of the school district without the assent of three-fifths of the voters of the school district voting at an election held for that purpose and declaring that an emergency exists for the taking effect of this act on its passage and approval by the governor,' approved March 1, 1895; also repealing an act entitled 'An act to provide for the formation of joint school districts, and to prescribe the minimum number of school children required for the formation of new school districts, and declaring an emergency,' approved March 13, 1885"; said act of which this act is amendatory, being known and cited as the Code of Public Instruction of the State of Washington, and being Chapter CXVIII of the Session Laws of 1897, approved March 19, 1897.

L.W., 1903, 312, Chapter 154, March 16. An act providing for a system of grammar school examination, prescribing the duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and of County Superintendents relative thereto, providing for County Boards of Grammar School Examiners and Assistant Examiners, and prescribing their duties and compensation, and repealing Chapter XLIX of the Session Laws of 1901, entitled 'An act providing for County Boards of Grammar School Examiners, prescribing manner of appointment, term of office, duties and compensation of such boards.

L.W., 1903, 325, Chapter 156, March 16. An act relating to the public schools of the State of Washington; defining certain offences; providing penalties therefor; repealing Sections 159 to 175, both inclusive, approved March 19, 1897; and declaring that this chapter shall constitute Chapter 11 of said Code of Public Instruction and declaring an emergency.

L.W., 1903, 388, Chapter 183, March 20. An act to exempt certain property of schools and colleges from taxation.

L.W., 1903, 397, Chapter 178, March 11. An act amending act relative to revenue and taxation.

Section 1 (second). All property, whether real or personal, belonging exclusively to any school district, shall be exempt from taxation.

L.W., 1903, 399, Chapter 189, March 21. An act making appropriations for the maintenance of and construction of buildings, and other improvements at, etc., for the fiscal term beginning April 1, 1903, and ending March 31, 1905.

Section 1, pp. 403-405. For printing for office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, $9,500; Salaries, etc.,

.$16,000.

L.W., 1905, 11, Chapter 2, January 18. An act for the relief of E. G. Bickerton for services as a licensed auctioneer in the matter of the sale

of certain lands in King county, and making an appropriation therefor.

L.W., 1905, 77, Chapter 47, March 2. An act authorizing the Board of State Land Commissioners of the State of Washington to extend the time for the removal of timber sold on state, granted, or school lands.

L.W., 1905, 104, Chapter 56, March 3. An act to amend sections 23, 137, 145 and 175 of an act entitled 'An act to establish a general, uniform system of public schools in the State of Washington, and repealing Chapter VI of Title III, Chapter VII of Title V, all of Title X except Chapter XVII, Chapter IV of Title L, all being of Volume I of Hill's Annotated Statutes and Codes of Washington; also repealing all amendments thereto; also repealing an act entitled, 'An act concerning the formation of new school districts, changing the boundaries and transferring territory from one district to another; approved March 9, 1893; also repealing an act entitled 'An act to provide for the management and control of state normal schools in the State of Washington,' approved March 10, 1893, and all amendments thereto; also repealing an act entitled, 'An act granting to school districts the right to purchase school house sites of school lands belonging to the State of Washington of not less than one acre and not more than five acres, and granting to school districts the preference right to purchase such sites, and declaring an emergency,' approved February 26, 1895; also repealing an act entitled 'An act relating to the indebtedness of school districts, providing means and methods for paying and funding the same, and means for validating the same or any part thereof incurred in excess of one and one-half per centum of the taxable property of the school district without the assent of threefifths of the voters of the school district voting at an election held for that purpose, and declaring that an emergency exists for the taking effect of this act on its passage and approval by the governor,' approved March 1, 1895; also repealing an act entitled 'An act to provide for the formation of joint school districts and to prescribe the minimum number of school children required for the formation of new school districts, and declaring an emergency,' approved March 13, 1885"; said act of which this act is amendatory, being known and cited as the Code of Public Instruction of the State of Washington, and being Chapter CXVIII of the Session Laws of 1897, approved March 19, 1897.

L.W., 1905, 242, Chapter 127, March 9. Amendatory. Amending act of 1901 relating to assessments of state, school and granted lands for drainage purposes.

L.W., 1905, 260, Chapter 142, March 9. An act to amend sections 77, 78, 92, 97, 119 and 120 of an act entitled "An act to establish a general, uniform system of public schools in the State of Washington, and repealing Chapter VI of Title III, Chapter VII of Title V, all of Title X except Chapter XVII, Chapter IV of Title L, all being of Volume I of Hill's Annotated Statutes and Codes of Washington; also repealing all amendments thereto; also repealing an act entitled 'An act concerning the formation of new school districts, changing the boundaries and transferring territory from one district to another,' approved March 9, 1893; also repealing an act entitled 'An act to provide for the management and control of state normal schools in the State of Washington,' approved March 10, 1893, and all amendments thereto; also repealing an act entitled, 'An act granting to school districts the right to purchase school house sites of school lands belonging to the State of Washington of not less than one acre and not more than five acres, and granting to school districts the preference right to purchase such sites and declaring an emergency,' approved February 26, 1895; also repealing an act entitled 'An act relating to the indebtedness of school districts, providing means and methods for paying and funding the same, and means for validating the same or any part thereof incurred in excess of one and one-half per centum of the taxable property of the school district without the assent of threefifths of the voters of the school district voting at an election held for that purpose, and declaring that an emergency exists for the taking effect of this act on its passage and approval by the governor,' approved March 1, 1895; also repealing an act entitled, 'An act to provide for the formation of joint school districts, and to prescribe the minimum number of school children required for the formation of new school districts, and declaring an emergency,' approved March 13, 1895; said act of which this act is amendatory, being known and cited as the Code of Public Instruction of the State of Washington, and being Chapter CXVIII of the Session Laws of 1897, approved March 19, 1897.

L.W., 1905, 302, Chapter 160, March 11. An act making appropriations for the maintenance of and sundry expenses at the various state institutions, schools, etc., for the fiscal term beginning April 1, 1905, and ending March 31, 1907.

Section 1, p. 304. Total for office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction, $20,550.

L.W., 1905, 316, Chapter 162, March 11. An act relating to the compulsory attendance of children between the ages of eight and fifteen years in the public schools of the State of Washington.

L.W., 1907, 16, Chapter 11, February 11. An act providing for the investment of the permanent school fund, etc., of the State of Washington, and declaring an emergency.

L.W., 1907, 38, Chapter 31, February 21. An act relating to the public school system of the State of Washington, amending sections 75, 78, 89,

97 and 98 of chapter 118 of the Session Laws of 1897, approved March 19, 1897.

L.W., 1907, 96, Chapter 58, March 4. An act amending section 2407 of Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington relating to the classification and issuance of teachers' certificates to be issued by the authority of the State of Washington, entitling the holder thereof to teach in the schools of this state.

L.W., 1907, 98, Chapter 59, March 4. An act relating to holidays in the public schools, and amending section 56 of Chapter CXVIII of the Session Laws of 1897, and declaring an emergency.

L.W., 1907, 123, Chapter 73, March 5. An act authorizing and empowering cities of the first class to include within local improvement districts, tide lands and land in school sections, the title of which remains in the State of Washington, and to assess such land for the cost of local improvements and authorizing the sale of such land.

L.W., 1907, 142, Chapter 81, March 7. An act providing for the holding of examinations for state certificates and life diplomas in the State of Washington.

L.W., 1907, 171, Chapter 91, March 9. An act relating to the assessment of state school, granted and other lands for drainage purposes, amending Section 1 and repealing Section 2 of Chapter 127 of the Laws of 1905, and declaring an emergency.

L.W., 1907, 174, Chapter 94, March 9. An act fixing the salaries of superintendent of public instruction, etc., and providing for the manner of payment.

L.W., 1907, 195, Chapter 101, March 11. An act relating to the issuance of bonds by school districts, and amending sections 117, 119, 121 of Chapter CXVIII of the Session Laws of 1897.

L.W., 1907, 198, Chapter 102, March 11. An act relating to the levying of taxes for school purposes and amending section 111, Chapter 118, of the Session Laws of 1897.

L.W., 1907, 238, Chapter 128, March 11. An act to regulate the employment of child labor, and to prohibit the employment of persons under the age of nineteen years as public messengers, and fixing a pen

alty for the violation thereof, and repealing an act entitled 'An act to regulate the employment of females under the age of eighteen years as public messengers and fixing a penalty for the violation thereof," approved March 16, 1903.

L.W., 1907, 273, Chapter 141, March 12. An act creating a commission to revise and recodify the Code of Public Instruction of the State of Washington, defining its powers and duties, and making an appropriation for the payment of its actual and necessary expenses.

L.W., 1907, 284, Chapter 143, March 13. An act relating to the sale of school property in cities having a population of ten thousand or over, and amending Section 95 of Chapter CXVIII of the Laws of 1897.

L.W., 1907, 370, Chapter 163, March 13. An act to amend the Code of Public Instruction of the State of Washington, the same being Chapter CXVIII; approved by the governor March 19, 1897, by adding two new sections to said Code, to be known as section 331⁄2 and section 472, and to amend sections 49, 100 and 112 of said Code of Public Instruction, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith.

L.W., 1907, 377, Chapter 166, March 14. An act relating to the government, management and control of the state's public institutions and educational institutions and its capitol building and grounds, and amending sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, of an act entitled "An act to create a State Board of Control, and to provide for the government, control and maintenance of the Western Washington Hospital for the Insane, the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane, the State Penitentiary, the State Reform School, the State Soldiers' Home and the State School for Defective Youth; repealing all laws in conflict with this act, and declaring an emergency," approved March 16, 1901.

L.W., 1907, 486, Chapter 212, March 16. An act making appropriations for the maintenance of, and sundry expenses at the various state institutions, schools, and state offices, and for the sundry civil expenses of the state government for the fiscal term beginning April 1, 1907, and ending March 31, 1909.

Section 1. Total for Superintendent of Public Instruction, $22,500. Interest on permanent school bonds, $100,000.

L.W., 1907, 569, Chapter 231, March 16. An act relating to the compulsory education of children between the ages of eight and fifteen years in the State of Washington, forbidding the employment of children during the session of the public schools, providing penalties