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the condition, needs and improvement of the schools. He shall prepare
and publish such pamphlets as will stimulate public interest, promote the
work of education, and foster in teachers professional insight and effi-
ciency. He shall receive and examine all the reports required under the
rules and regulations of the state board of education, and in person or
through his assistants, shall examine the expenditures, business methods,
and accounts of county school boards and advise them on the same.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 30. 1912, sec. 20. 1904, sec. 20. 1900, ch. 428, sec. 17C. 1904, ch. 584.

1916, ch. 506, sec. 20.

30. The state superintendent of schools shall, subject to the rules and
regulations of the state board of education, pass upon all proposals for
the purchase of grounds, school sites or buildings, or for the sale of the
same, and also upon all plans and specifications for the remodeling of old
school buildings or the construction of new school buildings costing three
hundred dollars ($300) or more. In case the construction is to be done
by the county board itself, it shall be illegal for the county board to pro-
ceed until the plans and specifications shall have been approved in writing
by the state superintendent of schools; in case the construction is to be
done by contract, the contract shall be invalid without the written approval
of the state superintendent of schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 31. 1912, sec. 20A. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 20A.

31. The state superintendent of schools shall certificate, subject to
the rules and regulations of the state board of education and the provisions
of sections 86, 87 and 88 of this Article, all teachers in the public schools
of the State.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 32. 1912, sec. 20B. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 20B.

32. The state superintendent of schools shall prepare, or cause to be

prepared, and submit for approval and adoption by the state board of edu-

cation, courses of study for the different grades and kinds of elementary

schools, high schools and normal schools, and also college courses for

teachers.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 33. 1912, sec. 20C. 1918, ch. 348.

33. The state superintendent of schools is hereby authorized to fur-
nish, by means of pictorial or graphic representations, additional facili-
ties for instruction in geography, history, science and kindred subjects,
to the schools, institutions and organizations under the supervision of the
State Board of Education. Material collected for this purpose may, under
general rules, be lent for a limited time to responsible institutions and
organizations for the benefit of artisans, mechanics and other citizens of
the several communities of the State. He may from time to time enter
into contracts necessary for carrying out this provision.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 34. 1912, sec. 21. 1906, ch. 356. 1908, ch. 494. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 21.

34. The state superintendent of schools, acting under the rules and
regulations of the state board of education, shall be responsible for the
administration of the state department of education, and shall have gen-
eral supervision of all the professional and clerical assistants of the depart-
ment. He shall nominate to the state board of education all the profes-