The chieftain. (Socorro, N.M.) 1890-1901, 1901-07-06
COUNTY NORMAL INSTITUTE.

snail uOlu annually III NuCAi AC-
spective counties, for a term of
not less than two weeks, a nor
NAL institute for the instruction
of teachers and those desiring to
teach. The county superintend-
ent of public schools, with the
advice and consent of the terri
torial superintendent of public
instruction, shall determine the
time and place of holding such
normal institutes and shall select
conductor and instructor for
the same; Provided, No person
shall be selected as conductor or
instructor who is not a graduate
of some state or territorial nor
NAL school, or other state or ter
ritorial educational institution.
Section 1913. To defray the
expenses of said institute the
county superintendent shall re-
Quire the payment of a reasona-
bic tuition fee from each attend
ant, not to exceed for any session
the sum of five dollars. 1t shall
be compulsory upon all teachers
teaching within the county, to
attend the county normal or to
show a certificate of attendance
of some normal institute held
within the year.
Section 4. That section of the
Compiled laws of New Mexico of
1897 is amended so as to read as
follows: 1T shall be compul-
sorry upon all persons who expect
to teach in any school district,
independent district or incOrpor-
ated town, to attend the county
institute or to show a certificate
of attendance upon some county
institute or approved summer
school held within the year.
County superintendents are here
by forbidden to issue certificate
to, or to honor the certificate of,
any person who refuses to COM
ply with the provisions of this
act; but any person who fails to
so attend by reason of sickness OF
other good and sufficient excuse,
rendered to the county superin-
tendent and approved by him
and also by the territorial board
of education may be excused by
the county superintendent from
such attendance. Teachers in
city schools who possess a certifi-
cate of attendance upon a city
institute held by order of the
board of education in the district
in which they are to teach, shall
be excused from attendance upon
the county institute"
1, the undersigned, Superin-
tendent of Public Schools in and
for Socorro County, New Mexico,
do hereby give notice to all per-
sons intending to teach in the
public schools of Socorro County
that the County Normal Insti-
tute for the year 1901 will con-
vene in public school building
No. 1 in the city of Socorro on
the 9 day of August, 1901, and
will continue for three weeksi
also that the regular examina-
tion of all persons intending to
teach in Socorro County will be-
gin at the same place on Friday,
August 80, 1901. Certificates
obtained heretofore are null and
void, according to the provisions
of the new law as above cited.
Persons under contract to teach
at the time the new law above
cited was passed, however, are
entitled to fulfil that contract
under the old certificate.
In accordance with the provis-
ions of Sec. 1913 above cited,
each attendant upon this insti-
tute will be required to pay a
tuition fee of five dollars. Each
person expecting to attend the
institute is requested to send
this fee to my address on or be-
fore the first day of August, in
order that l may know who shall
be entitled to recognition as
members of the institute. A re-
ceipt will be returned for the
tuition fee at once.
ELREGo BAcA,
Superintendent of Schools.