Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-10-30
HIGH SCHOOL CERrIFrCATEs.
Governor ssdier Protests Against
n Present PrineipaIship of Eu.
reka's Pnbiic school.

fled with County Superintendent Breen a
protest against the payment Of salary
70 A. l.. Dornberger as principal Of the
Eureka public school. The protest and
the correspondence resulting thereiron
are given below:
To Peter Breen, District Attorney and
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
in and for Eureka county, State Of Ne
vada:
The undersigned, Q resident and tax
payer OF Eureka county, State Of Nevada,
protests against the payment OF salary to
Mr.. A. L. Dornberger. Principal Of the
school Of Eureka School District, alleging
as 9 reason that the said Eureka school in
said Eureka School Distric, is 9 partial
high school and that /, is required under
the law that persons engaged In teaching
high school GLASSES must have certificates
Of the high school grade. Mr.. Dornberger
not having such . certificate 10 not en-
titled to teach said GLASSES. and you. a.
Superin tendent Of Public Instruction, will
take notice Of the fact. The Trustees OF
said Eureka School District are not som
plying with the law as provided for In
such cases. and / further notify the Board
Of Examiners of Eureka county NOT to issue
10 said Al Dornberger q high school grade
in lieu OF the first grade certificate nowheld
by said Dornberger, IL not being in com
pliance with Law. REISHoLD SADL3R.
On receipt OF the above protest Superin-
tendent Breen Immediately communi-
Gated with the Attorney General, whose
reply is ss follows:
OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY
CARSON CRY, Nevada, Oct. 10. 1897.
Peter Breen. Esq, District Attorney, Eu-
reka, Nevada.
Dear Sir l am in receipt Of your letter
Of the 18th inst, requesting my opinion
upon the s,stemen, following:
"Mr. A. L. D~ornberger. Principal OF
the public school OF Eureka District, had
issued TO him in 1894. by the Board Of EI-
aminers Of Eureka county. g fret grade
teachers certificate. He has since then
laugh, successfully In said school. Nisa
high school.
He now demands OF said Board Of Ex-
aminers q certificate OF . high school grade
In lien OF bis irst grade one about to ex-
pire under SEQ. 8 OF the Statute Of 1895. p.
ITO.
Formerly . frst grade certificate en-
titled the holder to teach a high school.
Have we, a. the Board OF Examiners
Of Eureka county. the power to comply
with Mr.. Dornberger's request without
examination
"Mr. Cutting and Mr.. s.ubbs both hold
ahirmati7ely on the question"
The act Of the Legislature under which
Mr.. D~ornberger demands q high school
certificate was approved March 20, 1895,
and went into effec, on June 80, 1895, ssas'
1895, D. ITO. Section one Of this act pro-
yides for the issuance OF county primary
school certificates good FOR two years. SEQ.
two, for the issuance OF grammar school
certificates good for three years, and Sec
three for the issuance Of high school GER
dictates good for four years, and shall en-
title the holder TO teach in any school.
Section eight provides As the county
Certificates OF the first and second grade,
in force, az the passage Of this act. expire,
the County Board OF Examination may
issue, without examination, 10 the persons
holding .he same, certificates OF equiva-
lent grade, ss named In this act Provi'
dsd, that high school certificates shall be
thus issued only TO those teaching In high
schools"
From 1878 TO June 80. 1895. the date
when the act OF the Legislature, above quo
ted from, went into effect. the authority
for granting teachers certificates by Coun'
~ Boards Of Examination was contained
In Sec. 1929, General Statutes OF Nevada
That portion Of which, relating 10 granting
tsacsars certificates reads 90 follows :
Said Boards OF Examiners shall have
power 10 grant certificates Of the following
grades +: Certificates OF the fret grade. For
teaching unclassided grammar and hish
schools, which shall be good for two years
Certificates OF the second grade for seaon'
ing primary schools. which shall be gooo
for one year"
Constituting the language OF the sec'on
OF the statute last above quoted IN Gun,
nection with sections three and eign' Oh
the &C. approved March 20. 1885, IL seems
very clear that II was the intention OF 'he
Legislature to confer upon teachers hoidins
arst grade certificates under sec'lS2S' zen
eral Statutes OF Nevada, aud who are en-
gagged in teaching high schools the risn'
70 demand from the County Boards oil Elk
sminers Of the counties inwhich theyare en-
gagged 10 teaching. high school certincA'es'
and the Boards OF Examiners have the risn'
to grant certificates, without exsminshon'
to such applicants. provided the sppiica'
ton be made within the period OF 'wo
years, for which the irss grade cersinea'e
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