Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-29

exempt Amndes section ssso. revised stat
utes.
H. r. ls-Provides for exchange OF stat,
school land located within federal forest
reserve tracts for an equal acreage of gov.
eminent lands. and the leasing OF any land.
so acquired by the state.
8. r. 14s.-Raises maximum school tax
exclusive Of school bonds and special war.
rants. from IS to IS mills In cities Of l.
500 or more Population. Emergency
chapter isi. session laws. 1915.
s. F. t6.--Authorizes the board of edu
cation In any district containing over ibi
children Of school age to levy a maximum
school tax Of IS mills. after the question
has been submitted to a vote and carried
by majority Of 60 per cent: or to issue
bonds or special warrants for school pur'
poses. making a special tax levy to redeem
the same when two-thirds OF the members
Of the board and a majority OF the voters
have expressed themselves In favor of doins
so. Emergency Amends section sso1 re-
vised statutes.
H. r. 527.-Allows county superintendent
mileage when visiting schools. at the rate
OF 10 cents per mile Travelled but author
ICES the county board TO limit such mile.
age TO one visit per year to each school
Amends section s4b2. revised statutes.
H. X. i6s,-Changes law governing or
ganisation of small city school districts SC
as to take those OF 1000 or more popula-
ton, present minimums. 1900. Amends Sec
ton ssis revised statutes
H. r. 2Ss.--Raises high school tuition
rat. from q to $50 per week; AMEND.
section SSH, revised statutes, ana chapter
8. r, sSo,-Provides for election of VII
lage school district trustees At the regular
village election. to be voted for upon a
separate ballot. Emergency. Amends Sec
ton 67ss, revised statutes.
II d i,in ~
requirements from nine to eight months in
districts levying q fifteen-mill tax. and
from eight to seven months In districts
levying . twenty mill tax, enabling them to
share In the state school appointments.
Emergency. Amends section 6745. revised
statutes
H. r. ss3.-Fixes time Of annual meeting
In rural high school districts on the first
Monday Of June. Puts affairs Of each such
district In the hands OF three trustees, one
to be elected each year. Allows the voters,
at annual meetings, instead of the board of
trustees, to fix or change the site OF the
high school, by two-thirds majority. APP
portions expense Of maintaining the rurai
high school upon the various component
districts In proportion to their assessed valu-
ations, the county board to make the neces-
sary levy on an estimate prepared by the
trustees and approved by the voters at the
annual meeting. Two-room rural high
schools teaching agriculture. home econom-
les and vocational subjects are to receive
$3.50 of state aid annually; three-room
schools, $3.50; schools OF four rooms or more,
$3.50. The state superintendent, instead of
the county superintendent. is to act with
the board In determining the qualifications
for admission and general rules and regula-
tons. Nonresident pupils are to be charged
$3.50 per week tuition. Emergency. Amends
sections sso6, ssos. sSos. 6Sos and $50, re.
vised statutes, and chapter 1lS, session laws
1915.
H. r. 494.--Raises 35-mill school tax
limit in Lincoln by authorizing an addt-
tional levy of mills for buildings and ,
mills for repairs during the next four years.
Makes city treasurer ex officio treasurer Of
the school district.
III. R. 36o.--Provides for an elementary
and an advanced course In the training Of
rural teachers at state normal schools. The
advanced certificates shall DO good In town
and village schools.
H. R. so.--Permits educational trust funds
Of the state 10 be invested In federal land
bank or irrigation bonds Emergency.
Amends section 5,s46, revised statutes.