The Republican journal., 1907-04-04

and secretary of said Joint committee
shall certify under S oath to the stats
/ form prescribed by the state superin.
tendent that union has been maintained
and superintendent employed as pro
yided in sections forty and forty-one OF
this chapter, which certificat ion shall be
made quarterly, on the first days of Jan
uary, April, July and October of each
year. then, upon approval of said certi,
ficate by the state superintendent OF
schools ard presentation to the governo,
and council, a warrant shall be drawn
upon the treasurer of the state for the
payment to the superintendent SO EN-
ployed Of sum equal to twice the ag-
gregate sum paid by the towns compris-
ing the union, provided that the amount
so paid for the benefit of a single union
of towns shall not exceed eight hundred
dollars in one year.
Section g.. Section forty-three of said
chapter is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following: A union of towns
formed under the provisions of sections
forty AND forty-one shall continue for a
solved by a two-thirds vote of the joint
committee SO that said section as
amended, shall. read as follows:
purpose of employing a superintendent OF
schools shall Appropriate for his salary
their proportion of the sum paid said
superintendent, and the amount to be
paid by each town shall be determined
by dividing the entire sum expended for
superintendent among the towns com
prising the union in the proportion of the
service performed in each town. union
OF towns formed under the provisions of
sections forty and forty-one shall con-
tinue for period of three years unless
sooner dissolved by a tWo-thirGS vote Of
the joint committee.
Improved March %, 1901
Chapter 1902.
An Act 10 amend Section sevenry-six and
Section eighty OF Chapter fifteen of the
al
to Academies.
Section l. Section seventy-six of chap
ter fifteen of the revised statutes is here
by amended by striking out in the tenth
ard eleventh lines of said section the
words and has an average attendance
from towns and cities other than the
municipality or jurisdiction in which said
academy is located of at least ten stu
dents" and by striking out the fifteenth.
sixteenth and seventeenth lines of said
section, the words and has an average
attendance from towns and cities other
than in the municipality or jurisdiction
i'm which said academy is located of at
least twenty students and by striking
out in the nineteenth. twentieth and
twenty-irst lines of said section the
words and has an average attendance
from towns and cities other than the mu-
academy is located of at least forty stu
dents so that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section rs. Whenever it shall be made
from returns made as herein provided,
that any Incorporated academy in ths
state is prepared to give instruction
equivalent to that required by law to be
given in free high schools that the
pupils attending the said academy, are
qualified to receive such instruction. and
that the teachers in the said academy
give instruction in secondary school
studies, such academy shall be entitled
to receive annually from the state a sum
J.,lI
it maintains an English secondary school
course of study as prescribed by the state
superintendent of public schools. or a
sum not exceeding seven hundred and
tiOn to an English course, college pre-
paratory course or d sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars in case it maintains
an English course, a college preparatory
course and a training course for teachers
provided the courses OF study herein
named shall be subject to the approval
of the state superintendent of public
schools, and provided, that the amount
paid by the state to any academy under
this section shall be expended by the said
academy for instruction during the year
for which payment is made, and shall
not exceed the total income of the said
academy from ALL other sources; and pro-
vided further, that in addition to the
amount received from the state, a sum
equal thereto shall be expended for in
struction and maintenance of the acade-
my during said year; and provided
money from the state under this section
shall provide instruction as contemplated
by this. section for not less than thirty
weeks in each year; and provided fur
with maintaining course of study under
this section unless the said academy shall
have an average of not less than twelve
students in said course.
Section 2. Section eighty of chapter
fifteen of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by inserting after , the word
tie words or for five years next proceed
ing so that said section as amended,
shall read as follows:
NO academy shall receive state aid I'M
der section Seventy-SlX unless the aver
age attendance in said academy for the
year preceding or for five years next pre-
ceding shah exceed thirty students, and
no academy shall receive to exceed five
hundred dollars unless the average atten-
dance in said academy for the year pre-
ceding shall exceed sixty students
fApproved March %, 1901
Chapter 1903.
An Act to amend Section six of Chapter
one hundred thirteen OF the Revised
Statutes, to provide for the recording of
assignments of Wages.
Section ]. Section six of chapter one
hundred thirteen of the revised statutes
is hereby amended, SO as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 6. No assignment of wages is
valid against any other person than the
parties thereto unless such assignment is
recorded by the clerk in the town where
the assignor is employed while earning
such wages; provided, that if said as
signor is employed in an unorganiZed
place while earning such wages, said
assignment to be valid against any other
person than the parties thereto, shall be
recorded in the office of the register of
deeds for the registry district in which
said unincorporated place is located. NO
such assignment of wages shall be valid
against the employer unless he has actual
notice thereof
Section q All acts and parts of acts
Inconsistent with this act, are hereby re-
peaGed
Section 8. This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March %, 1901
Chapter 104.
An Act to amend Section one, Chapter
one hundred and twenty-nine of the Re
vised Statutes, relating TO pollution Of
Water.
Section one of chapter one hundred and
tWenty-nlne of the revised statutes is
hereby amended by striking out from the
''the water supply of any water company
habitants with water and inserting in
stead thereof the words any public Water
supply so that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section l. Whoever knowingly and
corrupts the waters of any we'll, spring,
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