Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-02

00te Tor the prOIcsslVn VI tS1Sheit rHo
may apply TO them, as 10 his or her
competency TO teach orthography, read
ing, penmanship, arithmetic, English
grammar, geography, and history, II
the application be for a primary
school; and il the application be Tor
higher school, they shall examine, the
applicant assto his competsIsH TO teach
the additional branches etuired for
such schools, and if satisfied OF the com
petenSY oi!ttiel applicant 10 Teach and
Govern such schools, and that he or she
Is of good moral character, they snail
Ave reftificate' in duplicate Heeordingly.
Providsd, That any teacher who has Sc
cured a number one certificate for three
Years in succession, shall be exempted
from further examination Tor three
wears next succeeding the date oil ms
last certificate. The superintendent
shall keep a register OF all certificates
awarded, and the examiners shall issue
none except upon examination OF the
teacher. and 1t Shall be good for one
wear. They may, for cause, revoke any
Certificate. giving ten days notice OF
their intention. They shall hold two
examining meetings each year and give
dua notice to applicants; and should 1t
be required, the superintendent may
call extra meetings. uperintendentS
and members OF the boards OF examln-
ers may teach without certificates, first
yacating their offices. .....
Section twepty-nine has four regulG-
tfons, with regard TO examinations and
issuing Of certificates to teachers: First
He or she must beof good moral char
aeter and temperate habits. Second-
No college diploma or recommendation
of any institution, other than the State
Normal Schools, shall supersede the ne
cessitv of examination. Third-EXam-
liners shall state the proficiency in each
branch. Fourth-They shall grade the
applicant according to the following,
from to 3: Number Indicates grade
from 81 10 100 per cent. Number 2, from
67 to 81 per cent, and number ;, from
81 TO II per cent. A No. 3 certificate at
least shall be'required, except in cases
81 ctlored teachers, when the board OF
education shall determine the grade.
Normal school diplomas shall be accept
t,l as certificates, but should such diplo-
ma be at any time annulled by the State
Superintendent, it shall no longer con-
iri the right to teach. Normal diplomas
and Observation-Disclosures, "a provided
for in this section, shall be ranked, for
purposes of compensation, with number
one county certificates. Pron'deoi, That
the board OF education OF the several
districts shall have the power to require
the holders Of such certificates To be cN-
ahmed as other teachers, If, in their
Judgment, it be necessary; but no fee
shall he charged for such examination.
Section thirty provides that every
teacher shall keep a daily register AMI
make monthly reports to the Secretary;
he shall also keep Il term register, III
which shall be entered the date OF the
commencement and termination Of
every term OF the school, the name and
ace oi every scholar who attended the
~,honl during such term; the daily at
tendance, is. Gyu.siEng between male
and females; the branches taught, and
tine number of scholars engaged in eacl
month i'll the study OF each branch, an
such other particulars as are nee ssary
TO enable the secretaries OF the boards
of educatiOnS, or directors, TO make the
reports required OF them. The State
Superintendent shall prescribe the
forms and regulations as To suchreports,
and the Secretary Of the Board shall file
thc,n. Unless each register is properly
kept and returned the teacher shall
not receive the balance due on salary.
Teachers shall be paid monthly in the
usual form, when the proper trustees
shall nave certified that they have been
taught according to contract. The
s.nool month shall consist OF twenty-five
DAYS, exclusive OF Saturdays, and all I
which shall be devoted TO teaching t e
school as contracted for. As "a means oil
improving the teachers and fitting them
for more effective service in the free
si.hOols Oi the State, teachers insttut =
shall be annually held throughout the
State, one or more in each county; they
shall be held during the months OF July
and August, AMI at such times and
places rs the State superintendent
Shall. with the advice OF the county SUI
pcrintcndent, direct, and shall continue
each iur one week OF five days; they
shall be conducted by experienced and
skiniul institute instructors, who shall
be appointed by the State superintend-
ent, but it shall be part OF the duty OF
the county superintendent, under the
instructions of the State Superlntend-
. cut. 10 make all proper arrange
mcnts for the institutes, and
10 assist in conducting them.
The instructors whom the State
SUPERINTENDENT shall employ, as
herein provided, shall each receive, not
more than twenty-five dollars for each
institute he may instruct, to be paid out
of the general school fund, on proper
order Of the State superintendent, but
the aggregate amount of such COmpcnsa-
ton Tor the whole State shall not exceed
five hundred dollars At the close OF
the institutes rs herein provided, and
during the following. the county hoard
q * tmirers shall hold their eXaminl
tons for teachers certificates. II shall
be the duty of the State superintendent
t. prescribe the course OF instruction Of
the institutes and the methods OF con-
Quoting them, together with such other
details connected Herewith as he shall
deem conducive to their usefulness and
I efficiency.
section lOTtN-lnTtc TtNlulttS Nlldl Nl1t
assessor Of every assessment district
shall make out and deliver 10
hae secretary Of the board OF
education OF each district and in
dependent s.hool district in his dis
trict. at least five days before the levy
term Of the county court of his county
in each year, certificate showing the
aggregate value of all personal property
aud real estate, respectively, in such dis
trict or independent school district,
which certificate shall serve as basis
for any levy that may be made for school
purposes for that year.
Section fiity-two provides that every
sheriff or collector shall be allowed three
per centum commissions on the collec-
ton OF all district levies for free school
purposes In addition TO tie settle
, ments required with each board Of edu-
cation OF a district, he shall also make
, annual Settlements by districts with the
county court OF each county at its next
term after the tirst day OF September OF
each year, showing the amount o. all
moneys receiyed and disburSed by him