No. 122

Amended by No. 132.

[13^th March, 1869.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

A.D. 1869

1. To describe School Districts, to define the boundaries thereof, and from time to time repeal, alter, or amend the same;
2. To hear and determine all applications for grants of public money for the assistance of Common Schools, and to apportion, as may be deemed most useful, the sum or sums of money granted by the Legislature for that purpose; provided, always, that the assistance granted to any School Teacher shall not exceed five hundred dollars per annum:
3. To appoint Teachers to Common Schools, and upon good cause shewn, to remove the same, or appoint others in their stead:
4. To provide for the examination of Common School Teachers, as well as regards efficiency as character:
5. To provide that the text books used in Common Schools be of a proper and non-sectarian character:
6. To provide for the visitation and inspection of Common Schools when deemed necessary, and for hearing and determining all complaints relating to the management, arrangement, and maintenance of Common Schools, and for the public grants made under this Ordinance being properly applied; provided, always, that the expenses of any such visitation and inspection shall not be borne by the School funds;
7. To make Regulations for due Returns being made of the Receipts and Expenditures of Common Schools, and generally for all such information as may be deemed necessary:
8. To take charge of all Lands and Buildings set apart for general School purposes, and applicable therefor, however acquired, whether by original reservation by the Government or otherwise, and administer the same for the purposes of this Ordinance:
9. To make Rules and Regulations for the management and government of Common Schools:
10. To provide for the establishment and election of Local Boards, as hereinafter provided.

1. A petition shall be addressed to the Governor, signed by at least two-thirds of the resident householders of the District, praying to have the same converted into a School District:
2. The said petition shall set forth the number of children between the ages of 5 and 18 years who will be able to attend the proposed School; and also the number of children below the age of 5 years; and also the number and names of the residents in the District above the age of 21 years, and the amount to be contributed by them towards the support of a School Teacher and School-house.

1. To appoint one of themselves, or some other person to be Secretary and Treasurer, for the correct recording of all proceedings, and the safe keeping of all papers and moneys:
2. To have the safe custody of all School property within the District:
3. To do whatever they may judge expedient with regard to the maintenance, repair, and furnishing of School premises, and to have the general management of Schools, subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Governor in Council:
4. To call a Special Meeting (of which a member of the Local Board shall be Chairman) of the [freeholders and resident householders} of the District, as early as may be in each year, (and of which Meeting seven days' notice shall be given in as public manner as possible), to determine whether to apply for a grant in aid of Educational purposes as hereinafter provided, and to decide in what manner the balance (if any) of moneys required for the purpose aforesaid, and for which the said grants may not prove sufficient for the current year shall be raised, whether by voluntary subscription, tuition fees, or general rate as hereinafter mentioned, and to fix the amount of such tuition fee; provided, always, that such tuition fee shall not exceed two dollars per month for each Scholar:
5. In their discretion, to exempt from the payment of tuition fees, wholly or in part, any indigent person:
6. To demand, receive, and account for all moneys to be collected by rate bill from the parents, or by subscription, or otherwise, from the inhabitants of the District, and to use all lawful ways and means for the collection thereof; and to pay to the School Teacher the sum guaranteed to him by the Local Board:
7. To permit all residents in the School Districts, between the ages of five and eighteen years, to attend the School, so long as they conduct themselves in conformity with the Rules of such School, and the fees or rates (if any) required to be paid on their behalf are fully discharged:
8. To transmit, before the 31^st December in each year, a Report of the condition of the Schools within the District, together with a statement of all receipts and expenditure for School purposes, to the Governor in Council:
9. To make application to the Governor in Council for a grant of the public money, if required, to aid the establishment or maintenance of a Common School, stating in such application the number of children between the ages of five and eighteen years resident in the District; the number of pupils likely to attend School, and how many thereof will be able to pay School Fees if required; the mode or manner adopted for the support of the School and School Teacher; the amount likely to be collected; the guarantees for its collection; the amount to be paid to the School Teacher; the sum reserved for furnishing and keeping in order and repair the School premises; and generally all such information as may be required by the Governor in Council:
10. To demand, receive, and account for all moneys collected or payable under any By-Law as aforesaid from the residents of the District, or received from the parents or guardians of children.