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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 86. 1856. 35 the said clerk nor treasurer shall be paid more than one hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That on or about the second Mon- In May, 1867, day in May, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and annually  c_§£°l;;;;*£; thereafter, the said levy court shall appoint one of said board of com- ery,;,, ,,;,,,0,,,;. missioners from each primary school district; and the said commissioners ed from cs¤h appointed as aforesaid shall, each acting in his respective district, exam- “°h°°I d'°°"°°‘ me all persons who shall offer themselves as candidates for teaching in Exaininstion such district; and in such examination it shall be the duty of the com- °f °°“I‘°"‘ missioners aforesaid to inquire, and, so far as he shall be enabled thereto, to ascertain and inform himself as to all the qualifications mentioned and contained in the certificate hereina.fter`speci1ied and given in- form, and if he shall be satisfied as to the sufficiency of such qualiiicationsghe shall certily in writing, under his hand, and deliver such certilicate to the person so examined by him as aforesaid, in form and substance following, viz: I, the undersigned, resident commissioner of primary schools of Certincsto. district No. —, do certify that I have examined —-e --, and do believe he (or she, as the case may be) is of a good moral character, and of sufficient learning and ability, and in all other respects well qualified to teach a primary school. Given under my hand the —- `day of —-—-, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and —-——. --—- —-, commissioner of primary school district N0. —. And dis- Commissionmiss any intemperate, cruel, negligent, or immoral teachers, and cause zghgggmsff to be put up in every school-house such general system of rules and reg- ,,,,1,,, rule, and ulations as may be adopted by the board of commissioners, which board regulationsshall also direct what books shall be used, and what branches shall be taught; and the resident commissioners aforesaid shall visit the schools in each of their respective districts at least twice a. year, exercise a general supervision, and endeavor to promote a full, equal, and useful instruction of the youth of said county. Sec. 9. And be it fitrtluar enacted, That whenever any school district Meetings of shall be formed by the commissioners of primary schools as aforesaid, in d'·’*“°“· it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, within twenty days thereafter, to make a notice in writing, describing the metes and bounds of such district, and appoint a time and place for the iirst district meeting, and notify the taxable inhabitants residing in such district as aforesaid, by public advertisements to be put up at the most public places of the said district, at least six days before the time of such meeting; and in case such notice shall not be given as aforesaid, or the inhabitants of such district, when so notified, shall neglect or refuse to assemble or form a district meeting in pursuance of such notice, or in case any district, having been formed or organized in pursuance of such notice, shall, in the opinion of the commissioners aforesaid, be dissolved by adjournment without day, or from any other cause whatever, it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners aforesaid, or any one of them, at any time thereafter, to renew such notice, and the inhabitants of such district liable to pay taxes as aforesaid shall assemble together in pursuance of such notice, and when so assembled in district meeting it shall and may be lawful for them, or a majority of such of them as shall be present at such district meeting, to adjourn to any other time or place, and at such first or any future legal district meeting it shall and may be lawful for them, or a majority of them as shall be present as aforesaid, to adjourn from time to time as occasion may require, to fix on a time and place for holding their future annual meetings, which annual meetings they are hereby authorized and required to hold; to choose by ballot three trus· Trustees. tees to manage the concerns of such school district, and one district collector. collector; also to designate a suitable and central site for a school-house, Sites for in vote a tax on the property in such school district sufficient, in addition ¤°h°¥’l·h°°S°*· to the proportion of the school fund (hereinafter to be provided for) T“°'·