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ment as aforesaid shall in no case be entered'

into for a longer or shorter period than twelve months from the commencement thereof, and every such agreement and en- gagement shall be duly made and entered into in writing between the said Teacher and the School Trustees, to be appointed as by this Act directed, and. shall be in the form or to the effect prescribed. in the schedule to this Act annexed, marked A. -

LXXXIX. It shall be the duty of the Trustees of all Schools in this Island, and they are hereby required in all cases, when entering into an egagement or agreement with any Teacher, to state and set forth in every such agreement what is the total num- ber of scholars or children within the age of five and seventeen years in their District, and also the average daily attendance of scholars required by this Act for such school when the same is a district school.

XC. The Journal or Register required b the fifty-fourth section of this Act to be kept by every Licensed Teacher, and forwarded by him or her to the Secretary of the Board of Education, shall, before being so for- warded, be certified to as to the correctness thereof, upon oath,by every such Teacher be- fore a Justice of the Peace.

XCI. When, and as often as the resident householders in any two adjoining country School districts in this Island, having child- ren within the age of five and seventeen years, or the Trustees of such Districts, shall be desirous of obtaining the establishment of a Grammar School in lieu of the two dis- trict Schools within their districts, and the Trustees of both of said districts, on behalf of such resident householders therein as aforesaid, shall signify such, their desire, in writing, to the Board of Education, and shall provide a suitable building for the purpose of such Grammar School, the same to be of not less area than six hundred square feet, and to be at least ten feet in the height of the post, that then, and in every such case, the said Board of Education shall have power,

and they are hereby required to merge said p

two districts into one and to establish therein a Grammar School, in lieu of the two district Schools theretofore in operation in such dis- tricts, and to appoint a Teacher to such Gram- mar School, who shall be qualified to teach the various branches hereinafter specified, and the Board of Education shall have

power at any time, upon the application of the Trustees of any such“ Grammar School as aforesaid, to appoint an Usher or assist- ant Teacher to such school.

XCII. The Board of Education. shall like- wise have power at their discretion, subject to the proviso as to the number of Grammar Schools in the next section set forth, to establish in any country School district in this Island, a Grammar School in lieu of the district School, should it appear to them to be necessary or advisable, and an application be made to them by the Trustees or house- holders of the district, and the said Board of Education shall appoint to shch Grammar School a Teacher possessing the qualifica I tions hereinafter prescribed.

XCIII. The number of Grammar Schools in each of the Counties of this Island, to be allowed or recognized under this Act, over and above those Grammar Schools formed by the

y junction of two District Schools under this Act,

or in Charlottetown, Georgetown, or summer- side, shall not exceed the following number, that is to say, in Prince County three, in King’s County three, and in Queen’s County five, un- less the establishment of an additional Gram- mar School, or additional Grammar Schools, shall, on recommendation of the Board of Edu- cation, be sanctioned by 0 rder of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

XCIV. The Board of Education, at any time, if they, on examination, or the report of the examiners, find that a candidate for a Teacher’s license is not likely to become fitted to be a Teacher without attending at the Normal School, shall require such candidate to attend at such Normal School for any period they may think fit, not exceeding five months, before they will again allow such candidate to offer himself for examination.

XCV. From and after the passing. of this Act, the Board of Education shall have power to continue in Georgetown a Grammar School, in addition to the male and female Schools which are hereby authorized to be established and rovided for therein, and in Summerside a Gram- mar School in addition to the District School already established therein, respectively ; and the administrator of the Government, for the time being, in Council, shall from time to time, appoint the Teachers to such Grammar Schools, whose qualifications for teaching shall

‘be those in this Act prescribed, and such