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Continuance in ings in the school sections of Townships: Provided always, that any person elected at any special ward school meeting, to fill a vacancy which shall have occurred in the Board of Trustees, from any cause whatever, shall hold office only during the unexpired part of the term for which the person whose place shall have become vacant, was elected to serve.

To see that the pupils are duly supplied with proper text books,

&c.

To have their
school conducted

according to law.
To prepare and
publish annual
school
&c.

reports,

Tenthly. To see that all the pupils in the schools are duly supplied with an uniform series of authorized text-books; to appoint a Librarian, and take charge of the school library or libraries, whenever established.

Eleventhly. To see that all the schools under their charge are conducted, according to the regulations authorized by law; and, at the close of each year, to prepare and publish, in one or more of the public papers, or otherwise, for the information of the inhabitants of such City or Town, an annual report of their proceed. ings, and of the progress and state of the schools under their charge of the receipts and expenditure of all school moneys; and to preTo prepare, and pare and transmit annually, before the fifteenth of

transmit an an

nual report to the Chief Superinten

dent of Schools.

January, to the Chief Superintendent of Schools, a report, signed by a majority of the Trustees, and containing all the information required in the reports of Common School Trustees, by the twelfth section of this Act, and any additional items of information which may be lawfully required, Contents of such and made according to a form which shall be provided for that purpose by the Chief Superintendent of Schools.

report.

Powers of Municipal Councils in incorporated vil lages.

XXV. And be it enacted, That the Municipality of every incorporated Village, shall possess and exercise all the powers, and be subject to all the obligations with regard to the levying and raising of moneys for Common School purposes, and for the establishment and maintenance of school libraries, within the limits of such incorporated Village, as are conferred and imposed by this Act upon the Municipal Corporations of Cities: Provided always, that on the second Wednesday in January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, in each such incorporated Village, at the place of the then last annual election of Council

First election of trustees in such villages, the 2nd Wednesday

January, 1851.

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How such elections to be held and conducted.

wards of Cities Six Trustees to

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be elected in each Incorporated vilage.

Mode of retire

ment from office.

lors, there shall be a meeting of the taxable inhabitants of such incorporated Village, and which meeting shall be organized and conducted in the same manner as is prescribed in the twenty-third section of this Act, for the conducting of annual school meetings in the and Towns; and at such meeting, six fit and proper persons, from among the resident freeholders or householders, shall be elected School Trustees for such incorporated Village; and the persons thus chosen shall be divided by lot into three classes, of two individuals each, to be numbered one, two, three; the first class shall hold office one year, the second, two years, and the third, three years, and until their successors are elected; but each Trustee retiring from office shall be eligible to be re-elected with his own consent : Provided secondly, that there shall be a like school meeting annually in each such incorporated Village, at which two persons shall be chosen Trustees, in the place of the two retiring from office, and shall continue in office two years, and until their successors are elected: Provided thirdly, that the first annual school meeting in each incorpo

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Two Trustees to -be elected at each ensuing annual school meeting.

Mode of calling

the first annual school meeting.

rated Village, shall be called by the Town-reeve of such Village, who shall cause notices to be posted in at least six public places of such Village, at least six days before the time of holding such meeting.

XXVI. And be it enacted, That the Trustees elected in each incorporated Village, according to the provisions of the preceding section, shall succeed to all the rights, powers, obligations and liabilities of the present Trustees of such incorporated Village, and shall be a Corporation under the title of the "Board of School Trustees of the incorporated Village of—, in the County of -" and shall possess

all the powers, and be subject to all the obligations, within the limits of such incorporated Village, as are conferred and imposed by the twenty-fourth section of this Act, upon the Trustees of Cities and Towns,

The trustees thus elected in each incorporated village to succeed to all the rights, obligations, &c., of the present trus

tees.

To be a corporation.

Their powers. obligations, and duties the same as those of trustees in cities and towns.

V. DUTIES OF COUNTY MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

XXVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Municipal Council of each County:

Duties of county councils.

To raise by as sessment in each year, a sum equal to the Legislative school grant ap

portioned to such

county.

increased at the

discretion of the council; and the additional sum raised may be disposed of at the pleasure of the

Firstly. To cause to be levied each year upon the several Townships of such County, such sum or sums of money for the payment of the salaries of legally qualified Common School Teachers as shall at least be equal (clear of all charges of collection) to the amount of school money apportioned to the several Townships thereof for such year, by the Chief Superintendent of Schools, as notified by him to such Council, through the County Clerk: Provided Such sum may be always, that the sum or sums so levied, may be increased at the discretion of such Council, either to increase the County School Fund, or to give special or additional aid to new or needy school sections, on the recommendation of one or more Local Supercouncil, to aid poor intendents: Provided also, that the sum required to be levied in such County in each year, for the salaries of legally qualified Teachers, shall be collected and paid into the hands of the County Treasurer, on or before the fourteenth day of December; and provided likewise, that in case of the non-payment of any part of such sum into the hands of the County Treasurer at that time, no Teacher shall, upon application, be refused the payment of the sum to which he may be entitled from such year's County School Fund, but the County Treasurer shall pay any local Superintendent's lawful order in behalf of such Teacher, in anticipation of the payment of the County School assessment; and the County Council shall make the necessary provision to enable the County Treasurer to pay the amount of such lawful order.

school sections or increase the county school fund.

Time for the payment of the county school assess

ment.

No teacher to be

refused the payment of his due, on account of the

non-collection of

any part of the

county school as

sessment.

To raise money for County Common School Library.

To appoint local Superintendents of Schools, and provide for their salaries.

Secondly. To raise by assessment, such sum or sums of money, as it shall judge expedient, for the establishment and maintenance of a County Common School Library.

Thirdly. To appoint annually, a Local Superintendent of Schools for the whole County, or for any one or more Townships in such County, as it shall judge expedient; to fix (within the limits prescribed by the thirtieth section of this Act), and provide for the salary or salaries of such Local Superintendent or Superintendents: Provided

always, that no such Local Superintendent shall have the oversight of more than one hundred Schools; and provided also, that the County Clerk shall forthwith notify the Chief Superintendent of Schools of the appointment and address of each such Local Superintendent, and of the County Treasurer: and shall likewise furnish him with a copy of all proceedings of such Council, relating to School assessments and other educational matters.

No local Superintendent to have charge of more than 100 schools. County clerk to notify the Chief Superintendent of schools of the names and address of local Superintendents, also of the name and address of the county Treasurer. To secure all school moneys.

To see that no deduction be made from the

common

school fund.

Fourthly. To see that sufficient security be given by all officers of such Council to whom School moneys shall be entrusted; to see that no deduction be made from the School Fund by the County Treasurer or Sub-treasurer, for the receipt and payment of county School moneys; to appoint, if it shall judge expedient, one or more Sub-treasurers of School moneys, for one or more Townships of such County: Provided always, that each such Sub-treasurer shall be subject to the same responsibilities and obligations in respect to the accounting for School moneys and the payment of lawful orders for such moneys given by any Local Superintendent within the parts of the County for which he is appointed Sub-treasurer, as are imposed by this Act upon each County Treasurer, in respect to the paying and accounting for School moneys.

To appoint a subtreasurer of school moneys at its discretion.

the

To cause school accounts to be audited, &c.

moneys shall

Fifthly. To appoint annually, or oftener, Auditors, whose duty it shall be to audit the accounts of the County Treasurer and other officers to whom school have been intrusted, and report to such Council; and the County Clerk shall transmit to the Chief Superintendent of Schools, on or before the first day of March in each year, a certified copy of the abstract of such report, and also give any explanations relating thereto, as far as he is able, which may be required by the Chief Superintendent.

County clerk to transmit to the Chief Superintendent an abstract of such accounts, &c.

VI. CONSTITUTION AND DUTIES OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION.

XXVIII And be it enacted, That the Board of Trustees for the County Grammar School and the

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Trustees of the

county grammar school and local

superintendents

to constitute a county board of public instruction More than one county board may be appointed in certain cases.

Local Superintendent or Superintendents of Schools in each County, shall constitute a Board of Public Instruction for such County: Provided always, that where there is more than one Grammar School in a County, the County Council shall have authority to divide such County into as many Circuits as there are County Grammar Schools, and the Trustees of each County Grammar School and the Local Superintendent or Superintendents of Schools in each circuit, shall be a Board of Public

Three (including

a superintendent) to be a quorum

tion of teachers

five for other purposes.

Instruction for such circuit: Provided also, that at any lawful meeting of such Board, not less than three for the examina- members, including a Local Superintendent of Schools, shall constitute à quorum for examining and giving certificates of qualification to Common School Teachers, and not less than five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any other business : Provided likewise, that the incidental expenses connected with the meeting and proceedings of each County Board of Public Instruction shall be provided for by the Mu

Incidental expen

ses to be defrayed by the county council.

nicipal Council of such County.

Duties of each

county board of

XXIX. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

public instruction duty of each County Board of Public Instruction :

To meet quarterly, &c.

To examine and give certificates

of qualification to teachers.

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Firstly. To meet not less than four times a year;

to determine the time and places of its own meetings, and the order of its proceedings, and the manner of recording them.

Secondly. To examine and give certificates of qualification to Teachers of Common Schools, arranging such Teachers into three classes according to their attainments and ability, as shall be prescribed in a programme of examination and instructions to be provided according to law; also to annul any such certificate as it shall judge expe

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dient: Provided always, that no certificate of qualiTeacher must fication shall be given to any person as a Teacher, give proof of good moral character; who shall not furnish satisfactory proof of good must be a British subject. moral character; nor to any person who shall not, at the time of applying for such certificate of qualification, be a natural born or naturalized subject of Her Majesty, or who shall not,

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