The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That section two thousand, five hundred and forty-five of the school law be and the same is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. That the office of county board of education is hereby abolished, to take effect the first Monday in June, anno domini eighteen hundred and ninety-five. All the powers and duties of said county board of education shall devolve upon and be discharged by the board of county commissioners of the several counties of the state; and for the purpose of attending especially to school matters the said board of county commissioners shall be required to meet on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January and July in each year, said meeting not to continue longer than two days at each of said meetings: Provided, they may attend to any matter pertaining to school interests at any of the regular meetings of said board as provided by law, but the expense of all such meetings shall be paid out of the general county fund of the county.

Sec. 3. That section two thousand five hundred and forty-eight is hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. That the office of county superintendent of public instruction is hereby abolished, to take effect the first Monday in June, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and all the duties provided by law to be performed by the said superintendent as secretary of the board of education shall be performed by the clerk of the board of county commissioners.

Sec. 5. That the clerk of the superior court of the several counties in the state shall, on the first Monday in June, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and annually thereafter, appoint an examiner whose duty it shall be to examine all persons desiring to teach in the public schools of the said county, in conformity to law. There shall be a public examination at the court house, to commence on the first Monday in July, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and annually thereafter, to continue from day to day until all the applicants are examined, and the certificates issued shall be good for one year from the date thereof. All such applicants shall pay to the examiner in advance a fee of one dollar for such examination: Provided, that the examiner may examine applicants for teachers' certificates at any other time or place, but when so examined the applicants shall pay to the examiners in advance a fee of one dollar and fifty cents for such examination.

Sec. 6. That section two thousand five hundred and fifty-five be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction" wherever they appear, and insert in lieu thereof the words "chairman of the board of county commissioners.''

Sec. 7. That sections two thousand five hundred and sixty-seven, two thousand five hundred and sixty-eight and two thousand five hundred and sixty-nine are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. That section two thousand five hundred and seventy be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction" in line one, and insert "the clerk of the board of county commissioners."

Sec. 9. That section two thousand five hundred and seventy-one be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction" wherever they occur in said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words "chairman of the board of county commissioners."

Sec. 10. That section two thousand five hundred and seventy-two be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction," and insert in lieu thereof "county examiner."

Sec. 11. That section two thousand five hundred and seventy-three be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction" in line one of said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words "clerk of the board of county commissioners."

Sec. 12. That section two thousand five hundred and seventy-four be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction," and insert in lieu thereof the words "clerk of the board of county commissioners."

Sec. 13. That section two thousand five hundred and seventy-five be repealed, and the following be inserted in lieu thereof:

"that for all such clerical work as shall be performed by the clerk of the board of county commissioners, he shall receive such compensation as in the discretion of the county commissioners may be deemed just and right: Provided, the same shall not be a greater amount than the amount allowed by law for similar services performed by said clerk as clerk of the board of county commissioners: Provided, further, that such clerk shall render an itemized account, under oath, for all such service, and the same shall be paid out of the general county fund when approved by the said board of commissioners."

Sec. 14. That section two thousand five hundred and seventy-nine be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction" wherever they appear in said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words "clerk of the board of county commissioners."

Sec. 15. That section two thousand five hundred and eighty-six be amended by striking out the words "county superintendent of public instruction" wherever they appear in said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words "clerk of the board of county commissioners."

Sec. 16. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 17. This Act shall be in force from and after its ratification.

Ratified the 13th day of March, A.D. 1895.

Elias Carr, Governor
Rufus A. Doughton, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate
Zebulon Vance Walser, Speaker of the House of Representatives

State of North Carolina,
Office of Secretary of State,
Raleigh, May 23rd, 1895.

I, Octavius Coke, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the
foregoing (manuscript) are true copies of the original acts and
resolutions on file in this office.

Octavius Coke,
Secretary of State.