The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-18
AN ACT

1reSluenl OF the DOaru OF EducatIou.
December 18th, 1861.
AN ACT
Defining the duties and regulating the Com
pensation of County Superintendent.
SECTION L. BE az enacted By tie Board
of Education Of tie State Of Iowa, That a
County Superintendent of Common
Schools shall be elected in each organ
lied County of this State, whose term OF
service shall be Two years.
SECTION 2. The next election Of that
officer shall take place on the second
Tuesday of October, 1868, at the time
and several places of elecling the Town
ship Boards, and at the General Election
on every two years thereafter and the
election returns 10 be made in the same
manner as for other county officers. The
present incumbents, who were elected on
the second Tuesday Of October. 1861
shall serve in that capacity until THEN
successors are elected and qualified, bu
the rate of their compensation, after the
taking effect of this Act, shall BIS as here
matter provided.
SECTION 3. Every County Superin
tendent hereafter elected in the State o
Iowa, shall, on or before the first day o
January next after his election, execute
and file in the office Of the Clerk of Boart
of Supervisors of the county in which h.
is elected, bond to the State Of Iowa
with two or more good and sufficien
sureties, in the sum of FIVE hundred dol
lars, conditioned for the faithful. perform
ance Of his duties as such Superintendent
and take and subscribe the oath as provi
ded by law in cases where official bond
are required said bond to be approved
by the Board ofSupervisors of the Coun
ty in which the Superintendent has beer
elected.
SECTION a. County Superintendent
elected at the general election in Octob
or, 1861, shall within ten days after The
taking effect of this act, enter into bond a.
prescribed in the third section of this act
SECTION 5. Should any County Su
perintendent hereafter elected, or any
elected al the general election in October
1861 fail to file an official bond, and takt
and subscribe the oath Of Office as pre-
scribed in the third and fourth sections
Of this act, the Office shall become vacant
SECTION 6. If, forany cause, a vacan
cy occurs in said Office, the Board of Su
pervisors of the County in which the va
cancy occurs, shall appoint some suitable
person to fill such vacancy, who shall
hold his office till the first day of Janua
ry after the next general election, a
which County Superintendent would
be elected had no vacancy occurred, anC
who shall file the bond and take and sub
scribe the oath prescribed in the tbirt
section Of this act.
SECTION 7. The County Superintend
ent OF each county shall examine all per
sons who may present themselves at ihc
time and place hereinafter mentioned, a
to their competency and ability to teacl
photography, reading, writing, arithme
tic, geography, and English grammar
and such other branches as may in spe
cial cases be required. In making lhi.
examination lie may, at his option, cal
10 his aid one or more assistants and i
the examination be satisfactory, and lht
applicant is shown to be qualified to teacl
the branches above specified, and is o
good moral character, such applican
shall receive from the Superintendent
making the examination, certificate ac
cordingly /; and the Superintendent shal
enter upon register, 10 be keI for lha
purpose. the names of all persons SO ex
amined by him, time and place Of exam
ination, the names Of persons 10 whom he
issues such certificates OF qualification,
and date of issue.
SECTION 8. The County Superintend-
ent of each County shall meet all persons
DESTROYS of being examined in reference
10 their qualifications for teaching the
branches specified in the preceding Sec
ton, on the second Tuesday Of April and
September of each::year, at O'Clock, A.
NJ, in some suitable room at the County
seat Of his county; at which time and
place he shall make the examination re-
quired in the preceding section. Said
examination shall be public. and the Su
perintendent shall cause notice Of the
same to be published in the various news
papers published in his county, at least
two weeks prior to the time of holding
each OF said examinations prooided, that
when a Teachers institute is to be held
in any county for any year. one o! said
examinations, as the Superintendent may
determine, shall be held at the time and
place of holding such Institute and the
County Superintendent shall give due no
tice of the time and place OF holding such
Institute and such examination. Said
notice to be given AT least two weeks pri-
or TO the regular time of holding such
examination f no Institute were held in
The county, by publication OF the same