1887_public laws_87_7
CHAPTER 86 An act in relation to the public schools in the town of Durham. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
The school committee created by this act may elect annually a superintendent of theschools established under this act, who shall be the principal of the graded school for white children, if the same shall be established. The said superintendent shall examine all applicants for teachers positions in the said schools, and issue certificates to the same, and shall do and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by said school committee.