Year: 1862




Sec. 7. The County Superintendent o
each county shall examine oil persons who
may present themselves at the time and
place hereinafter mentioned, as to their
competency and ability to teach orthography
reading: writing. arithmetic, geography and
English grammar and such other branches
as may in special cases be required. In ma
king this examination he may, at his option,
call to bis aid one or more assistants and
if the examination be satisfactory. and the
applicant is shown to be qualified to teach
the branches above specified and is of good
moral character, such applicant shall re-
ceive from the Superintendent maxim the
examination. certificate accordingly and
the Superintendent shall enter upon regis
ter. to be kept for that purpose the names
Of all persons so examined ny him, time and
place of examination, the names of persons
to whom he issues such certificates Of fqualif-
cations. and date of issue.


Sec. 8. The county Superintendents of
each county shall meet all persons desirous of
being examined in reference to their s,ualfi
cations for teaching the branches specified in
the preceding Section, on the second Tues
day of April and September of each year, at
II o'clock A. NJ, in some suitable room at
the county seat of his county; at which time
and pl; ce he shall make the examination re-
quired in the preceding section. Said exami
nation shall he public, and the Superintend
ent shall cause notice of the same to be pub
lished in the various newspapers in his coun-
ty, at least two weeks prior to the time of
holding each of said examinations prorided,
that when Teachers Institute is to he held
IN any couny for any year. one Of said ex-
amrnations, as the superintendent NAV de-
termine, shall be held at the time and place
of holding such Institute and the county su-
rerintendent shall give due notice of the time
and place Of holding such Institute and such
| examination Said notice to be given at
least two weeks prior to the regular time OF
holding such examination. if no Institute
were held in The county. by publication OF
the same in all the newspapers published in
the county: and if no papers be published in
the county, the Superintendent shall give
such notice in the manner he may deem best.


Sec 9. any person desire such an ex
animation, as prescribed in Section eight of
this act at any other time than herein men,
toned, such person. tcfore being entitled to
a private examination, shall present to ethe
County Superintendent a good and satsfacto
ry reason for not having the examination
made at the time prescribed in this act for
public examination but, if the reasons pre-
scntod satisfy the Superintendent that the
applicant is entitled to a private examina-
ton, he shall. upon RECEIVING from the APP
plicant one dollar. proceed with such exami-
nation: and if satisfied that the applicant is
qualified to teach the branches specified in
Section seven of this act, he stall give to such
applicant a certificate, as prescribed in Sec
tion seven Provided, that no fee shall be
required of any person who was present at
the proper time and place for public exami-
naGon, and was unable, from nO fault Of his
or her own, to obtain an examination.
Sec 10 The Board of Supervisors Of the
several counties are hereby authorized to
appoint two assistant Examiners. who shall
be present and assist the County Superin-
ten1cnt in making the examination Of teach
crs on the two regular days specified in Sec
ton 8. They shall receive two dollars per
diem, which shall be allowed them by the
Board of Supervisors.


Sec. II. If for any cause, the county
Superintendent cannot be present at the
regular day fixed for examination, he shall
appoint some competent person to act in his
stead in making the examination. He shall





have been examined and recommended by
the person so appointed as being qualified to
teach the branches required by law.


Sec. 10 The County Superintendent of
each county shall personally visit and inspect
each school in his county. at least once in
each year, and examine into the branches
| taught therein, the mode Of instruction pur-
sued the text books used the competency of
| fooo a., +o ,,,cfr ha,, pf
discipline, their compensation the books con-
tanned in the district library, and the regu-
lations in force relating to the same; and shall
at least once in each year, deliver a lecture
in each township district IN his county, upon
such topics as he may consider useful and
conducive to the best interests of the schools
under his charge said lectures to be deliver
ed in each township at the time the Superin.
tendent is visiting the schools in such town.
Ship he having given due notice of the time
and place each lecture will be delivered.


Sec. 13. The Superintendent ma revoke
the certificate of any teacher in the county,
which was given by the Superintendent
thereof for any reasons which would have
justified the Withholding thereof when the
same was given. And the Board of Direct
ors, npon sufficient cause shown, may eX-
pei any teacher from school in the District.


Sec ii. On or defore the 5th day of Oc.
tober. in each year, he shall make report
to the Secretary of the Board of Education,
containing digest of the reports made to
him by the Secretaries of the several town
ship Boards and such other matters as he
shall be directed to report by the said Secre-
tary, and such as he him self may think per-
tinent and material. and especially such us
will show the condition of the schools nrdc,
his charge Ec shall, also, suggest such
improvements in the system as he may think
judicions He shall, also, by the 5th day Of
October, in each year, fl e with the County
Judge an abstract Of the number of youths
between the ages of five and twenty-one
years. residing in each township and school
district within his county.