CHAPTER 212.

(H. B. 362)

RELATING TO DUTIES OF DISTRICT BOARDS.

AN ACT Entitled. An Act to Amend Section 120 of Chapter 135 of the Session Laws of 1907, Relating to the Duties of School District Boards, and Repealing Section 5 of Chapter 292 of the Session Laws of 1915.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota :

§ 1. That Section 120 of Chapter 135 of the Session Laws of 1907, relating to duties of the school board be amended to read as follows:

Section 120. At the annual meeting of the school district board in July of each year, it shall be the duty of the clerk and the treasurer to read their respective annual reports and the board shall verify them as provided in Section 126 of this act. Provided that the reports above referred to shall be prepared as nearly complete as possible and be read at the annual election of such district.

The board shall levy such tax as the patrons shall have directed at the annual election, but it shall not exceed for all purposes one and one half per cent of the taxable property of the district. If any school district fails to hold in any school year at least seven months of school in any school house in said disfriet, providing no legal discontinuance be had, it shall be the duty of the county superintendent to notify the county treasurer of the amount of money due said district from the apportionment fund for the semi-annual term ending June 30, of the preceding year, which amount shall remain to the credit of such district and no warrant be drawn therefor until said district shall have complied with the law, unless said district board made provisions for the instruction of the pupils for the required time in some other school. In case of failure in any district to levy tax sufficient to support a school for the number of months above named, the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax on the property of the district that shall be sufficient for the purpose. 75

Provided, that in case any district board shall fail or neglect to maintain seven months of school in any one school year in any school house in said district, provided no legal discontinuance be had, then the county superintendent shall have power, and it shall be his duty by and with the aid and counsel of the

state's attorney of the county to institute such proceedings in the circuit court as to compel said district board to comply with the provisions of this act.

§ 2. That Section 5 of Chapter 292, Session Laws of 1915, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 10, 1917.

CHAPTER 213.

(H. B. 79)

RELATING TO COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Amend Section 148 of Article 7 of Chapter 135 of the Laws of 1907, as Amended by Chapter 170 of the Laws of 1915, Relating to Compulsory Education.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

§ 1. That Section 148 of Article 7 of Chapter 135 of the Laws of 1907, as amended by Chapter 170 of the Laws of 1915, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 148. Every person having under his control a child of the age of eight years and not exceeding the age of sixteen years, shall annually cause such child to regularly attend some public school or private day school for the entire term during which the public school in the district in which such person resides is in session until such child shall have completed the first eight grades of the regular common school course or shall have completed a course in a private day school equivalent to the first eight grades of the regular common school course; provided, that the district school board or board of education, as the case may be, may after such child shall have completed the sixth grade or its equivalent decrease the required term of attendance. to not less than sixteen continuous weeks in each year until such child shall have completed the eighth grade of the regular common school course or its equivalent, or shall have reached the age of sixteen years, and provided further than this section shall not apply to a child otherwise instructed by a competent person and for a like period of time in the branches commonly taught in the public schools or a child who has already acquired the branches of learning taught in the public schools

or whose physical of mental condition is such as to render his attendance at school as hereinbefore required unsafe, impracticable, or harmful either to such child or others.

§ 2. Every person violating this law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $20.00, and shall stand committed to the couny jail until such fine and the costs of prosecution are paid. Such fine shall be paid to the treasurer of the school district in which the convicted person resides.

Approved Feb. 10, 1917.

CHAPTER 214.

(H. B. 289)

RELATING TO BRANCHES TO BE TAUGHT IN COMMON SCHOOLS. AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Amend Section 138 of Chapter 135 of the Session Laws of 1907, Relating to Branches to be Taught in District Schools.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

§ 1. That section 138 of chapter 135 of the session laws of 1907, be amended to read as follows:

Section 138. BRANCHES TO BE TAUGHT]. Instructions shall be given in the common schools of the state in the following branches, in the several grades in which each may be required, viz: Reading, writing, orthography, arithmetic, geography, primary language and English grammar, history of the United States, history of South Dakota, physiology and hygiene, with special instruction as to the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and their effects upon the human system, civil gov ernment and drawing, and in such other branches, including high school subjects, as the electors of the district at the annual election may have ordered; Provided, that if high school branches are ordered taught the board shall hire a teacher holding at least first grade certificate.

Approved March 10, 1917.

CHAPTER 215.

(H. B. 71)

RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF TEACHERS.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Register Teachers and To Assist School District Boards of Education In Securing Teachers, and Providing For the Payment of Expenses Incidental Thereto.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

§ 1. Any person qualified as teacher in any of the public schools of this or any other state may make application to the superintendent of public instruction for registration, and may file with such application endorsements, recommendations, references and a copy of his (her) certificate.

§ 2. Upon receipt of such application and upon its appearing to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that such person is a fit and suitable person to act as teacher in the public schools of this state, and upon the payment of a registration fee of one dollar, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to register such person with a list to be made and kept for that purpose and to file the recommendations, endorsements, reference and data as to grade of certificate.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to furnish information to any school board or school officer desiring to employ teachers and to furnish copies of letters of endorsement or reference so as to aid such school board. or school officer in selecting teachers.

§ 4. All registration fees received by the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be covered into the State treasury, in the manner provided by law, and shall be credited to the "Teachers Reference Bureau Fund"; which is hereby created and appropriated for the payment of all necessary expenses of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in carrying out the provisions of this Act, and any balance remaining in this fund at the close of any fiscal year shall revert to the general fund of the State. And in the event that a registration fee of one dollar be not sufficient to properly carry on such bureau of information, then the Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized and empowered to increase the registration fee in a sum sufficient to cover the cost of maintaining said bureau, not to exceed the sum of two dollars for each application.

Approved Feb. 23, 1917.

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CHAPTER 216.

(H. B. 55)

RELATING TO TUITION FOR EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Amend Section 147 of Chapter 135, Session Laws of 1907, as Amended by Chapter 150 of the Session Laws of 1909, and As Again Amended by Chapter 137, Session Laws of 1911, Relating to Tuition for Eighth Grade Graduates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

§ 1. That section 147 of chapter 135 of the session laws of 1907, as amended by chapter 150 of the session laws of 1909, and as again amended by chapter 137, session laws of 1911, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 147. Tuition for Eighth Grade Graduates.] Any pupil who shall successfully complete the work of the eighth grade as established in the state course of study and who shall hold a common school diploma granted by the county superintendent is privileged to continue his school work up to and including the twelfth grade by attending any graded school (high school or normal school), in the state furnishing a higher course of study, and not to exceed three and one half dollars per month of the tuition charge there for shall be paid by the board of his home district from the general fund thereof, if his home district does not provide instruction in such higher grades, and any tuition charge in excess of said three and one half dollars ($3.50) per month, which, in addition thereto shall not exceed the actual per capital cost per month of schooling a student in such graded school, shall be paid by the student or his parent or guardian. Approved Feb. 10, 1917.