, 1881-06-04
School Teachers cert;ae.sss'
A. Answer TO Farmer NesAee.

Iins is a rist.sr Of ,rcat pallSc interest
as the poHer Of seAooi dsssics Z" d'sv rs
pns,isa Q: nrp-y 4. Pc ds mp the iegsity
a, t-ael,e : &c Gica,es. The II { nal
superntenriert of fa'lie rs 'ruetio's' u''rT
dE.s oi Janua-y Str. 1881, wIi;e-: Il tlii' x
the ls~ very espi cit The c'unty saperin-
,endeu, eaano, grant ce. tihcsie, bat the
county bosri o; cx miners en- onfef
tins PLAIN provision of II ils tie re r;tcrlsi
board have rro, used hlank forms Of ceiiii-
rs-e. E,- the b. ard II examiner. 10 sign, but
nare f.r tae 60 snperin,e' dent they
have proposed and Er@--n'ed for1n- Tor tie
.xaa.in ion Of rust=es by the boari ''i ex-
snlirer-. bat lo.e for the county suPe-inten-
dent.
Farmer Ne(.hee has assumed 10 write an
ou,,.:on on school law to lis ruct the
territorial b. lr,!, the lawyers, the courts and
the public .eaeralIy. Published legal opin
ion by IA mers ar 4 rarity.
OE course It would not BE- G. ected that
u.au entirely i-Eorsnt OF .aw eoald uDder-
stand or coustEl!- statute. He dos net
L.oyg tI.t the school onicers have M p wer
exeept s:att ,es atu;eaexir ssly gives taela;
! that h,se o,ii els ,svv 70 mp led power CT
auti,rity. TIE act OF Nv. 9.h, lS.75 re-
pesls all otler statutes. Every school off,
ce- must trace h : power and sr hority to
this sta,ute 10 prov son can be found II
| this gt..ute Whi,h in tJrm. gives the county
superintendent power 10 grant trachers cer-
tllrztra The statut- expressly giants this
! power 10 the cuun-V .oafd Of examiners, l'id
To them ouly. The st .elIte pTcscrbes whel
| tins baar5 sisall mte., how it stall lie COM
pased. aud the wh l5 manner of the proceed
il - IN examinations and granting certiti-
Gates. No such PROVISIONS re made as to the
superlnr enieLt- 1t pIoyi es that the county
super ntendent shall iran the bard
in ce tain Insnuer, an he one Of tie
memhers th reaf. 4 j u 1T be may apo 1t a
deputy ia certain easss. The statute pro-
vide, That when 4 person Is at the time OF
the meeting Of he load, is a Nonresident
or from unavoidable cause Cannot b pres.
I eut at the mec;iag Of the hoard, that the
C unity uper,ntend N. may gr nr permit
to teach, which Sail he good o"ly till next
meetir. of c uoard. II h. could grant a
certificate of what e to give him p'Her to
grant q permit. / deed a Loard OF exami'
ners would be use'ess if the superintend' NJ
had over t, examine and grant certificates,
AMI c,r; j y IN thatcas- c could give a Ger
! tihcate as easy a 4 pern+i'.
This PERM. when Gr,n ID ,ives all the
ryh t. teach tIil the ney meet ne OF th-
b ard that certificate Il es. Tue sup.Iln-
| tendent If each coaGty HIS the pow'r 10
ant permits f.r hi> co Iuty ind -;erdent OF
| the .,c;:on OF any supsr!nteudens or boaru Of
another coUnr.
The school Il provilss that when iarts
OF the same sch .ol INST let are IN different
counts 8, that Ger. IN ate t. ON Ell her county
shall authorize per On 20 teach, and Of
Course TO draw MONEY.
The citips OF small parts Of 4 sta ute gives
little Insight into its meaning. and space will
not permit general quotation OF lis terms.
All parts of a statute must be construed
together to give q proper construction.
Farmer McGhees legal opinions may be
interesting TO himself. but they not only
transgress the instructed common sense of
lawyer, but also the uninstructcd common
sense of the unl,arned The statute re cred
to repeals In explicit terms all laws previ-
ously passed upon the same subject mat .er.
He cons:rues 1t not to do this, but to repeal
itself. Let bim write on p owiug, rotation
! of crops, and the ike, but f he .,as fr,eu,is
they will restrain tim from wiring legal
opinions. Yours truly,
w C. LASGFoRD.