Appointment of school examiners. -Their duties; fees, &c,, of their certificate to teachers. house in the township, and at the usual place of holding the elections, at least fifteen days before the annual township election, on the first Monday of April; and, at such election, it shall be lawful for the qualified voters to indorse on their tickets, "school tax," or, "no school tax," and if, on counting the votes, it shall be found that there are more votes for school tax than against it, the result shall be certified to the county auditor, who shall assess the amount so estimated by the township superintendent, to be assessed upon the property of such township, (a) which shall be collected and paid over to the treasurer of the township, in the same manner as is provided for the amount levied in the second section of this act; but if there shall be found more votes for "no school tax" than for it, then no further school tax shall be assessed for that year. 26. SEC. XXVII. That the court of common pleas of each county in this state, shall, at their first term after the passage of this act, or at any subsequent term, appoint three competent men, to act as school examiners, who shall forthwith be notified of their appointment by the clerk of said court, and hold their offices for three years, and until their successors are appointed; and the said court shall, from time to time, fill all vacancies in said board of examiners. 27. SEC. XXVIII. That said board shall, within ten their clerk, and days after their appointment, on being notified thereof, meet and organize by electing a chairman and clerk from their own body; they shall fix upon the time and place to hold quarterly meetings for the examination of all persons who wish to become teachers in their counties; and, at such regular meetings, any one of said board, on failure of the others to attend, shall be competent to examine candidates, and give (a) But not over two mills on the dollar; for which, see 57th section. certificates; and the certificates so given shall be sufficient for any part of the county; and no person shall be employed as teacher in any common school, unless he or she shall first have obtained a certificate from. said examiners, or one of them, of good moral character, and that he or she is qualified to teach reading, writing and arithmetic; and the said examiners shall certify, upon such examination, what other branches the candidates severally are qualified to teach; and no such teacher shall be allowed to teach in any common school, any branch not named in his or her certificate. The said examiners shall adopt such bylaws and regulations for the transaction of business as to them shall appear proper, and shall keep a journal of all their proceedings; and the clerk shall receive from the county treasury one dollar and fifty cents per day for each day spent in such examination at general meetings; and the county auditor shall give an order to said clerk for all moneys by him expended in the purchase of books, stationery, &c., for the purposes aforesaid; and the said board may, at the request of any candidate, hold special meetings as often as need be, and the candidates at such special meetings shall each pay, on receiving his or her certificate, fifty cents to the clerk for his compensation; and the said examiners may, whenever they think it advisable, determine what school books are best adapted to the schools in their respective counties, and recommend the same to the use of the different school districts: provided, that no certificate shall be considered valid more than two years after it has been given; and the said examiners may give their certificate for any shorter time, not less than six months; and, provided further, that said examiners may, at their discretion, appoint examiners in distant townships, for the examination of teachers. Examiners so appointed shall be governed by the rules and County auditor to be county superintend ent; -His duties. regulations prescribed by the county board of school examiners. 28. SEC. XXIX. That the county auditor shall be county superintendent of common schools, and, as such, shall do and perform such duties as shall be hereinafter prescribed. 29. SEc. xxx. That the auditor of each county shall, immediately after his annual settlement with the said county treasurer, apportion to the several school districts in such county, all the money then in the treasury of such county, for the use of schools therein, as follows, to wit: All the moneys collected on the tax duplicate of any township, for the use of schools, shall be apportioned to the several districts and parts of districts, in such townships; all the moneys received from the state treasury, on account of interest on the money accruing from the sale of section sixteen, or other lands in lieu thereof, shall be apportioned to the several districts and parts of districts, in the original surveyed townships or fractional townships, to which such land belongs; all moneys received by the county treasurer, on account of the Virginia military school fund, United States military district, and Connecticut Western Reserve, shall be apportioned according to the laws regulating the same; and all other moneys, for the use of schools in the county, shall, if its appropriation is not otherwise directed by law, be apportioned to all the districts in the county; and all such apportionments shall be made to the several districts and parts of districts, in proportion to the number of youth therein; and he shall, immediately after making said apportionment, enter the same in a book, to be kept for that purpose, and shall furnish the township treasurers and township clerks, each, with a copy of said apportionment, and give to each township treasurer an order on the county treasurer for the amount of money belonging to the several districts in his respective township, (a) and take a receipt from such treasurer for the amount thus received, which receipt shall specify the amount to be paid to each district; and the said county auditor shall carefully collect the fines, and all other moneys for school purposes in his county, and pay the same over to the county treasurer; and he shall carefully inspect all accounts of interest for section sixteen, or other school lands, whether the interest is paid by the state or by the debtors, and take all proper measures to secure to each township its full amount of school funds. 30. SEC. XXXI. That the said county auditor shall, Same subject. on or before the first day of December, annually, make out and transmit to the state superintendent of common schools, at Columbus, an abstract of all the returns made to him from the several townships in his county, according to the form that may be prescribed by the state superintendent; and he shall cause to be distributed all such circulars, blanks, and other papers and documents, in the several townships in the county, as the state superintendent shall lawfully require. 31. SEC. XXXII. That the county commissioners Fees of county of each county in this state shall make the same allowance to the county auditors, out of their respective county treasuries, for services performed, and expenses incurred under this law, as is allowed for other services of a like nature. auditor. schools and of 32. SEC. XXXIII. That each and every incorporated District city, town or borough, not otherwise especially regu- ficers in incorporated towns lated by charter, shall be, and is hereby created a and cities. separate school district, to be under the supervision of the corporate authorities of such city, town or borough, under the regulations hereinafter provided; (a) Township treasurer must present a certificate of the township clerk, showing that he has executed an official bond; and the money must not exceed one half of the penalty of the bond, &c. See 55th section. Same subject. Same subject. Same subject. and the qualified voters of such city, town or borough, shall, annually, on the third Friday in September, hereafter, elect three directors, who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be subject to the same penalties as other school directors: provided that the corporate authorities may, by ordinance, increase the number of directors so as to allow one to each sub-district, who shall be elected in like man ner. 33. SEC. XXXIV. That the directors in any incorporated town, city or borough, shall be authorized, when they think it advisable, to divide their district into sub-districts; and they may establish schools of different grades, and ordain such rules for the duties and discipline of such schools as they think conducive to the public good; and it shall be lawful for the trustees of any township in which such incorporate town, city or borough shall be situate, by and with the consent of the school directors of any such incorporated town, city or borough, to attach thereto such parts of their respective townships as lie adjacent thereto. 34. SEC. Xxxv. That in all such incorporated towns, cities or boroughs, the clerk of such incorporated body shall be clerk of such district, and he shall do and perform all the duties of the clerk of school districts, as provided in this act, (except that he shall not be treasurer,) and such other duties as the directors shall, from time to time, prescribe. All orders of the directors, for the payment of money, shall be countersigned by the clerk of said corporation. 35. SEC. XXXVI. That whenever said incorporated town is divided into sub-districts, one director shall be elected, residing in each of such sub-districts. And the tuition funds shall be divided among the subdistricts, so as to make them as nearly equal as possible. All taxes for building, purchasing, repairing or furnishing school houses and lots, shall be equally as |