The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19

sat#sai ~ AN ACT 'asG s ~
Defining the duties and regulating the Com
pensation of county Superintendents. d d.
/ SECTION 1. Be n enacted By the Board of
Education of the State of Iopa, That
County Superintendent Of Common Schools
shall be elected in each organized county of
this State, whose termlof service shall be
two years. y. 81 ,E,.;r .gss \ 4 Il.
SECTION 2.-The next election Of that off
Ger shall take place on the second Tuesday
Of October, 1868, at the time and several
places of electing the Township Boards, and
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 incnmbents,
who were elected on the second Tuesday of
October, 1861. shall serve in that capacity
until their successors are elected and quail
fled, but the rate Of their compensation af
ter the taking effect of this Act shall be as
hereinafter provided
! SEcrIoN3. Every County Superintendent
hereafter elected in the State of Iowa, shall,
on or before the first day OF January next
after his election, execute and file in the Of
flee of the Clerk of Board of Supervisors OF
the county in which he is elected, q bond to
the State of Iowa, with two or more good
and sufficient surites, in the sum Of five
hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance Of his duties as Superintendent
and take anG subscribe the oath as provided
by law in cases where official bonds are re-
quired said bond to be approved by the
Board of Supervisors of the county in
which the Superintendent has been cleo
ted. r.r
SEcrroN4 County Superintendents, cleo
ted at the general election in October, 1861,
shall, within ten days after the taking effect
of this act, enter into bond as prescribed in
the third section Of this act
SECTION 5. Should any county Superinten-
dent hereafter elected, or any elected in the
general election in October, 1861. fail to file
an official bond, and take and subscribe the
oath of office as prescribed in the third and
fourth section of this act, the Office shall be-
come vacant.
SECTION 9. II. for any cause, a vacancy
occurs in said Office, the Board Of supervi-
sors OF the county in which the vacancy oc-
ours, shall appoint some suitable person to
fill such vacancy, who shall hold his office
till the first day Of January after the next
general election, at which county Superin-
tendent would be elected had no vacancy &C.
Cured, and who shall file the bond and take
and subscribe the oath prescribed in the
third section of this act.
SECTION Z. The, county Superintendents
of each county shill exlmine all persons
who may present themselves at the time and
place hereinafter mentioned. as to their cam
potency and ability to teach orthographv.
reading, writing. arithmetic, geography and
English grammar, and such other branches
rs may in special ca >es be required. In ma
king this examination he may. mt his option.
call to his all one or more assistants; and
if the examination be satisfactory, and the
applicant is shown to BE- qalified to teach the
branches above specified, and is Of good
moral character. such applicant shall receive
from the Superintendent, making the exam
nations a certificate accordingly; and the
Superintendent shall enter upon register.
to be Kept for that purpose, the names of all
persons so examined by him, time and place
Of examination, the names Of persons to
whom he issues such certificates of qualifi
cations, and date of issue
SECTION s. The county Supcrintcndcnts
rous of. being examined in reference to
their qualifications for teaching the branches
specified in the preceding Section, on the
second Tuesday of April and September of
each year, at Ii o'clock A, NJ, in some suit
able room at the county seat of his county
at which time and place he shall make the
examination required in the preceding Sec
ton Said examination shall be public, and
the Superintendent shall cause notice Of the
same to be published in the various newspa-
pers in his county, at last two weeks prior
to the time Of holding each Of said examina-
tions: provided, that when teachers Insti-
tute is to be held in any county for any year
one of said examinations, as the superinten-
dent may determine, shall be held at the
time and place of holding such Institute !;
and the county superintendent shall give
due notice Of the time and place of holding
such institute and such examination. Said
notice to be given at least two weeks prior
to the regular time Of holding such examina.
ton, If no Institute were held in the county,
by publication ofthe same in all the news
papers published in the county; and if no
papers be published IN the county, the Su-
perintendent shall give such notice in the
manner he may deem best
SECTION g. IF any person desire sue
an examination, as prescribed in Section
eight of this act, at any other time thai
therein mentioned, such person, befor
being entitled to private examination
shall present to the County Superinten
dent good and satisfactory reason for NO
having the examination made at the tim
prescribed in this act for public examina
tion !; but if the reasons presented satisf
the Superintendent that the applicant
entitled to a private examination, he shal
upon receiving from the applicant on
dollar, proceed with such examination
and if satisfied that the applicant is quail
fed to teach the branches specified in sec
ton seven Of this act, he shall give sue
applicant certificate, as prescribed in SCI
tion seven Provided, that no fee sha
be required ofany person who was preseu
at the proper time and place for publ
examination, aud was unable, from an
fault Of his or her own, to obtain an exam
inatiou. 81 u ane saisle' - q af'
SEC. 10. The Board Of Supervisors q
the several counties are hereby authorize,
to appoint two assistant Examiners, VIII
shall be present and assist the County 81
perintendent in making the examinatio
Of teachers on the two regular days spec
fed in Section s. They shall receive tw
dollars per deim, which shall be ailowe
them by the Board of Supervisors.
SEC. IL If for any cause, the Count
Superintendent cannot be present at tn