2947. Labor day.

The first Monday in September of the present year of our Lord, and each year thereafter, is hereby declared a public holiday, to be known as "Labor Day," and the same shall be recognized, classed and treated as other holidays under the laws of this state.

2948. Columbus day.

The 12th day of October of the present year of our Lord, 1907, and the 12th day of October of each year thereafter is hereby declared a public holiday, to be known as "Columbus Day," and the same shall be recognized, classed and treated as other legal holidays under the laws of this state; Provided, That this act shall not be construed to affect commercial paper, the making or execution of agreements or instruments in writing, or interfere with judicial proceedings.

2949. Election day in November.

Election day in November of each year is hereby made a legal holiday.

3874.

JUSTICES AND CONSTABLES.

Justice report quarterly to county commissioners.

Every justice of the peace or other magistrate by whom any fine or penalty has been imposed which under the statute should be paid into the general school fund, shall at the next regular quarterly meeting of the board of county commissioners submit an itemized report showing date of trial, title of case, nature of offense and amount of fine, giving amounts collected, amounts uncollected and accompanying said report with receipts from the county treasurer for amounts so collected and paid over to him.

3875. County treasurer report fines paid.

The county treasurer, at the time time of rendering to the county superintendent of schools his quarterly certificate of taxes collected (as provided in section sixty-six (66) of chapter XCVII, being general section three thousand and sixty one (3061) of the General Statutes of the state of Colorado) shall show separately in said certified statement the amounts received from fines and by whom paid in.

[Section 3061 referred to is section 5899.]

[For fines, penalties and forfeitures, which are paid into school fund, see sections 50, 423, 440, 535, 961, 1004, 1352, 1362, 1794, 1877, 2384, 3243, 4305, 4701, 4710, 4820, 5510, 6369, 6380, 6422, 6895, and 7012. Revised Statutes 1908.]

MUTE AND BLIND.

4313. Institute located at Colorado Springs.

There shall be permanently maintained at the city of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso, an institution for the support and education of the mute and blind residing within the state of Colorado.

4334. Who may be admitted-report of county superintendent of schools.

Every blind, deaf or mute citizen of the state of Colorado, of sound mind, over six (6) and under twenty-one (21) years of age, shall be entitled to receive an education in said institute at the expense of the state. All applicants above the age of twenty-one (21) years may be admitted at the option of the board. Each county superintendent of common schools shall report on the first day of June in each year to the superintendent of the school for the education of the deaf and the blind, the name, age and postoffice address of every blind or deaf person of suitable age, for admission to said school, residing in this county, including all such persons as may be too deaf or blind to acquire an education in the common schools. Applicants for admission to said school from other states, if within the ages prescribed by this section, may be admitted upon payment of such a sum quarterly, as the board of trustees of said school may determine.

[See also section 5939.]

PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

4994. No officer letting contract shall have interest therein.

Whenever any officer of this state or of any county, city, town, or school district therein, shall be charged with the duty of making any contract for, or on behalf of this state, or of any county, city, town, or school district therein, shall be obliged to pay any sum of money to any person whomsoever, and whenever any such officer, as a member of any board of auditors, commissioners, or directors, or otherwise, shall have any vote or voice in awarding any such contract, it shall not be lawful for any such officer to become in any manner bound for the fulfillment of such contract, or to take or receive any part or portion of the money specified in such contract, or to be in any way, manner or degree interested in such contract, excepting in his official representative capacity.

4995. Penalty for violation of this act.

Whosoever shall offend against the provisions of this act shall be imprisoned not exceeding six months, and fined not exceeding two thousand dollars, and shall be removed from office.

time recommend standard works on the subject of hygiene for the use of schools of the state.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

5866. Who constitute state board.

The superintendent of public instruction, the secretary of state and attorney-general shall constitute a state board of education, of which the superintendent of public instruction shall be president.

5867. Meetings of board-rules and regulations.

The state board of education shall meet at the state capitol on the last Saturday in December, in each year, and at such other times and places as may by them be deemed necessary, and shall have power to adopt any rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, for its own government, and for the government of the public schools.

5868. Board may grant state diplomas-effect.

The state board of education is hereby authorized to grant state diplomas to such teachers as may be found to possess the requisite scholarship and culture, and who may also exhibit satisfactory evidence of an exceptional moral character and whose eminent professional ability has been established by not less than two years' successful teaching in the public schools of this state. Such diplomas shall supersede the necessity of any and all other examinations of persons holding the same, by county, city, town or local examiners, and shall be valid in any county, city, town or district in the state, for the grade of work indicated unless revoked by the state board of education. 5869. State board of examiners.

There is hereby created a state board of examiners which shall consist of a state superintendent of public instruction who shall be president of the board, and eight other persons who shall be appointed by the state board of education in the manner following: Immediately upon the passage of this act the state board of education shall appoint two members of said state board of examiners, one of whom shall be recommended to it for that purpose by the president of the State Agricultural College, and both of whom shall be citizens of Colorado, actively engaged in educational work, and who are not members of the faculties of either the State Agricultural College, the University of Colorado, the State School of Mines, or the State Normal School, which said members shall hold

office until the first day of May, A. D. 1910, and whose respective successors shall in like manner be appointed to hold office for successive terms of four years thereafter.

And the State board of education shall also in like manner appoint two members of said state board of examiners, one of whom shall be recommended to it for that purpose by the president of the University of Colorado, and both of whom shall be citizens of Colorado, actively engaged in educational work, and who are not members of the faculties of either the State Agricultural College, the University of Colorado, the State School of Mines or the State Normal School, which said members shall hold office until the first day of May, A. D. 1911, and whose respective successors shall in like manner be appointed to hold office for successive terms of four years thereafter.

And the state board of education shall also in like manner appoint two members of said state board of examiners, one of whom shall be recommended to it for that purpose by the president of the State School of Mines and both of whom shall be citizens of the state of Colorado, actively engaged in educational work, and who are not members of the faculties of either the State Agricultural College, the University of Colorado, the State School of Mines or the State Normal School, which said members shall hold office until the first day of May, A. D. 1912, and whose respective successors shall in like manner be appointed to hold office for successive terms of four years thereafter.

And the state board of education shall also in like manner appoint two members of said state board of examiners, one of whom shall be recommended to it for that purpose by the president of the State Normal School, and both of whom shall be citizens of the state of Colorado, actively engaged in educational work, and who are not members of the faculties of either the State Agricultural College, the University of Colorado, the State School of Mines or the State Normal School, which said members shall hold office until the first day of May, A. D. 1913, and whose respective successors shall in like manner be appointed to hold office for successive terms of four years thereafter. [L. '09, p. 369, 370, §1.

5869a. Applicants to be examined.

The state board of examiners shall, as often as directed by the state board of education, and at least as often as once a year, and after having given due public notice of the same, examine all applicants for state diplomas in such branches and

upon such terms as in the judgment of the state board of examiners, shall be requisite to prove the applicant's possession of academic and professional attainments, fully equivalent to those set forth in section 4 of this act. [L. '09, p. 370, §2.

5869b. Requirements of applicants.

And the state board of education shall grant state diplomas to such persons as shall by virtue of such examination, be found to possess the requisite scholarship and culture, and who shall also exhibit evidence satisfactory to the state board of education, of good moral character. [L. '09, p. 370, §3.

The state board of education shall issue state diplomas upon aplication, without examination, to applicants who shall be graduates of colleges situated within the state of Colorado, which maintain a standard four-year course of collegiate work and require four standard years of high school work or its equivalent for admission, and who shall also exhibit evidence satisfactory to the state board of education of good moral character, and who shall also present evidence satisfactory to the state board of education that they have had twenty-four months of successful teaching experience, and who shall also produce evidence satisfactory to the state board of education of profes sional training equivalent to at least one-sixth of a standard four years' college course and at least three of the following groups of subjects, one of which shall be Practice Teaching, to wit:

(1) General and Educational Psychology.

(2) History of Education.

(3) Science and Principles of Education.

(4) Practice Teaching and Special Methods.

(5) Organization and Management of Schools.

(6) Philosophy, Sociology and Anthropology. [L. '09, p. 371, §4.

5869d. Who need not take examination.

The state board of education shall grant state diplomas to all persons who shall be teaching in the public high schools of the state of Colorado at the time of the passage of this act and who shall, within a period of six months thereafter, satisfy the state board of education that they have had forty-five months' successful teaching experience in the public high schools of the state of Colorado. [L. '09, p. 371, §5.