The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-17

, elected by ordinary ballot the details of Superintendent are so clearly set forth that failure here makes easy the removal in case of any development of unfitness. p. 1096.
 In New Jersey ''the State Board of Ed ucation shall appoint 8 person of suit
 able attainments to be County 6uperin- tendent," etc p. Ill.
 In Pennsylvania 'the School Directors
 (of the several districts) in each county
 shall meet in convention at the county
 seat of justice every three years and select viva voce by a majority Of the whole number present one person of lite- rary and scientific attainments ((college diploma, State or local certificates) and Of three years experience in the art of teach ing, and good moral character. as County Superintendent for three succeeding school years" etc. D. 1116.
 The Governor of Delaware shall annu- ally appoint and commission Q suitable
 person to be Superintendent for each county of the State. The person so ap- pointed shall be of good moral character and we'll qualified both intellectually and
 morally for the ofice." etc. p. 111s. Maryland law provides: "Educational matters affecting a county shall be un- der the control of a County Board of | School Commi missioners to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate of six or three persons, according to the county, for terms of six years one-third the members retir- ing bi-ennially" This Board elects a County Examiner who must devote all his time to the schools" p. 1122 The Virginia State Board of Education appoints County Superintendents for | terms of four years, and the duties of his office can be discharged only by one
 who has education and experience 1T
 teaching" p. 1126
 West Virginia County Superintendents
 are elected by the county electors, and l his duties are to visit schools, to pro mote uniformity of instruction and effi' | ciency of teachers, and to carefully note physical surroundings of schools making careful report annually to the State Su' | perintendent. p. 1129
 | man in Kentucky: "To be eligible te | the office (of County Superintendent | shall hold from the State Board of Ex-
 aminers a State diploma or State certifi-
 cate, or a certificate of qualification oi
 the grade of a county certificate of the | first class etc. p. 1132.
 North Carolina law says: "The County | Superintendent shall be elected by the | County Board of Education, County Com | missioners and Justices of the Peace In | joint session biennially. He shall be of | good moral character, liberal education | and otherwise qualified to discharge the | duties of his office" p. 1139.
 Tennessee owes much to its splendid ad- | advance in material prosperity and inn provement in her citizenship to her law which announces:' '"The County Superin- tendent shall be elected by the County Court biennially, but no member of the County Court shall be eligible. He shall
 be a person of literary and scientific at- tainments, and of skill in the theory and art of teaching, and shall before each
 election file a certificate of qualification,
 given by the State Board of Education
 in pursuance of the result of a public
 exa animation before a commission com
 posed of three residents of the county
 competent to conduct such an examina-
 ton. Women A years of age or more are
 eligible" p. 111.
 South Carolina may have changed, in
 her new Constitution, her law which pro-
 vided in 1898 that County Superintendents
 shall be elected at the general elections.
 Otherwise she, like Alabama. has the
 duty yet to perform, of shutting out the
 spoilsmen from her schools. p. 1145.
 Georgia. whose educational record in
 and to that common sense which sets on
 a hill the light of a State or an individ-
 uaI, says, in her law, that the County
 Commissioner shall be elected by the
 County Board of Education, and that ap-