The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-04-01

the time Of such dismissal: and no person sl,al
be employed rs teacher in any primary com
mon school, unless such person sha II have fir.
obtained from said examiner any two of then
a certificate ol good moral charact and that h,
or she is qualified to csch orthne reading
writing, arithmetic, geography. and Engii.i
GRAMMAR and in case such person intends {,
teach in any common school Of higher grade, h,
or she shall first obtain certificate NJ the reoui
site qualifications in addition 10 the brancbc,
! aforesaid.
SIC. 40. The said board Of oxaminets sha |
appoint one OF their number TO serve as clerk
who shall kced a record of their proceedings, no
! ting the number and date uf each certificate piv
Ell, 10 whom for what term and time, and o.,
what branches OF studies; and the said boa I'd ma
make all nccdlGl rules and regulations for III,
| proper discharge Of their duties. The mDinbcr,
of the board shall be entitled 10 receive each on,
dollar and fifty Gently for every diy necessarily
engaged in official service. TO be- paid out Of tho
couniy treasury, on the prdcr Of Ihc county audi
tor, exclusive Of blank bo,ks g. stationery which
the county auditor shall furnish; aud the county
auditor may require the accounts. Dhen present.
ed, to be sBb,tantiated oath, which said aud
tor may administer aud file in his ufice.
State Commissioner.
SEC. ~. There shall be elected Jy the quail.
fed electors Of this state, at the next annua
election for state and county officers. and every
thres years thereafter, a state commissioner oi
common schools. who shall hold his Office for the
term oi three years, and until his succt,sor is
elected and qualified. The Election Of said com.
missioner, and the returns thereof shall be the
same, in all respects, is provided for the ecc-
ton Of Judges Of the supreme court; and IN
case vacancy shall happen in said oiIicc, by
death, resignation, or otherwise, the governor
shall fill the Nutne bv INT far tk..
pircJ term.
SEc. ls. Before entering upon upon the dis
charge of his official duties the said commissions
or shall give bond, u the penal sum Of ten thous.
and dollars, to the State Of Ohio, with two or
more sureties. TO the acceptance Of ihe sccrcta-
ry of state conditinned that lie will truly ac-
count for and apply all moneys or other property
which may conic in,ohi4 hands in his official ca
pacity. for the use x benefit Of common schools,
aud that he viii faithfully perform the duties en-.
joined upon him according 10 law; and he shall
also take ana subscribe an oath or affirmation to
support the consttut III OF the United States & Of
the State cf Ohio and diligently and faithful. !
ly 10 discharge the duties n' his ".ce az prescri.
bed by law, which bond, with the certificate Of !
his oath endorsed thcreon, shall be flied with the
trca lrCr of state.
SIC. ~. The books and papers of his department
hall he kept NJ the seat ui government. where suit
able Office shall BE- furnished by the state at which
e shall give attendance when not absent on public
business; unl the state librarian shall in addition to
the duties ols office, discharge the duties OF secre
iary TO the commissioner ct CONTAIN schools, under
his direction.
Sc. 80. 1t shall be the duty OF the commissioner
to spend. annually. NJ average, ut least ten DAYS
in each Judicial district OF 'h1 state, experimenting
and encouraging eachCr5 institutes. cOMtefrna with
township Driids vi education or other school officers,
teachers, whiting schhols AMI delivering
Lectures on topics calculated 10 sOseIya the interests
oi popular etucatiJn.
SIC 81. As soon az the revenues, tn he rniscd as
hereinafter provided, for the purpose OF furnishing
the common schools with libraries and apparatus
will admit it shall he the duty OF the sail commits
soner, to purchase the sumo. and the books and up
paraius So purchased shall he distributed through
the auditors Office OF each county TO the hoard OF ID
ucalion IN elch township, city or Incorporated VII
lage according TO the enumeration o! scholars.
SEC. D.. lie shall also cxerci.e suci super
vision over the educational fun : Of the state
as may be necessary to secure their safety and
right application, and DISTRIBUTE N according to
law. lie shall have power to require of county
auditors, township boards OF educGtion or other
local school officers, clerks and trcasurers Of
townships, county treasurers and clerks, record
crs and tregsurcrs OF cities and villages, copies
of all reports by them required to be- made, and
all such other information in relation to the !
funds and condition ni schools, and the manage |
ment thereof as hu may deem important.
SEC. 81. lie shall prescribe suitable forr4
and regulations Ior making all reports and coll |
Quoting all necessary proceedings under this |
act, and shall cause the same, with such insruc-
lions as he shall deem necessary and prnPer for
the organization and government Of schools, |
tn be transmitted to the local school officers, /
who shall be governed in accordance thurew ith. |
SEC. 81. lie shall cause many copies of
the laws relating tn schools and teachers inst.
tutes, ith an appendix oIapgr lpriIte forms and
instructions for carrying into cX ecuti0n all such
laws, TO be printed i'll separate volume and
a., Al.
nails and other documents for the use of the
school officers therein often ul ltcr the first dis
tribution as any change in said laws may b.
made OF sufficient Importance in the opinion Ot
the commissioner to require republication and
distribution thereof
SEC. 55. 1t shall be the duty Of said commits
sioner of common schuols to make an annual re-
port, on or before the twentieth day of January
III each and every year, to the General Assembly,
when that body shall be in session in any such
year; and when not in ses sion in am one year
then the said report shall be ma de To the COVER.
nor, who shall cause the same to be published
and shall also communicate a copy thereof TO
the next General Assembly.
SEC. Jb. The state comniissiOncr, in the an
nual report OF his laborI and observations, shall
present statement Of the condition and amount
OF all funds and property appropriated 10 pur.
poses of education; statement OF the number
of common schools in tho state, the udmber Of
scholars attending SUCH schools, their sex, and
the branches taught; statement of the number
Of private or select schools u the state, far as
the same can be ascertaned, aud the number Of
scholars attending such schools their sex, and
the branches taught; Il statement OF the number
Of teachers institutes, and the number OF teach
crs attending them; statement Of the estimates
and accounts of the expenditures OF the public
school funds of every desert riptinn; statement ,f
plans for the management ard improvement of
common schools, aud such other information rel.
ative to the educational interests of the state
he may think ofimportancc.
SEC. 81. The said commissioner shall be en-
titled to receive for his services the sum of iii
teen hundred dollars annually, payable quarter.
ly, out of the state treasury, on the warrant Of
the auditor OF state.
School Libraries.
SIC. So For the purpose Of furnishing school
libraries and appt ratus, tn all common schools in
tho state, and for tse further purpose of sustain
ing and increasing such libraries, aud keeping
up supply of school apparatus in the schools'
as aforesaid, from time tltimc, as may DO CON
sidcred necessary, in order TO afford equal iaci
tiles to the said schaols in this respect as nearly
as practicable there shall hereafter be assessed,
collected, and paid annually, in the same man
ner as tho state aud county revenues are assess
ed collected and paid on the grand list ioi pro,
perty taxable for state puposcs, Il state TAX OF
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