ART. — .] PUBLIC EDUCATION.

the assessable property in said city, as other taxes are
levied and collected, such amount of tax as may be
necessary to defray all the expenses incurred for edu-
cational purppses by said mayor and city council.

CHAPTER XVII.
High Schools.

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SBC. 1. It shall be the duty of the board of county
school commissioners when any election district or any
contiguous election districts shall present a building
for a high school in said district or districts, to the
board of county school commissioners, to accept the
same, if in the judgment of the board there is any
necessity therefor, and thereafter provide for main-
tenance of a high school in said district or districts,
and the salary of teachers out of the general school
fund.

High schools,
maintenance of.

2. >If the high school be established by a district or
districts, the board of county school commissioners
shall appoint three persons who shall constitute a
board of high school commissioners, and exercise like
authority over said school as hereinbefore provided
for boards of district school commissioners, but high
schools established by the county shall be under the
direct control of the board of county school commis-
sioners.

By whom con-
trolled.

3. Each high school shall be visited and examined
annually by the principal of the state normal school,
or a professor thereof; such high school shall also be
visited at least once in each school term by the county
examiner, who shall report quarterly to the board of
county school commissioners the result of his observa-
tions.

High schools to
be visited and
examined

4. If practicable, military tactics may form a depart-
ment in every high school.

Military tactics.