26 be closed by the board in the manner just provided, shall have the 27 privilege of attending any other school in the same district or in 28 an adjoining district or independent district, as the board may 29 direct, and the board shall pay their tuition in such school, in the 30 manner otherwise provided by law for the transfer of pupils; and, 31 provided, further, that whenever any child or group of children of 32 school age shall, by reason of this act or for any cause whatsoever, 33 be without opportunity to attend a free school as provided by law, 34 within two miles of their homes by the shortest traveled road or 35 path, the board of education may employ such means as may seem 36 best to them to provide educational advantages to such child or 37 group of children, and may expend for such purpose an amount not 38 to exceed the proportion of all the school funds of the district, 39 which the number of such children bears to the whole number of 40 children enumerated in the district, such expenditure to be made 41 under such rules and regulations thereto as the board may make. Consolidation of Schools. Sec. 68. Boards of education shall have authority to con2 solidate two or more sub-districts into a single sub-district, and 3 where practicable establish a graded or consolidated school therein, 4 and if necessary, provide for the transportation of pupils to and 5 from such school at public expense; provided, that no sub-district 6 whose school during the last preceding school year maintained an 7 average daily attendance of twelve or more, shall be consolidated 8 with another sub-district except with the written consent of at 9 least a majority of the voters of the sub-district affected. 10 Contracts for the transportation of pupils shall be let to the 11 lowest responsible bidder, and all expenses shall be paid out of the 12 building fund of the district, under such rules and regulations as 13 the board of education may prescribe. 14 All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are 15 hereby repealed. CHAPTER 59. (House Bill No. 265.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section three of chapter forty-five of the code of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, relating to education. [Passed February 20, 1915. SEC. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the Governor's approval.] 3. District boards of education to consist of president and two school commissioners; when elected and terms of office; except, in districts where a city, not an independent district, with population of more than 10,000, boards SEC. to consist of five members; duty of county superintendent to appoint two additional members after July 1, 1915, and with three already elected to constitute board; provision as to future election of school commissioners. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section three of chapter forty-five of the code of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, relating to education, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 3. In each district there shall be a board of education 2 consisting of a president and two school commissioners elected by 3 the voters thereof. One commissioner shall be elected at the 4 general election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in 5 November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and one com6 missioner every two years thereafter; and the president at the 7 general election held in one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, 8 and every four years thereafter. Their terms of office shall com9 mence on the first day of July next after their election, and they 10 shall each continue in office for four years, and until their suc11 cessors are elected or appointed and qualified according to law; 12 provided, that in any such district in which there is located a city, 13 not an independent school district, with a population of more 14 than ten thousand inhabitants as shown by the last decennial 15 census, the board of education shall consist of five members, and 16 the county superintendent of schools of the county in which any 17 such district is located shall immediately after the first day of 18 July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, appoint two addi19 tional members who shall hold office until the election held in one 20 thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and who together with the 21 three members now provided by law shall constitute the board of 22 education of such district. At the election to be held in November. 23 one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, there shall be elected in 24 such district three commissioners, two of whom shall enter upon 25 their office as soon as the result of the election is declared and shall 26 continue in office for the term of four years from the first day of 27 July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and every four 28 years after said election in one thousand nine hundred and six 29 teen there shall be elected three commissioners of said board in30 stead of one as now provided. CHAPTER 60. (House Bill No. 125.) AN ACT to repeal section twenty-seven and a half of chapter twentyseven of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and eight, extra session, and to amend and re-enact sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the same chapter, all relating to the salaries of teachers in free schools. [Passed February 20, 1915. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor February 26, 1915.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section twenty-seven and a half of chapter twenty-seven of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and eight, extra session, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that sections twentyeight and twenty-nine of the same chapter be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 28. Boards of education shall at their first meeting 2 for each school year determine the number of teachers necessary 3 to be employed and fix the rate of salary that shall be paid said 4 teachers. In determining the salaries they shall have regard to 5 the grade of teachers' certificates, fixing to each grade the salary 6 that shall be paid to teachers of said grade as follows: teachers holding certificates of the grade number one, shall be paid not less 8 than fifty dollars per month; those holding certificates of the 9 grade of number two, not less than forty dollars per month; and 10 those holding certificates of the grade number three, not less 11 than thirty dollars per month; and in the making of teachers' con12 tracts the rate of salary so fixed by the board shall in no case be 13 increased or diminished; provided, that in a district or independent 14 district having a school or schools employing two or more teachers 15 in the same building, the board may fix a higher rate of salary to 16 be paid to the teachers of such schools and adjust the salaries of 17 said teachers according to the grade of certificates and to the con18 ditions existing in such schools; provided, further, that if in any 19 district the proceeds of the maximum levy of twenty-five cents on 20 each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property, together 21 with such other funds as may be available, including the supple22 mentary aid for school districts provided for in section twenty-one, 23 are not sufficient to maintain all the schools of the district for the 24 minimum term of six months and to pay the minimum salaries 25 herein required, the board of education of such district shall have 26 authority to lay additional levy for such purpose not to exceed five 27 cents on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property. Sec. 29. If within ten days after the board of education 2 has laid the levies as provided by law, a majority of the taxpayers 3 of any sub-district, in which is located a school employing two or 4 more teachers in the same building, file with the secretary of the 5 board of education their petition praying for the extension of the 6 term of such school for a given number of months for the ensuing 7 year, the said board of education shall extend the term of said 8 school for the number of months prayed for, and shall provide for 9 such additional expense necessarily incurred in carrying on said 10 school for such extended term by special levy not exceeding the rate 11 of five cents on each one hundred dollars' valuation of the taxable 12 property in such sub-district and the proceeds of such additional 13 levy shall be known as sub-district teachers' fund and shall be col14 lected, reported and accounted for in the same manner as provided 15 for the proceeds of other school levies. CHAPTER 61. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section thirty of chapter twenty-seven of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and eight, extra session, as amended and re-enacted by chapter sixty-eight of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and eleven, relating to the establishment of district high schools, the classification of high schools and the distribution of state aid to classified high schools. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section thirty of chapter twenty-seven of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and eight, extra session, as amended by chapter sixty-eight of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and eleven, be and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: District High Schools; How Established; Classification and State Aid. Section 30. (a) If the board of education of any district 2 deem it expedient to establish a high school in such district, they 3 shall submit the question to the voters of the district at a general 4 or special election in the manner following, that is to say: the 5 board shall prepare and sign a notice setting forth the kind of 6 school proposed; the estimated expense of establishing the same, 7 including cost of site, building, furniture, books and apparatus and 8 the estimated annual expense of supporting the school after 9 it is in operation, with such other information concerning it as 10 they may deem proper; and stating that the question of authorizing 11 the establishment of such high school shall be submitted to the 12 voters of the district at the election specified in the notice which 13 they shall cause to be posted for four weeks before the election in 14 at least three of the most public places in the district. 15 The ballots used in voting on the question shall have written 16 or printed thereon the words "For district high school," and the 17 words "Against district high school." If it appear by the re18 sult of said election that a majority of the voters who voted on 19 the question are in favor of authorizing the establishment of said |