rate account of all receipts and expenditures in a book provided for that purpose. He shall register all orders drawn and reported to him by the secretary, showing the number, date, to whom drawn, the fund upon which drawn, the purpose and amount. The money collected by tax for the erection of schoolhouses and the payment of debts contracted therefor shall be called the schoolhouse fund; the money collected by tax voted or the proceeds of the sale of bonds valid for the purpose of building schoolhouses shall be called the schoolhouse fund, and all other moneys received for any other purpose shall be called the general fund; and that received for the payment of teachers, the teachers' fund: and he shall keep a separate account with each fund, paying no order that fails to state the fund upon which it is drawn and the specific use to which it is to be applied. Whenever an order cannot be paid in full out of the fund upon which it is drawn, partial payment may be made. All school orders shall draw lawful interest after being presented to the treasurer and by him indorsed as not paid for want of funds. It is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of each school corporation to deposit all funds in his hands as such treasurer in some bank or banks in the state at interest at the rate of at least two per cent, per annum on ninety per cent. of the daily balances payable at the end of each month, all of which shall accrue to the benefit of the general fund of such school corporation; but before such deposit is made, such bank shall file a bond with sureties to be approved by the treasurer and the board of directors of such corporation in double the amount deposited, conditioned to hold the school corporation harmless from all loss by reason of such deposit or deposits; provided that in cases where an approved surety company's bond is furnished, said bond may be accepted in an amount equal to ten per cent more than the amount deposited. Said bond shall be filed with the president of the school board and action may be brought thereon either by the treasurer or the school corporation as the board may elect. [37 G. A., ch. 386, § 4; 35 G. A., ch. 247, § 2; 31 G. A., ch. 139; C. '73, §§ 1747-50; R., §§ 2048-50; C. '51, §§ 1138-40.]

Sec. 2769. Financial statement. He shall render a statement of the finances of the corporation whenever required by the board, and his books shall always be open for inspection. He shall make an annual report to the board at its regular July meeting, which shall show the amount of the general fund, and the schoolhouse fund held over, received, paid out, and on hand, the several funds to be separately stated, and he shall immediately file a copy of this report with the county superintendent. [37 G. A., ch. 386. § 5; 31 G. A., ch. 136, § 7; 16 G. A., ch. 112, § 2; C. '73, § 1751; R., § 2051; C. '51, § 1141.]

Each school of

Sec. 2770. Surrendering office to successor. ficer, upon the termination of his term of office, shall immediately surrender to his successor all books, papers and moneys pertain

ing or belonging to the office, taking a receipt therefor. [C. '73, § 1791; R., § 2080.]

Sec. 2771. Quorum of board-filling vacancies. A majority of the board of directors of any school corporation shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. Vacancies occurring among the officers or members shall be filled by the board by ballot, and the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected, and shall qualify as if originally elected or appointed. When the board is reduced below a quorum, by resignation or otherwise, the secretary of the board, or if there be no secretary, the county superintendent shall call a special election to fill the vacancies, giving notice in the same manner as for the annual meeting on the second Monday in March. In the case of any school corporation, including consolidated school districts, where no director has been elected or where no director who has been elected has qualified, the county superintendent of the county in which said district or the larger portion of said district is located shall be authorized and empowered to appoint a board of directors until their successors have been elected and qualified. The county superintendent, when making such appointments to fill vacancies, shall designate which term or terms each director appointed shall fill. [38 G. A., ch. 201; 32 G. A., ch. 150; 28 G. A., ch. 106; 24 G. A., ch 19; C. '73, §§ 1730, 1738; R., §§ 2037-38.]

Sec. 2772. Temporary officers-course of study-regulations -use of tobacco prohibited. The board shall appoint a temporary president and secretary, or either of them, in the absence. of the regular officers, and shall prescribe a course of study for the schools of the corporation, make rules and regulations for its own government and that of the directors, officers, teachers and pupils, and the care of the schoolhouse, grounds and property of the school corporation, and aid in the enforcement of the same, and require the performance of duty by said persons not in conflict with law and said rules and regulations, and such rules and regulations shall prohibit the use of tobacco in any form by any student of such schools and such board may suspend or expel such student for any violation of such rule. [35 G. A., ch. 241, § 2; C. '73, §§ 1730, 1737; R., § 2037.]

Sec. 2773. Schoolhouse site-division of district-length of school. It may fix the site for each schoolhouse, taking into consideration the geographical position, number and convenience of the scholars, provide for the fencing of schoolhouse sites, determine the number of schools to be taught, divide the corporation into such wards or other divisions for school purposes as may be proper, determine the particular school which each child shall attend, and designate the period each school shall be held beyond the time required by law, except that no contract shall be entered into with any teacher to teach any school in the school corpora

tion, when the average attendance in said school the last preceding term therein, was less than five pupils, unless a showing is made to the county superintendent that the number of children of school age in said school district, has increased so that ten or more will be enrolled in such school and will attend therein, in which case, or when natural obstacles to transportation of pupils to another district or other conditions make it clearly inadvisable that such schools be closed, the county superintendent may consent to maintaining a school in said district for the ensuing term. It shall be the duty of the member of the school board residing in said district to make the showing referred to herein or any resident of said district may upon his own motion make said showing. Every school shall be free of tuition to all actual residents between the ages of five and twenty-one years, and to resident honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines as many months after becoming twenty-one (21) years of age as they have pent in the military and naval service of the United States before they became twenty-one (21), and each school regularly established shall continue for at least thirty-two weeks of five school days each, in each school year commencing the first day of July.

In case a school in any district be closed as herein provided, then the board of such school corporation shall provide for the instruction of the pupils in said district in another school as conveniently as may be, and shall provide for the transportation of such pupils to such other school when any one or more of such pupils reside more than one and a half miles from the school to which they have been assigned, or shall allow to the parent or guardian of such pupil or pupils a reasonable sum for transporting such child or children to such other school.

The school board of the corporation in which the school that is closed under the provisions of this act is situated shall pay to the secretary of the school corporation in which children attend from the closed school the average cost of tuition and other expenses in the school wherein such children attend. No school shall be in session during the time of holding a teachers' institute except by written permission of the county superintendent. [38 G. A., ch. 24; 38 G. A., ch. 143; 38 G. A., ch. 160; 31 G. A., ch. 136, § 8; 19 G. A., ch. 172, § 21; 17 G. A., ch. 54; 15 G. A., ch. 57; C. '73, §§ 1724, 1727, 1769; R., §§ 2023, 2037.]

Sec. 2774. Renting room-instruction in other schools-transportation of children. It may, when necessary, rent a room and employ a teacher, where there are ten children for whose accommodation there is no schoolhouse; and when the board is released from its obligation to maintain a school, or when children live at an unreasonable distance from their own school, the board may contract with boards of other school townships or independent

districts for the instruction of children thus deprived of school advantages, in any school therein, and the cost thereof shall be paid from the general fund. And when there will be a saving of expense, and children will also thereby secure increased advantages, it may arrange with any person outside the board for the transportation of any child to and from school in the same or in another corporation, and such expenses shall be paid from the general fund. [21 G. A., ch. 124; 16 G. A., ch. 109; C. '73, § 1725.]

Sec. 2775. Instruction as to stimulants, narcotics and poisons. It shall require all teachers to give and all scholars to receive instruction in physiology and hygiene, which study in every division of the subject shall include the effects upon the human system of alcoholic stimulants, narcotics and poisonous substances. The instruction in this branch shall of its kind be as direct and specific as that given in other essential branches, and each scholar shall be required to complete the part of such study in his class or grade before being advanced to the next higher, and before being credited with having completed the study of the subject. [21 G. A., ch. 1.]

Sec. 2775-a. Elementary agriculture-domestic science-manual training-instruction-teachers' examination. The teaching of elementary agriculture, domestic science, and manual training shall, after the first day of July, nineteen hundred fifteen, be required in the public schools of the state; and the state superintendent of public instruction shall prescribe the extent of such instruction in the public schools. And after the date of aforesaid elementary agriculture and domestic science or manual training shall be included among the subjects required in the examination of those applicants for teachers' certificates who are required by the provisions of this act to teach agriculture and domestic science. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent the board of directors from dispensing with the teaching of said subjects in rural schools at its discretion. [37 G. A., ch. 319; 36 G. A., ch. 261, § 1; 35 G. A., ch. 248, § 1.]

Sec. 2778. Contracts-election of teachers-employment of teachers in subdistricts. The board shall carry into effect any instruction from the annual meeting upon matters within the control of the voters, and shall elect all teachers and make all contracts necessary or proper for exercising the powers granted and performing the duties required by law. But the board may authorize any subdirector to employ teachers for the schools in his subdistrict. Contracts with teachers must be in writing, and shall state the length of time the school is to be taught, the compensation per week of five days or month of four weeks, and such other matters as may be agreed upon, signed by the president and teacher, and filed with the secretary before the teacher commences to teach under such contract.

The board of directors of each independent school district of any city, town, village and of each consolidated independent school district shall have the power to employ a superintendent of schools for a term of not to exceed three years, who shall execute the orders and regulations of the board and have such powers and duties as they may prescribe, with such duties and powers as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the laws of the state, provided, however, that no such contract be made until a superintendent has served at least one year in the position to which it is proposed to elect him for the longer period. [36 G. A., ch. 34, § 1; 28 G. A., ch. 107, § 1; 22 G. A., ch. 60; C. '73, §§ 1723, 1757; R., §§ 2037, 2055.]

Sec. 2778-a. Minimum teachers' wage-based on certificate grade. All teachers in the public schools of this state, shall be paid for their services a minimum wage of not less than the amounts hereinafter set forth:

1. A teacher who has completed a four-year college course and received a degree from an approved college and who is the holder of a state certificate or a state diploma shall receive a minimum wage of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month until a successful teaching experience of two years in the public schools shall have been established. Thereafter, the minimum wage shall be one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00) per month.

2. A teacher who has completed a two-year course in education in a state normal school or other school whose diploma is recognized as an equivalent diploma by the state board of educational examiners and who shall be the holder of a state certificate, or who shall be the holder of a state certificate issued upon examination, shall receive a minimum wage of eighty dollars ($80.00) per month, until a successful teaching experience of two years in the public schools shall have been established. Thereafter, the minimum wage shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month.

3. A teacher who has completed a normal course in a normal training high school and who has had less than one year of successful teaching experence shall receive a minimum wage of sixtyfive dollars ($65.00) per month. A teacher who has completed a normal course in a normal training high school and who shall have had one year of successful teaching experience, and a teacher holding a first grade uniform county certificate, shall receive a minimum wage of seventy-five ($75.00) per month until a successful experience of two years in the public schools shall have been established; thereafter, the minimum wage shall be eighty dollars ($80.00) per month.

4. A teacher who is the holder of a second grade uniform county certificate shall receive a minimum wage of sixty dollars