University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-03-15


lie schools.
Section ?S05. Before entering upon
the duties Of hi, office. the count! st"
p.riutendent shall take and subscribe
an oath to discharge faithfully and
i.npartialy the duties OF his oiilce' he
snail give bond i'm double the amount
OF his salary. conditioned upon the
faithful performance of his official d"-
ties and the proper application anu
care ii all moneys. books. lccord>. pr
per~. furniture and other property III
his p">>c>>ion or under his contr"i.
with two or more Suretic-. who are
resident frc.hoIders and accepted b.!
the county court or by the county
clerk in vacation. He shall keep his
office ut the county seat. or at some
her place in the county where
cour, of record j. held and the county
court by order of record shall de>Ig-
nate where tine superintendent shall
Keep his office. and for this purpose
the county court shall supply him with
Il suitable room property furnished.
wherein all records. books. papers. fur
nitmrc and other property thereto be-
lon.in. shall br securely kept: and at
the expiration of his term of office he
/ shall turn the same over to his slic-
cr>>or IN good condition: and said
county court shall >uppy the super
( intendrnt with all necessary record
bnnk>. stationery and postage stamps
for properly conductin" the business "f
his office and shall allow all necessary
printin" of notices and circulars uf
/ information. the same To be- paid for
/ 10y warrant drawn upon the county
treasurer.
/ section 9So6. The county >uperin-
trHdent shall have general supervision
over all the schools of hi, county. en-
cept i'm city. town and village school
districts employin" superintendent
who devotr> at least one-half of his
time to the direct work of supervision.
! He shall visit each school under hi,
jurisdiction at least once each year and
as many other times a> practicable:
he shall examine the classification of
pupils. the methods of instruction. the
manner OF discipline. the order main
tanned. the results secured. and make
such suggestions to teacher, and school
boards as he may deem advisable: he
shall inspect the ventilation. note the
condition of the building. furniture. ap
paratu>. ground, and appurtenances
to the board in writing. with such suy-
%e>tion> a> he may consider necessary
to the health. comfort and progress of
the pupils: he shall examine the teach
cr'> register and the district clerks
records and see that they are kept ac
ror,lin" to law: he shall furnish an
nuaiiy statements tn the district clerks
showing the assessed valuation of their
respective districts: he shall receive
and. if property made. approve e>ti-
mates and enumeration lists and turn
same over to the county clerk: .hc
shall assist the district clerks. when
necessary. in making their reports.
and that all warrants have been
duly issued by order of the board"
either for services actually rendered or
for material actually furnished
Section ?So7. The county >upcrin-
trndcnt shall hold annually not fewer
than six public meetings at different
points in the county for the purpose
of discussing" educational questions in
terpreting the school law. coun selling
with teachers and school officers. and
promotln" the cause of education
among the people. One of these meet
in"> shall bc held at the county seat
iu>t prior 1" the opcnin" of the fall
term of school and shall he of two
days duration. 1t shall be- the duty
meetings called by him when such at
tendance does not interfere with their
school duties. lie shall adopt course
"f study and Il plan for grading the
schools OF hi- county and forward
thre" copies I" the state >lprrintcnd .
cnt "f public schools. one copy To each
district clerk and one copy to each
teacher employed in tn. county. and
require the same To be- followed aS
nearly a. practicable. He ~hall in in
au"urat" and maintain a system Of /
final examinations and graduation of
pupils VIII" complete the state course
of study for rural schools. He shall
examine tn" records "i he county. 50
far ~ they relate to school fund, and
school moneys -rr that tn" law j,
strictly observed and shall b,. present
at the August term "f tn. county
court To give such informant ion IA NAV
hr 81 imp"rtanc" To said court in the .
transaction nf all business pertaining
to the school interest oi the county:
and the instruction uf the state -,Iper-
intendent shall bc hi Guide in the in /