[Failure to make tax levy.] If the board of supervisors of any county which has issued bonds under the provisions of this act shall fail to make the levy necessary to pay such bonds or interest coupons at maturity, and the same shall have been presented to the county treasurer, and the payment thereof refused, the owner may file the bond, together with all unpaid coupons, with the state controller, taking his receipt therefor, and the same shall be registered in the state controller's office,

[Duty of state board of equalization.] And the state board of equalization shall at its next session, and at each annual equalization thereafter, add to the state tax to be levied in said high school district a sufficient rate to realize the amount of principal or interest due prior to the next levy, and the same shall be levied and collected as a part of the state tax and paid into the state treasury and placed to the special credit of such high school district bond tax, and shall be paid by warrants, as the payments mature, to the holders of such registered obligations as shown by the register in the office of the state controller, until the same shall be fully satisfied and discharged; any balance then remaining being passed to the general account and credit of said high school district.

[Unsold bonds, petition to cancel.] Whenever any bonds issued under the provisions of this title shall remain unsold for the period of six months after having been offered for sale in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, the high school board of the high school district, for and on account of which such bonds were issued, may petition the board of supervisors of the county in which such high school district was organized to cause such unsold bonds to be withdrawn from the market and canceled. Upon receiving such petition, signed by a majority of the members of said high school board, the said board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the same, which shall not be more than thirty days thereafter, and shall cause a notice, stating the time and place of hearing, and the object of the petition in general terms, to be published for ten days prior to the day of hearing, in some newspaper published in said high school district, if there is one, and if there is no newspaper published in said high school district, then in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which such high school district was organized.

[Hearing of petition.] At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing said petition, or at any subsequent time to which said hearing may be postponed, the board of supervisors of the county in which such high school district was organized shall hear any reasons that may be submitted for or against the granting of the petition, and if said board shall deem it for the best interests of the high school district named in the petition, that such unsold bonds be canceled, said board shall make and enter an order in the minutes of its proceedings that said unsold bonds be canceled; and thereupon said bonds and the vote by which they were authorized to be issued shall cease to be of any validity whatever.

12. [Course of study in high school.] The course of study for the respective high schools shall be prepared by the high school board, and, except in cities and incorporated towns, having boards of education, shall be subject to the approval of the county board of education. Said course of study shall embrace a period of not less than four years; and it shall be such as will

prepare graduates therein for admission into the state university. The high school board may prescribe an additional course or additional courses of study, subject to the approval as herein before provided.

The text-books to be used in all high schools shall be uniform throughout the state, and shall be adopted by the high school boards, subject to the same restrictions provided for the adoption of the course of study, from a list of books prepared and recommended by the state board of education.

The state series shall be used in grades and classes for which they may be adapted.

[Proviso.] Provided, that all high school text-books which are adopted after this act goes into effect be used as the regular text on the subject for which adopted for a period of not less than four years.

13. [Qualifications for admission to high schools.] Graduates of the grammar schools shall be admitted to the high schools without examination. Other applicants of the high school district may be admitted in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed by the high school board; provided, that no applicant shall be admitted to the high school who has not practically completed the work of the grammar grades of the county in which the high school is located; provided, that in high schools where the course of study embraces a period of four years or more, pupils who have completed the course of study prescribed for the seventh grade may, upon passing a satisfactory examination, be admitted. Proficiency is to be determined by the principal, subject to approval by the county board of education.

[Tuition to be charged to non-resident pupils.] The high school board of any district may admit pupils not residing in said high school district upon the payment of such tuition fees as they may deem proper, and all moneys collected from this source shall be paid into the fund provided for the support of the high school of said district.

14. [Estimate of cost of lot for purpose of levying taxes.] In every high school district, which is now maintaining a high school, or which shall have voted to establish and maintain a high school, it shall be the duty of the high school board therein to furnish to the authorities whose duty it is to levy taxes, on or before the first day of September, an estimate of the cost of purchasing a suitable lot, of procuring plans and specifications, and erecting a suitable building, of furnishing the same, and of fencing and ornamenting the grounds, for the accommodation of the school, and of conducting the school for the school year, unless such high school board have secured or leased temporary accommodations or apartments for the use of such high school, as provided in subdivision sixth thereof [hereof].

[Leases, renewals, etc.] If such high school board have secured or leased such temporary quarters, accommodations, or buildings, they shall furnish to such authorities an estimate of the amount of money required to establish, operate, and maintain such school in such temporary quarters or location for the ensuing school year. On the first day of September before the time when it will become necessary by reason of the termination of their lease or agreement, or from any other reason, they shall make arrangements for another lease for a further period not to exceed three years, or they shall furnish to the authorities whose duty it is to levy taxes an estimate of the cost of

purchasing a suitable lot, of procuring plans and specifications, and erecting a suitable building, of furnishing the same, and of fencing and ornamenting the grounds, for the accommodation of the school, and of conducting the school for the school year.

[Annual estimate of money required.] It shall be the duty of said board, each and every year thereafter, to present to said authorities, on or before the first day of September, an estimate of the amount of money required for conducting the school for the school year;

[Election must be called to vote taxes.] Provided, however, that the high school board therein may, when in its judgment it is deemed advisable, and must upon the petition of a majority of the heads of families residing in said. high school district, call an election and submit to the electors of said high school district whether the bonds of said high school district shall be issued and sold for the purposes mentioned in subdivision eleven of this section, and in case said election is determined in favor of the issuance of said bonds, the same shall be issued as provided in subdivision eleven of this section for any or all of the purposes mentioned therein.

15. [Levy of special tax.] When such estimate shall have been made and submitted it shall be the duty of the authorities whose duty it is to levy taxes, in said city, incorporated town, school district, or union high school district, to levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property of said city, incorporated town, school district, or union high school district, sufficient in amount to maintain the high school, or to purchase the site, erect the building, or improve the building or grounds. Said tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax-roll, and collected, in the same manner as other taxes are computed, entered, and collected.

16. [Failure to make estimate.] Should the high school board of any city, incorporated town, school district, or union high school district, fail to make the estimate provided for in subdivision fourteen of this section, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of schools, upon the petition of five qualified electors thereof, to make such estimate.

17. [Failure to make tax levy.] Should the authorities whose duty it is to levy the tax, as provided in subdivision fifteen of this section, fail to make the levy provided for, it shall be the duty of the county auditor to make such levy, and add it to the tax-roll of said high school district.

18. [Disposition of moneys.] All moneys collected from the levy of the tax provided for by this section shall be paid, in high school districts governed by a city board of education acting as a high school board, into the city treasury, to the credit of the high school fund; and said moneys shall be paid out by the treasurers of said cities upon the warrants of the high school board, signed by the president and clerk thereof.

19. [Moneys, how paid.] All moneys collected from said levy in high school districts other than those named in subdivision eighteenth, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the proper high school districts, respectively, and shall be paid out on the order of the high school board, signed by a majority of the members of the high school board, as other school moneys are paid out.

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20. [County high schools, establishment of.] Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing all of the school districts in any county from uniting to form one or more county high schools; provided, that when any city, incorporated town, school district, or union high school district shall vote to maintain a high school, such territory shall be exempt from taxation to support a county high school;

[In cities-Election to establish.] And provided further, that when any city, incorporated town, school district, or union high school district shall establish a high school prior to the submission of the proposition to establish a county high school, the electors of such city, incorporated town, school district, or union high school district shall be excluded from voting upon said proposition;

[In counties-Election to establish.] Provided further, that in counties where one or more city high schools, district high schools, or union district high schools are maintained, the board of supervisors shall, upon the petition of two thirds of the heads of families in the city high school district, district high school district, and in each school district composing the union high school district or districts, if there be more than one in the county, submit to all the qualified electors of the county the question of establishing and maintaining a county high school, and shall take such further steps as provided in section sixteen hundred and seventy-one of this act, relating to high schools.

If the majority of all the votes cast on the proposition to establish a county high school are in the affirmative the board of supervisors shall, upon the establishment of the same, declare the high school or high schools existing in the county at the time of the election for a county high school, to be lapsed, and the property of such lapsed high school or schools shall be held or sold by the board of supervisors for the benefit of the county high school.

21. [Boundaries of school districts-Change of.] A school district cannot lie partly within a high school district and partly without; and in all cases where the boundaries of a school district comprised within any such high school district shall for any cause be changed to include territory not previously in such district, the territory acquired or added to such included district shall become and constitute a part of the high school district.

[Election on change of boundaries.] Where a new school district is formed from territory situated in two or more high school districts, the electors shall decide by a majority vote as to which high school district the new school district shall belong, such election being held within thirty days after the formation of the school district.

22. [Adjacent districts, how admitted.] Any school district adjacent to a high school district, union, or joint union high school district, in the same or in an adjoining county, may be admitted to said high school district by action of the board of supervisors of the county in which the school district is located, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the trustees of the school district seeking admission and the high school board, whenever a majority of the heads of families, as shown by the last preceding school census, shall present to said board of supervisors a petition for such annexation, accompanied by a petition signed by a majority of the members composing the high school board of the high school district to which admission is desired.

[District may withdraw.] Any district contained in a union or joint union high school district may, in like manner, withdraw from such union or joint union district by action of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the trustees of the school district seeking to withdraw and the high school board, whenever a majority of the heads of families constituting the union or joint union high school district, and two thirds of the heads of families residing in the district seeking to withdraw, according to the number of heads of families shown by the last preceding school census, shall present to such board of supervisors a petition consenting to such withdrawal, accompanied by a like petition signed by a majority of the members composing the high school board. All the provisions relative to the levy and collection of the tax necessary to maintain a union high school district shall apply to the levy and collection of the tax required for a joint union school district, as in this section provided. [Indebtedness, election to determine assumption of.] Whenever it appears that the terms agreed upon by the trustees of the district seeking to be annexed and the high school board include the assumption by the district to be annexed of its pro rata portion of any bonded indebtedness existing against the high school district for the construction of a high school building, the board of supervisors shall call an election in the district so proposing to assume such indebtedness for the purpose of determining whether such indebtedness shall be authorized and assumed. Such election shall be held as provided in subdivision eleventh of this section. If it shall appear from the returns of such election that more than two thirds of the votes cast at such election were cast in favor of the assumption by the district seeking to be annexed of its pro rata portion of such bonds, then and not until then shall such district be annexed to such high school district. If such bonded indebtedness is assumed by the annexed district then all levies of taxes made for the payment of the same and interest thereon, shall be upon the property of such annexed district at the same rate as levied upon the property of the original high school district.

23. [School shall be suspended, when.] When the average daily attendance of pupils in any high school district during the whole of any school year after the first school year shall be ten, or less than ten, the superintendent of schools shall suspend the high school in said high school district, and shall report the fact to the board of supervisors. Upon receiving such report from the superintendent, the board of supervisors shall declare the high school district lapsed, and shall cause the property thereof to be sold. All moneys received from the sale of the property of the high school district, and all moneys in the treasury to the credit of said high school district, shall be distributed by the county. superintendent to the districts composing the high school district, in proportion to the assessed valuation of property in said districts.

24. [Dissolution of district, manner of.] Any high school district that has existed three years or more, and is now organized and existing, or which may hereafter be established, may disincorporate and be dissolved and disestablished in the following manner: A petition signed by two thirds of the heads of families, as shown by the last preceding school census, of the school district or districts composing the high school district so petitioning, shall be presented to the superintendent of schools, which petition shall set forth briefly the reasons