Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-16
SCHOOL MATTERS.
Late School Laws Make I'M
portant Changes.

SC0oOl Ia WS uuOeI the acts OIL
1905 have been issued and some
changes of importance have been
made. Any legislation bearing
on our public schools is most
important, therefore we are sum-
marizing certain sections for the
benefits of our readers.
It is the duty of the authorities
in each school district, corporat-
ed town, and of each public
corporation authorized to levy al
tax, to notify, in writing, the
county clerk In which a school
district town, city or corporation
is situated, of the tax levy made
by it on or before the first day of
January in each year.
If a school teacher in the pub
lie schools shall willingly violate
the terms OF his OF her contract
for teaching by resigning his or
her position without giving the
school board written notice at
least thirty days previous to the
time the resignation takes effect,
he shall be liable to revocation of
1icence for teaching within the
state for the remainder of the
year, without sickness or an
equally good reason is given for
such action.
When the annual census of
any school district shows an in
crease of one hundred per cent
or more in the number of chill
dren resident in such district
between the ages of four and
twenty years over the number as
showed by the last annual report
of the clerk of such district, it
shall be the duty of the clerk to
Immediately rero1t the increase
to the county superintendent.
This is necessary in order to
correctly apportion the school
funds.
Any county superintendent
may, at his discretion, dispense
with his annual institute for 1905
and use the whole or a part of his
county institute fund for said
year for detraying the expenses
of an educational congress at
Portland during the Lewis and
Clark Fair. If the superintend.
ent prefers he may use only q
portion of this fund for congress
expenses. Should any superin'
tendent use this fund for the pur.
pose of a congress then no money
will be apportioned for attendance
at institutes during 1905.
The county school superin
tendent shall declare the Office O
a clerk or director vacant upor
the happening of any of the fol
lowing causes:
The death or resignation o
the incumbent.
When a competent court de
c1ares his election to Office void
When an incumbent shall
cease to be a resident of the dis
trict.
When an incumbent shal
cease to discharge the duties c
his Office for two consecativ
months, without sickness Q
equally good reason as an excuse
There are number of othe
grounds on which he may be re
moved.
The following relates to eight
grade examinations:
It is the duty Of the superir
tendent of public instruction q
such times as he deems advisable
y but not oftener than three time
each year, to prepare question
for use in examining pupils wh
have completed the eighth grad
: work in the public schools.
It shall be the duty of th
chairman OF the district board {
the district in which said exam
ination is being held to conduit
the examination in person,
designate some member of b
board, or school clerk, or SON
person other than the teacher
the school to carry on this exam
ination. The person carryir
on the work shall be allowed
per day for the time actually p
in on this work.
For tine purpose Of examinii
and grading manuscripts Of pup;
%akiuu fhe examination mentio