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 EDUCATION.

CHAPTER 62.

[S. F. 143.]

PROVIDING FOR UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AN ACT to Provide for a Uniform System of Free Public Schools Throughout the State and to Prescribe Penalties for Violation of the Provisions Thereof.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

ARTICLE I.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

§ 1. QUALIFICATION OF SUPERINTENDENT-TERM OF OFFICE-BOND.] There shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the State at the times and places of choosing members of the Legislative Assembly a Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall have attained the age of twenty-five years, and shall have the qualifications of a state elector and is the holder of a state certificate of the highest grade, issued in some state, or is a graduate of some reputable university, college or normal school. He shall hold his office at the seat of government for the term of two years from the first Monday in January following his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Before entering upon his duties, he shall take the oath of civil officers and give a bond in the penal sum of $5,000, with not less than two sureties, to be approved by the Governor and Attorney General.

§ 2. To PRESERVE MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.] The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall preserve in his office all books, maps, charts, works on education, school reports and school laws of other states and cities, plans for school buildings, and other articles of educational interest and value which may come into his possession as such officer, and at the expiration of his term shall deliver them, together with the reports, statements, records and archives of his office, to his successor.

§ 3. SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS.] He shall have the general supervision of the public schools of the State, and shall be ex-officio member of the Board of University and School Lands and of the Normal School Board of the State.

§ 4. To FURNISH SCHOOL SUPPLIES.] He shall prepare, cause to be printed and furnish to the proper officers or persons all school registers, reports, statements notices, and returns needed or