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forwarded by the Trustees of said School to the Secretary of the Board'of Education.

LXXI. The introduction of the Bible to be,

read in all the public Schools in this Island, of every grade, receiving support from the public Treasury, is hereby authorized, and the Teachers are hereby required, to Open the Sehdolon each chool day with the reading of the Sacred Scrip- tures, by those children whose parents or guar- dians desire it, without comment, explanation or remark thereupon by the Teacher’s ; but no children shall be required to attend during such reading as aforesaid, unless desired by their A parents or guardians. , '

LXXII. Any Teacher, male or female, who shall iniaddition to the qualifications required by this Act, be qualified to teach the. French language, and who shall have taught in his School, (French), to a class of not less than ten pupils, shall, on producing from the Board of Education, afccrtifi‘cate. of his competency to teach the French language, be entitled to re- ceive five pounds over and above the salary to which such Teacher may be entitled under this Act ; provided, the Trustees of such School District do raise the like sum of‘ five pounds

for such Teacher by voluntary subscription from r the inhabitants, and provided further, that thei

number of Teachers receiving the aforesaid in- crease of salary, shall not amount to more than twenty. ’

LXXIII. The Normal School, at present established in Charlottetown for the training of male and female Teachers, shall be continued under this Act, and. shall be held in the build

ing now used for that purpose. ' -

LXXIV. The mould in which-such Normal School shall be centinued, unless when other— wise provided for- by this Act, shall be ordained by proper rules and regulations from, time to time, to be made for that purpose by the Board of Education, subject to the control, alteration, supervision and approval of the Government.

LXXV. The Teacher of the Normal School Sll'tll be appointed and at pleasure removed by the Lieutenant Governor "in Council, and shall by himself and the Teachers being trained by him, teach the children in attendance there the ordinary branches of Education usually taught in District Schools, and shall also train in the art of teaching such Teachers and candidates as may attend under certificate of admission

From the Board, giving to the latter a thorough.

and competent knowledge of the best method of conducting a commOn District School, and especially teaching them the art of communi- Cating the several branches of Common School Education, in a manner best suited to the capacities, ages, and conditions of the pupils ‘ who may thereafter be under their care.

LXXVI. All students or scholars attending the Normal School (except scholars of the fe- male School connected with the said Normal School, and persons attending the Normal School for the purpose of qualifying themselves as District and School Teachers under the pro-

- visions of this Act) shall pay a fee Of two

pounds per annum- to the principal Master of said School, which said fee shall be payable quarterly in advance, and when collected, paid into the Public Treasury of this Island by the said principal Master of the Normal School.

LXXVII. Whenever the number of Scholars attending the Normal School, liable to pay the sum of two pounds mentioned in the last preced- ing section, shall be sufficient to make the total of their respective fees equal to the sum of not less than sixty pounds per annum, then, and in such case, the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall-appoint an assistant Master to the said School, who shall be paid the salary of eighty- five pounds a year, and the amount of such fees shall be applied towards the payment of such salary, and the balance of such salary shall be paid out of the Public Treasury by warrant drawn quarterly in the, usual manner.

LXXVIII. The number of scholars, in ad- dition to Teachers or those desirous to be train— ed as such, who shall be entitled to attend at such Normal School, shall be regulated by order of the Board of Education, subject to the con— sent and approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

LXXIX. The Board of Education may, if they think fit, as heretofore, cause one of the Charlottetown female Schools to be held in the aforesaid Schoolhouse, in a room to be fitted up apart from the School for male scholars, to be held therein, and place the said female School and the Teacher thereof under the supervision of the principal Master of the Normal School, who shall train (if approved by the Board) Teachers, and candidates to be teachers therein; and the Board shall have power to prescribe and ordain what children shall have the right to attend as pupils of the female department of the Normal School.