ART. — .] PUBLIC EDUCATION.

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their respective primary schools; and if the advanced
school is established by a county, then the board of
county school commissioners shall exercise control over
such advanced school.

2. Whenever the boards of school commissioners of
any two or more counties shall deem it expedient, they
may unite their funds and establish at some convenient
and central location a high school or other advanced
school, which shall be open to the youth of both coun-
ties.

Union of
boards.

3. Such high school shall be governed by a board
composed of the several boards of the counties estab-
lishing said school, and shall be subject to their visita-
tion, and such board shall be styled the high school
board of ......... counties.

High schools,
how governed.

4. The funds for suitable buildings for high schools
shall be provided by the boards of county school com-
missioners to be paid to, and be applied by the said

Funds for
building.

high school board j provided, however, that before pro-
ceeding to locate the high school, the high school board
shall advertise and receive oners from the citizens of
any district or town, who may be inclined to pro-
vide suitable buildings, apparatus, &c., in order to
secure the location of the high school in their neigh-
borhood.

Proviso.

5. These buildings shall be kept in repair by, and
the title thereof be vested in the high school board of

Title and repair
of buildings.

......... counties. In all particulars concerning text
books, course of study and mode of discipline, the high
school shall be under the control of the state board of
education.

Under what
control.

6. 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 vis-
ited at least once in each school term, by the president
of the high school board of ......... counties who shall
report quarterly to the board the result of his observa-
tions.

High schools to
be visited and
examined.

7. The principal of each high school shall report
annually to the high school board of ......... counties.

Report of prin-
cipal of high
school.