IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V // .// V /A, 1.0 '? I.I 1.25 IIIIIM m mm 14 111.6 V] <^ /^ 'ci^l VI 'T*i. : ..A / « I V . . ,, , •■ CONTENTS. « Page PREFATOKY NuXB ii DIVISION I. The Consolidated Connnou School Act, and School Law Amend- ment Act of 18G0 : — Sections 1-3. — General Provisions 1 Part I. — (Sections 4-31.) — Trustees of Rural School Sections. 2-23 II.— (Sections 32-49.)— Duties of Township Ccmncila 23-28 III.— (Sections 5()- 59. )— Duties of County Councils 28-30 IV. — (Sections GO-79.) — Cities, Towns and Incorporated Villages 80-37 V. — (Sections 80-87-) — Common School Teachers and their Duties 37-41 VI. — (Sections 88-93.) — Duties of County or Township Local Superintendents of Schools 42-48 VII.— (Sections 94-99. )— Duties of County Boards of Pub- lic Instruction 48-52 VIII.— (Sections 100-102 )— School Visitors and their Du- ties 52-53 , IX. — (Sections 103-113.) — Duties of Chief Superintendent of Education 53-59 ' X. — (Sections 114-124.) — Duties of Council of Public In- struction, and Distribution of Legislative Grant ... 59-63 XI. —(Sections 125-129. )— Special Provisions 64-65 . XII. — (Sections 130-142.) — Various Penal and Interpreta- * tionClaiises '"'-68 ' _ DIVISION IL Part I. — An Act to amend the Upper Canada Common School Act (23 Vict., chap. 49 (1860) 68-73 II. — An Act respecting Protestant and Coloured Separate Schools, (22 Vict., chap. 55) 73-75 III. —The Roman Catholic Separate School Act 76-82 'm ^^-sicr^TrT- ■I I IV CONTENTS. DIVISION III. Page Part I. — General Regulations for the Organization, Govern- ment, and Discipline of Common Schools 82- 88 II. — Provisions of the Law relating to Puhlic School Libraries in Ontario 89- 94 IIT.— Departmental Notices 94-100 IV. — Department of Public Instruction for Ontario 100-1P4 v.— The Educational Museiun for Ontario 104-105 VL— Normal School for Ontario lOG-lU VII. — Forms and Regulations for Superannuated Com- mon School Teachers 111-112 VIII. — Report on the Education Department by a large Select Committee of the House of Assemblj- for Ontario 112-115 ' . IX. —List of Authorized Text Books 115-117 i i '1 I V ,;■.* T-':;'!;i' '< , / ii;.t .ii:. fw '1 /Its DIVISION 1. t< I . I . THE " •' ' ' -'- • CONSOLIDATED COMMON SCHOOL ACT FOR O N T^m o. 22 Victoria, Chap. 64. {With tvhich is incorporated the School Law Amendment Act of 1860, 23 Victmia, Chap. 49. HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: — Existing School Organization continued. ' ' 1. All common school sections or other common school divi- sions, together with all elections and appointments to office, all agreements, contracts, assessments, and rate-bills, heretofore duly made in relation to common schools, and existing when this Act comes into force, shall continue subject to the provisions of this Act. 2. The term for which each school trustee who holds office at the time this Act takes effect, shall continue as if such term had commenced by virtue of an election under this Act ; and on the second Wednesday in January next after this Act takes effect, the trustee or trustees whose term of office then expires, shall retire from office, but may, with his or their own consent, he re-elected under the provisions of this Act. Anmial Election on the Second Wednesday in January. 3. The annual meetings for the election of school trustees, as hereinafter provided, shall be held in all the cities, towns, town- ships, and villages of Upper Canada, on the second Wednesday in Janvary, in each year, commencing at the hour of ten of the clock in the forenoon. 2 If^hen the Poll at School Elections shall close. [3i. The School Law Amendment Act of 18G0 further enacts, tJiat: \. Tlie poll at every election of a school trustee or trustees, shall not close before eleven of the clock in the forenoon, and shall not be kept open later than four of the clock in the afternoon. In (rural) school sections, the poll shall close on the same day the election is commenced ; in cities, towns, and incorporated villages, the same time shall be allowed for the election of school trustees which is allowed for the election of municipal councillors,] mm PART I. -TRUSTEES OF RURAL SCHOOL SECTIONS. Trustees^ Term of Office. 4. For each township school section, there shall be three trus- tees, each of whom, after the first election of trustees, ohall hold office for three years, and until his successor has been elected. 5. Any trustee elected to fill an occasional vacancy shall hold office only for the unexpired term of the person in whose place he has been elected. Trustees not to hold certain Offices. 6. And no trustee of a school section shall hold the office of local superintendent or of a teacher, within the section of which he is a trustee. [6J. Tlie Sclwol Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts as follows: 11. * * Nor shall any teacher or local superintendent hold the office of trustee ; Six Months' Non-residence vacates Office. And a continuous non-residence of six months from his school sec- tion by any trustee, shall cause the vacation of his office.] Proceedings on the formation of a New School. 7. Whenever a school section is formed in any township, as provided in the thirty-ninth section of this Act, the clerk of the township shall give notice to the person appointed to call the first school meeting for the election of trustees, of the description and number of such school section.* * The form of this notice should be asfottows : Township of Clerk's Office, ■>18 Sib,— I have the h*nour to pfono you, that, in conformity with the eighth section of the Upper Canada Consolidated Common School Act, the Mu&icipal ff ) '*s>?r ;Qfe ii PI A Meeting in New Section to he called within Twenty Days. 8. The person so appointed shall, within twenty days after re- ceiving such notice, prepare a notice in writing, describing such section, and appointing a time and place for the first school section meeting, and shall cause copies of such notice to be posted in at least three public places in the school section, at least six days before the time of holding the meeting.* Chairman and Secretary to be appointed at Meeting. 9. The [resident or non-resident assessed] freeholders and householders of such school section then present, shall elect one of their own number to preside over the proceedings of such meeting. Council of this township has authorized, and hereby requires you, within twenty days after receiving this notice, to appoint the time and place of holding the first school meeting for the election of three trustees for school section No. — , in this township, which school section is bounded, and may be known aa follows : [Here insert a full detcription of it.] Copies of your notice are to be posted in at least three public plactss in the school section above described, not less than six days before the time of holding such meeting. 1 am, sir, your obedient servant, A. B., Tormship Clerk. To C. D. (appointed to call the first school meeting in Section No, — , Township of .) Remarks.— In notifying the formation of several school sections, or the for- mation of parts of sections, the phraseology of the notices should be varied, at the discretion of the township clerk, and in accordance with the proceedings and discretion of the council. See thirty-ninth section of the School Act. * Form of notice for a first school section meeting : New School Section Notice. The municipal council of this township having formed a part of the township into a school section, and designated it School Section No. — , its boundaries and limits are as follows : [Here insert a full description of the sectioiu] The undersigned having been authorized and required by the municipal council to appoint the time and place of holding the first meeting for the election of trustees for the school section above described, hereby notifies the assessed freeholders and householders of said school section, that a public meeting will be held at , on , the of , at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore- noon, for the purpose of electing three fit and proper persons, from among the resident assessed n:eeholder8 or householders, as school trustees of the said sec- tion, as required by the eighth section of the Upper Canada Consolidated Com- mon School Act. Given under my hand, this day of ,18 — . ''» [Name.] Bemabks. — Should the person authorized and appointed by the municipal council to call the first school section meeting, refuse or neglect to do so, he subjects himself, by the twenty-first section of this Act, to a penalty of five dol- lars, recoverable for the purposes of such school section ; uid then, any two assessed freeholders or householders are authorized, within twenty days, on giving six d&js^ notice, to call a meetin^^ for the election of trustees. See the twenty-second section. The local superintendent may also call this meeting. See second clause of the twenty-fifth section of this Act. and shall also appoint a secretary, who shall record all the pro- ceedings of the meeting. ,. , Duties of Chairman — His Casting Vote. 10. The chairman of such meeting shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the meeting; and in case of an equality of votes, shall give the casting vote — but he shall have no vote except as chairman. Mode of Recording Votes at School Meeting. 11. The chairman shall take the votes in the manner desired by a majority of the electors present, but he shall, at the request of any two electors, grant a poll for recording the names of the voters by the secretary. Three Trustees to he Elected at First School Meeting. 12. At such first school section meeting, the electors present shall, by a majority of votes, elect from the [resident assessed] freeholders or householders in such section, three trustees. Trustees must he resident assessed Ratepayers. [12 J. The School Law Amendment Act of i860 further enacts: — 11. No person shall be eligible to be elected, or to serve as school trustee, who is not a resident assessed freeholder or householder in the school section for which he is elected.] Term of Office of each Tmstee. 13. The trustees so elected shall respectively continue in office as follows : — (1) The' first person elected shall continue in office for two years, to be reckoned from the annual school meeting next after his election, and thence until his successor has been elected ; (2) The second person elected shall continue in office one year, to be reckoned from the same period, and until his successor has been elected ; (3) The third, or last person elected, shall continue in office until the next ensuing annual school meeting in such section, and until his successor has been elected, ii - ■ Copy of Proceedings to he sent to the Local Superintendent.''' 14. A correct copy of the proceedings of such first and of every annual, and of every special school section meeting, signed by the * A report in the following form should he sent to the local superintendent : , 18—. [ Post Office.] Sib, — We have to inform you, that at a meeting of the (assessed) freeholders r"? 4 1 -''*'^m»msmfmsss''sm>f^7' ri ■fj.iV,-?: chairman and secretary, shall be forthwith transmitted [by the chairman] to the local superintendent of schools. Penalty on the Chairman for Neglect. [14J. The School Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enaeia that: 19. Any chairman who neglects to transmit to the local superintendent a copy of the proceedings of an annual or other school section meeting over which he may preside, within ten days after the holding of such meeting, shall be liable, on the complaint of any ratepayer, to a fine of not more than five dollars, to be recovered as provided in the one hundred and fortieth section of the Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common School Act aforesaid. A School Trustee to he Annually Elected in each Section. 15. A trustee shall be elected to office at each ensuing annual school meeting, in place of the one whose term of office is about to expire : and the same individual, if willing, may be re-elected ; but no school trustee shall be re-elected except by his own consent, during the four years next after his going out of office. Mode of Proceeding at Annual Meeting. , , , 16. At every annual school section meeting in any township, as authorized and required to be held by the third section of this Act the [resident, or non-resident assessed] freeholders and house- holders of such section present at such meeting, or a majority of them — , , Appointment of Chairman and Secretary. (1) Shall elect a chairman and secretary, who shall perform the duties required of the chairman and secretary, by the tenth and eleventh sections of this Act [and also by the nineteenth section of the School Law Amendment Act of 1860, as section 14J.] , ,. , Trusteeii General Report to he Submitted, i; ^> . --j-r (2) Shall receive and decide upon the [general, not the finan- cial] report of the trustees, as required by the twenty-first clause of the twenty-seventh section of this Act. and householders of school section No. — , in the township of , held accord- ing to law, on the day of — (Here ■insert tlie name or nam^s or address of the person or persons elected) chosen school (trustee or trxistees) of said sec- tion. The other business transacted at the meeting, of which due notice was given, was as folio ^ -.—(Here insert it. ) * We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants, To the Local Superintendent of Schools D. E., Chairman of the Meeting, for the County, or Township of F. A. , Secretary of the Meeting. i 6 Annual Election of School Trustees. (3) Shall elect a [resident assessed] trustee or trustees, to fill up the vacancy or vacancies in the trustee corporation ; and To decide on the manner of supporting the School for the Year. (4) Shall decide upon the manner in which the salaries of the teacher or teachers, and all other expenses connected with the operation of the si ol or schools, shall be provided for [as author- ized by the one hun , red and twenty -fijth section of this Act.] Auditors' Report to he received. [(5) The dghth section of the School Law Amendment Act of 1860, provides that the annual meeting shall receive the report of the auditors of school section accounts of the ^irevious year, and dispose of the same.] School Section Auditoi' to he appointed. [(6) The same section of the Act of 1860 also provides that the annual meeting shall appoint an auditor of the school accounts of the section for the current year.] [The seventeenth section of the Consolidated School Act has heen superseded by the third section of the School Law Amendment Act of 1S60, as follows :] [Who are legal Voters at School Meetings. [17. The seventeenth section of the Upper Canada Common School Act, sixty-fourth chapter of the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada, shall be amended so as to read as follows : No person shall be entitled to vote in any school section fc • the election of trustee, or on any school question whatsoever, unless he shall have been assessed, and shall have paid school-rates as a free- holder or householder in such section : and in case an objection be made to the right of any person to vote in a school section, the chairman or presiding officer at the meeting shall, at the request of any ratepayer, require the person whose right of voting is ob- jected to, to make the following declaration : [Form of Declaration required Jrom School Electors. <( ** I do declare and affirm that I have been rated on the assess- ment roll of this school section as a freeholder (or householder, " as the case may be) and that I have paid a public school tax due "by me in this school section imposed within the last tvielve " months, and that I am legally qualified to vote at this meeting." (^; <'m ^; [Penalty for Making a false DedaratioH. [Whereupon the person making such declaration shall be per- mitted to vote on all questions proposed at such meeting ; but if any person refuse to make such declaration, his vote shall be re- jected ; and if any person wilfully make a false declaration of his right to vote, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction, upon the complaint of any person, shall be punishable by fine or imprisonment, in the manner provided for in the [following eighteenth, and the one hundred and fortieth sections of the] said Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common School Act. 18. If any person wilfully makes a false declaration of his right to vote, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punishable by fipo or imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court of Quarter Sessions ; or by a penalty of not less than^ve dollars, or more than ten dollars, to be sued for and recovered with costs before a Justice of the Peace, by the trustees of the school section, for its use. Separate School Supporters not to Vote at Common School Meetings. • 19. No person subscribing towards the -support of a separate school established under the Act respecting separate schools, and belonging to the religious persuasion thereof, and sending a child or children thereto, shall be allowed to vote at the election of any trustee for a common school in the city, town, village or township in which such separate school is established. Place of annual School Meeting to be appointed by the Trustees. 20. The trustees of each school section shall appoint the place of each annual school meeting* of the [assessed] freeholders and householders of the section, or of a special meeting for the filling up of any vacancy in the trustee corporation occasioned by death, * Form of Notice for an ordinary Anmtal School Section Meeting : Annual Common School Notice. The undersigned, Trustees of School Section No. — , in the Township of -, hereby give notice to the assessed Freeholders and Householders of the said School Section, that the Annual Meeting vrill be held at , on the sec- ond Wednesday in January, 18 — , at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose : Ist. Of receiving and deciding iipon the Annual Report of the Trustees ; 2nd. Of appointing an Auditor of the School Section Accounts ; 3rd. Of electing a fit and proper person as a School Trustee for the said Section ; 4th. Of receiving and disposing of the Report of the Auditors of School Section Accounts ; 5th. Of deciding upon the manner in which the salary of the teacher, and 6th. How the other expenses of the school shall be provided. [Should there he any other hutinett to bring before the muting, it muit be distinctly mentioned in the notice, otherwi$e it cannot be entertained.] A. B. "V Truttee$ of Dated this - day of , 18—. C. D. }School Section No. — , E. F. ) Townahip of . 8 I', ! i removal, or other cause, or of a special meeting for the selection of a new school site ; and shall cause notice of the time and place to be posted in three or more public places of such section, at least six days before the time of holding such meeting, and shall specify in such notice the objects of such meeting. They ma;' also call and give like notices of any special meeting,* for any other school purpose, which they think proper ; and each such meeting shall be organized, and its proceedings recorded, in the same manner as in the case of a first school meeting. Penalty on Trustees fw iwt calling certain School Meetings. 21, In case any annual or other school section meeting has not been held for want of the proper notice, each trustee or other per- son whose duty it was to give such notice, shall forfeit the sum of Jive dollars, to be sued for and recovered before a Justice of the Peace, by any resident inhabitant in the section, for the use there- of. [See the one hundred and fortieth section of this Act.] Meetings to be called in default of first oi' Annual Meetings. 22. In case, from the want of proper notice, any firstt or an- Forni of Notice for Trusttes calling Special School Section Meetings: Special Common School Notice. Notice is hereby given to the aHsessed Freeholders and Householders of School Section No. — , in the Township of held at ' , that a public meeting will be at the hour of — of the clock in , on the day of for the purpose. [Here distinctly state the object or objects of the meeting.] Dated this — day of • 18-. A. B. "J Trustees of Scliool C. D. \ Sectimi No. — , B. F. J Township of , f?) t Such a form of notice for a first school section meeting should be as follows : New School Section Notice, The Municipal Council of this Township, having formed a part of the town- ship into a School Section, and designated it "School Section No. — ," its boimdaries and limits are as follows •.—{Here insert the description.] And the person appointed to call the first School Section Meeting having neglected to do 80, — We, the undersigned, qualilied electors of the School Section above described, in conformity with the twenty-second section of the Upper Canada Consolidated Common School Act, hereby give notice to the assessed freehold- ers and householders of said School Section, that a public meeting will be held at , on day, the of , at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoo.i, for the purpose of electing three fit and proper persons from among the residett assessed freeholders and householders, as School Trustees for the said section. A. B. ) Qualified Electors, School Section Dated this day of , 18—. C. D. f No. — , Township of . Note. — The same notice can be given in case the Municipal Council neglects to appoint a person to call the first annual school meeting. Care should, how- ever, oe taken to insert the description of the section, as embodied in the resolu- tion or by-law of the Municipal Council, — a certified copy of which should be obtained from the Township Clerk for this purpose. A Local Superintendent may also call this meeting in case of any neglect or omission to do so. ^'0 9 nual* school section meeting, required to be held for the election of trustees was not held at the proper period, any two [assessed] free- holders or householders in such section may, within twenty days after the time at which such meeting should have been held, call 4^ 1 . a meeting, by giving six days' notice, to be posted in at least three public places in such school section ; and the meeting thus called shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of the meet- ing in the place of which it is called. Penalty for refusing to serve as Trustee. 23. If any person chosen as trustee refuses to serve, he shall forfeit the sum of five dollars ; and every person so chosen who \ has not refused to accept the office, and who at any time refuses or neglects to perform its duties, shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered before a Justice of the Peace, by the trustees of the school section for its use [as authorized by \.\\e one hundred and fortieth BQciion oi \\m A.ci.'l .; , Trustees must make a Declaration of Office. ff) [23|. The School Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts : 18. Every person elected as trustee, and who 's eligible .and liable to serve as such, shall make the following declaration of office before the Chairman of the school meeting : " I will truly and faithfully, to the best of my judgment and ability, discharge the duties of the office of School Trustee, to which I have been elected.] Fine for default oi' in case of neglect to make declaration. And if any person elected as trustee shall not make the declara- tion within two weeks after notice of his election, his neglect to do so shall be sufficient evidence of his refusing to serve, and of his liability to pay the fine, as provided for in the [preceding] twenty- third section of the said Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common ^' I y School Act. '* Form of Notice for an Annual School Meeting to he given, by two qualified Electors. Annual Common School Notice. - .... The Trustees of School Section No. — , in the Township of , having neglected to give notice of the Annual School Section Meeting, as prescribed by the twentieth section of the Upper Canada Consolidated Common School Act, the undersigned hereby give notice to the assessed freeholders and householders of the said School Section, that a public meeting will be held at , on day, the — day of ■'t ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of electing a fit and proper pev as trustee, as directed by law. Dated this — day of , 18—. A. B. ) QtuUified Electors V C. D. J School SKtion No. — . oaa^ 10 Trustees may resign — Absence a forfeiture of Office. 24. Any person chosen as trustee may resign with the consent expressed in writing, of his colleagues in office, and of the local superintendent. [24|. The School Law Amendment Act of 1860, further enacts: 11. * * * a continuous non-residence of six months from his school section by any trustee, shall cause the vacation of his office.] Mode of proceeding in contested Elections in School Sections. 25. Each Local Superintendent of Schools — (1) Shall, within twenty days after any meeting for the election of common school section trustees within the limits of his charge receive and investigate any complaint respecting the mode of con- ducting the election, and according to the best of his judgment confirm it or set it aside, and appoint the time and place for a new election ; and may — (2) In hi ^ discretion, at any time for any lawful purpose, ap- point the time and place for a special school section meeting. [(3) The School Laiv Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts: 13. shall be the duty of a local superintendent of schools to receive, investigate, and decide upon any complaints which may be made in regard to the election of school trustees, or in regard to any proceedings at school meetings ; Provided always, that no complaint in regard to any election or proceeding at a school meeting shall be entertained unless made in writing within twenty days after the holding of such election or meeting.] Trustees to he a School Corpwation — Its powers. 26. The trustees in each school section shall be a corporation, under the name of " Th^ Trustees of School Section No. — , in the Township of , in ihe County of ." And no such corporation shall cease by reason of the want of trustees ; but in case of such want, any two [assessed] freeholders or householders of the section may, by giving six days' notice, to be posted in at least three public places in the section, call a meeting of the [assessed] free- holders or householders, who shall proceed to elect three trustees, in the manner prescribed in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth sections of this Act, and the trustees thus elected shall hold and retire from office in the manner prescribed for trustees. Corporate Acts must be performed at lawful Trustee Meetings. [26^^. The School Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts that : — 7. No act or proceeding of a school corporation shall be deemed valid or binding on any party which is not adopted at a regular or special meeting, of which notice shall be given by the Secretary r^i t I 11 r^i .' X to all the trustees, by notifying them personally, or by sending a written notice to their residences,* and the proceedings of such trustee meetings shall be entered in a book of the corporation kept for that purpose, and signed by the senior or presiding trustee ; Prorided always, that a majority of the trustees, at a meeting thus called, shall have full authority to perform any lawful business.] 27. It shall be the duty of the trustees of each school section, and they are hereby empowered : Appointment and Duties of Secretary-Treasurer. (1) To appoint one of themselves, or some other person, to be secretary-treasurer to the corporation ; who shall give such security as may be required by a majority of the tinistees. a. For the correct and safe keeping and forthcoming (when called for) of the papers and moneys belonging to the corporation ; h. And for the correct keeping of a record of all their proceed- ings, in a book procured for that purpose ; c. And for the receiving and accounting for all school moneys collected by rate-bill, subscription, or otherwise, from the inhabi- tants of such school section ; d. And for the disbursing of such moneys in the manner direct- ed by the majority of the trustees. Certain Triistee contracts between themselves unlawful. ' ". [(1|.) The School Laiv Amendment Act of 18Q0 further enacts: 6. It shall not be lawful for any Common School Trustee to enter into a contract with the corporation of which he is a member, or have any pecuniary claim on such corporation, except for a school site, or as collector of school rates, and then only when he shall be appointed, and the warrant to him signed by the other two members of the corporation, with the seal of the same.] Anointment and Duty of School Collector. (2) To appoint, if they think it expedient, one of themselves or some other person a collector (who may also be secretary- treasurer), to collect the rates imposed by them upon the inhabitants of their school section, or the sums which the said inhabitants have sub * TA»~ notice should be in the following form : — School Section No. — , Township of • -,18-. Sib, — A meeting of the trustees of the common school in this section, will be held in the common school-house {or other place to be named), on Monday (or Tuesday, die), the 10th inst. {or other date, as tht case m"y be), to take into con- sideration certain school business of this settion. You are respectfully request* ed to attend. — I am, sir, your obedient servant, To C. D., A. B., Trustee of School Section No. — , SecrtUtrg. Township of , 12 scribed ; and may pay such collector, at the rate of not less than Jive nor more than ten per cent, on the moneys collected by him ; and every such collector shall give security satisfactory to the trustees,* and shall have the same powers by virtue of a warrant signed by a majority of the trustees, in collecting the school-rate or subscription, and shall proceed in the same manner as ordinary collectors of county and township rates and assessments ; r(2|.) The School Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts: 21. Collectors of School rates shall have the same powers, and be under the same liability and obligations in their respective school municipalities, as township collectors have, and are liable in their respective municipalities -, and shall give such security as may be satisfactory to the trustees.] Trustees to acquire and hold School Property.^ (3) To take possession and have the custody and safe keeping of * The security referred to may be given in the following form : Bond of Collector of School-rates, or Secretary-Treasurer. Know all men by these presents ; That A. B., of C, Collector of School-rates [or Secretary- Treasurer, or both, as the case moy be], for School Section No. — , in the Township of , in the County of , and Province of Canada, and F. G., of H., in the said Province, are held and firmly bound to I. J., K. L., [and M. N.] Trustees of the School Section aforesaid, m the sum of — ^ dollars •f lawful money, to be well and truly paid to the said Trustees or their succes- sors in office, for which payment well and truly to be made to the said Trustees, we bind ourselves jointly and severally, our heirs, executors, and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated at O., this day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and . The condition of this bond is such, that if the above bounden A. B., shall use all diligence and employ all the power vested in him to collect (a) all school- rates and assessments of the said Section for which he has been appointed col- lector, (or in case of non-residents shall make oath of his inability, after diligent search, to collect the rates due,) and shall pay or cause to be paid over all moneys which he may collect (except his own per centage) to the [Trustees^ Sec- retary-Treasurer] of the said School Section, within days from the re- ceipt by him of such sum collected, and shall make a full return within days from the date of these presents, th m this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise it shall remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed and delivered, ) A. B., Collector [Seal.] in presence of J. L. > F. E. Surety for Collector [Seal.] R. S.j (a) NoTB.- If the bond be for a Secretary-TreMurer alone, insert the following instead of " shall use," &c., " shall correctly keep all the papers belonging to the school corporation, and shall receive and safelv kee'v and faithfully disburse, upon the order of the majority of the aforesaid trustees alone, all moneys collected by rate-bill, subscription, or otherwise, by the authority of the said Trustees, and shall deliver up to the lawful order in writing of the aforesairl Trustees, when called for, all such papers in his custody and all such moneys, not paid out as aforesaid." f The following is the form of deed : — Form of Deed for the Site of the School House, Teacliers' Besidencc, &e. This Indenture, made the day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and , in pursuance of the School Acts of Upper Canada, and of the Act respecting the transfer of real prop«rty, between . of the Township (Village, Town, or City) of , in th* n 13 all common school property which has been acquired or given for common school purposes in such section, and to acquire and hold as a Corporation, by any title whatsoever, any land, moveable property, moneys or income for common school purposes, and to apply the same according to the terms on which the same were acquired or received ; r^ ■*■;' County of , and Province of Canada, (hiiainesa or calliny), of the first part ; , wife of the said party of the first part, of the second part ; and the Trustees of the Common School Section No. — , in the Township of , (City, Town, d'c, of,) in the County of , and Province aforesaid, of the third part : WITNESSETH, that in consid^ ition of dollars of lawful money of Canada, now paid by the said jVustees to the said party, of the first part, (the receipt whereof is hereby by him acknowledged,) he the said party of the first part, doth grant unto the said Trustees of the School aforesaid, their successors and assigns for ever, ail and singular that parcel of land, &c. (describing it in full J : To HAVE Ai>fD TO HOLD the same, in trust to and for the use of a common school (and Teacher's Residence), in and for school section No. — , in the Township (City, Town, &c.,) of . and in the Coimty and Province afore- said, according to the pro^risions of the School Acts of Upper Canada, and for the education of the resident youth of said School Section. The said party of the first part Covenants with the said Trustees, that he hath the right to convey the said lands to the said Trustees, notwith- standing any act of the said part^ of the first part : And tha' the said Trustees shall have quiet possession of the said lands, free 'ROM all INCUMBRANCES : And the said party of the first part Covenants with the said Trusi,ees, that he will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite : And the said party of the first part Covenants vnth the said Trustees, that he has done no act to encumber the said lands : And the said party of the first part releases to the said Trustees all his claims upon the said lands : And the said party of the second part hereby bars her dower in the said lands. In witness whereof, the said parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals, in the day and year before mentioned, , , J. G. (Seller's seal.) Signed, sealed, and delivered, in F. R. ( Seller' swife^ a seal.) ^'h't.')''L. . ■ -• l.'S'X (Trustees\ C. T. Witnessts. Q.' a' ( corporate seal. ) Remarks — When the land has descended to the wife in her own right, she must, besides joining with her husband in the Conveyance, appear before two Justices of the Peace, to declare that she has parted with her est *e in the land intended to be conveyed without any coercion or fear of coi ion hy or on the part of her husband ; and the certificates of such Jus ices must appear on the back of the conveyance on the day of its execu- tion. The form of the cercificate is as follows : " We (inserting the names) Justices of the Peace for the County of , do hereby certify that on this day of , 18 — , at , the within deed was duly executed in our presence, by , wife of , one of the grantors therein named ; and that the said wife of said -, at the said time and place, being examined by us, apart from her husband, did appear to give her consent to convey away her estate in the lands mentioned in the said deed, freely and volun- tarily, and without coercion or fear of coercion on the part of her husband, or of any other person or persons whatsoever. ••R. W ,J.P. o, " Dated this ~ day of , 18-. " A. M , /. P." 14 Trustees may sell School Site or otiier Property. [(3 J) The School Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts that : 10. It shall be lawful for any School Trustee Corporation to dis- pose, by sale ov otherwise, of any school site or school property not required by them in consequence of a rliange of school site, and to convey the same under their corporate seal, and to apply the proceeds the* of for their lawful school purposes. And jiU sites and other property given or acquired, or which may be given or acqrired, for common school purposes, shall vest absolutely in the Trustee Corporation for this purpose.] Building, or otherwise providing School Premises. (4) To do whatever they may judge expedient with regard to building, repairing, renting, warming,* furnishing, and keeping in order the section school house, and its furniture and appendages, and the school lands and enclosures held by them ; and for pro- curing apparatust and text books for their school ; (5) And when there is no suitable school house belonging to such section, or when a second school house is required, then to rent, repair, furnish, warm and keep in order a house, and its appen- dages, to be used as a school house. May establish a Second or Female School. n (6) To establish, if they deem it expedient, with the consent of the local superintendent of schools, both a female and male school in the section, each of which schools shall be subject to the same regulations and obligations as common schools generally ; * The following are the general regulations, which have the force of law, in regard to wanning and keeping in order the school house, as prescribed by the Council of Public Instruction for Ontario. * * • • * 13. The trustees having made such provisions relative to the school house and itn appendages, as are required by the fourth clause of the twenty-teventh section, and the seventh clause of the te^enty-ninth section of the Upper Can- ada Consolidated Common School Act, it shall be the duty of the master to give strict attention to the proper ventilation and temperature, as well as to the cleanliness of the school house; he shall. also prescribe such rules for the use of the yard and out-buildings connected witn the school house, as will insure their being kept in a neat and proper condition ; and he shall be held responsible for any want of neatness or cleanliness about the premises. 14. Cart> shall be taken to have the school house ready for the receptior of the pupils at least fifteen minutes before the time prescribed for opening the school, in order to afford shelter to those who may arrive before tne ap- pointed hour. + Apparatus, maps, library and prize-books, may be obtiuned from the Educational JUepository, Toronto. See ' ' Departmental Notices " on the subject, at the end. /t lo ^' ^ /It May unite ivith Grammar Schools. (7) To take such steps as they may judge expecHent to unite their school with any public grammar school, which may be within or adjacent to the limits of their section ; thiited Board of Trustees may Sell School Site. [(7|) The Sclwol Law Amendment Act of ISdO further enacts that: 10. * * It shall be lawful for any united Board of grammar and common school trustees to dispose, by sale or otherwise, of any school site or school property belonging to the united Board, or to the grammar school or common school trustees respectively.] Employ Teachers — Certain Agreements therewith invalid. (8) To contract with and employ teachers for such school section, and determine the amount of their salaries ; but no agreement* between trustees and a teacher in any school section, made between the first of October in any year, and tlie second Wednesday in Janu- ary then next, shall be valid or binding .on either party after the last mentioned day, unless such agreement has been signed by the two trustees of such school section whose period of office extends to one year beyond such second Wednesday. Agreements between Trustees and Teachers must be in Writing. [(8|) The Sclwol Law Amendment Act of 1S60 further enacts tlmt: •r * The followinct is the Form of Agreement between Trustees and Teacher : We, the undersigned, Trustees of School Section No. — , in the Township [City, Town, &c.] of , in the County of , by virtue of the authority vested i i us by the Upper Canada Consolidated Common School Act, have cho- sen [hert insert the Teacher's name} who holds a class certificate of qualifica- tion, to be a Teacher in said School ; and we do hereby contract with and em- ploy Buch Teacher at the rate of [here insert tite sum in words] per annum, from and after the date hereof ; and we further bind and oblige ourselves and our suc- cessors in office, faithfully to employ the powers with which we are legally in- vested by the said Act, to collect and pay the said Teacher, during the continu- ance of this agreement, the sum for which we hereby become bound— the said sum to be paid to the said Teacher [quarterly, 12. All agreements between trustees and teachers to be valid and binding, shall be in writing, signed by the parties thereto, and sealed with the corporate seal, and may lawfully include any stipu- lation to provide the teacher with board and lodging.] 7'o give orders to qualified Teachers for School Fund. (9) To give the teachers employed by them the necessary orders upon the local superintendent for the school fund apportioned and payable to their school section ;* but they shall not give such order in behalf of any teacher who does not, at the time of giving such ordei , hold a legal certificate of qualification. Provide fw Salaries and Expenses authorized by ElecUyrs. (10) To provide for the salaries of teachers and all other expenses of the school, in such manner as may be desired by a majority of the [assessed] freeholders or householders of such section, at the annual school meeting, or at a special meeting called for that pur- pose, and to employ all lawful means to collect the sums required for such salaries and other expenses ; Deficiencies to he made up hy Rate on Property. And should the sums thus provided be insufficient to defray all the expenses of such school, the trustees may assess and cause to be collected an additional rate, in order to pay the balance of the teacher's salary, and other expenses of such school ; ^ Make Old Bate-hill and Collector's fVarrant.f (11) To make out a list of the names of all persons rated by them for the school purposes of such section, and the amount payable * 1. Form of Trustees' order upon the Local Superintendent. See section 91. To the Local Superintendent of Schools for the Township [or county] of , Pay to r/tere insert the teacher's name] or order, out of the School Fund appor- tioned to School Section No. — , in the Township of , the sum of [here tvrite the sum in words]. ^•5-') Trustees' Dated this day of , 18-. e! F.",' f Corporate Seal. 2. Fonn of a Receipt from Teacher to Trustees. Received from the Trustees of School Section No. — , in the Township of , the sum of [here write the sum in words] in payment of my salary in part [or in full] for the [month or quarter] ending the day of , 18 — . A. B., Teacher. t a. Foi'm of Warrant for the collection of Bate Bill or School Bate : We, the undersigned. Trustees of School Section No. — , in the Township A ? SI 17 by each, arul to annex to such list a warrant directed to the collector of the scliool section, for the collection of the st^veral sums mentioned in such list ; and any school-rate inipost^l by trustees, according to this Act, may be made i)ayabh! monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly, as they may think expedient. Apply to Mimicipality or may kvy Hale themselves. (12) To apply to the township council at or l)ef()re its meeting in August or to employ their own lawful authority, as they may [City, Town, &c.] of in the County of , by virtue of the authority veHted in ua l)y thf Upper ('unada ('ominoii School Acta, hereby autliorize and require you \liire inncrt the udiDc and rciiiJcmr of the pn'itoii appointed to eoflert the rate-hill or nr/iool-rate], after ten days from the date hereof, to col- lect from the several individuals in the annexed Rate Bill, [or nr/iool-rate roll,] the Bum of money oppo.sito their resjiective n.ame.s, and to pay within days from the receipt thereof, the amount so collected, after retainiug your own fees to our Secretary-Treasurer, whose dischai'),'e shall be your acquittance for the sum so paid. And in default of i)aynieiit on demand by any person so rated, you are hereby authorized and reipiiied to levy the amount by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person or persons making default. Given under our hands and seals of office, this A. day of ,18 — . ' ('. J). >■ corporate E. b. Form of Rate Bill for School Fees, to he annexed to the forajoin;/ Warrant, as authnrizri/ by the elerenth clause of this bection, and the one hundred and twentji-fifth .section of this Act. Kate Bill of persons liable for School Tuition Fees, and the exjienses at the Oonunon School, in Section No. --, in the Townslii]> of , for the \inonth or quarter, <(r.] commencing the day of , and ending the day of 18 — . A. B. \ Trnstees' ('. 1). > corporate E. F. i teal. Names of Pakents on Guakdian.s. No. of pupils attending School Kate per pu]nl, pur calendar M(mth, (Quarter, &c. i Amount of Monthly [or QuarteVlv] Kate Bill for TiMTION, Fl'EI,, Kent, &c. "... ' c. ••t ' \ > Given under our hands and sealj of office this day of , 18 — . ' 1) I Trustees' T^" y' C Corporate SeaL- C, Form of a Receipt to Parents or Oiuirdians on the payment of their Rate Bill. Received from (here write the name of the Pupil or Pei-son Payinrj) the siun of (here lorite the sum in words) in payment of the Rate Bill due from (here write the name of the person in whose behalf payment is made J to the Trust«e». of School Section No. — , in the township of for the (month or quarter) ending the — day of 18—. A. B., Collector of Common School Moneys (or Teacher)^ . B " judge expedifint, for the levying and collecting by rate, according to the valuiitioti of taxable property as expressed in the assessor? or collector's roll, all sums for the support of their school, for the purchase of sciiool sites and the erection of school houses, and fof any other school puq)ose authorized by this Act to be collected from the freeholders and householders of such section. Township Roll to be famished to the Trustees and the township clerk oi other officer having possession of such roll is hereby required to allow any one of the trustees or their authorized collector, to make a copy of such roll, as far as it relates to tlieir school section ; Trustees may exempt Indigent Persons. (13) In t'veir discretion to exempt from the payment of school rates, wholly or in pait, any indigent persons, and to charge the amount of such exemption upon the other ratable inhabitants of the school section, but the same shall not be deducted from the salary of a teacher ; Sue defauUiny Non-residents. (14) To sue for and recover by their name of office, the amounts of school rates or subscriptions due from persons residing without the limits of their school >ection who may make default in payment. Make Return of Uncollected Rates to Township Clerk. (15) To make a return to the clerk of the municipality of the amount of any rate imposed by them for school purposes whenever so imposed, and also before the end of the then current year, to make a return of the rates on the property of non-residents of their section [as provided in the one hundred and twenty-seventh sectidh of this Act, and which they have been unable to collect]. Admit to School, residents between the ages of five and twenty-one. (16) To permit all residents in such section between the ages of five and twenty-one years to attend the school, so long as they conduct themselves in conformity with the rules of such school, and the fees or rates required to be paid on their behalf are fully discharged ; but such permission shall not extend to the children of persons in whose behalf a separate school has been established, according to the Act respecting the establishment of separate schools. Visit schools — and for wJiat. (17) To visit, from time to time, each school under their charge mil see that it is conducted according to the authorized regulations, ^>\ V 'r: f T 19 and that each sncli school is, at all times, duly provided with a Register* and Visitor's Book, in tlio form prepared according to law. Proper Text-Books to be used in Schools. (18) To 800 that no unauthorized books are used in the school, and that tho pupils are duly supplied with a uniform series of authorized text-books, sanctioned and recommended by the Council of Public Instruction, and to procure annually, for the benefit of their school section, some periodical devoted to education.t '■//.s/i ScJiool Section Library. (19) To ajjpoint a librarian, and to take such steps authorized by law as th(;y may judge expedient for the establishment, safe keeping and pi')per management of a school library in their sec- tion, whenever provision has been made and carried into effect for the establishment of school libraries. J Personal Jicsjwnsibiliii/ in cane of Neglect to Exercise Corpm'ate Powers. (20) To exercise all tlie corporate powers vested in them by this Act, for the fulfilment of any contract or agreement made by them ; and in case they oy any of them wilfully neglect or refuse to exercise such powers, the trustee or trustees so neglecting or refusing shall be peisonally responsible for the fulfilment of such contract or agreement. Prepare and Head Pwport at Annual Meeting. (21) To cause to be prepared and read at the annual meeting of their section, their annual school report for tho year then termi- nating, which report shall include, among other things, a full and detailed account of the receipt and (expenditure of all school moneys received and expended in behalf of such section, for any * Rejfisters are furnished gratuitouslj' to the County Clerk, for distribution, throiigh the local superintendents, among the schools, by the Education Department. Trustees, however, must provide a visitors' book (wliich may be any ordinary blank book), at the cost of the section. + The Legislature having authorized the Education Department to furnish a GOV of the Ontario Journal of Education to each school section, trustees Bhculcl see that the Journal is regularly received by them ; and if not received by them, to report the fact to the Education Department, without delay. Missing mmibers can also be obtained on application. J The property of every public library is exempt from taxation. One hundred per cent, is allowed by the Chief Superintendent on all sums over $5, remitted to the Department for library books, maps, appaxatua, and prize books. See Departmental Regulations appended, and also printed oa the corer of each Kogister. 20 f»urpose whatever, during such year; and, in case of dispute between the school auditors], the matter shall be referred to [the annual meeting, and then, if necessary, to the Chief Superinten- dent] in the manner provided in the [eighth] section of [the Com- mon School Law Amendment Act of I860.] I , , 3IaJce Half -Yearly Report to Local Swpeiintcndent. (22) To transmit to the local superintendent, on or before the thirtieth day cf June, and the thirty-fird day of Dccemher in each year, a correct return of the average attendance of pupils in each of the schools under their charge during the six months then immediately preceding. Penalty for Neglect ijir/ to do so. And in case such trustees neglect to transmit a verified state- ment of sucli average attendance, then such school section shall not be entitled to the apportionment from the school fund for the said six moil t lis. (23) To ascertain the number of children between the ages of five and sixteen years residing in their section on the tliirty-first day of Dccemher in each year, and to prepare and transmit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of January, a report to the local superintendent, signed by a majority of tlie tiiistees, and made according to a form provided by the Chief Superintendent of Education, and shall specify therein : (1) The whole time the scho»^l in their section was kept by a qualified teaclier, during the yea. ending on the thirty-first day of the previous Dccemher. (2) The amount of moneys received for the school fund, from local rates or contributions, and from other sources, distinguishing the same ; and the manner in which all such moneys were exjiended. (3) The whole number Df children residing in the school section, over the age of/^"e years, and under tlie age of sixteen-, the number of children and young persons taught in the school in winter and summer, distinguishing the sexes, and those who were over and under sixteen years of age ; and the average attendance of pupils in both winter and summer ; but the trustees of the common school sections within the limits of which one or more separate school sections are established as hereinafter provided, shall not, in their return of children of school age residing in their school sections, include the children attending such separate school or schools. (4) The branches of education taught in the school ; the num- bers of pupils in each branch ; the text-books used ; the numbers of public school examinations ; visits and lectures, and by whom made or delivered, and such other information respecting the school premises and library as may be required. r r 21 ' :. ' ' Penally for Delaying Yearly Report. 28. In case the trustees o^' any school section neglect to prepare and forward the aforesaid annual report to their local superinten- dent by the thirty-first day of January in each year, each of them shall, for each week after such thirty-first day ol January, and until such report has been prepared and presented, forfeit the sum of five dollars, to be sued for by such local superintendent, and col- lected and applied in the manner provided by the twenty-first sec- tion of this Act. [The twenty-ninth section has been superseded by the eight section of ihe Common School Law Amendment Act of 1860, as follows:] Annual Appointment of Auditors of Scliool Section Accounts. [8. In order that there may be accuracy and satisfaction in re- gard to the school accounts of school sections, the majority of the [assessed] freeholders aud householders present at the annual school meeting shall appoint a fit and proper person to be auditor of the school accounts of the section for the then current year, and the trustees shall before the first day of December in each year, ap- point another auditor ; and the auditor thus chosen, or either of them, shall forthwith appoint a time before the day of the next ensuing annu.'.x school meeting, for examining the accounts of the school section ; Tnistees to Submit their School Acccnnts to the Auditors. [And it shall be the duty of the trustees, or their secretary-trea- surer in their behalf, to lay all their accounts before the auditors or either of them, together with the agreements, vouchers, &c., in their possession, and to afford to the auditors or either of them all the information in their power as to their receipts and expendi- .tures of school moneys in behalf of their school section ; Powers and Duties of School Section Auditors. [And it shall be the duty of the auditors to examine into and decide upon the accuracy of the accounts of such section, and whether the trustees have truly accounted for and expended for school purposes the moneys received by them, and to submit the said accounts, with a full report thereon, at the next annual school meeting ; and if the auditors or either of them object to the law- fulness of any expenditures made by the trustees, they shall sub- mit the matters in difference to such meeting, which may either determine the same or submit them to the Chief Superintendent of Education, whose decision shall be final, and the auditors shall remain in oflSce until their audit is completed ; the auditors or either of them shall have the same authority to call for persons and papers, and require evidence on oath, and to enforce their de- cisions, as have arbitrators appointed under the authority of the eighty-fourth, eighty- fifth and eighty-sixth, sections of the said Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common School Act ; and it shall be their duty or that of either of them to report the result of their exami- nation of the accounts of the year to the annual school meeting next after their appintment, when the annual report of the trustees shall be presented, and the vacancy or vacancies in the trustee corporation be filled up, as provided by law ; {Remedy in case the Tnistees Fail to Appoint an Auditor. [And if the trustees neglect to appoint an auditor, or appoint one who refuses to act, the local superintendent shall appoint one for them ; [Penalty on Trustees Refusing Information, &c., to Auditors. [And if the Trustees, or their Secretary in their behalf, refuse to furnish the Auditors or either of them with the papeis or infor- mation in Iheir power and which may be required of them relative to their School accounts, the party refusing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon prosecution by either of the Auditors, or any rate-payer, be punished by fine or imprisonment, as provided by the one hundred and fortieth section of the said Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common School Act. A ^ ' School Site to he authorised hy Special Meeting. 30. No steps shall be taken, by the trustees of any school sec- tion for procuring a school site on which to erect a new school house, or for changing the site of an established school house, without calling a special meeting of the [assessed] freeholders and householders of their section to consider the matter. Differences between Trustees and people to he referred to Arhiiration. And in case of a difference as to the site of a school house be- tween the majority of the trustees and a majority of the [assessed] freeholders and householders at such special meeting, each party shall choose an arbitrator, and the local superintendent, or in case of his inability to attend, any person appointed by him to act on his behalf, shall be a third arbitrator, and such three arbitrators, or a majority of them shall finally decide the matter. [30^. The School Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts : 15. Arbitrators appointed under the authority of the Upper Canada Consolidated Common School Act, and Local Superintendents, engaged in investigating and deciding upon school complaints and disputes, shall be entitled to the same remuneration per diem for the time thus employed as are members of the Municipal Council of their county for their attendance at Council Meetings ; Provided always, that the parties concerned in such disputes shall pay all 23 the e3q)enses incurred in them, according to the award or decision of the Arbitrators and Local Superintendents respectively.] Trustees personally responsible for Moneys lost. 31. The trustees of each school section shall be personally re- sponsible for the amount of any school moneys forfeited by or lost to such school section in consequence of their neglect of duty dur- ing their continuance in office ; and the amount thus forfeited or lost shall be collected and applied in the manner provided by the twenty-first section of this Act. PAET II.— DUTIES OF TOWNSHIP COUNCILS. All the Sections of a Township may be united, and a Township Board Elected. 32. In case a majority of the resident [assessed] freeholders and householders of each section, at a public meeting for that purpose, separately called by the trustees of each such section, express a desire that local schools sections should be abolished, and that all their schools should be conducted under one "system and one man- agement, like the schools in cities and towns, the municipal council of such township shall comply with the request so express- ed, by passing a by-law to give effect thereto ; in wliich event all the common schools of such township shall be managed by one board o^ five trustees, one of which trustees shall be chosen in and for each ward, if the township be divided into wards, and if not so divided, tlien the whole number of such trustees shall be chosen in and for the whole township, and the election of such trustees shall be held at the time and in the manner prescribed in the third, seventh, eight, and twenty-second sections of this Act ; and such trustees shall be a corporation, under the name of " The Board of School Trustees of the Township of , in the County of ," and shall be invested with the same powers, and be subject to the oame obligations, as tmstees in cities and towns, by the seventy-ninth section of this Act. Assessors to valve Lands situated In each Section. ' 33. Whenever the lands or property of any individual or com- pany are situated within the limits of two or more school sections, each assesvsor appointed by any municipality, shall assess and re- turn on his roll, separately, the parts of such lands or property, according to the divisions of the school sections within the limits of which such lands or property may be situate ; but every undi- vided occupied lot, or part of a lot, shall only be liable to be as- sessed for school pui-poses in the school section where the occupant resides. 24 Council to impose certain School Assessments, as required hy Trustees. 34. For the purchase of a school site, the erection, repair, rent and furniture of a school house, the purchase of apparatus and text-books for the school, books for the library, and salary of the teacher — each township council shall levy, by assessment upon the taxable property in any school section, such sum as may be re- quired by the trustees of such school section, in accordance with the desire of the majority of the ^assessed] freeholders and house- holders to trustees expressed at a public meeting called for that purpose, as authorized by the tenth clause of the twenty-seventh section of this Act. Council may autlwrize Trustees to borroio Money for special purposes, and provide for repayment. 35. Each township council may grant to the trustees of any school section, on their application, authority to borrow any sums of money necessai j for the purposes above mentioned, in respect to school sites, school houses and their appendages, or for the pur- chase or erection of a teacher's residence, and in that event shall caused to be levied in each year, upon the taxable property in the section, a sufficient sum for the payment of the interest on the sum so borrowed, and a sum sufficient to pay off the principal within ten years Council not to levy more than one rate except in certain cases. 36. No township council shall levy and collect in any school section during any one year, more than one school section rate, except for the purchase of a school site, or the erection of a school house ; and no such council shall give effect to any application of trustees for the levying or collecting of rates for school purposes, imless the trustees of the school section make the application to such council at or before its meeting in August of the year in which such application is made. Council may establish Libraries. 37. Each township council may levy such sums as it judges ex- pedient for purchasing books for a township library, under such regulations as may be provided in that behalf ;* Council may establish, and be Trustees of, Model School, ■' and for procuring the site, and for the erection and support of a township model school ; and in such event the members of such township council shall be the trustees of such model school, and * One hundred per cent, is added by the Chief Superintendent of Education ^ on all the local appropriations for library and prize books, maps and apparatus. (■ See departmental notices appended. s ' ) 'i"i ^ >'f 25 ■^ ' ) 't) ^ "T f shall possess the powers of common school trustees in respect to all matters afFectinff such model school. Cormmn Schools may he united with Township Model School. 38. The trustees of any one or more common schools may at their discretion, and with the consent of such council, merge their schools into such model school ; and tuition to student teachers in such model school shall be free. Council to form new School Sections. 39. Each township council shall form portion '= of the township where no schools have been establislied into school sections ; and shall appoint a person in each new school section to call the first school section meeting ; and shall cause such person to be notified in the manner prescribed in the seventh section of tliis Act. [38|. The School Law Amendment Act of 18G0 further enacts: — 20. Trustees shall not be liable to any prosecution, or the payment of any damages, for acting under any by-law of a Municipal Coun- cil before it has been quashed.] Alteration of existing sections ; Notice to he given, 40. In case it clearly appears that all parties to be effected by a proposed alteration in the boundaries of a school section have been duly notified of the intended step or application, the township council may alter such boundaries ; - Alteration to take effect 25th Decemher. But no such alteration* in the boundaries of a school section shall take effect before the twenty-fifth day of Decemher next after the alteration has been made. , , ,; j fv- « ^ Union of existing sections ; Meetings to he called. 41. In case at a public meeting of each or two or more sections called by the trastees for that purpose, a majority of the [assessed] * Form of intimating to Trustees tJte alteration of their School Section. Township Clerk's Office, 18—. Sir, — In conformity with the fortieth section of the Upper Canada Consoli- •dated Common School Act, I have to acquaint you that the Municipal Council of this Township has altered the School Section of which you are Trustee, in the following manner : [Here irnert the changes which have been made, and a full description of the new School Section.] These changes will go into eifect from and after the twenty-fifth day of next Decemher, according to the foregoing section of the Act. You will please communicate this notice to the other Trustees of your School Section. I am. Sir, your obedient servant, To D. E., A. B., Township Clerk. Trustee of School Section, JVo. — , Township of . 26 freeholders and householders of each of the sections to be affected, request to be united, then the council shall unite such school sec- tions into one. ■ ' ■■■■■■--■■ ., , ^ • ' First Election in such United Sections. * ' '^ 42. The first election in such united section shall be appointed and held in the same manner as is provided for in the seventh to the twelfth ssctions of this Act, in respect to a new school sectio^^ Sliare of ScJwol Fund not affected. 43. The several paits of any altered or united school sections shall have respectively the same right to a share of the common school fund for the year of the alteration or union, as if they had not been altered or united. Disposal of School Property when not wanted. 44. In case a school site, or school house, or other school pro- perty be no longer required, in consequence of the alteration or the union of school sections, the same shall be disposed of by sale or otherwise, in such manner as a majority of the [assessed] freeholders and householders in the altered or united school sections decide at a public meeting called for that puri)ose. Separated part to share in proceeds. And the inhabitants transferred from one school section to another, shall be entitled, for the common school purposes of the section to which they are attached, to such a proportion of the proceeds of the sale of such school house or other common school property, as the assessed value of their property bears to that of the other in- habitants of the school section from which they have been so separated ; and the residue of such proceeds shall be applied to the erection of a new school house, or to other common school purposes of such altered or united sections. [The forty fifth and forty-sixth sections of this Act have been super- seded by the fifth section of the School Law Amendment Act of 1860, as follows:'] . , „^ ... [Formation and alteration of Union School Sections. 45. [5. The forty fifth and forty-sixth sections of the said Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common School Act, shall be amended so as to read as follows: "Under the conditions prescribed in the fortieth section in respect to alterations of other school sections, union school sections, consisting of parts of two or more townships or parts of a township and any town or incorporated village, may be formed and altered hj ohe reeves and local superintendent or superintendents, of the townships out of parts of which such sec- n T^^n f-^ t tions are proposed to be formed, or in the case of a union section of parts of a township or townships and a town or incorporated village, by the reeve and local superintendent of the township; and the Board of Common School Trustees of the town or village, at a meeting appointed for that purpose by any two of such reeves, or by the Board of Common School Trustees of such town or village, of which meeting the other parties authorized to act with them shall be duly notified : ,, . ,, ,;, , , , , , , , [Effect of such a Union in ToiunsUip, Town, or Village, 46. [And each union school section, composed of portions of adjoining townsliips or portions of a toAvns,' p or townships, and a town or incorporated village, shall, for tlie pur|jose of the elec- tion of trustees under their control be deemed one school section, and shall l)e considered in respect to superintendence and taxation for the erection of a school house, as belonging to the township, to^vn, or village in which the same [i.e. the school house] is situ- ated." 46^. The School Laiv Amendment Act of ISGO also enacts: 2. On the incorporation of a part of any school section within the limits of a village, the municipal council of the township within the limits of which such school section is in whole or in part situated, shall have authority forthwith to attach the part or parts of such school section not included within the limits of the village corporation, to an adjacent school section or school sections, or form them inta a separate or distinct section or sections.] • . • • \ Union Section may he Dissolved by either Township Council. 47. Each township council may, under the restrictions imposed by law in regard to the alterations of school sections, separate such part of any union school section as is situated within the limits of its jurisdiction, from the union of sections, and may form the part so separated into a distinct school section, or attach it to one or more existing school sections or parts of sections within its juris- diction, as such council judge expedient. s . .u r > . -i..;, .j_i v_ , Township Clerk to furnish information to Local Superintendent. 48. Each township council shall cause the clerk of the township to furnish the local superintendent of schools with a cojiy of all the proceedings of the council relating to the formation or altera- tion of school sections, * school assessments and other educational matters. * The form of this notice should he as follows : Township Clerk's Office,- -,18-. Sib, — In conformity with the /or^y-eigrAt section of the Upper Canada Conaoli- dated Common School Act, I have to acquaint you that tne Municipal Council ' Toivnshljj Clerk to prepare Maps of School Sections. 49. The township clerk shall prepare in duplicate, a map of tho township, shewing the divisions of the township into school sec- tions and parts of union school sections, and shall furnish one copy of such map to the county clerk, for the use of the county council, and he shall retain the other in the township clerk's office, for tho use of the township corporation. PART III.— DUTIES OF COUNTY MUNICIPAL COUNCILS. , To raise equivalent to Legislative School Grant. , 50. Each county council shall cause to be levied yearly upon the several townsliij^s of the county, such sums of money, for the pay- ment of the salaries of legally qualified common school teachers, as at least equal (clear of all charges of collection) the amount of school money ai)portioned by the Chief Su|>erintendent of Educa- tion to the several townships thereof for the year, and notified by him to such council through the county clerk; ,-. Such equivalent may he increased for poor schools, i&c. : And the sums so levied may be increased at the discretion of the council, either in aid of the i^ounty school fund, or on the recom- menflation of one or more local superintendents, to give special or additional aid to new or needy school sections. f Fnch County-rate to he collected by lifh Decemher. '•- ■ 'C'^ 51. The sum annually required to be levied in each county, for the salaries of legally qualified teachers, shall be collected and paid into the hands of the county treasurer, on or before the fourteenth day of Decemher, in each year. Teachers not to he 7-ef used payment. V.v ■ .i But notwithstanding the non-payment of any part thereof to such treasurer in due time, no teacher shall be refused the pajonent of the^sum to which he may be entitled from such year's county school of this township has altered school section No. — , in the following manner : [Here insert the changes which have been made and a full description of the new tchool section.] These changes go into effect from and after the twenty-fifth day of next December, according to the foi'tieth section of the Act. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. To the Local Superintendent of Schools A. B., Toionthip Clerk, for the Count}/, or Tovmship of ■i) /I 29 fund, but the county treasurer shall pay the local superintendent's lawful order in behalf of such teacher, in ant'cipation of the pay- ment of the county school assessment ; and the county council shall make the necessary provision to enable the county treasurer to pay the amount of such order. ' ' ' ' ■1) Council may estahUsh Covnty Library. 52. Each county sliall raise by assessment such sums of money as it may judge expedient, for the e.stablishmeut and maintenance of a county common school library.* , , . , County to appoint Local Supemdcndents. .53. Each county council shall appoint annually a local suj^erin- tc^ndent oi schools for the whole county, or for any one or more toAvnships; in the county, as it may judge expedient, and shall fix (within the limits prescribed by the eirihty-eighlh section of this Act) and provide for the salary of such local superintendent. 54. No local superintendent shall have the oversight of more than one hundred schoy the same means for collecting such rates as trustees of common school sections in townships ; and all moneys thus col- lected shall be paid into the hands of the Chamberlain or Treasurer of the city, town, or village, or of the Secretary Treasurer, for the common school purposes of the same, subject to the order of the Board of School Trustees. Trustees to give orders for swms due to Creditors. (13) To give orders to Teachers and other school officers and creditors for the sums due to them, on the Chamberlain or Trea- surer, of the city, town, or village, or on their own Secretary -Trea- surer. Trustees to give Notice of Annual and Special Meetings. (14) To call and give notice of annual and special school meet- ings of the [assessed] freeholders and houieholders of the city, town, or village, or of any ward therein, in ihe manner and under the regulations prescribed in the twtntieth section of this Act, for the appointment of annual and special school meetings in the school sections of Townships. To see that authorized books are used, and appoint Librarian. (15) To see that all the pupils in the schools are duly supplied with a uniform series of authorized text-books, and to appoint a Librarian, and take charge of the school library or libraries when established. To see that regulations are observed — to publish Report (16) To see that all the schools under their charge are conducted according to the authorized regulations ; and at the close of each f. -, ' "l f- ^ 37 year, to prepare and publish, in one or more of the public papers, or otherwise, for the information of the inhabitants of the city, town or village, im annual report of their proceedings, and of the progress and state of the schools under their charge, and of the receipts and expenditure of all school moneys. To prepare Annual Report for Chief Supenntendent. (17) To prepare and transmit annually, before the fifteenth oj January, to the Chief Superintendent of Education, in the form by him provided for that purpose, a report signed by a majority of the Trustees, containing all the information required in the reports of Common School Trustees, and any additional items of informa- tion which may be required. May exercise same Powers as Rural Trustees. (18) To exercise as far as they judge expedient, in regard to their City, Town or Village, all the powers vested in the tmstees of each school section in regard to such school section. PART v.— COMMON SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 80 No [male or female] teacher shall be deemed a qualified teacher who does not at the time of his [or her] engaging with the trustees, and applying for payment from the school fund, hold a certificate of qualification, as in this Act provided. Teacher not to liold certain offices. 81. No teacher shall hold the office of school trustee or of local superintendent. Duties of Common Sclwol Teacher. 82. It shall be the duty of every teacher of a common school : — To Teach according to Law and Regulatio7>s. (1) To teach diligently and faithfully all the branches required to be taught in the school, according to the terms of his engage- ment with the trustees, and according to the provisions of this Act. The following table includes all the branches required to be taught in the school : — ., ,^ OBDER AND CLASSIFICATION OP STUDIES PRESCRIBED FOR THE COMMON SCHOOLS IN ONTARIO. As observed in the Ontario Model School, Toronto. (Adopted by the Council of Public Instruction, on the Slst of December, 18S8. ) (1) Table dining thecourte to be completed in the first, or lowest division. Enunciation. — To be able to enunciate clearly and distinctly the elementary sounds of the English language. Spelling and definition. — To be able to spell any word in the First and Second Book of Lessons, and to give the meaning in familiar terms. Reading. — To be able to read fluently and well any passage contained in the First and Second Books of Lessons, and to know the substance of such lessons. Writiwj.—To be able to form correctly and legibly, all the letters of the al- phabet, and to combine them into simple words. Arithmetic. — To be able to read and write any combination of not more than FIVE Arabic numerals, and the Roman numeral to the sign for 500 ; to know the multiplication table, and tables of money, weights, length, and time ; to be familiarly acquainted with simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divi- sion by factors. Grammar. —To be able to point out the nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verba, and adverbs, in any common reading lesson ; to know the number, gender, and person of the nouns and pronouns. Oeoyraphi/. — To know the map of the world, map of America, map of Canada, and other parts of British America. Natural History : Object Lessons. — To have a familiar acquaintance with the habits, uses, instincts, &c. , of the most important animals of each class. Other object lessons may be used. Needleicork (for girls. J.— Under the direction of the female teacher. (2) Table dining the course of study to be completed in the Second Division. Reading. — To be able to read fluently and well any passage contained in the Sequel to the Second Book, t in the Third Book of Lessons, and to know the substance of such reading lessons. Spelling and Definition — To be able to spell and define any word contained in the Sequel to the Second Book and in the Third Book of Lessons. Writing.— To be able to write legibly and corectly. Arithmetic — To be able to read and write legibly any combination of not more than TEN Arabic numerals to the left, and six to the right, of the decimal point, and the Roman numerals to the sign for 1000 : to be acquainted with the princi- ples of Arabic and Roman i.otation ; to be thoroughly acquainted with the arithmetical tables, and to be familar and i)ractically acquainted with the simple and compound rules, reduction, greatest common measure, least common multiple, vulgar fractions, and simple proportion, including addition, subtrac- tion, multiplication, and division of decimals and decimal cun-ency. Grammar. — To be thoroughly acquainted with the grammatical forms, and to be able to analyse and parse any easy sentence ; and as an exercise in slate 3om- position, to be able to write short descriptions of any natural objects. Geography. — In addition to former limit table, to know the political and phy- sical geography of Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceanica ; the different countries in each, with their capitals ; and to know the position and chief cities of the States of the American Union bordering on British America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. History. — To have a general knowledge of the History of the World, as given in the Fifth Book. Human Physiology. — As contained in the Fifth Book. Needlework (for girls. J — Under the direction of the female teacher. (3) Table defining the course of study to be completed in the Third Division. Beading. — Fourth and Fifth Books, in same manner as other books are used in lower division. DcrM'ation.— Reading Books and Spelling Books superseded. Writing. — Text, and a bold running hand. ' Arithmetic. — Second Book of Arithmetic [National Series.] Grammar. — Analysis and parsing of compound sentences in prose and verse ; changes in construction, &c. ; composition. Geography. — Mathematical, physical, and political, with map sketching on the blackboard. ' 1 -^/f^efcfa.— Colenso's, Part I. Euclid. — First Six Books. Menturation. — Of surfaces and Bolids. Dramng. — Linear and map. English Ztterat«r<.— Spalding. Book-keeping. —Elements. 39 p ■ '^ Human Physiology. — To poasess a familiar acquaintance with the anatomy of the bones and skin ; a general knowledge of the structure and uses of the mus- cles and oi^aos of digestion ; and to be familiar with the general principles up- on which the healthy action and development of these various organs depend » circulation, respiration, nervous system, senses, &c. History. — General, English and Canaidian. Sinking. — Hullah's vocal music. Natural Philosophy. — In the Fifth Book of Lessons. Needleivork (for girls.) — Under the direction of the female teacher. B0T8, (i) Trigonometry. Elements of G-eology. ditto Zoology. ditto Botany. ditto Natural Philosophy. GIRLS, (i) Science of things familiar. Elements of Geology. ditto Zoology. ditto Botany. Domestic Economy. (i) Extra subjects, to be taken up at the discretion of the school authorities, — no two, however, during the same school term. To keep the Register of the School. (2) To keep the daily, weekly, and monthly or quarterly regi8> ter of the school.* To maintain proper order and discipline. (3) To maintain proper order and discipline in his school ac- cording to the authorized forms and regulations. To keep a Visitors^ Book. (4) To keep a visitors' book (which the trustees shall provide) and enter therein the visits made to his school, and to present such book to each visitor, and request him to make therein any re- marks suggested by his visit. To give access to the Register and Visitors^ Book. (5) At all times, when desired by them, to give the trustees and visitors access to the registers and visitors' book appertaining to the school, and upon his leaving the school to deliver up the same to the order of the trustees. [(5|) The Common School Law Amendment Act of 1860, enacts that : 1. Any teacher wilfully refusing on the demand of the ma- jority of the trustees of the school corporation employing him, to deliver up any school register or school house key, or other school property in his possession, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and shall not be deemed a qualified teacher until restitu- tion be made ; and shall also forfeit any claim which he may havfl against the said trustees.] •School Registers are supplied gratuitously, from the Department, tc Com- mon School Trustees in Townships by the County Clerks— through the IiocbX Superintendents. Applications snould therefore be made direct to the L«>cal Superintendeuta for them, and not to the DeparUneat. 40 To hold Public Quarterly Examinations. (6) To have at the end of each quarter a public examination of his school, of which he shall give due notice to the trustees of the school, to any school visitors who reside in or adjacent to such school section, and through the pupils to their parents and guardians.* To furnish Information to the Chief or Local Superintendent. (7) To furnish to the chief or local superintendent of schools when desired, any information which it may be in his power to give respecting anything connected with the operations of his school, or in anywise affecting its interests or character. Protection of Teachers in regard to Salary. 83. Any teacher shall be entitled to be paid at the same rate mentioned in his agreement with the trustees, even after the ex- piration of the period of his agreement, until the trustees pay him the whole of his salary, as teacher of the school, according to their engagement with him. Arbitration in case of Difference betiveen Teacher and Trustees. 84. In case of any difterence between trustees and a teacher in regard to his salary, the sum due to him, or any other matter in dispute between them, the same shall be submitted to arbitration, in which case : (1) Each party shall choose an arbitrator. (2) In case either party in the first instance neglects or refuses to appoint an arbitrator on his behalf, the party requiring the arbitration may, by a notice in writing to be served upon the party so neglecting or refusing, require the last mentioned party within three days, inclusive of the day of the service of such no- tice, to appoint an arbitrator on his behalf, and such notice shall name the arbitrator of the party requiring the arbitration ; and in case the party served with such notice does not within the three days mentioned therein, name and appoint an arbitrator, then the party requiring the arbitration may appoint the second arbitrator. *Form of Teachers' Circular Notice of the Quarterly Examination of hit School. -fit. School House of Section No. — , _ , 18_. Sir, — As required by law, the quarterly examination of mv school will be held on day, the —of , when the pupils of the school will be publicly ex- amined in the several subjects which they have been taught during the quarter now closing. The exercises will commence at 9 o'clock, a.m., and you are respectfully requested to attend them. i I am, Sir, your obedient servant. I A. B., Teacher. To C. D., School Trustee, or Visitor. I I T n-^ I : ) 1) n^i 41 Local Superintendent to he an Arbitrator. And, (3) The local superintendent, or in case of his inability to attend, any person appointed by him to act on his behalf, shall be a third arbitrator, and such three arbitrators, or a majority of them, shall finally decide the matter. Powers of ArUtraton to Examine. 85. The arbitrators may require the attendance of all or any of the parties interested in the reference, and of their witnesses, with all such books, papers and ^Titings, as such arbitrators may direct them or either of them to produce, and the arbitrators may admin- ister oaths to such parties and witnesses. Warrant of Arbitrators — Equivalent to Execution of Division Court. 86. The said arbitrators, or any two of thom, may issue their warrant to any person named therein, to enforce the collection of any moneys by them awarded to be paid, and the person named in such warrant shall have the same power and authority to enforce the collection of the moneys mentioned in the said warrant, with all reasonable costs, by seizure and sale of the property of the party or corporation against whom the same has issued, as any bailiff of a Division Court has in enforcing a judgment and execu- tion issued out of such court. Arbitration must be complied u'ith within a month. [86i. The School Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts : — 9. If the trustees wilfully refuse or neglect, for one month after publication of award, to comply with or give eflfect to an award of arbitrators appointed as provided by the eightyfourth section of the said Upper (panada [Consolidated] Common School Act, the trustees so refusing or neglecting shall be held to be personally responsible for the amount of such award, which may be enforced against them individually by warrant of such arbitrators, within one month after publication of their award ; and no want of form shall invalidate the award or proceedings of arbitrators under the School Acts.l ' . No such Dispute to be brought into any Court. ,.'' "^ 87. No action shall be brought in any court of law or equity, to enforce any claim or demand between trustees and teachers which can be referred to arbitration as aforesaid. 41 PART VI. . ' -DUTIES OF COUNTY OR TOW>' SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHr LOCAL Term of office of Local Superintendent — K.^i,ary. 88. Each local Superintendent shall, unless he resigns or is removed from office for neglect of duty, improper conduct, or incompetency, continue in office, until the first day of April of the year following that of his appointment, and he shall be entitled an- nually to not less than four dollars per school placed under his charge, together with any additional remuneration or allowance which the Council appointing him may grant, and the county treasurer shall pay him the same by quarterly instalments. Warden may supply Vacancies in the Office. 89. In the event of any local superintendent resigning his office, the Warden of the county within which such superintendent held office, may appoint a fit and proper person to the office vacated, until the next ensuing meeting of the County Council. Local Superintendent not to hold certain Offices. 90. No local superintendent shall be a teacher or trustee of any common [or separate] school while he holds the office of superin- tendent. Duties of Local Superintendents. 91. It shall be the duty of each local superintendent, and he is hereby empowered — To Apportion School Fund according to Average Attendance. (1) Unless otherwise instructed by the Chief Superintendent of Education — to apportion among the several school sections their respective portions of the common school fund money apportioned to the townships within the limits of his charge, as soon as notified by the county clerk of the amount so apportioned to such town- ships, and such apportionment among the said school sections shall be according to the rates of the average attendance of pupils at each common school (the mean attendance of pupils for each half year being taken) as compared with the whole average number of pupils attending the common schools of each such township. * Not to Apportion unless Trustees make Average Return. But he shall apportion no money to any school section whose trustees have neglected to transmit their return of average attend- ance for the last preceding half year. rr) f") 43 I I rr r-) Give Cheques to none but Qualified Teachers* (2) To give to any qualified teacher (but to no other), on the order of the trustees of any school section, a cheque upon the county treasurer or sub-treasurer, for any sum of money appor- tioned and due to such section. Conditions of giving Orders to Teachers. But except in the case of a new school section, he shall not give a cheque upon such order, unless a satisfactory annual school report for the year ending the lasi day of December preceding has been received from the trustees : nor unless it appears by such report that a school has been kept by a qualified teacher in such section, for at least six months during the year ending at the date of such report. Make two Visits a Year to each School. (3) To visit each common [and separate] school within his jurisdiction twice in each year, unless oftener required by the County Council or the Board which appointed him, or for the adjustment of disputes ; and one of such half-yearly visits shall be made between the fr'st of April and the first of October, and the other between the first of October and the first of April. Examine the state of the School."^ (4) To examine at each half yearly visit the state and condition of the school, as respects the progress of the pupils in learning — the order and discipline observed — the system of instruction pur- sued — the mode of keeping the school registers — the average attendance of pupils — the character and condition of the building and premises — and to give such advice as he may judge proper. * The form of this cheque may be as follows : Local Superintendent's Office, County {or Township) of . 18—. Pay to , a duly qualified Common School Teacher of School Section No. — , in the township of , the sum of dollars and cents, which has been duly apportioned to the foregoing section. To the County Treasurer (or Sub-Treasurer) of School Money* for the , A. B., Local Superintendent of Common Schools, Township (or County) of . + In the inspection of schools, the following should be the order and subjects of inquiry ana examination on the part of the local superintendent : — "I. Mechanical arrangements. — The tenure of the property; the materials, dimensions and plan of the building ; its condition ; when erected ; with what funds built ; neighbourhood ; how lighted, warmed, and ventilated ; if any class- rooms are provided for the separate mstruction of part of the children ; if there is a lobby, or closet, for hats, cloaks, bonnets, book-presses, &c. ; how the desks •nd seats are arranged and constructed, and with what conveniences; what MTangements for the teacher ; what play-ground is provided ; what gyiunastic 44 Deliver Annual Lecture in each Section. (5) To (l(!livcr in each of Iiis school sections, at least once a year, a public lecture on some subject connected with the objects, princi- ples and means of practical education ; and to do all in his power to persuade and animate parents, guardians, trustees and teachers to improve the character and efficiency of the common [and separate] schools, and to secure the sound education of the young generally. apparatus, if any ; whether there be. a well, and proper conveniences for pri- vate purposes. " II. Mtans of Instruction. — The books used in the several classes, under the heads of Readiniir, Arithmetic. Geography, &c. ; the Apparatus provided, as Tablets, Maps, Globes, Blackboards, Models, Cabinets, &c. "III. Orijanization. — Arranifeinont of classa^; whether each child is taught by t he same teacher ; if any assistant or assistants are employed ; to what ex- tent ; how remunerated, anil how (jualified. "IV. DisripUne. — Hours of attendance; usual ages of pupils; if the pupils change jjlaces in their several classes, or whether they are marked at each lesson, or exercise, according to their respective merit ; if distinction depends on intel- lectual proficiency, or on a mixed estimate of intellectual proficiency and moral conduct, or on moral conduct only ; what rewards, if any ; whether corporal piinishments are employed— [S)e No. 10 of " Duties of Masters"] -if so, their nature, and whether inflicted publicly or privately ; what other punishments are used ; whether attendance is regular ; is school opened and closed with read- ing and prayer, as provided in the regulations ; and what religious instruction ifj given, if any. " V. Method of Instruction.— Whether mutual or simultaneous, or individual or mixed ; if mutual, the number of monitors, of what attainments, how appointed, how emyiloyed ; if simultaneous, that is, by classes, in what subjects of instruction ; whether the simultaneous method is not more or less mingled with individual teaching, and on what subjects ; to what extent the intellectual, or the mere rote method is pursued, and on what subjects ; how far the inter- rogative method only is used ; whether the suggestive method is employed ; whether the elliptical method is resorted to ; how the attainments in the lessons are variously tested — by individual oral interrogation — by requiring written answers to written questions, or by requiring an abstract of the lesson to be Mrritten from memory. "VI. Attainments of Pupils. — 1. In Readiny ; whether they can read with ordinary facility, or with ease and expression. 2. In Writimj ; whether they can write Mrith ordinary correctness, or with ease and elegance. 3. In Arithmetic; whether acquainted with notation and numeration, addition, sub- traction, midtiplication, division, and skilful in them ; whether acquainted with the tables of moneys, weights, measures, and skilful in them ; whether acquainted with tiie compound rules, and skilful in them ; whether acquainted with the higher rules, and skilful in them ; whether acquainted with the exer- cise in mental arithmetic, and skilful in them. 4. In Grammar; whether acquainted with its divisions, rules of orthography, parts of speech, their nature and modifications, parsing, composition, &c. In Geography, History, Book-keeping, Vocal Music, dsc. ; the order of questions, suggested by the nature of the subject. The extent and degree of minuteness with which the inspection will be prosecuted, in respect to any, or all of the foregoing and kindred sub- jects, rjust, of course, depend on circumstances. "V7I. Miscellaneous.— How many pupils have been sent to the Grammar School; whether a visitors' book and register are kept as required; is the Journal of Education regularly received by the trustees ; are the Quarterly Examinations regularly held ; are Prizes given in the school. Library. — Is a Library maintained in the section ; number of volumes taken out during the year ; are books covered and labelled as reauired; are books kept in libran' case ; is catalogue kept for reference by applicants ; are fines duly coUectea, and DookB kept in good order ; are library regulations observed." D r- D r ■ 45 Set to Observance of Lawful Jiegulatiotu^. (6) To see that all the schools are managed and conducted ac- cording to law — to prevent the use of unauthorized, and to recom- mend the use of authorized books in each school — and to acquire and give information as to the manner in which such authorized books can be obtained, and the economy and advantage of using them. Attend certain Meetings. (7) To attend the meetings of the Board of Public Instruction, and to m(!et and confer with the Chief Superintendent of Jlduca- tion at such time and p!?re as he may appoint when making offi- cial visits to the County. Aid in forming Union Sections — Decide Disputes. (8) To attend * * * the meetings of Town Reeves pro- vided for in the * * * forty-fifth section of this Act ; to decide upon any questions submitted to him which arise between interested parties under the operation of this or of any former Act ; or, if he deems it advisable, to refer any such question to the Chief Superintendent of Education. Any person may appeal to Chief Superintendent. And any aggrieved or dissatisfied party in any case not other- wise provided for, shall have the right of appeal to the Chief Su- perintendent of Education. Special alloivance to Local Superintendents and Arbitrators. [8^. The School Law Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts : 15. Arbitrators appointed under the authority of the School Acts, and Local Superintendents engaged in investigating and deciding upon school complaints and disputes, shall be entitled to the same re- muneration per diem for the time thus employed as are members of the Municipal Council of their county for their attendance at council meetings. Parties liable for Arbitrators^ Expenses. Provided always, that the parties concerned in such disputes shall pay all the expenses incurred in them, according to the award or decision of the arbitrators and local superintendents re- spectively.] [8f. The Common School Law Amendment Act of l^fSQ further enacts: 14. The Chief Superintendent shall have authority to decide upon all disputes and complaints laid before him, the set- tlement of which is not otherwise provided for by Jaw, and upon all appeals made to him from the decision of any local superin- tendent or other school officer. [In regard to these appeals, see regulations in regard to communications with the Educational De- partment.] May Suspend Teacher's Certificate. (9) To suspend the certificate of qualification of any teacher [of a common or separate school] granted by the Board of Public In- struction, xor any cause which may appear to him to require it, until the next ensuing meeting of the County Board, of which meeting due notice shall be given to the teacher suspended, and such Board shall dispose of the case as a majority of the members present think proper ; and the cancelling or suspension of a teach- er's certificate of qualification shall release his school trustees from any obligation to continue him in their employment. [9|. The Common School Laio Amendment Act of 1860 further enacts that : — 22. A local superintendent shall have the same authority to suspend, for the time being, a Provincial Certificate of a teacher's qualifications, and report the same forthwith to the Chief Superintendent, as he has to suspend a County Certificate... notifying in writing to the teacher whose certificate is suspended, the reasons of it ; and the Chief Superintendent shall finally de- cide upon the case.] May give Temporary Certificates to Teachers. (10) To give any candidate, on due examination, according to the programme authorized for the examination of teachers, a cer- tiiicate of qualification to teach a [common or separate] school within the limits of the charge of the superintendent until (but no longer than) the next ensuing meeting of the Board of Public In- struction of which such local superintendent is a member, but no such certificate shall be given a second time, or be valid if given a second time, to the same person in the same county. '\ Half-yearly Returns to the Local Superintendent. [10 J. The Consolidated Act for Protestant and Coloured Separate Schools also provides that: 12. The trustees of each [Protestant or Coloured] separate school shall on or before the thirtieth day of June and the thirty first day of December of each year, transmit to the local superintendent of schools a correct return of the names of all Protestant or coloured persons (as the case may be,) who have sent children to, or subscribed as aforesaid for the support of such separate school during the then last preceding six months, and the names of the children sent, and the amounts subscribed by them respectively, together with the average attendance of pnpils in such separate school during such period!] r^ t^^ Local Superintendents to Report to Clerk and Trustees. [10 J. The same Act also provides that: 13. The local superin- tendent shall, upon the receipt of such return, forthwith make a return to the clerk of the municipality, and to the trustees of the common school section or municipality in which such separate school is cHtablished, stating the names of all the persons who being Protestants or coloured persons (as the case may be) con- tribute or send children to such separate school.] Observing Regulations — Giving Information to the Chief Superinten- dent, and County Auditors. (11) To act in accordance wit): the r gulations and instructions provided for his guidance ; to give any information m his power (when desired) to the Chief Superintendent of Education respect- ing any common school matter within his jurisdiction ; to furnish «we county auditors, when required, with the trustees' orders as the authority for his cheques upon the county or sub-treasurer for school moneys. Hand over P(q)efs on retiring /iom Office. And on retiring from office, to deliver [over to his successor] copies of his official correspondence, and all school papers* in his custody, to the order of the county council. Transmit Annual Report to the Chief Superintendent. (12) To prepare and transmit to the Chief Superintendent of Education, on or before thpjirst day of March, an annual report, in the form provided l)y the said Chief Superintendent, and which shall state — (a) The whole numlier of schools and school sections, or parts of sections in each township within his jurisdiction ; (6) The number of pupils taught in each school over the age of five and under the age of sixteen ; the number between the ages of sixteen and twenti/one years ; the whole number of children residing in each section, or part of a section, over the age of five and under the age of sixteen years ; (c) The length of time a school has been kept by a quahfied teacher in each of such sections or parts of sections ; the branches taught ; the number of pupils in each branch ; the l)ooks used ; and the average attendance of pupils, both male and female, in each half year ; (d) The amount of moneys received and collected in each sec- *Thi8 includes the local superintendent's copy of the school manual, and of the Chief Superintendent's annual reuort, and all other school doctimeiits and papers which have come into his hanas as local superintendent. 1 48 tion or part of :. section — distinguishing the amount apportioned by the Chief Superintendent of Education ; the amount received from county assessment ; t^e amount raised by trustees ; and the amount from any other and what sources ; also how such moneys have been expended, or whether any part remains unexpended, and from what causes ; and the annual salary of teachers, male and female, with and without board ; (e) The number of school visits made by himself and others during the year ; the number of school lectures delivered ; the whole number of school houses, their sizes, description, furniture and appendages ; the number rented ; the number erected during the year ; of what description ; and by what means ; (/) The number of qualified teachers ; their standing, sex, and religious persuasion ; the number, so far as he can ascertain, of private schools ; the number of pupils and subjects taught there- in ; the number of libraries, their extent, and how established and supported ; also, any other information which he may pos- sess respecting the educational state, wants and advantages in each township of his charge, and any suggestions which he thinks proper to make with a view to the improvement of schools and diffusion of useful knowledge. How Union Sections shall be paid. 82. The local superintendents of adjoining townships shall de- termine the sums to be paid from the common school fund of each township in support of the schools of union school sections con- sisting of portions of such townships ; and shall also determine the manner in which such sums shall be paid ; but in the event of one person being local superintendent of the townshi^^ concerned, he shall act in behalf of such townships. Warden to decide in case of Dispute, 93. In the event of the local superintendents of townships thus concerned not being able to agree as to the sum to be paid to each such township, the matter shall be referred to the Warden of the county for final decision. PART VII.— DUTY OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. County Boards of Public Instrmtion constituted. 94. Where there is only one county grammar school in a county, the board of trustees for such school and the local superintendent OF superintendents of schools in the county, shall constitute a Board of Public Instruction for the county. i i 49 Circuit Board may be constituted. 95. Where there is more than one grammar school in a county, the county council shall* [have authority to] divide the county into as many circuits as there are county grammar schools, and for each circuit the trustees of the county grammar school therein, and the local superintendent or superintendent of schools therein, shall be a board of public instruction for the circuit. Three Members to form a Quorum of Board. 96. At any lawful meeting of the Board of Public Instruction three members, including a local superintendent of schools, shall constitute a quorum, for examining and giving certificates of qualification to common school teachers, and fcve members shall constitute a quorum for the transi PART VIIL— SCHOOL VISITORS AND THEIR DUTIES. School Visitors defined. 100. All Clergymen recognized by law, of whatever denomina- tion, all Judges, Members of the Legislature, Magistrates, Members of County Councils, and Aldermen, shall be school visitors in the townships, cities, towns, and villages where they respectively reside ; but persons holding the commission of the peace for the county only, shall not be school visitors within towns and cities ; and each clergyman shall be a school visitor orly in the township, town, or city where he has pastoral charge, WJio are Visitors of Eoman Catholic Separate Schools. [lOOi. The Roman Catholic Separate School Act of 1863, declares that : — 23. " All Judges, Members of the Legislature, the heads of the municipal bodies in their respective localities, the Chief Super- intendent and Local Superintendent of Common Schools, and clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church, shall be visitors of Separate Schools."] ' Their Authority to Visit the Common Schools. 101. Each of the school visitors may visit the public school in the township, city, town, or village ; and may attend the quarterly examination of schools, and, at the time of any such visit, may examine the progress of the pupls, and the state and management of the school, and give such advice to the teacher and pupils, and 53 ,; any others present, as he thinks advisable, in accordance with the regulations and instructions provided in regard to school visitors. General Meeting of School Visitors. 102. A general meeting of the Visitors may be held at any time or place appointed by any two Visitors, on sufficient notice being given to the other Visitors in the township, city, town, or village ; and the Visitors, thus assembled, may devise such means as they deem expedient for the efficient visitation of the schools, and for promoting the establishment of Libraries and the diffusion of use- ful knowledge.* PART IX.— DUTIES OF THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. i^ A Chief Superintendent to he Appointed. 103. The Governor may, from time to time, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Province, appoint a fit and proper person to be Chief Superintendent of Erms furnished by the Education Department, must be pre-paid at the rate of one cent, and be open to inspection, so aa to entitle them to pass through the post as printed papers. No letters should be enclosed ^nth such returns. A neglect to observe this regulation has rejjeatedly subjected this Department to an unnecessary charge of fourtceri and twenty-one cents on each paclcage, including the post-office fine for non-payment. 7. School Registers supplied through Local Superintendents. — School Registers are supplied ^atuitously from the Department to Common and Separate School Trustees in cities, towns, villages, and townships, by the County Clerk, through the Local Superintendents. Application should therefore be made direct to the Local Superintendent for them, and not to the Department. Those for Gram- mar Schools are also to be obtained through the County Clerk. • The Provincial Statutes General Interpretation Act, Vict., chap., enacts at follows : a. » • • Twenty-thirdly. Words directing or empowering a public officer or functionary to do any act or thing, or otherwise applying to him h^ his name of office, shall include his successors in such office, and his or their lawful Deputy. I > ^f) t^ I f 67 To have the Supervision of the Normal School. (10) To take the general superintendence of the Noi-mal School; and use his best endeavours to provide for and recommend the use of uniform and approved text-books in the schools generally ; Establishing School Libraries. (11) To employ all lawful means in his power to procure and promote the establishment of school libraries for general reading, in the several counties, townships, cities, towns, and villages ; To provide plans for School Houses, and to disseminate iiseful information. (12) To provide and recommend the adoption of suitable plans of school-houses, with the proper furniture and appendages ; and to collect and diffuse among the people of Upper Canada useful information on the subject of education generally ; To submit Books, Manuscripts, and General Regulations to the Council of Public Instruction. (13) To submit to the Council of Public Instruction, all books or manuscripts which with the view of obtaining the recommenda- tion or sanction of such council for their introduction as text-books ( ) or library books, are placed in his hands ; and to prepare and lay before the Council of Public Instruction, for its consideration, such general regulations for the organization and government of com- , , mon schools, and the management of school libraries, as he may deem necessary and proper ; Appoint Conductors of Teachers' Institutes. (14) To appoint proper persons to conduct county teachers' institutes, and to furnish such rules and instructions as he may judge advisable in regard to the proceedings of such institutes, and the best means of promoting and elevating the profession of '^^ school teaching, and increasing its usefulness ; Responsibilitij for Moneys. (15) To be responsible for all moneys pai « . , Correspondence of the Council of Public Instruction. (16) To prepare and transmit all correspondence directed or authorized by the Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada ; 58 To make Annual Report to the Governor. (17) To make annually to the Governor, on or before the ^rs^ (lay of July, a report of the actual state of the Normal, Model, and Common Schools througiiout Upper Canada, showing the amount of moneys expended in connexion with each, and from what sources derived, with such statements and suggestions for improv- ing the Common Schools and the Common School laws, and pro- moting education generally as he may deem useful and expedient ; To make Financial Repm-t to Parliament. (18) To lay before the Legislature, at each sitting thereof, a correct and full account of the disposition and expenditure of all moneys which come into his hands as Chief Superintendent ; and annually, on or before the thirtieth of January in each year, to make the report required by the Act for the more efficient auditing of public accounts. Provincial Certificates to he given to Normal School Students. 107. The Chief Superintendent of Education, on the recommen- dation of the teachers in the Normal School, may give to any teacher of common schools a certificate of qualification which shall be valid in any part of Upper Canada until revoked ; but no such certificate shall be given to any person who has not been a student in the Normal School. Uniformity of Decisions in Division Courts. 108. It being highly desirable that uniformity of decision should exist in cases within the cognizance of the Division Courts and tried in such courts, in which the superintendents, trustees, teach- ers, and others acting under the provisions of this Act are parties, the Judge of any Divisiou Court wherein any such action may be tried, may, at the request of either party, order the entering of judgment to be delayed for a sufficient time to enable such party to apply to the Chief Superintendent of Education to appeal the case, and after notice of appeal has been served as hereinafter provided, no further proceedings shall be had in such case until the matter of appeal has been decided by a Superior Court. Chief Superintendent may appeal from such Court to the Superior Courts of Law. 109. The Chief Superintendent may, within one month after the rendering of judgment in any such case, appeal from the deci- sion of the Divisiou Court Judge to either of the Superior Courts of Law at Toronto, by serving notice in writing of such appeal upon the clerk of the Division Court appealed from, which appeal shall 1 f^ 4 be entitled " The Chief Soperintendent of Education for Upper Canada, Appellant, in the matter between (A. B, and C. D.)." Judge io send Papers to Superior Court. ■ ■" 110. The Judge whose decision is appealed from shall thereup- on certify under his hand, to the Superior Court appealed to, the summons and statement of claim and other proceedings in the case, together with the evidence and his own judgment thereon, and all objections made thereto. Superior Court to give such Order as Law and Equity require. 111. The matter shall be set down for argument at the next term of such Superior Court, and such Court shall give such order or direction to the Court below, touching the judgment to bo given in the matter, as law and equity require, and shall also in its dis- cretion award costs against the appellant, which costs shall be certified to and form part of the judgment of the Court below. Proceedings in Division Court thereon. : - i 112. Upon receipt of such order, direction, and ct rtificate, the judge of the Division Court shall forthwith proceed m accordance therewith. A Costs of Appeal. 113. All costs awarded against an appellant, and all costs in- curred by him, shall be paid by the Chief Superintendent, and charged as contingent expenses of his office. [11 3 J. The School Laio Amendment Act of 18G0, further enacts that: — 23. It shall be competent for the Chief Superintendent of Education, should he deem it expedient, to submit a case on any question arising under the Grammar or Common School Acts, to any Judge of either of the Superior Courts for his opinion and decision, or, with the consent of such Judge, to either of the Superior Courts for their opinion aud decision. ^ ,,. ,;y i ; ) PART X.- DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Council of Public Instruction to be appointed. 114. The Governor may appoint a Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada, to consist of not more than nine* persons (of * Increased for Grammar School purposes by the Grammar School Act. whom the Chief Superintendent of E•■'.(.! i<; Pupils not to be required to observe- Religious Exercises objected to by ' • ' 't ' their Parents. ■ ; 129. No person shall require any pupil in any such school to read or study in or from any religious took, or to join in any exercise of devotion or religion objected to by his or her pjirents or guardians ; but witliin this limitation, pupils shall be allowed to receive such religious instruction as their parents and guardians desire, according to any religious regulations provided for the government of Common Schools, t PART XTI— VARIOUS PENAL CLAUSES. Penalty on Secretary-Treasurer for refusing to account. 130. Tf any secretary-treasurer appointed by the [Common or Separate] school trustees of any school section, or any person hav- ing been such secretary-treasurer, has in his possession any books, papers, chattels, or moneys, which came into his possession as such secretary-treasurer, and wrongfully withholds or refuses to deliver up, or to account for, and pay over the same or any part thereof to the person, and in the manner directed by a majority of the school trustees for the school section then in office, such withhold- ing or refusal shall be a misdemeanor. Mode of proceeding in the case. 131. Upon application to the Judge of the County Court, by a majority of such trustees, supported by their affidavit made before some Justice of the Peace, of such wrongful withholding or refusal, such judge shall make an order that such secretary-treasurer, or person having been such, do appear before him at a time and place to be appointed in the order. 132 Any bailiff of a division court, upon being required by *; Se« authorised list of gohool text-books appended. ■)* These regulations are appended. 66 such judge, shall serve such order personally on the party cem- plained against, or leave the same with a grown-up person at his residence. 133. At the time and place so appointed, the judge being satis- fied that such service has been made, shall, in a summary manner, and whether the party complained of does or does not appear, hear the complaint, and if he is of opinion that the complaint is well founded, such judge shall order the party complained of to deliver up, account for, and pay over the books, papers, chattels, or moneys as aforesaid by a certain day to be namc^d by the judge in the order, together with such reasonable costs incurred in mark- ing the application as the judge may tax. 134. In the event of a non-compliance with the torms specified in such order, or any or either of them, the judge sliall order the said party to be forthwith arrested by the sheriff of any county in which he may be found, and to be committed to the common gaol of his county, there to remain without bail until such judge be satisfied that such party has delivered up, accounted for, or paid over the books, papers, chattels, or moneys in question, in the manner directed by the majority of the trustees as aforesaid. 135 Upon proof of his having so done, such judge shall make . an order for his discharge, and he shall be discharged accordingly. 1 36. No such proceeding shall impair oi affect any other remedy which the said trustees may have against such secretary -treasurer, or person having been such, or his sureties. Certain Parties personally responsible in case of lost School Fund. 137. If any part of the conunon school fund [or moneys] be ■ embezzled or lost, through the dishonesty or faithlessness of any party to whom it has been entrusted, and proper security against such loss has not been taken, the person whose duty it was to have exacted such security shall be personally responsible for the sums so embezzled or lost ; and the same may be recovered from him by the party entitled to receive the same, by action at law in any court having jurisdiction to the amount, or by information at the suit of the Crown. Penalty for false Reports and Registers. . ^ - 138. If any trustee of a common school knowingly signs a false report, or if any teacher of a common school keeps a false school register, or makes a false return, with the view of obtaining a larger sum than the just proportion of school moneys coming to such school, such trustee or teacher shall, for each offence, forfeit to the common school fund of the township, the sum of twenty dollars, for which any person whatever may prosecute him before . a Justice of the Peace, and for which he may be convicted on the ♦-*'"■?» (*Ay 67 oath of one credible witness other than the prosecutor ; and if upon conviction the penalty is not forthwith paid, the same shall, under the warrant of such Justice, he levied with costs by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender; and such penalty, when so paid or collected, shall by such Justice be paid over to the said common school fund ; or the said offender may be prosecuted and punished for the misdemeanor. ''='•-; Penalty for Disturbing a School or School Meeting. • 139. Any person who wilfully disturbs, interrupts, or disquiets the proceedings of any school meeting authorized to be held by this Act, or any school established and conducted under its autho- rity, or wilfully interrupts or disquiets any grammar, common, or other public school, by rude or indecent behaviour, or by making a noise either within the place where such scliool is kept or lield, or so near thereto as to disturb the order or exercises of such school, shall, for each offence, on conviction thereof before a Jus- tice of the Peace, on the oath of one credible witness, forfeit and pay for common school purposes to the school section, city, town, or village, within which the offence was committed, such sum not exceeding twenty dollars, together Avith the costs of the conviction, fts the said Justice may think fit ; or the offender may be indicted and punished for any of the offences hereinbefore mentioned as a misdemeanor. How Penalties shall he Recoverable. 140. Unless it is in this Act otherwise provided, all fines, pen- alties, and forfeitures recoverable by summary proceeding, may be sued for, recovered, and enforced, with costs, by and before any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the school section, city town, or village in which such fine or penalty has been in- curred ; and if any such fine or penalty and costs be not forthwith paid, the same shall, by and under the warrant of the convicting Justice, be enforced, levied, and collected, with costs, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, and shall be by such Justice paid over to the school treasurer of the school section, Mi|^ city, town, or village, or other party entitled thereto ; and in de- fault of such distress, such Justice shall, by his warrant, cause the offender to be imprisoned for any time not exceeding thirty days, unless the fine and costs, and the reasonable expenses of endea- vouring to collect the same, be sooner paid. Interpretation Clause. 161. The word "teacher" shall include femMe as well as male teachers ; the word "county" shall include unions of counties, and the word " townships " f^hall include unions of townships made for ^municipal purposes. 68 bhorl Tilh tc School Ad. * 142. In citing or otherwise referring to this Act, it shall be Bufficient to designate it as " the Upper Canada Common School Act," and in citing or otherAvise referring to this Act, or any other Act or Acts relative to common schools, which may, at the time of such citation or reference, be in force in Upper Canada, it shall be sufficient to use the expression " the Common School Acts of Upper Canada." DIVISION 11. PART I. -AN ACT TO AIMEND THE UPPER CANADA COMMON SCHOOL ACT. 23 Vict., Chap 49.] \Astented to 19 ?e, at a meeting appointed for that purpose by any two of such reeves, or by th s board of com- mon school trustees of such town or village, of which meeting tae other parties authorized to act with them shall be duly notified ; Effect of such Union in Township, Town, or ViUage. And each union school section, composed of portions of adjoining townships' or portions of a township or townships, and a town or incorporated village, shall, for the purposes of the election of trustees under their control, be deemed one Rchool section, and shall be considered in respect to superintendence and taxation for the erection of a school house, as belonging to the township, town or village in which th^ same is situated." Certain Trustee Contracts unlawful. 6. It shall not be lawful for any common school trustee to enter into a con- tract with the corporation of which he is a member, or have any pecuniary claim on such corporation, except for a school site, or as collector of school rates, and then only when he shall be appointed, and the warrant to him signed by the other two members of the corporation, with the seal of the same. Proceedings of School Corporation not valid, unless adopted at regular Trxutet Meetings. 7. No act or proceeding of a school corporation shall be deemed valid or bind- ing on any party which is not adopted at a regular or special meeting, of which notice shall be given by the secretary to all the trustees by notifying them per- sonally, or by sending a written notice to the residences, and the proceedings of such trustee meetings shall be entered in a book of the corp«*ration kept for that purpose, and signed by the senior or presiding tnistee : Provided always, that a majority of the trustees, at a meeting thus called, shall have full authority to peiionu any lawful business. 70 Annual Appointment of Auditors of School Section Accountg. 8. In order that there may be accuracy and latisfaction in regard to the school accounts of school aectioun, the majority of the freeholdei-s and householders preRent at the annual school nieotiiij,' shall appoint a fit and proper person to be auditor of the school accounts of the section for the then current year, and the trustees shall, before the Jimt Uai/ of December in each year, apiraint another auditor ; and the auditors thus chosen, or either of them, shall forthwith .vppoint a time before the day of the next ensuing annual school meeting for examining the accounts of the school section ; ■ " Trustees to submit their SchiMl Accounts to the Auditors. And it shall be the duty of the trustees, or their secretary-treasurer in their behalf, to lay all their accounts before the auditors, or either of them, together with the agreements, vouchers, &c., in their possession, and to afford to the auditors, or either of them, all the information in their power as to their receipts and expenditures of school moneys in behalf of their school section ; Powers and Duties of School Section Auditors, itc. And it shall be the duty of the auditors to examine into, and decide upon the accuracy of the accounts of such section, and whether thf, trustees have truly accounted for, and expended for school purjwses the moneys received by them, and to submit the said accounts, with a full report thereon, at the next annual school meeting ; and if the auditors, or either of them, object to the lawfulness of any expenditures made by the trustees, they shall submit the matters in differ- ence to such meeting, which may either determine the same, or submit them to the Chief Superintendent of Kducation, whose decision shall be final, and the auditors shall remain in office imtil their audit is completed ; the auditors, or either of them, shall have the same authority to call for persons and papers, and require evidence on oath, and to enforce their decisions, as have arbitrators ap- pointed under the authority of the eighty-fourth, eujht}, -fifth and eitiMy-sixth sec- tions of the said IFpper Canaila [Consolidated] Common School Act ; and it shall be their duty, or that of either of them, to report the result of their exami- nation of the accounts of the year to the annual school meeting next after their appointment, when the aimual report of the trustees shall be pre^pnted, and the vacancy or vacancies in the trustee corporation be filled up, as provided by the law. Bemedy in case the Trustees fail to call the mteting for Auditors. And if the Trustees omit to call such public meeting by notice issued not later than the twenty-second day of December, the same may be called by any two qualified electors, and if the trustees ne;,'lect to appoint an auditor, or appoint one who refuses to act, the local superintendent shall appouit one for them ; Penalty on Trustees refusing information, erH and certifi- cates, and such remune-ation to the secretary of such board as the board may deem just and expedient. Every Saturday to be a Holiday. 17. Every Saturday shall be a holiday in all the public schools. , School Trustees must make a Declaration of office, or be fined. ' 18. Every person elected as triistee, and who is eligible and liable to serve as such, shall make the following declaration of office before the chairman of the school meeting : " I will triily and faithfully, to the best of my judgment and ability, discharge •' the duties of the office of school trustee to which I nave been elected." Fine for default or in case of neglect. And if any person elected as tnistee shall not make such a declaration within two weeks after notice of his election, his neglect to do so shall be sufficient evi- dence of his refusing to serve, and of his liability to pay the fine as i)rovided for in the twenty-third section of the said Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common School Act. + Fine on Chairman of School Meeting for not transmitting Proceedings to the Loral Superintendent. 19. Any chairman who neglects to transmit to the local superintendent a copy of the proceedings of an annual or other school section meeting over which ne may preside, within ten days after the holding of such meeting, shall be liable, on the complaint of any ratepayer, to a fine of not more than Jive dollars, to be re- covered as provided in the one hundred and fortieth section of the Upper Canada [Consolidated] Common School Act aforesaid. Trustees not liable for acting under a Municipal By-law, Ac. 20. Trustees shall not be liable to any prosecution, or the payment of any damages, for acting under any by-law of a municipal council before it has been -quashed. < Powers and liabilities of Collectors of School Bates. 21. Collectors of school rates sliall have the same powers, and be under th« same liability and obligations in their respective school municipalities, as Town- ship Collectors have and are liable to in tneir respective municipalities, and shaU give such security as may be satisfactory to the Trustees. iMcal Superintendent may suspend a Teacher's Provincial Certificate. 22. A local superintendent shall have the same authority to suspend, for the time being, a Prqvincial Certificate of teacher's qualifications, and report th* .«ame forthwith to the Chief Superintendent, as he has to suspend a County ^,^ « « n "Certificfttc, notifying in writing to the teacher whose certificate in ninpended, the reasons of it ; and the Chief Superintendent shall finally decide upon the •case. F Chief Superintendent may refer certain qwttiont to the Superior CourU. 23. It Bhall be competent for the Cliief Hujierintendent of Education, should he deem it expedient, to submit a case on any (juestion ariHinj^ under the Gram- mar or Commim School Acts, to any judge of either of the superior courts for his opinicm and decision, or, with tiie consent uf such judge, to either of the superior courts for their opinion and decision. Enactmenti inconsistent icith thit Act repealed. 24. Ro much of the said Tapper Canada [Conmilidated] Co.nmon School Act M is inconsistent with the provis >us of this Act is hereby repealed. The Ninety-Fifth Section of the Upper Canada Consolidated Common School Act Amended. And in the second line of the ninctii-jifth section of the said Upper Canada Common School Act, the phrase, " The Cour.cy Council shall divide," shall read " The County Council shall have authority to divide," Ac. ^) **fe* PART II.— AN ACT RESPECTTN(; PROTESTANT AND COLOURED SEPARATE SCHOOLS. (Upper Canada Consolidated Statutes, 22 Vic. chap. 65.) Her Majehtt, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Coiui- cil and Assembly o^ Cuuiula, enacts as follows : Conditions on which Separate Srhools for Protestants or Coloured People may > be established — Limits. ' 1. Upon the application in writinp of twelve or more heads of families resi- dent in any township, city, town, or incoriK)rated village, being Protestants, the Municipal Council of the said township, or the hoard of school trustees of any such city, town, or incorporated village, shall uiithoHze the establishment there- in of one or more separate schools for Protestants ; and upon the application in writing of twelve or more heads of fiunilies resident in any township, city, town, or incorporated villa.;e, being coloured people, the council of such township, or the board of school trustees of any such city, town, or incorporated village, shall authorize the estal>lishment therein of one or more separate schools for coloured people, and in every such case, such council or Iward, as the case may be, shall prescribe the limits of the section or sections of such schools. The following proviso shall be added to section one of chapter sixty-five of the Consolidated Statutes of Upper t.'anada, and be taken and read as ]>art thereof : " Provided always that no ]iers(m shall he deemed a sui)porter of any separate school for coloured people tinless he resides within three miles, in a direct line, of the site of the school house for such sejiarate school ; and any coloured child residing further than three miles, in a direct line, from the said school house, shall be allowed to attend the common school of the section within the limits of which the said child shall reside." Three Trustees — Election same as in Common School. 2. There shall be three trustees for each separate school, and the first meeting for the election of such trustees, shall be held and conducted in the manner, :and accordin;? to the rules orovided in the sixth to the eleventh sections of the act respecting commuu aciiools for holding the first school meeting in a new ■Hchool section. 74 Commeneenunt 0/ Separate School and Itegvlationt. 3. Each such neparate school shall go into opuration at the same time as ix providud in the cohu of ulturcresaid for the support of such separate school ; nor shall such exemption extend to school rates, or taxes imposed or to be imposed to pay for school houses, the erection of which was undertaken or entered into before the establishment of such separate school. Ifot to share in Municipal Assessment. 9. Such separate schools shall not share in any school money raised by local municipal assessment. Share of Legislative School Grant determined. 10. Each such separate school shall share in such Leg:iRlative Common School Grant according to the yearly average number of pupils attending such separate school, as compared with the average number of pupils attending the common schools in each such city, town, incorporated village, or township ; the mean at- tendance of pupils for winter and summer being taken. Certificate of Teachers to be siffned by Trutteei. 11. A certificate of qualification, signed by the majority of the trustees of such, separate school, shall be sufficient for any teacher of such schooL '"<) n ITalf-yenrly retumn to he tent to the Loi'al Suptrintendent. 12. Tl)n truRturs of each Huch Hcparat« m;linoI simll, on nr l)ef()ru the thirtieth day uf J\inf l)t>cuinl>tir "f uacli year, tranHniit to the Local HuiM'rintt-ndunt of nchooU a correct return of the nanien '.t tdl J'rott«tantii or coh)ured PcrNoiiH (iih tho caite may be), who Havw Hunt children to, or sub- HcrilMid aft afon-Huid for tho Hup{Nirt of sucli Hoparate ichool (hiring the then laut prHcediiiK i«ix tnonthx, and the nanieH of the chiUlron sent, and the amount Hub< Bcribud by tiivni renpectivuly, t(i|k(ether witli the avorai(ti atteudauce of pupiU in Buoh •ex)ai'atu ttchooi during hucIi period. Local Superintendent to report to Clerk and Truitee$. V.i. The Local Superintendent Hhall, upon the receipt of Huch return, forthwith make a return to the clerk of the municipality, and to the trusteen of the com- mon flchool auction or niufuci]iality in which nuch Heparate school is extabliHhod, Htatin^ the namexof all the purHonH, who, btnu^' Protestants or coloured i>cuple /M the case may be), contribute or send children to such separate school. Clerks and Truttees to exempt from Rates aupportert of Separate Schools. 14. Except for any rate for building .school houses, undertaken before the establishment of such sejiarate hcIjooIs, the clerk Hhall not include in the collec- tor's roll for the general or other school rate, and the trustees or board of trus- teefl shall not include in their school rulLs any person whose name appears upou Buch last mentioned retuni. ^f) %•. i Township Clei'k to allow me of Assessor's Roll, , . * 15. The clerk, or other officer of tho municipality within which such separate School is established, having posMe.ssion of the assessor's or collector's roll of tho Baid municipality, shall allow any one of the said trustees, or their authorized collector, to make a coi>y of such roll as far as it relates to their school section. Common School Act to apply to Separate Schools. f 16. The provision of the one hundred and thirty-eighth section of the Act re- specting Common Schools shall apply to the trusteea and teachers of such separate schools. j,.^ j, _ Separate School Trustees to have same power as Common School Trustees, 17. The trustees of each such separate school shall be a body cori)orate, under the name of the "Trustees of the Separate School of (as the case may he), in the Township, City, or Town (as the ccue may be), of ," and shall have the same power to impose, levy, and collect school rates or subscriptions, upon and from persons sending children to or subscribing towards the 8upi)ort of the separate school, as the trustees of a common school section have to impose, levy, and collect school rates or subscriptions from persons having property in the section, or sending children to or subscribing towards the support of tne com- mon school of such section. ..-Vi> 9f AN ACT TO RESTORE TO ROMAN CATHOLICS IN UPPER CANADA CERTAIN RIGHTS IN RESPECT TO SEPARATE SCHOOLS. 26 Victoria, chapter 5. — Assented to 5th of May, 1863. Preamble. 'ITT'HEREAS it is jtist and projif to restore to Roman CathoHca in Vf Upper Canada certain rights which they formerly enjoyed in respect to Separate Schools, and to bring the provisions of the law respecting Separate Schools more in harmony with the provisions of the law respecting Common Schools : Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : — Roman Catholic Separate School Act of 1855 repealed, I. Sectioi.3 eighteen to thirty-six, both inclusive, o' chapter sixty- five of the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada, intituled, "An Act respecting Separate Schools," are hereby repealed, and the follow- ing shall be substituted in lieu thereof, and be deemed to form part of the same Act. Five Roman Catholic heads of families may call a meeting. II. Any 'lumber of persons, not less than five, being heads of families, p.nd freeholders or householders, resident within any school section of any township, incorporated village, or town, or within any ward of any city or town, and being Roman Catholics: , may convene a publ'O meeting of pei-sons desiring to establish a Separate School for Roman Catholics, in such school section or ward, for the election of trustees for the management of the same. Majority present at School Meeting to elect three Trustees. III. A majority of the persons present, being freeholders or house- holders, and bemg Roman Catholics, and not candidates for election as trustees, may, at any such meeting, elect three perrons resident within such section, or an adjoiring section, to act as t'nstees for the management of such Separate School, and any person, being a British subject, not less than twenty-one years of age, may be elected as a trustoe, whether he '^e a freeholder or householder, or not. it, i«r* 77 TD Notice of Establishment of Eoman Catholic Separate ScJiool. , IV. Notice in writing that such meeting has been held, and of such election of trustees, shall be given by the parties present at such meet- ing to the reeve or head of the municipality, or to the Chairman of the Board of Common School Trustees, in the tewnship, incorporated village, town, or city in which such school is about to be established, designating by their names, professions, and residence, the persons elected in the manner aforesaid, as tnistees for the management thereof : and every such notice shall be delivered to the proper officer by one of the triistees so elected, and it shall be the duty of the officer receiving the same to endor.ie thereon the date of th . receipt thereof, anu to deliver a copy of the same so endorsed and duly certified by him to such trustee, and iroD\ the day of the delivery and receipt of every such notice, or in the event of the neglect or refusal of such officer to deliver a copy so endorsed and certified, then from the day of the delivery of such notice, the trustees therein named shall be a body corporate, under the name of "The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Separate School for the Section Number , in the to^vnship of , or for the ward of , in the city or town (as the case in the county of may be), or for tlie village of — [The Provincial Statutes General Interpretation Consolidated Act, 22 Vict., chap. 5, further adds in regard to corporations : 6, * * * * ** Twenty-fourthly. Words making any association or number of per- sons a corporation, or body politic and corporate, shall vest in such corporation power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, by their corporate name, to have a common seal, and to alter or change the same at their pleasure, and to have perpetual succession, and power to acquire and hold personal property or movables for the piirposea for which the corporation is constituted, and to alienate the same at pleasure ; and shall also vest in any majority of the members of the corporation, the power to bind the others by their acts, and shall exempt the individual members of the corporation from personal lia- bility for its debts or obligations, or acts, provided they do not contra- vene the pro isioiis of the Act incorporating them ; but no corporation shall carry on the business of banking (i. e. , taking or issuing promissory notes, «&c.), imless when such power is expressly conferred on them by the Act creating such corporation.] Board of It. C, Separate School Trustees in Cities and Toxons. Y, The trustees of Separate Schoo's heretofore elected, or hereafter to be elected, according to the provisions of this Act, in the several wardi of any city or town, shall form one body corporate, under the title of "The Board of Trustees of the Roman Catholic Separate Schools for the City (or Town) of ." , . . ' .; ./ 3 Union of B. C. Separate Schools in one or more Sclwol Sections. YI. It shall be lawful for the majority of the rate-paying supporters of the Separate School, in each Separate School Ecotion, vhether the sections be in the same or ; djoining municipalities, at a public meeting duly called by the Separate School Trustees of each such section, to form such sections into a Separate School union section, of which union of sections the trustees shall give notice within fifteen days to* 78 the clerk or clerks of the municipality or municipaliti =!, and to the Chief Superintendent of Education; and each such S irate School union section thus formed, shall be deemed one scho< ction for all Roman Catholic Separate School purposes, and shall every year there- after be represented by three tinistees, to be elected as in Common School sections. Union R. C. Separate School Section — Corporation formed. 2. And the said trustees shall form a body corporate, under the title of * ' The Board of Tnistees of the Roman Catholic United Sepa- rate Schools for the United Sections Nos. (as the case may be), in the (as the case may be)." Powers of Roman Catholic Separate School Trustees, VTI. The trustees of Separate Schools forming a body corporate under this Act, shall have the same power to impose, levy, and collect school rates or subscriptions, upon and from persons sending children to, or subscribing towards the support of such schools, and shall have all the powers in respect of Sepam+e Schools, that the trustees of Common Schools have and possesr under the provisions of the Act relating to Common Schools. R. C. Sep. School Tnistees muy copy Assessment Roll of Municipality. VIII. The clerk or other officer of a municipality, within or adjoin- ing which a Separate School is established, having possession of the Assessor's or Collector's roll of the said municipality, shall allow any one of the said trustees, or their authorized collector, to make a copy of such roll in so far as it relates to the persons supporting the Separate School under their charge. Declaration of Office by Roman Catholic Separate School Trustees, IX. The trustees of Separate Schools shall take and subscribe the following declaration before any Justice of the Peace, Reeve, or Chair- man of the Board of Common Schools : — 'I, , will truly and faithfully, to the best of my judgment and ability, discharge the duties of the office of School Trustee to which I have been elected ;" and they shall perform the same duties, and be subject to the same penalties, as trustees of Common Schools ; and teachers of Separate Schools shall be liable to the same obligations and penalties as teachers of Common Schools. Term of Office of Roman Catlwlic Separate School Trustees. ■ X. The trustees of Separate Schools shall remain respectively in office for the same periods of time that the trustees for Common Sch jola do, and as is provided by the thirteenth section and its sub-sections of the Common School Act of the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada; but no trustee shall be re-elected without his consent, unless after the expiration of four years from the time he went out of office : Provided always, that whenever in any city, or town divided into wards, a united board now exists, or shall be hereafter established, there shall be for every ward two trustees, each of whom, after the first election ->> M. y 79 ■.^) -of trustees, shall continue in office two years, and until his successor has been elected, and one of such trustees shall retire on the second Wednesday in January, yearly in rotation ; and provided also, that at the firut meeting of the trustees after the election on the second Wednesday in January next, it shall be determined by lot which of the said trustees, in each ward, shall retire from office at tne time Appointed for the then next annual election, and the other shall con- tinue in office for one year longer. , . , Period 0/ Office — Time and Mode of R. C. Sep. School Trustee election. XI. After the establishment of any Separate School, the trustees thereof shall hold office for the same period, and be elected at the same time in each year that tlie tnistees of Common Schools are, and all the provisions of the Common School Act relating to the mode and time of election, appointments and duties of Chairman and Secretary at the annual meetings, term of office, and manner of filling up vacan- cies, shall be deemed and held to apply to this Act. Momati Catholic Children admitted from other School Sections. XII. The trustees of Separate Schools may allow children from other fichool sections, whose parents or lawful guardians are Roman Catho- lics, to be received into any Separate School under their management, at the request of such parents or guardians ; and no children attending such school shall be inf^luded in the return hereafter required to be made to the Chief Superintendent of Education, unless they are Roman Catholics. B. C. Separate School Teachers' Certificate of Qualification. XIII. The teachers of Separate Schools under this Act shall be subject to the same examinations, and receive their certificates of qualification in the same manner as Common School teachers generally; provided, that persons qualified by law as teachers, either in Upper or Lower Canada, shall be considered qualified teachers for the purposes of this Act. Supporters of B. C. Sep. Schools exempted fro-in Common School Rates. XIV. Every person paying rates, whether as proprietor or tenant, who, by himself or his agent, on or before the first day of March in any year, gives, or who, on or before the first day of March, of the present year, has given to the clerk of the mujiicipality notice in writ- ing that he is a Roman Catholic, and a supporter of a Separate School situated in the said municipality, or in a mimicipality cont.^uous thereto, shall be exempted from the payment of all rates imposed fox the support of Common Schools, and of Common School Libraries, or for the purchase of land, or erection of buildings for Common Sciiool purposes, within the city, town, incorporated village, or section in which he resides, for the then current year, and every subsequent year thereafter, while he continues a supporter of a Separate School. And Buch notice shall not be required to be renewed annually ; and it shall be the duty of the trustees of every Separate School to transmit to the clerk of the municipality, or clerks of the municipalities (as the case may be), on or before the first day of June in each year, a correct list of the names and residences of all persons supporting the Separate Schools under their management ; and every raie-payer whose name- shall not appear on such list shall be rated for the support of Common Schools. Certijicate of notice to municipal clerk to be gioen by him. ■ XV. Every clerk of a municipality, upon receiving any such notice, shall deliver a certilicate to the person giving such notice, to the eflfect that the same has been given, and showing the date of such notice. J,. ,.,, . , Penalty for fraiululent notice. XVI. Any person who fraudulently gives any such notice, or wilfully makes any false statement therein, shall not thereby secure any exemp- tion from rates, and shall be liable to a penalty of fiji-ty dollars, re- coverable with costs, before any Justice of the Peace at the suit of the municipality interested. Exem2}tion as to Common School rates already imposed. XVII. Nothing in the last three preceding sections contained shall exempt any person from paying any rate for the support of Common Schools or Common School Libraries, or for the erection of a school house or school houses, imposed before the establishment of such Separate School. . Persons may withdraw their support from R. G. Separate Schools. XVIII. Any Roman Catliolic, who may desire to withdraw his sup- port from a- Separate School, shall give notice in writing to the clerk of the municipality, before the second Wednesday in January in any year, otherwise he shall be deemed a supporter of such school : Pro- vided always, that any person who shall have withdrawn his support from any Roman Catholic Separate School, shall not be exempted from paying any rate for the 8api)oi-t of Separate Schools or Separate School Libraries, or for. tlie erection of a Separate School house, imposed be- fore the time of his withdrawing such support from the Separate School. Supporters of a Roman Catholic Separate School defined. XIX. No person shall bo deemed a supporter of any Separate School tmless he resides within three miles (in a dii-ect line) of the site of the school house. Condition of sharing in Legislative School aiid other Grants. ' XX. Every Separate School shall bo entitled to a share in the fund annually granted by the Legislature of this Province for the support of Common Schools, and shall be entitled also lo a share in all c ther pub- lic grants, investments, and allotments for Commor School purposes now made or hereafter to be made by the Province or the municipal authorities, according to the average number of pupils attending such school during the twelve next preceding months, or during the number of months which may have elapsed from the establishment of a nevr Separate School, as compared with the whole average number of pupils attending school in tho same city, town, village, or township. r, -> 81 J2. Catholic Separate Schools not to sJiare in Municipal Asseiament. XXI. Nothing herein contained shall entitle any such Separate School witliin any city, town, incorporated village, or township, to any part or portion of school moneys arising or accruing from l«jcal assess- ment for Common School purposes within the city, town, village, or township, or the county or union of counties within which the city, town, village, or township is situate. Half-Yeariy Return to be sent to Chief Superintendent, XXII. The trustees of each Separate School shall, on or before tlie thirtieth day of Juno, and tlie thirty-first day of December of eveiy year, trauaiuit to tlio Chief Superintendent of Education for Upj)er Canada, a coiTcct return of tlie names of the children attending such school, together with the average attendance during the six next pro- ceding months, or during the number of months which have elai)3ed since the establishment thereof, and the number of mouths it has been 8o kept open ; and the Chief Superintemlunt shall thereupon determine the proportion which the trustees of such Separate School are entitled to receive out of the L(>gislative Grant, and sliall pay over the amount thereof to such trustees. Who are Visitors of Roman Catholic Separate Schools, XXIII. All judges, members of the Legislature, the heads of the inunicipal Ixxlios in their respective localities, the Chief Sui)erinten- dent and Local Superintendent of Connnon Schools, and clergymen of the lioman Catholic Church, shall be visitors of Separate Schools. Election, of Roman, Catholic Separate School Trustees void in certain cases. XXIV. The election of trustees for any Separate School shall become void, unless a Separate School bo establisheil under their management ■witliiu three moiiths from the election of such trustees. L^ supporters of R. C. Sep. Schools not to vote at Common School Elections. XXV. No person subscribing towards the support of a Separate School established as herein provided, or sending children thereto, shall be allowed to vote at the election of any ti-ustee for a Couuuon School in the city, town, village, or towusliip in which such Separate School is situate. Official Inspection of Roman Catholic Separate Schools. XXVI. The Roman Catholic Separate Schools (with their registers) shall be subjuct to such inspection as may be directed from time to time by the Chief Superintendent of Education, and shall be subject also to such regulations as may be imposed from time to time by tlie Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada. Disagreement betvoeen Roman Catholic Tt'ustees and Officials. XXVII. In the event of any disagreement between trustees of Soman Catholic Separate School -< and local superintendents of rJom- luon Schools, or other municipal authorities, the case in dispute shall F 1 he referred to the equitahle arhitration of the Chief Superintendent of Education in Upper Canada, subject, nevertheless, to appeal to the Governor in Council, whose award sliall be final in all cases. mien this Act takes effect. XXVIII. This Act shall come into force, and take effect from and after the tliirty-first day of December next ; but all contracts and en- gagements made and rates imposed, and all corporations formed under the Separate School law hereby repealed, shall remain in force as if made under the authority of tliis Act. DIVISION III. PART T.-OENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, GOVERNMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [Prescribed by I 83 c*A ■<«. r^Ni 4. Local Siiperhitendents of schools in rural sections are required, by the bixth clause of the ninetij-Jirst section of the same Act, " To see that all the schools are uianagecl and conducted according to law." The eleventh clause of the same section also requires him " To act in ac- cordance with the regulations and instructions provided for his guidance. ' 5. County or Circuit Boards of Public Instruetion are required, by the fourth clause of the uinetij-eighth section of the same Act, " To ex- amine and give certificates of qualification to teachers of Common Schools * * * as prescribed in a programme of examination and in- structions provided for that purpose." C. ISuperannuated Common School teachers in Upper Canada, as per clause six of the one hundred and nineteenth section of the Act, and the regulations. i . The Roman Catholic Separate School Act declares that, "The Roman Catholic Separate Schools shall be subject to such regulations as may bo imposed, from time to time, by the Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada." 1. Hours of Daily Teaching, Holidays, and Vacations. 1. The hours of teaching each day shall not exceed six, exclusive of all the time allowed at noon for recreation. Nevertheless, a less num- ber of hours for daily teaching may be determined upon in any school at the option of the trustees. 2. Good Friday, the Queen's Birthday, and every Saturday shall be A holiday as directed by the statute. 3. There shall be two vacations in each year ; the first, or summer vacation, shall continue for two weeks from the first Monday in Aihgust; the second, for eight days, at Christmas. Note. — In citits, towns, aiui incorporated villayes, the summer vaca- tion shall continue /yi if> 87 .■*"--> discipline in his Hchool, according to the authorized forms and regula- tions." Tho law makes it tlie duty of the Chief SuperinteiKjlent of Education to provide tho forms ; and the Cuuii^il of Public Inatrudion prescribes the following re<{ulations for the guidance of the teachers in the conduct and discipline of their schools. It shall be the duty of each master of a common and separate school : 1. To receive courteously tho visitors appointed by law, page 78, and to afford them every facility for inspecting the books used, and to ex- amine into the state of the school ; to have the visitors' book open, that the visitors may, if they choose, enter remarks in it. The fruipiency of visits to the school by intelligent persons animates t)ie pupils, and greatly aids the faithful teacher. 2. To keep the registers accurately and neatly, according to the pre- scribed forms ; which is the more important under tlie Common and Separate School Acts, as they authorize the distribiition of the school grants according to the average attendance of pu2)ils attending each school. 3. To classify the children according to the books used ; to study those books himself, and to teach according to the improved method recommended in their prefaces. 4. To observe liimself, and to impress upon the minds of the pupils the great rule of regularity and order, — a time and a place for aVEBYTHINO, AND EVERYTHING IN IT.S PROPER TIME AND PLACE. 5. To promote, both by precept and example, clean linesh, nbat- KESS, and decency. To uffe'^.t this the teacher should set an example of cleanliness in his person, and i:: the state and general appearance of the school. He should also s.atisfy himself by personal inspecti(»n every morning, that the children have had their hands and faces washed, their hair comi)ed, and clothes cleaned, and, when necessary, mended. The school apartments, too, should be swept and dusted every morn- ing. 6. To pay the strictest attention to the morals and general conduct of his pupils, to omit no opportunity of inculcating the principles of Truth and Honesty, the duties of respect to superiors, and obedience to all persons placed in authority over them. 7. To evince a regard for the improvement and general welfare of his pupils, to treat them with kindness combined with firmness, and ta aim at governing them by their a£fections and reason, rather than by harshness and severity. 8. To cultivate kindlj"- and affectionate feelings among his pupils ; to discountenance quarreling, cruelty to animals, and every approach to vice. 9 Punctually to observe the hours for opening and dismissing the^ school. Shall, also, during the school hours, faithfully devote himself to the public service ; shall see that the exercises of the school be opened and closed each morning and evening as stated in the preceding part of this section ; shall daily exert his best endeavours, by example- and precept, to impress upon the minds of pupils the principles and inor»,ls of the Christian religion, especially those virtues of piety, truth, patriotism, and humanity, which are tlie basis of law and freedom, and the cement and ornament of society. 10. To practise such dbcipline in his school as would be exercised by a judicious parent in his family; avoiding corporal punishment, except when it shall appear to him to be imperatively necessary ; and in all such cases he shall keep a record of the offences and punishments, for IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // I // V ^ %' % 1.0 I.I 1.25 la 11115 IIP 2 m 1.4 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation 4. \\ "% V <^ "^ % V f. "9.^ 6^ > 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 I fe'x Q< &?- l\ 88 the inspection of the trustees, at or before the next public examination, when the said record shall be destroyed. 11. For gross misconduct, or a violent or wilful opposition to his authority, the master may suspend a pupil from attending at the school, forthwith informing the parent or guardian of the fact, and the reason of it, and communicating the same to the trustees, throagh the chairman or secretary. But no pupil shall be expelled without the authority of the trustees. 12. When the example of any pupil is very hurtful to the school, and in all cases where reformation appears hopeless, it shall be the duty of the master, with the approbtition of the trustees, to expel such pupU from the school. But any jjupil under the public censure, who shall •express to the master his regret for such a course of conduct, as openly and explicitly as the case may require, shall, with the appi'obation of the trustees and master, be re-admitted to the school. 13. The tnistees having made such provision relative to the school house and its appendages, as are required by the fourth clause of the twenty-seventh section, and the seventh clause of the seventy-ninth sec- tion of the Upper Canada Consolidated Common School Act, it shall be the duty of the master to give strict attention to the proper ventila- tion and temperature, as well as to the cleanliness of the school house ; he shall also jirescribe such rules for tne use of the yard and out-build- ings connected with the school house, as will insure their being kept in a neat and proper condition ; and he shall be held responsible for any want of cleanliness about the premises. 14. Care should be taken to have the school house ready for the re- ception of pupils at least fifteen minutes before the time prescribed for opening the school, in order to afford shelter to those who may arrive before the appointed hour. 3. Duties of Pupils. 1. Pupils must come to school clean in their persons and clothes. 2. Tardiness on the part of pupils shall be considered a violation of the rules of the school, and shall subject the delinquents to such penalty as the nature of the case may require, at the discretion of the master. 3. No pupil shall be allowed to depart before the hour appointed for closing school, except in case of sickness, or some pressing emergency ; and then the master's consent must first be obtained. 4. A pupil absenting himself from school, except on account of sick- ness, or other urgent reasons satisfactory to the master, forfeits his standing in the class, and his right to attend the school for the re- mainder of the quarter. 6. No pupil shall be allowed to remain in the school unless he is fur- nished with the books and requisites required to be used by him in the school ; but in case of a pupil being in danger of losing the advantages of the school, by reason of his inability to obtain the necessary hodbm or requisites, through the poverty of his parent or guardian, the trus- tees have power to procure and supply such pupil with the books and requisites needed. 6. The tuition fees, as fixed by the trustees, whether monthly or quarterly, shall be payable in advance ; and no pupil shall have aright to enter or continue in the school until he sliall have paid the appointed fee. I I W 89 t ; fT) t > §mvtmmt 0f ^m\c ^n$U\i(im Uv 0ttt»dff. DEPARTMENTAL NOTICES TO MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL CORPORATIONS IN ONTARIO FEEE PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRAEIES IN ONTAEIO. ' ., The Public School Libraries are becoming the crown and glory of the institutions of the Province."- Lord Elgin at the Provincial Exhibition, Sept., 1854. " Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land, i , i The fifty-second section enacts that each county council shall raise by assessment, such sums of money as it may judge expedient for the establishment and maintenance of a county common school library. 3. Township Mtmieipal Councils. ., .. The thirty-fourth section enacts that township councils may levy auch sums as they judge expedient for purchasing books for a township library, under such regulations as may be provided in that behalf. 4. Trustees of Rural School Sections. The twenty-seventh section of the Consolidated Common School Act, makes it the duty of trustees ♦ ♦ * (19) To appoint a Librarian, and to take such steps authorized by law as they may judge* • For Library Regulations, see " Library Manual." w 90 expedient, for the establishment, safe keeping, and proper management of a school library in their section, whenever provision has been made and carried into effect for the establishment of school libraries. 5. Boards of School Tnistees in Cities, Tovms and Villages. The sewn^y-nm^/i section of the same Act, provides that "It shall be the duty of the Board of School Trustees of every city, town and village respectively. * * (7) To do whatever they may judge expedient * ■* * for estab- lishing and maintaining school libraries. (11) To prepare from time to time and lay before the municipal council of the city, town or village, an estimate of the sums which they think requisite * * (e) For the establishment and maintenance of school libraries. * (15) * * * to appoint a librarian to take charge of school library or libraries when established. 6. School Visitors. The one hundred and second section enacts that school visitors may devise such means as they deem expedient for promoting the establish- ment of libraries and the diffusion of useful knowledge. 7. Boards of Puhlie Instruction. The second clause of the ninety-eighth section empowers county boards of public instruction to adopt all lawful means in their power, as they may judge expedient, to promote the establishment of school libraries and to diffuse useful knowledge in the county or circuit. f 8. Local S^iperintendents. The twelfth clause of the ninety-eighth section, sub clause (/), enacts that it shall be the duty of each local superintendent to prepare and transmit to the Chief Superintendent of Education an annual report which shall state the number of libraries under his superinten- dence ; their extent, and how established and supported. •■'i ■■ |9. Public Bodies which can Establish School Libraries. From the foregoing extracts from the school law, it will be seen that, the following municipalities and school corporations are authorized to provide means for the establishment and support of public school libraries in Upper Canada, f 1. County, city, town, township, and village councils, , , , 2. Boards of school trustees in cities, towns, and villages. .^^lw'iI 3. Trustees of rural school sections. '^'''^' -f^ 1 »N^ 10. Duties of School Authorities in regard to School Libraries. It will also be seen from the above, that it is the o£Bcial duty and * The Board may also raise this money themBelves by a direct tas. i* See Departmental Notices. if ), e 1- it. o lol 1 > K^ id 91 privilege of local superintendents, school visitors, and boards of public instruction, to aid, with their council and advice, in the general estab« lishment of Public School libraries throughout the country. Where trustees neglect to comply with the library regulations in . maintaining the library provided for their section by the municipality, the local superintendent is authorized to withhold the apportionment of the school fund from their section until the regulations are complied with. They likewise subject themselves to the additional penalties, by the twenty-third and thirtij-^rst sections of the Consolidated Common School Act of Upper Canada. The property of every public library is exempt from taxation. One hundred per cent, is allowed by the Chief Superintendent on all sums over Jive dollars remitted to the Depart- ment for library books, maps, apparatus, and prize books. 2. REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR SELECT- ING LIBRARY AND PRIZE BOOKS FOR THE SCHOOLS. In his Special Report in 1858, the Chief Superintendent thus refers ■ to the regulations for selecting Library and Prize Books for the Schools : — (Lord Elgin's Opinion of these Begulations.) •* If anything could add force to the official documents referred to [detailing the establishment of our library system], it would be the personal testimony of the Earl of Elgin, who was Governor-General of Canada during the whole period of the establishment and maturing of the Normal and Library branches of the school system, who fam- iliarized himself with its working, and aided on every possible occas- ion in its development. On one occasion, his Lordship happily termed the Normal School ' the seed-plot of the whole system ; on another occasion, with no less force than heart, he designated ' Township and County Libraries as the crown and glory of the institutions of the Province. ' Oh his resigning the Government of Canada, Lord Elgin pre- pared and presented to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies an elaborate report of his Canadian administration. In that report, dated December, 1854, he devotes several pages to a- comprehensive view of our school system, including a minute account of the system of public library, and the general machinery and admin- istration of the school law and its results. ♦ ♦ * After adverting to the comparative state ci education in Upper Canada in the years from 1847 to 1853 inclusive, Lord Elgin proceeded as follows : — " In the former of these years the Normal School, which may bo considered the foundation of the system, was instituted, and at the close of the latter, the first volume issued from the Educational De- partment to the public school libraries, which are its crown and com- pletion. If it may be affirmed of reciprocity with the United States, that it introduces an era in the commercial history of the Province ; BO may it I think be said of the latter measure, that it introduces a new era in its educational and intellectual history. The subject is so important that I must beg leave to say a few words upon it before pro- oeedix. to other matters. In order to prevent misapprehension, how- IBiP 92 ever, I may observe that the term school libraries does not imj^ly that the libraries in question are specially designed for the benefit of com- mon school pupils. They are, in point of fact, public libraries iritend- ed for the use of the general population ; and they are entitled school libraries, because their establishment has been provided for in the School Acts, and their management confided to the school authorities. " Public school libraries then, similar to those which are now being introduced into Canada, have been in operation for several years in some States of the neighbouring Union, and many of the most valu- able features of the Canadian system have been borrowed from them. In most of the States, however, which have appropriated funds for library purposes, the selection of books has been left to the trustees appointed by the different districts, many of whom are ill qualified for the task, and the consequence has been that the travdling peddlers, who offer the most showy books at the lowest prices, have had the principal share ill furnishing the libraries. In introducing the system into Canada, pre- cautions have been taken, which, I trust, will have the effect of oboiating this great evil. ' " In the School Act of 1850, which first set apart a sum of money for the establishment and support of school libraries, it is declared to be the duty of the Chief Superintendent of Education to apportion the sum granted for this purpose by the legislature under the following con- dition : ' That no aid should be given towards the establishment and support of any school library, unless an equal amoiiiit be contributed or expended from local sources for the same object ; ' and the Council of Public Instruction is required to examine, and at its discretion to recommend or disapprove of text-books for the use of schools, or books for school libraries. * Provided, that no portion of the legisla- tive school grant shall be applied in aid of any school in which any book is used that has been dioapproved of by the Council, and public notice given of such disapproval.* Extracts from the Minutes of the Council of Public Listruction, Dated 2nd August, 1858. *' The Council of Public Instruction, in the discharge of the respon- sibility thus imposed upon it, has adopted, among the general regula- tions for the establishment and management of public school libraries in Upper Canada, the following rule : — ' In order to prevent the intro- duction of improper books into libraries, it is required that no book shall be admitted into any public school library established under these regulations, which is not included in the catalogue of public school library books prepared according. to law ; ' and the principles by which it has been guided in performing the task of selecting books for these libraries, are stated in the following extract from, the minutes of its proceedings : — " * The Council regards it as imperative that no work of a licentious, vicious, or immoral tendency, and no works hostile to the Christian religion, should be admired into the libraries. ''*' * The first and part of the second of these paragraphs have been adopted ver- batim in the new School Law and Regulations of New Brunswick relating to public libraries. L>* /J 93 t4Sl " ' 2. Nor is it in the opinion of the Council, compatible with the objects of the public school libraries, to introduce into them contro- versifil workw on theology, or works of denominational controversy ; although it would not be desirable to exclude all historical and other works in which such topics are referred to and discussed, and it is de- siralile to include a selection of suitable works on the evidences of natural and revealed religion. *' * 3. In regard to works on ecclesiastical history, the Coiincil agree on a selection of the most approved worKs on each side. " ' 4. With these exceptions and within these limitations, it is the opinion of the Council that as wide a selection as possible should be made of useful and entertaining books of permanent value, adapted to popular reading in the various departments of luniian knowledge ; leaving each municipality to consult its own taste, and exercise its own discretion in selecting such books Irom the general catalogue. [" ' 5. A want having been felt by Local Superintendents, and other local scliool autliorities, of a judicious selection of standard works of fiction for the public libraries, it has been represented to the Council of Public Instruction that such a selection would, to a great extent, supersede tlie use of pernicious literature in the country, and would conduce to tlie elevation of literary taste, while the strong desire that is felt for light literature for the leisure hour (lould thus be innocently gratified. The Council acceded to the wish thus expressed in 1868, and have authorized a selection of works of fiction to be placed on the catalogue.] " ' 6. The including of any books in the general catalogue is not to be understood as tlie expression of any opinion by the Council in regard to any sentiments inculcated or combated in such books ; but merely as an acfpiiescenci:, on tlie part of the Council in the purchase of such by any municipality, should it think proper to do so. " ' 7. The general catalogue of books for public school libraries may be modified and enlarged from year to year as circumstances may sug- gest, and as suitable new works of value may appear. ' " The catalogue a!)Ove referred to, and of which I enclose a copy, affords ample proof of the intelligence and liberal spirit in which the principles above stated have been carried oiit by the Council of Public Instruction. The Chief Superintendent observes, that in the case of the libraries established up to the present time, the local authorities have, in a large number of instances, assigned the task of selecting books to the Cliief Superintendent ; that in some they have, by a committee of one or more of themselves, chosen all the books desired by Uiem, and that in otliers they have selected them to the amount of their own appropriation, requesting the Chief Superintendent to choose the remainder to the amount of the apportionment of the library grant. The Chief Superintendent recommends the last as a p .rable mode. The total number of volumes issued from the Educatioiial Department to public libraries in Upper Canada, from November 1853, wlien the issue commenced, to the end of August last, was 62,866. [And to the end of 1869, 237,648 — or, including those sent out as prizes, &c., <&o., 691,561, or nearly 700,000 volumes — nearly ten times the number sent out in Lord Elgin's time.] 'aa* i'' 94 3. REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING BY THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. In addition to the recognition of these principles, the Cliief Superin- tendent hiis deemed it essential, in a national system of public school libraries, to provide for the accomplishment of the following objects. 1. The prevention of the expenditure of any part of the library fund in the purchase and circulation of books having a tendency to subvert public morals, or vitiate the public taste. 2. The protection of any local parties from imposition, by interested itinerant book vendors, in regard to both the prices and the character of books introduced into their libraries. 3. The placing of the remotest municipalities upon aa equal footing with those adjoining the metropolis, in regard to the terms and facili- ties of procuring books, with the single exception of their transmission — which is now becoming safe and easy to all parts of Ontario. 4. The selection, procuring, and rendering etpially acceptable to all the school municipalities of the land, of a large variety of attractive and instructive reading books, and that upon the most economical and ad- vantageous terms. 6. The removal of restrictions upon local exertion, either as to the Bums raised, or the manner of raising them, whether in a school sec- tion, or township, or county, and the encouragement of such exertions, by proportioning in all cases the amount of public aid to the amount raised by local effort. 4. REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPLY OF LIBRARY AND PRIZE BOOKS, MAPS AND APPARATUS, TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. These regulations are as follows : — "1. The Chief Superintendent will add one hundred per cent, to any sum or sums, not less than five dollars, transmitted to the Depart- ment by the Municipal and School Corporations, on behalf of Grammar Schools ; and forward Public Library Books, Prize Books, Maps Appara- tus, Charts, and Diagrams, to the value of the amount thus augmented, upon receiving a list of the articles required. In all cases, it will be necessary for any person, acting on behalf of the Municipal or Trustee Corporation, to enclose or present a written authority to do so, veri- fied by the corporate seal of the Corporation. A selection of Maps, Apparatus, Library and Prize Books, «&c., to be sent, can always be made by the Department, when so desired. " 2. Catalogues and forms of Application will be furnished to School authorities on their application. ** 3. If library and Prize Books be ordered, in addition to Maps and Apparatv J, it will be necessary for the Trustees to send not less than five doUtrs additional for each class of books, &c., with the proper .forms ox application for each class. " 4. The one hundred per cent, will not be allowed on any sum less than five dollars, for each of the three classes of articles, viz. : (1) maps, and apparatus, (2) library and (3) prize books. Text-books can- not be furnished on the terms mentioned above : they must be paid for .at the net catalogue prices. ':\4 %Ji 95 "5 In cases where the Books ordered are not in stock, the Depart- ment selects and sends others of a like character, subject, however, to the approval of the Trustees, S:c. If any errors be discovered, they should be notified at once, and the invoice returned, in order that the errors may be rectified. Should additional Books be required, direc- tions should be given as to the mode of their transmission. " In order to prevent the introduction of improper books into the libraries, it is required that no book shall bo admitted into any Public School Library established under these regulations wliich is not includ- ed in the authorized list of Public School Library Books. " 7. In transmitting an order for any of the articles on sale at the Depository, it should be accompanied M'ith a remittance — and direc- tions should also be given as to the parties to whom the parcel should be sent. When the article ordered is not in stock, the nearest selec- tion to it is made, subject, however, to the approval of the Trustees, 96 the trusteee to have filled up, signed and sealed with a propbk cor- POEATE SKAL, as directed, a copy of the approved Form of Application. On its receipt at the Education Office, the one hundred pur cent, will be added to the remittance, and the order, sa far as the stock in the De- pository will permit, made up and despatched. Should the Trustees have no proper corporate seal, the Department will, on the receipt of $2 additional, have one engraved and sent with the articles ordered. 6, FOUR KINDS OF LIBRARIES WHICH MAY BE ESTAB- LISHED UNDER THE DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS. " The Public Sclionl t.ibraries are becoming the crown and glory of the institutions of the Province." — Lord Khjin. "Had I tlic ixiwor, 1 would scatter Libraric:* over the whole land, as tlio sower howi his seed. — Horace ilann Under the reyulatious of the Department, each County Council can establish /((»r c/((s.sT.S()f lila'arics in their Miuucip;iiityii.s follows : City, Town, Village, and T(nvnsliip Councils can tistaiili-ih the lirst three classes, and school trustees either of the first or third classes. 1. An ordinary Contmua Scliuol Library in each school house for the use of the children and ratepayers. 2. A General Public Lendimj Library, available to all the ratepayers of the Munici))ality. 3. A I'rofi'titiioiMl Library of books on teaching, school organization, language and kindred subjucts, available to teachers alone. 4. A Libi'ary in any J-'ublic Inatiiiitiun, under control of the Muni- cipality, for the use of the inmates, or in the County Jail, for the use of the prisoners. We cannot too strongly urge upon School Trustees the importance and even necessity of providing, (especially during the autuuin and winter months,) suitable reading books for the pupils in their school, either as prizes or in libraries. Having given the pupils a taste for reading and general knoivledge, they should provide some agreeable and practical means of gratifying it. ... , PROFESSIONAL BOOKS SUPPLIED TO LOCAL SUPERIN- I TENDENTS AND TEACHERS. 1. In this catalogue are given the nei prices at which the books and school requisites enumerated therein may be obtained by the Public Educational Institutions of Ontario, from the Depository in connection , with the Department. In each case, cash must accompany the order ' sent. 2. Text-books must be paid for at the full catalogue price. Colleges, private and Sunday schools, will be suppUed with any of the articles mentioned in the catalogue at the prices stated. Loca.1 Superinten- dents and teachers will also be supplied, on the same terms, with such educational works as relate to the duties of their profession. H i *.* ■- n *4 > ».* 7. ROUTINE IN THE DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO THE DEPOSITORY. From the Report of the Committee of the House of Assembly, and from the Memorandum of the Deputy Superintendent laid before the House of Assembly in 1869, with the Chief Superintendent's Return on the subject, we select the following passages relative to the routine observed in the management of the Depository. 1. The Committee of the House of Assembly report as follows : — " Your Committee find that the system adopted by the Department is of so thorough and complete a character, that no funds can by any possibility be received without being checked by proper officers, whose several duties require them to make entries in various books, through which every item can readily be traced. " They find that all moneys received by the Department are regularly deposited to the credit of the Government, with the exception of mo- neys intended to be disbursed in the purchase of articles outside of the institution [Trustees' School seals merely], and that all expenditures are made by cheque, properly countersigned by the different hands of the department to which they respectively belong. ' ' They find that a perfect system of registration of every communi- cation received by the department is maintained, by means of which the several officers to whose department the communication has re- ference, are immediately apprized of the contents, and answers are promptly returned to the same. " Your Committee find that the amount yearly received by the De- partment from the Municipalities for books, maps, »S:c. , is very con- siderable, amounting in 1868, to ^29,004^^^, which sum is paid directly into the Public Treasury, and should be regarded as an offset against the amount granted to the Department. " 2. The memorandum of the Deputy Superintendent states that all orders for England or the United States for books and requisites are prepared by him for approval by the Chief Superintendent. Requi- sitions for articles to be manufactured in the city are supervised by him for approval by the Chief, before having them submitted to tender by the Clerk of Libraries. [Requisitions to the Stationery Office, and all orders for printing to the Queen's Printer, from the Department and Normal School, are made in the same manner.] All contracts, agreements, bills and invoices, are examined, and payment recommended by the Deputy. Bills for articles despatched are compared with the sales paper, and approved by him before being sent off by post. The selling prices of all library and prize books, and all other school requisites received from England and elsewhere, are, under the general scale approved by the Chief Superintendent, determined by th« Deputy for the Clerk of Libraries, before their being marked and put away in their places. The selection of books for local school libraries and prizes, after revisal by the Clerk of Libraries, is examined and approved by the Deputy Superintendent before despatch. The object of this additional supervision is to see that the style, character, and number of the books selected are in accordance with the order and wishes of the Municipal Council, or Grammar, Common, or Separate School Trustees sending the remittance. This care is the more necessary in cases — O T 98 now becoming more numerous every year — when parties leave the selection of library and jjrize books entirely to the Department. In such cases, regard is had to the condition of the school, the number and ages of the scholars, the character of the neighbourhood, whether old or new settlement, and the attainments of the pupils, the nature of the population, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, or mixed nationality — whether Irish, Scotch, or German, &c., or any other- peculiarity suggested by the parties sending the order, or incident to the case. Note. — Great care is taken to prevent the occurrence of mistakes in the Depository, and hitherto with ver}' gratifying success. As a matter of routine, each clerk having anything to do with an order affixes his. initials to it, indicating that part of it for which he is responsible. Thus, in case of complaint, which rarely occurs, any neglect or omis- sion is readily traced. In a year's transactions, involving the sending out about $35,000 worth of material totheschools, not more than from six to eight such cases occur. When they do, the cause is fully in- quired into, and every explanation given. In most instances, it has been found, that the fault or oversight has been with the parties- themselves. ... 8. ASSORTED PRIZE BOOKS IN PACKAGES. Selected by the Department, for Grammar or Common Schools, from the^ Catalogue in assorted packages, as follows : Package No. " No. ii n (( (C it I, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 10. No. 11. No. 12, No. 13, No. 14, No. 15, No. 16, No. 17, No. 18 No. 19, No. 20. Books and Cai'ds, 5cts. to 70cis. each $10- Ditto ditto 5cts. to $1.00 each $ie Ditto ditto Sets, to $1.25 each $20- Ditto ditto lOcts. to $1.50 each $2& Ditto ditto lOcts. to $1.75 each $30 Ditto ditto lOcts. to $2.00 each $36- Ditto ditto 15ct8. to $2.25 each $40' Ditto ditto 15cts. to $2.50 each $46 Ditto ditto 15ctB. to $2.75 each $50' Ditto ditto 20cts. to $3.00 each $5ft Ditto ditto 20cts, to $3.25 each $60 Ditto ditto 20cts. to $3.50 each $66 Ditto ditto 25cts . to $3. 75 each $70 Ditto ditto 25cts. to $4.00 each g7ft Ditto ditto 25cts. to $4.25 each $80 Ditto ditto 30ct8. to $4.50 each $86 Ditto ditto 30cts to $4.75 each $90 Ditto ditto 30cts. to $5.00 each $96 Ditto ditto 35cts. to $5.25 each $100 Ditto ditto 36cts. to $5.50 each $120 U 9 9. SPECIAL PRIZE BOOKS IN PACKAGES. 'Special Prizes, in handsomely bound books, singly at from $1.05 to $5.50. In sets of from two to six volumes of Standard Literature, at from $9.00 to $10.00 per set. Also Microscopes, Drawing Instru- T I i i> 99 ments, Drawing Books, Classical Texts, Atlases, Dictionaries, Smalt Magic Lanterns, Magnets, Conipaases, Cubes, Cones, Blocks, &c. , (fee. \* Trustees are requested to send in their orders for prizes at as early a date as possible, so as to ensure the due despatch of their parcels in time for the examinations, and thus prevent disappointment and delay. 10. SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS AND REQUISITES. Application having been frequently made to the Department for the supply from its Depository of Sunday School Library and Prize Books, Maps and othrr requisites, it is deemed advisable to insert the follow- ing information on the subject. 1. The Department has no authority to grant the one hundred per cent, upon any remittance for Library or Prize Books, Maps or Requis- ites, except on such as are received from Municipal or Public School Corporations in Ontario. Books, Maps and other Reqiiisites suitable for Sunday Schools, or for Library or other similar Associations, can, however, on receipt of the necessary amount, be supplied from the De- pository at the net prices, that is about twenty-five or thirty per cent, less than the usual current retail prices. 2. The admirable books published in England by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and by the London Religious Tract Society, are furnished from the Societies' catalogues at currency for sterling prices (i.e. a shilling sterling book is furnished for twenty cent* Canadian currency, and so on in proportion). These two catalogues will, as far as jiossible, be furnished to parties applying for them. Books suitable for Sunday Schools are received from the other large religioiis societies, Presbyterian and Methodist, and from the various- extensive publishers in Britain and the United States, but the list will be too extensive to publish separately. 3. On receiving the necessary instructions, a suitable selection can be made at the Department, subject to the approval of the parties sending the order. Any books, maps, &c., not desired, which may bo sent from the Depository, will be exchanged for others, if returned, promptly and in good order. 11. PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURE. The Canadian School Apparatus embrace, among other things, Plane- tariums. Tellurians, Lunarians, Celestial Spheres, Numeral Frames, Greometrical Forms and Solids, &c. Also, a great variety of Object Lessons, Diagrams, Charts, and Sheets. Magic Lanterns, with suit- able slides, from $2.40 to $1.20 with objects, Telescopes, Barometers, Chemical Laboratories, beautiful Geological Cabinets, and various other Philosophical Apparatus in great variety. Catalogues and printed Forms of Application may be had at the Depository. General School Iloom Maps, Raised Maps, Map Cases, Rotary Map Standb, Globes, and Elementary School Apparatus relating to Astro- nomy, Natural Philosophy, Pneumatics, Electricity, Electro-Magnet- ism, Optics, Chemistry, &c., &c., may be obtained by schools at the Depository of tie Education Department, Toronto. 100 CANADIAN SCHOOL MAPS AND APPARATUS. Sets of the two new series of maps of Canadian manufacture are now ready, and can be had, by school authorities, at the Education Deposi- tory, Toronto, either singly, in wall cases, or on rotary stands, embrac- ing Maps of the world ; Europe, Asia, Africa and America, of two sizes ; the British Isles, Caanan and Palestine, and British North America. Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, of Canadian manufacture, of the following sizes : three (hemisphere), six twelve and eighteen inches in ■ diameter, and on arious kinds of frames. t» 11. CONFEDERATION MAP OF THE DOMINION, ETC. New Map of British North America, including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Red River, Swan River, Saskatchewan ; sliowing at one view (without any dividing boundaries) the Provinces embraced in the Dominion of Canada, &c. , with a Map of Steamship Routes between Europe and America, &c., &c. 7ft. 9in. by 3ft. Gin. Con- structed and lately published under the supervision of the Education Department ft>r Upper Canada, Price $Q. 12. PRE-PAYMENT OF POSTAGE ON BOOKS. According to the postage law, the postage on all books, printed cir- culars, &c., sent through the post, must be pre-paid by the sender, at the rate of one cent £)er ounce. Local superintendents and teachers ordering books from the Education Department, will therefore please send such an additional sum for the payment of this postage, at the rate specitied, and the customs duty on copyright books, as may be necessary. PART IV.— DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR ONTARIO. ' 1. Education Office. Head of the Department. n: APPOINTED. 1844. The Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D., LL.D., Chief Superintendent of Education. Officers of the Department. 1844. John George Hodgins, i^L.D.. Barrister-at-Law, Deputy Superintendent of Education, and Editor of the Journal of Education for Ontario. 1854. Alexander Marling, LL.B., Chief Clerk and Accountant. 1856. Francis Joseph Taylor, Clerk of Statistics. 1862. Alexander Johnston Williamson, M. D. , Clerk of Correspondence. 1859. John T. R. Stinson, Assistant Clerk of Statistics. 1863. William H. Atkinson, Assistant Clerk of Correspondence. ■; .'? 1858. James Moore, Messenger. ■ OUll iJ: 4 h ▲ 101 Map and Library Deposit Branch. '"^i'^-'O-l ij 1853. Samuel Passmore May, M.D., Clerk of Libraries. ,;.. .-, ,, r 1861. Edward Bid well Cope, Assistant ditto. .,- ;. i . 1806. Henry Wilkinson, Depository Salesman. ., ,,,., . 1869. D'Arcy Beverley Heath, Assistant ditto. , .,, r. 1868. Robert John Bryce, Junior Assistant and Messenger. ,,;,• 1861. Georye Barber, Packer and Messenger. , , , :y 2. Council of Public Instruction. 1846. Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D., LL.D., Chief Superintendent of Educa- tion. 1863. Mofjt Rev. John Joseph Lynch, D.D., Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto. 1846. Very Rev. Henry James ftrassett, B.D., Dean of Toronto. 1846. Hon. Mr. Justice Morrison, Presbytei-ian Church of ( 'auada. 1850. Rev. John Jennings, D.D., United Presbyterian Church. 1857. Rev. John Barclay, D.D., Church of Scotland. 186'^. Hon. Wm. McMaster, Senator, Baptist *Jhurch. 1867. Ven. Thomas B. Fuller, D.D., D.C.L., Archdeacon of Niagara. 1854. Rev. John McCaul, LL.D., President of University College, and the Presidents of the other Colleges affiliated to the University of Toronto. Ex-Officio Members for Grammar School purposes. 1866. Alexander Marling, LL.B., iZct'ort/mi/ CTt'cA-. Inspector of Ch-ammar Schools. 1868. Rev. J. G. D. Mackenzie, M.A. * Normal School. 1858. John Herbert Sangster, M.A., M.D., Head Master. 1866. Rev. Wm. H. Davies, B.D., Second Master. 1844. J. George Hodgins, LL.D., Barrister-at-Law, School Law Lecturer. 1864. WiUiam Armstrong, C.E., Drawing Master. 1867. Samuel Clare, Teacher of Book-keeping and Writing. 1858. Henry Francis Sefton, Music Master. 1852. Major Henry Goodwin, Teacher of Gymnastics and Calisthenics. : Bo]/s' Model Common School. . . 1858. James Carlyle, M.D., Master of the School | 1867. James Hughes, First Assistant. , 1867. William Scott, Second Assistant. , . , ,, ' ,,;,,' GirW Model Common School. , i; - fei i Lt Mi 1867. Martha CuUen, Mistress of the School. 1768. Caroline E. McCausland, First Assistant. 1869. Louisa M. Jones, Second Assistant. !••(- '■' r'-i. In the Model Schools, Writing and Book-keeping, Drawing, Music, Gymnas- tics, and Calisthenics are taught by the masters of these branches in the Normal School, which see. ' Janitor, Gardener, Messenger, Ae. 1848. John Hiurphy, Janitor of Normal and Model Schools. 1862. James Ryan, Messenger and Fumaceman. ^ 1855. James Forsyth, Gardener and Engineer. 1868. , Engineer. 1868. John Moore, Fumaceman and Messenger. k J ^m 102 3. Commnnications with the Education Department 1. As many parties in correspondence with the Education Department do not comply with the postage law m the pre-payment of their letters (thereby in- creasing the postage charge by nearly fifty per cent.), the effect has been to swell unduly this item of the contingencies of the department. It may be that this omission arises from the impression that the official correspondence of the Educational branch of the public service, like that of the Dominion Execu- tive Departments, goes free. But this is an entire mistake, as it is necessary to pre-pay all letters to the Pr .' 1 _ ). ^i !-■ -ik^i , 2. Modern French and English. ► ^ *' ' " 3. Assyrian. - Twl 4. Egyptian. -:n'>'\ n '--:~^ ^^U^^ '^^^■ ). , . 5. Architectural. II. Paintings : 1. Italian School. 2. Flemish School. , ,, } 3. Dutch School. 4. Miscellaneous Dutch and Flemish. 5. German School. ^_^ _ ' ^ ' _ - 6. French School. -^' -'• ■ •'•'..--y-^r'-'-t Y^ Spanish School. III. EnOBAVIHOS : _«..^i f..;:^ ^^ J,,. .!■.,.,. !.„r.,.,,,.,f> !.• r.i,.,(ji 1 On Steel and Copper. ,w ' 2. Lithographs. .t>inn;h> • i^ * 3. Chromo. -Lithographs. *0l> IV. Works Illdstratino the Histobt of Abt, &o. : 1. In French and Italian. ., .,^ «; y^ 2. In English. r.u-^^ ai-i«* y. Otqbb OBJBora of Interest : 1. Illustrations of Mediaeval History, Figures in Armonr,. Weapons, fte. 2. Maps and plans in Relief. 3. Speoimttns of Natural History. 4. Geological Specimens. 5. Models of Agricultural Implements. 6. PhilosophicalModels and School Apparatus. 7. Photographs. Copies of Porcelain and Book Crystal- Ware, Decorative Plate, Bronzes, Sic, &c. I" 106 PAKT VI. NORMAL SCHOOL FOR ONTARIO. APPUOATION FOR ADMISSION TO THB NORMAL SCHOOL, TORONTO. Register, No. of the Session, 187—. Toronto, 187—. DATE. Sib, I desire to apply to you for admission to the Noiroal School for Ontario, iu .accordance with the accompanying Terms of Admission prescribed by the Council of Public Instruction, and to present herewith a certiticate of Moral Character from the Reverend , a Clergyman of the ■ Church, dated the day of 187—. , I have to state that : — 1. I am 2. I reside in the I was bom in . I have resided — of years of age. , County of 3. 4. 5. 6. I years in the Province of Ontario. • Church. I am connected as a member (or hearer) with the I have been a School Teacher for years. 7. I hold a class certificate of qualification from the County Board of Public Instruction for . 8. My last place of teaching was in School Section No. , Township of , 9. I attended the Normal School during the — — Session, ending 18- and obtained a ' class Provincial Certificate, No. ■ , which I will deliver up to you should 1 succeed in obtaining one of a higher grade. I have also to state, that it is my intention to devote myself to the profession of School Teaching, and that my object in coming to the Normal School is to qualify myself better for the important duties of that profession. If admitted to the Normal School, it will be my study to observe the Rules and Regulations of the Institution, and to be diligent in the performance of my duties. I have the honor to be, -t '. . ' ;,; .:ii«i';'.-.-. . Sir, - Your very obedient servant. Ml-^ To SIGN THE NAME IN FULL HBRE. The Chief Superintendent of Education, Education Office, ::*Ke any entries thereon. The application is to be present- ed ir person at the opening of the Session. !■* A higher grade Certificate awarded any Student will not be delivered un- til the one previously obtained shall have been returned to the Department. C>* vVr« TERMS OF ADMISSION INTO THE NORMAL SCHOOL, TORONTO. Authorised by the Council of Public Inatruction for Ontario. . Th« Council op PnsLio Instruction, anxious to adopt such measures aa .appear calcinated to reader the training of the Normal School as thorough as 107 (,■>« 44^ possible, and to diffuse its advantages over every Connty in Ontario as eqaally and as widely as possible, adopts the following regulations in regard to the dur»- tion of the future Sessions of the Normal School, and the mod«t of admitting ■ard facilitating the attendance of students at the Institution. Ordured, I. That the semi-annual Sessions of the Normal School shall be held as follows : (1). The Winter Session shall commence on the 8th dav of January, and close on the 15th day of June. (2.) The Autumn Session snail •commence on the 8th day of A-ugust and close on the 22nd day of December o£ each year ; [and if those daj^n fall on Sunday, the day following,] each Session to be concluded by an examination conducted by means of written questions and answers, and followed by a vacation as prescribed. II. That no male student shall be admitted under eighteen years of age, or a female student under the age of sixteen years. (1 ) Those admitted must pro> duce a certificate of good moral character, dated within at least three months of its presentation, and signed by the clergyman or minister of the religious per* suasion with which they are (connected; (2.) They must be able, for entrance into the Junior Division, to i ad with ease and fluency ; parse a common prose sentence, according to any recognized authority ; write lejjibly, readily ana cor* rectly ; give the definitions of Geography ; have a genflral knowledge of the re- lative positions of the principal countries, with their capitals ; the oceans, seas, rivers, and Islands of the world ; be acquainted with the fundamental rules of arithmetic, common or vulgar fractions, and simple proportion. They must sign a declaration of their intention to devote themselves to the profession of school teaching, and state that their object in coming to the Normal School is to qualify themselves better for the important duties of that profession. III. That upon these conditions, candidates for school-teaching shall be ad- mitted to the advantages of the Institution without any charge either for tuition or the use of the Library. The books which they may be requii-ed to use in the Schoul are supplied at reduced rate. IV. That teachers in training shall board and lodge in the citj in such houses and under such regulations as are approved of by the Council of !i^ublic Instruc« tion. V. That all new candidates for admission in the Normal School must present themselves on the first or second day of the Session, otherwise they cannot be admitted ; and their continuance in the School is conditional upon their dili- ?«nce, progress and observance of the General Regulations prescribed by this !ouncil. VI. That all communications be addressed to the Reverend Dr. RYBBSONy Ohief Superintendent of Education, Toronto. By order of the Council for Public Instruction for Ontario. • , ' -v ,^ Education Office, ''' ^ ' ! f >?: ''^' Toronto, January, 1870, N.B. — Board and Lodging, for Students, may be obtained, at Houses approv- «d by the Council of Public Instruction, at from $2.50 to $3..50 per week. ,^. -s^ ( ; "■.-"-•— .;:',• . 108 H "g 1 ^i^^llll ft s.s p I 5Pe ^m 8 >- § 35'3 •c . 9 g)a^^.* J'S flnaO.^ M tog «= « '2 &'t:( « E o cS'CiS ««0 3 a 2 gJ^J aj^-g o. 5 '*'f/5 71 « ti ff'^ S-« '-"3 ftS^f I SB-its Ssfc"! -5 2 S 2 * Ph PhO q-C « 2 ? 'ij SWMP55 S * -So-so j-.g.a s-^ K-C ,5-5 Si, b., o o tr ,J3 4)1-1 .a -2^"^ Wgg-| ?j i^4> ^"W 109 If I' fj.S o o g c u -^s "5 .2 a H V ^^1S 9. S3 O.'ti U2 ^ I o Q 02 o "* n IB o o ^ S ^ a ** » ^ S £ 3^3 3^^ a 2-H d d I V 60-^ d*i •A is-fl § 12; I a> a -; g.2 S-s^-w oi 2« j£-^^f|| t? a^ 2.S^u !s " •j3'T3 a ,^ a "^ ■g.ao ftio.s-y^ S § R I a o i sl ^ ^ es M IS I 5 S)A< d3 o o n i T 110 list ill-? 8 ■^i .Jl 'a - S o '« ; S.a-a §3 ~ u e> "'''8 •« ^ P "« a" 2 3 o ". c o 3 -a a V Cfl ■=( w 3 • ^ OS rh.^ 1 c«-n *t ♦J •« »^ W o ^'T J .5 4' ^-5 53 a a g ::i|M"S E 3-3"s|o 3Si> 3 5 <5 = 3 .£.3'** Pop 3-2^ 2 c 'E -3 is se * -S a ; i -.•: « § 125 »^^ f"i i i J p4 Ill LIST OF TEXT BOOKS USED IN THE NORMAL SCHOOL TOR ONTARIO, Which are $upplied to Teaehert in Trainivg at Half-Price : A set of Readers. , „yf ,.. ... ., j ,ij iwi. Companion to Headers. Authorized English (Grammars (Introductory and Advanced.) Lo veil's (general Geography. Hodgins' History of Canada. . , ,, j . .,,, > Sullivan's Geography Generaliaedf .' / ' ' . , .^ - /',^, i > Sangster's Arithmetic. . * ,' , Potts' Euclid. ,'', , V ,'.;'.'',.' I'V" . Sangster's Mensuration. , ' ,' ,, ' , ', , Sangster's Algebra. ' , , Y i , Sangster's Philosophy, Part I. and 11, ' V Sangster's Rudimentary Chemistry. .,,', . . .1. , . . V'. ■ Sefton's Manual of Music ' ' "" A Slate. ■ ' ■•■■ ■ ■■■ ' ■ ■ '■' Two Dictation Books. , .^ f , . , Two Note Books. ' . ■'"' '''' ,■,,■''';" ' ' . '' ' Two Writing Books. .','',■■.,'*' '..,'../ Drawing Materials. V ,\ 'v., . ' Two Book-keeping Books. '' . ' ', ' ' ' ,' " '1 ADDITIONAL QUALIFCATIONS FOR HONOUR FIRST-CLASS PROVINCIAL CERTIFCATE3. 1. -Each Candidate to have held an Ordinary First-Class Provincial Certifi*^ cate, Grade A, for one year. II. — To give evidence of having been a successful Teacher. III. — 'I'd stand an Examination in the following subjects, in addition to those j^ necessary for an Ordinary First-Class Certificate, vii. : Ih ^ 1. English History and Literature (Collier). 2. Canadian History and Geography (Hodgins). 3. Outlines of A neient and Modem History and Geography. 4. Latin Grammar (Harkness), and Books IV,, V. and Vl. of Ceesar's Coni' mentaries. 5. Outlines of Geology (Lyell & Chapman's), and Astronomy (Mosley's), in«-' eluding a knowledge of the leading principles of Mental and Moral Philosophy. 6. Science of Teaching, School Organization, Management, &c. 7. Easy Lessons on Reasoning. , 8. Algebra— General Theoiy of Equations, Ima^nary Quantities (Sangster's and Todhunter's). 9. Euclid— Books XL and XII. 10. Trigonometry as far as solution of Plane Triangles (Colenso). 11. Inorganic Chemistry, Sangster's Inorganic, Brand and Taylor's, for Organic. ff ^ 12. The Principles of Book-keeping, Music and Drawing^. Education Office, ToKONTO, December, 1869. PART VII. -FORMS AND REGULATIONS FOR SUPERANNU- ATED COMMON SCHOOL TEA.CHERS. ; Special Notice to Common School Teachers. (1.) Public notice is hereby ^ven to all Teachers of Common Schools in On* tano, or Teachers of the English Branches in Grammar Schools who are legally Sjtialified Common School Teachers, who may wish to avail themselves at any uture time of the advantages of the Superannuated Common School Teachers' Fund, that it will be necessary for them to transmit to the Chief Superintendent, if they have not already done so, their annual subscription at the rate of Tivm dollars per annum, commencing with 1854, if then teaching, and at the rate of 112 .1 III! VOnR dollars p«r annum for the current year. The law authorizing the establiiih- ment of thin fund provides — "Thnt na teachernhall be entitled to $7tare in the laid fund unletf he has contributed to »ueh fund the lum of four dollars, oi' more, per annum." No peniiion will be granted to any teacher who has not contributeu to this fund, wiiile actually engaged in the exercise uf his profesbiou, in accordance with the preceding regulations on the subject. The foUoxcing are the repulationn adopted by the Connril of Public Inttrurtion for Ontario, puraiiant to Vuprm'itioni of the law, on the 2Sth day of April, 1854 : (2.) Every teacher engaged in teaching since 1854, in order to be entitled, when he shall have becom>> luperannuated, to share in this fund, must contribute towards it at the rate of five dollars pkk annum, commencing with 18M, and at the rate of four dollars per annum for the current year ; and no teacher now engaged in teaching shall be entitled to share in this fund who shall not thus contribute to it annually. But the amount of the annual Bubncriptions for the years dtiring which such teachers may hav« taught be/ore the Jii-nl day of Jan- vary, 1854, and for which he may hereafter claim as a superaimuated teacher, may be deducted from the first year's pension to which such teacher may bo entitled. (3.) Shoidd any teacher, having a wife and children, subscribe to this fund, and die w thout deriving any benefit from it, the amount of his subscription, and whatever may accumulate tnereon, shall be naid to bis witions to this fund must be made before the end of the year for which they are intended ; and all — (8. ) Communications and Subscriptions in connection with this fimd must be itiade to the Chief Superintendent of Education for Ontario. (Subscriptions to be sent in as early in the year as possible.) Approved by His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Coim- cil, as notified to the Chief Superintendent of Education, 20th May, 1854. |u Bbharks. — No certificate in favor of an applicant should be signed by any teacher already admitted as a pensioner on the fund ; in all cases they should be signed by a clergyman and other official persons. The forms, when properly filled up and sigri ed, must be returned to the Department, accompanied by cer- tificates from ministers or other ofBcial persons known to the Department. These certificates must furnish satisfactory proof [1] of good moral cnaracter ; [2] of sober, stetkly habits ; and [3] of the number of years of service for which a pen- sion is claimed. These conditions must be strictly complied with, otherwise the application cannot be entertained. The (Council meets to consider all applica- tions in July and December of each year. As soon, therefore, as each case is 'decided, due notice vrill be sent to the applicants, without further application on their paxt. The necessary forms can be obtained from the Department. PART VIII.— REPORT ON THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY A LARGE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE AS- SEMBLY OF ONTARIO. ■ \ Mi tii "4 At the request of the Chief Superintendent of Education, a large Committee • of twenty-tnree, out of eight-two members of the Legislative Assembly, (more 113 1 than one-fourth of the wholo House), wan appointp*! to conHider the (iiiq:gestion« which he had Hubmitted in his two liiHt oifKniu rcporta, rewiiecting certain amend- ments to the < f minniar and I 'omnion School Lawn ; uIho to enciuire into the inanagi'munt and working of the Education Department. VariouH attacks and in\putationH liave been made in past years against tha Chief Superiiitendont and others in the management . ti,, ,| ., IL GREEK. Text Books Prescribed: .1. A First Greek Book, comprising an Outline of Grammar and an Introductory Reader. .By Albert Harkness, Ph.D. A Smaller Grammar of the Greek Language, abridged from the larger Gram- mar of Dr. George Curtis. Greek Lexicon Recommended: (See note above.) > .,• . : :* j Liddeli and Scott's Greek-Euglish Lexicon. ';.••>'{■■. in. ANCIENT HISTORY, CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES. Text Books Prescribed : ' : . ,. ; .,; A Manual of Ancient History. By Dr. Leonhard Schmitz. ' First Stops in Classical Geography. By Prof. James Pillans. .< .. Classical Dictionaries, &c., Recommended : (See note above.) * A Classical Dictionary of Bi(5graphy, Mythology, and Geography. By Wm. Smith, LL.D. A Mo onary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. By Wm. Smith, LL.D., or AC '■» cal Dictionary. By Charles Anthon, LL.D. A M nual of Roman Antiquities. By Charles Anthon, LL.D. A Manual of Gr.=«ek Antiquities. By Charles Anthon, LL.D. ■'( IV. FRENCH. Text Books Prescribed: ' ■ ' ' ■ The Grammar of French Grammars. By Dr. V. De Fivas, M. A. • >''^\ An Introducti(m to the French Language. By De Fivas. I History of Charles XIII. of Sweden. By Voltaire. ,, ■-,■,,■■ Horace : A Tragedy. By Corneille. A Complete Dictionary of the French and English Languages. By Gabriel Sureime. Spiers' New Abridged Etlition. V. ENGLISH. .,..;! Text Books Prescribed ; The Canadian National Series of Reading Books. (Authorized edition.) The Spelling Book, a Companion to the Reader. (Authorized edition.) Miller's Analytical and Practical English Grammar, (Authorized edition.) An ]''r.glish Grammar for Junior Classes. By H. W. Davies, B.D. (Autho- rized edition.) A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical Sketches. By William Francis Collier, LL.D. VL ARITHMETIC AND MATHEMATICS. r Tkxt Books Prescribed : National Arithmetic in Theory and Practice. By J. H. Sangster, M.A., M.D. (Authorized edition.) Elementary Arithmetic for Canadian Schools. By the Rev. Barnard Smith, M.A., and Archibald McMurchy, M.A. Elements of Algebra. Todhunter's or Sangster's. Euclid's Elements of Geometiy. Potts' or Todhunter's. ^ } ^ 117 t-^i VII. MODERN GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. Text Books Pbescribed : Lovell's General Gsography. (Authorized edition.) By J. George Hodgin LL.D., Barrister-at-Law. Easy Lessons in General Geography. By ditto. (Authorized edition.) A School History of the British Jjmpire. By William Francis Collier, LL.D. A History of Canada and of the other British Provinces of North America, By J. George Hodgins, LL.D., Barrister-at-Law. Outlines of General Historj'. By William Francis Collier, LL.D Text Book Recommended : Th« Great Events of History. By William Francis Collier, LL.D. VIII. PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Text Books Prescribed: (See note above.) Introductory Course of Natural Philosophy. Edited from Ganot's Popular Physics, by W. G. Peck, M.A. How Plants Grow : a Simple Introduction to Botany, with Popular Flora. By Asa Gray, M.D. Hooker's bmaller Treatise on Physiology. IX. MISCELLANEOUS. Text Books Recommended : (See note above.) A Comprehensive System of Book-keeping, by Single and Double Entxy. By Thomas R. Johnson. Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry. Published by Authority. Packet Edition (for Squad and Company Drill). The Modern Gymnast. By Charles Spencer. A Manual of Vocal Music. By John Hullah. Three-Part Songs. By H. F. Se'fton, (Authorized edition.) National Mensuration. Scripture Lessons—Old and New Testaments. (National.) Lessens on the Truth of Christianity. (National.) The following books, approved by the whole Committee of the Council of Public Instruction for Quebec, are also sanctioned for use by French pupils, in Common Schools of this Province in which there are both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils : Cours d'Arithmetique Commerciale. (Senecal, Montreal.) Abrege de la Geographie Moderne. (Societe d'Education du Quebec.) La Geographie Moderne de M. Holmes. M.A. Grammaire pratique de la Langue Anglaise. Par P. Saddler. (I aris.) Traite Elementaire d'Aritlimetique. Par. F. X. Toussaint. Le Premier Livre de L'Enfance (de Poitevin). Cours de Versions Anglaises. Par P. Saddler. (Paris.) Grammaire Franfiaise Elementaire. Par F. P. B. For German Schools. Klotz's German Grammar is sanctioned.