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Shall furnish bond for performance of duties,

Shall enter statements of tax accounts and finances of dis-
tricts,

Shall give statement of tax accounts and of finances of the
district at each regular meeting,

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Shall countersign the receipt of treasurer to collector,
Shall furnish report to Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion,

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Shall keep records of proceedings, prepare reports and keep
accounts,

Shall prepare and sign orders on treasurer for payments of
bills approved by board,

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Shall have general supervision of all business affairs, sub-
ject to the board,
Shall report to medical inspector blind, deaf or mentally
deficient children,

Shall give five days' notice to all directors of time and
place of meeting for organization of board,

Shall attest in writing the execution of all deeds, etc., that
are to be executed by the board,

Shall not be member of board in districts of first and second
class,

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303

Shall not be treasurer,

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303

To enter amount of school tax on duplicate furnished by
county commissioners to tax collector,

To withhold teachers' salaries for last month until term
record and report of pupils are approved,

To serve for one year from first Monday of July, in districts
of the second, third and fourth class,

Shall be under supervision of a sinking fund committee,

Free evening schools; when they shall be established,.

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1901

Kindergartens,

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1904

Pupils below six and above twenty-one may be admitted to
special or vocational schools,

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH:

To appoint medical inspectors in fourth class districts,

STATE CERTIFICATES:

See "Certificates."

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL CERTIFICATES:

See "Certificates."

STATE TREASURER:

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Shall hold in trust insurance money on normal school pro- 300
perty,

Shall keep separate account of "State School Fund,”.

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2702

Shall pay out appropriation for schools, ....

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2301

To report to State Board of Education on State Fund,.

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2706

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STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS:

See "Normal 'Schools."

STATE SCHOOL FUND:

All property under the control of the State Board of Edu-
cation,

Fund kept by State Treasurer subject to the disposal of the
State Board of Education,

Investments may be made only in school and certain muni-
cipal bonds,

Money to be paid out by a proper order authorized by State
Board, approved by Auditor General,
State Board of Education to promptly invest all receipts
from sale of real estate, etc.,

State Board authorized to use interest, rentals and other
income of fund to promote education in the conservation
of natural resources, forestry, agricultural and other
industrial pursuits,

State Treasurer to report condition of fund to State Board
of Education,

State Board to report condition of fund to Governor and
Auditor General,

"The State School Fund of Pennsylvania," how constituted, 123
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION:

2701

Appoint and remove trustees of normal schools purchased

by the State,

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2035

Authorize the paying out of money from State school fund

Fix time of meeting and make their own by-laws,
Furnish plans and specifications for school buildings,
Invest receipts derived from State forest reservations and
proceeds from sale of real estate,

Length of term, vacancies, qualifications, compensation,
May purchase State normal schools for the State,

Members, six in number, appointed by the Governor and

ratified by the Senate,

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901

State Superintendent ex-officio a member and president of
the board,

To prescribe rules and regulations for management of nor-
mal schools acquired by the State,

To prescribe rules and regulations for sanitary equipment
and inspection of school buildings,

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To report to Governor and Auditor General the condition of
State school fund,

To recommend legislation,

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904

To use income from State school fund to promote education
in the conservation of natural resources, forestry, agri-
cultural and other industrial pursuits,

Shall be furnished copy of standing of each pupil before
opening of school,

Misdemeanor for any school officer to accept a bribe,

dollars or more, public notice required,
Purchase from another district without competitive bids,
School supplies divided into two classes,

Superintendents, teachers or employees not to act as agents

for,

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709

Supplies of the first class costing over one hundred dollars,
sealed quotations required for,

To bribe or attempt to bribe any school officer made a mis-
demeanor, penalty,

Decision final in case of dispute as to what district pupil
shall attend,

Ex-officio a member of State Board of Education and presi-

Hold a hearing if objections are made to election of district
and assistant district superintendents,

May validate teachers' certificates issued by other States,
May remove assistant county superintendent,

May submit examination questions to State normal schools, 99

May hold a hearing if valid objections are filed to election
of a county superintendent,

May give decisions and interpretations of the school law, ..
May withhold appropriations,

Office provided for in sections one and eight of article four

of the constitution.

Shall call meetings of State normal school principals,

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2016

Shall furnish blanks to superintendents to report institutes,
Shall classify high schools,

Shall commission district and assistant district uperinten-

dents,

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1141

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Shall publish in his annual report cost of collection of school
taxes,

Shall prepare blank forms for annual district reports, etc.,

Shall sign orders on State Treasurer for paying out appro-

To select time and place of examinations for permanent cer-

tificate,

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1310

To provide for examinations and issue temporary or per-
manent certificates to teachers of special subjects,

To provide books for enumeration of school children,
To prescribe rules and regulations for admission of pupils
to high schools,

To issue certificate of classification of districts after each
U. S. census,

Certificates of taxable property in districts of second class,
Certificates of taxable property in districts of third and

fourth class,

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541

Classification of property for levy in districts of first class,
Certification of levy to collector in districts of first class,

On what property levied in districts of the first class,
On what property levied in districts of the second class,
On what property levied in districts of the third and fourth
class,

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525

538

Penalty for non-payment in districts of the second, third
and fourth class, after October first,

Rebates not allowed in districts of the second, third and
fourth class,

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562

Remedy for collection of,

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503

Tax duplicate issued in districts of second, third and fourth

class,

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549

When levied in districts of the second, third and fourth
class,

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536

When levied in districts of first class,

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524

TAX COLLECTOR IN DISTRICTS OF THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH

Collector appointed by board to have same power and au-
thority as is given by law to any collector,
Compensation determined by board and paid by proper
orders drawn on school treasurer,

Cost of collection of school taxes to be reported annually to
Superintendent of Public Instruction,