218 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. [ART. —.

of contiguous districts, embracing at least twenty-five
schools, who may select a president and secretary,
and adopt such by-laws as may be deemed expedient;
the president shall arrange the time of meeting of
the several associations, that he may attend all or as
many as practicable.

	TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
Ibid c III, p.l. When held.	98. A teachers' institute shall be held once in each year, to continue at least six days in every county that contains fifty teachers; whenever a county has less than fifty teachers, it may then unite
Proviso.	with an adjacent county ; provided, the joint number of teachers does not exceed one hundred.
Ibid. 9. 2 Duty, under penalty, of teachers to at- tend institutes.	99. It shall be the duty of every teacher, under the penalty of not less than five and not more than twenty-five dollars, to attend the institute and remain throughout its entire session, unless excused by the president of the county school board.
Ibid s. 3. Time and place notified to teachers.	100. It shall be the duty of the president of the boards of county school commissioners, to notify each teacher of the time and place of meeting of the institute.
Ibid s 4. Who to preside.	101. These institutes being designed as temporary normal schools, shall be presided over by the state superintendent, or a professor of the state normal school, assisted by such members of the board of school commissioners who may elect to attend.
Ibid s 6. Vacations daring sessions of institutes	102. During the session of the institute, there shall be a vacation of the schools, and an appropriation shall be made by the board of school commissioners
Teachers' trav- eling expenses.	of the county, to pay the traveling expenses of the teachers; the president of the county boards
Place of meet- ing, &c	shall select the place of assembling, and make such arrangements as will secure to the teachers a hospi- table reception, and as far as practicable, freedom from expense for board during the session.