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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...the duty of visitation which is most laborious and requires the most time; and as, by the fourteenth section of the act of 1854-, he is the only officer U of the Board to whom compensation is allowed, it would seem to be proper to add this to his official duties as enumerated in the law. This change is, therefore, respectfully suggested in all School Districts in which the condition of the funds will justify it, and where the other circumstances are favorable to its adoption. If this suggestion should be acted on, the following measures would seem to be either indispensable, or greatly favorable to its success: lst. The most efficient member of the Board, whose time will permit and whose inclination is in the proper direction, should be chosen to the office of Becretary. I 2d. A resolution should be adopted and put upon the minutes of the Board, enjoining this as a duty on the Secretary, and specifying the number of visits and the duration of each, in the month. 3d. The compensation should be determined by resolution; and while it compensates the officer for his actual labor and loss of time, it should not ouch as to make the office desirable for the pay. Detailed instructions for the proper performance of this duty by the Secretary, together with a model report, will be found in the latter part of this pamphlet, among the general School forms. All the necessary blanks for the use of the Secretary, as District Superintendent, are furnished by the State Superintendent. ' 199. S2ecz'a-l sugges 'i0ns.--The Secretary, whether appointed District Superintendent or not, is charged, ea: ojficio, with most of the merely ministerial duties of the Board; and, aside from the execution of their formal orders, he should make it his business...