$ 2. That section 14 of said act of March the 21, 1906, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is enacted, viz.: Three certificates may be Each Board of Regents shall have full power and authority, subject to the approval of the State Super- granted. intendent of Public Instruction, to confer, under its corporate seal, upon students of said schools the following certificates, viz.: An "Elementary Certificate," an "Intermediate Certificate" and an "Advanced Certificate." The Elementary Certificate shall be conferred upon the completion of one year's work, and shall entitle the holder thereof to teach in any public school in this State for the period of two years from the date thereof without further examination. The Intermediate Certificate shall be conferred upon the completion of two years' work, and shall entitle the holder thereof to teach in any public school in this State for a period of four years from the date thereof without further examination. The Advanced Certificate shall be conferred upon the completion of three years' work, and shall entitle the holder thereof to teach in any public school in this State for a period of three years from the date thereof without further examination and if, at the end of the three years a teacher holding an Advanced Certificate shall present to the Board of Regents which granted the same, satisfactory evidence of successful teaching during said period, and of good moral character, then the Advanced Certificate may be extended for life, or good behavior, by said Board, subject, however, to the approval of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; and it shall be so endorsed by the said Board, and the holder thereof shall be entitled to teach in any public school in this State during good behavior without further examination. Elementary. Intermediate. Advanced. and revocation The official endorsement of the State Superinten- Validation dent of Public Instruction shall be necessary to vali- of certificates. date any certificate, or extension thereof above named. Names of certificate holders to be sent struction. Any certificate may be revoked for cause by the Board The Secretary of the Board of Regents shall anSuperintendent nually on or before the first day of August, transmit of Public In- to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction the names of those receiving such certificates, their date of issue, and the place of residence of each holder, and the State Superintendent shall annually, not later than August the 15th, forward to each County School Superintendent a printed list of persons holding State certificates then in force, and those authorized to teach under the provisions of this section, giving names, residences, dates of qualification, and by whom conferred, and the date on which each Normal certificate shall expire; and the holder of such certificate shall, before commencing to teach a public school in any county in this State, notify the County Superintendent thereof, of such fact, give date of qualification and by whom conferred, and the County School Superintendent shall verify same by examination of the list sent him by the State Superintendent, and if found correct, shall duly record the said teacher as eligible to teach in such county. furnished Same to be County Super intendents. President of each Normal School to make reports. §3. That section 20 of said act of March the 21st, 1906, be and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is enacted: The president of each Normal School shall make to his Board of Regents written reports in duplicate during the month of August of each year, which shall contain a full account of all receipts of moneys from appropriations, tuitions, fees and all other sources, and the disbursements thereof, and for what purpose, and the condition of said Normal School; shall also report a list of the names and places or residence of all students that may have been taught in the Normal School during the preceding year, the number of terms enrolled, the number of days each has taught and the amount of tuition and incidental fees paid; one of which reports shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Regents, and the other transmitted to and filed in the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction at Frankfort, Ky. § 4. That section 26 of said act approved March 21, 1906, be repealed and in lieu thereof the following is enacted: County to be unit of ap Each county in the State shall be the unit of appointment; and each county shall be entitled annually pointment. to appointment to free tuition in the Normal School of the district in which it is located, of one white pupil for every five hundred and fraction thereof over two hundred and fifty, of white school children, based on the last official school census preceding the appointment. Said pupils so appointed shall be chosen as follows: The Superintendent of Schools in each county shall receive and register the names of all applicants for admission to said schools and shall examine such applicants at such time and in such manner as the Normal Executive Council may direct, and the applicants found to possess the highest qualifications, and who are of good character, shall be accepted as the pupils to which said county is entitled. Said appointment shall be for the full term of the prescribed course of study in the school; any vacancy in any county may be filled in the same manner as provided for regular appointments. Should the number of appointees in attendance during any term not reach the number allowed for the county, said county may during any other term appoint alternates, so that the average for any whole year from any county may equal the number to which it is entitled under the provisions of this section. Vacancies; how filled. Pupil may be required to pay fees. Board may estate. The Board of Regents shall have power, in case any pupil so appointed shall refuse to sign and file with the Secretary of said Board a declaration that he or she will, if engagement can be secured by reasonable effort, teach in the public schools of this State not fewer than two years upon an Elementary Certificate; not fewer than three years upon an Intermediate or Advanced Certificate, to require such pupil to pay such fees and tuitions as the Board may prescribe. § 5. That the following is enacted as an amendment to said act approved March the 21st, 1906, and as an additional section thereto, viz.: The Board of Regents of each of said Normal purchase addi- Schools is vested with power to purchase additional real estate when in its judgment the same is necessary for the purposes of the school. If the Board of Regents be unable to agree with the owner or owners of such real estate as to its value, or to purchase the same, it may proceed in its own name, in any court having jurisdiction, to condemn such real estate in the same manner as provided by law in the condemnation of lands for railroad purposes. Real estate acquired by purchase or condemnation shall be paid out of moneys appropriated to said school. Condemna tion. Land may he leased or donated for Library. Each Board of Regents may, on such terms as it may regard best for the school, lease or donate a lot of land for the purpose of securing the erection of a library thereon; each Board may also erect or lease from another for a term of years any necessary buildings or grounds. Each Board of Regents may, when it regards the same to be best for its school, sell and convey any real estate or buildings now owned by it, but the proceeds arising from such sale must be reinvested in other real estate and buildings for the use of said school. $6. That the following is enacted as an amendment to said act approved March 21, 1906, and as an additional section thereto, viz.: That students while attending a State Normal Students may in Normal and obtain cer another county. School may be examined for county teachers' certifi- be examined cate to the Board of Examiners of the county in which School counties such Normal School is located, and on the dates pro- tificate in vided in the common school law for examination of teachers. If such Normal students are of the age and character required by law in the case of other candidates for county certificates, the County Superintendent of the county in which the Normal School they are attending, is located, shall admit them to examination and shall collect from each the legal fee, together with fifty cents additional. At the close of the examination the County Super Papers to be intendent shall transmit by registered mail, the ex- transmitted. amination papers of each student candidate, together with the examination fee, to the County Superintendent of the county from which said candidate desires his certificate issued. The County Board of Examiners shall canvass the papers sent to them as above provided, and shall issue county certificates upon them, upon the same terms and conditions as in case of candidates appearing in person for examination. § 7. WHEREAS, The Eastern and Western Kentucky State Normal Schools are now open and the Board of Regents of both said schools desire to take steps under the provisions of this act as soon as possible, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall be in force and effect from its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved March 24, 1908. Emergency. CHAPTER 63. AN ACT providing for 'the continuation of the geological, topographical and agricultural survey of the State of Kentucky, and |