laws of 1909.) Requlrempnts for Third r;rade Certificate. Valid two years. 64. IsTo certificate, except life certificates, shall be except on written examination, ( written examination as provided by law. lb.. Sec. 363. Examination . ^ , .,, . ,• i , to be written, issued except on written examination, or on oral and 65. The applicant for the certificate of any grade, to be eligible for examination, shall present to the exam- iner an endorsement of good moral character from two responsible persons, and shall pay an examnanon fee of one dollar. The examiner shall turn over to the County Treasurer, immediately after any examination, the sum of one dollar for every person examined, taking his receipt therefor, and for failure to make such disposition shall be subject to prosecution. The fund arising from examination fees shall be placed to the credit of the county school fund. 66. A third grade certificate shall be issued to any eligible applicant who, in the uniform examination in orthography, reading, geography, arithmetic, English grammar, United States history, physiology, theory and practice of teaching, composition, agriculture aua civil government, shall have made a grade in no branch belov,- forty per cent, and an average frade of sixty per cent, in all the above branches. A third grade certificate shall be valid for two years from the date of issue, except as otherwise provided by law. 67. A second grade certificate shall be issued to any eligible applicant, who, in the uniform examination In all the branches prescribed for a third grade certificate, shall 35 have made a grade in no branch below sixty per cent, and an average of seventy-five per cent, in all the aforesaid branches. A second grade certificate shall be valid for four years vaiid four ^ years. from the date of issue, except as otherwise provided by law. 68. A first grade certificate shall be issuea ro any piiJgf GralJ" eligible applicant who shall have been examined in all certificate. the branches prescribed for a third grade certificate, ancT in algebra and physical geography, and who shall hav(' made a grade in no branch below sixty per cent, and an average of eighty-five per cent, in all the aforesaid branches. A first grade certificate shall be valid for five yearss ^^^^^^ Ave from the date of issue, except as otherwise provided by law. Valid four .years. 69. A primary certifi.cate may be issued by the State p^.-j^^^^^^y ^^^ Superintendent to any eligible applicant who shall fur Certificate. nish satisfactory testimonials as to peculiar ntness for primary teaching, and who shall have made a grade of eighty per cent, in such oral and written examination on primary studies and methods as may be prescribed by the State Superintendent, with such assistants as he may select. Primary certificates shall be valid for four years from the date of issue, except as otherwise provided by law, and shall be valid only for teaching iu the firsr Limitations. second and third grades of the primary departments o regularly graded schools, or in public kindergartens. 70. A special certificate may be issued by the State g^-^Jjfj'^- ^^^- Superintendent to any eligible applicant who shall fur- certificate nish satisfactory testimonials as to peculiar fitness for teaching any one or more branches not included in the requirements for second grade certifi'cates, and shall 36 Valid five vears. Limitations. lb., Sec. 370. State Certificate. Previous experience of applicant, etc. Valid Ave years. lb., Sec. 371. State Life Certificate. As amended by Ch. 6164. Laws of 1011. Ch. 6540. Lav/s of 191.3. Graduate State Certifi- cate. make a grade of not less than ninety per cent, on such branch, or branches, in such examination as shall be pre- scribed by the State Superintendent with such assistants as he may select. A special certificate shall be valid for five years fio the date of issue, and only for teaching the special branch, or branches, for which it shall have been issued. 71. A State certificate may be issued by the State Superintendent to any eligible applicant who shall have taught twenty-four months in all, eight months under a first grade certificate obtained in this State, and shall have passed an examination conducted by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction on geometry, trig- onometry, physics, botany, zoology, Latin, rhetoric, Eng- lish literature, psychology and general history, and shall have made an average grade of eighty-five per cent, with a grade in no branch below sixty per cent. A State certificate shall be valid for five years from the date of issue, and shall be valid throughout the State. 72. A life certificate good in any part of the State and of perpetual validity, may be issued by the State Super- intendent of Public Instruction, without examination, to any teacher holding a State certificate issued since Jan- uary 1st, A. D. 1894, and who has successfully done high school or college teaching in this State for a period of eighteen months under a State certificate, and who shall present satisfactory endorsement showing eminent ability in teaching and school government from three persons holding life certificates. 73. (1) All graduates of the normal or collegiate de- partments of the University of Florida and College for Women, and any other colleges and universities in this State that will submit to such inspection and regulation 37 as the State Board of Education and the State Board ^^XfoT^''*^ of Control may prescribe, are hereby granted a State certificate; Provided, That one-fifth of the time of the collegiate departments be devoted to professional train ing; and Provided, further. That at a regular examina tion conducted at the close of the Junior and Senior years, of all such graduates as come under the provisions of this Act, the said graduates shall make a geneva 1 average of not less than eighty-five per cent, on all sub jects, with a grade of not less than sixty per cent, on any subject. (2) Any person making it appear to the State Superin tendent that he or she has taken advantage of the pro visions of this Act shall be granted a State certificate. Teacher-Training Certificate. 74. (1). All persons who complete the Elementary ^j^^s^oligi^. Professional Course in the Normal School of the State Institutions of Higher Learning in this State, or an equivalent course in the Normal Department of any pri- vate University or College in this State which shall come under the provisions of Section 4 of this Act, shall, if they have made an average grade of seventy-five per cent. in all studies, be granted a Third Grade Teachers' Train- xhiid Grade inff Certificate, which certificate shall be good for two Training Cer ^ ' ' tiflcate. years. (2). Any person who completes the Freshman year of Teapher^"^^*^^ the Normal School of the State Institutions of Higher m^ale.^ ^^^ Learning in this State, or an equivalent course in the Normal Department of any private University or Col- lege in this State coming under the provisions of Section 4 of this Act. shall, if they have made an average grade 38 of seventy-five per cent, in all studies, be granted a Second Grade Teachers' Training Certificate, which cer- tificate shall be good for four years. First Grade (3), \yly person who Completes the Sophomore year SSS^ ^^''' of the regular Normal School of the State Institutions of Higher Learning in this State, or an equivalent course in the Normal Department of any private University or College in this State which may come under the provi- sions of Section 4 of this Act, shall, if they have made an average grade of eighty per cent, in all studies, be granted a First Grade Teachers' Training Certificate, which shall be good for five years. ^ivate^ni- ^'^^ ' "^^^ term "private university" or "college," as college. "^ used in this Act, shall be construed to mean any institu- tion of higher learning chartered under the laws of this State, maintaining at least a full four-year course in the libei'al arts and sciences above the junior high school course, together with a recognized standarc\ normal course with a teaching force, equipment and training facilities sufficient to insure the proper training of teachers, said teaching force, standards, equipment and training facilities to be approved by the State Board of Education, and which will submit to such further inspec- tion and regulations as the State Board of Education may require. (5). Anj' private University or College meeting the provisions of Section 4 of this Act, and which desires to take advantage of the provisions thereof, may, on appli- cation to the State Board of Education therefor, be granted all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the State Institutions of Higher Learning provided herein. 39 (6). Any person who desires to take advantage of the provisions herein shall present to the State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction a statement defining the . Every i)ublic school in tijis State, maintaining an c'li. 538i. *' ^ * Laws of 1905 average daily attendance of eighty (80) percentum of the ^ehooi^mai*n- total numl>er of pupils enrolled in such school during the -Averaie^Rt^" tinrtance. regular teim as now provided for by law, shall receive aid fiom the State in a sum sufficient in each case to main- tain such seiiool for two (2) months in addition to the 'p^^o months regular term oi such school; Provided, That uo school now or hereafter receiving aid from the State under the provisions of Chapter 5206 of the Laws of Floiida shall be entitled to the benfits of this Act. Schools not pntitlecl. (See Note to Section 104, following.) 104. In order to receive aid as provided in Section I'h. .-.ssi, one (1) of this Act (see Sec. 103 above) the County Su- county supt.' " to renort to perintendent of Public Instruction of the county in which state Board ^ .of Educa- the school or schools entitled to receive same may be lo- tion. cated, shall, within ten (10) days of the expiration of the regular term of such schooi, file with the State Board of Education a certified cojiy of the reports of such school, showing the average daily attendance, upon such form as report pre- scribed may be prescribed by the State Board of Education, Upon receipt of such report tlie State Board of Education, if satisfied that all conditions have been fully complied with, shall make requisition upon the State Comptroller for the Requisition on amount due such school under the provisions of this Act. ^'^'"p*^'""^''- 4— DSL 50 (Sections 103 and 104, preceding, declared unconstitu- tional by the Supreme Court, Board Pub. Inst., Santa Rosa Co. V. Croom, et al. ; see Fla. Reports, No. 57, p. 348. Since this decision, schools specified in Sections 99-102 have likewise received no State Aid ; also, schools specified in Chapter 5657, Laws of 1907.) Kindergartens. Ch. 5387, 105. (1) Any County Board of Public Instruction, or Laws of 1905. \ J J J County boards Board of Trustces of any special tax school district, is may establish >i r ... kindergar- hereby empowered to establish and maintain kmdergar- ' tens in communities guaranteeing the attendance of twenty-five (25) kindergarten pupils. To be part of (2) Every kindergarten established under this Act public school. ,,,,.,, shall be a part of the public school taught m the same community, and shall be under the direction and control of the principal of the said public school. Teacher must (3) Nopersou shall be employed to teach as principal of a kindergarten department who does not hold a certi- ficate of graduation from a reputable kindergarten train- ing school. State Inspection of Schools. Ch. 6539, 106. Two Rural School Inspectors are hereby created Rural SchooV by this Act, who shall be appointed by the Governor upon how ' the nomination of the State Superintendent of Public In- struction, and shall hold their positions subject to the Duty of State Board of Education. It shall be the duty of each of these Inspectors to devote all of his time and attention to the work of visiting and supervising rural schools, and he shall perform such educational work, when the rural schools are not in operation, as may be required of him by the State Board of Education, and he shall work under Inspectors. 51 the direction and advice of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, to whom reports shall be made as required. The sum of Two Thousand Dollars (|2,000.00) for the salary of each is hereby appropriated, and Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) for the traveling expenses of each, out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for each of the two years be- ginning July 1, 1913 and 1914, which shall be paid in monthly installments upon the requisition of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction upon the Comp- troller of the State. (This appropriation is continued for two years begin- ning July 1, 1915.) Special Tax School Districts. 107. Each county shall constitute a school unit; all sub-divisions of a county for school purposes shall be des- ignated as school districts Gen. Stats., Sec. 399. County school unit. all school districts levying a districts. school district tax shall hereafter be designated as special special tax school dis- tax school districts, and all schools receiving any district tricts. tax, as special tax schools. 108. It shall be the duty of the Board of Public In- struction of any county to order an election to be held in any subdivision of any city, or incorporated town, com- munity or subdivision of the county, at such time and place as said Board may direct, whenever one-fourth of the qualified electors that pay a tax on real or personal property, and are resident in such city, incorporated town, community, or subdivision of the county, shall petition for such election, to determine whether such city, incorpo- rated town, community or subdivision of the county shall become a special tax school district for the purpose of levying and collecting a district school tax for the exclu- sive use of public free schools within the district; at such lb., Sec. 400.- Proceedings to establish. Duty of Board of Public In- struction. Order elec- tion, after — Petition, etc. 52 Matters to be election the following matters shall be determined by a voted on. majority of the ballots cast by electors qualified as herein prescribed, except that the three persons receiving the highest vote at such election shall be declared School Trus- (1) Creation tees of Said district: First, whether the city, incorpo- of district. ' ^' j Jr- rated town,, community or subdivision of the county shall of Tnistees^ become a ispecial tax school district; Second, who shall tax tillage ^^ *^^ School Trustees of said district ; Third, the num- ber of mills of district tax to be levied and collected an- nually for the two succeeding years. The three persons receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be de- clared the Trustees elected for the special tax school dis- trict: Provided, A majority of all the votes cast be in favor of creating such special tax district, who shall serve of Trustees.*^^ ^or the uext ensuing two years, and perform the duties hereinafter prescribed. lb, Sec. 401. 109. The petition mentioned in the preceding section What petition ^ r » to contain. ^iiiali prescribe the boundaries of the subdivisions of any city or incorporated town, community or subdivision of the county intended to be formed into a special tax school district. The Board of Public Instruction may, however, boundaries in change the boundaries thereof before ordering any such petition. election, but shall m no case include territory not included in the original petition, and shall give notice of any such change in the notice of election. Special tax school dis- tricts created under this Act shall continue until dis- established or changed by like proceeding as those by which they were created. The petition provided for by o?pemVon^ ^^^ preceding section shall be published once a week for four successive weeks, in some newspaper published in the county having a general circulation throughout the coun- ty ; and the publication shall state when such petition will 53 be presented to such Boai-ds. In case there shall be no newspaper published in the county, such petition and notice shall be posted in the manner provided for in the next section for the posting of notice of election. 110. It shall be the duty of the Board of Public In- struction of the county to cause a notice of said election to be published once a week for four successive weeks prioi' thereto, in a newspaper published within the county, and having a general circulation throughout the county; but if no newspaper be published in such county, then it shall cause five written or printed notices of said election to be posted in five public places within the territory in which the election is ordered. It shall also be the duty of the County Board of Public Instruction to appoint in- spectors and clerks for said election, whose duty shall be fhe same as those of similar officers in general elections, except as herein stated. 111. The Board of Public Instruction shall canvass the returns of election as made to it by the inspectors and clerks of election, and declare the results at the next regu- lar meeting of said Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose. 112. All special tax school district elections shall be held and conducted in the manner prescribed by law for holding general elections, except as provided in this article, and it is hereby made the duty of the Supervisor of Eegistration of any county, to furnish, upon payment for such service, to the County Board of Public Instruc- tion, on demand, a certified list of the qualified voters re- siding in a special tax school district, or the territory to be created into a special tax school district, that have paid a tax on personal or real property for the year next preceding any such special tax election. llo. All qualified voters residing within the territory sought to be made a special tax school district that pay lb., Sec. 402. Notice, how imblished. To appoint inspectors and clerks. I'lieii" duties. lb., Sec. 403. Board to can- vass returns. Declare I'esults. lb.. Sec. 404. General law governs election. lb., Sec. 405. Who entitled to vote. 54 a tax on real or personal property shall be entitled to vote in said election, and a majority of the votes cast shall determine any matter voted upon, pertaining to a special H^ow cost ^ax school district. The cost of the publication of the notice and of the election itself, shall be paid by the County Board of Public Instruction out of the first moneys collected from the special tax district. lb., Sec. 406. 114. Electious shall be held bi-ennially in each special Bl-ennially . '' ^ elections. tax school district, as nearly as practicable upon the an- niversary of the original election under the direction of the County Board of Public Instruction, to determine who shall be Trustees for the next succeeding two years, and the number of mills of district school tax to be levied for each of said years; said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations, and qualifications of electors shall be the same as prescribed for those voting in the original election creating a special tax school district. Trusties have ^^^- Whenever a special tax school district is created supervision .,^^ Trustees are elected, they shall have the supervision of all the public schools within said district. The posi- 1 ion of Supervisor shall be superseded by that of Trustees, and the duties prescribed by law for the Supervisors shall be performed by the Trustees. The powers of Trustees shall not be those of control, but of supervision only, and ?n distHc^t^°'"^ •"'liall extend to all of the public schools within the special tax district. Any Trustee failing to discharge the duties Removal of. of the positiou shall be removed, after due notice to such Trustee, by the County Board of Public Instruction, and all vacancies occurring in the Board of Trustees from any defT filled" * 126. Any special tax school district may be abolished, ?ane*d*'°' "^"^ ^' ^^^ limits thereof extended or contracted, by a majority vote at an election called by the Board of Public Instruc- tion of the county for the purpose, after publication of such notice as is required to create such special tax dis- 51) trict, at which election the qualifications of voters shall be the same as in elections to create special tax school districts. 127. It shall be the duty of the County Tax Assessors S;^s^^?%09; to furnish to the Boards of Public Instruction of their g^g^yg^j^g*" respective counties, on or before the first day of October of each year, the total amount of special district school tax assessed in each and every special tax school district. Special Tax District Bonds. (Chapter 6542, Laws of 1913.) 128. Whenever the residents of a special tax school ^0*"/°° *•"" district in any County in this State shall desire the *'i^*'''*=* issuance of bonds by said special tax school district for the purpose of acquiring, building, enlarging, furnishing, or otherwise improving school buildings or school grounds, or for any other exclusive use of the public free schools within any such special tax school district, they shall present to the County Board of Public Instruc- tion of the County in which the said district is located a petition signed by not less than twenty-five per cent, of flf^^l^tom^ the duly qualified electors residing within the said special »* (district, tax school district, setting forth in general terms the amount of the bonds desired to be issued and the purpose thereof, and that the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds shall be used for the purposes set forth in the said petition. 129. At their first meeting after the receipt of the Determine . amount of said petition, the County Board of Public Instruction bonds, etc. shall determine by resolution to be entered in its records what amount of bonds is required for the purposes set 60 Publication of resolu- tion. forth in the said petition, the rate of interest to be paid thereon, and the time when the principal and interest of such bonds shall be due, and when payable. 130. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Public Instruction, upon the adoption of the Eesolutioii provided for in Section 2 of this Act (Sec. 129), forth with to cause said resolution to be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper pub lished in said special tax school district, if there be a newspaper published in Said district, and if no such news- paper be published therein, then in some newspaper pub- lished in the Couiitv in which said district is located. Notice of election. Qualified electors. 131. The said County Board of Public Instruction shall, at the meeting at which is passed the resolution provided for in Section 2 of this Act (Sec. 129 above) also order that an election shall be held in said special tax school district to determine whether or not there shall be issued by said district the bonds provided for in said resolution, in which election only the duly qualified electors thereof who are freeholders shall vote, and prior to the time of holding said election the said County Board shall cause to be published once each week for four suc- cessive weeks, in a newspaper published in said district, a notice of the holding of said election, which shall specify the time and place or places of ,the holding thereof; or if there be no newspaper published in said district, then in some newspaper published in the County in which said district is located. Conducting election. 132. The election provided for in the preceding sec- tion of this Act shall be held at the place, or several places in said special tax school district Avhere the last general election was held throughout said district, unless the said County Board of Public Instruction shall otherwise order, and the said County Board of Public Instructic 61 shall appoint inspectors for the said election, and awn to be prepared and furnished to said Inspectors the bal- lots to be used at said election; the form of the ballots for such election shall be "For Bonds" or ''Against Bonds." The inspectors shall make returns to the said Returns. County Board of Public Instruction immediately after the said election, and the said County Board shall hold a special meeting as soon thereafter as practicable for the purpose of canvassing said election returns, and shall determine and certify to the result thereof. 133. If it shall appear by the result of said election ^*''"'* that a majority of the votes cast shall be ''For Bonds," the said County Board shall be authorized and recjiii to issue the bonds authorized by said election for the purposes specified in the said resolution as published, not to exceed the amount therein named; but if the majority of the votes cast shall have been "Against Bonds," no bonds shall be issued. 134. If the result of the said election shall be adverse Limitation, to the issuance of said bonds, no election shall be held for such purpose within one year thereafter. 135. In case the issuance of bonds shall be author- ized by the said election, the County Board of Public Instruction shall cause notice to be given by publication in some newspaper published in the said County, that said County Board will receive bids for the purchase of said bonds at the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of said County, on or before the expiration of thirty days from the first publication of said notice. Such notice shall specify the amount of bonds offered for sale, the rate of interest, and the time when the prin cipal and installments of interest shall be due and pay Advertising for bids. (i'2 Board may reject. able. Auy and all bids may be rejected by the Board if they deem it for the interest of said district so to do, and they may cause a new notice to be given in like manner inviting other bids for said bonds. Said Bonds shall be disposed of to the highest bidder. Bidders 136. The said Board of Public Instruction may require or deposit. of all bidders for said bonds that they give security by bond, or by a deposit, to said County Board that the bidder shall comply with the terms of the bid ; and any bidder whose bid shall be accepted shall be liable to the said County Board for all damages on account of the non- performance of the terms of such bid, or to a forfeiture of the deposit required by said County Board. Form and denomina- tion. 137. The County Board of Public Instruction may prescribe the form and the denomination of the bonds to be issued, and such bonds may be issued with or without interest coupons as may be deemed expedient. (Ch. 6967, 138. The proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds Laws of 1915.) shall be held by the County Board of Public Instruction, ProcGGds hdd and expended and shall be expended by the said Board for the purpose Board. for which said bonds were authorized for the said special school tax district, and shall be held and expended in the manner following: First. — The Board of Public Instruction shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, the proceeds arising from the sale of bonds, together with the interest in sinking fund collected for said bonds, in any bank or banks of the dis- trict issuing bonds that will agree to pay said board two (2%) per cent, on daily balances of all funds so depos ited, and four (4%) per cent, on all said funds deposited for a period of three months or longer, and give the said board a surety bond, as hereinafter prescribed, for pro- tection of said deposits; provided, that the feoard shall divide the deposits herein mentioned equitably among the banks of the district that will meet the above condi- tions ; or, in case no bank in the district will so qualify, then the board shall deposit the money in the banks of the county that will qualify as above provided ; or, in case no bank in the county will qualify, then the board will deposit same in any bank in the State that will so qual- Deposited in banks paying ify; and any bank or banks before receiving any moneys interest as herein provided shall file a written offer with the said board guaranteeing to pay two (2%) per cent on daily balances and four (4%) per cent on time balances, and shall make surety bond in some fidelity company duly ^^^^ to fur- authorized to do business in this State, to be approved, mTife^month- and in an amount to be fixed, by the Comptroller of the Sjtate. Said bond shall be to the Governor of the State of Florida, and shall insure that the said bank shall faithfully discharge duties imposed upon it on account of its acting as depository, and shall further insure the safe-keeping, accounting for and paying over by said bank upon demand all money that may come into its hands by virtue of its acting as depository, and each bank acting as depository as herein provided shall make a monthly statement to the Board of Public Instruction, showing amount of money on hand to the credit of each fund at the beginning of each month, the amount received for each fund, the amount expended from each fund, the amount earned on daily balances and time deposits, in accordance with the terms of contract; which amounts so earned shall be credited to the Board of Public In- struction to the interest and sinking fund of the district on whose deposit the said interest was earned; provided, 64 that the mone}^ in time deposits account shall not be sub- ject to check until transferred to daily balance account; and provided, further, that the Board shall have power at all times to transfer money from either account to the other. How money Second. — The bank actina as depository as herein pro- to be paid & i- J i ""•^^ vided shall pay out any and all money coming into its hands, by virtue of its acting as said depository, upon a check drawn by the Board of Public Instruction, signed by the Chairman of said Board, and counter- signed by the Secretary of said Board, with the seal of said Board thereto affixed, and the said Board shall number each check with its proper number, and a checks issued ^^^^ Certified by the Secretary of said Board giving the number and amount of each check, with the name of the person in Avhose favor the check shall be issued, shall be furnished to the depository within five days after the same shall have been issued, and the depository shall not pay out any checks before receiving said certified list from the Secretary of the Board of Public Instruction, stating the number and amount of each check, and to whom issued; and it shall be the duty of the Board of Public Instruction to determine by resolution to be entered in its minutes the checks to be issued, to keep a record of all checks in the order in which they are issued, with the numbers of the same, the person to whom each check is drawn, and the number and purpose for which each check is drawn, and no money shall be drawn from the depository herein provided for except by check issued as hereinbefore provided in this Article, 139. As soon as practicable after the said bond issue "^^J^"^*^!^ and award has been voted upon and authorized, if the same be for fmpraTe-*"^ ,, » . . , . ments. the purpose of acquiring, enlarging, furnishing or other- wise improving school buildings, the County Board of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Trustees of such special tax school district, shall prepare proper plans and specifications therefor; and after adver- tising the same in the manner prescribed by law, shall award the contract for such building or improvements to the lowest responsible bidder therefor; provided, that the contract price shall not exceed the amount of the bonds authorized to be issued; and provided further, that the County Board may within their discretion reject any ^ay reject and all bids received, if they deem the same expedient, and re-advertise the contract until a satisfactory bid is received and accepted. 140. Upon accepting a satisfactory bid, the County Accepting bid and contract Board of Public Instruction shall enter into a contract ^°^ improve- ments. with the party or parties whose bid has been accepted. Such contract shall contain the specifications of the work to be done or the material to be furnished, the time limit in which the construction is to be completed or material furnished for improvement, the time and amounts in which payments are to be made upon said contract, and the penalty to be paid by the contractor for any fail- ure to comply with the terms of the said contract. The contractor shall also enter into a good and sufiicient bond contractors bond. With the said County Board of Public Instruction for the faithful execution of the said contract, the sureties upon which, and the sufficiency and provisions of which bonds shall be determined by the said County Board. 5— DSL 66 Bonds for other pur- poses than improre- ments. 141. If any special tax school district shall author- ize, as herein provided for, the issuance of bonds for a purpose other than acquiring, building, enlarging, fur- nishing, or other improvement of school buildings, the County Board of Public Instruction may and shall have the authority to disburse the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds in such manner as may be necessary and proper to carry out the purposes and objects for which the said bond issue was authorized. (Ch. 6967, Laws of 1915.) Tax to create sinking fiind. Bond taxes, how assessed and collected. Moneys turned over to deposi- tories. 142. First. Whenever any special school tax district bonds shall have been issued in pursuance of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commis- sioners of said county to levy annually a tax upon all real and personal property, railroad, telegraph and tele- phone line, owned or situated within said Special School Tax District, not to exceed five mills on the dollar in any one year, sufficient to raise and pay the interest on said Special Tax School District bonds and sufficient to cre- ate the sinking fund for the payment of principal of said bonds at maturity of same, which sinking fund shall be provided for by resolution of the County Board of Public Instruction before the issuing of any bonds. All Special Tax School District taxes for the payment of interest and to create a sinking fund for the retirement of said bonds shall be assessed, equalized and collected upon tax- able property in the Special Tax School District by the same officers, and in the same manner as is provided by law for the assessment, equalization and collection of other county taxes. And the Board of County Commis- sioners shall levy and have collected from all taxable property within the Special Tax School District a specia I tax herein provided for, and until all bonds issued in pur suance hereof shall be paid and retired, and all money I 67 now in the hands of any county treasurer of this Slale which has been collected on account of the interest and sinking fund for any Special Tax School District, or which may hereafter be turned over to any County Treas- urer for the purposes mentioned above shall be imme- diately turned over to the bank selected as said depository for that district's funds by the County Treasurer upon his being so notified by the Board of Public Instruction that the said depository has been selected and has quali- fied as herein provided, and provided that after the first day of January, A. D. 1917, it shall be the duty of the County Tax Collector to turn over to the said depository as designated by the Board of Public Instruction all money collected for the Interest and Sinking Fund of all bonds issued and outstanding against any such Special School Tax District. Second. The County Board of Public Instruction shall investmenf of sinking have power at all times to invest the Sinking Fund col- fund, lected for the retirement of any bonds of any district in the bonds of another Special School Tax District of the same county ; Provided, said bonds shall be purchased at par, and the Board shall have further right to invest the Sinking Fund of any district in any municipal or county bonds of the county under its jurisdiction; pro- vided, that the said bonds shall be of such date and ma- turity that they will mature on or before the date of the maturity of the district's bonds, with whose Sinking Fund they have been purchased; and provided further, that it shall be the duty of the County Board of Public Instruction before investing the Sinking Fund as herein provided to secure the opinion of the Attorney-General of Genemi^to the State of Florida, approving the legality and validity jty ^of "bonds ' of the bonds to be so purchased, and no bonds shall ever vested. 68 be purchased by any Board which have not been en- tirely and fully approved by the opinion of the Attor- ney-General as herein provided. Provided always, that the Board shall have the right to keep the Sinking Fund on deposit earning the rate of interest agreed upon until such time as in their judgment they may be able to invest it in bonds to better advantage as herein pro- vided for. Annual re- port for each district. Third. It shall be the duty of the Board of Public Instruction to prepare annually, on or before the 30th day of June of each year, a separate report for each district having issued bonds, in which they shall state the amount of money received for said bonds, the amount of money expended from the proceeds, the amount on hand, the amount of money collected for Interest and Sinking Fund of said bonds, the amount expended, the amount in- vested, and enumerating the kind and amount of securi- ties held therefor, describing the same separately and giving such other information as may be necessary to fully explain the financial condition of the district, which report shall be published at length in a newspaper of general circulation of the district or the county in which the district is located. Additional bond issue. Disposition of surplus. 143. After the issuance by any special tax school dis- trict of bonds in the manner herein authorized, the quali- fied electors of such special tax school district may there- after, from time to time, in the manner herein provided for, authorize one or more additional bond issues as they may determine upon. 144. Should there remain any of the proceeds of the sale of special tax school district bonds after the pur- pose and object for which the said bonds were issued shall have been carried out and performed by the said Board of Public Instruction, the said surplus then shall 69 be held by the said County Board and paid out by said Board for the exclusive use of the public free schools within such special tax school district as said County Koard may deem reasonable and proper, provided sucli disposition be first recommended by the Trustees of said special tax school district. 145. When anv special tax school district shall have validation of •^ ^ bonds. authorized and issued bonds in the manner provided for under the terms of this Act, such bonds shall be subjeci to validation in the manner provided for in Chapter <32?>7 Laws of Florida, approved June 3, 1911, and any anieii- datory Ac+s thereto. State Text-Book Commission and Uniform Text-Books. (Ch. 6178, Laws of 1911.) 146. tions The Board of Commissioners of State Institu- Ib., Sec. 1. State Text- is hereby constituted a State Text commission Book Commission, whose duty it is to select and adopt a ^^'eated. ' "^ ^ To adopt a Uniform series or system of text-books for use in the pub- uniform series ^ of text-books. lie schools in the State of Florida. 147. Said Commission is hereby authorized, empov:- po^^^rf/s^^'of' ered and directed to select and adopt a uniform system or commission. series of text-books for use in the public schools of the State, as above indicated, and when so selected and adopted, the text-books shall be used for a period of five fl^°P*ears ^""^ years in all the public schools of this State, and it shall not be lawful for any school officer, director or teacher to use any other books upon the same branches, other than those adopted by the said Text-Book Commission. Said uniform series shall include the following branches, to-wit : Orthography, defining, reading, writing, drawing, Unlawful to use other books. 70 Subjects. Sub- Commission. lb , Sec. 6. To consider report of sub- commission. Also merits of books, etc. To adopt books, using best judg- ment. aritlimetic, geography, grammar, language lessons, his- tory of Florida (containing the Constitution of the State), history of the United States (containing the Con- stitution of the United States), physiology, hygiene, nature and effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, ele ments of Civil Government, elements of Agriculture, Theory and Practice of Teaching: Provided, That none of said text-books shall contain anything of a partisan or sectarian character. (For provisions as to Sub-Commission, their report to the Text-Book Commission, etc., see the complete Act, sec tions 3, 4, 5 — Appendix). 148. Said Text-Book Commission shall hear and con- sider said report (of the Sub-Commission) in its selec- tion and adoption of a uniform series of text-books, and shall also, themselves, consider the merits of the books, taking into consideration their subject matter, the print- ing, binding, material, and mechanical quality, and their general suitability and desirability for the purposes in- tended, and the price of said books; and they shall give due consideration to the report and recommendation > said Sub-Commission. Said Commission shall select and adopt such books as will, in their best judgment, accom- plish the ends desired. * * * After the first adoption of books by lb., Sec. 9. 149. * * Later changes not to exceed said Text-Book Commission there shall not be any greater 10 per cent *' * per annum, change in books that would be equal or equivalent to 10 per cent per annum of the whole number of books adopted; Provided, That the publishers of the books not changed shall agree to furnish said books for the next period of adoption at as low price as previously. 71 150. * * * The Commission shall stipulate in the If^chlnV^' contract for the supplying of any book, or books, that Po°yJacts^ °^ the contractor, or contractors, shall take up school books now in use in this State, and receive the same in exchange of new books, allowing a price for such old books not less than fifty per cent, of the contract price of the new books. * * * 151. As soon as said Commission shall have entered into a contract, or contracts, for the furnishing, or sup- plying, of books for use in the Public Schools in this State, it shall be the duty of the G'overnor to issue his proclamation announcing such fact to the people of the State. lb., Sec. 12. Governor's proclamation. 16. Supplemen- tary books. (For provisions as to Agencies and sale of books, see the complete Act, section 13 — Appendix),. 152. As soon after the passage of this Act as may be ib., see. ^ ^ When practicable, * * * * the books adopted uniform series as a uniform system of text-books shall be introduced and introduced. used as text-books to the exclusion of all others in all the public free schools in this State ; Provided, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the use of sup- plementary books, but such supplementary books pre- scribed, or adopted, under the provisions of this Act ; and Provided further. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the teaching in any school any branch higher, or more advanced, than is embraced in Section 2 of this Act (147), nor the use of any book upon such higher branch of study ; Provided, That such higher branch shall not be taught to the exclusion of the branches mentioned and set out in Section 2 of this Act (147). 153. Any teacher who shall wilfully use, or permit to p'^enalty for' be used in his or her school, any text-book upon the ^H^^^ ^^^^^ branches embraced in this Act, where the Commission has adopted a book upon that branch, other than the one 72 Ch. 6834, Laws of 1915. Extension of term of book contracts. Ch. 6163, Laws of 1911. Free books, when Boards to furnish. SO adopted, the County Board of Public Instruction shall discharge, and cancel the certificate of, such teacher ; Pro- vided, That they may use, or permit to be used, such book, or books, as may now be owned by the pupils of the schools, until such books are worn out, not exceeding one year from date of adoption. 154. The State Text-Book Commission * * * * are hereby authorized to confer with the various publish- ers of text-books adopted (1911) and in use in the State, to extend the time limit for renewing contracts for uni- form school books to July 1, 1917, at which time contracts shall be made for future adoptions for the full period of fiA^e years, as required by statute. 155. The respective school boards of the respective counties of this State are hereby required to furnish free of cost to any child not over fifteen years of age, whose father or mother, or either of them, is on the roll of the county poor, and any child who is an orphan under the age of fifteen years and who is without necessary means to procure the same, or who has no brother or near rela- tive who has the necessary means, or to any child, not over said age, whose parent are poor, and indigent or afflicted, and are financially unable to procure the same for such child, all the school text-books necessary for the use of the child, accompanied by the affidavit of not less than two reputable citizens, taxpayers of the county, certifying to such financial condition of such child, or its parents, and upon recommendation of the County Super- intendent of Public Istruction ; Provided, That when the child is whose behalf the application is made, resides, or has its home in a special tax district, the financial cir- cumstances shall be certified to by not less than two of the Trustees of such district, and the cost of the books furnished such child shall be charged against, and paid for out of, the funds to the credit of such district. 73 Petition to County Board for compulsory attendance election. Compulsory School Attendance. (Chapter 6831, Laws of 1915.) 156. Whenever one-fourth of the registered white voters of any Special Tax School District, School Board District, or of any county, shall file with a County Board of Public Instruction a written petition asking for an election to be held in such Special Tax School District, School Board District, or county, to determine whether compulsory school attendance shall prevail in either of said districts, or the county, it shall be the duty of the County Board of Public Instruction to order an election in either of said districts, or the county, according as the petition may request, to decide whether the following compulsory school atendance provisions shall be enforced •in said Special Tax School District, School Board Dis- trict, or county. 157. The County Board of Public Instruction shall give notice of such election by advertising the same for four weeks in a newspaper published within the terri- tory, if a newspaper be published therein, but if none, then in some newspaper published in the county. 158. The electors in such elections must be regis- tered as provided in the general law for registrations for special elections, and they shall have the same qualifi- cations for, and prerequisites to, voting as prescribed in elections held under the general election laws. 159. The election shall be held and conducted in the Election. manner prescribed by law for holding general elections, except as provided in this Act, and all such elections shall be held within sixty days from the filing of the petition. 160. Inspectors of election shall be appointed and qualified, as in cases of general elections, and they shall canvass the vote cast and make due returns of the same Newspaper notice. Registration and qualifica- tions for voting. 74 Returns to County Board. Ballot. Votes necessary to establish. Publication of laws. to the County Board of Public Instruction without delay. The County Board of Public Instruction shall canvass the returns and declare the result, and cause the same to be recorded, as far as applicable, as provided in the gen- eral law concerning elections. 161. The ballot used in such elections shall be plain white paper and printed thereon, ''For Compulsory School Attendance," and "Against Compulsory School Attend- ance," so arranged that the voter may express his choice, as in the Australian ballot, by making a cross mark to the left of one or the other of the two lines. 162. Should three-fifths of the votes legally cast at any such election be ''For Compulsory School Attendance," then the compulsory school attendance laws hereinafter prescribed shall be in force in such territory for two years, or forever thereafter until another such election is held in compliance with the foregoing provisions ; and if three-fifths or more of the votes shall be cast "Against Compulsory School Attendance," then school attendance shall not be compulsory in said territory until otherwise determined by an election held in pursuance of this Act; Provided, That when any such election is held in a whole county, compulsory school attendance shall be enforced in any School Board District, or districts, of said county wherein a three-fifths vote was cast "For Compulsory School Attendance," though a three-fifths vote of the county as a whole was cast "Against Compulsory School Attendance ;" Provided, also, That when any such election is held in a whole county, compulsory school attendance shall not be enforced in any School Board District, or Districts, of said county, wherein a majority vote was cast "Against Compulsory School Attendance," though the majority vote of the county as a whole was cast "For Compulsory School Attendance." 163. The County Board of Public Instruction of a county in which a compulsory school attendance election 75 has been held and three-fifths of the votes legally cast at such election in a Special Tax School District, School Board District, or in the whole county, was '^For Com- pulsory School Attendance," shall, at the first regular meeting thereafter, publish that the following compulsory school attendance laws will be in full force and effect thirty days thereafter in the Special Tax School District, School Board District, or in the county, as may have been determined by the said election. 164. Every parent, guardian, or person in charge of, or control of, a child or children, between the ages of eight and fourteen years and residing within a Special Tax School District, a School Board District, or a county ad- vertised as under the following compulsory school at- tendance provisions, shall cause such child or children to attend regularly the public school of the district in which the child or children reside not less than eighty days of each year, between the ages of eight and fourteen years of each child; the period of compulsory attendance shall commence with the beginning of the school term nearest to the eighth birthday of each child, and shall cover a period of six consecutive years thereafter, except as here- inafter provided. 165. Continuous attendance upon some other school, public, private, or church, for eighty days of each year during the ages of eight and fourteen of any child, may be accepted in lieu of attendance upon a local public school; Provided further. That any private or church school receiving for instruction pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall keep such record of at- tendance of said child or children and will render such reports of the same, as are hereinafter required of teach- ers of public schools ; otherwise the attendance upon any such private or church school refusing or neglecting to keep such records and to make such reports shall not be accepted in lieu of attendance upon a public school. In force 30 days there- after. Every child in district mast attend 80 days of each year, between the ages of 8 and 14. Attendance on private or church school, when accepted. 76 Esemptions. Temporary absence. 166. Exemptions. — This Act shall uot apply in any case in which the child's physical or mental conditions, as attested by any competent physician before any court having jurisdiction under this Act, render its attendance impracticable or inexpedient ; or in any case in which the child resides more than two miles by the nearest traveled route from the school house, and transportation is not provided ; or in any case of extreme poverty, in which the services of such child are necessary for its own support or the support of its parents, as attested by the affidavit of its parent or parents and of such witnesses as the At- tendance Ofhcer may require ; or in any case in which said parent, guardian, or other person, having charge or con- trol of a child, shall show before any magistrate by affi- davit of himself and of such witnesses as the Attendance Officer may require, that the child is without necessary books and clothing for attending school, and that the parent is unable to provide the necessary books and cloth- ing; Provided, That when books and clothing shall be provided, through charity or by other means, the child shall no longer be exempt from school attendance under this provision; Provided, further. That when a teacher is charged with inefficiency, misconduct or crueltj^, such charge being made in writing and filed with the Trustees of the Special Tax School District, or with the County Board of Public Instruction by a parent, or guardian, of any child attending the school being taught by such teacher, then the attendance of such child shall not be enforced until after a full investigation of such charge has been made by the board with which same was filed and the said teacher has been acquitted or exonerated. 167. Temporary Aljsence Alloicu1)le. — Every parent, guardian, or other person in the State of Florida, having charge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall cause said child or chil- dren to attend school as aforesaid; Provided, That oc- casional absence from such attendance by any child. it amounting to not more than two unexcused absences in four consecutive weeks, shall not be unlawful; Provided, further, That the principal, or teacher in charge of the school, may excuse any child for temporary absence be- cause of a storm or bad weather, sickness or death in its family, unforseen or unavoidable accident. Excused ab- sences, and the reason therefor, shall be recorded by said principal, or teacher in charge of the school, and shall be reported to the Attendance Officer as hereinafter pro- vided; Provided further, That in case of protracted ill- ness of any child whose attendance is required under this Act, or in case of quarantine of the home in which such child resides, upon report of the Health Officer, or upon certificate of any legally qualified physician to this effect, the Attendance Officer shall excuse from attendance such child until he is fully restored to health, or until any quarantine excluding the child from school has been raised. 168. Penalty. — Any parent, guardian or other person penalty, in control of a child or children, violating the provisions of ~ this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction shall be liable to a fine of not less than one dollar and not more than three dollars for each and every offense. And upon failure or refusal to pay such fine, said parent, guardian or other person in control of a child, shall be imprisoned not to exceed thirty days in the County Jail; Provided, That the fine for any first offense, may, upon payment of costs, be suspended and not collected until the same per- son is convicted of a second offense; Provided further, That after the expiration of three days from the time no- tice is served by the Attendance Officer, each and every day a parent, guardian, or other person, shall wilfully and unlawfully keep such child or children from school, or allow it or them to remain out of school, shall constitute a separate offense and shall subject said person to the penalties above prescribed. 78 Attendance Officers. Duties of, census. 169. The County Board of Public Instruction of any county wherein any district, or the county, has adopted the compulsory school attendance provisions of this Act, shall have the power to appoint and fix the compensation of an Attendance Officer or Officers, and remove the same at will. An Attendance Officer may be appointed for one school or for a number of schools, in the discretion of the County Board of Public Instruction, and may be a super- visor or a trustee of a school, or any suitable person who will discharge the duties of the position, and the County Board may assign an Attendance Officer such other du- ties as may be deemed advisable. 170. It shall be the duty of every Attendance Officer to take an accurate census of every child between the ages of six and twenty-one years in his district in the month of June in each and every year on blanks furnished by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He shall make three neat and legible copies of this census roll, Avhich shall give the name, sex, date of birth, the name of the parent or guardian, with the postoffice, of every child, and any additional information demanded. One copy of this census shall be filed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, one copy with the County Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, by the first day of July in each and every year, and one copy shall be preserved for his own use, and he shall furnish the principal of each school within his jurisdiction with a list of the names of children due to attend the school of which the principal is in charge, and the County Board of Public Instruction shall ascertain without charge the number of pupils con- tained in said lists. Notice to parent. 171. The Attendance Officer shall serve a written or printed notice, or partly written and partly printed not- ice, upon every parent, guardian, or other person having control of a child or children, violating the provisions of this Act, and prompt compliance on the part of the parent. 79 guardian or other person shall be required. If any par- ent, guardian, or other person upon whom such notice is served, fails to comply with the law within three days thereafter, then it shall be the duty of the Attendance Officer upon the recommendation of the Board of Public Instruction to prosecute forthwith such person in the name of the State of Florida, before any Justice of the Peace, or County Judge, of any county, town or district in which the prosecuted resides. All fines collected shall be turned over to the custodian of the County School Fund, and may be used by the County Board of Public Instruction for the enforcement of this Act, or for other purposes. 172. The Attendance Officer shall have the right to visit and enter any office, factory, or business house em- ploying youth, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act; when doubt exists as to the age of a child he may require a properly attested birth certificate, or affidavit, as to the age of any child. 173. Every Attendance Officer shall keep an accurate record of all notices served, all cases prosecuted, and all other services performed, and shall make an annual re- port of the same to the County Board of Public Instruc- tion, on blanks furnished by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the manner required, and oftener when demanded by the County Board. 174. It shall be the duty of all principals and teachers to co-operate with the Attendance Officer in the enforce- ment of this law. To this end it shall be the duty of the principal or teacher in charge of every school, in which pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years are in- structed, to keep an accurate record of the attendance of all pupils, to render weekly reports to the Attendance Of- ficer and the County Superintendent of Pnblic Instruc- tion, of all pupils imperfect in attendance, showing all absences, excused and unexcused, and in the case of an Right of entrance. Records of. Duty of teachers. 80 Reports of. Publication of act. excused absence to state the reason for which the pupil was excused. 175. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Pub- lic Instruction of each county to cause this Act to be pub- lished, separate and distinct from the publication of the Acts of the Legislature, in full in some newspaper pub- lished in the county, if there be one, and if there be none, then to distribute and give it the widest circulation in the form of a circular at least four weeks prior to the opening of the schools for the school year, beginning July 1, 1915, and annually thereafter if in their discretion it be neces- sary. Medical Inspection and Sanitary Precautions. Ch. 6829, Laws of 1915. Supervi- sion by State Board of Health. Board to adopt rules. County • Physicians. County Medical In- spectors. 176. The State Board of Health shall have super- vision over all matters pertaining to the medical inspec- tion of school children in Florida, with such duties and powers as are prescribed by law pertaining to Public Health, and all school children shall be examined as to their physical condition at least once during each school year. 177. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health, as soon after the passage of this Act as practicable, to formulate and adopt such rules and regulations as will be necessary to provide for thorough and uniform medi- cal inspection of school children in Florida, as provided in Section 1 of this Act. 178. The County Physicians of each County in the State of Florida shall act as County Medical Inspectors of school children in their respective counties, providing that in such counties where there are no regular appointed County Physicians, it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to appoint a physician as County Medical Inspector of school children; Provided 81 ray. Cities of OTer 5,000. further, that the County Physician or County Medical Inspector of School Children be paid for their services out of the State Board of Health funds; Provided fur- ther, That no one physician shall have more than twenty- five hundred school children under his charge, and in counties having more than twenty-five hundred school children there shall be two Medical Inspectors of School Children appointed, as aforesaid. 179. The provisions of this Act shall not affect cities of over five thousand inhabitants where medical inspec- tion of school children has already been established under the jurisdiction of the City Board of Health, pro- vided that the City Board of Health adopt the forms pre- scribed by the State Board of Health, and make full re- port to the State Board of Health. 180. The expenditures of the State Board of Health Report of ■ ^ . state Board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this of Health. Act shall be certified by the President of the State Board • of Health, and he shall make an annual report to the Governor of all such expenditures, together with any special observations, recommendations, or facts that he may present, showing the value of Medical School Inspec- tion from a public health standpoint, or from a stand- point of educational efficiency, or otherwise, and such annual statements shall finally be submitted by the Gov- ernor to the State Legislature, when in regular session convened, and shall be published like other reports of State officers. The accounts necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be approved, audited and paid in the same manner as is prescribed for the payment of other accounts of the State Board of Health, and out of the State Board of Health funds. 181. All school buildings, public or private, in this ch. tjs.^o. '=' ^ ^ ^ ' Laws of 191.^ State shall tie provided with adequate facilities for nature's conveniences, by either water carriage oT* siir- 6— DSI. Facilities for nature's ronveniencos 82 Duty of State Board of Health. Penalty face closets, with separate compartmeuts for each sex. In rural districts where sewerage systems do not exists all surface closets used in connection with such schools shall be of fly-proof construction and in conformity with plans recommended or approved by the State Board of Health, with separate compartments for each sex. 182. That any public school board or any person, firm or corporation conducting any private school, who shall have charge of the erection, repair or maintenance of any school building, who shall fail to provide said buildings with the facilities required by Section 1 of this Act (181), or who shall fail to provide surface closets as required by Section 2 of this Act (181), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars (|oO.OO). Fire Escapes for School Buildings, and Fire Drills. Ch. 5937, Laws of 1909. Mandatory. Duty of County Board. Further duties. 183. All public school buildings within the State of Florida, of two or more stories in height, the story or stories of which shall be used for public school purposes, shall be provided with adequate stairways or fire escapes for egress in case of fire. 184. The number of such stairways or fire escapes, and their location, material and construction, shall be as designated and prescribed by the Board of Public Instruction of the county in which said school building or buildings shall be located. 185. The Board of Public Instruction of each of the counties of the State of Florida shall, on or before October 1st, 1909, or as soon thereafter as may be prac- ticable, have constructed the stairways or fire escapes hereinbefore described, and shall at all times keep or have the same kept in perfect order. 83 186. All the outer doors of any public school build- [^°°s^in ing, where there shall be two or more rooms, shall be so outward. hung that when they are opened they will swing to the outside. 187. The Boards of Public Instruction for the several p^^^l^^f counties of the State of Florida shall, on or before October 1st, 1909, or as soon tliereafter as may be prac- ticable, have the doors of said school buildings changed, if necessary, to comply with the provisions of Section 186. (Sec. 4 of this Act). 188. The Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Duty of state State of Florida shall, on or before October 1st, 1909, S"''*^''' or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, formulate and prescribe tactics of instruction for fire drills for all fire^drnfs the public schools of the State of Florida, and each teacher teaching in such school shall be provided with a copy of such tactics, and it shall be the duty of each and J^acheri every of such teachers to instruct the students of their respective schools in such fire drills as prescribed by tbe State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 189. Any teacher or officer mentioned in this Act Penalty. who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions hereof shall be removed from his position or office. Sundry Provisions. 190. A poll tax of one dollar shall be levied upon each male person over the age of twenty-one years, and under the age of fifty-five years, except such as have lost a limb in battle, which tax shall be paid into the county school fund, and shall be collected when taxes on property are collected. It shall be illegal for a Collector to give any receipt for taxes on any property to persons owing poll tax until the poll tax is paid, and the Collector shall on the first day of each month make out a statement giving Oen. Stats., Sec. 508. Poll tax. the names of the parties who have paid their poll taxes, and present the same sworn to by said Collector to the County Commissioners at their regular meeting and present the receipt of the County Treasurer for the same. lb, stH. 509. 191, It shall be the duty of the Tax. Collector in each Tax Collector couutv to file on or bcfore the tenth day of every month to furnish - j ^ lists of polls with the County Board of Public Instruction a certified to School "^ Board. list of the names of all persons whose poll taxes were paid during the previous month, giving the year for which payments were made. lb., Sec. 819. 192. The County Treasurers of the several counties in Treasurers of '' School Fund, this State shall be and the same are hereby constituted the treasurers of the school funds in their respective counties. (Banks to be county depositories after January 1, 1917; See Ch. 6932, Laws of 1915.— Appendix) . tb., Sec. 820. 193. The Treasurer of the county school fund shall be Pees of treasurer. paid for receipts and disbursements of county school funds the same commissions allowed by law to County Treasurers for receipts and disbursements of county funds, the said commissions to be paid by the County Board of Public Instruction from the county school fund upon vouchers approved by the County Board of Public Instruction. Exemptions 194. The followiug persons * * * shall be exempt duty. ^ from jury duty ; * * * officers of the university, officers of colleges, preceptors and teachers of incor- porated academies, teachers of common schools. * * * Penalties. lien. Stats.. los. Whoevcr wautoulv and maliciously, or wantonly Sec. 3430. '' . Injury to and wlthout cause, destroys, defaces, mars or injures any school hnild- ? ^ j ing. dwelling house or any school house, church or other 85 building erected or used for the purpose of education or religious instruction or for the general diffusion of knowl- edge, or any of the outbuildings, fences, walls, or appur- tenances of such school house, church or other building, or any furniture, apparatus or other property belonging to or connected with such school house, church or other building, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceed- ing one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 196. Whoever wilfully cuts, paints, pastes or defaces, by writing or in any other manner, any school building, furniture, apparatus, appliance, outbuilding, ground, fence, tree, post or other school property with obscene word, image or device shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding fifteen days, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to any pupil in and subject to the discipline of the school. 197. Whoever, within the school house or grounds, upbraids or insults any teacher in the presence of the pupils shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding fifteen days, or by fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars. This section shall not apply to any pupil in and subject to the discipline of the school. 198. Whoever wilfully interrupts or disturbs any school, or any assembly of people met for the worship of God, or for any other lawful purpose, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days. 199.. No Superintendent or School Eoard of any county, or any person officially connected with the gov- ernment or direction of the public schools, or teacher thereof, shall receive any private fee, gratuity, donation or compensation, in any manner whatsoever, for promot- ing the sale or the exchange of any school book, map or chart in any public school, or be an agent for the sale or lb., Sec. 3541. Obscenity on school buildings. lb.. Sec. 3548 Insulting teacher in pupils' presence. lb., Sec. 3547. Disturbing schools. lb.. Sec. 3731. Penalty for dealing in school hooks 86 the publisher of any school text book, or be directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any such text book, and any such agency or interest shall disqualify any person so acting or interested from holding any school office whatsoever, and the party so offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days. Sai'eoMntoxt '^^^' ^^ shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor- witwl iouv^' POi'ation to sell or tipple, except in incorporated towns schools.^ ^^^ cities, any intoxicating liquors of whatever charac- ter, within a distance of four miles of any public or private school building, whether said school shall be in session or not, or any chartered institution of learning, or of any church building of whatever denomination: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or in any way charige the local option law now in force in this State: Provided, also. That this section shall not repeal any part of the law of 1895, permitting the manufacture or sale of domestic wines: Provided, also, That this section shall not apply to nor affect the sale of such liquoi's to guests only by hotel proprietors where such hotels contain twenty-five rooms or more, nor shall it apply to or affect social clubs duly incorporated under the laws of this State, selling to members only, if such hotels and clubs have duly com- plied with the general law of this State relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors t Provided, This shall not apply to localities where liquors are now sold within five hundred feet of incorporated towns, or to saloons where existing in towns of two hundred or more inhabitants where such saloon is the only one within a distance of fifty miles. Whoever violates the provisions of this sec- tion shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for a period not more than three months. 87 Ch. 6490, Laws of 1913. Whites not to teach in negro schools, and vice versa. Penalty. WMte children and ne.!?ro chil- dren not to he taught in same school. 201. It shall be unlawful in this State, for white teach- ers to teach negroes in negro schools, and for negro teachers to teach in white schools. Any person, or persons, violating the provisions hereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred (1500.00) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County jail not exceeding six (6) months. 202. It shall be a penal offense for any individual, body of individuals, corporation or association to con- duct within this State any school of any grade, public, private or parochial, wherein white persons and negroes shall be instructed or boarded within the same build- ing, or taught in the same class, or at the same time by the same teachers. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section by patronizing or teaching in such school shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than three months, nor more than six months for every such offense. 203. Any Superintendent, County or State, violating For violation the provisions of law relating to the examination and tion laws. certification of teachers, upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, ^nd shall be debarred from holding any school office in this State. (For other provisions for violation of examination laws, see Ch. 6165, Laws of 1911 ; Sections 54-59 pre- ■ceeding) . Penalty. SPECIAL SCHOOLS; SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS AND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION State Summer Schools for Teachers. 204. That there is hereby established and created in Ch. 6498, Laws of 191o, as amended this State three Summer Schools to be located as follows : by Cn. bSiJo, Laws of 1915. Qiie in Connection with the Universitv of Florida, at Three sum- • ' mer schools established. College for Women, at Tallahassee; and one in connection Gainesville: one in connection with the Florida State with the Agricultural Negroes, at Tallahassee. and Mechanical College for Duty of state Board of Educa- tion. To whom schools open. Who to teach. 205. The Summer Schools herein created shall be hi charge of the State Board of Education, whose duty it shall be to hold sessions of one or more of them each summer; the said sessions to begin not later than June 28th and to continue for a period of not less than ten weeks. 206. The Summer Schools hereby created shall be open to all students who desire to graduate, and under- graduates for professional or vocational work of any char- acter, and no teacher shall be employed to teach therein who is not a specialist and whose educational qualifica- tions have not thoroughly t^quip]>pd liini or her for high- grade work. 207. The President of the University of Florida and KoS^etS the President of the Florida State College for Women, and the President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes shall be President, respectively, of the Summer School connected with each of said institu- tions, and the President of the University of Florida and the President of the Florid^ State College for Women, in connection with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall constitute a Board whose duty Board tor ap- 89 it shall be to name all teachers for the Summer Schools, <^<>urse of ^ study. to prescribe the course of study therefor, and to make ^^^^^ ^^^ such further rules and regulations governing the same regniations. as they may deem fit and proper. 208. All work conducted at the said Summer Schools character of work re- shall be of such character as to entitle the students doing riuired. the same to collegiate, normal or professional credit therefor and may be applied toward making a degree. 209. All teachers attending any one of the Summjer credit tor '^ 'J , ^ work. Schools herein created and whose work entitles them to credit therefor, upon making proof of the same the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is hereby entitled ^xl?n«i"" ^ ' "^ cprtificate. to one year's extension on any Florida teacher's certificate they may hold and which has not fully expired, and such certificate may be extended one year for each succeeding session attended by said teacher. , County Teacher-Training Departments. 210. The State Board of Education shall provide a ch. osso, Teacher-Training Department in one High School in each state Board ' county of the State under such rules and regulations as io provide shall be adopted by said State Board of Education; Pro- vided, that such High School shall have not less than ten pupils- ready and prepared for and who will take the teacher-training course of study. 211. The State Board of Education shall appropriate tiPP'^^^s^a^^ to each Teacher-Training Department the sum of five R"ard. hundred (fSOO.OO) dollars, provided the County Board of Public Instruction appropriates an equal amount or more to secure & competent teacher, all of whose time shall be devoted to the Teacher-Training Department. 212. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions i^egisiative ^ ^ . & t ^ appropna- of this Act the sum of twenty-five thousand (i^25,000.00) "«°- 90 dollars per year for the two years beginning July 1st, 1915, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. s for Boys and for Girls. 213. The State Eeform School heretofore located Ch. 6840, Laws of 1915, cr°(?,29! ^^^^ established under Chapter 4565, Laws of Florida, Laws of 1913. Acts of 1897, near Marianna, Jackson County, and which fnSiai '^^« 'changed to the "Florida Industrial School for Boys" School for under Chapter 6529, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1913, is hereby continued and mjaintained for the correction of hojs. 214. A State Industrial School for Girls is hereby created, to be located at some place within the State of Florida to be determined by the Board of State Institu- tions. State Indus- trial School for Girls. Under management of State Board 215. Said Institutions shall be placed under the man- agement of the Board of State Institutions. (For further provisions concerning these schools, see General Statutes, Sections 4165-4175, and Chapter 6840, Laws of 1915). Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. Laws of 1905. ^l^- The State Board of Education * * * is sta'tf Bofrd tiereby vested with the title to all the assets and prop- ControT'" "* erty of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Ch. 5927, * * * 1 J. -1 , , . ' Laws of 1909. Dut the coutrol, possession and management thereof, and of said school, and each and every depart- ment thereof * * * is hereby vested in the Board of Control. (See Ch. 5384, Laws of Florida, Appendix) !)l Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes. 217. A Normal School for the training and instruc- tion of colored teachers is established under the super- vision and control of the State Board of Education and the Board of Control. * * * The Florida Agricul- tural and Mechanical College for Negroes now established at Tallahassee shall be such school. (See Ch. 5384, Laws of Florida, Appendix). Ch. 5384 (11) Laws of 1905. Supervision of State Bnard of Edu- cation and Board of Control. Ch. 5925, Laws of 19Q9. University of Florida and Florida State [ese 218. There shall be established, and there is hereby created, the following institutions of higher education in this State, to-wit: One University to be known as the University of Florida, and one Female Seminary to be known as the Florida State College for Women. (See Ch. 5384, Laws of Florida, Appendix). Cli. 5384 (12) Laws of 1905. Creation of University of Florida and Florida State College for Women. Cb. 5924 and Ch. 5926, Laws of 1909 Board of Control. 219. There is hereby created a Board of Control which ^-^^^^-^qq^ shall consist of five citizens from this State, » * * creation. who shall be appointed by the Governor, and their terms of office shall be for four years. * * * Said Board of Control, except as herein provided, shall ib., sec. i5. ' Subject to act in coniunction with, but at all times under and sub- state Board '' of Educa- ject to the control and supervision of the State Board of tion. Education. 220. The Board of Control shall have iurisdiction over ib-, Sec. i9. Powers. and complete management and control of all the said institutions and each and every one of them, to-wit: The Universitv of Florida, the Florida State College for 92 Women, the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, and the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, and is hereby vested with full power and authority to make all rules and regulations necessary for their gov- ernance not inconsistent with the general rules and regu- lations made, or which may be made, at any joint meet- ing of the said Board with the State Board of Education. UNCODIFIED ACTS. CHAPTER 5384. AN ACT to abolish the Florida Agricultural College, now officially designated as the University of Florida, lo- cated at Lake City; the West Florida Seminary now known as the Florida State College, located at Talla- hassee; the White Normal School, located at DeFuniak Springs; the East Florida Seminary, located at Gainesville; the South Florida College, located at Bar- tow; the Florida Agricultural Institute, located in Os- ceola County, and to vacate and revoke their charters, powers, franchises and privileges, and to abolish their Boards of Trustees, managers and officers; to declare their assets and property the property of the State of Florida, and to vest the title to same in the State Board of Education in trust for the purposes provided in this Act, to require the conveyance of title and the delivery of all property and assets of said abolished institutions to the said State Board of Education by the Trustees, Managers or other persons having the title, possession, custody or control of the assets of said institutions; re- quiring an accounting and reports thereform, includ- ing a statement of all their liabilities and the auditing of the same; providing for the payment of the indebt- edness of said institutions; revoking and abolishing all continuing appropriations made or granted thereto ; for the repeal of Sections 278. 279. 280, 281. 282, 288, 284, I 93 •285, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298 and 299 of the Revised Statutes of Florida, relating to the creation and establishment of the Florida Agricul- tural College, its organization, powers, rights and privi- leges and matters pertaining thereto; for the repeal of Sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326 and 327 of the Revised Statutes of Florida relating to the organization, creation and es- tablishment of the Seminaries East and West of the Suwannee River, their location, powers, rights, privi- leges and matters pertaining thereto ; the repeal of Sec- tion 268 of the Revised Statutes of Florida relating to the establishment of a White Normal School at De Funiak Springs, and providing for the election of a faculty therefor; the abolishing of the Normal and In- dustrial department created in the St. Petersburg Nor- mal and Industrial School located at St. Petersburg, and the repealing of Chapter 4998 of the Laws of Flor- ida, entitled "An Act to assist in the maintaining an Industrial and Normal department in the St. Peters- burg Normal and Industrial School; to create scholar- ships therein and to make appropriations therefor," approved May 31, 1901; providing that no further ap- propriations or State aid shall be made to the said in- stitution, the striking from the name of said institu- tion of the words "Normal and Industrial," and the re- linquishing to the County of Hillsborough of all inter- est possessed by the State in and to the said school or its property by reason of the appropriations made and aid granted thereto; for the amendment of Section 269 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida relating to the establishment of a normal school for colored teachers, and providing for the election of a faculty therefor; the establishment, creation and location of the University of the State to be known as the Univer- sity of the State of Florida, alid one female Seminary 94 to be known as the Florida Female College, for the maintenance and support of same; providing for the change of location of the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb now located at St. Augustine, and its en- largement, maintenance and support; providing for the maintenance, support and greater efficiency of the Colored Normal School located at Tallahassee, and for the change of location of the same as may be desired; for the creation of a Board of Control to manage and control all of said several institutions created and pro- vided to be supported and maintained by this act, and to provide for their appointment, terms of office, man- ner of their succession, organization, compensation, modes and manner of payment and matters connected therewith; granting unto said Board, the control and management of said institutions and every department thereof, full power and authority to that end, and for the employment of all instructors, teachers, servants and employees ; for the purchase of all property, furni- ture, paraphernalia and matters for said institutions and the proper administration of the same, and the mode and manner by which the expense of their opera- tion, support and maintenance shall be provided and paid; making the said Board and its actions subject to the control and supervision of the State Board of Edu- cation, and providing for joint meetings of the same; creating the said Board of Control a body corporate and prescribing its powers and duties; appropriating the assets and property of such institution so selected to the location, establishment, support and maintenance of the said institution or institutions that may be so located ; providing as to how the said funds, assets and property of the abolished University of Florida shall be disposed of, including the funds arising under the Hatch and Morrill acts, and as to the establishment of the Experiment Station provided by the United States; providing for the disposition of any endowment or funds 95 belonging to the said State College and not the prop- erty of the Scate of Florida in case none of said insti- tutions created or maintained by this act shall be lo- cated at Tallahassee, and in case one of said institu- tions created by this act shall be located there, and for any necessary accounting between the City of Talla- hassee and the State of Florida in regard thereto ; pro- viding for the establishment in the University of the State of Florida created by this act of an Agricultural, Industrial and Mechanical Department and Normal Department for the Instruction of White Teachers, Summer Schools, a classical and scientific department, and such other departments of higher education as the said Boards shall deem necessary; providing for the design of education ; for the admission of students ; for scholarships; for rules and regulations in that regard, and as to grades of education, and the powers of said Boards in regard thereto; providing for the appropria- tion of the Seminary Morrill and Hatch funds and the interest thereon as required by the acts of Congress granting the same ; providing for a settlement with the City of Gainesville and the town of Lake City in case neither of the Institutions created or maintained by this act shall be located at either of said places and for the refunding of donations made by said places respec- tively to the institutions formerly located thereat and abolished by this act, in case that none of the institu- tions are located by said Boards at such points ; provid- ing for the sale and disposal of all the assets by this act not specifically appropriated, and for the creation of a fund arising from any surplus assets and property, and the disposal of the same; providing for an appropria- tion by the State for the purpose of aiding and assisting in carrying out the provisions of this act, and for a con- tinuing appropriation for the maintenance and support of said institutions as may be requisite and necessary from time to time; providing for the auditing and ap- 96 proviug of all accounts in the operation, enlai'gement, maintenance and conduct of the institutions provided for and maintained by this act, and the modes and man- ner of their payment; providing as to who shall keep and have possession of all funds provided for under this act and subsequent acts in relation thereto; as to how the same shall be paid out and disposed of; providing for the powers and duties of the Board of Control in relation to the prescribing of examinations and the forms thereof in the public schools of this State and as to admission therefrom and from other institutions of learning into the said institutions created and main- tained by this act, and the issuance of certificates in regard to the same; for the vesting in the State Board of Education of the title to all the assets and property of the Colored Normal School and the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb ; requiring the abolition of such trustees, managers and officers and the surrender of the management, possession and control of such insti- tutions and their property to the Board of Control — the vesting in said Board of all powers now provided by law and this act in regard thereto; the duties of the State Treasurer, Comptroller, Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction, State Board of Education and Board of Control in regard to said institutions ; to provide for a Normal Department and Summer School for white teachers in the Florida Female College and a Summer School for colored teachers in the colored normal school — whenever necessary, and to repeal all laws in ronflict with the provisions of this act. Be It Enacted hi/ the Legislature of the State of Florida : Institutions 1- That the several and respective institutions of abolished. learning and education heretofore created, chartered, fos- tered and maintained by this State, to-wit: The Florida' Agricultural College, now officially desig- 97 uated and known as the 'University of Florida," located at Lake City. The West Florida Seminary now designated and known as "The Florida State College," located at Tallahassee. The White Normal School, located at DeFunialc Springs. The East Florida Seminary, located at Gainesville. The South Florida College, located at Bartow; and The Florida Agricultural Institute, located in Osceola County, be, and each and every of them are hereby abol- ished and their and each and every of their charters, fran- chises, powers, rights and privileges granted to or pos- sessed by them respectively are hereby revoked, vacated and abolished. 2. That all and singular all the lands, tenements and I'roperty vested in hereditaments, estate and property, real, personal and state Board ,,,,„, T . o^ Educa- mixed, including all bonds, funds, moneys and m- tion. vestments, and the rents, issues and profits, thereof, had, held or possessed by the said institutions named in Section 1 of this Act, or any of them, or to which said institutions or any of them might or could have, claim, or be in any way or manner entitled to either in esse or in futuro and from any source whatsoever, be and the same are hereby declared forfeit and to revert to the State of Florida, and upon the passage and approval of this act, to vest absolutely in the State Board of Education in fee simple absolute, in trust, nevertheless, for the uses and purposes hereinafter provided for herein. Fee simple title. 3. That immediately upon the passage of this act, the Reports, etc. several and respective trustees, managers and officers of institn " the said several and respective institutions mentioned in Section 1 of this act, shall prepare and make up dupli- <*ate nccounts and inventories of all the property, real, 7— DSL 98 Sent to Comptroller and to Governor. Continuing appropria- tions revoked. personal and mixed, owned, possessed, claimed or con trolled by said respective institutions or said officers, man- agers or trustees for and on their behalf showing in de- tail every item of asset or liability of the said institu- tions respectively, and if any of said institutions shall be indebted to any person or persons, said report shall show in detail a true and correct statement of said accounts and indebtedness, as to when created, for what, to whom due and the amount thereof, and shall also prepare and deliver with said report duplicate vouchers for the pay- ment of each separate indebtedness duly and properly cer- tified and approved by the proper officials, which said reports, inventories, schedules and vouchers from each Of the said institutions shall be made in duplicate, and each of which shall be certified to by the President or Chair- man of the respective Boards of Trustees or managers and sworn to by the Secretary thereof and under the seal of the respective institutions, if it or they be provided with a seal, one of which duplicate shall be transmitted to and filed in the office of the Comptroller and the other shall be transmitted to the Governor as President of the State Board of Education and the said respective institutions through their trustees, managers or other officers or who- soever shall be vested with the title to or possessed of the respective assets and property or any part or portion thereof, shall at once, by proper instruments of writing, duly executed and acknowledged, grant and convey, as- sign, transfer, set over and deliver unto the State Board of Education all the assets and property, real, personal and mixed of whatsoever nature and kind, had, held, claimed, owned or possessed by said institutions and each and every of them respectively, including all of the books, papers, vouchers and records kept or possessed by them and each and every of them. , 4. That all continuing appropriations heretofore made to said institutions mentioned in Section 1 of this act, or any of them, are hereby revoked. m 5. Thdt the State Auditor shall, as soon as practi- Accounts to ' ^ be audited. cable after such inventories, schedules, accounts and vouchers have been filed with the Governor and Comp- troller and the said books, papers, property and assets be transferred to the said State Board of Education, audit all accounts of said institutions and each and every of them for at least one. year prior to the passage of this act, and shall check over and verify all said lists and in- ventories, examine into the auditing and approval of all claims and vouchers certified against said institutions for payment, and make his report thereon in duplicate, one of which shall be transmitted to the Comptroller for filing- in his office, and the other shall be transmitted to the Governor as President of the State Board of Educa- tion. 6. That all Boards of Trustees, managers and officers of the several institutions mentioned in Section 1 of this Act, and the Board of Trustees, officers and managers of the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institute and of the Colored Normal School be and the same are herebv abolished. Boards of Trustees abolished. 7. That Sections 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298 and 299 of the Revised Statutes relating to the creation and estab- lishment of the Florida Agricultural College, its organiza- tion, powers, rights and privileges and matters pertain- ing thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed. 8. That Sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320. 321, 322, 323, 325, 326 and 327 of the Revised Statutes of Florida relating to the organization, creation and estab- lishment of the seminaries east and w^est of the Suwannee river, their location, rights, powers, privileges and mat- ters pertaining thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed. 9. That Section 268 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida in relation to the establishment of a Sects, of Rev. Stats, relative to Fla. Ag. Col. repealed. Sections of R. S. relative to Seminaries repoaled. Sections of R. S. rel. to White Normal repealed. 100 St. Peters- burg Normal and Indus- trial school. Colored Nor- mal school. White Normal School at DeFuniak Springs, aud provid- ing for the election of a faculty therefor, be and the sHnie is hereby repealed. 10. That the industrial and normal department created in the St. Petersburg Normal and Industrial School, located at St. Petersburg, is hereby abolished, and Chapter 4998, of the Laws of Florida, entitled "An Act to assist in maintaining an Industrial and Normal Department in the St. Petersburg White Normal and Industrial School; to create scholarships therein, and to make appropriations therefor,'- approved May 31, 1901, be and the same is hereby repealed. That no further appropriations shall be made or State aid granted to said institution; that the words ''Normal and Industrial'' shall be stricken from the name thereof, and that all right, title and interest in the said school, its buildings or ]>roperty had. acquired or possessed by the State by reason of appropriations heretofore made to it are hereby granted and released unto the County of Hillsborough, in which said school is situate. 11. That Section 269 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida relating to the establishment of a Nor- mal School for colored teachers be and the same is hereby ji mended so as to read as follows: Sec. 269. Colored Normal Scliool. — A Normal School for the training and instruction of colored teachers is established under the supervision and control of the State Board of Education and the Board of Control herein- after provided. The Board of Control shall elect a faculty to consist of a principal and two assistant instructors who shall have in charge the training and instruction of all students, subject at all times to the approval of and imder such rules and regulations as the Board of Con- trol hereinafter created shall prescribe, and such Board, under rules and regulations hereinafter to be made, shall 101 have the power of removal of all or any of the faculty, may increase or diminish the same, and may add such other departments of instruction and education to such institution from time to time as may be deemed advisable. The Colored Normal School now established at Talla- hassee shall be such school, and the faculty remain as now until changed by said Board, but the State Board of Education shall have the power to change the location of same at any time it may deem it of benefit or advant- age to such institution or the purposes for which it was created, and that one-half of the Morrill fund coming or that may come to the State for the purposes provided in such act is set apart and appropriated to the support and maintenance of said school. 12. That there shall be established, and there is hereby J^nd'^Femli,. created, the following institutions of higher education in ^^J^^f^ this State, to-wit: One University to be known as the University of the State of Florida, and one Female Semi- nary to be known as The Florida Female College. 13. That there is hereby created a Board of Control ^^^^'j^or*^ which shall consist of five citizens of this State, one from East Florida, one from South Florida, one from West Florida, one from Middle Florida, and one from Middle South Florida, who shall have been residents and citizens thereof for a period of at least ten years prior to their appointment, who shall be appointed by the (Governor, and their terms of office shall be for four years, and until j^^^^^Sm^ "' their sucessors are appointed and qualified, except that of the first board appointed under this act two nieiiiberts thereof shall be appointed for the term of two years;, and three members thereof shall be appointed for the term of four years, and thereafter every such api)oiutment, shall be for the term of four years except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy, in which case the appoint- ment shall be for the unexpired term. The Governor shall have jjower to remove any member of such Board 102 May be removed. for cause, and shall fill all vacancies that may at any time occur therein. No member of said first Board shall be appointed from any county in which any of the insti- tutions named in this act are at present located, and no appointment upon such Board shall ever be made from any county in which any institution created, established or maintained by this act is or may hereafter be located or situate. Board of Control — Organization and expenses. Chairman. Expenses paid. 14. That immediately upon the passage of this act the Governor shall select five of the most capable and efficient citizens having the qualifications prescribed herein, and appoint the same as herein provided, to con- stitute such Board of Control, whose duty it shall be to immediately, after such appointment, assemble at the Capitol and there organize by selecting one of their num- ber as chairman. The chairman shall be elected from the long term members, and the chairmanship shall exist during his term of office. The Board shall elect a chair- man as often as that office shall become vacant. The members of said Board shall be paid only their actual expenses while in the performance of their duties, and in traveling to, from, or upon the same, the accounts for which shall be paid quarterlj- by the State Treasurer upon itemized vouchers duly approved by the chairman of said Board and the Comptroller as is herein provided for the disbursement of funds. Under control and supervi- sion of state Board of Edu- cation. 15. Said Board of Control, except as lierein provided, shall act in conjunction with, but at all times under and subject to the control and supervision of the State Board of Education. First Joint meeting of Boards. To locate Institutions. 16. As soon as practicable after the appointment and organization of the Board of Control, the Governor, as President of the State Board of Education, shall cause a meeting of both of said boards to be held in joint session at the Capitol, and at said meeting shall determine the 103 place of location of tlie rnivergiity of the State of Florida acd of The Florida Female College hereby created and established, and prescribe the general rules and regula- tions for the conduct and governance of the same and the proper management thereof, as well as of the other insti- tutions, to-wit : The Colored Normal School and The Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb lieretofore created, and determine as to any change in location of either of said last mentioned institutions that may be necessary or required, and shall do every other matter or thing at that or some subsequent meeting as shall be necessary and requisite to fully carry into effect tlie pro- visions of this act. 17. In determining the location of the University of un^^g^Pgity^ the State of Florida created and established by this act, the said boards in joint meeting assembled shall take J^ontidJc** into consideration the lands, property, buildings and sit- uation of the respective institutions named in and abol- ished by this act, having regard to the permanent loca- tion of such an institution at some central point in the State, both geographically and as to population, as well as to the needs and requirements of the same as pre- scribed in this act and the powers given thereunder, and the funds and means at tlieii- command, or which may naturally come to the control of the State Board of Edu- cation for such purposes, and may, if advisable, after care ful consideration, appropriate either temporarily or per- manently, the location, lands, buildings, property and effects of any one of said vacated and abolished institu- tions for such purpose. Said Boards being hereby vested with an absolute discretion and power in the matter of location and situs of this said institution. That in the location of The Florida Female College hereby created, ^l°^^l ^^, said Boards are hereby authorized and empowered to lege. locate and fix the same (after they shall have located the said TTni versify) at one of the places occupied by any one 104 Institute for Blind and Deaf. White and colored inmates separated. of the said abolished institutions under this act, having especial regard for the character and condition of the grounds, buildings and structures thereon of such abol- ished institution as they may select; its location as to health and accessibility, and its adaptability to the par- ticular needs of such an institution. Said Boards are hereby further authorized, directed and empowered to change the location of the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb heretofore created if they shall deem such change of location wise and expedient, and after they have selected and located the said University of the State of Florida, and the said Florida Female College; in case they shall determine to change the location of the Insti- tute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb they shall change the same to and locate the same at one of the places now occupied by some one of the said abolished institutions which they shall select for such pur|M)se not already selected by them for the purposes herein ]n-ovided, having due regard for the necessity and requiremenrs of the same, its situation and accessibility and its adaptability to the purposes of such institution, and in selecting said loca- tion shall have due regard and make in'ovisions foi- the complete separation, but with e(iual consistent accommo- dation and within reach and under the control of the same corps of officers, teachers and managers, of the white and colored inmates of the same so that there will be no admix- ture or association of the races. That u})on the selection of any of the locations, lands buildings or struc- tures by the said Boards of any of the said abolished insti- tutions for the location of the said University of the State of Florida, Florida Female College or the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb, such lands, buildings, structures, property and assets of such abolished institu- tions, or so much thereof as may be necessary, so selected for said respective University, Female College or Insti- tute, be and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart to and for the use of such respective institutions. 105 18. That th6 property and assets of each aud every of the said institutions abolished by this act which shall not be selected by the said Boards as a location for the said University, College or Institute, shall be sold or otherwise disposed of as in the judgment of the said State Board of Education shall be deemed best, as herein provided, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied to the establishment, support and maintenance of the said University, College and Institute, aud support and maintenance of the Colored Normal School ; Provided, That if the said Boards, in their discretion, shall select some place or places other than Lake City, in the County of Columbia, Tallahassee, in the County of Leon, or Gainesville, in the County of Alachua, for the location of the said Univer- sity, College, or Institute, then in such case the said Boards shall have an accounting- with the City of Talla hassee, if the said abolished institution at Tallahassee is not selected for one of the said institutions, and if it shall appear that said abolished institution at Tallahassee shall be possessed of any property funds or endowments belonging thereto and not the property of the State and the said City of Tallahassee has paid to the State or said institution the two thousand dollars per annum provided to be paid in and by Section 825 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida, that in such case the said State Board of Education shall refund to the said City of Tallahassee such proportion of said moneys, funds or endowments belonging to the said abolished institution and not the property of the State, or if it shall be found on said accounting that the said City of Tallahassee has not made the payments required by the said Section of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida, then the said State Board shall refund so much of said hinds or . property of said abolished institution coming to said Board as the assets of the said abolished institution, less the amount due or owing by said city under the i)ro- visions of said section. And in case the said city of Disposition of assets of abolished institutions. How applied. Wlieu otber locations selected. 106 May be appropriated for high schools. Board of Control to manage and conduct schools. Gainesville shall not be selected by said Beards as one of (he places for the location of one of said institutions, then the said Board of Education shall refund to the said City of Gainesville out of -the assets and property of the abol- ished institution located at such place, so much of the lands and property of the same, or its equivalent at its then value, as was donated to the said State by the said Gitj of Gainesville; and if the said Boards shall not select the abolished institution located at Lake City as one of the places for the location for one of the said insti- tutions, then the said State Board of Education, out of the assets and property coming to it from the said abol- ished institution at that place, shall refund to the said Oity of Lake City the fifteen thousand dollars and the one hundred acres of land donated by Lake City to the said institution upon its establishment at that place, and in case the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb is re- moved from its present location then its assets and prop- erty shall be used or the proceeds thereof for its re-loca- tion, establishment and maintenance with such other funds as may be required; Provided, That of the build- ings, property or assets of any abolished institution which may not be used, appropriated or otherwise disposed of under this act, the State Board of Education and State Board of Control, in joint session, may, in their discre- tion, if they shall deem the same advisable and for the best interests of the State, set apart and appropriate the same or anj^ portion thereof to the county or counties in which the same may be located for the purposes of Public High Schools in such county or counties under such i-estrictions and terms, or for such times as they may deem proper and just. 19. The Board of Control shall have jurisdiction over and complete management and control of all the said several institutions and each and every of them, to-wit: The Fniversitv of the State of Florida, The 107 Florida Female College, the Colored Normal School, and the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and is hereby invested Avith full power and authority to make all rules and regulations necessarj^ for their governance not inconsistent with the general rules and regulations made or which inaj be made at any joint meeting of the said Board with the State Board of Education. To appoint all the managers, facult}', teachers, servants and employees, and to remove the same as in their judgment and discretion may be best ; fix their compensation and provide for their payment. To have full management, possession and control of each and every of the said insti- tutions and every department thereof, and the lands, buildings, structures and property belonging thereto. To provide for the course of instruction and the different branches and grades to be kept and maintained thereat, and to alter and change the same. To visit and inspect the said institutions and each and every department, and to provide for the proper keeping of accounts, regis- ters and records thereof. To make and prepare all neces- sary^ budgets of expenditures for the enlargement, proper furnishing, maintenance, support and conduct of the same. To audit and approve all the accounts and expen- ditures, supervise the employment and removal of all teachers and instructors, select and purchase all property, furniture, fixtures, paraphernalia necessary for the same from time to time; to build, construct, change, enlarge, repair and maintain any and all the buildings or struc- tures now in existence, or that may hereafter be neces- sary for each and every of said institutions created and maintained by this act ; to purchase and acquire all lands and property necessary for same of every nature and description whatsoever ; and to care for and maintain the same, and to do and perform every other matter or thing requisite to the proper management, maintenance, sup- port and control of each and every of the said institutions necessary or requisite to carry out fully the purposes of Subject to regulations of State Board. Management of institu- tions. Course of instruction. Inspection. Budgets. Audit accounts, etc. Buildings. 108 Institute for Blind, Deaf and Dumb. this act, and for raising to and maintaining them at the proper eflSciency and standard as required in and by the provisions of his act, but at all times subject to the supervision and control of the State Board of Education. 20. That Section 270 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida be and the same is amended so as to read as follows : Section 270. Board of Managers. — That the State Board of Education be and the same is hereby vested Boa^d^*^ ^***^ with the title to all the assets and property of the Insti- tute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb that it is now or may hereafter become entitled to, but the control, possession and management thereof and of the said Institute and each and every department thereof be and the same is hereby vested in the Board of Control according to the terms and provisions of this act except as may be herein otherwise provided. That Section 271 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida providing for the present location of the said Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb at St. Augustine be and the same is hereby repealed. That the powers provided for in Sections 275 and 2H> of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida vesting the same in the said State Board of Education as Trustees of the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb are hereby vested in the Board of Control as provided in this act, and so much of said sections as vests in the State Board of Education the management and control of the said Institute are hereby repealed. Powers of Board of Control. Management That Section 277 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida providing for report of the Board of Man- agers of the Institute for the Blind. Deaf and Dumb, be and the same is hereby repealed. 109 That the Board of Control provided in this act shall have all the powers and duties in regard to the manage- ment and control of the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb located in this State as is provided for in Chapter 3, Part One, Title Five, of the Eevised Statutes of the State of Florida and Chapter 5209 of the Laws of Florida, the same being an act entitled an act to provide for the education and industrial training of the blind, deaf and dumb of the State of Florida, approved June 4, 1903. That the Trustees created and appointed by said last mentioned act are hereby abolished, and that wherever the words "Board of Trustees" appear in said act they be stricken out, and whatever powers and duties in and by the said act are given to such Board of Trustees that such powers and duties are hereby vested in and shall be exercised by the said Board of Control. That said Trustees and all persons or officers vested with title or possession to any of its property do immediately convey the same to the State Board of Education. That Section 2 of said act, the same being an act entitled an act to provide for the education and industrial training of the Blind, Deaf and Dumb of the State of Florida, be and the same is hereby repealed. 21. The Universitv of the State of Florida shall have state University— and contain the following departments and such other Depart- ^ ^ ments of. departments as may from time to time be determined upon and»added at any joint meeting of the State Board of E]ducation with the said Board of Control, to-wit : A Department of Agriculture, Mechanical and In- ])roved .Inne oth, 190.^1. 120 CHAPTER 6658. AN ACT to Regulate the Salaries of County Superin tendents of Public Instruction. Be it Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida : ro^'supts' Section 1. That the salaries of County Superintend ents of Public Instruction be based upon the total annua] ^ receipts of each county, for school purposes, including special school district taxes, and excepting borrowed money, as follows: In counties where the receipts are less than |14,000.00, the salary shall be not less than •150.00 per month; in counties where the receipts are more than |14,000.00 and less than |20,000.00, the salary shall be not less than .$75.00 per month; in counties where the receipts are more than |20,000.00 and less than 140,000.00, the salary shall be not less than .flOO.OO per month; in counties where the receipts are more than 140,000.00 and less than .f70,000.00, the salary shall be not be less than |125.00 per month ; in counties where the receipts are more than 170,000.00 and less than -flOO,- 000.00, the salary shall be not less thau .fl50.00 per month; in counties where the receipts are more than 1100,000.00 and less than .fl20,000.00, the salary shall be not less than |175.00 per month; in counties where the receipts are more than $120,000.00 and less thau $200,- 000.00, the salary shall be not less than $200.00 per month. Sec. 2. This act shall go into effect on July 1st. 1907. Approved June 'X 1907. I 121 OHAPTEB 5924. AN ACT OhaBging the Name of the Florida Female College. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida : Section 1. That the Florida Female College as at fo^wLS*" present defined by law be and is hereby changed to and shall be known as the Florida State College f6r Women. Sec. 2. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 22. 1909. ' CHAPTEE 5925. .\N ACT Changing the Name of the Colored Normal School. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida : Section 1. That the Colored Normal School as at ^^^en^^coiteg^ present defined by law be and is hereby changed to and <'"'• Negroes shall be known as the Florida Agricultural and Mechan ical College for Negroes. Sec. 2. This act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 22. 1909. V2'2 CHAPTEK 5926. AN ACT Changing the Name of the University of the State of Florida. Be it Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida ; oniv of Fia. Section 1. That the University of the State of Florida as at present defined by law be and is hereby changed to and shall be known as the University of Florida. Sec. 2. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 22, 1909. CHAPTEE 5927. AN ACT Changing the Name of the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb. Be it Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida : Deaf in^d ^°' Sectiou 1. That the Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb as at present defined by law be and is hereby changed to and shall be known as the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. Sec. 2. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 22, 1909. Deaf and Blind CHAPTEK 5937. AN ACT Requiring Proper Fire Protection tor Teachers and Students of Public Schools, Prescribing the Means for Such Protection, and Prescribing Penalties for Not Constructing, Introducing and Maintaining the Means for Such Protection. 123 Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida : Section 1. That all public school buildings within the ^^otgction State of Florida, of two or more stories in height, the story or stories of which shall be used for public school purposes, shall be provided with adequate stairways, or fire escapes for egress in case of fire. Sec. 2. The number of such stairways or fire escapes, Esfcapes. and their location, m,aterial and construction, shall' be as designated and prescribed by the Board of Public BoanL."* ^^ Instruction of the county in which said school build- ing or buildings shall be located. Sec. 3. The Board of Public Instruction of each of ^uty of the counties of the State of Florida shall, on or before October 1st, 1909, or as soon* thereafter as may be prac- ticable, have constructed the stairways or fire escapes hereinbefore described, and shall at all times keep, or have the same kept, in perfect order. Sec. 4. That all the outer doors of any public school ^°{;[| ll^_ building, where there shall be two or more rooms, shall ^^^'^ be so hung that when they are opened they will swing to the outside. Sec. 5. The Board of Public Instruction for the ^i,"^^^^- "'^" several counties of the State of Florida shall, on or before October 1st, 1909, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, have the doors of said school buildings changed, if necessary, to comply with the provisions of Section 4 of this Act. Sec. 6. The Superintendent of Public Instruction of |^g'=*^7i,fg°'" the State of Florida shall, on or before October 1st, 1909, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, form- ulate and prescribe tactics of instruction for fire drills for all the public schools of the State of Florida, and each teacher teaching in such school shall be provided ^^1%^^^ 124 with a copy of such tactics, and it shall be the duty of each and every of such teachers to instruct the students of their respective schools in such fire drills as prescribed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Penalty gg^. 7. Any tcacher or officer mentioned in this Act who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions hereof shall be removed from his position or office. Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect from its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved June 4, 1909. CHAPTEE 5938. Agri. and Civil Govt, to be taught. Dnty of School Board. AN ACT Providing for and Kequiring the Teaching of the Elementary Principles of Agriculture and the Ele- ments of Civil Government in All the Common Schools of the State of Florida; to Provide a Penalty in case any County Board of Education Fails to Provide for the Teaching of the Same, and Eequiring All Teachers to Stand a Satisfactory Examination upon said Sub jects. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida : Section 1. That the elementary principles of Agricul- ture and the elements of Civil Government be included in the branches of study taught in the common and public schools of the State of Florida, and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same man- ner as other like required branches are studied and taught in said schools. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the County School Board of Education of the several counties of the State 125 to prescribe and require that the teachers throughout their counties respectively, teach the elementary prin- ciples of Agriculture and the elements of Civil Govern- ment, in the same manner as other like required branches are studied and taught in said schools. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of all examining Teachers boards in this State, in prescribing examinations for examined teachers in the public schools, to require them to stand a satisfactory examination in the elementary principles of Agriculture and the elements of Civil Government, the same as upon any other subjects taught in said schools. Sec. 4. That any person who fails or neglects to Penalty, comply with the foregoing provisions of Sections 1, 2 and 3, when the requirements of said provisions apply to him, shall be guilty of negligence of his duty, and subject to removal by the proper authority for such failure to comply with said law. Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith is hereby repealed. Approved June 7, 1909. CHAPTER 6178. AN ACT to Create a State School Book Commission, and to Procure for Use in the Public Schools of the State of Florida a Uniform Series of Text Books, and to Define the Duties and Powers of Said Commission, to Make Preparations for Carrying This Act Into Effect, and Providing Penalties for Violation of Same. Be it Enacted hi/ the Legislature of the State of Florida : Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of State Text-B( . . Commls Institutions be, and is hereby, constituted a State Text created 12t) Powers of. No other books lawful. Subject* Appointment of Sub- Commission. Book Gommission, whose duty it is to select and adopt a Uniform series or system of text books for use in the public schools in the State of Florida. Sec. 2. That said Commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to select and adopt a uniform system or series of text books for use in the public schools of the State, as above indicated, and when so selected and adopted,, the text books shall be used for a period of five years, in all the public schools of this State, and it shall not be lawful for any school officer, director or teacher to use any other books upon the same branches, other than those adopted by said State Text-book Commission. Said uniform series shall include the following branches, to-wit: Orthography, defining, reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, language lessons, his- tory of Florida containing the Constitution of the State; history of the United States containing the Constitution of the United States; physiology, hygiene, nature and effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, elements of Civil Government, Elements of Agriculture, Theory and prac- tice of teaching. Provided, That none of said Text books shall contain anything of a partisan or Sectarian Character. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint a sub-commission of not less than nine members to be composed of 4 county superintendents of known reputa- tion and standing and five teachers of known reputation and standing, said teachers to hold not less than a first grade certificate ; and none of said sub-commission shall be related in any way to any member of the Board of State Institutions, nor be in the employ of any member of said board. Provided, That not vdove than three of these shall be taken from one Congressional District, to whom shall be referred all books sent to the State Text-book Commission as specimen copies or samples, upon which 127 bids are to be based, and it shall be the duty of said sub- uutiee of commission, in Executive session, to examine and report upon the merits of the books, irrespective of the price, taken into consideration the subject matter of the books, their printing, their material, and their mechanical qual- ities, and their general suitability and desirability for the purposes for which they are desired and intended. The term of office of said sub-commissioners shall be for four years or until their successors are elected and quali- fied. It shall be a prerequisite qualification for appoint- ment for each member of said sub-com,mission that before accepting such appointment he shall file with the Secre- tary of State an affidavit substantially as follows: That Afndavit ot he is not so far as he knows related in any way to any member of the Board of State Institutions, nor has he for the five years next preceding his appointment been em- ployed by any text book publishing company, and that tie will not receive, during his term of service on said sub-commission anj' emolument from any text publishers or their ag'ents intended to in any manner bias his judgment in the selection of text books to be adopted for use in this State. Sec. 4. That it shall further be the duty of said sub- Report t* commission to report to the ComXaission at such times as said commission shall direct, arranging each book in its class, or division, and reporting them in the order of their merit, pointing out the merits and demerits of each book, and indicating what book they recommend for adoption first, what book is their second choice, and their third choice, and so on, pursuing this plan with the books submitted upon each branch of study, and if said sub-Commission shall consider different books upon the same subject, or of the same class or division of approxi- mately even merit, all things considered, they shall so report, and if they consider that any of the books offered are of such a class as to make them inferior and not 128 Opened in rtxec. session. Oaths of ^ub-Oom. Oommlssion's iutips. Due consideration of report. worthy of adoption, they shall, in their report, so desig aate such books, and in said report they shall mtike such recommendations and suggestions to the Commission as they shall deem advisable and proper to make. Said report shall be kept secret and sealed up, and delivered to the Secretary of the Commission, and said report shall not be opened by any member of the Commission until the Commission shall meet in Executive session to open and consider the bids, or proposals, of publishers, or other desiring to have books adopted by said Commission. Sec. 5. That each member of said Sub-Commission, before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall take and subscribe an oath to act honestly, conscien- tiously and faithfully, and that he is not now, and never prior to his appointment has been, agent or attorney, or in the employment of, or interested in, any book, or pub- lishing house, concern, or corporation, making, or pro- posing to make, bids for the sale of books, pursuant to the provisions of this act; and that he will examine all books submitted carefully and faithfully, and make true report thereon, as herein directed and prescribed. Said oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Sec. 6. That- said Text-book Commission shall hear and consider said report in its selection and adoption of a uniform series of text books, and shall also, themselves, consider, the merits of the books, taking into considera- tion their subject matter, the printing, binding, material, and mechanical quality and their general suitability and desirability for the purposes intended, and the price of said books, and they shall give due consideration to the report and recommlendation of said sub-commission. Said commission shall select and adopt such books as will, in their best judgment, accomplish the ends desired. And when said text-book commission shall have finished with the report of said sub-commission, the said report shall be 129 filed and preserved in the office of the State Superintend ent of Public Instruction, and shall be open at all times for public inspection. Sec. 7. That said Text-book Commission shall, imme- diately after the passage of this act, meet and organize, the Governor being ex-officio President of the Commis- sion, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction its Secretary, As soon as practicable, not later than thirty days after its organization, the Commission shall adver- tise in such manner and for such length of time, and at such places as may be deemed advisable that at a time and place fixed definitely in said advertisement, sealed bids, or proposals, will be received from the publishers of school text books for furnishing books to the public schools in the State of Florida, through agencies estab- lished by said publishers in the several counties, and places in counties in this State, as may be provided for in such r&gulations as said commission may adopt and prescribe. The bids, or proposals, to be for furnishing the books for a period of five years, and no longer, and that no bid for a longer period shall be considered. Said bid, or bids, shall state specifically and definitely the price at which book or books are to be furnished, and shall be accompanied by ten or more specimen copies of each and every book proposed to be furnished, and shall be required of each bidder to deposit with the Treasurer of the State a sum of money, such as the Commission may require, not less than |500, nor more than |2,500, accord- ing to the number of books each bider may propose to supply, and notice shall further be given in said adver- tisement that such deposits shall be forfeited absolutely to the State if the bidder making the deposit of any «um shall fail, or refuse, to make and execute such con- tract and bond, as is hereinafter required, within such time as the Commission shall require, which time shall also be stated in said advertisement. All bids shall be Orgauizatiop of Commis- sion. To advertise within 30 days. Sealed bids. Agencies established by publishers. Bid on price of books. .Deposit- May be for- feited. 9— DSL 130 Bids opned in presence of Com. Report of Sub-Com. Conslderrt in exec, session. Com. to exnmine nnd adopt books. To notify publishers. Contracts, how pre- pared. sealed and deposited with the Secretary of State, to be by him delivered to the Commission when they are in executive session, for the purpose of considering the same, when they shall be opened in the presence of the Commission. Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the said Text- book Commission to meet at the time and place desig- nated in such notice, or advertisement, and take out the sample, or specimen copies submitted, upon which bids are based, and refer and submit them to the sub-commis- sion as provided for and directed in Section 3 of this Act, with instructions to the said sub-commission to report back to them, at a time specified, with their report, classification, and recommendation, as provided in Sec- tions 3 and 4. When the said report is submitted it shall be the duty of the said Text-book Commission to meet in executive session to open and examine all sealed pro- posals submitted and received in pursuance of the notice or advertisement provided for in Section 7 of this Act. It shall be the duty of said Commission to examine care- fully all such bids or proposals together with the report and recommendation of the sub-commission and deter- mine in the manner provided in Section G of this Act, what book, or books, upon the branches hereinabove men- tioned shall be declared for adoption, taking into con- sideration the size, quality,, as to the subject matter, material, printing, binding and the mechanical execution, and price, and the general suitability for the purpose desired and intended. After their selection, or adoption shall have been made the said Commission shall by regis- tered letter, notify the publishers, or proposers, to whom the contracts have been awarded, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the State of Florida to pre- pare the said contract, or contracts, in accordance with the terms or provisions of this Act, and the said con- tract shall be executed by the Governor and Secretary of I 131 State, and the seal of the State attached upon the part of the State of Florida, and the said contract shall be executed in triplicate, one copy to be kept by the Con- tractor, one copy to be kept by the Secretary of the Text- book Commission and one copy to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. At the time of the execution of the contract aforesaid, the Contractor shall enter into a bond^ in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars, payable to the State of Florida, the amount of said bond, within said limits, to be fixed by said Commission, conditioned for the faithful, honest and exact perform- ance of this contract, and shall further provide for the payment of reasonable attorney's fees in case of recovery in any suit upon the same, with three or more good and solvent sureties, actual citizens, and residents of the State of Florida, or any guaranty company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, may become the surety on the said bond; and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to prepare and approve said bond; Provided, however, That said bond shall not be exhausted by a single recovery, but may be sued on from time t'j time until the full amount thereof shall be recovered, and the said Commission may, at any time, by giving thirty days notice, require additional security or additional bond. And when any firm, person or corporation shall have been awarded a contract, and submitted therewith the bond as required hereunder, the Commission, through its Secretary, shall so inform the Treasurer of the State, and it shall then be the duty of the Treasurer to return to such contractor the cash deposit made by him, and the said Commission, through its Secretary, shall inform the Treasurer of the names of such unsuccessful bidders, or proposers, and the Treasurer shall upon the receipt of this notice, return to them the amount deposited by them in cash at the time of the submission of their bids. But should any person, firm or company, or corporation fail Executed in triplicate. Bond required Preparation. etc. When sued en Deposit, bow returned. Penalty for failure to execute con tract, etc. 132 Forfeitures pro in School Fund. Books must be up to sample. or refuse to execute a contract, and submit therewith his bond as required by this Act, within thirty days of the awarding of the contract to him, and mailing of the registered letter containing the notice; Provided, The mailing of the registered letter shall be sufBcient evi- dence that the notice was given and received, the said cash deposit shall be deemed and is hereby declared for- feited to the State of Florida, and it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to place such cash deposit in the Treas- urer of the State to the credit of the school fund; and Provided further. That any recovery had on any bond given by any contractor shall inure to the benefit of the school fund in the State and counties, and when collected shall be placed in the Treasury of the school fund. Sec. 9. That the books furnished under any contract shall at all times during the existence of the contract be equal to, in all respects, the specimen or sample copies furnished with the bid, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to carefully preserve in his office, as the standard of quality and excellence to be maintained in such books during the continuance of such contracts, the specimen, or sample copies of all books which have been the basis of any contract, together with the original Price printed bid, Or proposal. It shall be the duty of all contractors to print plainly on the back of each book the contract price, as well as the exchange price at which it is agreed to be furnished, but the books submitted as samples, or specimen copies, with the original bid shall not have the price printed on them before they are submitted to the Sub-Commission. And the said Text-book Commission shall not, in any case contract with any person, publisher or publishers, for the use of any book, or books, which are to be sold to patrons for use in any public school in Not to exceed the State, at above, or in excess of, the price at which such book, or books, are furnished by said person, pub- 133 lisher, or piiblishers, under contract to any State, County, or school district in the United States. And it shall be stipulated in each contract that the contractor has never furnished, and is not now furnish- ing, under contract, any State, County or school district in the United States, the same book, or books, as are embraced in said contract at a price below or less than price stipulated in said contract, and the said Commis- sion is hereby authorized and directed, at any time that they may find any book, or books, have been sold at a lower price under contract to any State, County or school district aforesaid, to sue upon the bond of said contractor and recover the difference between the con- tract and the lower price for which they find the book or books have been sold. And in case any contractor shall fail to execute specifically the terms and provisions of this contract, said Commission is hereby authorized, em- powered and directed to bring suit upon the bond of such contractor for the recovery of any and all damages, the suit to be in the name of the State of Florida, and the recovery for the- benefit of the public school fund. But nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to prevent said Commission and any contractor agreeing thereto from in any way changing or altering any contract; Provided, Four members of the Commission shall agree to change, and think it advisable and for the best inter- est of the public schools of the State. After the first adoption of books by said Text-book Commission there shall not be any greater change in books than would be equal or equivalent to 10 per cent per annum of the whole number of books adopted ; Provided, That the publishers of the books not changed shall agree to furnish said books for the next period of adoption at as low price as previously. Sec. 10. That it shall always be a part of the terms and conditions of every contract made in pursuance of Equal to lowest any- where. Commission to sue. Change in contract. Change In hooks may be 10 per cent per annum. 134 state not liable. Exchange of books required. Exchange price. Contract shall state. May reject all bids. May re-advertiSf Mannscrlpt considered. What contractor to pay for. this Act, that the State of Florida shall not be liable to any contractor in any manner for any sum whatever, but all such contractors shall receive their pay or con- sideration, in compensation solely and exclusively derived from the proceeds of the sale of books as provided for in this Act. Provided further. That the Commission shall stipulate in the contract for the supplying of any book, or books, as herein provided, that the contractor, or contractors, shall take up school books now in use in this State, and receive the same in exchange of new books, allowing a price for such old books not less than fifty percent of the contract price of the new books. And each person or publisher making a bid for the supplying of any book, or books hereunder, shall state in such bid, or proposal, the exchange price at which such book or books shall be furnished. Sec. 11. That the Text-book Commission shall have and reserve the right to reject any and all bids, or pro- posals, if they shall be of the opinion that any or all should for any reason, be rejected, and in case they fail from among the bids or proposals submitted, to select, or adopt any book, or books, from any of the branches men- tioned in Section 2 of this Act, they may re-advertise for sealed bids, or proposals, under the same terms and con- ditions as before, and proceed in their investigations in all respects as they did in the first instance, and as required by the terms and provisions of this Act. Or they may advertise for sealed bids, or proposals, from authors, or publishers of text-books, who have manu- script for use in the public schools in Florida, proceeding in like manner as before. And Provided further, the State itself shall not, under any circumstances, enter into any contract binding it to pay for the publication of any book, or books, but in the contract with the owner of the manuscript it shall be provided that he shall pay the compensation to the publisher for the publication and 135: Cash deposit with bid putting in book form the manuscript together with the cost and expenses of copyrighting the same; and Pro vided further, That in all cases bids, or proposals, shall be accompanied with a cash deposit of from |500 to f2,500, as the Commission may direct, and as provided in Section 7 of this Act. And it is further expressly pro- vided, that any person, firm or corporation, now doing business, or proposing to do business, in the State of Florida, shall have the right to bid for the contract to be awarded hereunder in manner as follows : In response to the advertisement, when made as hereinbefore pro- vided, said person, firm or corporation, may submit the written bid, or bids, to edit, or have edited, published and supplied for use in the Public Schools in this State any book, or books, provided for hereunder; Provided, That instead of filing with the said bids, or proposals, a sam- ple or specimen, copy of each book proposed to be fur- nished, he may exhibit to the Commission in manuscript, in printed form the matter proposed to be incorporated in any book, together with such a description and illus- tration of the form and style thereof, as will be fully intelligible and satisfactory to the said Commission, or he may submit a book, or books, the equal of which in every way he proposes to furnish; and he shall accom- pany his bids, or proposals, with cash deposit hereinbe- fore provided; Provided, That all books and manuscripts shall be examined and reported upon by said Sub-Corn mission provided for in Section 3 of this Act. Sec. 12. That as soon as said Commission shall have Governor's proclama entered into a contract or contracts, for the furnishing, or supplying, of books for use in the Public Schools in this State, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue his proclamation announcing such fact to the people of the State. Bid OQ manuscript tlon. 136 Contractor to maintain agencies. Alternative arrange- ment. Delivery by mail. Contract price printed on books. School Board may sue. Service. Sec. 13. That there shall be maintamed in each County in the State, provided the Commission shall deem it advisable, and so demand, not less than one nor more than twelve, agencies for the distribution of the books, to the patrons, or the Contractor shall be permitted to make arrangements with merchants, or others, for the handling and distribution of the books, and parties living in the country where no agency has been established, or no arrangements made for distribution, may order the same from one of the Contractors, and it shall be the duty of the Contractor or contractors, to deliver any book, or books, so ordered to the person ordering, to his post office address, freight, express, postage, or other charges, prepaid, at the retail contract price; Provided, The price of the book, or books, so ordered shall be paid in advance. All books shall be sold to the consumer at the retail contract price, and on each book shall be printed the following: ''The price fixed hereon is fixed by State contract, and any deviation therefrom shall be reported to your County Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the State Superintendent at Tallahassee. "^ And it is expressly provided that should any party con- tracting to furnish books, as provided for in this Act, fail to furnish them, or otherwise breach his contract, in addition to the right of the State to sue on the bond hereinbefore required, the Chairman of the County Board of Public Instruction mjay sue in the name of the State of Florida, in the courts of the State of Florida having jurisdiction, and recover on the bond given by the Con- tractor the full value of the books so failed to be fur- nished, for the use and benefit of the school fund of the County; Provided, That in all cases services of process may be had and deemed sufficient on any agent of the Contractor in the County, or if no agent is in the County,. then service on any depositors, and this service shall be, and stand in the place of service on the defendant Con- tractor. Sec. 14. That said Commission may, from time to com. to make regulations. time, make any necessary regulations not contrary to the provisions of this Act, to secure the prompt and faithful performance of all contracts, and it is especially now provided that said Commission shall maintain its orffanization durinsr the five years of the continuance com. for Ave ^ o ^ years. of the contract, and after the expiration of the same to To re- re-advertise for new bids, or proposals, as required by advertise for bids. this Act, in the first instance, and enter into such other contracts as they may deem best for the interest of the ^ntract*^^'^ patrons of the public schools of the State; Provided, Any contract entered into, or renewed shall be for the term of five years. The adoption of books made under the ye^arg^^^^ provisions of this Act, shall continue for five years; Pro- vided, That any County which now has an existing con- c^ ^coiftract tract may carry out said contract in good faith, but no new contract shall be made aft^r the passage of this Act by any County Board of Education in this State, but County Boards of Education mav, at any time after the co. Bds. " may change text-book Commission has selected and adopted a uniform contracts. series of books, change their contracts now in existence to the adojjtion made by the Text-book Commission. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent County Boards of Education to adopt and use High School books nigh school ^ " books — how not mentioned in this Act. Provided further, That noth- adopted. ing in this Act shall be construed as effecting in any way any County in this State, which at this time is furnished free school books to its schools, except that when it may fo^^^^'ieg^ becom^e necessary to purchase books, that the same be purchased and used as provided by this Act. u« state Supt. to publish adopted list. Sec. 15. That as soon as practicable after the adop^ tion provided for in this Act, the State Superintendent shall issue a circular letter to each County; Superintend ent in the State, and to such others as he may desire to send it, which letter shall contain the list of books adopted, the prices, location of agencies, and method of distribution, and such other information as he may deem necessary. Books used to exclusion of all others Supplemen- tary books Uermissible. Sec. 16. That as . soon after the passage of this Act as may be, practicable, and the Commission shall deem advisable, the books adopted as a uniform system of text books shall be Introduced and used as text-books to the exclusion of all others in all public free schools in the State; Provided, That nothing herein shall be so con- strued as to prevent the use of supplementary books, but such supplementary books prescribed, or adopted, under the provisions of this Act; and Provided further. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the teaching in any school any branch higher, or more advanced, than is embraced in Section 2 of this Act, nor the use of any book upon such higher branch of study; Provided, That such higher branch shall not be taught to the exclusion of the branches mentioned and set out in Section 2 of this Act. Patrons may procure books, how. Sec. 17.. That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or prohibit the patrons of the Public schools throughout the State from procuring books in the usual way, in case no contract shall be made, or the con- tractor fails or refuses, to furnish the books provided for in this Act at the time required for the use in the respective schools. Penalty for not using. Sec. 18. That any teacher who shall willfully use, or permit to be used in his or her school, any text-book upon the branches embraced in this Act, where the Gommis 139 sion has adopted a book upon that branch, other than the one so adopted, the County Board of Public Instruc- tion shall discharge and cancel the certificate of said teacher; Provided, that they may use, or permit to be Proviso used, such book, or books, as may now be owned by the pupils of the schools, until such books are worn out, not exceeding one year from date of adoption. Sec. 19. That any dealer, clerk, or agent who shall J*y°SJrge' sell any book for a greater price than the contract price shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding |50. Sec. 20. That said Text-bodk Commission shall serve com. to serve without compensation, and the members of the sub-com- ponsation. mission actually serving shall be paid a per diem of Sub-com four dollars per day during the time that they are actually engaged not to exceed thirty days, and in addi- tion shall be repaid all money actually expended by them in the payment of necessary expenses, to be paid out of the public school fund, and they shall make out and swear to an itemized statement of such expenses. Sec. 21. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict confiicttng laws with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. repealed. Sec. 22. That this Act shall take effect upon its pas sage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 23, 1911. CHAPTER G813. AN ACT to Amend Chapter G428, Laws of Florida, Being An Act Entitled "An Act Relating to County Finances, and Providing for the Preparation and Filing of Re ports Thereof, by the County Commissioners and Clerk Financial Btatements to Comptroller. What to show. Who to make. 140 of the Circuit Court of "Each County, and to Authorize the Comptroller to Prescribe Forms for and Eules Ke- lating to Such Eeports, and to Punish Any Violations of This Act or Such Eules;" and to Make an Appro- priation to Carry Out the Provisions of This Act. Be it Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Chapter 6428, of the Laws of Florida, Acts of 1913, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows : Section 1. That the Comptroller of the State of Flor- ida is hereby authorized and directed, as soon as practi- cable after the passage of this Act, to prescribe a form or forms of financial statements or reports to be made by the County Commissioners and Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the County Board of Public Instruction and the County Superintendent of Public Instruction of each of the Counties of the State of Florida, which shall provide, for and require an accurate report of all the receipts, dis- bursements, unpaid warrants and assets and liabilities of such counties in such form and manner as to set forth a comprehensive and complete statement and report of the administration, conduct and condition of the finan- cial affairs of each such county, and all separate funds thereof. Such forms may be altered from time to time by said Comptroller, and he shall have the power to pre- scribe and promulgate rules for the effectual administra- tion and enforcement of the provisions of this Act, and to prescribe and alter, from time to time, such other forms conforming to the provisions of this Act. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the County Com- missioners and Clerks of the Circuit Court and the County Boards of Public Instruction and the: County Superintendents of Public Instruction to make out, .fill in 1 Ul and subscribe such reports or statements of County finances upon the form or forms prescribed by said Comp- troller from timie to time, and to swear to the accuracy and completeness of the same to the best of their knowl- edge, information and belief, and file the same with the Comptroller of the State of Florida at such times as the same may be called for and required by said Comptroller, ' Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the copy preserved In Circuit Court and the County Superintendent of Public records. Instruction of each such County to preserve in their respective offices in a substantial book provided for that purpose complete and accurate copies of every such finan- cial report or statement with the signatures and affi- davits thereon, which said reports and records shall be a part of the public records of said Boards of County Com- missioners and County Boards of Public Instruction, and open at all times to the use and inspection of the public. Sec. 4. That all of said reports made as aforesaid to comptroller ^ to publish. the Comptroller shall likewise be kept by him for perma- nent reference, and be subject to the inspection of the public at any time. Said Comptroller shall cause each of said reports in condensed form to be published in at least one newspaper published in the County from which said reports shall be received, and cause a copy of such publication to be transmitted to the Governor for his in- formation ; the expense of which publication shall be paid from the General Fund of the County and the County School Fund respectively. Sec. 5. That the Comptroller shall have the power and J.^^J^'^'^f^j^a^, it shall be his duty to cause every such financial report or records. " statement to be examined and verified by a person em- ployed for that purpose by the Comptroller, whenever in the judgment of the Comptroller the same may be requisite or necessary, and for that purpose all of the L42 Penalties. Co. oflfllcers, for wliat removed. books of account of the County Treasurer, Clerk of the Circuit Court, County Commissioners, County Board of Public Instruction and County Superintendent of Public Instruction and other County OflScers shall be open to the inspection of the Comptroller or his representative. Sec. 6. That if any County Commissioner or Clerk of the Circuit Court or any member of the County Board of Public Instruction or County Superintendent of Public Instruction shall decline, refuse or fail to make, subscribe or swear to or to file with said Comptroller any of said financial statements or returns required by this Act, at the time required by the Comptroller under the pro- visions of this Act, or if any such County Commissioner or Clerk or any member of the County Board of Public Instruction or County Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion shall knowingly or wilfully make, consent, subscribe, swear to or file any such financial report or statement which shall be false, incomplete or untrue in any respect, or otherwise in any respect violate any of the provisions of this Act, or any of the rules and regulations herein provided for', he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon conviction, he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year in the County Jail, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand (|5,0(J0.00) dollars, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Sec. 7. That if any County Commissioner or Clerk or any member of the County Board of Public Instruction or any County Superintendent of Public Instruction shall fail, decline or refuse to make, subscribe or swear to, file or return any of said financial statements or reports or shall knowingly make, consent, subscribe or swear to any financial statement or report which shall be false or untrue in any particular, or shall otherwise violate any of tlie provisions of this Act, or to fail to keep or per- form or shall violate any rule or regulation adopted under L43 the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to certify said fact to the Governor of the State of Florida, and to the State's Attorney and County Solicitor of the proper county. The failure or refusal of any County Commissioner, Clerk of the Circuit Court, member of the County Board of Public Instruction or any County Superintendent of Public Instruction to con- form or comply with any of the provisions of this Act or such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed under the provisions of this Act, shall be cause for removal by the Governor. Sec. 8. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions fioS'^"'"^*" of this Act the sum of |12,500.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby annually appropriated out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 9. All laws in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its becoming a law. Approved May 29, 1915. CHAPTER 6828— (No. 22). AN ACT to Amend Chapter 5390 of the Laws of Florida. Approved June 1, 1905, the Same Being An Act to Authorize the County Boards of Public Instruction to Borrow Money for the Payment of School Warrants When There Are No Funds in the Treasury for Such Purpose, and to Pay Interest on Such Loans Not Ex ceeding Eight per cent (8%) per Annum. Be it Enacted hi/ the Legislature of the State of Florida: 144 Section 1. That Chapter 5390 of the Laws of Florida, approved June 1, 1905, be and the same is hereby amended so as to i-ead as follows : School Bds. may borrow money, how. Amount limited. ''Section 1. That when there is no money in the County School Fund applicable to the payment of outstanding school warrants issued by the County Board of Public Instruction in this State, the County Board of Public Instruction of the several counties in this State are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money at a rate of interest not to exceed eight per cent per annum for the purpose of paying all such outstanding warrants, and for the further purpose of paying any and all legiti- mate expenses incurred in operating the schools of said county. Provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for any County School Board to borrow any sum of money in any one year in excess of eighty per cent of the amount as estimated by them to be required for the maintenance of the necessary common schools of their county for the next ensuing scholastic year in the manner prescribed by Section 347, sub-section 14, of the General Statutes, which said sum so borrowed shall be paid in full before the Board shall be authorized to borrow on the estimate for any .succeeding year. Provided, further, that noth- ing in this Act shall be construed to invalidate any out- standing debt of any county as now existing and now due, or to become due, or as requiring any Board of Pub- lie Instruction to pay the same in full before being per- mitted to borrow eighty per cent on the estimate for the next ensuing year, or to prohibit any Board from fund- ing or refunding at its maturity any debt created and existing on or before July 1st, A. D. 1915, and being thereby prohibited from borrowing eighty per cent, of its 145 income for the ensuing year, as provided above; and pro- vided, further, that no School Boaird shall, after July 1, 1915, incur debts of any nature in excess of the estimated amount, except as herein provided." Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the County Treas- ^^^l^frj,^^^_ urer, upon presentation to him of the county school war- ^rer. rants, to pay the same, if there are any funds in his cus- tody applicable thereto, and if there are no such funds he shall endorse the fact on the warrant, with the date of presentation, and affix his signature thereto. Sec. 3. That all interest payments made under this J^^^arLat'" Act shall be by warrant issued by the County Board of I'ublic Instruction in the sani,e manner as warrants for other indebtedness are issued. Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Approved June 3, 1915. CHAPTER 6832— (No. 26). AN ACT Requiring the Teaching of the Evils of Alco- holic Beverages and Narcotics to Children in the Pri- mary Grades of the Public Schools. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida : Section 1.. That the evils of alcoholic beverages and state Supt. ° to prescribe narcotics shall be taught in the public schools of the H^l^ ^^ State, and that the State Superintendent of Public In- struction is hereby authorized and directed to encourage 10— DSL 146 Dnty of Sch. Bd. to pro- mulgate. To require ta Pliers to obey. Dnty of principals. Teachers fall- ing m:iy lose positions. Report of Co. Supt. and put in execution an effective system for teaching the evils of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics in the public schools of the State to all children between the ages of six and twelve years. Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the County Super- intendent and the County Board of Public Instruction of each and every county to receive, promulgate and to require all instructions and directions of the State Super- intendent of Public Instruction for the teaching of the effects of alcoholic beverages and narcotics to all youth between the ages of six and twelve years to be faithfully and efficiently executed, and to require such reports from teachers showing that such subjects are being faithfully taught by meanus of pictures and oral instructions to pupils not sufficiently advanced to use a text-book on the subject; and to see that properly graded text-books treating of the effects of alcoholic beverages and nar- cotics are provided all pupils under the age of twelve years that are prepared to use such text-books, and that the same are faithfully and efficiently taught. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the principal of every school to make report as may be required to the County Board of Public Instruction, showing that the instruc- tion required in this Act is being efficiently given by competent teachers, and that the spirit of this law is being faithfully carried out. Sec. 4. Any County Board of Public Instruction may be enjoined from employing any teacher who does not make a faithful attempt to teach the subject directed in this law and to make such reports as may be required. Sec. 5. It shall b6 the duty of every County Superin- tendent to make, at least annually, ana oftener when required, to the State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, on blanks furnished, a full and complete report of 147 the method of instruction, the time devoted to the teach- ing of the subject, and of such other matters as may be required in the several schools under his supervision. Refusal or neglect to make such reports shall subject any County Superintendent to be reported to the Governor as negligent in the discharge of his duties. Sec. 6. The annual appropriation for the contingent f^p^nsfs^^and expenses of the office of State Superintendent of Tublic ^'^''°'"* Instruction shall be sufficient to cover all necessary expenses in the proper execution of this law; and he shall make report of this matter in his biennial report to the Governor. Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved June 1, 1915. CHAPTER G833. AN ACT Authorizing County Boards of Public Instruc- tion or Trustees of Special Tax School Districts to Establish and Maintain Departments of Home Eco- nomics and Home Demonstration Work in the Public Schools of This State. Be it Enacted ly the Legislature of the State of Florida • Section 1. Any County Board of Public Instruction or. ^epts. of the Board of Trustees of any Special Tax School Dis- noTics^''*' trict is hereby authorized and empowered to establish Bonrds may and maintain a department of Home Economics or a de^-artment of Home Demonstration Work in any of the 148 high schools of this State, and to pay the expenses of such departments out of any public school fund at their disposal. Dept. of Agriculture. Qualiflcjitions of instruc- tors. Sec. 2. Section 1 of this Act shall extend to and in elude canning clubs, corn clubs and departments of agri- culture, to acquire land, stock, fertilizer, seed and imple- ments necessary to maintain the same. And no person shall be employed to demonstrate, teach or instruct in any of the departments mentioned herein who does not hold a certificate of graduation from a recognized col- lege, university or normal school indicating special train- ing in home economics, home demonstration work, or any one who has had satisfactory experience in home economics or canning club work. May employ county agts. (duties of Sec. 3. County Boards of Public Instruction are fur- ther empowered under this Act to employ County Agents who shall, under the joint supervision of the County Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Florida State College for Women or the University of Florida, conduct practical demonstration work In home economics, girls' and women's contest work, canning club, corn club, or agricultural work, and other movements for the advancement of country home life, and shall aid the County Superintendent and teachers in giving practical education in home, farm or garden economics. Sec. 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict here with are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage and becoming a law. Approved May 27, 1915. 149 CHAPTEE 6834— (No. 28). AN ACT Authorizing the State School Book Commission of the State of Florida to Extend the Time Limit of Five Years for Eenewing Contracts for Purchase of School Text Books to July 1, 1917. Whereas, Section 14 of Chapter 6178, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1911, known as the "State Uniform Text Book Law," provides that any contract entered into, or renewed, shall be for a term of five years, and that the adoption of the books made under the provisions of said Act shall continue for five years and, therefore, such con tracts will expire on September 1st, 1916 ; and, Whereas, Said Section 14 also provides that any county which, at the time of the passage of said law, had an existing contract, may carry out said contract in good faith, but no new contract could be made, after the pas- sage of said Act, by any County Board of Public Instruc- tion in this State; and, Whereas, There are a number of counties in this State which have very recently adopted the series of text-books adopted and contracted for by said Commission, and, therefore, such contracts have been extant for but a short period of time ; and, Whereas, It would be impracticable for said counties so recently adopting the uniform text-books, as provided by said law, at the expiration of the five years from the passage of said Act, to be required to renew a contract at the tim,e specified in said Act; therefore. Be it Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida : 150 Book contracts ex- tended. Section 1. That the State Text-book Commission be and are hereby authorized to confer with the various publishers of text-books adopted and in use in this State to extend the time limit for renewing the contracts for uniform school text-books to July 1, 1917, at which time contracts shall be made for future adoptions for the full period of five years, as required by statute. Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 20, 1915. CHAPTEE GS35— (No. 29). AN ACT to Amend Chapter G498, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1913, Providing for the Creation, Maintenance and Regulation of Summer Schools for Teachers and Other Students in This State. Be it Enacted hp the Legislature of the State of Florida : Three Snra- moi- Schools created. Dnflor State Board. Section 1. That there is hereby created and estab- lished in this State three Summer Schools, to be located as follows: One in connection with the University of Florida, at Gainesville; one in connection with the Flor- ida State College for Women, at Tallahassee, and one in connection with the Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, at Tallahassee. Sec. 2. The Summer Schools created herein shall be in charge of the State Board of Education, whose duty it shall be to hold sessions of one or more of them each summer; the said sessions to begin not later than June 28th and to continue for a period of not more than ten weeks. • 151 Sec. 3. The Summer Schools hereby created shall be open to all students who desire to graduate, and under- students, graduates for professional or vocational work of any character, and no teacher shall be employed to teach therein who is not a specialist and whose educational qualifications have not thoroughly equipped him or her for high-grade work. Teachers Sec. 4. The President of the Universitv of Florida and Bd. for nam- •^ in.!^ teachers. the President of the Florida State College for Women, etc. and the President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes shall be President, respectively of the Summer School connected with each of said institu- tions, and the President of the University of Florida and the President of the Florida State College for Women, in connection with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall constitute a Board whose duty it shall be to name all teachers for the Summer Schools, to prescribe the course of study therefor, and to make such further rules and regulations governing the same as they may deem fit and propery. Sec. 5. All work conducted at the said Summer credit for summer Schools shall be of such character as to entitle the stu- sciiooi dents doing the same to collegiate, normal or profes- sional credit therefor, and may be applied towards mak- ing a degree. work. Sec. 6. All teachers attending any of the Summer Schools herein created and whose work entitles them to credit therefor, upon making proof of the same to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, are hereby entitled to one year's extension on any Florida teacher's certificate they may hold and which has not fully expired, and such certificate may be extended one year for each succeeding session attended by tie said teacher. Valid certifi- cates extend- ed, how. 152 Expenses of schools, how paid. Included In budfe'et of Bd. of Control. Sec. 7. The Comptroller is hereby directed to draw warrants upon the requisition of the State Superintend- ent of Public Instruction, out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the legitimate costs of said Summer Schools, the amount not to exceed the appropriation made for Summer Schools in the annual budget for the expenses and maintenance of the State Institutions of Higher Learning. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Board of Control, upon the request of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, to include such amount as will be necessary to conduct the Summer Schools in the manner herein provided in their annual budget for the expense and maintenance of State Institutions of Higher Learning. Sec. 9. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect upon its passa|;e and approval by the Governor. Approved May 19, 1915. CHAPTEE 6836— (No. 30). AN ACT Requiring All School Buildingse to be Provided With Adequate Facilities for Nature's Conveniences,^ by Water Carriage or Surface Closets; Requiring All Surface Closets in Rural Districts to be of Fly-proof Construction and in Conformity With Plans Recom- mended or Approved by the State Board of Health; Requiring Separate Compartments in the Same, and Prescribing a Penalty for Failure to Comply With the Provisions Hereof. 153 Be it Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida : Section 1. That all school buildinos, public or private, sanitary '='''■ ^ prccanfions in this State shall be provided with adequate facilities mandatory, for nature's conveniences, hy either water carriage or surface closets, with separate compartments for each sex. Closets to be fly-proof, etc. Sec. 2. That in rural districts where sewerage sys- tems do not exist, all surface closets used in connection with such schools shall be of fly-proof construction and in conformity with plans recommended or approved by the State Board of Health, with separate compartments for each sex. Sec. 3. That any public school board or any person, Penalty firm or corporation conducting any private school, who shall have charge of the erection, repair or maintenance of any school building, who shall fail to provide said buildings with the facilities required by Section 1 of this Act, or who shall fail to provide surface closets as required by Section 2 of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars (fSO.OO). Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or upon its becoming a law without such approval. Approved May 13, 1915. CHAPTEE 6837. AN ACT to Empower the Board of County Commission- ers of Each County in this State to Create Scholar- ships at the Agricultural Department of the University of Florida; Providing for the Appointments thereto, and Making an Appropriation to Maintain the Same. 154 Co. Commla- ei oners to create scholarships In Univ. of Fla. To hold competitive ex.T mina- tions Education of applicants. Pledge of Appropria- tions author- ized. When paid Bid it Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida-. . Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners of each County in this State Is hereby authorized to offer and create one scholarship to the Agricultural Department of the University of Florida at Gainesville. Sec. 2. The said scholarship shall be awarded by competitive examination under the rules and authority prescribed by the said Board of County Commissioners and shall entitle the holder thereof to a full course of instruciion at the University of Florida, and shall subject the holder thereof to the same rules and regulations as other students at the University of Florida. Sec. 8. All applicants for the said scholarship shall be eligible for admission to the University of Florida, and any one so appointed shall sign a certificate agreeing, if capable and otherwise qualified, to engage in agricul- tural pursuits in this State. Nothing in this Act shall be constructed to interfere with their receiving com- pensation for services rendered while engaged in such pursuits. Sec. 4. That for the purpose of maintaining such scholarships the Board of County Commissioners of each County in this State is hereby authorized to appropriate from any funds at their disposal a sum sufficient to pay the board of the person receiving the said scholarship. Sec. 5. The term board herein named shall be con- strued to mean the regular dormitory rate, and shall be paid monthly while the holder of the scholarship is in attendance at the University of Florida. Sec. 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and approval. Approved June 5, 1915. 155 CHAPTEE 6932. AN ACT Providing for the Abolishing of Office of County Treasurer; Providing for the Creation and Establish- ment of County Depositories in and for the Several Counties of the State of Florida ; Providing for the Re- ceiving, Keeping, Care or Custody and Paying Out of All County School Funds and of All Funds Under Care and Control of Boards of County Commissioners and for the Security of Such Funds. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That from and after the first Monday in Ofrice of co. H i-cn surer January, A. D. 1917, office of County Treasurer shall be abolished. and the same is herebv abolished. Sec. 2. Any bank. National or State, authorized to do business in this State, that will pay two per cent, per an- num on daily balances of county funds, and four per cent, per annum on balances of county funds deposited for a period of three months or longer, and give at his own ex- pense, a surety bond issued by some surety company auth- orized to do business in this State, or make satisfactory deposit to the credit of the county sufficient Federal, State, County or Municipal bonds for the protection of said deposits, is hereby created a county depository and authorized and entitled to receive public funds in the man- ner and method as hereinafter provided in this Act. Bfinks to be c-oiinty depositories. Sec. 3. Any bank, as described above, desiring to be- rrnw imnks come a county depository as herein provided, shall file ".^^./^gi""*^' with the Board of County Commissioners or Board of Public Instruction, or both boards, a written offer and guarantee to pay said board or boards two per cent, per annum on all daily balances when such funds exceed two thousand dollars, and four per cent, per annum on time 156 Funds mny be divided equnlly among banks of county. County Treasurer to deposit in bnnks by first Monday in Jan., 1917. Triplioate receipts to Tax Collector. deposits, and shall execute and deliver to said board or boards a surety bond issued by some company duly auth- orized to do business in this State, or make satisfactory deposit to the credit of the county, Federal, State, county or municipal bonds, in an amount to be determined by each of said boards, respectively, and be approved both as to amount "and validity by the Comptroller of the State, and conditioned that said bank insure the safe- keeping, accounting for and paying over upon demand by proper authority all money that may come into its hands by virtue of its acting as said depository, and will in all respects duly and faithfully perform the duty imposed upon it, is entitled and authorized to receive an equitable share of the public money of the county in which its located; Provided, the County Commissioners and Board of Public Instruction shall divide the deposits of their county equitably among the banks of the county that have qualified as provided in this Act, and in case no bank in the county should qualify, then the said Boards are auth- orized and commanded to divide the deposits among the banks in some county meeting the conditions as provided in this Act. Sec. 4. The County Treasurers of this State shall, on Or before the first Monday in January, A. D. 1917, pay over to the bank or banks qualified on or before tliat time to act as depository of money that may be in the hands of the County Treasurer at that time, and after said time Tax Collectors and all other persons having or receiving or collecting any money payable to the county funds not otherwise provided for, shall pay the same to the bank or banks qualified to receive the same. Each bank receiving any money, as provided in this Act, shall make receipt for the same in triplicate; one copy of which said banks will carefully preserve and keep; one copy to be given to the person from whom money was received and one copy to be given to the Board from whom said money was received. 157 8eCo 5. Each bank acting as depository shall keep two separate accounts for each board for which it is a depos- itory; one account shall contain the daily balance ac- count, subject to immediate checking, the other account shall be the savings account or time deposit acount, and shall not be subject to check without being transferred to the checking account; Provided, That each Board shall have full authority at all times to transfer money from one of two accounts to the other. All interest earned on the daily balances shall be credited by the Board of County Commissioners or the Board of Public Instruc- tion to the General Fund of the county or the General School Fund of the county, and all interest earned on time deposits shall be credited by the Board of County Com- missioners or Board of Public Instruction to the account on which it was so earned, and all interest shall be com- puted and credited quarterly. Sec. 6. The Board of County Commissioners or Board of Public Instruction shall keep an accurate and com- plete set of books showing the amount on hand, amount received, amount expended and the balances thereof at the end of each month for each and every fund carried by said Boards, and no check or warrants shall ever be drawn in excess of the known balances to the credit of that fund as kept by the said Board; Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting the Board of Public Instruction from borrowing money, as now, or may hereafter be, provided by law. Sec. 7. And all money drawn from any depository holding same under this Act shall be upon a check, or war- rant or warrants, issued by the Board drawing the same, said check, or warrant or warrants, both as to number and amount and person to whom drawn and purpose for which drawn, shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board having ordered the same drawn, and each check, or warrant or warrants, so drawn shall be signed by the Two spparnte nccounls kept by banks. How interest on deposits to l>o credited. County Boards to keep accurate account. Overdrawing prohibited. ITow warrants or cl^erks to be drawn on funds. 158 Bank depositories to make montbly report. Publication of nioiitlily statement of Board rejiai'ding funds. All accounts subject to Inspection by A.uditor. Laws repealed. Chairman of said Board, attested by clerk or secretary of said Board with the corporate seal thereof aflSxed, and the bank upon which each check, or warrant or warrants, is drawn shall not pay same until it shall receive a certi- fied list from secretary or clerk of Board issuing check, or warrant or warrants, giving date and number and amount of each check, or warrant or warrants, and per- son to whom issued. Sec. 8. Any bank acting as depository shall at the end of each and every month file with the board for which it is a depository a report, showing the balances on hand at the beginning of the month, on sums received and paid out during the month, balances on hand at the end of the month, and return with said report all checks, or warrant or warrants, properly canceled which the said bank has paid during the month; each board shall make and pub- lish a monthly statement, and at such other times as now required, or at such other times as may be required by the Comptroller, the Board of County Commissioners or the County Board of Public Instruction, and such other re- ports and statements regarding the condition of each and every fund, as now or may hereafter be required by law. If at any time the security furnished by any county de- pository becomes insufficient or inadequate, the Comp- troller shall have authority on such terms, conditions and penalties as he may prescribe to require such other addi- tional security to be provided. Sec. 9. The accounts of each and every board and the county accounts of each and every bank acting as depos- itory, mentioned or provided for in this Act, shall at all times be subjected to the inspection and examination of County Auditor, the State Auditor and the State Comp troller, or persons designated by him. Sec. 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 159 Sec. 11. This Act shall become effective, and operative ^^^B^^ on the first Monday in January', A. D. 1917; Provided, That the designation of depositories under the provisions of this Act shall be made between the first and fifteenth day of December, 1916, and during the same time annually thereafter. Approved June 3, 1915, REGULATIONS AND FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE State Board of Education. Department of Public Instruction. In compliance with the provisions of Section 39, Paragraphs 1 and 7, the following Regulations, Instruc- tions and Forms have been prescribed by the State Board of Education for the use and guidance of school officers and teachers. REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS General. Eegulation 1. Persons to be eligible to school oflSces Eligibility or positions must be of good moral character, temperate, office upright, responsible, competent and in full sympathy with the public educational system of the State. IGO Force of regulations. Use of blanks. Eeg. 2. All Rules and Eegulations prescribed bj County Boards of Public Instruction not at variance with the Statutes or the Eegulations and Instructions of the State Board of Education, shall have the full force and effect of laWj and must be respected accordingly. Eeg. 3. County school ofScers and teachers shall in all cases use the blanks, forms, registers, etc., prescribed and furnished by the State Department. County Boards of Public Instruction. To be com- missioned. To hold regu- lar meetings. Warrants, wlien issued. Eeg. 4. Members of County Boards of Public Instruc- tion before assuming the office, must be commissioned. Ee-g. 5. County Boards of Public Iiistruction shall hold regular meetings, at least monthly, during the ses- sion of schools, when they shall examine carefully all teachers' reports, issue warrants, hear reports of the County Superintendent and transact other business. Eeg. 6. County Boards of Public Instruction shall not issue a warrant to any teacher, until the monthly report of said teacher, on which the warrant is based, be made in conformity with the blanks furnished, and in compliance with the directions given in the Teacher's Register. Eeg. 7. County Boards of Public Instruction shall not contract with any person to teach a school who does not hold a Teacher's Certificate, unimpaired by suspen- sion, revocation or limitation, and granted in accord- ance with law. Nor shall any person be entitled to compensation from the public fund until he has been employed and contracted with by the County School Board. Teachers, Reg. 8. It is the duty of County Boards of Public assignment [ngtructlon to select, assign and contract with teachers. Teacher's contract, when made. IGl When made. To avoid favoritism This duty can in no case be delegated to Supervisors or patrons; but the Supervisor or Trustees may report to the County Board, for its consideration, the names of such teachers as are best suited to the requirements of the school and most satisfactory to the patrons. Beg. 9. County Boards of Public Instruction shall, at the first regular meeting after the June examination in each year, proceed to assign teachers to schools for the ensuing scholastic year, selecting first from the list of teachers those holding State or County Certificates. Salaries may be fixed and contracts entered into at a subsequent meeting. After the September examination, all vacancies that exist shall be filled in like manner. Eeg. 10. The State Board of Education earnestly admonishes County Boards of Public Instruction to exercise great caution in the employment of teachers, that they may not subject themselves to the charge of being influenced by personal or political favoritism, sectarian- ism, or by ties of relationship. Eeg. 11. The State Board of Education calls the special atention of County Boards of Public Instruction to the duty of prescribing a uniform course of study for their schools, and grading the same, as provided In Sec. 32, Par. 10, of the School Laws. Keg. 12. The State Board of Education recommends the adoption by County Boards of a system of Eules and Eegulations for their guidance and for the government of schools, teachers, and pupils. Such Eules and Eegu- lations, together with the prescribed course of study, should be printed in pamphlet form and copies of the same filed in the office of the State Department. The State Superintendent shall, upon request, larnish a copy of such pamphlet to other County Boards. Eeg. 13. The State Board of Education names the Ar^or Day first Friday after the First Monday of January of each Uniform course of study. To print regulations 11— DSL 162 Tuition fees. Three-mile limit. To district counties. year as Arbor Day, which shall not be observed as a holiday, but shall be devoted to the planting of trees on school grounds or other appropriate public places, together with suitable exercises, lessons or lectures designed to interest and instruct the children in the care and cultivation of trees. No teacher should be allowed compensation for Arbor Day unless a prescribed num- ber of trees has been properly planted and securely pro- tected against injury, Eeg. 14. County Boards of Public Instruction should adopt a regulation requiring pupils from other States, or from other counties, to pay a specified tuition fee to the teacher, to be by him, paid to the County Superintend- ent, and reported by the latter to the County Board. Eeg. 15. The attention of County Boards of Public Instruction is called to the fact that the law expressly prohibits the establishing of schools, for the same race, nearer than three miles of each other, unless made neces- sary by local geographical features. Where this law bas been violated in the past, it is the duty of County Boards to proceed as speedily as consistent with the interest of all concerned, to combine two or more schools into one, when practicable, or otherwise re-arrange them so as to conform to the provisions of the General Statutes. Eeg. 16. County Boards of Public Instruction are directed and enjoined to subdivide their respective coun- ties into convenient and permanent school districts, for each race separately, and to keep a record of each district by name, by number, and by description of lands con- tained therein (or by boundaries) in order that specific knowledge may be had as to the metes and bounds of each school district. It shall be the duty of said Boards to furnish each Supervisor or Board of Trustees with a proper description of the territory embraced within his jurisdiction. 168 To remove and appoint trustees. Reg. 17. It shall be the duty of each County Board to Xndance%o adopt necessary regulations to restrict the attendance of filiJ-^f *^^^' pupils to the school within their own district, except as the Board may by special permit or by regulation allow attendance elsewhere; Provided, All pupils of the county, qualified therefor, may attend the county high school. Eeg. 18. County Boards of Public Instruction shall No contract • J J .,1 , 1 ,. . .. valid beyond not enter into a contract with any teacher for a term of lite of certificate. service extending beyond the life of the certificate held by the teacher. Eeg. 19. County Boards of Public Instruction shall have the authority to remove any member of a Board of Trustees of a special tax school district who fails to dis- charge his duty. All vacancies in Board of Trustees shall be filled for the unexpired term by the County Board of Public Instruction upon nomination by the patrons of the school. County Superintendent of Public Instruction. Reg. 20. The County Superintendent of Public In- struction in each county shall, not later than the fifteenth day of July each year, prepare and forward to the State Superintendent an annual report, in conformity with blanks and instructions sent out from the State Depart- ment. Reg. 21. The County Superintendent shall give ample notice before every county examination of the time and place thereof. Reg. 22. In case separate places are necessary to be provided for the examination of white and negro teach- ers, the County Superintendents are authorized to appoint competent assistants to conduct the examina- tions, but they shall be responsible for the official acts of said assistants. Annual report, when made. Examination^ notice of. Assistants for. 164 Endorsement of character required. Teachers, when Supt appoints. Reg. 23. County Superintendents are directed to fur- nish tlie proper blanks, and to see that applicants for examination file endorsement of good moral character before being admitted. Eeg. 24. In case a vacancy should occur in the teach, ing force of any school between the regular meetings of the Board, the County Superintendent is authorized to fill the same, subject to the ratification of the "Board at its next regular meeting. Supervisors. how governed Powers of. Nomination «f. Trustees «fupersede Primary duties. Supervisors and Trustees. Eeg. 25. School Supervisors shall be governed in the general discharge of their duties by the directions and the Eules and Eegulations of the County Board of Public Instruction. Eeg. 2G. The office of Supervisor or Trustees is not one of control, but of supervision only. Schools while in session are under the immediate control of the County Board of Public Instruction. But in case of emergency the County Superintendent may suspend or close a school, subject to the action of the Board at its next meeting, Eeg. 27. The patrons should recommend to the County Superintendent suitable persons for Supervisors (Sec. 32, Par. 3d) ; but the County Superintendent may exercise some discretion in nominating such to the Board of Public Instruction for appointment (Sec. 42, Par. 5th). Eeg. 28. The position of Supervisor is superseded by a Board of Trustees when a school district becomes a special tax district. The duties prescribed for Super visor shall then be performed by the Trustees. Teachers. Eeg. 29. Before beginning a school a teacher must exhibit to the County Superintendent a certificate unim- 165 paired by suspension, revocation or limitation, enter into a contract, procure a register and all necessary blanks. He must keep his register in accordance with the printed directions therein, and must make out his monthly reports in strict conformity to the blanks furnished. Eeg. 30. Teachers are notified that there is nothing {^^""P^^f p°^ in the school laws of the State prohibiting the infliction of corporal punishment when in their judgment it is necessary; Provided, however. That such punishment shall not be unnecessarily severe. Teachers' Certificates. Reg. 31. Applicants for examination for State cer- tificates must file written evidence of having taught at least twenty-four (24) months in all, eight (8) months of which time must be shown to have been taught success- fully under a first grade certificate obtained in this State. Reg. 32. (1) An applicant for any life certificate must present endorsements in conformity to law, and in accordance with the blanks furnished by the State Superintendent. (2) All applications for Life Extension of First Grade Certificates and for Life First Grade Certificates, under Section 13, Chapter 5204, Laws of Florida, shall be made in duplicate and one copy filed by the applicant with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction when the other copy is filed with the County Superintendent of Public Instruction; also that each and every County Superintendent shall give immediate notice, on form pre- scribed, to the State Superintendent of every Life Exten- sion given a First Grade Certificate and of every Life First Grade Certificate by him issued. (Adopted Novem her 17th. 1903). state Certificates, prerequi- sites. For I.lfe Certificates. Life First Grade Certificates, anplicatioD for. 166 Teachers Keg. 33. "All teachers should of their own purpose must advance grade of seek from time to time to advance the class of their cer- ■certiflcates. tificates by diligent and persistent study and the con- stant reading of the best journals of school work, and books treating of methods, discipline and government of the school, and so pass from the lowest to the highest grade of certificate, and carry with it the increased capacity for the true work of the school room. County Superintendents discovering a disposition on the part of certain teachers to remain content with any certificate they may be fortunate enough to obtain, exhibiting no desire to rise higher or to become better qualified for their important work, should at once report the same to the Board of Public Instruction and recommend their removal from the corps of teachers in the county." — Hon. A. J. Eussell, Eeg. of 1891. HIGH SCHOOL REGULATIONS FOR State Accredited High Schools. The Regulations op the State Board op Education Prescribing Minimum Requirements for Standardizing High Schools. These Regulations are based upon Chapter 5206 and the re-enacted Chapter 5382, Laws of Florida, which provide for only two grades of high schools. Junior and Senior; but it is though best to authorize three grades, Junior, Intermediate and Senior High Schools. 1B7 High School Regulation 1. No school shall be recognized as a Junior High School iiigh°'"schooi. which does not meet each of the folloAving requirements: 1st. The term shall not be less than 8 months, or IGU Term, dajs. 2nd. The average daily attendance of all pupils shall Average attendance. not be less than 50. 3rd. It must have in regular attendance not less than no. of pupils. a total of 10 pupils m one or both of the Ninth and Tenth grades, regularly and properly promoted from the grade next below. No. of teachers. 4:th. It must employ not less than a total of 4 teach- ers, each legally certificated according to the laws of this State, and devoting all of his or her time to teach- ing in the school. 5th. The principal shall hold either a Life State or certificate of ■^ ^ principal State Certificate, or a valid First Grade Certificate issued under the laws of this State and, in addition, a Special Certificate covering all the academic branches or sub- jects, not covered by a First Grade Certificate, embraced in and prescribed in the Standard High School Course of Study for the Ninth and Tenth Grades. 6th. At least one capable teacher, must devote all of J^ji^her'^'^*"'' his or her time to teaching the Ninth and Tenth grades, and where there is but one teacher giving full time to these two grades, but one of the Standard Courses of Study must be offered. 7th. The average length of recitation periods in the per*iodg.^°° two high school grades shall not be less than 40 minutes. 8th. All pupils in high school grades must at all times carry not less than four academic subjects; provided, that some vocational, industrial, or elective study may occupy one recitation period. No. of studies. No of rooms. Laboratory and library. 168 9th. The building must have not less than four ample and well adapted recitation rooms, all properly equipped with patent desks, blackboards, and other necessary teaching appliances, 10th. It must have laboratory equipment and a well selected library, each worth not less than Regulation 2. Intermediate No school shall be recosuized as an Intermediate High High School. School which does not meet each of the following requirements : Term. 1st. The term shall not be. less than 8 months, or 160 days. attendance ^^^- "^^^ average daily attendance of all pnpils shall not be less than 100. No. of pupils. No. and certificate teachers. of Special certificate. Certificate of principal. 3rd. It must have in regular attendance not less than a total of 20 pupils in the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh grades, 5 of whom must be in the Eleventh grade, all reg ularly and properly promoted from the next grade below. 4th. It must employ not less than two teachers, ex- clusive of the principal, each legally certificated accord- ing to the laws of this State and devoting all of his or her time to teaching high school classes; the certificate held by each shall be a Life State or State Certificate, or a First Grade Certificate and a Special Certificate cover- ing all the academic branches or subjects each teaches embraced in and prescribed in one of the Standard Courses of Study for the three lowest high school grades. 5th. Every teacher of any subject must hold a cei'tifl cate covering the particular subject taught. 6th. The principal shall hold either a State Life or State Certificate, and shall not hear more than four reg- ular recitations a day. IH9 7th. The average length of recitation periods, in all ^eHod*^°° high school grades, shall not be less than 45 minutes. No. of stud IPS 8th. All pupils in high school grades must carry all the time not less than four academic subjects; provided, that some vocational, industrial, or elective subject maj take the period of one subject. 9th. The building must have not less than seven ample and well adapted recitation rooms, all properly equipped with patent desks, blackbords, and other necessary teaching appliances. 10th. It must have laboratory equipment and a well and*'iU)rary selected librarv of books, each worth not less than No. of rooms. Regulation 3. No school shall be recognized as a Senior High School |enior High which does not meet each of the following requirements: 1st. The term shall not be less than 8 months, or 160 Term days. 2nd. The average daily attendance of all pupils shall ^t^^tl^Xnce not be less than 150. No. of pupils 3rd. It must have in regular attendance not less than a total of 30 pupils in the four high school grades, not less than a total of 10 pupils in the two highest grades, all regularly and properly prompted from the grade next below. 4th. It must emplov not less than three teachers, No. of ^ "^ teachers exclusive of the principal, each legally certificated accord- ing to the laws of this State and devoting all of his or her time to teaching high school classes; the certificate certific-ates held by each shall be a Life State or State Certificate, or a First Grade Certificate and a Special Certificate cover- ing all the specific academic branches or subjects each 170 Special certificate. Certificate of principal. Length of recitation period. No. of studies. No. of rooms Laboratory and library. Legal meaning of "Teaclier." Standard Course of Study. teaches, embraced in and prescribed in one of the Stand- ard Courses of Study. 5th. Every teacher of any subject must hold a certifi- cate covering the particular subject taught. 6th. The principal shall hold either a Life State or State Certificate, and shall not hear more than three regular recitations a day. 7th. The average length of recitation periods in all high school grades shall not be less than 45 minutes. 8th. All pupils in high school grades must carry all the time not less than four academic subjects; provided, that some vocational, industrial, or elective subject may take the period of one subject, 9th. The building must have not less than eight ample and well adapted recitation rooms, all properly equipped with patent desks, blackboards, and other necessary teaching appliances. 10th. It must have laboratory equipment and a well selected library of books, each worth not less than |200. General. Regulation 4. The State Board construes the legal meaning of the word teacher to be one legally licensed according to the certification laws of this State, regularly elected and con- tracted with by a County Board of Public Instruction, devoting his or her entire time to school work, and paid for services directly by warrant of the County Board of Public Instruction. Regulation 5. The Standard Course of Study, or its equivalent with such modifications or additions by local school authori- ties as may be submitted to and approved by the State 171 Board of Education, is the minimum requirements for graduation from any grade of high school. Regulation 6. It is urgently recommended that the final annual exam- inations of all high school grades, after the school year 1914-15, be uniform throughout the State upon questions submitted by the State Inspector of High Schools, and that promotions and graduations be partly based upon these examinations. Uniform ex- aminations. Regulation 7. It is further recommended that all high school diplomas Diplomas, for the different Courses of Study and grades be uniform for that course or .grade, be furnished by the State, and be signed by the Governor, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Inspector of High Schools, one or all, and local school authorities. Regulation 8. All past Kegulations relating to high schools, adopted by the State Board of Education and in conflict with these eight Eegulations, are hereby annulled. Regulations Providing for Teacher-Training Departments in High Schools. (Chapter G830 of the Laws of Florida.) As TO Teachers. Regulation 1. The teacher of the Teacher-Training Teachers, . „ , T-,. , o, I 1 Who may be. Department shall not be the principal of the High School, 172 How nominated. Qualiflca- tions. nor shall the Five Hundred Dollars (.|500.00) appro- priated bj the State for such Department be used in sup- plementing the salary of a principal, though the prin- cipal, or other capable teachers, may hear one or more recitations in the Teacher-Training Department. Eegulation 2. The teacher of the Teacher-Training Department of every County High School may be nomi- nated by the County Board of Public Instruction, but must be approved by the State Board of Education before any appropriation will be made by such State Board for the salary of the teacher of any such Department. Eegulation 3. In the selection of teachers for such training Departments preference shall be given to hold- ers of State Certificates^ or to regular graduates of stand- ard Normal Schools, presenting satisfactory evidence of having had successful experience as teachers; Provided, That if it be necessary to employ teachers for such Departments with less qualifications than above pre- scribed, every such teacher shall be the holder of a valid First Grade Florida Certificate and a Special Certificate on Psychology, History of Education, and the Theory and Practice of Teaching. As TO Duty op County Boards. Board to appropriate, what. Eegulation 4. Any County seeking to establish such a Teacher-Training Department in any school within such County must appropriate from County School funds not less than Five Hundred Dollars (1500.00) for the salary of the teacher of such Department, which, with the appropriation by the State Board of Education, fixes the salary of such teacher at not less than One Thousand Dollars (|1,000.00) for eight months' service; Provided, That any County Board of Public Instruction shall not be prohibited from making the salary greater than One 1T3 Thousand Dollars ; Provided further, That more than one teacher may be emplojed for such Department and be paid from County or District fund, one or both. Eegulation 5. The salary of the teacher of every Teacher-Training Department shall be paid for the first four months from County funds, and the Five Hundred Dollars appropriated from State funds shall be trans- mitted to the County Board of Public Instruction for the payment of the salary of the teacher for the last four months of the school ; Provided, That monthly reports of such Department shall be made as required, on blanks furnished, to the State Board of Education and show that the said Department has met all the requirements of the law and of these regulations. Salary, how paid. As TO Teacher-Pupils. Regulation 6. Any school, before receiving State appro'priation in aid of the establishment of a Teacher- Training Department, must present evidence that not less than ten (10) teacher-pupils will regularly attend such Department. Each of such pupils must be sixteen years of age, or over, and must have regularly and credit- ably completed the Eighth Grade of a school with a standard not lower than the average Eighth Grade course of study of Florida, or must have taught a public school for not less than six months. No. of pupils. As TO Recitations. Regulation 7. The number of daily recitations by the ^^^jj^^j^^g teacher in a Teacher-Training Department shall not bo less than six, nor exceed eight, per day, and all such recitations shall be forty-five (45) minute periods; Pro- vided, That some recitations may be shorter than forty- five minutes and others as long as sixty (GO) minutes, but 174 Term. the average shall not be less than forty-five (45) minute periods. One recitation daily of not less than forty-five (45) minutes shall be devoted to the Science of Pedagogy and the Methods of Teaching. Eegulation 8. The term of every school establishing a Teacher-Training Department shall not be less than one hundred and sixty (160) days, or eight (8) months, of actual teaching in such department. As TO Eligibility of Schools. What Bchools. Eegulation 9. A Teacher-Training Department shall not be established in any school unless that school is recognized as a High School by the State Board of Edu- cation, and meets the requirements of a High School as prescribed by the regulations of said State Board of Education; Provided, That any county not having had a sufiQcient number of high school pupils in any one school as to have hitherto obtained recognition as a High School, the State Board of Education may, however, establish a Teacher-Training Department in such county with no present recognized High School, but which, by the close of the school year 1915-191G, may have such recognized High School. As TO Course of Study. Conrse of study. Eegulation 10. All Teacher-Training Departments shall be conducted in accordance with an advisory Course of Study submitted by the State Board of Education, until such Course shall be perfected and made mandatory in all Teacher-Training Departments of the State. 175 LIST OF FORMS Prescribed and Used in the Educational Department. No. 501. Organization of Board of Public Instruction. 502. Eecommendation of School Supervisor. 503. Appointment of School Supervisor. 504. Acceptance of Appointment of School Supervisor. 505. Notice of Election of School Trustees. 50G. Commission of a School Trustee. 507. Acceptance of School Trustees. 508. Itemized Estimate of School Trustees. 509. Endorsement of Applicant for County Examination. 510. Testimonial of Applicant for Examination for Primary Certificate. 511. Testimonial of Applicant for Examination for Special Certificate. 512. Application for Examination for State Certificate. 513. Endorsement for State Life Certificate. 514. Application for Life Extension of Primary Certifi- cate. 515. Application for Life Extension of First Grade Certificate. 51G. Application for Life Certificate of First Grade. 517. Teacher's Character Certificate. 518. Teacher's Third Grade CertificatiB. 519. Teacher's Second Grade Certificate. 520. Teacher's First Grade Certificate. 521. Teacher's Primary Certificate. 522. Teacher's Special Certificate. 523. Teacher's State Certificate. 524. Life Extension of First Grade Certificate. 525. Life First Grade Certificate. 526. Life State Certificate. L7t) 527. Life Primary Certificate. 530. Contract with Teacher. 531. Teacher's Monthly Report. 532. Teacher's Final Eeport. 533. Notice of Suspension of Pupil by Teacher. 534. Notice of Special Meeting of County Board of Public Instruction. 535. Warrant on Treasurer of County Board of Public Instruction. 536. Notice to County Superintendent of Apportionment of School Fund. 537. Application for Examination for State Certificate. 538. Endorsement for State Life Certificate. 539. Teacher's Dally Register, 544. Annual Eeport of County Superintendent. 545. Teacher's Graduate State Certificate. 547. Teacher's Training Certificate. 548. Endorsement for Primary Certificate, 556. Suspension or Revocation of Teacher's Certificate. 557. Award of Board of Public Instruction on Charges Against a Teacher, on Appeal. ; FORMS. I No. 501. , ., 19...- Report of the Organization of County Board of Public Instruction. County of , State of Florida. , Florida. The members of the Board of Public Instruction of County, elected on the day of November, A. D. 19 .... , were : Mr of (P.O.) , residing in and for School Board District No. 1 ; Mr 177 of , residing in and for School Board District No. 2 ; Mr , of , residing in and for School Board District No. 3. Of these, Messrs and , having met on the above date in the office of the County Superintendent of Public In- struction, and each for himself, having presented his commission as a member of said Board of Public Instruc- tion for the term of two years from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, A. D. 19,..., and until his successor is elected and qualified, proceeded to complete the organization of said Board, in compliance with Section 342, General Statutes of Florida, as follows : On Motion of Mr , seconded by Mr. , Mr was elected to be Chairman of said Board of Public Instruction for the County of , State of Florida. Mr , holding commission as County Superintendent of Public Instruction for the ensuing years, appeared in person at said meeting, and assumed his duties as Secretary of said Board, as provided by law. The Board thus organized then fixed on after of each month as the day for holding its regailar meetings. Chairman. Attest : County Superintendent and ex-officio Secretary. STATE OF FLORIDA, County of Before me, a , personally appeared and , both to me known, who being each duly sworn, say that the above and foregoing account of the proceedings of the organiza- tion of the Board of Public Instruction for the CouDty of 12— DSL 178 , State of Florida, is correct, and a true copy of the original as recorded in their book of minutes. Chairman. Secretary and County Superintendent. Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of , A. D. 190.... No. 502. Recommendation of School Supervisor. (P.O.) Fla. , 191.. County Supt. Pub. Instruction. Sir: — Five days' notice of the time, place and pur- pose of the meeting having been given by the Super- visor, the patrons of school No , at , met and organized by the election of the undersigned as Chairman and Secretary. After ballot of the patrons only, it was found that a majority favored the appointment of Mr. (or Mrs.) , of (P.O.), as Supervisor of said school. We hereby endorse as a person of good moral character, temperate, upright, responsible, possessing a fair educa- tion, and as one who will perform the duties of the oflSce impartially and faithfully. ? Chairman. Secretarv. 179 No. 503. Appointment of School Supervisor. Office of Board of Public Instruction, County of , Fla ,19.... To Sir (or Madam) — Having been duly recommended and indorsed as a suitable person to act as Supervisor of school No situated at at a meeting of the Board of Public Instruction held on the day of , 19 you were appointed accordingly (for. four years, or to fill the un- expired term of ) , or during the faithful performance of the duties of the office. Blank form of acceptance herewith inclosed inust be signed and returned within ten (10) days, or the appoint- ment will be considered rejected. Yery respectfully, Secretary and County Superintendent. No. 504. Acceptance of Appointment as School Supervisor. , Fla., , 191.. To , Sec. and Co. Supt. Pub. Inst. Sir — I hereby accept the appointment as School Super- visor for School No , situated at and pledge myself to perform all the duties of the office faithfully and impartially. Very respectfully, 130 No. 505. Notice of Election of School Trustees. County of , 191.. State of Florida. To Co. Supt. and Sec. Board Pub. Inst. Sir — Whereas, At an election, notice of which was given as required by law for four consecutive weeks, ordered by the County Board of Public Instruction, and held on the day of , A. D. 19 . . . . , to determine whether the territory fully described in a petition presented to said Board shall be a special tax school district, and for the election of three Trus- tees therefor, and to determine the millage to be assessed and collected annually during the succeeding two years, a majority of the electors, resident in said territory and qualified according to law, did vote to create such special tax school district and the district is established; there- fore, we, the undersigned inspectors of said election, do recommiend as entitled to receive commissions as Trus- tees of said special tax school district No .... , and other- wise known as school district, the three persons named below, having received the high- est number of votes cast for Trustees at said election. 181 Names. Post-Office. Signed. Inspectors of Election. To. No. 506. (Jommission of a Sohool Trustee. Office of the Board of Public Instruction, State of Florida, County of. ., 191.. ,, Fla. Having been duh' elected, on the day of , A. D. 19 . . . . , to be a member of the Board of Trustees in and for special tax school district No , otherwise known as School District, for the term of two years and until your sue- 182 cessor is elected and qualified according to Chapter 467S, Laws of Florida, you are hereby commissioned to act as Trustee for said special tax school district during the faithful and valuable performance of the duties whioJi the position devolves upon you — not to exceed two years, ex':ept as provided herein. A blank form of acceptance is herewith inclosed, which please fill out and return within ten (10) days, or the position will be declared vacant and filled by appoint- ment. By order of the County Board of Public Instruction. " J Sec. and Co. Supt. Pub. Inst. No. 507. Acceptance of a School Trustee. County of , (P.O.), ,19.... To , Sec. and Co. Supt. Pub. Inst. Sir — I have received your letter of inclosing commission of the Board of Public Instruction of this county as Trustee of special tax school district No , called School Di-strict. I hereby accept this position and pledge myself to per- form its duties impartially and faithfully. Very respectfully, 183 No. 508. Itemized Estimate of School Trustees. State of Florida, Special Tax District No County of , (P.O.), ,19... To Chairman and Members Bd. of Com. Sirs — In compliance with the law, the School Trus- tees of Special Tax School District No , knowii as District, hereby submit the fol- lowing itemized estimate of school funds necessary to im levied as a special tax for the school year beginning July 1st, 19. .. ., prorated to schools and for purposes speci fied as followp : _. For School. No. No. No. No. 1 No. No. For new building ....I-.-. For repairs For rent of school building - For insurance For school library - For text books For salaries of teachers. . . For incidental expenses . . . For ' school furniture .; For all other school pur- poses Totals |... I... I... I... I... I... The following is a complete statement of all the rail- 184 road and telegraph lines located within the said Special Tax, School District: Belonging to E. E. Co. ; miles main track, miles side tracks, etc. Belonging to E. E. Co. ; miles main track, miles side tracks, etc. Belonging to Telegraph Co. ; miles one wire, miles wires. Belonging to ; miles one wire, miles wires. We herebj'' certify that at an election held in said Special Tax School District on the day of , 19 . . . . , it was determined by a majority of those voting that a special tax of mills should be assessed and collected annually during the succeed- ing two years for school purposes, on the property of the Special Tax School District, bounded as follows : Be- ginning at northeast corner then run west along to thence south along to thence east along to thence north along to starting point; and your honorable body is hereby re- quested to make the above lev}-. (Signed) , Trustees. A copy of the above must be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Count}' Commissioners, one with the Comp- troller of the State, and one with the County Board of Public Instruction. 185 No. 509. Endorsement of Applicant for County Examination. ..., Fla., , 19.... To Co. Supt. Pub. Inst. County. STE: This is to certify that we have been acquainted wich the bearer, for 3'ears, and commend to you as a person of good moral character, and addicted to no habits that could unfit 'or disqualify for the position of teacher. Ver}^ respectfully, No. 510. 'i estimoviial of Appplicant for Examination for Primary Certificate. , Fla., ,19-.- To Hon , State Supt. Pub. Inst. Sir — Being personally acquainted with M and knowing (1) that she is a lady of good health, cheer- 186 ful disposition, possessing an innate love for children and tact in governing them; (2) that she has received years special instruction in primary methods and practical teaching in Normal School , or equivalent Instruction at ; (3) that sbe has had years (three required, if she has had normal school instruction ; five, if v^ithout same) successful experience in teaching in primary departments in the schools of Florida; (4) that she is a person of excellent character, possessing peculiar fitness for successfully teaching and managing small children, as evidenced by her work in the Primary Department of the school at , in the year ; Therefore, the undersigned indorse the said applicant for examination for a Teacher's Primary Certificate. Eespectfully, , County Superintendent. , Chn. Bd. Pub. Instruction. , Principal of School. (Of school where she last taught.) , County Superintendent. , Chn. Bd. Pub. Instruction. , Principal of School. fOf school taught next previous to the last.) No. 511. Testimonial of Applicant for Examination for Special Certificate. , Fla., ,19.... Hon , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sir — Being well acquainted with M 187 and having personally inspected work in tlie school at , in the year ,1 unhesitatingly indorse as a person of most excellent character, and especially successful as instructor of (name the subjects or branches) ; and in every respect worthy as a teacher and character-builder of youth. Eespectfully, (Give post-office address and official position.) No. 512. Application for Examination for State Certificate. , Fla., ,19.-- Hon , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sir — We, the undersigned, have been personally well acquainted with M for the past twenty-four months, and cheerfully testify to good character and success as a teacher. We know of our own knowledge that has taught for eight months under a First Grade Certificate obtained in Florida, and that was eminently successful, both as a disciplinarian and preceptor; therefore, we 188 commend to you for examination for a State certificate. Respectfully, Co. Supt. under whom last 8 months was taught in Florida. (Give post-office adress and official position. No. 513. Endorsement for State Life Certificate. , J-i'i , .••• ,19--. Hon , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sir — We, the undersigned, each of us the holder of a State Life Certificate granted in accordance with the Laws of Florida, being well and personally acquainto) with the character and work of M , a holder of a State Certificate issued since January 1st, A. D. 1894, and knowing that has suc- cessfully done High School or College teaching in this State for a period of eighteen months under a State Cer- tificate; and having personally observed methods and noted success, both in the matter of instruc- tion and discipline ; we do hereby indorse as a person possessing eminent ability in teaching and school 189 government, and worthy and well qualified in every respect to receive a Teacher's State Life Certificate. Respectfully, (Give post-office address and official position.) No. 514. Application for Life Extension of Primary Certificate. ,Fla., ,19.... Hon , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sir — Application is hereby made for indorsement of my Primary Certificate, thereby making it valid per- petually. This certificate was issued by Hon State Superintendent of Public Instruction, on the day of , 19. ... ; and I have taught success- fully under it for four years of eight months each, as evi- denced by the testimonials and official signatures attached below. Respectfully, Hon , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. I cheerfully commend M as an emiaently successful primary teacher, and worthy that her present Prim;ary Certificate be indorsed by you and given perpetual validity. 190 She taught under my supervision eight months of each of the years 190. ., 190. ., and 190. ., in the graded school. 7 Supt. Pub. Inst County. She taught under my supervision eight months of each of the years 190. ., 190. ., and 190, in the graded school. Supt. Pub. Inst County. Note. — Continue, so as to show where the teaching was done, and to get the indorsement of each County Super- intendent under whom done for four last years. No. 515. Application for Life Extension of First Grade CertificHle. . , Fla., , 19.... To , County Supt. Pub. Instruction. j.^ Sir — Application is hereby made for indorsement of my First Grade Teacher's Certificate, making it per- petually valid in this county during my life, unless re- voked for cause, in accordance with the provisions of the law. • Evidences of my eligibility for this extension are appended hereto, and I hereby certify of my own positive 191 knowledge that each and every statement made herein- after is correct and true in every particular. Eespectfully, 7 • Sworn to and subscribed be- (Seal of Official) fore me this. . . . day of . . . . ,19-... (The above certificate must be signed and sworn to in the presence of an officer duly authorized to adminis- ter oaths.) Sworn Statements Submitted in Evidence. 1. Enclosed herewith is an unexpired First Grade Teacher's Certificate issued by County Superintendent of county, dated , A. D. 190. ., and bearing grades as follows : Orthography per cent., Beading, per cent., Arithmetic per cent., English Grammar per cent.. United States History per cent., Geography per cent.. Physiol- ogy, per cent.. Theory and Practice of Teach- ing per cent.. Composition per cent., Civil Government per cent., Algebra per cent.. Physical Geography per cent. ; Average grade per cent. 2. I have taught in Florida the requisite twenty years as follows: (Give the number of months taught and the place at which you taught each year. The year num- bered representing only the year in which the terms began.) 189 . . , at , in County, months. 189 . . , at , in County months. (Continue the years thus down to the present.) 192 3. I have taught mne years in this State as shown above, under certificates issued since January 1st, A. D. 1894, and under the Laws of Florida, as shown below, as follows : Grade, dated 189 . . , issued in Co., Average Grade .. per cent. Grade, dated 190 . . , issued in Co., Average Grade per cent. Grade, dated 190 . . , issued in Co., Average Grade per cent. Grade, dated 190. ., issued in Co., Average Grade per cent. 4. Attached hereto are certificates in the form pre- scribed by the State Department, attesting to my moral character, faithfulness and success as an instructor and disciplinarian, from the following persons: Name. Occupation or Position. Post-oflQce. 5. If further examination be required, or if further evidence of my eligibility to Ufe extefision of my First Grade Certificate is desired, please notify me of the time and place of the examination, or what evidence is desired at the following address: Fla. Note. — A regulation of the State Board of Education requires that this application be made in duplicate and one copy be filed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 193 No. 51(3. Applicalion for Life Certificate of First Grade. , Fla., 19.... To County Superintendent Public Instruction, Fla. Sir — Application is hereby made for a First Grade Life Certificate, "good in any part of the State and of per- petual validity in the County where such endorsement is made," (unless revoked for cause), in compliance with the provisions of Section 13, Chapter 5204, Laws of Florida. Evidences of my eligibility for this certificate are appended hereto, and I hereby certify of my own positive knowledge that each and every statement made herein- after is correct and true in every particular. Eespectfully, Sworn to and subscribed be- Seal of Official fore me this day of , 19- .. (The above certificate must be signed and sworn to in the presence of an officer authorized to administer oaths.) Kegulation of the State Board of Education, adopted Novem|3er 17th, 1903:— Ordered: "That all applications for Life Extension of First Grade Certificates and for Life First Grade Cer tiflcates, under Section 13, Chapter 5204, Laws of Florida, shall be made in duplicate and one copy filed by the appli- cant with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13— DSL 194 when the other copy is filed with the County Superintend- ent of Public Instruction; also that each and every County Superintendent shall give immediate notice, on form prescribed, to the State Superintendent of every Life Extension given a First Grade Certificate, and of every Life First Grade Certificate by him issued." Sworn Statements Submitted in Evidence. 1. Enclosed herewith are two First Grade Teacher's Ofertiflcates, each issued by the County Superintendent given and bearing grades as follows: (a) The latest Certificate, issued by County Superintendent of County, dated , 19 .... , bearing grades as fol- lows : Orthography per cent. ; Beading per cent. ; Arithmetic per cent. ; English Gram- mar per cent. ; United States History per cent. ; Geography per cent. ; Physiology per cent. ; Agriculture per cent. ; Theory and Practice of Teaching per cent. ; Composition per cent. ; Civil Government per cent. ; Algebra per cent. ; Physical Geography per cent. ; Average Grade per cent. (b) The certificates before the last, issued by , County Superintendent of County, dated , 19 , bearing the fol- lowing grades : Orthography per cent. ; Reading per cent. ; Arithmetic per cent. ; English Grammar per cent. ; United States History per cent. ; Geography per cent. ; Physiology per cent. ; Agriculture per cent. ; Theory and Prac- tice of Teaching per cent. ; Composition per cent. ; Civil Government per cent. ; Algebra per cent. ; Physical Geography per cent. ; Average Grade per cent. 195 2. I have taught school in this State for six years uuder First Grade Certificates, as follows: (Give the number of months taught and the place at which you taught each year. The year numbered representing only the year in which the term began.) 1906, at , in Co., months. 1907, at , in Co., months. 1908, at , in Co., months. 1909, at , in Co., months. 1910, at , in Co., months. 1911, at , in Co., months. No. 517. Teacher's Character Certificate. To be filed with Application for Life Extension First Grade Certificate.) ;To be filed permanently in oifice of County Superin- tendent.) , Fla., , 19... 1 hereby certify that of my own personal and positive knowledge that M has taught school at , in the County of , State of Florida, during all or a part of each of the follow- ing years : (Give dates here) I further certify that being (specify "oflicial position as Superintendent, Supervisor or relation to school as patron, neighbor, etc.), I was in a position to know of the general success of teaching and discipline, and that I do know, that in both Avas uniformly and eminently faithful and successful. 196 I further certify that I have known the above named teacher for years, and am familiar with personal and social life, and I am con- vinced that possesses good moral character and has no bad habits or traits of character which would interfere with the success of work as a teacher of children. I further certify that I believe is worthy of a lifelong permit to teach in this county without fur- ther examination and hereby recommend for such permit. Fla. No. 518. Teacher's Third Grade Certificate. Note. — The different grades of Certificates are litho- graphed and issued in books of 100 each, with stubs- Stubs in all cases must be filled out as indicated. STATE OF FLOKIDA. No (Seal of State.) For 2 Years. Teacher's Certificate — Third Grade. To the Board of Public Instruction of County : This certifies that having presented the requisite endorsement of good moral character, and hav- ing been legally examined and found to possess the qualifications for a Third Grade Teacher, as prescribed in the Act to Provide for the Certification of Teachers 191 and to Prescribe Requirements for the Various Grades of Certificates, is hereby authorized to contract with your Honorable Board to teach in the public schools of this county, for two years from this date. Given under my hand, this day of , 19 . . . . Supt. of Pub. Inst Co. Standing on examination. Scale 100: Orthography , Reading , Arithmetic , English Grammar , U. S. History , Geography , Physiology , Agriculture , Theory and Prac- tice of Teaching , Composition , Civil Gov- ernment , General Average N. B. — No candidate can be awarded this certificate who fails to make a general average of 60 per cent., or falls in any branch below 40 per cent. (It may be endorsed by any County Superintendent, and so endorsed becomes good for its unexpired term in such county.) Form of Stub to Third Grade Certificate. No Date of issue , 19 To Sex, , Race , Age , Home P. O Certificate expires Standing on examination, scale 100: (Same as in body of certificate.) No. 519. Teacher's Second Grade Certificate. STATE OF FLORIDA. No (Seal of State.) For 4 Years. Teacher's Certificate — Second Grade. To the Board of Public Instruction County : 198 This certifies that , having presented the requisite endorsement of good moral character, and having been legally examined and found to possess the qualifications for a Second Grade Teacher, as prescribed in the Act to Provide for the Certification of Teachers, and to Prescribe Eequirements for the Various Grades of Certificates, is hereby authorized to contract with your Honorable Board to teach in the public schools of this county, for four years from this date. Given under my hand this the. . . . dav of , 19. . . . Supt. of Pub. Inst., Co. Standing on examination. ( Subjects same as for Third Grade) . Scale 100. N. B. — No candidate can be awarded this certificate who fails to make a general average of 75 per cent., or falls in any branch below 60 per cent. (It may be endorsed by any County Superintendent, and so endorsed becomes good for its unexpired term in such county. "i Form of Stub for Second Grade Certificate. No Date of issue , 19 ... . To Sex Eace Age Home P. O Certificate expires , 19 . . . . Standing on examination. (Same as in body of cer- tificate.) Scale, 100. No. 520. Teachei^s First Chrade Certificate. STATE OF FLORIDA. No (Seal of State) For 5 Years. Teachers' Certificate — First Grade. To County Boards of Public Instruction, Greeting: Be it known that. . .- having presented the 199 requisite endorsement of good moral character, and having passed satisfactory examination as prescribed in the Act to Provide for the Certification of Teachers, and to Prescribe Eequireinents for the Various Grades of Certificates, is therefore entitled to the rank of First Grade Teacher, and is hereb}- licensed to teach in the public schools of . . county for the term of five years from date. Given under my hand this day of ,19, Supt. of Pub. Inst., Co. Standing on examination. Scale of 100 : Orthography ....... Beading , Arithmetic , English Grammar , United States History , Geog- raphy , Physiology , Theory and Practice of Teaching , Composition Civil Govern- ment , Algebra , Physical Geography , General Average (This certificate may be endorsed upon the reverse side by any County Superintendent, and so endorsed be- comes good for its unexpired term in such county.) Vide Sec. 12, Chap. 5204.) Form of Stub for First Grade Certificate. No Issued 19 ... . To Rex Race Age Home P. O No. months taught Grade of last certificate Where issued Date of same Standing on examination. Scale 100. (Same as in bodv of certificate.) 200 No. 521. Teacher's Primary Certificate. STATE OF FLOKIDA. No (Seal of State.) For 4 Years. Teacher's Primary Certificate. Office of Superintendent Public Instruction, Tallahassee, , 19 ... . To County Boards of Public Instruction : Whereas, The bearer, , has presented satisfactory testimonials as to her peculiar fitness for Primary teaching, and has passed examinations, written on primary studies and oral and written on primary methods, as prescribed the Act to Provide for the Cer- tification of Teachers and to Prescribe Eequirements for the Various Grades of Certificates, this Primary Cer: tificate is hereby issued authorizing her to teach for four years from the date hereof, in the first, second and third grades, only of the Prim^ary Department of a regularly graded school, or public Kindergarten. Witness my hand and the seal of the State Board of Education, this day of , 19 ... . State Supt. of Public Instruction. Grades on examination : Arithmetic , Gram- mar , Composition , Geography , His- tory ; Average ; Primary Methods, oral ; Primary Methods, written ; General Average 201 Form of Stub for Primary Certificate. No Date of issue , 19 ... . To Kace Age Years instruction received in Primary Methods Where Years expe- rience teaching in Primary Departments in Florida , Home P. O , Last Certificate was , Grade issued in county, by dated ,19 Grades on examination. (Same as in body of certifi- cate. ) No. 522. Teacher's Special Certificate. STATE OF FLORIDA. " No (Seal of State.) For 5 Years. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Tallahassee, , 19 . . . . To County Boards of Public Instruction: Whereas, The bearer, , has furnished satisfactory testimonials as to peculiar fitness for teaching certain branches not included in the require- ments for Second Grade Certificates, and has made a grade of not less than Ninety per cent, in written exam- ination on each of the following branches : per cent., per cent., per cent. per cent., per cent., per cent. as prescribed in the Act to Provide for the Certification of Teachers and to Prescribe Eequirements for the Various Grades of Certificates; 202 Therefore, This Special Certificate is issued, authoriz- ing to teach the special branches above, and these only, anywhere in the State, for five years from the date hereof. Witness my hand and the Seal of the State Board of Education this day of , 19 ... . State Supt. of Public Instruction. Form of Stub for Speciijl Certificate. Special Certificate, No Date of issue , 19 ... . To Eace Sex Age Home P. O Last certificate was Grade. Where issued Dated Standing in examination: (Same as in body of this certificate.) No. 52a. TeacJier-'s State Certificate. STATE OF FLORIDA. No (Seal of State.) For 5 Years. Teacher's State Certificate. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tallahassee , 19 ... . To County Boards of Public Instruction : Whereas, The bearer, , has presented evi- dence to show that has taught successfully at least twenty-four months in all, eight months under a First Grade Certificate obtained in this State, and that 203 is a person of good moral cliaracter, possessing ability to govern and aptness to teach, and has passed an examination conducted by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, as prescribed in the Act to Provide for the Certification of Teachers and to Prescribe Eequirements for the Various Grades of Certificates, is hereby licensed to teach in any county in this State, and exempt from further exam- ination for five years from date. Witness my hand and the Seal of the State Board of Education, this the day of , 19 ... . State Supt. of Public Instruction. Standing on examination. Scale of 100 : Geometry , Trigonometry , Physics , Zoology , Botany , Latin , Ehetoric , English Literature , Psychology , General Historj- , Average Form of Stub to this Certificate. State Certificate, No Date of issue 19 To Sex Race Age Home P. O Last certificate was Grade Issued from county, Dated , 19 Standing on examination. (Same as in body of cer- tificate.) 204 No. 524. Life Extension of First Grade Certificate. STATE OF FLORIDA Perpetual in County No (Seal of State.) Where Endorsed. Life Extension of First Grade Teacher's Certificate. Whereas, is the holder of an unexpired First Grade Certificate, issued under the laws of this State, and has presented satisfactory evidence, in the manner prescribed by the State Board of Education, that I has taught school successfully for twenty years in this State, nine of these years under certificates issued since January 1st, A. D. 1894 ; and that is of good moral character, and faithful and successful as an instructor and disciplinarian; Therefore, I hereby endorse the said First Grade Cer- tificate, making it perpetually valid during the life of the holder in this county, by issuing this instru- ment. Witness my hand this the day of 19. . . . Supt. of Public Instruction. County. Witness my hand this the day of 19 ... . Supt. of Public Instruction. County. Grades on Certificate Endorsed. Orthography , Reading , Arithmetic , English Grammar , History , Geography Physiology , Theory and Practice Composition , Civil Government 205 , Algebra , Physical Geography , Average N. B. — This instrument of endorsement must be attached to the certificate upon which it is issued. Form of Stub for Above Certificate. Life Extension of First Grade Certificate, No Endorsed , 19 .... , Holder , Sex , Race , Age , Years taught in Florida , Years taught on Certificates issued since Jan. 1, 1894 , Home P. , Where endorsed Certificate was issued county, By whom , , County Superintendent, Date of same , 19 ... . Grades on Certificate endorsed. (Same as in body of Certificate above.) No. 525. lAfe First Grade Certificate. STATE OF FLORIDA. No (Seal of State.) Perpetual First Grade Life Certificate. Whereas, The bearer, , , has presented satisfactory evidence that has taught school in this State for six years under First Grade Certificates issued since January 1st, A. D. 1894, the average grade of such Certificates being not less than ninety per cent. ; and that is of good moral character and faithful and successful as an instructor and discipli- narian ; 206 Therefore, I hereby issue to this First Grade Life Certificate, "good in any part of the State, and of perpetual validity in the county where such endorse- ment is made." Given under my hand this day of , 19 . . . . Supt, of Pub. Inst, of County. Grades of Last Two Certificates on Which This Life Certificate is Based. Last issued by County Superintendent of County, , 19 ... . Orthography , Reading , Arithmetic ), English Grammar , U. S. History , Geography ....... Physiology , Theory and Practice , Composition , Civil Govern- ment , Algebra , Physical Geography , General Average Next to last issued by County Superin- tendent of County, , 19 ... . Orthography , Eeading , Arithmetic , English Gramlmar , U. S. History , Geography , Physiology , Theory and Practice , Composition , Civil Govern- ment , Algebra , Physical Geography , General Average Form of Stub for Above Certificate. No , Issued , 19...., To Sex , Race , Age , Years taught in life , Home P. O Grades of last two Certificates on which this Life Certificate is based: (Same as in body of Certificate.) 207 No. 526. Teachers Life Utate Certificate. STATE OF FLOKIDA. No. ...... . (Seal of State.) Perpetual. Teacher's Life State Certificate. Alios Docendo Discimus. The eminent qualifications of , as a teacher of youth, having been shown by distinguished success in the schools of this State, and having pre- sented the requisite endorsements and testimonials as provided in Chapter 6164, Laws of Florida of 1911, is therefore awarded this Diploma, which is of perpet- ual validity and forever exempts from further examination as a teacher in the public schools of this State. Given under my hand and the Seal of the State Board of Education, at the City of Tallahassee, this day of , 19 Supt. of Public Instruction. (Seal, State Board of Education.) No. 527. Life Primary Certificate. STATE OF FLOKIDA. No (Seal of State.) Perpetual. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Whereas, the bearer, has been recommended by the County Superintendent of Public 208 Instruction of County, has presented the requisite endorsements, has filed the necessary evidence to show that has been especially trained for Kindergarten or Primary Work, has done four years' successful teaching in this State under a Primary Cer- tificate, and has demonstrated Eminent Qual- ifications as a Primary Teacher, Therefore, by authority vested in me by Section 373, General Statutes of Florida, I have this day awarded this Life Primary Certificate, which is of Perpetual Validity ; and secures to the privilege of teaching, without further examination, in the Primary Department only of any regular graded school in the State of Florida. Witness my hand and the seal of the State Board of Education, at Tallahassee, this the day of 191... I State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Seal, State Board of Education). Form of Stub for Above Certificate. Life Primary Certificate. No Issued 10 ... . To , Sex , Eace , Age (near- est birthday years. Present P. O , Fla. Home P. O Received Special Instruction in Pri- mary work months. Where? Taught in life. ...... years. Taught exclusively Primary Grades in Florida months. In What Schools? Last Certificate was , Date of same , Where Issued? , By Whom Issued? , Graduate of ., Degrees held 209 No. 530. . Contract With Teacher. This contract, made on this ..... day of ...... 19. . . ., at , by and between , Teacher, and the Board of Public Instruction for the County of ., State of Florida ; witnesseth : That the said agrees to teach the Public Scliool No at , or such other Public School as the Board may elect, commenc- ing on the day of , 19 .... , for the term of months, and to perform well and faithfully the duties of Teacher, according to the Laws of the State and the Eegulations of the Depart- ment of Public Instruction of Florida, and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Public Instruction of coun-y. The said Board of Public Instruction of. county, for and in consideration of the services being so rendered, agrees to pay said , the sum of dollars per school month, and to give such further aid as the law requires. ' Provided, The Board may raise the salary or lengthen the term specified, in this contract, or if the average attendance of such school, for any month shall fall below per cent, of the largest enrollment during the 3^ear, or if said Teacher fails to comply with the pro- visions of this contract, then the Board may lessen the 14— DSL 210 salary, shorten the time specified herein, or annul this contrac; gltogether. (Signed) , Teacher. Co. Supt. and Sec. — By order of Bd. of Pub. Inst. Witnesses : N. B. — The original must be filed in the oflBlce of the County Superintendent, who may give any teacher a duplicate if demanded. (Nos. 531 and 532 omitted on account of length.) No. 533. Notice of Suspension of Pupil lyy Teacher. School No ,19.... To , School Supervisor (or Trustee). I regret to be compelled to inform you that under the provisions of the school law (Sec. 379, Gen. Statutes), I have found it necessary, for the good of the school, to suspend (name pupil) from attend- ance at school for (not exceeding ten) days. The cause for such suspension is Have the kindnesse to call on me at your earliest con- venience, to extend such aid and advice, and take such further action as you may judge proper, according to the law. Very respectfully, , Teacher. 211 Note. — The teacher must also give immediate notice to the parents or guardian of the pupil. (Sec, 379, Gen. Statutes). This may be done by modifying the above form, but is always best done in person. At the interview, the teacher should carefully avoid finding needless fault with the child, and should mani- fest such kindly spirit toward both parent and child as should satisfy them that the suspension was not prompted by any malice, but only for the reformation of the pupil and the good of the school. Indeed, a frank interview with the parent or guardian in advance of suspension would often render a resort to such a measure unnecessary. in all cases of suspension, the teacher must report the matter, with the facts, both to the Supervisor (or Trus- tee) and parent. The Supervisor (or Trustee) must re- view all suspensions and report the same promptly to the County Superintendent (Sec. 45, Par, 3d), whose action on the matter shall be final. No. 534. ISlotice of Special Meeting of Cowity Board of Public Instruction. Office of Superintendent of Public Insrtuction. County of , ,19-... To , Member County Board Public Instruction. Sir — I have the honor to request your attendance at a special meeting of the County Board of Public Instruc- tion, to be held at , on the day of 212 , at the liour of (a. m. or j>. m.j, for the purpose of , (state the object of Ihe meeting). Co. Supt. Pub. Inst. No. 535. Warrant on Treasure}- of County Board of Piiblic Instruction. STATE OF FLORIDA. No To the Treasurer of County Board Public Instruction. Pay to tlie order of Dollars. (Seal of State.) From am' moneys belonging to the County School Fund, for services as teacher in School No at Given at , Florida, this day of , 19 ... . I Countersigned by Sec. and Co. Supt. Pub. Inst. Chair. Co. Bd. Pub. Inst. Form of Stub. School Warrant, No . ., | , Issued ,19 To , , Teacher of School , at Payable out of County School Fund. For salary month. Received bv me.. 213 No. 536. Educational Department. STATE OF FLORIDA. Tallahassee 1!) Coiintj" Superintendent : The amount this day appovtioned your County .,.,.., from the semi-annual apportionment of the One Mill Tax (or interest on State School Fund) is I •• > State Superintendent Public Instruction. Preserve this for use in making your annual report. No. 587. Application for Exavnination for ^tate Certificate. Fla., , 19.... Hon , State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sir — We, the undersigned, have been personally well acquainted with M for the past twent^^-four months, and cheerfully testify to good character and success as a teacher. We know of our own knowledge that has taught for eight months under a First 'Grade Certificate obtained in Florida, and that was eminently successful, both as a disciplinarian and preceptor; therefoi^e, we 214 recommend to you for examinaton for a State Certificate. Eespectfully, County Superintendent under whom last eight months were taught in Florida (Give postoflSce address and ofiicial position.) No. 538. Endorsement for State Life Cei^tificate. , Fla., , 19. •• Hon State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sir — ^We, the undersigned, each of us the holder of a State Life Certificate granted in accordance with the Laws of Florida, being well and personally acquainted with the character and work of M , a holder of a State Certificate issued since January 1st, A. D. 1894, and knowing that has successfully done High School or College teaching in this State for a period of 18 months under a State Certificate; and having personally observed methods and noted success, both in the matter of in- struction and discipline; we do hereby indorse as a person possessing eminent ability in teaching and 215 school government, and worthy and well qualified in every respect to receive a Teacher's State Life Oertincate. Eespectfully, (Give postoffice address and official position. (Nos. 539 and 544 omitted because of length.) No. 545. Graduate State Certificate. STATE OF FLOEIDA. No (Seal of State.) For 5 Years. Office of Superntendent of Public Instruction. Whereas, .* . having presented satisfactory evidence that has regularly grad- uated from the Department of the , has devoted one-fifth of the time of Course to professional training for teaching, and has made in the regular examinations at the close of the Junior and Senior years the grades required by statute. Therefore, I, by authority vested in me by Section 2 of Chapter 6540, iLawis of Florida, do hereby grant to this Graduate Certificate, which authorizes to teach the subjects pursued and desig- nated in this Certificate in any of the schools of Florida for FIVE YEAES from date hereof. Witness my hand and the seal of the State Board of Education, this the day of , 19 ... . Superintendent of Public Instruction. 216 Grades Made in Final Examinations of tlie Junior and Senior Years as Reported by Dr , President of Institution. English — 1. The Bible % 2. Expression % 3. Rhetoric % 4. Literature % 5 % Languages — 1. French % 2. German % 3. Greek % 4. Italian % 5. Latin % 6. Spanish % 7. % History — 1. United States .'....% 2. English % 3. General . % 4 % Mathematics — 1. Geometry % 2. Anal3 1 Geom % 3. Trigonometry % 4. Surveying % 5. Engineering % 6. Calculus % 7. Astronomy % 8 % Sciences — 1. Bacteriology % 2. Biology % 3. Botany ...% Industrial — 1. Agriculture % 2. Horticulture % 3.' Dom. science % 4. Dom. Art % 5. Mechanic Arts .... % 6. Phys. Training .... % 7 % Primary — 1. DraAving % 2. Kindergarten % 3. Methods % 4. Nature Study % 5. Yocal Music % 6 ....% Art— 1. Drawing ..% 2. Painting % 3 % JIusic — 1. Harmon}^ % 2. Histor> of % 3. Piano % 4. Violin % 5. Sight Singing % 6. Voice ..% General Average % Standing on suhjects Pursued in previous Courses. 1. Agriculture % 2. Algebra % 3. Arithmetic % 217 4. Chemistry % 5. Geolog3^ % 6. Physics % 7. Political % 8. Zoology % 9 % Philosophy — 1. Ethics % 2. History of % 3. Logic % 4. Metaphysics % 5. Psychology % % % 6. Sociology Education — 1. Methods, etc % 2. History of % 3 % 4. .5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 1.5. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Civics % Composition % Eng. Grammar ....% Latin (Begin'rs) . .% Orthography , % Pol. Geograpliy ... % Phys. Geog % Fla. History % U. S. History % Reading % Physiology % Sciences (EL) % Rhetoric % Pedagogy % ^ % % % % .% No. To. Form of Stnb for Above Certificate. Issued , 19 , Sex , Race , Age (nearest birthday) Years. Graduate of When ? , 19 Degrees received Home P. O Grades made in the Final Junior and Senior Examina- tions, as Reported by Dr , President of Institution, (Same as in bod}' of certificate above.) 218 No. 547. Teacher's Training Certificate of .Grade. No ( Seal of State.) Good for .... . Years. STATE OF FLOKIDA. OflBee of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Whereas, having presented evidence, signed by the President and countersigned by the Dean of the Normal Department of , that is of good moral and professional charac- ter, and has completed the course of the Normal School of the above-named Institution of Higher Learning in this State, and has made an average grade of per cent, in all studies as shown in this Certificate; Therefore, I, by authority vested in me by Chapter 6838, Session Laws of 1915, do hereby issue to this Grade Teachers' Training Certificate, which authorizes to teach the subjects desig- nated in this Certificate in any of the schools of Florida for years from date hereof. Witness my hand and the Seal of the State Board of Education, this the ' . day of , 19 State Supt. of Public Instruction. Grades in all Studies as Eeported by r^r , President. 219 English — Eng. Grammar % Eng. Composition % Rhetoric (1 year) % Am. Literature % Eng. Literature % Expression % % Languages — French (1 year) % Latin (1 year) % French (2 years) % Latin (2 years) % ' •% History — Florida % United States % English % General % % Mathematics — Arithmetic % Algebra % Plane Geometry % % Science — Polit. Geography % Phys, Geography ......% Physiology % Agriculture % Botany % Zoology % Chemistry % Domestic Science % % ••'. % Art and Music — Drawing % Sight Singing % Domestic Art % % Education- — Class Room Management % History of % Methods % ..■.% Form of Stub for Above Certificate. Teachers' Training Certificate. of Grade. No Issued , 19 ... . To Sex , Race , Age (nearest birthday) years. Where born , State Institution attended i, Course 220 completed When completed , 19. . . . Home P. O. . Grades in all Studies as Reported by 1 )r , President. (Same as in body of Certificate above.) No. 548. Endorsement for Primary Certificate. ., Fla., ., 19... To Hon , State Supt. Pub. Inst. Sir — Being personally acquainted with M and knowing (1) that she is a lady of good health, cheer ful disposition, possessing an innate love for children and tact in governing them; (2) that she has received years special instruction in primary and prac- tical teaching in Normal School, or equivalent instruction at ; (.3) that she has had years successful experience in teaching in primary depart- ments in the schools of Florida; (4) that she is a person of excellent character, possessing peculiar fitness for suc- cessfully teaching and managing small children, as evi- denced by her Avork in the Primary Department of the school at in'the year Therefore, the undersigned endorse the said applicant for examination for a Teacher's Primary Certificate. Respectfully, Countj^ Superintendent. .Chn. Bd, Pub. Instruction. Principal of School. (On school where she last taught.) 221 County Superintendent. Chn. Bd. Pub. Instruction. , . .Principal of School. (Of school taught next previous to the last.) No. 556. ASuspension or Revocation of Teacher's Certificate. Office of Board of Pub. Inst. County of ,10.... To , Fla. Dear : — It is mj unpleasant duty to inform yovi that certain charges have been preferred a^gainst you, on apparently sufficient grounds, alleging that (state the charges plainly and briefly —see Sec. 246, Kev. Stat., and Sec. 14, Cliap 5204.) in consequence of which your certificate to teach a public school is hereby declared ( suspended or revoked, as the case may be, ) and the right to teach a public school in this State, as well as the privi- leges conferred by said Certificate, are (suspended or revoked, as the x-ase may require), until further notice. You are notified that you have the right of appeal to the Board of Education on ., 19.... Very respectfully, Supt. of Pub. Inst. 222 No. 557. Awai^d of Board, of Public Instruction on Charges Against a Teacher, on Appeal. \ Oflflce of , ,19. To. Teacher. After a fair and careful examination, on appeal, of the charges preferred against you by to- wit : (recite the charges plainly and briefly) it appears to this Board that , (state the conclusion of the Board) you are hereby honorably acquitted and con tinned in your position (or censured and discharged, as the case may be. ) Your salary will (be continued from the time of your suspension, or will not be continued, in case the suspension is confirmed or certificate revoked). Chairman. } Sec. and Supt. Pub. Inst. INDEX INDEX -3 07 4 08 5 90 6 99 ABOLISHMENT OF AI^D EB-ESTABLISH- MENT OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEAENING— Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. Institutions abolished 1 96-7 Property of abolished institutions vested in State Board of Education 2 97 Eeports, inventories, indebtedness, sched- ules and vouchers of abolished institu- tions Continuing appropriations revoked State Auditor to audit accounts of abolished institutions Boards of Trustees abolished Sections of E..S, relative to Fla. Ag. Coll. repealed 7 90 Sections of E. S. relative to seminaries re- pealed 8 00 Sections of E. S, relative to White Normal repealed 00 St. Petersburg Normal and Industrial School Colored Normal School University and Female College created .... Board of Control, Appointment and terms. Board of Control, Organization and ex- penses 14 102 Board of Control, Under control and super- vision of State Board of Education 15-19 102-06 First joint meeting of Boards 16 102 Location of new institutions 17 108 Disposition of assets of abolished institu- tions 18 10.5 15— DSL 10 100 11 100 12 101 18 101 226 Para- graph. Board of Control to manage and conduct schools Eegulations of State Board of Education. . Institute for Blind, Deaf and Dumb — Man- agement of State University, Departments of Female College, Admission to and scope of instruction State University, Admission to Board, tuition fees, etc., county scholar- ships Libraries, paraphernalia and apparatus Property of abolished University of Florida Property of Florida State College Funds for support of schools — How appor- tioned Funds appropriated by United States Appropriations by State of Florida Appropriations for interest deficit of Uni- versity Duties of State Treasurer Payment of debts of abolished institutions. Disbursements for institutions created — How made • 34 117 Board of Control a body corporate — Its powers and employees 35 117 Trustees of abolished institutions — Tenure and duties : 36 ng Eeports to Legislature — Duties of Comp- troller 37 118 Board of Control to provide system of ex- aminations for all high schools 38 119 Duties of State Superintendent of Public Instruction 39 119 Conflicting laws repealed 40 119 Section or Article. Paj 19 106 19 106 20 108 21 109 22 110 23 111 24 111 25 112 26 112 27 113 28 114 29 114 30 114 31 115 32 116 33 116 227 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. ABSENCE— Of pupil, when allowed under Compulsory Attendance laws 167 76 Penalty for illegal absence , 168 77 ABSENCE OF TEACHER— . . • Must be approved in certain cases 86 44 When absence to exceed three days 87 44 Who to grant leave of absence 86-7 44 Substitute, how supplied and paid 86-7 44 Without leave, when pay forfeiteii 88 44 When absence made up, and how 88 44 ACCOUNTS— Audited and paid by County Boards 7 32 19 ADMINISTEATIVE OFFICEE— State SupeMntendent is (Const.) 20 IV 9 ADVANCEMENT OF PUPILS— Boards to establish higher grades for 5 32 19 Teachers to labor for 1 83 42 ADVANCEMENT OF SCHOOLS— Boards to promote 5 32 19 AGE— For compulsory attendance (8-14) 164 75 S^h««l(6-21) { 2 3^ f^ AGRICULTURE AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT— To be taught in all common schools (Ch. 5938) 1 124 Duty of County Boards of Public Instruc- tion 2 124 228 Para- Section or graph. Article. Duty of Examining Boards Persons subject to removal. AGEICULTUKE— Power of County Boards to establish De- partments of, and ' employ Agents Qualifications of Agents Agents to work under joint supervision of Board and of State University See Ch. 68-33 \ AGEICULTUEAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE FOE NEGEOES— See Florida Ag. and Mech. Coll. for Negroes. AGEICULTUEAL SCHOLAESHIP IN UNI- VEESITY— County Commissioners to award (Cli. 6837) ALCOHOLIC BEVEEAGES AND NAE- COTICS— Teaching evils of required (Ch. 6832) AMOUNT OF MONEY BOAEDS MAY BOEEOW— Limited ANNUAL EEPOET OF COUNTY SUPT.— Eegulation regarding ; when due, etc APPAEATUS— County Board to provide 5 County Superintendent to inspect 2 Penalty for defacing APPEALS— State Supt. to decide upon or refer 6 Page. 3 125 4 125 37 24 37 24 38 24 147-8 153-4 1-6 145-47 33 23 20 163 32 19 42 26 196 85 12 13 Para- graph. Section or Article. Page. 3 17 15 3 17 15 81 42 . 10 27 66 34 m 34 67 34 68 35 71 36 31 165 72 36 70 35 69 35 229 State Board to entertain and decide State Board to prescribe manner of making- Procedure on appeal of examinees County Superintendent to notify applicant. APPLICANTS— For examination, requirements of Third Grade Certificate, requirements for. . Second Grade Certificate, requirements for. First Grade Certificate, requirements for. . State Certificate, requirements for Must file certain evidence For Life Certificates For Special Certificates For Primary Certificates APPOINTEES— To notify State Supt. of acceptance and make pledge 1 23 16 APPORTIONMENT— Of One Mill Tax 6-7 On Interest on State Schohol Fund 7 By State Supt., and basis thereof 4 When made on discretionary basis 5 Form of notice to County Supt., No. 536. . . 213 ARBITRATIONS— Who to prescribe manner of conducting. . . 3 17 15 ARBOR DAY— First Monday in January (Reg. of State Board) 13 161 ASSESS— Certain millage. Tax Assessors must 14 32 21 XII 6 XII 6 12 13 12 13 230 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. District Tax, County Commissioners' and Assessor's duty j ■* I 119 57 Certain taxes, Comptroller must 119 57 142 66 ASSESSMENT— Taxes assessed must be collected 14 32 21 119 57 142 66 Comptroller to assess millage directed by County Boards of Pub. Inst 14 32 21 ASSESSOES— See Tax Assessor. To furnish County Boards of Pub. Inst. with amount of taxes levied for Special Tax Districts 127 59 ATTENDANCE OFFICEE— Under Compulsory Attendance law 167-8 76 Kecords of 173 79 Right of entry 172 79 ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS— Average attendance, basis of apportionment 4 12 13 Largest attendance, how to secure 5 32 19 County Supt. to inspect attendance 2 42 26 On Special Tax Schools, when by outsiders. 123 58 County line pupils 7 11 For residents of another county 7 11 Tuition for, when may be required 14 162 For holidays, how reported 89 45 Eestricted to own district 17 163 231 Para- Section or graph. Article. I'age. ATTENDANCE UNDER COMPULSORY LAW— Regular for 80 days, Required when law in force 162 74 On private school, when accepted 163 74 AWARD— Of Board on charges againt teach, or appeal Form of, No. 557 222 B BALLOT— Bond election. Special Tax District 132 60 Compulsory school attendance 161 74 Special Tax District elections, to establish, etc 108 52 BASIS FOR SCHOOLS, BROAD AND LIBERAL— State Board to establish 5 17 ] 5 BLANKS— Preparation, printing and distribution of . . 1 12 12 Use of, by Countj^ Superintendent, manda- tory ..\ 3 160 Use of, by school officers and teachers, man- datory 3 160 Forms of (See list on pp. 175-6). BOARD— County, See Board of Public Instruction. County Commissioners, See County Com- missioners. District, See Trustees. State, See State Board of Education. 232 Para- Sect ion or graph. Article. Page. BOAED OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION— Membership of (Elected biennially; See Gen. Stats., Sec. 172) Must be commissioned Must conform to regulations of State De- partment Not to vote on own compensation Majority a quorum Members must qualify 1 To approve bonds of certain officers 2 A corporation Members to give bond Organization, first duty Manner of Form for, No. 501 To hold title to school property Compensation of Secretary of Treasurer of Duties of To hold title to and manage school property 1 To locate and maintain schools 2 To observe three mile limit in locating schools 6 To appoint supervisors .3 To select and provide sites for schools 4 General discretionary powers 5 Employ and contract with teachers 6 To audit and pay accounts 7 To keep accounts of official acts, moneys, etc. 8 To report to State Superintendent when re- quired 8 32 20 To file financial statements with clerk of court 9 32 20 To publish financial statement monthly ... . 9 32 20 19 15 4 1(30 20 16 21 16 22 16 23 16 23 16 25 17 26 17 27 17 27 17 176 28. 18 29 18 30 18 31 18 32 18 32 18 32 18 32 19 32 19 32 19 32 19 32 19 32 19 32 19 233 Para- graph. To prescribe county course of study 10 To require certain studies to be taught .... 10 To fix compensation of Superintendent 11 To perform all necessary acts 12 To hold regular and special meetings. ..... 13 To prepare annual budget, and fix county millage 14 To select candidates for State colleges 15 To have school census taken, when 16 To examine books of Tax Collector 17 Penalty for failure to examine 17 How Board may borrow money Warrants therefor to be endorsed by Treas- urer How interest paid Must furnish free text-books, when (Ch. 6163) • May establish departments of Home Eco- nomics and Demonstration work See Ch. 6833 May establish department of AgTiculture, canning clubs, etc Empowered to employ County Agent To promote movements for advancement of country home life Not to contract with members, except School Board Districts Vacancies, how filled How to call elections for establishing Special Tax Districts, etc 108-124 51-58 For abolishing Special Tax Districts, ex- tending limits, etc r • • • 1^5 58 Section or Article. Page. 32 20 32 20 32 21 32 21 32 21 5 161 32 21 32 22 32 22 32 22 32 22 33 22 143-5 34 23 35 23 23 155 72 36 23 147-8 37 24 38 24 38 24 39 24 40 24 41 25 234 Petition for election to establish Special Tax District, and publication thereof. . , . Must call election when petition presented. Matters to be determined at election Board may change boundaries set out in petition To publish notice of election To appoint inspectors, etc To canvass returns of election To demand lists of voters from Supervisors of Eegistration To pay cost of election, when and how To order what subsequent elections To remove Trustees, under certain circum- stances To fill vacancies of Trustees To have control of schools, and elect or re- ject teachers nominated To receive itemized statement of Trustees, etc To use Special Tax District Fund as sup- plementary to General Fund in paying salaries, etc To issue warrants for Special Tax Funds . . Must approve debts of Trustees Power with regard to non-resident children in Special Tax Districts 123 57 To receive from Tax Assessor amount of Special Tax levied (See Ch. 5962, Laws of 1909, p. 162). Duties with regard to Compulsory School Attendance 156-175 73-80 When to order Compulsory Attendance election 15g 7^3 Publication of notice 157 73 Para- Section or graph. Article. Paj 109 52 108 51 108 51 109 52 110 53 110 53 111 53 112 53 113 53 114 54 115 54 115 54 116 54 118 55 120 56 121 57 122 57 Para- Section or rraph. Article. Page. 160 71 163 71 175 79 169 78 183-1S9 82-3 2 160 o o 160 5 160 235 Eetnrns of election to be made to When duty to publish Compulsory Attend- ance law To appoint attendance officer To provide fire escapes, etc Force and effect of rules and regulations of To use blanks prescribed by State To hold regular monthly meetings To examine teachers' reports, issue war- rants, hear Superintendent's report, etc. 5 160 To issue warrants to teachers after filing of correct report 6 160 To contract with teachers holding valid cer- tificates To pay no teacher unless under contract. . . To select, assign and contract with teachers When to assign teachers Cautions in employing teachers To prescribe uniform course of study To print Rules, Eegulations, etc To enforce observation of Arbor Day May require tuition fees for non-resident pupils When to combine schools To subdivide counties into districts To give Supervisor or Trustees, description of district boundaries, etc 16 162 To restrict school attendance to proper dis- trict I'J' 163 Not to contract for the term beyond life of a certificate IS 163 To remove Trustees, and to fill vacancies. . . 19 163 7 160 7 160 8 160 9 161 10 161 11 161 12 161 13 161 14 162 15 162 16 162 Section or Article. Page. 23 16 26 17 26 17 23 16 XII 8 128-145 59-6: 128 59 236 Para- graph. BOND— What officers to give 2 Of member of County Board of Pub. Inst. . Approval of, etc Who liable for loss when no bond given .... 3 BONDS— SPECIAL TAX DISTEICT— Constitution for 17 How issued, etc. (Ch. 6542) Certain petition presented to County Bd. of Pub. Inst 128 59 Signed by 25% of qualified electors of Dis- trict Board to determine by resolution amount of bonds, etc Eesolution to be recorded Kesolution of Board to be published, how. . Board to order election and to publish notice 131 60 Only qualified electors who are freeholders shall vote 17 How election shall be conducted; Ballot; Eeturns, etc Bonds issued, when After adverse vote no further election with- in a year Board to advertise for bids ; Manner of, etc. Bidders must furnish bond or make deposit Form and denomination of bonds Proceeds to be held and expended by County Board (Ch. 6967) ' 138 fio Proceeds to be deposited in banks paying interest 1 138 53 Banks must furnish surety bond and render monthly statements 1 135 63 129 59 129 59 130 60 131 60 XII 8 132 61 133 62 134 62 135 62 136 62 137 62 Para- graph. Section or Article. Pag 1 138 63 2 138 64 2 138 64 237 Other provisions regarding bank balances, How money to be paid out Eecord of checks issued to be kept Advertisement and award of contract for improvements 139 65 Acceptance of bid and contract for im- provements 140 65 Contractor's bond 140 65 Bonds for other purposes than improve- ments 141 66 Tax to create sinking fund for payment of principal and interest on bonds 1 142 66 How bond taxes assessed and collected 1 142 66 Tax moneys to be turned over to designated depositories 1 142 66 Investment of Sinking Fund in bonds of other districts 2 142 67 Attorney General to approve validity of Bonds in which Sinking Fund invested ... 2 142 67 Annual report of Sinking Fund, etc., to be published for each District 3 Additional Bond issue Disposition of surplus Validation of bonds BOOKS, SCHOOL— See State Text-Book Commission, Uniform Text-Books. Free Rn«ks etc. BOKKOW MONEY— COUNTY BOARDS MAY— Proceedure when Boards desire to borrow money 33 23 Chapter 6828, Amending Chapter 5390 1 144 Limit as to amount borrowed 33 22 1 144 142 68 143 68 144 68 145 69 238 Para- graph. Outstanding debts not invalidated Duty of County Treasurer Interest payments to be by warrant Conflicting laws repealed BUDGET— For county schools, Board of Pub, Inst, to make annually 14 BUILDINGS, SCHOOL— Teachers to guard against unnecessary de- facement of 3 Must not be closer than three miles (except in cities) 6 Penalty for insulting teacher in Penalty for defacing with obscene thing .... Penalt}'^ for marring or destroying Unlawful to teach whites and negroes in same building 12 Section or Article. Page. 33 23 1 144 34 23 2 145 35 23 3 145 4 145 32 21 83 43 32 19 197 85 196 85 195 84 202 87 XII 7 c. CENSUS— To be taken every ten years (1920) 12 Duty of County Board 16 Under Compulsory Attendance Law (By special officer) CERTIFICATE OF CHAEACTER— For examinee, Necessary Form of, No. 509 42 27 32 22 .70 78 65 34 185 239 Para- graph. CERTIFICATES FOR TEACHERS— Candidates to be examined All teachers must hold (See also, High School Regulations, pp. 168-172). Grades of jSTo certificates without examination . Requirement for, and life of, Third Grade Certificate , Form of, No. 518 Second Grade Certificate Form of, No. 519 First Grade Certificate Form of, No. 520 , . Primary Certificate Form of, No. 521 Special Certificate Form of, No. 522 State Certificate Form of. No. 52.3 Life State Certificate 8 Form of, No. 526 Graduate State Certificate Form of, No. 545 Teacher's Training Certificate Form of. No. 547 Extension Certificate . . .* Endorsement of Certificate by Superintend- ent Life First Grade Certificate Forms, Nos. 524 and 525 Life Primary Certificate Form of, No. 527 Section or Article. Page. 53 31 62 33 29 167 63 34 64 34 66 34 196 67 34 197 68 35 198 69 35 200 70 35 201 71 36 202 72 36 12 13 207 73 36 215-7 74 37 217 75 39 76 39 77 40 204-6 77 40 207 240 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. For Kindergarten Teachers, diploma suffi- cient 105 50 Eegulations of State Board regarding cer- tificates , 167-72 May be revoked, or suspended, for cause. .. . 10 42 27 78 • 40 CHARACTER ENDORSEMENT— Applicant for examination must file 65 34 23 104 CHARACTER OF SCHOOL OFFICER; TEACHER— Regulation of State Board of Education. . . 1 159 CHEATING IN EXAMINATIONS- PENALTY FOR— Unlawful to divulge questions 54 31 Penalty 55 31 Unlawful for applicants to gain possession of questions 56 31 Penalty 57 32 Unlawful to have, sell, or offer to sell, ques- tions 58 32 Penalty 59 32 CIVIL GOVERNMENT AND AGRICULTURE— To be taught 1-4 124 CLASSIFICATION OF GRADES— • How the twelve years shall be divided 90 45 CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT— Bond of school officers to be filed with 2 23 16 To record organization of Board of Pub. Inst 27 17 241 Para- Section Di- graph. Article. Page. School Board Districts, creation of, filed with 40 25 Financial statement of accounts to be filed with 48 SO COLLECTOES— Must collect taxes assessed 14 32 21 119 56 Must pay monthly to Treasurer amounts collected 14 32 21 COLLEGES— See Special Schhools. COLOKED NOEMAL SCHOOL— Name changed to Fla. Ag. and Mech. Coll. for Negroes (Ch. 5925) 121 COMMISSION OF SCHOOL BOAED MEM- BEES— Eegulation of State Board of Education. . . 4 JfJO COMMISSION— STATE TEXT-BOOK— See Uniform Text-Book Law. COMMITTEE ON HICH SCHOOL COTTESE OF STUDY— Appointment and duties of 97 45 Expenses to he paid 98 4f) COMMON SCHOOL FUND— See State School Fund. COMPENSATION— Of county school officers paid from fund of respective counties 15 XII 8 16— DSL 242 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. No oflScer shall vote on own 21 16 COMPTEOLLEK— Itemized estimate of Trustees to be filed with 118 56 To assess and collect certain taxes 119 56 To approve bonds of School Board members 26 17 To remit railway taxes, etc., to Cpunty Treasurer 119 56 COMPULSOEY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE— Petition to County Board of Pub. Inst, for • election Election to be advertised in newspaper four weeks Eegistration, and qualifications, for voting. How and when election to be held Eeturns to be made to County Board Form of ballot Three-fifths vote necessary to establish After Compulsory Attendance so established, Laws must be published Go in force 30 days after publication Every child from 8 to 14 must attend 80 days of each year 164 75 Attendance on Private, or Church, School — When accepted Exemptions Temporary absence allowable Penalty for breach of Compulsory Attend- ance law Atendance officers, appointment of, etc .... Duties of Attendance Officer ; Census Census of District, taken after law put in force 156 73 157 73 158 74 159 74 160 74 161 74 162 74 163 75 163 75 165 75 166 76 167 76 168 77 169 78 170 78 170 78 243 Para- graph. ection or Article. Page. 171 78 . I'i'l 79 172 79 173 79 174 79 174 79 Notice to parent when child absent Penalty for failure to send child to school after notice Right of entrance — Offiicer has Records of Attendance Officer Duty of teachers to co-operate with Attend- ance Officer Report of teacher to Attendance Officer. . . . Publication of Act by County Board an- nually 175 80 CONDUCT OF PUPILS— What teacher to require 2-5 83 43 Teacher to enforce needful restrictions 4 83 43 CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM— ARTICLE XTI— The Legislature shall provide for the liberal maintenance of public schools 1 XII 5 State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2 XII 5 State Board of Education; Members, offi- cers and powers 3 XII 5 Constitutional Provisions for Maintenance of Public Schools 4-11 1. State School Fund 4-5-7 Sources 4 Principal inviolate 5 Distribution of interest 7 2. One Mill Tax. 6-7 Distribution of , 7 3. County School Tax, Limits 8 4. County School Funds, Additional sources 9 5. Special Tax Districts 10-11 XII 5-7 XII 5-6 XII 5 XII 6 XII 6 XII 6 XII 6 XII 6 XII 6 XII 7- Section or Article. Page. XII 8 XII 7 XII 7 XII 7 XII 7 XII 7 XII 8 XII 8 XII 8 244 Para- ■ j?rapti. 6. Bond issues by Special Tax Districts . . 17 School Districts 10 City or town may be a school district 11 Expenditure of Special District Fund 11 Kaces to be separated 12 School funds not divertible, etc 13 Legislature to establish Normal Schools... 14 Pay of School Officers 15 Special tax for State Schools (Not ratified) 16 Special Tax District Bonds, and Tax there- for 17 XII COXSTITUTIOX OX STATE SUPERIN- TENDENT— ARTICLE IV— State Supt. is an Administrative Officer. . . 20 How chosen 20 Duties and Powers 25 To make certain reports to Governor 27 contract- To be made with teachers . 6 Form of, No. 530 For building school house, Form of, No. 540 Not to be made with teacher. When Not to exceed life of teacher's certificate. . . CONTROL OF PUPILS— Duty of teacher 2-5 83 43 COUNTY AGENT— Home Economics and Agriculture 37 24 COUNTY BOARD— See Board of Public Instruction. IV IV IV 9 IV 9 32 19 29 165 209 215 7 160 18 163 245 Para- Section or f?rapb. Article. Page. COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUC- TION AUTHORIZED TO BORROW MONEY— Provisions for 33-85 22-23 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS— Autborized to buj' real estate for school purposes and borrow money therefor. ... 49 30 To award Agricultural Scholarship in University (Ch. 6837) ". 154 COUNTY DEPOSITORIES— Law establishing after Jan. 1, 1917 154-9 COUNTY EXAMINATIONS— Twice yearly, June and September 50 30 Notice must be given by County Supt 21 163 Other regular examinations called by State Superintendent 52 21 One regular examination to be held at County Seat Board has power to select place for other. . . For what certificates Who to prepare questions Protection of questions Unlawful to -give information as to questions Penalty for giving information Unlawful to gain possession of questions. . Penalty for applicant's having questions. . . Unlawful to have, or sell, questions, or offer them for sale Penalty for having or selling questions, etc. Candidates on examination to ask no ques- tions Proceedure in cases of doubt about exami- nation question 51 31 51 31 53 31 53 31 53 31 54 31 55 31 56 31 57 32 58 32 59 32 60 32 60 32 240 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. How examination must be conducted 61 33 Supt. may appoint assistants 22 163 Temporary certificates after special exami- nation 62 33 Candidate must present certain endorse- ments 65 34 23 164 COUNTY FORFEITUEE— Of State School Funds 8 11 COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL— All pupils of county may atend (Eeg. Stale Board of Education) 17 163 COUNTY LEVY— Constitution for 8 XJ I 6 COUNTY LINE PUPILS— Attendance of 7 1 J COUNTY SCHOOL FUND—* Sources of 8-9 XII 6 COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICEES— Paid from funds of respective counties .... 15 XII 8 Co. Supt. to send names to State Supt 7 42 26 COUNTY SCHOOL TAX— Constitution for 7-8 XII 6 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT— An officer of the department 10 12 Requirements for eligibility 1 159 Secretary of County Board 30 ^ 18 247 Para- graph. Section or Article. Page. 120 32 21 42 25-28 Compensation of To call special sessions of County Board ... 13 Duties and powers of To inspect county for proper location of schools 1 42 25 To visit and examine each school at least once a year 2 To awaken increased interest in education. 3 To confer frequently with supervisors, etc. . 4 To select school supervisors 5 To keep what records of schools, etc 6 To notify State Supt. who are school officers 7 To decide disputes and refer his decisions. . 8 To guard county's interest as to money .... 9 To look after school buildings 9 When to revoke, or suspend, certificates .... 10 To forward to State Supt. monthly list of polls paid 11 To take school census 12 Discretionary powers of To make certain report to Comptroller (Ch. 6831) To conduct county examinations To make annual report to State Superin- tendent, When To give notice of teachers' examinations . . . To appoint assistant examiners, When .... To require endorsement of character from applicants When to appoint teachers, etc How to proceed with examination questions Mode of conducting examinations May endorse certain certificates May revoke certificates Power as to granting life certificates 42 25 42 26 42 26 42 26 42 26 42 26 42 26 42 27 42 27 42 27 42 27 42 27 27 166 140-3 53 31 20 163 21 163 22 163 23 164 24 164 60 32 61 33 76 39 78 40 77 40 47 29 7 11 199 85 203 87 14 162 2G IGl 248 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. To follow graduation sheet in issuing certifi- cates SO 41 Must keep countj^ examination papers for one year 81 41 To have same control of Special Tax Schools as of others 116 54 Monthly reports of Treasurer to be filed with Duties pertaining to county line pupils .... Not to be interested in sale or adoption of school books Penalty for violation of examination laws. To report tuition fees to County Board May suspend or close a school To be satisfied that teachers hold legal cer- tificates before contracting with them ... 29 165 Salaries regulated according to receipts (Ch. 5658 120 COUNTY TEEASUEEE— To be Treasurer of Board of Public Instruc- tion 81 18 Office abolished (Chapter 6932, Laws of 1915) 155-9 COUESE OF STUDY— Uniform, County Board to prescribe Elementary, Law regarding On alcoholic beverages and narcotics, Law regarding High School, Law regarding Teacher-Training, Law regarding I), DAYS— Arbor Day 43 13 161 11 101 93-5 46 1-0 145-7 90-7 46 210-12 89 249 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. Mother's Day 84 43 See School Da}-. Vacation and holidays 6 11 DEBTS, EXISTIISG— Not violated by restriction on borrowing- money ^3 22 DECISION OF APPEALS— By State Superintendent 6 12 13 Uj State Board of Education 3 17 15 DEFACEMENT OF BUILDING— Teacher to protect school property against, 3 83 43 Penalty for certain defacement 194 84 DEPAETMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUC- TION— State Superintendent 11-15 12-14 State Board of Education 16-18 14-15 Officers of 10 12 I US-ESTABLISHMENT— Of Special Tax District 125 58 DISPUTES OR DIFFERENCES— To be entertained by State Board, When ... 3 17 15 County Supt. to decide and refer to Co. Bd. .8 42 26 DISSATISFIED EXAMINEE— May appeal from grading committee's report 81 42 DISTRICT— School Districts, Constitution for 10 XT! 7 Town or Citv mav constitute 11 XI I 7 250 Para- Section or graph. Article. I 'age. XII 7 9 12 XII 7 XII 7 108 52 114 54 School Board Districts 40 24 See School District; Special Tax District; School Board District. DISTEICT SCHOOL FUNDS— For what to be expended (Constitution) ... 11 Forfeiture of funds DISTEICT SCHOOL TAX— ■( Constitution for 10 Where and for what purpose expended .... 11 Proceedure to levy Election biennially to fix millage Trustees to notify Assessor what millage to levy * 118 55 DIVEESION OF SCHOOL FUNDS— Illegal 13 XII 7 DOUBT AS TO MEANING OF— Examination question, proceedure 60 32 DUTIES OF STATE SUPEEINTENDENT— To be prescribed by law (Const.) 2 XII 3 Law prescribing 12 12 DUTIES OF EXAMINEE— Law prescribing 61 33 DUTIES OF TEACHEES— TEACHEES AEE DIEECTED— To see that children advance in studies and develop in character 1 To require certain conduct and habits 2 To prevent injurv to property 3 83 42 83 43 83 43 Para- graph. Section or Article. Page. 4 83 43 5 83 43 5 83 42 6 83 43 7 S3 43 251 To prevent improper conduct of pupils .... To punish without severity To suspend for certain offences To hold two examinations yearly To deliver keys and property to Supervisor, To conform to Eegulations of Department, etc 7 83 43 DUTY OF CIRCUIT COURT CLERK— To file financial statements, etc 48 30 DUTY OF COUNTY TREASURER— To file monthly report with County Supt ... 47 29 DUTY OF SCHOOL OFFICERS— To qualify within ten days after notice, etc. 1 23 16 To give bond before receiving moneys, etc ... 2 23 16 DUTY OF SCHOOL SUPERVISORS— Statement of 43 28 DUTY OF STATE TREASURER^ As to amounts due Counties 44 29 DUTY OF TAX COLLECTOR— To collect amounts assessed, etc 45 29 DUTY OF BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUC- TION— See Board of Public Instruction. E. EDUCATION, HIGHER— State Board of Education to foster 5 17 15 See State Schools. ELECTION— Special Tax District Petition for election Matters to be voted on Election of Trustees Term of office of Trustees What petition to contain — Change of boundaries therein Districts continue to live until dis-estab- lished Publication of petition Publication of notice of election How election to be held Canvass of returns When entitled to vote Cost of election, How paid Election to be held biennially for Trustees, etc Bond election Compulsory Education election ELIGIBILITY TO SCHOOL OFFICE, OB POSITIONS— Eegulation of State Board of Education. . . ENTRANCE, RIGHT OF— Compulsory Attendance Officer has EXAMINATION QUESTIONS— State Supt. to prepare Sent sealed to County Supt : Applicants must not have (Ch. 6165) Unlawful to divulge, etc EXAMINATION PAPERS— To be filed, etc Para- graph. Section or Article. Page. 108-12 51-3 108 51 108 52 108 52 108 52 109 52 109 52 109 52 110 53 112 53 111 53 113 53 113 54 114 54 132 61 3-75 73-9 1 159 172 79 12 13 53 31 54-5 31 54-5 31 81 41 253 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. 52 31 50 30 51 31 21 163 65 34 23 164 185 EXAMINATIONS— Special to be given by State Supt. for Special Certificates 8 12 13 State Supt. may order regular examinations at special times Two yearly for County Certificates One must be held at County Seat Notice of, Supt. to give Fee, Applicant must pay Examinee must file endorsement of charac- ter Form of, No. 509 For County Certificates, conducted by Coun- ty Supt 53 31 For Primary, State and Special Certificates, conducted by State Superintendent 69-71 35-6 Mode of conducting examination 61 33 Assistants in conducting examination 22 165 Proceedure when doubtful of meaning of question 60 33 Papers to be preserved by County Superin- tendent Privilege of dissatisfied examinee Penalty for violating exajuination laws. See Cheating in examination. See County and State Examinations. EXAMINATION OF PUPILS— Two public, yearly 6 83 43 EXAMINERS— Duties V 61 33 EXCHANGE PEICE ON BOOKS— Provisions for (Ch. 5938) 9 132 81 41 81 42 54-59 31-2 203 87 254 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. EXEMPTIONS FEOM COMPULSORY AT- TENDANCE LAWS— Provisions of law for 166 76 EXPENSE OF RUNNING SCHOOLS— Current expenses first charge against school funds 49 . 30 F. FAVORITISM— Board to avoid in employing teachers 10 161 FEE— For examination 65 34 For appeal 81 42 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS— Of County Boards to be filed with Circuit Clerk 9 32 20 Certain statements must be sent Comp- troller (Ch. 6813) 140-3 Circuit Clerk must preserve monthly state- ments, etc 48 30 FINES, NET PROCEEDS OF— Within County, part of County School Fund 9 XII 6 FIRE ESCAPES AND FIRE DRILLS— Fire escapes mandatory Duties of County Boards Outer doors of buildings. How swung., When Boards to have doors changed Tactics for fire-drills. Prescribed by State . Supt. 183 82 184-5 82 186 83 187 83 188 83 255 DUTY OF TEACHEES TO HAVE FIRE DRILLS MONTHLY (SEE FIRE CODE). Penalty See Ch. 5937 FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATES— Requirements for Life Extension Life Teacher-Training' FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND ME- CHANICAL COLLEGE FOR NEGROES— Name of Colored Normal School changed to (Ch. 5925) FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND BLIND— Name of Inst, for Blind, Deaf and Dumb ' changed to (Ch. 5927) FLORIDA. STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN— Established as Florida Female College Name changed by Ch, 5934 FORFEITURE OF SCHOOL FUND^ By County By District • FORMS— State Supt. to prepare and distribute 1 See List of Forms, pages 175-6. Para- graph. Section or Article. Pag 188 83 189 83 127 68 35 77 40 77 40 3 74 38 121 122 L2 101 121 8 11 9 11 12 12 25f] Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. XII 5 XII 5 XII 5 XII 5 XII 5 12 12 funds- No law shall be enacted authorizing appro- priation of other than school purposes. . . 13 XII 7 All resident youth shall free instruction from 1 12 County Superintendent and other officers to turn over to successors 24 1(5 FUNDS, STATE SCHOOL— Who to manage 3 Sources of 4 Interest on, How to be used 4 Principal of, inviolate .5 Basis of apportionment of interest 7 State Supt. to apportion 4-5 State Treasurer to keep account with coun- ties 44 29 FUNDS, COUNTY SCHOOI>- Sources of 8-9 No law shall be enacted diverting 13 County school. officers to be paid from 15 Monthly report of, to be filed by Treasurer. Transference of, for pupils atending school in another county When forfeited How kept and paid out after Jan. 1, 1907 (Ch. 6932) 154-9 FUNDS, DISTRICT SCHOOL— Constitutional provision for 10 XII 7 No law shal be enacted to divert 13 XTI 7 Who to apportion, and proviso 117 55 To be used in Districts solely for school purposes 121 57 XII 6 XII 7 XII 8 47 29 7 11 8-9 11-12 257 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. FUNDS, FROM DISTRICT BOND ISSUE— See Bonds. FURNITURE— Board of Pub. Inst, to supply 5 32 19 Penalty for defacing 195-6 84-5 G. GENERAL OVERSIGHT— State Superintendent has of all school affairs H 12 GOVERNOR^ President of State Board of Education 3 XII .5 16 14 GRADATION SHEET— Grading Committee must make two copies, etc 79-80 41 County Supt. must follow in drawing certifi- cates 80 41 GRADING COMMITTEE— Shall give due consideration to answers of examinees in doubt as to meaning of ques- tion 60 38 How appointed, and who eligible 79 41 Duties of 79-80 41 Appeals from, and proceedure 81 42 Pay of Committee 82 42 GRADUATE STATE CERTIFICATES— How granted, etc 78 86 17— DSL 258 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. 92 45 95 40 32 19 32 19 83 43 13 161 GBADUATES— Certificates to teach granted certain 73 36 GEAMMAE GEADES— Defined Instruction in . GEOUNDS, SCHOOL— For school site, by whom provided 4 Improvements and care of 5 Authority of teacher on 4 Arbor Day, to be devoted to planting trees on H. HABITS— What habits teacher to cultivate in pupils. 2 83 43 HIGHEE EDUCATION— State Board of Education to foster 5 17 15 See State Schools. HIGH SCHOOL— Grades defined Junior and Senior, distinguished Intermediate High Schools (See Eegula- tions of State Board) Course of Study (Minimum Eequirements) . Committee to prepare Expenses of Committee State Aid for High Schools When County Board shall establish 5 Who eligible to attend HOLIDAYS— What are school holidavs 6 11 01 45 99 47 2 168 96-97 46 97 46 98 47 99 47 32 19 17 163 259 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. How holidays to be reported by teachers, . . G 11 HOME DEMONSTEATION WOEK— See Home Economics. HOME ECONOMICS AND HOME DEMOX- STEATION WOEK— Departments of, County Board to establisli. 36 23 Qualifications and experience of County Agents 37 24 Joint Supervision, with State College for Women 38 24 See Ch. 6833 147-8 I. IMPAETIAL PEOVISION— For both races (Constitution) 12 XII 7 IMMOETALITY— Cause for revoking a teacher's certificate. . . 78 40 Cause for suspending a pupil 5 - 83 43 / INJUEY TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SCHOOL PEOPEETY— Teacher to prevent 3 83 43 INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS— By County Superintendent 1-2 42 25 By State Superintendent 11 12 By State Inspectors 106 50 INSPECTOES AND CLEBKS— Of district elections appointed by County Board no 53 132 61 2(50 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. To make returns to County Board Ill 53 132 61 INSTITUTE FOE BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB— Name changed to Fla. School for Deaf and Blind (Ch. 5927) 122 " INSTITUTES— State Superintendent's power to hold 3 12 13 INSTKUCTIONS— Eegulations, decisions, etc., prepared hy State Superintendent 1 12 12 INSULTING— A teacher before his pupils, Penalty for .... 198 85 INTEREST— On borrowed money, How paid 35 23 On State School Fund, How apportioned ... 4 XII 5 7 XII G On Special Tax District Bonds 129 GO INTEREST IN EDUCATION— County Superintendent to awaken 3 42 2G INTEREST AND RIGHTS OF COUNTY— Superintendent to protect 9 42 27 INTERRUPTING— A school. Penalty for 198 85 ITEMIZED ESTIMATE— County Board to prepare by last Monday in June 14 32 21 261 Para- graph. To state amounts required 14 To state necessary millage 14 Copy to be furnished Tax Assessor 14 Duties of Assessor and Collector 14 Form of itemized estimate (omitted because of length). Trustee to prepare Form of Trustee's estimate, No. 508 J. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL— Defined JURY (AND MILITARY) DUTY— When teacher not liable to such duty SectioH or Article. Page. 32 21 32 21 32 21 32 21 118 55 183 02 45 85 44 KINDERGARTENS— Mentioned as not in Public School System. . Establishment by County Boards author- ized 1 To be part of public school and under con- trol of Principal thereof 2 Teacher must be a graduate 3 Diploma as a certificate 3 KNOWLEDGE— State Board to co-operate in diffusing 6 County Boards to perform all reasonable acts in diffusing of 12 L. LANDS— School lands, Management oC 1 90 45 105 50 105 50 105 50 105 50 17 15 32 21 17 14 262 I'ara- Section or grnph. Article. Not to be sold on credit 18 Improvement of, by County Boards 5 19 LAW OE LAWS— Eegulations of State Board have effect of . . 7 12 20 See State of Fla., ex rel. Mizelle v. Graliam, 67Fla. 321 (323). Regulations of County Boards have effect of 2 Special Tax School under the same as other schools ] I () LIABILITY OP OFFICEES— For loss by neglect, etc 3 23 24 For loss by another 3 23 LIBEEAL BASIS FOE SCHOOLS— To be established by State Board 5 17 LIBEEAL MAINTENANCE— Of public schools. Legislature shall provide for 1 XII Legislative enactment providing for 99-104 LIBEAEIES— Constitutional provision for 11 XII Trustees may purchase 122 LIFE CEETIFICATES— Applicant must observe regulations and present endorsements 32 State Life Certificate 72 Form of application for (Endorsement for), Form No. 513 Page. 15 13 100 ;>'i IG 16 16 o 47-50 7 57 165 36 188 Section or Article. Page. 77 40 193 77 40 190 77 40 189 263 Para- graph. First Grade Life Certificate Form of application for, No. 516 First Grade, Life Extension Certificate. . . . Form of application f oi', No. 515 Primary Life Certificate Form of application for. No. 514 LOCATION OF SCHOOLS— By County Board, Not closer than three miles 'A'Z M. MAJOEITY— Of any Educational Board, a quorum 22 16 Of votes cast determines a question in Special Tax District elections 113 54 See Bonds and Compulsory School At- tendance. MEETINGS— Kegular, of County Boards 13 32 21 Eegular, must be at least monthly 5 160 Superintendent may call special meetings. . 13 32 21 MEMBEKS OF BOAED OF PUBLIC IN- STEUCTION— Number of 19 15 To give bond 26 17 Not to contract with Board 39 24 Vacancies 41 25 MILITAEY AND JUEY DUTY— Teachers excused from. When 85 44 264 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. MILLAGE— County School Board to fix 14 32 21 Assessor must levy millage so fixed 14 32 21 Special Tax 108 52 118 55 For Bonds 1 142 66 MIXED SCHOOLS— Constitution bearing on 12 XII 7 Penal offense to mix races in any school .... 201 87 MONEYS EIGHTLY APPLIED— County Superintendent to see that 9 42 27 MONTH— See School Month. MONTHLY EEPOKT— See Teacher. MOTHEE'S DAY— First Friday in November S4 43 N NECESSA.EY ACTS— County Board has power to perfoi in 12 32 21 non-residents- How manv attend a school j ' ^ ^ I 123 50 NOEMAL SCHOOLS— Constitutional Provision for 14 XII 8 See Abolishment and Ee-establishment of Institutions of Higher Learning (Ch. 5384) 92-119 265 Para- graph. Section or Article. NOTICE— Of election (See Special Tax District; Oompnisory School Attendance; Bonds). Of examination 21 Page. 165 O. OFFICERS— Of Department of Public Instruction Qualifications of Must conform to all regulations of Depart- ment Not to vote on own compensation Duty to qualify, When and how 1 Must give bond before receiving money .... 2 When personally liable for loss by another. 3 To turn money, etc., over to successor To give receipt for property, etc., received . . Removals of. By whom made 4 Not to sell, or induce adoptions of school books for pay Must use blanks prescribed Compensation to be paid from School Funds 15 Attendance, under Compulsory Attendance Laws I' PAPERS— Examination papers, to be preserved PATRONS— May recommend Supervisor 3 May require High School established 5 Not authorized to employ teachers 6 169 10 12 1 159 20 16 21 16 23 16 23 16 23 16 24 16 24 17 17 15 199 85 3 160 XII 8 1-174 78-9 81 41 32 19 32 19 32 19 266 Para- Section or graph. Article. I'age. PAY OF COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICEES— From County School Funds (Const.) 15 XII 8 PENALTY— Forfeiture of school funds Failure of Board to examine books 17 For violation of examination laws Divulging information about questions, . . Getting possession of questions Having questions Selling questions By any Superintendent For white teachers to teach negroes, and vice versa For mixing white and negroes in schools . . . For cheating in teathers' examinations .... For insulting teachers in presence of pupils For interrupting or disturbing a school .... For defacing any school property with ob- scene thing For destroying school house or property .... For ofl3cer or teacher dealing in, or having pecuniary interest in adopting text-books For sale of intoxicants within four miles of schools PETITION— For Special Tax District election, who to sign, etc 108-9 ,51-2 Must describe boundaries and be published, etc For bond election For Compulsory Attendance POLL taxes- Go to Coimtv School Fund • 9 XIT 8-9 11-2 32 22 54-59 31-32 55 31 57 32 59 32 59 32 203 87 201 87 202 87 55, 57, 59 31-2 197 85 198 85 196 85 195 84 199 85 200 86 108-9 51-2 128-129 59-60 156 73 Para- graph. Section or Article. Pa^ 190 ^83 11 42 27 9 12 13 267 Must be paid with other taxes List of persons paying to be sent State Supt. List to be preserved in office of State Supt.. PEESIDENT, STATE BOAED OF EDUCA- TION— Governor is 3 XII PKIMAEY CEETIFICATES— Bequirements for, etc Testimonial of applicant, Form No. 510 . Life Primary Certificate Testimonial of applicant, Form No. 514. PEIMAEY GEADES— Defined Instruction in PEINCIPALS— Eequirements for certain principals (See High School Eegulations) 1G7-71 PEINCIPAL OF STATE SCHOOL FUND— Inviolate 5 XTI (5 PEOPEETY, SCHOOL— County Board may acquire and hold 1 Complete record of all property S Teachers to prevent injurty to 3 PEOTECT PEOPEETY— Teacher to protect against defacement 3 83 43 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM— Uniform s ^0 45 69 35 185 77 40 189 92 45 69 35 93 46 32 18 32 19 ?i3 43 268 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. Limits of, Defined by Legislature 90 45 PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS OF PUPILS— Two yearly required 6 83 43 PUBLICATION— Of Compulsory Education Laws Of petitions and notices of election. (See Special Tax District; Bonds, etc.). Notice of Compulsory Education Election . . 157 73 163 175 to SO PUNISHMENTS— i / Severe or degrading, To be avoided 4 83 43 PUPILS— Teacher to labor for advancement of 1 Certain conduct to be required of 2 Eestrictions of 4 Suspension of 5 Notice of, Form No. 533 Examinations of, two yearly 6 Grading of. County Board to look after 5 Non-resident, Tuition may be required of.. . Must attend their own district school See Attendance ; Compulsory School Attend- ance. Q QUALIFY— OflScers must 1 23 16 QUALIFICATIONS— Of officers; See Officers. Of teachers ; See Teachers. Of voters in special tax districts. . . 113 53 83 42 83 43 83 43 83 43 210 83 43 32 19 14 162 17 163 269 I'ara- Section or graph. Article. Page. on voters in bond elections 131 60 17 XTl 8 Of voters in compulsory education elections 158 73 QUESTIONS AND APPEALS— See Appeals. QUESTIONS FOE EXAMINATIONS— State Superintendent to prepare 53 31 69-71 35-6 Sent under seal to County Superintendent. 53 31 Penalties for having and selling 55, 57, 59 31-2 Doubt as to meaning of, Examineee's 60 32 t^UOEUM— A majority shall constitute. 22 16 E EACES SEPAEATED— Both impartial provision must be made for each 12 7 EEAL ESTATE FOE SCHOOLS— When purchased hy County Commissioners. 49 30 EECEIPT— For property, and moneys, when officer to give 24 16 EECOEDS— County Board must keep 8 32 19 County Superintendent must keep 6 42 27 Of list of poll tax payers to be preserved. . . 11 42 27 270 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. KEFEKENCE OF APPEALS— By State Supt. to State Board 6 KEGISTEES— Teachers must use those prescribed Keport of teachers to be made in conformity with directions given in To be filed with County Superintendent. (See cover of Eegister.) EEGEADING— Papers on appeal EEGULAE examinations- Two yearly, and when called by State Supt. EEGULATIONS OF DEPAETMENT OF PUBLIC INSTEUCTION— See Eules and Eegulations. School officers must conform to State Superintendent authorized to pre- scribe 7 Have force and effect of law See i>ecisiou of Supreme Court, State of Fla., ex rel., Mizelle v. Graham, 67 Fla., 321 (323). Of County Board, force and effect of General Eegulations Eegarding County Boards, Superintendents, Trustees and Teachers Applications for State and Life Certificates. High School Eegulations Teacher-Training Departments • 12 13 3 160 29 165 29 165 81 41 50 2 30-1 20 16 12 13 20 16 2 160 1-3 159 4-30 160-5 31-3 165-6 1-8 166-71 1-10 171-4 271 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page, REMOVAL OF SCHOOL OFFICEES— Constitutional authority for cause of, By State Board 4 17 15 :^EPOKTS— To be made by State Superintendent 27 IV 9 To be made by County Board 8 32 20 Of County Supt. to State Supt., When due. . 20 163 Certain, shall be kept by Clerk of Circuit Court 48 30 EEPOET, MONTHLY— Of Teacher, must be filed for twenty days' teaching 89 45 Must be filed before teacher draws warrant. 89 45 Keport for fraction part of month 89 45 EEPOET OF STATTE SCHOOL INSPECTOES— Law regarding 106 50 EEPOET OF TEACHEE-TEAINING DEPAETMENTS— As prescribed by regulations of State Board of Education 210 89 Eegulations 171-5 EETUENS OF SCHOOL ELECTIONS— Special Tax District Ill 53 Bond 132 61 Compulsory Attendance 160 74 EULES AND EEGULATIONS— Persistent violation of. Cause for suspend- ing pupil 5 83 43 Para- Section or gi'aph. Article. Page. Of state Board have force of law 7 12 13 20 16 See Decision of Supreme Court, State of Fla., ex rel., Mizelle v. Graham, 67 Fla., 321 (323). Of County Boards have force of law 2 160 To be printed and filed with State Dept. of Pub. Inst 12 ]61 School officers must conform to Keg. of State Board Eligibility to school office Force of Kegulations. Use of blanks School Board members must be commis- sioned County Boards to hold regular meetings ... When warrants issued When teacher's contract to be made How teachers assigned When assignment made To avoid favoritism County Board to prescribe uniform course of study To print regulations Arbor Day; observance mandatory '", Tuition from non-residents Schools not to be closer than three miles. . . Board to divide county into school districts To restrict attendance to proper district. . . County High School open to all qualified pupils of county No contract valid beyond life of certificate. Kemoval and appointment of trustees When Supt. to make annual report Co. Supt. to give notice of examination. . . . 20 16 1 1.59 2 160 3 160 4 160 .5- 160 6 160 7 160 8 160 9 161 10 161 11 161 12 161 13 161 14 162 1.5 162 16 162 17 163 17 163 18 163 19 163 20 163 21 163 273 Para- graph. May appoint assistants Supt. must require endorsement of character from examineees N^'lien Supt. to appoint teachers Supervisors subject to government of Coun- ty Board Powers of supervisor, or trustees Nomination of supervisor Trustees supercede supervisor Primary duty of teachers Corporal punishment Applicants for certain certificates must present application and endorsements . . . Applicants for Life Certificates Teachers must advance grade of certificates High School Regulations — How prescribed and on what based Kequirements for Junior High Schools.... Intermediate High Schools Senior High Schools Meaning of "Teacher" Course of study and requirements for gradu- ation Uniform examinations recommended State Diplomas recommpnded Teacher- Training D epartments — Qualifications of teachers How teachers nominated and approved.... County Board to i.iake what appropriation. How salary to be paid No. of teacher-pupils required, qualifications No. of recitations daily, etc 18— DSL Section or Article. Page. 22 164 23 164 24 164 25 164 26 164 27 164 28 164 29 165 30 165 31-2 165 32 165 33 166 166 1 167 2 168 3 169 4 170 5 170 6 170 7 170 1 171 3 172 o 172 i 172 r, 173 f; 17:! 7 173 274 Para- Section or graph . Article. Page. Term 8 174 AVhat schools may establish such depart- ments ■. . 9 174 Course of Study 10 174 KUEAL GRADED SCHOOLS— State Aid for '.. 100 48 KUEAL SCHOOL INSPECTORS— Creation of office and salaries 106 50 S. SALARIES OF COUNTY SUPERINTEND- ENTS— Regulated by Chapter 5658, Acts of 1907. . . 120 Based upon total annual receipts of each county 120 SALE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY— Power vested in County Boards or in Trus- tees "^ 1 32 18 SALE OF UNIFORM, STATE OR SPECIAL EXAMINATION QUESTIONS— Penalties 59 32 See Cheating SANITARY PRECAUTIONS— Text of Law (Ch. 6836) 181-2 81-2 152-3 Facilities for nature's conveniences 181 81 Dutv of State Board of Health 181 82 Penalty 182 82 275 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. SCHOLARSHIPS— At University and State College for Women 15 32 22 Provided for in Buckman Bill, Chapter 5384 24 111 Agricultural Scholarship at University, Chapter 6837 (1915) 153-4 SCHOOL AGE— Limits of 1 10 2 32 18 SCHOOL BOARD— See Board of Public Instruction. SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT— Each county to be divided into three, By whom 40 24 SCHOOL BONDING DISTRICT— Must be a Special Tax District 17 XII 8 See Bonds, Special Tax District. SCHOOL BOOK COMMISSION; UNIFORM TEXT-BOOKS— See State Text-Book Commission. SCHOOL BOOKS FURNISHED FREE TO CERTAIN— Boards of Pub. Inst., or Trustees, to furnish books free to certain children 155 72 SCHOOL BUILDINGS— Construction and repair of 5 32 19 See Buildings. SCHOOL CENSUS— To be taken pverv ten vears 12 42 27 10 32 22 27t; Para- Section oi- graph. Article. Page. SCHOOL DAY— Fixed by County Board, within limits 5 11 Twenty days in a school month 5 M SCHOOL DISTRICT— See Board of Public Instruction ; Special Tax District. Bonds and tax for sinking fund 17 XII 8 Constitution for 10-11 XII 7 Division of County into and attendance therein (Eeg. State Board) 16 ](>2 Town or city may constitute 11 XII 7 SCHOOL EXAMINATION— Teacher must hold at close of each term. ... 6 83 48 SCHOOL FUNDS— Nor divertible (Const.) 13 XII 7 See Funds; also County School Funds, Dis- trict School Funds. State School Funds. SCHOOL FURNITURE— See Furniture. SCHOOL GROUNDS— See Grounds. . SCHOOL HOLIDAYS— See Holidays. SCHOOL HOUSE— County to provide for heating, etc .5 'VJ. 10 Care of by teaclier .8 88 4.8 Authority of teachei- in or near 4 88 48 Sale of intoxicnthig lifjuors in four miles of 200 80 See Buildinter 5384) . University of Florida Florida State College for Women Summer Schools for Teachers, State Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Florida Agricnltural and Mechanical Col- lege for Negroes 217 91 State Board to establish Teacher-Training Departments Industrial Schools for Boys and Girls Board of Control, Authority of State Board of Education, Authority and Ee-gulations of Buckman Bill (Chapter 5384) Special Tax for, Constitutional Amendment not ratified 16 XII STATE SCHOOL FCNI)- See Fund; also Monevs. 121 92-119 9.3-119 218 91 218 91 204-9 88-9 216 90 210-12 89-90 213-5 90 219-20 91 219 91 93-119 284 Para- graph . STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTEUCTION— An administrative officer (Consti.) 20 Constitutional powers and duties of 25-27 Duties to be prescribed by law 2 Term of office 2 Member of State Board of Education 3 Secretary of State Board of Education .... 3 Head of Department of Public Instruction. Given genera] oversight of the school affairs of the State Eesidence and office of ,. , . Special Duties of To prepare and distribute laws, forms, etc. . 1 To call conventions of school officers 2 To hold Teachers' Institutes 3 To apportion school funds 4 To make discretionary appointments 5 To entertain and decide, or refer, appeals. . 6 To prescribe rules and regulations for De- partment 7 12 13 To prepare questions for county examina- tions Authority relative to examinations To hold examinations for State Certificates To grant Life Certificates To order additional county examinations . . To keep record of persons paying poll tax . . To make nominations for vacancies on School Boards To nominate Rural School Inspectors Salary of Seal of office, and of State Board State Board of Education to co-operate with Section or Article. Paj IV 9 IV 9 XII 5 XII 5 XII 5 XII 5 10-11 12 11 12 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 13 12 13 12 13 12 13 52 30 12 13 12 13 12 13 52 31 12 13 41 25 106 50 15 14 14 14 17 15 285 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. To revoke certificates 78 40 STATE COLLEGE FOE WOMEN— Name of Florida Female College changed to (Ch. 5924) 121 See Abolishment and Re-establishment, etc 92-110 STATE TEXT-BOOK COMMISSION, AND UNIFOEM TEXT-BOOKS— State Text-Book Commission created (Ch. 6178) Duty to adopt a unifo];m system of Text- Books Powers of Commission to adopt books Adoption to continue five years Unlawful to use other books Books adopted on what subjects Sub-Commission (Note) Duties of Sub-Commission Eeport of Sub-Commission to be considered Commission to consider themselves merits of books, etc To use best judgment in selection of books. Later changes in books not to exceed ten per cent, per annum, etc Books previously used to be exchanged. . . . 146 69 1 125 146 69 1 125 147-8 69-70 2-6 126-8 147 6D o 126 147 69 2 126 147 70 2 126 70 o •> 127 148 70 6 128 148 70 6 128 148 70 6 128 149 70 9 138 150 71 10 134 286 ■ Para- graph. Governor's proclamation When uniform Series to be introduced to exclusion of other books Supplementary Books Penalty for use of other books Extension of term of contracts When free text-books to be furnished ..*.... Appointment of Sub-Commission Duties, and affidavit Eeport to Commission ; how opened Oath of Sub-Commission Organization of Commission 7-8 To notify publishers, require bond or de- posit, and make contracts 8 13(1- 1 Penalty when publishers fail to execute con- tracts 8 131 Books must be up to sample with price printed therein Price to be equal to lowest anywhere Commission may sue on bond Change in contract permissable State not liable to publishers Commission may reject all bids and re- advertise . To require ca.^h deposits with bids Governor's proclamation Contractors must maintain agencies and furnish books 13 136 Section or Article. Page. 151 71 12 135 152 71 16 138 152 71 16 138 153 71 18 138 154 72 149-50 155 72 3 126 3 127 4 127 5 128 129-30 9 132 9 133 9 133 9 133 10 134 11 134 11 135 12 135 14 137 14 137 14 137 15 138 17 138 19 139 20 139 287 Para- Section or Rraph. Article. Page. School Boards may sue for failure to furnlsli books 13 136 Commission to make regulations; to make new contracts at end of five years, etc . . . How high school books adopted Free book counties State Supt. to publish adopted list How patrons may procure books Penalty for overcharge Sub-Commission to be paid STATE TEEASUBEE— Member of State Board of Education 3 XII 5 See Treasurer, State. SUB-DISTEICTS— See Special Tax School Districts. SUCCESSOES— To be delivered school effects, and to give receipts 24 16 SUMMEE SCHOOLS FOE TEACHEES— Created, and provisions of law for SUNDEY PEOVISIONS— Poll Tax Collectors to furnish to Board list of polls paid Treasurer of School Funds (See Depository Banks). Fees of Treasurer Exemptions from Jury Duty 04-9 88-9 150-2 190 83 191 84 192 84 19'^ 84 194 84 288 SUPEKINTENDENT— State, See State Superinteudent. County, See County Superintendent. Para- Section or graph. Article. I 'age. SUPERVISOK— An officer of department To supervise schools and to report to Board monthly 1 3 How appointed 3 Forms for, Nos, 502-4 Superintendent to select 5 Superintendent to confer with frequently . . 4 Special duties of To supervise school and report monthly. ... 1 To supervise property and procure copy of school laws 2 To co-operate with teacher 3 To review suspensions and report promptly to Supt 3 Trustees supercede as to duties, etc Supervisor, or Trustees, to be notified by teacher of suspension of pupil 5 When teacher is to deliver keys to, etc 7 To nominate teachers To be furnished with description of territory in jurisdiction A position of oversight, not of control How governed Powers of, defined SITPERVTSOR OF RE(^ISTRATIOX— Duty of relative to school districts SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF PUB- LIC SCHOOLS— Legislature shall provide for 1 10 12 43 28 32 19 32 19 178-9 42 20 42 26 43 28 43 28 43 28 43 28 43 28 115 54 83 43 83 43 17 164 25 166 25 166 26 166 112 52 XTT Para- graph. Section or Article. Page. 3 XII 5 6 XII 5 7 XII G 9 XII 6 99 47 104 50 5 83 43 21011 ?> 43 28 3 43 28 289 Interest from State School Fund, How ap- plied to One mill tax provided in Constitution How Constitutional Funds apportioned .... Only Constitutional use for County Fund. . Legislative provisions for support and main- tenance of Public Schools SUSPENSION— Of pupils, When teacher to enforce Notice, Form of. No. 533 ■Supervisor (or Trustees) to review To be reported to County Superintendent. . Of Teacher's Certificate, See Certificates. T TAX ASSESSORS— Must assess millage ordered by County Board 12 32 23 Must furnish School Board, by Oct. 1 of each year, amount of Special Taxes as- sessed in several Special Tax Districts. See Ch. 5962, Laws of 1909 (p. 162) . TAX, CAPITATION (OR POLL) — Part of County School Fundd 9 XII 6 Monthly list persons paying to be given Board and sent State Superintendent. . . TAX COLLECTOR— Must collect taxes assessed Shall receive only current funds in payment of taxes 45 29 19— DSL 191 84 11 42 27 14 32 21 119 56 290 Para- Section or .arraph. Article. Page. To pay County Treasurer monthly 47 29 Poll Tax records of, County Board Pub. Inst, to examine 17 32 22 No receipt for other tax until poll tax is paid 190 -83 To file monthly cirtified list of poll tax payers with Board of Pub. Inst 191 84 TAX, COUNTY SCHOOL— Not less than three, nor more than seven, mills 4 XII .5 TAX, DISTRICT SCHOOL— Not more than three mills (Const.) 10 XII 7 Five Mills additional for Bonds 17 XII 8 Voted at special elections 108-14 52-4 132 61 Vote required to determine 108 52 Vote required for Bonds and Bond Tax 132-3 61 Qualifications for electors for Special Dis- trict Tax 113 53 Qualifications of voters in bond elections ... 17 XII 8 131 60 Trustees to file estimate and certify millage 118 55 Board of Public Instruction to pass certain resolution for Bond tax 142 66 County Commissioners to order levy, and have collected 119 56 142 66 County Treasurer to hold all District Taxes except Bond Tax, and pay out subject to warrant 121 57 Bond moneys deposited in certaiii banks... 1 138 62 How Bond moneys paid out 2 138 64 291 Para- Section or ;;raph. Article. Page. Manner of assessing Bond tax, disposition, etc 142 66-67 See Special Tax Districts. TAX, ONE-MILL STATE— Constitutional leyj 6 Apportioned among counties on what basis 7 TEACHEES— Must bold valid certificate in order to teacb High Scbool — Certificates for (High Sch. Keg.) What all teachers are directed by law to do To be assembled in Institutes by State Supt. 3 County Board to employ, contract with, and pay . 6 Must file report before drawing warrant. . . How to report holidays What teachers must be appointed on grad- ing committees To be informed as to cause of revoked cer- tificate, and have right of appeal 10 To be valid all certificates must be issued under Florida law and be obtained in this State ' 62 33 Primary duty of, as to certificate, contract, etc. (Eeg.) 29 166 General duties of 83 42-3 1. With regard to advancement of pupils . . 1 83 42 2. To require certain habits and conduct of pupils 2 83 42 3. To prevent injury to school building. . , 3 83 43 4. To enforce needful restricts as to con- duct in and near school 4 83 43 XII 6 XII 6 62 33 29 164 1-4 167-71 83 42-3 12 13 32 19 89 45 89 45 79 41 42 27 292 5. To suspend pupils for certin offences, and to give certain notice 6. To hold term examinations 7. To deliver school property, and conform to regulations When exempt from military and jury duty. Temporary absence of, How filled Substitute must be approved, By whom .... Must procure leave of absence. When Pay forfeited in certain cases Concerning Contract and compensation (Keg.) When Superintendent to appoint (Eeg.) . . . Supervisor and patron not to employ (Eeg.) When and how County Boards to assign (Reg.) * Duties concerning Arbor Day (Reg. I Limitation as to term of contract (Keg.) . . . May inflict corporal punishment (Eeg.) .... Not to deal in or influence the adoption of of school books for a consideration Penalty for insult to Cee Contract; Eeport; Certificates. ' TEACHEES' CEETIFlCATEvS— See Certificates. TEACHEES' INSTITUTES— State Supt. to hokl and employ instructors for 8 12 13 TEACHEE-TEAINTNG CEETIFICATES— Grades of, and how granted , 74 ^7 Para- graph. Section or Article. l^aj 5 88 43 f) 88 43 7 83 43 85 44 86 44 86 44 87 44 88 44 7 160 24 164 8 160 p 160 13 161 18 163 80 165 199 85 197 85 293 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. i TEACHER-TEAINING DEPARTMENTS IN HIGH SCHOOLS— Law establishing 210-2 89 TEEM OF OFFICE— Of State Superintendent 2 XII 5 Of County Superintendent (4 years) Of School Trustee 10 XII 5 TEXT-BOOK COMMISSION— Seee School Book Commission. THIRD GRADE CERTIFICATE— Requirements for, and how issued Teacher-Training Certificate 1 TITLE TO SCHOOL PROPERTY— State, vested in State Board County, vested in County Board. ' District, vested in Trustees 1 TOWN OR CITY— May constitute a School District (Const.). 11 XII TREASURER, COUNTY— An officer of the Department Duty to endorse warrants for borrow money Treasurer of County School Funds, and to receive all moneys going to To receive certain funds from Comptroller. To be succeeded by Banks as depositories (Ch. 6932) Liable on bond for District funds All county funds go to 06 34 74 37 35 117 28 18 32 18 32 18 10 12 34 23 46 29 119 56 155-9 120 56 46 29 294 Para- Section or graph. Article. Page. To file monthly financial statements with County Supt 47 29 Office abolished after Jan. 1, 1917 (Ch. 6932) 155-9 TKUSTEES— Constitutional provision for 10 XII 7 Power to grant teachers leave of absence. . . 86 44 88 44 May allow absence to be made up 88 44 Election of 108 51 112 53 114 54 Notice of election, Form No. 505 180 Term of office of (Two years) 108 52 114 54 Commission and acceptance. Form 506 and 507 181-2 Succeed Supervisor 115 54 28 166 General powers of 115 54 116 54 Kemoval of 115 54 19 164 Vacancies on Board of 115 54 19 164 May nominate teachers with valid Florida Certificates 116 55 County Board may reject nominations of. . 116 55 Have right to direct application of District Funds 117 55 To prepare certain Itemized Estimate yearly 118 55 What Estimate to show 118 55 Form of, No. 508 ■ 183-4 295 Para- Section or gv&ph. Article. Page. To be made in triplicate, and copies filed with. County Boards and with Comp- troller 118 56 Duty of County Commissioners to order as- sessment and collection of millage desig- nated by the Board of Trustees 119 56 Duty of State Comptroller to collect taxes due from railway and telegraj>h proper- ties at millage designated in Trustees' estimate Duty of County Board as to use of, and pay- ing out of, Special Tax Funds County Treasurer liable on bond for all Dis- Funds Fund set apart for teachers subject to no other requisition District Funds to be disbursed solely for school witbin District Trustees not to contract with themselves . . . Trustees shall be a corporation, and have corporate powers County Board must approve all debts of . . . "VMien and how non-residents may be ad- mitted to Special Tax Schools Form of ballot for Trustees, etc To provide fire escapes for buildin-gs, etc . . . To be furnished with description of district supervised 16 162 U UNGRADED SCHOOLS— State Aid to be based on attendance 103 49 104 49 Act declared unconstitutional (^Notei 50 . 119 56 120 56 120 56 121 57 121 57 121 57 122 57 122 57 123 57 124 58 183-87 82-3 296 Para- Section or graph. Article. Pago. UNIFOEM COUKSE OF STUDY— County Boards to prescribe , UNIFOKM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC FKEE SCHOOLS— Demanded 1 Established, and maintenance mandatory. . To provide for twelve grades Other schools, as established by Legislature, excluded • Definition of Grade, eight months' work. . . Classification of Grades Instruction in Primary Grades Intermediate Grades Grammar Grades High School Grades High School Course of Study, Committee for Expenses of Committee to be paid Constitutional Kequirement of State Aid for Public Schools 1 Legislature must provide for liberal main- tenance 1 Provisions by Constitutional Convention for Maintenance of Public Schools 4-9 10 Provision by Constitutional Amendment ... 17 Provisions by Legislature for Maintenance. For High Schools For Eural Graded Schools For Ungraded Eural Schools (Declared unconstitutional). 11 iril XII 5 1 10 90 45 90 45 91 45 92 45 93 46 94 46 95 46 96 46 97 46 98 47 XIT XII XII 5-7 XII 7 XII 8 99-104 47-50 99 47 100 48 101-4 48-50 UNIFOEM TEXT-BOOK LAW— See State Text-Book Commission. 297 Para- Section or grapb. Article. Page. UNIT, SCHOOL— Defined as the County 107 51 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA— Act creating (Ch. 5384) 218 91 . 12 101 Name changed from University of State of Florida (Ch. 5926) 122 V VACANCIES— On County Boards, How filled 41 25 On Boards of Trustees, Filled by County Board 115 54 In schools, When County Supt. may fill ... . 87 44 VISITS— County Superintendent must visit schools twice yearly 2 What record must be kept of Superintend- ent's visits 6 VOTE— For establishing Special Tax District For issuing Special Tax District Bonds .... 17 To establish Compulsory Education District (three-fifths) 162 74 VOTERS, QUALIFICATIONS OF— For Special Tax District elections For Bond elections For Compulsory Education election 42 25 42 26 108 52 XII 8 1.33 61 113 53 131 60 158 73 (A . ^< 298 W Para- Section or graph. Article. I 'age. WHITES AND BLACKS, SEPARATE SCHOOLS FOR— Constitutional requirement 12 XII WARRANTS, SCHOOL— May be used in payment of taxes When to be described minutely 9 County Board to issue monthly Not to be issued to teacher until correct re- port is filed ■ Form of. No. 535 WHO PERMITTED TO TEACH— No person without valid certificate YEAR— See School Year. YEARS OF INSTRUCTION— Twelve ! 90 45 See Grades. 45 29 32 20 ■ 6 160 212 62 33 29 165 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 019 749 581 9