RULES FOR TOWNSHIP LIBRARIES.

The following rules are prepared under section 4, page 9, which requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annex to the school laws, such rules as he may think proper, for the government of such libraries:

1. The township librarian shall properly label and number each book in the township library, and keep a catalogue of the same, showing the title and number of each book.

2. The times for drawing and returning books by the district directors shall be on the first Saturday of January, April, July, and October, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 3 o'clock P. M., or at other times, in the discretion of the librarian. The librarian shall charge directors with the books drawn by their numbers, and credit or cancel the same when returned.

3. Any resident of a district may draw books from the director, on each Friday, from 3 o'clock till 5 o'clock P. M., but any person under fourteen years of age must present a written request from his parent or guardian.

4. No person shall be entitled to more than one volume at a time unless they are of the same work; and no family shall draw more than one volume while other families wishing books. are unsupplied.

5. No person shall loan a library book to any one out of his own house, under a penalty of twenty-five cents for each offense; and no person shall retain a book more than two

weeks, under a penalty of five cents for each day beyond that time; nor shall any person draw a book while unlawfully detaining a volume from the library, or while any fine against him remains unpaid.

6. Any person losing or destroying a library book shall pay the cost of such book, and a penalty equal to twenty-five per cent of said cost; and any person unnecessarily injuring a book shall pay the full damage thereto, the same to be determined by the director.

7. In townships where the inspectors shall have suspended section 115 of the school laws, the township librarian shall loan the books to the residents of the township, under the same rules as above given for the directors to loan to the districts.

8. All moneys received for fines or penalties by the directors shall be paid over to the township librarian, who shall pay the same, together with all other moneys he shall receive of similar character, into the township library fund.

9. The township librarian shall, on the first of September in each year, make a written report to the inspectors, setting forth the number of volumes in the library, and their condition. The report shall state what books have been added to the library during the year, and what lost, if any; and what amount of fines have been imposed and collected; the number of volumes that have been drawn, and whether by directors or under suspension of section 115, together with such other particulars as the inspectors shall direct; which report the inspectors shall place on file, and forward a duplicate thereof to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE

FOR COUNTY

SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.

(3756.) SECTION 1. There shall be a County Superintendent of common schools in each organized county of this State, except as hereinafter provided, whose term of service shall be

two years.

(3757.) SEC. 2. The first election of the County Superintendent shall be held on the first Monday of April, 1867, and every two years thereafter. The election provided for by this act shall be conducted, as near as may be, in the same manner and by the same officers, and the inspectors of election shall make the same canvass, statement and returns, as is provided by law for the election of a Judge of the Supreme Court, and said Superintendent shall be voted for on the same ballot as the judge aforesaid, and the board of county canvassers shall determine and declare the person thus elected to the office of County Superintendent.

(3758.) SEC. 3. A certificate of election shall be immediately issued by the county board of canvassers to the person so elected to the office of County Superintendent, who shall, within twenty days thereafter, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and deposit the same with the county clerk, to be filed and preserved in his office, when it shall be the duty of the county clerk to report the name and postoffice address of the County Superintendent to the Superintendent of Public Instruction; and the County Superintendent thus elected shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of May following, and shall hold his office at the county seat, or at some other place to be designated by the board of supervisors.

(3759.) SEC. 4. The supervisors, or a majority of them, present at their first regular meeting, shall determine the com

pensation to be paid to the County Superintendent, but such compensation shall not be less than three dollars, nor more than five dollars for each day actually employed in the duties of his office, for such number of days as the supervisors may determine: Provided, That the number of days shall not be less than the number of school districts in said county, and one day for each township thereof, for the examination of teachThe compensation of the County Superintendent shall be paid quarter yearly from the county treasury; but before he shall be entitled to receive such compensation, he shall file in the office of the county clerk a sworn statement of his account.

ers.

(3760.) SEC. 5. The County Superintendent shall examine all persons offering themselves as teachers for the public schools, and shall attend in each township in his county, at least once in each year for that purpose, and twenty days before the time for such examinations, he shall notify the township clerk of the time and place thereof; and said clerk shall immediately cause written or printed notices of the same to be posted in three or more public places in the township. He may also hold examinations at such other times and places as he may appoint; but all examinations shall be public. [See appendix C.]

(3761.) SEC. 6. He shall grant certificates, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, licensing as teachers all persons whom, on thorough and full examination, he shall deem qualified in respect to good moral character, learning, and ability to instruct and govern a school; but no certificate shall be granted to any person who shall not pass a satisfactory examination in orthography, reading, writing, grammar, geography, and arithmetic. No person shall be accounted a qualified teacher, within the meaning of the primary school law, nor shall any school officer employ or contract with any person to teach in any of the public schools of this State, who has not such a certificate in force, or the certificate provided by law to be given to the graduates of the State Normal School, or the certificate of the Superintendent of Public Instruction: Provided, That the certificates heretofore granted by the school inspectors shall be valid for the term for which they were given, unless sooner revoked by the County Superintendent, on examination:

Provided, also, That the school inspectors may examine teachers and grant certificates, until a County Superintendent is elected and qualified, and whenever there shall be a vacancy in that office; but no certificate hereafter granted by the school inspectors shall be valid beyond three months after the next subsequent election of a County Superintendent. [See Appendix C.]

(3762.) SEC. 7. There shall be three grades of certificates for teachers, to be granted by the County Superintendent in his discretion, as follows, viz:

1. The certificate of the first grade shall be granted to no person who has not taught at least one year in this State, with approved ability and success, and it shall be valid throughout the county, in and for which it was granted, for two years.

2. The certificate for the second grade may be granted to any person of approved learning, qualification, and character, and shall be valid throughout the county for one year.

3. The certificate of the third grade shall license the holder thereof to teach in some one specified township, and shall not continue in force for more than six months. The County Superintendent may revoke any teacher's certificate for any reason which would have justified the withholding thereof when the same was given, or for gross negligence of duty, or for incompetency or immorality, which reason shall not be spread upon the records of said Superintendent, unless requested by the teacher; but no certificate shall be revoked without a re-examination, unless the holder of such certificate shall, after reasonable notice, neglect or refuse to appear before the Superintendent for such re-examination. The Superintendent shall keep a record of all the certificates granted or annulled by him, with the date, grade, and duration of each, and shall deliver such record, with all other books and papers belonging to his office, to his successor.

(3763.) SEC. 8. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, on such evidence as may be satisfactory to him, may grant

(Section 7.) Section 2 of the Normal School law, gives the Superintendent power to suspend a certificate given by the Board of Instruction of the Normal School.