, 1884-03-25
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to amend ssSo0 sG a 1T sG. ..tG5o @Aa and al sol P cPS SiqP pSp 5s !as organization Of
BE il enacted by the Council and House of Representatives Of the
Territory Of Wyonuing
SECTION 1. That section seven CO of an act entitled
can Act providing for the organization of school dis
tricts, Schools and for other purposes, be and the same
is hereby repealed, and that the following be enacted in
lieu thereof: ..s.ff s
Sec. Z. The duties of the county superintendent of
schools shall be as follows He shall on the first Monday
in October of each year, transmit to the superintendent
OF public instruction, Il report containing an abstract of
the several particulars set forth in the reports of the dis
trict clerks, together with u statement of the financial
affairs of his office, and such suggestions as he may think
proper to make, relative to the schools of his county. He
shall distribute to the district officers within his county
such blank forms, circulars and other communications as
may be transmitted to him for that purpose, by the super
intendent of public instruction. On the first Monday in
December, annually, he shall apportion the county school
tax, and all money in the county treasury belonging1 to
the county school fund in the following manner: Each
school district in his county shall be apportioned the sum
of one hundred dollars for the payment of teachers in
such district, and all moneys remaining after such appor-
tionment shall be apportioned to each district pro rata,
according to the number of pupils in attendance in the
schools of said district, reported to him by the several
district clerks, but no district shall be entitled to the
amount of one hundred dollars for the payment of teach
ers, besides the pro rata apportionment, as provided in
this section, where there is less than eight (S) scholars
of school age in said district, and he shall record a state
ment thereof in his office, and he sAall also notify the
county treasurer of such apportionment. He shall 'imme-
diately draw an order on the county treasurer in favor of
the treasurer of each district, for the amount of its pro-
portion, and transmit the same to the treasurer of the
district, which draft the county treasurer shall pay to the
district treasurer upon presentation of the draft properly
endorsed. He shall divide the settled parts of the county
into school districts, and may alter and change the bound
aries of districts thus formed, from time to time, as the
convenience of the inhabitants of the aforesaid district
may require; and shall proceed to make such change az
any time when petitioned by two-thirds of the legal voters
Of any district. He shall examine every person offering
himself or herself as teacher of public schools, and if, in
his opinion, such person is qualified to teach n public
school, shall give him or her a certificate, authorizing him
or her to teach a public school in his county for one year.
Whenever practicable, the examination of teachers shall
be competitive, and the certificate shall be graded accord
ing to the qualifications of the applicant. He shall have
the general superintendent of the schools in his county,
and shall visit each school at least twice each term, and
shall have power to dismiss all teachers he may find to be
incompetent. ..f .g.
SEC. 2, This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage. l
Approved March Z, 1884. .. VI