Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-02-09
PENSIONS FOR
THE TEACHERS

Before the present legislature fin
ishes work au act will be introduced
persioning school teachers who have
served continuously for thirty years.
The provisions are as follows:
Providing for the retirement OF
teachers In the public schools of this
commonwealth.
Section l. Be it enacted by the sem
ate and house of representative of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, that from aud after the
passage of this act, public school teach
ers who have taught in the public or
common schools of this commonwealth
for period of thirty consecutive years
shall be retired upon reaching the age
Of sixty years, upon pension equal to
| one-half the salary received by such
teacher during the last year of his or
her actual teaching.
Sec. 2. Before any teacher shall be
entitled TO a pension under this act, it
shall be necessary for the boards Of
controllers or directors, under which
the said teacher has been employed for
the period of thirty consecutive years,
to certify, under the seal of the said
boards, that such teacher has taught in
the public schools of their respective
districts.
Said certificate shall state the num-
ber of years taught, in each district.
And thirty years consecutive teaching
in several districts of this common
wealth shall be taken and held to be
equal to thirty years consecutive
teaching i'll any one district. Such
cretificato or certificates shall be for
warded to the state superintendent of
public instruction and thereupon such
teacher shall be entitled to the said
pension.
Sec 3. Where any teacher has taught
for thirty consecutive years, but has
not reached the age of sixty years, and
such teachs ar desires TO be retired or
the board of controllers or directors
desires to retire such teacher, upon
furnishing the certificate or certifi-
Gates as provided in section two, the
state superintendent of public instruc-
tion shall appoint commission consist
ing of one director or controller of the
district in which such teacher is en-
ployed at the time of making such ap-
picstion, one teacher in the public
schools. and one physician who may
or may not be a resident of such school
district, to examine said teacher And
If the said commission shall report to
the state superintendent of public
instruction that it would be for the
interest of the schools of So III district
that said teacher shall be retired, there
upon the state superintendent shall re-
tire the said school teacher upon
pension as required by section one of
this act.
Sec. 1. If any teacher retired under
the provisions of this act shall be re-
employed by any school district, then
such pension shall cease, provided that
after such unemployment ceases, the
said pension may be restored.
Sec. 8. All pensions provided for by
this act shall be paid out of the state
treasury upon warrant drawn upon the
state treasurer.
The act is to be submitted for the
approval of the state convention OF
school directors which convenes in
Harrisburg this week If it is then
approved it will be introduced at the
present session of the legislature. The
addition referred to above was an ad-
ded section providing that when
leave of absence was granted teacher
for sickness he or she should be con-
sidered as having taught during that
period.