Year: 1870




CODE AND TO REGULATE THE BUREAU


OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION" AND TO IN


sERT CERTAIN NEW SECTIONS, TO BE


STYLED SECTION Is A, SECTION Is B,


AND SECTION % A.


Be 1t Enacted bythe King and the Legisla-


tire assembly Of the Ha1oaiion Islands,


IN the Legislature Of the Kingdom


assembled:


SECTION !. Section Is of the Act en-
titled "An Act to repeal Chapter 10
of the Civil Code, and to regulate the
Bureau of Public instruction" is here
by amended so as to read as follows:


SECTION Is. In each of the school
districts as hereinbefore prescribed,
there shall be a School Board, to con-
sist ex-oficio, of the School Agent, the
District Justice and one, other mem
Der, chosen by the parents and guar
dians of the scholars attending the
common district Schools"


SECTION 2. Section Is is hereby
farther amended by inserting after the
above amendment, a new Section to be
styled Section Is A, and said Section
shall read as follows:


SECTION IS A. The School Agent
of each District, shall cause to be re-
turned to him, on or before the first
Monday of March in each year, by
each teacher of the Common District
Schools, correct list of the names of
the parents and guardians of the chill
dren attending the Schools, and he
shall hold an election by ballot, Of
which at least ten days previous notice
shall have been given; on the last
Monday of March in each year, be-
tween the hours of ten and two, for
the third member of the District School
Board and the electors of said mem
Der shall be only such parents and guar
dians, whose names may be found in
the list prepared by the teachers of
the Common District Schools, as here
inbefore provided"


SECTION 3. The remaining part of
Section Is shall constitute a whole Sec
tion to be styled Section Is B., and it
shall read as follows:


SECTION Is B. Each of the mem
bers of the School Board shall, at any
time be authorized to call meeting of
the Board to which he belongs, for the
purpose of discussing the material and
other interestsyof the Educational sys-
TEN in their districts, and it shall be
incumbent on the School Agents when
ever required to do so, to show to both
or either of his colleagues, his book Of
accounts and all documents explanatory
of his official doings. At all times, when
the other members of the School Board
shall conformity require it, the School
Agent shall prove to them, that the /
funds in his keeping coincide with the
amount, with the showing of his account /
books. 1t shall be the duty of the
School Board, at all times, to reasonably |
assist the School Agent in the execu-
ton of his duty, and in order to do so,
they shall afford him any information
of which they are officially possessed, /
of such nature as to be of service to
him, and they shall lend him help in
the execution of his office, especially
when illness or a temporary absence
shall render such aid necessary"


SECTION 4. Section % is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:


"SEcTIoN %. The teachers of the
Common Schools shall be appointed by
the School Boards of the respective dis
tricts, and may be removed by the same,
subject to appeal from their decision,
to the Board of Education"


SECTION 5. A new Section, to be
entitled Section % A, is hereby in
serted after Section %, and the same
shall read as follows
SECTION % A. Whenever the pa
rents of the children attending any
Government Common School, shall
deem themselves aggrieved on account
of the conduct of the teacher, or should
they desire to call any individual to act
as teacher, they shall have the right to
present their petition in writing, to the
district School Board, who shall then
appoint a time for the hearing of the
case and if, in their opinion, the cause
of the petitioners shall have been
proved, by good and sufficient testi-
mony, they shall grant the petition"


SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect
and become law, from and after the
date of its passage and all laws and


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