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Chapter 13. Teachers' Institutes.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 160. 1912, sec. 92. 1904, sec. 87. 1888, sec. 80. 1870, ch. 311. 1872,
ch. 377, sub-ch. 13, sec. 1. 1874, ch. 463. 1904, ch. 584. 1906, ch. 356. 1914, ch. 84.

156. A teachers' institute, to continue not less than five days, shall be
held in each County once a year, and in the absence of the State Superin-
tendent the County Superintendent shall preside. Two or more Counties
may combine and hold a joint institute. The Board of County School
Commissioners of any County may in lieu of holding a teachers' institute
require at least one-fourth of the number of the teachers of that County
to attend a summer school, which has been approved by the State Superin-
tendent of Public Education, during the summer preceding the school ses-
sion for which no institute is held, provided the said Board of County
School Commissioners reimburses those teachers who attend summer school
for their expenses to the extent of at least twenty-five dollars, and the
County Superintendent shall have authority to designate the teachers who
are required to attend summer school under the provisions of this Section.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 161. 1912, sec. 93. 1904, sec. 88. 1888, sec. 81. 1872, ch. 377.

1904, ch. 584.

157. The state superintendent of public education shall fix a time of the
meeting of the institute, and it shall be the duty of the county superinten-
dent to notify each teacher of the time and place of meeting, and when so
notified, each teacher in actual employment is required to attend; the presi-
dent of the school board shall select the place for the institute to meet.

An. Code, 1924, see. 162. 1912, sec. 94. 1904, sec. 89. 1888, sec. 82. 1872, ch. 377.

1904, ch. 584.

158. These institutes, being designed as temporary normal schools,
shall be attended by the state superintendent, when possible to do so, and
by one or more instructors of a state normal school or normal department
faculty, to be selected by the state superintendent and the principal of the
school, and any member of the board of county school commissioners who
may choose to attend.

Chapter 14. Teachers' Associations.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 164. 1912, sec. 96. 1904, sec. 91. 1888, sec. 84. 1872, ch. 377.

1890, ch. 323.

159. District, county and state teachers' associations are recommended
as important means of elevating the standard of public education by mutual
conference, interchange of views and suggestions as to systems of teaching
and discipline.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 165. 1912, sec. 97. 1904, sec. 92. 1888, sec. 85. 1872, ch. 377.

160. It shall be the care of the county examiner to aid in the organi-
zation of these associations, to encourage attendance, to secure competent
lecturers, and to impart such information as will encourage teachers in
their work, and fit them for the performance of their duties.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 166. 1912, sec. 98. 1904, sec. 93. 1888, sec. 86. 1872, ch. 377.

161. These associations may occupy any of the school houses.