which certificate shall certify the branches in which the person holding it has passed a satisfactory examination, and shall be given at the discretion of the Inspectors for a term of not less than six months nor more than two years. Term "qual. No person shall be deemed a qualified Teacher within the er" defined. meaning of this chapter, who has not such a certificate in force, or the legal certificate as a graduate of the State Normal School. ified Teach Sec. 86. For the purpose of making such examination, or to conduct examinations in their absence. Two of the Inspectors may examine and license Teachers, but one cannot act alone in this duty. 4. Inspectors owe it to the Schools to refuse a certificate to any Teacher who is a drunkard, or gambler, or who uses profane language, or indulges in any other gross immorality. No excellency of scholarship or experience, or skill in teaching, can compensate a School for the lack of moral purity and integrity in the Teacher. The law has wisely made a good moral character a requisite for a qualified Teacher, since it is on the virtue as well as on the intelligence of the people that the safety of the Republic depends. 5. Form No. 17 having been printed before the amend ment of this section, has become obsolete. The following is prescribed in its place: FORM OF TEACHER'S CERTIFICATE. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that A- -B has passed a satisfactory examination before us in the following branches, viz: Othography, Grammar, Reading, Writing, and is able to give instruction in the same. He has more. over been found of good moral character and of competent ability to teach a School, and we have therefore licensed him to teach in the Schools of this Township of, in examining Teachers, thereof. the Board of School Inspectors shall meet on the second Meetings for Saturday of April and first Saturday of November in each acheg year, at the office of the Township Clerk, or at such other and notice place as they shall designate, of which meetings the Township Clerk shall give at least ten days notice in writing, by posting up the same in three public places in the Township. tion at other Sec. 87. The Inspectors may make such examination at Examinasuch other times as they may designate for that purpose, times. but shall make no charge against the Township for examining Teachers at any other times than those specified in the preceding section. the county of, for the term of (here insert the time,) from the date hereof. 6. Only Teachers of experience and approved success, should be licensed for the longest period. Young Teachers should be contented to pass a noviciate of six months to prove their ability to teach. (Section 87.) 1. When Inspectors hold special meetings, due notice should be given of the same. No examinations of Teachers should be held but at a meeting called for that purpose. The practice of one Inspector's giving a certificate to be signed afterwards by the others, is entirely irregular and unauthorized. As far as possible, the examinations should be confined to the regular days appointed by law, as they will be much more generally attended by the citizens, and will generally be more extended and thorough. 2. Inspectors are entitled to charge Teachers for examinations if not made upon the regular days, they being forbidden to make any charge against the Township for any but the two regular meetings. Examina. tion to be public; tions of Sec. 88. The examination of Teachers shall be public, and no certificate shall be given by the Inspectors, unless qualifica- they are satisfied that the applicant possesses a good moral Teachers. character, and a thorough and accurate knowledge of the several branches of study usually taught in Primary Schools, and is competent in other respects to teach and govern a School. Where Sec. 89. When a District is situated in two or more townbe examined ships, the Teacher for such District shall be examined by for District the Inspectors of the township to which the Director is two or more required to make his annual report. situated in Townships. Inspectors may re examine and annul Sec. 90. Whenever the Inspectors shall deem it necessary to re-examine any Teacher of a Primary School in Teacher, their township, they shall give five days notice to such certificate. Teacher of the time and place of such re-examination, and of their intention to annul his certificate if they find him deficient in the requisite qualifications; and at the time and place specified in the notice, if such Teacher shall not appear and submit to such re-examination, or if he shall be found deficient as aforesaid the Inspectors shall annul the said certificate. (Section 88.) 1. The requisition that the examination shall be public, would seem to demand that public notice should be given of the meeting. 2. Inspectors should require satisfactory testimonials of the good moral character of any person whom they license, if such person was previously unknown to them. (Section 90.) 1. Should the Inspectors be convinced that the Teacher's non-appearance at the time fixed for his reexamination, was owing to serious sickness or unavoidable accident, they should give him another opportunity for examination. 2. No Teacher's certificate should be annulled on a mere report of incompetency; but the Inspectors are bound to examine him, and, if necessary, visit his School and assure themselves personally of his deficiency. 3. Whenever the Inspectors shall have annulled a Teacher's certificate, they ought immediately to notify the District Board that had employed him, as no more public meetings of Sec. 91. The whole number of meetings of said Board Number of of Inspectors during any one year, at the expense of the Board. township, shall not exceed six; and whenever said Board shall meet for the purpose of forming or altering School Notice in Districts, they shall cause the like notice to be given as is cases. required for meetings to examine Teachers. certain to account Sec. 94. It shall be the duty of the Board of Inspectors Inspectors to render to the Township Board, on the Tuesday next pre- to Township ceding the annual Township meeting, a full and true ac- Board. count of all moneys received and disbursed by them as such Inspectors, during the year, which account shall be settled by said Township Board, and such disbursements allowed, if the proper vouchers are presented. Sec. 95. [Repealed by act approved Feb. 15, 1859.] CERTAIN DUTIES OF TOWNSHIP CLERK. Board of In spectors. Sec. 96. The Township Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Clerk of Board of School Inspectors by virtue of his office, and shall attend all meetings of said Board, and under their direction prepare all their reports and record the same, and shall re money can be paid him, and none drawn on account of his teaching. The contract made with a qualified Teacher becomes null and void by the annulling of his certificate. See Notes on section 39. (Sections 92 and 93.) [These sections, repealed by the act approved February 14, 1859, provided for the estab lishment of Graded School Districts by the Inspectors and the grading of the Schools. They also provided for enlarging the District Board of such Districts. A new law for organizing enlarged Districts and grading Schools having been passed, these sections were repealed to prevent the confusion of an unnecessary variety of School organizations. Districts which have heretofore had enlarged Boards under these sections, must now go back to the common District organization, or adopt the organization provided in the new law. See sections 147, 148, 149, 150 and 151. The repeal of these sectiens renders null sections 2382 2383, page 758 Complied Laws.] Clerk to apportion School moneys. To apporti'n cord all their proceedings, including the names of Teachers to whom certificates shall have been given, with the date of each certificate, and the name of each Teacher whose certificate shall have been annulled, with the date of such annulment. Sec. 97. On receiving notice from the County Treasurer of the amount of School moneys apportioned to his township, he shall apportion the same amongst the several Districts therein entitled to the same, in proportion to the number of children in each between the ages of four and eighteen years, as the same shall be shown by the annual report of the Director of each District for the School year last closed. Sec. 98. Said Clerk shall also apportion, in like manner, 3 hool mon on receiving notice of the amount from the Township Treas by Township urer, all moneys raised by township tax, or received from and record other sources for the support of Schools, and in all cases eys raised apportion. ment. To keep books and papers To receive make out and deliver to the Township Treasurer a written statement of the number of children in each District drawing money, and the amount apportioned to each District, and record the apportionment in his office. Sec. 99. He shall receive and keep all reports to the Inspectors from the Directors of the several School Districts in his township, and all the books and papers belonging to the Inspectors, and file such papers in his office. Sec. 100. He shall receive all such communications as of commu- may be transmitted to him by the Superintendent of Pub and dispose (Section 97.) The Districts entitled to public moneys are those which have had a School taught by a qualified Teacher" for three months during the preceding School year. No money should be apportioned to others. (Section 98.) 1. The money raised by the township tax of two mills on each dollar of taxable property, is, by the law of 1859, (see section 107,) to be apportioned to the Districts in which it was raised. If any part of said tax was appropriated for District Libraries, the Clerk should apportion such part to the several Districts on the same basis on which he apportions the Primary School moneys. 2. For directions for apportioning School moneys in the case of Fractional Districts, see Notes on sections 141 and 142. |