Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-05-14
TEACHERS
INSTRUCTIONS
Requirements Of New Law
Explained by County
Superintendent
Conway.
OF The DIRECTORS
The City and County Normal
Will Convene August II
and Continue Ten
Days.
DUTIES OF THE DIRECTORS

To teachers and school boards of San
ta Fe County, New Mexico:
AS the last legislature passed ne>
school laws, l desire to call your atten
ton to some of the leading features o
them, that you may govern yourself ac
cofdingly You will see that l am alb
solutely prohibited from showing an.
favors whatever, no difference hoy
much I might desire to do so.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
Section of the present law passed a
substitute for Council Bill No. SO says
"School directors serving in district
outside of incorporated towns or cities
are hereby required to accompany al
vouchers or warrants presented fC: thu
signature of the county superintend
ent with itemized statement of ac
count, and the county superintendent
shall withhold his approval of all bills
until such statements are provided
Section 12 of the same law says: 'Tht
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vestigate the legality of all accounts as
to whether the same have been legally
incurred and allowed before the af1ix-
ing of his signature thereto, and he
may reject any warrant issued by dis
| trict school directors whenever he may
deem such warrant to have been lille
ro 1lxy ice,,o5
| Section 10 of the same law says:
County superintendents are hereby
empowered to remove from Office any
school director in districts outside of
incorporated towns and cities, who
shall fail or refuse to make and return
complete census Of the school popu-
lation within his district as required by
law, and such persons so removed shall
not be eligible to hold said office for a
period of two years thereafter
SCHOOL TEACHERS,
The city and county normal will con-
vene in the high school room in Santa
Fe, August II, and continue in session
ten days, emitting Sunday, followed by
the teachers examination, August. rs
and go. Professor Hugh A. Owen OF
the science department of the New
Mexico Normal School at Silver City,
has been engaged to conduct the nor
NAL He will be assisted by other able
and efficient instructors. Teachers will
1. t1,a fu, UaaLS
and they must be in attendance at
least five days if they desire to receive
any credit for attendance. The law
makes it compulsory upon all persons
expecting to teach, to attend the coun-
ty normal, or to show a certificate of
attendance upon some county institute
or approved summer school held with
in the year. County superintendents
are forbidden to issue a certificate to
or to honor the certificate of any per-
son who refuses to comply with the
provisions of the law. And any county
superintendent or members of school
board or county treasurer who shall,
directly or indirectly, cause the public
school funds to be paid for teachers
services to any person other than le'
gally qualified teacher, shall be guilty
of a misdemanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in sum not less
than $1OO nor more than $500 for each
and every offense and may be removed
fpoy,, of6oo hu tha governor.
Questions for first and second grade
certificates are made out by the terri
torial board of education, but the ques-
tions for third grade certificates are
made out by the county examining
board. Teachers making an average OF
90 per cent will receive first grade
certificate, good for three years and
valid in any county in New Mexico.
Teachers receiving an average grade
above 70 per cent and not falling be-
low so per cent in any one branch, Will
receive a certificate good for two years.
valid in the county in which given, but
may be endorsed in any other county,
at the discretion of the county SUPER
intendent.
Section 3 of the law referred to says:
"Third class certificates emitting the
recipient to teach for one year in the
county in which granted, may be gran
ted by the county examining boards,
and it is hereby made the duty of the
members of such boards to prepare
the lists of questions to be submitted
to those applying for third class certi-
ficates and the examination of appli-
cants for said third class certificates
shall occur at the same time and place
as examinations are held for the ex-
animation of applicants for certificates
of the first and second class; Provided.
that those seeking third grade certifi-
Gates may also be examined by said
board on the last Saturday in Septem-
Der and October at the discretion Of
the county superintendent and at no
other time"
From this section it is seen that
third class certificates can be granted
on the last Saturday in August, the
last Saturday in September and the
last Saturday in October, the last Sat-
urday in November and at no other