The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-01-19
NO. Ill.


Of THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
, s42. a County Superintendent Of
common schools shall be elected in each
, organized county of this State, whose
term Of service shall be two years.
43. The first election of that officer
shall take place on the second Tuesday of
October. 1850, at that time and several
places Of electing the township boards,
and at the general election on every two
years thereafter and the election returns
to be made in the same manner as for
other county officers. The present in.
cunlbents who have been elected under
the act of March 18th, 1858, shall serve
in that capacity until their successors are
elected and qualified; but the rate of
compensation after the taking effect OF
this act, shall be as hereinafter provided.
-. 7" a.nr" ,wUn.J a.ys A,sSa
election, lie shall take and subscribe bis
oath Of Office. On his failure 10 DO 30.
or if for any other cause there be :
vacancy in said office, the County Judge
shall appoint person to fill such vacancy,
and who shall hold his Office till the first
SS"Ssoi SiCStiou SueIedIIcT.
45. The County Superintendent
shall examine all persons who shall pre-.
sent themselves at the proper time and
place, as to their competency and ability
to teach photography, reading, writing,
arithmetic, geography, and english gram
mcr, and such other branches rs may be
required hereafter. In making this ex-
animation he may, at his option call to
his aid one or more assistants.
46. If the examination is satisfac-
tory, and if the applicant is shown to be
Of good moral character, he shall receive
a certificate accordingly. The names Of
all those receiving such certificates, and
of all those rejected, shall be entered on
aregister kept by the County Superin-
tcndent ut the date at which they were
given.
81. The County Superintendent
shall, on the last Saturday Of every
month, meet all those who are dcsirous
of passing an examination and for the
transaction of all other business within
bis jurisdiction, in some suitable room
at the seat of justice Of the county, or at
any other place, ns occasion may require,
and shall notify the County Judge Of tho
place of meeting. If an applicant dc.
s'res an examination ut any other time,
he shall be required to pay the Superin-
tcndent one dollar, before the examina.
tion is commenced, unless he presented
himself at the regular day fixed in this
section. and was unable from no fault Of
his own to obtain az examination, in
which Gaze no fee shall b. required of
him.
4s: II for ys.s any saHss Ss p,sss,.c !ss .caspply
regular day thus fix ed, he shall appoint
one or more deputies to make the exami.
nation in his stead. He shall afterwards
issue certificates to these who receive the
recommendation as aforesaid.
s 40. The Superintendent may revoke
the certificate Of any teacher in the
county which was given by the Superin-
tendent thereof, for any reasons which
would have justified the Withholding
thereof when the same was given. And
the Board Of Directors upon sufficient
cause shown, may cxpel any teacher from
school in the district
5 30. On or before the 9TH day Of
October in each year, he shall make a re-
port to the Secretary of the Board of
Education containing digest Of the
reports made to him by the Secretaries
Of the several township boards, aud such
other matters as he shall be directed TO
report by the said Secretary, and such az
he himself may think pertinent and ma
terial, and especially such as will show
the conditions of the schools under hi,
charge. He shall also suggest such i'm
provements in the system as he may think
judicious. lie shall also. by the fifth day
Of October in each year, file with Cour.
ty Judge an abstract of the number Of
youths between the ages of five and
twenty one years residing in each town
ship and school district within his
county.
81. Should he fail to make either
Of the reports required in the last section
tie shall forfeit to the school fund of bis
county the sum Of fifty dollars, and shalt
besides be liable Cor all damages caused bv
such neglect.
81. lie shall at all times conform
to the instructions of the Secretary of
the Board of Education as to matter
within the jurisdiction of the said Sec
retary. He shall be the organ of CON-
munication between the Secretary and
township or district authorities. He
shall transmit to the townships, districts
or teachers, all blanks, circulars aud other
communications which are to them direct.
ed and shall entertain and decide all ap
pcals taken from decisions of district
boards.
S So The County Superintendent
shall receive from the County Treasury
the sum Of two dollars for every dav
necessarily engaged in official service !;
but before he shall be entitled to receive
such compensation he shall file in the
office of the County Judge a sworn state
ment of the correctness of his account
together with the account itself. Pro.
ri'ed, that he shall not receive a greater
compensation than one.half the salary.
fixed by law, Of the Clerk Of tho District
Court of the County in which the Su.
perintendent resides.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
so4. In townships comprising but
one ub-district three members Of the
District Board Of Directors shall be
! elected in manner as proyided in sect;on