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PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. [ART. 27.

with this act, and shall have the power to suspend or remove any
examiner or teacher who may be found inefficient in or incompetent
for the discharge of the duties assigned him, or guilty of such moral
delinquency as may have unfitted him for the office he holds; they
shall explain the true intent and meaning of the law, and they shall
decide, without expense to the parties concerned, all controversies
and disputes that may arise under it.

1872, c 377, c 3,
s 3
Supervision of
public school
interests.

12, They shall have the general care and supervision of the
public school interests of the State; shall act as assistants and ad-
visers of the various county boards; and shall, from time to time
issue circular letters to teachers and commissioners on topics con-
nected with the administration of public schools.

Id s 6
To issue blanks.

13, In order to insure uniformity in the statistical reports of the
public schools, they shall issue a uniform series of blanks for the
use of teachers and of county boards, and shall require all accounts
to be kept and returns to be made according to these forms.

Id s 7
To examine
candidates.

14. They shall, when requested by the board of county school
commissioners, examine candidates for the office of county exam-
iner, and give a certificate of qualification.

Id s 8
To issue certifi-
cates to
teachers

15. They may grant to teachers of long experience and estab-
lished reputation professional certificates, which shall be valid until
revoked for cause.

Id s 9
Trustees of
State normal
school, etc

16. The State board of education shall be, ex-officio, trustees of
the Slate normal school; and the principal of the State normal
school shall be, ex-officio, a trustee of the State agricultural college.

Id s 10
Schools or col-
leges receiving
State donation
to report

17. All schools and colleges receiving any State donation shall
make a report, on or before the fifteenth day of November in each
year, of such matters and in such form as the State board of educa-
tion shall require; and said reports, or an abstract therefrom, shall
be published by the president of the board in his annual school
report.

COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

1872, c. 377; c 4,
s 1
Organization

18. The board of county school commissioners shall meet for
organization on the first Tuesday in January next succeeding their
appointment, or as soon thereafter as may be, and elect a person,

Officers

not a member of the board, who shall serve as secretary, treasurer,
and examiner; and notice of such election, signed by the president
of the board, shall be transmitted to the comptroller, provided, that,
in counties having more than eighty-five schools, the board may, at

Salary.

their discretion, appoint one assistant examiner, and fix his salary.
The board shall meet once in every school term, and at other times,
if necessary, for the transaction of business. Each commissioner
shall receive per day, for each day of his attendance at the board,

Pay.

or on committees appointed by the board, such pay as is allowed the
county commissioners in the several counties of the State, provided,
that the aggregate amount paid in one year to commissioners as per
diem, or any other compensation, shall not exceed an average of one
hundred dollars for each commissioner.