Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-03-25

I sworn statement Of his aee0uTt
/ SIC. 81. The County Superinten-
dent shall examine all persons offer
/ ING themselves as teachers for the pub-
I lie schcnls, and shall attend % the
I County seat upon thef first saturday IA
the months Of August. N0vember.
I February and May. ia each year for
b that purpose. and twenty days before
such examination ne shall cause % hc
/ published in said county, notice Of the
I time and place thereof, OF 81 there Be
no paper published in said county,
then he shall cause 70 be posted up in
three public places in the precinct
where such examination is O. take
place ten days prior % such eXamina-
ton a notice Of the time and place
thereof. BE may also hold examina-
tions at such other times and places
as he may appoint, but all examina-
tiOns shall be in public.
SEE. 81. He shall grant certificates
III such form as shall be prescribed BIZ
the State superintendent Of public in
stTucti0n, licening as teachers, all per-
sons as teachers, whom on thorough
and full examination, he shall deem
qualified in respect to good, moral
character, learning and ability to in
struCt and govern q school, but no GER
tifcate shall be granted to any person
who shall not pass q satisfactory eX-
animation in OrthOgraphy, reading,
whiting, grammar, geography and
arithmetic. No person shall be ae-
counted qualified teacher within the
meaning Of the primary school law
who has not a certificate in force, or
the certificate of the State Superinten-
dent Of public instruction: PrOUided,
I Thet the'certifieate heretofore. granted
/ by the County Clerk as er obiciO Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction
shall be valid for the term for which
they were given, unless revoked by
the County Superintendent on exam
| nation
SEC. SO. There shall Be three grades
of certificates of teachers to be granted
/ by the County Superintendent in his.
discretion to wit: The certificate OF
the first grade shall be granted to no
I person who has not taughtat least one
! year i'm this State or Territory with
approved ability and success, and it
shall be valid throughout the county
| in and for which it was granted for
two years. The certificate Of the sec
Ond grade may be granted to any per-
son of approved learning and charac-
ter and shall be valid throughout the
country for one year, unless sooner re-
voked. The certificate of the third
grade shall liCencse the holder thereof
to teach in some specified precinct
and shall not continue in force Tor
more than six tlOnths- The County
superintendent may revoke any teach
er's certificate, for any reason which.
would iustili the Withholding thereof
when same was given, as gross negli-
geiice OF duty or for incOmpetency,
or Immortality, which reasons shall
not be spread upon the records of said
Superintendent unless requested by
the teacher; but no certificate shall be
revoked without re-eXaminatiOn, un-
less the holder of such certificate
shall, after reasonable notice, neglect
! or refuse to appear before the superin-
tendent for such re-examinatiOn.-
The superintendent shall keep a re-
cord of all certificates granted and ALI
annulled by him, with the date, grade
and duration Of each, and shall deliver
such record, with all other books and
papers belonging to his Office, to mis-
successor.
SEC. SO. 1t shall be the duty Of the
| County superintendent to visit esch Of
the schools in his county at least once
in each year tOexamine carefully in
to the discipline and modes Of instruc-
ton, and into the progress and profile
iency of the pupils, and to make rec
ord Of the same, and to counsel with
the teachers and district boards as to
the course of study to be pursued and
for the improvement OF the instruction
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the condition of the school house and
appuTtenanccs thereto and to suggest
places for new school houses to be cree
ted and for warming and vcntilating
the same, and the general improvement
of the school house and grounds; TO
promote by public lectures and Teach
ers' Institutes, and by such other
means as he may devise for the improve
ment Of the schools in his county and
elevation tire characterand uualifica-
tiOns of the teachers thereof, to consult
with the teachers and school boards, to
| secure general and regular attendance
OF the children of his county upon the
I public schools.
SIC. 81 It shall be the duty Of the
County superintendent to receive all
such blanks and communications as
may be directed to him by the State
/ superintendent Of public instruc-
ton, and to dispose ofthesame in man
ner directed by the State SUperinten-
dent
/ SEC. So. The annual report Of the dis
triCt boards shall hereafter be made to
the County superintendent Within
three days after the first Monday iif
sept. /; and he shall on or before the
third Monday in September file cUbies
Of the same in the office Of the County
Clerk, and transmit duplicates thereof
together with such other information
rs may be required OF him to the State
/ Superintendent of public instruction.
He shall examine into the correctness
of the reports Of the district boards,
and may, when necessary, require the
same to he amended, and shall endorse
his approval on such as he shall find
/ correct.
SEC. S6. The County Superinten1
dent shall be subject to such rules and
Instructions as the State SupeTinten-
dent OF Publis instruction may from
time TO time prescribe; and they shall
report annually to the Superintendent
OF Public instruction, at sucil times.
rs ne may direct, of the official labOrs
\ performed and Ofthe general condition
ard management Of the schools under
\ their control and such other infOr1na-
I tlOn as may be required Of them by the
said Superintendent.
! SEC. 81. Whenever bv death. res
l ignatiOn or removal, or otherwise, the
Office of Superintendent shall become
/ vacant, the county commissioners
shall nave power to fill such vacancyt
! PTOUidCd, That any certificate granted
by such appointed Superintendent
shall not be valid beyond thres
monies after the next subsequent eli
ection of county superintendent.
/ ATLAFTN, March 1.-THE Sarafe
to-day took up the 18th amendment,
and motion to indefinitely postpone
I It, Resulted in a tie VOte-I1 b IL. R.
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