(1.) Education Districts.

Where the boundaries of any county comprised in an education district shall be altered under "The Counties Act, 1876," such alteration shall operate with respect to any district constituted under this Act, and shall take effect accordingly.

The Governor may, by Proclamation in the Gazette, and on the request of the Board, bring any of the counties mentioned in the Second Schedule of "The Counties Act, 1876," or any part thereof, under the operation of this Act, and create the same part of an education district.

(2.) Constitution of Boards.

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13. There shall be for every district an Education Board, consisting of nine members, constituted as hereinafter provided:—

(1.)	Between the first and the thirty-first days of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, each of the Committees in each district shall transmit to the Board the names of two persons qualified to be members of the Board, their written consent being first obtained, and the Board shall thereupon publicly notify the names of such persons, and in such notice shall also state the day on which the election of the Board shall be held, and shall also transmit to each Committee the names of such persons. The day of election shall be some day not later than the fifteenth of March.
(2.)	On or before the last day of February in the same year, the Committee in each district shall send to the Secretary of the Board a list in writing, setting forth the full names of not more than nine of the persons whose names have been publicly notified as aforesaid. page 7
(3.)	The Secretary shall carefully keep all such lists, and on the day fixed by the Board shall proceed to ascertain what persons, so nominated, have the greatest number of votes; and the nine persons who have the greatest number of votes shall be the members of the Board.
(4.)	After it has been ascertained what candidates have by an absolute majority of votes been duly elected, if it shall appear that there is an equality of votes for one or more candidates remaining to complete the list of nine members, the Board shall decide which of such persons shall be the member or members.
(5.)	If a Committee refuses or neglects to transmit to the Board either of the lists of names hereinbefore required to be transmitted, within the time appointed, the Board shall proceed to the election of members notwithstanding such refusal or neglect.
(6.)	Every election shall be conducted publicly by the Board in such manner as it thinks fit.
(7.)	The Board shall publicly notify what persons have been found to be elected, and such notification shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, and shall be final and conclusive for all purposes. A copy of such notification signed by the Chairman shall be transmitted to the Minister without delay.
(8.)	In the event of nine persons not being nominated as herein provided, the Board shall elect such a number of duly qualified persons as may be necessary to complete the number of the Board.

The members to retire in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine shall be determined by each Board by ballot not later than the thirty-first day of December immediately preceding.

In the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, three out of the six original members shall retire, and the members so retiring shall also be determined by ballot not later than the day aforesaid.

And in every subsequent year the members shall retire who have served longest upon such Board without re-election.

All retiring members shall be eligible for re-election.

Except as respects the number of persons to be elected, all the proceedings in and about such election shall be had and taken in the same manner as prescribed in section thirteen upon the first election of Boards.

Every Act required to be done by any such Board or by the Chairman thereof, under this Act, may respectively be done and performed by each such Board and Chairman as if it or he had been elected or appointed under this Act.

In case Any vacancy shall occur in any Board or in the office of Chairman thereof before the coming into office of the new Board constituted under this Act, the Governor may appoint some person to be a member of the Board or Chairman thereof, as the case may require.

Where a new district has been constituted, all the proceedings in and about the first election of a Board for such new district page 9 shall be had and taken in the manner herein before provided by the Board of the district of which such new district originally formed part, or, if the Governor in Council thinks fit so to order, by any other Board which can more conveniently conduct such election.

If any member shall receive any salary from the Board, or accept or hold any office or employment from or under the Board to which any salary, fees, or emoluments are attached, or shall be or become interested or concerned (except as a member of a registered or incorporated company) in any contract under which any money is to be paid by the Board, he shall immediately thereupon cease to be a member of the Board : Provided that it shall be lawful for the Board to pay any member residing at a distance from the ordinary place of meeting of the Board reasonable travelling expenses.

The Chairman of the Board shall fix a day on or before which the Committees of the several school districts shall each transmit the name of a person qualified to fill such vacancy, and shall publicly notify the names so transmitted, and appoint a day on which each Committee shall send in the name of a person so notified, and a day on which the election shall be held.

All the proceedings in and about such election shall be conducted in the same manner as in the case of ordinary elections.

The member then elected shall retain his office so long as the vacating member would have retained the same if no such vacancy had occurred.

(3.) Property of Boards.

Where the limits of a district as existing immediately before the coming into operation of this Act have been altered hereby, all such property within such altered limits shall, on the thirty, first day of March, vest in the Board of the district where such property is situate. Nothing in this section contained shall extend or apply to reserves for educational purposes which by or under any law or authority have been set apart as endowments for educational purposes in any district, but all such endowments shall in any of the eases hereinbefore provided for be dealt with in the manner provided by "The Education Reserves Act, 1877."

Every award of the Minister made in respect of any one or more of such matters shall be final and conclusive on the several Boards interested therein.

(4.) Secretary and Officers of Boards.

Any person who at the time of the coming into operation of this Act holds office under an Education Board in any district under the provisions of any Act hereby page 12 repealed or otherwise shall, subject to removal as aforesaid and to any express provision of this Act, continue to hold such office.

He shall also prepare under direction of the Board all reports returns, and information relating to school matters which may be asked for by the Minister.

(5.) Meetings of Boards.

But at least one meeting shall be held in every month after such first meeting, and a quorum of the Board, having duly met, may from time to time adjourn, to meet at such other time and place as they shall appoint.

No resolution or decision come to at any meeting of Board shall be revoked or altered at any subsequent meeting of such Board within twelve months from the passing thereof, unless notice of the intention to propose such revocation or alteration shall have been given at a previous meeting of the Board, and shall have been made known by the circular convening the meeting addressed to each member of the Board at his usual or last known place of abode.

If the Chairman shall be absent from any meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside in his stead at such meeting, and such presiding member shall have the same power at such meeting as the Chairman.

If the Chairman shall from any cause cease to be a member of the Board or resign the office of Chairman, the Board shall as soon thereafter as conveniently may be elect another member of the Board to be Chairman in his stead.

(6.) Powers and Duties of Boards.

36. When any school district shall be divided into two or

Provision when school districts divided.

more such districts, or two or more such districts or parts of districts shall be combined into one district, then every such division of a school district and every such combination shall for the purpose of this Act be deemed a new school district, and the page 14 proceedings shall be taken in like manner as hereinafter provided for school districts originally constituted.

The formation of any new district by the division or combination of any existing school district or districts shall take effect on and after the commencement of the school year next following the date on which the formation of such new school district shall have been agreed to by a resolution of the Board.

If the Governor assent to such agreement, and a notification of such assent be gazetted, such school buildings, lands, and endowments shall be vested in the said Board for or towards the maintenance of such school as a school under this Act, of such character or class as the Governor shall direct, but under and subject to the provisions of this Act, and the said persons shall thenceforth be freed and discharged from the trust imposed on them as trustees or governors of such school, and the buildings, lands, and endowments pertaining thereto.

(7.) Board Fund.

Board to make annual estimate of moneys required for current year.

39. At the first ordinary meeting of the Board in each year, the Board shall make an estimate of the amount of money which it has reason to believe will be derived from the following sources:— page 15

(1.)	From moneys payable by Government in respect of the average daily attendance of children as hereinbefore provided:
(2.)	From moneys in any manner whatever received or to be received by the Board.

The Board shall regulate its expenditure upon the basis of the estimate so made, and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the Minister.

No such deduction shall be made in respect of moneys received from such special endowments as are mentioned in section fifty-two of this Act.

43. Every Board shall, out of the Board Fund, make such

Disposal of fund.

provision from time to time as to it shall seem fit for the following, namely,—

(1.)	For the payment of salaries and other expenses connected with the carrying on of the business of such Board;page 16
(2.)	For the expense of purchasing or renting school sites, playgrounds, and buildings, or for erecting, fitting up, and improving school buildings;
(3.)	For the payment of teachers' salaries;
(4.)	For the maintenance and education of pupil-teachers;
(5.)	For grants to Committees for general educational purposes;
(6.)	For subsidizing school libraries;
(7.)	And generally for the payment of all expenses necessarily incurred by such Board or any Committee under their supervision in the carrying out of any of the provisions of this Act :

Provided always that no Board shall be liable for the payment of any expenditure incurred by any Committee or teacher, unless such expenditure shall have been previously sanctioned by such Board.

It may be provided by regulations that Boards shall keep general and special accounts in such convenient form as may be thought fit.

Copies of all such accounts, when audited, shall be furnished to the Minister.

(8.) Appointment of Teachers.

But in case a certificated teacher cannot be obtained for any school or schools, a person not duly certificated may be temporarily appointed until a certificated teacher can be obtained.

Certificates of competency will be issued to teachers after examination held in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations to be made as hereinafter provided.

Provided that the Committee may recommend teachers to the Board for appointment, and may also recommend the suspension or dismissal of any such teacher; but no appointment, suspension, or dismissal shall take place until the Committee have been first consulted.

Every such warrant may and shall be enforced as a warrant issued under the ninetieth section of "The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867," and the ninety-first, ninety-second, and ninety-third sections of that Act shall apply to warrants issued under the foregoing provisions.

(9.) Scholarships, District High Schools.

The successful competitor for any such scholarship shall receive the amount of his or her scholarship only so long as he or she shall continue his or her education at any school or educational institution under the control of the Board at which the higher branches of education are taught, but, if there be no such school or institution in the district where the holder of the scholarship resides, then at such school, subject to inspection by a Public School Inspector, as the Board may approve of.

Every grammar school or high school at or immediately before the coming into operation of this Act under the charge of any School Committee or Education Board, by virtue of the provisions of any Provincial Ordinance or Act hereby repealed, shall, unless otherwise provided, be deemed to be a district high school under this Act.

All the branches of a liberal education, comprising Latin and Greek classics, French and other modern languages, mathematics, and such other branches of science as the advancement of the colony and the increase of the population may from time to time require, may be taught in such school. For such higher education fees shall be paid by the pupils at such rates as shall be fixed by regulations.

In every district high school instruction shall also be given in the ordinary branches of education prescribed by this Act to be given in public schools.

The Board shall make such provision as may seem fit for the safe custody and care of such books and for the use thereof.

The word "book" in this section shall be deemed to include all works of art, and all scientific apparatus which may be required for the purpose of illustration in lectures, and all specimens of natural history for the formation of museums.