THE SCHOOL COMMITTEES ELECTION ACT.
fßs Telborafh.) OHBIBTOKUBOH, June 10. Tho Board of Education to-day adopted the report on the School Committees Election Act. It [suggests that " houaoholdors " should mean and include every adult male or female person who (being owner, lessee, or tenant) resides m any dwelling-house within the school district, and " parent " as guardian or other person resident m tho district who has actual custody of any child attending any State school situated within such district. The abolition of the cumulative vote is stated to be an almost unmixed bsnofib. Tho report sagjjests that tho olection of school committees should bo conducted on aeimilar plan to the election of road boards. Schoolmasters should not attest voting papers. A defect m the Act ia tho want of moans of certifying that a candidato or the porenn nominating ' him is a householder of tho district. It is suggested that tho committee should consist of not less than five or moro than nine members, a majority to retire alternately at tho end of oach yea<\ .
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Timaru Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5165, 11 June 1891, Page 3
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174THE SCHOOL COMMITTEES ELECTION ACT. Timaru Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5165, 11 June 1891, Page 3
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