IX. JUSTICES OF SESSIONS.
I. Sit upon the bench with the county judge in the Court of
Sessions and with the Supreme Court judge in the Oyer and
Terminer, for the trial of such criminals as have been indicted by
a grand jury.
II. The law gives them just as much power in the decision of questions as the judge.
X. SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
I. Apportion the school moneys among the several districts in the county.
II. Make an annual report to the superintendent of public instruction, containing all the statistics embraced in the several reports from the trustees of his district.
III. Visit and examine all the schools and school districts within their districts as often in each year as shall be practicable; inquire into all matters relating to the management, the course of study and mode of instruction, the text books used and the discipline of such schools.
IV. Examine in regard to the "moral character," "learning" "and ability to teach," persons proposing to teach public schools in their districts; and if they find them, qualified, grant them certificates in the form prescribed by the superintendent.
V. Form new districts, or change the boundary lines of old ones.
VI. Organize at least once each year, or in concert with one or more commissioners in the same county, a "teachers' institute," and induce if possible all the teachers in their districts to be present and take part in its exercises.