§ 136 ANNUAL SCHOOL TAX.] The board of education shall, on or before the fifteenth day of August of each year, levy a tax for the support of the school of the corporation for the fiscal year next ensuing, not exceeding in any one year thirty mills on the dollar on all personal, mixed and real property within the district which is taxable according to the laws of the Territory of Dakota, which levy shall be approved by the city council, when there be one; and which levy, when so approved, the clerk of the board shall certify to the county clerk, who is hereby authorized and required to place the same on the tax roll of said county, to be collected by the treasurer of the county as are other taxes, and paid over by him to the treasurer of the board of education, of whom he shall take receipt in duplicate one of which he shall file in his office, and the other he shall forthwith transmit to the clerk of the board of education.

§ 137 TAXABLE PROPERTY.] The taxable property of the whole corporation, including the territory attached for school purposes, shall be subject to taxation. All taxes collected for the benefit of the school shall be paid in money, and shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer, subject to the order of the board of education.

§ 138 MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.] The regular meetings of the board of education shall be upon the first Monday of each month, but special meetings may be held from time to time as circumstances may demand.

§ 139 ANNUAL REPORT.] The board of education, at the close of each school year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, shall make an annual report of the progress, prosperity and condition, financial as well as educational, of all the schools under their charge; a copy of which, from each city shall be sent to the Territorial Board of Education, and from all other corporations to the county superintendent, and said report, or such portion of it as the board of education shall consider of advantage to the public, shall be printed either in a public newspaper or in pamphlet form; Provided, That in towns and villages of less than eight hundred inhabitants, such report shall not be printed in pamphlet form.

§ 140 EXPENDITURES-CONTRACTS.] No expenditures involving an amount greater than one hundred dollars shall be made except in accordance with the provisions of a written contract, and no contract involving an expenditure of more than five hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting any public buildings or making any improvements shall be made except upon sealed proposals; and to the lowest responsible bidder.

§ 141 SECTARIAN DOCTRINE.] No sectarian doctrine shall be taught or inculcated in any of the public schools of the corporation; but the holy scriptures, without note or comment, may be used therein.

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§ 142. BOND.] Whenever it shall become necessary by the board of education, in order to raise sufficient funds for the purchase of a school site or sites, or to erect a suitable building or buildings thereon, or to fund any bonded indebtedness, it shall be lawful for the board of education of every corporation coming under the provisions of this act to borrow money, for which they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds bearing a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, at such place as may be mentioned upon the face of said bonds, which bonds shall be payable in not more than twenty years from their date; and the board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to sell such bonds at not less than ninety-eight cents on the dollar; Provided, That no bonds shall be issued until the question shall be submitted to the people, and a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question, at an election called for that purpose, shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing such bonds.

§ 143. BOND ELECTION.] It shall be the duty of the mayor of each city or town governed by this act, upon the request of the board of education, forthwith to call an election, to be conducted in all respects as are the elections for city or town officers in the same corporations, except that the returns shall be made to the board of education, for the purpose of taking the sense of such district upon the question of issuing such bonds, naming in the proclamation of such election the amount of bonds asked for, and the purpose for which they are to be issued; Provided, That where the corporation is not organized for civil government the board of education may call and conduct the election provided for in this section.

§ 144. EXECUTION OF BONDS.] The bonds, the issuance of which is provided for in the foregoing section, shall be signed by the president, attested by the clerk and countersigned by the treasurer of the board of education; and said bonds shall specify the rate of interest and the time when principal and interest shall be paid, and each bond so issued shall be for a sum not less than fifty dollars; but no corporation shall issue bonds in pursuance of this act in any sum greater than three per cent. of its assessed valuation.

§ 145. LEVY FOR INTEREST AND SINKING FUNDS.] The board of education, at the time of its annual levy of taxes for the support of schools, as herein before provided, shall also levy a sufficient amount to pay the interest as the same accrues on all bonds issued under the provisions of this article, and also to create a sinking fund for the redemption of said bonds, which it shall levy and collect in addition to the rate per cent. authorized by the provisions aforesaid for school purposes; and said amount of funds, when paid into the treasury, shall be and remain a specific fund for said purpose only, and shall not be appropriated in any other way except as hereinafter provided.

§ 146. USE OF SINKING FUND.] All moneys raised for the pur

pose of creating a sinking fund for the final redemption of all bonds issued under this article shall be invested annually by the board of education in bonds of the Territory of Dakota or of the United States, or the board may buy and cancel the bonds of the district whenever such may be purchased at or below par.

§ 147. INTEREST.] Whenever the interest coupons of the bonds hereinbefore authorized shall become due, they shall be promptly paid on presentation, by the treasurer, out of money in his hands collected for that purpose, and he shall endorse upon the face of such coupons, in red ink, the word "Paid," and the date of payment, and sign the initials of his name.

§ 148. SECURITY.] The school fund and property of such civil corporation and territory attached for school purposes is hereby pledged to the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds mentioned in this article as the same may become due.

§ 149. BOND REGISTRY.] It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of education to register in a book provided for that purpose the bonds issued under this article, and all warrants issued by the board, which said register shall show the number, date and amount of said bonds, and to whom made payable.

§ 150. OATH OF OFFICE.] Each member of the board of education and officer provided for in this article shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States, the organic act of the Territory of Dakota, and faithfully perform the duties of his office. The oath and bond of the clerk shall be filed with the treasurer. All other oaths and bonds shall be filed with the clerk; but the clerk shall immediately notify the county clerk and county superintendent of the filing of such oaths and bonds.

§ 151. TREASURER OF BOARD.] Besides the municipal officers to be elected in any city, town or village, there shall be elected, at the annual municipal election, members of the board of education provided for herein, and a treasurer of the board of education. The members of the board of education shall be elected in all respects as are the members of the common council or board of trustees of the municipal corporation and for like terms of office. Where there is no organization for civil government, the board of education shall consist of three members, one to be elected annually, and each shall hold for a term of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified. A treasurer shall be elected each year, to hold for one year or until his successor is elected and qualified. Any vacancy in the office of treasurer shall be filled by the board of education by appointment; Provided, That at the first election of the board of education, in such cases, one shall be elected for one year, one for two years and one for three years. After the first election, one shall be elected annually; Provided, further, At the first annual election of any city under the provisions of this act, there shall be two members of the board of education elected from each ward, one of whom shall serve for one

year and one for two years; and one member of the board of education shall be elected from each ward at each annual election thereafter.

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§ 152. TERRITORIAL TREASURER.] The Territorial Treasurer shall pay yearly, on the warrant of the Auditor, out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, under the direction of the Territorial Board of Education, the sums designated in the following sections.

§ 153. UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.] The said Board of Education shall designate the private universities, colleges and academies in which the instruction shall be given, distributing them as nearly uniformally throughout the Territory as may be, but no institution shall be selected of lower than the academic grade. The instruction provided for herein, shall be given only by teachers of such standing and qualifications as are approved by the Territorial Board.

$154. INSTRUCTION AND ADMISSSION.] Every institution so designated, and not to exceed ten in all, shall instruct a class of not less than ten and not more than twenty-five scholars, and every scholar admitted to such class shall continue under instruction not less than ten weeks, all of which shall be in one school term. The Board of Education shall prescribe the conditions of admission to the class, the course of instruction, and the rules and regulations under which said instruction shall be given.

155. INSTRUCTION FREE.] Instruction shall be free to all scholars admitted to such class, except in such branches as are not included in the course prescribed by the Board of Education, but to avail themselves of this privilege the scholars must consume in them the length of time required by section 154 of this act,

§ 156 GOVERNING BOARD.] The governing board of each institution designated and in which said instruction is given, shall be paid from the appropriation made by section 152 of this act, at the rate of one dollar for each week's instruction of each scholar, on the certificate of the Territorial Board of Education to be furnished to the Auditor.

§ 157 EXAMINATIONS.] The Territorial Board of Education shall establish in the institutions designated, subject to their visitation, examinations in such branches of study as are taught in the course prescribed, and shall determine the rules and regulations in accordance with which they shall be conducted; said examinations shall be prescribed in such studies, and shall be arranged and conducted in such manner, as in the judgment of the board of education will furnish a suitable preparation for the teacher's work in the common schools, prominent among which shall be methods of teaching and practice; and they shall confer such honorary certificates or diplomas as they may deem expedient

upon those pupils who satisfactorily pass such examinations. The Board of Education is authorized to establish examinations as to attainments in learning of any persons applying for admission to the course of study provided for herein, and to audit and certify to the Territorial Auditor all accounts for the expenses of establishing and conducting such examinations, and all contingent expenses attending the same, and the amounts thereof shall be paid from the appropriation for this purpose made in section 152 of this act.

§ 158 ACTS REPEALED.] All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act, except those governing cities, towns, villages and independent districts, the act governing counties under the school district system, chapter fortyfive of the session laws of 1883 and chapter twenty-four of the session laws of 1881, relating to school house bonds are hereby repealed.

§ 159 This act shall take effect and be in force after its passage and approval.

Approved, March 11, 1887.

ELECTIONS.

CHAPTER 48.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS REQUIRED IN CITIES OF OVER ONE

THOUSAND VOTERS.

AN ACT To Amend Sections 15 and 16, of Chapter 122, of the Laws of 1881, Entitled "An Act for the Registry of Electors, and to Prevent Fraudulent Voting."

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

§ 1. COUNTY CLERKS SHALL PROVIDE NECESSARY BLANKS.] That section 15, of chapter 122, of the Laws of 1881, be amended so as to read as follows:

§ 15. The county clerks shall provide to the board of registry of the several precincts within their respective counties the necessary blank registers and blanks, at the expense of their re