ANSWERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1419, 1 February 1879, Page 25

ANSWERS.

QUERIST writes:—" Will you kindly inform jne what relation the leachor stauds in with hid committee f What power has a coin-

mifctee over him P If a man who has neither stake, interest, or children in a district has any right to be on a school committe, to the exclu-ion of parents of children attending school P " Answer :— Subject to the general supervision and control of the Board, and to inspection by an inspector, the committee has the management of educational matters ■within the school district. The powerof the school committee consists in their right to make reccommendations to the Board, which should of course have weight with the Board. Any householder may be elected aa a member of a school committee. If he is so elected, he will have the usual powers attaching to his office. GRASS WIDOW writes :— "Will yon kindly inform me through your paper, by what means I may obtain a copy of the ' Colonial Marriage Act,' also the ' Destitute Persons Act ? ' Also, if there is any legal process by which a man may change his name p " Answer :— Both of these Statutes may be procured through any bookseller from Mr George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington. Any mau may change his name. There is nothing in law to prevent him from doing so. The new name will have the same effect in law as the old one. A. M.— H. S., Kyeburn Diggings, sends the following answer :— " I think A. M. refers to 1 Mason's Charts.' The instrument consists of a frame which will fit upon any piano or organ, with four movable charts attached to this frame. It is said to enable any one to play almost at sight. They are Bold by the Turner Manufacturing Company, 26, Centralstreet, Boston, Mass., U. S., who are the sole agents." J. R. asks :— " If any person owning a piece of laud, keeps a shepherd for hia own stock, and has not his land fenced in, can that owner pound cattle for trespassing upon his property and claim damages ? " Answer : — No person can impound cattle trespassing on his land unless it is fenced with a substantial fence. He may sue for damages for trespass in the ordinary way, but of course he would have to prove the damage.