CHAPTER LXVIII. MUTE AND BLIND INSTITUTE. AN ACT TO CREATE AN INSTITUTE FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE concerning the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: 1890. SECTION 1. That all of the existing laws provid- Repeal of laws ing for the organizatiōn, management and maintenance of institute for the the institute for the education of mutes of the state of Col- mutes. orado, be and the same are hereby repealed. education of mute and blind 1891. SEC. 2. There shall be permanently maintained Establishment of at the city of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso, institute. an institution for the support and education of the mute and blind residing within the state of Colorado. 1892. SEC. 3. Such institute shall be a body corporate, Incorporation. under the name of "institute for the education of the mute and blind;" may sue and be sued, may take and hold real estate by gift, devise or otherwise, for the use and benefit of such institute. Appointment of 1893. SEC. 4. Said institution shall be under the supervision of a board of trustees, consisting of three persons, trustees. who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Said trustees shall hold office for two years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Organization of 1894. SEC. 5. Said trustees shall meet at the city of Colorado Springs within one month from the date of their board of trustees appointment, for the purpose of organization. They shall choose one of their number to act as president, another as treasurer, and a third as secretary of the board, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi ness. Oath of mem board; duties; urer. 1895. SEC. 6. Each member of said board shall, before entering upon his duties, take and subscribe an oath to sup- bers of the port the constitution of the United States and the state of boud of treasColorado, and faithfully discharge the duties required of him by the provisions of this act. The president shall preside over the meetings of the board when present; sign, with the secretary, all orders on the treasurer, and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him by the board. The secretary shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of the board, and have charge of, in trust for the institution, all papers, records and accounts of the same, except such as are needed by the treasurer and officers of the institution, for their immediate use in the discharge of their duties; he shall also draw and sign, with the president, all orders on the treasurer. And the treasurer shall keep, and have charge of in trust, for said institution, all funds and immediate accounts of funds of the same. He shall pay, on order of the board, all accounts by them allowed, and shall quarterly certify to said board the receipts and disbursements by him made during the preceding quarter. Said treasurer shall be, and is hereby required, to give bonds to the state in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with good and sufficient securities for the same, to be approved by the governor and attorney general, and filed in the office of the secretary of state. Upon the filing of said bond, as aforesaid, he shall be entitled to a certificate from sufficient author- the secretary of state, certifying that the same, as approved, state in honor- has been filed in said office. Which certificate shall be filed in the office of the auditor of state, and no other or further certificate concerning said bond shall be required by the auditor, in issuing warrants, upon the presentation of drafts by the treasurer. Certificate of secretary of state of filing of bond, ity to auditor of ing drafts of treasurer. Duties of the to the supervision of the institute. 1896. SEC. 7. Said board shall have the general superboard in relation vision of the institute, adopt rules for the government thereof, employ officers and teachers, provide necessaries for the same, and perform all other acts essential to render it efficient, and carry out the purposes of its establishment. They shall meet quarterly and audit all accounts which may be presented to them, and require orders to be drawn and signed, on the treasurer, for all such accounts as are allow ed. They shall examine all accounts of the treasurer, secretary, and officers of said institute, and shall make full and adequate provision for the support, regulation and government of the same, during the ensuing quarter. They shall have power to meet at any time, on call of the president, or of two of the members. bers of the 1897. SEC. 8. The members of said board shall each Salary of memreceive an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars, board. such salaries to be paid quarterly, out of the general fund provided by law for the support of said institute. cers of the 1898. SEC. 9. The officers of said institute shall be a Designation and principal of the educational department, superintendent of salaries of offithe domestic department, and matron. The principal of institute. the educational department shall receive an annual salary, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars. The superintendent of the domestic department, and matron, shall receive an annual salary, not exceding six hundred dollars each. Duties of prin 1899. SEC. 10. The principal shall be a non-resident officer of the institute. He shall annually certify to the cipal. board, a written report, stating in full the true condition of the educational department of the institute of which he shall have control, and of his action and proceedings therein as such principal. He shall keep and have charge of the necessary records, register and accounts of said department, have supervision of its teachers and pupils, and perform such other duties in said department as the board may direct. Duties of super domestic depart 1900. SEC. II. The superintendent of the domestic department shall be a resident officer of said institute. intendent of He shall quarterly certify a full and written report of all ment. his expenditures, actions and proceedings as such officer. He shall have charge of such portion of the house as may be occupied by the male pupils exclusively. He shall have control of the expenditures, and secure and employ all assistants needed therein, with the consent and approval of the board. He shall have special charge and control of the male pupils out of school hours, and shall furnish them with, and instruct them in, employment about the premises or in some trade to which they are adapted. The products and proceeds arising from the labor and employments of all the pupils, shall inure to the use and benefit of the institute. Duties of 1901. SEC. 12. The matron of said institute shall also be a resident officer of the same. She shall quarterly cer- matron. tify a written report, in regard to the condition of all the pupils of the institute, stating in full her action and pro Who may be admitted as pupils; what ceedings as such matron. She shall have control of the internal management of the house and of the female pupils of the school out of school hours, and shall instruct them in and about the house and the domestic department, or in some trade to which they are adapted. 1902. SEC. 13. Every blind or deaf and dumb citizen of the state, over four and under twenty-two years of age, payments to be shall be entitled to receive an education in said institute at made by parents of those able. the expense of the state. All applicants above the age of twenty-two years may be admitted at the option of the board. Provided, that the mute and the blind whose parents are able, shall pay into the treasury of said institute a reasonable sum quarterly, for the right to the privileges of the domestic department thereof; said sum to be determined by the board of trustees. Each county superintendent of common schools shall report on the first day of June in each year, to the president of the board of trustees of the institute for the education of the mute and blind, the name, age, and post office address of every blind and deaf and dumb person of suitable age for admission to said institute residing in his county, including all such persons as may be too deaf to acquire an education in the common school. County superin tendents of schools to report names of mute and blind. Annual report by 1903. SEC. 14. The president of the board of trustees president of shall, on or before the tenth day of December, in each what to contain. year, make out and forward to the governor of the state, a full and complete report as follows, to wit: board of trustees: First-A statement of the financial condition of the institute, from date of last report, giving in detail the amount of moneys received from all sources, and the amount expended. Second-The value of the real estate at date of report, and costs of improvements made, if any, since last report. Third-The number of pupils in attendance, also number that have entered the institute, and the number of those who may have left it since last report. Fourth-The number of deaths, if any, that have occurred in the institute since last report. Fifth-The improvement, health and discipline of the pupils. Sixth-The number of officers and teachers employed, with the salary of each. Transfer of in education of Seventh-All other needful information touching every point that may be deemed of interest to be communicated. 1904. SEC. 15. That immediately upon the appointment and organization of the board of trustees, as provided stitute for the for in sections 4, 5 and 6, of this act, the present trustees of mutes, books, the institute for the education of mutes shall transfer to said board the entire control of said institute, together with any and all books, property and papers in their possession, belonging to, or in anywise connected with the same. property, etc. Levy and col fifth mill blind 1905. SEC. 16. There shall be levied and assessed upon all taxable property, both real and personal, within this lection of onestate, in each year, the following tax for the support of said and mute tax. institute for the education of the mute and blind, one-fifth of one mill, on each and every dollar, to be known as the blind and mute tax; said tax to be assessed and collected in the same manner and at the same time as is now or may be prescribed by law, for the assessment and collection of state revenues. Provided, that all revenue over and above Payment of exseven thousand dollars annually derived from said one-fifth thousand dollars of a mill shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit ury. of the general fund, until such excess amounts to seven thousand dollars without interest. cess over seven into state treas fund to state treasurer. 1906. SEC 17. It shall be the duty of the county Transmission of treasurers, in the several counties, to preserve the blind and mute and blind mute fund, as a separate fund, and to transmit the same monthly to the treasurer of the state, who shall keep the same as the blind and mute fund, to be at the disposal of the board of trustees of the institute for the education of the mute and blind. Expenditure of fund. 1907. SEC. 18. Whenever there shall be any money in the hands of the state treasurer to the credit of the blind mute and blind and mute fund, the auditor of state is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasurer of the state in favor of the treasurer of said board of trustees of said institute, for the payment of such sums as said board shall deem necessary to meet the running expenses of the institute; and whenever the fund will warrant and the necessities of the institute require it, said board of trustees is authorized |