for the best interest of said school to retain the pupil therein. [As amended, 1889 S., p. 133. In force March 6, 1889.

2834b. Course of tuition. 26. It shall be the duty of the trustees and the superintendent, as far as the means provided will admit, to cause the pupils of said school to be so trained and educated as to render them better fitted to support and care for themselves, and provide, as far as possible, for the physical, intellectual and moral improvement of said pupils. 2834c. Superintendent to control. 27. The superintendent, under the rules and regulations made by the trustees, shall have the immediate charge and management of said school, and shall direct and control the other resident officers and employes thereof, and shall superintend the care, management and education of said pupils. Subject to the approval of said board, he shall appoint and employ such assistant teachers, physicians, attendants and laborers, as may be necessary for properly conducting said institution.

2834d. Appointees and employes. 28. No person shall be appointed or employed in any office or place in said institution, by said board or by said superintendent, because of the political views or affiliation of the appointee or employe, or for any reason other than capacity and fitness for the particular duties to be performed by such appointee or employe: Provided, That among the applicants equally qualified and fit, preference shall be given to honorably discharged soldiers of the United States in the late civil war. The superintendent may, at any time, remove and exclude any employe appointed by him, but only for cause, which removal and the cause therefor he shall report in writing to said board at its next monthly meeting at said school. No person shall be removed from any office or place in said institution, by said board or by said superintendent, because of such person's political views or affiliation; and no applicant for any office or place shall be rejected by said board, or by said superintendent, because of the political views or affiliation of the applicant.

2834e. Purchase of supplies - Payment of wages - Accounting. 29. The superintendent shall purchase all articles for use or consumption at said school, when and where they can best and most cheaply be procured. In proper books and pay rolls, to be prescribed by said. board, he shall keep the time and accounts of all employes of the institution, and accounts of all receipts of money for the support of pupils by their parents or guardians, and accounts of all purchases for or on account of the school. He shall account monthly to the trustees, who, without delay, shall examine his accounts and indorse upon the proper pages of his account books their approval or disapproval; and the record of the proceedings of said board shall show such examination and the

result thereof. Through the superintendent, the treasurer of said board shall pay, monthly, the salaries and wages of all officers and employes of said institution, other than the trustees and the superintendent, and shall pay all other bills and accounts approved by said board, taking proper vouchers for all payments made. Annually, on the 31st day of October, the superintendent shall make to said board a detailed report of all his acts, and of all the receipts and expenses of said institution, which report shall be included by the trustees in their annual report. [As amended, 1889 S., p. 133. In force March 6, 1889.

2834f. Monthly reports. 30. The superintendent shall report monthly to said board, showing such matters as the board may require. He shall also make, on the 31st day of October of each year, a report to said board showing the condition of said institution, and all changes therein during the preceding year, and making such suggestions and recommendations as to him may seem proper; and such annual report of the superintendent shall be set forth in the annual report of the board of trustees.

[1891 S., p. 407. In force March 9, 1891.]

2834g. Buildings and extensions authorized – Appropriation. 1. The board of trustees of the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home, located in Rush county, is hereby authorized and required to construct and furnish upon the grounds of said institution a chapel or assembly hall at a cost not exceeding the sum of thirteen thousand dollars; also, an extension of the hospital, such as may be proper and necessary for the care of the sick or disabled pupils of said institution, and for quarantine, at a cost not exceeding the sum of three thousand dollars; also, six additional cottages for the use of pupils and necessary employes, which cottages may be single or any two of them may be constructed as a double cottage, all of said additional cottages to cost not exceeding the sum of eighteen thousand dollars; also, an additional workshop or workshops or extensions of existing workshops, and suitable fire escapes for the entire institution, at a cost not exceeding the sum of six thousand dollars; also, two additional school rooms and proper alterations in the old chapel to adapt it to school purposes, at a cost not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars. Said board is also authorized and required to repair the farm cottage on said grounds at a cost not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars; also, to complete and furnish the upper story of the new dining hall of said institution, at a cost not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars; also, to sink a well or wells and to provide proper and necessary apparatus and pipes in connection therewith for supplying pure water and for extinguishing fires, at a cost, not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars; also, to extend and improve the electric lighting system of said institution at a cost not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars; also, to construct new water closets and proper and needed approaches thereto and necessary sewers therefor at said institution, at a cost not exceeding the sum of three thousand dollars; also, to continue the improvement of the grounds of said institution and to remove

from its present location to a more suitable situation the frame school house on said grounds and to convert the same into a gymnasium, armory and band quarters, at a cost not exceeding the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. And the various sums of money hereinbefore mentioned, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the several purposes mentioned respectively are hereby appropriated for said several purposes out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, and said board of trustees is further authorized to receive, and there is hereby appropriated annually out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred dollars, for the maintenance of a library and reading room at said institution; also, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed, for the making of current repairs in and about the buildings and grounds of said institution, and for payment of the expenses of the transportation of indigent pupils of said home, and for other contingent expenses of said institution.

2834h. Appropriations, payment of - Acts not applicable. § 2. That on and after the taking effect of this act so much of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the state government and its institutions, making certain specific appropriations, directing the application of such appropriations, requiring accounts to be kept by the fiscal years of the state, repealing inconsistent laws, designating the persons to whom certain appropriations therein made shall be paid, prescribing the duties of the auditor of state and treasurer of state with reference to the payment of such appropriations, providing penalties of any violation thereof, and declaring an emergency," approved March 11, 1889, as relates to or affects the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, shall cease to be operative, except as to money already drawn by and for said institution from the state treasury under the provisions of said act, and except, also, as to any indebtedness already incurred and contracted by said board of trustees for and on account of said home, and accrued salaries of officers and trustees thereof, which indebtedness and accrued salaries shall be paid under and out of the appropriations made by said act and not yet drawn from the state treasury, but the current expenses of said institution, not otherwise provided for herein, together with the salaries of its officers and trustees, after the taking effect of this act, shall be regulated and paid under and by the provisions of the statute entitled "An act to establish and maintain the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and to repeal certain statutes relating thereto," approved February 15, 1887, and not under or according to the provisions of said act approved March 11, 1889. [See § 2879p.

[1891 S., p. 78. In force March 4, 1891.]

28341. Trustees fix salaries — Maximum rates. 1. That it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana School for FeebleMinded Youth, to fix and determine the number and qualifications of the officers, physicians, teachers, attendants, domestics, mechanics, laborers, and other persons who shall be employed by the Superintendent of said school, as now provided by law; and it shall be the duty of said Board of Trustees of the Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth, in their discretion, to fix and determine the compensation of the Superintendent and all other officers and employees of said school. [As amended 1901, p. 333. Approved March 9, 1901,

Section 2834j, Horner's R. S. 1897, with reference to the age of pupils received in such school, was repealed by 1901 S., p. 158.

[1891 S., p. 404. In force March 9, 1891.] 2834k. Pupils' labor-Hiring out prohibited.

1. That the hiring out of the labor of the pupils of the benevolent institutions of the state under any form of contract be, and the same is hereby absolutely forbidden.

28341. Industrial education-Teachers hired for. § 2. The superintendents of the aforesaid benevolent institutions, namely, the Indiana Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, the Indiana Institution for the Education of the Blind, and the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth, acting under the control and supervision of the respective boards of trustees of said institutions are hereby authorized and required to provide for appropriate industrial education of their pupils under similar rules and methods to those of the scholastic instruction, namely, by means of teachers hired by said superintendents as other teachers are hired and subject on all points to the same control as all other teachers, officers, and employes of the said institutions.

2834m. Object-self support after discharge. 83. The industrial education of the said pupils in the aforesaid institutions and school shall, as far as possible, be conducted in such manner as to make said pupils fit and able to earn their own support when they shall have been graduated or otherwise discharged from said institutions or school and not, chiefly or mainly, so as to make any profit or revenue.

28340. Materials-Machinery-Purchase of. §4. The necessary cost of materials, machinery, if any, and instruction for the industrial education in the aforesaid institutions and school shall be a charge upon and defrayed out of the regular maintenance funds of the same except as hereinafter provided.

2834 o. Results, sale of - Minimum price. § 5. The superintendents of the institutions and school aforesaid shall be authorized to dispose by sale of any material used in the industrial education of the pupils in the same manner as now provided by law for the sale of waste or surplus material: Provided, that no material so used by the pupils shall be disposed of at a lower price than the current market price for similar articles at the time when they are sold: And, further provided, that if the material to be disposed of be available for the use of any other of the institutions of the state the same shall be purchased by them, and paid for in the same manner that they pay for any material or supplies that they may purchase. 2834p. Sale-Proceeds of, disposal of. § 6. The superintendent of each of the institutions and school aforesaid shall pay to the treasurer of state the gross proceeds of the sale of any material as provided for in the previous section, as now required by law, whereupon the treasurer of state shall give the said superintendent a receipt for the amount, which receipt shall specify that the amount is the produce of the sale of material used in the industrial education of the pupils. The superintendent shall thereupon deposit the said receipt with the auditor of state, who shall give him a quietus for the amount, and shall place the amount of the same to the credit of the maintenance fund of the institution or school, and not, as heretofore provided by law, to the credit of the general fund of the state. 2834q. Tools etc.- Appropriation for. § 7. There is hereby appropriated to defray any expenditures made necessary by this act, namely, the purchase of materials, tools and machinery, and the fitting up of rooms or buildings, and the hiring of skilled teachers, the sum of thirteen thou

sand dollars ($13,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary, divided as follows, namely: For the industrial education of the pupils of the Indiana Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, eight thousand dollars ($8,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary; for the industrial education of the pupils of the Indiana Institution for the Education of the Blind, three thousand dollars ($3,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary; for the industrial education of the pupils of the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth, two thousand dollars ($2,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary. The said amounts to be drawn in the same manner as provided by law for the maintenance fund of the said institutions and school.

2834г. Repealing clause. § 8. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

2834s. Contracts existing not abrogated. § 9. This act shall not abrogate any contract now existing, but the provisions thereof shall take effect from and after the first day of July, 1891, or at the termination of existing contracts after that date.

[1895 S., p. 40. In force February 23, 1895.]

2834t. Soldiers' home established. I. There shall be established and maintained upon the lands now belonging to the department of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic, near Lafayette, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, an institution for the support of disabled or destitute soldiers, sailors, and marines and their wives or destitute widows of such soldiers, sailors and marines, which institution shall be known as the Indiana State Soldiers' Home: Provided, That after the passage of this act and before the payment of any money by the State, the said lands of the department of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic, shall be conveyed to the State of Indiana by warranty deed, which shall convey by covenants, absolute in their character, free from all liens, warranting forever an indefeasible title to the State of Indiana in fee simple, said title to be to the approval of the Attorney-General, to certain tracts of land in Tippecanoe county, the first tract being five (5) acres, more or less in extent, lately the property of Col. Richard P. DeHart, and the second two hundred and forty-two (242) acres more or less in extent in two separate tracts of 187 acres more or less and 55 acres more or less respectively: Provided, That at no time after the taking effect of this act shall any part of said real estate from any cause revert from the State of Indiana for any purpose: Provided, further, That before the payment of any money by the State under this act the said Grand Army of the Republic shall pay over absolutely to the State of Indiana, to be used for the purposes of this act, the sum of five thousand six hundred and eighty-eight dollars ($5,688) in cash or so much