Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-04-08

EXAMINATION OF TEACHERs.-The at
tention Of teachers and those designing to
become such is called to the notice of the
Board of Examiners, which will be found
in our advertising columns. In compli-
ance with request of the Clerk of the
Board, we publish, for the information of
parties interested, the following section
from the School Law passed during the
recent session of the Legislature:
Sec. As. 1t shall be the duty of the exam.
iners to fix upon the time of holding meetings
for the examination of teachers, in such pla-
ces in their respective counties as will, in their
opinion, best accommodate the greatest num-
Der of candidates for examination; notice of
all such meetings having been published in
some newspaper of general circulation in their
prospective counties; and at such meetings
any two of said board shall be competent to
examine applicants and grant certificates; and
as a condition of examination, each male ap-
plicant for certificate shall pay the board of
examiners q fee of fifty cents, and each female
applicant fee of thirty-fve cents, and all
money received by the examiners on said fees,
shall be paid over quarterly to the county
treasurer, with statement with the number
of applicants, male and female, examined; and |
all money so paid over to the county treasur-
er by the board of examiners, shall, after pay
ing. on the order of the county auditor, the |
necessary trayeling expenses of said examiners, |
and the cost of revenue stamps for certificates, |
be set apart as a fund for the support of
teachers institutes, as hereafter provided in |
this act, and shall be used for no other pur-
pose: Provided that the number of meetings /
held by said board Of examiners for the exam
ination oil teachers shall not, in any one year,
exceed eighteen. No certificate of qualifca-
tion shall be valid in any county except that
in which the examination took place, nor for
a longer period than two years, nor for less
period than six months; and if at any time
the recipient of the certificate shall be found |
incompetent or negligent, the examiners, or
any two of them, may revoke the same, and
require such teachers to be dismissed; but
such teachers shall be entitled to receive pay
ment for services only up to the time ofsuch
dismissal; and no person shall be employed as
teacher in any primary common school, un-
less such persons shall have first obtained
from said examiners, or any two of them, a
certificate of good moral character, and that
be or she is qualified to teach photography.
reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, Eu-
glish grammar, and possesses an adequate
knowledge of the the theory and practice of
teaching, and in case such person intends to
teach in any common school Of higher grade,
he or she shall first obtain certificate of the
requisite qualifications in addition to the
branches aforesaid; and no certificate issued
by county examiners, or by the local board of
examiners in any city or town of the State,
organized and governed by the provisions of
this act, or any other act, shall be valid, un-
less such certificate contains statement of the
time during which it shall be valid, and it
shall be unlawful for any board of education,
clerk, or recorder of any city, town, or town
ship of the State, to draw an order on the
treasurer for the payment of a teacher FOR SER
vices, unless said teacher shall have first fled
with said board of education, clerk, or recor-
der, legal certificate of qualification, or
true copy thereof covering the entire time of
services for the payment of which such order
is drawn.