school districts within the cities and counties of this State to provide each school house or the grounds thereof with a suitable flag-pole, and to cause the American flag to be displayed thereon during the daylight hours of every legal holiday, February 12th, and "Flag Day" of each year. CHAPTER 96.* COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ON SUBJECTS OF SANITATION AND CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Section I. Sanitation and the cause and prevention of disease shall be taught. That there shall be established in the Normal Schools of the State, and in the Public Schools, beginning with the Eighth Grade, a Course of Instruction upon the subjects of Sanitation, and the Cause and Prevention of dis ease. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education and the State Board of Health, acting conjointly, to prepare a Course of Study to carry out the provisions of this Act. CHAPTER 56.* SETTLEMENT BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES. When annexed to a city of the first, second or third class. When all the territory of a school district shall become annexed to a city of the first, second, or third class, by the extension of the boundaries of the City, all the school property, including moneys on hand and due to the said district, together with all records and papers belonging to said district, shall be transferred to, and the title vested in the Board of Education of such City, and said Board of Education shall assume and be held responsible for the legitimate floating and bonded indebtedness of said annexed district. *Session Laws, 1907. *Session Laws, 1907. Sec. 2. Annexation by extension of city limits. When by the extension of the limits of any city of the first, second, or third class a part of the territory of an adjacent school district is annexed to such city, it shall be the duty of a Board, consisting of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the City Superintendent of Schools, the County Superintendent of Schools, or in County School Districts of the First Class, the District Superintendent of Schools, to determine the present value of the school property of such district, also all moneys due to, or in the hands of the district treasurer, and to equitably apportion the amount due the district board, or the Board of Education, of such City, as the case may be. The amount due to the district board, or Board of Education, of such City, when ascertained by the said board, shall, if there be not sufficient funds in the hands of the treasurer to pay such indebtedness, be levied upon the taxable property of that district or corporation found to be in debt, and shall be collected in the same manner as if the same had been authorized by the vote of the district board, or by the Board of Education of such city, and when collected, it shall be paid to the treasurer of that district or Board of Education of such city to which it is due. The Board of Education, or the district retaining the school house, shall assume the bonded indebtedness incurred in the building and furnishing of such school-house. Sec. 3. Unadjusted claims. All unadjusted claims of cities and school districts arising from such annexation previous to the passage of this act, shall be adjudged in accordance with the provisions of this act. CHAPTER 121.* TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. Section 1. County teachers' institutes. The State Supertendent of Public Instruction, the Principal of the State Normal School, and the County Superintendent of each respective county within this State are hereby constituted a governing *Session Laws, 1907. board for the holding of County Teachers' Institutes, which shall be held annually in each county during not less than two nor more than ten days, for the instruction of teachers and of those who desire to teach. This board of three persons constituted as aforesaid for each respective county shall prescribe the subjects of instruction, and shall engage the instructors. The State Superintendent shall keep a record of the institutes held and the subjects taught. The County Superintendent shall notify all teachers in his county of the time and place of holding the institute, and shall report to the State Superintendent the names of those who attend and the program as carried out. The actual expense of holding each county institute shall not exceed one hundred dollars in any one year, and shall be paid out of the county school fund, upon the warrant of the county superintendent, accompanied by vouchers showing to whom and for what purpose the money was paid. Under the direction of the governing board, union institutes may be held by two or more counties with an additional expense of not more than fifty dollars for each additional county represented, the whole expense thereof to be divided equally among the counties so represented; provided that institute meetings held once or twice a month each year shall be equivalent to the annual institute mentioned in this section. The governing board is hereby authorized to call upon the State Normal School to furnish expert institute instructors for this work, provided that other expert instructors may be engaged whenever, in the judgment of the board, the service of such instructors shall be deemed advantageous. CHAPTER 3.* RETIREMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. Section 1. Authority to organize public school teachers' retirement commission. That upon the written request of a majority of the teachers of any city of the first or second class, or of any county, exclusive of cities of the first and second class, the Board of Education or the County Superintendent shall authorize the organization of a Public School Teachers' Retirement Commission. Sec. 2. Number of members. How selected. Term. Said commission shall be composed of seven members, viz: (a) Three members selected by the petitioning teachers or by the Members of the Retirement Association after organization is perfected; (b) The Superintendent of the city or county, and the (c) Clerk of the Board of Education, if in a city, or the (c) County Clerk in county organizations, and (d) two members selected by the Board of Education from their members in districts of the first or second class, or (d) two members appointed by the county superintendent from boards of trustees within the county. The elective and appointive members of the Retirement Commission chosen by the Board of Education or appointed by the Superintendent shall serve for two years, except in organizing, when one shall be chosen or appointed for one year and one for two years, dating the term of office from the first Monday of the preceding February; and the members chosen by the petitioning teachers or the members of the Retirement Association shall be chosen for a term of three years, except in organizing, when one shall be chosen for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, the term of office dating from the first Monday of the preceding February, except when first orgainzed, which may occur at any time during the year; the elective members shall be chosen between the first and *Session Laws, 1907. twentieth days of January, and shall take office on the first Monday of the succeeding February. Sec. 3. Meetings. How called. The members of the Retirement Commission who are chosen from the teaching body shall be elected at a meeting called by the Superintendent of the district or of the county, who shall cause each teacher serving within said district or county to be notified in writing of the time and place of such an election. Sec. 4. Shall qualify. Vacancies. The officers of the Retirement Commission shall qualify by taking and subscribing the oath of office and filing the same with the county clerk. In cases of a vacancy in the elective membership of said commission the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the commission choosing a member from the body that elected the outgoing member. Sec. 5. Organization. The Retirement Commission shall organize by electing from their number a president and a secretary, who shall serve for one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified. The Commissioners shall serve without compensation, except the Secretary, who may, in the discretion of the Retirement Commissioners, receive not to exceed fifty dollars per annum for his services. Sec. 6. Treasurer of Board of Education to be ex-officio treasurer of the association. The treasurer of the Board of Education in cities of the first and second class or of the county shall be the ex-officio treasurer of the funds of the Retirement Association, and his official bond as fixed by the Board of Education or County shall cover the moneys in said fund. Sec. 7. Funds of two classes. The funds of the Retirement Association shall be of two classes: (a) Permanent, and (b) Current Fund. The treasurer shall pay out money on warrants signed by the president and secretary of the Commission. He shall have charge, under the direction of the Commissioners, of the investment and management of the Permanent Fund, but the Permanent Fund shall be invested |