12. [Exclude certain books.] To exclude from school and school libraries all books, publications, or papers of a sectarian, partisan, or denominational character.

13. [Furnish books to certain children.] To furnish books for the children of parents unable to purchase them; the books so furnished to belong to the school district, and to be kept in the district school library when not in use. 14. [Keep register.] To keep a register, open to the inspection of the public, of all children applying for admission and entitled to be admitted into the public schools, and to notify the parents or guardians of such children when vacancies occur, and receive such children into the schools in the order in which they are registered.

15. [Permit children to attend school in other districts.] To permit children from other districts to attend the schools of their district only upon the consent of the trustees of the district in which such children reside; provided, that, should the trustees of the district in which children whose parents or guardians desire them to attend in other districts reside, refuse to grant their consent, the parents or guardians of such children may appeal to the county superintendent and his decision shall be final.

16. [Provide for school census.] On or before the first day of April in each year, to appoint a school census marshal, and notify the superintendent of schools thereof; provided, that in any city, or city and county, the appointment of all school census marshals shall be subject to the approval of the city superintendent of schools.

17. [Annual report.] To make an annual report, on or before the first day of July, to the superintendent of schools, in the manner and form and on the blanks prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.

18. [Report of text-books used.] To make a report, whenever required, directly to the superintendent of public instruction, of the text-books used in their schools.

19. [Visit schools.] To visit every school in their district at least once in each term, and examine carefully into its management, condition and wants. This clause to apply to each and every member of the board of trustees.

20. [Petition for change of location of schoolhouse.] Boards of trustees. may, and upon a petition signed by a majority of the heads of families resident in the district as shown by the last preceding school census must, call meetings of the qualified electors of the district for determining or changing the location of the schoolhouse, or for consultation in regard to any litigation in which the district may be engaged, or be likely to become engaged, or in regard to any affairs of the district. [Meetings, how called.] Such meetings shall be called by posting three notices in public places, one of which shall be in a conspicuous place on the schoolhouse, for not less than ten days previous to the time for which the meeting shall be called, which notices shall specify the purposes for which said meeting shall be called; and no other business shall be transacted at such meetings.

[Chairman and clerk.] District meetings shall be organized by choosing a chairman from the electors present, and the district clerk shall be clerk of the

meeting, and shall enter the minutes thereof on the records of the district. A meeting so called shall be competent to instruct the board of trustees:

[Location of schoolhouses.] 1. In regard to the location or change of location of the schoolhouse, or the use of the same for other than school purposes; provided, that in no case shall the schoolhouse be used for purposes which necessitate the removal of any school desks or other school furniture.

[Sale and purchase of school sites.] 2. In regard to the sale and purchase of school sites.

[Prosecuting any litigation.] 3. In regard to prosecuting, settling, or compromising any litigation in which the district may be engaged, or be likely to become engaged, and may vote money, not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one year, for any of these purposes in addition to any amount which may be raised by the sale of district school property, and the insurance of property destroyed by fire; provided, that the proceeds of the insurance of the library and apparatus shall be paid into the library fund. All funds raised by the sale of school property may be disposed of by direction of a district meeting.

District meetings may be adjourned from time to time, as found necessary, and all votes instructing the board of trustees shall be taken by ballot, or by ayes and noes vote, as the meeting may determine. The board of trustees shall, in all cases, be bound by the instructions of the district meeting in regard to the subjects mentioned in this section;

[Vote necessary to change location.] Provided, that the vote in favor of changing the location of the schoolhouse be two thirds of all the electors voting at said meeting upon the proposition to change the location.

21. [To prosecute any litigation.] Without the vote of the district to prosecute or compromise any litigation, claims, demands and causes of action arising from the destruction, partial or total, of any school building in the course of construction during the month of April, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and six, in which the district is or shall hereafter be engaged, and devote money for any of these purposes.

History: Amended June 14, 1906, Stats. and Amdts. 1906, pp. 32-35, adding par. 21. In effect immediately.

§ 1617a. UNITED STATES FLAG OVER SCHOOLHOUSES. Boards of school trustees in all school districts throughout the state and boards of education in all cities and cities and counties throughout the state shall provide for each schoolhouse under their control, a suitable flag of the United States, which shall be hoisted above each schoolhouse during all school sessions. It shall be the duty of boards of school trustees and boards of education to enforce this provision.

[Same. Display in school-rooms.] It shall also be the duty of such boards of school trustees and boards of education to provide smaller and suitable United States flags to be displayed in each school-room at all times during the school sessions. It shall be the duty of such boards of trustees and boards of education to enforce this provision.

History: Enacted March 15, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 274.

§ 1622. SAME. [COUNTY MONEYS; STATE MONEYS.] Boards of school trustees and city boards of education may use forty per cent of the county school money for any of the purposes authorized by this chapter; but all the state school money and not less than sixty per cent of the county school money shall be applied exclusively to the payment of teachers' salaries of the primary and grammar schools.

History:

Amended March 5, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 110.

§ 1636. REPORT OF; HOW MADE AND WHAT TO SHOW. His report must be made under oath, upon blanks furnished by the superintendent of public instruction, and must show:

1. The number, age, sex, color, name and nationality of the children listed, and the number of those who from deafness are unable to hear common conversation.

2. The names of the parents or guardians of said children, arranged alphabetically, except in cities of the first class. In all cities the number and street of residence must be given.

3. The number of school children in each house, or family, that have not been vaccinated.

4. Such other facts as the superintendent of public instruction may designate.

5. The census marshal shall have power to administer oaths to parents and guardians.

6. [Superintendent of schools may correct.] If at any time the superintendent of schools has reason to believe that a correct census of the district has not been taken, he must have it corrected, and if necessary for the purpose he may appoint a census marshal, and have the census of the district retaken. [Superintendent to issue requisition to census marshal, when.] Should the board of education or the board of school trustees of said city or district fail or refuse to issue an order for the compensation of said marshal for his services, the superintendent of schools is hereby authorized to issue his requisition therefor against the county fund of such city or district without such order.

7. [When by reason of conflagration it is impossible to take.] Whenever, by reason of conflagration or other public calamity, it shall be, or has been, impossible or impracticable in any city, city and county, or school district to take or make between the fifteenth and thirtieth days of April, inclusive, a census of all children between the ages of five and seventeen years, as provided in part three of this code, the superintendent of schools shall, as a substitute for such census, use the school census of such city, city and county, or school district of the next preceding school year, adding thereto or deducting therefrom the percentage of average annual loss or gain in the number of children of census age within such city, city and county, or school district, ascertained from an inspection and examination of the school census record for the preceding ten years in said city, city and county, or school district, and such census when so prepared shall be conclusive on all school authorities.

History: Amended June 14, 1906, Stats. and Amdts. 1906, p. 36, by adding par. 7. In effect immediately.

§ 1641. DEFINING SCHOOL CENSUS CHILDREN. All children within the state of California between the ages of five and seventeen years, including the children of Indian parents who pay taxes or who are not living in tribal relation, are, for all school purposes, hereby declared to be census children. History: Enacted March 5, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 109.

§ 1665. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. [PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.] Instruction must be given in the following branches in the several grades in which they may be required, viz.:

[Course of study.] Reading, writing, orthography, arithmetic, geography, nature study, with special reference to agriculture; language and grammar, with special reference to composition; history of the United States and civil government; elements of physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effect of alcohol and narcotics on the human system; music, drawing, and elementary bookkeeping, humane education and, when competent teachers thereof can be secured and there are sufficient funds in the district to pay their salaries, manual training and domestic science;

[Oral instruction.] Provided, that instruction in elementary bookkeeping, humane education, elements of physiology and hygiene, music, drawing, and nature study may be oral, no text-books on these subjects being required to be purchased by the pupils; provided further, that county boards of education may, in districts having less than one hundred census children, confine the pupils to the studies of reading, writing, orthography, arithmetic, language and grammar, geography, history of the United States and civil government. elements of physiology and hygiene, and elementary bookkeeping until they have a practicable knowledge of these subjects; and it is further provided,

[Restriction on number of recitations.] That no more than twenty recitations per week shall be required of pupils in the secondary schools, and no pupil under the age of fifteen years in any grammar or primary school shall be required to do any home study.

History: Amended March 1, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 70.

§ 1669. HIGH SCHOOLS, HOW ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED. High school districts may be established and maintained with one or more high schools in the manner provided in sections one thousand six hundred and seventy and one thousand six hundred and seventy-one of the Political Code.

History: Amended February 15, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 8.

§ 1670. SAME. [WHEN ESTABLISHED, AND HOW.] 1. Any city, or incorporated town, constituting one or more common school districts, or any school district accredited by the last preceding school census with a school population of two hundred or more may establish and maintain a high school district by a majority vote of the qualified electors voting at an election called and held for the purpose of determining the establishing and maintaining of a high school district. If such high school district is established and maintained, the governing body thereof shall establish and maintain one or more high schools therein at the expense of the high school district.

2. [Petition for.] Whenever heads of families equal in number to a majority of the number of heads of families as shown by the last preceding school census, in any city, or incorporated town, constituting one or more school districts, or any school district, accredited by the last preceding school census with a school population of two hundred or more, shall unite in a petition to the board of education or board of school trustees of said city, incorporated town, or school district, for the establishing and maintaining of a high school district therein, said board of education or board of school trustees shall petition the county superintendent of schools, to call an election in said city, incorporated town, or school district, for the determination of the question.

3. [Election, how called and conducted.] Within twenty days after receiving said petition from said board of education, or board of school trustees, the county superintendent of schools shall call an election therein for the determination of the question, and shall appoint three qualified electors thereof to conduct said election. Said election shall be called by posting notice thereof in five of the most public places in said city, incorporated town, or school district, and by publication in a daily or weekly paper therein, if there be one, for not less than fifteen days. Said election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed for conducting school elections.

[Form of ballot.] The ballots at such elections shall contain the words "For high school district" and the voter shall write or print after said words on his ballot the word "Yes," or the word "No." It shall be the duty of said election officers to report the result of said election to the superintendent of schools within ten days subsequent to the holding thereof. If it shall appear that a majority of the votes cast at such election were cast in favor of the establishment of such district, such high school district shall be deemed to be established.

4. [Union high school district.] When the heads of families equal in number to a majority in each district, as shown by the last preceding school census, residing in two or more contiguous school districts in the same county (provided, that said districts are accredited by said school census with a school population of two hundred or more), shall unite in a

[Petition and election.] Petition to the county superintendent of schools for the establishing and maintaining of a union high school district, he shall, within twenty days after receiving said petition, call an election for the determination of the question, and shall appoint three qualified electors in each of the districts petitioning to conduct the election therein. Any head of family residing within the district at the date of petition shall be a competent signer of such petition whether he shall or shall not have been listed as the head of a family resident in such district at the last preceding school census; and his signature to such petition shall have the same force and effect as if the name of such petitioner had appeared as that of the head of a family in the last preceding school census of such district; provided, that the superintendent of schools may require such petitioner, or any other person for him, to certify under oath that the petitioner is the head of a family residing in the district. [Manner of holding election.] Said election shall be held separately and simultaneously at the public schoolhouse in each of the districts petitioning, and shall be called by posting notices thereof in three of the most public places