The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-25
CAPITOL CULLINGn,
Memorabilia Of matters Gathered In and
About the AIALA MOnsr.

1HAAA s1R ENA+AH N0NNFf
State Superintendent Butcher ia in con.
slant receipt of letters aud cards asking
for information in regard to various mat.
tiers, and to obviRte the necessity Of an
aWering so many OF these by personal cor.
respondsnce, he has issued the following
circular OF information in answer to some
OF the many questions addressed to his
office:
The term oil office OF all psrsons
Offices, except County Superintendent,
expires June S0th, 1881, and the term Of
Office OF all persons elected May 18th to
county or district school offices, except
1881.
All settlements, reports, statements, &C.,
heretofore required Of sheriff, clerks,
county superintenleuts, secretaries,
boards, trustees and Others, arc 10 be
made under the new law Two months
earlier. Instead OF August Sl4t, the year
now closes June 30:h. The new school
law Is in force now, and applies to the set.
Elements Of this year. This school year
has but ten months.
The present Presidents OF the Boards OF
Education OF each county meet at the
county seats ot their respective counties
on the fret Monday In June (thu 7lh) and
select two experienced teachers each OF
whom shall have received u number one
teachers certificate or its equivalent" as
members Of the Board nt Examiners. The
words, Its equivalent" are construed to
mean Normal Diploma or Professional
Certificate.
The term Of oilics Ct the new members
begins July lat, 1881,
All teachers are required to obIsin a
certificate in duplicate / their qualities
tons, before contracting to teach in the
public schools oil this State, whether they
hold normal diplomas, three year cOrtiti
Cstes, PR fsesionSl certificates, or not, The
present law recognizes no exceptions ex'
except the CuuRty superintendent
and members Of the Hoard OF Exsmi.
n nO'si and repeats all &C and parts Of acts
coming within the purvisw Of the present
school law, and inconsistent with It. All
persons wishing to be examined to obtain
certificate TO each in the public schools
. must produce certificate of attendance
upon TAT least one Institute" held In this
State under the present Institute law, or
an excuse Sufficient in the judgement oil
5 the Board Of Examiners."
The district and county institutes,
appointed by the State Superintendent,
Rte held under this law, and certificate
from either Ia good In any county oil the
5 State.
Boards OF education should make care
4 full settlements with sheritFs and other
officers charged with the collection OIL
9 school moneys TO sgCertain the balances
g 3 hand, ascertain the existing indebtedness
Of the district, II any, estimate the proba'
BILE expenditures, including probable pur
Chases Of books or apparatus for the year
0 then beginning, and lay levy suliClenl
.. to cover all, The thirty. eighth and fortietl
. sections OF the school law confer ample
: power to provide for the expenses OF the
schools, and the forty.tlith section limits
the expenditures OF each year to the funds
: on hand and the amounts raised for the
current year. No debt can be created To
be paid out oil subsequent levy. Boards
should therefore be careful 10 have
enough, and equally careful to have only
small balances In the hands oil collecting
officers.
: County Superintendent are authorized
10 appoint normal school cadets In proper.
, ton to the population OF their respective
counties, and the Regents OF the University
are authorized to appoint five cadets from
each Senatorial district Tuition, &C., Il
: furnished to these appointees free, upon
certain conditions.
Persons desiring information from thil
Office are requested to make II known
through their County Superintendent
: when convenient. Copies Of the school
law and blanks for reports Of the severa
departments Of school work can be had o.
County Superintendent.
A. g. Goshorn and Robert Carr, Of
Charleston, Kanawha, were at the Capitol
yesterday.
Col. T. ]. West, OF the Penitentiary,
was at the Capitol on business yesterday,
Col. VIM. Jackson returned Monday
night on the Andes from ten days visit
10 PArkersburg,