The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
Chapter 1902.

An Act To amend Section seVeutY-siX and
Section eighty ri Chapter fifteen Of tho
Revised statutes, relating To state aid
II Academies.
Seetion l. Section seventy-siX of chap
ter fifteen of the revised statutes Is here
by amended by striking out i'll the tenth
and eleventh lines of said section the
words Ind has an average attendance
from towns and cities Other than tho
municipality or jurisdiction III VII ch SAID
academy j. located OF at least ten stu
dents" and by striking out the fifteenth,
sixteenth and seventeenth hneS of said
section the words and has an aNeraE"
attendance from towns and cities other
than III the municipality on jurisdiction
i'm which said academy is located of At
least twenty students and by striking
out in the nineteenth, twentieth ami
tWenty-drst lines of sau section the
words and has an average attendance
from towns ana cities other than the mu-
nicipalitY or jurisdiction in which SAID
academy Is located of At least lr1tN sfu
dents" so that said section as amended.
shall road ~ follows:
Section IT.. Whenever it shall be made
to appear to the governor and council!
from returns made as herein proFidrd'
that any Incorporated academy III 1hl
state is prepared to give instruction
equivalent to that required by law To ba
given in fire." high schools, that tho
pupils attending the said academy, are
uualincd to receive such instruction., and
that the teachers in the slid academy
have the quulilicattoHs fitting them to
studies, suah academy shall he entitled
to receive annually from the state a sum
not exec eding ny" hundred dollars in eaS9
it maintains an English secondary school
course Of study as prescribed by the state
superintendent of public schools, or Il
sum not exceeding seven hundred and
fifty dollars H. ease il maintains IN addi-
ton To an English course, Il college pre-
paratorY course or IL sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars in case II MAINTAINS
an English course, a college preparatory
course and a training course for tClchcrs
provided the COul SEES 81 study DefCll
named shall be subject TO the approval
of the state superintendent of public
schools, and provided, that tn" amount
paid by the stat" to any academy undo?
this section shall be expended by the said
academy for instruction during IA" year
for which payment Is made ana ShIl
not exceed the total incom" OF the Siud
academy from all other sources; ANA pro.
Vidrd further, that in addition to ia"
amount received from the state, "A sum
equal thereto shall he expended for IN
StructiOn and maintenance ol tn" acadr-
MY during said year; and provided
further, that every academy receiving
money from the state under this section
shall provide instruction as coillrmpia.l1u
by this section for not less than thirty
weeks i'm each year; and provided lnr-
ther, that no academy shall be credited
with maintaining Il course OF study under
this scCtion unless the said academy shall
have an average of not less than twelNa
students in said course.
Section 2 Section eighty of chapter
fifteen of the revised statutes l. hereby
amended by inserting after the word
"preccding" in the second line thereof
the words or for five years next proceed
ing 50 that said section as amended,
shall read as follows:
No academy shall receive state aid I'M
der section scveutY-slN unless tn" AYR
age attondaECe in Snid academy FOR ill2
wear preceding or for i've years next pr
coding shall exceed thirty students and
no academy shall receive to exceed live