The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-11
LAW AFFECTING TEACHERS
important Educational Measure
 Approved by Gov. Davis.

The lOllOWiuS Olll ldS pdSS6Q both branches of the general assembly and received the ap- proval of Governor Davis:
 SECTION 1. That section 7009 of Sandel and IIill's Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 It shall be the duty of such examiners to examine and license teachers of common schools. He shall hold on the third Thursday anA Friday following, of March, June, September and December, at the hours designated by the State Superintendent of Public instruction, at the county seat of each county, in suitable room to be provided by the county court, and using the questions prepared by the Department of Public Instruction, a public ex- animation for that purpose. The questions shall be mailed by the Superintendent of Public h. struction under seal and shall not be opened until the day of the examinations in writing and shall grant DO certificate of qualifica- tion, except in accordance with the provisions of the law respect ing teachers certificates. He shall grant private examinations only when public necessity clear ly demands 1t, and then only on the written request of the direc- tors of the district in which the teacher proposes to teach. The examination papers of all persons licensed shall be graded and filed i'll the county examiners office l, subject to the inspection of the State Superintendent of Pub bile Instruction OF any school director of the county. The questions furnished by the State Superin- tendent shall be used only at the time designated for public ex- aminations. The standing of each applicant in each study must be endorsed on the certifi- cate issued only upon examina- tion, otherwise the certificate shall not be valid.
 SEC. ?. There shall be three grades of certificates granted on the following conditions: Appli- cants receiving d third grade i- cense, which shall be valid for six months, must pass an ap- proved examination in spelling, reading, penmanship, English, grammar, arithmetic, geography and United States history; re- ceiving a second grade license, valid for one year, an approved examination in the subjects re- quired for d third grade license, and also in history of Arkansas, physiology, and theory and art of teachers; receiving a first grade license, valid for two years, an approved examination in the subjects required for a second grade. license, and also in civil goVernmentan and elementary alge- f4ra. He shall also be empower ed, at the request of school boards desiring the services of such teachers, and upon satisfactory evidences of qualifications, to graft special licenses to teach. sSu bjects not enumerated above, 'valid for two years, and good only with reference to the teach ing of subjects mentioned in said license. No person shall be grant ed an examination until he shall present a receipt from the county treasurer for two dollars, paid .by him to the said treasurer, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the common school fund of the county. Each teacher shall be authorized to teach only those branches upon which he has passed an approved eXami- nation and which he has been licensed to teach.
 SEC. 8. The State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction IS authorized to grant a professional license good in any county In the state for a period of six years, to those who take a satisfactory eX- animation on the studies required for first grade license, and Tn addition thereto, an approved eX- animation on the following suO-