The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-29
March 16, 1905, permitting cl.il-
dren living in one school district
to attend High school in some
other district

other district.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted, etc, That
pupils, residing in school district
in which no public high school is
maintained, may attend during the
entire term high school In the
township or borough school district
maintaining such high school, To-
Gated nearest or most convenient
to their homes; provided the con-
sent of the directors of the district
in which said high school is locat-
ed be first obtained. The cost of
tuition and school books, which
shall not exceed that of the tuition
and school books of all pupils, both
resident and nonresident, pursu-
ing studies in the same grades or
courses in the district maintaining
such high school snail be paid to
the district receiving such pupils,
out of the moneys raised by taxa
tion for public school purposes in
the district in which said pupils
reside. 1t shall be the duty Of the
district in which such children re-
side to pay the cost of tuition and
school books; and. upon their fail
ure to do so, the same may be paid
by the parent of such children, and
by him collected as debts of like
amount are now collectable by law.
The directors or controllers in any
district wherein is located any
public high school receiving State
aid from any appropriation made
specifically for the maintainance
and support of such high schools,
shall deduct their share of such ap-.
preparation from the total cost of
tuition and text books, of snch
school, before reckoning the cost
per pupil in making bills for tut
ton TO outside districts for their
nonresident pupils: Provided,
That before admission to high
school such pupil shall be examin-
ed, and found qualified for high
school work, by the principal of
such high school, together with,
or under the direction of, the coun-
ty superintendent.
Approved May 23, 1907.
SANITATION OF SCHOOL ROOMS, ETC.
An Act providing for better sani-
tation of schoolrooms, relative
to heat and ventilation.
Whereas many schoolrooms of
this Commonwealth have been con-
structed without provision for
proper heating and ventilation,
and the heal and comfort of many
school children, are greatly en-
dangered thereby, therefore,
Section 1. BE it enacted, etc.,
That on and after the first day of
December, nineteen hundred and
seven, that it shall be unlawful for
any board of school directors,
within this Commonwealth, to use
Il common heating stove for the
purpose of heating any school
room, unless every such stove shall
be in part inclosed within shield
or jacket, made of galvenized iron
or other suitable material, and of
sufficient height and so placed as
to protect all pupils, while seated
at their desks. from direct rays of
heat.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted
that every school room in this Com
monwealth shall be provided with
ample means of ventilation, and
that, when windows are the only
means in use, they shall be so con-
strncted as to admit of ready ad-
iustment, both at the top and bot
tom, and some device shall be pro-
vided to protect pupils from cur
rents of cold air.
Sec. 3. A thermometer shall be
placed in every school room in this
Commonwealth, by the directors
in charge and this provision shall
be complied with even when stand
ard systems of heating and yenti-
lation are in use.
! Sec. 4. Any school board ne
glecting or refusing to comply with
the provisions of this act, may, by
proper course of law, be dismissed
from office: Provided. That when
one or more members shall vote to
comply with the provisions of this