Education Acts Compilation.

" Parent" includes guardian, and the householder in whose family a child resides : " Prescribed " means prescribed by this Act, or by regulations under this Act: 5 " Property " means real and personal property of every description : " Public conveyance " includes any coach or ferry, or other means of public conveyance by which a child may obtain free transit for the purpose of attending school : 10 " Public notice " or " publicly notified " means that a notice shall be published in some newspaper circulating in the district : " Public school " means any school established or constituted under the provisions of this Act subject to the control 15 and management of the Board : " Regulations " mean regulations made under this Act: " Resident householder " means a householder resident in the district : " School district" means a district under the jurisdiction of 20 a School Committee : " Schoolhouse " includes the schoolmaster's residence and land attached thereto, outbuildings, and apparatus and appliances for instruction in gymnastics and physical training : 25 " Teacher" means any schoolmaster or schoolmistress, or assistent schoolmaster or schoolmistress, or other person engaged in teaching in any public school, except pupilteachers. 3. The provisions of this Act are divided into Parts relating 30 to the following subject-matters :— Part I. —Department of Education. Part ll.—Education Boards. Part lll.—School Districts : School Committees and their Duties. 35 Part IV.—Public Schools and Management thereof. Part V.—Manual and Technical Instruction. Part VI. —Public - school Teachers' Incorporation and Court of Appeal. PART I. 40 Department of Education. 4. The Governor may from time to time appoint any Minister of the Crown to be Minister of Education. The Minister shall have the control and direction of the Department of Education, as constituted under Part I. of this Act, and the 45 officers of that Department, and, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, shall generally administer this Act. 5. The Governor may from time to time appoint and remove a Secretary to the Department of Education, and such Inspector of Schools, clerks, and other officers as may be deemed necessary.

1901, No. 54, sec.

Ibid, sec. 2

1891, No. 36, sec. 2

Division of Aot. 1877, No. 21, sec. 5

Minister of Education. Ibid, sec. 6

Secretary, Inspector, and officers of Department. Ibid, aec. 7

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