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arrangement, so as to render suchdistrict or

a c . u districts more suited to the convenience of the.

respective inhabitants therein, it shall be law-i ful for the Board, in their discretion if they, deem, it necessary,-to nominate and appoint, three competent persons, not resident in-the; district or districts respecting which the appli-; cation may. have been so'made, to examine; into theparticulars; and? such persons so ap- pointed» as aforesaid," after notice of their intention so to do shalls‘have been posted for atg‘ least six days previeusvon- the schoolhouse in the district, or if the application shall concern more. than one district; then» on the respective schoolhouses in. theseveral districtsin‘ question, shall attend.- at such}- time and place in such district, or either of :- such distriets as shall in such notice bespecifi'ed, and shallr‘persenally then and there proceed, to make enquiry in

such manner and to such- extent as they, or a '

majority ofth-ern, shall deem requisite, and if; they should be of opinion that the interest orl

. . . - l convenience of the inhabitants would be pro-i

meted by an alteration in the boundaries of; O 0 O U U | such. district or districts respectively, or should}

deem it expedient that suchdistricts should be; merged. into one, or otherwise re-arranged,‘ they shall fix and decide upon the manner or

‘ l define the extent of such-alteration, and. shall thereupon report such their opinion and%

l determination under their hands, or the handsl

of a majority. of them, to the said Board, whose;

erder. or decision thereon,- when sanctioned by:

certificate thereof, signed by’the Secretary and? three membersof the Board, who shall thereiIL state that the appliCation on which the, com- mission has been issued was reaSonrible, andif othchise then the expenses shall be. borne in. the applicants. ' I p 7 ’

XVIII. In allcases where tho/site of a schoolhouse, Withinrany established district, is or has beenlegallyaltered under the provisions

set this Act,,or any present or former law relating

to Education, and Such: schoelhouse is situated

upon land held under lease, deed er~otherwise,

the Trustees of, Such school district shall be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to remove the scho‘olhou‘se or building from its former site, unless there be' a special clause in such lease or other instrument prohibiting such- removal.

XIX. All school districts as new registered by the Board of Education are hereby declaml to be established and confirmed as school dis- tricts, and shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits conferred upon or belonging to school. districts to be established by this Act, notwith— standing any want of form or any error rr irregularity whatsoever in the mode of making any original application for the laying off, de- fining or establishing of any such districts, or in any other proceeding act, matter or thing

ry to be had, done or performed under

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access: this Act, or any former Law relating to Edu-

cation, prior. to or in respect of anysucli

' ' l o l ‘ ~. 1‘ 1 . ,7 l ‘V v 1 ' a . ( in me Admlmstrator of theiGovemment m Comm liegistiation .uhatsocx er, and a certificate 0.. oil, shall be final and conclusive, and, upon such i any SUCh longtry “3 “loresald’ or Of ‘my 5011001

. z - ' 1 l g .a 1 1 1 ‘ ‘ ‘ Urdu. Ofthe Board bemg SO confirmed, the sameldlslrlet hereafter to be registered uimti or

shall be duly'notified to the inhabitants Of thegpursuantto‘this Act, granted under the; hands. district or districts l‘cspectir'cly, regarding thelOf “ IllaJQI'ItY ‘Of the 39am 0ft Ed‘lcal'm”, or" . r A ' " lunder the hamlet the Secret: ‘ '. o£ ti 0 Board boundaiics or extent ofthe alterationsrespect-1,, . , ,l - .e L {13" . l . . mg which such determination Shall have been i for the timebeing, shall be evidence suthcient made, by letter address‘ed and mailed in thegand‘conclusnficof the establishment and boun- Gcncml Post Office, in I Charlottetown, by the ldaries. of such . district respectively, in all

Secretary of the Board of Education, to 'onelaqtlons’ suits 0" 9th“’~1?I'°¢eedi-nssi“ any court hf the Trustees of any: district so altered, 01.iot. Law, .or equity} pr, before any: Court 0r wherein the Site ofiahYshcoollionse. shall be9trim?“*Whatsee‘ifim‘zleeill‘mat‘ters “Welling 0" Change¢ ' ‘ ’ ‘. ' irelatmg to. such‘f seliodlpdis‘tri’Ct or the school , 7 I, I I . gtherein, or where‘it may be 'nece‘SSary to prove XVII. Every ,p’lersonfrh‘o shallbenppointedithe establishment. and boundaries of. SUUlll tor the purpose in; 'the‘ last preceding clause gdiStl'iCte‘, V t 7 ‘ r ' l '{ l ' V l ‘ , mentioned, shall rcCeive froni‘vthe public 'l‘rca-j; XX. Ilanyschooldn; a district’establishcd sury eight:pence' per' mile: for every 'mileéby the Laws} heretofore; enforcedand.claiming necessarily‘traVelledp'by him for the purposeslmaintainancc undenthislhct- shall be nearer to therein ‘mention‘ed‘,;_and‘ also the sum often any ether school. established, or. to) establish» shillings collectively: for the report in writing I ed, than three. miles, and ittfshallappear to the and transmitting tllJQ'V‘StllllQ to the “Board, the Board of Education, citlier'froin the paucity in ” 0611Cng a reucher and the number of schOlars 'uttending,\ the same, 0;"

mice to; be paid pn'p‘r