Year: 1876



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 next apportionment made thereaf

 ter, apportion te the new district school revenues in proportion to the number of persons between tka ages of six and twenty one years reported by the directors ol the new district; and, provided, always, That the number of per sons between the ages of six and twenty one years, reported in any year by the district directors of each county shall be taken as the quota of that county, and the number reported from each school district shall be taken as the quota of that district, and that the only basis on which an apportionment or the school revenue shall be made IS to be the number of per sons so reported each year by the district directors. That all taxes voted for school purposes by any school district, shall be levied by the county court at the same time the county taxes are levied, and shall be collected in the same man ner as the county taxes are collect ed, at the same time and by the same person, and be paid into the county treasury, there to be kept, subject to the disbursement on the warrant of the school direct ors; provided, that no tax for pur- poses aforesaid shall be greater than one half 6 of one per cent. on the assessed value of the taxa ble property of the district shall be levied, which shall be done by ballot.

 Sec. 42 That, after the passage of this act, the county court of each county of this state shall, as soon as practicable, appoint, in each county in this state. a county examiner, of high moral character and scholastic attainments, who shall hold his office until hls sue cessor is commissioned and quail fled, as hereinafter provided. Said county court shall, thereafter, at the first session of the court after each general election, appoint said examiner; and 1t shall De the duty of the county clerk to issue a com mission to the person so appoint ed, and to certify his name and postotlice to the state superintend ont of public instruction.

 Sec. 43. That, before entering upou the duties of that office, the county examiner shall take and subscribe the oath, prescribed for officers by the constitution of this state, and file such oath in the office of the county clerk.

 Sec. A. It shall be the duty of such examiner to examine and license teachers of common schools; and he shall receive, as a compensation for his services, the sum os two dollars for each exam ination, to be paid by the person applying for the same. He shall hold, quarterly, at the county seat of each county, in a suitable room, to be provided by the county court, a public examination for that purpose, and shall, previous to holding such examination, give at least twenty (20) days notice thereof to the directors of each school district within the county, whose duty it shall be to file the original notice in their office, and post, without delay, copies of said notice in three or more of the most conspicuous places within their district. He shall conduct all examinations by written and oral questions and answers, but shall grant no certificates of qual- ilication exceptin accordance with the provisions of law respecting teachera' certificates.

 Sec. 45. That he shall, at the time and places appointed for holding public examinations, ex- anime in orthography, reading, penmanship, mental and written arithmetic, English grammar, modern geography, history of the United States, all persons present and applying for an examination with the intention of teaching; and, if convinced that such per sons are of good moral character, and are competent to teach sue cessfully the foregoing branches, he shall give such persons certifi- cates ranking in grade to cores pond with the relative qualitica- tions of the applicants, according to the standard adopted; but he shall not license any person to teach who is given to profanity, drunkenness, gambling, licen tiousness, or other demoralizing vices, or who does not believe in the existence of a Supreme Being; nor shall he be required to grant private examinations. He may cite to re-examination any person holding q license and under con tract to teach any free school within their county; and, on be- ing satisfied, by a re-examination, or by other means, that such per son does not sustain good moral character, or that he has not sutti- cient learning and ability to ren- der him competent teacher, he C.. al T ta