LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY [CH. 222 CHAPTER 221. SOLDIERS' HOME. S. F. 76. AN ACT to amend section twenty-six hundred eight (2608) of the supplement to the code, 1907, and establish a minimum monthly allowance for the support of the soldiers' home. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Annual appropriation-support. That section twenty-six hundred eight (2608) of the supplement to the code, 1907, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: If the average number of members shall be less than eight hundred fifty in any month, the auditor of state and treasurer of state shall credit the home with the sum of twelve thousand seven hundred fifty ($12,750.00) dollars for that month in addition to the monthly allowance for each officer and employe, and the sums so credited shall be drawn from the state treasury in the same manner and for the same purposes as the regular monthly per capita allowance is drawn. Approved April 14 A. D. 1913. CHAPTER 222. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. S. F. 106. AN ACT to amend section eighteen (18) of chapter one hundred and seventy (170) of the acts of the thirty-third general assembly relative to the powers and duties of the state board of education and the finance committee of said board of education. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Mortgages-how released. That section eighteen (18) of chapter one hundred and seventy (170) of the acts of the thirty-third general assembly be hereby amended by adding in the third line thereof after the word "sections" and before the word "and", the clause, "and shall release the mortgages securing loans when paid by a satisfaction piece signed by the president or secretary of said finance committee and the same shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where said mortgage is recorded, or by the president or secretary of said finance committee signing the same on the margin of the record of said mortgage". Approved April 16 A. D. 1913. CH. 224] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHAPTER 223. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE. S. F. 82. AN ACT to provide additional chairs in the college of homeopathic medicine of the state university of Iowa, additional to chapter 168 of the acts of the sixteenth general assembly. [Additional to chapters two (2) and three (3) of title thirteen (XIII) of the code relating to educational institutions.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Establishing three additional chairs. The state board of education are hereby authorized and directed to establish three additional chairs in the college of Homeopathic medicine of the state university of Iowa, to-wit: A chair of surgery, a chair of opthalmology, otology, rhinology and laryngology and a chair of gynaecology and obstetrics; to elect professors for such chairs; to fix compensation for such professors and to do such other acts as are necessary and proper for the execution of the powers and duties hereby conferred upon them. Approved April 19 A. D. 1913. CHAPTER 224. STATE FIRE MARSHAL. Sub. for S. F. 146. AN ACT to amend sections five (5), ten (10), twelve (12), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) of chapter one hundred twenty-eight (128), acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly, relative to the duties and compensation of the state fire marshal and the deputy state fire marshal, and making an appropriation for the maintenance of the state fire marshal's office. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Investigation of causes of fires-reports-penalty. That section. five (5), chapter one hundred twenty-eight (128), of the acts of the thirtyfourth general assembly be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "Any chief of a fire department, mayor or township clerk who fails or refuses to make the investigation and report required of him by this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). SEC. 2. Examination of buildings-may order removal or changes-appealpenalty. That section ten (10), chapter one hundred twenty-eight (128), of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word "and" after the comma in the eleventh line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "or". SEC. 3. Salaries and expenses. That section twelve (12), chapter one hundred twenty-eight (128), of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the words and figures LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY [CH. 225 "twelve thousand five hundred ($12,500)" in the tenth and eleventh lines of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "thirteen thousand five hundred ($13,500)". SEC. 4. Fees and mileage for reporting fires. That section fifteen (15), chapter one hundred twenty-eight (128), of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the words "who do not receive compensation for their services as such chiefs and mayors" in lines two and three of said section, and by inserting after the word "thereto" in the seventh line of said section the words "there shall be paid to township clerks". SEC. 5. Appropriation. That section sixteen (16), chapter one hundred twenty-eight (128), of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out from lines two and three thereof the words and figures "twelve thousand five hundred ($12,500)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "thirteen thousand five hundred ($13,500)". SEC. 6. Salary. That section twelve (12), chapter one hundred twentyeight (128) of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out of line three thereof the words and figures "fifteen hundred ($1500.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "eighteen hundred ($1800.00)". Approved April 22 A. D. 1913. CHAPTER 225. NORMAL INSTITUTES. H. F. 362. AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in section twenty-six hundred twenty-two (2622), supplement to the code, 1907, and to repeal the law as it appears in section twenty-seven hundred thirty-eight (2738), supplement to the code, 1907, as amended by chapter one hundred thirty (130), acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly, and to enact a substitute therefor, relating to normal institutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Teachers' conventions and institutes. That the law as it ap pears in section twenty-six hundred twenty-two (2622), supplement to the code. 1907, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "and remain in session not less than six (6) working days", which words are found in lines nine (9) and ten (10) of said section. SEC. 2. Repeal-county superintendent-county teachers' institutes-expenses-how paid-institute fund-annual report summer school-in effect. That the law as it appears in section twenty-seven hundred thirty-eight (2738), supplement to the code, 1907, as amended by chapter one hundred thirty (130) of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly, be and the same is hereby repealed and the following enacted in lien thereof: "The county superintendent shall hold annually at least one, but not more. than two, county teachers' institutes at such times as the schools of the county are generally in session; and shall, with the concurrence of the superintendent of public instruction procure such assistance as may be necessary to conduct the same." CH. 225] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY The school board of every school district except in city independent school districts where twenty-five or more teachers are regularly employed, shall adjourn the school or schools of said district for not less than two days in each school year in order to allow teachers to attend county teachers' institutes held in the county, without loss of salary. The county superintendent shall issue a certificate of attendance to each teacher showing number of days of attendance at said institute, and any teacher failing to attend said teachers' institute two days shall forfeit his or her average daily salary for each day of non-attendance, except when excused by the county superintendent for physical disability to perform his or her duties in the school room. In city independent districts where twenty-five or more teachers are regularly employed, the county superintendent shall co-operate with the city superintendent in arranging for educational lectures relating to the professional work of the teacher and to such matters of public education as may best meet the needs of the teachers in such districts and at such times as may be approved by the city superintendent and city board of education, in so far as the condition of the county institute fund shall permit. All arrangements concerning plans for professional teachers' meetings in said city districts shall be subject to final approval by the superintendent of public instruction. It shall be the duty of teachers in said districts to attend said lectures and the county superintendent shall issue a certificate of attendance showing number of lectures attended as provided by this act." To defray the expenses of said teachers' institutes, in addition to the fifty ($50) dollars received annually from the state and one-half of all examination fees collected in the county, one hundred fifty ($150) dollars from the general county fund shall be available for that purpose in counties having a population of thirty thousand (30,000) or less, which amount shall be appropriated by the board of supervisors of such county at their January session in each year, and in counties of over thirty thousand (30,000), two hundred ($200) dollars shall be thus appropriated for such purpose. No part of the county teachers' institute fund received from the aforesaid sources may be used for any other purpose than to pay instructors, for special supplies needed in order to properly conduct said teachers' institutes, for janitor service, and rent for building in which to conduct said institute if nec essary. On the first secular day of each month, the county superintendent shall transmit to the county treasurer all moneys received for examination fees and the state appropriation for institutes, which, together with the county appropriation, shall be designated as "The county teachers' institute fund"; he shall also report monthly the names of all applicants for teachers' certificates to the county auditor. All disbursements of the institute fund shall be by warrants drawn by the county auditor, who shall draw said warrants upon the written order of the county superintendent, and said written order must be accompanied by an itemized bill for services rendered or expenses incurred in connection with the institute, which bill must be signed and sworn to by the party in whose favor the order is made and must be verified by the county superintendent. All said orders and bills shall be kept on file in the auditor's office until the final settlement of the county superintendent with the board of supervisors at the close of his term of office. No warrant shall be drawn by the auditor in excess of institute fund then in the county treasury. The county superintendent shall furnish to the county board of supervisors a certified itemized account of the receipts and disbursements of all moneys collected. and paid out by him for teachers' institutes and summer schools, which account they shall examine, audit and publish a summary thereof with the pro LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY [CH. 226 ceedings of the regular June meeting of the board. The county superintendent shall report to the board of supervisors on the first of January annually a summary of his official financial transactions for the previous year. County superintendents are hereby authorized by law to conduct from four to six weeks summer school where it may be deemed advisable, for the purpose of giving teachers and prospective teachers academic instruction. A fee shall be collected from each attendant sufficient in the aggregate to meet all necessary expenses for the support of said summer school. The fee so collected shall be paid into the county institute fund and a list of the names of all attendants shall be filed with the county auditor. Warrants for the purpose of paying instructors employed in summer schools shall be drawn by the county auditor, who shall draw said warrant upon written order of the county superintendent, and said written order must be accompanied by a certified itemized bill for services rendered or expenses incurred in connection with said summer school, but no warrant shall be issued in excess of the fees received from the summer school and deposited with the county treasurer. This act shall not take effect until July 1, 1914. Approved April 19 A. D. 1913. CHAPTER 226. TEACHERS' STATE CERTIFICATES. H. F. 12. AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in section two thousand six hundred thirtyfour-f (2634-f) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relating to the acceptance of graduation from institutions of higher learning as evidence that a teacher possesses the scholarship and professional fitness for a state certificate. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Graduates from accredited colleges. That section two thousand six hundred thirty-four-f (2634-f) of the supplement to the code, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the comma following the words "state university" in the third line the words "state teachers' college" and adding section 2, so that the section, when so amended, shall read as follows: "That the state educational board of examiners may accept graduation from the regular and collegiate courses in the state university, state teachers' college, state normal schools, and the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts, and from other institutions of higher learning in the state having regular and collegiate courses of equal rank, as evidence that a teacher possesses the scholarship and professional fitness for a state certificate." SEC. 2. Graduates from accredited colleges located outside of Iowa. Graduates of colleges and schools located in other states than Iowa, having regular and collegiate courses of equal rank with the accredited colleges and schools of Iowa, may be given the same recognition as provided in section one (1) of this act, providing they file with the board of educational examiners evidence of at least two years successful experience as a teacher, principal or superintendent of schools." Approved April 17 A. D. 1913. |