, 1890-04-10

anu the governors approval. y
circular letter TO county supcrin-
tendents, under date of April |, con-
tains the following.
The new school law repeals all
former laws, and while many of Its
provisions are identical with those
of the old, radical changes have
been made In many respects. They
will be printed for free distribution
to all school officers Just as soon as
possible, and will be sent to county
supcrintendents for distribution.
Very respectfully,
n. b, BRYAN,
Supt. of Public instruction.
The law concerning the state
board of education provides that
the members shall hold office for
two years from the first Monday In
March following their appointment,
but making the special provision
that the term of the lirst board shall
expire on the first Monday of March
1891. From this 1t will appear that
Spokane county will not Necessarily
go unrepresented In the board, by
reason Of the recent apparent betray-
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THE COUNTY MONEY.
Title 4, section IL, clause IL, in
PRODUCES the new plan of appropriate
ing county money to the districts.
II requires % per cent, of the whole
fund to he divided among the dis
tricts In proportion TO the number
of teachers employed last year. This
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for the benefit of the weak country
ones which were In operation last
year, but will leave those organized
later TO take what they can get from
the other 10 per cent on the old
plan of enumeration. Clause IL of
the same section changes the date OF
the
QUARTERLY COUNTY EXAMINATION
of teachers to the second Thursday
of February, May, August and No
vember, instead of the second
Wednesday as heretofore. This
will bring the next examination on
the Sth of May, instead of the 18th,
as expected. Intending candidates,
please take notice of the above,
and Of the further fact developed
In section II of same title that per-
sons IL years of age are now eligible
for certificates. All candidates
must, however, have attended
teachers institute. The same sec
ton clears up some of the old Oh
scurity and contentious by stating
somewhat explicitly what papers
will cntitle to ccrtifcate without
.,s=.. fttt ~ ion Nsty tltNlnstnua from
state university normal department
from "any state normal school" !"
and teachers lie diplomas aud
state certificates from other states.
We are not vet informed whether
''any state normal school goes be-
yund the limits of Washington or
not. The natural Interpretation
would tend toward an affirmative
decision. From this, however, we
hope to be delivered, In the light of
our experience with a letter which
came into the hands of the
months since, recommending
a lady evidently worthy Of all con
fidencc, which was signed by four
of the Instructors, including the
principal of an Iowa state normal
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dividual hands, and exhibited ON
one page of note paper twenty-four
glaring errors in spelling, cupituli-
2ation, punctuation and compost
tion.
POWER EXTENDED.
The indorsing power of county
superintendents Is extended 10y this
section to county certificate te- from
other states which require u- much
qualification as our own. This,
however, can be'done by the super
intendent ponding one examination.
Naural philosophy, English lit
erature and algebra are added to the
old requirements for lirst-grade Ger
tiiiCates.
MODE OF PROCEDURE.
Title 3, sections 10 and 20, make
some changes i'm the mode of pro-
cedure for forming new districts and
transferring territory from one dis
trlct to another, discriminating
somewhat between the two kinds of
changes.
Tho improvement hero is, on the
whole, doubtful, since now there IL
dhappne 1iD pUosi VIII, afty dnws nf tha ~
inc Of n netition. thirty days for
appcnl to the board of county com
missioners being added to the old
period OF twenty days for notlfica-
ton of interested partie
Section % provides that no dis
trict shall receive any apportIon-
ment "unless the teachers who have
been employed in the schools OF