The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-03-22

have day in, be proceeded upon, and deter
mined at, the several terms by this Act estab-
lished, any Act OF law to the contrary notwith-
Etandng. Approved Feb. Is, 1926.
Az ACT further TO provide for The In
n struction Of Youth.
cEc. j. BE al enacted By The Senate and House
Representatives. in General Court assem-
ga, and by The authority of lie same, That
| gen town in this Commonwealth shall, at
te annual March or April meeting, choose J
9hool Committee, consisting Of not less than
ne persons, .who shall have the general
cargo and superintendent of all the public |
shools N said town and it shall be the du-
| tlof sad Committee to visit the schools in
sgd town, which are kept through the year,
apeast once quarter, for the purpose of
| Inskinsa careful examination of the same,
| and oee that The scholars are properly sup
| pied VIII books; also, TO inquire into the reg
| ulationnc discipline of such schools, and the
prohcIecy of the scholars therein and it
shall alb be the duty Of said Committee 10
visit can OF the district schools in said town,
Tor the irposes aforesaid, on some day during
me stPeek of the commencement thereof,
and ais on some day during the last two
weeks olthe same and it shall, further, be
the dutyf one or more Of said Committee TO
visit all te schools in the town, at least once
month, r the purposes aforementioned, with
out slvinlprevous notice thereof to the in
structers.A Al nd it is hereby further made the du-
~ OF said ommttee, TO require full and salts
factory eldence of the good character and
QUALIFICATIONS Of said instructors, conformably
TO me laws now in force relating to the sub
Ject; r to require them'to furnish such other
eV'dene of character and qualifications, AS
! shall beSqually satisfactory TO said Commit
tee; andno instructor shall be entitled to re-
celVe anycompensation for his service, who
shall teachany of the schools aforesaid, with
out frs. obtaining from said Committee a GER
tifcate If hk fitness to instruct.
SEC. :. Be ii further enacted, That the
School Committee Of each town shall direct
and detrmine the class books to be used in
the respective classes, in the public district
and tow schools of the town and the schol-
ars sentto such schools shall be supplied by
| their paents, masters, or guardians, with the
books Fescribed for their classes; and the
School Committee of each town shall pro-
cure, atthe expense of the town, and to be
paid forout OF the Town Treasury, sufficient
| supply d such class books for the public dis
place oIplaces where such books may be OBJ
tanned and such books shall be supplied to
scholarsat such prices as merely to reimburse
10 the town the expense ofprocuring the same !;
and in ase any scholars shall not have been
furnished by his or her parents, master, or
guardial, with the requisite books, every such
scholar shall be supplied herewith by the
School Committee, at the expense of the
town, and the school Committee shall give
SSolce arss 'i 9 to the Assessors Of the town,
with hooks, Of the books so furnished, the
prices oil the same, and the names Of the pa
rents, matters, or guardians, who ought to
have supplied the same; and said Assessors
shall add the amount of the books SO supplied,
to the next ANNUAL tax of the parents, masters,
or guardians, who ought to have supplied the
same; and the amount so added, shall be
LEVIED, collected, aud paid into the Town
Treasury, III the same manner as the public
taxes. Prorided, hOcerer, That in case suoh
Assessors shall be of opinion that any of such
parents, masters, or guardians are not able,
and cannot afford to pay the whole expense OF
the books so supplied on their accounts re-
spectiyely, such parents, masters, or guar
dians. shall be exonerated from the whole or
part of such expense; and the said Asses
books. or shall add only part thereof to the
annual tax of any such parent, master, or
guardian, according to the proportion of such
expense which such parent, master, or guar
dian shall, in their opinion, be able and can
afford to pay.
SEC. g. Be ii further enacted, That all
questions arising in any district, respecting the
removal or the changing tho site OF the district
ole NH Hietr ~
shall be divided by any town, all questions
arising respecting the division of the district
property or funds, except the property OF
funds accruing from donations or voluntary
grants, and also, all questions arising as to the
contribution or compensation TO be made by
the party retaining any of the estates or prop
erty of the district so divided, shall be deter.
mined in the same manner and by the same
proceedings as are provided to determine the
site of district school.house, by an Act pass
ed on the twenty-eighth day of February, in
| the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun.
dred, in addition to the Act TO which this is il
addition.
SEC. 4. Be ii further enacted, That thi:
| Act shall be in force on and after the first
Monday Of April next; and all provisions o.
| former Acts, inconsistent with the provision;
1 &C ttIt9 act, hereby repealed.
SEC. s. Be ii further enacted, That the
School Committee, in the city Of Boston, and
in the several towns in this Common wealth
be, and they hereby are, required to report tc
the Secretary of this Commonwealth, on the
first day Of June, of each year, for three years
next ensuing, the amount of money paid il
their respective city or towns, each preceding
year, for the instruction of youth, designating
as far as is convenient or practicable, the a
mount paid for the instructors of public
schools, the number of academies and private
schools, the estimated amount Of compensation
[ Tor the instructors Of academies and private
schools, the number of school districts into
which said city OF town is divided, and the
length OF time in said year, during which IN,
several schools were kept in said town, III,