Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-12
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF THE STATE.
Good Laws Enacted blythe Legs
lature for the Benefit of
Educational Work.

Gregory, member of the House OF
Delegates from Tyler county, we
are enabled to furnish the readers
OF the Oil Review copies OF the
school bills passed by the last Leg
islature. It Is known fact that
for the past 20 years the teachers
of this State have passed resolu-
lions annually asking the Legisla-
ture to assist them In upouilding
the public schools but until the
past session have any good come
of their request. Tyler county's
delegates were pledged to lend aid
to the cause and responded most
nobly, thus causing the following
bills to become a law:
House Bill No. 1874.
A bill abolishlng the present sys-
tenn of county examination OF teach
ers, providing for a system of uni.
form examination therefor ander
regulations prescribed by the State
Superintendent of Free Schools,
and amending and re-enacting sec
lions twenty-seven, twenty eight
and twenty-nine OF chapter forty
FIVE of the Code of West Virginia.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature
of West Virginia:
The general regulation, direction
and control of all matters relating
to the examination of applicants
for teachers certificates and the
Issuance thereof, including the pre-
paration of questions, the grading
of manuscript, the granting of GER
tl6cates the control and govern
ment of county boards of examiners,
to be hereinafter provided for, and
all other powers necessary for car.
rying into effect the provisions of
this act, shall hereafter be vested
in State Superintendent of free
schools, provided that nothing con-
tanned herein shall be construed to
alter or amend section twenty-nine
of chapter forty.6ve of the code,
relating to the powers and duties
of the State Board of Examiners.
Examinations for teachers at
such times as shall be designated
by the State Superintendent OF
Free Schools, shall be held stimuli
taneously In each of the counties OF
this State, at such places as shall
be designated by county superin-
tendents; provided that no more
than FIVE such examinations be held
annually.
For the preparation and printing
of questions, the grading Of manu-
scripts, the transmission Of certih.
Gates and the additional clerical
work demanded, by the require
ments of this act, the superinten.
dent of free schools shall be allowed
an amount not to exceed twenty.
FIVE hundred dollars annually,
which sum Is hereby appropriated
and set apart from the general
school f1nd of this State for this
purpose.
Applicants for teachers certifi'
Gates shall be required to pass an
examination In all the branches
required to be taught In the prim-
airy free schools of this State, and
upon which they are now required
to pass examination by law. And,
it shall be the duty of the superin.
tendent of free schools to prepare
questions upon the same,and trans
nit such questions to the county
superintendent of each county,
properly sealed, to preclude
examination, and such county SD
perintendent shall open same In the
presence of the county board of
examiners and the assembled ap-
pllcants, and conduct such examin.
alton In a manner to be fully
prescribed by the State Superinten.
dent. At the conclusion of such ex
animation, the county superlnten-
dent and board of examiners shall
forward to the State Superintendent
properly sealed, all manuscript
submitted to them, In accordance
with full instructions to be furnish.
ed by the State Superintendent,
together with such information,
statements or afhdavits as the State
Superintendent may require. But
no applicant known by the Board
of Examiners not to be of good
moral character, or to be addicted
to drunkenness, or not to have at