taxed [taxes] authorized by law to be levied, sufficient to pay the principal and interest on such bonds as and when they become due. 6575d. Repeal.-4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed; but this law shall not affect or impair any bonds heretofore issued under any law in force at the time they were issued, nor shall it affect or be construed to repeal any law now in force, which authorized specifically classed school cities to fund or refund their indebtedness. Section 5 of the above act provides that the act be in force and effect from and after its passage. [Acts 1917, p. 674. In force May 31, 1917.] 6577a. Refunding bonds.-1. That in all cities of the State of Indiana, which are incorporated under the general laws of the state, and in all incorporated towns of this state, when the school city or school town of any such city or incorporated town is indebted, which indebtedness is evidenced by bonds, notes or other obligations heretofore issued or negotiated by any such school city or school town, for the purpose of funding or refunding such indebtedness or any part thereof, reducing the rate of interest thereon, extending the time of payment thereof, and cancelling so much thereof as may be due or which shall become due, the board of school trustees of any school city or school town, in such cities or incorporated towns, are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of such school city or school town, with interest coupons attached, for an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the whole amount of the indebtedness of such school city or school town, which bonds may be in any denomination not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be payable at any place named therein and at a time not later than twenty (20) years from the date thereof, bearing interest not exceeding five per cent. (5%) per annum, payable annually or semiannually, and such board of school trustees of any such school city or school town may negotiate such bonds at any market or place at no less than par. In the event any city or incorporated town in this state shall have issued its bonds, notes or other obligations for the purpose of procuring funds with which to buy school grounds or erect school buildings, or repair such school buildings, and the proceeds derived by reason of the sale of such bonds have been used by the school cities or school towns of any such city or incorporated town for the purpose of buying grounds for school purposes, or erecting buildings or making improvements to school buildings, then it shall be lawful for the board of school trustees of any such school city or school town in such cities or incorporated towns and they are hereby authorized to issue and negotiate the bonds of such school city or school town for the purpose of funding or refunding such indebtedness or any part thereof for the same purposes and in the same manner and on like terms and conditions as provided for in this section in other cases. This act amends section 6577a of the Revised Statutes of 1914. [Acts July special session 1920, p. 26. In force July 20, 1920.] 6577c. School bonds, interest rate, taxation and sale.-1. That all bonds hereafter issued by any school corporation in this state, and redeemable within any determinate period of time not exceeding five (5) years, shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed six per cent (6%) per annum, shall be exempt from taxation, and no such bonds shall be sold for less than the par value thereof and interest accrued to the date of sale. Section 2 of the above act repeals all laws and parts of laws in conflict. [Acts 1919, p. 50. In force February 25, 1919.] 6581a. All subjects to be taught in English.-1. All subjects and branches taught in the elementary schools of the State of Indiana and all elementary schools maintained in connection with benevolent or correctional institutions, shall be taught in the English language only, and the trustee, and such other officers as may be in control, shall have taught in them, orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, physiology, history of the United States, scientific temperance and good behavior, and such other branches of learning as the advancement of pupils may require, and the trustee, and other officers in control direct: Provided, That the German language shall not be taught in any of the elementary schools of this state. The tuition in such schools shall be without charge. 6581b. German language forbidden-2. All private and parochial schools and all schools maintained in connection with benevolent and correctional institutions within this state which instruct pupils who have not completed a course of study equivalent to that prescribed for the first eight grades of the elementary schools of this state, shall be taught in the English language only, and the persons or officers in control shall have taught in them such branches of learning as the advancement of pupils may require, and the persons or officers in control direct: Provided, That the German language shall not be taught in any such schools within this state. 6581c. Penalty.-3. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for any period not exceeding six months, or both, and each separate day in which such act shall be violated shall constitute a separate offense. 6581d. Repealing clause.-4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 6581e. Validity of act.-5. In case any section or sections of this act shall be held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Indiana such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections. Section 6 provides that the above act be in force and effect from and after its passage. 6582. Branches taught. See note to section 6410. [Acts 1917, p. 92. In force May 31, 1917.] 6582b. Fire drills in schools, reports.-1. That it shall be the duty of all boards of school trustees, boards of school commissioners and township trustees, and all teachers in the public schools of this state where any such schools have more than one room, to give at least one (1) fire drill during each month such school is in session. It shall be the duty of the superintendents or principals of such schools and of the individual teachers in case no superintendent or principal is employed in such schools, to certify to the city or town board of school trustees or commissioners or to the township trustee, employing such superintendent, principal or individual teachers, that fire drills have been held as above provided, before such superintendent, principal or individual teacher shall be entitled to receive his or her salary for any month. 6582c. Duty of school trustees or commissioners.-2. It shall be the duty of the board of schools trustees or commissioners of the city or town, or of the township trustee, as the case may be, to require such superintendent, principal or individual teacher to file with said board or trustee a certified statement that such drills have been held as above provided before issuing warrants for the payment of such superintendent's, principal's or individual teacher's salary or any part thereof. [Acts 1919, p. 440. In force May 15, 1919.] 6583a. Junior or intermediate high school courses.-1. Boards of school trustees, board of school commissioners, or township trustees, having in charge commissioned high schools, may prescribe junior high school or intermediate school courses of two or three years in length, and admit thereto pupils that have completed the sixth year of elementary school work. The first two years of such intermediate school course may include instruction in the subjects generally taught in the seventh and eighth grades of the elementary schools, and may include such other studies, including secondary, pre-vocational and industrial subjects, as such boards of school trustees, boards of school commissioners, or township trustees may prescribe, and the State Board of Education approve. 6583b. Teachers' license.-2. Teachers employed in such junior high schools or intermediate schools shall be required to hold licenses only in the subjects they are required to teach and also in English and the Science of Education. 6583c. Adoption of textbooks, courses of study, report forms.-3. It shall be the duty of the State Board of School Book Commissioners to adopt textbooks, to publish suggestive courses of study, and to devise report forms suitable to such junior high schools or intermediate schools. 6583d. Transfers and admissions.-4. Transfers from other school corporations and admissions from other school districts in the same corporation to the corporation or school district maintaining such junior high school or intermediate school shall be granted by the board of school trustees, board of school commissioners or township trustee, concerned, on request, and in conformity with existing transfer laws. [Acts 1919, p. 822. In force May 15, 1919.] 6584. High school studies.-2. The following enumerated studies shall be taught in all commissioned high schools throughout the state, together with such additional studies as any local board of education may elect to have taught in its high school: Provided, That such additions shall be subject to revision of the state board of education. Mathematics: Commercial arithmetic, algebra, geometry. History: United States, ancient, medieval or modern. Geography: Commercial or physical. English: Composition, rhetoric. Literature: English, American. Language (foreign): Latin or any modern foreign language except German. Science: Biology, physics or chemistry. Civil government: General, state. Drawing. Music. This section amends section 6584 Revision of 1914. 6584a. Township high schools. Construction of the act of 1913, providing for the establishment of township high schools, and as to the power and duty of township trustees in the erection of buildings for such schools. Glendenning v. Cowan, 59 App. 529, 109 N. E. 844. [Acts 1921, p. 322. In force March 9, 1921.] 6584b. Taxable property required.-2. In each township in this state having an assessed valuation of more than six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) of taxable property, and wherein there is not now established a high school in such township or in any town within such township and where there is no high school within three (3) miles of any boundary line of such township, and wherein for each of the two (2) years last past there have been eight (8) or more graduates of the township elementary schools residing in such township, the township trustee shall establish and maintain therein a high school and employ competent teachers therefor: Provided, That, in each township having an assessed valuation of more than twelve hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00) of taxable property, whenever one third (1/3) or more of parents, guardians, heads of families and persons living in such township having charge of children who were enumerated for school purposes in said township at the last preceding enumeration, |