Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-03-27

ooSh SONilCys to"IiolIlP VI dSSCSSOI > us
trict, and the auditor shall enter such prop
erty upOn the tax duplicate of his county
and levy all school taxes upon the same,
and the county treasurer of the county
shall collect the taxes levied thereon the
same as other taxes are collected, and pay
the same over to the treasurer of the dis
Jrict entitled thereto.
SEC. %. That Section ITO be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. ITO. Any office of a school district
shall become vacant by resignation of the
incumbent thereof; but such resignation
shall not take effect until a successor has
qualified according to law. Any office OF "a
school district shall be deemed vacant if
the person duly elected thereto shall neg
lect or refuse, for the period of two weeks
after the beginning of the term for which
he was elected, to accept and qualify for
such office and serve therein. Any school
officer may be removed from Office by a
court of competent jurisdiction, as pro-
vided by law for re moval of elective civil
officers.
SEC. 90. That Section 12l be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 121. Such certificates shall be of
three regular grades; the first grade for a
term Of three years, the second grade for a
term OF two years, and She third grade for
one year, according to the ratio of correct
answers of each applicant and other evil
CllC VI NulAlllSulloh appearing loII lllC
examination. No certificate shall be
granted unless the applicant shall be found
proficient in and qualified to teach the fol
lowing branches of a common English ed
ucatiOn: Reading. writing, photography,
language lessons and English grammar,
geography, United States history, arith-
metic. and physiology and hygiene, and
for a first ana second grade can pass a sat
isfactory examination in theory and prac-
tice of teaching. In addition to the above,
applicants for first grade certificates shall
pass a satisfactory examination in civil
government, physical geography, elements
Of natural philosophy, elements OF pSychol-
ogy, elementary geometry and algebra.
The percentage required to pass any
branch shall be prescribed by the State Su-
perintendent. In addition to these regular
grades of certificates, the county Superin-
ttndent may grant a permission to teach,
until the next regular examination, to any
person applying at any other time than at
IA regular examination who can show salts
factory reasons for failing to attend such
examination, subject to rules and reguIa-
tons to be prescribed by the State Superin-
tpndcnt. Such permit shall not be granted
more than once to any person. Tie writ
ten answers of all candidates for county
certificates. after being duly examined by
the county superintendent, Shall be kept
by him for the space OF six months after
such examinations, and any candidate,
thinking an injustice has been dnne him or
her, by paying Il fee Of two l2) dollars
into the institute fund OF the county
and notifying both county and State
have his or her papers re exam
ined by the State superintendent; the
county superintendent shall. on receipt of
such notice from said complaining candi-
date. transfer said papers to the State Super
i%ntrndent. who shall re-tXamine such an
swcrs. and, if such answers warrant it,
shall Instruct the county superintendent to
issue to such complaining candidate a
county certificate of the proper grade, and
the county superintendent shall carry Out
such Instructions.
SEC. "a. That Section 122 be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 122. No certificate or permission to
teach shall be issued to any person under
eighteen years of age: and 40 first grade
certificate shall be issued to any person
who IS under twenty Gears of age and who
has not taught successfully twelve school
months; and Il third grade certificate shall
not be issued more than twice to the same
person. The certificates issued by a county
superintendent shall he Va id only III the
county where issued; Proridcd, That a first
grade certificate may be renewed once
without examination at the discretion of
the county superintendent, upon payment
of the proper Zee for the institute fund. as
provided in the case Of examinations: Pro-
pided, further, That a first grade certificate
shall be valid III any other county in the
State when endorsed by the county super
lntendent of such county. Mcpherson shall
be employed or permitted to teach in any
of the public schools of the State. except
those in cities organized tor school pur-
poses under special laws. who is not the
hold l. OF Il lawful certificate of qualification
or permit to teach. Any contract made in
violation OF this section Shall be void.
SEC. rs. That Section l35 be amended to
read as follows:
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.
Sec. 1876. All money received by the
county superintendent from examination
fees shall constitute an institute fund for
the county, and shall be Used by him to aid
in the support of teachers institutes to be
held within or for the county, ana to pay
necessary expenses incurred therein. The
county superintendent shall, at the end of
each year, submit a full and accurate state
ment of the receipts ana expenditures of
these funds, verified by his oath. to the
State Superintendent; PiOridcd, That the
several persons designated as herein pro-
vidrd to act as conductors of teachers in>ti-
tutcs, shall, at the close of each series of i'll
s%titute>. certify to the State Superintendent
an it"miZed statement OF all actual n
necessary expenses incurred by such con.
ductor in the discharge of his duties as CON
ductOr. and the State Superintendent shall
apportion such total expense among the
several counties in which such conductor
was assigned to conduct the insti-
tute in proportion to the average
attendance at such institute, but
by such apportionment no county
shall be appOrtioned a greater
amount than the amount of the county in
stitute fund on hand. The county super
lntendent shall present a bill to the county
auditor for the amount OF such expense APP
portioned to his county, and the auditor
shall issue a warrant therefor as provided
by law. All additional compensation and
other incidental expenses of such county
institute, except as provided by the State
appropriation, shall be paid out of the
county institute fund.
SEC. 26. That Section 1856 be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1856. There is hereby appropriated
out OF any funds in the State treasury. not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty
(5O) dollars each year to each organized
county in the State in which there are ten
or more resident teachers, which shall be
designated IS a State Institute Fund. and
which shall be used exclusively in employ
ing persons of learning, ability and expert,
eDce as conductors of teachers institutes,
and the further sum of ten Q0) cents a
mile for the distance actually and necessa-