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Monday in January, 1891. Such election shall be held, and the vote cast shall be canvassed and returned as is provided for in this act.

§ 18. BOND.] The person so elected county superintendent shall, on or before the first Monday in October following, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation of his office, and shall also give a bond in the penal sum of five hundred (500) dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duties, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the county commissioners, which oath and bond shall be filed in the office of the county auditor.

§ 19. FIRST ELECTION, WHEN HELD.] In every county which shall be organized after the passage of this act, the first election for a county superintendent shall be held at the same time and places as the first election for other county officers is held; and the person so elected county superintendent shall hold his office until the first Monday in October thereafter in the next even numbered year, unless such first election be held before the first day of April in an even numbered year, in which case he shall hold his office until the first Monday in October following, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. The person so elected county superintendent at such first election shall give bonds and qualify and enter upon his duties as provided in this act within ten days after the county commissioners enter upon the duties of their office.

§ 20. GENERAL DUTIES.] The county superintendent shall have the general superintendence of the public schools in his county, except those in cities which are organized under special law.

§ 21. SAME.] He shall visit every public school under his supervision within the county at least once each official year, and oftener if he shall deem it necessary to increase its usefulness. He shall at such visit carefully observe the condition of the school, the mental and moral instructions given, the methods employed by the teacher in teaching, training and drills the teacher's ability and the progress of the pupils. He shall advise and direct the teacher in regard to the instruction, classification, government and discipline of the school and the course of study. He shall keep a record of such visits and by memoranda indicate his judgment of the teacher's ability to teach and govern, and the condition and progress of the school, which shall be open to inspection by any school director.

§ 22. SAME.] He shall carry into effect all instructions of the State Superintendent, given within his authority. He shall distribute to the proper officers, and to teachers all blanks furnished him by the State Superintendent, and needed by such officers and teachers.

§ 23. RECORD OF OFFICIAL ACTS.] He shall keep a record of all his official acts. He shall preser ve all books, maps, charts and apparatus sent him as a school officer, or belonging to his

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