Books furnished and forwarded. Re-establish ment of township libraries. Notice. Proviso.. (3752.) SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of contractors to furnish, at the prices contracted for, the books so selected for the libraries, and cause them to be forwarded to such points on any main thoroughfare as the district or township board may direct. (3753.) SEC. 6. In any township which shall have divided its township library among the several school districts, as provided for in section one of this act, the board of school inspectors may, by resolution, order the question of re-establishing the township library to be submitted to the legal voters voting in the respective townships of the State. When the said board shall so order, the township clerk shall give at least ten days' notice of such submission, by posting up the same in three of the most public places in said township ten days before any regular township meeting. At such township meeting, the electors of said township shall vote upon the said proposition in the same manner as provided for in section one of this act; and if a majority shall vote in favor of township library, the same shall be re-established, and the several school district officers shall return all library books in their possession to the office of the township clerk in their respective townships: Provided, That this act shall not apply to districts voting at their annual meeting to retain their respective libraries.' (3754.) SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This act shall take immediate effect. Contract may be entered into for safe keeping. Proviso. Ibid. An Act to provide for the safe keeping of public libraries. [Approved March 22, 1869. Laws of 1869, p. 102.] (3755.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful for any persons or board intrusted by law with the control of town or other public libraries, to lease a suitable room or rooms for the accommodation thereof, or to contract with any incorporated polytechnic, or literary, or scientific association, for the safe keeping of any such library in the rooms or buildings of any such association, for such period as may be agreed upon: Provided, Such library shall continue under the control of the persons or board intrusted with the same by law: And provided also, That no such association shall thereby obtain any interest in the ownership of such library, or in the funds provided for 1 As added by Act 108 of the Laws of 1871, p. 166, approved and took effect April 18, 1871. its support, and that no further restriction shall be placed upon the free use thereof, by the public, than would be imposed had no such arrangement been made. CHAPTER CXXXIX. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. An Act to provide for county superintendents of schools, and to amend section ninetyone, and repeal sections seventy-four, eighty-five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight. eighty-nine, and ninety, of chapter seventy-eight of Compiled Laws. [Approved March 13, 1867. Laws of 1867, p. 74.] of schools, (3756.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Superintendent That 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 His election. shall be held on the first Monday of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and every two years thereafter. The election How conducted. 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 Election of county superinissued by the county board of canvassers to the person so elected to tendent. Oath of office. Location of office. Compensation. Proviso. Examine teachers. 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 compensation to be paid 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 teachers. The 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. (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 of 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 Examinations, 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. public. Licenses teachers. . (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 Qualifications of 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 teachers. public schools in this State, who has not such a certificate in force, ers. (3762.) SEC. 7. There shall be three grades of certificates for Grades of teachteachers, to be granted by the county superintendent in his discre tion, as follows, namely: two years. First. The certificate of the first grade shall be granted to no Certificate valid 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; Second. The certificate of the second grade may be granted to valid one year. any person of approved learning, qualifications, and character, and shall be valid throughout the county for one year; months. certificate. Third. The certificate of the third grade shall license the holder Valid six thereof to teach in some one specified township, and shall not continue in force for more than six months. The county superintendent Revocation of may revoke any teacher's certificate for any reasons which would have justified the withholding thereof when the same was given, or for gross neglect of duty, or for incompetency or immorality, which reasons 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 super- Record of cer intendent 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. tificates. Public Instruc tificates. (3763.) SEC. 8. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, on Superintendent such evidence as may be satisfactory to him, may grant certificates tion grants cerlicensing the holders thereof as teachers duly qualified to teach in any of the primary or graded schools in this State, which certificate. shall be valid until duly revoked by said Superintendent. School examinations. Improvements, etc. Libraries examined. Public lectures, eto. Attendance. Communications Inspectors' reports. (3764.) SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent: First. To visit each of the schools in his county at least once in each year; to examine carefully into the discipline and the modes of instruction, and into the progress and proficiency of the pupils, and to make a record of the same; and to counsel with the teachers and district boards as to courses of studies to be pursued, and for the improvement of the instruction and discipline of the schools; Second. To note the condition of the school-house and appurtenances thereto, and to suggest plans for new school-houses to be erected, and for warming and ventilating the same, and the general improvement of school-houses and grounds; Third. To inquire into the condition of district and township libraries, and to counsel, if necessary, for the better management of the same, and to see that the money collected from fines is devoted to the increase of such libraries; Fourth. To promote, by public lectures and teachers' institutes, and by such other means as he may devise, the improvement of the schools in his county, and the elevation of the character and qualifications of the teachers thereof; Fifth. To consult with the teachers and school boards to secure the more general and regular attendance of the children in his county upon the public schools. (3765.) SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent to receive all such blanks and communications as may be directed to him by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to dispose of the same in the manner directed by the said Superintendent. (3766.) SEC. 11. The annual reports of the township inspectors, provided by section seventy-nine of chapter seventy-eight of the Compiled Laws, shall hereafter be made to the county superintendent; and he shall, immediately after receiving such reports, file copies of the same in the office of the county clerk, and transmit duplicates thereof, together with such other information as may be required of him, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. He shall Disposition of examine into the correctness of the inspectors' reports, and may when necessary, require the same to be amended, and shall indorse his approval upon such as he shall find correct. In case of a vacancy in the office of county superintendent, the reports of the school inspectors shall be received and transmitted as aforesaid by the county clerk. same. Annual reports. (3767.) SEC. 12. The county superintendents shall be subject to such rules and instructions as the Superintendent of Public Instruc |