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MEETINGS.

The regular semi-annual meetings of the State board of education have been held in compliance with the requirements of section 17, of the Oregon school laws. In addition to these stated meetings, numerous special meetings have been held for the purpose of considering and determining school questions of special and general importance.

SCHOOL DECISIONS.

Many questions touching the management of schools and school districts, have been determined on appeal. The following cases have been received and settled during the two years covered by this report:

Annual estimates of current expenses should be made by boards of directors; apparatus may be furnished by the board; apparatus, annual expenditure therefor, how much and when; apportionment of school funds by county school superintendent, how and when; age of children, when they may attend school; alterations in school districts, by whom made and how; alterations in joint school districts, how made; annual district meetings, business of, when held, how called; annual report of district clerk, when, how, and to whom made; appeals, how, when and to who made; appropriations for local institutes by county commissioners; assessment of district taxes, how, when, and by whom made; arbitration in case of division of school property; annulment of teachers' certificates by a county superintendent, recourse of teacher in same, appeal may be taken from decision of county superintendent by persons other than teachers; appraisement of school lands, how and by whom; appointments of local officers in school districts, how and when made; apportionment of school funds to joint school districts; books, may be purchased for school libraries; when furnished to indigent children by board; branches of study for teachers' examination, what to be taught in public schools, how many of same compulsory; boards of examiners, county and State, duties thereof; boards of directiors, quorum thereof, chairman thereof, records of proceedings, how and by whom kept, rules and regulations of, may enforce same relative to contagious diseases, power to locate school houses, to build and repair school houses, may purchase right-of-way, build fences, plant trees, may let bids and contracts for school buildings, may establish schools of special grade, may provide evening schools, may admit outside children to school, may expel or suspend pupils from school, may suspend teacher, may enforce attendance, may appoint or drop janitors, may accept bequests, may convey school property by deed, when and how; bonds, how and when issued, to be given by whom, how voted, a lien upon all taxable property of districts, authority to issue same in joint districts; boundaries of joint districts, how changed; census, how and when taken; certificates, by whom and how revoked, by whom issued, grades of, no one shall teach without, cannot be ante-dated, temporary renewals, how many; clerks of joint districts, duties of; compulsory attendance, inoperative in certain cases, penalty for violating; contracts, must be in writing, should be filed in the clerk's office, when revoked; county school superintendent, power to revoke certificates, vacancy how filled, authority in the employment of teachers, duties in regard to making reports, record of official acts, duty in regard to holding institutes, remuneration in holding local institutes, may prescribe course of study, decides all matters of controversy arising in the county, vacancy how filled, distributes blanks; district clerk, bond of, duties and compensation of, vacancy in office how filled, penalty for neglect of duty, power to issue school warrants, is ex-officio treasurer, must make annual report to county superintendent, penalty for failure to report, is custodian of school supplies and apparatus; disorderly conduct in disturbing schools penalty for; district

schools, number of legal holidays in school year, penalty for destroying property of, incidentals for, religious exercises in; district school tax, how determined, amount limited by notice, assessments for how many and when, proper custodian of taxes, payment of bonds; duties of teachers, must keep register, when not entitled to compensation, power to assign studies to pupils; examinations for county certificates, how many days held ; physiology and hygiene to be taught to all children; powers of school corporations; powers of district boards to make rules; powers of district board to furnish apparatus and incidentals for their schools; powers of district board to seat or repair a school house; pupils having contagious diseases or who are incorrigible may be suspended or excluded; pupils, damages by, who liable for; pupils' legal school residence; public school libraries may be established by board of directors, books by whom purchased and to what extent; qualifications of legal voters; repairs on school houses, how provided for; school districts, how organized, when to be considered organized, powers of, coporate powers of, judgment against, how collected; rules and regulations, by whom made; revocation of State and county certificates, causes of; rights of teachers under the law; special school meetings, how called; visitation of schools by the county superintendent.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

Rules and regulations for the government of public schools and school officers in Oregon, made in pursuance of section 17, subdivision 2, of the Oregon school laws, which reads as follows: The State board shall have power (2) to prescribe a series of rules for the government of public schools that shall secure regularity of attendance, prevent truancy, secure and promote the real interests of the schools. Revised January 3, 1881; January 1, 1885; May 2, 1887; September 13, 1889; November 8, 1889; January 4, 1892.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

RULE I.

The State superintendent of public instruction shall issue to the several county school superintendents, in time for the public examination of teachers, on the second Wednesday of rebruary, May, August, and November of each year, printed lists of uniform questions, prepared by the State board of examination, for use at those examinations, in accordance with the rules hereinafter prescribed for the government of county superintendents.

APPEALS.

RULE II.

Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the district board of directors in any matter of law or of facts (pertaining to his school district) may, within ten days after the rendition of such decision or the making of such order, appeal therefrom to the county superintendent of the county; provided further, that this right of appeal shall pe open to all in relation to all school dificulties and complications occurring in school districts or relating to school questions of every kind.

RULE III.

The basis of the proceeding shall be a complaint, filed by the party aggrieved with the county superintendent, within the time for taking the appeal.

RULE IV.

The complaint shall set forth the errors complained of in a plain and concise manner.

RULE V.

The county superintendent shall within ten days after the filing of such complaint in his office, notify the clerk of the proper district, in writing, of the taking of such appeal, and the latter shall within ten days after being thus notified, file in the office of the county superintendent a complete transcript of the record and proceedings relating to the decision complained of, which transcript shall be certified to be correct by the clerk of the district.

RULE VI.

After the filing of the transcripts aforesaid in his office, the county superintendent shall notify in writing all persons adversely interested of the time and place where the matter of appeal will be heard by him.

RULE VII.

At the time thus fixed for the hearing he shall hear and receive testimony for either party, and for that purpose may administer oaths if necessary; and he shall make such decision as may be just and equitable, which shall be final, unless appealed from as provided in the following rule.

RULE VIII.

An appeal may be taken from the decision of the county superintendent to the State superintendent of public instruction, in the same manner as provided for taking appeals from the district board to the county superintendent, as nearly as applicable, except that he shall give twenty days' notice of the appeal to the county superintendent, and the like notice shall be given the adverse party. And the decision when made shall, so far as the school department is concerned, be final.

This right of appeal shall apply to all cases, except as hereinafter provided, and in any case of sufficient importance the State superintendent of public instruction may bring the matter before the State board of education for determination.

TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS.

RULE IX.

At the public quarterly examination of teachers provided by law, the county superintendent shall use the uniform questions furnished by the State superintendent, and the signatures of all assistant examiners shall appear on all certificates issued at these examinations.

RULE X.

The county board of education shall hold its regular public quarterly examination of appli cants for teachers' certificates on the second Wednesday of February, May, August, and Novem. ber. The hour of opening the session of the board shall be 1 o'clock P. M.

RULE XI.

All questions for the public quarterly examinations shall be forwarded to each county superintendent, who shall have exclusive charge of said questions until the examination is commenced, and the questions shall not be opened except in the presence of the board of examiners at the time of beginning each public quarterly examination.

RULE XII.

Two (2) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

RULE XIII.

Applicants shall not be admitted to the examination who were absent at its opening.

RULE XIV.

No applicant shall be allowed to leave the room or communicate with any person during the examination, except by special permission of the chairman.

RULE XV.

All applicants shall begin in a given subject at the same time, and no recess shall be taken until that subject is finished.

RULE XVI.

Applicants are required to answer in complete sentences as far as practicable. Full credits will be given only when answers are correct in fact and in form.

RULE XVII.

No applicant shall be permitted to have a text book in his possession during the hours of examination.

RULE XVIII.

All applicants must indorse their papers with their numbers and the name of the subject and date of examination; and all entries on the record book kept by the county superintendent for this purpose shall be made on these numbers only. The names of the applicants shall not be entered upon the register until the close of the examination; but shall, with the number and the name, be entered at the beginning of the examination on blank cards, which shall be kept in a sealed envelope till the close of the examination.

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