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appointed by him to act on his behalf, in case of his inability to attend, or a majority of them, shall finally decide on the matter.

XII. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Trustees of each school section:

Duties of Trus tees.

To appoint a Secretary-treasurer: his duties.

Firstly. To appoint one of themselves, or some other person, to be Secretary-treasurer to the Corporation; and it shall be the duty of such Secretary-treasurer to give such security for the correct and safe keeping and forthcoming (when called for) of the papers and moneys belonging to the Corporation, as may be required by a majority of the Trustees; to keep a record of all their proceedings, in a book procured for that purpose; to receive and account for all school moneys collected by rate-bill, subscription, or otherwise, from the inhabitants of such school section; to disburse such moneys in such manner as may be directed by the majority of the Trustees.

To appoint a Colector: his duties.

Secondly. To appoint, if they shall think it expedient, a Collector (who may also be Secretary-treasurer), to collect the rates they have imposed, or shall the inhabitants of their school section, or which the said inhabitants may have subscribed; and to pay to such Collector,

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in collecting;

Collector to give security.

at the rate of not less than five or more than ten per tion. cent., on the moneys collected by him for his trouble and every Collector shall give such security as may be satisfactory to the Trustees, and shall have the same powers, by virtue of a warrant, signed by a majority of the Trustees, in collecting the school-rate or subscription, and shall proceed in the same manner as ordinary Collectors of County and Township rates or assessments.

Collector's
powers.

Trustees to have the possession and safe keeping of all the Common School pro

tion.

Thirdly. To take possession and have the custody and safe keeping of all Common School property, which may have been acquired or given for Common School purposes in such section, and to acquire and perty in their sechold as a Corporation, by any title whatsoever, any land, moveable property, moneys or income for Common School purposes, until the power hereby given shall be taken away or modified, according to law, and to apply the same according to the terms of acquiring or receiving them.

Providing school premises.

Fourthly. To do whatever they may judge expedient with regard to the building, repairing, renting, warming, furnishing and keeping in order the section school-house, and its appendages, wood-house, privies, enclosures, lands, and moveable property, which shall be held by them, and for procuring School apparatus apparatus and text-books for their School; also, to rent, repair, furnish, warm, and keep in order a school-house, and its appendages, if there be no suitable school-house belonging to such section, or if a second school-house be required.

and books.

To employ
Teachers.

Fifthly. To contract with and employ all Teachers for such school section, and determine the amount of their salaries; and to establish, if they shall deem it expedient, by and with the consent of the local Superintendent of Schools, both a female and male school in such section, each of which shall be subject to the same regulations and obligations as common schools generally.

To establish female school.

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To give orders to Teachers for school moneys, but to none but qualified Teach

Sixthly. To give the Teacher or Teachers employed by them, the necessary order or orders upon the Local Superintendent for the School Fund apportioned and payable to their school section: Provided always, that the Trustees of any school section shall not give such order in behalf of any Teacher who does not, at the time of giving such order, hold a legal certificate of qualification.

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To provide for the salaries of Teachers and the expenses of the School, in the manner desired by a majority of school electors, at a special meeting.

Seventhly. To provide for the salaries of Teachers and all other expenses of the School, in such manner as may be desired by a majority of the freeholders or householders of such section, at the annual school meeting, or a special meeting called for that purpose, and to employ all lawful means, as provided for by this Act, to collect the sum or sums required for such salaries and other expenses; and should the sums thus provided be insufficient to defray all the expenses of such School, the Trustees shall How to provide have authority to assess and cause to be collected for deficiencies. any additional rate, in order to pay the balance of the Teacher's salary, and other expenses of such School.

To make out a rate-bill list and warrant for the Collector.

Eighthly. To make out a list of the names of all persons rated by them for the School purposes of such section, and the amount payable by each, and

to annex to such list a Warrant, directed to the Collector of the school section, for the collection of the several sums mentioned in such list: Provided always, that any school-rate imposed by Trustees, according to this Act, may be made payable monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly, as they may think expedient.

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Proviso: Such rate-bill to payable monthly, quarterly, halfyearly, or yearly,

To apply to the Township Council at their discretion for the rais ing of school moneys,

Ninthly. To apply to the Municipality of the Township, or employ their own lawful authority, as they may judge expedient, for the raising and collecting of all sums authorized in the manner hereinbefore provided, to be collected from the freeholders and householders of such section, by rate, according to the valuation of taxable property, as expressed in the Assessor or Collector's Roll; and the Township Clerk or other officer having possession of such roll, is hereby required to allow any one of the Trustees, or their authorized Collector, to make a copy of such roll, as far as it shall relate to their school section.

Tenthly. To exempt wholly or in part, from the payment of school rates, such indigent persons as they shall think proper, and the amount of the same shall be a charge upon the other rateable inhabitants of the school section, and shall not be deducted from the salary of a Teacher.

Eleventhly. To sue for and recover by their name of office, the amounts of school rates or subscriptions due from persons residing without the limits of their school section, and making default of payment.

Duty of Township Clerk or other officer in certain cases.

To exempt indigent persons.

Teacher's salary not to be lessened thereby.

To sue defaulters residing out of the school sec tion.

To notify and fix the place of the annual school meeting.

Twelfthly. To appoint the place of each annual school meeting, and to cause notices to be posted in at least three public places of such section, at least six days before the time of holding such meeting; To call special to call and give like notice of any special meeting of meetings. the freeholders or householders of such section, for the filling up of any vacancy in the Trustee Corporation, occasioned by death, remo val, or any other cause whatever, or for the selection of a new school site, or for any other school purpose, as they may think proper; to specify the object or objects of such meeting; Mode of conduct ing special meetwhich meeting shall be organized, and its proceedings.

Copy of the proceedings to be sent to the local

Superintendentof

ings recorded in the same manner, as those of an annual school meeting; and a copy of them, in like manner, shall be transmitted to the Local Superintendent: Provided always, that in case of a vacancy in the office of any of the Trustees, during the period for which they shall have been respectively elected, the person or persons chosen to fill such vacancy, shall hold office only for the unexpired term.

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Continuance in office of persons elected to fill vacancies.

To admit persons from 5 to 21 years of age to attend the school, on certain conditions

Thirteenthly. To permit all residents in such seotion between the ages of five and twenty-one years of age, to attend the school, so long as their conduct shall be agreeable to the rules of such school, and fees or rates required to be paid on their behalf, are duly discharged: Provided always, that this requirement shall not extend to the children of persons in whose behalf a separate school shall have been established, according to the nineteenth section of this act.

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Exception in certain cases.

To visit the school &c.

Fourteenthly. To visit the school from time to time, and see that it is conducted according to the regulations authorized by law.

To prohibit improper, and provide proper books for the school.

Fifteenthly. To see that no authorized books are used in the school, but that the pupils are duly supplied with an uniform series of text books, sanctioned and recommended according to law; and to procure, annually, for the benefit of their school section, some periodical devoted to education.

To be personally responsible in the case of refusing or neglecting to exercise corporate powers for the fulfilment of contracts

Sixteenthly. To exercise all the corporate powers vested in them by this Act, for the fulfilment of any contract or agreement made by them; and in case any of the Trustees shall wilfully neglect or refuse to exercise such powers, he or they shall be personally responsible for the fulfilment of such contract or agreement.

To appoint a Librarian, and provide for the establishment and support of a school library.

Seventeenthly. To appoint a Librarian, and to take such steps as they may judge expedient, and as may be authorized according to law, for the establishment, safe-keeping, and proper management of a school library, whenever provision shall have been made and carried into effect for the establishment of school libraries.

To ascertain the number of resident children of school age.

To read the school report at the annual school meet

ing.

Proceeding in case the financial account is not satisfactory to the

Eighteenthly. To ascertain the number of children between the ages of five and sixteen years residing in their section on the thirty-first day of December in each year; and to cause to be prepared and read at the annual meeting of their section, their annual school report for the year then terminating, which report shall include, among other things prescribed by law, a full and detailed account of the receipts and expenditures of all school moneys received and expended in behalf of such section, for any purpose whatsoever, during such year; and if such account shall not be satisfactory to a majority of the freeholders or householders present at such meeting, then a majority of the said freeholders or householders shall appoint one person, and the Trustees shall appoint another; and the two arbitrators thus appointed shall examine the said account, and their decision respecting it shall be final or, if the two arbitrators thus appointed shall not be able to agree, they shall select a third, and the decision of the majority of the arbitrators so chosen shall be final; and such arbitrators, or a majority of them, shall have authority to collect, or cause to be collected, whatever sum or sums may be awarded against any person or persons by them, in the same manner and under the same regulations as those according to which Trustees are authorized by the twelfth section of this Act to collect school rates; and the sum or sums thus collected shall be expended in the same manner as are other moneys for the Common School purposes of such section.

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meeting.

To prepare and transmit, before the 15th January, the annual school report to the local Superintendent of Schools.

Nineteenthly. To prepare and transmit, or cause to be prepared and transmitted annually, before the fifteenth day of January, a report to the Local Superintendent; which report shall be signed by the majority of the Trustees, and made according to a form provided by the Chief Superintendent of Schools, and shall specify: 1st. The whole time the school in their section shall have been kept by a qualified Teacher during the year ending the thirty-first day of the previous December.

Amount of moneys received, and from what sources, and how expended.

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Contents of such report:

Time of keeping the school open.

2ndly. The amount of moneys received from the school fund, from local rates or contributions, and from other sources, distinguishing the same; and

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