6. All regents' examinations in physiology and hygiene shall include a due proportion of questions on the nature of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics, and their effects on the human system.

§ 691. Enforcement of last section. 1. In all normal schools, teachers' training classes and teachers' institutes, adequate time and attention shall be given to instruction in the best methods of teaching this branch, and no teacher shall be licensed who has not passed a satisfactory examination in the subject and the best methods of teaching it. On satisfactory evidence that any teacher has wilfully refused to teach this subject, as provided in this article, the commissioner of education shall revoke the license of such teacher.

2. No public money of the state shall be apportioned by the commissioner of education or paid for the benefit of any city until the superintendent of schools therein shall have filed with the treasurer or chamberlain of such city an affidavit, and with the commissioner of education a duplicate of such affidavit, that he has made thorough investigation as to the facts, and that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, all the provisions of this article have been complied with in all the schools under his supervision in such city during the last preceding legal school year.

3. Nor shall any public money of the state be apportioned by the commissioner of education or by school commissioners, or paid for the benefit of any school district, until the president of the board of trustees, or in the case of common school districts the trustee or some one member of the board of trustees, shall have filed with the school commissioner having jurisdiction an affidavit that he has made thorough investigation as to the facts and that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, all the provisions of this article have been complied with in such district, which affidavit shall be included in the trustees' annual report.

4. It shall be the duty of every school commissioner to file with the commissioner of education an affidavit in connection with his annual report, showing all districts in his jurisdiction that have and those that have not complied with all the provisions of this article, according to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, based upon a thorough investigation by him as to the facts.

5. Nor shall any public money of the state be apportioned or paid for the benefit of any teachers' training class, teachers' institute or other school mentioned herein until the officer having

jurisdiction or supervision thereof shall have filed with the commissioner of education an affidavit that he has made thorough investigation as to the facts and that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, all the provisions of this article relative thereto have been complied with.

6. The principal of each normal school in the state shall at the close of each school year file with the commissioner of education an affidavit that all the provisions of this article applicable thereto have been complied with during the school year just terminated and until such affidavit shall be filed no warrant shall be issued by the commissioner of education for the payment by the treasurer of any part of the money appropriated for such school.

7. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of education to provide blank forms of affidavit required herein for use by the local school officers, and he shall include in his annual report a statement showing every school, city or district which has failed to comply with all the provisions of this article during the preceding school year.

8. On complaint by appeal to the commissioner of education by any patron of the schools mentioned in the last preceding section or by any citizen that any provision of this article has not been complied with in any city or district, the commissioner of education shall make immediate investigation, and on satisfactory evidence of the truth of such complaint, shall thereupon and thereafter withhold all public money of the state to which such city or district would otherwise be entitled, until all the provisions of this article shall be complied with in said city or district, and shall exercise his power of reclamation and deduction under section four hundred and ninety-one of this chapter.

ARTICLE 27

The Flag

Section 710. Purchase and display of flag.

711. Rules and regulations.

712. Commissioner of education shall prepare program. 713. Military drill excluded.

§ 710. Purchase and display of flag. It shall be the duty of the school authorities of every public school in the several cities and school districts of the state to purchase a United States flag, flag-staff and the necessary appliances therefor, and to dis

play such flag upon or near the public school building during school hours, and at such other times as such school authorities may direct.

§ 711. Rules and regulations. The said school authorities shall establish rules and regulations for the proper custody, care and display of the flag, and when the weather will not permit it to be otherwise displayed, it shall be placed conspicuously in the principal room in the school-house.

§ 712. Commissioner of education shall prepare program. 1. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of education to prepare, for the use of the public schools of the state, a program providing for a salute to the flag and such other patriotic exercises as may be deemed by him to be expedient, under such regulations and instructions as may best meet the varied requirements of the different grades in such schools.

2. It shall also be his duty to make special provision for the observance in the public schools of Lincoln's birthday, Washington's birthday, Memorial day and Flag day, and such other legal holidays of like character as may be hereafter designated by law when the legislature makes an appropriation therefor.

§ 713. Military drill excluded. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize military instruction or drill in the public schools during school hours.

ARTICLE 28

Fire Drills

Section 730. Duty to maintain drills. 731. Penalty for neglect.

732. Duty to instruct teachers.

733. Not applicable to colleges or universities.

§ 730. Duty to maintain drills. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of every public or private school or educational institution within the state, having more than one hundred pupils, or maintained in a building two or more stories high to instruct and train the pupils by means of drills, so that they may in a sudden emergency be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible time and without confusion or panic. Such drills or rapid dismissals shall be held at least once in each month.

§ 731. Penalty for neglect. Neglect by any principal or other person in charge of any public or private school or educational institution to comply with the provisions of this article shall be a misdemeanor punishable at the discretion of the court by fine not exceeding fifty dollars; such fine to be paid to the pension fund of the local fire department where there is such a fund.

§ 732. Duty to instruct teachers. It shall be the duty of the board of education or school board or other body having control of the schools in any district or city to cause a copy of this article to be printed in the manual or handbook prepared for the guidance of teachers, where such manual or handbook is in use or may hereafter come into use.

§ 733. Not applicable to colleges or universities. The provisions of this article shall not apply to colleges or universities.

ARTICLE 29

Section 750. Arbor day.

Arbor Day

751. Manner of observance.

752. Prescribed course of exercises.

§ 750. Arbor day. The Friday following the first day of May in each year shall be known as Arbor day.

§ 751. Manner of observance. It shall be the duty of the authorities of every public school in this state to assemble the pupils in their charge on that day in the school building, or elsewhere, as they may deem proper, and to provide for and conduct, under the general supervision of the city superintendent or the school commissioner, or other chief officers having the general oversight of the public schools in each city or district, such exercises as shall tend to encourage the planting, protection and preservation of trees and shrubs, and an acquaintance with the best methods to be adopted to accomplish such results.

§ 752. Prescribed course of exercises. The commissioner of education may prescribe from time to time a course of exercises and instruction in the subjects hereinbefore mentioned, which shall be adopted and observed by the public school authorities on Arbor day. Upon receipt of copies of such course suffi

cient in number to supply all the schools under their supervision, the school commissioner or city superintendent aforesaid shall promptly provide each of the schools under his charge with a copy, and cause it to be observed.

ARTICLE 30

Teachers' Institute

Section 770. Duties of commissioner of education regarding teachers' institutes.

771. Duties of school commissioners.

772. Schools must be closed.

773. Penalty for failure to attend or to close schools. 774. Teachers must attend; entitled to salaries.

775. Payment of expenses.

§ 770. Duties of commissioner of education regarding teachers' institutes. It shall be the duty of the

commissioner of education:

1. To appoint a teachers' institute once in each year in each school commissioner district of the state, for the benefit and instruction of the teachers in the public schools, and of such as intend to become teachers, with special reference to the presentation of subjects relating to the principles of education and methods of instruction in the various branches of study pursued in the schools. After consultation with the school commissioners, the said commissioner of education shall have power to determine the duration of each institute and to designate the time and place of holding the same.

2. To employ suitable persons, at a reasonable compensation, to supervise and conduct the institutes, and, in his discretion, to provide for such additional instruction as he may deem advisable and for the best interests of the schools.

3. To appoint in his discretion an institute for two or more school commissioner districts.

4. To establish such regulations for the government of institutes as he may deem best; and he may establish such regulations in regard to certificates of qualification or recommendation which may be issued by school commissioners as will, in his judgment, furnish incentives and encouragement to teachers to attend the institutes.