TITLE 243.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

A reference to local acts relating to Santa Cruz is contained in Deering's Annotated Penal Code, pp. 689, 690.

TITLE 244.

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY.

Acts relating to: See Penal Code, Appendix, title "School of Industry," p. 611.

TITLE 245.

SCHOOL OF REFORM.

Acts relating to: See Penal Code, Appendix, title "School of Reform," p. 627.

TITLE 246.

SCHOOLS.

See Political Code, Appendix,

Schools.

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An act to provide for the care and security of the state service of school text-books, by the erection of a fire-proof warehouse to be used for the storage of the same, authorizing the appointment of a storekeeper to have the care and custody of said text-books, and appropriating money to pay the expenses of erecting said warehouse.

[Approved March 15, 1887; 1887, 131.]

Ten thousand dollars was appropriated for the purposes indicated.

An act to provide for compiling, illustrating, electrotyping, printing, binding, copyrighting, and distributing certain books of a state series of school text-books, and appropriating money therefor.

[Approved March 15, 1887; 1887, 139.]

Defining additional books for compilation.

Section 1. In addition to the books directed to be compiled for use in the common schools of the state by section one of the act entitled "An act to provide for compiling, illustrating, electrotyping, printing, binding, copyrighting, and distributing a state series of school text-books, and appro priating money therefor," approved February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the state board of education shall compile, or cause to be compiled, the following described text-books, viz: One (1) elementary arithmetic; one (1) elementary grammar, or language lessons; one (1) elementary geography; one (1) physiology and hygiene, including a system of gymnastic exercises, and special instructions as to the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and their effects upon the human system; and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, in addition to the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated by section eight of said act aforesaid, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of compiling, or causing to be compiled, the text-books hereinbefore enumerated, together with those enumerated in section one of said act aforesaid, and still remaining to be compiled. The appropriation provided for in this section shall be subject to the order of the state board of education; provided, that all demands against said appropriation shall first be approved by said state board of education, and presented to the state board of examiners, in itemized form, for their approval; and upon the approval of the state board of examiners, the controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the state treasurer for the payment of said demands, and the state treasurer is authorized to pay the same.

Remuneration for compiling books.

Sec. 2. The state board of education shall em

ploy well-qualified persons to compile the books mentioned in section one of this act, and shall fix the remuneration for the services thus rendered; provided, that if competent authors shall compile any one or more works of the first order of excellence, and shall offer the same as a free gift to the people of the state, together with the copyright of the same, and the exclusive right to manufacture and sell such works within the state of California, it shall be the duty of the state board of education to accept such gift, and to expend no money for the purpose of compiling works relating to the subjects treated of in the books thus donated. The state board of education shall furnish to the superintendent of state printing designs for all cuts and engravings to be used in the said series of text-books.

Supervision of superintendent of state printing. Sec. 3. The printing of all the text-books provided for in section one of this act, and all the mechanical work connected therewith, shall be done by and under the supervision of the superintendent of state printing, at the state printing-office; provided, that the purchase of paper for the school books, and the card-boards, cloth, and leather for covers, shall be procured by advertising for proposals to furnish the same in the manner now provided for by section five hundred and thirty-two of the Political Code, relating to paper supplies for the state printing-office; and provided further, that all folding, stitching, binding, and ruling shall be done in the state bindery; but the accounts of the school-book binding shall be kept separate from those of all other binding. The sum of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, in an addition to the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated by section nine of said act aforesaid, approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, seven thousand five hundred dollars of which shall be available during the present fiscal year, is hereby appropri ated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase the necessary machinery, and to properly maintain the same, and to purchase such type and other materials as may be required in the manufacture of the text-books provided for in sec

tion one of this act, together with those enter ated in section one of said act aforesaid, approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and remaining to be manufactured, as well as to pay the salaries or wages of the compositors, binders, and other persons to be employed in such manufacture; provided, that the state board of education shall first approve the style of printing, engravings, and illustrations, kind of paper, size, and binding of volumes; said sum to be drawn by the superintendent of state printing in the same manner as provided in subdivision four of section five hundred and twentysix of the Political Code.

Secure copyrights.

Sec. 4. The state board of education shall secure copyrights to all the books that shall be compiled under the provisions of this act, and shall protect said copyrights from all infringement. Moneys received kept in state treasury.

Sec. 5. All moneys that have been received or may hereafter be received from the state series of school text-books shall be kept by the state treasurer as a separate and distinct fund, to be known as the state school book fund, which said fund shall be subject to the following drafts, viz.: by the superintendent of state printing for all moneys needed for manufacturing any editions of any book of the state series, over and above the first fifty thousand copies manufactured of such book, the same to be drawn as provided in subdivision four of section five hundred and twenty-six of the Political Code; provided, that all demands on the state school book fund shall be presented to the state board of examiners in itemized form, for their approval; and upon the approval of the state board of examiners, the controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the state treasurer for the payment of said demands, and the state treasurer is authorized to pay the same. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

An act to provide for compiling, illustrating, elec trotyping, printing, binding, copyrighting, and distributing an elementary book on civil gov ernment, for the state series of school textbooks.

[Approved March 19, 1889; 1889, 327.]

Compiling, etc., books on civil government of the United States.

Section 1. The state board of education shall compile, or cause to be compiled, the following described text-book for use of the common schools of the state, viz.: One (1) elementary book on the civil government of the United States, with a special analysis of the government of the state of California.

Printing of.

Sec. 2. The printing of said elementary book on civil government, provided for in section one of this act, shall be done by and under the supervision of the superintendent of state printing, subject to the provisions of section three of an act en titled "An act to provide for compiling, illustrating, electrotyping, printing, binding, copyrighting, and distributing certain books of a state series of school text-books, and appropriating money therefor," approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

An act to provide for compiling, illustrating, elec trotyping, printing, binding, copyrighting, and distributing a state series of school text-books, and appropriating money therefor.

[Approved February 26, 1885.]

Series of school books.

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Section 1. The state board of education compile, or cause to be compiled, for use in the common schools of the state, a series of school text-books of the following description, viz.: Three (3) readers, one (1) speller, one (1) arithmetic, one (1) grammar, one (1) history of the United States. and one (1) geography. The matter contained in