Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-11

salary in accordance with section 529,
subdivision tenth, OF this Act.
Seventh--To select and purchase
school sites, construct and repair
school houses, teachers cottages and
such other buildings as are necessary
to carry on the educational work in
their respective counties; Provided,
however, That where the cost of con.
struction or repair of any school house
or cottage exceeds the sum Of $500
they must cause to be prepared, and
must adopt plans and specifications for
such school house or cottage, and must
advertise for bids for the construction
of the same, in accordance with plans
and specifications SO adopted. All bid.
ders shall be offered opportunity to ex.
anime such plans and specifications,
and said Board shall award the con.
tract to the lowest responsible bidder,
and the plans and specifications so
adopted shall be attached and become
part of the contract, and the person
or corporation to whom the contract is
awarded shall be required to execute a
bond, to be approved by said Board, for
the faithful performance of such con.
tract
Eighth-To keep record of its pro.
ceedings.
| Ninth-To adopt and use, in authen.
tication of its acts. an official seal, and
to have such printing done as may be
necessary to the discharge OF their du
ties.
Tenth-Tt shall be the duty OF the
County Board of Education to appoint
all school agents and truant officers in
the county.
ARTICLE w.
County Superintendent of Public
Schools.
Sec. $50. There shall be selected at
the first general election of county of.
icers in the Territory of Hawaii, a
County Superintendent of Schools, and
thereafter at each general election of
county officers.
Sec. 537. Before the County Super.
lntendent OF Schools takes his Office he
shall be required to give a bond with
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lty. for the faithful performance OF his
duties, in the sum of $4,000.
! Sec. 53S. The County superintend.
ent of Schools shall be paid salary of
$4,000 per annum for his services.
Sec. 500. II shall be the duty of the
County Superintendent of each county:
First-To superintend the schools OF
his county.
SecOnd-To keep true and accur.
ate account of all transactions and do,
iEgs of the County Board of Education.
and to perform all other clerical work
pertaining to the. Office of County Su.
perintendent of Schools.
Third-To visit and examine each
school In his county at least twice in
leach year.
Fourth--To call and preside over
Teachers Institutes, held in his coun
ty, and to employ competent educators
to instruct at said Institutes: to en-
force the course of study, the use OF
text books, and the rules and regula'
lions prescribed by the Territorial
Board Of Education.
Fifth-He shall have power to Issue
II he deem II proper to do SO, temper
airy certificates, valid until the next
annual examination for teachers in his
county.
Sixth-He shall draw his requisition
upon the Auditor of the county each
month to pay the salaries Of school
teachers, school agents, truant officers
and other employees In their respect
i've districts, and for the payment OF
such expenses for buildings, repairs
: property In their respective districts as
shall be authorized, after the satisiac
tory completion of the work.
Seyenth-He shall make an estimate
OF the amount of money necessary to
; maintain the schools In his county fol
at least ten months each year; also
the amount necessary for buildings, re
pairs and other necessary expenses OF
his Office, and report the same to the
Board of Supervisors, at least twenty
days before said Board of Supervisors
makes its annual tax levy.
Library Fund.
! Elghth-To set aside each year for
each district in his county. out OF the
: educational appropriation, a sum OF
money TO be known as Library Fund
The sum for each district shall be az
follows.
]. For all schools having fifty pupils
or less fifteen dollars per annum.
2 For all schools having over fifty
pupils and less than one hundred pup
lis, twenty dollars per annum.
3. For all schools having over one
hundred and less than one hundred
and fifty pupils, twenty-five dollars per
r annum.
} 4. For all schools having one hun
, dred and fifty pupils or over, thirty
dollars per annum.
Ninth-The County Superintendent
} shall in the month of July OF each
r grade each school in his county.
Tenth-To make reports, when d.
+ rected by the Superintendent of Public
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