the first normal school district; Lancaster, York and Lebanon, the second; Berks, Schuylkill and Lehigh, the third; Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Luzerne and Wayne, the fourth; Wyoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Bradford, Lycoming and Tioga, the fifth; Dauphin, Northumberland, Columbia, Montour, Union, Snyder, Perry, Juniata and Mifflin, the sixth; Cumberland, Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Huntingdon and Blair, the seventh; Centre, Clinton, Clearfield, Elk, Potter, McKean, Jefferson, Clarion, Forest and Warren, the eighth; Cambria, Indiana, Armstrong and Westmoreland, the ninth; Washington, Greene, Fayette and Somerset, the tenth; Allegheny, Butler and Beaver, the eleventh; and Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Crawford and Erie, the twelfth."

Thirteenth normal school district erected.

829. The eighth normal school district of this Commonwealth, as provided by section 1 of the act of May 20, 1857,* be and the same is hereby divided; and from this date, the said eighth normal school district shall consist of the counties of Centre, Clinton, Clearfield, Elk. Potter and Cameron, and the counties of Jefferson, Clarion, Forest, Warren and McKean shall constitute the thirteenth district.2

Establishment of normal schools.

830. When any number of citizens of this state, not less than thirteen, shall, as contributors or stockholders, erect and establish a school for the professional training of young men and women as teachers for the common schools of the state, in accordance with the provisions of this act, such school may become entitled to its benefits, in the manner hereinafter set forth Provided, however, That not more than one such school shall, at the same time, become and continue to be entitled to such benefits in each of the foregoing normal school districts; and that this act shall not take effect till at least four such schools, in as many different dis

I. Act May 20, 1857, Sec. 1, P. L. 581.

* P. L. 581, Supra 828.

2. Act May 8, 1874, Sec. 1, P. L. 120.

tricts, shall have complied and been recognized in accordance with the provisions of this act 3

Management of normal schools by boards of trustees. Votes.

331. The pecuniary affairs of each of said schools shall be managed, and the general control exercised by a board of trustees, (whose officers shall be a president and secretary who shall, and a treasurer, who shall not, be members of said board), to be chosen by the contributors or stockholders on the first Monday in May annually; but no contributor or stockholder shall have more than five votes at the election of trustees; and no religious test or qualification shall be required, to entitle any one to become a contributor, stockholder, trustee, professor or student in any of said schools.4

Power of boards of trustees to receive, hold and use real and personal estate.

832. After the said schools shall have been recognized under the provisions of this act, it shall be lawful for them to receive, hold and use, under the direction of their trustees aforesaid, any devise, bequest, gift, grant or endowment of property, whether real or personal, which may be made to them; and the same shall be so applied by the trustees as shall, in the opinion of a majority of them, increase the efficiency and usefulness of the said schools, subject, however, to any terms, conditions or restrictions which may be attached to such devise, bequest, gift, grant or endowment, not inconsistent with the spirit and purposes of this act; and the said trustees shall have authority to bring suit in their name as trustees, and do all other things necessary for the recovery, use and application of the same.5

Trustees to make annual reports. Visitation.

833. The trustees of each of said schools, after being recognized under the provisions of this act, shall annually in the month of October furnish, under oath or affirmation of the president of the board of trustees, to the superintend

ent of common schools, a full account of its pecuniary condition, showing income and debts, if any, salaries and other expenses, and dividends declared, together with the number of students admitted and graduated, the branches taught, the apparatus procured, the improvements effected, and the changes made during the preceding year, and such other information as said superintendent of common schools may, from time to time, by his general circular to all of said schools, require to be furnished; and each of said schools shall always be open to the visitation and inspection of said superintendent of common schools, and of the county superintendents of all the counties within its normal school district.6

Suitable buildings and other requisites.

834. To entitle it to the benefits and privileges of this act, each of said normal schools shall possess the following requisites:

I. Suitable buildings as hereinafter provided, and an area of ground appurtenant thereto, of not less than ten acres in one tract, the whole of which shall be prepared and used as a place for gymnastic exercises and healthful racreation by students, except so much thereof as shall be necessarily occupied by the buildings, botanical and other gardens, and such other purposes as shall be plainly promotive of the great objects of the institution.7

Hall, lodging rooms and refectories.

835. II. The buildings shall contain a hall of sufficient size to comfortably seat at least one thousand adults, with class rooms, lodging rooms and refectories for at least three hundred students, all properly constructed and arranged as to light, heat and ventilation, so as to secure the health and comfort of the occupants, with proper provision for physical exercise during inclement weather.8

6. Act May 20, 1857, Sec. 5, P. L. 581, as amended by act April 11, 1862, Sec. 15, P. L. 475.

Library for use of students.

836. III. Each school shall contain a library room for the accumulation of books for the free use of the students, a cabinet for specimens and preparations, to illustrate the natural and other sciences, such apparatus and philosophical instruments as are indispensable for the same purpose.9

Professors.

837. IV. Each school shall have at least six professors of liberal education and known ability in their respective departments, namely:-One of orthography, reading and elocution; one of writing, drawing and book-keeping; one of arithmetic, and the higher branches of mathematics; one of geography and history; one of grammar and English literature, and one of theory and practice of teaching, together with such tutors and assistants therein, and such professors of natural, mental and moral science, languages and literature, as the condition of the school and the number of students may require. 10

Principal.

838. V. The principal of each normal school shall be a professor of such one of the six indispensable branches as may be assigned to him by the trustees, and he shall be charged with the whole discipline and interior government of the school, in conformity with such regulations as shall, from time to time, be adopted by the trustees, and approved by the state superintendent of common schools."

Course of study.

839. A meeting of the principals of the several normal schools, for the purpose of fixing a general course of study, and arranging other matters coming within their jurisdiction as a body, shall be called at Harrisburg, by the superintendent of public instruction, whenever he shall deem it necessary, or upon a request so to do, made by three principals of state normal schools. 12

Model schools.

840. VI. Each school shall have attached to it one or more schools for practice, or model schools, with not less than one hundred pupils from the children of the vicinity, and so arranged that the students of the normal school shall therein acquire a practical knowledge of the art of teaching under the instruction of their proper professors.13

Qualifications for admission.

841. VII. The qualifications for admission in, and the course and direction of the term of study in all the schools shall be such as shall be approved by and at a meeting of all the principals of the normal schools then recognized under this act; such meeting to be called from time to time, as he may deem expedient, by the state superintendent of common schools, and to take place at one or other of the annual examinations hereinafter provided for, except the first meeting, which shall be held at such time and place as he may indicate; and at such meetings, the act of the majority of the principals shall be binding on all the schools in reference to the qualification for admission and the course and terin of study, when approved by the state superintendent of common schools.14

Text books.

842. VIII. The text books to be used in each of said schools shall be such as may be selected by its proper professors, with the approbation of the trustees thereof.'5 Students admitted to schools on school district account. Exam

ination.

843. IX. Each of said schools shall admit when required, and retain during the whole term of study, if so long. they behave themselves well, one student annually, alternately male and female, from each common school district within the counties composing its normal district, at a cost of not more than five dollars each for the term or quarter of eleven weeks, to be paid in advance by the board of directors sending them; said students to be selected after public ex

13. Act May 20, 1857, Sec. 6, P. L. 581.

14. Act May 20, 1857, Sec. 6, P. L. 581. 15. Act May 20, 1857, Sec. 6, P. L. 581.