1182 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS, [Mar. 27,

purchase the text-books for their respective counties, after
having examined such as may be recommended by the Board
of Trustees of the State Normal School, whose duty it is
hereby made to present a list of books to said County Board,
with their written reasons for such recommendations.

Strike out section 3 and insert the following :

SEC. 3. They shall authorize the delivery of hooks and
stationery to the various schools in the county, upon the
order of the Commissioners of the election districts or of the
teacher, endorsed by the trustee of the school district; pro-
vided that no pupil shall be required to pay more than one
dollar per quarter for such use, and that any pupil may be
exempted from payment, in the discretion of the School
District Board.

Strike out section 4 and insert—

SEC. 4. The Board of County School Commissioners shall
keep an account of the books and stationery delivered to the
several schools in their respective districts, and file their re-
ceipts for the same.

Strike out section 5, and insert, the Board of County
School Commissioners shall publish annually, in all the
newspapers in the county, an exhibit of the cost of the text
books and the distribution thereof, and the money received
therefor from the several school house districts.

Strike out section 6.

61st. Page 33, section 2, line 4, strike out the words
"Central Board of Examination," and insert Principal of
the State Normal School,

And strike out all after the word "Grammar" in 10th
line to the end of the section.

62d. Page 34, section 5, line 2, strike out all after the
word "as," and insert the Board of County School Commis-
sioners may direct.

63d. Amend section 1, chapter 12, title 3, strike out all
after the word "of" in line 3 to the word "and" in line 5,
and insert in lieu thereof the following: At least three
members of the Board of School Commissioners.

64th. Add the following to section 6: It shall be the duty
of each County Examiner, at least twice in each school year,
to visit the schools in his county, in counties having fifty
schools or less, and once in counties having more. He shall
observe the method of the teacher, and give him such prac-
tical suggestions as the circumstances may prompt. He
shall, whenever possible, attend public examinations, and
report quarterly in detail the result of his observations to