Fifth-The number, date and amount of every bond issued and redeemed under the authority given in this act, and the amount received and paid therefor; and perform such other duties as the board and its committees may require. He shall receive for his ser- compensation vices such compensation as the board may fix and de- of clerk. termine.

DUTIES AND BOND OF TREASURER.

urer.

Sec. 126. The treasurer of the board of education Bond, report, compensation, shall subscribe to the oath of office and give a bond to etc., of treas the board with sufficient sureties and in such sum as it may require, said oath and bond to be approved by the board and filed with its clerk. He shall be responsible upon his bond for all moneys received by him as treasurer. He shall prepare and submit in writing a monthly report of the receipts and disbursements of his office, and pay out school moneys only upon a warrant signed by the president, or in his absence or disability by the vice-president, and countersigned by the clerk, and perform such other duties as the board may require. The treasurer shall receive for his services such amount as the board of education may fix and determine.

The board may also require the treasurer to keep his office and records in the office of the board.

POWERS OF THE BOARD.

tion a body cor

Sec. 127. The board of education of any such city Board of educashall be a body corporate under the name of "The porate. Board of Education of City," (putting in the proper name), and shall have an official seal conformable to such name, which shall be used by the clerk in the authentication of all matters requiring it. And said board, in the name aforesaid, may sue and be sued; may take, hold, lease, sell and convey real and personal property, as the interests of the school may require. The members and the clerk thereof shall have Powers and the power and authority to administer oaths in proof of claims and accounts against said corporation, and no such claim or account, except salaries of teachers and janitors, shall be audited or allowed by the board of education, unless the correctness of the same shall be proved under oath.

duties of board.

Same.

buildings.

Sec. 128. The board of education of any such city shall have power and authority to purchase or sell schoolhouse sites and improvements thereon, construct and erect school buildings and furnish the same; establish, locate and maintain kindergarten schools, common schools, consisting of primary and grammar grades; high schools and industrial or manual training schools; establish and support school libraries; purchase, exchange, repair and improve the school apparatus, books, furniture, fixtures and all other school supplies in said schools; supply and loan to pupils in the several grades and departments of said schools, free of charge, all text books and supplies used by the pupils of said schools; sell to pupils in the several grades and departments of said schools, at cost, all text books and supplies used by the pupils of said schools; collect all books and apparatus loaned to pupils of the public schools of any such city; assign to the State normal school for the purpose of illustrating instruction in the practice school connected therewith a sufficient number of pupils of appropriate grades, and reimburse the State university or State normal school for the instruction of such pupils at rates per pupil not exceeding the average cost of instruction per pupil in the public schools of the city as ascertained for each year; do all things needful for the maintenance, prosperity and success of the schools, and the promotion of education; adopt by-laws and rules for the procedure of the board of education, and make and enforce all needful rules and regulations for the control and management of the public schools of the city.

Sec. 129. No school sites or buildings shall be Sale of sites and sold or conveyed by the board of education, except on resolution of the board, duly adopted at a regular or duly called meeting, and not then without the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all the members of the board.

in city to be

conveyed to board.

Sec. 130. Upon the election and qualification of School property the board of education for any city, the trustees of all school districts in said city shall convey and deliver all the school property in said districts to the board of education of said city; and the title of all such property, and all property hereafter acquired for school purposes in said city, shall be conveyed to and vested in said board of education, for the use of the district schools of said city; and all rights, claims and causes of action

force contracts

to or for said property, or the use or income thereof, or for any conversion, disposition or withholding thereof, or for any damage or injury thereto, shall at once vest in the board of education of said city, in trust for the use of the district schools of the city, and said May maintain board, in the name aforesaid, may bring and maintain actions and en actions to recover, protect and preserve the property and rights of the district schools, and to enforce any contract relating thereto, and in its said name may sue and be sued in any court of law or equity. And all outstanding debts and obligations of any such school districts shall be paid by such board of education.

BOARD OF EXAMINATION.

Sec. 131. In each city subject to the provisions of Examiners. this act, there shall be a board of examiners, consisting of the city superintendent of public schools, or the superintendent-elect, and two or more other members, residents of said city, to be designated associate examiners.

aminers.

The associate examiners, all of whom shall have Associate expractical experience as teachers, shall be elected by the board of education at their first meeting in June annually and hold office for one year; but no candidate for examination as a preliminary to teaching in the public schools shall be an associate examiner.

examiners.

Sec. 132. The city superintendent of public schools Chairman of or superintendent-elect shall be chairman of the board of examiners.

of associate

Sec. 133. The associate examiners shall receive compensation such a stated compensation per diem for services actu-examiners. ally rendered as may be allowed them by the board of education. The chairman of the board of examiners shall certify to the correctness of claims for services rendered by the associate examiners.

aminations.

Sec. 134. The board of examiners shall meet and Teachers' exhold examinations for the granting of teachers' certificates only on such regular and special occasions as may be authorized by the board of education.

ings.

Special meetings, not for the purpose of conduct- Special meeting examinations, may be called by the chairman, when, in his judgment, the same are necessary. A record of Record to be the proceedings of the board of examiners shall be kept. kept in the office of its chairman, and at all times be open for the inspection of the board of education; and

Rules for examiners.

Questions.

certificate.

such portions of it as may concern any candidate for a certificate, shall be open for the inspection of such candidate or his authorized representative.

Sec. 135. The board of examiners shall have power:

First-To adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the State or the rules of the board of education, for its own government and for the examination of teachers, and fix standards of proficiency for the granting and renewing of certificates, either heretofore or hereafter issued, subject to the approval of the board of education.

Second-To prepare questions on the various subjects prescribed by law, and examine by written or oral examination all candidates for any of the following certificates:

(1) A high school certificate, valid for one On high school year only, unless renewed, and authorizing the holder to teach or serve as principal in any primary, grammar or high school in such city.

On grammar certificate.

On primary certificate.

board; issue of certificates.

(2) A grammar certificate, valid for one year only, unless renewed, and authorizing the holder to teach in any primary or grammar school, or serve as principal in any primary school in such city.

(3) A primary certificate, valid for one year only, unless renewed, and authorizing the holder to teach in any primary school in the city.

They shall report the result of all examinations to Report to school the board of education; and the said board of education shall, through its president and clerk, issue to the successful candidates, the certificates to which they are entitled.

Renewal of certificate.

Revoking certificate.

Third-To recommend to the board of education the renewal of the various renewable certificates, in accordance with such regulations as they may adopt, or as may be prescribed by the board of education; whereupon said board of education, through its president and clerk, may renew such certificates from year to year.

Fourth-For immoral and unprofessional conduct, profanity, intemperance or evident unfitness for teaching, to recommend to the board of education the revocation of any certificate previously granted by said board of education.

Fifth-In case of necessity to grant, by the chairman of the board of examiners, temporary certificates

certificate.

to teachers of experience of whose ability to pass Temporary the regular examination, there is no doubt; Provided, That such temporary certificate shall be valid only until the next regular examination, and under no circumstances shall be issued more than once to the same person.

REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES.

issuing certifi

Sec. 136. No certificate or permission to teach Limitations in shall be issued to any person not eighteen (18) years of cate. age. No certificate shall be granted to any person whose moral character or habits are known by the board of examination, or by the board of education to be bad.

Sec. 137. No certificate shall be granted by the Same. board of education, or upon its authority, except to successful candidates in a regular or special examination, conducted by the board of examiners, in accordance with the provisions of law.

mary certificate.

Sec. 138. Primary certificates shall be granted Granting prionly to applicants who are found, upon examination, to have a practical knowledge of pedagogics and school management, and to be proficient in, and qualified to teach the following branches, namely: reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, geography, arithmetic, physiology and hygiene, United States history, and such other English branches as the board of education may prescribe; Provided, That the examination of applicants for primary certificates may be specially adapted to discover their fitness to teach all the branches named to pupils of primary grades.

mar certificate.

Sec. 139. Grammar certificates shall be granted Granting grainonly to applicants who are found, upon examination, to have a practical knowledge of pedagogics and school management, and to be proficient in and qualified to teach the following branches, namely: reading, writing, orthography, English grammar, geography, arithmetic, physiology and hygiene, United States history, and such other English branches as the board of education may prescribe; Provided, That the examination of applicants for grammar certificates shall be adapted to discover their fitness to teach any of the branches named to pupils of grammar grades.

school certifi

Sec. 140. High school certificates shall be granted Granting high only to applicants who pass satisfactorily the examina- cate.