2. To admonish those teachers who commit any fault, and suspend them in case they commit any excess which, in their judgment, does not permit them to continue in charge of the school, and to give information thereof to the provincial supervisor.
3. To promote the attendance of the children at the schools.
4. To give in writing orders of admission into the schools, with expression as to whether the teaching shall be free or paid.
5. To propose, through the medium of the provincial supervisor, whatever they believe advisable for the progress or improvement of primary instruction.
6. To exercise, in regard to the teaching of Christian doctrine and morals, the direction expressed in article 4.
Art. 33. The provincial supervisors shall exercise, with the aid of the respective commission, their oversight over the schools of the province, and shall have authority, the said commission having been conferred with, to approve or disapprove the suspensions of teachers imposed by the local supervisors, giving account in both cases to the government, with remission of the record in the case.
Supervisors shall send to the above-mentioned authority monthly reports concerning the number of pupils of both sexes in each school on the last day of the month, with mention of those who pay, with the number of those who have entered and left, and the average attendance at the school during the month, with what remarks are deemed advisable.
Art. 34. The Superior Board of Primary Instruction shall consult the superior government of the islands:
1. In regard to the approval of textbooks.
2. On measures in regard to the dismissal of teachers, declarations of the grades of schools, and assignment of pay to the instructors.