Book - V V" 
 
 W I ' 
 
GENERAL LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 State of Vermont 
 
 RELATING TO 
 
 Public Instruction 
 
 Published by Authority. 
 
 Compiled by 
 JOHN G. SARGENT, Attorney General 
 and 
 MASON S. STONE, Superintendent of Education. 
 
 MONTPELIER, VT.: 
 The Capital City Press, Printers. 
 
GENERAL LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 State of Vermont 
 
 hi 
 
 RELATING TO 
 
 Public Instruction 
 
 Published by Authority. 
 
 
 
 Compiled by 
 
 JOHN 
 
 G. 
 
 SARGENT, Attorney General 
 and 
 
 MASON S. 
 
 STONE, Superintendent of Education. 
 
 MONTPELIEE, VT.: 
 
 The Capital City Press, Printers. 
 
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No 469.— JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO COMPILA- 
 TION OF SCHOOL LAWS. 
 
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives: 
 
 That the attorney general and superintendent of education 
 are hereby authorized and instructed to compile the school laws 
 of the state, including the acts of 1908 and 1910, to procure three 
 thousand copies to be printed at the expense of the state, which 
 copies shall be delivered to the superintendent of education for 
 distribution to school officials. 
 
 LEIGHTON P. SLACK, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 
 FRANK E. HOWE, 
 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
 Approved December 10, 1910. 
 JOHN A. MEAD, 
 
 Governor. 
 
PART 1. 
 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 Chapter 40. — Superintendent of education and educational 
 
 meetings. 
 Chapter 41. — Town superintendents. 
 
 Chapter 42. — Superintendent of schools for two or more towns. 
 Chapter 43. — Normal schools. 
 Chapter 44. — Teachers' certificates and permits. 
 Chapter 45. — Town system. 
 Chapter 46. — Instruction for elementary pupils. 
 Chapter 47. — Instruction for advanced pupils. 
 Chapter 48. — School year and time allowed teachers. 
 Chapter 49. — School age and attendance. 
 Chapter 50. — Employment of child labor. 
 Chapter 51. — Registers and returns. 
 Chapter 52. — School taxes and school moneys. 
 Chapter 53. — Text-books and supplies. 
 Chapter 54. — Taking land for school purposes. 
 
 CHAPTER 40. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 Superintendent of Education. 
 
 , . , V.S.§§595,596. 
 
 Sec. 914. Election; duties; vacancy, etc. The general assem-^ 88 ^N°-^ l^- 3 - 
 bly shall elect at each biennial session a superintendent of educa-i§Zf£°-2 3 '§§i' 2 ' 
 
 . . 1874, No. 36, § 4. 
 
 tion, who shall have general supervision of the public schools and if^'wo 21' § 6 ' 
 devote his whole time to the duties of his office. A vacancv inS^AV 2 ?. §§ 1.3. 
 
 J 1856, .No. 5, §§1, 3 9 
 
 such office shall be filled by the governor. Said superintendent H^, No. 14, §2. 
 
 1845, JNo. 37, §§3, 7. 
 
 shall have an office in the state house. i§33, No. 19, § 1. 
 
 1827, No. 23, § 16. 
 
6 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 Summer Schools. 
 
 1902, No. 29, § i. Sec. 917. When held; expense. Said superintendent may 
 
 1894, No. 34. arrange for and conduct a summer school for teachers, the expense 
 
 1908, No. 37, §6. ^ w hich to the state shall not exceed twenty-five dollars a day, for 
 not more than ten days in each county; and said superintendent 
 may, in his discretion, unite and hold in some convenient location 
 a summer school for two or more counties ; but the entire expense 
 to the state of such school shall not exceed the expense of two 
 schools as herein provided. 
 
 Educational Meetings. 
 
 r. 1906, § 835. Sec. 918. Superintendent may hold; expense. Said superin- 
 
 1902,' No! it', § I' tendent may hold educational meetings in different towns in each 
 i88 S 8, No°9,' § 9. county and employ competent assistants; the expense per day shall 
 1908, No. 37, § 7. ^ exceed thirty dollars and the entire expense to the state for 
 such meetings in a county for a year shall not exceed the allowance 
 for a summer school, such expense to be allowed said superintend- 
 ent in the settlement of his account. 
 
 ' State Teachers' Association. 
 
 1902, No. 28, §§ 1,2. Sec. 919. Appropriation. For the purpose of securing speak- 
 ers for the annual meeting of the state teachers' association held 
 in accordance with the aim and purpose of institutes and summer 
 schools, or for publishing addresses and papers under the direction 
 of the superintendent of education, the sum of not more than 
 two hundred dollars is annually appropriated. The auditor 
 of accounts shall draw an order for such sums and at such times 
 as said superintendent may require to carry out the provisions 
 of this section. 
 
 Reports. 
 
 v.s. § 603. Sec. 920. Superintendent to make. Said superintendent shall 
 
 r 88 l.' §* 456. § 10 present to the general assembly, on the first day of each biennial 
 g^s.m?'^,^ 7 ' session, a report of his official acts for the preceding two years 
 llie.No^lpfb. and a statement of the condition of schools and the expenditure 
 
 of school money, with such suggestions for the improvement 
 
 of schools as he deems proper. 
 
 Circulars. 
 
 1902, No. 22, § i. Sec. 921. Superintendent to issue. Said superintendent may 
 
 1900, No. 16, §§1.2. r * J 
 
 annually issue and distribute among school officers and teachers, 
 circulars of educational information at the expense of the state, 
 the cost of printing the same not to exceed four hundred dollars. 
 
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 The auditor of accounts shall draw orders for such sums and at 
 such times as said superintendent may require to carry out the 
 provisions of this section. 
 
 Courses of Study. 
 
 Sec. 923. Superintendent to prepare and issue. Said ^pe^^H«w/<MW 
 
 intendent may, when necessary, prepare and issue a course ofis94,No.30,§§ '1,2,3. 
 study for use in the elementary schools as a requisite for admis- 
 sion to high schools and academies, and shall distribute one copy 
 of such course to each teacher of the public schools and two copies 
 to each school officer. 
 
 Sec. 924. Expense of printing. The course of study pro-R- i9C«y g 842. 
 vided in the preceding section and the course of study for highi894,No.30,§ 2. 
 schools to be prepared by said superintendent shall be printed 
 at the expense of the state. 
 
 CHAPTER 41. 
 
 TOWN SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 Sec. 931. Appointment. The board of school directors shall igg*. No. 34, | 1. 
 
 annually, on or before the third day of July, appoint a townee! No^ 19,' § 1. 
 superintendent of schools, fix his compensation and, within fivei892.N0.2cu 12. 
 days thereafter, file for record a certificate of such appointmentiss^No.'ioy. ^ 
 in the town clerk's office. r. l. §§ 458, 2658, 4540. 55 vt. 61. 
 
 Sec. 932. Removal; vacancy. The board of school toc-J^w;^ § 609. 
 tors may remove a town superintendent from office, if, in its 
 judgment, he is unfit for the duties required of him; and said 
 board may fill any vacancy. 
 
 Sec. 933. Term of office. The term of office of a town super- v. s. § 617. 
 intendent shall begin on the day of his appointment and continueG." s. - 22, § 9. 
 for the school year and until a successor is appointed. 1858, No. 1, §' 1. 
 
 1833, No. 19, § 1. 1827, No. 23, § 3. 1910, No. 65, § 2. 1845, No. 37, § 1. 
 
 Sec 934. Duties. Said superintendent shall visit the schools v .s. § 618. 
 
 , i , i rx -c 4.U U v ,jl892,No.21,§ 25. 
 
 of the town at least once each term, and oftener it trie board R . L . § 459. 
 of school directors so directs, note the method of instruction^, No. 37, § 4. 
 and government, inform himself of the progress of the pupils, i 82 8', No. 17, § 2. 
 
 fe ' 1 . . 1827, No. 23, § 3. 
 
 and give necessary advice to teachers. 
 
 Sec. 935. Same. Said superintendent shall, on visiting a s^ 001 ^!^ 1 ?,^ § 2(L 
 observe the condition of the school house, outbuildings and grounds, 
 ascertain if such school is properly supplied with maps, reference 
 books and apparatus, and its pupils with necessary text-books, 
 and make such recommendations to the board of school directors 
 as to the condition and needs of the school as he deems necessary. 
 
 Sec. 936. Removal of teachers. Said superintendent may vs. ya 1. ^ 
 dismiss a teacher who, in his judgment, is incompetent or unfi^ 88 ®; § § 49 7 ;498. 
 for the position; and such dismissal shall be given to the teacher 
 
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 in writing, who shall receive pay pro rata to the time of his dis- 
 missal, 
 v. s. § 620. Sec. 937. Report. Said superintendent shall submit to the 
 
 1886', No. 3i', § i. board of school directors, on or before June thirtieth of each year, 
 ?9io", No 4 ^', § 3. a written report of his doings, with such suggestions as he deems 
 necessary, and such report may be printed by the school board 
 at the expense of the town. 
 
 CHAPTER 42. 
 UNION SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 1906, No. 45, § i. Sec. 938. Union of towns, how formed. A town having 
 
 twenty-five and less than thirty schools may, and a town having 
 thirty or more public schools shall employ a superintendent 
 who shall give his entire time to the supervision of schools, except 
 as hereinafter provided for part time supervision, and a town so 
 employing a superintendent may individually be considered a 
 union if the school board so elects. An incorporated school 
 district shall be considered a town for the purposes of this chapter. 
 Two or more neighboring towns having an aggregate of not more 
 than fifty nor less than twenty-five legal schools may, by vote 
 of the school directors of the several towns, unite to form a union for 
 the purpose of employing a superintendent of schools under this 
 chapter. 
 
 1906, No. 45, §§ i,2. Sec. 939. Joint committee, how formed. The number of 
 school directors acting for a town forming a union shall not exceed 
 three when such union consists of two or more towns; and the 
 directors of the towns forming a union shall form a joint committee; 
 and, for the purposes of this chapter, said committee shall be held 
 to be the agent of each town forming the union. 
 
 1906, No. 45, §§2, 5. Sec 940. Toint committee; organization; duties; appointment 
 
 .1910, No. 59, § A 3. " . / ± „ . . ' ° , ,, , , , , 
 
 of superintendent. Said committee shall meet on a day and at a 
 place agreed upon by the chairman of the boards of school directors 
 of the several towns forming the union, and shall organize by the 
 choice of a chairman and a secretary, who shall serve until their 
 successors are elected. Said committee shall meet annually 
 on the first Tuesday in April for the transaction of such business 
 as may properly come before it. Said committee may adopt 
 such by-laws governing the time and place of meeting and the 
 order of business, as it deems advisable, provided such by-laws are 
 not inconsistent with this chapter and the laws of the state. Said 
 committee shall elect a superintendent of schools, who shall serve 
 for one year ending June thirtieth, and until his successor is elected; 
 and it shall determine the amount of service to be performed by 
 said superintendent, which service shall be based upon the number 
 of legal schools maintained in each town, and shall fix the salary 
 and apportion the amount thereof to be paid by the several towns 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 forming the union according to their respective grand lists, and 
 shall certify such amount to the treasurer of each town. Towns 
 forming such a union shall have no other superintendent of schools. 
 When such a union is effected it shall not be dissolved because 
 the number of its schools falls below twenty-five, nor for a period 
 of three years from the date of its formation, except by a two-thirds 
 vote of all the school directors forming the union ; and shall not be 
 dissolved at the expiration of three years except by a majority 
 vote of all such school directors. 
 Sec. 941. Apportionment of funds to towns forming union. i906, No. 45, § 3. 
 
 iTTi .ii- 1 , n ., 1908, No. 36, § 2. 
 
 Whenever the chairman and secretary of said committee certify, 
 under oath, to the state treasurer that a union has been effected 
 as provided in this chapter, and that the towns unitedly have 
 raised by taxation, appropriated and paid in any one year a sum 
 not less than twelve hundred fifty dollars as the salary for a super- 
 intendent of schools, and that, under the provisions of this chapter, 
 a superintendent has been employed for one year, the state treas- 
 urer shall apportion the sum of one thousand dollars among the 
 several towns forming the union according to their respective 
 grand lists, and shall pay the sums so apportioned upon the appro- 
 val of the superintendent of education to the several treasurers 
 of such towns. When said chairman and secretary certify, under 
 oath, the actual salary paid said superintendent, the state treas- 
 urer, in addition to the one thousand dollars hereinbefore provided 
 for and apportioned among the several towns forming a union, 
 shall also apportion among such towns, and in like manner, one- 
 half of the amount of said superintendent's salary above twelve 
 hundred dollars and not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars, such 
 additional apportionment to any one union not to exceed three 
 hundred dollars. Said treasurers shall place such sums to the 
 credit of the school funds of their respective towns. If the super- 
 intendent of a town, which individually constitutes a union, spends 
 any part of his time in teaching, such town shall receive from the 
 state such portion of one thousand dollars as the time spent by 
 him as superintendent bears to his whole time; but such sum so 
 paid by the state shall in no case exceed five hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 942. Directors to draw orders. The school directors 1906, No. 45, §14. 
 of the several towns forming a union shall draw orders on the 
 school funds of such towns for such sums as may be necessary to 
 carry out the provisions of this chapter. 
 
 Sec. 943. Superintendent; qualifications; duties. A superin-i906.No.45, §§3,5. 
 tendent elected under the provisions of this chapter may be re- 
 moved for such cause as a majority of said joint committee, with 
 the approval of the superintendent of education, deem sufficient. 
 Said superintendent shall devote his entire time to the super- 
 vision of schools, shall be a holder of, or shall have held, a first 
 grade certificate or its equivalent, shall have taught at least fifty 
 weeks, and shall be a resident of one of the towns forming a union, 
 
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 or become a resident before entering upon his duties. Said super- 
 intendent shall conduct, under the direction of the superintendent 
 of education, examinations of applicants for teachers' certificates, 
 shall rate the applicants in such matters and subjects and shall 
 make such returns as may be designated by said superintendent 
 of education. Said superintendent shall meet with the superin- 
 tendent of education at least once a year, when notified by him, 
 for the purpose of considering matters pertaining to his duties and 
 to the general educational interests and policy of the state, 
 shall make such statistical returns to said superintendent of edu- 
 cation as may be required by him, and shall annually, on or before 
 the fifteenth day of February, submit a written report of his 
 official doings to the boards of school directors of the several towns 
 forming the union. Said superintendent shall direct the work of 
 the teachers and the studies of the pupils, advise with the school 
 boards in regard to the employment of teachers, prescribe the 
 purchase of school books and supplies and supervise their distri- 
 bution, and may dismiss a teacher, who, in his judgment, is incom- 
 petent and unfit, and shall have all the powers and perform all the 
 various duties usually pertaining to the office of superintendent 
 of schools. 
 
 i9io, No. 59, § 5. Meeting of Union Superintendents. The meeting provided for 
 
 in the preceding section shall be considered a summer school, 
 provided it is in session no less than five consecutive days, and the 
 expense to the state, including the actual traveling expenses of 
 the union superintendents in attendance, shall be allowed by the 
 auditor of accounts in the same manner and under the same 
 conditions as provided for summer schools in section 6, No. 37, 
 Acts of 1908. 
 
 1908, No.!36, § 4. Re-organization. By a majority vote of the school directors 
 
 of all the towns forming a union, the union may be dissolved, 
 provided the several towns individually join unions already 
 formed or unite in forming new unions. By a like vote, one or 
 more towns may be released from a union, provided such town or 
 towns join unions already formed or unite in forming new unions. 
 The remaining towns shall continue in existence as a union, 
 provided the number of schools of the union does not fall below 
 twenty-five, and such union may accept other towns, provided 
 the number of schools of the re-organized union does not exceed 
 fifty. Such remaining towns of a union may reduce the number 
 of its schools to less than twenty-five, provided a sufficient num- 
 ber of other towns are added, within thirty days after reduction 
 below twenty-five, to make the aggregate number of schools 
 twenty-five or more. 
 
 i9io, No. 59, § 6. Unions of Less than Twenty-five schools. Any five or more 
 
 towns having less than twenty-five legal schools, may, on a ma- 
 jority vote of all the school directors of the towns at a meeting 
 called for that purpose, organize as a union for supervision pur- 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. n 
 
 poses and such union so formed shall be subject to the provisions 
 of law relating to unions. 
 
 Names and Certificates of teachers. A town or union sup- 1908 - No - 36 >§ 5 - 
 erintendent shall certify to the superintendent of education, 
 within two weeks from the beginning of each term, as to names 
 of teachers under his supervision, together with residence, grade 
 of certificate and number of weeks taught. 
 
 CHAPTER 43. 
 NORMAL SCHOOLS, TEACHER TRAINING COURSES, AND 
 STATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 Normal Schools. 
 
 Length of. The normal schools at Johnson and Castleton are^ 89 |' § N ^ 1,§ L 
 continued until August, nineteen hundred and twenty. • 1888 > No - 10 - § 1- 
 
 1874, No. 34. 1870, No. 20, § 1. 1866, No. 1, §§ 1, 7. 1878', No. 113, § 1. 
 
 No. 34, Acts of 1908. 
 
 Sec. 1. State Board of Education. A state board of educa-jffJ-^-fs.i *' 
 tion is hereby created, consisting of the governor of the state, as 
 chairman, and the superintendent of education as members 
 ex-officio, and three members appointed by the governor on Decem- 
 ber 1, 1908, for the term of one, two and three years respectively, 
 and annually thereafter the governor shall appoint a member for 
 three years to succeed the member whose term expires. 
 
 The governor shall also appoint biennially for the term of 
 two years, one resident commissioner in each town where a normal 
 school is located, who shall serve without pay and only act with 
 the state board of education in matters pertaining to the normal 
 school in the town of his residence. The governor shall have 
 power to fill any vacancies. 
 
 Sec. 2. Expense and accounts. Each of said appointees H||; g°; g; f }; 
 shall receive five dollars a day for services rendered, and necessary 
 expenses. Said board shall be provided, at the expense of the 
 state, with necessary supplies ; including stationery, printing, 
 postage and the like. 
 
 Settlement of accounts shall be quarterly, on March first, June 
 first, September first, and December first. 
 
 Sec. 3. Duties. Said board shall elect a vice-chairman, a 
 secretary and a treasurer. Said treasurer shall give bonds to such 
 an amount as the governor and state treasurer may designate. 
 
 Said board may make regulations governing its meetings and 
 the performance of its duties. 
 
 Sec. 4. Said board shall assume all the powers and duties now 
 granted to the board of normal school commissioners, shall have 
 full control and management of the normal schools, and any nor- 
 mal-industrial or industrial school that may be established by the 
 
1896, No. 20, § 5. 
 
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 state, and shall have power to make such regulations governing 
 these institutions as the interests of the state demand. 
 
 1898, No. 22, §§4, 5. Sec. 949. Duties. Said board and the superintendent of 
 education shall have the care of the normal schools. They shall 
 establish courses of study for such schools and revise the same 
 when necessary, determine the conditions for admission to and 
 for graduation from such normal schools, provide for the issue 
 of certificates to all persons of good moral character who pass 
 the examinations required for graduation, and may revoke the 
 same for good and sufficient cause shown. They shall select 
 and employ all teachers for such normal schools and shall dismiss 
 them when the interests of the school require it. They shall 
 have and exercise such powers as are needed for properly con- 
 ducting such schools, and shall report to the general assembly 
 the condition and progress of such schools and the money re- 
 ceived and expended for the same. 
 
 1898, No. 22, § 5. Sec. 950. Treasurer of board; duties. Said board, by its 
 
 treasurer, shall receive all moneys appropriated by the state for 
 the support of the normal schools and all moneys accruing to 
 such schools from other sources, and apply the same for the 
 benefit of such schools. 
 
 Practice Departments. 
 
 1898, No. 22, §§4,5. Sec. 951. Establishment. Said board and the superintendent 
 of education may establish practice departments in connection 
 with the several normal schools. Said board shall expend for 
 the support of such departments, such part of the moneys appro- 
 priated by the state and accruing from other sources as is necessary. 
 They shall agree with the board of school directors of a town 
 in which a normal school is located for the use of school property 
 held in trust by it, and arrange with said board for the mainten- 
 ance of such practice departments. 
 
 Admission to Normal Schools. 
 
 1902, No. 24, § 2. Sec. 953. Regulations. A person who declares his intention 
 
 1I96, No". 21', 1 2.' * to complete a course of study in a normal school and to teach 
 in the state for two years after graduation therefrom, and who 
 complies with the conditions established by the board of normal 
 school commissioners for the admission of students, shall be en- 
 titled to free tuition in the normal school of his choice. Other 
 persons may be admitted to the normal schools in the discretion 
 of the board of normal school commissioners on conditions and 
 tuition fees fixed by it. 
 
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 NO. 60, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Support of Normal Schools. 
 
 Section 1. Construction of Dormitory. The state board of 
 education is hereby authorized and empowered to construct 
 and equip at Johnson for the use of a state normal school at 
 Johnson or other state institution a suitable dormitory. Said 
 dormitory shall be constructed and equipped and ready for oc- 
 cupancy on or before September 1, 1912, and the auditor of accounts 
 shall on November 1, 1912, or forthwith thereafter, draw his 
 order in favor of the treasurer of said board for such indebtedness 
 as shall be incurred by said board in construction and equipment 
 of such dormitory, but the sum of such orders shall not exceed 
 twelve thousand dollars; provided, however, that the foregoing 
 provisions shall not become operative until the following condi- 
 tions have been complied with. 
 
 First, a lot of land sufficient for the site of said dormitory with 
 suitable grounds in connection therewith approved by the state 
 board of education shall be conveyed to the state free of all incum- 
 brances. 
 
 Second, a lease of all the property belonging to or connected 
 with the so-called Johnson Normal School shall be executed in 
 favor of the state as lessee for a term of ninety-nine years, with 
 the priviledge of renewals of such lease, or such part of said terrn 
 as such property shall be used for the purpose of a state normal 
 school or other state institution, and the trustees of the Lamoille 
 County Grammar School are hereby authorized and empowered to 
 execute such lease. 
 
 Third, the village of Johnson shall by vote at a meeting of the 
 legal voters thereof, vote to furnish the buildings connected with 
 said institution with water for domestic and sanitary purposes 
 free of all expense so long as said buildings are used by the state. 
 
 Fourth, the village of Johnson shall by vote at a meeting of 
 the legal voters thereof vote to furnish free of charge the buildings 
 connected with said school with electricity sufficient to light said 
 buildings so long as said buildings are used by the state. 
 
 Sec 2. Standard of Schools. In case of the performance of 
 all of the provisions of the preceding section, the state board of 
 education is hereby authorized and empowered, so long as said 
 school is continued as a ncrmal school, to provide that the grade 
 and standard of such school shall be at least equal to that of any 
 other state normal school and said board shall have and exercise 
 the same power with reference to said school as are conferred 
 upon said board by number thirty-four of the acts of 1908. 
 
 Sec. 3. Appropriations. The sum of ten thousand dollars 
 is hereby annually appropriated to the state normal school or other 
 state institution mentioned in the preceding sections to be ex- 
 
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 pended by the state board of education for the support of such 
 state normal school or other state institution. 
 
 Sec. 5. Purchase of Property at Castleton. The state board 
 of education is further empowered and directed at any time prior 
 to July 1, 1912, to purchase in the name of the state the real 
 estate at Castleton, Vermont, now and heretofore used for school 
 purposes by the Castleton Normal School, at and for a sum not 
 exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and in case the said board 
 of education and the owner of said property are unable to agree 
 upon such price, then the same shall be ascertained and deter- 
 mined by a commission of three persons, one of whom shall be 
 selected by said board, one by the owner of said property, and the 
 third by the two so selected. 
 
 Sec. 6. Appropriations. The auditor of accounts is hereby 
 authorized to draw his order upon the state treasurer in favor 
 of the state board of education for the amount necessary for the 
 purchase of the school property mentioned in the preceding 
 section, in case said board finds it expedient to make such pur- 
 chase and provided the amount of such order shall not exceed 
 twenty thousand dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7. Purchase. In the event of the purchase of the normal 
 school at Castleton by the state, the provisions of section 952 of 
 the Public Statutes as amended by No. 35 of the acts of 1908 as 
 far as they apply to the normal school at Castleton are thereupon 
 repealed. 
 
 Sec. 8. Support. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby 
 annually appropriated for the support of a state normal school at 
 Castleton as soon as the property of the normal school at Castle- 
 ton is purchased by the state, and such expenditure shall be 
 under the direction of the state board of education. 
 
 Sec. 9. Expenses. The auditor of accounts is hereby directed 
 to draw orders upon the state treasurer in favor of the state board 
 of education to defray the expenses incurred under section 3 and 
 section 8 of this act. 
 
 Sec. 10. Standard. In case of the performance of all of the 
 provisions of section 5, the state board of education is hereby 
 authorized and empowered, so long as said school is continued 
 as a normal school, to provide that the grade and standard of such 
 school shall be at least equal to that of any other state normal 
 school and said board shall have and exercise the same power with 
 reference to said school as are conferred upon said board by num- 
 ber thirty-four of the acts of 1908. 
 
 NO. 61, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Teacher Training Courses. 
 
 Sec. 1. Establishment. The school board of any town main- 
 taining a high school of the first class, or the board of trustees of 
 
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 any academy of the first class, having three or more regularly em- 
 ployed teachers, may establish and maintain a teacher training 
 course in connection with such high school, or academy, but under 
 the direction and with the approval of the superintendent of edu- 
 cation who shall prescribe the studies to be pursued and appoint 
 the special teacher to be employed. In his approval of the estab- 
 lishment of such courses, consideration of the needs of the dif- 
 ferent sections of the state shall be given by said superintendent 
 and preference shall be given such high schools, or academies, 
 as can serve the rural schools to the highest advantage, but no 
 approval shall be given any high school or academy which has less 
 than ten members of the senior class and graduates willing to 
 pursue such course and to teach in the public schools of the state 
 and which has less than three elementary graded schools available 
 for observation and practice purposes, and such approval may be 
 revoked or discontinued whenever in the judgment of said super- 
 intendent such teacher training course is impractical for the state. 
 The number of schools provided for in this section shall not ex- 
 ceed twelve in the first year, and may be extended to fifteen in 
 the second year at the discretion of the state superintendent of 
 education. 
 
 Sec. 2. Graduates admitted. Graduates of approved high 
 schools and academies of the first class may be admitted to teacher 
 training courses for a one-year course and shall be under the same 
 regulations and laws as regular students in such schools. Any 
 graduate of a high school or academy of the first class, residing in a 
 town which does not provide a teacher training course, may have 
 his tuition paid for such course in a high school, or in an academy, 
 in the same manner and under the same laws and conditions as 
 pertain to students residing in towns not maintaining high schools. 
 
 Sec. 3. Certificate to teach. Any graduate from a teacher 
 training course may receive from the superintendent of education, 
 on the recommendation of the principal of the high school, or 
 academy, in which such a course is maintained, and of the special 
 training teacher, a certificate which shall be a license to teach in the 
 public schools of the state for a period of three years. 
 
 Sec. 4. Appropriation. When the chairman of the board of 
 school directors, or of the board of trustees of an academy, certifies, 
 under oath, to the auditor of accounts that an approved teacher 
 training course has been maintained during any year closing 
 June thirtieth, said auditor shall draw his order on the state 
 treasurer who shall pay to the treasurer of such town, or academy, 
 an amount not exceeding eight hundred dollars to be paid from 
 the general state treasury, provided said board of school directors, 
 or trustees of an academy, has expended at least two hundred 
 dollars in salary for such special teacher in addition to amount 
 to be received from the state. 
 
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 NO. 62, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 State School of Agriculture. 
 
 Sec. 1. Establishment. A state school of agriculture is hereby- 
 created and established for the purpose of developing the agri- 
 cultural resources of the state through practical instruction in 
 agriculture, including tillage, crop-raising, gardening, orcharding, 
 forestry, dairying, stock raising, farm management, marketing and 
 the allied subjects of domestic science and the manual arts. 
 
 Sec. 2. Trustees. A board of trustees of said state school of 
 agriculture is hereby created, consising of the governor of the state 
 and the commissioner of agriculture, ex-officio, and three practical 
 agriculturists appointed by the governor previous to the first day of 
 January, 1911; one for one year, one for two years and one for 
 three years, from December 1, 1910, and annually thereafter, 
 previous to the first day of December, the governor shall appoint 
 one trustee for a term of three years. These trustees shall hold 
 office until their successors are appointed. The governor shall 
 be chairman, and said board shall appoint a vice-chairman and 
 secretary and treasurer. The board of trustees shall have the 
 general care, supervision, management and control of said school 
 and all of its affairs, and, to carry out its purposes and objects, 
 may: 
 
 (1) Appoint a person of the town where said school is located, 
 and at its pleasure remove him, who shall be called the local director, 
 whose duties shall be prescribed by said board and who shall at 
 all times be under the control and direction of said trustees. 
 
 (2) Employ and, at its pleasure, remove, teachers, experts, 
 chemists, laborers, servants and all necessary clerks and assistants. 
 
 (3) Adopt rules and regulations for the management of said 
 school, not inconsistent with the purposes and objects of this act. 
 
 (4) Prescribe the courses of instruction and the methods of 
 investigation and experiment to be followed in such school and 
 establish the diplomas to be conferred on graduation; and said 
 trustees shall fix the wages of all persons appointed by them 
 or by said local director under their supervision. 
 
 Sec. 3. Compensation ; report. Said trustees shall receive for 
 their services four dollars for each day actually spent and be re- 
 imbursed by the state for their traveling and other necessary ex- 
 penses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties. 
 
 The auditor of accounts is hereby authorized to audit and allow, 
 on the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, the trustees 
 of said state school of agriculture their several accounts for services 
 rendered and expenses incurred, and shall draw his order in pay- 
 ment for the same. Said trustees shall make full report biennially 
 to the general assembly of the work clone during the two years 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 17 
 
 previous, the condition of said school and its needs; and the 
 condition of its property; and in its said report shall furnish a 
 detailed statement of the financial condition of said school, the 
 moneys received and from what sources, and the moneys expended 
 and for what purposes. 
 
 Sec. 4. Powers of Trustees. The board of trustees of said 
 state school of agriculture may locate said school in any town of its 
 selection, and it is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, 
 lease, hold, control and sell, in the name of the state and for such 
 school, real and personal estate for the use of the same. 
 
 Said board is also authorized and empowered to receive, in the 
 name of the state, donations and bequests which may be made 
 or given for the equipment and maintenance of such school. 
 
 Lease of Normal School Property. The trustees of the normal 
 school, located in the town of Randolph, are hereby authorized 
 and empowered to sell, or lease the whole or any part of the real 
 or personal estate, or both such estates, now held by them as such 
 trustees, to the state for the sole use of the state school of agricul- 
 ture created by this act and in aid of its purposes and objects, at 
 such prices and upon such terms and conditions of payment as 
 said trustees and the board of trustees of said state school of 
 agriculture shall agree. 
 
 Agreement. When any such agreement is reached by said par- 
 ties the trustees of said normal school are hereby authorized and 
 empowered to execute the necessary conveyances or other instru- 
 ments to carry out the terms and conditions of that agreement, and 
 transfer and deliver to said board of trustees of said state school of 
 agriculture all of said estate so purchased or leased. Upon the exe- 
 cution of any agreement entered into between said trustees of the 
 normal school and the trustees of the state school of agriculture 
 and the transfer of the property or the use of such property from 
 the trustees of such normal school, and the transfer of the net 
 income from any real estate or securities now held by them as such 
 trustees to the trustees of such state school of agriculture, under 
 the provisions of this act, such normal school, by the operation of 
 this act shall be discontinued and shall cease to exist on and after 
 July 1, 1911, and so much of section 945 of the Public Statutes as 
 relates to the continuance of the normal school at Randolph until 
 August 1920, is hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 5. Appropriation. Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) 
 is hereby appropriated by the state for the establishment of said 
 school and for the purpose of purchasing real estate, tools, ma- 
 chinery, animals, equipments, and for the erection and repair of 
 buildings for such school, and for its complete equipment. 
 
 Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is hereby appropriated annually 
 by the state for the maintenance of the school so established. 
 
18 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 The auditor of accounts is hereby directed to draw his order 
 to the governor in such amounts and at such times as the board 
 of trustees may request, not exceeding the amount of said several 
 appropriations. 
 
 Sec. 6. Discontinuance. At time of discontinuance of the 
 normal school at Randolph, any normal student pursuing the lower 
 course therein shall be granted by the superintendent of education, 
 a certificate which shall be a license to teach in the public schools 
 of the state for such a number of years as said student has been in 
 attendance upon such normal school, and any student having com- 
 pleted the first year of the higher course of said normal school 
 shall be granted a certificate, by said superintendent, which shall 
 be a license to teach five years; or said students may be admitted 
 to any normal school in the state provided they are qualified to 
 enter any existing classes. 
 
 CHAPTER 44. 
 
 EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS. 
 
 NO. 37, ACTS OF 1908. 
 
 Duties of Superintendent of Education. 
 
 Sec. 1. The superintendent of education shall arrange and pro- 
 vide for the examination and certification of teachers, shall fix the 
 standard to be reached for certification, shall prepare and procure 
 the printing of questions for such examination and blanks for 
 teachers' certificates, and shall have power to make all regulations 
 for such examination and certification provided such regulations 
 are not inconsistent with the laws of the state. 
 
 Examinations; Expenses. 
 
 Sec. 2. Under the direction of said superintendent, the super- 
 intendent of a union shall conduct examinations, and shall rate 
 applicants for teachers' certificates in such subjects and matters 
 as said superintendent of education may designate. All expenses 
 incurred in conducting an examination within a union shall be met 
 by the joint committee of such union in the same manner as other 
 expenses of the union are met. 
 
 Supplementary Examinations. 
 
 Sec. 3. If in the judgment of said superintendent of education 
 an examination should be held in any town not included in a union, 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 19 
 
 said superintendent may designate the time and place, and may 
 appoint some person to conduct such examination. For such 
 service, the appointee shall receive three dollars per day from said 
 superintendent and re-imbursement for all necessary expenses. 
 The expense of such an examination shall be allowed said superin- 
 tendent in the settlement of his account. 
 
 Sec. 4. A person who has received one first grade certificate 
 on examination, and has taught in the state fifty weeks, may receive 
 from the superintendent of education, at its expiration, another 
 first grade certificate, without examination. 
 
 Clerical Assistance. 
 
 Sec. 5. Said superintendent is hereby empowered to employ such 
 clerical assistance as is necessary for the purpose of carrying into 
 effect the provisions of this act, and all expenses incurred in the 
 performance of his duty shall be allowed him by the state in' the 
 settlement of his account. 
 
 General Provisions. 
 
 Sec. 954. Certificate necessary; age of candidate. No person y °s 2 '§ N 644 5 ' § L 
 shall teach a public school without having a certificate or a permit JUsno'I'I to 
 as hereinafter provided; and a contract for teaching shall be void, if r - 4 ^q §§ 481, 494, 495, 
 the teacher does not obtain such certificate or permit before open- 12 vt. 192. 
 ing school. No certificate or permit shall be issued to a person 26 vt. 115. 
 not seventeen years of age. 28 vt. 575. 
 
 30 Vt. 586. 34 Vt. 270. 41 Vt. 353. 46 Vt. 452. 72 Vt. 451. 
 
 Sec. 955. Notice by holder of certificate. A teacher holding v 90 s'§ No 66 2 i!' § *' 
 a certificate or permit to teach shall, before school begins, notify ills! No! 9! | lb. 
 the town superintendent of schools as to the date and grade of fgfy |fo 9 u7, § 2. 
 such certificate and the name of the person granting it, and, upon 1910,No 59 ' § L 
 request, shall submit the same to said superintendent for inspec- 
 tion. The contract of a teacher neglecting to comply with the 
 provisions of this section shall be void. 
 
 NO. 64, ACTS OF 1910. 
 Certificates for Normal School Graduates. 
 
 Sec. 1. Employment of normal school teachers and students. V 88 S s',No 4 9; § 41. 
 A school board of a town may employ, or permit to be employed f^ fjo. 7 ^ § x . 
 through the state board of education, the regular normal school il66|No!if§ § 4 3 ' 
 teachers and students, without examination or certificates, as 
 
20 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 teachers in the elementary schools used for observation and practice 
 purposes within the town. 
 
 r. 1906, § 874. Sec. 2. Certificates for normal school graduates. A graduate 
 
 1888, No._9i § 42. from the lower course of a normal school in this state, on recom- 
 1876', No. so, § mendation of the state board of education, may receive, without 
 
 examination, from the superintendent of education a certificate 
 which shall be a license to teach in the public schools of the state 
 for a period of five years from date of graduation, and said gradu- 
 ate, on the expiration of such five years' certificate, may receive, 
 without examination, from said superintendent a second five 
 years' certificate, provided such applicant has taught in the public 
 schools of the state for fifty weeks; and a graduate from the higher 
 course, in like manner, may receive, without examination, a 
 certificate which shall be a license to teach in the public schools of 
 the state for ten years from date of graduation, and said graduate, 
 on the expiration of such ten years' certificate, may receive 
 from said superintendent, without examination, a certificate which 
 shall be a license to teach in the public schools of the state until the 
 same is revoked by said superintendent, provided said applicant 
 has taught in the state fifty weeks. 
 
 iiS No! if: I i: Sec - 958 * Graduates of normal schools in other states. A 
 
 i89 S o § No 4 |' § 2 graduate of a normal school in another state may receive, with- 
 
 i9io'No'64 § § 4 3' ou ^ examma tion, from the superintendent of education, on pres- 
 entation of a diploma or certificate of graduation, a certificate of 
 the first grade, valid for five years, subject to the same provisions 
 as certificates of graduation from a normal school in this state. 
 
 Examination of Teachers. 
 
 1896,' No' 19* | I' ^ec. 959. Examiner to hold. Examination of applicants for 
 
 1894 Nolfi 650 ' teachers' certificates shall be both oral and written and shall be 
 
 ills No' 9 §§ 3 46 ne ^ a ^ sucn times and places as said superintendent may designate 
 
 r 4 l'§ 8 48o' f° r t ne accommodation of applicants. A record of the name, age 
 
 1908, No. 37, § 9. anc | residence of each person examined shall be made by the person 
 
 conducting the examination and he shall forthwith transmit such 
 
 data to said superintendent, together with such other papers as 
 
 may be required by said superintendent, who, upon their receipt, 
 
 shall review such papers and thereafter keep them on file in his 
 
 office for future reference. A person who fails to pass shall not 
 
 have another examination for a certificate within three months 
 
 thereafter. Certificates issued on such examination shall be of 
 
 three grades, first, second and third, and shall not be complete 
 
 unless they bear the signature or a printed facsimile signature of 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 21 
 
 the superintendent of education nor until countersigned by the 
 person who conducted the examination. 
 
 Certificates of the First Grade. 
 
 Sec. 962. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. A^gjjj, § N o 5 |; § 5. 
 certificate of the first grade shall be issued to one who has taught }^|;|J°;|^| 5 ^5 53 - 
 forty weeks, whose examination papers show that the applicant 
 has reached the standard required, and who has given evidence 
 of good moral character and ability to govern. Such certificate 
 shall be a license to teach in the public schools for five years from 
 its date. 
 
 Sec. 963. To college graduates. A certificate of the first grade v 9 °s 2 '§ N 65'| 5 ' § 6 ' 
 may be issued, without examination, to a graduate of a college if 9 ' n°.' 5V2*' 
 approved by said superintendent, upon presentation of a diploma }^|^°;|^ ^ 
 or certificate of graduation; and, at the expiration of the certifi- 
 cate so issued, if said graduate has taught forty weeks, said superin- 
 tendent may issue a second first grade certificate. 
 
 Certificates of the Second Grade. 
 
 Sec. 964. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license.^ § N ^ 5 j^ 5 
 A' certificate of the second grade shall be issued only to one who 1888 > No - 9 - § 54 - 
 has taught twelve weeks, who has passed a satisfactory examina- 
 tion in the branches required by law to be taught in public schools, 
 whose examination papers show that the applicant has reached 
 the standard required by the superintendent of education and who 
 has given evidence of good moral character and ability to govern. 
 Such certificate shall be a license to teach in the public schools 
 for two years from its date. 
 
 Continuation of First and Second Grade Certificates. 
 
 Sec. 966. How long in force. A certificate of the first grade, 1906 No 47 § x 
 or a certificate of the second grade issued on examination, held by a v 9 °l'§ N 657 5, § 5 - 
 teacher employed continuously in the same town, shall remam }|os'No'37 § § 7 i2 
 in force during such employment. 
 
 Certificates of the Third Grade. 
 
 Sec. 967. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. v 89 s% N 654 9 ' § 5 ' 
 A certificate of the third grade may be issued by the superin-i^No.s, § 5^ 
 tendent of education, in his discretion, for a specified time, not 1908 ' No - 37> § 13 - 
 exceeding one year. Such certificate shall be a license to teach 
 in the public schools of the state and may be limited to the teaching 
 of a particular school. It shall be issued only to one who has 
 passed^a satisfactory examination in the branches required to be 
 
1 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 taught in public schools and is of a good moral character and 
 ability to govern. A person who has twice taken a certificate of 
 the third grade and has taught at least twenty-eight weeks shall 
 not again be eligible to receive such a certificate. 
 
 Special Certificates. 
 
 1906, No. 43, § i. Sec. 969. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. 
 
 i9oi; No"; 3?! § ii. A special certificate may be issued by the superintendent of 
 education, without examination, to a teacher of successful experi- 
 ence in teaching and previous certification in the first or second 
 grade, or of special training for teaching. Such special certificate 
 shall be a license to teach special high school subjects, music, 
 drawing, physical culture or the industrial arts and sciences, 
 in the public schools. Such certificate shall be valid for five years, 
 or for two years, according to the grade of the certificate previously 
 held by the applicant; and, in case of special training, the grade 
 of such certificate shall be determined by said superintendent. 
 1906, No. 44, § 2. s EC# 970. Third grade ; regulations. A special third grade 
 
 i9io! No! 64,' § 4'. certificate, valid for one year, may be issued by the superintendent 
 of education, without examination, to a person who has taught 
 successfully fifty weeks in public schools, or who has held a second 
 grade certificate, or its equivalent, and has taught twenty weeks 
 in public schools. A second special third grade certificate shall 
 not be issued to said applicant until said applicant has received 
 a second grade certificate on examination, or a first grade certi- 
 ficate. 
 
 A person who has received one first grade certificate on examina- 
 tion, and has taught in the state fifty weeks, may receive from the 
 superintendent of education, at its expiration, another first grade 
 certificate, without examination. 
 
 Unlimited Certificates. 
 
 1906, No. 47, § 2. Sec. 971. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. 
 
 189!; No! i9| § 6! A certificate which shall be valid until revoked by the superin- 
 
 i89ti, No. 5! § 2. tendent of education may be issued by said superintendent to a 
 
 1908! n°o. 9 37, § 59 i6. person who has taught in the public schools five hundred weeks, 
 
 or to a person who is a graduate of an approved college and who 
 
 has devoted at least eight years to teaching in or superintending 
 
 public schools in this state, or to a person who has taught in the 
 
 public schools of this state for two hundred weeks and has held 
 
 certificates of the first grade for ten years or certificates of the 
 
 first and second grade for twelve years or certificates of the second 
 
 and third grade, or their equivalents, for fourteen years, provided 
 
 that in no case shall special certificates be included. 
 
 1902, No. 25, § 2 Sec. 972 To normal school graduates. A graduate of a normal 
 
 v. s.'§ 647. ' school, holding a ten years ' certificate or two five years ' certificates, 
 
 888, No. 9, § 43' who has taught successfully two hundred weeks under the same, 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 23 
 
 may, after the expiration thereof, be granted by the superintend- 
 ent of education, without examination, a certificate which shall be 
 a license to teach in the public schools until the same is revoked. 
 
 Primary and Kindergarten Certificates. 
 
 Sec. 973. Qualifications of applicant; duration of license. 1906, No. 43, § 2. 
 The superintendent of education may issue, without examination, i898i No' 24,' § 1! 
 a certificate to a person who has taught successfully in primary 
 grades for three hundred weeks, or to a graduate of a recognized 
 kindergarten training school, which shall be a license to teach in 
 primary grades or kindergarten schools for five years from its 
 date. 
 
 Permits. 
 
 Sec. 974. Issue. A town superintendent may give a private 1906, No. 48, § 1. 
 examination for a permit to teach in a particular school for a term 1902! No! 25,' § I'. 
 not exceeding twelve weeks, and, in case of a successful examina-v.s.' °' 
 tion, shall forthwith transmit to the superintendent of education 1890; No! 5, § 14. 
 the name, age, and residence of such successful applicant, togetherigoslNo^; § 19. 
 with the percentages attained in such examination and the exami- 
 nation papers. Said superintendent of education may, in his 
 discretion, issue a permit on such examination and shall keep a 
 record thereof. A person who has received one permit to teach 
 shall not be entitled to another until said person has received a 
 certificate on a public examination. 
 
 Sec. 976. Date; number limited. Not more than one-third 1904, No. 35, §§ 2,3- 
 of the terms of school in a school year, and nor exceeding five 
 terms, shall be taught under permits in a town. 
 
 Revocation of Certificates and Permits. 
 
 Sec. 977. Who may revoke. The officer or board issuing aR. 1906 § 894. 
 certificate or permit may, when, in his or its judgment, a teacher i894,No.i62§ 647. 
 
 + + a • *, , , , . , ,. , , 1888, No. 9, §§61,62. 
 
 proves incompetent or otherwise unfit to teach in a public school, R. L. §§ 497,498. 
 revoke the same. Written notice of such revocation shall be given 1865', No. 27. § 10 ' 
 to the teacher and to one of the board of school directors or trustees, isss'.no. if §' 4. 
 
 CHAPTER 45. 
 
 TOWN SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS. 
 Establishment. 
 
 V.S. § 664. 
 
 Sec. 978. Town to constitute a district. A town shall constitute }|||; g°; §°; §5 1, ie. 
 a district for school purposes; and the division of a town into school fg-^; yfa*. ^ ^ 
 districts shall no longer exist, except for the settlement of theirff V t" I?.' ' 
 pecuniary affairs, but their records shall be preserved by the town.^ $;■• \f 5 - 
 
24 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 1896, No. 24, § i. Sec. 979. Town clerk to act as district clerk, when. The 
 
 town clerk, in case the offices of clerk and prudential committee 
 are vacant in a district whose financial affairs are not settled, 
 may warn a meeting of such district as a resident district clerk. 
 Said clerk or one of the selectmen of the town shall attend such 
 meeting and preside over the same until a moderator is elected, 
 v. s. § 666. Sec. 980. Voters, when disqualified. The voters in a district 
 
 1888', N0/9, § 139. incorporated by a special act of the general assembly shall not 
 vote in town meetings for the officers of, nor upon any matters 
 pertaining to, the schools of the town. 
 r. 1906, § S98. Sec. 981. School Meetings. A town may, if it so votes at an 
 
 i9io', No. 65, § 4. annual town meeting, fix a date for holding annual town meetings 
 for the election of school directors and for other school purposes, 
 provided such date is not earlier than May first or later than June 
 thirtieth. A notice of the proposed change shall be inserted in the 
 warning of such annual town meeting upon the written request 
 of ten legal voters of the town. 
 vs. §667. Sec. 982. School property. A town shall take charge of its 
 
 67,vt.,°'o8.' school houses and property belonging thereto, and all debts 
 
 72 vt'! 63^ outstanding that have accrued for the purchase of land, erection 
 
 of school houses and repairs thereon shall be audited and paid 
 by the town. 
 1888, No 6 !; § 138. Sec. 983. School houses. A town shall provide and maintain 
 
 ?876', No. 5 48, 602 ' suitable school houses, and the location and construction of the 
 r. I. it', 1 i 9 ' same shall be under the control of the board of school directors. 
 
 r. 1906, § 901. s EC . 984. Taxes. A town may raise a tax on its grand list 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 245. to purchase or hire lands or buildings for school purposes, and to 
 i87o", No."i6. build, repair or furnish school houses that may be needed for such 
 
 a. s. ll'.l 13. town. R - 1797, p - 495, § 3 - 1795, p - 9 - R - I787 ' p> 137 ' 61 ' vt< 96 ' 
 
 1827, No. 23, § 10. 
 
 Elections. 
 
 1906, No. 43, § 56. Sec. 985. Ballots, when used. In town districts having more 
 
 1892, No. 21, § 22. than four thousand inhabitants, the school directors shall be voted 
 
 for upon a separate ballot deposited in a separate ballot box. 
 1906, No. 93, § i. s EC . 986. Women may vote and hold office. Women, twenty- 
 
 1906, No. 43, §§5. J J 
 
 v. s. §§ 704, 2982. one years of age, shall have the same right as men to vote on mat- 
 
 1892, No. 21, § 22. J ° ' ° 
 
 i sss, no. 9, § 92. ters pertaining to schools and school officers, and the same right 
 
 R. L. §§ 524.2659. L ° . ... 
 
 1880, No. 103. to hold elective and appointive offices relating to school affairs. 
 
 1880, No. 104. rl 
 
 55 Vt. 61. 
 
 63 Vt. 383. 
 
 Directors. 
 
 i9io. No. 65, § 5. Sec. 987. Election; term of office. A town shall have a 
 
 V. S. § 669. ' . . 
 
 |s '" •^°- 1 JH ]■ board of school directors consisting of three citizens of the town, 
 
 1892, No. 20, § 4. ° . ' 
 
 1888, No 9, § 126. one of whom shall be elected at each annual meeting of the town 
 
 i87o.No.io, §§ 23. and whose term of office shall be for three years, beginning the 
 
 59 vt. 658. first day of July following, and until a successor is elected. 
 V.S.S 671. Sec. 988. Vacancies. The selectmen may temporarily fill a 
 
 1892, No. 20, § 4. . . 
 
 R ^- If 59 ,t- 5 , 9 A , „ vacancy in the board of school directors until an election is had, 
 
 1870, No. 10, §§ 2, .3, 6. J ' 
 
 and a record thereof shall be made in the town clerk s office. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 25 
 
 Sec. 989. Oath; chairman. School directors shall be swomy^&yfTOa. ^ 
 and, on or before the third day of July, annually, elect one of tneir |f 8 ^'li 5^ § 59 ^ 27 - 
 number chairman, and file a certificate of his election for record 1910, No. 65, § 6. 
 in the town clerk's office within five days. 
 
 Sec. 990. Duties. The board of school directors shall have i|02, No. 26, § i. 
 
 lo98, JNO. 2U, J 4. 
 
 the care of the school property of the town and the management v. s. M^ ^ 
 of its schools, keep the school houses suitably repaired and insured, i|||! No! 20^5/ 
 determine the number and location of schools, employ teachers R-L.'§ sgj. 
 
 . . . lo/o, J\o. 46. 
 
 and fix their compensation, examine and allow claims arising i|70. No. 10, § 7. 
 therefrom and draw orders on the town treasurer in payment 56 yt. 551. 
 
 00 Vt. 000. 
 
 thereof, have authority to designate the schools which shall be67Vt, 150. 
 attended by the various pupils, and make regulations not incon- 
 sistent with law as to carrying the powers granted them into effect. 
 
 Sec. 991. Liability. If a board of school directors authorizes^ isoe^gos. 
 a payment not authorized by law, each member thereof shall bei88s',No. g 9,§ 87. 
 liable to the town for the money so paid, to be recovered in ^g^^gg 9 - 
 action on this statute. 
 
 Sec. 992. Appropriations. Said board shall annually recom-i?06,No.35,§ 1. 
 
 . . ,i c V. b. § 674. 
 
 mend in writing to the town meeting, the amount of money 1892, No. 20, § 14. 
 necessary to be appropriated for the use of schools. 
 
 Sec. 993. School houses and sites. Said board shall havey.s § 675. 
 
 ii 11 i -i t 1892, No. 21, § 19. 
 
 power to purchase sites, erect school houses or sell buildings orfg^f^o^ 8 
 sites, when authorized by a vote of the town so to do. 
 
 Sec. 994. Report. Said board shall annually, on or before Julyy.s.5 676. 
 
 ... 1 • 1 lb92, JNo. 20, § 10. 
 
 fifteenth make a full printed report of its doings together with an isss, No. 9, § 134. 
 
 K. L,. § «599. 
 
 exhibit of orders drawn for school purposes and file a copy ofi9io,No.65,§ 7. 
 same with the town clerk. 
 
 Sec. 995. Statement of expenditures. Said board shall annually, 1898, No. 20, § s. 
 
 . V. b. § 850. 
 
 on or before the thirtieth day of June, prepare its report to thei890,N2.5,§ 2 
 
 -, , . 1 loos, JNo. 9, § 237. 
 
 town, and return to the town clerk an itemized statement underi9io,No.65,§ s. 
 oath of the actual cash expenditures of the town for the preceding 
 school year for school purposes; and no town shall be entitled to 
 receive any portion of its school moneys unless such return is made. 
 
 Sec. 996. Compensation. The compensation of school direc-y s § 678 
 
 * ... 1892, No. 20, § 11. 
 
 tors shall be such sum as the town votes at an annual town meeting, isss, No 9, § 135. 
 
 . . . , . K. L. § 606. 
 
 for the time actually spent in the performance of their duties ; is76, No. 46 
 
 . ,11 ,, r ,1 1870, No. 10, §§5, 7. 
 
 and their account shall be audited and allowed as those 01 other 
 town officers. 
 
 Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 997. Appointment; compensation. The board of school^. § No ^°- § 5. 
 directors shall appoint a clerk, who shall serve until his successor Jggo, go. 5, | § 2 127128 
 is appointed and shall be paid upon the order of said board. 
 
 Sec. 998. Directors to act as, when. In case of the absence, »■ |fj 6 ^ 15 - 
 disability or neglect of the clerk, his duties shall be performed ips, No.9,^ 85. 
 by the board of school directors. G- S- 22 ' § 36 - 
 
 Sec. 999. Records and returns. Said clerk shall keep aper-i89|,No^20,§ 5. 
 manent record of the proceedings of the board, and shall makers, ,No. 9,^128 
 such returns as the superintendent of education may require. iIt^'no'.!!'. 
 
 G. S.22,§ 37. 1856, No. 37, § 1. R. S. 18, § 10. 1908, No. 37, § 21. 1908, No. 37, § 21. 1870, No. 10, § 6. 
 
26 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 1898, No 20, § 6. Sec. 1000. List of children of school age. Said clerk shall 
 
 V. S. § J 680. . 
 
 i|9|, No.2i, §§5,7. annually, between June twentieth and June thirtieth, prepare 
 
 lofn'S^R'A 1 ^ " an accurate list containing the name and age of each child of 
 
 school age residing in the town, and the name of the parent or 
 
 other person having control of such child, and shall keep such 
 
 list on file and make such report therefrom as the superintendent 
 
 of education may require. He shall be paid by the town, for 
 
 taking such census, four cents for each person of school age. 
 
 R.1906, § 918. Sec. 1001. False information; penalty. If a person having 
 
 1892, No. 2*i, § 6. control of a child between the ages of five and eighteen years 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 169. .... fc J 
 
 refuses to give the clerk information as to the age of such child, 
 
 or falsely states the same, he shall be fined not more than twenty 
 
 dollars nor less than five dollars. 
 
 1896, No. 19, § 7. ' Sec. 1002. Registers. Said clerk shall procure from the 
 
 1892, No. 2i, §§ io, 13. town clerk the registers for the schools of the town, assign one for 
 
 R. L. §§ 619, 622. . ° . 
 
 1878, No. 117, § i. each school, fill in respectively the names and ages of the children 
 
 lS76,No.52,f§fcl. . 
 
 1874, No. 53, § 4. designated or entitled to attend each and on or before the opening 
 
 1872, No. 18, § 2. ° . r b 
 
 1910, No. 65, § io. of the fall term of school he shall deliver to the teacher thereof the 
 proper register and a list of such children as may be entitled to 
 enrollment. For the safe keeping of the school registers, the 
 clerk of the school board shall be responsible. 
 
 NO. 73, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Medical Inspection. 
 
 Sec. 1. Appointment of medical inspectors. The school direc- 
 tors of any town or city, or the school committee of any incorpor- 
 ated district, may appoint one or more medical inspectors for their 
 schools, provided the legal voters of such town, city, or incorporated 
 district at their, annual school meeting by vote instruct said direc- 
 tors or committee so to do. The compensation of such inspectors 
 shall be fixed by the school directors or prudential committee. 
 
 Sec. 2. Physical examination of pupils in public schools. Such 
 medical inspectors shall examine the pupils of said schools, and in 
 all things comply with such rules and regulations as may be promul- 
 gated by the state board of health relating thereto. 
 
 Sec. 3. Physical examination of pupils in private schools. Said 
 inspector shall, under the same regulations, examine the pupils of 
 any private school when requested so to do by the principal thereof, 
 or whenever any communicable disease is present in any town or 
 city in which such private school may be located, or when the pupils 
 thereof may have been exposed to any communicable disease. 
 
 NO. 40, ACTS OF 1908. 
 
 Manual Training. 
 
 Sec. 1. Establishment of manual training courses. Any high 
 or grammar school whose course of study or outline or work in 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 27 
 
 manual training has been approved by the state superintendent of 
 education, may, upon application, be placed upon an approvedlist 
 of schools maintaining manual training departments. A school 
 once entered upon such list may remain there and be entitled to 
 state aid so long as the scope and character of its work are main- 
 tained in such manner as to meet the approval of said superinten- 
 dent. On the first day of July in each year the clerk of each school 
 board maintaining a school on the approved list or the city super- 
 intendent of any city where such an approved school is maintained, 
 shall report to the state superintendent of education in such form as 
 may be required, setting forth the facts relating to the cost of 
 maintaining the manual training department thereof, the character 
 of the work done, the number and names of teachers employed, 
 and the length of time such department was maintained during 
 the preceding year. And upon the receipt of such report, if it 
 shall appear that the department has been maintained in a satis- 
 factory manner for a period of not less than six months during the 
 year, the said superintendent shall make a certificate to that effect 
 and file it with the auditor of accounts. Upon receiving such 
 certificate, the auditor of accounts shall draw an order for two 
 hundred and fifty dollars payable to the treasurer of the town, city 
 or district maintaining the school ; provided that the total amount 
 expended for such purpose shall not exceed five thousand dollars 
 in any year. 
 
 Sec. 2. Industrial schools for a group of towns. Two or more 
 towns may unite as a district for the maintenance of the industrial 
 schools provided for in the preceding section, but no such district 
 shall be created without the approval of the superintendent of 
 education. 
 
 NO. 41, ACTS OF 1908. 
 
 Secret Societies. 
 
 Sec. 1. Pupils debarred. No pupil registered as such and at- 
 tending any public school in the state which is wholly or partly 
 maintained by public funds shall join, become a member of or 
 solicit any other pupil of such school to join or become a member 
 of any secret fraternity, club or society wholly or partially formed 
 from the membership of pupils attending such school, or take part 
 in the organization or formation of any such fraternity, club or 
 society or the continuation of any such existing fraternity, club, 
 society or association, except such societies or associations as are 
 sanctioned by the school authorities after an impartial investiga- 
 tion of their nature, in the course of which the members of any 
 such existing fraternity, club, society or association shall be given 
 full opportunity to be heard in person or by deputy. The de- 
 cision of said school authorities, however, shall be final. 
 
28 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 Sec. 2. School official to enforce law. The school directors, 
 commissioners or other school authorities of the several towns, 
 villages and incorporated school districts shall enforce the pro- 
 visions of the preceding section in their respective towns, villages 
 or incorporated school districts and shall have full power and 
 authority to make, adopt and modify all rules and regulations 
 which in their judgment may be necessary for the proper governing 
 of such schools and enforcing all of the provisions of the preceding 
 section. 
 
 Sec. 3. Penalty. The school directors, commissioners or other 
 school authorities of the several towns, villages and incorporated 
 school districts shall have power and authority, pursuant to rules 
 and regulations made and adopted by them for that purpose, to 
 suspend or dismiss any pupil of such schools therefrom or to pre- 
 vent such pupil or any of them from graduating or participating 
 in school honors, when, after investigation, in the judgment of 
 such school directors, commissioners or others school authorities 
 or a majority of them, such pupil is guilty of violating any of the 
 provisions of the second preceding section or is guilty of violating 
 a rule or regulation adopted by such directors, commissioners or 
 other school authorities for the purpose of governing such schools 
 or for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of such second pre- 
 ceding section. 
 
 Sec. 4. No debarment from joining certain societies. The 
 provisions of this act shall not apply to membership in temperance 
 or religious societies or associations of any kind or to societies or 
 any form of associations which have been established in a given 
 community for the moral advancement of its youth. 
 
 NO. 67, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Flags. 
 
 The board of school directors and the corresponding officers in 
 school districts shall cause to be erected on each school house, or 
 on the premises belonging thereto, a suitable flag pole, and shall, 
 while school is in session, at such times as they may direct, cause 
 a United States flag, which shall not be lettered or marked in any 
 way, to be displayed thereon. Any person violating the provis- 
 sions of this act shall be fined not more than ten dollars. 
 
 NO. 66, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Pensions. 
 
 Sec. 1. Teachers may be pensioned frcm the moneys raised 
 by towns or incorporated districts for school purposes. 
 
 Sec. 2. A teacher who has taught in a public school in this 
 state thirty years is eligible to receive a pension. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 29 
 
 Sec. 3. No pension voted by town or incorporated district 
 shall exceed one-half the average annual salary received by the 
 teacher during the last five years of service. 
 
 Sec. 4. A pension may be voted by town or incorporated dis- 
 trict on recommendation of the school directors or prudential 
 committee at the annual school meeting or at a special meeting- 
 called by the school authorities for such purpose. 
 
 CHAPTER 46. 
 INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
 Maintenance of Schools. 
 Sec. 1003. Number of weeks required: studies. A town shall v. s.§§ 683, 822. 
 
 .... ~ . 1894, Nos. 17, 18. 
 
 maintain for at least twenty-eight weeks m a year a sufficient 1892, No. 9, §§ 95, 97, 
 number of schools for the instruction of children who may legally i886[ No. 32. 
 
 1884, No. 28. 
 
 attend the public schools therein, and such schools shall be kept 1882, Nos. 20, 21. 
 
 . 1 •! -K" -k* §§ 558, 560. 
 
 bv teachers of competent ability and of good morals. Pupils isso, No. 98, § 1. 
 
 J . 7 . ,. . . „. 1876, No. 48. 
 
 shall be instructed m good behavior, reading, writing, spelling, g. s. 22, § 19. 
 
 . . ill* ^" ^* ^* § 1* 
 
 English grammar, geography, arithmetic, free hand drawing, 1827, No. 23, § 1. 
 the history and Constitution of the United States, and in elemen-32Vt.224! 
 
 56 Vt. 551. 
 
 tary physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effect 
 of alcoholic drinks and narcotics on the human system, and shall 
 receive special instruction in the geography, history, constitution 
 and principles of the government of Vermont. 
 
 Sec. 1004. Special instruction. The board of school clirec-i906,No.49,§ 1. 
 
 . , ,. , ., . . . , ... .V.S. §§686,823. 
 
 tors may provide for daily instruction in vocal music, physical 1888, No. 9, § 96. 
 
 1 . ■,!•■, • , t • i 59 vt - 658 - 
 
 culture, drawing and the industrial arts and sciences, by a reg- 
 ular teacher or teachers; and a town may instruct its directors 
 to provide for such instruction by a teacher or teachers employed 
 for such purpose. 
 
 Sec. 1005. Commemorative exercises. The last half day's v. s. § 684. 
 session of the public schools before Memorial Day shall be de- 
 voted to exercises commemorative of the history of the nation 
 during the War of the Rebellion, and to patriotic instruction in 
 the principles of liberty and the equal rights of man. 
 
 Location of Schools, and Conveyance and Board of Pupils. 
 
 Sec. 1006. School directors' duties. Schools shall be located 1904, No. 36, § 1. 
 
 1900, No. 21, § 1. 
 
 in such places and held at such times as, in the judgment of the 1898 No. 23, § 1. 
 
 . V. S. § 685. 
 
 board of school directors, will best subserve the interests of educa-i892,No.20,§ 6. 
 tion and give the pupils of the town equal advantages so far as im- 
 practicable. Said board may, in its discretion, provide convey-R.L.'§§564, 597. 
 ance for pupils to and from school at the expense of the town 
 from such points as it designates, or may pay a reasonable sum 
 for the board of such pupils while in attendance upon school. 
 
30 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 r. 1906, §923. Sec. 1007. Appeal from action of directors. An interested 
 
 1904, No. 36, § 1. . . 
 
 1900, No. 2i, § i. person may appeal from the action of the board of school directors 
 1908! No. 38[§ i. to the town or union superintendent, as to the conveyance of 
 pupils, the designation of a particular school for a pupil to attend, 
 insufficient school accommodations, or, in case of attendance 
 upon a school in another town, as to the number of weeks of school 
 attendance. Such appeal shall be taken by a petition signed by 
 five taxpayers of the town. 
 J904, No. 36, § i. Sec. 1008. Hearing on appeal. On notice of such appeal, 
 
 1898. No. 23! § i. the town or union superintendent shall appoint a time and place 
 of hearing thereon in the town where such appeal originated. 
 Such appeal shall be heard by the town or union superintendent, 
 as the case may be, and by two other persons, one of whom shall 
 be selected by the appellant and the other by the board of school 
 directors; and if either party fails to select a referee, said town or 
 union superintendent and the referee selected by the other party 
 shall select a second referee, and the question shall be decided 
 by the superintendent and the two referees so chosen. Said 
 appeal shall be to the union superintendent if the appellant resides 
 in a union district, if not, then to the town superintendent. The 
 decision shall be rendered in writing to the board of school directors, 
 and said board shall act as directed therein. 
 
 Kindergartens. 
 
 1900, No. 26, § i. Sec. 1009. Establishment. The board of school directors 
 
 v. s§ 709. ' may establish and maintain kindergartens into which children 
 
 ~~3|no!9, § i5i. under five years of age may be received. Such kindergartens as 
 
 conform to the laws governing public schools shall be considered 
 
 public schools. 
 
 Evening Schools. 
 
 "^ § 92J- , Sec. 1010. Establishment; studies. A town may establish and 
 
 1898, No. 2b, § 1. \ J 
 
 V oo% i T 83 2- „ ,,r maintain evening schools which shall be conducted as day schools 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 165. . . . 
 
 rs74'N 67 37 2 except as herein provided. A session of an evening school may 
 be treated as a half day's session of a public school. A person 
 desirous of learning to speak and read the English language, or of 
 pursuing the studies required to be taught in public schools, or of 
 studying commercial subjects, may be admitted as a pupil into an 
 evening school upon such, terms as the board of school directors 
 prescribes. 
 
 Non-Resident Pupils. 
 
 i89 S 2 No 6 ^o f 3 8' ^ EC " 1011# Instruction. The board of school directors may 
 
 18 ifi No ' 9 ' §J 106 recerve i n t the schools under its charge non-resident pupils, 
 ?87^' iro 9 fo 9 under such terms and restrictions as it deems best; and money 
 etvt^V 1 ' ' received for the instruction of such pupils shall be paid into the 
 
 school fund of the town. 
 
 1886, No. 32. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 31 
 
 Sec. 1012. Same. A child residing in the vicinity of a school i89S, No. 25, § 1. 
 in an adjoining town, who can be better accommodated in such 
 school, may demand the privileges of the same. The tuition 
 charged shall be paid from the school money of the town in which 
 said pupil is a resident; and the tuition paid shall not be greater 
 than the cost per pupil per week for the maintenance of such school, 
 provided that the same does not exceed one dollar per week. 
 
 Elementary Schools. 
 
 Sec. 1013. Definition. A school performing the work pre-i906,No. 53, § 1. 
 scribed in a nine years' course of study, or part thereof, prepared 
 by the superintendent of education for ungraded schools, shall be 
 considered an elementary school. 
 
 Transportation. 
 
 Sec. 1014. Transportation and board of pupils. Twenty 1906 - No.53,§ 2. 
 thousand dollars is hereby annually set aside in the state treasury 
 for the purpose of aiding towns which have furnished, during the 
 preceding school year, transportation and board for their resident 
 pupils in attendance upon the elementary schools. A board of 
 division which shall consist of the governor, state treasurer and 
 superintendent of education shall annually, on or before the first 
 day of July, apportion such amount among the several towns 
 which have furnished such transportation and board and which 
 have raised by taxation and expended fifty percent or more on 
 their respective grand lists for school purposes, excluding interest 
 on the United States deposit fund, the state school tax and money 
 for new school houses, in the following ratio: to towns having 
 raised and expended fifty percent or more, one share per dollar 
 expended for transportation and board; to towns having raised 
 and expended sixty percent or more, one and one-half shares; and 
 to towns having raised and expended seventy percent or more, 
 two shares. Upon the completion of the apportionment, said 
 board shall forthwith transmit the same to the state treasurer, 
 who shall annually, on or before the tenth day of July, pay the 
 several towns according to the portion assigned by said board. 
 
 Sec. 1015. Returns by board of school directors. The boardi9io.No.65, § 11. 
 of school directors shall annually, on or before the thirtieth day 
 of June, furnish to the town clerk, on a blank to be furnished said 
 board by the superintendent of education, a sworn statement of 
 the actual expenditures by said board for transportation and board 
 of resident pupils in attendance upon the elementary schools; 
 and the town clerk shall annually, on or before the tenth day of 
 July, upon a blank to be furnished him by said superintendent, 
 certify to said superintendent the sum expended by said board for 
 transportation and board of resident pupils, and the percent 
 
32 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 actually expended for school purposes, excluding interest on the 
 United States deposit fund, the state school tax and money ex- 
 pended for new school buildings. No town shall be entitled to 
 any portion of the sum hereinbefore set aside unless such certificate 
 is made as herein required. 
 
 CHAPTER 47. 
 INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES. 
 
 1908, No. 39, §ii. Sec. 1016. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, a 
 
 R. 1906, § 932. » if 1 > 
 
 1904, No. 37, § 4. high school shall be a school of any one of the following classes: 
 first class, a school of a four years' course or courses; second class, 
 a school of a three years' course or courses; third class, a school of 
 a two years' course or courses; fourth class, a school of a one year 
 course or courses. 
 
 The course or courses of instruction in each school in any one 
 of the four classes shall begin immediately at the completion of 
 an elementary course of nine years. 
 
 Each school shall be considered a single school, in and for which 
 a single register shall be kept and returned according to law, and 
 each shall be maintained at least thirty-six weeks in the school 
 year and shall be taught by a teacher or teachers of competent 
 ability, of good morals and legal certification; and, in each, in- 
 struction shall be given in English language and literature, higher 
 mathematics, history, natural science and, in schools of the first 
 and second class, ancient and modern languages; and instruction 
 may be given in political, social, moral and industrial sciences, 
 commercial subjects, ancient and modern languages, music and 
 physical culture, and in the fine and mechanical arts. 
 
 The course or courses and subjects of study for each school 
 shall be prescribed by the superintendent of education, and each 
 school shall conform thereto. 
 
 An educational institution legally incorporated and providing 
 instruction equivalent to that of a high school of any class shall 
 be an academy. 
 
 Maintenance of High Schools. 
 
 r. 1906, § 934. Sec. 1017. Towns to maintain, etc. A town shall maintain 
 
 1904, No. 37, §§ 1,2. ... , , „ . , , . , . . . , , -, 
 
 1902, No. 27, §§ 1,2, 3. a high school or furnish higher instruction for its advanced pupils 
 1900, No. 22, § 1. b & ^ ^ 
 
 v. s. § 687. as follows: the board of school directors shall, at an expense not 
 
 1894, No. 19, § 1. , . , . „ -11, <■ 
 
 1892, No. 20, § 7. to exceed eight dollars a term or twenty -four dollars a year for 
 
 597. 'each pupil, unless the board of school directors is authorized by 
 
 1880, No. 97, § 1. ,, ! . , . . • , - 
 
 1876, No. 42. vote of the town to pay a higher tuition, provide and arrange tor 
 
 1869, No. 9, § 1. . . ... 7 
 
 78 vt, 383. the instruction of advanced pupils in a high school of an incor- 
 
 porated district or an academy within the town, or in the high 
 schools or academies of other towns within or without the state. 
 If a town does not maintain a high school of the first class, the 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 33 
 
 board of school directors shall provide and arrange for the instruc- 
 tion of the advanced pupils of the town, for the remaining years 
 necessary to complete the course or courses of study in a high 
 school of the first class, in a high school of an incorporated district 
 or academy within the town, or in the high schools or academies 
 of other towns within or without the state. 
 
 Qualifications of Pupils for Advanced Instruction. 
 
 Sec. 1018. Examination. Whenever a pupil demands the gig. §£{»•{ J. 
 payment of his tuition for the first year of a four-year course in 
 a high school of another town, or in an academy, as provided by 
 this chapter, the superintendent of the town in which said pupil 
 resides shall hold an examination, as provided in the following 
 section, for determining his qualifications for entrance upon such 
 high school or academy. Any student having completed without 
 conditions such first year shall be entitled to payment of his 
 tuition by the town of his residence, and without examination, 
 for the remaining three years of a four-year course. 
 
 Sec. 1019. Examination papers. Said superintendent shall ijjjo. go. .68, | g. 
 procure papers for such examination from the superintendent of 
 education, conduct the examination in accordance with instruc- 
 tions and regulations prescribed by him, and forward the papers 
 written by applicants to said superintendent of education who 
 shall determine the ratings of said pupils in the various school 
 subjects, and notify the superintendent of the town concerning 
 the same. Upon receiving such ratings, said town or the union 
 superintendent may determine in regard to qualifications of said 
 pupils for advanced instruction. All expense incurred in carrying 
 out the .provisions of this act shall be. met and allowed in the same 
 manner as the expense of examination and certification of teachers. 
 
 Sec. 1020. Liability of town for tuition. A town shall not ijjio. No. 68, § 3. 
 pay the tuition of any pupil for the first year of a four-year course 
 until said pupil has been found qualified by the town or union- 
 superintendent to enter upon such course, nor shall a town pay 
 tuition of any pupil receiving advanced instruction except to an 
 academy or a high school approved by said superintendent. 
 
 Standard of High Schools and Academies. 
 
 Sec. 1021. Superintendent to determine; appeal. The super- woe, No.^ij i, 2. 
 intendent of education shall, on request, determine and establish wm'. No. 37^5^^ 
 the standard of any high school or academy. An interested 
 person may appeal to said superintendent, whose decision shall 
 be final, from the action of the board of school directors in regard 
 to the high school or academy designated for attendance or the 
 tuition to be paid for advanced instruction. No person shall be 
 deprived of such instruction by reason of age. 
 
34 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 Duties of Town Clerk. 
 
 i9io, No. 65, § 12. Sec. 1022. Statistics. A town clerk, in case pupils are pro- 
 
 1906, No. 50, § 1. . . , i • , ii ii 
 
 1904, No. 37, § 3. vided with higher instruction under this chapter, shall annually, on 
 or before the tenth day of July furnish the superintendent of edu- 
 cation, on a blank to be supplied by him, a certified statement of 
 the name, age and attendance of each pupil, the school attended, 
 the amount of tuition paid for each pupil for the school year ending 
 June thirtieth preceding, and the aggregate amount so expended, 
 not exceeding twenty-four dollars per pupil per school year. Said 
 superintendent shall forthwith transmit such statement to the 
 auditor of accounts. 
 
 Appropriation. 
 
 1906 NoiiE;! ii Sec. 1023. Disbursement. The state treasurer shall annually, 
 
 1902' No" Vi\ § I'. on ^ ie 01 'der of the auditor of accounts and on or before the first 
 day of September, pay to the several towns which have paid tuition 
 for advanced instruction according to the provisions of this chapter, 
 sums as follows, according to and based on tuitions not exceeding 
 twenty-four dollars per pupil per school year: to towns having ex- 
 pended for school purposes, not including new buildings, during 
 the preceding school year, fifty percent or more of their grand lists, 
 in addidion to all other school moneys, a sum equal to one-half the 
 amount expended for tuitions; to towns having expended sixty 
 percent or more, a sum equal to three-fourths of the amount so 
 expended; and to towns having expended seventy percent or 
 more, a sum equal to the amount so expended. 
 
 NO. 68, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Sec. 5. Examinations in towns having a High School. The 
 
 superintendent of a town in which a high school is maintained 
 may determine the qualifications of elementary pupils to enter 
 such high school, or he may require said pupils to take the state 
 examination for advanced instruction, may send the papers 
 of said pupils to the superintendent of education and, upon receiv- 
 ing their ratings, may determine their qualifications. 
 
 Sec. 6. Tuition to local Academy. If, in any town not main- 
 taining a high school of the first class, an approved academy of 
 the first class is located, tuition for advanced instruction shall be 
 paid to such approved academy only, unless applicants for such 
 advanced instruction can be accommodated in first class high 
 schools or academies nearer their homes. 
 
 Sec. 7. Book -rent. In case the school board of a town main- 
 taining a high school, or the board of trustees of an academy, does 
 not charge tuition, but charges book rent in lieu of tuition, such 
 book rent shall be paid by a town which does not maintain a first 
 class high school and which has resident students in attendance 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 35 
 
 upon such high schools or academy, and rebate shall be made 
 therefor by the state in the same manner and under the same pro- 
 visions as rebate is made for advanced instruction. 
 
 Sec. 8. Promotion of non-resident Pupil. A pupil who holds a 
 certificate of graduation from the ninth grade of a graded school 
 of a town or an incorporated district maintaining a high school of 
 the first class shall be entitled to receive from the town or union 
 superintendent a certificate of his qualifications to enter without 
 examination upon a course in the high school of such town or 
 incorporated district, and, if a non-resident of such town or in- 
 corporated district, shall be entitled to the payment of his tuition 
 by the town of his residence for such course in such high school. 
 
 NO. 46, ACTS OF 1908. 
 
 Grammar School Lands. 
 
 Section 1. The school directors of any town within which 
 grammar school lands are located, provided the revenue of such 
 grammar school lands has not been granted to a particular academy 
 or grammar school or to a particular use by special act of the 
 general assembly, shall have control and management of such lands, 
 shall have power to lease the same on the expiration of existing 
 leases, and to collect and disburse all revenues arising there- 
 from. If in any town in which such lands are located a high school 
 or an academy, approved by the superintendent of education, 
 is maintained by such town, the revenues arising from such lands 
 shall be used in the maintenance of such high school or academy; 
 but if no approved high school or academy is maintained by the 
 town, the revenues arising from such lands shall be used in the 
 payment of the tuition of resident students for advanced instruc- 
 tion in other towns. All funds that have accumulated in the 
 hands of trustees in any town within which grammar school lands 
 are located shall be paid over to the board of school directors to 
 invest and control, for which bonds satisfactory to the selectmen 
 shall be given, and the income from such investments shall be used 
 in the same manner as the revenues of the grammar school lands 
 hereinbefore mentioned. 
 
 CHAPTER 48. 
 SCHOOL YEAR AND TIME ALLOWED TEACHERS. 
 
 Sec. 1024. School year. The school year shall commence 1910, No. 65, § 13. 3 
 the first day of July and end the last day of June following. Inis^i.^sroPii, § 2. 
 the absence of express contract, a session of three hours in the 18 i65 N °' 9,§§ 163 ' 
 forenoon and three in the afternoon shall constitute a school 1872", No. 16. 
 day; five days a school week; and four weeks a school month. A 1 847, No 24, § 1. 
 legal school shall have at least four hours per day for five days 
 in a week. 
 
36 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 1910, No. 65, § 14. Sec. 1025. Time allowed teachers. The time not exceeding 
 
 R. 1906, § 938. . . & 
 
 1906, No. 43, § i. four days actually spent by a teacher in attendance upon a meeting 
 1892, No. 2i, § 3. of the state teachers' association, upon educational meetings held 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 166. . ' . r ° 
 
 1882, No. 22, § i. by the superintendent ot education or town or union superin- 
 tendent, and the time actually spent by a teacher in visiting schools 
 when so instructed by the town or union superintendent, during 
 any one term, shall in determining the compensation of the teacher 
 and the number of weeks of school, be accounted the same as if 
 spent in teaching. 
 v 9 s°'§ N 76s 5 ' § 15 ' Sec. 1026. Holidays. A teacher in a public school shall not 
 
 iIII'no 9V167 ke- required to teach on a legal holiday and the board of school 
 1886, No. 28. directors may give written permission to a teacher to dismiss 
 
 school for not more than two days whenever such dismissal seems 
 necessary or proper. In determining the number of weeks taught 
 by said teacher, no deduction shall be made from his time or com- 
 pensation because of his absence on such days. 
 
 NO. 45, ACTS OF 1908. 
 
 Monthly Payment of Wages. 
 
 Sec. 1. A teacher in the public schools of any town shall be 
 entitled to receive monthly payment of wages due under the con- 
 tract of said teacher with such town, provided such teacher de- 
 mands of the board of school directors such monthly payment. 
 
 CHAPTER 49. 
 
 SCHOOL AGE AND ATTENDANCE. 
 
 Legal Pupils. 
 
 Sec. 1027. Definition. The words "legal pupils" shall in- 
 clude persons between the ages of five and eighteen years, but no 
 person over five years of age shall be deprived of public school 
 advantages on account of age. No child under five years of age 
 shall be received into a public school except in a kindergarten ; and 
 no child under seven years of age shall be received into a public 
 school except a kindergarten after the beginning of the fall term, 
 unless said child has the written permission of the town or union 
 superintendent. 
 
 Truant Officers. 
 
 190°: No. 38, | i 6. Sec. 1028. Appointment. The board of school directors shall 
 
 rsgl'^No 10 ^ ^ 2 annually appoint one or more truant officers and report such 
 1870' No 7 i°3 § l appointments to the town clerk for record on or before the third 
 
 day of July. The sheriff, deputy sheriffs, constables and police 
 
 officers shall also be truant officers ex officio. 
 
 1910, 
 
 No. 
 
 69, § 
 
 1. 
 
 1900, 
 
 No. 
 
 26, § 
 
 1. 
 
 1898, 
 
 No. 
 
 24, § 
 
 1. 
 
 V.S. § 709. 
 
 
 1892, 
 
 No. 
 
 22, § 
 
 1. 
 
 1892, 
 
 No. 
 
 21, § 
 
 1. 
 
 1888, 
 
 No. 
 
 9,§ 
 
 150. 
 
 R. L. 
 
 § 675/ 
 
 
 1870, 
 
 Jo, 
 
 11, § 
 
 3. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 37 
 
 Attendance. 
 
 Sec. 1029. Requirements. A person having the control of ai9io,No.69,§ 2. 
 child between the ages of eight and sixteen years shall, unless such.1896,' No! 19; § 8. 
 
 V. S. § 711. 
 
 child is mentally or physically unable to so attend, or has already 1894, No. 26, § 1. 
 
 • -i ,1 t / • , n i • ■> , ^ 1892, No. 22, § 3. 
 
 acquired the branches required to be taught in the elementary 18S8, No. 9, § 153 
 schools, or is otherwise being furnished with the same education, i867 - , No. 35, §§ 1,3 
 cause such child to attend a public school continuously at least 
 twenty-eight weeks in a year, and, if the school in which such child 
 is a pupil is held for more than twenty-eight weeks, shall cause such 
 child to continue in school, unless excused in writing by the board 
 of school directors. 
 
 NO. 69, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Sec. 3. Attendance of child between seven and eight years of 
 age. A person having control of a child between the ages of seven 
 and eight years who allows said child to be enrolled in a public 
 school shall cause said child to attend such school for the remainder 
 of the term, and said person, teacher, child and truant officer shall 
 be under the same laws and penalties that pertain to the attendance 
 of children between the ages of eight and sixteen. 
 
 Sec. 4. Furnishing age certificate. Any person having control of a 
 child claiming exemption from the laws governing school attend- 
 ance, on account of the age of such child, asking admission of 
 such child upon a public school or seeking an employment certi- 
 ficate for such child, shall, when required by the town or union 
 superintendent, or by the school board of an incorporated district, 
 furnish evidence of the age of such child. 
 
 Sec. 1030. Same. If a person having the control of a child i908,?No. 43, § 1. 
 over fifteen years of age allows such child to be enrolled as a 1904, No. 39, §'1 
 pupil in a public school or in a school in which his tuition is paid 
 at the public expense, he shall cause such child to attend such 
 school regularly during the term for which he is enrolled, unless 
 he is mentally or physically unable to continue or is excused in 
 writing by the board of school directors. 
 
 Sec. 1031. Clerk to furnish list of pupils. The clerk of thei906, No. 52, § 4. 
 board of school directors shall, on or before the first day of each v. s.'§ 716.' 
 term, provide the teacher of each school with a list containing the 1892! No! 22! § s! 
 names and ages of all children required to attend such school 
 during the ensuing term. 
 
 Sec. 1032. Non-attendance, truant officer to be notified. 1906, No. 52, § 4. 
 In case a child between the ages of eight and fifteen years fails to v. s.'§ 716.' 
 enter such school at the beginning thereof, or, being enrolled, 1892! No'. 22! § s" 
 fails to attend the same, or in case a child over fifteen years be- 
 comes enrolled in a public school and fails to attend, the teacher 
 shall forthwith notify the truant officer. 
 
 Duties of Truant Officer. 
 Sec. 1033. Non-attendance of pupils. Said truant officer 1908, No. 43, § 2. 
 
 . . 1906, No. 52, § 4. 
 
 shall, upon such notice, forthwith inquire into the cause of suchi904,No.39, § 2. 
 
38 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 v.s. § .716. child's non-attendance; and, if he finds that such child is required 
 
 1892! No. 22, § 8. to attend school, he shall notify the person having such child 
 under his control that such child is a truant, and also notify such 
 person to cause such child to attend school regularly thereafter, 
 and such notice shall be in writing; and if the truant officer shall 
 find such child, he shall take him to school and place him in charge 
 of the teacher thereof; and a truant officer may stop a child be- 
 tween the ages of eight and fifteen years, or a child over fifteen 
 years of age who has become enrolled in a school, wherever found 
 during school hours, and take him to the school, public or private, 
 which he should attend. When a person having charge and con- 
 trol of a child states to the truant officer that the child is mentally 
 or physically unable to attend school, and the truant officer 
 believes or has reason to believe that such statement is false, 
 he may request the health officer of the town or a competent 
 physician to examine such child and report the facts to such 
 officer, and the expense of such examination shall be paid from 
 the school funds of the town. 
 1906, No. 52, § 4. S EC . 1034. Complaints to be made, when. If a truant officer, 
 
 1904, No. 39, § 2. . . ' 
 
 V o s - i T 716 - . or an officer authorized to make arrests under this chapter, has 
 
 1894, No. 26, § 3. . . . 
 
 1892, No. 22, § 8. reason to believe that a person having control of a child has 
 violated the provisions of this chapter, he shall forthwith enter 
 a complaint to the town grand juror of the town in which said 
 person resides, or to the state's attorney of the county, who shall 
 prosecute said person. 
 
 ^vA 90 ^' § ,2 48 - Sec. 1035. Overseer of the poor to be notified. If a person 
 
 1904, No. 40, § 1. * , r 
 
 y.s. § 717 having the control of a child of school age notifies the truant 
 
 1892! No. 22, § 9. officer that he is unable to provide such child with suitable clothing 
 for school attendance, or if, upon inquiry into such child's non- 
 attendance, said truant officer is satisfied that he is not properly 
 clothed and that said person is unable to provide suitable clothing 
 for him, he shall notify the overseer of the poor, who shall at once 
 provide necessary clothing for such child. 
 1908, No. 43, § 3. Sec. 1037. Complaints for non-attendance after notice. Upon 
 
 1892, No. 22, § ii. such notice of the truant officer, if the person having control 
 r._l.'| 671. _ of such child fails, without legal excuse, to cause such child to 
 
 attend school regularly thereafter, the officer giving the notice 
 shall forthwith enter a complaint to the town grand juror of the 
 town in which said person resides, or to the state's attorney 
 of the county, who shall prosecute said person, and said person 
 shall be fined as provided in section 1043 of the Public Statutes. 
 
 NO. 43, ACTS OF 1908. 
 
 Sec. 4. Habitual Truant. Unless physically or mentally un- 
 able to attend, or excused in writing by the board of school direc- 
 tors or prudential committee, any child between the ages of eight 
 and fifteen years and any child over fifteen years who has become 
 enrolled in a public or private school, whose absence from school 
 
 1870, No. 13, § 2. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 39 
 
 aggregates five days during any four consecutive weeks of school 
 may be adjudged an habitual truant. 
 
 Sec. 1038. Authority over non-resident pupils. A truant 1898, No. 25, § 2. 
 officer of the town in which a, non-resident pupil is in attendance 
 upon school shall have the same authority and jurisdiction over 
 such non-resident pupil as in the case of resident pupils. 
 
 Sec. 1039. Compensation. A person acting as truant officer v.' s. § 722. 
 shall receive two dollars per day for time actually spent, unless 
 otherwise provided, the same to be paid by the town or incorpo- 
 rated school district. 
 
 Complaints. 
 
 Sec. 1040. Form. The complaint shall be sufficient if it 
 states that the parent, master or guardian neglects to send hisjgajs, No 2 22, § 12. 
 child, apprentice or ward (naming him) to school as required R 88 L'f672 § 161, 
 bylaw. 6lvt. N 85. li§§3,4 - 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 Sec. 1041. Truancy and disobedience. A child enrolled 
 in the public schools who is guilty of wilful and continued dis- 
 obedience to school rules and regulations or laws, or whose con-iK^'Si 1. 
 duct is pernicious and injurious to the school, or who is an habit- T^.N^lb, § 4. 
 ual truant, may be sentenced to the Vermont industrial school 
 for a period of not less than twenty-eight weeks. 
 
 Sec. 1042. Neglect of duty by officers. A truant or other 
 officer authorized to make arrests in the town, or an overseer of 
 the poor, who refuses or neglects to carry out the provisions of v&'fti 9, § 9 ' 
 this chapter, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, ill; No.' !?§ § i62. 
 
 Sec. 1043. Generally; jurisdiction of courts. A person who 1886 ' N °' 25 ' 
 violates a provision of this chapter shall, unless otherwise pro- 
 vided, be fined not more than twenty-five dollars nor less than?906 9 ^No § 52? 5 §§ 4, 5. 
 five dollars, which shall l:e paid to the town. Justices and liol; n£ II] f \\ 
 municipal courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with thev 89 f.' XVuAft, 718, 
 county court of offenses arising under this chapter. n9 ' 721 ' 
 
 Sec. 1044. Employment of children under sixteen years 
 of age. A child under sixteen years of age who has not completed 
 the course of study of nine years prepared for the elementary 1906,' No! 12,' f 1.' 
 schools by the superintendent of education shall not, unless v^'^ni 55 ' § 2 ' 
 excused in writing by the town or union superintendent of schools, ligll n°: 22,' S t 
 or by the chairman of the prudential committee in the case ofEuu'feV!'. 8 154 ' 
 an incorporated district, be employed in work connected with 1867, No ' 35 ' § 2 " 
 railroading, mining, manufacturing or quarrying, or be employed 
 in a hotel or bowling alley, or in delivering messages, except 
 during vacations and before and after school, unless said child 
 deposits with his employer a certificate from said superintendent, 
 or chairman of the prudential committee, to the effect that he 
 is eligible to employment in accordance with the provisions of 
 this chapter; and no child under sixteen years of age shall be 
 employed after eight o'clock at night in any of the occupations 
 or industries herein enumerated. In case said child has been in 
 
40 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 attendance upon a private or parochial school, such superintend- 
 ent or chairman of the prudential committee may examine said 
 child for the purpose of determining his eligibility to employment 
 in accordance with this section. 
 i9io, No. 69, § 6. Sec. 1045. Town superintendent's duties. The town super- 
 
 v. s.'{ 715. ' intendent, union superintendent, or the chairman of the pru- 
 
 1892, No. 22, § 5. ' .... . 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 155. dential committee, may inquire of the owner or superintendent 
 of a mill, factory, quarry, workshop, hotel, bowling alley, or 
 railroad office, shop or yards, as to the employment of children 
 therein, may call for the production of certificates deposited with 
 such owner or superintendent, and satisfy himself that the require- 
 ments of law have been complied with. 
 1910 No. 70 § i. Sec. 1046. Employment of children. No child under four- 
 
 1904' No lisf § 3 i. teen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work 
 for any railroad company or in, about or in connection with 
 any mill, factory, quarry or workshop, wherein are employed 
 exceeding ten persons. No child under the age of twelve years 
 shall be employed by or permitted to work in, about or in connec- 
 tion with any mill, factory, quarry, work shop, or in delivering 
 messages for a corporation or company or in any mercantile 
 establishment, store, business office, restaurant, bakery or hotel. 
 
 NO. 70, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Sec. 2. Kinds of employment. No child under the age of 
 sixteen years shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work 
 at any of the following occupations or in any of the following- 
 positions: sewing machine belts in any workshop or factory, 
 or assisting therein in any capacity whatever; adjusting any 
 belt to any machinery; oiling, wiping or cleaning machinery or 
 assisting therein; operating circular or band saws, wood shapers, 
 wood jointers, planers, sandpaper or wood polishing machinery, 
 picker machines, machines used in picking wool, machines used 
 in picking cotton, machines used in picking hair, machines used 
 in picking any upholstering material, paper-lacing machines, 
 leather-burnishing machines, burnishing machines in any tannery 
 or leather manufactory, job or cylinder printing presses operated 
 by power other than foot power, emery or polishing wheels used 
 for polishing metal, wood turning or boring machinery, stamping 
 machines used in sheet metal and tinware manufacturing, stamp- 
 ing machines in washer and nut factories, corrugating rolls, such 
 as are used in roofing and washboard factories, steam boilers, 
 steam machinery, or other steam generating apparatus, dough 
 brakes, or cracker machineiy of any description, wood or iron 
 straightening machinery, rolling mill machinery, punches or shears, 
 washing, grinding or mixing mills, calendar rolls in rubber manu- 
 facturing, or laundering machinery; preparing any composition 
 in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used; manufacture of 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 41 
 
 paints, colors or white lead; cigar factory, or other factory where 
 tobacco is manufactured or prepared. 
 
 Sec. 3. Women. Females under the age of eighteen years 
 shall not be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any 
 capacity where such employment compels them to remain stand- 
 ing constantly. Every person who shall employ any female 
 under the age of eighteen in any place or establishment mentioned 
 in section one shall provide suitable seats, chairs or benches 
 for the use of the females so employed, which shall be so placed 
 as to be accessible to said employees; and shall permit the use 
 of such seats, chairs or benches by them when they are not neces- 
 sarily engaged in the active duties for which they are employed, 
 and there shall be provided at least one chair to every three 
 females. 
 
 Sec. 4. Furnishing a certificate. An employer may, and 
 upon written request of the town or city grand juror, the state's 
 attorney or the attorney general, shall require the parent, guardian 
 or custodian of any minor in his employ to sign and furnish a 
 certificate showing when and where such minor was born. 
 
 Sec. 5. No person having a minor under his control shall 
 allow him to be employed after the certificate required by the 
 preceding section has been requested by the employer, until 
 the same has been furnished; and no employer shall after such 
 certificate has been requested by any of the officers named in 
 the preceding section, further employ such minor until the cer- 
 tificate has been furnished and not afterward if it shall appear 
 from such certificate that the further employment is in violation 
 of this act or of chapter 50 of the Public Statutes. 
 
 Sec. 6. Penalty. An employer who shall fail to comply 
 forthwith with the request of any officer, as provided in the 
 second preceding section, so far as he is able, or who shall further 
 employ a minor child in violation of the last preceding section, 
 shall be subject to the penalties provided by section 1048 of the 
 Public Statutes, as amended by this act. 
 
 Sec 7. The same. A parent, guardian or custodian of a 
 minor child who shall make any false statement in any certificate 
 required by the third preceding section shall be punished as pro- 
 vided in section 1048 of the Public Statutes, as amended by this act. 
 
 Sec, 1047. General prohibition. No person having a child 1904 - No - 15 5>§ 3. 
 under his control shall allow him to be employed contrary to the 
 provisions of this chapter. 
 
 Sec. 1048. Penalty. A person who violates a provision of v 9 °s% N| n.4 55 ' § 3 ' 
 chapter 50 of the Public Statutes or of this act shall be fined not i|| ; $0.22 §^ 
 less than five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each^„^-| T 67 3 ; t 
 
 loo/ , JNO. 60, § 6. 
 
 offense, and upon a second conviction, may be so fined or im- 1910 ' No - 70 >§ 8 - 
 prisoned for not more than six months. 
 
 Sec. 1049. Jurisdiction. County and municipal courts and v 90 s.'§ N 7iI 55, § 4 ' 
 justices shall have concurrent jurisdiction of offenses under this 
 
42 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 chapter, and truant officers and all informing officers are author- 
 ized to make complaints for violations of the same. 
 v.s.§ 720. Sec. 1050. Complaints. A complaint for a violation of the 
 
 1888! No! 9, § i6i! third preceding section shall be sufficient if it states that the per- 
 1870, No. 13, §§ 3.4. son having a child under his control neglects to send said child 
 (naming him) to school as required by law. 
 
 CHAPTER 51. 
 
 REGISTERS AND RETURNS. 
 
 V scp N 72 ^i 5 8 ^ec. 1051. Superintendent of education to prescribe blank 
 
 i88s!no.9, § 188. forms. The superintendent of education shall prescribe blank 
 1878, No. ii7, §6. forms for a school register for keeping a record of the daily at- 
 
 1874, No. 33, § 4. to ... . . 
 
 H'iS ; 1 ?™ 2 ' tendance of pupils, and containing printed interrogatories for 
 
 G. S. 22, § iuy. m ... • . 
 
 1858, No. i, § 7. procuring the statistical information required to be given by 
 teachers and school officers, and for procuring such other infor- 
 mation as he deems desirable. 
 i9io. No. 65, § 17. g EC 1052. Town clerk to be supplied with. Said superintend- 
 
 1892. No. 2i, §9. en t shall annually, in the month of June, transmit to the town 
 R - L t 61 o 7 !; * a ! clerks a sufficient number of such registers to supply the schools 
 
 1874, No. 33, § 4.] ° p ^ 97 
 
 1872, No. is, § 2. m their respective towns, who shall receipt therefor, isss, No i, § 7. 
 v. s. § 725. Sec. 1053. Teachers to procure and keep. A teacher before 
 
 1892, No. 21, § 11. ■ . r -iii/-, 
 
 1888, No. 9, §191. commencing school shall procure a register from the clerk of the 
 
 18S6, No. 33, § 3. ° . l . . 
 
 r. l. § 620. board of school directors, keep therein, in the prescribed form, a 
 
 1878, No. 117, § 1. ..." 
 
 1865, No. 30. record of the daily attendance of each pupil, enter therein correct 
 
 1864, No. 58. . J i 
 
 g. s. 22, § no. answers to the interrogatories addressed to the teachers, and return 
 
 1858, No. 1, §8. # ° ' 
 
 50 vt. 30. such register to said clerk, at the end of each term, the final 
 
 63 Vt. 647. fo ' ' 
 
 return to be on or before the first day of April. 
 v 9 °s 8 '§ N 7i6 45 ' § 22 ' Sec - 1054 - Clerk t0 examine. Said clerk shall examine the 
 liii'No.'fuf i9i, register; and, if it is filled out and properly certified to by the 
 r/l 2 § 62i. teacher, he shall give a certificate to that effect; and the teacher 
 
 il65No'3o! shall not be entitled to compensation for the last four weeks of 
 
 g. s. 22, § no. teaching except on presentation of such certificate. 
 
 ?s'96 90 No § i9 6 §' 7. Sec. 1055. Clerk to answer interrogatories and file. Said 
 
 1892' No 2 Ii § 13 clerk, upon the final return to him of the register, shall enter 
 r 8 l f 622' § 193 ' therein correct answers to the interrogatories to be answered by 
 1864' No 58 7 ' § 1 ' nmi > the name of the teacher of the school during the year for 
 lkls NoV«°8 which such register was kept, the date and character of such 
 
 i9io, No 65, § is. teacher's certificate, and certify to the correctness of such entry; 
 and said clerk shall file the register so completed in the office of 
 the town clerk, on or before the first day of July. 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 r, 1906, § 1014. Sec. 1056. False certificate or answers. A clerk of a board 
 
 i888, § No 5 9, § 240. °f school directors who knowingly makes a false certificate as 
 to the date or character of a teacher's certificate or who knowingly 
 makes false answers to the interrogatories contained in the school 
 register shall forfeit to the town one hundred dollars, to be recov- 
 ered in an action on this statute. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 43 
 
 Returns. 
 
 1910, No. 65, § 19. 
 V. S. § 730. 
 
 Sec. 1057. Town clerk to make. The town clerk shall annually, 1892. No. 21, § 15. 
 
 .1888, No. 9, § 197. 
 
 on or before the tenth day of July, or at such time as the superm-R- l. § 627. 
 
 . J 1 • 1 1874, No. 33, § 5. 
 
 tendent of education directs, make out and return to him suchG. s.22, § 112. 
 
 . . . . . 1858, No. i,§ 2. 
 
 statistics as he requires, upon blanks furnished by said superm-1856, No. 5, § 4. 
 
 ,,',,., 1849 - No - 14 > § 16 - 
 
 tendent, who shall receipt therefor. 1847, No. 24, § 6. 
 
 Sec. 1058. Principals to make. The trustees of incorporated 1910, No. 65, § 20. 
 
 schools shall cause their principals to return to the superintendent 1892, No. 21, § 16. 
 
 . ii n 1888, No. 9, § 198. 
 
 of education, on or before the tenth day of July, annually, answers R- L- § 628. 
 
 , • • 1 • ■• 11 1 1 1-1 • ! 1874 ' N °- 33 > § 6 - 
 
 to the statistical inquiries addressed to them by said superintendent, g. s. 22, § 113. 
 
 ^ J l 1858, No. 1, § 13. 
 
 Fees. 
 Sec. 1059. Allowed to town clerk. For services rendered v. s. § 732 
 
 • 1 , 1 • 1 i i 11 ,- i 1892, No. 21, § 17. 
 
 as required by this chapter, a town clerk shall receive from the isss, No. 9, § 199. 
 town treasurer three cents for each legal pupil in the town; but 
 such compensation shall not be more than twenty dollars nor less 
 than three dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER 52. 
 SCHOOL TAXES AND SCHOOL MONEYS. 
 
 Sec. 1060. Grand list. The grand list of a town school dis-^- § N 733 ^ „ 18 
 trict shall be made up of the ratable polls and real and personal r 88 l ' k N 6 3 o § 200 ' 
 estate therein. 
 
 Sec. 1061. Appropriation. A town shall annually appropriate ^ 90 g 6 ' § N ^35,§ 2. 
 
 for school purposes a sum not less than one-fifth of the grand listj|||'*[°^ 20 ^ § s 4, 136 
 of the town school district, and the selectmen shall assess a tax to R ^ 7 : 601 
 meet such appropriation. 187 °- No - 10 - 5 8 - 
 
 Sec. 1062. Town treasurer to keep separate account. The^s. §^735.^ ^ 
 town treasurer shall keep a separate account of the moneys appro- ff^'Feb?' § 13T " 
 priated or given for the use of schools, and shall pay out of such 1870 ' No - 10 -§ 8 - 
 moneys orders drawn by the board of school directors for school 
 purposes. 
 
 Sec. 1063. Income of permanent public school fund. Said 1906 - No - 54 '§ 16 - 
 treasurer shall give credit in his account of the school fund for 
 sums received by the town from the income of the permanent public 
 school fund. 
 
 Sec. 1064. Report by town treasurer. Said treasurer snan Y8f4 § No 5 230 s 4 
 report at each annual town meeting the amount of moneys received 
 for school purposes, the source from which received, and how the 
 same has been divided and paid. 
 
 United States Deposit Money. 
 
 Sec. 1065. State treasurer to receive. The state treasurer shall 1910, No. 71, § 1. 
 receive moneys belonging to the United States to be deposited 1888, No 9,'§ 210. 
 
44 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 r. l. § 639. with this state and give a certificate of deposit for the same accord- 
 
 G. S. 22 t § 91* . 
 
 %S- i T 8, § J 2 ; , m £ to law. Such moneys shall be apportioned to the several 
 
 1836, JNo. 15, § 1. . . 
 
 towns, unorganized towns and gores, in proportion to the number 
 of inhabitants in each. When a census is taken under the laws 
 of congress or of this state, a new apportionment shall be made. If 
 upon such new apportionment it appears that 'a town has more 
 than its share, the state treasurer shall demand and recover from 
 such town such excess; but if a town has less than its share, the 
 deficiency shall be retained by the state treasurer and kept intact 
 as a part of the principal of the permanent school fund. 
 
 i88l' § No 3 9'§ 214 ^ EC - 1066 * Trustees of public money to give bond. The 
 
 g* s" i^ 6 ! 1*97 9S trustees of public money shall, before entering upon the duties 
 
 i84|,No.i3, 8 § 2. f their office, execute a bond to the town, with at least three 
 
 1836, No. is, § 2. sufficient sureties, in such sum as the selectmen direct, conditioned 
 
 for the faithful performance of their duties in loaning, managing, 
 
 accounting for and paying over, as may be required by law, the 
 
 moneys placed in their charge. If a trustee fails to execute such 
 
 bond, his office shall be vacant, and such vacancy may be filled 
 
 as vacancies in other town offices. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § 17. Sec. 1067. Trustees to manage and report. Said trustees 
 
 V. S. § 740. x . 
 
 1888, No.9, § 213. shall manage such money and report the condition of the same at 
 
 R. L. § 642. ° . x 
 
 g. s. 22, §§ 95, 99. each annual town meeting. R. s. is, § 49. 1837, No. 12, § 3. is.36, No. 15, § 3. 
 
 1842, No. 13, § 1. b 
 
 v. s. § 745. Sec. 1068. Towns accountable. If a town has received 
 
 PML.'f 648 219- its portion of deposit money, it shall be accountable for the same 
 R.l'.if't 50°' when required by the state treasurer on requisition of the United 
 
 States, or for the purpose of a new apportionment, as a town is 
 
 accountable for state taxes. 
 
 1836, No. 15, § 2. 
 
 R-1906 § 985. Sec. 1069. Penalty for neglect by towns. If a town fails 
 
 V. o. § 746. # 
 
 1888, N0.9, § 220. to comply with the provisions of the three preceding sections 
 
 R. L. § 649. . ... 
 
 S-'^?o*l 12 7 - relative to the management or disposition of the United States 
 
 K. S. 18, § 56. . 
 
 1836, No. 15, § 7. moneys received by such town, it shall forfeit to the county 
 treasurer, for the use of such county, a sum not exceeding double 
 the amount of the interest on such moneys, to be recovered in an 
 action on this statute. 
 
 v. s. § 747. Sec. 1070. Grand jury's duties. The grand iury shall inquire 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 221. 1 1 V 1 f n , 
 
 r. l. § 650. how the towns have managed and disposed 01 the money so depos- 
 
 C 1 ^ 99 & 1 0R ox j ir 
 
 r'. s'. is, § 57.' ited with them and the annual interest thereof; and, if a town has 
 
 1836, No. 15, § 7. .. . . . , , , ,. 
 
 not complied with the provisions 01 the tour preceding sections rela- 
 tive to such deposit money, it shall present to the court its indict- 
 ment therefor against the town; and the clerk shall give twenty 
 days' notice thereof to such town, which shall be served as a writ 
 of summons. 
 
 i88 S 8, No 4 9 - § 222 ^ EC * ^l. State treasurer to adjust accounts. The state 
 
 fs6^',No 5 39 § 2 treasurer, in the collection of the United States deposit money 
 
 loaned by former treasurers, shall adjust and settle the same as 
 
 is for the interest of the state. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 45 
 
 Permanent Public School Fund. 
 
 Sec. 1072. How constituted. The sum of two hundred and 1906 - No - 54, § 1 - 
 forty thousand dollars returned by the national government to 
 the state in settlement of the civil war claims, the Huntington 
 fund, the United States deposit money and such other additions 
 as may be made to the fund hereby established shall be held intact 
 and in reserve as a permanent public school fund. 
 
 Trustees of Permanent School Fund. 
 
 Sec. 1073. How constituted ; duties. The governor, lieutenant- 1906, No - 54 > § 2 - 
 governor, state treasurer and superintendent of education, ex- 
 ofhcio, and three persons to be appointed biennially by the gov- 
 ernor, whose term of office shall continue until the first day of Nov- 
 ember of the next biennial year and until their successors are ap- 
 pointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the governor, shall 
 constitute a board to be known as trustees of permanent school 
 fund. Said trustees shall invest the permanent public school fund 
 in the following named securities only : United States bonds, state 
 bonds, bonds of cities and school districts located in the United 
 States excluding territories, and having a population of over twenty 
 thousand, and bonds of towns, cities and villages in this state 
 whose total indebtedness does not exceed five times the amount 
 of the grand list. Said board may receive gifts, bequests or 
 additions to such permanent public school fund; and all purchases 
 and sales of securities shall be made by, and all securities shall be 
 taken in the name of, and so far as possible made payable to, the 
 trustees of permanent school fund. 
 
 Sec. 1074. Organization ; meetings. Said trustees shall organ- 1906 - No.54, § 3. 
 ize by the election of a chairman, secretary and a committee on 
 finance of three members, of which the secretary shall be one, at a 
 meeting to be held in the executive chamber of the state capitol 
 at two o'clock in the afternoonon the second Tuesday of November 
 in each biennial year, or at an adjournment thereof, or at a special 
 meeting duly called if the organization is not then completed. 
 Regular meetings of the board shall be held at such times and 
 places as the members by vote determine. On the request of any 
 two members of the board, the secretary shall call a special meeting 
 thereof by notice in writing mailed to each member at least three 
 days before such meeting, but the board may act without notice 
 of a special meeting when all are present. 
 
 Sec. 1075. Committee on finance; duties. The committee 1906 > No - 54 > § 4 - 
 on finance shall, by unanimous action, make all investments 
 of the permanent public school fund and designate depositories 
 therefor, and, in the name of the trustees, shall execute all checks, 
 transfers or releases of securities and do all things necessary to the 
 proper management of the assets and income of such fund. 
 
46 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § 5. Sec. 1076. Compensation. The trustees shall receive no 
 
 compensation for their services, but shall be paid their necessary 
 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § 6. Sec. 1077. Vacancies ; secretary, duties of. Vacancies among 
 
 the trustees appointed shall be filled by the governor, and vacancies 
 in the officers of the board shall be filled by the members at a 
 regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose. 
 The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board 
 and of the committee on finance, recording in detail the proceedings 
 of said committee relating to investments, income and disburse- 
 ments and the management of the permanent public school 
 fund. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § 7. g EC 1078. Huntington fund. On such part of the remainder 
 
 of the Huntington fund heretofore converted to the use of the state 
 as shall not have been, at the time of the distribution of the income 
 from the permanent public school fund in each year, paid over to 
 the trustees of permanent school fund as hereinafter provided, six 
 percent interest shall annually be segregated by the state treasurer 
 as a part of the income of the permanent public school fund, and 
 such interest shall be distributed like the other income from such 
 fund; and, whenever at the end of any fiscal year there is a surplus 
 in the state treasury over and above the liabilities of the state, such 
 part of such surplus shall be paid over to the trustees of permanent 
 school fund as the trustees of such fund may determine at a meet- 
 ing to be called for that purpose, until an amount equal to that 
 part of the Huntington fund heretofore converted into cash 
 by the state treasurer shall have been so transferred. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § 8. Sec. 1079. United States deposit money. The United States 
 
 deposit money held in the state treasury for towns which have 
 not elected trustees of public money and for unorganized towns 
 and gores, together with three percent interest thereon since 
 the last distribution, shall be turned over to the trustees of 
 permanent school fund at their request and before the distri- 
 bution of the state school tax in nineteen hundred and seven, the 
 principal sum for investment as a part of the permanent public 
 school fund, and the amount of three percent interest for dis- 
 tribution with the other income from the permanent public 
 school fund. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § 9. Sec. 1080. Same. The trustees of public money of each 
 
 town shall, on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred 
 and seven, collect and pay over the United States deposit money 
 heretofore apportioned to it, to the state treasurer for the trus- 
 tees of permanent school fund, except where such money was, 
 on December fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six, loaned to 
 the town to which it was apportioned; in which case, the trus- 
 tees of public money may continue annually to loan such money 
 to such town, with interest at five percent per annum, until such 
 time as said trustees see fit to collect the same, when it shall 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 47 
 
 immediately be turned over to the state treasurer for the trus- 
 tees of permanent school fund. 
 
 Sec. 1081. Same. The income from the United States^, No. 54, § 10. 
 deposit money, in those towns where such fund is loaned to the 
 town to which it has been apportioned, shall annually, on or 
 before the tenth day of June, so long as such loan remains un- 
 collected, be paid over by the trustees of public money to the 
 state treasurer for the trustees of permanent school fund for 
 distribution with the other income from such permanent public 
 school fund. 
 
 Sec. 1082. Failure to pay United States deposit money; for-i906.No. 54, § 11. 
 feiture. If in any town the trustees of public money fail to 
 collect and pay to the state treasurer for the trustees of per- 
 manent school fund such town's share of the United States 
 deposit money as is not already loaned to the town to which it 
 has been apportioned within the time limited therefor, or if, in 
 any town where its share of United States deposit money is 
 already loaned to it, the trustees of public money fail to pay, 
 within the time limited therefor, annually, the five percent in- 
 come derived therefrom, then, in either such event, the income 
 from the permanent public school fund and the state school tax 
 which would otherwise thereafter be payable to such town shall 
 be forfeited to the state and added to the principal of the per- 
 manent public school fund; and such forfeiture shall thereafter 
 be made from year to year, until such town has paid to the 
 state treasurer for the trustees of permanent school fund, all 
 sums in arrears, with interest thereon at the rate of six percent 
 per annum. 
 
 Sec. 1083. Accountable for United States deposit money. 1906, No. 54, § 12. 
 The trustees of permanent school fund shall be accountable for 
 such part of the United States deposit money as is held by them, 
 when required by the state treasurer on requisition of the United 
 States. 
 
 Distribution of Permanent Public School Fund. 
 
 Sec. 1084. Income, how distributed. The income only fromi906,No. 54, § 13. 
 the permanent public school fund shall be covered into the 
 state treasury, fifteen thousand dollars of which shall annually 
 be divided among the towns, cities and unorganized towns and 
 gores entitled thereto, in the same manner as the forty-five 
 thousand dollar reserve fund is divided; and the remaining 
 portion of the income shall be divided by the state treasurer, 
 among the towns, cities and unorganized towns and gores, ac- 
 cording to the number of legal schools maintained the preced- 
 ing year; and such division shall be made at the same time the 
 moneys derived from the state school tax are divided. The 
 income thus distributed shall be used solely for the support 
 of public schools, and shall, in unorganized towns and gores, 
 
48 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 be divided equally between the several school districts which 
 have maintained a legal school the preceding year, and in towns 
 having a district incorporated by a special act of the general 
 assembly, as is provided for the division in such towns of money 
 received from the state school tax. 
 
 Report. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § 14. Sec. 1085. Trustees to make. The trustees of permanent 
 
 school fund shall present to the general assembly, on the first 
 day of each biennial session, a report of their official acts, show- 
 ing the amount and condition of such fund and the securities 
 in which it is invested and the amount and distribution of its 
 income. 
 
 Audit of Permanent Public School Fund. 
 
 1906, No. 54, § is. Sec. 1086. Auditor of accounts and bank commissioner to 
 make. The auditor of accounts and bank commissioner shall 
 annually audit the accounts of the trustees of permanent school 
 fund and the accounts of the state treasurer in connection with 
 such fund, examine the securities on hand and certify to the 
 correctness of their transactions and the condition of the fund; 
 and such certificate shall be included in the report of the state 
 treasurer. 
 
 Town School Fund. 
 
 v. s. § 754. Sec. 1087. Duties of selectmen. The selectmen of a town 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 223. .... , „ , . , . , , 
 
 r. l. § 652. shall have charge ot the real and personal estate appropriated 
 
 1878, No. 110, § 1. . rill- , ! • -fiii 
 
 g.s.22, § 78. to the use ot schools therein, unless otherwise provided by law, 
 
 R. S. 18, § 27. . . . 
 
 1827, No. 23, § 3. or unless the person giving a part thereof directs the same to 
 
 be managed in some other way, and annually render an account 
 
 to the town; and the selectmen shall lease such lands and loan 
 
 such moneys on annual or semi-annual interest, upon sufficient 
 
 real estate or personal security, in the state. 
 
 i88 S 8 § No 5 g' 224 ^ EC> 1088 - Same. The securities for the payment of the 
 
 ?878 No 5 no « i moneys so loaned and the interest thereon shall be taken in the 
 
 §"l"^o*l !?• name of the town; and the selectmen mav, in the name of the 
 
 K.O. 18,5 2(. ' " 
 
 town, prosecute and defend actions for the recovery or protec- 
 tion of the estate so intrusted to their care. If the title or pos- 
 session of real estate mortgaged or deeded as security is recov- 
 ered in such action, the selectmen may, in the name of the town, 
 lease or sell and convey such real estate, and invest the moneys 
 received therefrom as provided in the preceding section. 
 1888 No 5 9's 225 ^ EC< 1089 - Acknowledgements. A person authorized may 
 
 fsh No 5 no «~2 take ^ e acknowledgement of a deed provided for in the two 
 preceding sections, or may sign such deed as witness, although 
 he is an inhabitant and taxpayer of the town. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL. CODE. 49 
 
 Sec. 1090. Securities and moneys. The securities belong- V g 8 | § N ^; § 226 . 
 ing to the town school fund shall be deposited in the office o f g;|'| 2i 6 ^ 9 . 
 the town treasurer, and moneys received on account of the sameR-S. is, § 28. 
 shall be paid into such treasury, and a separate account thereof, 
 shall be kept on the books of the treasurer. 
 
 State School Tax. 
 
 . , „ . t , , ,i i , 1900, No. 30, § 1. 
 
 Sec. 1091. Assessment. A tax of eight cents on the doi-v. s. § 758. 
 
 i „ , t , j. j.i x 1890, No. 6, § 1. 
 
 lar shall be annually assessed upon the grand list for the support 
 of public schools. 
 
 Sec. 1092. Apportionment. The state treasurer shall ap- 
 portion such tax to the several towns, unorganized towns and 
 sores, according to their respective grand lists as shown by thev.s.^A^W 
 
 ?. , • ,i i T £ j. x c i.-u U 1890, No. 6, §§2, 4. 
 
 list prepared annually by the secretary of state from the ab- 
 stracts of the grand list of such towns, unorganized towns and 
 gores, which are required to be returned to his office, and shall 
 annually, on or before the last day of December, make out and 
 transmit to each town treasurer and to the collector of taxes 
 for unorganized towns and gores, a notice of the amount so ap- 
 portioned and that the same must be paid into the state treas- 
 ury on or before the tenth day of June following, and also issue 
 and transmit at the same time, to said collector, a warrant for the 
 collection of such tax. 
 
 Sec. 1093. Payment. The town or city treasurer shall, 
 upon receipt of such notice, transmit the same to the selectmen lgg6i No 23j § 2 
 or mayor, who shall draw an order on the town or city treasurer ^8^760.^ g 
 for the amount of such tax; and the treasurer shall pay the 
 same into the state treasury out of any money belonging to the 
 town or city. If the funds in the hands of such town or city 
 treasurer are not sufficient to pay the tax, the selectmen or mayor 
 shall borrow the necessary amount upon orders. The commis- 
 sioner of taxes for unorganized towns and gores shall, upon 
 receipt of such notice and warrant, assess a tax for the amount 
 specified therein and cause the same to be collected in the manner 
 prescribed by law and paid into the state treasury according to 
 such notice and warrant. 
 
 Sec. 1094. Town clerk to certify as to number of legal schools. 
 A town clerk shall annually, on or before the tenth day of July, 1Q1Q ^ No 65 g 21 
 furnish the superintendent of education, on a blank to be furnished J^y^Jf, s lm 
 by said superintendent for that purpose, a certified statement 
 of the number of legal schools maintained during the preceding- 
 year in his town; and said superintendent shall forthwith transmit 
 such statement to the state treasurer. A town shall not be 
 entitled to its share of the tax assessed in the third preceding 
 section, if its clerk fails to comply with the provisions of this section. 
 NO. 72, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Sec. 1. Close of School by Health Officer. If at any time a 
 town has not maintained a legal school or schools the number of 
 
50 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 weeks required by law to constitute a legal school, by reason of a 
 school or, schools having been closed by the health officer on ac- 
 count of a contagious disease, it shall not be denied its share of 
 public school money. 
 r. < M?5 4 i 7 6o S 6 1, Sec. 1095. Distribution. The state board of education shall 
 
 1902' No' 30 I 1' annually, in the month of June, apportion the money in the state 
 1892' No 7 'lo § 1 treasury received on such tax in the following manner : in order to 
 1I90 No' ! I'§ 6' equalize school taxes and afford equal school privileges, forty-five 
 
 • thousand dollars shall be reserved and, in its discretion, shall be 
 
 apportioned by said board among the towns, unorganized towns 
 and gores, which have actually expended, in addition to all other 
 school moneys, at least fifty cents on the dollar of the grand 
 list for school purposes, not including new buildings. The 
 remaining portion of the income received on such tax shall, 
 at the same time, be apportioned by said board among the towns, 
 unorganized towns and gores, in proportion to the number of 
 legal schools maintained in each during the preceding school 
 year, but any town maintaining only one school shall not for- 
 feit its share in such apportionment because the average daily 
 attendance of such school is below six for twenty-eight con- 
 secutive weeks. Upon completion of the apportionments herein 
 provided for, said board shall forthwith furnish the state treas- 
 urer a certified copy of the same. In unorganized towns and 
 gores, the moneys received from the state on the division of 
 revenues according to number of legal schools shall be divided 
 equally among the several school districts which have main- 
 tained legal schools during the preceding school year. 
 t> ,™* * ,™-, Sec. 1096. Board of distribution. Said treasurer shall, an- 
 
 ±v. 190o, g 1UO/. 
 
 1902' No 30 I 2 nually, on or before the tenth day of July, divide the money m 
 1908, No. 47, § 2. the state treasury received on such tax according to the appor- 
 tionments made by said board, and, after approval by the auditor 
 of accounts, shall transmit the same to the treasurers of the 
 respective towns who shall credit such apportionments to the 
 school funds of the town. 
 
 Legal Schools. 
 
 iRno.^S'/i 4 ' Sec - 1097 - Definition. A legal school for the purposes of 
 
 Isii, No 6 io, § 2. this chapter shall be one which, during the preceding school 
 year, has been maintained for at least twenty-eight weeks, dur- 
 ing which time the average daily attendance of pupils has been 
 not less than six, and which has been taught by a duly qualified 
 teacher whose register has been kept and returned as required 
 by law. 
 
 Division of Public Money between Town and Incorporated District. 
 
 iS No. 4 i9, § § 3 i. Sec. 1098. How made. For the purposes of this act a district 
 
 v 89 |; ^ S4I 0, § 7 - incorporated by special act of the general assembly shall be 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 51 
 
 considered a town, but such district shall not be entitled to itsi892 t No. 20, § 1. 
 
 . . 1890, No. 5, § 2. 
 
 portion of the state school tax until its school board has fur-1888, No. 9, §§ 141, 
 
 r . 233,235. 
 
 nished to the state treasurer the name of the treasurer of suchi886, No. 24. 
 
 1884, No. 29. 
 
 district. Provided an incorporated school district, or part ofR»L-§§ 661,662. 
 
 .... r i 1880 ' No - 94 > §§ 5 - 6 - 
 
 such a district, exists 111 any town, all revenue from bequests, 1876, No. 51. 
 
 . . ... 1874, No. 40, § 1. 
 
 funds or public lands, not otherwise specifically disposed of byi866,No. 9, § 1. 
 will, grant or act of legislature, but devoted to the public schoolsG. s.22, § 83. 
 
 ' to . . i860, No. 5. 
 
 of such towns, shall be divided by the selectmen, on or beforei858, No. 1, §§ 5, 6. 
 
 ' J ' . . R. S. 18, § 32. 
 
 September first, annually, between the town school district 1827, No. 23, § 9. 
 
 ... ' .. . R. 1797, pp. 493, 497, 
 
 and the incorporated school district according to the number §§i,7. 
 
 ... 7 1795, p. 10, § 3. 
 
 of legal schools maintained m each, and the portion of the revenueR- 1787, p. 136. 
 
 received by each district shall be credited to the school funds 
 
 of such district. 
 
 NO. 47, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Sec. ^Transportation of High School Students. In all cases of trans- 
 portation of elementary pupils, high school students may have the 
 privilege of transportation on conveyances furnished elementary 
 pupils, and, in the distribution of state aid for transportation, 
 no deduction shall be made in the amount due a town on account of 
 transportation furnished high school students under this section. 
 
 Statements. 
 
 Sec. 1100. By prudential committee. The prudential com-R 9 A°906, o § 6 iou. 22 ' 
 mittee of an incorporated school district shall annually, on or v 89 f.' §^850°' 
 before the thirtieth day of June, return to the town clerk, or inifff' No. 9, § 237. 
 case of a district in an unorganized, town or gore, to the super- 
 intendent of education, an itemized statement under oath of 
 the actual cash expenditures of the district for school purposes 
 during the preceding year; and no district shall be entitled to 
 receive any portion of its school money, unless such returns 
 are made. 
 
 Sec. 1101. By selectmen. The selectmen shall annually.910, No. 65, § 23. 
 in the month of July, after they have made the division of theisss", No. 9,'§ 244. 
 public money as provided in the third preceding section, lodgeG!s.22, § 85. 
 with the town clerk a written statement of the amount so divided. 
 
 Forfeitures. 
 
 Sec. 1102. By officers. A school director or a prudential v. s. §«853.i 
 
 J . r 1888,1No. 9, § 240. 
 
 committee who knowingly makes a false statement of the amount 
 expended for schools, or a selectman who knowingly distributes 
 public money to an incorporated school district not entitled 
 thereto, shall forfeit to the town one hundred dollars, to be re- 
 covered in an action on this statute. 
 
 Miscellaneous. 
 
 es to investigg 
 annually inquire whether towns in their counties have appro-i884;No.26"§ 3 
 
 Sec. 1103. Grand juries to investigate. Grand juries shall y/s. § N 765. ' ^ 
 
52 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 r. l. § 660. priated and expended the required sum for the support of schools 
 
 C* S 2^ § S9 
 
 r'. s. is, § 36. as provided in this chapter; and, in case of neglect, they shall 
 
 1827, No. 23, § 18. ^ ... , , ' 
 
 1821, p. 90, § i. present their indictment thereof to the court. 
 
 v. s. §766. Sec. 1104. Town superintendents to make inquiries. The 
 
 1890, No. 5, §2. r /* 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 232. town superintendent ot schools shall ascertain whether the re- 
 quirements of this chapter relating to the appropriation and 
 expenditure of moneys from the town treasury for the support 
 of schools are complied with; and, in case of a non-compliance, 
 he shall bring the matter to the attention of the state's attorney 
 or grand jury. 
 
 CHAPTER 53. 
 
 TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. 
 
 R/1906, § 1017. 
 
 Sec. 1105. Towns to furnish. The board of school direc- 
 1896,' No! 19,' § li. tors shall provide and furnish, at the expense of the town, all 
 i894',No 69 i3, § i. appliances, supplies and text-books used in the studies enum- 
 1878, No. 1 ^, § 9. erated in section one thousand and three, and may provide and 
 furnish text-books used in the studies enumerated in section one 
 thousand and sixteen, to be paid for by order of said board. 
 r. 1906, § lois. Sec. 1106. Regulations. Said board shall make such rules 
 
 1894 j*No?'i3, § 2. an d regulations as it deems proper for the care and custody of 
 appliances, supplies and text-books purchased, and shall loan 
 appliances and text-books free of charge to resident pupils, and 
 may sell such text-books at cost to persons having the control 
 of pupils. 
 r. 1906, § 1019. Sec. 1107. Damages to. When a pupil loses, destroys or 
 
 1894, No. 13, § 3. unnecessarily injures a book or appliance loaned to him, he, or 
 the person having him under control, shall pay such loss or dam- 
 age to the satisfaction of the board of school directors within a 
 reasonable time after written notice from it; otherwise said 
 board shall report such loss or damage to the selectmen of the 
 town, or the proper officers of the incorporated school district, 
 who shall include in the next town or district tax of said person 
 the value of such book or appliance. For neglect to comply 
 with the provisions of this section, the board of school directors 
 shall be liable for such loss or damage in an action of general 
 assumpsit in the name of such town or incorporated school district. 
 1898, No. 27, § 2. Sec. 1108. Selection. The board of school directors and 
 
 1894, No'.' 13, § 5. the town superintendent shall select the text-books to be used 
 
 }«io' ^°' ?o Ch - 10 - in +nn rmhlin anhnnk 1866 - N °- 2 - l849 ' No - 14 ' * 5. 
 
 1882, No. i9. in tne puonc scnoois. G s 22 , 7 1845i No . 37> § 5 . 
 
 i«~« § v i<>., RR , a 1874, No. 33. § 1. 1862, No'. S. 1833, No. 19, § 1. 
 
 1878, No. 122, §§ 1-4. 1872, No. 14. 1858, No. 1, § 11. 1827, No. 23, § 4. 
 
 v. s. § 778. Sec. 1109. Penalty. The superintendent of education, an 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 187. » , , , , , , .• 
 
 1884, No. 36, § i. examiner of teachers, a town supennendent, a teacher in a public 
 school, or any other person officially connected with the direction 
 of such school, shall not, directly or indirectly, receive any gratuity 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 53 
 
 or compensation for recommending or procuring the adoption of a 
 school book, the purchase of school apparatus, furniture or other 
 supplies to be used in a public school. A person who violates a 
 provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred 
 dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER 54. 
 
 TAKING LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 
 
 Sec. 1110. Duties of selectmen. When the location of a^slffii, § 259. 
 school house is determined and lands for such school house and f8 7 8; § No 34 ii2, §§ 2, 3. 
 grounds are needed, or when a town or district votes to purchased S^«j n'*; .us. 
 additional lands for school purposes, if the owner refuses to ig»: No.' 33. § ^ 
 convey the same to such town or district for a reasonable price, 33 vt.27'1. 
 the selectmen of the town, or the selectmen of a town adjoining 
 an unorganized town or gore in which such district is located, 
 shall, on the application of the board of school directors or the 
 prudential committee, set out the necessary lands and cause 
 the same to be surveyed, and shall appoint a time and place for 
 hearing and give notice thereof to the persons interested, either 
 personally or by written notice left at the residence of the owner 
 or occupant of such lands, and, at such hearing, shall ascertain 
 the damages sustained by said interested persons; and the damages 
 agreed upon or assessed shall be paid or tendered to said persons 
 before taking possession of the lands. 
 
 Sec. 1111. Same. When the selectmen decide to take l-ands,}^^|- |§2a0i 
 they shall, in their order for that purpose, fix a time and notify fsys, No 35 ii2, §§ 4, 5. 
 the owner or occupant thereof, within which he shall remove 43 vt - 362 - 
 his buildings, fences, timber, wood or trees, which, in the case 
 of enclosed or improved lands, shall not, without the consent 
 of the owner, be less than three months, nor until compensation 
 for damages to such land is tendered or paid; and, if they are 
 not removed within such time, the selectmen shall remove them 
 at the expense of the town or district. 
 
 Sec. 1112. Orders, proceedings and survey to be recorded, y^yu^^ 
 Orders and proceedings of the selectmen, under the provisions RjLJjkj ii 2 ,§ 6 . 
 of the two preceding sections, with the survey of the land taken, ^^j'^lof sV^i- 
 shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the town in which 1857,' No'. 58, § 1. 
 the land lies, or, if in an unorganized town or gore, in the county 
 clerk's office. 
 
 Sec. 1113. Reference of question of damages. If the ownery^i^ § 262. 
 of such land does not accept the damages awarded by the select -g;^'| 2 M § 7 i' 16 . 
 men, the school directors or prudential committee of such town }||?;5}°;|^ s \ 
 or district may agree with him to refer the question of damages 
 to one or more disinterested persons, whose award shall be made 
 in writing and shall be final. 
 
54 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 1904, No. 46, § i. Sec. 1114. Petition to county court; appointment of com- 
 
 V S $ 816- 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 263. missioners. If a person interested in such land is dissatisfied 
 c's'22, §117. with the action of the selectmen in locating and setting it out or 
 
 185?; No! 58, §4. with the damages awarded by them, he may apply by petition to 
 the county court at its next stated term, if there is sufficient time 
 for notice, and if not, to the succeeding term; and any number 
 of persons aggrieved may join in the petition. The petition, 
 with a citation, shall be served on the clerk of the town or school 
 district, at least twelve days before the session of the court; and 
 the court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, who 
 shall inquire into the necessity for locating and setting out such 
 land and as to the amount of damages sustained by the persons 
 interested therein. 
 1904 No. 46, §2. Sec. 1115. Hearing. The commissioners shall give six days' 
 
 Isii No! L 9, § 264. notice to such clerk and to the petitioners of the time and place 
 gTs'IJ f§ 9 iis°ii 9 > °f nearm g; and, when they have completed their inquiries, they 
 1I57' n£: tsf |§ 5 5?6 shall report to the court; and, upon hearing, the court may 
 accept or reject the report, in whole or in part, may make such 
 orders as are necessary for locating and setting out such land 
 and for the removal of obstructions thereon, may render judg- 
 ment for the petitioners for such damages as they have severally 
 sustained, may tax costs for either party and may award execu- 
 tion in the premises, 
 v.'s. §'8is. Sec. 1116. Notice to mortgagee or assignee. If lands so 
 
 r^l.' § N 54i 9 ' required by a town or district are encumbered by mortgage, such 
 
 liii, N0.10. ' town or district shall cause the same notice to be given to the 
 
 mortgagee or assignee of the mortgage as is required to be given 
 to the owner; and the damages agreed upon, or otherwise deter- 
 mined, as specified in this chapter, shall be paid to the mort- 
 gagee or assignee; but if the sum due on the mortgage is less 
 than the damages awarded, the amount due on the mortgage 
 shall be paid to the holder and the balance to the owner, 
 v. s. §819. Sec. 1117. Title, when to vest. When the damages finally 
 
 r. l.'§ 542.' awarded for lands so taken by a town or district are paid to the 
 
 G S 22 § 120. . 
 
 1861, No. 10./ person entitled thereto, title to such lands shall vest in the town 
 
 or district for the purposes aforesaid. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 55 
 
 PART II. 
 
 SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 CHAPTER 55. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN UNORGANIZED TOWNS AND GORES. 
 
 Organization. 
 
 Sec. 1118. Duties of selectmen. The selectmen of a town, R.i906,§ 1030. 
 on application of three voters in an adjoining unorganized town i8^>2, No. 20, § 1. 
 or gore, may divide such unorganized town or gore into as manyR 8 L.'§504.' §70 " 
 school districts as may be needed and name the same, and shall ?84 S s, Nofll.' 
 organize them in the manner provided in the following section. 
 
 Sec. 1119. Meetings. Said selectmen shall call a meeting v. s. § 780. 
 in each district by posting a notice thereof, specifying the time, r 88 l.' §«J3?' § 69 ' 
 place and business of the meeting, in two public places in suchR:lii,'ff tffc? 4- 
 district, at least seven days before the time therein specified. ill!, 5.°if*.' §§ 7 ' 8 " 
 One of the selectmen shall preside at the meeting, until a mod-Ri iVs7 7 ,V P 'i36 4 ' § 2 " 
 erator and clerk are chosen, when the district shall be held to be 11Vt ' 607 ' 
 organized. 
 
 Sec. 1120. Record of proceedings; compensation of select- v - s •§ 781 - 
 men. The selectmen acting under the proceeding section shall 
 cause their doings to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the 
 county in which such unorganized town or gore is situated, 
 and shall receive reasonable compensation from the petitioners. 
 
 Sec. 1121. District to be a body corporate. A school dis-^sl.K.gn. 
 trict, legally organized, shall be a body politic and corporate, g.'s!22?§ §''29, 31. 
 with the powers of a corporation for maintaining schools in such^f;}^.^ §'?5 
 district, and, by its corporate name, may sue and be sued, and 62V *' 176 - " 
 may take, hold and convey real and personal estate. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 Sec. 1122. Election; term of office. A school district shall, v -s.§783. 
 
 , ., • ■• ] x i , • ' 1888, No. 9, § 73. 
 
 at its organization, and at each annual meeting thereafter, elect R -L. § sos. 
 
 1872 No 12 
 
 from among the legal voters of such district a moderator, clerk, g. s\22,'§§ 32,73. 
 collector, treasurer, one or three auditors and a prudential com-iss-i.'No^ 
 mittee of one person, unless the district shall vote to have a 18 'so, No. 23. 
 prudential committee of three as provided in the following section, ism, P °96, § 1. ' 
 Their term of office shall commence at the time of their electionR- 1787| p.'"i36.' § 2 " 
 
11 vt. 
 
 618. 
 
 
 20 Vt.487. 
 
 
 20 Vt. 
 
 495. 
 
 
 23 Vt 
 
 .416. 
 
 
 32 Vt 
 
 . 769. 
 
 
 V. s. 
 
 §784. 
 
 
 1SSS, 
 
 No. 9,' 
 
 §174. 
 
 R. L. 
 
 §509. 
 
 
 1876, 
 
 No. 47 
 
 ,§1. 
 
 1S68, 
 
 No. 33 
 
 ,§§5 
 
 57 Vt 
 
 .31. 
 
 
 63 Vt 
 
 .647. 
 
 
 64 Vt 
 
 .527. 
 
 
 V. S. 
 
 § 785. 
 
 
 1888, 
 
 No. 9, 
 
 § 7i 
 
 56 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 and continue until their successors are chosen; but if the pru- 
 dential committee is absent more than three months from the 
 district, his office shall be deemed vacant. 
 
 Sec. 1123. Prudential committee. A school district may 
 elect a prudential committee of three persons, one of whom shall 
 be chosen for one year, one for two years and one for three years ; 
 and, until otherwise voted, such district shall, upon the expira- 
 tion of the term of a member of such committee, elect a successor 
 for three years, and may fill a vacancy. 
 
 Sec. 1124. Same. If such a committee is elected at the 
 organization of the district, and such organization is not at the 
 time fixed for an annual school meeting, the time between the 
 organization and the next annual meeting shall be considered 
 the first year of such terms, 
 v. s. §786. Sec. 1125. Discontinuance of prudential committee. When 
 
 the district has voted to discontinue such committee, it shall not 
 elect successors to the members as their terms expire; and the re- 
 maining members or member of such committee shall be the pru- 
 dential committee of such district, until the end of the term which 
 is last to expire. 
 v.s. §788. Sec. 1126. Moderator. The moderator shall preside at school 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 78. . . . . * 
 
 r.l. §513. district meetings; and, in his absence, a moderator pro tempore 
 
 1872, No. 12. . . 
 
 o. s. 22, § 34. shall be chosen to preside at such meetings. 
 
 1852, No. 38, § 1. l ° . 
 
 R. S. 18, § 9. 
 1827, No. 23, § 7. 
 
 Application of Laws. 
 
 1906, No. 60, § i. Sec. 1 127. What laws to apply. The provisions of law relating 
 
 R.{i906°§ 1039. ' to the administration and maintenance of public schools, school 
 meetings and voters therein, to raising and expending school 
 moneys, to sharing in state aid for public school purposes, to the 
 election and appointment of school officers, to elementary and 
 higher instruction, to transportion, board and attendance of pupils, 
 to truancy, to the furnishing of text-books and appliances and to 
 other matters pertaining to schools in a town, shall, unless other- 
 wise provided, pertain to schools maintained and all matters per- 
 taining thereto in school districts in unorganized towns and gores. 
 r. 1906, § 1040. Sec. 1 128. Powers, duties and liabilities of officers. The powers, 
 
 V. S. §§ 791, 836, 845. ' .... 
 
 1894, No. 162, § 802. duties and liabilities of the collector, treasurer, auditors, prudential 
 
 188S, No. 9, §§ 81, 207. ...',„. .' ,, ' % 
 
 1884, No. 34. committee and clerk of a district shall be like those of a town 
 
 636. '" collector, treasurer, auditors, board of school directors and clerk 
 
 1872, No. 12. . 
 
 1870, No. is. of same, and said clerk shall also perforin the duties of a town clerk 
 
 1867, No. 18, §§ 1, 2. . ' . x ,, i ii i i. 
 
 G. s. 22, §§ 32, 49, 5i. relative to schools. The district collector or treasurer shall, before 
 
 1854, No. 42, § 1. .... . 
 
 Et.s. 18, §§ 17, 19. entering upon his duties, if required by a vote of the district or the 
 
 1827, No. 23, § 11. 12. , . , . . , , , ,. , • , ,. • , ,. 
 
 r. 1797, p. 495, § 3. prudential committee, give a bond to the district conditioned for 
 the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum as may be re- 
 quired; and, if a collector or treasurer neglects for ten days to give 
 a bond as required, his office shall be vacant. 
 
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 Records. 
 
 Sec. 1 129. Clerk to keep. The clerk shall keep a record of the v. s. § 789, 
 votes and proceedings of school district meetings and give certified R- l'§ wV.' * 
 copies thereof when required; for a wilful neglect of such duty, he 1874;^.' 39.^ 
 shall forfeit twenty dollars to the district, to be recovered in an 1856, No. 37, '§ 1. 
 
 ,. ,, • , , , R. S. 18, § 10. 
 
 action on this statute. 1827, No. 23, § 7. 
 
 Vacancies. 
 
 Sec. 1130. How filled. When a vacancy occurs in the office v. s. §798. 
 of collector, treasurer or clerk of a school district, or in the office r 88 l! fsi 8.' §8S " 
 of prudential committee where the committee consists of oneG. s. 22,°§ 35. 
 person, the district shall fill the vacancy at a special meeting. 11 vt. 6°s 3 '" 
 
 26 Vt. 503. 52 Vt. 110. 
 
 Sec. 1131. Surrender of books and papers. When a schools s.§ 799. 
 
 • , rr- . . 1884, No. 25, § 1. 
 
 district office becomes vacant by expiration of the term of office 
 of the incumbent, or otherwise, and a successor is elected or ap- 
 pointed, said successor shall, on demand, be entitled to receive 
 the books and papers of such office from the last incumbent or 
 anyone having the same in his possession. A person having such 
 books or papers in his possession, who refuses for ten days, after 
 demand, to surrender the same to said successor, shall be fined ten 
 dollars. 
 
 Meetings. 
 
 Sec. 1132. When held. Annual school meetings of a district v. s. § soo. 
 shall be held on the thirtieth day of June, or if the thirtieth fall i88si No. 9, § 89. 
 on Sunday, on the twenty-ninth, and special meetings shall beG.'s.'22, §§41,42. 
 warned on the application of three voters of the district. 1858,' No.' 2. ' 
 
 R. S. 18, § 12. R. 1797, p. 495, § 3. 20 Vt. 487. }f3 £°- 40 / 
 
 1827, No. 23, § 7. 1795, p. 10, § 2. 23 Vt. 416. 1910, No - 65 ' 24 - 
 
 Sec. 1133. Warnings. Warnings for school meetings shall v. s. §801. 
 be recorded before being posted. • 64^t. I 544. 131 ' § l " 
 
 Sec. 1134. Same. School meetings shall be warned by the v. s. § 802. 
 clerk, by posting a notice thereof, specifying the time, place andR-L.'§ 521.' 
 business of the meeting, in two public places in such district, ati85i.No.28." 
 least seven days before the time therein specified. 182Y, No. 2.3,' § 7. 
 
 64 Vt. 527. 23 Vt. 416. 16 Vt. 439. 5" HfZ' p \ 499 ' § 2 ' 
 
 67 Vt. 150. 43 Vt. 207. 17 Vt. 337. f; \f?'i2\ 136 ' 
 
 67 Vt. 566. 48 Vt. 599. 22 Vt. 309. 14 Vt ' 3U0 - 
 
 Sec. 1135. Eligibility of voters. The moderator at a school v. s. §so.3. 
 
 meeting, the clerk and the members of the prudential committeeR. l' §§523, 524'. 
 
 shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to votei87o! No! 17.' 
 
 in a qphnnl mpptino- G - s - 22 - § 29 - i 827 - No - 23 - § 7 - 55 Vt - 43 - 1868 ' N °' 39 ' 
 
 in a scnooi meeting. R s 18> § 7 35 vt 632 55 vt _ 62 
 
 Sec. 1136. Neglect to warn; forfeiture. If a person whose y-| IJO& 
 duty it is to warn a school district meeting neglects to do so f or R- ^- | o 520 j 8 
 ten days after application made as provided by law, he shall Rg |- ^'| 6 2 ^ 9 
 forfeit to such district twenty dollars for each ten days' neglect, 46 Vt - 90 - 
 to be recovered in an action on this statute. 
 
58 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 Public Money. 
 
 1894' n? is ^ec. 1137. District entitled to, when. If the pupils of a 
 
 llll' No'9 2 °§ 107' district are provided with twenty-eight weeks' instruction during 
 
 1880 - No 65 94 $ 2 a scn ool year, whether such instruction is provided in the school 
 
 1876, No. 45, § i. district, or in other schools at the expense of the district, such 
 
 district shall be entitled to its share of the public money as though 
 
 a school had been maintained in such district and the attendance 
 
 had been in such school. 
 
 Commissioner of Taxes. 
 
 i906,|No. 59, §§ i,2. Sec. 1138. Duties. When a child cannot conveniently be 
 accomodated with school privileges in an unorganized town or 
 gore, the commissioner of taxes for such unorganized town "or 
 gore may assess a tax upon the taxable property therein, not 
 exceeding fifty percent, for payment of tuition, transportation 
 or board of such child, and may draw an order on the county 
 treasurer for the payment of the expenses incurred in the school- 
 ing of such child at a school within or without such unorganized 
 town or gore, provided such expense does not exceed one and 
 one-half dollars per week. Said commissioner shall perform all 
 the duties and have all the authority vested in school directors 
 and truant officers of organized towns. 
 
 CHAPTER 56. 
 
 INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 
 Application of Laws. 
 i, 90e L?°; ?Svl *• Sec. 1139. What laws to apply. The provisions of law 
 
 R. 1906, § 1050. m m . 
 
 Y'a S 'J£ 7 £h 791, 806, relating to the administration and maintenance of public schools, 
 1894, No. 162, §§ 802, S chool meetings and voting therein, to raising and expending 
 1892, No. 21, § 14. school moneys, to sharing in state aid for public schools, to the 
 
 1890, No. 5, § 18. . . nr 
 
 election and appointment of school officers, to elementary and 
 higher instruction, to transportation, board and attendance of 
 pupils, to truancy, to the furnishing of text-books and appli- 
 ances and to other matters pertaining to schools in a town, shall, 
 unless otherwise provided, pertain to schools maintained, and all 
 matters pertaining thereto, in incorporated school districts; and 
 the provisions of law relating to the powers, duties and liabilities 
 of school officers in unorganized towns and gores shall apply to 
 such officers in incorporated districts, except that the clerk of 
 such district shall not be considered a town clerk for school 
 purposes. 
 
 NO. 65, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Sec. 25. Date of official duties. School officers in districts 
 incorporated by the General Assembly shall enter upon their duties 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. ' 59 
 
 on July first following their election, and all school officers of town 
 or incorporated districts serving at the time of the passage of this 
 act shall continue in office until July first, 191 1. 
 
 Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 1140. Record of appointment. The district clerk shall ,v. s. § 790. 
 
 . . . , . . . 1888, No. 9, § 80. 
 
 withm ten days after his election or appointment, give notice R - L - § 517. 
 thereof to the town clerk; and, if he fails so to do, he shall receive 
 no compensation for making returns to the town clerk's office. 
 
 Collector. 
 
 Sec. 1141. Town collector may be. A school district may V g 8 | y 87 g . 77 
 elect the collector of town taxes, although not an inhabitant ofJS-hkJ* 1 ?™ 
 
 (j. to. Zi, § OO. 
 
 the district, to be collector of such district, if he will accept the 1861 ' No - 12 - 
 office in writing, and such acceptance shall be recorded by the 
 district clerk. 
 
 Change of Boundaries. 
 
 Sec. 1142. Warning meeting to vote on. If it appears to ^-§807. 
 the trustees or the prudential committee of an incorporated 
 school district that the boundaries of such district should be 
 changed by including new territoiy within the town in which 
 such district, is located, or by excluding territory that is in the 
 district, they may insert an article, fully describing the pro- 
 posed change, in the warning for a regular or special meeting 
 of such incorporated district. 
 
 Sec. 1143. Duties of trustees or prudential committee; town v. s. §5807. 
 to vote. If a majority of the voters at such meeting vote to 
 make the proposed change in the boundaries of the incorporated 
 district, said trustees or prudential committee shall notify the 
 selectmen of the town in which such district is located of the change 
 so voted to be made; whereupon said selectmen shall duly warn 
 a meeting of the town, exclusive of such incorporated district, . 
 setting forth in the warning the vote of such incorporated district 
 and the proposed change in its boundaries; and, if a majority 
 of the voters at such town meeting vote to make the change, 
 as voted by the incorporated district, such vote, together with 
 all the proceedings regarding such change of boundaries, of 
 both the town and incorporated district, shall be recorded in 
 the town clerk's office, whereupon such change of boundaries 
 shall be established. 
 
 Merger of Town and Incorporated School Districts. 
 
 144. Incorporated districts to vote on; surrende 
 to take effect. An incorporated school district may, by a ma-^VNo. 31 
 
 Sec. 1144. Incorporated districts to vote on; surrender, w ^ en v |'x N 703 58 ' § 1- 
 
1906, No. 53,'J 2. 
 
 1906, No. 58, §j3. 
 
 60 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 jority vote of the legal voters present and voting at any meeting 
 legally warned, surrender its charter as a corporation for the 
 maintenance of public schools, or such part of its charter as 
 pertains to the maintenance of public schools. Such surrender 
 shall take effect not later than April first or September first 
 following the vote so taken, and such school corporation shall 
 cease to exist, and it shall become thereby a part of the town 
 school district and subject to the laws governing the main- 
 tenance and administration of public schools. 
 
 Sec. 1145. Town district to vote on; merger, when to take 
 effect. A town district may, by a majority vote of the legal 
 voters present and voting at any meeting legally warned, become 
 a part of an incorporated district, provided the incorporated 
 district, at a meeting legally warned, votes to accept such merger. 
 Such merger shall take effect April first or September first follow- 
 ing the vote so taken. When such a merger has occurred, the 
 incorporated district shall be considered a town in all respects 
 pertaining to the maintenance and administration of its public 
 schools. 
 
 Sec. 1146. Settlement of business affairs. In case of a union 
 of an incorporated district and a town district under either 
 of the two preceding sections, each district shall settle its own 
 business affairs and pay all its indebtedness, except for repairs 
 and new buildings, shall deposit its records with the town clerk, 
 and shall no longer exist except for the settlement of its own 
 pecuniary affairs. 
 
 CHAPTER 57. 
 
 SCHOOL TAXES, LANDS AND BUILDINGS. 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 1888, No 3 !', § 200. Sec. 1147. Grand List. The grand list of a school district 
 
 ?864' § N 6 o 6i shall be made up of the ratable polls and real and personal estate 
 
 G. S:22, §§ 45,'47,"50. +>,»•„ R- S. 18, §§ 15, 16, 18. R. 1797, pp. 495, 496, 31 Vt. 337. 
 
 1850, No 44. ' therein. 1833> No _ ¥9, § 2. §§3,4. 32 Vt. 769. 
 
 1849, No. 16. 1827, No. 23, § 11. 1795, p. 9. 37 Vt. 196. 
 
 1824 p 10 § 2. R. 1787, p. 137. 43 Vt. 123. 
 
 ' P S 56 Vt. 562. 
 
 i88 S 8, § No 3 9, §j20i. Sec. 1148. District may raise tax. A school district may by 
 
 59 vt 111'' vote raise a tax u P on its g rancl list for the su PP ort ot " schools therein, 
 
 and all expenses incurred by a district for the support of schools 
 in excess of the public money received shall be so defrayed. 
 7888,No 8 9 §§ 8 2 4 o 5 2,207. Sec - 1149 - Prudential committee to assess tax; collection. 
 g s'22 f§ 47 6 5i" Tne prudential committee shall assess a tax for the amount voted 
 r827 1 No § 2 § 3 16 §'§ 1 ii, 12. to be raised and make out a rate bill of the same. A justice of 
 R~i787' P " 4|5, § '3. the county in which such district is situated shall, on application, 
 *§ vt" ire' make out a warrant directed to the district collector, authorizing 
 
 y> vt' 7I9' and requiring him to levy and collect such tax within the time 
 
 34 Vt! 94. limited in such warrant and pay the same to the district treasurer. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 61 
 
 Said committee shall have the same authority to enforce collection |4 vt. 156. 
 and payment of such tax as selectmen have in enforcing collection^ vt. 362. 
 and payment of town taxes. 
 Sec. 1150. Duties of collector; forfeiture. A district collector v. s. §809. 
 
 ' . . 1888, No. 9, § 242. 
 
 shall, on the written request of one of the prudential committee, RL-§ 9 543. 
 pay to the district treasurer moneys belonging to the districtR-S. is', § 14 
 collected by him to that time, and submit his tax-book and list 
 to said treasurer for inspection and computation; and, if a col- 
 lector neglects so to do for ten clays after receiving such request, 
 he shall forfeit to the district one hundred dollars, to be recovered 
 in an action on this statute, and his office shall be vacant. 
 
 Sec. 1151. Deductions. A district may, at the time of voting v. s. § 84i. 
 
 J ' °1888, No. 9, § 203. 
 
 a tax, direct the collector to deduct a percent fixed by the vote, R. l. § 632. 
 
 . . „ . 1874, No. 14. 
 
 from the tax of a person paying before the day fixed. 
 
 Sec. 1152. Notice of time of payment. The collector of a tax v. s. § 842. 
 
 , . . . . . . . 1888, No. 9, § 204. 
 
 from which a deduction may be made as provided in the preceding R. l. § 632. 
 section shall appoint a day within the time limited, at a place 
 within the district, when and where he will receive such tax, and 
 shall post a notice thereof in three public places in the district and 
 publish the same in each newspaper printed in such district, at 
 least ten days before the time appointed, and shall attend at the . 
 time and place appointed to receive payment of such tax. 
 
 Sec. 1153. Omission of names from tax-bill; abatement. v. s. § 843. 
 
 n . . , . , ,. , ... 1888, No. 9, §205. 
 
 A district may, by a two-thirds vote, direct the prudential com-R. l. § 633. 
 
 . . , . . . .„ , . , G. S. 22, §46. 
 
 mittee to omit, m making up the tax-bill, the names ol such persons 1844, No. 6. 
 as are unable to pay their proportion of the tax; and a district 
 may, by two-thirds vote, remit or make abatement of a tax to an 
 amount not exceeding five percent of such tax. 
 
 Sec. 1154. Board of abatement; meetings. The officers of y^ g s. § N 844. ^ 
 a school district, except the collector, shall be a board for theiss8,Na.9, § 206. 
 abatement of district taxes; and said board shall have the same* 878 - No. 123. 
 power which the board for the abatement of town taxes has in 
 the abatement of town taxes. A majority of said board shall 
 constitute a quorum. The prudential committee, on request of 
 the collector, shall call a meeting of said board in the month of 
 March in each year, previous to the annual school meeting, by 
 posting a notice thereof in three public places in such district at 
 least five clays before such meeting. 
 
 Sec. 1155. Execution against district, payment of. When v. s. § 847. 
 
 ,,,..,„;■, c 1888, No. 9, § 209. 
 
 a demand is made upon a school district for the payment of anR. l. §679. 
 execution issued against it and the district has no available funds r'.s'.7s,'§ 11.' 
 
 , . , ■ 1 ,, c- ,, -,i R. 1797, p. 301, § 5. 
 
 to pay the same, the prudential committee shall forthwith assessR. 1787, P . 31. 
 and have collected a tax sufficient to pay such execution and the 
 charges and twelve percent interest, in the same manner as a tax 
 voted by the district is assessed and collected. 
 
62 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 Lands and Buildings. 
 
 v. s.808. Sec. 1156. Tax for. A school district may raise a tax on its 
 
 1888, No. 9. § 245. , ,. . , . . . . .. .. , 
 
 R. l. § 525. grand list to purchase or hire lands or buildings lor school purposes, 
 
 g. 6.' 22, § 43. and to build, repair or furnish school houses as may be needed 
 
 ?827, No. § 23 3 § 10. for Slich district. jyfJ,J 495, § 3. R. Wp. 137. 
 
 v. s. §809. Sec. 1157. Special committee. A district may elect a special 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 246. . , .... J f 
 
 r. l. § 543. committee to purchase or hire lands or buildings for school pur- 
 
 G. S. 22, § 44. . . . . . 
 
 r. s. is, § 14. poses, to superintend the building or repairing of school houses, or 
 
 1827, No. 23, § 10. f r . . °. e fe 
 
 to procure necessaiy furnishings therefor, 
 v. s. §8io. Sec. 1158. Location of school houses. A district providing 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 24S. , . . . , , . . , . ° 
 
 r. l. § 526. for a school house may, at the same time, determine its location. 
 
 G. S. 22, §44. R. S. 18, 14. § 1827, No. 23, §§ 10, 14. 
 
 v. s. §811. Sec. 1159. Same. If a district fails to determine such loca- 
 
 1888, No. 9, § 249. . , . . . . . ... 
 
 r. l. § 526. tion, the selectmen oi the town, or the selectmen of a town adjom- 
 
 r. s'. is, §h! ing an unorganized town or gore, in which such district is located, 
 
 may, upon application of the board of school directors or pruden- 
 tial committee, determine such location. 
 
 CHAPTER 58. 
 FIRE DRILLS. 
 
 1904, No. 47, §§ 1,4. Sec. 1160. Pupils to be drilled, when. The principal or person 
 in charge of a public or private school or educational institution, 
 other than a university or college, having more than fifty pupils, 
 shall drill such pupils so that they may be able to leave the 
 school building in the shortest possible time and without panic 
 or confusion. Such drills shall be held once in each month, 
 when such school or educational institution is in session. 
 
 1904, No. 47, § 2. Sec. 1161. Penalty for neglect to hold. A principal or per- 
 
 son in charge of such a school or institution who wilfully neglects 
 to comply with the provisions of the preceding section shall 
 be fined not more than twenty dollars nor less than five dollars. 
 
 1904, No. 47, § 3. Sec. 1162. This chapter to be published. A board of school 
 
 directors, trustees or other body or person having control of a 
 school shall cause a copy of this chapter to be printed in the 
 manual or hand-book prepared for the guidance of teachers, 
 where such manual is in use or may hereafter come in use. 
 
 CHAPTER 59. 
 
 TESTING THE SIGHT AND HEARING OF PUPILS. 
 
 1904, No. 45, § i. Sec. 1163. Equipment. The state board of health and the 
 
 superintendent of education shall prepare suitable test cards, 
 blanks, record books and other needed apparatus to be used in 
 testing the sight and hearing of pupils in public schools, and the 
 necessary instruction for their use; and said superintendent shall 
 furnish the same free of charge to every public school. 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 63 
 
 Sec. 1164. Tests. The town superintendent, or the principal 1910, No. 59, § 2. 
 
 . . . ... 1904, No. 45, § 1. 
 
 of a school in an incorporated district not in a supervisory union, - 
 shall Biennially, in the month of September of every even year, 
 cause his teachers to test the sight and hearing of every pupil 
 seven years of age and older in such school, to keep a record of 
 such according to the instructions furnished, to notify in writing 
 the parent or guardian of a pupil who is found to have a defect 
 of vision or hearing or a disease of the eyes or ears, with a brief 
 statement of such defect or disease, and to report the results 
 to said superintendent, or principal, who, in turn, shall report 
 the results of such test in his town or district, to the superintendent 
 of education. Said town superintendent, or principal shall also 
 cause his teachers to test the sight and hearing of all children, 
 in school, becoming seven years of age, and to test at any time 
 the sight and hearing of any apparently defective. 
 
 Sec. 1165. Appropriation. The auditor of accounts shall 1904 > No - 45 - $ 2 - 
 draw an order for such sums and at such times as the superin- 
 tendent of education, with the approval of the state board of 
 health, may require to carry out the provisions of this chapter; 
 but the total amount so drawn shall not exceed six hundred dol- 
 lars in any biennial term ending June thirtieth. 
 
 CHAPTER 60. 
 
 INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, IDIOTIC, FEE- 
 BLE-MINDED AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. 
 
 Sec. 1166. Governor to be commissioner. The governor 1906, No. 55, § 1. 
 shall be, by virtue of his office, commissioner of the deaf, dumb.R.'. l. §680! 
 
 ii-i • t • r 1 1 • 1 1 m • , •, i <■ ■ ' t 1872, No. 19. 
 
 blind, idiotic, feeble-minded or epileptic children of mdigentG. s. 23, § 1. 
 parents, and, as such commissioner, shall constitute the boards.. s.'i9, § 1.' 
 
 f ,, . . ,. 1833, No. 21, § 2. 
 
 lor their instruction. 1825, No. 31, 2. 
 
 Sec. 1167. Governor to make report; compensation. The v. s. §855. 
 
 governor shall biennially report to the general assembly hisi872iNo.i9,§7. 
 doings under this chapter, with an account of the expenditures, 1845, No. 15! §' 2. 
 and shall receive fifty dollars annually for his services as suchR. s.'i9,§§ 7, 8. 
 
 . . J 1826, No. 52. 
 
 commissioner. 1825, No. 31, §2. 
 
 Sec. 1168. Appropriation. A sum not exceeding twenty 1906, No. 55, § 2. 
 thousand dollars is annually appropriated for the benefit of thei898l No! 30! § i. 
 deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, feeble-minded or epileptic childenR - . l. § 682. 
 of indigent parents to be used agreeably to the provisions of 1872^ No.' 19,' § 1. 
 
 thl'q nhflntPr 1861 - No - 34 - 1833 > No - 21. §!• 1825 ' No - 31, § 1. p 86 !'^ 1 !' 
 
 mis cnapier. R s f 19j § 2 1830i No 27 G. s. 23, § 2. 
 
 Sec. 1169. Institutions for instruction. The beneficiaries speci-1898, No. 29, § 1. 
 
 V ^ Bis 8^7 
 
 fied in this chapter shall be instructed in the following institutions :i 892, No. 27, § 1. 
 
 "R T & fiR'-t 
 
 the deaf and dumb at the American Asylum for the education 1872', No. i9, § 2. 
 of the deaf and dumb at Hartford, Connecticut, the Clark Schoolc s.'23,'§ 3! 
 for the deaf at Northampton, Massachusetts, the Mystic Oral lizz. No. 21.' § 2. 
 School at Mystic, Connecticut, or the Austine Institution at 1910 No. 74-6 
 
64 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 Brattleboro, Vermont; the blind at the New England Institute 
 for the instruction of the blind at Boston, Massachusetts; and the 
 idiotic or feeble-minded children at the Massachusetts School 
 for the Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth at Boston, or at such 
 other institutions of like nature as the governor shall select. 
 
 1906, No. 55, § 3. Sec. 1170. Board of civil authority to furnish information. 
 
 r". l*. § 684'. The board of civil authority in a town shall ascertain and certify 
 
 1S72, No. 19, § 3. , , , . . , , „ , - ^ , 
 
 G. s.23, §4. to the county clerk, on or before the first day of February, an- 
 
 r. s! 19?§ 4'. nually, the number of deaf and dumb persons and the number 
 
 1825', No.' 3*1, '§3. ' of blind and epileptic persons in such town, their ages, condi- 
 tions and circumstances, and the ability of their parents to edu- 
 cate them,the names of all idiotic or feeble-minded children be- 
 tween the ages of five and fourteen years residing in such town 
 and the pecuniary ability and circumstances of their parents or 
 the persons bound to support them, and whether, in the opinion 
 of said board, the persons named are proper subjects for the 
 charity of the state, and whether they and their parents or 
 guardians are willing that they should become beneficiaries of 
 any of the institutions provided for the instruction of such persons. 
 r.l. I 111; Sec. 1171. County clerks to make returns. A county clerk 
 
 g 87 !' 23? i 1 !'. § 4 ' shall annually, before the first day of March, make return to the 
 Rj3.'i9°§!;' § 2 ' governor of the information he receives from the several boards 
 lili; § N No 2 3i, § 3 3 ' of civil authority in his county. 
 
 1906, No. 55, § 4. Sec. 1172. Duties of commissioner. The governor may desig- 
 
 r'.l. §686'. nate beneficiaries, may direct the auditor of accounts to draw 
 
 G. s.' 23°' § 6'. orders for any part of the appropriation provided for in this chap- 
 
 1842, No. 16, § 1. , , i- . 11 1 x- x xi 1 
 
 1841, No. 22, § 4. ter, may superintend and direct all concerns relating to the educa- 
 ]s : :«,Np'.li 6 §2. tion of the deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, feeble-minded or epileptic 
 
 children, inhabitants of the state, and may allow all or any portion 
 of the expense of their conveyance to and support in the institu- 
 tions in which they are instructed, for such time as he deems proper; 
 and he may, in his discretion, take bonds to indemnify the state 
 against expenses which accrue in consequence of the sickness, 
 clothing or transportation of a beneficiary. 
 1906, No. 55, § 5. Sec. 1173. Selectmen to give bond. The selectmen of the 
 
 r'.'l'.§687'. several towns may execute in their official capacity in behalf of 
 
 their respective towns, without a previous vote, the bond which 
 may be required to be given by the town to indemnify the state 
 against expenses which may accrue in consequence of the sickness, 
 clothing or transportation of the deaf, chimb, blind, idiotic, feeble- 
 minded or epileptic beneficiaries from such town. 
 v.s.§ 862. Sec. 1174. Towns to defray expense of conveyance. When 
 
 1872', No. ±9, § 6. a person is designated a beneficiary, the town in which he resides 
 1858, No. 3.' shall defray the expenses of his conveyance to and from the in- 
 
 stitution in which he is to be instructed, if, in the opinion of the 
 selectmen, his parent or guardian is not able to pay the same. 
 1906, No. 56, § i. Sec. 1175. Instruction within the state. The governor may 
 
 1884, No. 39. § l. designate one or more blind or deaf and dumb beneficiaries, under 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 65 
 
 the provisions of this chapter, who may receive his education 
 within this state, when, in the judgment of the governor, adequate 
 advantages exist for proper instruction and the public good will 
 be subserved thereby, notwithstanding such beneficiary is over 
 fourteen years of age. 
 
 Sec. 1176« Same. The governor shall allow from the generally. No. fid, § 2. 
 
 ° V. o. 9 804, 
 
 appropriation for the benefit of such person a sum equal to thei884, No. 39, § 2. 
 amount paid for a single beneficiary at any of the institutions for 
 the education of such beneficiaries mentioned in the seventh pre- 
 ceding section; and, upon receiving a certificate from the select- 
 men of the town in which such person resides that a proper course 
 of study has been pursued, he may direct the auditor of accounts 
 to draw orders in quarterly installments in favor of the person 
 whom he shall designate for the payment of such sum. 
 
 Sec. 1177. Appropriation for instruction after return fromi906, No. 57,>§§ 1,% 
 institutions. Twenty-five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated 
 for the benefit of the beneficiaries named in this chapter, to be 
 expended by the governor in his discretion, for the care, education 
 and training of such beneficiaries after they have been discharged 
 from the institutions in which they have been kept as subjects 
 of state charify. The governor may 1 make contracts with any 
 person, association or corporation for carrying out the provisions 
 of this section, and may direct the auditor of accounts to draw 
 orders for any part of the appropriation herein provided. 
 
 NO. 74, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Section 1. The sum of fifty thousand dollars payable, five 
 thousand dollars October 1, 1911, five thousand dollars October 
 1, 1912, ten thousand dollars, October 1, 1913, ten thousand dollars, 
 October 1, 1914, ten thousand dollars, October 1, 1915, and ten 
 thousand dollars October 1, 1916, is hereby appropriated to the 
 Austine Institution, a corporation organized and existing under 
 and by virtue of No. 276, of the Acts of 1904, as amended by No. 
 319, of the Acts of 1908, for the purpose of erecting a suitable build- 
 ing or plant for the use of said corporation, upon the land owned 
 by it in Brattleboro, Vermont, subject to the conditions pro- 
 vided in the following sections; and the auditor of accounts is 
 hereby directed to draw an order for that amount in favor of said 
 Austine Institution. 
 
 Sec. 2. The appropriation specified in the preceding section 
 is made upon condition that said Austine Institution shall bind 
 itself by a contract to the satisfaction of the governor, that it will 
 at all times receive, take, instruct and care for, at actual cost, all 
 such deaf and dumb children as the governor may designate under 
 chapter 169 of the Public Statutes, to be received by said corpora- 
 tion. 
 
 Sec. 3. Said Austine Institution shall be subject to visitation 
 and inspection by the board of visitors to state institutions, pro- 
 vided for by section 6017 of the Public Statutes; and said board 
 shall include in its biennial report, a statement of the names and 
 
66 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 ages of such children as may be received by said institution under 
 the provisions of the second preceding section, and it shall report 
 fully as to the condition and progress of such children, with such 
 recommendations in regard to the management of the institution 
 as it may deem proper. 
 
 Sec. 4. The income of the fund of fifty thousand dollars held 
 by said corporation shall be devoted exclusively by the trustees 
 thereof in the manner and for the purposes set forth in a decree 
 of the court of chancery for the county of Windham, in the matter 
 of the will of William Austine, rendered at the April term, 1910, of 
 said court of chancery. 
 
 Sec. 5. The appropriation provided for in section one is made 
 upon condition that the amount thereof shall be used exclusively 
 for the purposes stated in this act, and if said institution shall 
 cease to exist, the real and personal estate of said corporation shall 
 be held as security to the state for the amount so appropriated 
 and may be sold under direction of the legislature for the purpose 
 of reimbursing the state for the amount herein appropriated; and 
 the said real estate of said corporation shall at no time be sold by 
 the trustees thereof without consent of the legislature. 
 
 CHAPTER 6i. 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL 
 
 COLLEGE, AND MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE. 
 
 Appropriations. 
 
 r. 1906. § loss. Sec. 1178. Amounts. The auditor of accounts shall draw 
 
 1892*. No. 25, §§ l, 2. orders in favor of the respective treasurers of the institutions 
 i9io',iNo. 75. § i. named and for the amounts stated in this section: University 
 of Vermont and State Agricultural College,sixteen thousand dollars; 
 Middlebury College, sixteen thousand dollars. One-half of each 
 appropriation shall be payable on the first day of July and the 
 other half on the first day of January, annually, 
 v. s. §867. Sec. 1179. University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. 
 
 i9io| No! 75! § 2. Twenty-four hundred dollars of the appropriation in favor of 
 the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College shall 
 be annually expended by such institution in paying the tuition 
 and incidental college charges of thirty students appointed in the 
 manner provided in this chapter. Thirteen thousand six hundred 
 dollars of the amount appropriated in favor of the University of 
 Vermont and State Agricultural College shall be annually ex- 
 pended by such institution in providing instruction in the prin- 
 ciples and methods of teaching, in branches relating to English 
 language and literature, ancient and modern languages and his- 
 tory, mathematics, political, social, moral and industrial sciences. 
 v 91 s 0, § N 8 O 68 75 ' § 3 - Sec. 1180. Middlebury College. Twenty-four hundred dollars of 
 
 i9io. No. 75, 1 2 3. tne appropriation in favor of Middlebury College shall be^annually 
 
VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 67 
 
 expended by such institution in paying the tuition and incidental 
 college charges of thirty students appointed in the manner provided 
 in this chapter; thirteen thousand six hundred dollars annually for 
 the establishment and maintenance of a department of pedagogy 
 for the education and training of high school teachers in said insti- 
 tution, and to provide instruction in forestry and other subjects 
 related to the industries of Vermont. 
 
 NO. 75, ACTS OF 1910. 
 
 Sec. 4. The auditor of accounts shall draw his order in favor of 
 the treasurer of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural 
 College for ten thousand dollars for the exclusive use of the medical 
 college connected with said institution. One-half of said appro- 
 priation shall be payable on the first day of July and the other 
 half on the first day of January annually. 
 
 Sec. 5. The trustees of said institutions shall make an annual 
 report to the governor of the work done in all departments of said 
 institutions, together with a statement in detail of all receipts and 
 disbursements, and a statement of all resources and liabilities at 
 the close of the fiscal year of each institution respectively. 
 
 Sec. 1181. Senators to make appointments. Each senator^ 898 - Jf- 8 |J; JjJ; %j 2 
 in the general assembly shall, in each odd year, designate a nd 1892,No -- 25,:§§ 1,s - 
 appoint one student to each of the institutions named in the third 
 preceding section; and the scholarship thus created shall be for 
 a period of two years. A vacancy in a scholarship shall be filled 
 by the senator who made the appointment vacated, or by his 
 successor in office. If a senator fails to appoint to such scholarship 
 before the beginning of the school year following the expiration of 
 the appointment made by his predecessor, after notice from the 
 officers of such institution of such expiration and vacancy, the 
 officers of such institution shall designate and appoint a student 
 to such scholarship. 
 
 Sec. 1182. Appointments, where made. Appointments shall v g 9 | ^J^s, § 1# 
 be made from the county represented by the senator making 
 the appointment, provided a suitable candidate shall apply there- 
 for, otherwise from any part of the state. 
 
 Sec. 1183. Appointments to University of Vermont and state 789 S 2, § No 3 25, § 4. 
 Agricultural College. In making appointments to the University 
 of Vermont and State Agricultural College, preference shall 
 be given to candidates for the agricultural and industrial depart- 
 ment. If, at any time, there are not thirty suitable applicants 
 for such department, the appointment may be to any other 
 department of such institution. 
 
 Sec. 1184. Appointments, how made when vacancy in sena-1906, No. ei, § i. 
 torship. Whenever there is a vacancy in a senatorship, the 
 other senator or senators of the county in which the vacancy 
 exists, if there is any other senator from such county, or, in case 
 there is none, the governor, may appoint and designate persons 
 
68 VERMONT SCHOOL CODE. 
 
 for scholarships in the University of Vermont and State Agri- 
 cultural College and Middlebury College, to the same number 
 and in the same way that the incumbent of such senatorship 
 might, if there were no vacancy. 
 
 CHAPTER 62. 
 
 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. 
 
 Military College of the State of Vermont. 
 
 1900, No. 31, § 1. Sec. 1185. Recognized as; rank of faculty. Norwich Uni- 
 
 1898 No. 32 5 1. ' 
 
 versity is hereby recognized as the Military College of the State 
 of Vermont; and its faculty shall have local rank as follows: 
 assistant professors, the rank of second lieutenant; professors 
 for the first five years of service, the rank of first lieutenant, for 
 the second five years, the rank of captain, after ten years of ser- 
 vice, the rank of major, after twenty years, the rank of lieu- 
 tenant-colonel, and the president shall have the rank of colonel; 
 all without pay from the state. 
 
 Scholarships. 
 
 1898, No. 31, §§ 2, 3. Sec. 1186. Senators to make appointments. Each senator 
 1892', ^No. 1 ^, § 1. in the general assembly shall, in each odd year, designate and 
 appoint one student to such institution, who shall be a resident 
 of the county represented by the senator making the appoint- 
 ment, provided a suitable candidate shall apply therefor, other- 
 wise from any part of the state; and a scholarship thus created 
 shall be for a period of two years. A vacancy in a scholarship 
 shall be filled by the senator who made the appointment vacated, 
 or by his successor in office; and, if a senator fails to appoint to a 
 scholarship before the beginning of the school year following 
 the expiration of the appointment made by his predecessor, after 
 notice from the officers of such institution of a vacancy, such 
 officers shall designate and appoint a student to such scholarship. 
 1904, No. 52, §§1,2,3. Sec. 1187. Scholarships for four years. For a period of 
 ten years, each senator in the general assembly shall annually, on 
 or before the first day of June, designate and appoint two candi- 
 dates, residents of his county, as a principal and alternate for a 
 scholarship covering tuition for four years in such institution. 
 Upon notification by the president of such institution, said prin- 
 cipal shall present himself to the proper board of such insti- 
 tution for examination; and, in case of his failure, his alternate 
 shall be likewise examined; and, if, for any reason, a senator 
 fails to designate and appoint a candidate, or if both principal 
 and alternate fail to pass the required examinations, the presi- 
 dent of the university may, in his discretion, appoint one to fill 
 such vacancy, the appointee to be selected from properly quali- 
 fied applicants for admission, and from the county having the 
 vacancy, if possible. 
 
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 Sec. 1188. Appointments, how made when vacancy in sena-i906, No. 6i, § 1. 
 torship. Whenever there is a vacancy in a senatorship, the other 
 senator or senators of the county in which the vacancy exists, 
 if there is any other senator from such county, or, in case there is 
 none, the governor, may appoint and designate persons for 
 scholarships in Norwich University to the same number and 
 in the same way that the incumbent of such senatorship might, 
 if there were no vacancy. 
 
 Appropriations. 
 
 Sec. 1189. Amounts. The auditor of accounts shall drawR. 1906, §1097. 
 his order in favor of such institution for the sum of six thou-18981 No. 33, § 4. 
 sand dollars; of which sum, three thousand dollars shall be pay-1892', No._26, § 1. 
 able to the treasurer of such institution on the first day of July 
 and January, semi-annually. Such appropriation shall be 
 expended in providing thirty scholarships to be filled as hereto- 
 fore provided, and for carrying out the provisions of its charter; 
 and for a period of ten years, on the first day of July and Janu- 
 ary, the auditor of accounts shall also draw orders in favor of the 
 treasurer of such institution for the sum of twenty-five hundred 
 dollars, which shall be applied to the improvement of the depart- 
 ment of engineering in the following manner: one-fifth for the 
 purchase of needed instruments, appliances and apparatus, and 
 four-fifths to the payment of the salaries of professors in such 
 department. 
 
 Sec. 1190. Accounts. All moneys paid such institution by^- s 9 § 6 £ 7 § 4 1098 - 
 the state treasurer shall be kept in a separate and independent 1892 - No. 26, §3. 
 account. 
 
 Board of Visitors. 
 
 Sec. 1191. Appointment The governor shall biennially, 18 9». No. 33, § 1. 
 during the session of the general assembly, with the advice and 
 consent of the senate, appoint four persons, who, with the super- 
 intendent of education, shall constitute a board of visitors to 
 Norwich University, whose term of office shall commence on the 
 first day of December following their appointment and continue 
 until their successors are appointed. The governor shall fill a 
 vacancy occurring in said board. 
 
 Sec. 1192. Duties. Said board shall visit and inspect suchi89S, No. 33, §§2, 3. 
 institution at such times as it sees fit, and shall report the result of 
 such inspection and the manner of the expenditure of all moneys 
 appropriated by the state to such institution, to the governor, 
 who shall transmit the same to the next general assembly. The 
 members of said board, with the exception of the superintendent 
 of education, shall each receive three dollars per day and expenses 
 for time spent in such service, not to exceed five days in each year. 
 Such sum shall be paid by the treasurer of such institution. 
 
INDEX. 
 
INDEX 
 
 ABATEMENT. sec. 
 
 School district taxes, 1153, 1154 
 
 ACADEMIES, 
 
 Defined,....,. _ 1016 
 
 • Standard for, superintendent of educa- 
 tion to establish, 1021 
 
 Statistics of. how returned, 1058 
 
 ACCOUNTS, 
 Permanent school fund, audit and cer- 
 tificate of, 1086 
 
 ACTIONS, 
 
 Directors, liable for unauthorized pay- 
 ments, 991 
 
 Penalties and forfeitures recovered by, 
 {See Penalties and Forfeitures.) 
 
 Public Money, 
 
 false statements, etc., as to, 1102 
 
 wrongful distribution of, 1102 
 
 School expenses, false statement as to, .... 1102 
 Text-books, neglect of directors as to, . . . .1107 
 United States deposit money, town's fail- 
 ure to comply with law, 1069 
 
 ADVANCED INSTRUCTION, 
 
 Age not to deprive of, : 1021 
 
 Appeal to superintendent of education, . . .1021 
 Examination of pupil demanding,. .1018-1020 
 
 High school defined, 1016 
 
 Standard of high school established how, .1021 
 Town clerk to furnish statements as to 
 
 pupils, filed where, 1022 
 
 Town re-imbursed how, 1023 
 
 Town to maintain high school, or furnish, . 1017 
 
 Examination of pupil for p. 34, S. 5 
 
 Tuition to academy p. 34, S. 6 
 
 Book rent p534, S. 7 
 
 Promotion non-resident pupil p. 35, S. 8 
 
 AGE, 
 
 School age, 1027 
 
 AGRICULTURE, 
 
 State school of, p. 16 
 
 Agreement, p. 17, S. 4 
 
 Appropriaton, p. 17, S. 5 
 
 Compensation of trustees, p. 16, S. 3 
 
 Establishment, p. 16, S. 1 
 
 Lease of Normal School, property, . .p. 17, S. 4 
 
 Trustees, report of, p. 16, S. 3 
 
 Trustees, powers of, p. 16, S.2-4 
 
 APPEALS, 
 
 Advanced instruction, 1021 
 
 Land for school purposes, taking; 
 
 proceedings, 1114, 1115 
 
 School accommodations and conveyance 
 
 of pupils, 1007, 1008 
 
 APPORTIONMENT, 
 
 Permanent school fund, 1084 
 
 State school tax, on what list, 1092 
 
 APPROPRIATIONS, 
 
 Colleges and scholarships, .... 1178. 1183, 1189 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., for instruction 
 
 of, 1168,1177 
 
 Directors to recommend, 992 
 
 Library commissioners, • • ■ 1196, 1201 
 
 Pupils, transportation and board of: 
 
 apportionment, 1014 
 
 Sight and hearing, testing of, 1164, 1165 
 
 State teachers' association, etc., 919 
 
 Medical College, p. 67, S. 4-5 
 
 ARREST, 
 
 Assistance, clerical, 
 
 p. 19, S. 5 
 
 AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS, 
 
 Appropriations, Accounts, etc., 
 
 colleges and universities, 1178, 1189 
 
 deaf, dumb, blind, etc., 1176, 1177 
 
 Libraries, 
 
 commissioners' expenses, 1196 
 
 establishment, 1200 
 
 traveling libraries, 1201 
 
 permanent school fund, audit and certi- 
 ficate of, 1086 
 
 pupils, testing sight and hearing of, . 1164, 1165 
 state teachers' association, 919 
 
 Superintendent of Education, 
 
 accounts and salary, . . . . 919, 921, 924 
 
 circulars of educational information,. . . 921 
 educational meetings, expense of, 918 
 
 Normal school commissioners, to direct 
 as to bond of treasurer of, 948 
 
 Austin Institution, ..... .p. 65, S. 1-2-3-4-5 
 
 BANK COMMISSIONER, 
 
 Permanent school fund, audit of; certifi- 
 cate, 1086 
 
 BLIND, 
 
 Instruction of, 1166-1177 
 
 (See Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., Instruc- 
 tion of.) 
 
 BONDS, 
 
 Normal school commissioners, treasurer 
 of, 948 
 
 School district collector and treasurer; 
 vacancy on failure, 1 128 
 
 Trustees of town funds, 1066 
 
INDEX. 
 
 BOUNDARIES, 
 
 Incorporated school districts, change 
 of, 1142,1143 
 
 CENSUS, 
 
 School, made by whom; fees, 1000 
 
 CERTIFICATES 
 
 Age of candidates for, 954 
 
 Examinations for, 959 
 
 First Grade, 
 
 college graduates may receive, when . . . 963 
 
 continuation of, 966 
 
 graduates of normal schools in other 
 
 states, 958 
 
 requisites for; to whom issued; term, 
 
 958, 962, 963 
 special, 969 
 
 Kindergarten or primary, issued when, . . . 973 
 
 Normal school graduates, provisions as 
 to, 956-958,972 
 
 Notice by holder to clerk; contract void 
 without, 955 
 
 Permits, how granted; re-issue; limita- 
 tion, 974-976 
 
 Required; contract void without, 954 
 
 Revoked when, 977 
 
 Second Grade, 
 
 continuation of, 966 
 
 special, 969 
 
 superintendent of union may grant; 
 limitation, 943 
 
 Third Grade, 
 
 requisites for; to whom issued; term,967, 970 
 
 special, 970 
 
 superintendent of union may grant, 
 when; limitation, 943 
 
 Unlimited, issued when, 971,972 
 
 CHILD LABOR, 
 
 Law of, 1044-1050 
 
 CITIES, 
 
 State school tax, order for, drawn by 
 mayor, 1093 
 
 CIVIL AUTHORITY, BOARD OF, 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., returns as to, .... 1170 
 Clerical assistance, p. 19, S. 5 
 
 CLERKOF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 
 (See Directors, Board of Clerk.) 
 
 COLLEGES, 
 
 Appropriations in aid of, 1178, 1 189 
 
 Certificates to teach, to graduates, . . . .963, 971 
 Scholarships; appointment; vacancies, 
 
 1181-1183, 1186-1188 
 
 COMMISSIONERS, 
 
 School purposes, taking land for, ....1114, 1115 
 
 COMPLAINTS, 
 
 Child labor law, violation of, 1050 
 
 Truancy law, violation of, 1037, 1040 
 
 CONSTABLES, 
 
 Truant officers, when, 1028 
 
 CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES 
 
 Academy, 1016 
 
 Elementary school, 1013 
 
 High school, 1016 
 
 Legal pupil, 1027 
 
 Legal school, 1097 
 
 School districts in unorganized places, 
 
 powers of, 1127 
 
 School year, month, week, day, 1024 
 
 Voters in school district meetings,. .1127, 1139 
 
 CONTRACTS, 
 
 School teacher's, void when, 954, 955 
 
 CONVEYANCE, 
 
 Pupils, transportation of; state aid, 
 
 1006-1008, 1014, 1015 
 
 COPIES, 
 
 Certified by school district clerk; penalty 
 for neglect, 1 129 
 
 CORPORATIONS, 
 
 Incorporated school districts, 1139-1146 
 
 (See School Districts Incorporated.) 
 
 Libraries, trustees of may incorporate, 
 
 1205-1210 
 (See Libraries.) 
 
 School districts in unorganized places are 
 corporations, 1121 
 
 COSTS, 
 
 Lands for school purposes, proceedings 
 to take, 1115 
 
 COUNTY CLERKS, 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., returns as to, 1172 
 
 Records, 
 
 library, certificate of incorp. of un- 
 organized towns, 1206 
 
 lands taken for school purposes, 1112 
 
 school meetings, 1120 
 
 COUNTY COURTS, 
 Jurisdiction, 
 
 child labor law, 1049 
 
 school purposes, land taken for, 
 
 1114,1115 
 truancy, 1043 
 
 COURSES OF STUDY, 
 
 Prepared and distributed by superinten- 
 dent of education, 923, 924 
 
 CRIMES AND OFFENSES, 
 
 Appropriation, failure of town to make, . . .1103 
 
 Attendance, offenses relating to, 1043 
 
 Fire drills, teacher neglecting, 1161 
 
 Officer failing to pass over books, etc., to 
 successor, 1131 
 
INDEX. 
 
 CRIMES AND OFFENSES, Continued. 
 
 Overseer of the poor, neglect of duty by, . . 1042 
 Parent, etc., allowing employment of 
 children in mills, etc., unlawfully, 
 
 1047, 1048 
 Parent, etc., refusing to give information 
 
 to clerk, 1001 
 
 School money, failing to comply with law 
 
 as to; indictment, 1069, 1103 
 
 Text-books, receiving pay for recom- 
 mending, 1109 
 
 Truancy or disobedience, 1041 
 
 Truant officer neglecting duty, 1042 
 
 U. S. deposit money, failing to comply 
 with law as to; indictment, 1069, 1070 
 
 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 
 
 Truant, proceedings against. . 1034, 1037, 1040 
 
 DAMAGES, 
 Actions for, 
 
 directors liable for unauthorized pay- 
 ments, 991 
 
 text-books, loss of, 1107 
 
 text-books, neglect of directors as to, ... 1107 
 Land damages; school purposes, land taken 
 for, 1110-1117 
 
 DAY, 
 
 School, defined, : 1024 
 
 DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, ETC., INSTRUC- 
 TION OF, 
 
 Appropriation for, 1168, 1177 
 
 Care of, after discharge from institution, . .1177 
 
 Commissioner, 
 
 governor to be; duties, 1166, 1167, 1172, 1175 
 
 1177 
 
 report; compensation, 1167 
 
 Education within state, when, 1175, 1176 
 
 Expenses, town to defray, when, 1174 
 
 Indemnity bond executed by selectmen, . . 1173 
 Information as to, by board of civil 
 
 authority, 1170 
 
 Returns as to, 1170, 1171 
 
 Schools where educated, 1 169 
 
 DEDUCTIONS, 
 
 School district tax, . 
 
 .1151,1152 
 
 DEEDS, 
 
 Town school fund, security for, who may 
 take acknowledgment, 1089 
 
 DEPUTY SHERIFFS, 
 
 Truant officer, duties as, . 
 
 ,1028 
 
 DIRECTORS, BOARD OF, 
 
 Appropriations, recommendations as to, . . 992 
 
 1037, 1040 
 Attendance at school, excuses from, 1029, 1030 
 Chairman, election of, 989 
 
 DIRECTORS, BOARD OF, Continued. 
 
 Clerk, 
 
 appointment; compensation; duties,997, 999, 
 
 1000, 1002 
 census of children and parents made by; 
 
 fees, 1000 
 
 directors to perform duties, when, 998 
 
 false statements or certificates by; 
 
 penalty, 1056 
 
 list of children furnished teachers by, . . . 1031 
 parent giving false information to; 
 
 penalty, 1001 
 
 records kept by; statement as to 
 teaehers, 999 
 
 Registers, 
 
 answering interrogatories in; certifi- 
 cate; filing; penalty, 1055, 1056 
 
 examination; certificate, '. . . . 1054 
 
 furnished teachers by, 1053 
 
 procuring; responsibility for, 1002 
 
 Compensation; auditing of accounts, . 996 
 
 Constitution; election; term of office, 987 
 
 Duties, 990 
 
 Elected by ballot, when, 985 
 
 Election; term; women may be, 986, 987 
 
 Evening schools, admission to, regu- 
 lated by, 1010 
 
 False certficate as to school moneys; 
 
 penalty, 1102 
 
 Fire drill law, duties as to, 1162 
 
 Higher instruction furnished by, how, 1017 
 
 Kindergartens, may establish, 1009 
 
 Land for School Purposes, 
 
 damages, question of, referred by 
 agreement, 1113 
 
 duties on disagreement as to price, 1110 
 
 Liability for a payment not authorized 
 
 by law, 991 
 
 Location of schools by; appeal, 1006-1008 
 
 Normal school practice departments, 
 
 powers as to, 951 
 
 Oath, 989 
 
 Orders by, paid by town treasurer, 1062 
 
 Perform duties of clerk, when, 998 
 
 Pupils, Conveyance and Board of, 
 
 directors may provide; appeal, . . .1006-1008 
 
 state aid, obtained how, 1015 
 
 Pupils, non-resident, received by; tuition, 
 
 1011, 1012 
 
 Report of, 994 
 
 Return of expenditures to town clerk, 995 
 
 School houses and sites, powers as to, 993 
 
 School houses, location and construction 
 
 of, under control of, 983 
 
 Special instruction provided by, 1004 
 
 Text-books and Supplies, 
 
 furnished by; rules, 1105, 1106 
 
 lost, etc., to give notice to selectmen; 
 
 penalty, 1107 
 
 selection by, taking pay for recom- 
 mending prohibited, 1108, 1109 
 
 Town Superintendent, 
 
 appointment; pay; filing certificate, .... 931 
 
 duties directed by directors, 934 
 
 removal ; vacancy, 932 
 
INDEX. 
 
 DIRECTORS, BOARD OF, Continued. 
 
 Truant officers appointed by 1028 
 
 Union for expert supervision, powers as 
 
 to, 938-944 
 
 Vacancy, how filled ; record, 988 
 
 DISCOUNT, 
 
 School district taxes, 1151, 1152 
 
 DISTRIBUTION, 
 
 Permanent school fund, 1084 
 
 State school tax, '. . 1095, 1096, 1098-1100 
 
 DISTRICTS, 
 
 School, 11 18-1 146 
 
 (See School Districts.) 
 
 DRAWING, 
 
 Directors may provide instruction in, 1004 
 
 DUMB, 
 
 Instruction of, 1166-1177 
 
 (See Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., Instruc- 
 tion of.) 
 
 EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS, 
 
 Holding of; expense, 918 
 
 ELECTIONS, 
 
 School Officers, 
 
 directors, 985, 987 
 
 school district officers, 1122, 1123 
 
 women may vote and hold office, 986 
 
 Voters, 
 
 in incorporated school districts, not to 
 
 vote on town school questions, 980 
 
 women may vote on school matters, .... 986 
 
 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 
 
 Courses of study, prepared and distri- 
 buted how, 923, 924 
 
 Defined, 1013 
 
 State aid for transporting pupils, . . . 1014, 1015 
 
 EMINENT DOMAIN, 
 
 School purposes, taking lands for, ..1110-1117 
 
 EPILEPTICS, 
 
 Instruction of, 1166-1 177 
 
 EVENING SCHOOOS, 
 
 Establishment; attendance, 1010 
 
 EVIDENCE, 
 
 Certified copies, school district clerk to 
 give, 1129 
 
 EXAMINERS OF TEACHERS, 
 
 Advanced instruction, duties as to exami- 
 
 r tion of pupil demanding, 1019, 1020 
 
 ' Appeals to, from action of school di- 
 
 t rectors, 1007, 1008 
 
 EXAMINERS OF TEACHERS, Continued. 
 Certificates, 
 
 age of candidates for, 954 
 
 examinations for, 959 
 
 First Grade, 
 
 college graduates may receive, when, . . . 963 
 
 continuation of, 966 
 
 graduates of normal schools in other 
 
 states, 95S 
 
 requisites for; to whom issued; 
 
 term, 958, 962, 963. 
 
 special, 969 
 
 kindergarten or primary, issued when, .... 973 
 normal school graduates, provisions as 
 
 to, 956-958, 972 
 
 notice by holder to clerk; contract void 
 
 without, 955 
 
 permits, how granted; re-issue; limita- 
 tion, 974-976 
 
 Certificates, 
 
 required; contract void without, 954 
 
 revoked when, 977 
 
 First grade p. 19, S. 4 
 
 Second Grade, 
 
 continuation of, 966 
 
 special, 969 
 
 Third Grade, 
 
 requisites for; to whom issued; term, 967, 970 
 
 special, 970 
 
 unlimited, issued when, 971, 972 
 
 Examinations, 
 
 time and place ; record, 959 
 
 Fees and expenses of p. 18, S. 2 
 
 Meetings for; pay for attending, 927 
 
 Permits to teach issued by, when; limita- 
 tion; revocation; term, 974-977 
 
 Summer school for teachers, may hold, 
 
 when; length; expense; compensation, . . 917 
 Superintendent of union may act as ex- 
 aminer, when, 943 
 
 Text-books, receiving pay for recom- 
 mending; penalty 1 109 
 
 Supplementary .p. 18, S. 3 
 
 EXECUTIONS, 
 
 Land for school purposes, costs on pro- 
 
 M ceedings to take, . . . . 1115 
 
 School district taxes assessed to pay, 1155 
 
 EXPERT SUPERVISION, 
 
 Union of towns for, 938-944 
 
 (See Superintendents of. School Unions.) 
 
 FACTORIES, 
 
 Children, employment in, restricted, 1Q44, 1046 
 
INDEX. 
 
 FEEBLE-MINDED PERSONS, 
 Instruction of, 
 
 1166-1177 
 
 FEES, 
 
 Clerk of school directors, 997, 1000 
 
 Examiners of teachers, 917 
 
 Norwich University, board of visitors to, .1192 
 
 School directors, 996 
 
 Town clerks, for school returns, 1059 
 
 Town superintendent of schools, 931, 937 
 
 Truant officers, compensation, 1039 
 
 Trustees of permanent school fund paid 
 expenses only, 1076 
 
 FIRE DRILLS, 
 
 Law to be printed in manual, 1162 
 
 Teachers' duties as to; fine, 1160, 1161 
 
 FLAGS, 
 
 When and where displayed p. 28 
 
 FORMS, 
 Complaints, 
 
 child labor law, 1050 
 
 truancy law, 1040 
 
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 
 
 Superintendent of education elected by, . . 914 
 
 GOVERNOR, 
 
 Appointments by, 
 
 library commissioners; chairman; va- 
 cancies, 1193 
 
 normal school commissioners, 946, 947 
 
 Norwich University, visitors for, 1191 
 
 scholarships in state colleges filled by, 
 when, 1184, 1188 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., commissioner of; 
 duties, 1166, 1167, 1172, 1175-1177 
 
 Normal school commissioners, duties 
 as to bond of treasurer of, 948 
 
 Permanent school fund; one of trustees of; 
 duties, 1073-1086 
 
 Pupils, transportation, etc., of, duties as 
 to dividing appropriations for, 1014 
 
 State school tax, member of board to dis- 
 tribute, 1093 
 
 Vacancies Filled by, 
 
 library commissioners, 1196 
 
 normal school commissioners, 946 
 
 superintendent of education, 914 
 
 trustees of permanent school fund, . . . .1077 
 
 Grammar school lands p. 35, S. 1 
 
 GRAND ISLE COUNTY, 
 
 Expert supervision, provisions as to, 944 
 
 GRAND JURORS, TOWN, 
 
 Truant law, prosecutions under, 1034 
 
 GRAND JURY, 
 Townspndictable , 
 
 schools, neglect to expend money for, . .1103 
 
 United States deposit money, neglect 
 
 as to, 1070 
 
 GUARDIANS, 
 
 Clerk of school directors, refusing infor- 
 mation to; penalty, 1001 
 
 Text-books, lost, payment for, 1107 
 
 Truancy law, 1029-1043 
 
 HIGH SCHOOLS. 
 
 Appropriation for, . 
 
 1023 
 
 Courses of study , 
 
 defined, 1016 
 
 requisite for admission to, prepared 
 
 and issued how, ; 923, 924 
 
 superintendent of education to pre- 
 pare printing, 923, 1016 
 
 Denned, 1016 
 
 Higher instruction, statement as to; 
 
 where filed; re-imbursement, 1022, 1023 
 
 Qualifications of pupils, 1018-1020 
 
 Superintendent of education to establish 
 
 standard for, 1021 
 
 Towns to maintain or furnish higher in- 
 struction; examinations; 1017-1020 
 
 HOLIDAYS, 
 
 Teachers not required to teach on, 1026 
 
 HUNTINGTON FUND, 
 
 Permanent school fund, part of, 1072, 1078 
 
 IDIOTS, 
 
 Instruction of, 1166-1174, 1177. 
 
 (See Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., Instruc- 
 tion of.) 
 
 INDICTMENTS, 
 Against Towns, 
 
 schools, failing to appropriate for, etc. ,.1103 
 U. S. deposit money, violation of law as 
 to; notice, , . 1070 
 
 INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, 
 
 Instruction in, school directors may 
 provide, 1004 
 
 INTOXICATING LIQUOR, 
 
 Instruction concerning intoxicants and 
 narcotics, 1003 
 
 JURY, GRAND, 
 (See Grand Jury.) 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACES 
 
 Jurisdiction, 
 
 child labor law, 1049 
 
 truancy, 1043 
 
 Warrants for school district tax issued by, 1149 
 
6 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 KINDERGARTENS, 
 
 Certificate for, 973 
 
 Established when, 1009 
 
 School age limit not to apply, 1027 
 
 LABOR, 
 
 Child labor, law of, 1044-1050 
 
 LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, 
 
 Appeal to county court; commissioners; 
 
 proceedings; report, 1114, 1115 
 
 Damages, question of, referred by agree- 
 ment, 1113 
 
 Eminent domain, taking by; damages, 
 
 how assessed, 1110 
 
 Mortgaged lands, damages how awarded 
 
 and paid, 1116 
 
 Record of condemnation proceedings 
 
 kept, where, 1112 
 
 Removal of buildings, etc., by owner, 
 
 time for, 1111 
 
 Selectmen's duties as to, 1087, 1088 
 
 Title to vest on payment of damages 
 
 finally awarded, 1117 
 
 Grammar school lands,^ p. 35, S. 1 
 
 LEGAL HOLIDAYS, 
 
 Teachers not required to teach on, 1026 
 
 LEGAL SCHOOL, 
 
 Construction of, 1097 
 
 LIBRARIES, 
 Commissioners, 
 
 appointment; term; vacancies; chair- 
 man, 1193 
 
 compensation; expenses; secretary, 1196 
 
 duties as to established free public 
 
 libraries, 1 194 
 
 duties in establishing free public 
 
 libraries; state aid, 1195, 1200 
 
 report, 1194 
 
 rules for care of libraries, etc., 1 197 
 
 Traveling Libraries, 
 
 appropriation for, 1201 
 
 control of, 1202 
 
 Entitled to certain documents, 1218-1220 
 
 Establishment, 
 
 appropriation by town for, 1 19S 
 
 certification of fulfillment of provisions; 
 
 order, 1200 
 
 trustees, appointment instructions, . . . .1199 
 
 Incorporated, 
 
 articles; original trustees, 1205 
 
 certificate issued; record, 1206 
 
 Incorporated, 
 
 incorporation granted, when, 1204 
 
 powers and duties of; will, deed, etc., 
 
 part of organic law of, 1207 
 
 reports of officers, 1210 
 
 taxation, exempt from, when, 1209 
 
 Trustees, 
 
 articles of incorporation filed by, 1205 
 
 incorporation granted, when, 1204 
 
 LIBRARIES, Continued. 
 
 powers and duties of; vacancies, 1208 
 
 reports of, 1210 
 
 union of two, 1217 
 
 Town and Village Libraries, 
 
 appropriations; bequests, 1212 
 
 entitled to certain documents, 1218-1220 
 
 establishment; maintenance, 1217 
 
 moneys, how paid out, 1216 
 
 trustees; election; term; powers; 
 
 reports, 1213-1215 
 
 Traveling Libraries, 
 
 appropriation for, 1201 
 
 commissioners to control, 1202 
 
 rules as to, 1202 
 
 use of, 1203 
 
 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, 
 
 Permanent school fund, one of trustees 
 of; duties, 1073-1086 
 
 MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS, 
 
 Number of weeks required; studies, 1003 
 
 MANUAL TRAINING, 
 
 Directors may provide for, , 1004 
 
 Establishment of courses, p. 23 
 
 Industrial school for a group of towns, .... p, 24 
 
 MEDICAL INSPECTION, p . 23, 
 
 Medical inspectors, appointment of. .p. 26, S. 1 
 Physical examination of pupils in public 
 
 schools p. 26, S. 2 
 
 Physical examination of pupils in private 
 schools p. 26, S. 3 
 
 MEDICAL SCHOOLS, 
 
 Appropriation for, p. 67, S. 4 
 
 Report by trustees p. 67, S. 5 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 (See School Meetings.) 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY, 
 
 School exercises, 1005 
 
 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, 
 
 Appropriation; expenditure, 1178, 1180 
 
 Scholarships in appointments, 1181, 1182 
 
 1184 
 
 MILITARY COLLEGE, 1 185-1 192 
 
 (See Norwich University.) 
 
 MILLS, 
 
 Children, employment in, restricted, 
 
 1044, 1046 
 
 MODERATORS, 
 
 School district meetings, 1119, 1126, 1135 
 
 MONEY, 
 
 School, division of, 1098-1102 
 
 (See also School Money.) 
 United States deposit, . . . 1065-1071, 1079-1083 
 
 MONTH, 
 
 School, defined, 1024 
 
INDEX. 
 
 MORTGAGES, 
 
 School purposes, land taken for when 
 subject to mortgages; proceedings, 1116 
 
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, 
 
 School districts, 978, 1121, 1139-1146 
 
 MUNICIPAL COURTS, 
 Jurisdiction, 
 
 child labor law, 1049 
 
 truancy, 1043 
 
 MUSIC, iAA ^ 
 
 Instruction in, directors may provide, 1004 
 
 OATHS, 
 
 School directors to be sworn, 989 
 
 NARCOTICS, 
 
 Instruction concerning, . 
 
 ,1003 
 
 NEGLIGENCE, 
 
 School directors', as to text books, 1107 
 
 NORMAL SCHOOLS, 
 
 Admission to; requirements; tuition, 953 
 
 Appropriations, p. 13, S. 3-6 
 
 Certificate from, license to teach. 956-958 
 
 Dormitory Construction of at Johnson, 
 
 p. 13, S. 1 
 
 Expenses, p. 14, S. 9 
 
 Purchase of property at Castleton, .... p. 3 
 
 S. 5-7 
 
 Standard of schools, P- 13, S. 2 
 
 Support, . .pp. 14, 15, S. 8-10 
 
 Commissioners, Board of, 
 
 admission, duties and powers as to, ..... 953 
 appointment; term of office; vacancies, 
 FF 946, 947 
 
 duties and powers, 949, 951 
 
 meetings; officers of, 948 
 
 practice departments established by; 
 
 maintenance, 951 
 
 reports of, ; 949 
 
 resident commissioners, . . . . 947 
 
 superintendent of education to act 
 
 with, 949,951 
 
 treasurer; duties of; bond, 948, 950 
 
 Continuance; situation, 945 
 
 Graduate of lower course may take 
 
 additional examination, when, 957 
 
 Practice departments, 951 
 
 Tuition free, when, 953 
 
 NORWICH UNIVERSITY, 
 
 Appropriations; expenditure; kept sep- 
 arate, 1189,1190 
 
 Board of Visitors, 
 
 appointment; term of office; vacan- 
 cies, H91 
 
 duties; compensation, 1192 
 
 report, ' oj- 
 
 Military college; rank of instructors, 1185 
 
 Scholarships, appointments to, 1186-1188 
 
 NOTICE, 
 
 Boundaries of school districts changed, ... 1143 
 
 County examiners, hearings before, 1008 
 
 School district meetings, • ■ • 1119, 1134 
 
 School purposes, selectmen taking land 
 
 for; hearing by commissioners, ... 1110, 1115 
 Testing sight and hearing of pupils, 
 
 parents notified, •' 1 164 
 
 Text-books lost or destroyed, H07 
 
 Truancy law, 1032, 1033, 1035, 
 
 OFFENSES, 
 
 (See Crimes and Offenses.) 
 
 ORDERS, 
 
 State, 
 
 (See Auditor of Accounts.) 
 
 Town, 
 
 free public library, appropriation for, . . .1198 
 school directors may draw; how paid, 
 
 990, 1062 
 school directors to # draw for expense 
 
 of expert supervision, 942 
 
 state school tax, 1093 
 
 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 
 
 Clothing child for school attendance; 
 penalty for neglect, 1035, 1042 
 
 PARENTS, 
 
 Children to attend school, when; pen- 
 alty, 1029, 1030, 1043 
 
 Clerk 'of school directors, -refusing infor- 
 mation to; penalty, 1001 
 
 Employment of children contrary to law; 
 penalty; jurisdiction; complaint, . 1047-1050 
 
 Neglect to cause child to attend school; 
 complaint; jurisdiction,. . . .1037, 1040, 1043 
 
 Text-books lost, responsible for, when, . . .1107 
 
 Unable to clothe child, overseer may, 1035 
 
 PAUPERS, 
 
 School district taxes, abatement of, 1153 
 
 PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES, 
 (See also Crimes and Offenses. 
 Clerk of board of directors, false state- 
 ments or certificates by, 1056 
 
 District clerk neglecting duty, 1129 
 
 District collector, neglecting duty, 1150 
 
 District meetings, neglect to warm, 113b 
 
 False statements as to school money; un- 
 lawful distribution, H°2 
 
 Town failing to comply with law as to 
 school money, 1069 
 
 PENSIONS, 
 
 Eligibility, P- 2 9 8 ' | \ 
 
 How voted, P -29, g- 4 
 
 Maximum amount, p. zy, o. o 
 
 PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND, 1072-1086 
 
 (See School Money Permanent School 
 Fund.) 
 
 PERMITS, 
 
 Date, 976 
 
 Issue of, • •••':; 
 
 Notice by holder to clerk; contract void 
 
 without, •'• ■ : ■ • ■ ■ • 955 
 
 Number of terms taught under, limited, . 97b 
 
INDEX. 
 
 PHYSICAL CULTURE, 
 
 Instruction in, school directors may 
 provide, 1004 
 
 POLICE OFFICERS, 
 
 Truant officers, when, 1028 
 
 PROCESS, SERVICE OF, 
 
 Lands taken for school purposes, appeal 
 to county court, 1114 
 
 PUBLIC HEALTH, 
 
 Sight and hearing of pupil, duties of 
 state board as to, 1 163, 1 165 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARIES, 1193-1220 
 
 (See Libraries.) 
 
 PUBLIC MONEY, 
 
 Division of, 1098-1102 
 
 (See School Money.) 
 
 PUPILS, 
 
 Accommodation of; appeals, 1007, 1008 
 
 Advanced instruction, 1016-1023 
 
 Attendance required, when, 1029-1030 
 
 Board For, 
 
 directors may pay, when, 1006 
 
 state aid for; apportionment, 1014, 1015 
 
 Clothing furnished when, 1035 
 
 Conveyance of, 
 
 directors may provide; appeal, . . . 1006-1008 
 
 state aid for; apportionment, 1014, 1015 
 
 Defined, 1027 
 
 Directors to designate school to attend, . . . 990 
 Employment of, in mills, etc., restricted. . . 1044 
 
 1046 
 
 Fire drills, 1160 
 
 Legal pupil defined, 1027 
 
 List of children required to attend fur- 
 nished teachers, 1031 
 
 Non-Attendance, 
 
 arrest for; notice; complaint, 1037 
 
 1040 
 
 teacher to give notice to truant officer of, 1032 
 
 Non-resident; tuition paid to school fund, . 1011 
 
 1012 
 
 Parent, etc., 
 
 attendance of scholars, duties as to; 
 
 penalty, 1029, 1030, 1034, 1035 
 
 employment of children contrary to 
 law; fine; jurisdiction, ...:.. 1037, 1040, 1043 
 
 Sight and Hearing, 
 
 appropriation for testing, 1165 
 
 test cards, etc., to be furnished, 1163 
 
 testing of; reports, 1163, 1164 
 
 Studies required, 1003 
 
 Text-books, etc., liability for loss or de- 
 struction of, 1107 
 
 Town superintendent's powers and duties 
 under child labor law, 1044, 1045 
 
 Truancy or disobedience; penalty; juris- 
 diction, 1041, 1043 
 
 Unorganized places; tuition and transpor- 
 tation, 1138 
 
 REAL ESTATE, 
 
 School purposes, taking for, by eminent 
 domain,.... 1110-1117 
 
 RECORDS, 
 
 Clerk of board of school directors, 999 
 
 District clerks; copies; penalty, 1129, 1139 
 
 District, to be preserved, 978 
 
 Districts in unorganized places, organiza- 
 tion of, 1120 
 
 Warnings of school district meetings, 1133 
 
 REGISTERS, 
 
 Clerk of Board of Directors, 
 
 answers to interrogatories; certificate; 
 
 filing; penalty, 1055, 1056 
 
 examination; certificate, 1054 
 
 furnished teachers, 1053 
 
 procuring; responsibility for 1002 
 
 Contents, ._ ' 1053 
 
 Examination; certificate, 1054 
 
 Form of, by whom prescribed, 1051 
 
 Statistics, town clerk to make up from, 
 
 fees, 1057,1059 
 
 Teachers' duties as to, 1053 
 
 Transmission to town clerks, 1052 
 
 REPORTS. 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., commissioner of, .1167 
 
 Library commissioners, 1194 
 
 Normal school commissioners, 949 
 
 Norwich University, board of visitors to, .1192 
 
 Permanent school fund, trustees of, 1085 
 
 Superintendent of education, 920 
 
 Town Officers, 
 
 clerk of school directors, 1000 
 
 library trustees., 1215 
 
 school directors and clerk, 994, 1000 
 
 superintendent of schools; expense, 937 
 
 treasurer, as to school funds, 1064 
 
 Trustees of public money, 1067 
 
 Trustees of incorporated libraries, to 
 governor, 1210 
 
 RETURNS, 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., 1170, 1171 
 
 School directors, of expenditures, 995 
 
 REVOCATION, 
 
 Teachers' certificates, 977 
 
 RULES, 
 
 Public and traveling libraries, commis- 
 sioners to make rules for, 1197, 1202 
 
 SALARIES, 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., commissioner of, .1167 
 Examiners of teachers for summer schools, 917 
 Superintendents of school unions, 940, 941 
 
 SCHOLARSHIPS IN COLLEGES, 
 
 Appointment; vacancies, 1181-1184, 
 
 1186-1188 
 
 SCHOOL DIRECTORS, 
 
 (See Directors, Board of.) 
 
INDEX. 
 
 9 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 
 
 Clerks, false statements or certificates 
 by; penalty, 1056 
 
 Collectors, duties as to taxes; forfeit- 
 ure,. .. ■ 1149-1152 
 
 Incorporated, 
 
 boundaries, change of, how affected, 
 
 1142,1143 
 clerk to notify town clerk of election; 
 
 penalty, , 1140 
 
 laws applicable to, : • 1139 
 
 officers' powers, duties, etc., same as in 
 
 unorganized places, 1139 
 
 returns by principals, 1058 
 
 returns by prudential committee; for- 
 feiture, 110 ° 
 
 school money, division between, and 
 
 town districts, 1098,1099 
 
 town collector may be collector, when,. .1141 
 
 union for expert supervision, . . . . 938 
 
 union with town district; provisions as 
 
 to, 1144-1146 
 
 voters in, not to vote in town meeting 
 
 on school matters, • • 980 
 
 Lands, etc., special committee for pur- 
 chase of, .- H57 
 
 Merger of town and incorporated dis- 
 trict, 1144-1146 
 
 Prudential Committee, 
 
 assessment and collection of taxes, 1149 
 
 1155 
 
 false statements by; penalty, _ q ■ 1 102 
 
 School houses, location of, 1158, 1159 
 
 Taxation, 
 
 abatement of taxes, H53, 1154 
 
 Assessment, 
 
 execution, to pay, H 55 
 
 generally; warrant; collection; pay- 
 ment, 1 149 
 
 prudential committee to assess 
 
 when voted, 1149 
 
 purchase of land, etc., 1156 
 
 collection; forfeiture, 1149, 1150 
 
 deductions from, 1151, 1152 
 
 grand list for, jj47 
 
 raising of tax, H 48 
 
 Unorganized Places, 
 
 Clerks, 
 
 meetings warned by; penalty, 1134, 1136 
 
 records kept by; certified copies; 
 
 penalty, .•••:••, 
 
 collector or treasurer to give bond; va- 
 cancy on failure, jj^ 
 
 commissioners' authority, llj*° 
 
 corporate powers,. . . . ■ • ■ • • ■ • • • ■ } J ^ 
 
 laws of town district apply how tar, .112/, 1128 
 meetings; warnings for; record; voters; 
 
 npnaltv 1132-1136 
 
 penauy, • ■ •■•••••.. 119fi 
 
 moderator to preside at meetings, 1120 
 
 Officers, 
 
 books, etc., delivered to successor; 
 penalty, H 31 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, Continued. 
 
 duties, etc., generally, 1128 
 
 election; terms, 1122, 1123 
 
 vacancies, how filled, 1123, 1130 
 
 organization; meetings; record, 1118-1120 
 
 prudential committee, election; number; 
 term; vacancies, 1123-1125 
 
 Unorganized Places, 
 
 public money; entitled to, when,_ 1137 
 
 returns to superintendent; failure to 
 
 make, - 1100 
 
 tuition and transportation, tax assessed 
 
 for, when, 1138 
 
 voters, eligibility of; how determined, . .1135 
 
 SCHOOL HOUSES AND PROPERTY, 
 
 Care of, vested in whom, 982, 990 
 
 Directors' duties as to, 990, 993 
 
 District may elect committee to buy, etc., 1 157 
 Location of school house determined 
 
 how, 1158,1159 
 
 Money for purchase, raised by town, 984 
 
 Taking lands for school purposes, ... 1 1 10-1 117 
 
 Tax raised to buy, hire, etc., 1156 
 
 Town superintendent's duties as to, 935 
 
 Town to provide and maintain; con- 
 struction, 983 
 
 SCHOOL MEETINGS, 
 
 Incorporated School Districts, 
 
 change of boundaries, meetings to vote 
 
 on, ... 1 143 
 
 merger with town district, meetings 
 
 tovoteon, H44, 1 145 
 
 what laws apply, ■■.••••••■■ -J} 3 * 
 
 Taxes, provisions as to raismg,1148, 1151, 1-150 
 
 Town Districts, 
 
 annual meetings, special provision as 
 
 to 981 
 
 appropriations made by, ■ 1061 
 
 change of boundaries of incorporated 
 
 districts, meetings to vote on, 1143 
 
 Directors. 
 
 appropriations recommended, 992 
 
 compensation fixed, , • 999 
 
 elected by separate ballot, when, 985 
 
 election; number; term, J87 
 
 report, • • • • • ■ •. ■ ■ • y 94 
 
 merger with incorporated districts, 
 meetings to vote on, 1145 
 
 Town superintendent's report, 937 
 
 Unorganized Towns and Gores, 
 
 annual meetings, }}??"iio« 
 
 meetings for organization, lllS-ii-o 
 
 record, Won 
 
 what laws apply, • • • • • • ■ ■ ■ ■ \\ % ( 
 
 Voters, provisions as to, . . .980, 986, 1127, 1135 
 
 (See Voters.) 
 
 SCHOOL MONEY. 
 
 Appropriation required of town, ; 1061 
 
 Division of, between town and incorporated 
 district,.: 1098,1099 
 
10 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 SCHOOL MONEY, Continued. 
 
 Expert supervision, expense of, 941 
 
 False distribution of, to incorporated 
 
 district; penalty, 1102 
 
 False statements as to; penalty, 1102 
 
 Grand juries to inquire as to expenditure, 1103 
 Huntington fund, provisions as to, . . 1072, 1078 
 
 Legal school defined, 1097 
 
 Paid out on orders of directors, 1062 
 
 Permanent School Fund, 
 
 audit of; certificate, 1086 
 
 committee on finance; election; duties, .1074 
 
 1075 
 
 composition of, 1072 
 
 distribution among towns and districts, 1084 
 gifts, bequests, etc., trustees may re- 
 ceive, 1073 
 
 income only to be used, 1084 
 
 investments; examination of securities. 1073 
 
 1075, 1086 
 liability of trustees to U. S. for deposit 
 
 money, 1083 
 
 organization and meetings of trustees, . . 1074 
 
 report as to, 10S5 
 
 secretary; election; duties, 1074, 1077 
 
 town treasurer to credit income, 1063 
 
 town treasurer to peport annually as to 
 
 income, 1064 
 
 trustees of, who are; duties, etc., . . 1073-1086 
 
 trustees paid expenses only, 1076 
 
 U. S. deposit money, provisions as to,. .1079 
 
 1083 
 
 vacancies in board or officers, 1077 
 
 Selectmen to file statement, 1101 
 
 State School Tax, 
 
 apportionment of, 1092 
 
 assessment; rate, 1091 
 
 distribution of; board for, 1095, 1096 
 
 grand juries to inquire as to expenditure 1103 
 
 legal school defined, 1097 
 
 payment of, 1093 
 
 statement of number of schools to be 
 
 filed; forfeiture, 1094 
 
 town superintendent to inquire as to 
 
 expenditure, 1104 
 
 Statement of expenditures, 995 
 
 Town School Fund, 
 
 real estate, lease and sale of; deed, 
 
 acknowledgement of, 1088, 1089 
 
 securities and moneys belonging to, 
 paid town treasurer; separate ac- 
 count, 1090 
 
 selectmen, duties as to, 1087, 1088 
 
 Town superintendent, duties as to, 1 104 
 
 Town treasurers to report annually as to, 1064 
 
 Trustees of Public Money, 
 
 bond of; failure to execute; vacancy, . . . 1066 
 
 duties; report, 1067 
 
 U. S. deposit monev, collection and pay- 
 ment to state; failure, 1080-1082 
 
 United States Deposit Money, 
 
 failure of town to comply with law; 
 
 penalty, 1069 
 
 grand jury to inquire as to; indictment, .1070 
 
 SCHOOL MONEY, Continued. 
 
 permanent school fund, part of, 1072 
 
 1079-1083 
 (See sub-head Permanent School 
 Fund.) 
 
 received by state treasurer; certificate 
 of deposit, 1065 
 
 settlement with towns by state treas- 
 urer, how made, 1071 
 
 towns liable to return to treasurer, 
 when, 1068 
 
 trustees of public money to manage; 
 report, 1067 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE, 
 
 Certificate of incorporation of library, .... 1206 
 
 Secret Societies, p. 24 
 
 No debarment from joining certain so- . 
 
 cieties 
 
 Penalty, 
 
 Pupils debarred, 
 
 School officials to enforce law, 
 
 SECURITIES, 
 
 Permanent school fund, 1073, 1075, 1086 
 
 Town school fund, 10S7-1090 
 
 SELECTMEN, 
 
 Bonds of trustees of public funds ap- 
 proved by, 1066 
 
 Deaf, Dumb, Blind, etc., 
 
 certificate as to, 1176 
 
 indemnity bond executed by; duties, . . . 1173 
 
 1174 
 Directors, vacancy in board of, filled by; 
 
 record, 988 
 
 Incorporated school district boundaries, 
 
 change of, duties, 1143 
 
 Land for School Purposes, 
 
 assessment of damages for, 11 10 
 
 record of proceedings kept where, 1112 
 
 removal of buildings on, 1111 
 
 Libraries, 
 
 agent for, appointed by, when, 1216 
 
 establishment of; orders drawn an- 
 nually, 1198 
 
 Presiding officers at meetings of school 
 district, when, 979 
 
 School districts in unorganized places, 
 
 duties as to; record; compensation, 1118 
 
 1120 
 
 School houses, location determined by, 
 when, 1159 
 
 School Money, 
 
 division between town and incorpor- 
 ated district, 1098 
 
 false distribution of; penalty, 1 102 
 
 statement as to, filed by, 1 101 
 
 School property, duties as to, 982 
 
 School tax, assessment of, 1061 
 
 State school tax, order drawn by, 1093 
 
 Taxes for school purposes assessed by, . . 1061 
 
 Text-books, recovery for loss of, 1 107 
 
 Town school funds, duties as to, . . 1087, 1088 
 Trustees of public money, bond fixed by, 1066 
 
INDEX. 
 
 11 
 
 SENATE 
 
 Norwich University, appointment of 
 visitors to, confirmed, iiyi 
 
 SENATORS, STATE, 
 
 Scholarships in ^eges^e^to,^ 
 
 SHERIFFS, 
 
 Truant officers, duties as, . 
 
 1028 
 
 SIGHT AND HEARING OF PUPILS, 
 Testing, 
 
 1163-1165 
 
 STATE LIBRARY, 
 
 uments < 
 librarian, 
 
 Documents delivered to libraries by^^ 
 
 STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, 
 
 Appropriation for; expenditure; orders, . 
 
 919 
 
 STATE TREASURER, 
 
 Higher instruction, re-imbursement of i093 
 towns for, 
 
 Permanent School Fund, 
 
 accounts audited; certificate, 1086 
 
 trustee of; duties, • • • 1073-1086 
 
 Pupils, transportation, _ etc., ot, duties 
 as to dividing appropriation tor, iui4 
 
 Salary of superintendent of union ap- 
 portioned and paid by, when, .m 
 
 State School Tax, 
 
 SSSt;fcdfor,;.:.::::io95; 1 o96 
 
 United States Deposit Money, 
 
 received by; certificate of deposit, 1065 
 
 return of, by towns, - f "°° 
 
 settlement with towns, how made, 1U/1 
 
 STATE'S ATTORNEYS, 
 
 Truancy law, violations of, prosecuted 
 
 by, 
 
 STATISTICS, 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, etc., 1170, 1171 
 
 Town clerk to return; fees, 105/, 1UOJ 
 
 STUDIES, 
 
 Courses of; distribution; printing, 923 igjJ 
 
 Evening schools, g 
 
 High Schools, „„„ 
 
 Required in schools, ■■j'i'" !nni 
 
 Special, school directors may provide for, . 1004 
 
 SUMMER SCHOOLS, 
 Held when; expense, 
 
 917 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, Con. 
 Clerks of school directors to report to, 
 
 on request, V." " V 
 
 Course of study for elementary schools 
 
 prepared and distributed by, . . . ... .923, 924 
 
 Duties, generally, • • • -P- 1», »• L > y14 
 
 Educational meetings held by, when 
 
 and where; expense; how paid, yj» 
 
 Election; vacancy, yi4 
 
 Examination of teachers, 
 
 certificates revoked, when, 977 
 
 certificates to teach issued on ap- 
 
 proval of, when, 963, 969, 970 
 
 duties as to, yoU 
 
 examination papers subject to inspec- 
 
 tion of, 7- 1 
 
 questions prepared by; expense, .... .p. lb- 
 special certificates, superintendent to 
 
 approve, 969,970 
 
 standard of, fixed by, • • ■ P- *° 
 
 unlimited certificates issued, when, y / 1 
 
 Examiners of Teachers, 
 Expert supervision, apportionment of 
 expense approved by, y4i 
 
 High Schools, 
 
 courses of study in, prescribed by; 
 
 printing, •••• 924, 101b 
 
 higher instruction, blanks as to 
 furnished by; statements filed, . ... . . . 1U2^ 
 
 standard estabhshed by; quahfica- 
 tions of pupils, iUZ1 
 
 Normal Schools, 
 
 duties and powers as to, 949, 9ol 
 
 graduate of school in another state 
 may receive certificte, when, •••••• ■ ■ yoS 
 
 practice departments estabhshed, 
 how; maintenance, .» • • ■ • • ■ • ■ • y51 
 
 Norwich University, member of board 
 
 of visitors; duties, 1191. 1192 
 
 Office in state house .•...-.,.. yi* 
 
 Permanent school fund, one of trustees 
 d u ti es 1073-lOSb 
 
 Registers', form of; to furnish to f°™ 
 
 Re cl ^ s ' :'.'.'.:'.:'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.:....'. 920 
 
 Sight 1 " and ' hearing 'of pupils, duties^- to^ 
 
 State School Tax, 
 
 member of board to distribute ••■•••■• 1° 9 ° 
 statements of number of schools for- 
 warded by; blanks,_ ■ . ■ •••••• -1994 
 
 State teachers' association, publication ot 
 addresses and papers; appropriation, . 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, 
 
 Advanced instruction, returns as to, sent 
 state treasurer, .■•.;••• V u " ' ' ' V 
 
 Circulars issued and distributed by; ex- 
 pense hmited, 
 
 919 
 
 Statistics, 
 
 blanks for, furnished by; receipt, 1057 
 
 incorporated schools to furnish, when 1058 
 
 Summer schools for teachers, may hold, 
 when; length; expense, 
 
 917 
 
12 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, Con. 
 
 Text-books, receiving pay for recom- 
 mending; penalty, 1 109 
 
 Transportation, etc., of pupils, duties as 
 to appropriation for, 1014, 1015 
 
 Vacancy, 914 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOL UNIONS, 
 
 Appropriation for, 941 
 
 Definitions, 938 
 
 Directors, 
 
 chairman and secretary, election and 
 
 duties of, 940, 941 
 
 convention; organization; powers, 940 
 
 dissolving union, 940 
 
 meetings, 939 
 
 number; joint committee, 939 
 
 orders drawn by, 942 
 
 superintendent removed by, when, 943 
 
 union formed by vote of, 938 
 
 Grand Isle County, special provisions as 
 
 to, 944 
 
 Superintendent, 
 
 election; salary ; apportionment, .... 940, 941 
 
 removal; qualifications; report; duties,. 943 
 
 time spent in teaching, deduction for, . . 941 
 
 Superintendent of education, duties of, . . . 941 
 
 Towns forming union to have no other 
 
 superintendent, 940 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS, TOWN, 
 
 Appointment; compensation; women 
 
 may be, when, 931, 986 
 
 Child labor law, duties under, 1044, 1045 
 
 Duties generally, 934, 935 
 
 Examination of pupil demanding ad- 
 vanced instruction, 1018-1020 
 
 Permits to teach; duties; issue and re- 
 issue, 974-977 
 
 Removal; vacancy, 932 
 
 Report, annual; contents; compensation,. 937 
 School houses, grounds, etc., duties as to, . 935 
 School money, inquiries as to expenditure 
 
 of, 1104 
 
 Sight and hearing of pupils, duties as to 
 
 testing, 1164 
 
 Teachers dismissed by, when and how; 
 
 compensation, 936 
 
 Term of office,. 933 
 
 Text-books, selection by; taking pay for 
 
 recommending prohibited, 1108-1109 
 
 Text-books, supplies, etc., duties as to, . . . 935 
 Visiting schools, duties as to; recommen- 
 dations, 934, 935 
 
 SUPREME COURT, 
 
 Libraries, vacancies in trustees of filled 
 by chief judge, 1208 
 
 TAXATION, 
 
 Abatement of school district taxes, .1153, 1154 
 
 Assessment of taxes, 
 
 School District Tax, 
 
 execution, to pay, 1155 
 
 lands, etc., to purchase, 1156 
 
 TAXATION, Continued. 
 
 prudential committee to assess when 
 
 voted, 1149 
 
 town, assessed by selectmen, 1061 
 
 State School Tax, 
 
 apportioned by state treasurer on grand 
 
 list, 1092 
 
 assessed annually; rate, 1091 
 
 Collectors of taxes, 
 
 discount allowed by, when; notice, 1151 
 
 * 1152 
 
 school district collectors; duties; 
 
 powers; forfeiture, 1128, 1139, 1149 
 
 1152 
 Exemption of property of free public 
 library, 1209 
 
 Grand List, 
 
 how made up ; 1060 
 
 school district taxes, list for, 1 147 
 
 state school tax apportioned on, 1092 
 
 town district, how made, 1060 
 
 School district taxes, 1147-1156 
 
 (See School Districts : Taxation.) 
 
 School houses, money for purchase, how 
 raised, 984 
 
 State School Tax, 
 
 apportionment of, 1092 
 
 assessment; rate, 1091 
 
 distribution of; board for, 1095, 1096 
 
 legal school defined, 1097 
 
 payment of, 1093 
 
 statement of number of schools to be 
 filed; forfeiture, 1094 
 
 Town treasurer to keep money raised 
 separate, 1062 
 
 Unorganized Places, 
 
 state school tax, 1092, 1093 
 
 tuition and transportation, tax as- 
 sessed for when, 1 138 
 
 Warrants for school district taxes, 1149 
 
 TEACHERS, 
 
 Age limit for teaching, 954 
 
 Compensation; directors to employ,. .990, 1025 
 
 1026 
 
 Contracts void, when, 954, 955 
 
 Dismissal ; compensation. 936, 943 
 
 Examinations, 
 
 conduct of, 959 
 
 superintendent of union may act as 
 examiner, when, 943 
 
 time and place of, 959 
 
 Fire drills, duties as to; fine, 1160, 1161 
 
 Legal holidays, not required to teach on, . . 1026 
 Non-attendance of pupil, notice to truant 
 
 officer, 1032 
 
 Normal school graduates may teach, 
 
 how long, 956-958 
 
 Normal Schools, 
 
 appointment, 949 
 
 graduates of schools in another state 
 may teach, when, 958 
 
INDEX. 
 
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 TEACHERS, Continued. . 
 
 Notification to clerk of board of directors 
 
 as to certificate, .•-.••• ^55 
 
 Permits to teach issued, when; limita- 
 tion; revocation, 974-977 
 
 Registers, 
 
 certificates of proper filling out of, 1054 
 
 duties as to, 1053 
 
 Sight and hearing of pupils, duties as 
 to testing, 1164 
 
 Summer school for, when; length; ex- 
 pense, • : ■ • 917 
 
 Superintendent of union may dismiss, 
 when, 943 
 
 Textbooks, receiving pny for recom- 
 mending; penalty, 1109 
 
 Time spent at institutes, etc., not de- 
 ducted, 1025 
 
 Town superintendent may dismiss 
 
 when and how; compensation, 936 
 
 Vocal music, etc., provision for, 1004 
 
 TEACHERS' INSTITUTES, 
 
 Attendance at, 1025 
 
 TEACHER TRAINING COURSES, pp. 14, 15. 
 
 Appropriation, p. 15, S. 4 
 
 Certificate, p. 15, S. 4 
 
 Establishment, p. 14, S.-l 
 
 Graduates admitted, p. 15, S. 2 
 
 TEXT-BOOKS, 
 
 Directors to furnish; rules, 1105, 1106 
 
 Lost etc., payment for, 1 107 
 
 Schools, furnishing to, 1105-1109 
 
 Selection of; taking pay for recom- 
 mending prohibited, 1108, 1109 
 
 Town superintendent to ascertain if 
 supplied, 935 
 
 TOWN AUDITORS, 
 
 School directors' accounts, audit of, 996 
 
 School houses and lands, debts for au- 
 dited by, 982 
 
 TOWN CLERKS, 
 
 Certificate to secure state aid for trans- 
 porting pupils, 1015 
 
 Fees for school returns, 1059 
 
 Higher instruction, statement filed 
 
 where, 1022 
 
 Number of schools certified to super- 
 intendent, 1094 
 
 RECORDS, 
 
 Appointments, 
 
 school directors, vacancy filled, 988 
 
 superintendent of schools, 931 
 
 truant officers, 1028 
 
 incorporated school districts, change 
 
 of boundaries, • • • 1143 
 
 land for school purposes; proceedings 
 
 as to taking, 1112 
 
 School registers furnished to and by; 
 
 receipt, 1002, 1052 
 
 School statistics returned by; fees, . . 1057, 1059 
 Town- system of schools, to warm meet- 
 ings, when; to preside, 979 
 
 TOWN HIGH SCHOOLS, 1016-1023 
 
 (See High Schools.) 
 
 TOWN LIBRARIES, 1211-1220 
 
 (See Libraries.) 
 
 TOWNS, 
 
 Deaf, dumb, blind, etc., to defray cer- 
 tain expenses for, 1174 
 
 Officers, 
 
 vacancies; filled how, .932 1066 
 
 women eligible to what offices,. 931, 986 
 
 Prosecutions Against, 
 
 school, failing to appropriate money 
 
 for, H03 
 
 U. S. deposit money, violating law as 
 to... 1070 
 
 Reports, 
 
 directors, 994 
 
 superintendents, • • 937 
 
 U. S. deposit money collected and paid 
 to state; failure, 1080-1082 
 
 TOWN SYSTEM, 
 
 Clerk, vacancy in office of, meeting 
 
 warned how, 979 
 
 Districts abolished, except; records pre- 
 served 978 
 
 Established, 978 
 
 Grand list of, how made up, 1060 
 
 Meetings in town having incorporated 
 
 districts, when; proceedings, 981 
 
 School houses, etc., construction, care, 
 
 etc., of; cost, how paid, 982, 983 
 
 Tax for land and buildings, 984 
 
 Town clerk may warn meetings, when; 
 
 to preside, 979 
 
 Voters in incorporated districts debarred 
 from voting on school matters, 980 
 
 TOWN TREASURERS, 
 
 Fees of town clerk as to school returns, 
 paid how, 1059 
 
 School Funds, 
 
 credit given for receipts from perma- 
 nent fund, 1063 
 
 expert supervision, state money for, 
 
 credited school fund, 941 
 
 kept separate; paid out how, 1062, 1090 
 
 report as to, 1064 
 
 town fund, separate account of, 1090 
 
 what credited to, 1098, 1099 
 
 State school tax, duties as to payment of, . 1093 
 
 TRANSPORTATION, 
 
 Pupils, conveyance of; state aid, .... 1006-1008 
 F ' 1014,1015 
 
 TRUANT OFFICERS, 
 
 Appointment; failure, who to act, 1028 
 
 Arrest of child for not attending school; 
 
 when; notice; complaint, 1037, 1040 
 
 Children not attending, duties as to, 1033 
 
 Compensation, 1039 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 TRUANT OFFICERS, Continued, 
 
 Complaints against persons allowing 
 children to work in mills, etc., con- 
 trary to law, 1049-1050 
 
 Neglect of duty; penalty, 1042 
 
 Non-attendance because of want of 
 
 clothing, duties, 1035 
 
 Non-resident pupils subject to truancy 
 
 laws, 1038 
 
 Unorganized places, 1 138 
 
 Violation of law as to attendance, duties, . 1034 
 
 TRUSTEES, 
 
 Incorporated libraries, 
 
 (See Libraries : Incorporated; Trustees.) 
 
 Permanent school fund, 1072-1086 
 
 (See School Money: Permanent School Fund. 
 
 Public money, 1060, 1067, 1080-1082 
 
 (See School Money : Trustees of Pub- 
 lic Money.) 
 Town and village libraries, 1213-1215 
 
 TRUSTS, 
 
 Libraries, benefit of; corporation; pro- 
 ceedings, 1204-1210 
 
 UNION OF INCORPORATED AND TOWN 
 DISTRICTS, 
 
 Incorporated district may become part 
 of town district, how, 1144 
 
 Settlement of business affairs; records; 
 existence to cease, except, . 1146 
 
 Town district may become part of in- 
 corporated district, how, 1145 
 
 UNION OF SCHOOLS, 
 
 Expert supervision, provisions as to, 938 
 
 (See Superintendents of School Unions.) 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPOSIT MONEY, 
 
 General provisions, 1065-1071 
 
 Permanent school fund, part of 1072, 1079 
 
 1083 
 (See School Money.) 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE 
 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 
 
 Appropriation : expenditure, 1178, 1179 
 
 Scholarships, appointments to, 1181-1184 
 
 UNORGANIZED TOWNS AND GORES, 
 
 School districts in, 11 18-1 138 
 
 (See School Districts : Unorganized Places.) 
 State school tax, duties of commissioner 
 
 as to, 1093 
 
 Taking land in, for school purposes, . 1 1 10-1 117 
 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 Library commissioners, 1193 
 
 Library trustees, 1208 
 
 Normal school commissioners, 946 
 
 Scholarships, appointment by senators, . .1184, 
 
 1188 
 
 School directors, 988 
 
 School district officers, 1123, 1130 
 
 Superintendent of education, 914 
 
 Town officers, 932, 1066 
 
 Town superintendent of schools, 932 
 
 Trustees of permanent school fund, 1077 
 
 VERMONT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, 
 
 Commitment of truants or disobedient 
 scholars, 1041 
 
 VILLAGES, 
 
 Libraries, 1211-1217 
 
 (See Libraries.) 
 
 VOTERS, 
 
 Disqualified to vote in town meetings, 
 when, 980 
 
 Incorporated school districts, 1139 
 
 Unorganized towns and gores; eligibility 
 decided how, 1127, 1135 
 
 Women may vote on school matters, 
 when, 986 
 
 WARNINGS, 
 
 School district meetings; penalty, . . .1132-1134 
 
 1136 
 
 WARRANTS, 
 
 School district tax, 1149 
 
 WEEK, 
 
 School, defined, 1024 
 
 WOMEN, 
 
 Eligible to Office, 
 
 school offices, generally, 986 
 
 town superintendent of schools, 986 
 
 Right to vote, 986 
 
 WORKSHOPS, 
 
 Children, employment in, restricted, 1044, 1046 
 
 YEAR, 
 
 School, defined, 1024 
 
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