sent the state and the county and all school districts in the county in which he is a prosecuting attorney, in all criminal and civil actions and proceedings in such county in which the state or such county or such school district is a party. (L. '11, p. 375, § 1.)

PERMANENT FIRE INSURANCE FUND IN DISTRICTS OF THE FIRST CLASS

457. Power to create

That school districts of the first class shall, when in the judgment of the boards of directors it be deemed expedient, have power to create and maintain a permanent insurance fund for said districts, to be used to meet losses by fire, if any, of said school districts. (L. '11, p. 378, § 1.)

The trustees of a state normal school have the power to place insurance on buildings.-LYLE.

458. Power of directors

The board of directors shall annually, at the same time and in the same manner as provided for reporting to the board of county commissioners an estimate of the amount of funds required for the support of the schools, report the additional amount of funds determined upon for creating or adding to the permanent insurance fund of the district, and the board of county commissioners are hereby authorized and required to levy and collect such additional amount of funds, the same as other school taxes. (L. '11, p. 378, § 2.)

See, supra, § 191, Code Pub. Ins., powers of directors in districts of the first class.

459. Treasurer may invest funds

The county treasurer, when authorized to do so by the board of directors of any school district, may invest any accumulated permanent insurance fund of said district in school, county, or state warrants of the state of Washington, and all profits accruing from such investment, and the funds so invested, shall revert to the permanent insurance fund of said district, and the county treasurer shall be the custodian of all warrants purchased by and with said permanent insurance fund until the

same are redeemed, and the county treasurer shall submit a statement of such fund and warrants as a part of his monthly report to each district. (L. '11, p. 378, § 3.)

See, supra, § 239, Code Pub. Ins., duties of county treasurer.

COMMUNITY PURPOSES-BUILDINGS

460. Wider use of school buildings-Erection of teachers' cottages That school boards in each district of the second class and third class may provide for the free, comfortable and convenient use of the school property to promote and facilitate frequent meetings and association of the people in discussion, study, improvement, recreation and other community purposes, and may acquire, assemble and house material for the dissemination of information of use and interest to the farm, the home and the community, and facilities for experiment and study, especially in matters pertaining to the growing of crops, the improvement and handling of live stock, the marketing of farm products, the planning and construction of farm buildings, the subjects of household economies, home industries, good roads, and community vocations and industries; and may call meetings for the consideration and discussion of any such matters, employ a special supervisor, or leader, if need be, and provide suitable dwellings and accommodations for teachers, supervisors and necessary assistants. (L. '13, p. 395, § 1.)

461. Districts may erect communal assembly place

That each school district of the second or third class, by itself or in combination with any other district or districts, shall have power, when in the judgment of the school board it shall be deemed expedient, to re-construct, remodel, or build school houses, and to erect, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire other improvements and real and personal property, and establish a communal assembly place and appurtenances, and supply the same with suitable and convenient furnishings and facilities for the uses mentioned in section 1 of this act. (L. '13, p. 396, § 2.)

462. Commission to pass upon plan

That plans of any district or combination of districts for the carrying out of the powers granted by this act shall be submitted to and approved by the board of supervisors composed of seven members, as follows: the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; the head of the extension department of Washington State College; the head of the extension department of the University of Washington; the county superintendent of schools of the county in which such facilities are proposed to be located; these four to choose a fifth member from such county, and a sixth and seventh member, one of whom shall be a woman, from the district or districts concerned. (L. '13, p. 396, § 3.)

463. Limitation of expenditures

No real or personal property or improvements shall be purchased, leased, exchanged, acquired or sold, nor any school houses built, remodeled or removed, nor any indebtedness incurred or money expended for any of the purposes of this act except in the manner provided by law for the purchase, lease, exchange, acquisition and sale of school property, the building, remodeling and removing of school houses and the incurring of indebtedness and expenditure of money for school purposes. (L. '13, p. 396, § 4.)

A board inquires whether it will have power to erect an addition to house manual training and domestic science, without the formality of an election. From section 4 of chapter 129, Laws of 1913, it will appear that the status of the board of directors is the same with respect to obtaining the consent of the electors as they were before the law was passed.-LYLE.

DOORS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO SWING OUTWARD

464. Doors of school buildings

The doors of all theatres, opera houses, school buildings, churches, public halls, or places used for public entertainments, exhibitions or meetings, which are used exclusively or in part for admission to or egress from the same, or any part thereof, shall be so hung and arranged as to open outwardly, and during any exhibition, entertainment or meeting, shall be kept unlocked and unfastened, and in such condition that in case of danger or

necessity, immediate escape from such building shall not be prevented or delayed; and every agent or lessee of any such building who shall rent the same or allow it to be used for any of the aforesaid public purposes without having the doors thereof hung and arranged as hereinbefore provided, shall, for each violation of any provision of this section, be guilty of a misdemeanor. (L. '09, p. 974, § 273; Rem. & Bal., § 2525.)

THE STATE MUSEUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 465. Museum

The museum of the University of Washington is hereby constituted the state museum as a depository for the preservation and exhibition of documents and objects possessing an historical value, of materials illustrating the fauna, flora, anthropology, mineral wealth, and natural resources of the state, and for all documents and objects whose preservation will be of value to the student of history and the natural sciences. (L. '99, p. 40, § 1; Rem. & Bal., § 6992.)

It shall be the duty of all boards, commissioners and officers acting under the authority of this state who, in the performance of their duties, may come into possession of any documents or material having an historical or scientific value to send for preservation and exhibition all such documents or material, unless otherwise by law provided for, to the state museum constituted by section 1 of this act. (L. '99, p. 40, § 2; Rem. & Bal., § 6993.)

467. Private persons may contribute

This museum may receive all such above named documents or material for preservation and exhibition from any private person under such rules and regulations as the board of regents of the University of Washington may deem proper to make for the care of the aforesaid museum. (L. '99, p. 40, § 3; Rem. & Bal., 6994.)

468. Regents have charge

The board of regents of the University of Washington ex officio shall have full charge and management of the state museum hereby created. (L. '99, p. 41, § 4; Rem. & Bal., § 6995.)

NORMAL MODEL SCHOOL

469. Trustees to estimate number of pupils required for model school The board of trustees of any normal school having a model school or training department in connection therewith, as authorized by section 4367 shall be authorized, and it shall be their duty on or before the first Monday of September each year, to file with the board of the school district in which such normal school is situated, a certified statement showing an estimate of the number of public school pupils who will be required to make up such model school, specifying the number required for each grade for which training for students is required. (L. '07, p. 180, § 1; Rem. & Bal.,, § 4368.)

The present force of this and the next two sections is doubtful, as they were omitted from the "School Code" of 1909.

See, supra, § 54, Code Pub. Ins., model school.

See note § 471, Code Pub. Ins.

470. Selection of pupils from public schools

It shall thereupon be the duty of the board of the school district with which such statement has been filed, to apportion for attendance to the said training school, a sufficient number of pupils from the public schools under the supervision of said board as will furnish to such normal school the number of pupils required in order to maintain such training school: Provided, That the principal of said normal school may refuse to accept such pupil as in his judgment by reason of incorrigibility, or mental defects would tend to reduce the efficiency of said training department. (L. '07, p. 181, § 2; Rem. & Bal., § 4369.)

See note to next section..

471. Report of attendance of common school pupils

Annually on or before the date for reporting the school attendance of the school district in which said normal school is