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ment and control of the schools in their district, which may be
established therein under this article, according to the rules and
regulations prescribed by said school commissioners, and, when
directed by said board, may build, repair and furnish the neces-
sary school houses, purchase or lease sites therefor, or rent suit-
able rooms, and do and perform all such other duties as may be
prescribed by the board, for the management of the different
schools and educational interests of their proper districts, and
who shall employ teachers or assistant teachers for said schools,
appointing them from those persons who have certificates of
qualification from the examiners hereinafter provided for, and
who shall, also, have the care of the books, stationery and furni-
ture, directed by the board to be used in said schools and fur-
nished to said districts by their treasurer.

29. The Commissioners of Public Schools shall appoint twelve
discreet and well qualified men, who shall constitute four boards
of examiners; three of whom shall be located in or near the town
of Cumberland, and shall constitute one board of examiners,
and shall hold their meeting in said town; three of whom shall
be located in or near the town of Westernport, and shall consti-
tute a board of examiners, and shall hold their meetings in said
town; three of whom shall be located in or near the town of
Oakland, and shall constitute a board of examiners, and shall
hold their meetings in said town; three of whom shall be located
in or near the town of Grantsville, and shall constitute a board
of examiners, and shall hold their meetings in said town; whose
duty it shall be to examine all persons offering themselves as
teachers, and if they shall be found qualified to teach the usual
branches of a common English education, embracing, at least,
orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic and English grammar
and geography, and to possess a good moral character, said
board of examiners shall give a certificate to that effect, free of
all charges, and no person shall be employed without such certi-
ficate; and the said examiners shall meet at least four times in a
year, at periods to be designated by said board of commissioners,
for the examination of candidates for teachers; no certificate to
be given for more than one year, and the above boards of exam-
iners shall serve without compensation.