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sioner may revoke said certificate for gross immorality, in- Commissioner competency, or other adequate cause. The said certifi- tiucate. cate to the teacher may be in the following form, viz:

The undersigned having examined

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sustains a good moral character, hereby certify that is quali- cate. fied properly to teach he following branches, viz: orthography, reading in English, penmanship, arithmetic, English grammar, modern geography, and the History of the United States; which certificate is good and valid in said county for two years from the date hereof, renewable at the option of the school commissioner, or of any two members of the board of examiners, by his or their indorsement thereon.

Given under

hand, at the date aforesaid.

A B. School Commissioner.
C D,

E F,

Examiners.

Provided, that each and every school or schools, of Previse. whatever grade, established or authorized to be established under the provisions of this act, shall be a school or schools for the purpose of teaching various branches of an English education; and no part of the common school fund, township fund, or of any other school fund, shall be paid out or appropriated for the establishing, conducting, or the supporting in any manner of any other character or class of school or schools, as aforesaid designated: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall revent the teaching a foreign language in a common school, as aforesaid.

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§ 51. It shall be the duty of the school commissioner Meetings for exto fix upon the time of holding meetings for the examina- teachers. tion of teachers, in such places in their respective counties, as will, in their opinion, best accommodate the greatest number of candidates for examination; notice of all such Publication of meetings having been published in some newspaper of general circulation; and all teachers who do not attend at the appointed time for said examination, shall pay to the school commissioner one dollar for their certificate.

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§ 52. No teacher shall be entitled to any portion of the Exhibit certid common school or township fund, or other public fund, or be employed to teach any school under the control of any board of directors of any school district in this state, who shall not, before his employment, exhibit to said board, or to a committee of said board, a certificate of qualification obtained under the provisions of this act; nor shall any teacher be paid any portion of the school or public fund aforesaid, unless he shall have kept and furnished schedules as herein directed: Provided, if the directors of a Proviso. district shall certify that they are unable to procure a teacher competent to teach the branches required by this act,

Schedules.

the commissioner shall issue a certificate of qualification to teach such branches as said directors may specify; which certificate shall be valid only in said district, and for one year.

§ 53. Teachers shall make schedules of the names of all scholars under twenty-one years of age, attending their schools, in the form prescribed by this act; and when scholars reside in two or more districts, townships or counties, separate schedules shall be kept for each district, township or county, and the absence or presence of every scholar shall be set down under the proper date, and opposite the name, on every day that school is open, and the absence of a scholar shall be signified by a blank-the presence by a mark. The schedule to be made and returned by the teacher shall be, as near as circumstances will permit, in the following form, viz:

Form of schedule SCHEDULE of a common school kept by A B, number -, in township number

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And said teacher shall add up and set down the whole number of days' attendance of each scholar, and add up said whole numbers, and make out the grand total number of days' attendance, as in the form above prescribed, and shall attach thereto his certificate, which shall be in the following form, viz:

I certify that the foregoing schedule of scholars attending my school, as therein named, and residing as specified in said schedule, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is correct; and that it was a school for the purpose of teaching various branches of an English education. A. B., Teacher.

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When the teacher shall have completed his or her sched- Schedules to be ule or schedules, as above required, he or she shall deliver it to some one of the directors, and it shall be the duty of said director, in connection with one other director of the board, to carefully examine such schedule or schedules, and, after correcting all errors, and if they shall find such schedule to have been kept according to law, they shall certify to the same, as near as practicable, in the following form, viz:

STATE OF ILLINOIS, SS.
County, S

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We the undersigned, directors of range number in the county aforesaid, certify that we have examined the foregoing schedule, and find the same to be correct, and that the school was conducted according to law. C D, teacher, as per contract, the sum of cents, and that the said teacher has a legal certificate of good moral character, and of qualification to teach a common school (or of such a grade as the case may be.) Witness our hands, this

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Which schedule or schedules, certified as aforesaid by at Schedules to least two directors, shall be filed by 'said directors with the township treasurer; and until such schedule and report, as aforesaid, shall have been filed as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for said treasurer to pay said teacher, or any two members thereof to draw an order in favor of said teacher.

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§ 54 School directors shall certify no schedule that Directors limited reaches back to a time more than six months from the time schedule. fixed by law for the regular return and presentation of schedules to the school directors. Schedules made and certified, as aforesaid, shall, at least two days before the first Monday in April and October, be delivered by the directors to the township treasurer.

TOWNSHIP TREASURER-HIS DUTIES.

give bond.

§ 55. The township treasurer appointed by the board Treasurers of trustees, shall, before entering upon his duties, execute a bond, with two or more freeholders, who shall not be members of the board, as securities, payable to the board of the township for which he is appointed treasurer, with a sufficient penalty to cover all liabilities which may be incurred, conditioned faithfully to perform all the duties of township treasurer, in township

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county, according to law. The security shall be approved by at least a majority of the board, and shall be delivered by one of the trustees to the school commissioner of the proper county. And in all cases where such treas

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urer aforesaid is to have the custody of all bonds, mortgages, moneys and effects denominated principal, and belonging to the township for which he is appointed treasurer; the penalty of said treasurer's bond shall be twice the amount of said bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys and effects. And every township treasurer appointed subsequent to the first, as herein provided, shall execute bond, with security, as is required of the first treasurer. The bond required in this section shall be in the following form,

viz:

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

SS.
County. S

Know all men by these presents, that we, A B, C D and E F, are held and firmly bound, jointly and severally, unto the board of in said county, in the penal sum of dollars, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals

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The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden A B, township treasurer of township range in the county aforesaid, shall faithfully discharge all the duties of said office according to the laws which now are or may hereafter be in force, and shall deliver to his successor in office all moneys, books papers, securities and property in his hands as such township treasurer, then this obligation to be void, oherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

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To provide books § 56. Every township treasurer shall provide himself of money re- with two well bound books, the one to be called a cash

and keep account

suived.

book, the other a loan book. He shall charge himself in the cash book with all moneys received, stating the charge, when, from whom and on what account received; and credit himself with all moneys paid or loaned, the amount loaned, the date of the loan, the rate of interest, the time when payable, the name of the securities, or if real estate be taken, a description of the same. He shall also enter in separate accounts moneys received and moneys paid out, charging the first to debit account, and crediting the latter as follows, to-wit: 1st. The principal of the township fund, when paid in, and when paid out. 2d. The interest of the township fund, when received and when paid out. 3d. The common school fund, and other funds, when received from the school commissioner, and when paid out. 4th. The taxes received from the county collector, distinguishing between that for general school purposes and that levied for the purpose of prolonging schools. 5th. Donations received. 6th. Moneys coming from all other sources; and in all cases entering the date when received and when paid out; and he shall also arrange and keep

his books and accounts in such other manner as may be directed by the state or county superintendent, or the board of trustees. He shall also provide a book, to be called a journal, in which he shall record fully and at length the acts and proceedings of the board, their orders, by-laws and resolutions; which book shall be at all times subject to the inspection of said board, or other persons authorized by this act, or of any committee appointed by the inhabitants of the township to examine the same. And he shall also provide a book to be called a record, in which he shall enter a brief description of all notes or bonds belonging to the township, and upon the opposite page he shall note down when paid, or any remarks to show where or in what condition it is, as in the following form, viz:

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$57. The township treasurers shall loan, upon the following conditions, all moneys which shall come to their To lean fundo. hands by virtue of their office, except such as may be subject to distribution. The rate of interest shall be ten per centum per annum, payable half yearly in advance. The time for which loans shall be made shall not be less than six months nor more than five years. For all sums not exceeding one hundred dollars, loaned for not more than one year, two responsible securities shall be given; for all sums over one hundred dollars and for all loans for more than one year, security shall be given by mortgage on real estate, unincumbered, in value double the amount loaned, with a condition that in case additional security shall at any time be required, the same shall be given to the satisfaction of the board of trustees for the time being. Notes, bonds, mortgages and other securities taken for money or other property, due or to become due to the board of trustees for the township, shall be payable to the said board by their corporate name; and in such name suits, actions and complaints, and every description of legal proceedings, may be had for the recovery of money, the breach of contracts, and for every legal liability which may at any time arise or exist, or upon which a right of action shall accrue to the use of this corporation: Pro- Provise. vided, however, that notes, bonds, mortgages and other securities in which the name of the school commissioner, or of the trustees of schools, are inserted, shall be valid to all intents and purposes; and suit shall be brought in the name of the board of trustees as aforesaid. The wife of

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