schools,' approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, so as to enable certain school districts to establish, maintain, and operate a public high school," approved the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. Approved April 25, 1889 (P. L., 53).

A supplement to an act, entitled "An act to provide, at the public expense, free evening schools, for the edu cation of the children of this Commonwealth who from any cause are unable to attend the public schools. Approved May 7, 1889 (P. L., 110).

A supplement to an act, entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools,' approved the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, so as to enable cer tain school districts to establish, maintain, and operate a public high school," approved the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eightyseven. Approved May 8, 1889 (P. L., 124).

An act requiring public school directors to be sworn or affirmed before entering upon their duties. Approved April 16, 1891 (P. L., 2).

An act authorizing the courts of quarter sessions in certain cases to annul and vacate orders and decrees annexing lands, or parts thereof, of persons resident in one township or borough, to a city for school purposes. Approved June 2, 1891 (P. L., 172).

An act relative to the admission and instruction of children of soldiers of the late war of the rebellion in the common schools of districts outside of those in which their parents, guardians, or others entitled to their custody, may reside. Approved April 18, 1893 (P. L., 23).

An act to prevent county superintendents of common schools from engaging in the profession of teaching during their term of office, unless it shall be done without compensation. Approved April 25, 1893 (P. L., 24).

An act to provide for the election, qualification, and compensation of auditors in the independent school districts of this Commonwealth. Approved May 10, 1893 (P. L., 41).

An act to amend the first section of an act, entitled "An act authorizing school directors to purchase books out of the district fund," approved June twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, by requiring school directors or controllers to furnish school-books and other school supplies free of cost. Approved May 18, 1893 (P. L., 93).

An act to amend an act, entitled "An act prescribing the mode of fixing the salaries of county superintendents of common schools," approved the twenty

ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, amending first section thereof by fixing the minimum salaries to be paid said superintendents. Approved May 23, 1893 (P. L., 121.)

An act to amend the first section of an act, entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools,' approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, so as to enable certain school districts to establish, maintain, and operate a public high school," so as to enable boroughs, not divided into wards for school purposes, to establish, maintain, and operate public high schools. Approved May 26, 1893 (P. L., 146).

An act to authorize the courts of common pleas to appoint a competent person to inspect schoolhouses, on complaint of taxable citizens of any school district in which boards of school directors or controllers have failed to provide and maintain proper and adequate school accommodations for the children who are lawfully entitled to school privileges in the district, and prescribing a penalty for neglect of duty on the part of school boards. Approved June 6, 1893 (P. L., 330.)

An act to require boards of school directors and controllers to provide for the better protection of the health and morals of school children in their respective school districts. Approved June 6, 1893 (P. L., 339).

An act authorizing and regulating the taking, use and occupancy of certain public burial-places, under certain circumstances, for purposes of common school education. Approved June 6, 1893 (P. L. 243).

An act authorizing and empowering the school boards of townships or school districts within the Commonwealth to provide for a supply of water therein, by contract, for fire and sanitary purposes, and to locate fire-plugs near the school buildings. Approved June 24, 1895 (P. L., 245).

An act to promote cleanliness and healthfulness in and about the public schools of this Commonwealth. Approved June 24, 1895 (P. L., 254).

An act providing for the adjustment of all indebtedness and property rights between the school districts of a township and the school district or districts of one or more boroughs erected in whole or in part from such township; also providing for the adjustment of the indebtedness and property rights of school districts in the case of a township changed or merged into one or more boroughs. Approved June 24, 1895 (P. L., 259).

An act to authorize school directors in the various school districts of this Commonwealth to qualify each

other before entering upon the duties of their offices, and to certify the same. Approved June 25, 1895 (P. L., 284).

An act to amend the act, entitled "An act authorizing and regulating the taking, use and occupancy of certain public burial-places, under certain circumstances, for purposes of common school education," approved the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, so as to more clearly define what is meant by the words "for the purposes of common school education," and to enlarge the scope thereof, and also so as to permit, under certain circumstances, the taking of one acre instead of one-half acre for such purposes, and further, also, to expedite condemnation proceedings in such case. Approved June 25, 1895 (P. L., 292).

An act to provide for the opening, improvement, enlargement, use, care, and protection of school and other grounds for public park and recreation purposes, in the cities and boroughs of the Commonwealth, by the joint or several action of school boards, city and borough authorities, corporations, societies, associations, or individuals. Approved June 26, 1895 (P. L., 331).

An act for the establishment of free public libraries in the several school districts of the Commonwealth, except in cities of the first and second class. Approved June 28, 1895 (P. L., 411).

An act to regulate the establishment, classification, and maintenance of high schools, the distribution of appropriations in aid of high schools, and the employment of teachers in high schools receiving State aid. Approved June 28, 1895 (P. L., 413).

An act amending an act, entitled "An act amending an act, entitled ‘A further supplement to an act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools,' approved April ninth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, authorizing cities and boroughs which have elected superintendents, and employ no less than seventy-five teachers, to hold separate teachers' institutes," approved May twenty-fourth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, fixing the number of teachers necessary for separate institute at not less than fifty. Approved June 28, 1895 (P. L., 415).

An act to amend section twelve of an act, approved the ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and entitled "A further supplement to an act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools," approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, authorizing the appointment of a committee by the Superintendent of

Public Instruction to examine applicants for teachers' permanent certificates. Approved June 28, 1895 (P. L., 417).

An act to amend section one of an act, entitled "An act relative to the admission and instruction of children of soldiers of the late war of the rebellion in the common schools of districts oustide of those in which their parents, guardians, or others entitled to their custody may reside," approved the eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. Approved June 2, 1895 (P. L., 434).

A supplement to an act, entitled "An act for the establishment of free public libraries in the several school districts of this Commonwealth, except in cities of the first and second class," approved the twentyeighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, authorizing school districts to aid free public libraries otherwise established. Approved March 30, 1897 (P. L., 10).

An act authorizing school directors or controllers of the several school districts of this Commonwealth to establish and maintain, out of the public school treasury, free kindergartens, for the children between the ages of three and six years, residing in their districts. Approved April 4, 1897 (P. L., 22).

An act providing the manner by which independent school districts of this Commonwealth, established by act of Assembly or by courts of quarter sessions, may be abolished. Approved May 12, 1897, (P. L., 55).

An act to amend the thirty-third section of an act, entitled "An act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools," approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, extending and defining the purposes for which a special school tax, not exceeding the amount of the regular annual tax authorized to be levied by directors or controllers in cities or boroughs, when the school property is vested in them, may be applied. Approved May 26, 1897 (P. L., 94).

An act to further amend the first section of an act, entitled "An act authorizing school directors to purchase school-books out of the district fund," approved June twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, as amended by an act, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, by requiring school directors or controllers to allow the school children to have the use of the books furnished them by the board any time during vacation between regular school terms, and providing that the teachers of such school shall possess a valid certificate issued by the Superintendent of Public Schools. Approved June 7, 1897, (P. L., 131).

An act to authorize school directors and controllers to provide transportation for school children, at the

expense of the district, to the public schools of the districts in which they reside, or to the schools of neighboring districts. Approved June 22, 1897, (P. L., 181).

An act to authorize the employment of teachers of stenography and typewriting in the common schools, without requiring them to possess teachers' certificates in the usual form. Approved June 23, 1897 (P. L., 193).

An act providing for the purchase and display of United States' flags in connection with the public school buildings of the State. Approved July 9, 1897 (P. L., 233).

An act to provide a more just and equitable method of distributing the school appropriation to common schools, and specifying the duties of officers in connection therewith. Approved July 15, 1897 (P. L., 271).

An act to authorize and empower the school directors and controllers of the several school districts within this Commonwealth to levy and collect a per capita tax annually, for school purposes. Approved July 22, 1897 (P. L., 305).

An act providing for the payment of school directors for attending the triennial convention for the election of county superintendents, and for the punishment of candidates who pay directors' expenses. Approved March 18, 1899 (P. L., 11).

An act to extend the minimum school term to seven months. Approved April 4, 1899 (P. L., 31).

An act to empower the school directors of the several townships of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to exercise the powers of a board of health in each township, to make rules and regulations to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases, to appoint and fix compensation of a sanitary agent, and requir ing all practicing physicians to report to the secretary of the board of school directors, in each township, the names and residences of all persons, coming under their professional care, afflicted with such contagious or infectious diseases. Approved April 11, 1899 (P. L., 38).

An act to amend an act, entitled "An act authorizing central boards of education, in cities of the second class, to establish and maintain schools for instruction in the mechanic arts and kindred subjects," approved the twenty-fifth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, as amended by an act of May twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An act authorizing central boards of education, in cities of the second class, to establish and maintain schools for instruction in the mechanic arts and kindred subjects, approved the twenty-fifth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, so as to extend the provisions thereof to cities of the third class," so as to extend the benefits and pro