Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-12-06

the unpXpired term Tor Wflch ne was appoil'eu,
and until his successor is elected and qualified
SEC .. The superintendent shall qualify
within ten days after notice of bis election, by
taking an oath to faithfully discharge the dn-
ties of his Office, and to the best of his ability
promote the interest of education within his
county, which oath shal he in writing and
placed on file in the county auditors Office.
SIC 3. 1t shall be the duty of the superin-
tendcnt to district the whole county, so that
every resident Of the county shall be included
in some district, and to divide such portion
of his county as shall be inhabited, into con-
ve,icnt school districts, to define the bound
aries and numbers, and to keep in his office
map of the districts of the county, upon which
the lines and boundaries of each district shall
be clearly defined. lie shall lay off new dis
tiic,s or divide old ones where the public good
shall require it.
SEC. i. Whenever any school district shall
be formed by the superintendent, it shall be
his duty to prepare a notice in writing of the
establishment of such district. describing It's
bour,laics and to deliver the same to some
taxable inhabitant Of such district who shall
have asked for the formation of the same. Ii
shall be the duty of said inhabitant, within
two weeks after the receipt Of such notice. to
notify the other inhabitants of the district of
of the time and place of the first district meet
ing, which time and place he shall fix by writ
ten notices, and which shall be posted up in
three public places in the district, at least ten
DAYS previous to the time Of meeting. In case
the nhahitants fail to attend in sufficient mum.
bcrs to do business, as hereinafter directed, no.
ticr may be renewed at such times as may b.
thought proper.
SIC j. 1t shall he the duty Of the county
superintendent to be at the county seat on the
third Friday and Saturday of May and Novem-
hrr Of e.ch year. for the purpose of examining
teachers and for the transaction of other bu>i-
ness, and he shall give ten days public notice
of the same by posting up hanlhills or other
wise. And any person or district applying on
different days tor the transaction OF such huSi-
ness, shall pay the superintendent reasonable
compensation for his trouble. and not exceed
ing tn, sum of two dollars, and any teacher
examined on Il different day shall pay the su-
pcrin,cndtnt the sun Of two dollars.
SEC. 6. /, shall be the duty Of the superin-
tcndcnt to examine all persons who wish to
become teachers in his county; he shall exa-
miae them in orthography. reading, arithmetic,
dtinins. lenmenship. English composition.
English grammer and geography. history OF
tn. United States and il he he of the opinion
that the person examined is competent to
teach said branches, and that he or she is of
good moral character, he shall give such per-
son certificate certifying that he OF she is
qualified To teach II common school in said
county; sgch certificate shall be for the term
of onr wear ONLY and may be revoked sooner
by the superintendent for good cause; but in
the examination OF the teachers he may make
distinction according to qualification. grant
Ing certificate Of qualification to teach in any
specified district if the applicant therefor be
qualified for the school of such district and
not county certificate, which certificate. so
granted, shall only De for six months. and may
for good cause be sooner revoked.
SrC. :. The superintendent: shall visit all
the schools in his county once year he shall
give such information and encouragement as
he may think necessary. and endeavor to pro-
mote the introduction of good and uniform
system of school books throughout the county,
for which service he shall receive three dollars
tor each school visited, and the same mileage
for going to and returning from said school
that sheritfs receive III the county in which
they resid', to be paid out of the county ,rea.
sury of said county.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the superin.
tendcnt to receive the district reports herein.
after provided for, and keep them on file in his
Office and he shall, on or before the first day oi
January of each year, make out from the dis
tlict reports statement of the number OF
scholars i'll the county, the number of school
libraries, the number of school houses, the
number of districts, in how many districts the
school has been kept the past year. wha,
school books are principally used, what pro-
portion of all the scholars in the county have
attended school for the past year, and the
amount of money paid to teachers. This state
ment, together with such other information
and suggestions as he may deem important to
the cause of education. he shall file in his of.
flee, and may, if convenient, publish it in some
newspaper in this Territory.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the super.
intendents. on or before the first Monday of
January and July of each year, to make an
arportionment Of the school fund in the county
treasury, among the several school districts in
their respective counties, in proportion to the
number of persons in the district over the age
of four and under twenty -one years. and Ger.
tity the amount due each district, which shall
be drawn us hereinafter directed, and shall
forthwith notify the clerks of the school dis
tslcts OF the amount due their respective dis,
tricts.
SEC. 10. When the district shall have COM
piled with the law as hereinafter directed, i,
shall be the duty of the superintendent to is
sue orders ON the county treasury in favor OF
the clerks of the districts for the amount OF
the school fund appropriated to each, on the
presentation ut which order the treasurer OF
the county shall pay over to the clerks of the
districts all moneys due their respective dis
tricts, and the clerks shall endorse on said
order a receipt for SO much as shall be paid
thereon, and they shall also sign duplicate
receipt which shall be deposited with the su-
perintendent, who shal! credit the treasury of
the county Herewith and charge the same to
the proper district.
SEC. IL. The said superintendent shall be
allowed out of the county treasury. in COM
pensa;ion for his services, the sum of twenty
five dollars year. The county commissioners
may, in their discretion. if they think the SER
vices rendered demand it, increase his salary
to any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars
year; but in all eases where the salary ex-
ceeds the sum of Twenty-Five dollars one half
of the excess shall be paid out Of the school
fund: PyOri1e4 also That n nroner allowance