The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-17


amended, SO as to read ss follows :" sec 10.
ANY person or persons petitiening for the re-
movaf from Office of any county superintendent
of schools, shall cstse a.certifed copy If such
petition, together with full statement Of oil
charges preferred against him, to be served
upon such superintendent 1T least thirty days
prior to the hearing before the judge of the CIT
cult court. No county superintendent shall act
as m agent for any author, publisher or book
seller, or reveive any fee or reward for acting
as such agent, and violation of this provision
by any county superintendent shall subject
him to removal from Office. "a
Sec. II. section 81 Of the chapter Aforesaid
is hereby amended SO as to read az Follows
section 90. Every county superint, ndent
shall have power, and it shall be his dcty
First To examine and license teachers,
and to ahnul certificates as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Second. To visit and examine all the
schools and school districts within his jurisdic-
ton as often each year as shall be practicable;
to inquire into all matters relating to the man
agement, the course Of study and mode OF in-
struction, and the text books, and discipline of
such schools, and the condition of the school.
houses, sites, outbuildings and appendages and
of the district generally to &dvise with and
counsel the district boards in relation to their
duties, and particularly in relation to the con-
II,
Houses, and the improving and adjoining Of the
school grounds connected Herewith, and to re-
commend to school officers and teachers the
proper studies, disciple and management of the
schools.
g Third To Direct after proper EXAMINATION,
the district board to make any alteration and
repairs which shall in his opinion be necessary
to the health, comfort or progress of the pupils,
and to abate any nuisance in or upon the prem
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expense not exceeding twenty Ave dollars.
q Fourth. To make an order in eoncurrence
with the chairman of the board Of supervisors
of the town in which any school house is situa-
ted which is unfit for school purposes, reciting
the rea sons, if they deem it unfit for further
use and not worth repairing, and to deliver the
order to the clerk Of the district in which such
building is situated, and to transmit one copy
of said order to the clerk of the town, and
another to the superintendent of public in true
ton and such order shall take eject from and
after the date mentioned therein, unless for
causes shown within thirty days after said
order is delivered to the district clerk, it shall
be overruled by the superintendent of public
instruction. and from the time tie said order
shall take effect. the district shall not be enti-
tied to share in any appropriation of the in
come of the school fund for any school kept in
said building SO declared unfit for school
purposes.
Fifth. To examine any charge affecting the
moral character or ability to teach of any
teacher within his county or district first Civ
ing such teacher reasonable notice of the
charge, and an. opportunity to defend himself
therefrom and if he finds the charge sustained,
to annul his certificate, by whomsoever grant
ed, and if the teacher so declared unfit to
teach, holds certificate from the supcrinten-
dent of public instruction, or a diploma Of
state normal school, then to notify the state
superintendent of such annulment without de-
lay: g.
supervisors of his county the condition and
prospects Of the schools under his supervision
to receive from the town. city or village clerks
abstracts of the reports of the several district
clerks, and to transmit the same as required by
law, to the state superintendent, as also annu-
ally, before the first day of May, the name and
post Office address of each town clerk of his
county or district, and to report from time to
time such other facts relating to education as
the state superintendent may require or the
laws may prescribe.
Seventh. To organize and conduct at least
one institute for the instruction of teachers in
each year, and to advise in all questions arising
under the operations of the school laws in his
county or district.o
Sec. 10. Section IS of the aforesaid chapter
10 HoIepy aHieAucu 81 as 10 .reau US IOIlOWS.
section IS. The compensation of the county
superintendent of schools shall be fixed by the
county board Of supervisors, and shall be paid
quarterly in cash, by the county provided, that
for counties and districts containing more than
ten thousand inhabitants, according to the last
preceding census, the compensation shall not
be less than eight hundred dollars per annum,
and for counties and districts containing more
than five thousand inhabitants, it shall not be
less than FIVE hundred dollars per annum and
provided further, that the board of supervisors
shall allow for stationery, postage and printing
such amount as the county superintendent shall
certify to be actually necessary, not exceeding
one hundred dollars in counties and districts
containing less than five thousand inhabitants,
and two hundred dollars in counties and dis
tricts containing less than ten thousand inhabi
tarts and more than Eve thousand"
Sec. "a. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act, are
hereby repealed.
Sec. Is. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved April 10, 1867