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Educational Institutions. and female, in the art of teaching and in all the various branches that pertain to a good common school education, also to give instruction in the mechanical arts and in husbandry and in agricultural chemistry, in the fundamental laws of the United States, and in what regards the rights and duties of citizens.

§ 331. Said normal school shall be under the direction of a board of education, and shall be governed and supported as hereinafter provided.

§ 332. The board of education for the normal school for the territory of Dakota, located and established at Madison, shall consist of five members, who shall be appointed by the governor, and by and with the consent of the legislative council. Two of said members of the board shall hold their office for the term of two years, and three for the term of four years. The territorial treasurer by virtue of his office shall be treasurer of said board, and the board shall annually elect from their number a president and secretary. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep an exact detailed account of the doings of said board, and he shall submit such reports to the legislature as are required by this act; and no member of said board of education shall, during his continuance in office as a member of said board, act as an agent of any publishers of school books and school library books, either directly or indirectly; and the governor of the territory is hereby authorized and required upon satisfactory evidence being produced to him that any member of said board is employed as such agent or interested as aforesaid, to remove such member of said board from office, and to appoint another in his place to fill such vacancy.

§ 333. Said board shall have power to appoint a principal and assistant to take charge of said school, and such other teachers and officers as may be required in said school, and fix the salary of each and prescribe their several duties. They shall also have power to remove either the principal, assistant or teachers, and appoint others in their stead. They shall prescribe the various books to be used in said school, and make all regulations and by-laws necessary for the good government and management of the same.

§ 334. The board of education shall ordain such rules and regulations for the admission of pupils to said school as they shall deem necessary and proper. Every applicant for admission shall undergo an examination in such manner as shall be prescribed by the board, and if it shall appear that the applicant is not a person of good moral character, or will not make an apt and good teacher, such applicant shall be rejected. The board of education may, in their discretion, require any applicant for admission into such school, prior to such admission, to sign and file with said board a declaration of intention to follow the business of teaching schools in this territory, and to pay or secure to be paid such fees for tuition as to said board shall seem reasonable.

§ 335. Any person may be admitted as a pupil of said normal school, who shall pass a satisfactory examination; provided, that the applicant shall, before admission, sign a declaration of intention to follow the business of teaching schools in this territory; and, provided further, that the pupil may be admitted without signing such declaration of intention, on such terms as the normal school board may require or prescribe; and each county shall be entitled to send pupils in ratio to the representation in