shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified, and shall be required, within ten days after appointment, to qualify by taking the usual oath of office and by giving such bond as may be required by said county commissioners for the faithful discharge of his duties. (Laws 1903, ch. 432, sec. 1.) SEC. 237. Trustees Elected, When. [7768.] At the next general election after said appointment, there shall be elected 119 six high-school trustees, but no more than two of whom shall be residents of the same commissioner district; three of whom shall serve for two years and three of whom shall serve for four years, the respective terms to be decided by lot; these terms to be known and designated as short term and full term, respectively. Each two years thereafter there shall be elected three trustees, but no more than one of whom shall be a resident of the same commissioner district, to serve a term of four years, to succeed those whose term is about to expire. In those counties in which county high schools have already been established, the present high-school trustees shall serve until after the election in 1904, at which time six county-high-school trustees shall be elected, but no more than two of whom shall reside in the same commissioner district, and all of the above provisions shall thereafter apply to said counties. Said trustees shall qualify and enter upon the duties of their office in the same manner and at the same time as other county officers. (Laws 1903, ch. 432, sec. 2.) SEC. 238. President, Secretary, and Treasurer. [7769.] The county superintendent 120 shall, by virtue of his office, be president of said board of trustees. At their first meeting in each year they shall appoint from their own number a secretary and treasurer, who shall perform the usual duties devolving upon such officers, and shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Said treasurer shall give such additional bond as the county commissioners shall deem sufficient. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, but four votes shall be required to decide any question. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 5.) SEC. 239. Levy by Trustees. [7770.] That the board of trustees of any county high school in the state of Kansas shall at its first meeting, and annually thereafter before the first day of August of each succeeding year, make an estimate of the amount of funds needed for building purposes, for the payment of teachers' wages, for contingent purposes, and all other educational purposes connected with said high school, and having 119. County-high-school trustees are to be elected by the entire county. 120. The county superintendent cannot legally be allowed any additional compensation for services as a member of the county-high-school board except where his salary is on a per diem basis. made such estimate shall make an annual levy sufficient to raise the amount desired for such purposes. But in no case shall the tax for such purposes exceed in one year the amount of the levy allowed by law on the taxable property of the county. (See note.) (Laws 1909, ch. 211, sec. 1.) NOTE. Limited to five-tenths of one mill by Laws 1909, ch. 245, sec. 14 (section 302 of this book). SEC. 240. Levy Limited. [9407.] For the purpose of maintaining the county high schools provided for by chapter 147, Laws of 1886, the board of trustees shall not levy to exceed five-tenths of one mill on the assessed valuation of the county. (Laws 1909, ch. 245, sec. 14.) SEC. 241. Levy Limited. [Laws 1911, ch. 261, sec. 1.] For the purpose of maintaining county high schools provided for by chapter 147, Laws of 1886, the board of trustees shall not levy to exceed six-tenths of one mill on the assessed valuation of the county; provided, this act shall not apply to counties having a valuation in excess of $30,000,000; provided, that this act shall not apply to counties having county high schools which were established after 1904. SEC. 242. Taxes Levied and Collected. [7771.] Said rate of tax shall be certified to the county clerk of the county in which said county high school is situated, by the president and secretary of said board of trustees, and the said county clerk is hereby authorized and required to place the same on the taxrolls of the county, and said tax shall be collected in the same manner as other county taxes, and when collected the county treasurer shall pay the same to the treasurer of the county high school in the same manner that school funds are paid to the district treasurers as required by law. (Laws 1909, ch. 211, sec. 2.) SEC. 243. Duties of Officers. [7772.] The said treasurer of the high school shall receive from the county treasurer, and from other parties, all moneys that belong to the funds of said school, and shall pay out the same only by direction of the board of trustees, upon orders duly signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, stating the purpose for which they were drawn. Both the secretary and treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received and expended for said school, and at the close of each year, or oftener if required by the board of trustees, they shall make a full statement of the financial affairs of the school. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 8.) SEC. 244. Locate Site and Lease Building. [7773.] The said board of trustees shall proceed, as soon as practicable after the appointment as aforesaid, to select, at the place determined by the vote of the county, the best site that can be obtained without expense to the county, and the title thereof shall be vested in the said county; they shall then proceed to make purchases of material, and to let such contracts for their necessary school buildings as they may deem proper, but shall not make any purchase or contract in any year to exceed the amount on hand, and to be raised by the levy of tax for that year. The board of trustees, at their discretion, may lease suitable buildings for the use of the high school while new buildings are in process of erection, the rent to be paid by the fund created by the levy for high-school purposes. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 9.) SEC. 245. Employ Principal. [7774.] When such board of trustees shall have finished a building for said school, they shall employ some suitable person, who shall take charge of the same and teach in the same, and shall be known as the principal of such school; and the trustees shall furnish such assistant teachers as they deem necessary, and shall provide for their salaries. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 10.) SEC. 246. Courses of Instruction. [7775.] There shall be provided three courses of instruction, each requiring four years' study121 for completion, namely, a general course, a normal course, and a collegiate course. The general course shall be designed for those who cannot continue school life after leaving said high school. The normal course shall be designed for those who intend to become teachers, and shall fully prepare any who wish to enter the first year of professional work at the State Normal School. The collegiate course shall fully prepare those who wish to enter the freshman class of the college of liberal arts and sciences of the State University, or of the State Agricultural College, or of any other institution of higher learning in this state. Whenever practicable, students in these courses shall recite in the same classes. Students in the last year of the normal course may be employed for a portion of their time in teaching the pupils of the first year in any course, and model schools shall be encouraged. (Laws 1905, ch. 389, sec. 1.) SEC. 247. Tuition and Admission. [7776.] Tuition shall be free to all pupils residing in the county where the school is located. The board of trustees shall make such general rules and regulations as they may deem proper in regard to age and grade of attainments essential to entitle pupils to admission to such school; provided, that no person shall be admitted to such high school who shall not have passed a satisfactory examination in all the work of the district schools of the county in which such high school is situated. If there should be more applicants than can be accommodated at any one time, each district shall be entitled to send its equal proportion of pupils, according to the number of pupils it may have, as shown by the last report to the county superintendent of public instruction; and the boards of the 121. Does not apply to Reno county high school. (Laws 1905, ch. 457.) respective school districts shall designate such pupils as may attend, subject to the proviso above. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 12.) SEC. 248. Non-resident Pupils. [7777.] If at any time the school can accommodate more pupils than apply for admission from that county in which the school is situated, the vacancies may be filled by applicants from other counties, upon the payment of such tuition as the board of trustees may prescribe, but at no time shall such pupils continue in such school to the exclusion of pupils residing in the county in which such school is situated. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 13.) SEC. 249. Rules and Regulations; Examining Committee; Certificates. [7778-9.] The principal of any such high school, with the approval of the board of trustees, shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem proper in regard to the studies, conduct and government of the pupils under his charge while they shall continue to be enrolled at such school; and if any such pupils will not conform to nor obey the rules of the school, they may be suspended therefrom temporarily by the principal, and may be expelled by the board of trustees. The board of trustees shall appoint some competent person who, with the principal of the high school, and with the county superintendent of public instruction as chairman thereof, shall constitute the examining committee of the high school, whose duty it shall be to examine all persons who may apply to them in the subjects such persons propose to teach in said high school; and no person except one holding a diploma or a certificate from the State Board of Education, or a diploma from the State Normal School, State University, State Agricultural College, or some college or university accredited by the State Board of Education, shall be employed by the board of trustees as teacher in the high school unless such person is the holder of a certificate signed by the examining committee, or a majority of them, setting forth that such person is competent to teach such subjects in said high school and is a person of good moral character; and the board of trustees may fill any vacancy which may occur in the examining committee. (Laws 1907, ch. 335, secs. 1 and 2.) SEC. 250. Privieges of Graduates. [7780.] Those graduating from the normal course in the county high school shall be entitled to a teacher's second-grade certificate,122 and shall be admitted to the first year of professional work at the State Normal School without further examination; and those graduating from the collegiate course shall be entitled to admis 122. This certificate should be issued by the county board of examiners and should state thereon that it was issued by virtue of graduation from the county high school. The usual fee of one dollar should be collected from each applicant. sion to the freshman class of the State University, and of the State Agricultural College, without further examination. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 15.) SEC. 251. Report of Trustees. [7781.] The board of trustees shall annually make a report to the county commissioners, which shall specify the number of students attending the high school during the year, their sex, and the branches taught, the text-books used, the number of teachers employed, the salaries paid, the amounts expended respectively for library, apparatus, buildings, and for all other purposes; also the amount of funds on hand, the debts unpaid, if any; the amounts due, if any; and all other information deemed important or expedient to report. Said report shall be printed in at least one newspaper of the county, if any is published therein, and a copy of the report shall be forwarded to the state superintendent of public instruction. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 16.) SEC. 252. Vacancies. [7782.] The county commissioners shall have power to fill any vacancies that may occur in the board of trustees for that county, by appointment until the next general election. (Laws 1886, ch. 147, sec. 17.) SEC. 253. Compensation of Trustees. [7783.] The county board of county-high-school trustees shall allow to each member thereof the sum of three dollars per day for the time actually and necessarily employed in the discharge of his official duties, and in addition thereto the sum of five cents per mile necessarily traveled in attending meetings of the board, and when such accounts are presented for payment they shall be audited and paid out of the county-high-school fund in the same manner as other accounts against said board. Said trustees shall not be allowed any other remuneration for services or expenses. (Laws 1907, ch. 334, sec. 1.) ARTICLE III.-COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS IN COUNTIES HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 6,000. $254. May be established at county-seats. 255. Course of study. 256. Privileges of graduates. 257. May employ teachers. 258. Free to pupils in the county. $259. Petition or election. 262. Issuance of bonds. SECTION 254. May Establish at County-seat. [7784.] That the county commissioners of any county of Kansas having a population of less than 6000 be and they are hereby authorized to negotiate with the school district or school districts at the county-seat of such county for the establishment of a county high school; provided, that on the presentation of a petition signed by a majority of the electors of any such county, as shown by the returns of the last preceding general election, the county commissioners shall call an election for the purpose of determining whether they shall make such contract as afore |