258 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. [ART. 27.

Id c 11, s 1. Duties.	COUNTY EXAMINER. 60. It shall be the duty of the county examiner to examine can- didates for the profession of teacher, in the presence of at least one member of the board of county school commissioners, or one or more of the district trustees, and to give to such persons as are found qualified, under the sanction of the board at its next meeting, a certificate setting forth the branches such persons are competent
Certificate	to teach; but no certificate shall be granted without satisfactory evi- dence of the moral character of the applicant.
1874, c 463, c 11, s 2 Certificates issued by ex- aminer, what to contain.	61. The certificate issued by each county examiner shall be numbered and registered in a book kept by the board of county school commissioners, and be delivered to their successors in office, and shall be denominated first or second grade, as the case may be; and the State board of education shall keep a book in the same manner as the county examiner. Certificates of the first grade shall embrace orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, his- tory, English grammar, bookkeeping, algebra and natural philoso- phy; and those of the second grade shall embrace orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, history, and English gram- mar; but the State board of education may add additional require- ments to those indicated for either grade whenever the same may
Time to con- tinue in force.	seem necessary. Such a certificate shall, however, not continue in force for more than six months, unless the person receiving the same shall satisfy the examiner of his fitness for governing a school, and his ability to impart instruction in the various branches taught in the public schools; but when the examiner shall have satisfied himself upon these points, he shall be empowered to issue a certifi- cate, which shall continue in force for three years from the date of issue.
1872, c 377, c. 11, s 3 Ages of teachers	62. No certificate of qualification as a teacher shall be issued to any male under nineteen years of age, or to a female under seven- teen years of age.
Id s 4 Times of examination	63. The county examiner shall hold regular examinations of teachers at such times as the board may direct, of which due notice shall be given in the newspapers, or otherwise. No examiner shall be allowed to charge any fees for the issuing of certificates to teachers; and if any examiner shall be found guilty of charging or receiving any fee or reward, directly or indirectly, for issuing any certificate to a teacher, he shall be dismissed from office.
Id s 5. Visitation.	64. It shall be the duty of the county examiner, or his assistant, at least three times in each school year, to visit the schools in his county if it contains fifty schools or less, and twice a year in coun- ties having more than fifty schools; he shall observe the method of the teacher and give him such practical suggestions as the circum- stances may prompt; he shall, whenever possible, attend public ex- aminations and report quarterly in detail the result of his observa- tions to the board of county school commissioners.