Report of the Principal-Board to Make Demand on Parents-Action for Penalty. 1381. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Board of School Trustees of each school district in the state, on or before the first Monday in September in each year, to furnish the Principal of each public school taught in such district with a list of all children, resident in the school district, between the ages of eight and fourteen years; said list to be taken from the report of the School Census Marshal. At the beginning of each school month thereafter it shall be the duty of the Principal of each school in such district to report to the Board of School Trustees of such district the names of all children attending school during the previous school month; when, if it shall appear, at the expiration of four school months, to the Board of School Trustees, that any parent, guardian, or other person having charge or control of any child or children, shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this Act, the Board shall cause demand to be made upon such parent, guardian, or other person, for the amount of the penalty hereinafter provided; when, if such parent, guardian, or other person shall neglect or refuse to pay the same within five days after the making of said demand, the board shall commence proceedings in the name of the school district for the recovery of the fine hereinafter provided, before any Justice of the Peace in the township in which said school district is located; or, if there shall be no Justice of the Peace therein, then before the nearest Justice of the Peace in the county.

Penalty for Non-Compliance With This Act.

1382. SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any child or children, failing to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for the first offense, nor less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense, besides the costs of collection.

Board of School Trustees to Furnish Books, etc., in Certain Cases.

1383. SEC. 4. Whenever it shall appear, to the satisfaction of the Board of School Trustees of any school district in this state, that the parents, guardians, or other persons having control and charge of any child or children in attendance upon the public school of said district, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, are unable to procure suitable books, stationery, etc., for such child or children, it shall be the duty of such board to procure, or cause to be procured, for such child or children, all necessary books, stationery, etc., the same to be paid. for out of the fund of said school district, in the same way that other claims against the school district are now allowed and paid; provided, that all books, stationery, etc., purchased under the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to be the property of the school district, to be under the care and control of the School Trustees when not in actual use.

Fines, How Disposed Of.

1384. SEC. 5. All fines collected under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the county treasury on account of the state school fund.

County Superintendents to Publish This Act-Notice to Be Posted.

1385. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the County Superintendent of Public Schools in each county in this state to cause this law to be published in some newspaper in his county, if any there be, four consecutive times, annually, for a period of two years, the expense of such publication to be allowed and paid out of the general school fund of the county. The Board of School Trustees in each school district shall cause to be posted annually, for a period of two years, in three public places in their district, notices of the requirements and penalties of this

law.

An Act to provide for the education of the deaf and dumb and the blind of the State of Nevada.

Approved March 2, 1869, 103.

Duty of Superintendent of Public Instruction in Relation to Deaf, Dumb and Blind.

1386. SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized and required to make arrangements with the Directors of the institution for the deaf and dumb and the blind, at San Francisco, in the State of California, for the admission, support, education, and care of the deaf and dumb and the blind of this state, and for that purpose is hereby empowered to make all needful contracts and agreements with said Directors to carry out the provisions of this Act. Application, How Made-Superintendent to Issue Certificate.

1387. SEC. 2. Upon the application, under oath, of a parent or nearest friend of any deaf, dumb, or blind person, resident of this state, setting forth that by reason of deafness, dumbness, or blindness, such person is disqualified from being taught by the ordinary process of instruction, and that the parents or guardian of said person are unable to pay for his or her support and education in the aforesaid institution, and file the same with the Board of County Commissioners of the proper county, and such board shall be satisfied of the truth thereof, and such board shall have made application to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for that purpose, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a certificate to that effect; which certificate, being produced, shall be the authority of the Directors of the institution aforesaid for receiving such deaf and dumb or blind person as a pupil.

SEC. 3 is obsolete.

Persons Entitled to the Benefit of This Act.

1388. SEC. 4. All deaf and dumb or blind persons between the ages of eight and twenty-one years, that are not mentally or physically incapacitated to receive an education, that are free from offensive or contagious diseases, and whose parents or guardians reside in the State of Nevada, and are not able to pay for their support and education in the aforesaid institution, shall be entitled to the benefits intended by this Act; and it is hereby made the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of such county to make provisions, at the expense of the county carrying such pupil to the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall make necessary arrangements for carrying the pupil to the institution of instruction before mentioned, at the expense of the state, payable out of the fund provided by this Act.

STATE INSTITUTIONS.

STATE UNIVERSITY.

An Act to provide for the election of the Board of Regents, to fix their term of office, and prescribe their duties.

Approved March 5, 1869, 134.

SECTIONS 1, 2, 3 and 5 of this Act repealed, Stats. 1887, 45.

Regents Not to Be Interested in Contracts.

1389. SEC. 4. No member of said board shall be interested, directly or indirectly, as principal, copartner, agent, or otherwise, in any contract or expenditure created by the board, or in the profits or results thereof. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon

conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months.

An Act relating to the state university and matters properly connected therewith. Approved February 7, 1887, 42.

Normal School Established-Other Branches.

1390. SECTION 1. There shall be established in the State University of Nevada, a school for the instruction of teachers, in which shall be taught all the branches of instruction which are taught in the common schools of this state, together with the theory and practice of teaching, school law, botany, psychology and geology. There shall also be taught in said university, chemistry, assaying, mineralogy, surveying and geology, so far as they relate to the theory and practice of mining, agriculture and the mechanic arts. There shall also be taught in the preparatory department of said university, typewriting, shorthand, telegraphy, bookkeeping and commercial law so far as they relate to the practical affairs of life. As amended, Stats. 1891, 92.

Board of Regents-Term of Office, and How Elected.

1391. SEC. 2. The Governor, Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction shall constitute the Board of Regents of the State University until the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eightynine, and until their successors are elected and qualified. There shall be elected at the next general election, in the same manner as other state officers are elected, three qualified electors, who shall constitute the Board of Regents of the State University. The term of office of two of the Regents so elected shall be four years from the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The term of office of one of the Regents so elected shall be two years from and after the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and until his successor is elected and qualified. And thereafter at each general election preceding the expiration of the term of office of any member of the Board of Regents a successor shall be elected in the same manner as other state officers are elected. The persons elected as Regents under the provisions of this Act, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe [to] the official oath and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. In case of vacancy in said Board of Regents after the same shall have been filled by election as herein provided, the Governor shall fill the same by appointment until the next general election, when such vacancy shall be filled by election, as herein provided.

Powers and Duties of Board of Regents.

1392. SEC. 3. The powers and duties of the Board of Regents are as follows: First-To prescribe rules for their own government, and for the government of the university.

Second-To prescribe rules for the reports of officers and teachers of the university.

Third-To prescribe the course of study, the time and standard of graduation and the commencement and duration of the terms, and the length of the vacations of the university.

Fourth-To prescribe the text-books, and provide apparatus and furniture for the use of pupils.

Fifth-To appoint a President of the University, who shall have a diploma from some recognized college of learning of good standing, or some state normal school, who has had at least five years of practical experience as an instructor; who is familiar with the modern methods of imparting instruction generally approved in the United States, and who shall be indorsed as to moral character

and qualifications as an instructor by the President and Faculty of three institutions of learning authorized by law to confer degrees.

Sixth-To prescribe the duties of the President, and fix his salary, and the salaries of all other teachers in the university.

Seventh-To require the President, under their direction, to establish and maintain training or model schools, and require the pupils of the university to teach and instruct classes therein.

Eighth-To control the expenditures of all moneys appropriated for the support and maintenanace of the university, and all moneys received from any source whatsoever.

Ninth To keep open to public inspection an account of receipts and expenditures.

Tenth-To annually report to the Governor a statement of all their transactions, and of all other matters pertaining to the university.

Eleventh―To transmit with such report a copy of the President's annual report. Twelfth To revoke any diploma by them granted, on receiving satisfactory evidence that the holder thereof is addicted to drunkenness, is guilty of gross immorality, or is reputably dishonest in his or her dealings; provided, that such person shall have at least thirty days' previous notice of such contemplated action, and shall, if he or she asks it, be heard in his or her own defense.

No Compensation Except Expenses-May Appoint Clerk-Restriction.

1393. SEC. 4. The Board of Regents shall have the power to appoint a Chairman, who shall receive no compensation therefor, nor shall any member of the Board of Regents receive any compensation for his services, except necessary expenses in attending meetings of the board. The Board of Regents may employ a Clerk of said board, who shall receive a salary of twenty-five dollars per month, and who shall keep a full record of all proceedings of the board, which shall at all times be open to public inspection, and said Clerk shall not be a teacher in said university.

Meetings.

1394. SEC. 5. The board must hold four regular meetings in each year, and may hold special meetings at the call of the Chairman of the board.

Annual Report of President.

1395. SEC. 6. The President of the University must make a detailed annual report to the Board of Regents, with a catalogue of pupils, and such other particulars as the board may require or he may think useful.

Academic Degree, How Issued-Nevada State Normal School-Teachers' Certificates, What to Receive Cause for Revocation-Diploma of Graduation.

1396. SEC. 7. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study in the school of mines or in the school of agriculture, or in the school of liberal arts, or in any equivalent course that may hereafter be prescribed, a diploma of graduation, conferring the proper academic degree, from the Nevada State University; and no diploma bearing the distinctive title, "Nevada State University," shall be issued to any one who has not completed the full course of study as above set forth. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full four years' course of study prescribed in the Nevada State Normal School, a department of the state university, a diploma of graduation, and said diploma shall bear the heading, "The Nevada State Normal School," and to all persons receiving this diploma, the State Board of Education shall issue a state high school certificate of the first grade, good for five years. To the holders of the above state high school certificates of the first grade, the State Board of Education shall grant a life diploma when said graduates of the Nevada State Normal

School shall have completed at least five years of successful instruction in the public schools of Nevada, or of any other state. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the three years' course of study prescribed in the Nevada State Normal School, a grammar grade diploma of graduation, and said diploma shall bear the heading, "Nevada State Normal School, Grammar Grade Diploma," and to all persons receiving this grammar grade diploma, the State Board of Education shall grant a grammar grade state certificate good for five years. The Board of Regents may require said normal school graduates, before granting the diplomas herein provided for, to sign the following obligation: "I hereby agree to report to the President of the University by letter at least twice a year for three years after my graduation and once a year thereafter, so long as I continue in the profession of teaching, and when I shall leave the profession I will report the fact to him with the cause therefor. A failure to make such reports may be considered sufficient cause for the revocation of my diploma." And further, it is hereby expressly provided that the graduates of the Nevada State Normal School for the year 1895 shall receive their diplomas and state certificates according to the Act of March 19, 1891, hereby amended. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study in any other department of the university, not equivalent to a regular university course, a diploma of graduation, but said diploma shall bear the name of the department from which it is issued, and in no case to bear the heading of the regular university diploma. As amended, Stats. 1891, 93; 1895, 89.

President to Manage Affairs.

1397. SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the President of the University to instruct in the university, and, under the direction of the Board of Regents, to manage all matters connected with the institution, to employ assistant teachers and servants, purchase supplies and make monthly statements to the Board of Regents of all receipts and expenditures, supported by vouchers.

No Discrimination as to Students.

1398. SEC. 9. There shall be no discrimination in the admission of pupils on account of sex, race or color; but no person shall be admitted who is not of good moral character, and who has not arrived at the age of fifteen years, and passed such an examination as shall be prescribed by the Board of Regents, and no person under said age shall hereafter be taught in said institution.

Tuition Free.

1399. SEC. 10. Tuition shall be free.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Must Visit and Report.

1400. SEC. 11. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction must visit the university at least every three months, inquire into its condition and management, and report to the Board of Regents quarter-yearly the condition of the institution, with such suggestions as he may deem proper.

Board of Examiners to Pass Upon Expenses.

1401. SEC. 12. All expenses incurred, of every name and nature, involving the payment of money by or under the direction of the Board of Regents of the University, shall be passed upon by the Board of Examiners, as other accounts against the state, and be paid out of the moneys appropriated for the university.

Repeal.

SEC. 13. Sections one, two, three and five of the Act of March fifth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine [p. 134], entitled "An Act to provide for the election of the Board of Regents, to fix their term of office and prescribe their duties"; Sections two, three, five and six of the Act of March seventh, A. D. one