1901 public laws – Ch.4 Sec.37

The County Superintendent of Schools of each county shall examine all applicants of good moral character for teachers certificate at the court-house in the county, on the second Thursday of July and October of every year, and continue the examination from day to day during the remainder of the week, if necessary, till all applicants are examined, and for the exami: nation of teachers at any other time than above named, he shal! require of such applicant a fee of one dollar, in advance, and all fees for private examination shall be paid by the County Super. intendent of Schools to the Treasurer of the county school fund to go to the general school fund of the county. The place for holding the examination of teachers shall be at the county seat, but other places in said county may be designated by the County Superintendent of Schools, when, in his discretion, it may be for the convenience of the teachers of his county. A general] average of ninety per centum and over shall entitle an applicant to a first-grade certificate; a general average of eighty per centum or more shall entitle the applicant to a second-grade certificate; and a general average of seventy shall entitle an applicant to a third-grade certificate. The certificates shall be valid only in the county in which they are issued and tor one year from date, except that first-grade certificates shall be valid for two years. The branches taught in the public schools shall be orthography, defining, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, lantion of the State, history of the United States, including the tion of the State, history of the United States, including the Constitution of the United States, physiology, hygiene, nature and effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, elements of civil government, elements of agriculture, theory and practice ot teaching, and:such other branches as the State Board of Education may direct. The County Superintendent of Schools shall hold his examinations publicly, and may invite competent. persons to assist him in such examination. He shall keep a copy of all examination questions, both public and private, and forward copies to the State Superintendent upon request. No Superintendent shall renew any second-grade certificate, except upon re-examination.