Any person securing his name, or the name of another printed on a ballot as a candidate for, or nomination by a political party as a candidate for the office of county superintendent of education, without first there having been filed with the probate judge, as required by law, the certificate signed by the State Superintendent of Education that the person whose name is printed on the ballot holds a certificate of administration and supervision, and any officer permitting the printing on a ballot of the name of a person as a candidate for, or nomination by a political party as a candidate for the office of county superintendent of education when there has not been filed with the probate judge such certificate shall be subject to a penalty of $250.00, recoverable in the name of the state for the use of any school board first instituting an action therefor. Any resident of the county may institute an action for such recovery for any school board of the county. Before any person shall become an applicant for employment by a county board of education, as county superintendent of education, and before any person shall qualify as a candidate for or for the nomination of a political party as a candidate for the office of county superintendent of education for a county in which such officer is elected by the qualified voters of the county, such person shall file with the probate judge a certificate signed by the State Superintendent of Education that such person holds a certificate of administration and supervision as required by the law prescribing the qualifications of a county superintendent of education. At the grand jury of the county assembled next after making of such affidavits, the record of the same shall be submitted to the grand jury. In any prosecution for perjury under this section the record of the affidavit shall be admissible in evidence.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 9 - County Superintendents of Education.
Section 16-9-1 - Chief Executive and Secretary of Board of Education; Superintendent of Schools.
Section 16-9-2 - Qualifications of Superintendent.
Section 16-9-3 - Bond of Superintendent.
Section 16-9-4 - Misdemeanor to Print Name of Person Without Certificate on Ballot; Candidates.
Section 16-9-5 - Nomination by Political Party.
Section 16-9-6 - Primary Election to Nominate Superintendent.
Section 16-9-7 - Instructions on Ballot.
Section 16-9-9 - Term of Office When County Board Selects Superintendent.
Section 16-9-10 - Certificate of Administration and Supervision.
Section 16-9-12 - Full-Time Office; Salary; Traveling Expenses.
Section 16-9-13 - Powers and Duties as Executive Officer of Board.
Section 16-9-16 - Conferences Called and Conducted.
Section 16-9-17 - Building Program; Local Attendance District Boundaries.
Section 16-9-18 - Condemnation and Improvement of Buildings and Playgrounds; Approval of Contracts.
Section 16-9-19 - Conditions of Admittance to High Schools.
Section 16-9-20 - Plans for Consolidated Schools.
Section 16-9-21 - Courses of Study.
Section 16-9-22 - Grading and Standardizing Schools.
Section 16-9-23 - Nomination, Assignment, Removal, etc., of Teachers, Employees, Etc.
Section 16-9-24 - Supervisors; Clerical Assistants; Offices; Equipment.
Section 16-9-25 - Institutes Organized by Superintendents.
Section 16-9-26 - Visitation of Schools.
Section 16-9-27 - Report Forms.
Section 16-9-28 - Annual Statement of Receipts and Disbursements.
Section 16-9-29 - Quadrennial School Census.
Section 16-9-30 - Enforcement of Attendance Laws; Preparation of Reports.