, 1911-08-30

Ceacner Ia the country schools, preferences
shall be given to qualified applicants from
among those of the monitors appointed IN
the SchooL Department who have passed all
their ANIMAL examinations and of these tboqo
who have served the longest time. otbar
things being equal, shall have the prefer
ence, otherwise consideration as to know
ledge, ability ard aptitude for the work Of
a teacher shall rank before length of service
In the appointment to "a vacant Office as
teacher IN town or country, the time of ser
wee with the same reservation as above Inv
ing been considered, special regard shall be
had to applicants from among capable and
deserving assistant teachers or other teach.
ers, who for a considerable time have work
ed in the school service, 50, however. that
applicants born and educated here, bnt
trained and nil in the Mother Conn
n.y. sven Il tney are not already in the ser
VICE oI tne School Department, can be nro-
toliou before applicants who have got their
'r"lh'n8 IN some other way.
s 80.
II a teacher IS not appointed from tho -
day Of any month, his appointment IN 81"
feckOnlng Of additional salary ,c canntol
having been made from the 1.t 80 tLo
lowing month.
Advancement to q higher scale of so1or,
can only take place on the recommendatio1
of the School Board, and for all the teachers
may, by the decision of the Government
after proposal from the School Board, be
made dependent on results of an examine
ton held by the School Director.
In fixing the salary of q teacher who is
removed from the office of First Teacher IN
3 country school to Il town school 2 years of
service IN a country chool are reckonod
as l year of service in a town school.
AL salaries are paid a month ut a time
and on the lust day of the month, for the
teaching staff in Chrjstiansted' Jurisdiction
at the School Directors Office in the town
Of Christiansted and for the staff in Frede-D
riksted's Jurisdiction ut the School DirecI
tors Office in the town of Frederiksted, sou.
however, that the School Director is entitled
after having informed the teachers concern
ed, to pay the salaries in one Of the Juris-
dictions q day earlier or a day later.
33.
When q permanently appointed teacher
is unable from sickness, according to a me-
dicaI certificate, to attend to bis school du-
ties, and these must be attended to by q
substitute, half Of the expense is to be de-
frayed by the Public, but at the longest for
a period of six months.
For a period not exceeding 3 months,
thore can, on petition, when special circum-
stances recommend II, be gwen 10 Otner mem
bers of the teaching staff q grant from the
Public for defraying the expense of employ
ing a substitute during sickness.
s 81.
Until it may be otherwise decided con-
corning the pensioning Of the teaching staff,
there shall be added, at the close OF cash
financial year, to the money salary of the
permanently appointed misunderstanding sala-
~ and long service addition,A 5 per cent
thereof, which amount is to be saved up to
be used for their own support, if, on account
of age or sickness they are discharged from
the school service, or, in case of their death
While still in the service, then for the sup
port Of their families, by which shall be I'M
derstood widows, children nnprovided FOX
or other near relatives, who, being unable to
support themselves, have been maintained
by the teacher concerned. In other cases,
when a teacher retire from his post, the
amount saved up for him is to be paid in to
the Colonial Treasury.
The Government dec DIES, on the represen-
tation of the School Board, whether the
amount saved up ought to be paid out or to DO
used for the purchase of an annuity for the
person or persons to be provided for.