The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-05-28
and under the age of twenty years, as shown by tn
town clerks report.

Sec. 100. Every applicant for a situation as teacher
in any of the common schools Of this state, shall be ex
amined by the county superintendent OF schools ofhis
county in regard to moral character, learning and abii-
ity to teach, AID II found qualified shall receive a certit-
icate as hereinafter provided.
sec. IO1. There are hereby established three grades
of teachers certificates, to be known as certificates OF
the first, second and third grade, respectively, as the
the case may be. Each certificate shall show the branch
es ofstudy in which the holder has been examined, also
the relative attainment of the applicant in each.
Sec. 1902. Every applicant for a certificate Of the
third grade shall be examined in orthoepy, orthogra-
ply, reading, penmanship, intellectual and written
arithmetic, primary grammar and geography, and u
found qualified, shall receive a certihcato which shall
entitie the holder to teach in the town for which he APP
plies, and which shall be in force one year from the
date thereof; sad each county superintendent may is
sue third grade certificate FOR Il less period than one
year, and for a particular distri I, " Whenever . is sat
isEed that the applicant is qualified to teach in such
district, and is not qualified to teach in every district
of the Gown for which he is licensed.
Sec. 1903. Every applicant for a certificate Of the sec
ond grade, sDali be examined in all the branches res
| quired for a certificate of the thira grade, and in ad-
dition thereto, in grammatical analysis, physiology,
physical geography, elementary algebra, United States
History and theory and practice of teaching, and II
found qualified shalt receive a certlncate Whlch shal
entite the holder to teach in any town in the county In
which he is examined, and which shall be in force FOR
one year from the date thereof.
Sec. 104. Every applicant for q certificate of the first
grade shall be examined in all the branches IN which
applicants for the second and third grades are exam
ined, and in addition thereto in higher algebra natural
philosophy and geometry, ANA II found quallnea shali
receive a certificate which shall entitle the holder TO
teach in any town IN the county IN Whlch he Il eN-
anined and which shall be in force for two years from
the date thereof.
Sec. 1876. Each county superintendent of schools
may demand an examination in such additional braLch-
es as the applicant may be oblige I'd to teach, and when
ever he shall deem it necessary, may require a eek
animation OF any teacher in his county for the purpose
of ascertaining his qualifications to continue as such
teacher.
Sec. 106. The county superintendent ofeach county
shall, under the advice ana direction of the state su
perintendent, establish for his county the standard OF
attainments in each branch of study which must or
reached by each applicant before receiving a %certideats
of either grade, and the standard SO established snail
be uniform for the county.
Sec. i0T. No school district clerk shall have power
to contract with a teacher unless such teacher shall
have a certificate of qualifications in force at the time
of making such contract; and when = district IS com
posed OF parts of two Or more counties, the cierS OF
said district shall not have power to contract with q
teacher unless such teacher shall have a certificate oil
qualifications signed by the superintendent of the coun'
ty in which the school house is situated, and in force
at the time of making such contract.
Sec. 10S. The county superintendent may annulany
certificate given by him or his predecessor in Office
when he shall thi1k proper, giving at least ten days
previous notice in writing to the teacher holding u,and
10 the district board of the district in which he ma y
be employed, of his intention to annul the same.
Sec. l09. The annullug ofa certificate shau not dis
qualify the teacher to whom it was given until notice
thereof containing the name of the teacher, the time
when the certificate WAS annulled, and the reasons iol
such annulment, shall be fled by the county superln'
tendent in the Office of she town clerk OF the town IL
which such teacher is engaged in teaching.
Sec. 10. Any person refused a certificate as a teach
er by the county Superintendent,m may apply to the STATE
superintendent for a denomination; and II upon suci
lie examination the state superintendent shall be salts
fed that the applicant is legally qualified he shall ISSUE
] certificate which shall have the same force and entl
tie the holder to the same privileges as if he held a GER
tihc ate from the county superintendent; pr0olGea,tha
any county superintendent refusir & a certlhcate TO al
applicant, upon demand, shall give such applicant
written statement OF the reasons why he, the said su-
perintendent, refuses to issue such certificate Whlcl
statement shall in all cases be presented to the sta
superintendent by the person desiring a re~-examinatioA
LIBRARIES.
Sec. Ill. Every school district library aud the APP
purtenances thereunto belonging, shall be deemed TO be
vested in the district board of toe district, 80 Is to en-
able them to maintain any action for the same, or fol
the value thereof or for the recovery OF any hne o.
penalty for damage done to any book or books, or neg
iect to return, or loss of the same and all such hne
and penalties incurred in consequence OF a VIOLATION 0
any regulation lawfully established in respect to dis
trict libraries, shall be sued for and collected in tht
name OF the district board, and when so collected seal
be applied for the benefit OF such district library.
Sec. 1l2. The legal voters In any two or more adJoin
ing districts may, in such cases as may be approved b,
the town supcrvisors,u unite their libraries and also theL
library moneys, as they shall be collected or received
and purchase a joint library for such districts, whlcl
shall be selected by the district boards thereof, or b.
such persons as they shall designate, Aud 81 all pc uhue
J the charge of a librarian to be appointed by the dlstrlc
boards of such districts; and the provisions of this chap
ter shall be applicable to such joint libraries, eXcep
that he property in them and their appurtenances shsl
for the time being be deemed vested in all the distric
boards of the districts 30 united and in case any sue
district shall desire to divide such library, such division
shall be made by the directors of the districts whose ]
braries as so united, and in case they cannot agree
, then such division shall be made by the town supervi
sors
Sec. 1l3. The clerk of the district, or such other per
son as toe taxable inhabitants may at any legal meet
ing appoint by a maturity OF the votes, shall be the /
brarian of the district, and shall have the care and Gus
toby of the district library.
$ BORROWING MONEY Ely scgooL DISTRICTS.
. Sec. ia. Whence err any school district within TN
J state shall 5esre to make Il loan of money to aid IN tn
= erection OF 4 school house or houses, the question of
r lcsn shall first be submitted to the legal voters authUl
: lied to vote at an annual meeting, the vote to be take
II 10 hutIN Vhngn vntN1l in f. pnr n Z The liar GhnI IA "A u
a written OF printed, or partly written and partly p,luie
on their tickets, ''for the loaD," and those voting again:
J the loan shall have written or printed, or partly write
q and partly printed on their tickets, against the loan.
And if u majority OF all the legal voters resident /
the district, snail vote in favor OF the loan, then tn
r district board ofany such school district, the trustee
= Of any village, the common council of any city, or tn
. board Of education for such village or city, within tn
, bounds of which any such school district is located
shall have power ami authority to borrow money to al
u in the erection of a school house or school houses undo
8 the restriction S hereinafter mentioned
Sec. lis. The money loaned in pursuance Of the pr'
visions of the preceding section, shall not be borrowe
= for u longer period than i've years, aud shall draw sue
a rate of interest as may be agreed upon by the partie
but in no case exceed a greater rate than tnat estal
lished by law and thu said district board, trustee
common council or board of e1u3atiOn, are hereby a.
n thorized to give notes, bonds or execute a mortgage NJ
. on any of the property, real OF personal, belonging
II the district making the loan, to secure the paymeI
o of the principal and the interest on the sum so borro'
At ed; and the sum so borrowed shall in no c ise excet
ten per cent. on the valuation OF the real estate COZ
IL tanned in the district for the benefit Of which the los
was made, according to the valuation contained in Il
< last assessment roll or rolls OF the town or towns VIiiaI
& or city, in which such school district may be situated
g SUITS AND JUDGMENTS AGAINST SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Sec. I16. Justices of The peace shall have ~jurisdictiC
in all cases in which a school district is a party int
n ested, when the amount claimed By the plaintiff, or II
e penalty for which the suit is brought, shall not exec
one hundred dollars, and the parties shall have Il
a same right of appeal as in other cases; and when
h action shall be brought against any school district,
h shall be commenced by summons, d copy of which sht
be left with the director.
Sec. III. No execution shall issu on any judgme
against a school district, nor shall any action he bro
v thereon, but the ZANE shall be collected in the mann
prescribed in this chapter.
Sec. lis. Whenever any Anal judgment shall be o
Ie tanned against any school district, # the same shall n
= be removed to any other court, the director OF such d
y t let shall certify to the town clerk of the town the da
and amount of such judSment, with the name OF t
party in whose favor the same was rendered, and
such judgment sEals be removed to anyother court, Il
Ia direc or shall certify the same as afore said ,immediat
N ly after the final determination thereof against the d
trict.
See. 119. II the director shall fail to certify su,
judgm ent, as required in the preceding section, it sl
be lawful for the arty obtaining The same, his ageI
attorney or legal representative, to file with the toy
the cerufca te Of the justice or clerk Of the court re
re dering The judgment, showing the facts which shou
ii have been certified by such director.
ID Sec. 100. If the district against which any such jud
in ment shall be rendered, is situate in parts of two or mo
towns, a certificate thereof shall be delivered as afor
said to the town clerk of each town in which such d
20 t:ict is in part situated.
Sec. I21. The town clerk receiving either of the certi
Gates ofjudgment as aforesaid, shall proceed to assess t
,e amount t ereof, with interest from the date of such jud
ment to the time when the warrant for the collecti
thereof will expire, upon the taxable property of sd
district, placing the same on the next town assessme
A. roll in a separate column, and the same proCeedin
10 shal II be had thereon, and the same snail he collect
Il and returned in like manner as other town takers, at
shall be paid TO the party entitled thereto. If such d
trict is situated in two or more towns, the clerk OF ca
town shall, on demand of any person interested, furni
for the clerk of every other town in which any part
ii the district is situated, a certificate showing the tot
If amount of the valuation of taxable property IN that pa
of the district situated in his town, according to t
last assessment roll OF said town,and the amount of t
nj Judgment shall be assessed upon the respective par
of the district within the seve raj towns in proportion
d. such valuation. In any cases when, for any reason,t
clerk of any town has heretofore ia lied, or shall her
after fail to assess the amount of any such judgment,
the proper proportion thereof, in the next assessme
q roll after the rendition of the judgment, it shall be ]
duty to assess the same in any subsequent assessmt
roll within two years thereafter, upon line taxable pro
II erty within the district, situate within his town accor
ing to its limits, at the tine of making the assessmel
&c MISCELLANEOUS PRovIsIoSs-PENALTGE AND FORFEITURE
Sec. 1872. Any person conceiving himself aggriev
in consequence OF any decision made by any school d
p trict meeting. or by the town SUPERVISORS in fOrming