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LXXX. Every Teacher, whether male or female, or person‘who shall be a bona ﬁde can- didate for the ofﬁce of Teacher, of whose quali- ﬁcation the Board shall be the judge, upon being examined by thesaid Beard, and on pro- ducing a certiﬁcate thereof, certifying to the proﬁciency of such candidate, and to his or her being qualiﬁed to become a student for the ofﬁce of School Teacher, shall, if he or she desire, be entitled to attend at the Normal School, and re- ceive instruction and training in the art of Teaching, free of all fees and charges, for a period not exceeding ﬁve months.

LXXXI. The sum of two hundred pounds shall be paid to the Teacher of the Normal School, by warrant on the Treasurer, in the usual manner, payable in quarterly payments, from the date of his appointment, on his produc- ing from the Board of Education, a certiﬁcate of his being entitled to the same.

LXXXII. From and after the passing of this Act, there shall be three Visitors of Schools for this Island .3 that is to say, one for each of the CountiesOf King’s, Queen’s and Prince Counties, and it shall and may be lawful for the Lieuten- ant Governor, for the time being, in Council, as soon as this Act shall go into operation, to appoint three ﬁt and prOper persons to such ofﬁces, and to displace any such person or per- sons so appointed, at pleasure, and to appoint another person or persons to ﬁll such vacancy or vacancies; and one of such three persons so appointed, shall be Visitor of Schools for King’s County, one other shall be Visitor of Schools for Queen’s County, and the third shall be Visitor of Schools for Prince County.

LXXXIlI. Neither of such School Visitors shall engage in trade or business, whilst holding the ofﬁce of Visitor; and it shall be the duty of each School Visitor to visit all the Schools in the County for which he shall have been ap- pointed, twice in every year, and to assist the Board of Education in prescribing the course of Education to be pursued in such Schools, and the books, diaries, lists of attendances, and other records «to be kept'therein, and‘in ordering what books shall be used in the Schools, what shall be the hours of attendance of the scholars, and commencement of terms, and other neces- sary details-connected with the management of the Schools; andveach of such Visitors shall have power, and he is hereby directed whenever he shall see ﬁt, to‘call a meeting of the Trustees

connected with the reSpective Schools within

his County, and to make to-the Board of Edn-

cation a quarterly report in writing, of his visits, stating therein the condition of every School, the method of teaching practised therein, the number of scholars, stale and description of Schoolhouses, and whether in such Schools the provisions of this Act, and the orders of the Board of Education relating to such Schools have been complied with, and such other infor- mation as he may deem it necessary to give, and it shall be the duty or the Board to furnish each branch of the Legislature, within fourteen days after the meeting thereof, with such parts of said Visitor’s Reports, including the statistics thereof, as they may deem necessary, together with, it'they deem ﬁt, their own remarks thereon, and a- copy of such extracts and remarks shall be published annually in one of the public newspapers of the Colony.

LXXXIV. The School Visitor of each County for the time being is hereby required, at each and every visitationmade by him, to the Schools of his County, to enter his name and the date of his visitation in the book or record kept by the Trustees of such Schools for that purpose.

LXXXV. It shall be the duty of the School Visitors to visit frequently the Normal School, and to assist the Boardof Education in directing the management thereof.

LXXXVI. The salary of each School Visitor under this Act, shall be one hundred and ﬁfty pounds per annum, to be paid quar- terly from the date of his ﬁrst appointment, by warrant drawn in the usual manner on the Treasurer of this I sland,on producing the cor- tiﬁcate of a quorum of the Board of Educa- tion, of his being entitled to receive the same.

LXXXVII. N o Clergyman or Minister having charge of a Congregation of Religion, or Teacher, or head of any Educational Establishment, whether such Establishment shall be in operation under this Act, or otherwise, in this Island, shall be liable to pay any assessment imposed by this Act for the purposes of Education.

LXXXVIII. Every school Teacher is hereby required, within twenty days after his entering into his engagement as Teacher, to transmit to the Secretary of the Board of Education a notice thereof, in writing, in the form in the schedule of this Act, annexed, marked B, stating the date at which he shall have entered into such engagement, and the day on which the School under his charge shall have been opened, and such engage-