Year: 1867

The following amendments to the School
Code were passed at the recent session of
the Legislature, and we publish them for
the benefit Of Town and School District
officers, all of whom should preserve copy
for reference:


An act to amend certain sections of chapter
155 of the general laws of 1896. entitled :" an
act to codify the laws of the state relating to
common schools "


Section l. Sec l of chapter 155 of the gen.
eral laws of 1868 is hereby amended so as to
read as follows Sec. l.. The board of supervi-
sors in each town in this state shall have power
to form and alter school districts in the man.
ner hereinafter set forth provided, that no
school district shall embrace more than one
township of land, and no part of any district
shall be more than five miles from the centre
of said district.


Sec 3. Section 42 of chapter 155 as afore-
said is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows: "section 40. The clerk shall contract
with and hire duly qualified teachers for and
in the name of the district, which contract shall
be in writing, and shall have the consent of
the director or treasurer, or both indorsed
thereon, and shall specify the wages per week,
month, or year, as agreed upon by the parties;
and said contract so completed shall be filed in





of the teacher so employed, attached thereto,
and copy Of such contract shall be furnished
by the clerk to the teacher; provided, that a
ma iority of the board may by an order filed
with the clerk, or memorandum being sub
scribed by them, fix the time when the several
terms Of the school, or any of said terms, should
open; and if the clerk shall fail to hire a suita-
bic teacher before the term so fixed, then the
district board shall hire and contract with u
;fo1 faac and Of ha hoa nd
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction Of
business


Sec. 8. Sec. 43 of chapter 155 aforesaid, is
hereby amended so as to read as follows: "sec-
tion 43. 1t shall be the duty of the clerk, be-
tween the first and tenth days of September, in
each year, to make and transmit to the town,
city or village clerk written report, dated on
the first day Of September Of the year in which
it shall be transmitted, signed by the said di t.
rict clerk and verified by his affidavit, showing:


"First. The number of children, male and
female designated separately, over the age of
four and under the age of twenty years, resi-
ding in the district on the last day of August
previously to the making Of such report, and
the names Of the parents or other persons with
whom such children did respectively reside on
the 5lst day Of August preceding such report.


'sSecond. The whole number of children,
male and female, each designated separately
taught in the district school during the year for
which such report is made, by teachers duly
qualified, and the sum of the days attendence
Of all such children upon the school.


''Third. The number attending school male
and female being designated separately during
the year. under the age of four, and tlienumber
over the age of twenty years, and the sum of
the days attendance of all such children upon
the school.


Fourth. The whole time in days any CON-
mon school has been taught in the district, in
Guiding holidays, such school has been taught
by teachers qualified according to law, during
the year ending on the 31st day of August pre-
ceding the making of such report.


Fifth. The names Of all teachers employ
ed during the year covered by the report, the
number of days taught by each, Including hol-
idays, and the monthly wages paid to each.


"Sixth. The amount of money received from
the town treasurer, the amount received from
district taxes, and the amount received from all
other sources during the year ending on the
31st day of August preceding the date of the
report, and the manner in which the same has
been expended.


Seventh. The kind of books used in the
school.


Eighth Such other facts and statistics in
relation to the schools, public or private, in
such district, as the superintendent of public
instruction may from time to time require"


Sec. 4. Section A of chapter t55 as afore-
said, is hereby amended as to read as fol-
lows: "section "A. The clerk of each joint
school district shall report to the town clerk OF
each town, a part Of which is embraced in such
district, the number Of children residing in such
part, in the manner set forth in the preceding
section, and the number of days school has been
taught in the district by qualified teacher, and
the remainder of the items specified in the pre-
cedng section shall be embraced in the report
made to the clerk Of the town in which the
school-house is situated


Sec 5. Sec. As of chapter 155 as aforesaid
is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
section 45. The clerk of each school district
shall furnish, at the expense Of the district, a
school register, in the form prescribed by the
superintendent of public instruction, in which
every teacher employed by the district board
shall be required to enter the names, ages, and
studies of all scholars attending school, and
daily their attendance and absence, and such
other facts as the county superintendent or
state superintendent may require, which regis
ter the teacher shall deliver to the clerk at the
time he shall cease to be employed by such
district or at any other time when the same
may be required for the use of the district
board; and the teacher shall make in writing
and transmit to the district board, or to the
county superintendent, a report concerning
any haCter fclaliuS 10 MS SCHOOL, III SucH lofui
and manner as the board or superintendent
may prescribe"


See g. Section 43 of chapter l55 of the
general laws aforesaid is hereby amended so as
to read as follows: "section 48. The said
board shall have the care and keeping of the
school house and other property belonging to
the district except SO far as the same shall be
especially confded to the care of the clerk, in.
Guiding all books purchased by the district for
the use of any children, and the satd district
board shall have power to purchase record
book, in which the proceedings of the meetings
Of the district and Of the district board shall
be recorded, and book for keeping in proper
form the treasurer's accounts, together with
such blanks and stationery as are necessary for
doing the business of the district orderly
and business-lke manner and the clerk of such
district may include the amount of such pur
chase, including the cost of the school register
in any tax to be collected in such district"
Sec. 7. Section SO Of section 155 aforesaid
| is hereby amended so as to read as follows
section SO. The board in each school distric
| shall have power, under the advice of the SUI
bcrintendent of public instruction, to determine
what school and text books shall be used in tn,
several branches taught in the schools of such