The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-03-28
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1927.

| some day during the hrst or second week
! Of the commencement thereof and also on
some day during the two last weeks of the
same and also all the schools kept by said
town, once month, for the purpose afore-
mentioned, without giving previous notice
hereof to the instructors.
Sec. 6. Be 1t further enacted, That
each town in this Commonwealth, which is
or may be divided into school districts at
their annual meeting aforesaid, shall, in
addition TO the Committee aforesaid, choose
a Committee for each school district in said
town, consisting of one person, who shall
be resident in the district for which he
shall be chosen, and be called the Pruden-
tial Committee thereof, whose duty it shall
| be to keep the school house of such district
in good order, at the expense of such dis
! trict; and In case there be no school house.
to provide suitable place for the school of
the district, at the expense thereof; to pro-
vide fuel, and all things necessary for the
comfort of the scholars therein; to select
| and contract with school teacher for his
own district, and to give such information
and assistance to the said School Commit
tee, as may be necessary to aid them in the
| discharge of the duties required of them bv
this act. Provided, That in any town in
this Commonwealth, which shall so deter
mine, the members of said Prudential Com
mittee may be chosen in the several school
districts to which they respectively belong,
In such manner as said district NAV decide.
! Sec. Z. Be ii further enacted, That the
School Committee Of each town shall direct
and determine the class hook to be used in
the respective classes, III all the several
I schools kept by the said town; and the
scholars sent to such schools shall be sup
Piled by their parents, masters or guardi-
| ans, with the books prescribed for their
classes; and the School Committee of
each town shall procure, at the expense of
the town, and to be paid for out of the
town treasury, sufficient supply of such
class books for all the schools aforesaid,
and give notice of the place or places
where such books may be obtained and
such books shall be supplied to such schol-
ars at such prices as merely to reimburse
to the town the expense of the same and
in case any scholars shall not have been
furnished by their parents, master or guar
dian, with the requisite books, all such
scholars shall be supplied herewith, by the
School Committee, at the expense of the
town; and the School Committee shall give
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town, of the names of the scholars so SUD-
! piled by them with books, of the books so
furnished, the prices of the same, and the
names of the parents, masters or guardi-
ans who ought to have supplied the same
and said assessors shall add the amount OF
4 the books so supplied, to the next annual
tax Of the parents, masters or guardians
who ought to have supplied the same aDC
the amount so added, shall be levied, col
lected and paid into the town treasury, II
the same manner as the public taxes Pro
Uided, h0tcever, that in case such assessors
shall be of opinion that any such parents
masters or guardians are not able, anu can
not afford to pay the whole expense of the
books SO supplied on their account respec-
lively, such parents, masters or guardians
shall be eXonerated from the payment OF
the whole or part of such expense, and the
said assessors shall omit TO add the amount
of such books, or shall add only a part
thereof to the annual tax of such parent,
master or guardian, according to the pro
portion of such expense, which such par
ent, master or guardian shall, in their opin-
ion, be able and can afford to pay. ProUid-
ed nevertheless, that in cases where children
are already supplied with books, which
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as being extremely faulty, in comparison
with others which might be obtained, and
which may he possessed in such numbers as
to admit of the proper and convenient elias
: sification Of the school, then, and in that
case, the Committee shall not direct the
purchase of new books, without first OBJ
tanning the consent of the parents, masters
: or guardians Of majority Of the children
; so already provided for, under the tern
of two years, from the passing of this act
, unless such books become so worn, as to be
unfit for use. Prouided, also, that sac
: Committee shall never direct any schoo
: books to be purchased or used in any of the
schools under their superintendent, which
: are calculated to favor any particular relig
= ious sect or tenet.
) SEC. 8. BE 1t 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 make and return report to the Secre
| tary OF the Commonwealth on or before
f the first Monday of June, in the year o
9 our Lord one thousand eight hundred anc
f twenty-elght, and on the first Monday o
, June of every year thereafter, the amour
: of money paid by such city or town during
r the year, ending on the first day of MAY
= preceding the time of making said report
: for the instruction of the schools kept by
said city or town; the number of schoo
: districts into which said city or town is di
t vided, the aggregate number of months
! that the several schools were kept by such
: city or town in said year, and what portion
: thereof was kept by male, and what by fe-
male teachers; the whole number of pupils
; who have attended any of the schools kept
by such city or town during said year; the
number of academies and private schools
the number of pupils in the academies and
private schools who have not attended any
school kept by such city or town during
said year; the estimated amount of the
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