§ 317. Non-resident pupils may be admitted.-The superintend

ent may admit to a normal school non-residents of the state, on

the payment of tuition fees prescribed by him.

[L. 1886, chap. 466, part of § 5, without intended change.] (Page 141, § 5.)

§ 318. Appointment and supervision of local boards.-Each normal school shall be under the immediate supervision and management of a local board of trustees, but such local board shall be under the general supervision and direction of the superintendent, except that the board of trustees of the Albany normal college shall be under the joint supervision of the state superintendent and the regents. The existing boards are continued, subject to the power of removal herein prescribed. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall not be made until the number of trustees is less than nine. Thereafter the board shall be composed of nine trustees, and a vacancy shall be filled by the appointment by the superintendent. If, when this chapter takes effect, a local board consists of less than nine members, the superintendent, within twenty days thereafter, shall appoint the additional trustees required to make the number nine. A trustee heretofore or hereafter appointed may be removed for cause by the superintendent with the concurrence of the chancellor of the University, after notice, and an opportunity to be heard.

[L. 1886, chap. 466, § 3, rewritten without intended change, except that we propose by this section to have a uniform number of trustees in all normal schools.]

(Page 140, § 3.)

$319. Officers of local board; rules.-Each local board may:

1. Appoint one of its number president, one secretary, and another treasurer of the board. The secretary may also be treas urer. In the absence of any officer another member may be appointed for the time to fill his place and perform his duties.

2. Subject to the approval of the superintendent, make, alter, amend or repeal rules for the government of the school, employ teachers, and prescribe the course of study.

[L. 1866, chap. 466, parts of §§ 3, 4, rewritten and condensed without intended change, except that the provision as to the treasurer is new.]

(Page 140, §§ 3, 4.)

§ 320. Powers and duties of treasurer.-The treasurer of each normal school shall:

1. Give an undertaking to the people of the state for the faithful performance of his trust, in an amount fixed by the superintendent. The undertaking shall be approved by the superintendent and filed in the office of the comptroller.

2. Receive and have the custody of all moneys payable to or

3. Deposit all such money in a bank designated by the superintendent, in his name as treasurer, and whenever required render a verified account to the board or to the superintendent, showing the condition of the funds of the school. A bank so designated shall, before any deposit is made, execute a bond to the people of the state in a sum approved by the superintendent, for the

safe keeping of the funds deposited. Such bond shall be filed

in the office of the comptroller.

4. Pay out all money deposited for the use of the school on

the order of the president of the board, countersigned by the secretary, in accordance with the estimate approved by the superintendent.

5. Keep full and accurate accounts of all receipts and payments in the manner directed in the rules of the board, and according to the forms prescribed by the superintendent.

[New.]

§ 321. When superintendent may take charge of school.-If a local board neglects or refuses to perform any duty imposed upon it by law, the superintendent may take possession of any property under its supervision, employ teachers, and carry on the

school.

[L. 1866, chap. 466, § 8, as added by 1869, chap. 18, rewritten without intended change.]

(Page 141, § 8.)

§ 322. Custody of property.-Each local board shall have the custody and management of the grounds and buildings provided

or used for the purpose of the school, and other property of the state pertaining thereto, and may protect, preserve and improve

the same.

[L. 1880, chap. 348, § 1, rewritten without intended change.] (Page 142, § 1.)

§ 323. Insurance of property.-Each local board shall keep the

property under its supervision insured for the benefit of the state.

If property insured is injured or destroyed, the proceeds of the insurance shall be deposited by the insurer to the credit of the local board in a bank designated by the superintendent, and shall be used by such board, subject to the approval of the superintendent, to repair, rebuild or replace the property injured or de

stroyed.

[L. 1882, chap. 116, as amended by L. 1894, chap. 443, and L. 1894, chap. 488, rewritten and condensed without intended change.]

(Page 143.)

§ 324. Local boards may take by gift, grant or devise.-A local board, with the approval of the superintendent, may accept for the state the gift, grant, devise or bequest of money or other property, and apply the same to any purpose not inconsistent with the general purposes of the school, which may be prescribed in the instrument by which such gift, grant, devise or bequest is made.

[L. 1896, chap. 165, rewritten without intended change.] (Page 144.)

§ 325. Special police.-Each local board may appoint and at pleasure remove a special policeman. Such a policeman possesses the powers and is subject to the liabilities of a constable.

He shall:

1. Preserve order and prevent disturbances and breaches of the peace in and about the buildings, and on or about the grounds used by the school, or pertaining thereto.

2. Protect and preserve such buildings and property from injury, and arrest any person making a loud or unusual noise, or causing any disturbance, committing any breach of the peace,

or misdemeanor, or a wilful trespass on such grounds, or in or upon such buildings or any part thereof.

[L. 1880, chap. 348, part of § 3, rewritten without intended change. The remainder of § 3 is included in § 326 of revision.] (Page 142.)

§ 326. Person arrested to be taken before magistrate.—A person arrested under the last section shall be immediately taken by the policeman before a magistrate of the city, village or town in which the school is situated. The policeman shall at the same time present to the magistrate a statement of the offense charged. If the offense is a misdemeanor, the defendant shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

[L. 1880, chap. 348, part of § 3, rewritten and extended by providing how offenders shall be punished.]

(Page 142.)

§ 327. Appointment of Indian pupils.-The superintendent may annually appoint not more than ten resident Indian youths as pupils in the normal schools. Such pupils must be sixteen years of age, and shall be apportioned, as nearly as may be, among the several Indian bands in the state. A pupil so appointed is entitled to all the privileges of a normal school, and shall be supported and educated therein at the expense of the state, for such period as the