ART. 77.] STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 1167

1872, ch. 377.

9. The office of the board shall be in the State normal school.

Ibid.

10. The members of the board shall receive no salary, but
their actual expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board
shall be paid, and they are authorized to employ clerical assist-
ance when necessary; the treasurer, upon the warrant of the
comptroller, is hereby authorized to pay the president of the
board such amount, not exceeding one thousand dollars per
annum, as he shall show to be due for these necessary expenses.

1870, ch. 311. 1872, ch. 277, sub-ch. 3, sec. 4. 1874, ch. 463.

11. The State board of education shall, to the best of their
ability, cause the provisions of this article to be carried into effect,
and may, if necessary, institute legal proceedings for that purpose,
with the direction and advice of the attorney general; they shall
enact by-laws for the administration of the public school system,
not at variance with this article, and shall have the power to sus-
pend 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 unfits
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
parlies concerned, all controversies and disputes that arise
under it.

1872, ch. 877.

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

Ibid.

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.