collected as aforesaid, on requisition of said board, signed by the president and secretary thereof, and approved by the governor, and accompanied by estimates of the expenses for the payment of which the money so drawn is to be applied. Sec. 8. Said funds shall be called the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Fund and for the purpose of creating and establishing said fund as specified in section 7 of this act, the auditor of the territory shall cause to be levied upon all the taxable property in the territory during the 55th and 56th fiscal years, the tax of three-fifths of one mill to be certified by him each of said fiscal years to the various county commissioners as all of the territorial taxes are levied and certified, and to be collected in the same manner as other territorial taxes, the territorial treasurer is hereby authorized to make loans as now prescribed by law for other loans to the amount as authorized herein for the purpose of making this fund at once available. Sec. 9. The said board shall make a detailed report of all its duties under this act together with all moneys expended thereunder to the governor by the fifteenth day of January, 1905, showing in detail all work done and expenditures made up to that date; and the said board shall not exist longer than March first, 1905; before February fifteenth, 1905, said board shall make full detailed and itemized final report of all its doings and the results of its doings under this act, and of all moneys expended thereunder, which shall not in any event exceed said appropriation of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00), and said board shall in no event incur any indebtedness which, together with the amount expended, shall exceed said sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00). Copies of said reports, together with all receipts, vouchers, documents, books and records of the said board shall be filed in the office of the auditor of the territory. The Sec. 10. The said board may appoint a sub-commission of three members from the several counties of the territory which said sub-commission shall aid toward the exhibits from the Territory of New Mexico: Provided, that said subcommission receive no recompense for said services. boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the territory are hereby empowered to appropriate such sums of money as they may deem proper to assist said board or commissioners in collecting and preparing the products of such counties for exhibition at the said exposition: Provided, that the entire exhibit of the Territory of New Mexico including the separate exhibits of any county of the territory shall be directly under the management of the territorial commission. Sec. 11. Chapter 100 of the Session Laws of the Territory of New Mexico of the year 1901, approved March 21, 1901, be and the same is hereby repealed. All funds now in the territorial treasury and which have been appropriated by the legislative assembly or raised by means of the provisions of the said act approved 1901, be and the same are hereby made immediately available to carry into effect the object and purposes of this act; it being hereby expressly understood and provided that a sum equivalent to the amount so made available shall be reimbursed to the treasury of the territory from the amounts produced by the levies authorized to be made by the provisions of this act. Sec. 12. This act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 119. AN ACT TO HARMONIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING SCHOOL LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. S. for C. B. No. 89; Approved March 19, 1903. CONTENTS. Section 11, chapter 80, Laws of 1899, regarding posting of notice of election by school directors, Amended. Sec. 2. Sec. 3. Sec. 4. Sec. 5. Granting of third class certificates. Proviso. Two counties may unite to hold institute. Expense. Section 1613, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding defraying of expenses of county institutes, Amended. Sec. 6. Section 5, chapter 3, Laws of 1901, regarding protection of minors and pupils in school and penalties, Amended. Sec. 7. Sec. 8. Sec. 9. Boards of school directors. To let contracts. Clerk of board to report to Clerks in rural districts, principals or superintendents of town or city schools Section 2, chapter 27, Laws of 1901, regarding teachers' certificates, Sec. 11. County superintendent. When to be at county seat. To examine books of school directors. Meeting of directors. Sec. 12. County superintendent may reject warrants illegally issued by school directors. Sec. 13. Sec. 14. School directors failing to make complete census. Penalty. Report of county superintendent to superintendent of public instruction. Sec. 15. Apportionment of school funds. County superintendent to report to probate clerk. Sec. 16. District superintendents. Term of office. Duties. Sec. 17. Third paragraph, section 1548, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding distribution of fines, Amended. Sec. 18. Officials of higher educational institutions. Report to be made. Contents. Last paragraph, section 1548, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding county treasurers notifying county superintendents of funds, Amended. Sec. 20. Legal holidays defined. Proviso. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. Hereafter the school year governing all public schools in any district, independent district, incorporated town or city in this territory, shall commence on the first day of September and end on the last day of August of each year. Sec. 2. Section 1532, Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by section 11, of chapter 80, Session Acts of 1899, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "malfeasance in office" the following: "And shall be disqualified from again holding said office by appointment or otherwise for a period of one year thereafter." Sec. 3. Third class certificates, entitling the recipient to teach for one year in the county in which granted, may be granted by the county examining boards, and it is hereby made the duty of the members of such boards to prepare the list of questions to be submitted to those applying for third class certificates, and the examination of applicants for said third grade certificates shall occur at the same time and place as examinations are held for the examination of applicants for certificates of the first and second grades: Provided, that those seeking third grade certificates may also be examined by said board on the last Saturday in September and October, at the discretion of the county superintendent and at no other time. Sec. 4. Authority is hereby conferred upon the territorial board of education to authorize any two counties, wherein the conditions are such as to make it expedient to do so, to unite in holding a district county institute at such place as may be mutually agreed upon, but not more than two counties shall participate therein, and when such power is delegated to the county superintendents thereof, the expense of such institute shall be equally divided between two counties participating therein. Sec. 5. Section 1613, Compiled Laws of 1897, referring to the fees authorized to be collected by county superintendents from persons attending the county normal institutes is hereby amended so as to provide that such fees shall not be less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than three dollars ($3.00). Sec. 6. Section 5 of chapter 3, Session Laws of 1901, entitled "An Act for the protection of minors and pupils in schools," is hereby amended by inserting after the word. "cause," in the last line a semicolon, and adding the following, viz: "And the moneys accruing from such fines shall be covered into general school fund of the county in which the offense occurs." And it is hereby made the duty of the county superintendent of schools to prosecute before justices of the peace all persons, firms or corporations violating section 4 of this act. Sec. 7. Boards of school directors when letting a contract of public school buildings, shall require of the contractor, a good and sufficient bond, for the faithful execution of said contract. And the clerks of said boards outside of incorporated cities or towns are required to make the county superintendent from time to time as the superintendent may require an itemized statement under oath of the cost of labor and material used and work done where practicable and apparatus required and used for conducting and furnishing said building, and school directors of the latter class are further required to consult with and solicit the co-operation of county superintendents whenever it becomes necessary to purchase furniture, fixtures, etc., for the district schools and the directors and clerks of all school boards are hereby prohibited from acting as the agent for any person or firm engaged in the selling of school furniture, apparatus, etc., or to receive any commission attending the purchase of such furniture, apparatus, etc., for the use in their respective districts; and all persons identified in an official capacity with the public schools or with the higher educational institutions supported in whole or in part by the public funds of this territory are hereby prohibited from being a party directly or indirectly to any contract for which public money is to be used in connection with the operation or maintenance of such public schools or higher educational institutions. Sec. 8. The clerks of the several rural districts, principals or superintendents of town or city schools shall, betweenthe first day of June and the first day of July of each year, make a report to the county superintendent in writing, showing in detail the financial condition of the district, the amount of money received and from what source, including receipts from poll taxes, etc., district bonds or special levies, and the manner in which the same has been dispersed during the previous year, amount expended for repairs or improvements of school houses and grounds, whether rented or owned by the district, the value of all school property, amount of bonded indebtedness of district, status of interest fund, amounts paid for rent, fuel, etc., salaries paid teachers for the preceding year, the number and sex of the school population and amount expended for books for indigent children under section 1555, Compiled laws of 1897, as amended, and failure to properly prepare and forward said reports shall subject such clerk, principals or town or city superintendents to prosecution as provided in section 1535, Compiled Laws of 1897, and it is hereby made the duty of county superintendents to file information against such derelicts. Sec. 9. School directors serving in districts outside of incorporated towns or cities are hereby required to accompany all vouchers or warrants presented for the signature of the county superintendent with itemized statements of account, and the county superintendent shall withhold his approval of all bills until such statements are provided. Sec. 10. Section 1535, Compiled Laws of 1897, referring to duties of school directors is hereby amended by striking out the word "for" as used in the top line on page 427 of said Compiled Laws and section 2, chapter 27 second line from bottom of page 56, Session Acts of 1901, referring to teachers' certificates is hereby amended by striking out the words "and lower than ninety per cent." Sec. 11. The county superintendent is hereby required to be in attendance at the county seat on the first Saturday in the months of August, September and October and November for the transaction of official business. He is hereby empowered to examine from time to time the records and account books of district directors outside of incorporated cities and towns and see to it that the same are properly 'kept, and it is hereby made obligatory upon all such directors to meet at their accustomed place within the district at least once every thirty days during the school term for the transaction of public business. Sec. 12. The county superintendent shall investigate the legality of all accounts as to whether the same have been legally incurred and allowed, before the fixing of his signature thereto, and he may reject any warrant issued by district school directors whenever he may deem such warrant to have been illegally issued. Sec. 13. County superintendents are hereby empowered to remove from office any school director, in districts outside of incorporated towns and cities, who shall fail or refuse to make and return a complete census of the school population within his district as required by law, and such person so removed shall not be eligible to hold said office for a period of two years thereafter. Sec. 14. On or before the fifteenth day of August each year the county superintendent shall make out and transmit |