The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-24
March %, 1850.
AN ACT
AN ACT
For the appointment of a state board of public
instruction.

MaTcn So lOcU'
AN ACT
For the appointment of state board of public
instruction.
SEC. |. BE ii enacted 6y the General Assem-.
biy Of the Statc Of Ohio, That there shall be
appointed by joint ballot OF the two houses Of
ihe General Assembly, during its present sess,
ion, state board Of public instruction, to be
composed of five citzens one OF whom shall hold
his office for one year from and after such ap.
poIntmcnt, one for two years, one for three
years, one for four years and one for i've years;
aud at each session of the Legislature hereafter
one member OF the board shall be appointed to
NIL the vacancy then existing, and the member
81 appointed shall hold his office for five wears;
aud whenever vacancy occurs In the board
during the recess OF the Legislature, the GOV
ernor OF the state shall appoint citizen to fill
The same until the meeting Of the General AS.
semDiy, when The Two houses, by Join ballot
shall elect member OF the board to serve out
the uneXpired term.
SEC. = That each member of such board
shall, during the last year OF his term of Office
| be styled the state superintendent of common
| schools, and as such shall act as chairman of
the board, and shall reside and keep his office at
the scat of government Of the state; that his
duties shall be to collect and arrange educa
tlOnal statistics, in accordance with the prOvls.
ions Of the school laws and tho acquisitions VI
the board; to make an annual report to the Gen.
! crll Assembly OF such statistics, accompanied
by such facts and suggestions as he may deem
proper, appendIug thereto the reports OF the dis.
trlct superlnlendonts, and to act as the editor
OF the state educational paper, hereinafter pro
yidcd for.
c. 3. That at tho first meeting Of the
board each ycur, it shall divide the state into
four districts, and assign to each district one
member of the board who shall perform there.
i'll such duties AS shall be directed by the board
and by an act which may hereafter be enacted
by the General Assembly; and The III ,mbers of
the board 80 assigned TO the different districts,
shall be styled, for the first four years of their
term of office, district uperintendonts, and as
such they shall aid the county board of exam.
lncrs in the several counties within their dis.
tricts in the performance Of their duties
SEC 4. That the members of the board oil
public instruction shall hold semi annual meet.
ings at the office of the state superintendent
at which meetings the state superintendent
shall preside, and member of the board shat
be designated as Secretary; that at such meet
ings shall be determined the general rcguId
tons for the guidance of the district superb,
tcndcnt, cuah OF whom shull submit to the leo
islaturo annually, through the state superinlen
dent, u report continuing a statement of the
educational statistics which he has collected
during the year, and also of his Official transac
items during the same period
SEC, D. That the signature of the distrc
superintendent shall be necessary to the valid
ity of the certificates OF all teachers of common
schools within his district, in addition to the
signatures of the members of the county boarC
Of examiners; and that, in the examination oi
teachers appl ymg for certificates, list of qucS
tons, to be prepared sem.unnually by The
state superintendent, and forwarded to the dis
trict superintendent, and by them lurnishc,
to the county examiners with instructions as Il
the method OG examination, shall in Ill cases b,
used.
SEC, q. That each applicant for certif
cato to teach common school, under thu
school laws Of this state, shall pay to the cerl
OF the county board of examiners, upon the re
ceipt of such certificate, signed and counter
slgned as provided in the foregoing section, tn,
sum OF one dollar, which certificate shall au
thorze hlm or her to teach public school it
any county of tho state, for the period of on,
year from the date thereof and obtaining sucl
Certificate he or she shall be entitled to recelv,
for one year, free of expense for subscription
tho educational paper hereinafter provided for
and be entitled To attend, without tuition fee
all teachers institutes and normal classes he'll
under the direction of the state board, within
tho year for which the certificate granted
but no teacher shall receive payment from tn
public funds for tuition, except upon the pre-
scntation of his or her annual certificate; or
if he or she hold life certificate, upon tn
presentation of the receipt of the clerk of tn
Z ~ ..f 1.
she has paid professional fec for :he currcn
year of one dollar.
SIC. 7. That upon the recommendation q
the county board of examiners, countersigne
by district superintendent, tho State board @
public instruction shall issue a life cerliiicat
to tho teacher named in such Recommendation
for which the applicant shall pay the Stat
Board one dollar and shall be subject therea
ter to an annual professional tax of like sur
and life certificate shall confer upon the no
der thereof all the rights and privileges acqu
cd by the holder Of an annual certifcatc bu
the state board shall have power at any time I
revoke such certificate, whenever it is made
appear to the satisfaction ofany district supe
intendent, that the holder thereof is either il
competent or of bad moral character.
SEC. g. That the county board of examiI
ers of each county shall hold two session eac
yoar, for the examination of teachers, at perio,
to be fixed at the commencement of the yea
by the respective district superntedents,
which times due notice shall be given in som
newspaper published in the county or Of ger
eral circulation therein, which meetings the 81
porintendent of the district shall attend; an
at the commencement of the year the distric
superntendents shall each prepare, aud pul
lish in the state educational paper, statomer
orthe times and places for such meetings will
IN the several districts
SEC. 0. That the clerk ofeach county boar
oroxaminers shall keep an account Of al MOI
eys received by the board for annual certificate
and for the annual professional fee of teache
holding life certificates, shall pay such none
over at the end of the fiscal year establishc
8 by the State board, TO the district supcrinten,
ont of the proper district taking therefor his r
ceipt,and shall fOrwsrd to the treasurer of stat
at the time of making such payment, cert
fed statement of the amount Of money so pa