Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard., 1853-01-26
s,,perintendent of Common Schools.

SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the Genera! Rsse"Cty
of The Stale If North CarOnG and 1t IS hereOy e'"C
Jy the awtho"iy If The Sa"ie That there sHd De Tp
noin,ed Superinenienl Of Common Scno"lS LOT u"e
S,a,e: the said Officer be chosen by the Les's'"
,ure ard to hold his oflire Two wears ron me I'F
of his election Pr0v:ded, That hiS Act snail n"t ne
o. oonstruad as 10 prevent the Superintendent Tor th'
time being from continuing " ~ ~
80 D Re- II further enncted, That the eighteenth
section of the Act Of Assembly, esti5 IShng ana
Ia,inI Common Schools, pointed aud published "!'-
L. ,be direction of ih. President and Dtrrc"rS "' "
Literary Fund in the year 1919, In c",np'an"T M
The Act Of The General Assembly of Isis ~ ne 80
amended as to make it the duty at the Chhtt'"i' "
tbo Roa,d of County SuperintenlenlS u IN 'kF tAeF
repors on or before the third Monday III S"TTnI"f
and send the same to the S"rHF,"tF'"Fi, %'
mon Schoo DIS for The State; and that San '|"" "%''
of County SuperiutrndentS shall III d""tt',n - "
matters already rednired by law, 10 be stated IN tnfI
reports, make statement of the number OF cerUn
Gates issued during the year preceding lhe !"Hi'@ "
said report to teachers by the C"ih'"'''ee ~ 49,
r,,ion designating in sePerate columns the nnhoFr
of femaIe teachers and the number CT male eacherS'
and oiying the names OF the Committee of ExaihlhA-
ton. , ~. H. A., ofI
Issenbv nasseJ at its session of lSl6-'47, CHI 100,
sec, be amended as to make 1t the du'y OF
the Board of Superintendents Of Go 1non Schools IN
each county in the Stale to appoint COMMITTEE oil
Examination. consisting Of not more than hye per-
sons of whom the Chairman OF the Board OF Louh'y
Superiuendents shall be one, whose duty 1t snail ne
TO examine into the qualifications, both mental AID
moral of all such persons as may apply LOT employ
nent as teachers in any of the Crmm"n Schools In
their respecCve counties which said Committee OF
Examination shall be convened by the ChAlrn'n oil
the Board of Superintenden;S, NJ least 'hree H"eS
durin0 the wear central point In each county
of which times and places of meeting the said Com
mittee or its Chairman shall post written noce
the door of the Courthouse of the County. And
Tia SAID Examining Committee shall contlnue IN Of
flee for rne year, until their successors are appoint
and discharge the duties of his appointment on SAID
Committee, skaIl be exempt from road ano military
duties. ~ =.
Scc. T. .4pd be it further enacted, That certif-
cate issued to a teacher, by Committee of ENami-
nation shall be good for longer term than one year
from the date lhereof and certificate issued In any
one county Of the State shall not be GOOD or valid IN
any other county of the State.
SFc = Ind be :: -. ..er enaccid, 'Tha: the Chair
man of the ,nx.us of County Superintendemts are
authorized to refuse to pay drafts drawn upon them
in favor of teachers fer compensation for teaching
Common Schools, unress sain teachers exhibit reg
ular certificate of mental and moral qualifications
from the majority of such Examining = 1mmittee' dA-
ted than year Iom the eXilbiNcn theTeot.
SEC. G. And be IL further enncicd, That 1t shall he
the duty of first Superintendent OF Common Schools
for the State appointed under the provision of this
Act to collec. "curate and full Information OF the
condition and O. =: ,tinns of the system of free or
Common Schools zach county In the State; and OF
the size of the schoo. IisrctS to inform himself as
well as possible of the causes, whether local or gen.
eraI, which have affected the success or impede the
operations of the system in different sections; TO con-
suit with experienced teachers, " hen possible, and
10 collect statistics and information of matters mate
rally affecting the Of education in the State;
and on OF before the third Monday in November 1854,
make report in writing to the Governor OF the
Stale, furnishing a detailed, succinct and condensed
statement of the result of his enquiries in each coun
ty of the history and prospect OF the free school sys
TEN in the State, with such suggestions and observd-
tions may occur to him; which report shall be
fIAol onFf
Stale that the said body may Thus he in possession
Of such information will enable il ID modify, if
necessary, revise and digest all the laws in force in
regard to Common Schools, and to make snch addi-
lions and alterations may be proper to insure the
greater success and efficiency Of the system.
SEC. 7. find be it further ennctcd That it shall be
the duty of the Superintendent OF Common Schools
for the State saperintend the operations of the sys
tenn Of Common Schools, and to see that the laws in
relation thereto enforced; 10 call the Chair
man of the different Boards Of County SupeTinien-
dents who fail to make returns to him according
the provisions of this Act; that moneys dis
trbuted for the purposes of education misap
piled and TO that the proper actions provided for
by law, brought aganst all the officers and agents
of the system who are liable TO the same. 1t shall
also he the duty of said Superintendent under the
direction of the Literary Board, took after escheat-
Ell property and TO employ in each county OF the
State attorneys Of skill in the law be-
half and in the of the President and Directors
of the Liter-ry Fund all escheats in their several
counties, and to the if thev be not in money
under the directions of the said Superintendent, and
the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, and
pay the proceeds thereof TO the Treasurer OF the State
for the and benefit of the Literary Fund.
SEC. s. And be IL further enGcLed That it shall be
the duty Of the Treasurer of the State c furnish
annual statement to the Superintendent Of Common
Schools, Of the several sums disbursed from the Lit
erary Fund TO the different counties Of the State and
of the names Of the persons receiving the for
and on behalf of said countless
Sec. Q. find be 1t further enacted, That the Su.
perintendent Of Common Schools for the Stale shall
annually issue to the Examining Committee of each
tions as to the qualifications of teachers. And it
mon Schools for the State to have prepared and to
send to The Chairman of County SuperinienGents,
printed blanks, upon which to make their returns 10
him, all Of which said returns reports when re-
ceived by the Superintendent of Common Schools
for the State shall be filed in the Office of the State,
in the capitol in Raleigh.
Sec. 10. And be ii further enncied, That it shall be
the duty Of the Superintendent of Common Schools
for the State to arrange in convenient form and order
all the laws of this State in relation to Common
Schools now In force, in force after the passage cf
this Act with statement of the funds of the Liter
ary Board, or Gand1 chart of forms for Committee
men and examining committees with forms of bonds,
instructions to agents and officers of the system and
explanations; which work when approved of by the
President and Directors of the Literary Fund shall
be printed, and the copies distributed by the said Su.
perlntendent OF Common Schools for the State as
follows: One copy for every school committeeman,
member OF examing committee member of the board
OF county Superntendents, and five Tor the Clerk of
the County Co"rt OF each county in the State to be
sent to the Chairman Of the Board of County Su-