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8
165
25
Sarah Glass,
5
106
84
Auberry Sonle,
11
165
25
Cora White,
11
102
8
Mark Simmons,
11
165
25
Ella Chandler,
11
53
2
Bailey Geary,
12
163
27
Lizzie Glass,
4
145
6
Fred. Sampson,
6
162
23
Mamie Cushing.
4
43
12
George Steel.
6
161
29
Spencer Sampson,
11
161
29
George McNaught,
9
161
29
Wille Simmons,
9
159
31
Phernando Soule,
5
156
34
George Mann,
5
153
37
Eddie Woodward,
11
147
43
Abbott Simmons,
14
138
52
Johonnie Sampson,
8!
105
80
George Weston,
12
102
88
Charles Mann,
7
92
98
John Sampson,
8
80
5
Harrie Loring,
183
7 1
8 a Age.
Days
Present.
Days
6 9 osAbsent.
Willie Cushing,
10
184
181
174 16
Peleg Sampson,
8
181
Jennio Freeman,
8
16
NUMBER 4 .- SUNNYSIDE.
*Ernest Ford,
81
177
* Lizzie Randol,
*Elmore Chandler,
10
176
* Lizzie Baker,
11
176
*Walter Baker,
9
175
*Julia Baker,
*Granville Baker,
* Mary Chandler,
12
171
12
* Nahum Sampson.
9
170
* Martha Randol,
13
163
15
*Chester Baker,
5
170
13
Eliza Gullifer.
8
164
19
Wendel Chandler,
11
168
15
Emma Lyou,
7
163
20
Willie H. Chandler,
6
165
18
Anna Whiting.
10
161
23
James H. Ford,
12
169
19
Laura Chandler,
7
159
24
John J. Cooper,
10
161
32
Emma Sampson,
6
155
28
Mercer Ford,
10
160
23
Mary Sampson,
8
149
34
Henry Chandler,
9
158
25
Sarah Ford,
10
145
38
Clifford Gardner,
8
153
30
Fannie Chandler,
15
144
39
Milfred Glass,
6
152
31
Sarah Randol.
12
135
48
Frank Whiting,
12
151
32
Etta F. Glass,
8
115 104
26
Willie Gardner,
12
149
34
Elanor Ford,
15
95
8
Wendell Phillips,
13
135
48
Berth L. Gardner,
5
86
44
Harry Sampson,
12
128
55
Nancy Glass,
82
48
George H. Sampson,
15
115
15
Etta Sampson,
8
52
1
Willie Gullifer,
6
94
9
Imogene Chandler,
15
41
39
12
6
Anthony D. Gardner,
16
75
8
Bennie F. Ford,
13
75
5
Edwin Glass,
14
67
13
Eddie Whiting,
5
59
44
Henry B. Harriman,
51
29
Eugene Gullifer,
13
37
46
Elisha G. Sampson, Albert Sampson,
5
23
30
Melvott C. Chandler,
14
20
63
SAge.
Days
2Present.
Days
Absent.
5 ccAge.
Days
Prosent.
Days
to co co to - A bient.
9
178
174
8
175
8 13
18
Jason S. Randall,
10
150
33
Rebecca Chandler,
16
Harry A. Randall,
40
43
*Not absent second or third term.
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NUMBER 5 .- ASHDOD.
Bennie Alden,
10
184
170
15
Millie F. Church,
9
185
George H. Peterson,
6 169
16
Martha L. Church,
15|
184 1
Fred. L. Ford,
11
151
34
Carrinna A. Peterson,
11
184
John Roony,
10
189
47
Anna L. Chandler,
11
184
1
Ellis B. Ford.
12
116
14
Mary E. Chandler,
12
180
Lorenzo W. Peterson,
15
98:
32
Martha A. Randall,
8
179
6
Wait W. Simmons,
16
28
Addie B. Chandler,
5
175
10
* Eddie A. Randall,
16
75
0)
Alice T. Alden,
18
175
19
*Berton L. Belknap,
6
75
0)
Annie Alden,
8
174
11
*Frank E. Damon,
8
15
()
Effa M. Chandler,
15
168
17
George Strang,
16
70
Cora Peterson,
8
158
23
('linton W. Delano,
6
67
-2
Nellie Peterson,
13
139
42
Edwin F. Strang,
14
59
12
Lucy Belknap,
10
119
3
*Edlen Glover,
55
0
Nancy W. Drake,
10
112
13
La Roy Bosworth,
10
54
1
Elna F. Drake,
12
111
18
Theodore W. Glass,
8
54
1
Mary E Baker,
5
105
25
Wendell Bosworth,
8
54
1
Fannie M. Baker,
7
103
John Glover.
12
53
2
Emma W. Southworth.
5
92
23
Charlie McDonaldl.
1
52
B
Annie Damon,
12
79
1
Lizzie P. Damon,
14
7
Hattie Strang,
8
74
1
Lucy B. Lewis,
13
69
3
Ella P. Magoun,
121
58
15
Pauline Bosworth.
13
15
10
Flora Ingalls,
8
44
11
Adrianna Gray,
29.
11
¿Age.
Days
AP resent.
Days
( 0 1 11SOAbsent.
*Not absent while a member.
Days
Present.
Days
-Absent.
Mary W. Randall,
12
185
Willie F. Winsor,
12
71
27 - 5
Mary E. Jones,
7
160
25
Claudius L. Strang,
Stillman Magoun.
6
50
35
5
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NUMBER 6 .- CROOKED-LANE.
Days
Present.
Days
Absent.
Ada J. Chandler.
10|
190
Edward Chandler.
187
3
Ella J. Esterbrook,
9
190
0
W. Henry Esterbrook,
18%
3
Susie Boylston,
Allston M. Smith.
183
Carrie L. Soul',
9
154
86
Willie Hunt,
180
10
Ellen Peterson.
13
154
36
Horace L. Belknap.
1776
14
Lizzie W. Hunt,
13
146
44
Eddie Ertos,
00 10
171
9
Etta M. Hunt,
5
127
63
George R. Hunt,
11
162
28
Minnie Esterbrook.
4
123
12
Eddie Baker.
S
159
31
Anna N. Belknap.
8
115
75
Wallace A. Sherman
10
156
34
Nettir C. McComeli.
9
103
32
Willie A Harris,
12
154
36
Ella M. Magoun.
11
93
17
Charles P. Sinnott,
11
138
32
Susie Raymond.
10
33
Ellis Raymond,
14
138
32
Lillie Peterson,
25
10
Rufus II. Raymond,
8
128
62
Emma L. Peterson,
22
13
Thomas G. Hunt,
14
122
13
Sarah K. Sprague.
16
19
51
Elisha Peterson.
13
119
18
Emma Dorr,
17
12
23
4
112
23
Walter Estes,
13
100
80
Lucius A. Peterson,
13
94
26
*George E. Belknap,
14
80
0
Oscar E. Belknap,
16
7
3
E. Parker Pratt,
14
68
12
George M. Paulding,
13
44
11
Willie Sinnott.
4
42
38
Frank A. Bumpus,
9
34
6
Frank E. Sinnott,
16
19
1
Age.
Days
Present.
Days
Absent.
Josie Boylston,
190
178
12
Edith Hunt,
151
39
Hannah P. Soulo,
12
132
58
Henry L. Hunt,
175
15
190
Eddie Shaw.
11 11 AFNGAge.
Eden Glover.
*Not absent while a member.
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No 7 .- MILL-BROOK.
Days
Present.
Days
~Absent.
Fannie Sampson,
Herbert E. Walker,
8
179
11
Fannie F. Weston,
William Landers,
13
1777
13
Ella F. Stickney,
10
182 8
Willie J. Gorhanı,
9
169
21
Lilian F. Sprague,
9
180
10
Daniel W. Chandler,
8
167
23
Vesta S. Sprague,
10
175
15
George W. Chandler,
11
166
24
Anna P. Arnold,
9
173
17
Henry A. Briggs,
11
162
28
Lizzie W. Chandler,
7
170
20
Eden Weston,
8
161
39
HIattic B. Sampson,
12
164
26
Andrew Peterson.
8
160
30
Zilpha E. Brewster.
11
156
34
Clarence Walker.
5
159
31
Amy A. Bold,
15
139
51
Josiah Briggs.
155
35
Anna J. Bold,
13
136 54
Eddie E. Sherman,
8
149
41
Nettie Briggs,
5
104
86
Hugh Edgar,
11
141
41
Cora M Sprague,
10
93
17
Frank Sherman.
6
137
53
Maggie Landers.
6
87
48
Willie Soule,
6
120
6
Susan A. Lewis,
10
83
9
Joseph"Bold,
10
117
18
Mary F. Lewis,
8
79
6
Elma Briggs.
113
22
Susan F. Raymond,
10
74
10
Freddie Bold,
8
105
30
Elva L. Raymond,
15
64
10
*Charles Thomas.
13
80
0
Addie Chandler,
5
56
24
*Clarence Lyon.
13
80
0
Annie M. Dellow,
11
53
2
Wilber Peterson,
12
61
19
Mary Barstow.
6
48
Everett Arnold.
:14
50
10
John K. Dellow.
8
43
12
Freddie Diamond,
6
14
6
10 10 EAge.
Days
Present.
Days
Frank J. Delano.
11
189
185
183
5 CareAbsent.
*Not absent while a member.
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No. 8 .- POINT.
Days
&Present.
Days
0 ouiAbsent.
Mabel Northey,
6
177
David S. Goodspeed,
8 181
Lizzie M. Merritt,
81 175
15
Arthur F. Turner,
8 180
10 Effie I. Sweetser;
8 171 19
Freeman R. Clarke,
9 180
10 Albertie W. Merritt,
4
167
Albert C. Hawks,
12
175
15
Lucy B. Winsor,
8
151
36
Freddie L. Peterson,
11.
170
20
Minnie Hamilton,
6 1-46
44
Henry R. Hawks,
6
168
150
40
Elizabeth Gaines,
91
39
1
Edward L. Pindar,
9
127
8
Helen F. Nickerson,
5
38
Freddie L. Soule,
8
107
28
Florence A. Chandler.
13
12
6
70
10
Samuel A. Briggs,
8
54
1
Willie M. Winsor,
38
2
* Willie A. Prior,
8
-10
Days
Present.
Days
5-1 bsent.
Frank B. Hawks,
9 188
179
11
Emma J. Miller,
Laurence B. Peterson,
10
158
32
Luey B. Nickerson.
11
39
1
Paul C, Turner,
Winford C. Burgess,
*Not absent while a member.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- MASONIC HALL.
Days Present.
Days
6 5 9 cro Absent.
Lizzie R. Weston,
11
184
Ernest Wadsworth,
14
186
0
Alice Holbrook,
13
182
Frank T. Holmes,
14
180
Kizzie M. Winsor,
13
178
George W. Turner,
12
176
10
Emma L. Joyce,
13
177
9
Percy II. Winsor,
11 176
10
Jessie B. Northey,
141
176
10
Edmund Landers,
14
175
11
Lucy C. Brewster,
10
175
11
Henry Nickerson,
13
173
13
Mary B. Winsor,
14
161
24
Rufus S. Delano,
12
163
23
Laura Freeman,
14
155
31
Wilfred B. Turner,
11
160
26
Fannie Burns,
15
149
37
Charles Burns,
13
128
58
Lucy L. Jackson,
13
129
6
Henry L. Dunster,
13
115
20
Nellie H. Alden,
14
120
15
Sanford C. Winsor,
15
114
21
Mary E. Delano,
15
111
24
Willie Brewster,
11
113
22
Florence E. Burgess,
13
105
30
George A. Holmes,
14
106
29
Nellie L. Graves,
11
95
40
*Fred R. Winsor,
15
80
0
Etta L. Burditt,
11
66
4
*Freddie Cushman,
14
80
0
*Hattie W. Peterson,
11
40
0
George Delano,
13
79
1
Eva M. Hatch,
13
39
1
Ernest G. Sweetser,
14
33
Bessie F. Burditt.
15
36
1
Richmond Weston,
15
75
11
Elliote Sprague,
11
70
65
Clarence M. Weston,
15
51
29
George Freeman,
20
50
5
George E. Joseph,
13
31
24
Arthur Soule,
26
60
*Not absent while a member.
No. 9 .- HIGH-STREET.
Walter Keen,
4| 172|
11
Emma Keen,
12!
N. Allen Keen,
14 163
20
Lizzie W. Allen,
11|
172
11
Henry O. Simmons,
|13|
160
23
Ella B. Keen,
9
169
14
E. Clifton Bailey,
13
140
43
Helen M. Simmons,
16
140
43
B. Parker Barstow,
10
174
96
Lizzie J. Bailey,
12
116
19
Frank M. Hammond,
8
119
64
Mary P. Barstow,
14
109
12
John H. Glover,
13
76
Lizzie M. Hanes,
11
69
11
Charles Lopez,
13
58
25
Minnie E. Hanes,
9
66
17
Carol C. Foster,
19
46
37
Lizzie J. Hammond,
14
43
12
William Lopez,
12
42
8
Olive Powell.
8
36/
19
4 5 5 Or On A toAbsent.
Arthur C. Holmes,
10
181
Cora M. Alden,
9
Days
Present.
Days
AAge.
Days
Present.
Days
Absent.
&Age.
Days
Present.
Days
Absent.
*Thomas W. Herrick,
13
80
0
*Caroline G. Hollis,
40
E. Clifton Peterson,
14| 186
181
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APPENDIX III.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR.
The Assessors have reported the whole number of scholars between the ages of five and fifteen as 440. The table below gives the attendance of 465, with an average attendance of 305, or a little over 67 per cent.
Number belonging} to School.
Average Attend- ance for the year.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
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No. 1.
Village
40
26*
No. 2.
Nook.
76
50*
No. 3.
Island Creek.
50
39*
No. 4.
Sunnyside
62
37
No. 5.
Ashdod
50
30
No. 6.
Crooked-Lane.
47
30
No. 7. Mill Brook.
46
32
No. 8.
Point.
26
17*
No. 9.
High Street.
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13
465
305
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SCHOOL-HOUSES.
The law makes it the duty of your Committee to see that good and comfortable Houses are provided.
No. 1 is in fair condition, except it needs a new floor, and the roof new shingling. Paint would improve the looks, and be a saving in the end.
No. 2. The attention of the town was called to this house at the annual meeting. It is dilapidated in the ex- treme. Thirty scholars would be a fair number for the large room. The Register for the last year shows seven- ty-six different names, and sixty-five scholars have been packed into it at one time. The small room is without a desk or chair, and can only be used for a lumber room. The town voted to pass over, after being told what con- dition the house was in. The house would do if the rooms were all in one, except what would be necessary for entries. It needs a new floor, new shingling, new windows, and re-seating, to make it comfortable.
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No. 3, is better than 1, or 2, but it needs some repair to save it, and make it respectable.
No. 4. The Committee chosen by the town, to pro- vide better school accommodations in this District, have attended to that duty. The old house was sold at auc- tion for $55 00, which was considered a good price. In 1869 the town voted that the school Committee furnish better accommodations in this District. They managed to do nothing, except some standing around. In 1870 the matter came up again; the year passed and nothing was done. In 1871 the town chose a building committee, and invested them with full power to furnish necessary school accommodations, and now the town votes not to accept of the doings of the Committee, after all the bills are approved, paid, and audited by the Town's Auditing Committee. They did not urge the matter, but made an honest statement, and there let the matter rest. The reason for not accepting, appears to be, that those who first had the matter in charge "couldn't see how any al- teration could be made without involving considerable expense," and that is probably the only reason why they did not attend to the duty. As the building Committee do not know of any one that thinks he could "see," they are willing to take their word for it, and let the matter rest, satisfied that all will be well in due time. ·2
No. 5, is entered through a "Tossut." The house' is too small, and should be made larger, an addition of ten
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feet would give room for entries and the teacher's desk. There are accommodations for about thirty scholars, while we have been required to pack in forty-two at one time.
No. 6 is barely tenantable. The old house was sold two years ago for about thirty dollars. Another one (old No. 10) was moved to supply its place and accommodate this school, and what scholars were transferred from No. 10. We doubt if the one in use now would sell at auc- tion, for enough to cover the cost of moving. No repairs were made, and it is in a shameful and demoralizing con- dition.
No. 7 is a nuisance as it is. The town has voted to repair it.
No. 8 is a fair building, but needs some repairs, paint, re-scating, &c. This being occupied by one of our smallest schools, and considerable one side of the centre of the District, should be moved to some central location.
No. 9 is the best house we have, except No. 4. It is large enough at present, but needs some repairs, paint, &c., as a matter of economy.
The Grammar School is quartered in the Masonic lunch-room, at an annual rent of thirty dollars. It is an imposition on a civilized community, and an outrage on the teacher and scholars. It is now three years since the Point school house was sold for $131 00, and we were left with one house short of the number needed. The town does not seem inclined to provide a house, so long 7
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as this hole can be had cheap. At the last annual meeting you were asked by your School Committee to raise up house No. 1, and make it two stories high. If this could be done, the furniture could be taken from the room at the Hall. This would furnish ample accommo- dations for the Grammar School at a comparatively small cost. The school in this case would be a mile nearer the Geographical centre of those who attend now.
Some of the advanced pupils could be transferred from No. 2, thereby reducing that school, thus equalizing schools No. 1, 2, and 8, and making the Grammar school of easy access from each end of the village. To make it more plain, we need one house more than we now have.
In making appropriations for houses it will be necessa- sary to include the necessary furniture also. We find by the Report of the Selectmen in 1869, that some of the School Funds were diverted from their proper use. About $300 00 were taken to furnish the Old Hall with desks and chairs. If the Committee of that year were ignorant of the school laws, there need be no ex- cuse in the future.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
HENRY WADSWORTH. WM. T. HARLOW, JOSIAH MOORE,
School Committee of the Town of Duxbury.
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ABSTRACT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE'S ACCOUNT WITH SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 4.
DR.
To cash received of Town Treasurer from
Town appropriation, $2000 00
Cash from sale of old house,
55 00
Wood cut on new lot,
22 75
New and old material left,
28 93
$2,106 68
CONTRA CR.
Paid out as per bills rendered to the Select-
men,
$2,085 98
Cash in hands of Committee,
20 70
$2,106 68
The balance ($20 70) will be needed to finish grading, when the frost is out of the ground.
H. WADSWORTH, LEVI FORD,
Building Committee.
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The undersigned being an Auditing Committee chosen by the Town, March 1871, have examined the foregoing accounts of Henry Wadsworth and Levi Ford, a Com- mittee chosen by the Town to superintend the building of the School House in District No. 4, and find them cor- rectly cast and properly vouched.
GEORGE W. FORD, HARVEY SOULE.
DUXBURY, Feb. 20, 1872.
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LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING CHILDREN.
CHAPTER 36. OF THE SCHOOL FUNDS.
Amendment .- Chap. 142, 1865.
SECTION 1. No apportionment and distribution of the annu- al income of the school fund, as provided by the second and third sections of chapter thirty-six of the General Statutes, shall be made to any town or city which has not complied with the requisitions of the first and second sections of chapter thir- ty-eight, and the fifth and sixth sections of chapter forty of the General Statutes, and of any amendments to either of said sec- tions ; or which has not raised by taxation for the support of schools, during the school year embraced in the last annual re- turns, including only wages and board of teachers, fuel for the schools, and care of fires and school-rooms, a sum not less than three dollars for each person between the ages of five and fifteen years, belonging to said town or city on the first day of May of said school year.
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SECT. 4. The income of the school fund received by the several cities and towns shall be applied by the school com- mittees thereof to the support of the public schools therein, but said committees may, if they see fit, appropriate therefrom any sum, not exceeding twenty-five per cent. of the same, to the purchase of books of reference, maps and apparatus for the use of said schools.
CHAPTER 38. OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SECTION 1. In every town there shall be kept, for at least six months in each year, at the expense of said town, by a teacher or teachers of competent ability and good morals, a sufficient number of schools for the instruction of all the chil- dren who may legally attend public school therein, in orthog- raphy, reading, writing, English grammar, geography, arith - metic, the history of the United States, and good behavior. Algebra, vocal music, drawing, physiology, and hygiene shall be taught by lectures or otherwise, in all the public schools in which the school committee deem it expedient.
SECT. 2. Every town may, and every town containing five hundred families or householders shall, besides the schools pre- scribed in the preceding section, maintain a school to be kept by a master of competent ability and good morals, who, in ad- dition to the branches of learning before mentioned, shall give instruction in general history, book-keeping, surveying, geom- etry, natural philosophy, chemistry, botany, the civil polity of this Commonwealth and of the United States, and the Latin language. Such last mentioned school shall be kept for the
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benefit of all the inhabitants of the town, ten months at least, exclusive of vacations, in each year, and at such convenient place, or alternately at such places in the town, as the legal voters at their annual meeting determine. And in every town containing four thousand inhabitants, the teacher or teachers of the schools required by this section, shall, in addition to the branches of instruction before required, be competent to give instruction in the Greek and French languages, astronomy, geology, rhetoric, logic, intellectual and moral science, and po- litical economy.
Amendment. - Chap. 208, 1866.
SECT. 2. {Any town which shall maintain the school re- quired to be maintained by the second section of chapter thir ty-eight of the General Statutes, not less than thirty- six weeks, exclusive of vacations in each year, shall not be liable to the forfeiture provided in section first, chapter one hundred and forty-two of the laws of the year eighteen hundred and sixty- five, for non-compliance with the requisitions of the aforesaid second section. ] (See chap. 36, sect. 3, 2d amendment.)
SECT. 7. Any town may establish and maintain, in addi- tion to the schools required by law to be maintained therein, schools for the education of persons over fifteen years of age ; may determine the term or terms of time in each year, and the hours of the day or evening during which said school shall be kept ; and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessa- ry for the support thereof.
SECT. 9. In every public school, having an average of fifty scholars, the school district or town to which such school be- longs shall employ one or more female assistants, unless such district or town, at a meeting called for the purpose, votes to dispense with such assistant.
SECT. 10. It shall be the duty of the president, professors and tutors of the university at Cambridge and of the several colleges, of all preceptors and teachers of academies, and of
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all other instructors of youth, to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction, the principles of piety and justice, and a sacred regard to truth ; love of their country, humanity, and universal benevolence ; sobriety, industry, and frugality ; chas- tity, moderation, and temperance; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded; and it shall be the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understand- ing of the tendency of the above mentioned virtues, to pre- serve and perfect a republican constitution and secure the bless- ings of liberty as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the oppo- site vices.
SECT. 11. It shall be the duty of the resident ministers of the gospel, the selectmen, and the school committees, to exert their influence and use their best endeavors that the youth of their towns shall regularly attend the schools established for their instruction.
SECT. 12. The several towns shall, at their annual meet- ings, or at a regular meeting called for the purpose, raise such sums of money for the support of schools as they judge neces- sary ; which sums shall be assessed and collected in like man- ner as other town taxes.
SECT. 13. Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the right of any corporation established in a town, to manage any estate or funds given or obtained for the purpose of supporting schools therein, or in any wise affect such estate or funds.
SECT. 14. A town which refuses or neglects to raise money for the support of schools as required by this chapter, shall forfeit a sum equal to twice the highest sum ever before voted for the support of schools therein. A town which refuses or neglects to choose a school committee to superintend said
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schools, or to choose prudential committees in the several dis- tricts, when it is the duty of the town to choose such pruden- tial committee, shall forfeit a sum not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, to be paid into the treas- ury of the county.
SECT. 15. Three-fourths of any forfeiture paid into the treasury of the county under the preceding section, shall be paid by the treasurer to the school committee, if any, other- wise to the selectmen of the town trom which it is recovered, who shall apportion and appropriate the same to the support of the schools of such town, in the same manner as if it had been regularly raised by the town for that purpose.
SECT. 16. Every town shall, at the annual meeting, choose, by written ballots, a board of school committee, which shall have the general charge and superintendence of all the public schools in town. Said board shall consist of any number of persons divisible by three, which said town has decided to elect, one-third thereof to be elected annually, and continue in office three years. If a town fails or neglects to choose such committee, an election at a subsequent meeting shall be valid.
SECT. 20. All members of the school committee shall con- tinue in office for the purpose of superintending the winter terms of the several schools, and of making and transmitting the certificate, returns, and report of the committee, notwith- standing the election of any successor at the annual meeting ; but for all other duties, the term of office shall commence im- mediately after election.
SECT. 21. Any town may, at the annual meeting, vote to increase or diminish the number of its school committee. Such increase shall be made by adding one or more to each class. to hold office according to the tenure of the class to which they are severally chosen. Such diminution shall be made by choosing, annually, such number as will in three years affect it, and a vote to diminish shall remain in force until the diminution under it is accomplished. 9
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SECT. 22. The school committee shall appoint a secretary and keep a permanent record book, in which all its votes, or ders and proceedings shall by him be recorded.
SECT. 24. Every instructor of a town or district school shall, before he opens such school, obtain from the school com- mittee a certificate in duplicate of his qualifications, one of which shall be deposited with the selectmen before any pay- ment is made to such instructor on account of his services ; and upon so filing such certificate, the teacher of any public school shall be entitled to receive, on demand, his wages due at the expiration of any quarter, or term longer or shorter than a quarter, or upon the close of any single term of service, sub- ject to the condition specified in section thirteen of chapter forty.
SECT. 25. The school committee may dismiss from em- ployment any teacher whenever they think proper, and such teacher shall receive no compensation for services rendered after such dismissal.
SECT. 26. The school committee, or some one or more of them, for the purpose of making a careful examination of the schools, and of ascertaining that the scholars are properly sup- plied with books, shall visit all the public schools in the town on some day during the first or second week after the opening of such schools respectively, and also on some day during the two weeks preceeding the closing of the same; and shall also for the same purpose visit, without giving previous notice thereof to the instructors, all the public schools in the town once a month, and they shall, at such examinations, inquire into the regulation and discipline of the schools, and the habits and proficiency of the scholars therein.
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