($60.00) per month until a successful experience of one year's duration in the public schools shall have been established. Thereafter, the minimum wage shall be sixty-five ($65.00) per month.

5. A teacher holding a third grade uniform county certificate shall receive a minimum wage of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month.

Sec. 2. The holder of any certificate in order to become entitled to the increase in salary provided by this act because of successful teaching experience must file with the county superintendent his certificate, also proofs of one or two years of teaching experience as the law requires. If in the opinion of the county superintendent the proofs are satisfactory he shall endorse such findings on the back of said certificate and return the same to the holder thereof, and any certificate properly endorsed by the county superintendent shall be evidence of qualification for the increase of salary provided by this act for such teaching experience. [38 G. A., ch. 351; 35 G. A., ch. 249.]

Sec. 2778-c. Contracts for less than minimum wage prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any school board or any school officer to contract for or pay a less wage to any teacher in the public schools of this state than the minimum amounts herein fixed. But nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the right to make a lawful contract for a higher wage than herein specified as a minimum but no contract entered into by a board of school directors with a teacher who is then under contract to teach with another board of school directors in the state of Iowa covering the same period of time shall be of any validity until such former contract shall have been released and cancelled.

Sec. 2. All teachers' contracts hereafter entered into shall contain a reference to this act and recite the section in said amendment after the word "bit". [38 G. A., ch. 351; 38 G. A., ch. 310; 35 G. A., ch. 249, § 3.]

Sec. 2778-d.. Violation-penalty. Any school officer violating the provisions of this act shall be fined a sum of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court, and shall be suspended from office. [35 G. A., ch. 249, § 4.]

Sec. 2779. Erection or repair of schoolhouse. It shall not erect a schoolhouse without first consulting with the county superintendent as to the most approved plan for such building and securing his approval of the plan submitted, nor shall any schoolhouse be erected or repaired at a cost exceeding three hundred dollars save under an express contract reduced to writing, and upon proposals therefor, invited by advertisement for four weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the work is to be done, and the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible

bidder, bonds with sureties for the faithful performance of the contract being required, but the board may reject any and all bids and advertise for new ones. [C. '73, § 1723; R., § 2037.]

Sec. 2780. Allowance of claims-settlements-compensation of officers-treasurer. It shall audit and allow all just claims against the corporation, and no order shall be drawn upon the treasury until the claim therefor has been audited and allowed; it shall from time to time examine the accounts of the treasurer and make settlements with him; shall present at each regular meeting of the electors a full statement of the receipts had and expenditures made since the preceding meeting, with such other information as may be considered important; and shall fix the compensation to be paid the secretary. But no member of the board or treasurer shall receive compensation for official services. [35 G. A., ch. 247, § 1; C. '73, §§ 1732-3, 1738, 1813; R., §§ 2037-8; C. '51, §§ 1146, 1149.]

Sec. 2781. Financial statement. It shall published in each independent city or town district, independent school district or school township two weeks before the annual school election, by one insertion in one or more newspapers, if any are published in such district, or by posting up in writing in not less than three conspicuous places in the district, a detailed and specific statement of the receipts and disbursements of all funds expended for school and building purposes for the year preceding such annual election. And the said board of directors shall also at the same time publish in detail an estimate of the several amounts which, in the judgment of such board, are necessary to maintain the schools in such district for the next succeeding school year. [37 G. A., ch. 223; C. '73, §§ 1734-5, 1756; R., §§ 2037, 2054; C. '51, § 1147.]

Sec. 2782. Visiting schools-regulations-discharge of teacher -expulsion of scholar. It shall provide for visiting the schools of the district by one or more of its members and aid the teachers in the government thereof, and enforcing the rules and regulations of the board. It may, by a majority vote discharge any teacher for incompetency, inattention to duty, partiality, or any good cause, after a full and fair investigation made at a meeting of the board held for that purpose, at which the teacher shall be permitted to be present and make defense, allowing him a reasonable time therefor. It may by a majority vote expel any scholar from school for immorality or for a violation of the regulations or rules established by the board, or when the presence of the scholar is detrimental to the best interests of the school, and it may confer upon any teacher, principal, or superintendent the power temporarily to dismiss a scholar, notice of such dismissal being at once given in writing to the president of the board. When a scholar is dismissed by the teacher, principal or superin

tendent, as above provided, he may be re-admitted by such teacher, principal or superintendent, but when expelled by the board he may be re-admitted only by the board or in the manner prescribed by it. [C. '73, §§ 1734-5; R., §§ 2037, 2054; C. '51, § 1147.]

Sec. 2782-a. Secret societies and fraternities prohibited in schools. That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any pupil, registered as such, and attending any public high school, district, primary, or graded school, which is partially. or wholly maintained by public funds, to join, become a member of, or to solicit any other pupil of any such school to join, or become a member of any fraternity or society wholly or partially formed from the membership of pupils attending any such schools or to take part in the organization or formation of any such fraternity or society, except such societies or associations as are sanctioned by the directors of such schools. [37 G. A., ch. 158; 33 G. A., ch. 185, § 1.]

Sec. 2782-b. Enforcement. The directors of all such schools shall enforce the provisions of section one of this act, and shall have full power and authority to make, adopt, and modify all rules and regulations which, in their judgment and discretion, may be necessary for the proper governing of such schools and enforcing all the provisions of section one of this act. [33 G. A., ch. 185, § 2.]

Sec. 2782-c. Suspension or dismissal. The directors of such schools shall have full power and authority, pursuant to the adoption of such rules and regulations made and adopted by them, to suspend, or dismiss any pupil or pupils of such schools therefrom, or to prevent them, or any of them, from graduating or participating in school honors when, after investigation, in the judgment of such directors, or a majority of them, such pupil or pupils are guilty of violating any of the provisions of section 1 of this act, or who are guilty of violating any rule, rules or regulations adopted by such directors for the purpose of governing such schools or enforcing section one of this act. [33 G. A., ch. 185, § 3.]

Sec. 2782-d. Rushing or soliciting to join prohibited—jurisdiction-penalty. It is hereby made a misdemeanor for any person, not a pupil of such schools, to be upon the school grounds, or to enter any school building for the purpose of "rushing" or soliciting, while there, any pupil or pupils of such school to join any fraternity, society, or association organized outside of said schools. All municipal courts and justice courts in this state shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed under this section, and all persons found guilty of such offenses shall be fined not less than two dollars nor more than ten dollars, to be paid to the city or village treasurer, when such schools are situated inside of the

corporate limits of any city or village, and to the county treasurer, when situated outside of the corporate limits of any such city or village, or upon failure to pay such fine, to be imprisoned for not more than ten days. [33 G. A., ch. 185, § 4.]

Sec. 2783. Use of contingent fund-free text-books. It may provide and pay out of the general fund to insure school property such sum as may be necessary; and may purchase dictionaries, library books including books for the purpose of teaching vocal music, maps, charts and apparatus for the use of the schools thereof to an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars in any one year for each school building under its charge; and may furnish school books to indigent children when they are likely to be deprived of the proper benefits of school unless so aided; and shall, when directed by a vote of the district, purchase and loan books to scholars, and shall provide by levy of general fund therefor. [38 G. A., ch. 345; 37 G. A., ch. 386, § 7; 30 G. A., ch. 115; 26 G. A., ch. 37; 25 G. A., ch. 34; 21 G. A., ch. 107; 19 G. A., ch. 149, § 1; C. '73, § 1729.]

Sec. 2784. Water-closets. It shall give special attention to the matter of convenient water-closets or privies, and provide on every schoolhouse site, not within an independent city or town district, two separate buildings located at the farthest point from the main entrance to the schoolhouse, and as far from each other as may be, and keep them in wholesome condition and good repair. In independent city or town districts, where it is inconvenient or undesirable to erect two separate outhouses, several closets may be included under one roof, and if outside the schoolhouse each shall be separated from the other by a brick wall, double partition, or other solid or continuous barrier, extending from the roof to the bottom of the vault below, and the approaches to the outside doors for the two sexes shall be separated by a substantial close fence not less than seven feet high and thirty feet in length. [25 G. A., ch. 3.]

The

Sec. 2785. Duties of director-contracts-enumeration. board of directors of a school township may authorize the director of each subdistrict, subject to its regulations, to make contracts for the purchase of fuel, the repairing or furnishing of schoolhouses, and all other matters necessary for the convenience and prosperity of the schools in his subdistrict. Such contracts shall be binding upon the school township only when approved by the president of the board, and must be reported to the board. Each director shall, between the first and fifteenth days of June in each year, prepare a list of the heads of families in his subdistrict, the number and sex of all children of school age, and by the twentieth day of said month report this list to the secretary of the school township, who shall make full record thereof. The powers speci

fied in this section cannot be exercised by individual directors of independent districts. [31 G. A., ch. 136, § 9; C. '73, §§ 1753-5; R., §§ 2052-3; C. '51, §§ 1124, 1142.]

Sec. 2786. Industrial exposition. The board of any school corporation or the director of any subdistrict deeming it expedient may, under the direction of the county superintendent, hold and maintain an industrial exposition in connection with the schools of such district, such exposition to consist in the exhibit of useful articles invented, made or raised by the pupils, by sample or otherwise, in any of the departments of mechanics, manufacture, art, science, agriculture and the kitchen, such exposition to be held in the schoolroom, on a school day, as often as once during a term, and not oftener than once a month, at which the pupils participating therein shall be required to explain, demonstrate or present the kind and plan of the articles exhibited, or give its method of culture; and work in these several departments shall be encouraged, and patrons of the school invited to be present at each exhibition. [15 G. A., ch. 64.]

Sec. 2787. Shade trees. The board of each school corporation shall cause to be set out and properly protected twelve or more shade trees on each schoolhouse site where trees are not growing. The county superintendent, in visiting the several schools of his county, shall call the attention of any board neglecting to comply with the requirements of this section to any failure to carry out its provisions. [19 G. A., ch. 23.].

Sec. 2788. Teacher-qualifications. No person shall be employed as a teacher in a common school which is to receive its distributive share of the school fund without having a certificate of qualification given by the county superintendent of the county in which the school is situated, or a certificate or diploma issued by some other officer duly authorized by law and no compensation shall be recovered by a teacher for services rendered while without such certificate or diploma. [C. '73, § 1758; R., § 2062.]

Sec. 2789. Keep register-report. Each teacher shall keep a daily register which shall correctly exhibit the name or the number of the school, the district and county in which it is located, the day of the week, month, year, and the name, age and attendance of each scholar, and the branches taught; and when scholars reside in different districts separate registers shall be kept for each district, and a certified copy of the register shall immediately at the close of the school be filed by the teacher in the office of the secretary of the board. The teacher shall file with the county superintendent such reports and in such manner as he may require. [C. '73, §§ 1759-60; R., § 2062.]