Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-05-02
Published April /, 1862.


AN ACT to establish system of praded
teachers certificates. and to amend chapter
l79 of the general laws of 1861.
RE People Of the State Of Wisconsin, represented ii,
Senate and assembly. do enact as follo1os
Section ]. Every applicant for a situation
as teacher IN any Of the common schools of this
state, shall be examined by the county super
1ntendent of schools of his county, in regard to
moral character, learning, ond ability to teach.
and if found qualified shall receive certificate
as hereinafter provided
Sec. 2. There are hereby established three
grades OF teachers certificates to be known as
certltcates OF the first second and third grade
| respectively, as the case may be- Each certif-
| Icate shall show the branches of study in which
the holder of the same has been examined al
so the relative attainment of the applicant in
each branch
Sec. 3. Every applicant for certificate Of
the third grade shall be examined in orthoepy,
photography. reading, penmanship, intellectual
| aud written arithmetic, primary grammar and
geography and if found qualified shall receive
certificate which shall entitle the holder to
teach IN the town for which he applies for one
year from the date thereof
Sec. a. Every applicant for a certificate of
the second grade shall be examined in all the
branches required for a certificate of the third
grade, and IN addition thereto, in grammatical
analysis, physiology. physical geography, ele-
mentary algebra, United States history, and
theory and practice of teaching and if found
qualities shall receive a certificate which shall
ent1tle the holder to teach in any town in the
county IN winch he is examined, for one year
from the date thereof.
Sec. 5. Every applicant for a certificate of
the first grade shall be examined in all the
branches IN which applicants for certificates of
the second and third grades are examined, and
IN addition thereto, in higher algebra, natural
philosophy and geometry and If found quail
fed shall receive a certificate which shall emit
tie the holder to teach in any town in the coun-
ty IN which he is examined, for one year from
the date thereof
Sec, 3. The county superintendent of each
county shall under the advice and direction of
the state superintendent, establish for his eouA-
ty the standard Of attachments in each branch
of study, which must be reached by each ap-
plicant before receiving a certificate of either
grade, and the standard so established shall be
uniform for the county.
Sec. 7. No school district clerk shall hava
power to contract with teacher unless such
teacher shall have certificate of qualifications
IN force at the time of making such contract;
and when district is composed of parts of
or more counties the clerk of said district shall
not have power to contract unless such teacher
shall have certificate of qualifications signed
by the superintendent of the county in which
the school house is situated and in force at the
time Of making such contract.
Sec. Each county superintendent Of
schools may demand an examination in such
additional branches as the applicant may bs
required to teach, and whenever he shall deem
1t necessary may require a new examination Of
any teacher in his county. for the purpose Of
aseertaining his or her qualifications to contin-
ue as such teacher,
Sec. 8. The county superintendent may an
null any certificate given by him or his prede-
cessor in Office, when he shall think proper,
giving at least ten days previous notice, in
writing, to the teacher holding it, and to the
district board of the district in which he may
be employed, of his intention to annul the
same. =
Sec. 10. The annulling of certificate shall
not disqualify the teacher to whom it was given
until notice thereof, containing the name Of
the teacher, the time when the certificate was
annulled, and a reason for such annuilmept,
To be Continued.