such superintendent of schools shall compute the interest due on each of said order or orders, demand or demands, bearing interest under the provisions of this section, and shall note the amount of interest on the order or demand and shall enter in the records of his office, the amount of interest distinct from the principal; and shall thereupon draw his requisition upon the county auditor for the amount of said order or orders, demand or demands and the interest computed thereon, in the manner provided by section 1543 of this code and in the order in which said order or orders, demand or demands were registered in his office. Said interest shall be paid as part of said order or demand by the treasurer. Should the holders of such indorsed orders or demands fail to present the same for payment within sixty (60) days from the date of the notice herein provided for, the funds set aside for the payment of the same must be, by the superintendent of schools and treasurer, applied to the payment of unpaid orders or demands, next in order of indorsement and, if no other indorsed orders or demands shall be presented, then such money shall be applied to the payment of orders or demands not so indorsed, or otherwise disposed of according to law. The superintendent of schools shall report to the county treasurer and the county auditor, not later than the second Monday of each month, the amount of money computed as interest under this section. Such report shall show each district, for which interest has been computed on indorsed and approved orders or demands and the amount thereof for each district. The superintendent of schools shall immediately report, in writing, to the clerk or secretary of each district for which interest has been computed, as aforesaid, the amount computed for the district, of which he is clerk or secretary. [New section approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1360.]

Binding school documents, postage, etc.

§ 1548. He may draw his requisition upon the county auditor, who shall draw his warrant on the unapportioned county school fund, in his own favor, for the binding of school documents, not to exceed twenty dollars a year; for postage and expressage for his office, not to exceed two dollars for each district of his county, and for such other incidental expenses as may be authorized by law; provided, that not more than one-half of such allowance shall be used during the first six months of any school year, except by unanimous consent of the board of supervisors; and provided, further, that in incorporated cities, and cities and counties, each three hundred pupils enrolled in such incorporated cities, and cities and counties, as shown by the last report to the state superintendent of public instruction, shall be considered equal to one school district. [Amendment approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1355.]

Deputy school superintendent.

§ 1550. Each deputy school superintendent of any city, or city and county, may receive such compensation as the board of education thereof

prescribes, payable in the same manner and out of the same fund as the superintendent of schools thereof is paid; provided, that the compensation of each deputy school superintendent of any city and county shall be not less than the minimum received by any high school principal in said city and county. [Amendment approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1268.]

Traveling expenses of county superintendents of schools.

§ 1552. Each county superintendent shall receive his actual and neeessary traveling expenses, said expenses to be allowed by the board of supervisors, and to be paid out of the county general fund; provided, that this amount shall not exceed ten dollars per district per annum; provided, further, that in any city and county each three hundred pupils enrolled in such city and county, as shown by the last report to the superintendent of public instruction, shall be considered equal to one school district. [Amendment approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1356.]

Annual teachers' institute. Superintendent may forfeit month's salary. Day and evening institutes.

§ 1560. The superintendent of every county in which there are twenty or more school districts, and of every city and county, and of every city school district governed by a city board of education and employing seventy or more teachers, must hold at least one teachers' institute in each year; and every teacher employed in the schools of the county, city and county, or city school district holding such institute must attend the same and participate in its proceedings; and shall be paid his regular salary for the time covered by such attendance; provided, that the superintendents of two or more adjacent counties, or city and county, or city school districts may unite for the purpose of holding a joint institute or convention and may direct the teachers of their respective counties, city and county, or city school districts to attend the same in lieu of all or of a designated part of the county, city and county, or city school district institute, under the same conditions and compensations as are herein provided for the county, city and county, or city school district institute; provided, that the expense of such joint institute shall be borne equally by the counties, city and county, and city school districts participating therein, and shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for each county, city and county, or city school district participating therein; and shall be paid in each county from the unapportioned county school fund, in each city and county from the city and county school fund, and in each city school district from such school district's county school fund. A county superintendent of schools who shall refuse or neglect to hold an institute for any one year as directed by this section shall forfeit the last month's salary of the year in which he fails to hold said institute and the county auditor whose duty it is to draw the warrant in favor of such superintendent is hereby directed to withhold said salary on proof of such neglect; provided, that in lieu

of the institute of from three to five consecutive days, as provided in this section and in section 1562 of the Political Code, the superintendent of any county in which there are twenty or more school districts, or of any eity and county, or of any city school district governed by a city board of education and employing seventy or more teachers, may hold during the school year, at places in the county, or city and county, or eity school district, chosen by the superintendent for their convenience and accessibility to teachers and patrons of neighboring schools, three or more series of local day or evening institutes which shall provide, at each of the chosen places, not less than ten hours of institute work; provided, that in cities and counties one or more local day or evening institutes of not less than two hours each may be held on not less than three different dates during the year. [Amendment approved March 10, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 336.]

Length of teachers' institutes.

§ 1562. Each session of the institute must continue not less than three nor more than five days, except where the superintendent holds local institutes, as provided in section 1560 of the Political Code, [Amendment approved March 10, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 337.]

Expenses of teachers' institutes.

§ 1564. The county superintendent, the city and county superintendent, and the city superintendent must each keep an accurate account of the actual expenses incurred by them in holding any teachers' institute whether separate or joint, with vouchers for the same; and the county superintendent shall draw his requisition upon the county auditor, who shall draw his warrant on the unapportioned county school fund to pay the expense of the county institute; and the city and county superintendent shall draw his requisition upon the city and county auditor, who shall draw his warrant upon the city and county school fund to pay the expense of the city and county institute; and the city superintendent shall present his bill for the expenses incurred by him in holding the eity district institute to the city board of education, who shall pay the same from the city school district's county fund in the same manner as other claims against the city school district's county fund are paid; provided, that not more than two hundred dollars ($200) shall be paid by each county, city and county, or city school district toward the expense of any joint institute or convention; and provided, further, that not more than three hundred dollars ($300) shall be paid for the expenses of any separate institute held by the superintendent of any county, city and county, or city school district having less than one hundred teachers regularly employed in the elementary and secondary schools of such county, city and county, or city school district; and provided, further, that where the number of teachers regularly employed in the elementary and secondary schools of any county, city and county, or city school district exceeds one hundred teachers at the time of holding any separate institute, the superintendent may expend money in addition to the

three hundred dollars ($300) hereinbefore provided at the rate of one dollar ($1) per teacher for each teacher in excess of one hundred teachers regularly employed at the time of holding such separate institute; and provided, further, that whenever the superintendent of any county, or city and county, or city school district, elects to hold local institutes, as provided in section 1560 of the Political Code, he may expend money, in addition to the amount hereinbefore provided for the expenses of any separate institute in his county, or city and county, or city school district, at the rate of five dollars per teacher for each teacher regularly employed at the time of holding the first series of local institutes in any school year; provided, however, that his total expenditures shall not at any time in the school year exceed fifty dollars multiplied by the number of local institutes held; and provided, further, that all the expenses of local institutes shall be paid in the same manner and from the same funds as are the expenses of separate and of joint institutes. [Amendment approved March 10, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 337.]

Annual school trustees' meetings.

§ 1566. The superintendent of every county in which there are more than twenty school districts, may hold one trustees' meeting each year, and it shall be the duty of one school trustee of each school district of the county in which said meeting is held to attend the same and participate in its proceedings.

The school trustees of each school district shall select the trustee, whose duty it shall be to attend such meeting; and each trustee so selected shall be allowed his actual traveling expenses incurred in going to and returning from such meetings, such expenses to be verified by the county superintendent of schools.

In any county in which there are less than twenty school districts, the county superintendent may in his discretion hold a meeting as provided in the preceding section when directed by the county board of education.

Each session of the trustees' meeting shall continue one day.

The county superintendent shall draw his requisition on the county auditor who shall draw his warrant on the unapportioned county school fund to pay the expenses of holding the trustees' meetings.

The superintendent must notify each trustee of the county at least ten days prior to the calling of such trustees' meeting of the time and place of holding such meeting. [New section approved March 10, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 342.]

Every city to constitute a separate school district.

§ 1576. Every city or incorporated town (except cities and towns of the sixth class), unless subdivided by the legislative authority thereof, shall constitute a separate school district, which shall be governed by the board of education or board of school trustees of such city or incorporated town; provided, that whenever a city or town shall be incorporated (except a city or town of the sixth class) the board of super

visors of the county may annex thereto, for school purposes only, the remainder, or any part of the remainder, of the district or districts from which such city or incorporated town was organized, whenever a majority of the heads of families residing therein, as shown by the last preeeding school census, shall petition for such annexation; and provided, further, that the board of supervisors may include more territory than the remainder of the district or districts from which the city or incorporated town was organized, whenever a petition for such purpose is presented to them, signed by a majority of the heads of families, as shown by the last preceding school census, residing in such additional territory. When said remainder or part thereof, or said additional outside territory, has been annexed to said city or incorporated town, it shall be deemed a part of said city or incorporated town for the purpose of holding the general municipal election, and shall form one or more election precincts, as may be determined by the legislative authority of said city or incorporated town, the qualified electors of which shall vote only for the board of education, or the board of school trustees; and such outside territory shall be deemed to be a part of said city or incorporated town for all matters connected with the school department thereof, for the annual levying and collecting of the property tax for the school funds of said city or incorporated town; and for all purposes specified in sections 1880 to 1888 of this code, inclusive; provided, however, that the last assessment-roll made by the county assessor shall be the only basis of taxation for such school district on the property outside the corporate limits so annexed for school purposes. [Amendment approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1340.]

Citations. Cal. 156/417, 418, 420; 157/615, 725, 727.

Term of school trustees.

§ 1613. The term of office of school trustees is three years from the first day of May next succeeding their election. [Amendment approved April 10, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 852.]

§ 1616.

Citations. App. 12/298.

Duties of trustees of common school districts.

§ 1617. The powers and duties of trustees of common school districts, and of boards of education in city school districts, are as follows:

First-To prescribe and enforce rules, not inconsistent with law or those prescribed by the state board of education, for their own government and government of schools, and to transact their business at regular or special meetings, called for such purpose, notice of which shall be given each member.

Second-To manage and control the school property within their distriets, and pay all moneys collected by them, from any source whatever, for school purposes, and all moneys apportioned to them from taxes levied and collected under the authority of city councils for school purposes,