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 896 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 77. 1862. 0¤¤did¤t¤¤ for said Levy Court shall appoint one of said board of commissioners from 6di° b° each primary school district; and the Said commissioners appointed as aforesaid shall, each acting in his respective district, examine all persons who shall offer themselves as candidates for teaching in such district; and in such examination it shall be the duty of the commissioners aforesaid to inquire, and, so far as he shall be enabled thereto, to Qulmmiom ascertain and inform himself as to all the qualifications mentioned and contained in the certificate hereinafter specided and given in form; and if he shall be satisfied as to the sufficiency of such qualifications he shall certify in writing, under his hand, and deliver such certificate to the person so examined by him as aforesaid in form and substance following, viz: Certiiicate. “I, the undersigned, resident commissioner of primary schools of district No. -1-, do certify that I have examined -—-—-—·, and do believe he (or she, as the case may be,) is of a good moral character, and of suflicient 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 No. -——"; and dismiss any in- Dismissal of temperate, cruel, negligent, or immoral teachers, and cause to be put up in be adopted by the board of commissioners, which board shall also direct School books- what books shall be used, and what branches shall be taught; and the _ resident commissioners aforesaid shall visit the schools in each of their s°1;i:l;°“°‘ °f respective districts at least twice a year, exercise a general supervision, ' afnd enldeavor to promote a full, equal, and useful instruction of the youth o said county. Pmcwdings Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That whenever any school district when ¤_¤¤h¤¤1 shall be formed by the commissioners of primary schools as aforesaid it d’“t"°"’{°m°d‘ shall be the duty of the said commissioners, within twenty days there- Nom, of Em after, to make a notice in writing describing the metes and bounds of meetingofinh¤b— such district, and appoint a time and place for the first district meeting, i“””· and notify the taxable white 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 white inhabitants of such district liable to pay taxes as aforesaid shall assemble together, in pursuance Y 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 Trustees. hereby authorized and required to hold; to choose by ballot three trustees _ I to manage the concerns of such school district, and one district collector ; hog? f°" °°h°°also to designate a suitable and central site for a school-house; to vote a Tu, &c_ tax on the property in such school district owned by white persons, sufficient, in addition to the proportion of the school fund (hereinafter to be provided for) allotted to such school district, to purchase, lease, or rent a site for a school-house; to build, lease, or rent and keep in repair said house: to supply fuel, books, stationery, and furniture; to pay the salary of a teacher, and all other necessary expenses: Provided, however, That
 * °¤°h°'¤· every school-house such general system of rules and regulations as may