The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
k-End Gossip
 fr0lO Paris
pY d. w. LsAmouRnux.

t Paris. Feb. 1x.---The reporter general Of The Paris Municipal Budsst who elreRdy upon three occasions has en- ieavored to enlist the Interest of hfs colleagues in the Municipal Council h his plans for the improvement of the principal thoroughfares and pub ifc places Of the city, has new drawn plates an expenditure of tso. 900 for thfs purpose Among the more im- portant Items which figure h the pro- gram are votes fer the completion of | the Boulevard Maussznann at . cost Of l sfD.00o. GOO, and of the Central Mar ksts at . cost ef e7.soo.eoo. Votes on similar scale are set down for the extension and widening Of . num- Der of other streets. and special att tention is drawn to the fact that the
 scheme has beeh planned in such way that aii the principal wards of
 the metropolis would benefit uniformly l by the proposed Improvements. Tn addition. sum of e23.0oo.eoe is de- manded for a reorganization of the water supply.
 The committee on education in the French Chamber of Deputies has
 adopted the f1naE text of the two biils
 which have been framed in the hope of putting an end to the agitation with regard to primary instruction in this
 country. One of these measures deals with the respcnsibiiisy of teachers in French State schools. It deeermaned
 the procedure in the case of c com piaint on the part of e parent or guardian with regard to acts or ut- terancea of a teacher in the discharge of his or her ofIcfal duties. The teacher must be informed of the conn plainf by the public sducation nuthori-
 ties. ana the ofYiciais who are entrust-
 cd with the inquiry must communicate their finding to the teacher within two months Of the complaint.
 The hill contAins au Important clause. the object of which fs to render im- possible the direct prosecution Of the teacher by parents or guardians. The
 State Is to be held respensibie For the
 conduct Of the teacher. save In the ease of positive crimes and offences
 which fail under the penal code. Any legal action taken by as parent or guardian must be directed against the pfefect of the department and must be brought before civil tribunal. The State. however. reserves @ tgseif the right of recovering from teach-
 CT who has besns found guilty the amount of the damages to which the
 authorities have been condemueI
 A complimentary bill is designed to prevent what is regarded hx tHe gov arfmenk as undue interference on the
 part of parenfa or Guardians with the normal work of d State school There
 has been. ana stili is. considerable complaint on the part of c certain category of French citizens as to the phiiosophic or religious theories which iu their opinion have inspired Q num-
 her of the text-booaks now In uss in
 French state schools. This second bili
 proposes that parents or guardians who shall prevented . child from at- tending school or from using In the.
 school itself the prescribed text-boCixz.
 or from participating in the instruc- ton in, obligatory subjects. shall De
 liable to the appropriate pains and
 penalties under the penal code. Any
 public utteranee, whether 1t be con-
 tained in sermon or in . p1acard or
 pastoral letter, melting to breach of
 these provisions. will be runisheble
 under Paragraph s6 of the Separation
 Law of December. 1905. which enaeta
 that any direct incitement Co resist
 the execution of tise law" shall be