The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-09-16

NOTES TO TEACHERS,

/. A certificate is necessary be-
cause; a, school officers cannot contract
with teacher not holding one-SS(40,
1857; b, no public money can be paid
to such teachers (3S)*; c. districts
employing such teacher cannot draw
public moneys-s(56)*. A certificate
must cover the entire time Of engage
ment as teachers (4W*.
2. Examinations are required by law
upon photography, reading, writing,
grammar, geography, arithmetic, and
theory and art Of teaching, and after
the year 1881, U. s. history and civil
government, for any and FOR all grades
of certiicates-SQ28). If an applicant
proposes to teach in school where
additional branches are taught, the
examiners can require examination
upon such additional branches.
8. Certificates of the first grade are
valid for three years throughout the
county where granted; those of the Sec
ond grade, for two years throughout
the county,; and those of the third grade,
for one year throughout the county.
Special certificates, granted by the Sec
rotary Of the board of examiners, are
valid In a specified district only until
the time of thenext public examination
Irregular or specially by the board of
school examiners. and not lOnger-S
Q2Y, III =
4. The board Of school examiners
may revoke or suspend a certificate for
any reason that wOull have justified. it
in Withholding such, certificate when
given; the board Of examiners may also
suspend within the county, for immor-
atty or incompetency to instruct or gov.
ern a school, the effect of state or q
normal school certificate. An opportu-
nifty for defense against all charges
should be given the teacher-S(13O.-
5. A male teacher is required to pay
a lee of one dollar, and female teacher
"a fee OF fifty cents upon obtaining a
certificate, provided such fee has not
been paid previously within the current
school year $3.50. The school year
commences with the first Monday In
September.
6. A contract with a teacher must
authorized at meeting OF the district
boards (33); it must be in writing,
and signed by majority of the board
on behalf of the district; it must specify
the wages agreed upon, land shall require
the teacher to keep correct list of the
pupils, their ages, and the number of
days each one is in attendance, and to
furnish the director with acorrect copy
Of the same at the close of the school.
Contracts must be in duplicate, one of
which, shall be filed with the director
and the other furnished the teachers
(40). 4t. "a. :
z. The school law Is silent upon the
subject of holidays; but the supreme
court has decided that there,should be
no deduction from teachers wages on
account of the observance of legal holi-
days. The legal holidays are January
LIST, FEBRUARY 22d, May 30th, July 4th,
December 25th, and all days appointed
by the president or governor AS days
OF tasting or Thanksgiving. q a.
s. A teacher must be governed by
all rules formally adopted by the board
Refusal to do so amounts to forfeit.
ure of the contract, unless the rules
are grossly unreasonable--S(44.
9. The district board is bound to
keep the school house in repair, with
necessary cOnveniences, and the failure
to do so works a forfeiture of the CON
tract on its part-S(4S).
10. A teacher cannot be required to
aboard around" nor can patron of a
school be compelled to board teacher.
A teacher cannot be required to render
janitor's services, unless it is so stipula-
ted in the contract.
*The references are 10 c0mpler's sections
In the general school laws of 1881