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 shall be, acting under the advice and instruction of said board, to examine all work being done on said buildings and all mate­rial furnished therefor, and to perform any other duty that may be required of him by said board of trustees. Said superintend­ent shall hold his said office for a length of time to be fixed "by said board of trustees, and at a compensation of not to exceed five dollars per day. Said trustees shall from their board appoint a president, secretary and treasurer, and shall take charge of the general interests of the institution, shall have power to enact by-laws and rules for the regulation of all its concerns, not inconsistent with the laws of this territory, to see that its affairs are conducted in accordance with the requirements of law, and that strict discipline is maintained therein; to provide employment and instruction for the inmates; to appoint a superintendent, a steward, a teacher or teachers and such other officers as in their judgment the wants of the institution may require, and prescribe their duties; to exercise a vigilant supervision over the institu­tion, its officers and inmates, and determine the salaries to be paid to the officers, and order their removal upon good cause; and shall also require the treasurer to execute a bond to the terri­tory of Dakota, in a sufficient amount, to be approved by the governor and filed in the office of the secretary of the territory.

§ 7772. They shall cause the boys and girls under their charge to be instructed in piety and morality, and in such branches of useful knowledge as are adapted to their age and capacity, and in some regular course of labor, either mechanical, manufacturing or agricultural, as is best suited to their age, strength, disposition and capacity, and as may seem best adapted to secure the reformation and future benefit of such boys and girls.

§ 7773. The trustees, with the consent in writing of their parents or guardians, as the case may be, or in case they have no parents or guardians, may bind out boys and girls committed to the school until they attain their majority, or for any less time, stipulated in the indentures, for the needful amount of educa­tion, and from time to time, as the rightful guardians of the boys and girls, ascertain whether the duties and obligations of the per­son to whom the boy or girl is bound are faithfully performed, and if not, cancel the indenture and receive the boy or girl into the school again.

§ 7774. ·when there shall be twenty or more boys in the school, one or more of the trustees shall visit the school once in every month and examine the boys and girls in their school room and labor, and inspect the register and accounts of the superintendent. A record shall be kept of these visits in the books of the superintendent. Once in every year, or oftener if the trustees think it necessary, they shall examine the school in all its departments, including the accounts, vouchers and docu­ments of the superintendent, and prepare a report on the condi­tion of the institution on the first Monday in November preced­ing the meeting of the legislative assembly, which, together with a full report of the superintendent, and a list of the officers and employes and their salaries, with an estimate of the value of the personal property belonging to the school, shall be laid before the legislative assembly.

§ 7775. The superintendent, with such subordinate officers as the trustees may appoint, shall have the charge and custody of the boys and girls; he shall discipline, govern, instruct,