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Excerpt from Oregon School Laws: With Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Education 1. Superintendent of Public Instruction a Distinct Office. The office of superintendent of public instruction in this state is hereby declared to be a separate and distinct office, and the present incumbent of said office shall hold the same during the term for which he has been elected, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. [0. L., 4915.] 2. Election and Salary of Superintendent. A superintendent of public instruction shall be elected at the general election of the year 1902. and every four years thereafter, and shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office on the second Monday of January, following his election. He shall receive an annual salary of $4,000, payable by the state, as the salaries of other state officers are paid. [O. L., 4916; Laws 1921, Chap. 137, Sec. 1.] 3. Office of Superintendent. He shall be provided with an office at the state capitol, furnished with the necessary stationery, lights, fuel, etc., to be paid for by the state as the expenses of other state officers are paid. [O. L., 4917.] 4. Duties of Superintendent. 1. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public instruction to exercise a general superintendence of the county and district school officers and the public schools of this state. 2. He shall visit, as far as practicable, every county in the state, annually, in the interest of education. 3. He shall attend county institutes within the state and educational meetings out of the state when practicable, and shall assist in the organization and development of institute work in each county; he shall visit, as often as practicable, the principal schools of the state for the purpose of inspection and supervision; and he shall also keep statistics of the condition of schools, buildings, appurtenances, apparatus, libraries, the conduct and standing of pupils, method of instruction, and the discipline and government of schools, etc. 4. He shall visit in person, when practicable, all the chartered educational institutions of the state, and shall secure such statistical information relative to number of students, teachers, value of property, libraries, salaries, and courses of study, as he may deem advisable for the advancement of education and for the information of the legislature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."