Reports of private schools. Ibid. Proviso. Proviso. Furnish blanks to school officers. Ibid. Annual report. Ibid. Oaths and affidavits. Ibid. County Collector of each county for the amount to which such county shall be entitled. 22. (17.) The superintendent or manager of each educational institution receiving support or aid from the State, and the president, manager or principal of each seminary, academy or private school shall report to the Commissioner of Education annually, on or before the first day of August, such statistics relating to such institution, seminary, academy or school as said Commissioner of Education may require, and in the manner and form prescribed by him; provided, that no report concerning the expenses or finances of such seminary, academy or private school shall be required; and provided further, that no report of any seminary, academy or private school shall be published or made public by the Commissioner of Education. 23. (18.) The Commissioner of Education shall prepare and cause to be printed forms for making all reports and conducting all proceedings under the school laws of this State. He shall cause all school laws to be printed in pamphlet form, and shall annex thereto forms for making reports and conducting school business, and shall distribute the same. 24. (19.) The Commissioner of Education shall present to the State Board of Education annually, at its meeting in December, a report of the condition of the public schools and of all the educational institutions receiving support or aid from the State. Such report shall contain full statistical tables of all items connected with the cause of education that may be of interest to school officers or the people of the State, together with such suggestions and recommendations for the improvement of the schools and the advancement of public instruction as he shall deem expedient. 25. (20.) The Commissioner of Education and the assistant Commissioners (a) shall, without charge, administer oaths and take affidavits concerning any matter relating to the schools. (a) See section 9. records, etc., to successor. 26. (21.) The Commissioner of Education shall, at Deliver seal, the expiration of his term of office, deliver to his succes-bid sor his official seal, together with all the property, books, documents, maps, records, reports and other papers belonging to his office. ARTICLE III. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. superin Ibid. office. 27. (22.) The State Board of Education shall appoint Appointment for each county a suitable person to be the County Super- tendent. intendent of Schools of that county, who shall hold Term of office for the term of three years from the date of his appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed as aforesaid, unless sooner removed for cause by said board. No person shall be appointed as County Superintendent of Schools unless he shall hold a State teacher's certificate. Such 28. (23.) The yearly salary of a County Superintendent of Schools shall be two thousand dollars. salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments, and the State Comptroller shall, on the order of the Commissioner of Education, draw his warrant for such salary on the State Treasurer in favor of such County Superintendent of Schools. State Shall hold certificate. paid. 29. (24.) A County Superintendent of Schools shall Expenses receive, in addition to his salary, the actual expenses in- Special curred by him in the performance of his official duties, 1903. which expenses shall be paid by the collector of the county on the order of the Commissioner of Education; provided, that no such order shall be drawn in favor Proviso. of any County Superintendent of Schools until he shall have furnished to the State Board of Education an itemized statement, certified under oath or affirmation, of the expenses he has incurred, nor unless he shall have, during the period in which such expenses have been Proviso. Powers of county superintendent. Ibid. Take affidavits. Issue orders for school moneys. Supervise schools. Appoint members of board of education in certain cases. incurred, faithfully performed all the duties imposed upon him by this act and by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education; and provided further, that in no case shall the expenses aforesaid exceed three hundred and fifty dollars annually. Payment of such expenses shall be made quarter-yearly. 30. (25.) A County Superintendent of Schools shall have power: I. To administer, without charge, oaths or affirmations to teachers and school officers. II. To issue orders on the County Collector in favor of the custodian of the school moneys of the several school districts in said county for that portion of the State school tax, the State appropriation, and the interest of the surplus revenue to which each of said school districts shall be entitled, III. To exercise general supervision over the public schools of the county under his charge in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the State Board of Education; to visit and examine all the schools under his care; to inquire into the management, methods of instruction and discipline in such schools; to note the condition of the schoolhouses, sites, buildings and appurtenances; to examine the courses of study, text-books and school libraries; to advise with and counsel boards of education in relation to their duties, particularly in respect to the construction, heating, ventilating and lighting of schoolhouses, and to recommend to boards of education and teachers proper studies, methods, discipline and management for the schools. IV. To appoint members of the board of education for a new township, incorporated town or borough school district and for any school district under his supervision which shall fail to elect members at the regular time. Such appointees shall serve only until the next election in the district for members of the board of education. report. 31. (26.) Each County Superintendent of Schools Annual shall render annually, on or before the first of September, to the Commissioner of Education, in the manner and form prescribed by him, a report of such matters relating to the schools under his supervision as shall be required by said Commissioner of Education. 32. (27.) The superintendents, district clerks and the custodians of school moneys of the several school districts shall annually, on or before the first day of August, report to the County Superintendent of Schools, in the manner and form prescribed by the Commissioner of Education. Reports of local officers. Ibid. of city Ibid. 33. (28.) Whenever a superintendent of schools shall Supervision be appointed in any city school district, the supervision schools. of the schools of such district shall devolve upon such superintendent and not upon the County Superintendent of Schools. Office for county super 34. (1.) The Board of Chosen Freeholders of each county of this State shall provide an office of suitably intendent, furnished rooms at the county seat for the use of the Chap. 232. County Superintendent of Schools, in which office shall be kept the school records of the county for the use of the county and State Departments of Public Instruction, the United States Bureau of Education and the United States Commissioner of Education, said office to be kept open to the public the same as other county offices. county super Ibid. 35. (2.) A sum not exceeding six hundred dollars Clerk for shall be appropriated annually by said Board of Chosen intendent. Freeholders and paid quarter-yearly to the County Superintendent of Schools toward the expenses incurred for a clerical assistant in said office. The clerical assistant shall be selected and appointed by the County Superintendent. ARTICLE IV. State examiners. P. L. 1903. special session. County examiners. P. L. 1906, p. 681. Qualifications. Vacancies. Compensation. BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 36. (29.) There shall be a State Board of Examiners, consisting of the Commissioner of Education, the Principals of the State Normal Schools and one person to be appointed by the State Board of Education. Said last-named person shall hold office for one year from date of his appointment as aforesaid. The member of said State Board of Examiners appointed by the State Board of Education shall hold a first-grade State certificate, or shall be a graduate of a college or university. He shall receive for his services, in addition to traveling expenses, such compensation as may be fixed by the State Board of Education, not to exceed ten dollars for each meeting of said Board of Examiners. Said board shall hold examinations of teachers, grant State certificates to teach and revoke the same under rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education. 37. (30.) There may be in each county a County Board of Examiners consisting of the County Superintendent of Schools, who shall be its chairman, and a number of teachers not to exceed three, to be appointed by him, who shall hold office for one year from the date of their respective appointments. No person shall be appointed as a county examiner unless he or she shall hold either a state or a first-grade county certificate. The County Superintendent of Schools shall fill vacancies that shall occur from absence or other cause. Said County Board of Examiners shall conduct examinations and grant certificates to teach at such times and under such rules and regulations as the State Board of Education may prescribe. It shall meet at such places as may be designated by the chairman. Each member of said board of examiners, except the County Superintendent of Schools, shall receive for his or her services, in addition |