certificate, the Auditor shall forthwith draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the county treasurer of each county or the treasurer of each city board of education, as the case may be, for the amount due said county or board.

dent's seal.

forms and regu

ports.

cost.

Sec. 14. The Superintendent shall provide and Superintenkeep a seal by which his official acts and copies of all papers and documents filed in his office may be authenticated, and when so authenticated, said copies shall be received as evidence in all courts of this State equally, and in like manner as the original. He shall To prepare prepare and transmit to the proper officers suitable and transmit forms and regulations for making all reports, and the lations for renecessary blanks therefor, school registers, and all necessary instructions for the organization and government of district schools, and conducting all necessary proceedings under this act. He shall print and circulate a summary of his opinions and rulings. The Payment of cost of such blank forms, school registers, and the summary of his opinions and rulings, shall be paid out of the State school fund, and the vouchers therefor shall be certified to by the Superintendent, and filed with the State Board of Examiners, who are empowered to allow or reject the same in whole or in part in the same manner as claims for which an appropriation has been made and the State Auditor, shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the amount allowed in favor of the person to whom said amount is due. He shall visit each county in the State at least once a To visit each year, the principal schools and district school boards, once a year. and may examine the Auditor's books and records relative to school revenue. He shall meet with school officers, advise with teachers, and lecture to institutes and public assemblies upon topics calculated to promote the interests of education.

county at least

county super

Sec. 15. He shall advise with the county superin- To advise with tendents upon all matters involving the welfare of the intendents. schools. He shall, when requested by superintendents or other school officers, give them written answers to all questions concerning the school law. His decisions Effect of deshall be held to be correct and final until set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction or by subsequent legislation.

cisions.

and printing

Sec. 16. On or before the first day of January Biennial report, preceding each biennial session of the Legislature, the thereof with State Superintendent shall present to the Governor a

laws.

Contents of

report.

port; statistical tables, etc.

report of his administration of the system of public instruction. There shall be printed in pamphlet form at least 1,000 copies of his report and laws relating to schools, which shall be distributed under his direction. The Superintendent in his report shall furnish a brief exhibit:

First Of his labors, the results of his experience and observations as to the operation of the public school system, and suggestions as to the remedy for imperfections.

Second-Of the amount of school revenue and its general condition as to sufficiency or insufficiency:

Third-Of such plans as he may have matured for the better organization of the schools, and for the increase and economical expenditure of the school

revenue.

Fourth-A comparison of the results of the two years then closing, with those of the years preceding, indicating the progress of public instruction; and, as far as can be ascertained the number and condition of private schools, academies and colleges in the State.

Fifth-A full statement of the condition and amount of all funds and property appropriated for educational purposes; the number and grade of schools. in each county, and in each city of the first and of the second class; the number of children between the ages of six and eighteen years in each county and in each city of the first and of the second class, the number of such attending district schools, the average number of children that have attended district schools during the two years previous to July 1st of that year, the number that can read and write, the amount of school money raised by county taxation or otherwise, the amount expended for salaries of teachers and for building school houses.

Sec. 17. He shall append to his report such inforAppendix to re- mation relative to the system of public instructionthe schools, their annual revenues and such other matters, as he may deem proper. He shall include in his report statistical tables compiled from information transmitted to his office, with summaries, averages and totals appended thereto; also a statement of the annual collections of school revenue, and his apportionment thereof; and when he deems it of sufficient interest he shall append extracts from the correspondence of school officers, showing either the salu

United States

tary or defective operation of the system. He shall Furnishing furnish the United States commissioner of education commissioner at Washington such information as that officer may require.

information.

penses to be

Sec. 18. At the end of every three months he Account of exshall file with the State Board of Examiners an led. itemized account of his expenses, verified by his oath. The said board shall examine the same, and, if the account is correct, shall certify the same to the State Auditor who shall issue a warrant to the State Treasurer for the amount due on such account, and for onefourth of the Superintendent's annual salary and shall charge the same to the State school fund. At the expiration of his term of office, he shall deliver to his successor all books, records, documents, maps, reports, papers, and other articles pertaining to his office.

and city con

superinten

Sec. 19. The State Superintendent shall have May call county power to call biennially a convention of county and ventions of city superintendents to assemble at such time and place dents. as he shall deem most convenient, for the discussion of questions pertaining to the supervision and administration of the public schools, the laws relating thereto; and such other subjects affecting the welfare and interest of the public schools as shall properly be brought before them. It is hereby made the duty of all county and city superintendents to attend such conventions when called. The actual traveling expenses Payment of of county superintendents for attending such conventions shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners and paid out of the same fund as the salaries of county superintendents; the actual traveling expenses of city superintendents attending such convention shall be allowed and paid out of the same fund as salaries of city superintendents.

ARTICLE III.

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.

expense.

term of office

intendents.

Sec. 20. At the time of the election for school Election and trustees in the year 1898, and biennially thereafter, of county superthere shall be elected for each county in the State, a county superintendent of district schools, who shall be the holder of a valid certificate of a grade not lower than the grammar and shall be a qualified elector in said county and whose term of office shall be two years and until his successor is elected and qualified. He

shall take office at 12 o'clock m. of the first day of August next succeeding his election. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the superintendent shall qualify by taking and subscribing an oath of office and giving a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) with sureties to be approved by the county clerk, which oath and bond shall be filed with said clerk; Provided, That voters residing within the limits of school districts provided for in Article XV of this act shall not be permitted to vote for the election of county superintendents. Sec. 21. The county superintendent shall have the General super- general superintendence of all district schools in his county schools. County, except the district schools provided for in Article XV of this act.

intendence of

To ascertain boundaries and keep correct transcript.

Visit to each

district twice a

Sec. 22. It shall be the duty of every county superintendent to ascertain whether the boundaries of the school districts in his county are definitely and plainly described in the records of the board of county commissioners, and to keep in his office a full and correct transcript of such boundaries. In case the boundaries of districts are conflicting or incorrectly described, he shall immediately report the fact to the board of county commissioners, who shall change said boundaries so as to make them harmonize.

Sec. 23. He shall visit every district school under his supervision within the county at least twice in each year; record of. school year, and oftener if necessary to increase its usefulness. He shall at such visits carefully observe the condition of the school, the mental and moral instruction given, the methods employed by the teacher and the progress of the pupils. He shall advise and direct the teachers in regard to the instruction, classification, government and discipline of the school and prescribe the course of study. He shall keep a record of such visits and (by) memoranda indicate his judgment of the teachers' ability to teach and govern, and the conditions and progress of the school, which information shall be used for or against teachers at the time of their examination for certificates.

cial acts.

Sec. 24. He shall keep a record of all his official Record of offi- acts, preserve all books, maps, charts and apparatus belonging to his office, file all reports and statements from teachers and school trustees and deliver them to his successor in office.

Sec. 25. The county superintendent may arrange

meetings with

for meetings with school officers at designated times May arrange and places, due notice of which shall be given, for the school officers. purpose of inspecting the district records, insuring their accuracy and instructing in the manner of keeping the same and of preparing the reports of district officers.

troversies.

Sec. 26. He shall decide all controversies, per- To decide containing to discipline, arising in the administration of the school law in his county or appealed to him from the decision of school trustees.

oaths.

Sec. 27. The county superintendent shall have May administer power to administer oaths of office to all subordinate school officers and witnesses, and examine them under oath, in cases that may come before him for investigation, but he shall not receive pay for administering such oaths.

To see that

pupils are in

Sec. 28. He shall see that the pupils are instructed in the several branches of study required by quired by law. law to be taught in the schools as far as they are qual ified to pursue them. If any teacher neglect or refuse to give instruction on any subject required by law the county superintendent shall promptly report the fact to the county board of examiners, who after due examination and inquiry, may revoke such teacher's certificate and cause him to be discharged.

superintendent.

Sec. 29. On or before the 31st day of July in each Report to State year he shall make and transmit to the State Superintendent an annual report containing such statistics as may be required by this act; such report shall be made upon and conform to the blanks furnished by said State Superintendent for that purpose. He shall not receive compensation any compensation for the last quarter in his official withheld until year until he presents to the board of county commissioners the State Superintendent's receipt for such report.

report is made.

deputy.

Sec. 30. The county superintendent may appoint May appoint a deputy, who shall be a qualified elector within said county, and for whose official acts and compensation he shall be responsible.

ers' institutes.

Sec. 31. The county superintendent shall annu- Annual teachally hold a teachers' institute for the instruction of teachers, and those who desire to teach, and procure such assistance as may be necessary to conduct the Said institute shall be held at such times as the district schools in the county are generally closed, and it shall be the duty of the county superintendent to see that all the teachers in his county and the State

same.