The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-26
GENERAL LAWS
ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA
SESSION 1898-99.
S. 81
AN ACT.


To establish a uniform system for the cx-
animation and licensing of teachers of
public schools.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the general as
sembly of Alabama, That there shall be
constituted a state board of examiners to
be composed of the superintendent of eduea-
ton, who shall be the president of the
board, and two other persons, to be APP
pointed by him, who shall be teachers of ex-
tensve experience and recognized ability.
The term of office of the said board shall
be eo-equal with that of the superntend-
ent of education.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said
state board of examiners shall meet dur
ing the first month of each scholastic quar-
ter and shall prepare questions for the ex
animation of teachers for the current quar-
ter.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted That the
president of the state board of examiners
shall cause lists of the questions so pre-
pared to be printed, and shall. on or before
the 18th day of the second month of each
scholastic quarter, send to each county SUI
sufficient number of the lists of questions
so prepared and printed for the conducting
of the examinations In their respective
counties hereinafter provided; and the
questions so sent shall be inclosed in u
sealed envelope, on the back of which shall
be plainly written or printed the words,
Questions for the examination of teach
ers." The seal of said envelope shall not
be broken except as hereafter provided.
Section 4. Be 1t further enacted, That the
first Monday of the last month in each
scholastic quarter in which the examination
is appointed shall be and the same is here
by appointed for the examination of teach
ers, and no examination of any teacher
shall be held at any other time, provided,
however, that the said examination may be
continued from day to day for two consec-
utive days If such continuance shall be nee
essary for the completion of the work of OK
animation; but no examination shall be be-
gun on any other day than the first day
mentioned in this section.
Sec. .. Be it further enacted, That said
examination shall be conducted by the
county superintendent of education, or, if
he shall be unable, by reason of sickness or
other unavoidable necessity to conduct the
same, then by some other competent per-
son appointed for that purpose by him.
Said examination shall begin at 10 o'clock
a. m. of the day appointed by section of
this act, at which hour the county super
intendent or other person appointed to
conduct the examination. shall, in the pres
ence of the applicants for examination,
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the lists of questions, and shall distribute
the questions among the applicants. All
the applicants shall undergo the examina-
ton In the same room, and in sight of the
county superintendent of education or other
person appointed to conduct the examina-
ton.
Sec 6. Be 1t further enacted, That each
applicant for examination shall, before en-
tering upon the examination, deposit with
the county superintendent of education or
other person appointed to conduct the ex-
animation, an examination fee as follows:
An application for third grade certificate,
a fee of one dollar; an applicant for a
second grade certificate fee of one and
one-half dollars. and an applicant for a
first grade certificate, fee of two dol
the examination of teachers shall be paid
into the state treasury and appropriated to
the support of the common school fund.
and the assistant examiners shall receive
five dollars per day for the time they are
the examinations of teachers
under this act to be paid by the state treas
urer upon the auditors warrant; and no
salary shall be paid these examiners under
this act for more than two hundred days
in any one year; and the county superin-
tendent shall receive five dollars day when
actually engaged for not more than ten
da;s in any one year.
Sec. z. Be it further enacted, That teach
ers on examination shall not be permitted to
sit near enough to read each others papers,
and no teacher on examination shall receive
any assistance from any person, or by ref
erence to any book map or chart, or from
any other source, and no person shall be Ii
censed to teach who shall endeavor to pro-
cure any such assistance. And each teach
er so examined shall, upon the completion
of his examination, sign a statement that
he has not received any assistance in said
examination from any source; which state
ment shall be kept on file by the county
superintendent of education.
Sec. g. Be it further enacted, That unless
the applicant is known to the county SUI
perintendent of education or other person
appointed to conduct the examination. to he
of good moral character, or shall make
satisfactory proof of the same. which proof
shall be in writing, he shall not be add
mitted to examination. And one who
habitually uses profane language or intox-
icants shall be deemed of immoral char
acter.
Sec. 9. Be II further enacted, That there
shall be three grades of teachers certif-
Gates, besides the life certificates hereinaf-
ter provided, to be known as certificates of
the first, second, and third grades, each
of which must show the branches in which
the holder has been examined, and his rel
alive attachments therein; and every teach
er in the public schools must obtain "a GER
tificate in one of such grades; but In no
case shall an applicant for certificate
receive the same who fails to answer seven
ty per cent of the questions propounded in