Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-04-29

1880
such district districts; but within the town N
in which said district districts are situated
the payment the agent OF the district in which
such school is located of such tuition, TO De- lived by
the experimenting school committee or committees
having the supervision OF the same a shall be 'aJ
aleut to the cost per scholar of maintaining -ucl
school, after deducting the Aid extended by The
state. Whenever i'll the Judgment OF the suPvlIh-
tending school committee committees having ihe
supervision OF any free hgh school or schools 'Ae
number OF pupils in the same may be increased
without detrlment; scholars from without the town
or towns, directly interested in such school or
schools may be admitted to the passing tie .
required examination and paying %lch tWt"n ~
may be Fixed by such COMMITTEE to the treas of$
the town in which the school Is kept. wnru the
school IS maintained by town or union OF t""h-,W
to the agent of the district in which the school j.
kept, when such school is maintained by district or
uaon of districts.
seer. g. Section eight of the same act is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following provision:
Any person or persons connected with the NAV
agement of such free high schools, either a. etcl
school agent, school committee supervisor, VINO
shall in any way aid abet in ,iefraluiny the state
into the payment in support of said schools at more
than is contemplated by the spirit and teu"1 ct tA!S
act, shall be punished by fine of not les than I'VE
hundred dollars, OF by imprisonment in the county
Jail for not less than year, THAI SAID section,
as amended, shall read as follows:
SECT. s. The experimenting school committee Or
committees having the supervision of any fre' h;s y
school or school. shall annually before the first day
of December, make returns under oath tc the super
intendent of common schools, on blanks prepared
and sent out by him, of the amount appropriated ana
also the amount expended by each town OF school
district for inetructiOu in such free high school OF
schools during the current year; also OF thu amount
appropriated aud the amount expended Tor common
school purposes by each town school district
maintaining such free high school schools; the
number of weeks which such school schools have
been taught; the wages paid each teacher tn NUM-
Der OF pupils registered; the average attendance
the number of pupils in each branch OF study
pursued, and the amount received for tuition. II
the superintendent OF common schools shall be salts
fled that the provisions of this have been COM
piled with, he shall certify to the governor ana
council the which each town or district n
entitled 70 receive from the state under this act. ~
any town or district is dissatisfied with the decision
OF the superintendent of common schools, such town
or district may appeal to the governor and council.
The governor and council shall issue certificate 10
the treasurer of the town, agent OF the district
for such amount as they may adjudge such town oI
district Is entitled to receive from the state tTeasU
Any person or persons connected with the manage
Ihent OF such free high schools either teaChrTr
school agent, school committee suptryis 'r, VINO
shall in any way aid or abet in defraudin. the >tle
INTO the payment in support of said schools. OF more
than Il contemplated by the spirit and OF this
act, shall be punished by fine of less than tive
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