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EDUCATION OFFICE, Frcderidon, N. £., August 1st, 1873. ^ The Board of Education has deemed it desirable to pub- lish, for the convenience of Trustees, Teachers, and the pub- lic generally, the following MaxXUal of The Common Schools Act 1871, and The Common Schools Amendment Ad 1873, (which Acts, by the provisions of 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 60, are to be construed together). This departmental arrangement of the Schools Acts gives, in a connected form, thfe amended provisions of the Law,— all the repealed portions of the Act of 1871 being omitted. The general Rkqulations of the Board of Education, duly amended and revised, are appended to the Manual. Kefe- BENCES are preiixed to each subject of regulation, and copious Kemarks are interspersed, with a view of renderin-^ the objects contemplated by the Law, and the Regulations made under its authority, more easily attainable by ^School officers and the people at large. The Common. School Service is to be conducted agreeably to the provisions of the Law and Regulations herein pub- lished. ^ By order of the Board of Education. THEODORE PL RAND, Chief Superintendent of Education. f i ^ 1 I -1 « MANUAL OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. A J' V'"" ^f^^'^S terms shall in this Act mean as hoici.i ?hore?o':-!l ' '^'''' '' Bomething in the context repugnant ^^* Schools "shall mean all Schools established under this ^ "District," that portion of territory into which the Pro vince shall be divided for local School government : or m^or^t^fsSr' ^ ^^^^"^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^-^-^ ^f two ."Kate-payer," any person rated in the Parish Assessment Vl'i f 'P;f.' ''U''''^ ^r 1^^^"^""'^1 P»'«P«''ty or income .,.n 1 • ^ 1 ^^f ^c?^'^ ''^"^^ " ^'°""ty Treasurer " shall sev- erally include the Secretary Treasurer of incorporated Coun- ties where the duties are performed by such officer Sessions shall include the County Council of incorno rated Counties.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 2. mcorpo- Public money shall mean all moneys, whether Provincial County, or Local, available for school purposes.-36 Vic C. J.W, S. Oo. * • ?' P^? Governor in Council shall appoint a Chief Suner- intendent of Education at a salary of sixteen hundred dolC per annum, besides travelling expenses, charges, and conttn- gencies of offices, and a clerk, or Assistant, af a alary of ten hundred dollars per annum.-34 Vic. c. 21, s. 3 : 35 Vic. c. 11 3. The Governor in Council may issue Warrants in the ordinary manner, for the payment of the several allowances salaries and services provided for hereby.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 4.' BOARD OF EDUCATIOiV. thf P.w1 ^""J^IT't}"^- M^^l^ers of the Executive Council, the President of the University of New Brunswick, and the Superintendent of Education, shall constitute a Board of Education ; the Governor, with three Members of the Ex- ecutive Council, and the Superintendent, who shall act as Secretary, shall constitute a (luorum.-34 Vie. c. 21, s 5. 5. The Board of Education shall have power— ( 1 ) To provide for the establishing and efficient wnrki-no- nf „ Training and Model School; to .appoint a P^-^olT^ :tf'X/ oi wm 4 MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. twelve liundrcd dollars, who slinll, with the npproval of the Board, appoint such assistants as may bo found iiect'ssary, and to make such allowances for the expenses of pupil Teachers attending the School as shall he deonio 1 proper, not exceeding twenty four dollars : tS4 Vic. c. 21,8. 0: 'M Vic. c. 12,8. 1. (2) To appoint fourteen Inspectors, and the sum of four tliousand dollars shall be at the disposal of the Board to provide for such service ; but as far as it shall deem practicable, each County shall constitute nn Inspectoral District, and the Board shall have power to prescribe the (jualifications for Inspectors and their duties where not herein proscri- bed, and to provide for the uniform certiiication of all candidates for the same : ( 3 ) To divide the Province into School Districts, and from time to time to create now Districts, or alter boundaries, having duo regard to the number of children, and the ability of each District to support ono or more efficient Schools : towns, villages, and populous localities, hav- ing a community of interests shall, as far as practicable, form a single District, and no District shall contain less than fifty resident children between the ages of five and sixteen years, unless the area of such Dis- trict shall contain four square miles; and in the erection of Districta the Board may obtain such assistance as may be found necessary : (4 ) To make regulations for the organization, government and dis- cipline of Schools, and for the classification of Schools and Teachers, to appoint Examiners of Teachers, and to grant and cancel Licenses : ( 5 ) To prescribe text books and apparatus for the use of Schools, books for School Libraries, and plans for the construction and furnish- ing of School-houses : ( 6 ) To determine all appeals from the decisions of Inspectors, and make such orders thereon as may be required : ( 7 ) To prepare and publish Regulations under which moneys may be drawn and expended : ( 8 ) To make such regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect this Act, and generally to provide for any exigencies that may arise under its operation. — 3-1 Vic. c. 21, s. 6. 6. Whenever the Board of Education shall unite two or more Districts, or divide or otherwise alter any District, it shall have power from time to time to make such order or orders as it may deem proper, respecting the continuance and constitution of the Board of School Trustees, removing as it may deem proper any Trustee or Trustees, and appoint- ing other or others in his or their place, and respecting the rights, property and liahilities of the Districts aftected by such union, alteration, or division, and to relieve, if it shall see lit, any person in whole or in part, from assessments made and ordered in such year, T)revious to such division or alteration, and which may remain uncollected, and generally to order and direct all things which may become necessary to give effect to such union, alteration, or division.— 30 Vic. c. 12, 8. 2. r 1 )»f I i I l )»f I MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. 7. Tho provisions of tho preceding Section shnll extend to cases where, previons to the pnssago hereof, the union, alteration or division of Districts muy'"huvo been ctfected.— 80 Vic. c. 12, 8. 3. 8, Tlio Board of Education shall have power to attach to ft District, as part thereof, any body of dyked marsh or river island wherever situate, which may belong to parties resi- dent in such District.— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 4. SUPERINTENDENT. O. It shall bo the duty of the Chief Superintendent of Education, and he is hereby empowered — ( 1 ) To have, subject to tho IJoard of Education, a general super- vision and direction of the Inspectors and Schools : (2 ) To enforce tho provisions of this Act, and tho regulations and decisions of the Board of Education : (3) To apportion the County school fund in accordance with tho provisions of this Act, withholding the same, and all rrovincial aid, from Districts presenting a false or insuflScient return, and deaiin" witli forfeited balances as directed by tho Board of Education : (4) To furnish the Clerks of tho Peace with the numbers and boundaries of tho Districts within the respective Counties, and from time to time, as new Districts are created, or boundaries altered, to fur- nish such new boundaries; and the cortHicate of the Clerk of the Peace shall be evidence of such boundaries : ( 5) To cause copies of this Act, with regulations of the Board of Education, together with all necessary forms and instructions, to be published and furnished gratuitously to Inspectors, Trustees, and Teachers : ( 6 ) To prepare annually a Report upon the Schools subject to his supervision, accompanied with full statistical tables and detailed accounts of the expenditures of the moneys appropriated under this Act, and offer suggestions on educational subjects ; which Report shall be laid before tho Legislature within ten days after the opening of the next succeeding Session thereof. — 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 7. INSl'ECTORS. lO. It shall be the duty of each of the Inspectors, and he is hereby empowered — (I) To visit at least semi-annually, each School within his Inspec- toral District; to examine the Schools and School-houses and premises, to inspect the School Register, and generally to ascertain if the provi- sions of the School Laws are there carried out and obeyed, and to transmit to the Suf)erintondent a Report of such inspection as often as the same may be required by the Board of Education : ( 2 ) To furnish Trustees and Teachers with such information as they may require respecting the operation of this Act and the perform- ance of their duties, and to advise with the Teachers in all that may tend to promote their efhciency and the character and usefulness of their Schools : JIOOR OF SUITOUT. Po?.f i t;f 'i^ofiitS'',:-'-.-. -P'°.VO<' in School, .„p ""'1 "8 ''«™i"aftor ,1" fio l"™-"^ "'"' ""» Act si "S" of license--onei Alt -""'"^ '""'''' «ccordin To'fto V'"- • 1 T / ■» ^2^^^" '•«q»»ft;B>Boa«a-.-; f MANUAI^Oj.^ COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. whose School Hhull /o o o Cl I v .f^^l''''^'^ «"^'h Tead.or of quality of iufltruction^ h '; 7 '•" '""I'^'^tor, in respoct iirst ru.ik, shall roceivo ib^ '" ""^ ^'^^^' ^^'at' to tho "-poration8 and Companies, (subject to the provi- eion of thirty third Victoria, Chapter forty'six), Firms where any of the partners reside without the Parish, persons liable to be rated in a special capacity as trustees, executors, &c., and persons non-resident in the Parish but liable to be rated as inhabitants by reason of carrying on business therein, shall, in respect of personal property and income, (as the case may be), be liable to be rated and assessed in the district in which their chief works and business lie, or tn which the trustee, executor, &c. resides, (as the case may be) ; and shall, in res- pect of real property, be rated and assessed in the district in which the real property is situated : The Company or Cor- poration may be rated as such, or in the name of the Presi- dent, Manager, or Agent ; and the Firm shall be rated in the name of the Firm ; and the rates shall be collected from such officers (for the time being) or from any member of the J irm, as if they had been rated on their own account— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 18. 37. It shall be the duty of the Assessors of Rates, upon re- ceiving any warrant for the assessing of any County, County bchool, or Parish rate, to call upon the Trustees of every i)istrict M'hich, in whole or in part, lies within the Parish tor a copy of the boundaries of the District, and for the names of all non-residents of the Parish who own real estate in such District, and of all Corporations, Firms as aforesaid and persons not being residents, liable as aforesaid to be rated in respect of real property in the District, together with the nature of such property ; which statement of names ^^^^V^^Verty, and copy of boundaries, it shall be the duty ot the Irustees forthwith to give.— 86 Vic. c. 12, s. 19. 38. The Trustees may also at the same time furnish the Assessors with a list of the names of all other persons liable to be rated for School puiposes in such District, and a state- ment ot their rateable property.— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 20. " 29. It shall be the duty of the Assessors of rates in makinff up their general assessment list for any County, County School or Parish rate, to specify clearly therein or on a separate paper or papers filed with such list, the School Dis- trict or School Districts in which the real estate of each non- residen of the Parish assessed by them on real estate ?s 'ind nll'T r'?-^\^ valuation thereof in each such district, and also the district or districts in which the real estate of each Corporation, Company, Firm hr .-iforosaid, or other per- Bon reterred to in sub-section three of section nwe nty six is * " Section eighteen," 36 Vic. c. 12, g. 21. ' I ly '■ I I MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. 18 I l\ i ( situated, and also the valuation thereof in each such district so as to enable the Clerk of the Peace (when called upon k' the Trustees of any district), to place upon the list of names furnished him by them, the correct taxable valuation of tlie real estate in such district, owned by any non-resident of the Parish, Corporation, Company, Firm as aforesaid, or other person above referred to.— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 21. 30. If the Assessors fail to specify the situation and value of such real estate, or if they fail to rate the real or personal property or income, as the case may be, of any of the persons whose names shall have been furnished to them as aforesaid, the Clerk of the Peace shall, upon the request of any of the Trustees, or Secretary of Trustees, require the Assessors for the time being to correct, amend, or add to such lists; but any names so added shall be considered to be added solely for purposes of district assessment.— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 22. 31. A failure or neglect of the Assessors to obey the re- quirements of the Clerk of the Peace under this Act, or to make the request upon the several Trustees, as in section *twenty seven, shall be deemed a neglect of duty, and shall render the Assessors jointly, or any two of them who may have been in fault, liable to the penalty imposed upon an Assessor for neglect of duty under Capter 53 of the Revised Statutes. —36 Vic. c. 12, s. 23. 3a. Any non-resident of a Parish, Corporation, Company, Firm as aforesaid, or other person as aforesaid, owning real estate in two or more di.itricts in a Parish, liable as aforesaid to be separately rated in each district, may, within the like time provided by law for furnishing a statement on oath of the value of his or their property, furnish the Assessors with a statement on oath, in writing, of the relative value of his or their real estate in the several Districts, as, for instance : that his or their real property in District number one, is one- fifth in value of his or their entire real estate in such Parish ; and the real estate in such district shall be rated accordindv! —36 Vic. c. 12, s. 24. ^ ^ 33. In case at the time that the Trustees of any District furnish the Clerk of the Peace with the lists, as hereinafter provided, it should be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Clerk of the Peace, that an inhabitant of the Parish owns real estate in the said district, and that no assessment for School purposes has been ordered or made in the district in which such inhabitant resides, although four months have elapsed since the annual meeting, the Clerk of the Peace shall require the Assessors to make and return a valuation of the real estate of such person situate in the first mentioned ♦ " Section nineteen," 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 23. 14 ^^^^^[^^^^^^OF^ SCHOOLS ACTS. such return determine the Hvnhl.i -^^ ^«'ice shall from and place it upon t^^e a^o^esa ll" r^?!' °^ tnet assessment; and if tS sLnl 1 k'^" ^"''P"^^ ^'^ ^^i«- year be an assessment n the School n' 'J ''•'t^^r^'^ ^" «"eh habitant, such amount of taxa^Ip- .'^'''1 ^^ t^e said in- ^rom the taxable va u^iS^of ^1"''^?"^^^"'' ^' ^^d"«ted P-poses in his own distrlcl intT.'ea"!:!^'^^^^^^ %'flf tee^ t* a^;^^3i:triet ^TZl;^:^?^ 'T 'V^' '^y *^« Trus-' tnct, and with the names of p^eUn.H \T?^''''' ^^ ^'^^ ^^^^• and statement of the natui4 of th^J'^^" '^^^^ therein, persons, or separately val rsuch n-^n T^'ll' ''° "^* '^'^ «"ch o a penalty of four dolla s n res^ oK^ *V^' ^'^^" be liable ecovered in the name of ?he K,^l'%'^^ °"^'««io", to be district, before any Justice nf ft ^'"'^^^^ for the use of the anynumberofomLt '^ot itdir:-' ^""^ P--'^-« ^r together; and the certificate of thlnff" '"'''^ ^^ recovered any person is not rated or that anvn'^ °^ '^'' ^'^'^^ that dent of the Parish is not snerifi; ii ^ property of a non-resi- Bhall be sufficient e^irnee of ucf T^ "^ ' '"''^^^ ^^^tric , such proceedings it shal be snffi^L "on-rating; but in an; any penalty, that the pe son n^eS ^T ''° ^'^^P^^* If s alleged ,vas not liable fo be ra^f?lt^'?°'^ the omission ^chools of such district, or tha? ?he a/^' '"^P^^* °f the 'naku-g up the assessment IsreQueatel^^^^^ previous to Secretary to point out snn}. r /^ f ®^ ^he Trustees or their do 80.-36 Vfe. c. r^'s 26 ^^ ^'^ ^' '"^ '^'' ^^^^ bailed to atta^^dl'TdSjl^^S^ t"1 "^ ^^'-^ ^-^'-^d property is owner thereof ma ^pVvt J otr 1-^"^^ ^ist^ict^K assessment list, call upon thp 1 ' "'^''^"^ "P '>f the Par Ih ^hich such marsh or isht 1 1 Assessors of the Parish in value each propertv as fi ^'^^'''^-^^ '^ ^'tuate, to separafo v -me manne? as^rivid d'f Te'cfse' r'' ^^'^^"'t i t e I arish ; and the provisions of secS f,?°"->''^«ide"ts of the to securing the valuation of (he s!^ ■ ^^''^^ '^'^^' reference apply to the matters referred to ?n. I'" '"'? offaUure, shall tL?fir'i^ or island p;perty shaf/r''^^^" ' '^'^' ^^^ier the Parish in which l^l^e^I!^ ^^^Ver^ ,,-J^ ^^-b-cte: ortL^Sr',- the pa'renis of deaf and ^-m the SehooKl/ouTelnhrD sT^il'r ^^'^" ^wfmS *" Section twontv two" 3G Y J ^ ^ ''^'"" thoy reside, or > •-'u V ic. c. 12, s, 27. ) ^(* I I •'> MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. 15 ) ^* f •'> on Islands too sparsely populated to maintain a School, and too distant from the main land to permit children to attend School thereon, may be by the Trustees exempted either in whole or m part from the District rate, and the Trustees shall return to the annual School meeting a list of such ex- emptions.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 18. 37. The Inspector may in writing require the Trustees of any District to exempt from District rates, in whole or in part, any person residing more than two miles from the School house, and who may have children between five and twenty years of age, and the Trustees shall exempt such person accordingly.— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 49. 38. School rates may be collected at any time after they shall have been imposed.- 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 33. 30. Any irregularity or defect in substance or form in the Parish assessment list, shall not Jiftect the validity of any District assessment founded thereon.— 36 Vic. c, 12, s. 34. 40. If any errors in the preparation of the list submitted to the Clerk of the Peuce or in the assessment made thereon, be made, the Trustees may at any time before a subsequent rating correct such error. — 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 35. 41. Every District assessment made or to be made, shall be legal, if the aggregate amount thereof shall not exceed the amount ordered to be assessed more than ten per cent 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 36. 43. If the Sessions give relief to any person by reason of his having been over-rated by the Assessors of Rates, he shall on request made upon the Trustees, and on producing a certi- ficate from the Clerk of the Peace, be entitled to have his district assessment rectified in accordance therewith and such excess shall not be collected, or if collected, shall be credited on his rate for the next year.— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 37. 43. All sums ordered to be raised in a district may be brought together, and be assessed and levied in a sino-le column, without distinguishing between the several purposes for which the same may have been voted, in case they were separately voted, and for no purpose of assessing or collecting need they be regarded as separate or several sums.— 38 Vic c. 12, s. 38. ^ 44. "Whenever an assessment made by the Trustees of a district is quashed, annulled, or set aside, the Trustees shall forthwith cause a new assessment to be made and collected in the same manner as if the assessment were newly ordered, and any payment made by any rate-payer upon the former assessment, shall go in discharge of his rates under the new ^Q MANUALM^^MOxV SCHOOLS ACTS. assessment, pro tanto ; any excesA of^I^i^"TT"r^^^^='^ one, through failure of tlJlvr? then, by section *8event7 necessary m cans, The TrtteesLa't IT'^ ^^ro.K^i, th^ amount required during the veaH?f^.- ? ''*^"^^t^^ «f the tiee, including the meaSs nrltto . '^ ^'^charge of their du- iVom any contract or a^e'eret7thpr'/ ^""^^^^^^^« ^•'^^i'^g provide suitable school fccommodSfn^*^'", T^^^ «»d tS «uch estimate to the InspeS rf p h? ' -il'^ ^Y^ *'-^"««^it residents of the district Th « ;.^ n^' ^^^^ ^ list of all the as tl^y shall be ablT^o Lie euch'li??"-'? ^V ^^^«^^«' «« ^-^ by the Clerk of the reacfof h p ii ' . ^' '\'* ^"^^ ^^^-'^fied ation of the property S incomel- 'hrl ^['^' ^^^^^le valu- d:strict; and oi receipt o??he same tVp'i^' "^'"^^^^ ^" tl^« port thereon to the Superintenden^of F^ Inspector shall re- formation of the Board of Pdno?f ^^^^,"cation, for the in- the Trustees to levy a„d collec?Sp?' ^"^^ ^^^'^ ^"^horize or so much thereof as LXardsLTr''* ^^'^^^^^^^'"^ amount may be assessed and Lviedoi^f-f'uP'.T''' ^^^^ ^^^^ ^-ed by the School meeting_r6 Vjc J^'g, « 40 ^"'^°''- AID TO POOR DISTRICTS oafo?:|tmtrs^ School Districts under his Cervisionnfo^f""*'"'^'"* ^^^^^ the ensuing year to speciKid Tn^^^i^" f"-*^*'"^ ^"^^^g Superintendent may allow to the S.f 1 ^'^^"^ts, and thf such amount, not exceeding one third'''^' "' ^"«*^ ^^^tricts cation of the Teachers of such s"chol f""'" ^u"" *^^ «'^««5fi- Treasury, and one-third more ne nl. 'nT ^^^^^^vincial School Fund, than the allowance tn^n^L ^'T^ ^^^ ^^"oty sharing such funds, as in hfs SLprpf,' ^'' ^'^°°^ ^^^^'-^et's taking into consideratinn+ifn ^^?f/«tioii may seem proner such District. Thefi^dsuni't'olp'" Z^ -^e^-starefof School Fund in respect of eaSi Tp^^i^^'^I T.°^ *^^ County as Poor Schools, shall be f^ do". '' ^""^ ??^°°^' "^*"^"«d 36 Vic. c. 12, 8. 17. -^ dollars.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 19 .. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 4?. TheSchoolDistrictshnni^o. and an Auditor, and to de eS^^!," P^^^f^ *« elect Trustees 3I ^f :r^^^^^^«^^--s?^!/SsiJr!i Section forty two." 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 40. MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. 17 48. An annual School meeting shall be held in every Dis- trict on the second Thursday in January in each year, at ten o clock in the forenoon ; and such meeting, if the first to be held in any District, shall be held at a place in the District to be named by the Inspector, by notice posted at least six days previously in two of the most public places in the Dia trict.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 21. 4». Subsequent meetings shall be held in theSchool-house It convenient, or in such place as the Trustees of the District may decide upon, who shall give notificatiou of the same as above ; but in case of want of proper parties, or of neglect, the Inspector may, by similar notification, determine the time and place of meeting.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 22. e^x^'m^ "'^ meetings, one of the Trustees or the Secretary ot the irustees, or a person so authorized in writing by the Trustees or by the Inspector, shall call the meeting to order and act as temporary Chairman, until the election of a Chairman as provided by the *following section ; and in the election of Chairman none but qualified voters shall vote ^u ,/u ^{>»i''°^''i» shall himself be a qualified voter, and shall have but one vote, and that in case of a tie.— 36 Vic c 12, 8. 42. 51. At all meetings the majority of ratepayers of the Dis- trict present shall elect from their number a Chairman to preside over the meeting, ari« a Secretary to record its pro- ceedings; the Chairman shall decide all questions of order and shall take the votes of qualified voters only, deciding' according to the majority of votes, and shall give a castini vote in case of an equality of votes, and shall transmit to the Irustees within ten days after the holding of such meeting A ?u'""cJ^ °^ ^^® proceedings thereof, signed by himself and the Secretary.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 24. 58. If any person offering to vote at any meeting shall be challenged as unqualified, the Chairman shall require the person so offering to vote to make the following declaration • 1 do declare and afiirm that I am a rate-payer of this Dis- trict, that I have paid all School rates imposed upon me within the last twelve months, and that I am legally quail- tied to vote at this meeting. W hereupon the person making such declaration shall be permitted to vote on all questions proposed at such meetings ; but if any person refuse to make such declaration, his vote shall be rejected ; and If any per- son wilfully makes a false declaration of his rightto vote^ he sba!! oe liable to a penalty of twenty dollars, to be recovered by the 1 :- '--s of the District for it" use.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 25. ♦ " Section twenty four of the orl^Jtaal Act," 80 Vic. c. 12, s. 42. 18 MANUAL OF C03IM0N SCHOOLS ACTS 53. School meetings shall be held at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and may be continued until four in the afternoon of the same day, and may be adjourned to the next day at ten and continued as aforesaid, but no further adjournment Bhall take place.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 26; 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 69. 54. At the annual School meeting the District shall elect Trustees, or a Trustee, as hereinafter provided, and an Au- ditor of the School Accounts of the coming year, and shall also decide what School accommodation shall be provided, and what an.dunt shall be raised by the District for the supl port of Teachers, to supplement the sum provided as afore- said by the Province and County, and shall also decide whether any and what sum shall be raised for the purchase or building of School-houses, for the purchase or improve- ment of School-grounds, or for general School purposes ; and shall receive.and decide upon the Report of the Trustees — 34 Vic. c. 21, 8. 27. 55. Special meetings may be held (1st) upon the call of the Trustees, to fill an occasional vacancy occurring in the Board of Trustees, or for any necessary purpose other t'lan that of voting money; and (2nd) upon the requisition of a majority of the rate-payers of the District, for Ihe purpose of voting money, or adding to any amount previously voted for any purpose authorized by this Act ; notice of which meetings specifying the objects thereof, Aall be given by the Trustees' by posting notices of the time and place thereof in two of the naost public places of the District at least six days before the time of meeting.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 28. 50. The Board of Education shall have power to direct the Inspector to call general or special meetings of the School District, and at such time and at such place in the District as to It shall seem fit; and such meeting, if a general meet- ing, shall have power to transact any business that miffht be transacted at an annual meeting; and if a special meet- ing, It shall have power to transact the special business for which It may be called ; the like notice shall be dven by the Inspector of such meeting, as in the case of the first an- nual meeting of a District, and such notice shall specify that ^e same IS called by order of the Board of Education.-36 T..*?- The School accommodation to be provided by the District shall, as far as possible, be in accordance with the following arrangements : — For a District having fifty pnpilg or under, a house with comfortable sittings, with one Teacher : For a District having from fifty to eighty pupils, a house MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. 19 ,. with comfortable sittings and a good class room, with one leacherand an Assistant: For a District having from eighty to one hundred pupils, a house with comfortable sittings an.d two good chiss rooms, with one Teacher and two Assistan+a, or a house having two apartments, one for an elementary and one for an advanced department, with two Teachers: Or if one commodious biiilding cannot be secured, two houses may be provided in different parts of tha District, with a Teacher in each, one being devoted to the younger children, and the other to the more advanced : For a District having from one hundred to one hundred and htty pupils, a house with two adequate apartments, one tor an elementary and one fop an advanced department, and a good class room accessible to both, with two Teachers and if necessary, an Assistant; or if the District be long and narrow, three houses may be provided, two for elementary departments, and one for an advanced department, the former being located towards the extremes of the District, and the latter at or near the centre : For a District having from one hundred and fifty to two hundred pupils, a house with three apartments, one for an elementary and one for an advanced, and one for a high School, and at least one good class room common to the two latter, with three Teachers, and, if necessary, an Assistant; or it necessary. Schools may be provided for the different departments in different parts of the District : And generally, for any District having two hund red pupi's and upwards, a house or houses with sufiicient accommoda- tion for different grades of elementary and advanced Schools, 80 that in Districts having six hundred pupils and upwards, the ratio of pupils in the elementary, advanced and high School departments, shall be respectively about eight, three and oue.--34 Vic. c. 21, s. 29. e » » TRlTSTEES. Their term of offite, qualification, and corporate rights. 58. There shall be three Trustees for each District, who shall be qualified voters of the School District ; and the Trustees in each District shall be a body corporate under the name of « The Trustees of School District number in the Parish of in the County of ;" and no such Corporation shall cease by reason of the want of Trustees.— 34 "Vic. c. 21, 8. 31. 50. The Trustees shall remain in oflSce for three years except that, of the first Board of Trustees, one of their number to be determined by lot at the next annual meeting after ap- 20 MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. pomtmeiit, sliall ^'o out of office ut such nieotin^ ; und m\- other to 1)0 (leterriiiiicMl by lot ut the second untuial meeting after uppoiutnieiit, sliiill go out of ollico ut auch lu8t men- tioned meeting. — 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 32. OOrAt each annual meotincr a Trustee shall be elected in place of the orie whose term ofotKco is about expiring ; and the term of every such Trustee shall be threeyears.— 34 Vic c. 21, 8. 83. I ?'i**P^ Trustee ehcted to fill an occasional vacancy shall hold offi-je only for the unexpired term of the person whose p ace he tills; and any Trustee may with his consent 1^ re- elected, otherwise he shall be exempted from servmcr for three years next after leaving ofHce.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 34. 6«. A Trustee may resign his office with the consent in writing ot his Co-Trustees and Inspector ; without such con- sent, u Irustee refusing to act shall forfeit a sum of twenty dollars to be collected by any rate-payer of the District, and for its^uso.— 34 Vie. c. 21, a. 35. «3. Every Trustee shall make the following declaration ot othce before the i !hairman of tl e Schoi)l meetino-—'' I will truly and faithfully, to the best of my judgment a7id ability discharge the duties of the ofHce of School Trustee-" And it any Trustee shall not make the declaration within ten days ati:er notice ot his electimi, his neglect shall be sufficient evi- dence o a rel.isal to serve under the last preceding section, except that u Irustee acting as such shall be liable to all the duties and responsibilities of a Trustee.— 34 Vic. c. 21 s. 36. 04. If the Chairman of a meeting be elected Trustee, he shall make the declaration before the Secretary of the meet ing, and a Trustee appointed by the Inspector shall, within ten days after notice of appointment, make the declaration be.ore the Inspector, or any person '-j him authorized in writing to take the same.— 36 Vic. o. V2. s. 43. 65. Where a District at the ani.ad meeung fails to elect irustees, or to fill any vacancy occurring in the Trusteeship, or where a Trustee declines to act, .. Trustee or Trusted shall be appmnted upon the writien • -quisition of seven rate payers m the District, by the Inspector, wno, in case of a further neglect to act, shall have power to make further an pointments.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 37. lunner ap- **^- ^/^y"?,''^ «^ '•Pf'^sal to take the declaration ; refusal or continued failure to attend the meetings of the Board of Trustees when notified: failure nr rornj,?! to -"!! t^e - r 1 meeting or special meetings, or post proper n;dces^htreof and fiiilure or refusal to perform the duties, or exercise he powers imposed and conferred upon him a a Trustee, after 4 I I MANUAL OP COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. 21 I ( i written request Hhull have been made upon Iiini by the In- Bpector to perform or exercise the same, nliall coriHtitiito a clechiiing to act under the ♦preceding Bectiou.— 80 Vic. c. 12, «7. NoTenchorahnll be a Trustee; and a continuous non- residence oi SIX rnonths by a Trustee shall cause the vacation ot his othce.— 34 Vic. c. 21, a, 88. «N. No Trustee shall be directly or indirectly interested otherwise than in his corporate capacity, in aliy contract pro- vided for herein, except that a Trustee may, with the consent ot the Inspector, contract with the Board of Trustees for the sale and purchase of a School site or buildings.— 34 Vic. c. ttO, The Trustees shall exercise all the corporate powers vested in them for the fulfilment of any contract or agree- ment made by them ; and in case they, or any of them, wil- fully neglector refuse to exercise such powers, the Trustee or Trustees so neglecting or refusing shall be personally re- sponsible for the non-lultilment of such contract or atrree- meut.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 40. * Duties and Powers of IVustees with respect to School Properly. 70. It shall be the duty of the Trustees, and they are here- by empowered — (1.) To acquire, take and hold for the Corporation, any real or personal pri>perty, moneys or income for School pur- poses, and to apply the same according to the terms on which the same were acquired or received, with power, when so authorized by the School District in annual meeting, or in meeting called for such purpose, to sell or dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds towards payment of charges against the District for purchase or erection of School pro- perty, if such charges exist : (2.) To purchase or rent lands or buildings for School pur- poses, contract for the erection and furnishing of School buildings, repair and keep in order and insure the buildings and furniture, procure maps, apparatus, and books, and gen- erally to provide for all School services as authorized by the School meeting: (3.) To borrow, when authorized by the School meeting, money for the purchase or improvement of grounds for School purposes, or for the purchase or building of School houses, or for the furnishing of the same ; and such amounts shall be repaid by equal yearly instalments, not exceeding seven, with any interest accruing, to be assessed upon the ♦ " Section thirty seven of lie original Act," 36 Vic. c. 12, s. ii. u Mi-OSKHililiVm 22 MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. District and the money so borrowed shall be a charge upon the District and for money so borrowed the Trustees shall have power to give certificates of indebtedness : (4 ) To determine the site of the School houses, subject to eroctf^^«S^?^^^'^*^^ ^^^^^ a bcaJon tir he erection ot a fechool house and necessary buildings has been 80 selected, ten rods at least from any duelling hSusei.iDis tricts other than Cities, Towns, or Villa^es,^and the Tni . tees are unable to agree with the owner tfLeof for the pu - chase, they may lay out a School lot, not exceedingfortv square rods, and cause the same to b^ appraised in Lnner J^; nr^f .'^'p' *" eay:_The Trustees shallappTy to a Justice of the Peace for a warrant, who is hereby requ red to grant the same, directed to either the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or any Constable within the County .ommanE him to summon five disinterested freeholde ^of trCountv not resident m the District, at a certain time to be named S such warrant, to examine such land, the said Trusts or any one of them, to be present ; and the said Jury, who are ?o be sworn by any Justice of the Peace, shall proc^eed to assess the same, provided it appears to them that the Trus ees had giyen personal notice to such owner of such inqJLitio i or that no ice thereof had been posted in two public p Ices of the Dis net six days before the day of such inquisition and sbal return the amount of such assessment to^the cTeHc of 1 rl '"''' '"^. ?" P"?™'°' ''' t^"^^^ otsuch damage the Irustees may take and hold such lot.-34 Vic. c? 21, a 41 With respect to Schools, School Teachers, Books, L. by?mpowe"ed- '^' ^'''' '''^' ^'^"^^^^«' ^"^ ^^^^ ^^^ here- .i!^h^ '^'o P'-o^ide School privileges free of charge for all children from five to twenty years of acre incInqi^P t^T be resident in the Districl^nd,'U^er;u SecTby^K Schoo meeting, improved School accommodatbn as far as possible in accordance with the provisions of sec ion *fif?v seven, with power to admit to School privileges pupil from other Districts and if the Trustees shall deem if nSar^ they may exact from such pupils a reasonable tniff.T^' fnXT^T ^"^"l^ r ^^ of 4e wlio Ts^etyt^X Inlnf *"f v!" ""^'-f *^«J^ reside. Shall have thTrirht to (2.) To regulate from time to time, with fha .;a ^f ^u. Teachers, the attendance of the Dunils in thr^o^'^' ?a ^ n>e-.s according to attainnaeS^^Jd tl*:,^!^^ * " Section twenty nine," 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 42. \ i t. ' ^1 o* MANUAL OF C03IM0N SCHOOLS ACTS! 28 ' ,1 f pupil from School whom the Teacher •lay report to the ]Tkeh7n I'^'r^.'^'^.'^y ,'iiBobedient, or addicted L any v ce likely to affect lojunouBly the character of other punils nn gross neglect of duty, or for immorality, and th^ehall forth with transmit a written statement of the facts to he Super n endent, who if satisfied of the correctness of such dismi tt'?r:L^tf!?ri*sr;f ^'''''' ^"^^-^ p^>--^ ^™- (4.) To visit at least monthly eacTi School under their charge, aiid see that it is conducted according to this Act andtheReguationsofthe Board of Education ; t , no^fy the Distrust of the opening or re-opening of the Schools to provide for the health of the School, and to see that the Schools are properly supplied with the books prescr bed by used : °^^^"^^t^°"' ^»d that no unauthorized bioksare *u^^;^ If any parent, master, or guardian, after notice from the Trustees that a child under tie care 'of such personT unprovided with the necessary School books, shall Se or neglect to furnish such child with the books required the Trustees shall subject to the power to exempt indigent per- sons, furnish them at the expense of the District,^anrthe cost thereof may be collected from the parents, master or fZtlXr:Xs:T ^^"^^^^^ asLcaseWassess^a With respect to their organization. 7». It shall be the duty of the Trustees, and they are here- by empowered, to meet as soon as practicable after the annual election or the appointment of Trustees, and appoint a Se cretary to he Corporation, who may be of their own number, and who Hlmil forthwith give a Bond to Her Majesty, with two sureties in a sum at least equal to that to be raised by fh!i^,?r f v""^ *^' ^Tl ^""^ ^^^ ^a^thful performance of the dut^s of his o&ce, and the same shall be forthwith lodged by the Trustees with the Clerk of the Peace for the Countv and such Secretary shall keep the records, accounts and moneys of the Board, collect and disburse all School moneys of the District, have charge of the School property, safely keep and deliver up when required to the Trustees the papers .! , o. .n^ t/Oipuiatiua, including the Records of the School meetings, and perform all other duties which the Loard may prescribe in relation to their corporate afiairs : Ihe Secretary shall be entitled to receive five per cent com- if 24 MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. I 1/ mission on all sui* collected by him, or under his direction, for the support «f the School or Schools, excepting in cases where payment shall voluntarily be made, when he shall re- ceive two and one half per cent, on the amount of their rate, and shall make a deduction to such persons of two and a half per cent; and he shall be entitled to two and one half per cent, on all sums collected by him or under his direction for the purchase or erection ot a new School house or houses, and tor the purchase and improvement of School ^rounds — 34 Vic. c. 21, 8. 43. o 7^*, m"^® ^^"^ ^^^^^ '^^^ *^^® Secretary of any Board of bcliool Irustees shall, so long as it shall remain uncancelled, or until a new bond b% taken, be deemed a continuing secu- rity during his continuance in office, although in terms for one year.— 36 Vic. c. 12, s. 48. With resj^ect to the Assessment and Collection of Bates. 74. It shall be the duty of the Trustees, and they are hereby empowered — ( 1 ) To furnish the Clerk of the Peace of the County in which the District or any part of it is situate, with a list of the persons liable to be rated for School purposes in such LUstrict or part thereof, upon property or income, that is to say : of persons who are residents of the District, and of persons who own real estate in the District, liable to taxation, but who do not reside in the Parish, and of persons or Cor- porations liable to be rated as aforesaid, in respect of real or personal property or income, by reason of carrying on busi- ness there, or of being rated as Corporations, Trustee, or as aforesaid: the Clerk of the Peace shall set opposite the name ot each person the amount on which he is liable to be taxed as the same appears on the assessment list of such Parish last on hie, or as the same may be amended or cor- rected, or added to, as herein provided ; that is to say, in the case of a non-resident of the Parish, one-fifth part of the valuation of the real estate in the District owned by the non- resident; and in Ihe case of the resident of the District, the taxable valuation of income, and real and personal property nnZ fi'"'; 'li^'.^f/^^ '^"'^ 'PP^^''^ ^" '^^^ assessment list under the head of " amount to be taxed ;" and in the case of Corporations, Firms as aforesaid, or other persons referred to in sub-section three of section *twenty six, one-fifth of the real or real and personal property, and the total income, (as the case may be) for which such other person, Firm, Corpo- ration or Company ,s rated upon such assessment list in respect of such D strict • the ^'lerk of tlm TVo.- in '•!' onrTk i; *. 3 iL .r'^'^^'-- '"^ -KrKor tne i eace shun certify euch hst, and the Sessions shall make such allowance to the ♦ "Section eighteen," SG Vic. c. 12, s. 21. MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS, 25 ?hnl, 'J^^ t/^^^ble as shall seem just, and at a rate not less than twenty five cents for every list not exceeding twenty 01 'T'Vv'' ^^^^.f'^t^ for every other list.-34 Vic. c^ ^l, s. 44 : 6Q V ic. c. 12, ss. 28, 29. • iV 7u W°r^^o» the amount to be raised by the District in the following manner :-The sum of one dollar shall be h. I h'p' ^ ^■^\ 'k^' "'? -'^^ ^''^^""^'^ «^" '^'^ '^^ t^ be raised shall he levied by a foir arportionment according to the valuation contained in the above mentioned list : W.lh \}y ^"""'b.*° ^^^\' Secretary a list of the assessments with instructions in writing thereon, signed by the Trustees authorizing and directing the Secre'ta.| to collcc? from the persons therein named the amounts set opposite their names • and the Secretary shall demand the several amounts Som the persons so assessed and in default of payment, the same shall be collected by the Secretary in the same banner as near as may be as other rates and taxes are collected under and b^- virtue of any Laws relating to the collection thereof' • y.S. The assessment shall be signed by the Trusteps nr two of them ; and the rates may bf collecVreither by tl^' Secretary in the manner hereinbefore provided, or they may at any time deliver to the Parish Collector a copy of™he district assessment list, with a precept subscribed or endorsed thereon, requiring the Collector to collect from the several person^ named in such list, the sums set opposite thei- names respectively as the amount of their School rates, and to pay Ti^srs^-lt/^ic^l^tVeo.^'^ '''''''-' °^ *^^ «^^-' y1 s 49 ^^'''^"^' ^^■ (-the ^'^'ItlllZlrt^''' eondueted the School I>i8tnct, in accordance with law fn. .k ^"'•''' '" authorized teachinff dav« HnH 'i *^^ P^"°^ ^^ D. 18 • that thl I 1 ^ 1' o ".'^ the term ended a --p'rtlluX^^^^^^ ^^.^-" faithfully aifi belieftheffrand total 1 .«' «f J"""'' °^ "^^ knowledge and pupils in fir'aM tr id w r'^"" "r'/f ^ ^^^^^ --^'ied Trustee8 is lawful, and fhat^here is nn "^.r'^^^"^ ^'^th the i"g by which any portion of th^^ "«^«""?i^e understand. «o effect. ^ ^ " ""^ *^^ agreement is to be made of Sworn at this da of ^'''''' ''f '^^'^<^herl ^•I>. 18 before me, Yp oa^t-' J. 2^—34 Vic. c. 21, s. 50. SUPERIOR SCHOOLS -^^f ^^t:;::£S^*rt^;^,J-^"^^^ed, wUh the con. ruised for the sipport of srh'^^Tfn J 'l'^'^^'' ^"^^ ^^all have dred dollars or npwa ds it Iv .t • ' '^'/ '''"' ^^^ two hnn- Treasury a sum eoua o tt^n^ ^T''^ ^f''"^ the Provincial three hun.lred do?| r"e annur^loT ''''^^ ""^ ^^^^-^'"g "pon it appearingto the Superin^enl .?;''"' '? *'^^ '^^^'-^^hef been satistLtoril^ taught Sth./^'^'^^'the ^^^ool has to the Teacher at'^^heTLrtto h £7doll^" '^^" "^^^^ per annum by the Trustees •bnfnnr 'f'^' "^^^^'"^8 LIBRARIES. w™„^ a',t' re ^r: t • i: :rt:ii!r'''', '^^^^^ therefor.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 62 Purchase of books IW-'J'' V 28 MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. m MISCELLANEOUS. f 8?. No order for assessment or proceedin'^s of any Scliool rneotin^ shall, within seven years after the 17th da/of May 1871, be impeached before any Court for irregularity or defect of , otices or other proceedings; but any "party com- ^nd to r.rfiS'"'^'^'"^^^' T^' ^'1^^'^^' t« ^' in writing and to set Jtrta specihcrflly the grounds thereof, and thS Inspector shf I forthwith examine into and decide the samo^ and the decision o the Inspector, subject to an appeal to the Superintendent within fourteen days after such decision Vie. c. 21, 8. 54: 36 Vic, c. 12, s. 47 59. 88. Froni and after the time limited in the preeedino. section the Judge of the County (.^ourt shall, withh tvventf da3-s after any School meeting ^4hin the Comities a wS he acts as Judge, receive and investigate any complaint re specting any business transacted at such meeting, and con irn It or set It aside, according as he may think tlmt substant justice requires, and direct the Trustees or I s ector to cal alio her meeting for similar purposes, or make s^icl order as the ustice of the case may require, and shall order pa men? Hy^ir4^vr:.^V^rL'"^'™^"^^^-^ ^^ ^^ -'^ j-S competent jurisdiction in the same nianner .- a iX^t^^^^^^^^^^^ or under the provisions of Chapter 1;J8 of the lw[sed Sh ' the^RViS''n?'xT'^ f ^-"'^f ^ ''^ ^'"'''^'^ ""^^ter five in lie 1 aiish of Moncton, in the County of Wostmorl nrl' ;! hereby authorized to issue Debentures undo thi^.','' Board, to the total amount of eigthousSio^ ''^ ^^^ purposes ; and the Trustees of Aloncton ntSf of °^^ shall in the year before the debentures issued t,'^^^^^^ become due, assess and levy an amount «nffl- f/^^oresaid same, and shall yearly assies -indTrnn'''"* ^° P^^ ^^^ to pay the interest o^::2l^^^::i:^,^;iX::^tT time to time issue.-SG Vic. c. 12, s. SS/sG. ^ "^ ""^ I i MANUAL OF C03IM0N SCHOOLS ACTS. 29 iiy Scliool y of May ilarity or irty com- een day a i "Writing and the le same ; 3al to the deoision, rari — 34 receding I twenty a which )laint ro- eoniirm bstantial T to call order as Payment y judge shall he -Jourt of '.te deht, ed Stat- C. 21, 8. five, in land, is I of the in such !y shall II date yearly, t: The applied School resaid, ^resaid >ay the fficieut y from I I" T »1. In all cases wherein a School-house hi^ThemTb^ wi Inn any District, and in owned in shares, it sha iTbe cc^ potent for Che n)aJori)>' in interest of the owners of sharesTo sol and dispose of tlft same to the District, at any meet h!^ duly held after ten days' notice of the object thereof at f price such meeting shall determine upon, or as may be re^r ized at a public sale thereof duly adver ized, S the p'o ceeds of sale shall be divided amongst the proprietors Tn vS^r^M^L"'' ''^^'^ "^ ^"^^^'^^^ "^ ^»- property I34 CITY OF ST. JOHN AND CITY OF FREDERICTON. Jl^:7^\ ^""^tY^ i" *^'^ ^'^y "^ ^'^^^'"^ J^^^" ^^<^ i" the city ol h redericton shall be managed as follows :— "^ (1 ) The City of Saint John shall, for the purposes of this Ac be one entire District; and the City of Fredericton sha 1, for the purposes of this Act, be one^ntire District each of which Districts shall be under the control and raan^ agement, for School purposes, of a Board of Trustees, which shall be a corporate body, in relation to all the powers and du les conierred upon it by virtue of this Act, and shall be styled The Board of School Trustees of Saint John (orFre. dericton, as the case may be) ; the organization, rights, powers duties and liabilities of each of which Boards shall be as herein defined : -^ ( 2 ) The Board of Trustees shall consif^t of seven members of whom the Governor in Council shall appoint three, one of whoni shall be designated as Chairman, and the Common or City Council, hereinafter designated as the Co-mcil shal appoint four, to hold office during pleasure : A ma ori y of the Board shall constitutea quorum, and in the absence of the Chairman the Board shall temporarily appoint a Chairman • (3) The Trustees shall serve without reward, nor shall they be interested, direotI> or indirectly, otherwise than in their corporate capacity, in any contract authorized by this Act: They shall meet once at least each month, and may adjourn for a shorter time: Special meetings may be called by the Chau-man on )ersonal notice given to the members of the Doard or in such other manner as the Board mav prescribe.— 34 Vic. c. 21, s. 58. ^ (4) The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Secretary, at a salary not exceeding eight hundred dollars per year ■ The Board of Trustees of Saint John may fix the salary of the Secretary of such Board at a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars a year : The Secretary shall keep a record of the pro ceedings ox the Board, and perform such other duties as the Board may prescribe in relation to its corporate affairs • Such record, or a transcript thereof, certified by the Secretary ^ ¥" 80 ''It MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. Ti ors and p,^.;rs of e B n d b t i?! ti' ""'T'''^ V'^^^'^' the inspection of the Sn or Uon ^ t o WAh^^ '"'''f* *^ tnition, free of charge to all pmV^ "' 'f ^^ "^'^'''^^'"" «"d live and twenty yS'ofa'e i In'" " '" ^^'^^^^trict between or.,ani.e and e' t^bli^l.Ta d o m^nv S 7 '^''^ ^'•'^'■P^"^' deem requis^ite, with nnuprf^ ,.^ ?'''''"''''' ''^'^ Jt shall same; to purdasror^U^l i f^^' V'^ discontinue the TuirpoWsj^o e ect enh r' h""^'' ""'■ ^"""^'"-^ ^'^^ School buifiin.s'and t e?; app^^^^^^^^^ '^'^^'T^^ «^J^ool mentaof the case; to fSr^;) , f"^'"^ ^" '^^^ ^^^^"'re- lurniture, maps audVrZ u!l ^'^/?«'-^^«»s«8 and procure indigent pupi s ; to pr^ -ide fnir""^ o provide text books for co..tingent ixpen es^.f the severalsV'^,^'' '^S'^/^^'-^^ the of Trustees ; to have the eu'todv and « f "'.'"^ ''^■'^'' ^'^^''d School property of tirDistHc/ n ? . '^' ^""f""^ ^'^^ the buildings and furniure- todeter^r .^^° •'""''" ^^"^ School bouses r to contract with and 'w^'' ''*'^''^' '''" ^'''^^°"'- liave jn all respects Trd si/iIKo tl ''if f ^^^^^^ers; to and Superintenden , and to thl v. •'" -^^^'^-"^ ^^clucation Act, the superintendence unervil "' P'-^^^s'^ns of this the Schools of the Sic •^tn..'- ''"? ".anagement of amounts required for theTeVrlv ""^"^ ^^^ ^'«""«il of the the Schools\s her^naferp fviZ^";*'"^"^"^"^ the Council upon the expencCe of 1 "'^""'^ '"""^"^ to the Board under the proJisio "o? ^^^^TV'^ ^^'T^^ ^^ annually to the Superintendent of Fl' r ' ^"^ ^"'''"''^ s^mi" Its proceedings under this Act a,fo-f"" ' l"'l ^'^P^^'-t ^^ H. accordance with the forms Bupptdb,rs ^'"''"^^ and a statement of the appropri- 1 ion ,?/ ,? "^"""^"'"^^^^"t; by the Board under the provis^-; of h' a T'''''^' '^"^^'^'^ the Board of Trust.es S ^^^.^^^f' ""^ ^«"«'--'Iy subject to all general duties o f T ! the powers and be far as the sam? are not impai ed or aft'pl T^V^''' ^^*' «« of this section relatino- to the mono ^'"^ by the provisions Cities of Saint John a^nd FredSir'"* "' ^'^''^' ^^ ^^o (6) The Board of Trustees shoU V money for the purchase of School andr PT-'i f^ ^°™^ for the erection of School bu^ldinU 1^^ and by the Council, for the Dermonlf ^ ' • ' ^^^" sanctioned School buildings: P^^^^aJient repair aud furnishing of debenture, to be called ScboorDebe"nSrrs?in^Vul S I n X i <' MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. X i 1' 81 exceeding sii per cemnn, J '"""''■ "'"> "'"'™' "ot which deben^urea ehal h„ F\ *""""'• P"^'"'''"' ''"'f >-«"ly. del-entures sh Jl°l Zled wi.hTe sS' f'!,^'?:™'; T*"' Signed by the Chairman o.i • ^' °^ ^^^ Board, and provided' t!;:Mtx,o"ior::;'^"f '//^^ ^'^^^^^->^ not exceed for the Citv of S^ t u "^^' debentures shall dred thousand dolla \nd^o th« r-/^%'r "^ «"^ ^""- 8um of forty thousa I'r^nll, ^^ ^ity of Frederieton the debentures Lucd u uW ' '' ^■'- ^^'^ ^'^^'' prevums to a„y and payabler^e'Trut X^rnolll'^h^ "^"^ same, and the amounts thereof shdu:^ Council of the 111 the year in which tL simp h ""'^^^^ed and levied s. 58 : 36 Vic. c 12, s. 56 '^ duo.--34 Vic. c. 21, tiolei?;frh?Zcriistrl'';han'^ ^""^ «PP- Boards on the orlr of he s,-! " f ''? ^'^ *^" ''^^"P^^^'ive 34 Vic. c. 21, 8 58? Superintendent of Education— re^'iLJtltermtlentrlr'^ "^^"^'^ ^^ *^^ «— t buildings, and thrcZciUhTf'r^- l"?'«hing of School the same or any P.rtTp If K^'.^t''''^^^"*^"""'^ ^ of debenture^ ^orTy as essmen? ' ^' Tf^ ^>' ^^^ ^^'''"'"^ Council shall order the amet'^b'^'^ ^7 assessment, thi time of orderino. the asses^Lnf^ '^''f ^"^ '^^'«d at the Vie. c. 12, 8. Sof ^^«^««™ent hereinafter mentioned.-36 da^o'nUt'htt^^^^^^ and previous to the last to be ordered, ffi aTeetinSo; ^^^^^^^ rates are required needed up to he time XuX vl LI""' ""^^"^ "^^^^ ^^^ year will probably be rleivedfrntl f '^' "'^' succeeding nance of the Schools and for t'hfi '"^P?'' ^"^^ "^^"^te- rent powers and trusts IS^- ?i"^ execution of the diffe- the purposes for wh^h the Boii!; ?' ^""''^ ^^^er than for permission to issue debentnrL • ', Pf-'^"' ^' "^^^ ^^^^^^e things-but without iSr V'"''^"'^'"^ amongst other laritf-the sumfr^^uireTfo l^p^aren? of t"^f P^-^^^^"" ries over and above the aniomVt fP^ l\ ""^ ^^aehers' sala- vincial Treasury and ComiT.S J "^f ^-,'^^5'^ out of the Pro- lands and bu dinSs for f. ''^*"V^' ^^^ the rental of light, and insurant ; t tL r^chlsrof "^ ^''^P"'^^' ^"^^' and of books (for ind o-enf "mR ^ ^ °^- "'^P'' apparatus, tures that have been nL'^''^^^'^.' ^"' '''^"'^^^ «» deben! unforeseen an^cl e^nti:;^ f eT^'n tV wUh ^if";^'"'^^ ^"^ eov.nori^CouLil, an^^Xt^o^a^l^L^Lt 82 MANUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. cui nru cl H , wW. ^f *^.^° ?fo'-«^«l"g Objects and pnrposoa ; ...Ki shall within the like time notify tlie Council of the n"-- grepate anionnt thereof, and request the Council to cause such amount forthwith to be assessed and lovied.-36 Vic C. I^, S, ol, • of Rn!,!/1"i''' ^a" ''■'' r^'' ^^""'^^ not exceeding for the City oJr/? ^^^^ ''"^ thousand dollars ; for the City of Pred^ ' oricton (.urtecn thousand dollars ; f„r the Town of" Portland tventytwo thousand dollars; for the Towns of LiintSn P on and Woodstock ten thousand l{l?red,,T,"4fhe: Ah any turther amount required for payment of interest on debentures, and for repairing and furnishin.^ scl ooMmild ngs as aforesaid, shall by the Council of the^la d Ci ie a d I owns respectively, forthwith upon such notification a r^^ques , and so as that in fact the rates heret m^^t oned |^^;^n^udi;g^'---:;^.:^^^^^^ Council, notwithstanding such excess r^TafoLaiT to or^^^^^ otr^ifh^a' AYr^'^'^ ?J. • 1 /^' ««b-section, with reference to the pu noses for h V mav ,?"''''' "^'>- ''''"^^''^ -^•i the amou^ Cwhi^h the> may require assessment to bo made shill nnX M shall bo assessed and levied 0^111^^^ "r". *',""'^"' manner as other Citv rates • nnrl tL o. • , *^^° ^^^^^^ such terms as to the Board shall seem r o- f i ! '^' ^J' ^^ rangement shall be annuafin its nXe ^ li^^/j;^:^^'-^'^ 'i^- able oy eiiluxion of time, or on breach of conSlil:;;;;^;;;; t fr ^ t ^lANUAL OP COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. — — -_ ** not include the buTldU^T^TniT^ino- nf q.k h out of the funds ur2ri??nn';'f ^^^^'«"^« *«> «"<-'h Schools this Act. ' '" °"'«'' '^"1^8 provided for by wiL' pUdet£llte°nd" ti^'Vh ^r-\ '^";?' "^ ''-«" "'her- INCORPORATED TOWNS, 4o provided, be extended to anv Tow ' '^":^' ^' ^^'•^"^^fter which may hereafter hp?n!^ T ". ""'' incorporated, or of the worlds 'Town Councn-^r''?nT^''?.*h^ s'.bstitution surer or other CIl officer'' for ri?^'^, ^?"^*'''' " ^rea- amount of Debentures sh'd I nof .v r,^''^^"^ '" ^"^ the the City of FredericJon am «n fn l"^ ^'^^ «""^ ''"^'ted for able in twenty veTrs"C/r^.?^^';''^"''^««h«"^ be pay- that the Town Council ^hallnt '^"''"5' P''"^''^^^ ^'^4s. purpose, determi,^ in w'of th."'!?''';^ ""^'f^ ^'^'^ '^^^ visions, and shall nn<1prX ^ adoption of such pro- o the Governor ncluL^Xo^'h^lf ^^^^^^^^'fy the saVe of the Trustees, as provide ] ?nr th n-.-PP°l."* ^ proportion Frederieton._34 vFc c 4 s 59 '*'"' of Saint John and 94. GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. fr »ay u„il'':v^r,trT™sts*'of''r D-'f'~' "'""^ c°-'y for the management and s„nnn,?„?., '""J "■ ""* bounty 84 ^f^NUAL OF COMMON SCHOOLS ACTS. SCHEDULE A. Coontv to- wit. [ LS. 1 To A L J Ao 'Assessor, of the Parish of % the Sessions. -86 Vic. c. 12, Schod. ^' T., C/«'>1-. la unty for i ac- k. i iji REGULATIONS ; OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. or School nistrlcta. off^'".'? ' ^^^ <^'"»^ «f the Peace rrecfwfK^f"^'''''"^ through the County Inspector Superintendent, as8.stant«, and the classification of The TnL ! "?'" "°^ claas-room n^ents, render it highly advantageous to^esSlfsh IV ?^ ^ *^'^ ^"'^i"- -hixperience has shown thaf sn.oiin- f-^° ^'^*"ots of good size Schools The resources SThepeUt^^^^^ T^"' '"' "^^*'^"* view to the establishment. ^/*orSt«?»»^. . ««»°entrated, with a "««f /'^''Aoo/s of a high order 1?^; t ' ^""^ P^'^'^nent maintc created, accessible to all the people w fhn . "^ ^^'*^ ^''^^^'^ ^^^^J be any. Parents living near the'^exSes of the'TT"^. ^"'^'^^"^ "P^" cases, secure conveyance of their chnSL„ / 5"i"^^'' «^n. >« niost inclement weather/ The BoarTof FH. ! r "* ^""^ ^'■'''° ^chod during people of every District sfoud njoy the bl'T''''^'^«'^^« ^^«' t^e nianent and eflScient School. "^ ^ ''^"^^^ conferred by a per- Orthe Oradlng^ or Schools. RbFERENCRS to the Law Pnr^il vanced, and High Schools, vvherever the nnnS^f/^^l '»*" Elementary, Ad- pose sec. 67. Different graces of thoSf ^PP" "^^on Is sufficient for the nur populous Districts, sec. 57 S S"?,.')' ''""^ *° ^« established inPery trlctJSa^JSTr^^^^^^^^^^ aided by the Teacher., seen C2)f f/ (16?' 9?! ^^'^'-^i'^^d by the ffiees / 86 REGULATiOxNS OF THU 1873 Hoard of ]:clucation would clil hJ^ ,'''""''•' ^"^ ^^"•"^'J «»• The to the nocessit, of a eoZ^IL^:!::^:,^^'^^^ 'J '''''' ''ffi-- he Lnw respecting the elassificaUon "f' hn , ' • ^'"'^ ^ "°"'«'«"« of The followin-r are som,. J)\ ? ^''° ^"P''« '"to re-ular rvradp^ the Schools, pCcriSl; 'the Lal'l''"" "^"^^^ ^^ ^^^ S-^^i's of ( j; It renders Trachinn- ,,,„v^ 7-/r ■ (4 ) Itj^romotes Good Order _F. jmi iI.p v ''' """^ ''"^^ '^''arge source.' of do d'" '^ *.'""" '"'I"'* "« Uuilu,n ,)«''' '" ""«°«"«neous School t °i„™: ,,";Ti:(,;: r'' ""-■■•^ -^--^'t'on z d ".rovr^rr"'' '"""^ -.ne a„ain,ne„t^ ond 'yeaif '*^"'^' ^"'-'- '-- compo.ed'l'pu^ils oTt.HvThi .(''\It prompts the Ambition of Pr ;h Ti suoce.. in school wort. ''"" °' ''"'■'' '^ ""°'-« ">«y be ,nu!le a powerfKlel^i^n'^l^^f ofLlnJ:'^;^,^^^^'' Sive con.ideraUe Instruction in tk. IT ; . as to the value of «^l,l, ""n °P'"'°" among thos"wh ' "^^'-""^"^ ^'"^'''-'''m that no one ^. a" le n ''"''' '^""'"'J "'« higher I, a°H,es/f "'^'"Pe'^nt to judge, «I.Hlyo° hen To ,1 ""^''''T'' '''«'•••'« worth of ('.''ui'"''"''?" '' a»d thatl. alikJo/t e poor .ml h' •'*', "'*' '«'''*""< '^'' ""r peo, « '^ ^^^ .^''^ T''" ""^^^^^'^ "'« must be uffiSiKe ',;„'■'■'■'' "" '^"^ '•°"'' '" ''''e £rn n. °, '''''"-•'" "'° '-''"''Iren the elements of an n,l„o^ i V ^•^" shewn that hv \h^ , ■' '" -'"'wm «^ess; and his in vern'" '''"""•'■°" ^•»" ^e ta.c'l S.^^.f f?'-a;i'"S of Schools home to obtain an ^^J^^^^ "^^^^ [— os ,hc i^ J',:^!"^;^^^-^"'-^"- proportion to the dis.ance , ?e . 1. J '^''''^'-''^ °^ ^''''ool life 4npr " '''"^'"^ to secure a good education .ni" r*^'"<'^ed frcn the family a '^ '""*'''«« '^ •linking parent and ear'a^stedtilor!"''""'^' "'"'^^ eomu.en'^S- 1^1';"}';' rig/;^ Remark 2. — Onlv in fi,- ? i 1 ' I i r I \i i 1873 being Tho i i i J < 1873 he nearest .rpr„.,™;ilT rtl "Si'° "f"'-'"' ''""SM, iiPiisiii^i r^o. the co.,„,, F..n^r^i;r!i'o>x^ir^ js::.;.^^^^^^^ The X^hulJn \:„'7;;7- ?' '\ '^''' P''»"« -« --y obvious goin.toand comi,^ f oj'sehoo C"''"" *•? the younger on sin- can bo accommodated by enk'tint ot r '"T'""" """"ber of pupils sufficiently ^ood to warrant it ^tLt?^ ^'''^''' ^^«"''^«'- they are qualified persons nsVelohl,\in^' ^'''''''' T''^ ^' «"«bled to se^cure salaries, ^fhe assistants 3^"^ '^ ''" ^'^"^'- ^^''"^ to pay Zj the oldest and best qu ified p^dls -"X-'"'''' ^^ ^^^^^"^^ '^'^ ^^^^ be required more tlL fbur Crs 'a dt .T.r ^""''^ '^«* "^^^^J moderate compensation. Unde7 hodi?;f ^^^^ ^^^^^ need but a they would do fair work, especi div if Zr'! f "" '^"^'^"' teacher, beeome Teachers, .ee ^ O^M:'!^;^:)^^^:^?^'^^^^ '' Of the fScliool JffeetiofJT. References to thf T.aw ti,„ i Place and notices, for tbrA^n^ar St SlctoIfi^lSr '^""T^' ^-'•• ContuuinUo.i and adjournment of Srlmm m . Meeting, sees. 48, 49, 53. Special and Genera. Meethi^^teanfd'in'c'"; "" ''■ Kate-payers fsec. 1] enti.k-I to otoHf f , ""° "''''"' '«^«- ^5, 50. by^rA;!^LL"or"brtL"T;^,p^Srr' -.-^ P--n authorized in writing and to act as temporary 01,1;^^^^^^^^ any Scl.ool Meeting to oTder ■ iTr S,^ro.r "^ ''^'^ ^'-""^■'^ --« P--„t, ! Chairman oi .he .eetin. • ;,J^:SiUrL^:>;^"^ the .uanned vote. pre.e.u, a Secretary to record itj "" as^oVhredLcntio^tt coriio^rofTho'K '•;.? f''"'-' ''f "- f^O"-" of Trustees expendunre of all Scho.l n onevs and ut rl ''"''"S"'« ye»r, the receipt and ensuing year, ,ecs. 79, 54, 36 ^' °"'' "'^ ^^' '° ^^^• licenced ^ssistaj se?nra°n al ' ^r^r l'°h '" ^'''^ T" ^""^ Teachers and ^escnbed teaching days ^ 'fcho^ :;^riL^Slt!:t*Xrn;^,°f Of the SchooT'Distr "cts Si! n o^aH? pS;"t"f vr* "" '"" ^^''^^^^^^ Teacher S^:/i5.1t:;t^j:- .^ ^ jj-^p ofeach licensed as / ♦ 1873 „.._.. ^'i^F^-^- -="^in ^fcS':£^"^-'"-'^«- - poor One-ha,ror t.e Count, .n. to .e apportion, an. p.a se.i-annuan.. ^■^''om, the School District upo n. a ^.supplement of the above in aid rfi"J '• "^ ""'^^'''^'^ ^y ^^7 District District School Meeting sec 2Brnrh"''"^'' *° ^"^ determined by the and to be raised by DSriJt asf^s^mS.*''^ ^'■"'*^^«' ««««• 45, 92 (10)1 Trustees to emnlov rLy. ""^^^^^"^^^^^ «ecs. 11, 26, 36, 37, 92 (ilV/ ^^^^^^^ '"^^-''^^''-S^'brir^t^ n^ake regulations under which Oo?n'tyrneys~o\1^^^^^^ Provincial and depend almost exclusively unon 1.^7 , " * '" ^'^ °^ Schools, will by the inhabitants of ea J Dis^rfctlnT- r* «^ ^^^^irect efforts made The 26th Section of the L^e Si, .^ "*^'f '"^' *^^'^ °^" Schools, forth local effort to an exlnt non--^'^"^^^ vide a good School for afAt r ^S^^^^^^^ J^^b their means to pL duly supplemented by funds from ?^!p . ^^^ry such effort will be public moneys can b^e re"ce ve^^y DiSS^r.' iTr^ ^"* »« Schools in accordance with Law ^'^^"cts which fail to establish vincris^^'d'^fini^'^but'Z *L^„!r'''^'^ ^l *^" '^^^''ber from the Pro- Trustees from the County Pnni """""* '^^' ^^" ^« ^^^^ived by the of pupils, cannot be kn 1 a? the' Vr"n?\f «' V^?^^^« ^"«°d«°ce meeting should, therefore be caefuirvnf ^-t ^"^-'"^ "'^^^•"S- The a sum amply sufficient to enable the tZT^"^ ''*'™"*^« *° ^"^borize tbe year. Any balance remainin ^ in ZtV Tl^ ^^' ^'^^'^^^^^^ of course, to be carried to the S? of tl °'^' °^*^" '^'•"^*«««. J«. of arising from an authorized eTpendl e m? K^'"' ^^^' ^"^ ^^5°^* provided for in the estimate^ o?the fdlowbyyerr '""'' '""^^' '^"^ Tefcr:!;it;7o?n?tKitil:m'f °e"^"t '"'t'^' ^^^"^ ^^ ^^^ whatever his services will comSTn^b. J'^ ?^''°^' ^''^^'^ ^^''^ive wilt z^„roL;x:r^i:r'""-™™^ •'- p- "• «-■ 2. 3) whom fa devoW th?mL™.."ti™-rr'™ ■" ^'''°''"= "i-"" Tie Trusee,. wU, not r^d ^^'Z'S'lltZ^^.^S'-TZ 40 REGULATIONS OP THE _ 1873 taught wholly by a Terchcr or bv '?>,'"'""' ^'^'''^' ^^"^^'^«r assistants. It may someti .'.p. Z T^'" ""^ """ «'" ^^« class-room District would r ni Xb :.iS Tn t "' ''"'' ""^T'"^ P^P'^ '« '!'« ing four hours ofthe d'y and Tr„ " ". ""^'''1 '^ 'I ^'^«'«^«"^' ^ur- even if unlicensed. Se7'' 0/-/r A. r '^ Jt/ '"^'^ '^ ^'^^^ ^^«i>-e, Contract made this dav of a n i q u or A SIM] l.oldui- a valid-License of tho ' f ''^^" ^"^^^ "f '^'^^^^^er authority of the Board of KducationfLili^ class, granted under the toastij. Teacher, of the one pS- an^i'uS Number — in the Parish of ;. A. n ^''° ^■'ustees of School DistnVf School Trustees of sSjo^ Zas theZi "'-TV ^'' " The Boa d S to as the School Corporation, of the oUm- part™'^ ^'^' ^^^^^^^^ft^r referred StJ5»;;tr^^^^^^ Agreement by the and faithfully to teach a SchK^the sa.Vl n,-?.'' -^L ^"'"P"'"^""" diligently for Term! ending on the --dayot-^A^^\'^^ '^"""^^ *''« School Yearf IS unexpired. ""^^ <^^ A. D. 18 , or as much thereof as totay [lie ¥ettr KSeYrfvTnst:!*' ^^^^^ as aforesaid may le agreed npon] at thfrEf'^-^'doTS^i ^^ quarterly, or monthly? ai exclusive of the Provincial allmv^nn„ /'?"*'^s for the Scliool Year for Tormi Chief Superintendent." ^"°"''"'" *° ^^ received by th«> Teacher from the Y'^'^A.^TSlfSi "Sj^i^ Sr ^* f ^" -"«"- ^om School the same shall be given bv eithe. nf ,,''^'"'"-. °^ ^° intention to deterS ^.B. [XameofTiacher.] rr,'-. County Fund beino. U. ^ T *^ '^^^'^^ ^oni the withwLhth;XfsXt:fS^ /^^ ^^^"^-^^ known at the date of tho^i ^''°^' ^"^ ^^^^^^ove un- ____ aate of the written agreement (Reg. 2) to be shoMlVfl'^pl'i.f.W':'"'? "dd-tional, as the „,. nf o ,. ,..._ - . . . I t 1873 1873 BOARD OP EDUCATION". f 41 made with any Teacher or assistant, the Chief Superintend- ent is not to recognize any Contract by which a Teacher or assistant may agree to receive such unknown sum as a por- tion, or the whole, of his or her remuneration' from the Trustees, but shall require that a fixed and definite sum or rate be distinctly named in each and every agreement. Beiriilation 4:.— Attendance, and County Fund to Trustees ^Limitation: In the semi-annual apportionment of the County Fund to the various Boards of Trustees, the Chief Superintendent is not to recognize any attendance on a de- partment or School in excess of an average of fifty pupils daily present for the time the department or school has been open during the Term, unless in the case of cities, towns, villages, and populous rural districts, it shall appear that the whole number of pupils registered in the department did not exceed fifty six; and in the case of rural districts gene- rally, that the requirements respecting the number of sittings m the school-room, and the employment of class-room assist- ants, have been duly regarded. Of School BiiUdfiig^s* and Furniture. J:S^Zl^V7rw^H^^^ '^'^'^'^^^^ or accommodation to be Uol'Lf^l2iSll7S^^^^^^^^^ P^- ^or the construe- School buildings and ftimitute to be Drovidpd h^ Tii=f..t-» _ sec. Ui-by purchase, lease, the alteratloSTrrepalr of i|l£.^^^^^ sirrt^-'o\-s j^b^SS^s S"-^^^^^^^ furniture, sec. 92 (6) (9). """"'"S^ ana premises, and the purchase of Existing School houses owned i* shares may be sold bv vot*> nf tj,- ™- jority in interest of the owners, sec. 91. ^ ^® °^ *^® ™*- '' to ^pIJ or dispose of the sa^ne [when authorized by the DistricVsec 70 (V)] sec riJ^^>; ?,!^ ^^)^'"^. "''' ^.^^^^^^ buildings and furnllure insured [when uithS- rlzed by the School meeting, sec. 70 (2;], sec. 92 (5). •■ '^"''iO- For ajYe of School House, see '< Of School Grounds," p. 46. neirnlBtlon n.— Capacity of Schoolroom * ; At least 150 cubic feet of air, or 7 square feet of area, are to be allowed for each sitting providefl Ekmark L-Every pup- .-...uld have room to sit and more without being confined or jostled^ ii^.ery child has a right to his own person- ality and his own share of uncontaminated air. Comfort and conveni- ence in sitting and moving depend upon the area of the room ; the quantity of air upon the area and tlie height combined. The height of the smallest School-room should be twelve feet, and this should be increased even up to sixteen feet in the larger houses. Two hundred and fifty cubic feet of air for each sitting is better than one hundred Remark 2.--In building new houses, sittings should generally be provided for about one-quarter of the entire population of the District. Rcgrnlation O.— Cloak Rooms : A hall or room separate from the School-room, for depositiug hats, cloaks, &c., and supplied with hooks or pegs, regularly numbered, should be provided for each school or department; and wherever the building will perr^jt, two such rooms should be supplied, one for the use of the boys, and the other for the use of the girls. nevulation 7.— Form of Desks and Seats: Whenever new furniture for pupils is procured by any District, it is prescribed that the desks do not accommodate more than two pupils each ; that the Seats for the same have suitable backs and be so graduated with respect to height that the pupils of different ages may be able to sit with their feet squarely upon the floor. ^ Remabk l.-The physical comfort of the pupils is necessary to their inental improvement while good order is impossible where the^re i, co^! tant uneasiness and discomfort. Seats without backs, and ungradu- ated, produce suffering and even distortion. To relieve the overstfained muscles, unnatural postures are assumed by the children, and crooked spines are a probable result. ' ^^"""-^^ Remark 2.—The best arrangement for seating School-rooms is that of single or double desks, placed in parallel rows, with a Zb tween tjie teacher s desk, and are able to give direct attention to the Teacher. ♦ See note on previous page. 1, f f m < '^ ) 1 r 1 I I I r . 1873 BOARD OF EDUOAIION. XtTtL''l:!:ZV^^^^^^ to the bod,, and are not be used with advanta<^e fn c S roo^ns „nH ^ ^^'^^ ""^y- ^^^^''^^'•> for visitors at examimZT ZTl^^^u^^^ nion double desk firmlv 1% „ m l'^ \^i^^^ one each row of delks and ff' possible """^'"^ K''''^'' ^^^ween room should be thrL feet^ wl «i 'f "^Vf * *' *^" ^^"« «f the inches to two feet between fb.r!^ -,§'' t'^' ""'^ ""'< eighteen pupils for which any room s inSoT^ ^\ '."f ''"*• ^^° ^'^"^ «f ^^^ aisles between the desks determine the width of the ™af frtLtr:;rLt'of1S;tm tZn^f ^^ ^'^^ ^^^^ *^« P"P'>« visitors attracts the attenUon of the S^ Sf.rh^ exit of pupils or are toward the entrance the nu^H, win ? ^ ^"'"''^ ""^ the pupils opens or closes presenting in ~ T "'" '■''"'^*^ v^cnever the door interfering wi^'h' the s ud/ and i Sf"^ V^" " ««"«->3r others visit the School or call at thp S'l '^/''°' ^^^'J strangers or obliged to receive them at tS r L end of ?1 ''°'"' '>" '^'''^'' '« front-which is awkward a d fnconv n ent ZtCrVT'^ 'i *'^^ leading to the woodhouse or back vard trp n,nt ' -^ '^''°'°'' ^«°™ of the room, and this can only be when th.n «''"^^»'«"t at the rear fronts the entrance. ^ ^^ arrangement of the room R.wf'"""r *--"^^«^^'^«^^'^^-- It is required that every S hoo -room have ample provision for the admission aS culation of pure air, and the escape of impure air. an^^nSS/plJrat^LTrerv^fb"". ?«/«^-'-om must be continuous s^u^ply of purel/er^n? rSesl^i 30^;"^^^.! i i 44 REGULATIOKS OF THE 1873 tability on the part of both Teachers and pupils ; headaches, bronchitis and weak lungs; a sluggish vital action, depriving pupils and teachers ot halt their mental activity; and weariness and exhaustion of all the members of the School during the latter half of each day. The only reason why life is not destroyed in some School houses is the loose and imperfect construction of the buildings. Remark 2.— Economy in the use of fuel, equal distribntion of heat through the room, and a plentiful supply of pure and properly tempered air, are problems involved in securing a proper system of ventilation. Upcn fire-places cause a free circulation, but the heat is unevenly dis- tributed and there is great loss of heat up the chimney. Stoves con- sume much less fuel, but the heat is not evenly distributed, and there IS almost no ventilation connected with the process of heating. Win- dows opened at the top admit the air freely, but the cold current settles at the bottom of the room, and keeps the feet of the pupils uncomfort- ably cold. On Its way it strikes the unprotected necks and shoulders ot many of the pupils, causing colds like any other draught. An onen- ing in the ceiling is often made, but when it merely connects with a room overhead no currents are .reated and no ventilation is induced. When the outlet is through a flue directly into the outer air, the hot air at the top of he School-room is drawn off, and the foul air below remains. The air is changed but little, while the waste of heat is very great. Two separate flues from the ceiling, or the division of a single flue into several parts, are frequently employed. This plan secures an upward current through one and a downwU current thrCghr^^^^^^ and causes a change of air in the room. But when a door or window is opened the descending current ceases, while the hot air continues to and ol PT ""-'^fu '^ '"^"l^'i'S ''^^ '^' «^P«»*« pupils to draughs In School houses not having an economic and faultless method of venHlat^on, the air n the Schoolroom must he ihLughl^ Znged t eac^^ recess hj opemng the ^Mows and doors. During SchooT time wh le the pupils are seated, the windows opposite the wind can be oneTd just sufficient to al ow the escape of hot air. but not to admit coTd air By causing the pupils to rise from their seats and engage in phvsicai exercises, the windows can be safely opened at both^the t^p and the bottom^ In summer good ventilation can be constantly hadW me^ns ?'om^d?:uThts"' ""'^^^' ''' '^'^ "^"^^ ^° ^^^- '^ P-' -^ thJ S Remark 3 —Recent improvements in hot-air furnaces hivP HntJa- fac only solved the three problems, already referred to as b vol ved in t system of ventilation. But hot-air furnaces are too costly for use in anv considerable number of Schools. It is, however, within the reaeh of almos every country district erecting a new School-house or eSL^ alterations in an existing one, to secure an inexpensive system of heat ing and ventiation which possesses all the eLellenc s of^he costt apparatus mentioned. The details of the plan are as follows :-- ' roll lot:i!::i:iz\i: tn^iiJ: ZoT""' -^r ?'"^'« «'■ ^^^^ ^^-^^^-i. ney is suflicient. Vy'Jucfn^SX-n.'rn^:'^^^^^^^ them iLe radiation of heat dWnwardsiinon .h„'V»"^f %"'u ''^'""^P'i. and with .moUe, d.ppi„,.. and get.in.^ourorir^it'ellV/y^teVuS'.r fl^'et f i I i '1 « 1878 I ' I » BOARD OP EDUCATION. 46 vemi'la'tioa''^ lThI''!^,".!r/ ^"'^''^'f P»rtition : one for smoke, and the other for Ze fo Thi. -Lni ' . *""^u^' '="" '"' efl^ctively attained by having a cIpv ■ nd^r H^'^lT'Tt"' T'' '!' "". <"''i""y I'" «<»■« for wood, or uprigi,, cvl. ff;rrq.p:'i"n';j;rnrror,::ffc^ to be laid under the tloor, and brought up directly beneafh the stove ihi .1!?''^""°" ■ "^u''^" * "'* '^ '''"«^1«'J 'n 'he stove, the heat escapinK from the clay p,pe ra.ses the temperature in the surround ng vent latins: nLe^ of th:';oL°".h?orh'thr;''"'; '"'"'^ T'^^' ^ •^^''"«''' which acuu^onh'e J o ine room through the registers at ihe extremity of the ventilat nff tubpii pumping the cold air from the bottom of the room. ventilating tubes, ThH stratum of air which surrounds the stove becominir heated a hot r-.,, he" rcLTa;the't:'"Thri;''f^ '"'°. "'^'°°'" '>y 'he ope'nllg 1„ on'^^^Tde'of ine jacket at the top. The hot air then rises to the top of the room wher« it accumulates, and pre«.sing downward upon the cold air forces Ttoiit^hrouA the registers, thus directly aiding the drkught of the ventEg flue ^ th J?oom ""tL"; t^nr^""'' '"■ '"^'■'5^ tempered, soon has enlire possession of ^rLa?!r;;^n"ffi:r r^rr°i;^:a^t-U"^';i^= Th^e r^ar-l„^'[n:o..;• rj the"Lfra'i;^•sTa'idSa:^€ frolW ''^•- The.^vhole system is brought directly under the Teache.^8Con! n the^cSl ai^ adjustable registers at the opening info the ventilating tubes and in the told air tube, and by proper dampers in the stove. The air mav be tern pered wah moisture whenever required, by having a basin orwarernlac^ upon the jacket, near the opening for the Escape of the heated air Great .are should be tat en that both the basin and the water are always clean The use of fuel is more economic than that of air-tifin. noves, forthenePM s.ty of opening doors and windows for air is entirely obviateJ The extra cost of he case or jacket for the stove, and of the ventilating tubes and day p'oe but a few dollars at the most, will be saved in fuel in a single winter ^^ ' ResTulation o.— Outhouses : It is required that separate and commodious outhouses be provided, aud kept in a cleanly condition, for the use of pupils of different sexes. Remark 1— The outhouses should be commodious, inoffensive, and screened from public observation. A high tight board fence should extend from the centre of the rear of the School-house to the farther edge ot the lot, dividing the rear grounds into two parts. The out- houses should not be placed beside this fence, but at a liUle distance from It, and sufficiently far from the School house to secure their bein- inoffensive to the School in warm weather. The approaches should be guarded by a suitable screen or hedge. Remark 2.— Each outhouse should be supplied with a well-stoned u\'Ar . P' ^° ^"^"ge