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The Superintendent of Education shall receive an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars, and four hundred dollars for travelling expenses and contingencies of ofllce. The Superintendent's duties shall be as follows : (1.) To liave, subject to the Council of ]\iblic Infctructiou, the general supervision and direction of t!ie Inspectors, the Normal School, County Academies, Superior and Common Schools. (2.) To enforce the provisions of this Act and the regula- tions of the Council. (3.) To promote the establishment and efficiency of county academic-^ and sui^erior schools. (4.) T(j hold i)ublic meetings and institutes of teachers. (.5.) To inijuire and report respecting the rpuxlilications of teachers and the management of schools. (G.) To inspect, as often as possible, all the county acade- mies, and, when directed by the Council of Public Instruction, any school receiving provincial aid. (7.) To pi'epare printed instructions and blank forms for all purposes required by this act, and furnish them, together with copies of this act and the regulations of the Council, gratui- tously, to the Inspectors, Boards of School Commissioners, Tr-.islucs, and Teacliers. (8.) To make annually, for the information of the legislature, a report on the state of the academies and schools subject to his inq)ection and supervision, accompanied by full statistical REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 1* n-StrPERIN-TENDEiS-T OF EDUCATION-, Any teaching days on wliicli sciiools are closed in order tliat Teachers may attend an Institute convened by the Super- intendent of Education, or under his directions, shall not lesson the amount of public m^ney payable to Teachers or Trustees. Teachers will bo credited for such days as if spent in teaching-, and the Trustees will be credited as if the schools had boon open, and will be allowed for such davs the average daily attendance during the terra. Each Teacher present at an Institute shall receive, at its close, a certificate from the Su[)erintendent, or from his deputy. This certificate must bo attached to the Trustees' semi-annual Return, 2 THE SCHOOL LAW. tables \m<\ detailed accounts of the expenditure of the moneys appropriated by this act, and offer such suggestions on educa- tional subjects as he may deem proper. III.-SCHOOL SECTIONS AND THEIR BOUNDABEES. [DKi'iNrnox:— A Sedioii is that portion of territory the school or schools of which may be managed by one Board of Trustees.^ A Border Section is a (section embracing portions of two or more counties.] 5. The City of Halifax shall be one School Section. 6. It is the duty of each Inspector of Schools to keep a correct record of the boundaries of each school section in his county, and furnish, from time to time, amended copies of the same to the several sections. 7. The certificate of the Inspector of Schools shall be received in courts of law as evidence of the boundaries of school sections. I 8. Each Board of School Commissioners shall have power to create new school sections or alter existing boundaries of sections by vote of two-thirds or upwards of the Commission- ers present at any regular semi-annual meeting, the Inspector liaving been consulted as to the proi)riety of the same, and to fix the time when such changes shall take effect, whether at once, in six months, or in a year ; and the Commissioners shall in all cases have due regard to the number of children, and to the ability of each section to support an efficient school ; but they shall not divide towns and villages unless by the special direction of the Council of Public Instruction. 9. The several Boards of Commissioners shall have power at the semi-annual meeting in May of each year, by vote of at least two-thirds present thereat, to unite two or more School Sections into one School Section, on a petition addressed to the Board of Commissioners by a majority of the rate-payers of each of th.e sections, setting forth that they have agreecl among themselves on the terms on which the existing liabilities shall be borne by the rate-payers in the several sections. The union shall take effect on the day fixed by law for the next Annual School Meeting thereafter", notice of which meeting shall be issued by the County Inspector ; and such meeting shall elect a Board ()f Trustees for the new section. EEGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 2* lU.— SCHOOL SECTIONS AND THEIR BOUNDARIES. 1. The provisions of the Act touching the classification of pupils, the employing of assistant teachers, and the grading of schools, render it necessary to retain sections of good size. Except in densely peopled settlements, no section should be less than three miles in length, and in thinly peopled settle- ments, not less than four miles. It is. earnestly hoped that each Board of Commissioners will exert its influence and authority to preserve, wherever practicable, such a number of inhabitants in each section as will enable either graded schools, or the closest possible approximation to them, to be sustained in all the more densely settled portions of the country. No mere preference in favor of one section or another, on the part of parents, should be allowed to interfere with the preservation of the proper bounds of sections. Such bounds should always be determined upon as will enable the people of all the sections to educate their children in the most efficient and economical manner. This can be attained only by means of largo school sections. 2. In making any necessary change in the established bound- ary of any section, the utmost care must be exercised that such change does not take effect prior to the settlement of engage- ments entered into by the Trustees, under the authority of the annual meeting. The Council recommends that, as a general rule, the changes required from time to time be made'at the semi-annual meeting in ^Uxy, to take effect at the annual school meeting of the section on the third ^Monday in October. The sections aflectod must always be notified as early as })ossiblo of the decision of the Board. 3. Any person or persons intending to apply to the Com- missioners for a change in the boundaries of any School Sec- tion, must hereafter post a written notice of such intention in one or more public places within each section aifected, at least five days previous to the meeting of the Commissioners ; and the notice must specify distinctly the change or changes to bo applied for. THE SCHOOL LAW. IV.-SCHOOIi MEETINGS. [Defixitiox: — The term ratepayer as used herein, means any resident of the section rated in inspect of real or personal property in the county rate-roll.] 10. T[iR Annual AFeeting. — Ttie annual school niceting for tlio oloction of Trustees, or a Trustee, shall be held in the school house of the section, or if not commodious, or if its use cannot be obtained, or if there is none, in any other con- venient buildinp;, on the third ^Monday in October ; tlie meeting to be called l\y the Trustees, or, where none exist, by the Inspec- tor, by notices posted in three public localities within the section, five days previously, signed by the Trustees or the Inspector, as the case may be. 11. At the annual school meeting the majority of the rate- payers of tlie section present shall elect from their own num- ber, or otherwise, a Chairman to ju-eside over the meeting nnd a Secretary to record its ju'oceedings ; c nd the Chairman shall decide all questions of order, and shall take the votes of quali- fied voters only, and shall give a casting vote in case of an equality of votes ; and the rate payers shall, by a majority of those present, decide what amount nhall be raised liv the sec- tion to supplement the sums provided for public schools by the Fi'ovince and county, and they shall also decide wlioHier any and what sum shall be raised for the purchase or build- ing of school houses, for the purchase or improvement of school grounds, or for general school purposes. 12. It shall be the duty of the Trustees to present an annual report on the state of the school or schools, antl t)f the doings of the Board, at the regular school meeting in October. 13. Special Meetings. — It shall be the duty of the Trus- tees to call a special meeting of the section, due notice being given by means of the school or otherwise, for the })urpose of lilii.ig any extraordinary vacancy occurring in the Hoard of Trustees, and for any other necessary purpose ; and at any such meeting a Chairman and Secretary shall be appointed, as provided for the annual meeting. 14. Upon the requisition of the majority of the rate-payers of any section, the Trustees shall convene a special meeting of rate-payei's for the purpose of voting money or adding to any amount previously voted for any pur|.)ose authorised by this act, notice of which meeting shall be given by the Trustees, as provided in the case of the annual meeting, and such notice shall express the object of such meeting. \Sce also clauses 20 and 21.] 1.5. It sliall be the duty of every teacher or teachers in every school section to give notice through the pu])ils, of school-meetings advertised by the Inspector or Trustees. REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 3* rV.-SCHOOL MEETINGS. 1. The following- ontlines indicato the usual and most im- portant business to be transacted b}' the annual meeting : 1. To elect a Chirirman of the meeting. 2, To elect a Secretary to record the proceedings of the meeting. 3. To elect a new Trustee (or Trustees, as the case may be). 4. To receive the report of the Board of Trustees concerning the educational condition of the section during the year, its finan- ces, and the requirements of the section during- the ensuing year. 5. To determine, by a vote of a majority of tlio rate- payers present what amount shall be raised by the section during the ensuing year for any or all of tlie objects authorized by law ; and if any sum is included for the purchase or im- provement of grounds, or for the purchase or building of school-houses, to fix the period (not to exceed five years) within which the sum voted for these purposes shall be col- lectod ; and, if necessary,^to authorize the Ti-ustees to borrow money for the procuring of houses or lands. G. To transact any other necessary business. 2. This report should contain full particulars respecting the expenditure of the school fund of tlie section— accom- panied wn'th vouchers. (See also clause 47 of the law.) .V»^., 4 THE SCHOOL LAW. 16. Qualification op Voters, — If any person oflfeving to voto as a resident rate-payer, at an annual or other school meeting, shall be challenged as unqualified, the Chairman pre- siding at such meeting shall require the person so offering to make the following declaration : " 1 do declare and affirm that I am a rate-payer, and that I reside in this school section, and that I am legally qualified to vote at triis meeting." And every person making p.ich declaration shall be per- mitted to vote on all questions proposed at such meeting, but if any person s! 11 refuse to make such declaration, his vote shall be rejected ; provided, always, that every person who shall wilfully make a false declaration of his right to vote, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court, or by a penalty of not less tiian five nor more than ten dollars, to be recovered by ilie Trustees of the section, for its use, as a private debt, under chapter one o* the Revised Statutes. 17. On depositing with the Secre'ary of Trustees, previous to, or at any annual school; meeting, the sum of one dollar, any person liable to pay such poll-tax, though not rated in respect of real or personal property, shall bo qualified to vote in the election of Trustees at such meeting, and at any other meet- ing held for the election of Trustees within a year from such deposit, except the same bo refunded as hereinafter provided, and shall be eligible to be elected as a Trustee ; provided nevertheless, that a majority of the Trustees shall bo persons rated in respect of real or personal property. i\[oney depo- sited as above shall be refunded on demand in every case where no assessment is authorized by such meeting ; other- wise it shall be retained as payment of the poll-tax of the depositor. V.-ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. 18. Eacli school section shall have a Board of three Trus- tees, and no section shall have more than one Board. 19. At the first aimual meeting of any section, under this law, the majority of the qualified voters present shall elect from their own number three Trustees, and at tlio second and third annual meetings one of the Trustees elected at the first meeting shall go out of office by ballot, and at each annual meeting thereafter he who has served the longest shall retire from office, and each of tiie vacancies shall bo filled hy tlie election of a new Trustee ; provided always, that he whose term of office has expired may bo re-elected, with his own consent, his time of service to date from such re-election ; liEGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 4* 3. _ According to a decision of the Supreme Court of this province, women are not entitled to veto at school meetings. v.— ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. be rate-payers. (Sec the 2}recedlng clause.) I 5 THE SCHOOL LAW. but it shall always bo competent for exiritiiig Trustees to com- plete the business of the closing school year. 20. "Where any section, at the time fixed for the annual meeting, fails to elect three Trustees, or to fill the annual vacancy occurring in the Trusteoshii>, or vacancies from other causes, the Trustee or Trustees shall be ai)]>ointecl ui)on the Avi-itten requisition of seven rate-payers in the section, by the Commissioners of Schools for the district in which the school- house is situate, or in whif'- a majority of the rato-pj'.yers of the section reside ; and where any Trustee or Trustees have been elected, and refuse to act, or shall neglect the perform- ance of duty for twenty days after such election, the Board of Connnissioners shall, with or witliout a requisition, a})[)oint Trustees, or a Trnstee, in place of the persons or person so refusing to act; and in case iiny })erson, appointed by tho Board of Commissioners as a Trustee, shall refuse or neglect to act as aforesaid, the Board of Commissioners shall make sucli further appointments as may be necessary to fill any such vacancy; and any Board of Trustees, tlius secured, shall, as soon as' [)racticable, convene a meeting of the rate-payers of the section as provided for the annual meeting, and sucli meet- ing shall transact all business, except the election of Trustees, required of the annual meeting, and in tho same manner. 21. Any person ln)lding tho ofHco of Trustee of Schools, in any section, who shall become .nsolvent or assign his pro- perty for the benefit of his creditors, or become permanently unfitted for business, or shall cease to reside in the section, shall thereupon cease to hold such office of Trustee, and the other Trustees shall call a meeting for tho election of a now Trustee in his stead, as provided in the case of extraordinary vacancies. 22. Any person elected or appointed a Trustee, not being a Commissioner of Schools, and refusing to act, or any Trusteo who, having accepted office, shall not perform the duties thereof, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, to be collected by any rate-payer in the section ; said sum to be payable to the Inspector, or his order, and applied by the Superintendent of Education to tho purcha&e of school books, maps, or apparatus. [The Connnissioners of Schools for the City of Halifax exercise all powers and perform all the duties of Trustees within and for that School section.] 23. The Trustees of each section shall be a body corpo- rate for the prosecution and defence of all actions relating to the school or its affairs, and otlior necessary purposes, under tho title of The Trustees of School Section No. — , in the dis- trict [or districts] of . [The duties of the Trustees in relation to each subject will be found specified under such subject.] REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 5* 2. In casos wliore Hcctions fail to rlotcrniino, in annual meetino-, which member of the Board of Trustees shall retire from oflice, and to fill the annual vacancy in the Trusteeship, it shall he the duty of the Inspector \o determine which Trustee shall retire : and the Conunissioners shall fill such vacancy in the manner directed by Law. 3. TJie Commissioners are authorized by Law to name a committee of not less than thrcr> of their number to appoint Trustees 'of .Sciiools as occasion may arise between the half- yearly in(!etin,t^s of the full Board. The Council strongly reconnnends tliat sucli a committer bo named by eacli Board. A careful record of all ay)pointnuuits made by the committee must be kept and reported to the Board, to be entered in the minutes. The Inspector shall bo ex officio Secretary to tho committee. 4. NV'hen, in any section, the entire number of resident rate-payers is less than twelve, a recpiisition for the appoint- ment of Trustees or a Trustee, shall be deemed valid if signed by a majority of such rate-[)ayers. 5. No person shall be dismissed from the oflice of Trus- tee by the Commissioners for refusal to act, or neglect of duty, without being notified at least five days previous to such dis- missal, in order that ho may have o[>portunity to present, in writing or otherwise, any reason he may have to urge against tiie same. 6 THE SCHOOL L/ W. VI.-SECHETABY OP TKUSTEES. 24. It sliiill bo tlio duty of tho Trustoea of each section to meet us soon after the annual election or ap{)f)intment of Trus- tees, or a Trustee, as praeticablo, and a]>point one of them- selves, or some other person, to bo Hecrotary to tho J>oard of Trustees, and to provide him with a suitable blank-book, and instruct him to keet) therein and carefully preserve a correct record of all the doings of the Board. 25. Tho Secretary of tho Trustees shall give a bond to Her Majesty, Avith two sureties, in a sum at !3ast e((ual to that to be raised l?y the section durin,L? tho year, for tho faithful porformanco of the duties of his ollice ; and the same shall bo lodged by tho Trustees with tho Clerk of tho Feaco for tho county or district. 2G. Tho Secretar}-- shall be entitled to receive 5 per cent, commission on all sums collected by him or under his (lirection, for the support of the school, or schools, including expenditure for rents, repairs, furniture, out-houses, fuel, mnj)s, a[)paratus, and salaries, except in cases where payment siiall bo volun- tarily made, when he shall make a dcMluction to persons making such payment of two and a half per cent, from his commis- sions ; and he shall be entitled to two and a half per cent, on all sums collected by him, or under his direction, for the [)ur- chaso or erection of a now school-house, or houses, and for tho purcliaso or improvement of school-house grounds. 27. Tho Secretary's duties, to bo performed under the direction of a majoi-ity of the Trustees, either by the Secre- tary in person, or under his direction, shall be as follows : (1.) To keep tho accounts, moneys, and records of tho Board, and to collect and disburse all school monevs. (2.) To keep the school house or houses in good repair, and sui)ply the same witii comfortal)lo furniture, out houses, fuel, prescribed school books, nia[)s, and a])paratus. (3.) To promptly supply to the Teacher, or Teacher.s, copies of tho school register prescribed by the Council of Public Instruction, and carefully preserve the old registers. (A.) To keep a faithful record of any school books, maps, or apparatus tliatmay af any time bo procured iVon.i tho Super- intendent, and of tho di<|)osal of the same. (5.) To present tho Teacher with a copy of tho inventory of tho school pro[)orty under his or her charge, and renew tlio same f; mu time to time. (G.) To take due care of tlio lil)rary books of tlie section, and see that the same are managed in conformity with tho t'^guiations of the Council, and generally transact ai-y business of the Board, as directed by a majority of the Trustees. IIEGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL, 6» VI.— SECEET.\RY OP TRUSTEES. 1, The followiiin; is a proper form of bond for the Socro- tary of Trustees : — PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA. K\()w ALL m.s BY THESE PRESENTS, Tfiat We, (name of Secretary/) as principal, and (names of sureties) as .'sureties are held and firmly bound unto o\ir Sov, -eign Lady Victoria' by the Grace of God, of the United Kii ^.,dom of Groat Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c., in the sum of of lawful money of Nova Scotia, to lie paid to our said Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, for the true payment wiiereof, we bind ourselves, and each of us by himself, for the whole and every part thereof, and the heirs, executors and administrators of us and each of us, firmly by these presents sealed Avith our Seals and dated this day of ' in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Whereas the said —has been duly appointed to be Secretary to tlie Board of Tru^-tces for School Sec- tion. No. in the District of Now the Condition op this Obligation is such, That if the> saul (name of Secretary) do and shall trom time to time, and at tipies hereafter, during his continuance in the said Office, well and faithfully perform all such acts and duties as do or may hereafter appertain to the said Office, by virtue of any law of this Frovinco, and shall in all respects confirm to and, "observe all such rules, orders, and regulations as now are or may be from time to time established for or in respect of the said Office- and if on ceasing to hold the said Office, he shall forthwith' on demand, hand over to the Trustees of the said School Sec- tion, or to liis successors in office, on the order of the Trus- tees, all books, papers, moneys, accounts, and other property in his possession by virtue of his said office of Secretary- then the said obligation to bo void— otherwise to be and con- tinue in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed, and delivered ) [Name of Secretary] (Seals) in the presence of j [Name of Sureties] (Seals) [Name of Witnessl THE SCHOOL LAW, VII.— ASSESSMENT OF COUNTIES FOB THE SUPPORT OP SCHOOLS. 28. Tlio Clerk of the Peace in each county, except as here- inafter provich'd in relation to the city of IJalifax, shall add to the sum ainiually voted for general county ])urt)oses at the general sessions, a sum sufficient, al'ter deducting costs of col- lection and probable loss, to yield an amount equal to thirty cents for every iidiabitant of the county according to the last census preceding the issue of the county rate-roll , and the sum so added shall form and bo a portion of the county rates. One-half the sum thus raised shall be paid senn'-annuaily l)y the County Treasurer upon the order of the IJoard or ]?oardg of School Commissioners for the county. 29. One-half of the amount provided, to be raised annually as aforesaid, shall, at the close of each half-year, be appor- tioned to the Trustees of Schools conducted in accordance with this act, to be a])plied towards the payment of Teachers' salaries ; and each school shall be entitled to participate there- in according to the average number of pupils in i^ttendance and the length of time in operation, but shall receive no allow- ance for being in session more than the prescribed number of days in any one-half year. 30. The County School rate assessed upon flu inhabibmta of any section not provided with a suitable scliool Ik.!i.-> and unable to erect one, shall be retained for two voars, a : 1 if within that time means shall bo adopted to buiid a school house, the moneys so vested shall form part of the amount required for such purpose. The assessors shall return yearly to the Clerk of the Peace a statement of the amounts "levied for such County rate upon said section. 3f. Each Board of Connuissioners shall have power to withhold the county school moneys from any Trustees present ing a false Return. 32. Each Board of Commissioners shall forward with the semi-annual returns, a certificate signed on behalf of the lU'GVLATIONS OP THE COUNCIL. 7* 2. When the same SiM-rctary is continnod in office from one year to another, it ia not no.;c88aiy tlmt ho should o-ivo a new h.Mul provided the existing one is drawn in a sufficient sum and the sureties are satisfactory to the Trustees. 3. When payment of a rate is made witliin tlie time and at the place f^pecihed in the rate-bill, it is to be regarded as voluntary payment. ^ 4. In every case where no provision is made for tho Secretary s commission l.y the school meeting, in its vote of any sum, it shall he allowahle for the Trustoesto add the com- mission in levying the assessment. VII.-AHSESSMENT OP COTTNTIES VOU THE SUPPORT OP SCHOOLS. 1. Where more than one Board of Commissioners draw rrom the same County Treasury, the county money CiM.not bo distributed till after each Board so coniiocled has .net and passed upon its Trustees' Returns. Otherwise the law can- not bo carried out, as it requires tliat all the schools in tiio county shall participate iu tho fund according to the same rate. Ihis rate cannot be determined nntil tho number of satisfactory schools, and tho average attendance ol" pupils and the time m session of each school iu the countv, arc known, ihis delay will occur in only a lew cases, where"" School Dis- ti-icts are not co-extensive with counties or " districts holdin-^- ueneral Sessions of the Peace." ° 2. iMoDR OF Dlstrtbuting the County Frxn : (1.) Previous to the meeting of the Commissioners the In- spector IS to examine and test thoroughly tlie statistics con- tained m cadi Mf the Trustees' Returns. Taking f;.r his guide the revised Regulations of the Council touching Holidays and Vacations, as published in the Journal of Edmatinn, he will apply them to the " Time in Session " and '< Attendance,*' as 8 THE SCHOOL LAW Board by tlie Chairman, and also by the Inspector, stating that to the best of tlioir knowledge, that the acconipanying distri- butions of the county school moneys have been made in ac- cordance with the provisions of this law. 33. Each Clerk of the Peace shall, immediately npon making Tip the rate-roll in each year, notify the KSuperintcndent of Education, and the Inspector of Schools, of tho sum provided by county assessment for tho support of sch >' d during the ensuing year. T^KGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 8* xtfng that 11 g disti'i- de in uc- )ii making" indent of provided iring tbo 3. 4. reported for each school. The following points should in each case receive special attention : — 1. Whether the " Total authorized teaching days school was open" as given in Ketnrn exceeds the limits fixed hy Hegulation. 2. W hcthor any pupil is returned as liaving been present a greater nuiMlier of days than the school was open. Whether the addition to obtain the Grand Total, etc., is correctly performed. Wheth(^r, judging by personal knowledge of the school, there is any reason to doubt the correctness of the Return in respect to Time in Session and Attendance. 5. Whether the Agreement between Trustees and 'i eachers is according to Law. (2.) Where any slight error or discrepancy is defected in any Return, the Inspectcu' is requested to make sucii c(u-roc- tions as his previous knowledge of the school may warrant appending his initials to every such correction. If, however' any Return is (bund to be radically incorrect, or incomplete in any particular, or without the roipiired certificates of accu« racy, the Inspector is hereby directe-,ection as may bo entitle.l to special aid as Aj V, oik the loliowuig proportion : — A: 1000: : Amount of Fund: Amount per 1000 days (ordi- nary Sections.) J k ^'■ ITavin- found tl.e amo^mt for 1000 days, the Scale of Distri- bution can be readily tilled in. The use of this scale will be found greatly to acilitate the j.rocess of calculation. % takino- a lar,i;-e number, instead of the simple unit, as the basis ot computation, it also ensures a much greater degree of ac curacy than could otherwise be attained. The mode of usin- It Wh readily suggest itself. Suppose the amount per 1000 cays to be for .sections not being poor, $17,395, the amount due a .section J" ^vluch the Graml Total days attended by all the pupils IS 4,97, would be determined thus (taking the amounts from the scale) :— • "^ 3,000 days, .^52.1 85 And il a Poor Section, 3)83.445 '.,'^^'0 u.o95 07 01 - 700 " 12.18 -.__1_ '? ;; ^jf $iii.2G 4,797 ,«?83.445 e in tho shall be ch year. holding I this act ) include icts had 3. The amount advanced as a loan to each Countv siiall he re unded on or before the 31st of October followiiip' • utlier- Wise interest shall bo charged. * )ovc the |)ort and ensuing school :; or re- dings or VllI.-ASSESSMENT OS' SCHOOL SECTIONS. 1. The school meeting shou.ld l>c candnl, in votin-v Its ^stimatos, to autliori;crty ; the purchase of fueL prescrrbed school books, maps aiul apparatus ; tl)e payment of interest on money borrowed by the section ; teachers' sahirles, or any other expenses required in providing an efficient public school or schools, in accordance with this act, shall be deter- mined by a majority of the rate-payers present at a regnhirly called school meeting; and any amount so determined shall be a charge on the section, and shall bo levied as follows ' every male person twenty-one years of age or upwards, having resided .n such section for the period' of six months next pre- vious to the levying of such assessment, shall be assessed and shall pay the sum of one dollar as a poll-tax. The balance of the sum authorized to be assessed sha>l be levied on the real and personal property within the county of the residents of tie section according to the county rate^roll. Nothing herein simllrencerany person liable to pay more than one poll tax in any school year. ^ 37. The Trustees shall furnish to their S(>cretarv a list of the assessments under the foregoing section, with instructions m writing thereon, signed by the Trustees, authorizing and directing such Secretary to collect from the persons therein named t lo amou.its set opposite their names; and the Secre- tary shall demand the several amounts from the persons so assessed : and in default of payment, the same shall be col- lected under and by virtue of the chapter of the Revised btatut^s. Of County Assessments," and of any acts in amend- ment thereof; and the Trustees shall return such assessment to the General Sessions, or to a Special Sessions held for that purpose wliere appeals shall be had and determined. /tt t-z ''^^^"e«t of the Board of Commissioners of the City ot Halifax specifying the amount required, in addition to the sums provided from the Provincial Treasury for the yearly support and maintenance of the schools under their charge, the City Council shall bo authorized, and are hereby required to add a sum suflicient, after deducting costs of collection and probable l()ss, to yield the sum so specified by the Board to the genera assessment of the city, to be levied and collected rom the inhabitants thereof, which sum shall be paid quarterly by the City 1 reasurer to the said Board upon the written order of the Chairman or \^ice-Chairman. But the Board shall not have power to require the assessment on the City of any greater sum than thirty-six thousand dollars in any one year, without the consent of the Governor in Council given at the request of the said Board. 39. It shall be the duty of the Trustees of ench School BBction m case the annual meeting shall have determined to raise money for any school purpose, to furnish the Town Clerk or the Clerk of the Peace for the county in which the section se of fuef^ jaj'meiit of ■s' salaries y ie»t public be deter- I regularly lined shall 3 follows : ds, having- next pre- 'ossed and balance of n the real sidonts of ing herein poll tax y a list of stractions izi ng and 8 therein he Irfecre"- 3rsons so ill be '^ol- Revised in amend- isessment 1 for that the City )n to the' e yearly ' charge^ required 'tion and [joard to collected piarterly written lard shall Y of any )ne year, » at the I School lined to ivn Clerk ! section REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 10* carried forward and provided for in the estimate of the fol- lowing year. ^ 2. Whore the nnmber of rate-payers residing in a Sectio.i IS large, the Trustees will find it verv convenient in preparing the list of assessments, to have a scale, showing the amount ol rate payable on any number of hundreds of dollars, up to ten ; also any number of thousands up to four or five. t; J5nrM''V"''"."^1."'' r-,'"S such a scale, see directions for the distribu- tion ot the County Fund.] 3. The ^)llowing clauses of th- Statute relating to the collection of County Assessments are here given for tho jnfojmation of Trustees: 33. If tho taxes be not paid within twenty days thereafter the collector may apply to two justices of the peace, and upon athdavit being made of such statement and demand havin- been duly mailed by the collector and that the taxes are uiv pai« ^-^^^^l^^^od accorain- to the county I , --v., ui.b ji LUQ nunibor i In ""^^.'''^""'^^ *'^^'^'«' t''" ^''■^« «1'^^11 l>o twelve cenTs: ul.?.'ct%olrf'''7'''^' ^" " corporation or company, .hall bo bul.jtct to sectional assossinont. and the rates shall 1,o pavahlo P^-^ mv '^ d h r "' '}r 'rT"^' ^' '^ assessed'npon ht^ pu M.na l\ , and bo charoeal.lo by the a-ent to the principal. ]h to 1' "^ '' ''""'^^'' ''''' '^'^'"'^ ""t ''^''".^- otherwise the section m which it is so situate. di' P'^^'"'^^^" ^^"^^o ^'''-^IJ subsociuontlv .ls^es^nlcnt, shall bo a chary^e upon his estate, to be i>aid hv p::;-m:n?" ;;::: ^^.-ni.trato,.. ol- assignees, and in dJfindt 'o\ m lor ;. . ^ V^^'""!' ''^ ^'''"'' '''''y ^'"^ ''^'^^^ porsonallv liable Tinclu the warrant, nnless they or either of them shall make hf h ? ";:.'/"^'"" ^* H" I'r-^^^^^ting that tlK:.o is n^t Zf ^^^'^^'^'^ "'• "n'ler their control, bolong-ino- to such a^s^l^mSnf"'^' """^^^' "'' ^^'^^'- P-^-"^^' *" -^isfy such 43. In every case whore between tho making of the countv assessmen roll for any year, and the levying of any secti i I assessment according to such roll, anv per^u rated du^re m respect of real or personal propirtv', -shall ^•emovo Ir m tl o section having conveyed, leased, or otherwise disposed c f uch pn.perty such assessment shall bo a charge on he in'o peHv ot tlie same al tho time of levying such assessment. 4-i. _ Property hold by executors, administrators, trustees mJTFuT''' ^'" tnne of the making of the Countv assess! Hient loll for any year, shall be liable to bo assessed in all assessments jeyied according to such rolL in tho section in si led but ''^''"'' rr\;'^. ^"^-'^ P'-^P^^^-^-V ^^^-^^-^ ^r last re- sd I but property held m trust for heirs, being minors shall be_l.ablo_ to assessment in the section n wfich such leiri , oemg nunors, or a majorily of then dance at a public school Count}' provided such sect may I )e 111 atteii- ion s mil I; in which such property is situate. In default of )e in tho pay- iiild'tiints of >(1, and tlio I fimonnt of the coniity r the Cleric to rucoivo ery list so ho soction a. seliool y, sliiiU bo :>e pavablo S or under ■ iipi>n liim n"nci|)iil. owuod by othorwiso ssrDcMit io seciuoutly U!o to tlio I [laid by dof'inilt of ally liablo liall luidco 10 is not ^' to sncli isfy tuich REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. n^ named in the warrant the sum due bv such person, with con- stable and justices' fees, and shall specify therein when the same sha 1 bo returnable, and the constable shall return the same witlun the specified time under a penalty of twenty dol- lars, to be collected and added to the funds of the county over the amount collected thereunder to the collector for suchtown- slup or place who shall thereupon pay the same to the county treasurer. Ihe justice's fee for such warrant shall be seven- ty cen s and the constable's fee for each person in the war- rant shall be twenty cents ; but the constable shall have no travelim,!;- fees or poundage, and the justice's fee shall bo ao- portioned among the several persons if more than one in the warrant, and no suit shall be brought against such defaulters Ueiore any justice. 50. The' constable shall forthwith execute such warrant and pay over the amount collected thereunder to tho collector for such tow.iship or place, who shall thereupon pay the same to the county treasurer; and if he is unablo ti) find o-oods suflicient to satisfy the warrant in respect of any parties named ,n the warrant, he shall make a return to that e/Fect and the justice shall thereupon issue a separate or gonoral warrant as may be necessary to include costs and fees there- on, directing the constable to take the body or bodies of one or more of the defaulters and commit to jail as under an ordi- nary execution, and parties so committed sliall bo entitled to all tho privileges of debtors imprisoned under execution )e county sectional 1 therein from tho d of such property,. 3ssessioii trustees^ y assess- d in all etion in ■ last re- minors^ eh such n atteii- '0 in tho of pivy- 12 THE SCHOOL LAW. nndpr hp f f P'^^l'^f '" ^}'^ ''""'^ «*' "»P^"^ assessments under the forty-second cluuse hereof. rx.— EXEMPTION PROM BATES. sixh' vetr? J!f 'n""" ""^^'"^ '^.^''''*' >'^ ^^^l"'''^'^' t^'^t he was wasautho i^d ^"l"'. "P"'"'^' "*- ^'" *'"^" '"">^ assessment runied in n?n; r ?''" ^7^ '"^"'^"''^' ordained* minister, oc w"dow shal b^ .'" 77^' ""'^ .""^ ""married woman or ^ert7tr> hi . ! T^^ ^'r '^^'^'""^1 assessment on all pro- mattul M^^i"r['"^-^"'^^^'iV^"'P^^*"'"^' Teacliers of the Nor- S n st 1 h. °"''' and licensed Teachers, while employed from 1' • • ''■^^'"f'* ^'"^' ™^''^'^ ^'"t>'- Statute labor, and from serving in any town office, or on iur es, and they whi e taxr? I r'' ^^"" .'f ^^^"/^ '^^'^ pin-tax'es and a 1 Jtl e r pe y to the value of Uyo thousand dollars ; but they shall be Norm. rSchJ: T'T/ '^'''\ 'T' , I-P-t-s, Teachln-s of th^ Ix rkn t' '"« ^"'"?'^ Teachers, are liable to the school on nrn,w. f .'! '^"P^^'''"t^ndent is exempt from school taxe^ Dofl Hx^tl.fTTf f '''"^^ *° P^^ '^"^ ^"^'^^^ assessment or poll-tax, tno Trustees shall have power to exempt any person m part or in whole from the payment thereof w itCutCi-u dice to he rate ; and the Trustees shall r,resent a statemSf any^siich exemptions, in their report to the annual school 48. Each Board of Commissioners shall have power to exempt from the sectional school rate, either in whole or n house in the section where they reside, or on islands too sparsely populated to maintain public schools, ana too d stan? from the mainland to permit children to attend schoc Uhereo • and such Commissioners shall have power to make such a, range: Ed's?' '''"''^' "'"" necessary to establish schools on such anrff'hpt'if^"'^'' Y'^'''^' ^'°*'"'"^' '^-^^'^^^ «^«'^'"g "tonsils, ^^^J\^ ^^^ ""T "^'^">' P^'«°» ^^^''''^ ^^^^"»^ ^ warrant of dh tress or other legal process shall b rates assessed for school purposes, shall b operation of such warrant or other legal e issued to recover the exempt from the process. e same may iissessments REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 12* lat he was assessment )im'ster, oc- woman or on all pro- l be liable f the Nor- ) employed labor, and hey^ while ■ all other ■Is) en p.-o- )y shall be bors of the the school lool taxes, it is liable ssment or ny person out preju- itement of lal school power to ole or in ho school lands too )o distant thereon ; 1 arrange- s on such utensils, nt of dis- over the from the I 13 THE SCHOOL law. y.-SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GIIOUNDS. 50 It i.s the duty of tl.o Trustoos to cloterni of s:'iio()l hon OS, sni.jeet to tlio sanction of tho tl ino tho .sites it irco noi CoMunissionors re.siflino- out of tho section. ol. Whenoyer it may l,o .loomed dosiral.Io to chan-e tl.o s.too a school house, or to dispose of school land l.y sale or ox Hiano-o. such lands niay ho so disposed of by tho Trustees ^Jurilnje^;;;;;^: ^^' ^^^ ^'"'-^^ nnf!\ U " ^'"^ '^"^^^''^ ^''" ^J'^-'i^tees to take possession of and he.ld as a corporation, all tho school property of tho sec- tion, or wh.ch nmy he pnrchasod for, or o.|v4n to it n- t^u J.se or snpport of comuK-n, superior, Jr uc.^Iom o ^^hoo s ' ' t they sha not n.terlbre with any private rights or the r Jh ot any roliu-n,ns denomination. '^ 5:}. The Board of Commissioners for the City of irdif.v ZtyTT'T''"^ "'!'' ^.''r.*'^'^ "f '^'1 publicise o'" o.t^, 1 I and personal, within the city, with the excep ion the trahlax Grammar School, and may sell and dispos ,f 1.0 same, or any part qf the same, and with the proceed may mrchase new school house sites, and erect new id ooV ou";^ HI sm.h places and at such times as shall be deemed m^o^ .J"'"Mr^''°^-x"'*°®''"^'''^^''^^ct'»"m'^y I<^aso or rent lands or buddmg-s, If necessary, for school purposes. 00. \V ,en a School meeting- decides on the erection of n new schoo -house, it shall be the'duty of the Trustees to o are anSTour?h:t::y''^ '''-' '^'^^^ '-^^^^ ^'- ^'^ ^^^^^ pre^m-ibf \dH."H'' "^' ^'"^'''' ^"^t'-^^tion shall have power to pre.ci be. wi h he concurrence of tho Superintendent of Education, suitable plans for school houses. 57 The school accommodation of each section shall I)e as ^n^^n. possible, in accordance with tho following re-iuii^ with"co!!^b,.S^'^°" ^T'l? ^^''^' 1*"'^''^ '' ""•^^■•' '-' l'""«o ^vlt h comloi table sittings for the same, with one teaci.er (O.J J'or any section haying from fifty to ei'ditv mnuU m km^ with conifbrtable sitting: for the s.^ne, an:r;; ^o^l^ fes loom with one teacher and an assistant. (c) For any section haying fr.om eighty to one hundred wit! louse Jiayino; tw 1 with two teachers. ' Or, if I one teacher and two assist; int.- g Nvo apartments, an elementary and a preparator Mnlw.v. n,. -^ one commodious buildin Or, a y g cannot be KEGULATIOXS OF THE COUNCIL. 13* iiio tlio .sites :liroo iieiivost change tlio <1 hy .sjilo or 10 Trustees, other J.uids ossessloii ofj ' (if tlio sec- ) it lor the ehools : hut I' the rij^'lits ' of Halifax scliool pro- exception 1 dispose of oceeds may lool lionses, id most ex- rent lauds taction of a s to secure e building, power to tendcnt of hall 1)0, as g' require- I', a liouso jlier. y pupils, a i'ood class i hundred 3, and two ts. Or. a jparatoi-y cannot be X.-SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 1. In reference to the ,sito of a scliool-house, care slionld bo taken to see that it is in a situation of readiest aecessibilitv to t .e majority of" the population of the section ; that it i^ located roin 15 to 50 yards from the public highway : that it is removed from poisonous innuencos of stao-nant pools an.l low- lying swaiupy grounds ; from the clatter of the mill or factorv ami the noise of a niilroad station or tavern ; that it has adr'v' airy position (with a gentle slope and southern exposnro/if possible) and commands as attractive anple or the realization of these views, the law^prc^vide" J a the choo meeting may vote any sum necessary for school lands and bu.ldn.gs, and that such sum shall be levied by an equal rate upon the rate-paycrs resident in the sectior.. Tho 8um required may be spread over several years, not excee.liuL. ^;rL- ;f ^^'^^ - ^^"''' ^'-•b- in^talmLts, with any ^.l^^ are^oJ'.MlMrr-' *•"* '''■?'''7 '"'*'""^ the school-houses are not at all, n keeping with the advanced condition of tho 8ect:on; thatin others they are tenantable onlv in summer • and hat, n more they are much too small for the numbe of children requiring accomumdation. The Council trusts that the p.H.pIe ol every section where such deficiencies exist will take speedy measures towards providing such school acVoin- rnxKhttum as s.all reflect credit on their intelligence and educa- ^ C. The American mode of arranging tho seats and desks in schocd-houses is now almost unanimously admitte*' — *~^ --- ' , •' , ^ ' .. . ^ lated, orgfinization of the school. Th aro not adapted to an efficient advantage in class-rooms. The I) ey may, however, be used with quite o|.en at the sides and underneath awson desk should be mad e so as to secure both, a 15 THE SCHOOL LAW. 61. 1 ho Board of Trustees in each section sliall liavo power, when authorized by the school meeting-, to l)<>rro\v money for tlie purchase or improvement of grounds for scli(K)l purposes, or for the purchase or buihling- of s.^Iioo! houses; and the money so borrowed shall boa charo'e upon the school section, and shall bo levied and collected Tn equal portions from year to year, not exceeding five years, with any interest accruing. „i,til the whole h s been raised antl paid. 62, To enable the Commissioners for the City of Ibilifax to borrow money, they may issue debentures, in' such I'orm and for such sums as they may decide upon, payable Avith in- terest in twenty-fivo years from the date thereof, free from taxation, and may dispose of the same at current rates: said debentures to be a charge on the city of rialifax, and the in- terest tiiereon to be paid every six months, and to be included in the sum specihed and required to be assessed upon the in- habitants of the city as aforesaid. The debentures shall bo sealed with the seal of the incorporated Board, and shall be signed by the Chairman and countersigned by the Secretarv. G3. _ The trustees in tlie several counties, and the Board of Commissioners m Ilaliiax, are authorized to effect insurances on school houses. G 4. Each Board of School Commissioners shall have power to declare, upon the Inspector's report, or npon other reliable information,theschool-housoorhouses,or buildings used assuch unfit (or school purposes, and shall forward such declaration* tothe trustees of the section; and the Board shall thereafter withhold all county school moneys from any such section if measures are not adopted whereby a suitable house or houses may be provided according to the ability of the section. _65_. In all cases wherein a schoobhouse has been built within any section, and is owned in shares, it shall lo compe- tent for the majority in interest of the owners of shares to sell and dispose of the same, together with the land on which it is situate (provided such land belongs to the same parties who own tiio l.ouso), to the section at any meeting duly held after ten days notice of the object thereof, at such price as this REGULATIONS OF THE COUXCIL. 1 sliiill liavo ', tu liorrow grounds for g of sohool :;liar;2,'o Uj)on ted ill equal rs, with any -1 and paid. )' of Halifax sucli Ibrm, iblo with in- t", free irom rate.s ; said and the in- bo included ipon tlio in- es shall bo nd shall be Secretai'v. le Board of insurances 15* fr oe c circulation of air, and ease of ingress and en-re^s to tim pnpd. t should be without a screen^or high bo-u-d i i o liav.ng the seat attached to the desk-the whole being placed on light iron shoes, and screwed firmly to the floor. 8. The patent desk has the seats separate from each other and from tlio desk, while both seats and'desk are suppo "d by l.ghtiron castings screwed to the floor. This dc^sk i. now nanuiactured in this Province, at a price within the ab ity of a large nu.nber of our schools. It is hoped that every section i:^th^::;^d!::kr"^^ "'" ^^ ^^^^^ '■"'-' ^^^ school \upp,ied Sections furmshing their schools with patent desks (double) Age of Pupils. Height of Cliaira. BK8KS. IlIei.L'lit of fide next to I'upil. Length. 5 to C years. 6 to 8 " 8 to 10 " 10 to 12 " 12 to U " 14 to 17 " 17 11 inches. 21 inches, 12 " [22 " 13 " U " 15 " IG " 17 " 2-ih 2(J 27i 21) 36 inches. 30 '• 42 " 44 " 46 " 48 " 48 " Width. 12 13 inches 13.i 14 14i 15 16 Space !)(■( reea desks for Cliiiirs. 14 inches. 15 15i " 16 16^ » 17 17 9. Trust J. inis COS are strongly recommended to keer> the school property of the section adequately insured. lave power ler reliable ?edassuch, leclaration thereafter section, if or houses tion. joeu built I'o compe* vres to sell ivhicli it ig arties who held after :o as this 10. This is a most important and extensive power com- mitted to each Board of Commissioners, and should M^th any lastmg oduea lonal progress unless suitable school accom- nioda ion is provided by each section, according to its aliht" ^r all is chihliH^n. The law provides means In- whid. an u^! pie portion of the resources at the command of the inhabitants of each sc3ction may be devoted to so necessary and so a use ; and it is for each Board of Commissioners to insist that the pi in ,nd reasonable demands of the law shall be complied Mth. i he Council recommends that every case callino' for the exercise of this po-.rer !)e dealt >vith ut the May meS of the Commissioners, and that the Trustees of the sectioi or Ling immediately notified 'of the' deci;ir;t^i;n^';;;:,de alui^itrcon]^ 16 THE SCHOOL LAW. meeting shall determine, or as may bo realized at a public sale thereof duly advertised, and the proceeds of sale shall bo divided among the proprietors in proportion to their shares in interest in the property. GG. It shall be lawful for the trustees of any section, wherein are located academic institutions, other than county academics, to co-operate with an equal number of persons, chosen by the governing bodies of such institutions, in order that the section may secure the educational advantages sup- plied by such institutions; such combined Board of Trustees to manage the school or schools, as the case may be, in accord- ance with the provisions of this act. 67. The Board of Commissioners for the City of Halifax, are authorized to co-operate with the governing body of any city school, on such terms as to the Board shall seem right and proper, so that the benelits of such school may be as general as circumstances will permit ; and in such cases the Board may make allowance to such schools out of the funds under their control as shall be deemed just and equitable. But no public funds shall be granted in support of any school unless the same be a free school. I XI.-EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF TEACHERS. _G8. No Teacher shall be deemed qualified to receive, under this law, any of the moneys granted toward the support of County Academies, Superior or Common Schools, unless hold- ing a license in accordance with law. 69. The Council of Public Instruction shall have power to prepare and publish regulations under which teachers may be classified. 70. The Council of Public Instruction shall have power to appoint four qualified persons to constitute a Provincial Board of Examiners, to examine and report upon the written exer- cises of all candidates for license to teach in the public schools of tliis province. The Council shall also have power to pre- scribe the mode in which examinations shall be conducted, to designate the times and places at which candidates shall pre- sent themselves for examination, and to make such further arrangements as may be necessary in order to insure the uni- form classification and licensing of Teachers. The Examiners so appointed shall be paid at the rate of five cents for each paper submitted for their judgment, provided the said payment shall not exceed an average of seventy-five cents per candidate for licenses of the several grades, and the person appointed to CfHidnct the examination in cacii county shall be paid a sum not exceeding three dohars per diem while actually engaged in the duty. . a public sale uile shall bo leir shares in any section, than county • of persons, ions, in order ^antanjes sup- of Trustees be, in accord- f o^ Halifax, body of any em right and e as general s the Board funds under ble. But no 3chool unless CHERS. iceive, under 3 support of unless hold- ive power to iiers may bo ve power to incial Board 'ritten exer- ublic schools :)wer to pre- 3nducted, to ;s shall pre- uch further mre the uni- Cxaminersso * each paper lyment shall andidate for ppointed to paid a sum ' engaged in »EGULATIOXS OF TlIK COUXCIL. :fj* ^.-EXAMINATION 1 NB LICENSING OF TEAC^EBS. 1. There shall be two examinations in each year, one in March and the other in September, commencing in each ease on the third Tuesday m the month. A ^; ''?®. following places shall be stations of Examination •— Amherst, Antigonish, Arichat, Baddcck.Barrington. (in Septem- ber only), Bridgetown, Digby, Guysboro, Halifax Kentville Liverpool, Lunenburg, Margaree Forks, New Glasgow, The Norman SchooK Pictou, Port flood, Shorbrooke, Shelburne, (in iV;irch only, alternating with Barrington), Svdney, Tanoier in iMarch only), Truro, Windsor and Yarmouth. ^' " ' ^ 3. All candidates not already holding licenses from the Council will be required, on presenting themselves for exami- nation to furnish a written certificate of good moral character signed by a Minister of Religion, or by two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace. J ^ » 4. Each candidate must come provided with all the writing materia s which he or she may require in the examination — Lut no books or manuscripts or memoranda of any kind are to bo brought into the examination room, or used in the exami- nation by any candidate. 17 THE SCHOOL LAW. il. Each Board of Coiainis.sioiicrs sliull Imvo power to cancel the license of any Teacher muhr their charge, who nia^ become guilty of dnuikennes^s or other gross immoruh'ty, anci to suspend at their discretion the license of anv Tcach'>r under their charge, for negligence of duty or incapacity, and to notily tiie Teacher of the same, and tlie Trustees by whom said Teacher may be employed ; and the Board slmll jmmediately acquaint the Superintendent of anv such case and of the name, sex, and dass of tiie Tcnichcr whose licensJ shall have been cancelled or suspended. 1 1?' ^^yj^"^''^^^*^^ signing a false certificate, attached to tlit> lialf.yearly School Returns, sliall have his or her license can. celled or suspended, as the Commi^&ioaers may ckcicle. ■ REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 17* r'o power to rgo, who may morality, and any Teuclior r incapacity, Trustees by e Board sliall V such case, hose license ached to t\\o license can- icicle. 5. A Deputy Examiner shall bo appointed for each station ^vhose duty it wdl be to conduct the' ixercises in accordance ^Mth instructnns forwarded from the Education office. 6. Ihere shall be Five Guade.s of Teachers,_each grade to be des.gnaved by a letter, for convenience in the examina- tion, as lollows : Grade A. " B. it Head master of County Academy. Male Teachers of the Ist class. C. i ^y^^^'^ Teachei-s of the 1st class, and I Male Teachers of the 2nd class. T>. I ?,*","''!„ '^^^'^c^'ors of the 2nd class, and ( Male leachers of the 3rd class. E. Female Teachers of the ard class. PnlibV^'r 1 • ,^"*^^"^''"^ ,t« «"g'^8-« ^« Teachers in the I ubl.c bchools wdl be req,i,red. on presenting themselves for Examination, to make payment to the Deputy Examiner as ifi:r'-T^'''''t '' '^0.37: D, 80.50; C, $0^75 ; B, $1.00 f ^4.00 _ Also, teachers wishing to be re-examined in anv gmde for which they already hold a license from the Council will be required to make payment to the Duputv Examiner as above .1 nil IV'^' F^^'^'^T desiroiis of being examined at any station G.^xle of license to be applied for, at least twenty daysprevioua to the examination. "^ "^ P'^vjous. ro^;] ^n'*"' J''«,."""\^^«i- of candidates at any station exceed GO the Deputy Examiner shall have power to emplov an assis! tant for one day or a day and a half, if necessarv.'and such assistant shall receive two dollars per day for the time so em- 10. Each candidate shall be apprised by nwW of the result or ins or lier examination as soon as determined 11. All licenses issued shall bo under seal of the Coun- vaii.Tf ;if"^^T "'' S^^'-^tj^'T, '"^"d these licenses shall be holders' ' province, during the good behaviour of the 12. License issued to any person under the age of 15 years shal not authorise the holder to engage as a tSacher in any school while under that age, withoTIt^he consent and approval o the Inspector of Schools for the county in which the school is situate. *^ 13. The Secretary of the Council shall prepare, and have printed, suitable examination questions for each Grade at eacli examination, in accordance with the svHabus of" e>:amination given below ; and shall also forward to each Deputy Exammera sufficient supply of the printed questions together witli copies of such rules and instructions as may he- necessary for the due conduct of the examination. 18 THE SCHOOL LAW. I REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 18* ^n, U. , ^"estions so forv/arrled shall be in packa^-es, so- ouu-lv sou e, , and no packa-o shall bo opened by the Doputy Examiner t.ll required for actual use in the examination.^ ^ ...nc' f- fP"^^ Examiner shall report under oath all cd.es ol irro-ular conduct or material infringement of the rules dunnp; tlio examination. H.vlff" ^\ ^T'^^' Examiner shall forthwith dismiss any can- did. to gnity of grossly violating the rules of the examination, t oissatishedthatthe ofTonco was committed wilfully and w tl. a design to obtain or give improper aid in answering the q ostions. The Council reserves to itself the right of doahng cai i l".';'" "'^'•'"-«'"f,"t« ^'^' ["!« either by cutting down thS candidate a grade in the result of his or her examination, or oti erwis(3, as the circumstances of the case may demand. w1.: 1 1 u? ■ ^® f "'^ tlivisions in the examination, one of X Inch shall be assigned to each examiner, and all papers com- Higundcu- each division snail be forwarded, through the Edu- cation Office to the Examiner to whom such division has been assignc>M, to be examined and reported on by him.* thl .^?'^'}^^T""""*""' "''''" "''''•■^''*''^^'»"J"^^ffment respecting the inentsof the papers submitted to them by means of num- be"s,-taking 100 as the highest possible mark. The papers, when examined and marked, shall be returned to the Education r.nf ■ \v ""''?/■ *° «"cp"^'age the giving of attention to cor- lect spellmo-, the examiners f.hall note and report the number of ordinary English words wrongly spelled by each candidate, and in every case whore tlm number is under 6, an addition equal to one half of the difference between it and 6 shall be made to the candidate's average of marks. Also, no candi- date who misspells more than six such words in the course of the examination shall be deemed qualified to receive a license ot the 1st class or of Grade A. ..^f'n^"/'*:!'"T'n'"^ ^^'^ '°'"^'^' o^ *^'« examination m eacM.,rade, the following principles shall be strictly adhered (1.; To obtain the grade applied for, the average c/ the candidate s marks must bo 50 or upwards : to obtain the next lower grade the average must be 40 or upwards, except in tlie case of those examined in grade D, whore it shall bo :]6- mid to obtain the second below the one applied for, the averaffo must he at least 30, ^ (2 ) In each case, as regards grades B, C, D and E, there must be no one mark farther below half of the required avorage than the actual average is above the requirement; with this limitation-that where there are several papers del GmS." ^^'^'"''"' '"'^'°"''' "'° '''^'^'''' '""•^^'^^-'J •" «-«!» division in U.c several I REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 19^ Jmmled ^.incler one general snl.ject (as in the case of Ilistorv i\latliein,.tics, etc.,) any candidate wlioso marks on these napeix' give an average equal to the re(inired qeneval average, shall be exempt from the operation of this principle so far as these papers are concerned; and that anv candidate makin- the required average for a given grade shall not bo debarred hcM-eby troin receiving the next lower gimhs. (3.) In order to obtain grade A, candidates will bo required to make a general average of 50 or upwards on the whole examination w.th no mark in the English branches farther below 37. oO than such average is above 50. In Latin the average of marks must be 50 or uj.wards, and in Greek the average of marks must be 37.50 or upwards.-which shall satisfy the requirements so far as the examination in classics IS concerned. 21. Candidates for lice nse of the grade A who have already Iread •^ "■' '"-'"B- ^;'. '^ ur upwards on givulo J5, are to work papers on those subjects only which are peculiar to grade A ^uch candidates are to present themselves on the third duv of tlie examination at the commencement of the afternoon session. <>ther candidates for grade A will present themselves at the opening of the examination. 22. Any candidate making an average of GO or upward^ at any examination, failing to obtain the grade of license appfied tor by reason of deficiency in any one branch, shall be entitled to receive such license after one teiu. of successful teachino- on the certificate and recommendation of the Inspector, with- out further examination. . ^^- ,,^^ the September examination in each year an exercise in spelling shall be i)repared for candidates who at any pro- vious examination made an average of GO or upwards'in the examination for 1st class, and were debarred from receiving- license of the 1st class by reason of bad spelling. The exei^ cise shall contain a number of ordinarv English words to be written at dictation, and any such candidate not making more tlian SIX errors will be granted a license of the 1st class with- out turther examination. 24. The printers and journeymen employed in connexion with the prmting of the examination questions, each term sha 1 be requirecl, on the conclusion of the work, to make oath in the following form : ^ We, whosenames are hereto subscribed. Printers, employed m the Printing-office of , Esquire, of Halifax, do severally swear, each for himself, that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, no person unauthorized to same, obtained from the said printing-ofi connected with it, any copy or copies of the Quest receive the g-office, or from any one ion-papers 20 THE SCHOOL luKW. REGULATIONS OF TIIIC COUNCIL. 20* for tlio oxfiiniiiation of Toacliors, printed at tlio said printing, office (luring the present month for the Education Oflico. Sworn to, at Halifax, this day of , A .0.187 , before mo. -, J. P. SYLLABUS OF KXAMLVATION. REQUIREMENTS COMMON TO ALL GRADES. (1.) Knowledge of the School Si/stem.— To be familiar with tlie School Law of the Province, and the llegulations of the Council of Public Listruction— spociulK' those portions beariiiii on the office of Teacher. "" (2.) School Management.— To know how to organize a school, arrange its dillerent studies and classes, maintain order and disciphiie, and provide for the physical health and comfort of the pupils. (3.) Heading. — To bo able to read English prose and verse with good taste and j-ist expression ; also to understand and bo able to practise_ the phonetic method of teaching reading to beginners, that is by commencing with the sounds or pow- ers of the letters, instead of their names. (4.) Spelling.— To be able to spell correctly all the words of our language in common use. (5.) JVriting.~To be able to write in a neat, fluent and legi- ble manner, and to understand the principles of penmanship as given m the prescribed series of copy-books. Remark. —Every requirement montinned under any Grade is to be understood us applyinu,n8h Grcmmar.~\ See grade D. 2. To b. able to ana. }/(. aiHi parse any simple or compound sentence, -ivinff the rules of Syntax applicable thereto. 3. To be flindliar with ttie principles of Analysis, and the terms used. oirn?Tr''^''''-7G^' '^^^^ ''o^^'J" recognize and define the prin- c pal I igurcs of Speech. 2. To know the chief rules for the structure of sentences, and the use of the punctuation marks. do write the answers to tho various examination questions with clearness and due attention to the rules of grammar. Pnmdy.~-\ To understand the metrical structure of Eng- lish verse, and to be able to scan examples in Iambic, Trochaic, Anapa'stic and Dactylic measure. II. History and Geography: mstory.—\. As in grade D, but with stricter examination. (kogyyhy \, To be able to draw, from momorv, an outline map of England, or of any of the ()ontinonts,-rnarking the chief mountains rivers, bays, and cities. 2. As in grade D. 6. o have a full knowledge of general rjeographyT 4 To understand the uses of the Terrestrial Globe. III. Mathematics : Anth,ieUc,-^l. As in grade D. 2. To be able to solve 23 THE SCHOOL LXW. I Jl \ r r Ci S( S( 4. I. an th to sti of II. oa, 1 tot Ge III rea abl 8tn lati pro REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 23* rea,]ily fine] correctly any question in the Arithmetical Rules vuK.e' ^^ ^'•■tisli Ameri. oa, hntish History, and the outlines of Universal History. l,of [''"'"■"'^'"f satisfactory Text-book on the History of British America Geogmphj.~l, 2, 3 and 4, as under grade C. HI. JfATHEMATICS : .'/rj7/imdic.-l. As in grade D. 2. To be able to solve readily and correctly any fair questions in Arithmetic. 3. To « ; ?tr tP? * f 7'" ^7' '''7 '^'•itl'nietical process, and demon- strate the truth of such rule. Ahjohm.~\ To understand the principles of Algebra, rc- latiu- to simple and quadratic equations, and the solution of problems giving rise to such equations. 24 THE SCUiOOL LA^7. I KEGULATIOXS OF THE COUNCIL. 04* r radical J\Iaihematics.~To be well vor^nrl ;„ vln.] / 1 ^ \' equivalent^ ^ ""'^'' '"' ^''''' "^ ^-'"""^^^•^' «ories.-or an IV School Maxagemext, Teaciilxg, &c. : lower Grado. """^ '""'"^ '^*""=' ^» t^« ^^i^'Jier than iu the 29.— Grade A. [Examination to occupy four days.l Candidates for license of this Grade are to work all tl,<. papers ot the J3 Grade. The Examiners in th s po? ion of to Exarnu.at.on w,ll exact fuller answers and wo'rof a mire scholarly character than in the case of C;n,]l,u)Jl 1 for the JJ Grado simply. Candidates applynig ADDITIOxNAL REQUIREMENTS. Classics.— To know well the Latin and Greek Grammars ar.d be;d.le to translate and parse accurately :;;. S'hrfoi: 1. Zatti— Citsar-DelSollo Oallico, Books I 11 rrT Sh,s,Ag,icol!"-' ^■^•^-'^""k I- -■ioco-DoAmicitia;' l„-i?' ,?''f^— ?«"oplion-Aiiabasis, Books I., II .■ Momom Ait'stt;^ ' """"-I"-'- ii«»ks I., II, III'. ; ii„.i;'?rs!!: 3. To iinswei- questions in Latin and Greek Piosodv and Hor;;;,',;]'iirf"-^ ™" "^•'"^'■"»" ^--^es i";^^;-;; 4. To translate English into Latin and Greek. ITiSTonY.— To have a good knowledge of Grecian and Rn man Instory, including the ancient ge4..aph^;rG;^re' f id .J'^^!!f^f-;;:^;Jr ^'^^^^'-^^^^oksofEuclid. 2. Solid 3ometry. 3 Algebra : to have thoroudib studied the treatise of Grccnleaff or Bourd Algebra on, or Chambers' 4 25 THE SCHOOL LAW, Xri.-EMPLOYMENT AND PAY OP TEACHEHa. 7.3. '.3. It sliull he the duty of the Trustees ofeacli Section fa contmct with and employ a h'censed Teacher, or such number of licensed Teachers as may be required i'or tlieir KSection ; also, Avhere necessary, licensed or unlicensed assistants. 74. It shall be the duty of ovovy licensed Teacher not to attempt establishing- a school in any Section witlKjut iirst making- an agreement with its Trustees. 75. Legally qualified Teachers employed in tiie common Pcho(_ils in accordance with this law, shall receive fj-om the Provincial Treasury according to the following rates for the school year:- Male Teachers of the lirst class, one hundred i.^i\ twenty dollars ; Female Teachers of the first, and Male Teachers of the second c dss, ninety dollars ; j'emale Teachers •of the second, ;ind Male Teachers of the third class, sixty dol- lars : and Female Teachers of the third class, Ibrty-fivo dollars. All teachers shall receive semi-annually one-half the foregoino' sums, or rateably according to the time thev shall have satisfactorily tauglit a public sciiool. 70. 'Jh-ustees shall have power to suspend or dismiss from their employ any Teacher for gross neglect of duty or immo- rality, and they shall immediately forward a written"^ statement of the facts to an acting member of the Boivrd of Commis- sioners for the district, and they shall also forward a statement of tiieir proceedings to the Superintendent, and the pay of any such Teacher shall thereupon cease unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Commissioners upon the apiteal of the Teiicl|or; Init he or ^•'le shall be pai<; ateab' p to the time ot his ov her suspension or dismissal, 77. Each J)oard of Commissioners shall have power to settle any disputes arising between the Trustees and Teacher, respecting tlie Teacher's salary or duty. IIEGULATIOXS OF THE COUNCIL. 25* IS. Section to tell iinmber ir KSoction ; :U)ts. 'her not to thout iirst 10 common s fi'om the tcs for tho liniidred and Male e TeiicliorH , sixty dol- ibrty-fivo iie-Iiidf tho thev shall uniss from y or immo- statcment if C-'ommis- stcitomont the [)iiy of otherwise a])})eal of |) tu tlie pou-or to 1 Tcaclier, ^ocZZl /^'■^^■^'"•"'^7-To be abl. to describe the st,n„ XII.-EMPLOYMENT AND PAY OF TEACHERS. 1. All coatnicts and ag-rocinonts between Trustees -inrl leachers must be n writin- The r^t,^ nV ,...,. f.7i -J hy the Teacher tVom the T.^ te m ^be . i^xed t/'d'^'^ ^ -un or stipend, and must be distinct^^ n;:n!;d^- .^t':!:;:;^ ^ : i In-;:^ -SI.S such unknown and nncc.rtain sum as a portio.^n- t^^^ ^^ ot Ins or I,ur remuneration from the Trustees. ' 2. The p-ant payable to the Teacher fr.nii tho Provincial Treasury shall be mdependent of; and in addition to, Zt^ s. or rate specilied in the agreement with tie Trus^ 3. Foiui OF Agreejiext : ^^^^Memorandum^of^Afyreemont made and entered into tho H Ina the Distnct of _, of the second part .w. nuianuumot Af^reement made and entered into tho -^;^ ^ Trustees, Tr..tees ot i^:A:^^J^'^j:^^^^ lie Distnct of , of the second part. ' 1 ho .aid [name of 2 cacher] on hk lor herl hmvI- Jn o • ^oration of the bei;;,v-mentio4d agreinLnt^,^ Se'Zt ^^of tho second part, hereby covenants^and agrees with' I e ^i d [names of Tncsices] Trustees as aibresai^ll^nd their suece^.^o^ nofhce,d,h.entyand faithfully to teach a public seh 7, the said section durmg the School Year [or Term] endi n o the thirty-hrst day of October next, [oi- the thir 10^^^^;^- of ■^pril, as the case niay [>c.] 'iuem ua^ ot And the said Trustees and their successors in office on their p.it covenan and agree with the said [name of Tea£r\ leachcr, as aiorcsaid, to pay the said [name of iL^ieTJ of he School Funds under their control at the rate o-_ dollars for the School Year [or Term]. • And it is hereby further mutually au-reed this agreemen to n a II that both parties respects subject to the pro- * If there is anything additional, as the use of a dwolliivr n,. fi^i i r ^m bo specified here, begianiag with tl,e words " together Tith." ^''' '* '"'"'' '' 20 THE SCHOOL lwy. 78. xVssistant Teaclicrs, if provided with separate class- room, and regularly employed at least four hours in each day, shall receive from the Treasury two thirds of the amouuS granted to princii)al Teachers of the same class. XIIL-COTTDUCT AND GOVERKTMENT OF SCHOOLS, 70. It shall bo the duty of each Board of Trustees to pro- vide school privileges, free of charge, for all persons resident in the section, five years of age and iij^wards, who may wish to attend school, and, when authorized by the school meeting, improved school accommodation, in accordance with the re- quirements of this law. 80. The Trustees of any section Ji'jay, in tlieir discretion, admit to school privileges pupils from other sections ; and if the Trustees shall deem it necessary they may exact from such pupils a reasonable tuition fee. 81. It shall be the duty of the Trustees to notify, as they may deem proper, the inhabitants of the section, of the open- irato cL^ss- 1 e.icli elay, ho tunouuS eos to pro- is resident I may wish )1 meeting, itii the re- discretion, ns ; and if 3xact from y. as they E' the open- REGLLATIOXS OF THE COUNCIL. OQ* Visions of tlie School Law and the Reg-ulations made under its authority by the Council of Public Instruction. to ^nir.n'r.'/Vi'"-'"^" ^"' ^''''■^'"' ^'' ^'"^^--^^ l"-^^««"^« ''•'^ve here- Witness, (Name of Witness.) (Name of Teacher). (Names of Trustees.) 4. _ Each Inspector, at his Inspection of every school shall examu>e the agreement between the Trustees ami Teac le V:^ ^!^:2'^ ''''' '''''' ^-''^y -P--^ ^^^' --^' of onf T J''i'' '''''' ''rl'"''' PT""'''"" ^"'' *'"^ cnploymcnt of Assist- rfn/r. 1 •'''''■■' "f^"" ^^'^'""^ '^ devolved the manage- ment of schools in departments. Trustees are empowered'^o CMuploy any quahfied person as an assistant, but\hos n ? c H d V l' l'"''' 'TT''^ ''^''r ^'"^ «^-'"Hi"ation on the pre- Bcnbed syllabus, and udio teach at least four hours daily n a class-room separate from the Teacher's school-room, can J ceive provmcm a.d from the Superintendent. It 'imu f e- no ton : 1 "i r° capacity of an assistant during a foem I. ^^'V^?';;"'^^'-''^"^^'' '''' '^'"Po^^'^'-ed bv the I^tw Wial akl '■ " ''"'^'''^' ho^vo^■.r, cannot receive pro- Tre;s J^I^II V' ''^7i^'' /^ ^?^^'''^''^ ^'"""^ t''« Provincial Jitasui> .hall be paid by the Superintendent of Education through the Inspector., of Schools. '"canon, o Ji 1 "^/"'^ '""^^ "f ^''i* P".V>"Gnts so made shall be published each half-year in the Journal of Education. XlII.-CONDirCT Airo GOVERNMENT OF SCHOOLS. 1. A portion of the instruction afforded in anv section mav If deemed desirable, be, through the medium of Eveni o! Schools, subject to the following lieguLition : "" (1.) Trustees of Pal.ljc Schools mav establish in their sec nms Lvemng Scl.ools, for the instruction of persons u^ ^ic ',:f t^? w sciLr' "'" '''''' '' ''''''^'' ^-- ^^^^-"^- as on , two evening sessions shall c day. The Prescribed Register shall be'k nrn of the school made in the f Ret intendent. ept bnn directed bv the S ount , and a per- 2r THE SCHOOL l\w. Inp; or rc-opojiing of tlio scliool or schools!, tliat pupils irr.y l)rcsent themsolvos Ibr clitssilication without delay. 82. Ill any section liaving iiioro than ono department niider one ro(jf', or uiuler separate roofs, the Trustees, by tiie aid of the 'i'eacliers or otliorwise, shall re,i;-iilate from time to tiino tlie attendance of pui)ils in the several departments according to their attainments., 8;], ]i in any section the Council of Public Instruction shall porinit separate departments umler lie same or separate roofs, for [)Upils of dilferent sexes or diilerent colors, the Trus- tees of the scetioii Khali, in tliis as in other cases, reoulato at- tendance on the several departments, according to the attain- ments of the i)upils. 84. It shall be the duty of the Teacher to render, when necessary, tlje Trustees all possible assistance in classifying- the pupils of the section, according to their attainnionts, inul, Avhen requested by the Trustees, to institute cpiarterly exami- nations, for the ])ur})oso of transferring any pupils who may be ])repared to another department. 85._ It shall be the duty of tho Teacher to call the roll morning and afternoon', and otherwise keep an accurate I'egis- ter in the manner ))rescribed by the Council of Public Instruction (which shall have power to proscribe the fonn of Register for all public schools), on ])ain of liability to forfei- ture of the public grants ; the Register to be at all "times open to the inspection ol" the Trustees, Visitors, Kxaminers, Com- missioners, Inspectors and Superintendent. SG. It shall be the duty of the Teacher to inculeato by proceirt and examyde a respect for religion and the ])riiiciples of Christian morality :— justice, and a "sacred regard to truth, love of country, loyalty, humanity,, and univei'sal benevolence, sobriety, industry, and frugality, chastity, and temperance, and all other virtues which arc the ornaments of human society. 87. It shall be the duty of tho Teachers to teach dilige)itly and faithfully all the branches required to be taught in tho school, and to maintain proper order and discij)Iine therein,, according to the engagement entered into with the Trustees. and the provisions of this act. KKGL'LATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 1 1 Ills ivSiy iut nii'li)r Ito aid of J to tiiao according i.struetion sopamto tliL' Trus- ^■ulat(^ at- lio attain- 27'^ lor, wlion lassifying- Mits, and, \y exanii- u'ho may I tlio roll .to liC\<>is- f Puiiiic e furiii of to iorfci- iiios o[)on M's, Coin- li'ato l>y )riiiciplc.s to trutj], evoloiK'e, i[)L>ranco, f huinau liligeutly it in tlio tlieroin^ Trustees .Jn ^""^"/^";^^^''«^^1 "materials for such Evonin- Schools NMll l>o liinn. MMl at the sa.i.o rate, and sul.fo.t to'^tlioZo condition, as icu- day schools; provided ahva -s tha ouZ ;'t ';•' I'^v.nino. Sd.ool shall have power to dana>.l t J Z^^^ looks roec.! charge, but shall, on the other hand lav tl S;lo^;io':lr'"^ ^'-^'^ '- '^^'•-^^-'^ athai^costih^:^;;,::;;! (4.) No portion of Provincial or County funds fur Educ-i Sh::;::':;: ;iKt°:! '"'''•'"'■ ^^-'""s «"'-ii. -^ /• c \ rill , . • .. . ^ ' (o.) f ho (ouncil would greatly prefer that tho Teachers of Evening hchuols should bo other than Teachers of Da v Sc u 1 )nt where tus may not be practicable, it shall be Ic:'.! f I J Teacher of Ihc day school to teach da - sehool fhur Kys o week, and evening school three evenings in the week sum.l t e t" " ^^%'^''^/ ^'^ *^'° Secretary of Trustees to ^uppl. ,0 eacher or Teachers with copies of the Prescribed .School Kegister, and carefully to preserve the old re 'sters 3. ih. T '^ I'^^'^^i'''} ''*-'".? established between tho Trustees and loleacher, It becomes the duty of the former, on behal of he peop]e,_ to sc^e that tho scholars are making sure pro '• ess ushoit, that the great ends sought by the education of ho young aro being realized in the "section over whici tl e p e BKO All may not be able to form a nice judgment x„ts intellectual aspect, but none can fail to estimate correc ts social and moral tone. AVhile the law does not sanct on t e teaching n, our public schools of the peculiar v ew Th ch pharactenze the ddferent denominations of Christians it does "; sn^ct n. f l"'-"" "^^r-"-^t? V precept and exam^S a cspect for religu.n and the principles of Christian morality." tld- '.'"*''''/'" ''•^P'''"^"'<^ l"«l^to see their desires* in thi.iespect, ,0 far as ,s consonant with the spirit of the law carried into effect by the Teacher. ' Tim;te^^!S' pill H '':;^^^«°"/«P»-««Gnted to the Council that inistcesof lubhc bchools have, in certain cases, reouired pup.ls.on pain of forfeiting school privileges, to be p cent during devotional exercises not approved of'by their pa ents 28 THE SCHOOL LAW I 88. It sliall 1)0 tho duty of the Boiird of Trustees to suspend or cxpoKaiiy pupil from school who is persistently disobedient to the Teacher, or ado held nniediately be ore the tune hxed for the opening or after the t nie fixed for he close of the daily work of the" school ; ad no chddren whose parents or guardians signify conscientious t^::^:^^::::^::^ '- -^^'-^ ^^ '^ ^.csint during ru 5. state o^ ho 1 . ' T^' be thoroughly familiar with tho s ato of the school, the law makes it their duty to vi.it it ofhc.aly at least four times in the course of the ear nd urges then- attendance at the semi-annual examinathn ' By M-s.tmg ,n rotation, a monthly visit mav be had. This won d ^Sment ami "t-'^"! ^^.f"'' "" V^'^ ^ ^^^''^- Tl.oeil^^url ?^M would t^;nc;:ic:h;bf^:^^" '-"^ ^^ ''^^ ^^'^^^^^^- ^-^ ^^^^ school' dln^n^fT '7I'°''^^»;t thatthe Trustees be present at the bciiool (Iniiiig the Inspector's visitation. G It is the duty of the Secretary of Trustees, actin- under the direction of Uie Board of Trustees, to keep the" So house or houses in good repair, and supply the same with oi- m and"ann""/ "''^""^'"' ^'''^' '''''^ W^ov^^<\ school-books maps, ana apparatus. ' 29 THE SCHOOL LAW, in liis or Iior power, rospoetlno; an^ytlilng connected with tlio Bcliool, or aOeoting its interest or cimnicter. 93. It sliull be the duty of each Inspector of Scliools to furnish Trustees and Teacliers such information as they may require respecting- tlie operation of this act and the perfor- manco of their duties, and es[)ecialiy to assist teachers to im- provefl methods of imparting instruction, chissifying- pupils, and conducting schools. XIV.-BOOKS AND APPAHATUS FOR SCHOOLS. 94. _ 'J'he Council of Public Instruction shall have power to prescribe, with the concurrence of the 8uperin(em.lent, suit- able^ text-boolcs and apparatus for all i)ublic schools. 95. T!i(! Couucil of Public Instruction shall have power to draw annually from the Treasury, npon the requisition of the Superintendent of Education, a 'sum not to exceed ten thou- sand four hundred dollars; to be applied by the ►Superintend- ont, under the direction of the Council, to the purchase of prescribed books, maps, and apparatus [and the ])ublication of an EducatlonalJournal] to be su})plied at three quarter cost to Trustees on their presenting a certificate that the articles required are for the exclusive'use of public schools. 9(j. The sum required by any section over and aI)ove the sum ])iv)vidcd by the Province for the purchase of prescribed school books, maps, and apparatus, shall be determine'.! by a majority of the rate-payers present at any regidarly called school meeting, (to be assessed upon the section in the same manner as all other sums required for the maintenance of the school or schools). l1 with the Schools to they may Lho iJCi-for- lers to im- ug pupils, ' power to i.leiit, suit- power to ion of the ten tliou- perinteiid- ircliase of uhlication uirter cost articles ■iI)ov() the )rescribe(l line'] by a rly cahod the same leo of the IJEGULATIOXS OP THE COUNCIL. 29^ XIV.-BOOKS AND APPARATUS FOR SCHOOLS. in ail il^if S:"^';'r"^ *''^ ^"--^^ --t-^- indispensable '^e.u.dedbytheadvicr'S'ti.:V.^;;:iri-^ (4.) Tu graded schools, the olemontnry department should •^Ss;;^^?'^5?^^^^^ -' — iaSS<:(!^^^^^^^^^ " settin;;" i,-,n,u.,liat..lv, t u h .'ivint S ■,,; ' ;t';'"':P' ^^•'' P>'"vnt th. unsUne horn eniory b,. not „s.,l, <.n a sn.Tl . m •. , ^"•."«\"-''" ^^'■■1' .K.c.sMir.v euro. If WitKboani.m.iu^U,,. wii ,n;„l,. and carotHllv ivnntP.l ' i ' , u ' 'i"''''-3'. nnixt,„o vorv tlKuru, '/hlv nV u i" n;'\ /l '"^ r "','"^" " ^'"■^•'^" l^'^^"- '^""' --i'K>^^' or the a,cohor k: u^xie tsij;;- ir-i^^ - ;:s;s-i> ^'^^ 30 THE SCHOOL LAW, I REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 30' 1)0 funu.slio.l with an extensive assortment of obfocts aial nic- turea f^,r object lessons, a ball-fmme, the diflerent linear mea- sures, the current coinage of the country, the various weio-hts witli a pair of small scales, and a box of models of the more common solids. (5.) The preparatory department sliould be supplied ^vith apparatus adaj.ted to the best grade of common m- superior schools or such as may be roquirc^l to preserve an unbroken connection between the elementary and high school depart- (G.) The high school, in addition to the principal thin-s laici down for common schools, should have a full set of ancient maps, and another of physical maps; physiological diagrams both vegetable and animal ; a celestial globe, historical charti • adequate apparatus for natural philosophv, chemistry, survev- mg and navigation. -^ 2. A list of Books and Apparatus prescribed by the Coun- ci and of he prices at which they are foru'arded to Trustees shall be published from time to time in the Journal of Muca- uod^r^^bii;:!;:??^;;::::^^ ^-^^ '''- ^^^ ^^ '^^^y — ^ 3 While the Council prescribes, in a few cases, diirerent text-oooks in the same branch, it must be distinctly under- 8too(l that m any one school the same book is to be used This restriction the Council believes to be necessary in order to secure ,n any school a proper classilication of the pupils, teachino. ''"^'' '^''''' ''" ^'' "° ^^'"''^""'^ ^"^^ systemltiJ 4. The follovying are tlio Regulations of the Council with relerence to all books, maps and ai)paratus furnished to Trus- tees through the Educational Department; (1.) They shall bo the property of the School Section, and not ot private individuals, (except as specih'ed in Reg. 5.) (2.) Any pupil shall oe entitled, free of charge, to the use of such school books as the Teacher may deem necessary. . (3.) Any pupil shall have the privilege of taking home with iim any books, etc., which, in the opinion of the Teacher, may be required for study or use out of school . (4.) l'upiIs,ortheir parents or guardians, shall be respoii- Bib for any damage done to books beyond reasonable wear and tear. (5 ) Any pupil desiring it, may be allowed to purchase from the Irustees the books required by him. provided the same be done without prejudice to the claims of other pupils- the price to be, in all cases, the same as advertised in the okchl notice from time to time in the Journal of Education No 31 THE SCHOOL law. XV.-JOURNAL OF EDDCATIOIi". D7. A copy of tho Educational Journal sliull be supplied, gratuitously to each Board of Trustees for their own ai)d the Teacher's use, and where there are more lliaii one licensed Teacher eni[)loyed, a copy to each such Teacher ; also, a copy to each Inspector, Chairman of Examiners and of Commis- sioners. :xVl,-TEACHI]\a UA5i:S, HOLIDA-YS A: :i> VACATIOJMS, V'8. The Council of Public Instruction shall have power to i'ef;-ujate the time in session, holidays and vacations of all ptiblic scliools. nO._ The scliool year shall begin on tiie first of Xoveraber, and SIX cabndar monthsj commencing witli the first of iXovem- ber and the first of May in each year, shall constitute a school term, including- all holidays and vacations prescribed by the Council of Public Instruction. i supplied 1 ai)(.l tlie >. licensed ■!0, u copy f" Commis* power ti; lis of all overaber, f Novem' ! ii school d by tlio IIEGUL.VTIOXS OF THE COUNTlL. n^^ XV. -JOURNAL OF EDUCATION „,o,;H,'-iF:^:";:™'l„ff'f''»«f™" •"• i™w-'.oj ..on- two /^'"i^'iiy, Apnl, June, August, October T^or.p'mho,. have .i^'Jx;r;e;;;';j;';^']^;!,i''^">V'-'"' "•■ ^'"'^^"'»" Teacl.ors .-ntitlcl to re,'eiv"i|- ' '"•-"-•"■^•"'■l'"''"i""-^ ""<1 to their successors i„ olli.r P,' ', ,'" l''""'"-"'! '"'"■to Btitchea ,„.,,, e„t :p:;i'i:,oforJ-i',ei,4",':;:r' "'""■'' ^'^ '■■■"p--'^ d:-essecl,'.Edue:.ion£;;f:!"S^.,^;:';';!;!:--^-- ^^^ ^- ad- XVI.-TEACIIING. DAYS. HOLIDAYS AK'D VACATIONS. proclanned as a p,i,.ie holiday 1^';!:,^::: W Wn;!:'^^ ''^^• •2. Ivory Saturday sliall bo a l,.ii,i,v |,„f- t V Town Sections nla^^ if preierrod •.! > ."ir • /'"^^''^r ^'^ iiesdays and Saturdays. '^""^ ''•"'" " '' .''Hb-huhday on \Vo,h u. fi, the city of Halifax there si tional holidays: The a '■"' I'o the foJIowiiio' mWi uiiversiry of ti, ■ .settleuK'nt of iKuifux, and Good Friday I KEGULATIONS OF THE COUNrTL. 32* Tacations.--!. There slnll Ko o m • i. a.— '■'•■ -' "■■' »«.";■■:•;. 'S'ji:.' other than Saturdays "^^^'-^^^'^ '^'^^ l>eing week duya 4. All week days not allowed as Holidays or included in Vacations, are to "^^ regarded n<* nnH.,...; ^ or included m Teaehinff bavs ^^^'^'^'^^^ ^^ authorized and prescribed any .chool or school", t^C ct , t^f r e p^-^r:; \: "■'" 7. When, owing to illness, or for any other iust causP n 8. No School shall be kept in session mnro +i,o« « i per week for any two consecutive weeks" ' ^^^^ 9 Nor shall any Teacher teach more' than five davs npr week on the average (vacations not being counted) durint Fhl period of hi8 engagement in any term. ^ ^ '^ 10. The hours of teaching shall not exceed six each div exclusive of the hour allowed at noon for recreaUon tS' tees however, may determine upon a less numbe of hours A short recess should be allowed about the middle of both the morning and afternoon session. In element-irvdo L?n . especially. Trustees should exerci.n "nS ot e fe " 1' dren are not confined in the schoorroom too lont '"'^' ofSntVuH^^'aglT^ '"^P^°*°^^ under t Distribution 33 THE SCHOOL LAW. XVII.-INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS. I 100. The Council of Public Instruction shall havo power to appoint, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Education, an Inspector of Schools for each county of the Province. 101. The Council of Public Instruction shall have power to modify or change, from time to time, as the interests of education may require, the foregoing provision requiring an Inspector for each County, and to make such provisions for the payment of Inspectors consistent with economy and effi- ciency as they may deem proper ; but the expense of inspec- tion shall in no case be increased. 102. It shall be the duty of each Inspector of Schools — (1.) 1 o act as Clerk of each Board of Commissioners within his county, and he shall deliver promptly to the parties in whose favor they are drawn, either personally or upon their Avritten order, all drafts received by him from the Superintendent of Education or from the Board or Boards of Commissioners. (2.) To give a bond to Her Majesty in double the sum granted to his county, for the faithful discliarge of the duties of his office. (3.) Tv^ keep a correct record of the boundaries of each school section in his county, and furnish, from time to time, amended copies of the same to the several sections. (4.) To visit and inspect, half-yearly, each school and county academy within his county, and report fully upon its condi- tion to the Board of Commissioners for the district in which it is situate, in conformity with instructions received from the Superintendent, and in case of failure to visit fiy school, to indicate the fact and the cause in his report. (5.) To furnish Trustees and Teachers such information as they may require respecting the operation of this act and the performance of their duties, and especially to assist teachers to improved methods of ij parting instruction, classifying pupils, and conducting schools. (6.) To appoint a convenient place in each district within his county where all school returns shall bo lodged, and to give sufficient publicity to any such arrangement. (7.) To keep on hand and distribute, as directed by the Su- perintendent, all necessary blank forms and returns. (8.) To diffuse such information as shall promote the im- provement of school houses and grounds, and all appertaining there Lu. (9.) To report annually to the Superintendent all fines received by him under this act. avo power rintendont mty of the ave power atercsts of quiring an visions for y and effi- of inspec- cliools — lers within 33 in whose eir Avritten itendent of ioners. the sum the duties es of each tie to time, md county its condi- t in which id from the ' school, to rraation as ict and the it teacliers classifying rict within ;ed, and to by the Su- )te the im- )pertaining b all fines REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 33» u THE SCHOOL LAW. (10.) To promote tlie advancement of eclacation by holding public uicetihgs as frequently as possible, and especially to encourage the establishment of schools in Sv^ctions where none exist. (11.) To Bid the superintendent in carrying out a uniform Bystem of f^dn cation, and generally in giving effect to this act, and the rogulutions of the Council of Public Instruction. (12.) To transmit to the Superintendent, on or before the first day of December and Juno in each year, a statement of the half-yearly distribution, and also by the first day of Decem- ber in each year, a general report of his labors, noting tho condition of the schools in his county, and the means of im- provement, stating the sections visited where schools did not exist, and the results of such visitations, and furnishing there- with such statistical information as the Superintendent may solicit. 103. Each Inspector shall receive semi-annually from the Treasury the sum of one dollar and a half for each school inspected by him during the half year, and for every Teacher regularly employed in his county, a sum equal to five per cent, on one half the avertige of the annual grants to the several classes of Teachers as specified in section eighteen of this act ; also an allowance for stationery, postage, and printing, not to exceed ten dollars for each Board of Commissioners of which he is Clerk. Xvni.-VISITORS OF SCHOOLS. 104. Members of the Legislature, Ministers of Religion, and Magistrates shall be visitors of schools. I 3:iX.-.C0MMISS10NEHS OP SCHOOLS. 105. The Governor in Council shall have power to appoint seven or more Commissioners for each district named in the annexed Schedule A, who shall form a Board of School Com- missioners, of whom five shall be a quorum. 106. In every county where there are two or more sepa- rate Boards of School Commissioners empowered to draw upon one and the same County school fund, there shall here- after be one Board of Commissioners instead of such separate Boards, and the members of tho existing Hoards shall be mem- bers of the new Board, and any trust or property vested in ex- isting Boards shall vest in the new Board ; provided, however, that such consolidation of Boards shall take place only upon the joint request of the separate Boards of Commissioners at their semi-annual meeting. The Council of Public Instruction shall have power to determine the places of meeting of Boards hy liolding specially to where none t a uniform to this act, notion. before the ;atemont of y of Decern' noting tho eans of im- ols did not ihing there- indent may y from the )ach scliool ry Teacher re per cent. ;he several of this act ; :ing, not to :8 of which f Religion, to appoint med ill the chool Com* KEGULATIONS OF THE COUNCII,. 34* XVm.-VISITORS OF SCHOOIJS. fj' • V''' ^"^'^r'^f Register has spaces specially prepared or v,,s, ors to note therein tlie condition in whiclithe school found by them. Visitors are expected to make an entry in tho Register at each visit to a school. ^ more sepa- d to draw sliall here- .'h separate ill be mem- jsted in ex- 1, however, only upon ssioners at [nstniction ? of Boards 35 THE SCHOOL LAW. of Commissioners ; and each Board of Commissioners shall havo power to ro-number consecutively the school sections withm its district. 107. Tiio Governor in Council shall appoint seven persona to bo Commissioners of Schools for the city of Halifax ; and on the first day of November in each year, or so soon there- after as convenient, the City Council of Halifax shall select and apponit from sur;h body six members, of whom the Mayor may be one, to be and act as Commissioners of Schools for the said City, for the period of one year, in conjunction with tho Commissioners appointed by the Governor ; and the thirteen Commissioners thus named shall constitute a J3oar(l of School Commissioners for the City of Halifax, and such J3oard shall bo a Corporate Body and may exercise all tho powers and perform all tho duties of Trustees of Public Schools in and lor tho said City. 108. All vacancies occurring by any means, either by death, retirement from tho City Council, or otherwise, of any of such Commissioners during tho current year after selection, shall bo filled as soon as may be by the said Council ; and at the end of such year the same members or any of them may be re-elected by the Council. 109. The Board of Commissioners for the City shall be entitled to receive a sum, in no case to exceed a thousand dol- lars annually, as remuneration for their services ; such remu- neration to bo apportioned according to the promptness and regularity of tho attendance of the members of tho Board- and tho amount of labour performed by each, as the Board may decide. 110. The Council of Public Instruction shall have power to fix the time of the semi-annual meeting of each Board of School Commissioners, and call special meetings of any Board when deemed necessary ; also to make such regulations for the guidance of School Boards as may seem best fitted to secure uniformity in their proceedings. 111. Each Board of Commissioners shall meet semi-annually on the day appointed by the Council of Public Instruction, and shall elect a Chairman at the regular meeting in the autumn, who shall call a special meeting when required bv two mem- bers of the Board, or when directed by tho Counf^Il of Public Instruction, In case of a special meeting, the Chairman shall notify the Inspector of the same, and if the Inspector be unable to attend, the Board shall appoint a Secretary ^ro tempore who Rliall record the proceedings of tho meetings, vaA prcservo such record for the Inspector, and transact any otlier necessary business, as directed by the Board ; and in case of the absence nEGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 35* 3nerg shall )ol sections en persona :ilifax ; and soon thore- iiall select the ^fayor )ols for the n with the le thirteen 1 of School oard shall owers and As in and either by iso, of any r selection, il ; and at them may r shall be luaand dol- leh remu- otness and iio Board, he Board ive power Board of my Board ations for fitted to i-annually istruction, B autumn, two niem- of Public man shall be unable ipore who prcscrvo lecessary e absence XrX.-OOMMISSIONEBS OF SCHOOLS. 1. The Council of Public Instruction has appointed in con- meetings of the Boards, begmning in xNTovember, 18GG : District of Cxpe Breton, second Tuesday in November and in May Victoria, second Tuesday in " ^* South Inverness, second Tuesday in ' North Inverness, third Tuesday in Richmond, second Tuesday in •• Anti,q;onish, second Tuesday in Guysborougb, second Tuesday in " St. Mary's, third Tuesday in North Pictou, second Tuesday in South Pictou, second Thursday in " Colchester, second Tuesday in " Stirling-, thiid Tuesday in' Cumberland, second Tuesday in 'I Parrsborough, third Tuesday in Halifax City, second Monday in «t <( it « (( • < %or on to he- ; of Edu- six thou- iiity Aca- with tho 1 sum to e po^ver controK it of pvO' sustain a public school in accordance with tho requircmenta of tho law, they will receive one-third more per pupil from tho county fund than the allowance to other sections ; and that the Superintendent of Education will increase the Provincial allowance by one-third to any le^allv qualiiied Teacher whom they may engage,--- -provided the school is conducted in a satisfactory manner. Every section thus notified will be in a position to adopt such measures at its annual mooting as will secure a school. Some sections will not require special aid for more than one year, while others may need assistance for several years. Each Board of Commissioners, while it seeks to establish and foster a school in everv poor section, should have a zealous care to the putting forth, on tho part of the people, of suitable local effort. If judiciouslv administered, this [)rovisioii of tho school law will remove every reasonable obstacle to the establisiiment of a pnl)lic sciiool in every sec- tion throiighout Nova Scotia. The lid of sections entitled to special aid must be revhsed by the Commissioners at each suc- ceeding May meeting. XXU.-COITNTY ACADEMIES. 1. The chief town of each county named in the Schedule shall be entitled to receive the Academy Grant, on tho follow- ing conditions : (!•) Ample school accommodation :aust be provided for all children belonging to the section. • (2.) The sciiools must be tiiorougldy graded, in accordance with law, kept well supplied with prescribed books and appa- ratus, and otherwise efficiently conducted. (o.) The first or highest department shall be open, free of charge, to all children belonging to I he countv who mav bo able to [)ass the required examination. The Teacher of^tiiis department shall be head master of all the departments in tho Section, and must hold a license of grade A. 2. In any case where tlie chief town fills to entitle itself to the grant or to maintain an elHcient Academy the Council reserves the right to treat with any other Section in the county for the establishment and proi)er maintenance of such Academy. ) appomt ilary not shall ap- uucil of- XXIII.-N-ORMAL SCHOOL, 1. This Institution is designed t ~, - c!> <^ all'ird to inteiiding leachers [treparatory course of instructi.m regardini-- tho business of teaching. All persons about to hecome Te/u-hera are strongly recommended to -levote at least one term to a preparatory training. Tho Oounoil has sought to render tho 30 THE SCHOOL LAW. 125. Tho Council of Public Instruction shall have power to dniw from the Treasury, on the requisition of the Superin- tendent of Education, a sum sufficient to pay five cents a mil© towards the travelling expenses of Teachers attending the Normal School. ° ave power e Suporin- !nt3 a mil© !ndiDg tbe REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 39* Normal School increasingly cfliciont and equal in overv respect to the requu-ements of the Province. There are thVee well- lurnKshecl schoo apartments in the In^^titntion, and u staff of three I eachors besides a Teacher of music and drawing. An excellent graded Model School, having three department^ with an experienced Teacher m eacii, is connected with the Normal School o^tal.l.shment. By moans of the several departments of the Mode .-chool, rare facilities for the illustration and p actice of the most approved methods of teaching and con- ducting Public Schools are secured to the pupil-teachers. 2. In order that uniformity of action may be secured between this Institution and the Pul,lic Schools of the Pro- yince, the Superintendent of Education, under the control of the Council, is entrusted by law with its general supervision and direction. i^'vi»iuu 3. There shall be two sessions or terms of the Normal School in each year, as follows : (1.) The first term shall begin on the first Wednesday in November, and close on the Fridav preceding the Alarcl Examination of Teachers. " ^fe t'lo .viarcu (2.) The second Term shall begin on the first Wednesday in nSfon'" f T '''i°" *^'' ^'^^"^ preceding tlie September Exruni- nation ot leachers. 4 Students shjill not bo admitted after the first week in each term, except by the consent of the Principal. ♦T.fV '"^'""r^f '^?^^°''^ o?/'»l''<^ licenses shall be admitted to the Normal School as pupil-teachers. The license (or memo^ 6. Before being enrolled a Student at the Normal School every pupil-teacher shall make the following declaration, and subscribe his or her name thereto : ' I kereh>/ declare thai my object m attending the Provincial Normal School is to qKom, myself for the business of teaching; and that my intention is to teach, Jor a period not less than three pears, in the Province of Nova Scotia,--if adjudged a Certifcaie by the Exa^S In consideration of this declaration, instruction, stXnory and he use of text books (except Classical) shall be furnished pupil-teaciiers, free of charge. 7. Persons wishing to enrol as Candidates for Ilio-I, School or Academy certificates must, in addition to a good laiowledge- of English, be thoroughly familiar with the Latin and Gretk Grammars, and be able to parse with ease any passage in some' elementary work in each language. In ilathematics they must be competent to solve any example in the a.lvann.4' rsova Scotia Arithmetic, to work quadratic equations "in 40 THE SCHOOL LAW, REGULATIONS OF THE COUXCIL. 4Q^f • booktS 'J!;;;^,j^;^«™«"«trate any proposition in tho first four 8. The Principal, as formerly, may admit pupils not intond- i^roSn vfnT. ' 1 ^''.'^^''"'^^t'lonco arising shall be used to 1 rocuie a Joac l.or in Draw.nf,^ for wl.om no remuneration has been provided hy law. Pupil-teachers shall receive in tr ,c- tion HI this, as in other branches, without charge 9. As outline lectures on Natural Science, embracirr? Chemistry il/..era 0^^, Hotany, Zoology, and Geohny^roU aI^'V" t '■''I. "«t tution. and as special attention if g ven J AgrKadtural Chemistry with Vegetable Animal Ph/sioloVy tie Principal may admit young farmers to the advantages of this Course (as well as to kindred branches,) who are desToua of obtaining a theoretical knowledge of tl ^eir future cah" Practical illustrations, touching Horticulture and AgricS* are given by means of the experimental garden "and farm attached to the Institution. Such students shall be admS to this course on the payment of a small fee, which shall be expended on the improvement of the garden and farm 10. At the close of each session, the Princinal shall ^nr ward to ^he Superintendent of Education a repo t so W enrolle " Z^'^' 'T^ "'•' ^'"^'''^l'^° '' ^^^^ pnpil-teacTe? enrolled, and of each paying pupil; also setting forth the opinion and judgment of the faculty of Instructors^'especth^ the teaching ability possessed by each pupil-teacher ; and tl f Spu;^eSr"^ '''-'' '' ''''-' '^^'^ license issue^t n^.V^nl"^''? following are the Bye-Laws of the Provincir olbet isih, [mT '' ''^ ^°""" ^' '^'"'''^ '^'''• (1.) The Normal School shall be in session six hours every Xtedf "'"^ '^" ^"■"' ^''''''''y' ^"^ P"^^- "«"%« ihi^'^ ^-^'f "^"''^ ?'''"''" '''-'" ^° °P°"e'' ^^ith praise, reading the Scriptures and prayer, and closed with praise and prayer No student shall be required to attend these exercise who shall, by written application to the Principal, ask to be excused on conscientious grounds. '^^^ubBu J^nlT'"' .^'HV^'^"*^ «^^^^" l^e regular and punctual in their attendance in their several classes ; and shall for any case of absence express to the Principal the cause thereof Students no present when the Roll is called, or who leave any da without permission, shall, in the discretion of the Teacher be luarkea as absent. ' 6 ial Nor- uction 41 THE SCHOOL LAW. hegulations of the council. 41* (4.) Tlio students shall give due attention and respect to the Teachers; siiall act towards each other with becoming cour- tesy; and shall, both within and without the Institution, com- port themselves in a manner befitting their future profession as educators of the young. (5.) The students shall take every possible care of the buildings, furniture, books, apparatus, grounds, and other property belonging to the Institution ; and damages caused by any student shall bo repaired at the expense of such student. (6.) Any student showing disrespect to a Teacher, or dis- courtesy to a fellow student, shall be admonished and censured by tlie Principal ; and if persistent in such offence, shall bo dismissed. Any student guilty of gross immorality shall bo summarily expelled. (7.) Each Teacher shall keep a Class Roll, which he shall call at the commencement of each lesson, marking absentees. He shall also keep a Record Book, in which he shall record at each lesson the merit of each student's recitation, and also the absence of a proper deportment on the part of any student. Record marks shall bo made in parts of 100. (8.) Two days of each month of the Term, beginning with the last Thursday of each month, shall be devoted to the work of Review. On Thursday the exercises shall be conducted orally on the work of the previous month, and on Friday by written exercises on previous work of the Term. The closing Review of the Term shall be conducted wholly as the Principal may determine. (9.) Each Teacher shall make a weekly Report to the Prin- cipal, stating the average of each student's marks in Regularity, Punctuality, Deportment, Recitation and Skill in Teaching. He shall also report the merits of each student's Review Exercises. (10.) The Principal shall keep and preserve an official Regis- ter, in which he shall enter each week the standing of each student as reported by the other Teachers ; as also the stand- ing in his own classes with respect to Attendance, Deportment, Recitation and Professional Skill. (11.) At the close of each Term the Principal shall report to the Superintendent of Education, for the information of the Council of Public Instruction, all matterr of importance rela- tive to the working of the Institution ; and in such repoi-t he shall, with a view to the issue of the Diplomas of the Normal School, present a classification in three grades of those stu- dents who shall have proved themselves entitled to the same — such classification to be based upon skill in teaching, coupled with a prompt, courteous and successful performance A v*^. ».% o^A^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // ^^ fjii & f/. ^ 1.0 i.l 1.25 1^ U£ 12.0 1.8 1.4 1.6 6" ► 1l.„x„ l-« « ^ V #> :\ V \ .^ o^ "i"-..^ <3' '%^ ,^ 'ife*- Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 Wo Ua ^ ^V' .<^' iV 42 THE SCHOOL LAW. REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 42» of the work of the Term. Students eligible for classification, whoso professional standing, obtained on the foregoing basis, shall reach 25, and bo less than 50, shall be classed as posses- sed of FAiE teaching ability and skill ; 50, aad less than 75, cood; 75, and upwards, supeiiior; and the professional quali- fications of each shall be expressed in both figures and words. Students, otherwise eligible for classification, failing to roach a professional standing of 25, shall not be entitled to a Diplo- ma of any grade. The Principal shall, at the beginning of each Term, acquaint the students witli the details of the sys- tem of classification by which their professional standing is'to be determined in pursuance of the foregoing bye-laws. ° (12. j The pupils shall lodge and board at such houses as are approved by the Principal, and in no case shall he permit gen- tlemen and ladies to board at the same house. (13.) The Principal sliall, on receipt of application from any person wishing to furnish private lodgings and board to stu- dents, satisfy himself by a personal inspection as to the fitness of the accommodations to give physical comfort; to allow of undisturbed study, and to contribute to the moral welfare of the students; and he shall throughout the term visit the va- rious lodgings of the students, making such inquiries and maintaining such oversight as may be necessary to give him all reasonable assurance that good order and decorum are preserved. (U.) The foregoing Bye-Laws shall be read by the Principal to the students every day during the first week of the Term, and as often thereafter as he may deem necessary. He shall also cause one or more copies to be posted in the' Institution. Basis op Classification in Pursuance of Bye-Law No. 11. (1.) Except in cases of sickness, an average of attendance, includuig regularity and punctuality, less than 75, or an aver- age of conduct less than 75, shall totally disqualify a student for classification. (2.) An average of recitation less than 75 shall disqualify for class superior ; an average of recitation less than 50 shall disqualify for class GOOD; an average of recitation less than 37^ shall disqualify for class fair. (3.) The professional standing of those eligible for classifi- cation shall be obtained by an average of the followino': (a). The estimate of the Principal and each Teacher on the regular practice in Model School. (i). The estimate of the Principal on special practice. _ (c). The estimate of the Principal on recitation in profes sional work. 43 THE SCHOOL LAW. XXIV.-SOHOOL LIBBABIES. toT^.lt^^Xrnl^^^^^^^^ «^^" ^ave power teen hundred dollars for thpp«/ni 7, '""? ^°' exceeding six- on the condition's any eci^'^,,^!"i^^ ^^-^^ ^/^-nes, amount sought from the CoSLn -1 .'""' ^^"'^^ ^^ the poor section!) ; tL 1 oks to b sfe/^f '^ ^""^' ^'^^^ *« logne authorized by the Council and f hi i T ^ ^"""''^^^ ^^^a- aged under uniform regulatbn nr^l i u'^lV''^ ^° ^^ ™an- at all times to be open tf Z^^^^^^^^ Inspectors, and Examiners : and when tL f ^^"P.^^-^^t^ndent, any portion of it, remains i ndravvn 1^ *^ foregomg sum, or purchase of map; aiTXhesT^ '''^•^!.^PP''^'^ ^^' the the same conditfons as ttuhrary books^^^'^ '' ''''''''' ^° REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL. 43* 5 (d). _ The estimate of the Principal on written exercises on professional suljects. (e). The estimated value of criticism on the practice of fellow studouts. (4.) To the general average of the foregoing shall be added ten per cent, on the excess above 75 of the students' standing' m conduct, attendance and recitation. '^ XXrV.-SOHOOL lilBKAHISS. Owing to the heavy demands made on the Treasury for the supply of school-books and apparatus, the Council has hitherto been compelled to avail itself of the permission given in the law to apply the Library Grants towards aiding in the supply of school-books and apparatus. This necessity still continues. And when the Council of Public Instruction can appropriate to this object a portion of the grant to Education, Regulationa for the management of School Libraries will be published in the Journal of Education. I