Year: 1872

isting. in such manner as to carry out, af nearly as possible, the intent and meaning of the donor or grantor of said funds.

 Sec. S5., Such town shai be entitled to receive from the treasurer of the state, an nually, and upon the like conditions as are or may be by law prescribed for school districts, for the purpose of school libra ries, sum not exceeding the aggregate amount which the former districts of said town might have received in like circum- stance.

 Sec. S6. The expenses of maintaining public schools in such towns, which shall be incurred with the approval of the school committee, shall be paid from the town treasury except so far as they may be met by the income from local school funds.

 Sec. S7. Whenever any part of school district lying in two or more towns shall be abolished or consolidated by either of such towns, the selectmen. of said town shall give immediate notice thereof to the selectmen of the other towns or towns; and the town or towns so notified shall thereafter provide for the schooling of the children belonging thereto, who formerly belonged to said school district.

 Sec. 88. Any town which has or shall have assumed the control of its public schools, as provided in the seventy ninth section of this act, may at it's second an nual meeting thereafter, but not previous ly. or at any subsequent annual meeting abendon such control and re-establish the several school districts therein, as they were before said action and the property and funds, or the revenue or proceeds thereof, belonging to said town as con- solidated school district, shall be distrib- uted by the selectmen, as is provided in sections fifty five and fifty six of this act /; provided, nevertheless. that all local bonds formerly the property of any of the origi- nal districts, shall be first returned, or made good to said districts respectively.

 Sec. S9. Towns shall have the same powers, and be subject to the same regu- lations, in taking land for school houses, out buildings, and convenient accommo- dations for schools, as are conferred. on school districts in this act.

 CHAPTER VIII.

 Of district committees.

 Sec. 90. The committee of every dis trict shall give due Dotice of all meetings of the district shall on written request of one fifth or ten of the legal voters in the district, stating the object for which a meeting is desired. call g special meeting of the district, to be held within fifteen days after such request is presented, If the committee shall refuse or neglect to call meeting when so requested, within the time above specified, such committee shall forfeit the sum of thirty dollars to the treasurer of the district. The com mittee may also call 8 special meeting whenever such committee may think nec- essary; shall, unless otherwise directed by the district, or unless the town has di- reoted the school visitors to employ the teachers, employ one or more qualified teachers; shall provide suitable school rooms. and furnish the sanre with fuel properly prepared; shall visit the schools by one OF more of thelr number, twice at least during each term; shall, when the scholars are not properly supplied with books, and their parents or guardians are too poor to furnish them, provide the same. the cost thereof to be included in the incidental expenses of the term; shall suspend during pleasure, or expel from school for the term, all pupils found guii ty, on full hearing, of incorrigibly bad conduct; and shall give such information and assistance to the school visitors of the town as they may require.

 Sec. 91. The committee shall give to the secretary of the board of school visitors no tice of the date of the commencement and close of each school term, within one week of said commencement, and at least four weeks before the close respectively; and shall, on or before the fifteenth day of September in each year, make 8 report to the school visitors of the town, in the manner and form prescribed by the board of education. For the purposes of this act whenever an oath or affirmation is re- cuired to be made by a returning officer, any member of the board of school visit ors shall be authorized to administer the same. They shall also make aad return an enumeration of the children residing in the district on the first of January in each year, in accordance with the provis' ions of chapter xii. of this act; and the committee of every district formed from parts of two or more towns, shall make such return to the school visitors of each of said towns, specifying fhe towns to wn1cn each person so enumerated belongs shall make returns to the secretary of the board of school visitors of the town hay ing jurisdiction over the district of the re- ceipts and expenditures, and statistics in accordance with blank forms furnished by the secretary of the state board of educa tion.