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to the purchasing of fuel and the payment of rent, and the cost of repairs of such schoolhouses, and other necessary purposes, and if such Trus- tees, or the Board of Education, respectively, shall find that the said quarterly payment is not sufficient in amount for the purchase of fuel and other purposes as aforesaid, then the said Trus- tees, or Board of Education, respectively, may order and require a further payment to be made by each scholar, not exceeding, however, in any case, the sum of three shillings quarterly, in addition to the first mentioned quarterly pay- ment of one shilling and six-pence, and if the said sums, or either of them, be not paid, the scholars in default shall be debarred from further instruction until the same is paid, and the same shall be recovered by the Teacher, in the name of any one or more of the Trustees, or of the Secretary of the Board of Education respectively, before the Court of Commissioners for the re- covery of Small Debts, in Charlottetown, from the parents or guardians of the children so in default; provided always, that it shall be the duty of the Board of Education, from time to: time, to inspect the rooms in which the various: schools receiving support under this Act, in' Charlottetown, shall be conducted or placed, and if they sholl find the accommodation afforded, in. any case, insufficient for the number of children taught, or the condition or position of the school- house or room otherwise objectionable, on the score of situation, ventilation or otherwise, the Board shall be authorized to order the school to be removed to some other house or room which they may be able to secure, and shall think more fitting for the purpose, and the quarterly- fees in such case shall be paid by the Teacher of the school to the Sectetary of the Board of Educa- tion, to be applied to the payment of rent, fuel and other necessary purposes, and the Board shall, in each case, have power, if they find it necessary, to increase the quarterly payment to be made by each scholar, up to, but not ex— ceeding» the full amount prescribed by the present section of this Act, and the Board shall also. have power to ordain two schools, to be kept in one building, if they deem, it necessary, and can procure one sufficiently capacious for the. pur- pose, and in any case where the Trustees of any

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to appoint a proper Teacher, the Board shall have power to nominate and appomt one on, its own responsibility, '

LX. The Board of ' Education shall have power

to include the farms of Township Lands, fronting;

on the back royalty road of Charlottetown Royal- ty, in the same District or Districts, with the Royalty District Schools, or one or other of them, according to their situations. And the Inhabitants of such farms, in accordance with the terms of any such order by the Board of Education, shall be entitled to send their chil ' dren to the School named in such order, and be liable to pay the same assessments and rates, or charges for fuel, furniture, and books, for such School, or for keeping up or repairing the same, as the Inhabitants of the Royalty are liable to.

LXI. There shall be allowed for Charlotte— town, under this Act, six female Schools, if found necessary, exclusive of the Orphan School, with female Teacher’s. And when, so soon as there shall be more than fifty scholars in attendance at each of the said female Schools, and it shall ap- pear to the said Board, that there is a sufficient number of scholars above said number, to render it desirable or requisite to have further assistance, then the said Board may establish one or two more

Schools, and appoint one or two female Teacher’s thereto.

LXlI. The School heretofore established in Charlottetown, for the benefit of orphans and children of destitute parents resident in Char- lottetown, shall be continued as now in opera- tion, and shall be open as heretofore, free of charge, to such children. And the Board of Education shall, from time to time, appoint a competent Teacher of either sex for such School, who shall be entitled to receive therefor, a salary of not more than fifty pounds per annum, payable out of“ the public Treasury of this Is- land, in such manner and under and subject to such restrictions and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Board of Education.

LXlII. The Teacher of such School shall be first examined by the Board, and, if found com- petent, shall receive a certificate to teach the primary branches of Education, whether he or she shall or shall not be able to qualify as a first class Teacher under this Act, and the said Board may cancel and revoke such certificate, for such reasons and in such manner as men- tioned in the twelfth section of this Act.

LXIV. Orphan children shall have prefer-

s-hall be admitted thereto, if under the age of four years, nor continued therein if above the age of twelve years, nor shall any child be ad- mitted unless recommended by a certificate in writing, to be signed by a clergyman, resident