three years, from the first day of the next succeeding August. Such trustee together with those whose terms of office have not expired shall meet within five days after the first day of August, 1913, and annually thereafter, and organize by electing one of their number president, one secretary, and one treasurer. The treasurer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute a bond to the acceptance of the county auditor, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned as an ordinary official bond, with a reliable surety company or at least two sufficient freehold sureties, who shall not be members of such board, as surety or sureties on such bond. The president and secretary shall each give bond, with like surety or sureties, to be approved by the county auditor, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That such boards of school trustees may purchase said bonds from some reliable surety company, and pay for them out of the special school revenue of their respective cities. All vacancies that may occur in said board of school trustees shall be filled by the common council at any regular meeting, but such election to fill a vacancy shall only be for the unexpired term: and Provided further, That the present incumbents of the offices of school trustees in any cities coming under the provision of this act shall hold their offices until the expiration of the terms for which they have been elected or appointed.

Applies to Other Cities-When.

SEC. 6. Whenever any city which has not the requisite population to bring it within the provision of this act shall, according to any United States census hereafter taken, have a population of more than sixty-three thousand inhabitants and less than sixty-nine thousand inhabitants, then this act shall in all respects apply to and govern such city from thenceforth.

Pending Litigation-Present Members.

SEC. 7. The intendment of this act is and shall be that it shall not effect any impending litigation but the same shall be concluded and judgment rendered and enforced as if this act had never been passed; and that all school trustees, in cities coming under the provisions of this act, who are now

serving unexpired terms in such office, shall fill out such unexpired terms under the provisions of this act the same as if they had been elected to such office under the provisions of this act.

Emergency.

SEC. 8. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

[S. 377. Approved March 14, 1913.]

Schools-Towns-Election of School Trustee.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That in the election of school trustees in incorporated towns, the board of trustees of incorporated towns, shall vote by ballot and such voting shall continue until some competent person receives a majority of all votes cast or until such meeting adjourns or the voting ceases by a majority vote of the members of the board of town trustees. Should an election fail to occur at any one regular meeting, then at the next regular meeting, the board of trustees shall again proceed to the election of a school trustee or trustees, in like manner and under the same conditions and should no election occur at such meeting, then the board of trustees may determine then and there whether to take further votes at some later meeting and so on from one regular meeting to another until an election occurs or until such board of trustees shall determine by a majority vote to cease trying to elect; and, no person be permitted to vote except they be a qualified member of said body and the clerk of the board of trustees shall preside at such election but shall have no vote. In all cases where no election takes place, the present incumbent shall continue to serve until an election does occur and until his successor shall be elected and qualifies and all official acts of any member so holding over and the official acts of any such board during such time, will be valid as though an election should have taken place: Provided, That this act shall not change the time of election of school trustees or the terms of present incumbents except in cases where no successor is elected as

herein provided; nor shall it affect cities that have by special act, a different mode of election prescribed by law.

Supplementary Act.

SEC. 2. This act is supplementary in its nature and repeals only such laws as may be in conflict therewith.

[H. 329. Approved March 8, 1913.]

Schools-Board of Trustees Dissolved.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That any incorporated town in the state, that has no school indebtedness, the inhabitants of which do not exceed fifteen hundred, as shown by the last preceding general census, may, through its town board of trustees, abandon and discontinue its management and control of public schools within such incorporated town, and abolish the board of school trustees therein. Whenever a town so discontinuing its board of school trustees shall desire to again take control of its school affairs the town board may on petition signed by a majority of the resident freeholders, pass an ordinance to that effect and appoint a board of school trustees; Provided, That whenever a town passes such ordinance to again take control of its school affairs as herein above provided, it shall be the duty of the county assessor, county auditor and county superintendent of schools, to act as an appraising board to determine what if any equitable right the township has in the school property thus taken over and to determine the extent to which such town is indebted to the township, and the board of town trustees shall pay over to the township such amount as has been so determined, before said town shall be permitted to take over the schools: Provided, further, That such school property shall not be appraised and taken over by the town as above provided unless a majority of the resident freeholders in the township residing outside of said town, consent to such transfer: Provided, further, That no town board shall dissolve the school corporation except by consent of a majority of the freeholders therein.

Conveyance of Property to Township.

SEC. 2. The town board of trustees of any such incorporated town, upon deciding to abandon and discontinue the control of the public schools therein, shall make or cause to be made a good and sufficient deed, conveying all real estate belonging to such school town to the township trustee of the township in which such incorporated town is located; and shall transfer all the personal property and fixtures belonging to such school town to such township trustee, all of which shall be accepted and held by such township trustee for the use and purposes of the school township wherein such town is located: Provided, That when any such incorporated town shall be located in two or more contiguous counties, the children of school age who are residents of such incorporated town shall be entitled to the same school privileges in such incorporated town as the children of school age who are residents, exclusively of the township which has assumed ownership and control of such school and school property. And all school revenue which is paid or which may hereafter be paid by that portion of such incorporated town lying outside of the township which has assumed control and ownership of such school and school property, shall be paid to the township trustee of the township wherein such school is located, in the same way and manner as such revenues were paid to the school trustees of such incorporated town before such town relinquished control and possession of such school and school property.

Township Control.

SEC. 3. After the requirements set forth in the preceding section are complied with, the township trustee shall have full and complete control of all the schools within such town and shall conduct the same as provided for by law for the other schools of such township. And all children of school age residing outside of the township in which such school and school property is situated but within the limits. of any such incorporated town, as herein provided, shall possess all the rights and privileges to attend the school or schools located within such incorporated town, the same as though they lived in the township wherein such school or school property is located

Repeal.

SEC. 4. That an act entitled "An act permitting incorporated towns not exceeding fifteen hundred inhabitants to discontinue school boards, and provisions made for transfer of school property to township trustees," approved March 3, 1899, and an act entitled "An act to amend section one and the title of an act entitled 'An act permitting incorporated towns not exceeding fifteen hundred inhabitants to discontinue school boards and provisions made for transfer of school property to township trustees,' " approved March 3, 1899, approved March 4, 1911, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

SEC. 5. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

[H. 605. Approved March 10, 1913.]

Schools-State Superintendent of Public Instruction-High School Inspector.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That the state superintendent of public instruction with the approval of the state board of education, shall appoint a high school inspector who shall act under the direction of the state superintendent and the state board of education. The duties conferred by law upon the state board of education in making inspections of high schools shall be performed by the high school inspector. The high school inspector shall be paid a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) annually and he shall be allowed his necessary expenses while engaged in the performance of his duties.

Appropriation.

SEC. 2. An amount to pay the salary and expenses of the high school inspector is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury from moneys not otherwise appropriated.

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