ART. — .] PUBLIC EDUCATION.

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at what time they will meet to hear applications for a
change of boundaries, which applications shall be made
in writing, and within two months from the date of
the first publication of such notice. When the appli-
cation shall have been made and considered, the board
of county school commissioners may then change the
boundaries of the school districts, and revise the
description, or they may, without application make
such change as may be deemed important, or they may
ratify and confirm the report of the committee. The

description of the boundaries of school districts shall
be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, by the
secretary of the board of county school commissioners.

Boundaries.

In those counties where no newspaper is published,
the notice of application for a change of boundaries,
shall be published in such a manner as the board of
county school commissioners may decide. Whenever
it may be necessary, the board of county school com-
missioners shall employ a surveyor to aid the commit-
tee in the performance of such duty; and they shall
allow each member of the committee and the surveyor
such compensation for their services as may be just and
proper. The cost of dividing the county shall be paid
by the school commissioners out of the school fund of

Notice.

the county. If a county has already been divided into
school districts, and it may be 'necessary to revise the
same, the board of county school commissioners shall
have full power to make such revision or alteration as
may be necessary to accommodate the population, and
increase the efficiency of the schools. -A full descrip-
tion of such changes and alterations shall also be made
and recorded as aforesaid.

Revision or
alteration.

7. The board of county school commissioners shall
examine any charge affecting the moral character oi
any teacher within their county, first giving the
teacher reasonable notice of the charge, and an oppor-
tunity to defend himself; and if the charge be sus-
tained shall annul the teacher's certificate granted in
the county in which he is teaching, by whomsoever
granted, and shall give notice thereof to the principal

Character of

teachers.