or otherwise, except solely as author or inventor, and for a violation thereof any regent shall be expelled from the board by a majority vote of the regents; provided, that the purchase and use of books and appliances written or invented by persons connected with any of the schools shall not be deemed to be prohibited.

Compensation of regents. Section 398. No member of the board of normal regents shall receive any pay for traveling to or for attendance at any meeting of the board, but for any specific service, rendered under the direction of the board, other than attending the meetings thereof, such compensation may be allowed any member, as the board shall deem just and reasonable; and such compensation and all moneys actually and necessarily expended by any member in traveling, attending meetings, or performing any other duty or service, directed to be performed, shall be paid out of the normal school fund income in the state treasury, on accounts presented to and adjusted by the board, and certified to the secretary of state by the secretary and president thereof. (1905 c. 168)

Other normal schools; alteration, etc., of buildings. Section 399. In addition to those heretofore established, the said board of regents may establish other state normal schools at such places as they may designate, upon sites selected by them; and when, in their opinion, the educational interests of the state require it, they may proceed to erect suitable buildings upon the sites so selected, and they may enlarge, alter or repair any normal school buildings.

Site may be donated. Whenever any such site shall be donated, then as soon as the title thereto shall be vested in them in fee in trust as aforesaid, and when money is donated, then as soon as such money is paid into the state treasury subject to be paid out only on the warrant of the secretary of state, as provided in the next section, or secured to be paid by the deposit with the state treasurer of United States or Wisconsin state bonds in amount equal in value to the sums of money so donated, said board may procure suitable plans and specifications for such buildings, alterations or repairs thereof, and employ persons to superintend the construction of the same; and they may advertise for proposals to erect, repair or enlarge any normal school building, reserving the right to reject any and all proposals made in pursuance of such advertisements; and the expense of such advertising and procuring plans and specifications shall be paid from the normal school fund income.

Donations, collection and application of. Section 400. The said board shall demand and receive the sums of money donated and subscribed by any persons to aid in the erection of the necessary

buildings for normal schools in such manner as said board may prescribe, and apply the same in the erection and completion of said buildings, the purchase of the necessary books, apparatus, furniture and fixtures, and for various other incidental expenses to be incurred by said board in pursuance of the provisions of these statutes, and if any surplus shall remain, apply the same to the expenses of conducting said normal schools; and any deficit which may arise in the erection and completion of said buildings and purchase aforesaid shall be paid out of the normal school fund income.

Accounts, how made, etc. Section 401. All payments for the erection, repairs or enlargement of any normal school building, or for fixtures or furniture therefor, and all disbursements from the normal school fund income, including the expenses of board of visitors of normal schools and of teachers' institutes shall be made by the treasurer of said board on the warrant of the secretary of state drawn in accordance with the certificate of the president and secretary of the board, after being audited and allowed pursuant to its rules and regulations, and not otherwise; and in case of a donation no such warrant shall be issued for any part thereof until the sums donated and subscribed shall have been paid into the state treasury, nor in any case until the work shall be done, the services rendered, buildings erected or fixtures or furniture purchased under the direction of said board, and pursuant to a contract made with it. All claims and accounts, before being certified to the secretary of state by the aforesaid officers of such board, shall be verified and approved in the same manner as claims against the state university are required to be verified and approved. (1905 c. 168)

Examination of accounts. Section 401a. 1. The board of regents of the state normal schools shall cause all of the financial transactions and accounts of or relating to the several state normal schools under their supervision at the close of each biennial period fo be fully and thoroughly examined by an audit company of recognized business standing and reliability, and approved of by the governor and in no way connected with any such schools or with any of their activities.

Examination; when commenced. 2. Such examination shall be commenced immediately after the close of said period and be completed as soon as practicable.

Report made by audit company. 3. Upon the completion of such examination a full and detailed report thereof shall be made by such audit company to the governor, and a printed copy of such report shall be furnished to each member of the next legislature not later than thirty days prior to the beginning of the next regular session.

Appropriation. 4. A sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.

(1909 c. 495)

Objects of schools. Section 402. The exclusive purposes and objects of each normal school shall be the instruction and training of persons, both male and female, in the theory and art of teaching, and in all the various branches that pertain to a good common school education, and in all subjects needful to qualify for teaching in the public schools; also to give instruction in the fundamental laws of the United States and of this state in what regards the rights and duties of citizens.

Model schools. Section 403. Said board shall also establish a model school or schools for practice in connection with each state normal school, and shall make all the regulations necessary to govern and support the same; and they may in their discretion admit pupils to such model schools free of charge of tuition.

Powers of board of regents as to schools. Section 404. The said board shall have the government and control of all the normal schools, and shall have power therefor:

1. To make rules, regulations and by-laws for the good government and management of the same and each department thereof.

2. To appoint a principal and assistants and such other teachers and officers and to employ such persons as may be required for each of said schools; to fix the salary of each person so appointed or employed and to prescribe their several duties.

Removal of teachers or officers. 3. To remove at pleasure any principal, assistant or other officer or person from any office or employment in connection with any such school.

To purchase equipment. 4. To purchase any needful and proper apparatus, books or articles to assist in instruction, and to provide for all necessary fuel and supplies for the conduct of such schools.

Courses of study; books; county teachers. 5. To prescribe the courses of study and the various books to be used in such schools. But when any state normal school shall offer a course for the express purpose of training teachers for country schools, the completion of which shall entitle one to the certificate mentioned in section 405, as amended by this act, the course of study shall be the full and fair equivalent of the course of study prescribed for the county training schools by the state superintendent.

Notice of opening school to be given. 6. To cause notice to be given of the opening of such schools and the several terms thereof.

Rules for admission of students. 7. To prescribe rules and regulations for the admission of students; but every applicant for admission shall undergo an examination to be prescribed by the board, and shall be rejected if it shall appear that he is not of good moral character or if applying as a free pupil will not make an apt or good teacher.

To require applicant to make declaration. 8. To require any applicant for admission, other than such as shall, prior to admission, sign and file with said board a declaration of intention to follow the business of teaching common schools in this state, to pay or to secure to be paid such fees for tuition as the board may deem proper and reasonable.

To provide for public lectures. 9. To cause lectures on any art, science or branch of literature to be delivered in any such schools on such terms and conditions as they may prescribe.

To delegate power of government to the faculty. 10. To confer by by-laws upon the principals of the several normal schools the power to suspend or expel pupils for misconduct or other cause prescribed in such by-laws. (1909 c. 204)

Diplomas and certificates. Section 405. Said board may grant diplomas in testimony of scholarship and ability to teach, but no such diploma shall be granted until such graduate shall have passed a thorough and satisfactory examination in the course of study prescribed by the board. When any such graduate has, after receiving such diploma, taught a public school in this state one year, the state superintendent may, after such examination as to moral character, learning and ability to teach as to him may seem proper, issue to such teacher an unlimited state certificate, and thereafter such unlimited certificate shall be evidence of his qualification to teach in any common school.

Certificate; elementary course. The said board may also, on such conditions as they may determine, grant a certificate of attendance certifying that the holder has completed the elementary course in a normal school and is qualified to teach a common school; and the said superintendent may, upon conditions above prescribed respecting diplomas, issue a limited state certificate, and thereafter such certificate shall be evidence of his qualification to teach in any common school of the state.

Certificate to teach in country schools. The said board of regents may also on such conditions as they may determine, grant a certificate, certifying that the holder has completed the course for

teachers of country schools in a normal school and is qualified to teach in a country school. Such certificate shall have the same force and effect in all respects as the certificate of a county training school, as defined in section 2, chapter 509, laws of 1905, and any acts amendatory of the same. (1909 c. 204)

Board of visitors. Section 406. After any state normal school shall have commenced its first term, and at least once in each year thereafter, it shall be visited by three suitable persons, not members of the board, but to be appointed by the state superintendent, who shall examine thoroughly into the condition, organization and management of the school, and shall report to the said superintendent their views in regard to its success and usefulness and any other matters they may judge expedient. Such visitors shall be appointed annually, and their report shall bear date of the thirtieth day of May and cover the year preceding such date.

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Annual tax levy; 1/6 mill; about $450,000. Section 406a. There shall be levied and collected annually a state tax of one-sixth of one mill for each dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable general property of the state as ascertained and fixed by the state board of assessment for apportionment of the state tax to the several counties, which amount when so levied and collected, is appropriated to the normal school fund income to be used for current and administration expenditures and for the increase and improvement of the facilities of the normal schools of the state.

Annual appropriation from general fund; $150,000. 2. There is annually appropriated for the period of three years from July 1, 1911, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars to the normal school fund income from the general fund of the state out of any money not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the construction and equipment in the order of the greatest need therefor of such additional buildings and the enlargements and repairs of buildings, equipment thereof, and the purchase of additional grounds, as in the judgment of the board of normal school regents shall be absolutely required, and can be completed within the appropriation herein made.

Governor to approve all building plans. 3. No plan or plans for any building shall be finally adopted, and no contract or contracts shall be entered into by the regents for the construction of any building until such plans and contracts, with complete estimates of the total cost thereof, shall have been submitted to, and in writing approved by the governor of the state, who shall withhold such approval until he shall satisfy himself by a personal examination or