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PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
III General assembly, Oci. SeSsion,.A. d. 1916.
AN ACT in addition to aud amendment of
an act relating to Public Schools, passed
June, A. ID. 1915.
IL is enacted Iy The General assembly as 10!
lOWS:
Section ]. The Moderator aud Clerk Of
school district may. on being elected, admin.
lsler the necessary engagement each to the
other IN open meeting and when SO engaged,
or if engaged before any other officer IA open
meeting, the record of the clerk shall 5e pre-
sumptlve evidence thereof.
Sec. 9 The record Of the Clerk, that u
meeting has been duly or legally notified,
shall he presumpllve evidence that II has been
notified rs the law requires.
Sec. 3. Inhabitants Of school districts or
persons paying taxes therein shall be compe
tent witnesses IN all civil aud criminal cases,
notwithstanding their interest as such, IT not
otherwise disqualified.
Sec. 4. The Clerk. Collector, Treasurer
and all trustees Of districts shall hold Office
until their SUCCESSORS are qualified 10 act.
Sec. 5. The school coIamlttees shall have
the sole power (suhject to appeaD OF laying
off and altering school districts, subject 10
the provlso Of section ~. |. of the act Of
June session a. II. 1916. Provided, that
where there are no districts, the Committee
shall not proceed to lay of districts without
the direction of the town. And all votes OF
school committees laying off or altering school
districts, pass ed since June session \. ID. lo46,
not inconsistent with the foregoing provsos
and not appealed from, are hereby confirmed.
Sec. g. A district may authorlse it's trus-
tees to fix a rate Of tuition Or assessment IN
stead of fixing il themselves: and either dis.
,rict or trustees shall exempt thereirom such
as they may consider unable to pay the same
and the rate bill therefor shall be- collected
by the district collector in the same manner
as If II was for town taxes.
Sec. 7. ANY person committed to jail by
the district collector either for tax or for a
rate bill for tuition or for assessments shall
be entitled to the benefit Of IAN act for the
relief OF poor persons imprisoned for debt" III
the same manner a. if committed for town.
taxes. And any person assessed IN any rate
bill as aforesaid, may, before commitment.
apply to any justice Of the peace in tie town
out of The district for citation to the trustee
or trustees 10 appear at time and place nam
ed within SAID district, and show cause why
he should not be admitted TO take the oath
prescribed in said act sala citation shall be
served three days before the time appointed
upon the trustee for upon any one OF them IT
more than one) and the applicant shall be
heard before the Justice signing the citation,
and may by him be admitted to take the oath
;anda certificate thereof, signed by
him. shall be iu!l protection to the applicant
against any further proceedings for collecting
snld rate. Aud che service OF The citation
shall suspend such proceedings for
at least ten days, unless The case be sooner
heard and dlsposed Of.
Sec. s. All dolugs Of districts and district
officers IN cases where the lultcr were not
engaged as required by law, shall ncyerthe-
less be vaIld,provded they be engaged within
thirty days from the passage of this act.
Sec. .. In dividing for tins year, that por.
ton OF the State money which Is 10 be divided
according t. the attendance Of last year, the
school committee shall have power to make
the division to the best Of their discretion a.
near thereto as may be.
Sec. 10. Any officer Of district who
shall wlully and knowingly refuse TO perform
any duty imposed upon him by any of the
acts relating to public schools, or who shan
wifully and knowingly violate the provisions
of SAID laws. may be indicted therefor, ana on
conviction fined not exceeding five hundred
dollars, aud shall besides be- liable 10 suIt Tor
any damages any person may suffer thereby.
Sec. II. When any town shall neglect to
direct how the money raised from the town
and registry taxes shall be divided, the school
committee may divide 1t.
Sec. - Where Il whole district unlies
with the whole or part Of u district IN another
town, To form JOINT district, t,accordmg to sec
ton XIX OF the act Of June A. ID. 1919, II
shall be entitled to It's full proportion OF school
money, as If 1t were not JOINT district and
when part Of district unlles TO torn JOINT
district, the school committee shall assign to-
II such portion of the school money as they
may deem proper
Sec. l3. A school district may organise at
any time after the proper notice and all or
ganlzations o. school districts made III any
other month than that fixed Tor the annual
meeting, and legally notified ana olhcrwIsc
legally held. are hereby confirmed.
Sec a. Section XIII 7 D, and so much
of section ". 4 4, OF the school act OF June,
1915, as requires the number OF the school
committee 10 be- fixed at the hrst meeting
held after the passage of tha; act, are hereby
re epealed, aud the sad number may DE hxed
at any annual town election.
True copv-wiiness,
HENRY BOWEN, Sec'ry.