Chap. 248.—An ACT to repeal sections 1501 and 1504, and to amend and r
enact sections 1432, 1433, 1434, 1438, 1447, 1450, 1451, 1454, 1460, 1462, 146
1466, 1474, 1476, 1481, 1489, 1496, and 1497 of an act of assembly, entitle
“an act to amend and re-enact chapter 66 of the Code of Virginia relatin
to public free schools for counties and to the literary fund,’”’ approve
December 28, 1903, as amendzd by an act approved March 11, 1904.

Approved March 15, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sectior
fifteen hundred and one and fifteen hundred and four of the act herei
mentioned be repealed, and that sections fourteen hundred and thirts
two, fourteen hundred and thirty-three, fourteen hundred and thirty-fou
fourteen hundred and thirty-eight, fourteen hundred and forty-sever
fourteen hundred and fifty, fourteen hundred and fifty-one, fourteen hur
dred and fifty-four, fourteen hundred and sixty, fourteen hundred an
sixty-two, fourteen hundred and sixty-five, fourteen hundred and sixty
six, fourteen hundred and seventy-four, fourteen hundred and seventy-si)
fourteen hundred and eighty-one, fourteen hundred and eighty-nine, fou:
teen hundred and ninety-six, and fourteen hundred and ninety-seven o
an act of assembly, entitled “an act to amend and re-enact chapter sixty
six of the Code of Virginia relating to public free schools for countie
and to the literary fund,” approved December twenty-eight, nineteen hun
dred and three, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved Marc!
eleventh, nineteen hundred and four, be amended and re-enacted so as 1
read as follows:

$1432. Recovery of money due literary fund.—Any money which ough
to be paid into the public treasury to the credit of the literary fund shal
(unless other provisions be made therefor) be recoverable, with interest.
by the State board of education, by motion after fifteen days’ notice. 01
by action in the circuit court of the city of Richmond. The second au-
ditor shall institute and prosecute the proceedings after an order for such
motion or action shall have been made by the board.

The said board may appoint agents for the collection of its debts 0
claims, and authorize them to secure payment thereof on such terms as it
may approve.

When estate of any person taken under execution, or for sale under
any decree or deed of trust, for any such debt or claim, or for any fine.
will not sell for the amount thereof, such agent may (under the direction
of the board as to the price) purchase such estate for the board. He sha!
immediately report to it every such purchase and the terms thereof.

The board may sell, or appoint an agent to sell, any estate so pur-
chased, who shall sell at such time and on such terms as the board maY
authorize. It shall take bond from such agent if any money is to come
into his hands. Any agent selling land under this section shall, when
directed so to do by the board, execute a deed (with the resolution giving
such direction thereto annexed) conveying to the purchaser all the in-
terest which the board may have in such land.

For the service of any agent under this section, the board may allow
compensation, not exceeding in any case five per centum on the money
actually paid into the treasury.
$1433. Duties of State board of education.—The powers and duties of
the board shall be as follows:

First. To divide the State into appropriate school divisions, in the dis-
cretion of said board, comprising not less than one county or city each;
but no county or city shall be divided in the formation of such divisions.
It shall, subject to the confirmation of the senate, appoint for each of
such divisions one superintendent of schools, who shall hold office for four
years. The board shall also prescribe the duties of such division superin-
tendent, and may remove him for cause and upon notice. When a va-
cancy occurs during the recess of the general assembly, it shall be filled by
appointment of the board for the unexpired term, and the appointee shall
continue in office until the expiration of thirty days after the first meeting
of the general assembly; but it shall not be lawful when the general as-
sembly is not in session for the said board to appoint as division superin-
tendent any person whose nomination has been previously rejected by the
senate. '

Second. To prescribe the duties of the superintendent of public in-
struction.

Third. To approve the appointment of a first and second clerk, and
such other employees as may be necessary for the office of the superin-
tendent of public instruction, upon the nomination of that officer, and
to fix their salaries. The first clerk, who is hereby required to serve also
as secretary of the State board of education, may be allowed for these
extra services such reasonable compensation as the board may deem just
and proper.

Fourth. To adopt by-laws for its own government and to make all
needful rules and regulations for the management and conduct of the
schools. Such rules and regulations, when published and distributed,
shall have the force and effect of Jaw until revised, amended, or repealed
by the general assembly.

Fifth. To provide for the examination of teachers by a State board of
examiners, and the inspection of schools by inspectors to be chosen by
the State board of education, or by the adoption of such other plans as
the board may, in its discretion, deem wise and expedient. The duties,
compensation, and expenses of such examiners and inspectors shall be
fixed by the State board of education, and paid as other expenses of said
hoard are paid.

Sixth. To select text-books, school furniture, and educational appli-
ances for use in the public schools of the State of Virginia, exercising
such discretion as it may see fit in the selection of books suitable for the
schools in the cities and counties, respectively, subject to the conditions
and restrictions hereinafter set forth; but no text-books which may here-
after be adopted for use in any public free school in the State of Vir-
ginia shall be changed or substituted until the same shall have been used
for a period of not less than four years.

The said State board of education shall be empowered, and it is hereby
made their duty to enter into contract for a term of years not to exceed
four, with the publisher or publishers of school books adopted for the use
of the pupils of the public schools of Virginia, upon the terms and con-

ditions herein set forth, that the price to be paid for said books by th
pupils of the public schools of Virginia shall not exceed the lowest reta
price at which such books are sold to the pupils or patrons of the publ
schools of any other State, county, township, or schoo! district, or to an
individual in the United States. The publisher or publishers to make
sworn affidavit of this fact, which said sworn statement shall be put ©
file in the office of the superintendent of public instruction, Richmon
Virginia: and provided, further, that said publisher or publishers «
said school books shall make a written guarantee to said State board «
education, that any further reduction in the price of said books during ti
life of said contract, made anywhere to any one, shall also be made 1
said State board of education, and if the publisher or publishers of an
school books adopted for the use of the pupils of the public schoo
of Virginia, fails to make the retail prices of said school books as low 1
the pupils of the public schools of Virginia as the same books are suj
plied to the pupils of the public schools of any other State, corporatio
or person, at any time during the continuance of this contract, then |
shall be the duty of the State board of education of Virginia to declar
the contract with such publisher or publishers to be null and void.

Before any publisher or publishers of school books adopted by the Stat
hoard of education shall be permitted to enter into any contract with th
State board of education, under the provisions of this act, he or the
shall file with the State superintendent of public instruction, to be aj
proved by the said State board of education, a good and sufficient bon
for the faithful performance of the conditions of such contract and th
observance of the requirements of this act.

Seventh. To guard by regulation against such a multiplication «
schools in proportion to the funds provided as will tend to cause a lo
grade of instruction in the schools or in any other way impair the
efficiency.

Eighth. To approve or amend the plans of the superintendent of pub!
instruction for the organization and conduct of the summer norm:
schools, to audit the accounts for the expenses of such schools, and is*)
warrants for the payment thereof as other warrants are issued by the sai
board.

Ninth. To decide appeals from the decisions of the superintendent «
public instruction: provided, that all the facts and arguments in eac
case shall be presented in writing, and in such form as the board ma
prescribe.

Tenth. T’o order the sense of voters to be taken in counties or distric
on all matters which may be properly so referred under the provisions ¢
the school law whenever deemed proper by the board.

Eleventh. To invest the capital and unappropriated income of th
literary fund in bonds of this State, or of the United States, or in bond
of railroad companies secured by first mortgage whose market value fo
six months preceding the investment has not been less than ninety cent
on the dollar, or in bonds made by the district school boards of the diffe
ent school districts in this State, constituting a lien on the district fund
in the different districts, secured by deed of trust on the school propert.
in said districts in which said bonds are invested. ‘The said board may
call in any such investment, or any heretofore made, and reinvest the same
as aforesaid whenever deemed proper for the preservation, security, or
improvement of the said fund. Whenever, in accordance with this sec-
tion, the board shall invest as aforesaid in bonds of this State no pre-
mium shall be required or paid on such investment. All securities for
money belonging to the literary fund shall be deposited with the second
auditor for safe-keeping, who shall return with his annual report a list
thereof with a statement of their value.

Twelfth. To audit all claims which are to be paid out of the literary
fund, and to allow so much thereof as shall appear to be due: provided,
that not more than ten years shall have elapsed when by law such claim
might have been presented for payment. For any claims so allowed,
certified by the secretary and presiding officer of the board, the second
auditor shall issue his warrant on the treasurer, signed by the second
auditor and attested by one of his clerks. All money belonging to the
literary fund shall also be received into the treasury on the warrant of
the second auditor, who shall also be the accountant of the said fund.

Thirteefth. To approve or amend the schemes prepared by the super-
intendent of public instruction for apportioning the money appropriated
by the State for public free school purposes among the several counties
and cities of the State.

Fourteenth. ‘To determine the necessary contingent expenses of the
office of the superintendent of public instruction, including stationery,
postage, printing, furniture, and other charges; to examine the accounts
thereof; and, when approved, to issue warrants on the second auditor for
the payment of the same, said warrants to be signed by the secretary and
the presiding officer of the board.

Fifteenth. ‘To punish division superintendents of schools for neglect
of duty, or for any official misconduct, by reasonable fines, to be deducted
from their pay; by suspension from office and pay for a limited period,
or by removal from office.

Sixteenth. To appoint a board of directors, consisting of five members,
10 serve without compensation, which shall have the management of the
State library (except the law library), and the appointment of a libra-
rian and other employees thereof subject to such rules and regulations as
the general assembly shall prescribe.

Seventeenth. To observe the operations of the public free school system,
to regulate such matters as may arise in the practical administration
thereof not otherwise provided for, and to suggest to the gencral assembly
any improvements deemed advisable therein, and for which the said
lward has no power to provide.

Eighteenth. To make a report to the general assembly at each regular
vession, covering the annual report of the superintendent of public in-
struction, giving an account of the operations of the board for the two
«hool years immediately preceding the session of the general assembly.

Nineteenth. To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law.

Twentieth. Such reasonable expenses as the members of the board,
except the governor, the attorney-general, and the superintendent of pub-
lic instruction, may incur in attending the meetings of the board, or any
committee thereof, shall be paid from the funds at the command of the
board by warrant on the second auditor as other expenses of the board
are paid.

§1434. His election and term; his salary and travelling expenses; va-
cancy in office; qualification—There shall be elected by the qualified
voters of the State on the Tuestay after the first Monday in November.
nineteen hundred and five, and every four years thereafter, a superin-
tendent of public instruction, who shall be an experienced educator, and
whose term of office shall commence on the first of February following
his election: provided, that the present incumbent of the office, or his
successor, shall continue in office until February first, nineteen hundred
and six.

His salary shall be fixed by the general assembly, and he shall be
allowed his necessary travelling expenses while engaged in the duties of
his office, a sum not to exceed eight hundred dollars in any school year:
provided, that this amount shall be in full of all sums now set apart br
law or otherwise for necessary travelling expenses, but is in no way to
affect the salary of the said superintendent of public instructioh.

Any vacancy occurring in the office within a regular term shall be
filled for the unexpired term by the State board of education.

Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office he shall
take and subscribe the oath prescribed for all officers of the State.

§1438. His salary—The said superintendent shall receive, to be paid
in monthly installments out of the State school fund, on the warrant of
the State board of education drawn upon the second auditor, forty dollars
for everv thousand of population under his jurisdiction for the first ten
thousand; twenty-five dollars for every thousand in excess of ten up to
and including thirty thousand; and fifteen dollars for every thousand in
excess of thirty thousand; rejecting in each case fractions less than five
hundred: provided, that the pay of a superintendent shall not, in any
case, be less than two hundred dollars a year.

$1447. Powers and duties of board.

First. Expenses of trustee——The county school board may order any
district school board of the county to pay to each school trustee, except
the clerk of the board, a sum not to exceed ten dollars in any one year
to cover the expenses of said trustee for attendance upon the meetings
of the county and the district school boards.

Second. Estimate of expenses.—It shall be the duty of the county
school board of each county, on or before the first day of July each year. _
to prepare and file with the division superintendent of schools an estimate
of the amount of money which will be needed during the next scholastic
year for the support of the public free school system of the county, and
at the same time, after carefully revising the estimates of the district
boards of trustees submitted to the county board in accordance with the
provisions of section fourteen hundred and sixty-six of this chapter, t»
prepare and file with said superintendent separate estimates of the neces-
sary expenses of the public free schools in each school district of the
county for the next scholastic year, which estimates shall be submitted by
him to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting.

Third. Apportionment of county fund.—The county school fund shall
lw apportioned by the county school board among the several districts of
the county according to its judgment, having due regard to maintaining,
as far as practicable, a uniform term throughout all of the districts: pro-
vided, that such primary and grammar schools as may be established in
anv school year shall be maintained at least four mouths of that school
vear before any part of the fund assessed and collected may be devoted
to the establishment of schools of a higher grade.

Fourth. Property vested in and managed by county board; counsel.—
All money. bonds, stocks, debts, funds, effects, and other property, real
or personal, held by individuals by virtue of their office of school com-
missioner or overseers of the poor of any of the counties of this Com-
monwealth, except the county of Loudoun, under any act heretofore
passed by the general assembly of Virginia, acquired by or derived from
the sale of glebe lands, or from any other source formerly belonging to any
of the said counties, and applicable to school purposes; also such real or
personal estate in any of the said counties as belonged to the former
heard of the literary fund, together with any other funds or property
which had in any manner been set apart for school purposes, but which
has been practically abandoned or is without trustees; and any funds or
property that may be hereafter set apart solely for county school pur-
poses, and all donations by will. deed, or other conveyances, heretofore or
hereafter made for county school purposes, the Jot and school building
and all the real and personal property acquired for the use of a county
nigh school, or for the maintenance thereof, shall be vested in the said
county school board of the said counties. respectively, unless inconsistent
sith the grant or devise, upon such terms and conditions for the security
of the same as the circuit court of said county shall prescribe. The said
soard shall, when not inconsistent with the terms of the grant or devise,
invest and manage the same, and apply the profits thereof for the purpose
of education in the same manner and under the same restrictions as the
veneral school fund of the State is applied under the general school law
of the State. except that the said boards are authorized to apply such por-
tions of the profits of the funds as in their judgment may be necessary to
the erection of school-houses in their said counties, respectively, or to the
purchase of school apparatus for the use of schools: provided, that such
disposition is not in conflict with the will of the grantor or testator. In
cases where funds or other property are held by trustees for purposes of
common school education, the county school board shall have power. and
it shall be its duty to examine into the manner in which such trusts are
administered; and all such trustees are hereby required to render reports
to the county board whenever called on, and to afford every facility
wanted by said board in order to obtain a full understanding of all the
points connected with such administration ; and should such examination
reveal any defect or irregularity in the administration of such trust funds
or other property, it shall be the duty of the county school board to in-
stitute prompt proceedings for carrying the matter before the civil courts.
In cases where donations or other funds have been set apart for the edu.
cation of the poor, the county school board is authorized to receive anc
apply the same in connection with the public free schools in obedience t
the will of the donor. The county school board of any county may cm.
ploy counsel and provide for and direct the payment of reasonable attor.
ney’s fees whenever such action may he necessary for effectuating the pur.
poses and objects of this section, or for the protection of the public school:
of the county, or of any school district thereof, from loss or detrimen:
from any cause: provided, that no such fee shall be paid or allowed by
such board unless and until the same shall have been approved by th:
court in which such litigation was had: provided, further, that nothing
in this law contained shall be construed to apply to the twenty-fiftl
clause of the will of Samuel Miller, deceased, or in any wise to affect
or impair any rights or interests whatsoever, either public or private.
arising under said clause, or to any fund now held by the Charlottesville
district school board of Albemarle county, known as district number five.

$1450. School trustee electoral board: composition: duties: compen-
sation.—In each county there shall be a board, to be known ag the schoo!
trustee electoral board, which shall, until February first, nineteen hun-
dred and four, be composed of the county judge, the attorney for the
Commonwealth, and the division superintendent of schools: but after
the first day of February, nineteen hundred and four, the said board
shall be composed of the attorney for the Commonwealth, the division
superintendent of schools, and a resident qualified voter, who is not a
county or State officer, to be appointed by the judge of the circuit court
on or within thirty days after the first day of February, nineteen hun-
dred and four, and every four years thereafter. This resident qualified
voter shall receive a per diem of two dollars for cach day actually em-
ployed, to be paid out of the county school fund; but when acting as 4
member of the board of appeal, according to the provisions of section
fourteen hundred and eighty-seven, he shall receive two dollars per day.
to be paid out of the district fund of the district in which the service is
rendered. The said appointee shall qualify before the clerk of the said
circuit court, and shall serve for a term of four years from the first dav
of March, nineteen hundred and four. Any vacancy occurring within
the term of the said appointee shall be filled by the said circuit judy
within thirty days thereafter.

$1451. Clerk and chairman.—The division superintendent shall |»
clerk, and the board shall elect one of its members chairman.

$1454. Term of office; mode of filling vacancies, and soforth ; qualifi-
cations of trustees.—The school trustee electoral board shall appoint one
school trustee for the several school districts in their respective counties.
not more than thirty days before September first, nineteen hundred and
six, whose term of office shall be three years from said September fin.
nineteen hundred and six, and thirty days before September first. nine
teen hundred and six, and thirty days before September first of each
succeeding year thereafter, one school trustee for each district, whose term
of office shall begin on the first day of September of that year and con-
tinue for three years. And the terms of the present trustees are hereby
xtended to the first day of September succeeding the term for which
hey were appointed. Said boards shall fill vacancies occurring within
regular term for the unexpired part thereof.

No person who is unable to read and write shall be appointed a trustee.

$1460. Must be a resident of district and take oath_—Every school trus-
“e shall, at the time of his appointment, be a resident of the school dis-
rict for which he is appointed, and if he shall cease to be a resident
hereof his office shall be deemed vacant. Before entering upon the
ischarge of the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe the oath
rescribed for officers of the State before the division superintendent of
chools or any other officer authorized to administer an oath. The officer
dministering the said oath shall certify the same to the clerk of the
ircuit court, and the said clerk shall make in his record book a minute
f the qualification of said trustee. And no fee shall be charged for
ither service.

$1462. Clerks of district boards to take census of school population:

heir pay.—The clerk of each district school board, during the month of
\pril or May, nineteen hundred and ten, and every five years thereafter,
hall, in proper person or by deputies approved by the division superin-
endent of schools, take a census of all persons between the ages of seven
ind twenty years, residing within the school district, and gather statistics
elating to the interests of education in said distiict, according to the
orme furnished -by the superintendent of public instruction. The lists
hus prepared shall be submitted for careful revision to the district school
oard as soon as may be after their completion, and shall at all times be
pen to the inspection of any citizen. When so revised, they shall be
ubmitted, along with the other papers of the district, to the county board
it its annual meeting, and immediately thereafter delivered to the division
uperintendent. For said service the clerk or his deputy shall receive
‘ompensation out of the district school fund at the rate of three dollars
per hundred of the children listed by him, subject to abatement, on the
liscovery, before or after the settlement of the account, of crrors or omis-
ions in the list, or to a fine by the district board, as provided in section
fourteen hundred and seventy-four.
- $1465. To discharge other duties; their pay.—He shall discharge such
other duties in connection with the school business of the district as may
e required of him, and for his services may be allowed, out of the district
fund, an amount not exceeding two dollars for each teacher.

$1466. Powers and duties of district boards of school trustees.—The
luties of the district board of school trustees shall be, in general, as
follows :

First. To explain, enforce, and observe the school laws, and to make
rules for the government of the schools and for regulating the conduct of
pupils going to and returning from school.

Second. To employ teachers, and to dismiss them when delinquent, in-
efficient, or in any wise unworthy of the position: provided, however, that
the authority hereby given shall be subject to review by the board of ap-
peal, provided by section fourteen hundred and fifty-five of this chapter:
provided, also, that no district school board shall employ or pay any

teacher from the public funds unless the teacher shall hold a certificat
in full force according to the provisions of section fourteen hundred an«
seventy-six: and provided, further, that no district school board shal
employ or pay any teacher from the public funds if said teacher is th
brother, sister, wife, son, or daughter of any member of said board
Any member of any district board who shall violate any of these pro
visions shall be personally liable to refund any public funds paid in vio
lation of this section, to be recovered from him by suit in the name o'
the Commonwealth at the relation of the attorney for the Common
wealth; such funds when recovered, to be paid into the county schoo
fund.

Third. To suspend or expel pupils when the prosperity and efficiency
of the schools make it necessary

Fourth. To decide what children wishing to enter the schools of th.
district should by reason of the poverty of their parents or guardian:
receive text-books free of charge, and to provide for supplying them ac
cordingly.

Fifth. To see that the census of children required by section fourteen
hundred and sixty-two of this chapter is taken in the proper time and in
proper manner.

Sixth. To hold regular meetings at fixed periods, to be prescribed by
the State board of education, and special meetings when called by the
chairman or by two members.

Seventh. To call meetings of the people of the district for consultation
in regard to the school interests thereof, at which meetings the chairman
or some other member of the board shall preside, if present.

Eighth. On or before the fifteenth day of May, in each year, to pre-
pare and return to the president of the county school board, to be by him
laid before the board at its earliest meeting, an estimate of the amount
of money which will be needed in the district during the next school
year for providing school-houses, text-books for indigent children, and
other school appliances, and necessary expenses.

Ninth. To provide suitable school-houses with proper furniture and
appliances, in accordance with section fourteen hundred and thirty-three.
subsection six of this act, and care for, manage, and control the school
property of the district. For these purposes it may lease, purchase, or
huild such houses, according to the exigencies of the district and the
means at its disposal.

Tenth. To visit the public free schools in the district from time to
time, and to take care that they are conducted according to law, and with
the utmost efficiency.

Eleventh. To provide for the pay of the teachers and of the clerk of
the hoard, the cost of providing school-houses and the appurtenances
thereto and the repairs thereof, school furniture and appliances as pro-
vided for in section fourteen hundred and thirty-three, subsection six of
this act, necessary text-books for indigent children attending the public
free schools, and any other expense attending the administration of the
public free school system, so far as the same is under the contro] vr at
the charge of the school district or its officers.
Twelfth. ‘Io examine all claims against the school district, an
pproved, to pay the same: provided, that a record of such appro\
e made in the proceedings of the board; and a warrant on the
reasurer shall be drawn, signed by the chairman of the boa
ountersigned by the clerk thereof, payable to the person entitle
sive such money, and stating on its face the purpose or service fo
-is to be paid, and that such warrant is drawn in pursuance of :
ntered by the board on the -—__— day of ——_—_———.

Thirteenth. To perform such other duties as shall be prescribec
tate board of education or are imposed by other parts of this cha)

Fourteenth. To report on any matter when required by the
uperintendent of schools, and on or before the tenth day of At
ach vear to make a report for the school vear closing July thi
receding, on all subjects embraced in the blank forms supplied
iperintendent of public instruction.

Fifteenth. County, city, or district school boards and countie:
owns, and districts may make appropriations to non-sectarian sc
ianual, industrial, or technical training, or to any school or ins
f learning owned or exclusively controlled by such county, city. |
chool district or by such county, city, or district school board:
oards may also provide for the introduction of manual or in
raining and other special branches into any public school.

$1474. Penalties on officers and teachers.—Any division sup
ent of schools, school trustee, or other school officer, or any teac
ublic free school, who shall by malfeasance or neglect, offend age
rovisions of this chapter, if no other specific penalty be prescrib:
e subject to a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty do
ach offense.

$1476. Teachers to hold certificate of qualification —Every te
public free school shall hold a certificate in full force, issue
roved by the division superintendent prior to July first. nincte
red and six, or after that date to be issued by the State boar
miners and inspectors and approved by the superintendent of
or the division within which such teacher is to be employed.

$1481. Meeting of teachers to be encouraged ; summer schools.

First. Teachers’ meetings.—County or district school boards
ourage meetings of teachers to be held from time to time in any
r school district under such regulations as the division superinte
chools may prescribe.

Second. Appropriation for summer schools.—A sum not excee
housand dollars, payable out of any amount appropriated out of
ral fund of the State for public free school purposes, may be -
mally by the State board of education for the establishment ar
enance of State summer schools for the better equipment of the
n the public schools of this State: provided, that not less than ci
ummer schools shall be held annually in this State.

Third. Purpose of summer schools.—The purpose of said
chools shall be to familiarize the teachers in the public school:
‘tate with more advanced methods of teaching and to furnish su
tional academic training as will tend to promote the usefulness of the
public schools.

Fourth. How conducted.—The said summer schools shall be conducted
under the general management of the State board of education, and shall
he subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction.
who shall, from time to time, select the places of holding said summer
schools, the instructors thereof, and regulate the course of instruction to
he pursued therein.

Fifth. Terms and regulations.—The said summer schools shall be held
for a period of not less than four weeks in each year, beginning on such
‘day or days in the summer vacation of the public schools as may be desig-
nated by the superintendent of public instruction. The sum hereby au-
thorized to be expended shall be applied exclusively to the payment of
instructors and to other necessary expenses incident to the conduct of
said schools: provided, that all claims for services of instructors and other
necessary expenses shal] be submitted to and approved by the State board
of education, and when so approved shall be paid by warrants of said
board, drawn on the second auditor, and a separate account of the receipts
gnd ee on account of the appropriation shall be kept by said

oard.

$1489. Construction of school-houses: condemnation of unsuitable
buildings.—No school-house shall be contracted for or erected until the
site, location, plans, and specifications therefor shall have been sub-
mitted to and approved in writing by the division superintendent of
schools, whose action in each case shall be reported by him to the State
board of education; and no public school shall be allowed in any building
which is not in such condition and provided with such conveniences as are
required by a due regard to decency and health: and when a school-house
appears to the division superintendent of schools to be unfit for occupancy.
it shall be his duty to condemn the same and immediately to give notice
thereof in writing to the chairman of the district school board, and thence-
forth no public school shall be held therein, nor shall any part of the
State or county fund be applied to support any school in such house until
the division superintendent shall certify, in writing, to the district school
hoard that he is satisfied with the condition of such building and with
the appliances pertaining thereto.

$1496. Exclusion of persons with contagious diseases, or who have not
heen vaccinated—Teachers shall require of the pupils cleanliness of
person and good hehaviour during their attendance at school and on their
way thither and hack to their homes.

Persons suffering with contagious diseases shall be excluded from the
public free schools while in that condition. Every teacher and pupil
shall, within ten days after entering a public free school, furnish a cer-
tificate from a reputable physician certifying that such teacher or pupil
has been successfully vaccinated, or is entitled to exemption by reason of
peculiar physical condition: provided, that nothing in this section shall
preclude a school board from requiring immediate vaccination in case of
an epidemic of small-pox, or the annual revaccination of those who have
not furnished certificates of proper vaccination: provided, further, that
the operation of so much of this section as concerns vaccination may be
suspended in whole or in part by the school board of any city or county.

Should any children who attend the public free schools be unable to pay
for vaccination, they shall be vaccinated with genuine vaccine matter at
the cost and expense of tlte town or county, and provision shall be made
therefor by the council of the town or by the board of supervisors of the
county.

$1497. What to be taught in schools.—In every public free school
shall be taught orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geo-
araphy, physiology, and hygiene, civil government, drawing, history of
the United States, and history of Virginia. In teaching physiology and
hygiene approved text-books shall be used, plainly setting forth the effects
of alcohol and other narcotics on the human system, and such effects
shall be as fully and thoroughly taught as are other branches of the said
last named subjects. Provision shall further be made for moral educa-
tion in the public schools to be extended throughout the entire course.
Such instruction shall be imparted by reading books and text-books incul-
cating the virtues of a pure and noble life. The text-books shall be
selected as are other text-books by the State board of education.

Sections fifteen hundred and one and fifteen hundred and four are
hereby repealed.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.