AN ACT to amend section 13, chapter 119 of the laws of Mississippi, 1910, to provide for the granting of Baccalaureate degrees at the Mississippi Normal College. To provide for Baccalaureate degrees at Normal College. Hemingway's code, sec. 6091. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That section 13, chapter 119, of the laws of the state of Mississippi, 1910, be amended so as to read as follows: The course of instruction in the said Mississippi Normal College shall be so arranged as to fall into three divisions; the satisfactory completion of the first of said divisions shall be evidenced by a certificate; the satisfactory completion of the second by a diploma; and the satisfactory completion of the third by a Baccalaureate degree diploma. Said courses and the successful passage of all examinations therein shall be submitted annually to the state board of education and, upon their approval, evidenced by the signature of the president of the state board of education, said certificate shall be a first grade state license for a period of five years from its date, and said diploma and said Baccalaureate degree diploma shall be professional licenses, as provided by section 5553 of the code of 1906. Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 27, 1922. CHAPTER 202. HOUSE BILL No. 365 AN ACT to amend section 2535 of the Mississippi code of 1906. regulating the apportionment and appointment of students in the Mississippi State College for Women. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That section 2535, of the Mississippi code of 1906, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Apportionment of students-duty of superintendent. Hemingway's code, sec. 4955. The superintendent of education of each county, after due notice published, shall examine applicants, not qualified to enter by certificate from an accredited school, upon questions prepared and submitted by the president, and, with the consent of the board of supervisors, give certificates of selection to the 270 GENERAL LAWS OF THE number of girls to which his county is entitled, in addition to those already in college, if any. County superintendents shall make their appointments of students to the college not later than August 1st of each year. Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 10, 1922. CHAPTER 203. HOUSE BILL No. 364 AN ACT to amend section 2531 of the Mississippi code of 1906, so as to change the number of years for free tuition in the Mississippi State College for women. Free tuition at Woman's College-code amended. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississsippi, That section 2531 of the Mississippi code of 1906, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Hemingway's code, sec. 4951. "2531. Tuition Free and not Free-Tuition shall be free for four years and no longer, to girls of this state in all branches, except in music; and the trustees shall fix the amount of tuition to be paid by girls from other states; which shall not be less than the cost to the state; the trustees shall also fix the tuition for music, and provide instruments and salaried teachers of music. Music pupils who expect to follow music teaching as a vocation need not take any industrial, but such pupils shall have the right to take any of the industrials if they so desire.' Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 10, 1922 CHAPTER 204. SENATE BILL No. 251. AN ACT permitting the addition of work of junior college grade to the program of studies of a municipal separate district high school or of an agricultural high school and specifying the conditions on which same may be done. Junior college grade-trustees may extend curriculum in certain schools. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the trustees of a separate school district containing a municipality with a population of not less than ten thousand according to the most recent federal census or of an agricultural high school that is not less than twenty miles distant from any of the state colleges with the exception of the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College may extend the curriculum in the school or schools under their charge and include the studies of the freshman or sophomore year, or both, of college work, when they deem such additional work necessary to properly provide for the educational needs of such school district, county or counties. Expense to be met out of regular funds. Sec. 2. No appropriation shall be made out of the state treasury for the support of such college work. The additional expense that is incurred shall be met out of the usual funds of such districts, county or counties; provided that no part of such funds shall be so expended except under the following conditions: 1. The minimum scholastic requirements of all teachers or instructors in the junior college shall be graduates either from the University of Mississippi, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Mississippi State College for Women or any college of equal grade, provided that teachers giving instruction in subjects for which sophomore credit is given shall have had in addition to said graduation, post graduate work in a university or college of recognized standing amounting to at least one year. 2. Every student registering in a junior college shall have successfully completed at least fifteen units of high school work as defined by the state accrediting commission. 3. The work of the junior college must be organized on a collegiate and not on a high school basis. 4. No school shall have the rating and classification of a junior college unless it has a registration of at least twenty students who have had accepted not less than fifteen units for entrance if the said institution offers freshman work only; and thirty-five students who have had accepted not less than fifteen units for entrance if said institution offers freshman and sophomore work. 5. The library in a junior college attempting to do freshman work shall have not less than one thousand well selected volumes, not including pamphlets or government publications, and if attempting both freshman and sophomore work it shall have not less than one thousand five hundred volumes. 6. The laboratory equipment shall have an aggregate value of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 7. No school shall attempt junior or college work unless the high school department is approved as a full four-year high school by the state department of education. 272 GENERAL LAWS OF THE Diplomas may be issued under certain conditions. Sec. 3. When a student has successfully completed the course prescribed for the freshman and sophomore years any junior college that has been properly accredited under this act may issue a diploma to such student. Provided, however, that if the junior college is organized as part of a high school in a separate school district it may deliver a diploma bearing the title of an associate of arts, and if the junior college is organized as part of an agricultural high school it may deliver a diploma bearing the title of an associate of agriculture to men, and an associate of arts to women as a testimonial of the completion of two years of college work. Board of education to enforce this act. Sec. 4. The state board of education shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this act. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 205. HOUSE BILL No. 35. AN ACT to require the state board of education to prescribe a course of moral training for public schools and to enforce its use. Moral training course in public schools. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the board of education is hereby directed to prepare or cause to be prepared a suitable course of instruction in the principles of morality and good manners to be used in all of the public schools of the state. That such course shall include what is known as the Mosaic Ten Commandments and may be graded and may be formulated with the idea that a certain amount of time will be devoted to it. Provided, that no doctrinal nor sectarian teaching shall be permitted in any public school in this state, and provided that no pupil shall be required to attend the course provided for herein when the parent or parents or guardian of said pupil shall so request in writing filed with the superintendent or teacher. That when so prepared and published, such course shall be used in all the public schools of the state. That it shall be the duty of the several county and city superintendents of schools to see that the provisions of this act are carried out. There are not to be any extra employees under this act, either state or county. Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be enforced from and after its passage. Approved March 7, 1922. AN ACT restricting and regulating the public carriage of passengers for hire on the campus and grounds of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College and providing penalties for the violation thereof. To regulate transportation on A. & M. College grounds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That no public automobile for the transportation of passengers for hire shall be operated on the campus or grounds of the Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College except over the Starkville and Artesia public road without a license from said college to the owner thereof, no fee shall be charged for the issuance of such license, and such license to be subject to revocation by the college authorities at any time without notice. Penalty for violation of this act. Sec. 2. That any person running or operating an automobile at any time in violation of section 1 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or thirty days (30) in jail or both before any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage. Approved April 6, 1922. CHAPTER 207. SENATE BILL No. 473. AN ACT to amend section 1 of chapter 183 of the laws of 1914, entitled: "An Act to authorize boards of supervisors to borrow money to pay teachers' salaries during the fall months when there is no school funds in the county treasury for paying same. School authorities may borrow money to pay teachers in certain cases. Hemingway's code, secs. 7366, 7367. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That the boards of supervisors in the various counties be and the same are hereby authorized to borrow money to pay salaries of teachers and the salaries of the drivers of school carriers during the fall months of the session when there are no school funds in the treasury for this purpose. SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 4, 1922. |