The Republican journal., 1909-04-08

essaEy shall not he;referred to the schoa
phystcians for such treatment except tn
9Gno9a phys.cian be the regular family
terred to the regular family physician Of
sssa pupil through the parents Or guard
Section 4, The school committee shall,
cause to be referred to school physician
Tor examination and diagnosis every child
returning to a school without a certificate
from the board of health or family physi-
elan after absence on account Of Illness or
from unknown cause; and every child in
the schools under its Jurisdiction who
shows signs of being in i'll health or Of
sSu.mering from infectious or. contagious
diseases, unless he is at once excluded
from school BY the teacher; except that
IN case of schools in remote and isolated
sleuations, the school committee may
pest carry out 1.-THE purposes of this act.
Section 5. The school committee shall,
cause notice of disease or defects: if anv
IRON winch any child is found to be
suHerlng TO be sent home to his parents
OF guardian Whenever child shows
symptoms of smallpox, y scarlet. fever.
44hte ar;a chicken pox. tuberculosis, diph-
cough, humps, Sscabies or trachomo he
shall be sent home Immediately or az
soon as safe and proper convenience can
pe Iound, and the board of health and
superintendent of schools shall at once
be notified. ~ oiieo
Section 6. The school committee NJ
every city or town shall cause eyerv
e cniaa m the public schools to be sepa-
rately and carefully tested and exan1ined
at least once in every school YEAR to
ascertain whether he is SUFFERING ROW
detective sight or hearing or from anv
other disability or defect tending to pre-
vent his receiving the full benefit of his
school work, or requiring a modification
OF the school work in order to prevent
INJURY INJURY to the child or to secure the best
hearing shall be made by the teaehers NV
oy the school physicians The commit "a
snaH cause notice of any defect or dis.
a aha Tyre, requiring treatment to be sent to
shaI require physical record of each
child TO be kept in such form as the state
announcement SUP of public schools shall
state board of health. '''9
Section Z. The state Superintendent or
puDlc schools shall prescribe after con-
sultatlon with the state board of health
Inc Inc oireetions for tests of sight and hear
ING, and snail prescribe and furnish to
ihe school committees suitable rules Of
instruction, test cards, blanks, record
BOOKS and other useful appliances for
T Tahlly sta OUT the purposes of this act
me state superintendent of public schools
may expend during the year nineteen
nnndred and nine sum not greater than
nve hundred dollars for the purpose of
act. W AoA ILLS
Section g. Expenses which a citv or
town may incur by virtue of the author
ny nerein vested in the school committee
snail not exceed the amount APPROPRIATED
Tor mat purpose in cities by the city
council and in towns by a town meeting
me appropriation shall precede any eS-
be incurred under this act and the sum
appropriated shall be deemed sufficient
appropriation in the municipality where
II is mace. Such appropriation need rot
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apply and may be voted as a total appro-
prlatlon to be applied in carrying o1t tbs
purposes of this act
SECTION 3. The provisions of this act
shall apply only to cities and towns bav-
ing a population of less than forty thou
SAND lnhabitants.-(Approved March I6)
Chapter "a.
An Act to amend Section eishtv.fiy of
Cnapter fifteen of the Revised Statutes,
relating to the payment for teachers;
Section IS. Every teacher of public
hereby amended by striking out the
seven and the word properly in line
eight and inserting in place thereof the
Iolowlng: Teachers may be paid for
lnonth, but no teacher shall receive final
payment for services for any term until
the register herein described so that said
section, when amended, shall read as
Section IS. Every teacher of a public
school shall keep register thereof. con-
tanning, the names of all scholars who
enter the school, their ages, the dates Of
each scholars entering and leaving. the
number OF days during which each at
tended, the length of the school, the
teachers wages, list of text books used,
ana all other facts required by the blank
forms furnished him. Such register shall
at all times be open to the inspection of
the school committee, and be returned
L hai
at the close of each school month but no
teacher shall receive final payment for
services for any term until the register
herein described, properly filed, COM
pleted and signed, is deposited with the
school committee, or with the person
designated by them to receive it.-(Ap-
proved March 49,
Chapter rs.
An Act amending and additional to Chan
ter siNty-one of the Revised Statutes,
relating to Marriage and the Resistra-
ton of Vital Statistics
Section 1. Section four of chapter sixty
one of the Revised Statutes is hereby
amended by adding thereto the words,
Persons who are non-residents of the
state intending to be married in this
state, shall have their intentions of mar
riage recorded in the office of the cle,l1
or the, town in which they propose to
nave the marriage solemnized, and the
clerk may, upon request, issue his certifi-
cate on the same day in which he records
the intentions of marriage of non-resi-
dents. but no person shall marry any
couple before he has received the certifi-
cate issued by the town or city clerk SO
that said section, as amended, shall read
as follows:
Section a. Residents of the state in
tending to be Joined in marriage shall
cause notice of their intentions to be
recorded in the Office of the clerk of the
town in which each resides at least five
days before a certificate of such inten-
tons is granted; and if one only of the
parties resides in the state, they shall
cause notice of their intentions to be
recorded in the office of the clerk of the
town in which such party resides, at
least five days before such certificate is
granted; and the book in which such
record is made, shall be labeled or the
outside of Its cover, Record of intentions
OF marriage and be kept open to public
inspection in the office of the clerk; and
If there is no such clerk in the place of
their residence, the like entry Shall be
made with the clerk of an adjoining town.
PERSONS who are non-residents of the
state, intending to be married in this
state, shall have their intentions of mar
riage recorded in the office of the clerk
of the town in which they propose to
have the marriage solemnized, and the
clerk may, upon request, issue his certifi-
cate on the same day in which he records
the intentions of marriage of non-resi-
dents, but no person shall marry any
couple before he has received the certifi-
cate issued by the town or city clerk
Section 2. Section seven Of chapter
SiXty-one of the Revised Statutes Is here