The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-06
AN ACT TO REVISE AND IMPROVE
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYS-
TEN OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

NN'"' NoOoHEOIY " ENOTGH OUIO'
lima do enact:
SECTION 1. The State Board of Educa-
ton shall appoint biennially a State
Board Of Examiners, who shall con
slst of three professional teachers, and
the State Superintendent of Public In.
struction shall be ex omcio the Chair
man Of the said Board.
SEC. 2. The State Board of School
Examiners shall prepare and recon-
mend to the public school teachers Of
the State, through the several county
supervisors, a course Of reading and
professional study for teachers, and
such outlines of methods of teaching
and school government as may in its
judgment be helpful in school room
work, and perform such other duties
as are hereinafter provided.
SEC. 1.-The State Board OF School
Examiners shall have power to grant
first grade life certificates, which may
be used in any county in the State, and
shall furnish to the public, through
the several county supervisors, at least
one month before the regular annual
county examination of teachers, full
information as to the nature and char
acter of the requirements for such first
grade life certificates; it shall annually
prepare and furnish to the several
county supervisors a set of examination
questions covering subjects required
by law to be taught in the public schools
Of the State, which shall be submitted
at the regular annual county eXamina-
ton of teachers in July to all appli,
cants for a first grade life certificate
under such rules and regulations SIS the
State Board of School Examiners may
prescribe. The State Board of School
Examiners shall examine and grade
the papers of all applicants for a first
grade life certificate, and shall issue
said certificate to such applicants as
are properly qualified and justly enti
tied thereto, and all examination papers
of applicants to whom first grade life
certificates shell have been granted
under this act, shall be kept on file in
the Office Of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction: Provided, that
each applicant for a first grade life Ger
tifcate shall pay in advance to the
county supervisor the sum Of five dol
lars, which shall be reported to the
county board Of education and paid
into the general school fund of the
county Provided, further, that every
first grade life certificate to continue
valid and operative, shall be renewed
by the State Board Of School Exam
liners every five years, and before said
Board shall renew said certificate, it
shall be accompanied with an affidavit
of the teacher holding said certificate,
that he OF she has been actually en-.
gagged in teaching school since receiv-
ing said certificate or since its last re-
newal, and no charge shall be made for
such renewal.
SEC. 4. The meeting Of the State
Board of School Examiners shall be
held at the call of the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction and the
members shall receive no compensa-
ton other than their travelling expenses
and board while attending the meet,
ing, an itemized statement of which
shall be kept in the books of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
SEC. 5. The Chce of the County Ex-
aminer is hereby abolished, to take
effect on the first Monday in July,
1897.
SEC 6. The Board of County Com
missioners, together with the Clerk of
the Superior Court and the Register OF
Deeds of each county, shall on the first
Monday in June, 1892, and triennially
thereafter, elect three men of their
county, Of good business qualifications
and known to be in favor of public
education, who shall constitute a
County Board of Education, which
boerd shall enter upon the duties OF
their office on the first Monday in July
following their election, and shall as
sumo all the powers and duties which
the County Commissioners now have
regarding the public school matters OF
country.
SEC. z. The County Board OF Educa
ton of each county, together with the
Clerk of the Superior Court and the
Register of Deeds, shall on the first
Monday in July, 1892, and biennielly
thereafter, elect a county supervisor
of schools, who shall be a practical
school teacher at the time of his cleo
ton, or have at least one years expe'
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