The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State .

z B s Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No. 2s4.) AN ACT (H. 237 To establish a normal school for ed- ucation of white male and female teachers at Daphne In Baldwin County. Alabama.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama: That there be permanently established in the town of Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama, ! school for the education of white l male and female teachers who shall be taught therein, on such conditions and under such restrictions as may be prescribed. and there shall be an- nually appropriated and set apart, from the first day of October, 1907 the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars out of any money in the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the support and maintenance of the school. The said appropriation shall be under the control of the board of trustees hereinafter provided for, and shall be applied in such manner as they may deem best to carry out the purposes of this act; provided, however, that no portion of said appropriation shall be used for any other purpose than the payment of the. salary of the fac- uIty, and for the actual expenses of the said board of trustees in going to and returning from their meetings. Sec. 2. That the board of trustees of said school shall consist of six trus- tees, together with the Governor, State Superintendent of Education and the President of the school, ex-oficio. The trustees shall be appointed by the Gov ernor as hereinafter provided. It shall | be the duty of the Governor upon the passage of the bill, to appoint six GnhA Tr1- vided, that no two of said trustees shall reside in the same county, ex- | cept in the county of Baldwin there may be two of said trustees. Two of | said trustees shall be appointed for the 1 term of six years: two for the term of four years; two for the term of two years, and every two years thereafter | 1t shall be the duty of the Governor | to appoint two trustees, whose term of office shall be for the term of six years. The members of said board of trustees | shall receive no compensation for their | services except their actual expenses | in going to and returning from their meetings, which said expenses, upon | the certificate of the Secretary of the l board, approved by the president shall 1 be paid out of the fund annually ap- 1 propriated and set apart for the sup port and maintenance of said school Sec. 8. That any vacancy in the | board of trustees caused by death re- I signatfon, or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, the | appointee holding for the unexpired term of his predecessor.
 Sec. 4. That the board of trustees shall meet at such times and places as 1t shall appoint.
 Sec. 5. That the board of trustees rhall choose one of their number as president of their board, who shall not vote on any question except in case of A tie. and they shall elect a secretary and treasurer, and they shall take such bond from such treasurer as they shall deem sufficient and adequate to secure the faithful performance of his duties, in at least double the amount that he may have in hand at any one time, | bond to be approved by the County Superintendent of Education and the Judge of Probate of Baldwin County and a certified copy thereof filed in the office of the Superintendent of Educa- tion. The secretary and treasurer shall be chosen annually, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified.
 Sec. 6. That the board of trustees shall, under the restrictions and linn itations of law, direct the disposal of any and all monies appropriated to the school and shall prescribe the du- ties of the secretary and treasurer | thereof.
 Sec. '. That it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to organize such normal school upon the most approved plan; to elect a president and a com pIete and sufficient corps of instruc- tors, who shall constitute the faculty of such normal school. and the board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the organi-
 zation and successful operation of such normal school.
 Sec. S. That it shall be the duty of the faculty to establish course oi instruction with special reference tc educating teachers in the theory and practice of teaching, and to pass all needful rules and regulations neces- sary for the discipline of such normal school.
 Sec. g. That the president of the board of trustees shall make full and complete annual report to the su- perintendent of education or the op' eration of the normal school, specify ing the number of professors or teach CTS the amount of salary of each, the amount of money received and dis
 bursed and such other information as
 may be required by law.
 Sec. 10. That students shall be ad-
 mitted from any portion of the State
 and shall receive instructions free oi
 charge for tuition, upon signing 6
 written obligation to teach at least
 two years in the public schools of this
 state. and the obligation shall be filed
 in the office of the Superintendent oi
 Education. Any student may be re.
 lieved from this obligation by paying
 such tuition as may be established by
 the board of trustees.
 Sec. II. The applicants for admis.
 sion to the normal school shall not bC
 less than fourteen years of age, anc
 shall sustain a satisfactory examlna.
 tion in such studies as may be requir.
 ed by the faculty.
 Sec. la. mat the money appropri
 ated and due to the school shall b,
 certified semi-annually by the Super