Violation deemed felony

Penalty

Peace officers

to enforce

Section 2. Any person, or any officer, or member, of any association, society, club, corporation, or organization, who shall violate, or assist in violating, the provisions of Section 1 of this act shall be deemed guilty of felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than one year, nor more than ten years.

Section 3. It is hereby made the duty of all District Attorneys, Sheriffs, Constables, and other peace officers of the state to see that the provisions of this act are strictly enforced.

Approved: March 7, 1919.

CHAPTER 172

SCHOOLS

CENSUS OF PERSONS OF SCHOOL AGE

(S. B. No. 19, by Senator Coldren)

AN ACT

TO PROVIDE FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION CONCERNING
ALL PERSONS OF SCHOOL AGE, THE ADMINISTRATION
OF OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS IN CONNECTION THERE-
WITH, AND FOR A RECORD OF SUCH INFORMATION.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

takers

administer oaths

Section 1. All persons who are now, or may hereafter Duty of census be authorized or appointed to take the school census, shall ascertain and record the name, place, date of birth, school grade last attended, and nationality of the parents, of each child enumerated. The person taking such school census is Census takers hereby authorized, empowered and directed to require such parent, guardian or other person having charge or control of such child, to subscribe or take an oath or affirmation that such information and record is true and correct and any parent, guardian, or person having control of any child who shall refuse to take such oath or affirmation shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollar or more than ten dollars. The census enumerator is hereby empowered to administer such oath or affirmation.

Section 2. It is hereby declared that this act is neces- Safety clause sary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety.

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Section 3. In the opinion of the General Assembly an Emergency emergency exists; therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved: March 5, 1919.

CHAPTER 173

SCHOOLS

CONCERNING ATTENDANCE

Subdivision of section amended

Transfer of

pupils from one

another de

clared lawful

(H. B. No. 84, by Mr. Rockwell)

AN ACT

TO AMEND SUBDIVISION FIFTEENTH OF SECTION 5925 OF
THE REVISED STATUTES OF COLORADO FOR THE YEAR
1908, REGARDING PROVISIONS FOR SCHOOL ATTEND-
ANCE AND TO REPEAL ALL ACTS IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly 'of the State of Colorado: Section 1. That Subdivision Fifteenth of Section 5925 of Chapter 124 of the Revised Statutes of Colorado for the year 1908, be amended so as to read as follows:

:

"Fifteenth Whenever a pupil resident in one district school district to desires to attend high school or any other school in another school district of any character, whether in another county or not, either because of convenience or of lack of either high school or other school provisions in the district in which such pupil is resident or for any other proper reason whatsoever which shall appear sufficient to both the board of directors of the district wherein such pupil is resident and of the district in which such pupil desires to attend school; the said boards of directors shall have authority to make arrangements therefor by agreement, including arrangements for reasonable compensation from the funds of the district in which such pupil is resident, to be paid to the district in

which such pupil desires to attend and any such arrangement so made shall be enforceable at law.'

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Section 2. Chapter 202 of the Laws of 1909, approved Repealing April 23, 1909, and Chapter 142 of the Laws of 1913, approved April 13, 1913, affecting the foregoing section, are hereby repealed.

Approved: March 19, 1919.

CHAPTER 174

SCHOOLS

CONSOLIDATED AND UNION HIGH SCHOOLS TAX-EXEMPT

(H. B. No. 176, by Mr. Gardner)

AN ACT

TO EXEMPT CONSOLIDATED AND UNION HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICTS FROM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TAX.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
Section 1. Any Consolidated School District maintaining
a high school accredited by the State University, and any
school districts organized into a Union High School District
and maintaining therein a Union High School accredited by
the State University, may, by a majority vote of the electors
of said Consolidated School District or said Union High
School District at an election called for that purpose, be
exempt from the payment of County High School taxes
within the county or counties where such Consolidated
School District or school districts organized as a Union High
School District may exist.

Section 2. Whenever any Consolidated School District or any school districts organized into a Union High School District shall become exempt from the payment of County High School taxes in the manner herein provided, the district board or high school committee of such districts shall immediately thereupon notify the County Superintendent of Schools of the fact that such Consolidated School District or Union High School District has voted upon and carried the question of exemption from the payment of County High School taxes within the county or counties wherein