Preamble. 
 
 CAP. XXIX. 
 
 An Act for the establishment and maintenance of Common 
 Schools in Upper Canada. 
 
 » [9th December, 1S43.] 
 
 r HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the esta¬ 
 blishment and maintenance of Common Schools in that 
 part of this Province called Upper Canada, and also for the 
 
 establishment and maintenance of Model Schools therein ; Be it 
 
 therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by 
 and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and 
 of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constitu¬ 
 ted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act 
 passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
 and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of 
 Upper and Lower Canada , and for the Government of 
 Canada , and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, inten j cn t U 0 P r 
 that*the Secretary of this Province shall, ex-officio, be Chief Su- Common 
 perintendent of the Common Schools of Upper Canada aforesaid, Schools ap- 
 subject Nevertheless to all lawful orders and directions in the 1 
 exercise of his duties as such Chief Superintendent, as shall front 
 time to time be issued or given in m; 
 this Province. 
 
 Siat behalf by the Governor of 
 
 
 II. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the Actant 
 Governor of this Province,from time to time, to appoint an Assistant 
 Superintendent of Common Schools for Upper Canada aforesaid, 
 
 who shall act in all things under the direction of the said Chief 
 Superintendent. 
 
 III. And be it enacted, that on or before the first day of Sopcrimm- 
 March in each year, it shall be the duty of the said Chief Super- 
 intendent, after'deducting any sum which shall be set apart for the arising from 
 maintenance of Model Schools, as hereinafter provided, toappor- 
 
 tion anv sum or sums of money, appropriated by the Legislature anJ in wha J 
 for Common Schools in Upper Canada aforesaid for the year, un- ratio, 
 der or by virtue of any Act or Acts passed or to be passed in that 
 
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 behalf, and that such apportionment shall be made according to 
 the ratio of population of each County, Township, Town or City, 
 as compared with the population of Lpper Canada, according to 
 the census of population which shall last’have been taken and 
 returned at the time of such apportionment. 
 
 IV. And be it enacted, that when the census or returns upon 
 thAame a" which an apportionment is to be made shall be so far defective in 
 cording to the respect of any County, Township, Town or City, as to rentier it 
 Judgment 'in impracticable for the Chief Superintendent to ascertain the share 
 tjertain cases, of School Moneys which ought to be apportioned thereto, and 
 
 whenever, in consequence of the erection of a New County, 
 Township, Town or City, or the alteration of the Boundaries 
 thereof, the apportionment under the census then last taken 
 would become inapplicable or would be unjust, as between two 
 or more Counties, Townships, Towns or Cities, (be Chief Super¬ 
 intendent shall make his apportionment for the year, according 
 to the best evidence in bis power, upon the facts upon which the 
 ratio of apportionments as to such Counties, Townships, Towns 
 or Cities, shall depend. 
 
 V. And be it enacted, that the Chief Superintendent shall 
 
 apf>orU«^mcnf certify such apportionment made by him to the Inspector General 
 to certain offi- ofthe Province, and shall give immediate notice to the Superin- 
 cer< - tendent of Common Schools of each County interested therein, 
 
 stating the amount of Moneys apportioned to his County, and to 
 each Township, Town and Chty therein. 
 
 To rermre VI. And be it enacted, that the Chief Superintendent aforesaid 
 forms ImTie- shall prepare suitable forms and regulations for making all re¬ 
 gulations. p 0r j s and conducting all necessary proceedings under this Act, 
 and shall cause the same, with such instructions as life shall deem 
 necessary and proper for the better organization and government 
 of Common Schools, to be transmitted to the Officers, required to 
 execute the provisions of this Act throughout Upper Canada 
 aforesaid. 
 
 'Vnd furnish VII. And be it enacted, that the Chief Superintendent afore- 
 copies thereof said shall from time to time furnish to the County Superintendent 
 Bn<l of this Act throughout Upper Canada aforesaid, for the use of the several 
 School 0 autho- School Districts, such and so many copies of this Act, and of the 
 tities. Forms, Regulations and Instructions, prepared by him, as he shall 
 
 deem requisite and necessary. 
 
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 VIII. And be it enacted, that the sum annually to be distributed At what 
 
 for the encouragement of Common Schools in Upper Canada 
 aforesaid, shall be payable on the first day of August in each aifowanceehTll 
 year, by warrant to the Superintendents of Common Schools of be payable,ami 
 the several Counties in Upper Canada aforesaid. to whom. 
 
 IX. And be it enacted, that each County Superintendent re- Duty of 
 cciving such moneys, shall forthwith give notice in writing to the j^denta^ 
 Township, Town and City Superintendents of Common Schools t0 suc h ^ 
 within his County, of the amount apportioned to each Township, ncys. 
 
 Town or City, and shall hold the same subject to the orders of 
 
 such Township, Town and City Superintendents, respectively. 
 
 X. And be it enacted, that in case the Superintendent of any Such money* 
 
 such Township, Town or City, shall not apply for and receive a 5‘ 
 
 such moneys before the next receipt-of moneys apportioned to the not applied for 
 County, or in case the Council of any Township, Town or City, by the lo<-al 
 shall not entitle such Township, Town or City to receive the in au ^ 
 sum apportioned thereto under this Act, the moneys remaining year. 
 
 with the County Superintendent shall be retained by him, and 
 shall be distributed in addition to the moneys next received by 
 him for distribution for Common Schools, as aforesaid, and in the 
 same proportions. 
 
 XI. And be it enacted, that whenever the County Superin- Apportion- 
 tendent of Common Schools in any County shall receive from 
 
 the Superintendent notice of the 'apportionment of moneys to be authorities, 
 distributed in his County, he shall forthwith transmit a certified 
 copy of sucli apportionment to each Township, Town and City 
 Clerk, within such County, so far as the same relates to such 
 Township, Town or City. 
 
 XII. And he it enacted, that it shall be the duty of the Duty of 
 said Clerk to lay such certified copy before the Council for Townie Ci- 
 his Township, Town or City, and the Township, Town or ty Councils on 
 City Council shall without delay cause to be levied in 
 
 the Township, Town or City, a sum of money for Common p^oninon* 1 ’’ 
 School purposes, at least, equal (clear of all charges of col¬ 
 lection) to the amount of public money apportioned to such 
 Township, Town or City ; such sum to be increased at the dis¬ 
 cretion of the Council to an amount not more than double the said 
 apportionment of public money ; and such sum, so to be raised, 
 shall be placed on the Collector’s Roll, and shall be by him 
 
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 Local Coun¬ 
 cils may ex¬ 
 empt School 
 Districts from 
 the Tax on the 
 1/round of po¬ 
 verty. 
 
 Superinten¬ 
 dent of Schools 
 for each Town- 
 ship,Townand 
 City. 
 
 His duties. 
 
 collected, in like manner as any other tax for such Township, 
 Town or City, and shall be by him paid over to the Township, 
 Town or City Superintendent of Common Schools. 
 
 XIII. And bo it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any Town- 
 shin Town or City Council to exempt any number of School 
 Districts, not exceeding two, within such Township, lown or 
 City, from the payment of the Tax for the support of Commo 
 Schools, an account of the poverty of their inhabitants. 
 
 XIV. And be it enacted, that there shall be a Superintendent 
 of Common Schools in each Township, Town and City, to be 
 appointed by the Council thereof, and to hold office during their 
 pleasure ; and every such appointment, and every vacancy oc¬ 
 curring- in the office, shall be notified within Ten days to the 
 County Superintendent by the Township, Town or City Clerk , 
 and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent for each township, 
 Town or City— 
 
 l _To divide the same, subject to the direction and approval 
 
 of the Township, Town or City Council, into a convenient num¬ 
 ber of School Districts and parts of Districts, and to regulate ana 
 alter such Districts and parts of Districts, as hereinafter provided. 
 
 2._To describe and number the School Districts and parts of 
 
 Districts, and to deliver the description and numbers thereof, m 
 writing, to the Township, Town or City Clerk, immediate . 
 after the formation or alteration thereof. 
 
 3 _To applv for and receive from the County Superintendent, 
 
 the portion of School Moneys apportioned to the lownship. 
 Town or City, and likewise from the Town or City Collector, or 
 
 Treasurer, all moneys which shall be raised for the purposes of 
 
 Common Schools in their Township, Town or City ; the aggre¬ 
 gate of which moneys shall constitute the School Fund ol the 
 Township, Town or City. 
 
 4. To apportion the said School Fund so soon as its amount 
 shall have been ascertained, among the several School Districts 
 and parts of Districts within the Township, Town or City, in 
 proportion to the number of Children residing in each, over the 
 age of five and under the age of sixteen years, according to t \o 
 last annual reports of the School Trustees. 
 
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 5.—To sue ior and collect, by his name of office, all Penalties 
 and Forfeitures imposed by this Act, within his jurisdiction, and 
 with respect to which no other provision is made, which shall be 
 incurred by any Officer or Inhabitant of the Township, Town or 
 Citv ; and after deducting his costs and expenses, to add the sums 
 recovered to the School Moneys received by him, to be appor¬ 
 tioned and expended in like manner. 
 
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 G.— To visit all Common Schools within the Township, Town 
 or City, at least once a year, and oftener, if he shall deem it 
 necessary. 
 
 7. —To examine all persons offering themselves as Candidates 
 for teaching Common Schools within tlie T6wnship, Town or 
 City, and on being satisfied of the qualification of the Candidates 
 in respect of moral character, learning and ability, to grant certi¬ 
 ficates in such form as shall be prescribed by the Superintendent 
 of Common Schools ; which certificates shall be valid for one 
 year, and shall entitle the holder thereof to teach a Common 
 School within such Township, Town or City respectively. 
 
 8. —To annul any certificate given by him or any of his prede¬ 
 cessors in office, whenever he shall see just cause for so doing, 
 by giving at least six weeks notice in writing to the teacher who 
 shall hold it, with the reasons which have led him to annul such 
 certificate and giving the same notice and reasons to the Trustees 
 of the School District in which he may be employed, and leaving 
 with the Teacher, if he shall think himself aggrieved by the deci¬ 
 sion, the power to appeal by Memorial to the review and decision 
 of the County Superintendent. 
 
 XV. And be it enacted, that every Superintendent of Com-He shall tmns- 
 mon Schools for any Township, Town or City, shall make out nut Reports 
 and transmit to the County Superintendent, between the first day ^u^rinten- 11 ^ 
 of January and the first day of March, in each and every year, a dent, 
 report in writing, in a form to be prescribed by the Chief Super¬ 
 intendent, bearing date on the first day of January in the year of 
 its transmission, and stating— 
 
 1.—The whole number of School Districts and paHs of Dis- What such 
 tricts, separately, set off within the Township, Town or City* sha11 
 
 2.—The Districts and parts of Districts, from which reports 
 
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 shall have been made to the Township, Town or City Superin- 
 tendent within the time limited for that purpose. 
 
 3 _The length of time a school shall have been kept in each 
 
 of such Districts or parts of Districts, distinguishing what portion 
 of that time the school shall have been kept by qualified teachers. 
 
 4 . _The amount of public moneys received in each of the said 
 
 Districts and parts of Districts, and also the further amounts 
 raised by the Trustees for school purposes, and the application 
 of the same. 
 
 5 . _The number.of children taught in each over the age of 
 five and under sixteen years ; and also the number of children 
 residing in each over the age of five and under sixteen years. 
 
 6 . —The whole amount of the moneys received by the Super¬ 
 intendent, or his predecessor in office, during the year ending at 
 the date of the report, and since the date of the preceding last 
 report ; distinguishing the amount received from the County 
 Superintendent on account of the public money appoitioned, the 
 amount trom the Township rate, and the amounts from any other 
 and what sources. 
 
 7 . —The manner in which such moneys have been expended, 
 and whether any and what part remains unexpended, and from 
 what cause. 
 
 XVI. And be it enacted, that every Superintendent of Com- 
 security. mon Schools for any Township, Town or City, shall, before lie 
 enters upon the duties of Iris office, enter into a bond with two 
 or more sufficient sureties to sucli amount as shall ho required by 
 the Township, Town or City Council, and such bond shall be to 
 the Township, Town or City, and the sureties shall he to the 
 satisfaction of the Township, Town or City Council, and such 
 bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the du¬ 
 ties of such Superintendent. 
 
 XVII. And be it enacted, that no alteration of any School 
 of School District, made without the consent of the Trustees thereof, shall 
 
 trict. take effect until three months after notice in writing shall have 
 
 been given there of to one or more of such Trustees. 
 
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 XVIII. And be it enacted, that in making the apportionment No appor- 
 of School moneys among the several School Districts, no share 
 shall be apportioned to any District or part of a District, trom trict9i having 
 which no sufficient annual report shall have been received for no reporter 
 the year ending on the last day of December precec ing it ^ eaI 
 apportionment. . 
 
 XIX. And he it enacted, that no part of such moneys shall be J** 
 apportioned or paid to any District or part of a District, unless it con duions 
 shall appear by such report, that a school had been kept there.n h.vebc^com- 
 for at least three months during the year ending at the date ofi 
 
 sucli report, bv a qualified teacher, and that all moneys received 
 from the Township, Town or City Superintendent, during the 
 year ending at the date of such report, have been faithfully ap¬ 
 plied in paying for the compensation of such teacher. 
 
 XX. And he it enacted, that if after the annual reports shall change® in 
 have been received, and before the apportionment of the Schoo 
 
 moneys shall have been made by the Superintendent, a .District tr ; ct9 ] 10W to 
 shall be duly altered or a new District formed, so as to render an affect the «p- 
 apportionment founded solely on the annual reports unjust, as 
 between two or more of the said Districts, the Township, Town 
 or City Superintendent shall make an apportionment among such 
 Districts, according to the number of children in each, over the 
 age of five and under sixteen years, ascertaining that number by 
 tho best evidence in his power. 
 
 XXI. And be it enacted, that when a School District shall 
 
 have been formed at such time previous to the first of January as trifit formcd 
 not to have allowed a reasonable time to have kept a school out of others, 
 therein for the term of three months, such District having een 
 formed out of a District or Districts in which a school shall have 
 been kept for three months by a teacher duly qualified during 
 the year preceding the first day of January, the said new District 
 shall he entitled to its allowance of School moneys ; and the 
 same shall be allotted by the Superintendent according to the 
 number of children over the age of five and under sixteen there¬ 
 in, to be ascertained according to the best evidence in the power 
 of the Superintendent, 
 
 XXII. And be it enacted, that all moneys apportioned by the Appropm- 
 Superintendent of anV Township* Town or City under this Act, ^ 
 tp the Trustees of a District or part of a District, which shall 
 
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 by tho Trus- have remained in the hands of the Superintendent for one year 
 tecs of any after such apportionment, by reason of the Trustees neglecting 
 School District. Qr re f us j ng lo rece i ve the same, shall be added to the moneys 
 next thereafter to be appropriated by such Superintendent, and 
 shall be apportioned and paid therewith, and in like manner. 
 
 And of mo- XXIII. And be it enacted, that in case any School moneys 
 neys which received by the Superintendent of any Township, Town or City, 
 portioned 6 by cannot be apportioned by him for the term of two years after the 
 the local Su- same are received, by reason of the non compliance of all the 
 perintendent. gchool Districts in the Township, Town or City, with, the pro¬ 
 visions of this Act, such moneys shall be returned by him to the 
 County Superintendent, to be by him apportioned and distributed 
 together and in the same manner with the moneys next thereafter 
 to be received by him for the use of Common Schools. 
 
 School Dis- XXIV. And be it enacted, that whenever it may be necessary 
 tricts formins or convenient to form a District out of two or more adjoining 
 jSninirTown- Townships, the Superintendents of such adjoining Townships 
 ’ships. 0 shall jointly regulate such District, and shall each visit the school 
 therein established ; and in such cases, or where any school- 
 house shall stand on the division line of any two Townships, the 
 Superintendent of either Township may examine into the quali¬ 
 fication of any person offering to teach in such District, and may 
 give him a certificate of qualification, and may annul the same, 
 as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 Proceedings XXV. And be it enacted, that in case the Superintendent of 
 in case the any Township, Town or City shall not, on or before the first day 
 denTof^City, °f March in any year, transmit to the County Superintendent his 
 Town or ’ report, as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of (he Coun- 
 Township t y Superintendent to give immediate notice of such neglect to the 
 
 make his ^e- Chief Superintendent of Common Schools, and to the Warden or 
 port. Mayor of such Township, Town or City ; and the share of the 
 
 School moneys apportioned to such Township, Town or City, 
 may, in the discretion of the County Superintendent of Common 
 Schools, be withheld and be distributed amongst the other Town¬ 
 ships, Towns and Cities in the County, from which the neces¬ 
 sary reports shall have been received; and the Superintendent 
 neglecting to make such report, shall forfeit to the use of his 
 Township, Town or City, the sum of ten pounds ; and when the 
 share of school moneys apportioned to such Township, Town or 
 City, or any part of such moneys, shall thus be lost to the Town- 
 

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 ship, Town or City, the Superintendent guilty of the neglect 
 aforesaid shall further forfeit to the Township, Town or City, the 
 full amount of the moneys so lost with interest, to be recovered 
 ofhim and his sureties ; and it shall be the duty of the Township, 
 Town or City Treasurer, upon notice of such loss from the 
 County Superintendent of Common Schools, to prosecute without 
 delay, in the name of the Township, Town or City, for such for¬ 
 feiture, and the moneys recovered shall be distributed and paid 
 by such Treasurer, to the several School Districts and parts of 
 Districts, in the same manner as it would have been the duty of 
 the Superintendent to have distributed and paid the same, if re¬ 
 ceived bv him as Common School money. 
 
 XXVI. And be it enacted, that each Township, Town and . Such Soper- 
 City Superintendent shall keep a just and true account of all render^ac- 
 school moneys received and expended by him in each year, and counts, pay 
 shall deliver the same to the Township, Town or City Clerk, to balance©, 
 be by him laid before the Council ; and in case of the removal ' 
 from office of any Township, Town or City Superintendent, or 
 in case of his resignation or removal of residence from the Town¬ 
 ship, Town or City, he shall immediately thereupon render to 
 his successor in office a just and true accouut of all school moneys 
 received and expended by him during the year, and of all ba¬ 
 lances in his hands, and shall forthwith pay overall such balances 
 to his said successor, who shall appropriate the same in like 
 manner as it should have been appropriated by such Superinten¬ 
 dent had he remained in office \ and if any such vacancy shall 
 happen by the death of any Superintendent, his personal repre¬ 
 sentatives or sureties shall render such account and pay over 
 sucli balance ; and every Superintendent who shall refuse or Penalty for 
 neglect to render such account or to nay over such balance, shall 
 
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 forfeit and pay the sum of twenty five pounds, which, together 
 with such balance, so far as the same can be ascertained, and 
 interest thereon, shall be recoverable from such Superintendent or 
 from his sureties, at the suit of such successor, whose duty it shall 
 be to sue for the same in his name of office. 
 
 XXVII. And be it enacted, that the Township, Town or The Clerk 
 City Clerk in each Township, Town or City, respectively, shall 
 be the Clerk of the Superintendent of Common Schools for sucli 0 ftheSuperin- 
 Township, Town or City, and he shall receive and keep all re- tendont for the 
 ports made to the Superintendent by the trustees of School Dis- sueh^" 
 tricts, and all books and papers belonging to the office of the 
 

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 Superintendent, and shall prepare, under his direction, all his 
 reports, estimates and apportionments of school money, and shall 
 record the same and his other proceedings in a book to be kept 
 for that purpose, and shall receive all such communications as 
 may be directed to him by the Superintendent o ornrnon 
 Schools, and shall dispose of the same in the manner directed 
 therein, and shall transmit to the County Superintendent all such 
 reports as shall be made for him bv the Township, I own or City 
 Superintendent, and generally shall do and execute all such things 
 as belong to his office and may be required of him by the Super¬ 
 intendent for his Township, Town or City. 
 
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 lies. 
 
 XXVT1I. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of every 
 Township, Town or City Clerk to report in writing to the Coun¬ 
 ty Superintendent for the County in which his Jownship, Town 
 or City may be situate, every appointment of a township, 1 own 
 or City Superintendent which may he made from time to time by 
 the Township, Town or City Council, and the name and address 
 of the person so appointed, and also every vacancy occurring in 
 the said Office of Township, Town or City Superintendent, 
 within seven days after any such appointment or vacancy shall 
 have taken place. 
 
 during their pleasure ; and in case the Court of Wardens shall 
 neglect or refuse to appoint such Superintendent at their first 
 meeting in each year, or at their first meeting after any vacancy 
 may have occurred, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor ot 
 this Province to make such appointment, and the person so ap¬ 
 pointed shall hold office until a successor shall have been appoint¬ 
 ed by the Court of Wardens, and shall have given the security 
 required by this Act. 
 
 County Su- XXIX. And be it enacted, that there shall be a County Su- \ 
 penntendents er ; n(en q ent 0 f Common Schools in each County, to be appointed 
 lndty P whom. l,v the Court of Wardens for such County, and to hold office 
 
 Duty of the XXX. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of 1 tie 
 County Clerk Q 0U nty Clerk, within seven days after the close of the first 
 LTconltv meeting of the Court of Wardens, held in any year or after any 
 Superintend- vacancy in the office of County Superintendent may have oc- 
 ent be not curre d,* to inform the Chief Superintendent of Common Schools 
 S Scant whether the Court of Wardens have or have not. appointed a 
 County Superintendent of Common Schools ; and in case they 
 have made such an appointment, it shall be the duty of the said 
 
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 County Clerk, to acquaint the said Superintendent with the name 
 and address of ihe person so appointed ; and in the event of any 
 vacancy taking place, it shall be the duty of the County Clerk to 
 make the same known to the Chief Superintendent forthwith. 
 
 XXXI. And be it enacted, that each County Superintendent perintcn3e^?o 
 of Common Schools shall, before he enters upon the duties of his giro security, 
 office, enter into a bond with two or more sufficient sureties, to 
 such amount as shall be required by the Court of Wardens; and 
 such bond shall be to the County, and the sureties shall be to the 
 satisfaction of the Court of Wardens, and such bond shall be con¬ 
 ditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of such Super¬ 
 intendent, 
 
 XXXII. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of the He shall ex~ 
 County Superintendent of each County to examine all persons ^ 
 
 offering themselves as Candidates for teaching Common Schools eomeTcachers. 
 within such County, and that in making such examination it 
 shall be the duty of such Superintendent to ascertain the qualifi¬ 
 cations of the candidate, in respect of moral character, learning 
 1 and ability; and if the County Superintendent shall be satisfied 
 in respect to the qualifications of the candidate, he shall deliver to 
 4 the person so examined a certificate signed by him in such form 
 ‘ 1 as shall be prescribed by the Chief Superintendent of Common 
 
 Schools. 
 
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 " XXXIII. And be it enacted, that the certificates so to he Nature of 
 * granted may either be general, in which cast? they shall be valid of^altfication 
 throughout the County, or special, in which case the Township, to he granted 
 °i Town or City, or school district, in which such applicant shall by him. 
 
 V be authorized to teach, shall be specified ; and such special certi- 
 n! ‘ ficate shall only qualify the person to teach within the place so 
 ty specified. 
 
 XXXIV. And be it enacted, that such general certificate General eer- 
 tb ghall be valid until the same is annulled or otherwise revoked by ** 
 
 Mv the County Superintendent ; and such special certificate shall be ^pd. 1 1 u 
 hbJ valid for the year in which it is granted, unless so annulled or 
 ® revoked. 
 
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 !(U XXXV. And be it enacted, that the County Superintendent Jn wha , man- 
 tty tnav annul whenever he shall see just cause to do so, any such ner they may 
 certificate ^iven by him or by any of his predecessors in office, or be revoked. 
 
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 by any Township, Town or City Superintendent of Common 
 Schools, giving at least ten days notice in writing to the teacher 
 who shall hold it, and to the trustees of the school district in * 
 which he mavbe employed, of his intention to annul the same ; 
 and that such annulling of any certificate shall not disqual ify the 
 teacher to whom it was given, until a note in writing thereof, 
 containing the name of the teacher and the time when his certi¬ 
 ficate was annulled, shall be made by the County Superintendent 
 and filed in the office of the Township, Town or City Clerk. 
 
 Re ex ami- XXXVI. And be it enacted, that the County Superintendent 
 
 nation of Tea- shall, so often as he shall be required thereto by the Chief Super- 
 t^n^cascs CCV intendent of Common Schools, and so often as such County t 
 Superintendent shall deem it expedient, require a re-examina- j 
 tion of all or any of the teachers in the County, for the purpose s 
 of ascertaining his, her or their qualifications to continue as such . 
 teachers. ( 
 
 Aliens not to XXXVII. And be it enacted, that from and after the first day 
 
 be Teachers of January, which will be in the year of our Lord, one thousand s 
 
 time,* ccrtam eight hundred and fortv-six, it shall not be lawful for any Town¬ 
 ship, Town, City or County Superintendent of Common Schools, ‘ 
 
 to grant anv certificate to any person as a teacher of a Common ^ ' 
 School or of Common Schools, who shall not at the time of , 
 
 granting such certificate be a natural born or naturalized subject ^ 
 
 of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors. 
 
 ' County Su- XXXVIII. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of the ‘ 
 perintendents Superintendent of common schools for each County, to visit all 
 tovisitSchools. common sc boolstherein at least once, a year, and oftener if. he 
 
 shall deem it necessary. 
 
 His duties at XXXIX. And be it enacted, that at such visitations,.the said 
 such visita- Superintendent shall examine into the state and condition of the 
 ilon8 ‘ schools, both as respects the progress of the scholars in learning, 
 
 and the good order of the schools, and may give his advice and 
 direction to the trustees and teachers as to the government thereof, 
 and the course of studies to be pursued therein. 
 
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 To report XL. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duly of each ‘ 
 
 yearly to the County Superintendent to make an annual report to the Chief 
 tcndenU U ^ Crin ” Superintendent of common schools, at such time and in such form 
 as shall be appointed by the said Chief Superintendent ; and also 
 
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 to furnish the said Chief Superintendent from time to time with 
 all such additional information as he may require. 
 
 * XLI. And be it enacted, that each County Superintendent Penaltiesfbr 
 who shall refuse or neglect to make any such annual or other or ^ 
 
 report at such time and in such form as the Chief Superintendent 
 of common schools may require, shall forfeit the sum of five 
 pounds for every such refusal or neglect; and such penalty shall 
 be recoverable with costs from such County Superintendent, or 
 v from his sureties or representatives, by a suit at law to be insti- 
 ' tuted within twelve months after such default, by the Chief 
 Superintendent of common schools or by the Court of Wardens 
 for the County; and any amounts so recovered shall be paid over Appropriation 
 to the Chief Superintendent of common schools, and shall by 0 pena tie *‘ 
 him be added to the moneys apportioned for the ensuing year to 
 ® such County, and shall be distributed with the said moneys, and 
 ia in like manner, between the several Townships, Towns and 
 Cities in such County. 
 
 XL1I. And be it enacted, that whenever any school district First mect- 
 I 1 ; shall be formed in any Township, Town or City, it shall be the ^^dyea^ 
 
 ™ duty of the Superintendent of common schools for such Town- a n er in each 
 ship, Town or City, within twenty days thereafter, to prepare a School Dis- 
 notice in writing describing such district, and appoint- jP®* pro ' Cl 
 ing a time and place for the first school district meeting, and to 
 i ecl cause copies of such notice to be posted in at least three public 
 places in such school district, at least six days before the time so 
 , appointed for holding such meeting ; and that after such first 
 school district meeting, there shall be held a like school district 
 ; f meeting, on the second Tuesday of January in each year. 
 
 XLIII. And be it enacted, that at each of the said school hold- 
 
 district meetings and at each annual school district meeting the ducting' such 
 ^ resident freeholders and householders shall appoint a chairman to meetings. 
 
 preside at such meeting, and shall afterwards elect from amongst Election of 
 ^ themselves three trustees of the common school of such school School Trus " 
 
 1 district, who shall hold office from the time of their election until Uc9, 
 
 :ret H, the day for the election of trustees for the next year, or until 
 
 such time as their successors shall be duly elected or appointed ; y acancie8 
 and if any vacancy shall happen within any year by death, re¬ 
 moval from the Township, or refusal to act or to take the oath of 
 office, the Township Superintendent shall fill up the vacancy; 
 lf( f and if the inhabitants of any school district shall neglect or refuse 
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 Duties of 
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 attend such meeting, and if there shall be no election of trustees, 
 then such school district shall not receive any share of the money 
 apportioned or raised lor common schools in the year in w liich 
 the default may be made, but the amount to which such school 
 district would have been entitled shall be apportioned in like 
 manner, and to the same purposes, as if the trustees had been 
 duly elected and had failed in making their reports, as herein- 
 before provided. 
 
 XLIV. And be it enacted, that it shall he the duty of the 
 Trustees for each school district, and they shall he empowered " 
 and entitled, 
 
 1 .—To have the custody and safe keeping of the common 
 school house for their district. 
 
 2 . —To contract with, and employ all teachers within the same. 
 
 3 . _To give orders on the Township, Town or City Superin¬ 
 
 tendent, in favour of such teachers, when qualified,. for the 
 amounts due to them for their Salaries, so far as the moneys in 
 his hands applicable to their district shall be sufficient for that 
 purpose ; and to collect and pay over to the teachers the residue ] 
 of such salary, excepting such sums as may be collected by the \ 
 teachers from any persons liable therefore. 
 
 4 . _To exempt from the payment of wages to teachers such 
 
 indigent persons within their district as they shall think proper^ 
 and°to certify such exemptions and deliver the certificate thereof 
 
 to the Township, Town or City Superintendent. 
 
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 5 # _To ascertain, by examination of the School lists kept by 
 
 such teachers, the number of days for which each person not so 
 exempted shall be liable to pay for instruction, and the amount 
 payable by each person. 
 
 6 ._To make out a Rate Bill containing the name of each 1 
 
 person so liable, and the amount for which he is liable ; and by* 
 themselves or any one of them, or by some person authorized by 
 them in that behalf, to collect the amount rated against any per¬ 
 son or persons charged on such Rale Bill, together with five per 
 centum on such amount for the cost of collection, and to pay the 
 amount so collected to the teacher or teachers entitled to receive 
 
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 (lie same ; and, in default of payment by the person so rated, to 
 levy the amount by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of 
 the person or persons making default. 
 
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 7.—To regulate for such school the course of study, and the 
 books to be used therein, and to establish general rules ; subject, 
 nevertheless, to the approval of the Township, Town or City 
 Superintendent: and provided always, that it shall not be law¬ 
 ful for such Trustees, or for the Chief or other Superintendent of 
 Common Schools, or for any Teacher to exclude from any Com¬ 
 mon School or from the benefit of education therein, the children 
 of any class or description of persons resident within the School 
 District to which such Common School may belong. 
 
 XLV. And he it enacted, that it shall and may he lawful for Amount 
 any person or persons charged upon such Rate Bill, to pay the 
 amount of the rate to the teacher for whose remuneration the em^ay be 
 same was to be collected ; and the receipt of such Teacher if paid to the 
 produced to the Trustee or Trustees who have the collection of itacIlorr 
 such rate, or to any Collector appointed by them, shall he a 
 sufficient discharge for such rate. 
 
 XLVI. And he it enacted, that the said Trustees shall settle Fuel for the 
 
 M? the proportion of Fuel which every person sending a Child or School House. 
 
 Children to such School, shall he liable to provide, and that the Howprovided. 
 said persons so sending a child or children to such school, 
 
 % with the exception of those who shall be exempted as 
 
 pe indigent by the said Trustees, shall be liable to furnish 
 
 ;i# such proportion of Fuel ; and if they shall neglect to furnish 
 
 the proportion aforesaid of such Fuel, the Trustees afore¬ 
 said shall furnisl) the same, and charge the value upon the said 
 [$ Rate Bill, and shall collect the same in like manner as other 
 
 iot’ sums charged upon such Rate Bill. 
 
 XLVII. And be it enacted, that if anv person charged upon Q onthft 
 such Rate Bill shall not reside within such School District when Rat^BMmmy 
 eti such collection shall be made, and if there shall be no Goods and be sued for in 
 
 iiiM Chattels ofsuch person within the District on which the said £ crt; ^ 
 
 ^ charge can be levied, to the knowledge of the said Trustees, the ^cs. ™ * 
 
 v pe said Trustees may sue for and recover such charge of such person, 
 
 re? by their name of office, 
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 -ecer XLVII1. And be it enacted, that the Trustees of each School School Tros- 
 
 

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 fees to make District shall, after the First clay of January in each year, and on 
 Reports to the 0 r before the First day of February thereafter, make and transmit 
 local Superin- R R ort to the Township, Town or City Superintendent of 
 temlents. Common Schools, through the Township, Town or City Clerk, 
 and in the form which shall from time to time be directed by the 
 Superintendent of Common Schools, dated on the First clay of 
 January in the year in which it shall be transmitted ; send every 
 such Report shall be signed and certified by a majority of the 
 Trustees making the same, and shall specify— 
 
 ■What such 1.—The whole time any School has been kept in their District 
 
 Reports shall during the year ending on the day previous to the date of such 
 shew. Report; distinguishing what portion of the time such School has 
 
 been kept by a qualified Teacher or Teachers. 
 
 2 . —The amount of Moneys received from the Superintendent 
 for the Township, Town or City, during such year, and the man¬ 
 ner in which such Moneys have been expended. 
 
 3 . —The amount of moneys received from other sources, distin¬ 
 guishing the same ; and the manner in which such Moneys 
 have been expended. 
 
 4 . —The number of Children taught in the District School du¬ 
 ring such year. 
 
 5. -—The number of Children residing in the District on the 
 last day of December previous to the making of such Report, over 
 the age of five years, and under the age of sixteen, and the names 
 of the Parents or other persons with whom *such Children shall 
 respectively reside, and the number of Children residing with 
 each. 
 
 XL1X. And be it enacted, that all sums which shall be raised 
 ei^o^T" within any School District for the erection or repair of the Corn- 
 Trustees as to mon School House therein, or for the necessary appendages therc- 
 tho School g j ia |i p a j c ] ^ an( j expended and accounted for by the 
 Dbtrlct m 1 011 Trustees for such School District, in such manner as shall be 
 appointed in any Bye-law of the Township, Town or City Coun¬ 
 cil ; and any School House to be erected as aforesaid, shall be 
 upon ground owned or to be acquired by the Township, Town or 
 City for that purpose ; and the erection and repair of all such 
 Common School Houses, shall be according to the plans and 
 
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 or in the absence of such plans or specifications, the expenditure 
 for (he said erection or repairs shall bo at the discretion of the 
 said Trustees. 
 
 L. And be it enucted, that in case any School District shall be ?!™ vl8io " a * 
 formed out of two or more adjoining Townships, the Trustees £cUeitomT 
 thereof shall make their reports to the Superintendent of each of ing into more 
 the said Townships; and shall set forth in the said reports the ^ h one 
 several particulars required by law, as the same may relate to ° Wn * P 
 the portions of the School District in each of the Townships 
 respectively, in such form as shall be supplied by the Chief 
 Superintendent of Common Schools. 
 
 LI. And be it enacted, that in case of such formation of a Further pro- 
 School District out of two or more adjoining Townships, the vi8iolls * 
 amount to be raised for the purpose of the erection and repairs of 
 the Oommon School House, shall be settled by Bye-law of the 
 several Townships respectively ; and in case the Township Coun¬ 
 cils of such Township shall not agree as to the amount so to be 
 raised, the acquirement or position of the ground on which the 
 School House is to be placed, or as to the plan or specifications 
 for the erection or repairs of such School House, the Court of 
 Wardens for the County shall and may, upon the representation 
 of one or more of the Township Councils, pass a Bye-law con¬ 
 cerning the matter in dispute, which shall have the same effect 
 within the several Townships concerned as if the same were 
 passed or enacted by the Township Councils respectively. 
 
 LII. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for Tho Coim- 
 the Council of any Town or City in Upper Canada aforesaid, by cil of any City 
 any Bye-law or Bye-laws to be passed in that behalf, to establish estaVush S 
 within the Town or City one or more Schools in which children Schools, 
 shall he taught gratuitously, or in which a rate of payment for 
 tuition shall be required, or one or more Schools partly free and 
 partly requiring payment for tuition, according to any such Bye¬ 
 law or Bye-laws. 
 
 LIII- And be it enacted, that if in any Town or City a sum Such Proa 
 shall be raised and levied upon the whole rateable property there- Sch<x>ls to ba 
 in, or on the rateable property of any portions or parts thereof, to Common* ** 
 an equal amount with the School money which under this Act Schools on 
 would be apportioned to such Town or City, according to the C01K,1 ~ 
 
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 population thereof, in aid of the payment of the salary or wages 
 of the Master or Masters of any School or Schools ; and if the 
 Town or City Superintendent shall, within the time herein¬ 
 before appointed for making the report of the Township, Town 
 or City Superintendent, make a report of the whole number of 
 such Town or City Schools established under any such Bye-law 
 within his Town or City, the number of children who shall have 
 been taught in such School, the amount of money which shall 
 have been received during the year previous to the making up 
 such report, either from the public money appropriated as afore¬ 
 said for such Town or City, or from the rates levied or assessed 
 thereon, as well as from any fees or rates of payment for tuition in 
 any such School or Schools, and shall give such other information 
 in such report as shall from time to time he required by the 
 Chief Superintendent of Common Schools , the free and other 
 Schools so established in such Town or City shall be held and 
 considered as Common Schools within the meaning of this Act, 
 and the public money which would be paid and distributed for 
 the purposes of Common Schools within such Town or City, 
 shall he paid and distributed in aid of the Town or City Schools 
 so established. 
 
 Children not LIV. And he it enacted, that in the Common Schools or 
 to be required Town or City Schools, established under this Act, no child shall 
 !°ious SC Bwks be required to read or study in or from any Religious Book, or to 
 objected to by join in any exercise of Devotion or Religion, which shall he 
 k: “ °"™ f “ objected to by his or her parents or guardians. 
 
 their Parents. 
 
 Separate LV. And be it enacted, that in all cases, wherein the teacher 
 Schools may be of any such School shall happen to he a Roman Catholic, the 
 thcPrut^taiits Protestant Inhabitants shall he entitled to have a School with a 
 and Roman ' Teacher of their own religious persuasion, upon the application 
 Catholics in 0 f ( en or more resident Freeholders or Householders of any 
 my locality. g c j 100 j District, or within the limits assigned to any Town or 
 City School ; and in like manner, when the Teacher of any such 
 School shall happen to be a Protestant, the Roman Catholic In¬ 
 habitants, shall have a separate School, with a Teacher of their 
 own religious persuasion, upon a like application. 
 
 Conditions LVI. And he it enacted, that such applications shall be made 
 and mode of | n writing, signed with the names of each resident Freeholder 
 such ^separate or Householder, and addressed and delivered to the Township, 
 Schools. Town, or City Superintendent ; and such application shall con- 
 
 
tain tho names of three Trustees, who shall be the Trustees of 
 such separate Schools ; and upon the compliance of such Trus¬ 
 tees, and of the Township, Town, or City Superintendent, with 
 the requirements of this Act, such School shall be entitled to 
 receive its share of the public appropriation, according to the 
 number of children of the religious persuasion who shall attend 
 such separate School, which share shall he settled and adjudged 
 by the Township, Town, or City Superintendent, subject to an 
 appeal to the County Superintendent; and all such separate 
 Schools shall be subject to the visitations, conditions, rules and 
 obligations, provided in this Act with reference to other Com¬ 
 mon Schools, or to other Town or City Schools established under 
 this Act. 
 
 LVII. And he it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for Model fcVhrofc 
 the Court of Wardens of any County in Upper Canada afore- ^ 
 
 said, if they deem it proper so to do, to raise and levy by county Counts*, 
 rale, a sum not exceeding in any year two hundred pounds, and 
 to appropriate and expend the same for (he maintenance of one or 
 more County Model Schools within such County, and to consti¬ 
 tute by a Bye-Law or Bye-laws to that effect any Township, 
 
 Town or City School or Schools within the County, to be, for 
 any term not less than one year, such County Model School or 
 Schools; provided always that by such Bye-law there shall be Proviso, 
 appropriated from the County Rates for the payment of Teachers 
 and the purchase of hooks and apparatus for each school during 
 every year for which the same shall continue to be a County Mo¬ 
 del School, a sum not less than forty pounds. 
 
 LVIII. And he it enacted, that whenever it shall appear to ^ Allowances 
 the satisfaction of the Governor of this Province, that any such S uc-K : *rvi 
 Court of Wardens has thus appropriated and expended in any Schools <>n err- 
 year for the payment of a Teacher or Teachers, and the pur- (am conditions 
 chase of books and apparatus for such County Model School or 
 Schools, a sum not less than forty pounds, it shall and may he 
 lawful for the said Governor to issue his warrant to the Receiver 
 General of this Province, directing him to pay to the County Su¬ 
 perintendent of such County, as a further aid towards the support 
 of such school or schools during such year, a sum equal to one 
 half of the amount so raised and expended ; provided always, 
 that there he not thus granted in any year, for the support of such 
 schools in any one County, a larger sum than fifty pounds, and 
 also that the whole amount thus to be granted in any year for the 
 
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 support of County Model Schools in Upper Canada, do not ex¬ 
 ceed five hundred pounds. 
 
 b e SU< idoutof klX. And be it enacted, that the Chief Superintendent of 
 th e : ^common Common Schools, before making the yearly distribution of the 
 School Fund. Common School Fund, as hereinbefore provided, shall deduct 
 from the same the aggregate of all amounts thus advanced for the 
 support of County Model Schools during the preceding year. 
 
 How such LX. And be it enacted, that all moneys to be thus granted 
 sums shall he f rom t j ie Common School Fund in aid of County Model Schools, 
 
 expemt shall be expended by the County Superintendent receiving the 
 
 same, or by his successor in office, in the payment of Teachers 
 and the purchase of books and apparatus for such schools exclusi¬ 
 vely, apd within the year for which the same shall have been 
 granted ; and any such moneys not thus expended, shall be re¬ 
 coverable, with interest and costs, from any County Superinten¬ 
 dent into whose hands the same may have passed, or from his 
 sureties or representatives, by a suit at law to be instituted at any 
 time during the year next after that within which the same 
 should have been so expended, by the Chief Superintendent of 
 Common Schools ; and it shall be the duty of the said Superin¬ 
 tendent forthwith to institute such suits in his name of office, at 
 all times when occasion may arise ; and any sums so recovered 
 from any County Superintendent, shall be carried bv the said 
 Chief Superintendent of Common Schools to the account of the 
 Common School Fund, before proceeding to make his distribu¬ 
 tion of the same for the year ensuing. 
 
 How Teach- LXI. And be it enacted, that it shall not be competent for the 
 er« shall be Trustees of any Township, Town or City School, constituted as 
 ModelSchoo a f° resa ^ a County Model School, to appoint any person to be a 
 Teacher in the same, unless with the special approval in writing, 
 by the County Superintendent, of their selection of such person 
 as a Teacher, and also of the terms of their engagement with 
 j ^ him ; nor yet to make any regulations for the internal administra¬ 
 tor ^odel™ 3 t * on such school, unless in like manner approved in writing by 
 fcchooU the said County Superintendent : And the said County Superin¬ 
 tendent shall have power at any time to suspend or dismiss any 
 such Teacher if he shall consider it necessary to do so, and to 
 appoint any person to be a Teacher to fill any vacancy which the 
 Trustees may refuse or neglect to fill up within thirty days after 
 he shall have notified them of the same ; and also to make and 
 
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 enforce any regulations he may see fit to make for the interna] ad¬ 
 ministration of such schools. 
 
 LXIL And be it enacted, that whenever a Normal School Teachers to 
 shall have been established and shall be in operation in Upper ! ,c examined 
 Canada, no person shall be appointed to be a principal Teacher ^of Norma?™ 
 in any County Model School, who shall not have produced to Schools when 
 the County Superintendent a certificate of qualification signed by established, 
 .some one or more of the Professors or Principal Teachers of such 
 Normal School. 
 
 LXHI. And be it enacted, that at every such County Model Teachers to 
 School gratuitous instruction shall be afforded to all Teachers of mtuSouiSy in 
 Common Schools within the County wherein such Model School ModelSchooU. 
 may he established, during such periods and under such regula¬ 
 tions as the County Superintendent may from time to time direct. 
 
 LXIY r . And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lav\ ful for City, Town 
 any Township, Town or City Superintendent, subject to the ap- or Township 
 probation of the Township, Town or City Council, to establish may^be^ub! 
 within any Township, Town or City, not having a County Mo- lished. 
 del School established therein, a Township, Town or City Model 
 School; and to appropriate for its support out of the School Fund 
 of such Township, Town or City, a sum in each year not exceed¬ 
 ing twenty five pounds over and above the sum to which such 
 school would otherwise be entitled as a Township, Town or Ci¬ 
 ty School under this Act : Provided always that any sum to be 
 so appropriated shall be expended in the payment of a Teacher or 
 Teachers exclusively. 
 
 LXV. And be it enacted, that whenever a Normal School Teachers to 
 shall have been established, and shall be in operation in Upper £ e 
 Canada, no person shall be appointed to be a Principal Teacher of Normal” 
 in any Township, Town or City Model School, who shall not Schools when 
 have produced to the Township, Town or City Superintendent a estal, hshed. 
 certificate of qualification signed by some one or more of the 
 Professors or Principal Teachers of such Normal School. 
 
 LXVI. And be it enacted, that at every such Township,. Gratuitous 
 Town or City Model School gratuitous instruction shall be j^^enlnthe 
 afforded to all Teachers of Common Schools within the Town- Model Schools 
 ship, Town or City wherein such Model School maybe esta- 10 Teachers, 
 blished, during such periods and under such regulations as the 
 
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 Township, Town or City Superintendent may from time to time 
 direct. 
 
 Chief Super¬ 
 intendent to re¬ 
 port annually 
 to the Gover¬ 
 nor, on the 
 Normal and 
 ModclSchools. 
 
 LXVJI. And be it enacted, that the Chief Superintendent of 
 Common Schools shall submit annually to the Governor of this 
 Province, on or before the first day of August in each year, a 
 report of the actual state of the Normal, Model and Common 
 Schools throughout Upper Canada, shewing the amount of Mo¬ 
 neys expended on such Schools, and from what sources the same 
 have been derived, with plans for their improvement, and such 
 other statements and suggestions relating to education generally 
 as the said Chief Superintendent may deem useful and expedient, 
 in order that the same may he laid before the Legislature at the 
 meeting thereof then next following. 
 
 Certain pro¬ 
 visions of this 
 Act not to af¬ 
 fect the appor¬ 
 tionments of 
 public moneys 
 for 1844. 
 
 If no Act be 
 passed in this 
 {Session for 
 constituting 
 Courts of 
 Wardens or 
 Councils, the 
 powers, &c. 
 granted by this 
 Act to be vest¬ 
 ed in existing 
 Municipal Ins¬ 
 titutions. 
 
 LXV1II. And be it enacted, that no provision in the foregoing 
 enactments, rendering the apportionment of moneys out of the 
 Common School Fund, in any year, conditional upon the making 
 of any Report or the performance of any duty for or during the 
 preceding year, shall apply to or affect the apportionment of any 
 such moneys to be made for the year one thousand eight hundred 
 and forty-four ; any thing in the said enactments to the contrary 
 notwithstanding : Provided always, that if no Act be passed 
 during the present Session for constituting Courts of Wardens in 
 the several Counties of Upper Canada or Township, Town or 
 City Councils in the several Townships, Towns or Cities therein, 
 then and until an Act be passed for the said purpose, all the 
 powers which bv the preceding sections of this Act would be 
 vested in the Court of Wardens for any County or in the Town¬ 
 ship Council for any Township, shall be and are hereby vested in 
 the District Council for the Municipal District in which such 
 County or Township may be, and such Municipal District shall 
 be substituted for such County or Township for the purposes of 
 this Act, and all the powers which would be vested in the Town 
 or City Council of any Town or City shall be and are hereby 
 vested in the Common Council or Board of Police of such City 
 or Town, or other corporate body exercising municipal authority 
 in and for the same, and the officers and persons to be appointed 
 oy such District Councils, Common Council, Board of Police 
 or Corporate body under the powers aforesaid, for the purposes 
 of this Act, shall respectively have the same powers, duties and 
 liabilities as if they had been appointed for like purposes in the 
 manner provided in and by the foregoing sections of this Act. 
 
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LXIX. And be it enacted, that tho word “ Governor ” interpreta- 
 wherever it occurs in this Act, shall inckule the Governor, or any tion clause, 
 person Administering the Government of this Province ; and the 
 % word u Teacher ” shall include a Female as well as a Male 
 Teacher, except when applied to the Teacher of a Normal School 
 or of a Model School, in which case it shall apply to a Male 
 Teacher only. 
 
 LXX. And be it enacted, that the foregoing enactments of this Commenco- 
 Act shall have force and etfect upon, from and alter the first day mcnt of this 
 ; of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty four, and not Act * 
 before. 
 
 LXXI. And be it enacted, that the Act passed in the Session Tho Act 4 
 held in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty’s Reign, and &5, V. e. 18, 
 intituled, “ An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and re P ? alo < 1 {iS far 
 to make further provision for the establishment and maintenance Up|LrCo^Lla! 
 of Common Schools throughout this Province, ” shall upon, 
 from and after the day last aforesaid, be repealed, in so far as 
 relates to that part of this Province called Upper Canada, in and 
 with regard to which it shall u\ m, from and after the said day Excotin r 
 have no force or effect, excepting always the first, second and certainciau^^ 
 third sections of the said Act, and so much of the twenty first sec- 
 k tion as provides for the due accounting for the application of the 
 ; moneys appropriated by the second and third sections of the said 
 Act. 
 
 KINGSTON: 
 
 Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, 
 PRINTER TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.