183 1897 Each school officer, upon the termination of his term of office, shall immediately surrender to his successor all books, papers and moneys pertaining or belonging to the office, taking a receipt therefor.-CODE, SECTION 2770. AMENDMENTS 82737 Volumes bound in paper covers shall be furnished to each school director, to be turned over by the director to his suc- cessor in office. See code, section 2624. Each school officer, upon the termination of his term of office, shall immediately surrender to his successor all books, papers and moneys pertaining or belonging to the office, taking Chapter 41. Chapter 23. School corporations may accept gifts and bequests. Chapter 107. AN ACT to amend section seven hurdred and forty (740) of the code, enabling school corporations to accept gifts and bequests. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Power to accept bequests-how adminis- tered. That section seven hundred and forty (740) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of the sec- ond line thereof the words, "other municipalities," and insert- ing in lieu thereof the words, "school corporations;" and by inserting after the word "be quest" in the third line of said section seven hundred and forty (740) the following words: "And to administer the same through their proper officers in SEC. 2. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in -4 SECTION 1. Repealed. That section thirteen hundred and six (1306) of the code be and is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof: SEC. 2. Amount of indebtedness limited. "No county or other political or municipal corporation, including cities acting under special charters, shall be allowed to become indebted, in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding one and one-fourth per centum on the actual value of the property within such county or corporation, to be ascertained by the last state and county tax list previous to the incurring of such indebtedness." SEC. 3. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Des Moines Register and the Des [Moines] Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 6, 1900. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register and the Des Moines Leader April 7, 1900. G. L. DOBSON, CHAPTER 94. DUTIES AND EXPENSES OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. S. F. 178. AN ACT to amend sections twenty-six hundred and twenty-two (2622) and twenty-six hundred and twenty-seven (2627) of the code, relative to the duties and expenses of the superintendent of public instruction. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Additional duties and powers. That section twenty-six hundred and twenty-two (2622) of the code be and is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "He shall have power to collect, publish and distribute statistical and other information relative to public schools and education in general; to visit teachers' association meetings and make tours of inspection among the common schcols and other institutions of learning in the state, and may deliver addresses upon subjects relative to education; to prepare, publish, and distribute blank forms for all returns he may deem necessary, or that may be required by law, of teachers, or school officers; to publish and distribute annually leaflets and |