Beginner's civics for North Dakota . ntendent of public instruction onthe other. The success of the common school dependsin part on each link in this chain. The county super-intendent carries out the instructions of the Statesuperintendent, holds teachers examinations fourtimes a year, visits the public schools, encouragescountry teachers with their work, and keeps importantrecords of all school matters within his county. (9) Coroner.—It is the duty of the coroner to makea careful inquiry or inquest when a death has ap-parently been due to violence or other unlawful must report in wri
Beginner's civics for North Dakota . ntendent of public instruction onthe other. The success of the common school dependsin part on each link in this chain. The county super-intendent carries out the instructions of the Statesuperintendent, holds teachers examinations fourtimes a year, visits the public schools, encouragescountry teachers with their work, and keeps importantrecords of all school matters within his county. (9) Coroner.—It is the duty of the coroner to makea careful inquiry or inquest when a death has ap-parently been due to violence or other unlawful must report in writing the cause of the death, if hecan learn it. COUNTY, TOWNSHIP, AND VILLAGE 239 County Boards.—In addition to the Board of CountyCommissioners described above, the county has otherboards, one of the most important of which is the Boardof Health. One member must be a doctor, and he iscalled the superintendent of public health. A secondmember is known as vice president. These two arechosen by the county commissioners. The States. Township Hall attorney is, by virtue of his office, president of theBoard of Health. The Township.—The civil township is formed likea new county,—by first petitioning the county com-missioners and then voting on the proposition. Thetownship is the one subdivision of our State wherewe find government in the form of a pure , on the third Tuesday in March of each year, thevoters meet in some schoolhouse or in the town hall,in the annual town meeting. The powers and duties 240 WORKINGS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT of the annual town meeting are: (1) election of town-ship officers, (2) making of simple rules and regulationsof the township, and (3) levying the township as this division of our local government is, wefind these seven offices to be filled: (1) office of super-visor (three men); (2) clerk; (3) treasurer; (4) assessor;(5) justices of the peace (two men); (6) constables (twomen); (7) overseers of highways (one man for ea
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