Decify the purpose for which said bonds are to be issued. The returns of said special election shall be canvassed by the board of education as provided in section 4 of this act.

Sec. 28. That all taxes collected for the benefit of the benefit of the public school shall be paid in money, and shall be subject to the order of the board of education.

Sec. 29. (Warrants Against Levy.) That if at time the funds in the hands of the treasurer of said school district, in one or all of the funds provided for in this act, shall become exhausted and there shall be no funds to meet the obligations of said school district, then and in that case the board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to issue warrants against the annual levy of each particular fund, for that year, for the purpose for which said fund is created, in an amount not to exceed ninety per cent of said funds, which warrant shall be registered by said treasurer, and draw interest from the date of the registration at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum. Provided, that no warrants shall be drawn against any of said funds except for the purpose for which said funds is created by this act. All warrants shall be drawn by the secretary upon the treasurer, and must be signed by the president and secretary stating the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is chargeable and the person to whom payable, and no money shall otherwise be paid on account of the school district unless otherwise provided by law. All license moneys and fines shall be placed to the credit of the "teachers' salaries" and "miscellaneous funds" in the amounts which the board of education may designate, by resolution, at a regular meeting of the board.

Sec. 30. (Payment of Bonds.) That the board of education is hereby authorized and required to provide before the same shall become due, for the interest on all bonds issued by the district; they shall also, immediately after the expiration of one-half of the time for which said bonds are issued, proceed to set apart, each year, for a sinking fund, a requisite amount, or proportion, suffi

cient to pay the principal of said bonds when they shall become due. (Sinking Fund.) All moneys set apart for the said sinking fund shall be invested: First.-In the purchase and redemption of bonds of the school district, which bonds shall be purchased in open market, in such a manner as the board of education shall prescribe. Second.-In bonds of the county in which the city is situated. Third.-In bonds of the state of Nebraska. Fourth.-In

United States bonds. Fifth.-In bonds of the city.

Sec. 31. (Purchase of Bonds.) That if it shall be deemed advisable by the board of education to purchase bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, before maturity, the treasurer shall sell to the highest bidder, in open market, and in a manner prescribed by the board, such bonds or securities as shall belong to the school funds, and the proceeds thereof shall apply to purchase of bonds herein provided for.

Sec. 32. (Funds Not to Be Diverted.) That all moneys arising from any sources whatever, which under any prior act or acts of the legislature of this state, are payable to any school fund of any city of the state, or any moneys which are required to be set apart by the treasurer of any such city for the support and maintenance of any school heretofore organized herein, under any general or special law, shall, on or after the passage of this subdivision, be payable to the treasurer of the board of education, and shall be used only for the purpose specified in this subdivision.

Sec. 33. (Repealing Clause.) That the general school laws of this state, not inconsistent herewith, are incorporated herein and made a part of this act. That all acts and parts of acts as far as the same are inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 34. (Emergency Clause.) Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 27, 1903.

CHAPTER 99.

(House Roll No. 32.)

[Introduced by Mr. Koetter]

A Bill for

AN ACT to amend Section 1 of Subdivision 18 of Chapter 79, Compiled Statutes of 1901, being Section 1 of "An Act to provide cheaper textbooks and for district ownership of the same." Laws 1891, Chapter 46 and to repeal said Section 1 of Subdivision 18 of Chapter 79, Compiled Statutes of 1901.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That section 1 of sub-division 18 of chapter 79 of the Compiled Statutes of 1901 be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 1. (Purchase of High School Text-Books.) District school boards and boards of trustees of high school districts, and boards of education in cities of the first and second class, and in cities of the metropolitan class, are hereby empowered and it is made their duty to purchase all text books necessary for the schools of such district, and they are further authorized to enter into contract as hereinafter provided with the publishers of such books for a term of years, not to exceed five (5); Provided, That the contract prices of such books shall not exceed the lowest price then granted to any dealer, state, county, township, school district, or other individual or corporation in the United States to be determined as hereinafter provided; And Provided further, That such contract shall guarantee to such districts any further reduction that may be granted elsewhere during the life of such contract.

Section 2. (Repealing Clause.) Section 1 of sub-division 18 of chapter 79, Compiled Statutes of 1901, as heretofore existing, is hereby repealed.

Approved February 25, 1903.

CHAPTER 100.

(Senate File No. 120.)

[Introduced by W. H. Jennings, by request]

A Bill for

AN ACT to amend Section 17, Chapter 80, "entitled School Lands and Funds," of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, 1901; and to repeal the original Section.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That section 17, of chapter 80, of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended to read as follows:

Section 17. (Notice to Delinquents-Forfeiture-Redemption.) If any lessee of educational lands shall be in default of the semi-annual rental due the state for a period of six months, or if any purchaser of educational lands be in default of the annual interest due the state for one year, the commissioner of public lands and buildings may cause notice to be given to such delinquent lessee or purchaser that, if such delinquency is not paid within ninety days from the date of the service of such notice, his lease or sale contract will be declared forfeited by the board of educational lands and funds. If the amounts due are not paid within ninety days from the date of the service of such notice, the said contract of lease or sale may be, by said board, declared forfeited and the lands therein described shall revert to the state the same as though such lease or sale had never been made. The order making such forfeiture shall be spread upon the records of the board of educational lands and funds. The service of the notice herein contemplated, to be made by registered letter. In case the postoffice address of the owner of such contract of sale or lease be unknown the notice herein contemplated shall be published three weeks in some newspaper published or of general circulation in the county where the land is situated. The forfeiture may be entered by said board after sixty days from the date of such published notice. The provisions of this section shall apply alike to all the lands heretofore sold or leased and to all lands hereafter leased as educational lands of this state. In serving the

notices of delinquency and forfeture herein provided for the commissioner shall recognize as the lessee or owner of the lease or sale contract the person, or persons, whose title appears last of record in his office; Provided, the owner of any contract of sale or lease so forfeited may redeem the same by paying all delinquencies, fees, and costs of forfeiture at any time before such land is advertised to be leased at public auction; Provided, further, That the commissioner of public lands and buildings is hereby required to serve such notice of delinquency and proceed with forfeiture, as stated in such notice at least once in each year.

Movable improvements on lands so reverting to the state shall be sold under the direction of the commissioner of public lands and buildings at public auction and the proceeds received therefrom shall inure to the holder of delinquent contract, after payment shall have been made to the state for delinquent interest or rental and expenses incurred in holding said auction.

Section 2. That section 17 of chapter 80 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1901, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved April 7, 1903.

CHAPTER 101.

(Senate File No. 218.)

[Introduced by C. B. Anderson]

A Bill for

AN ACT to amend Section Five (5) of Article One (1) of Chapter Eighty-three (83) of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1901, entitled "Private Secretary of the Goyeinor", and to declare an emer. gency existing.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That section five (5) of article one (1) of chapter eighty-three (83) of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska of 1901, be amended to read as follows:

Section 5. (Private Secretary.) The governor shall appoint a private secretary to serve during the continuance of his term of