Education Acts Compilation.

Boards may appoint officers'" 7 and ° ther 1877, No. 21, sec. 30

Duties of secretary. ibid, sec. 31 First and other meetings of Boards, Ibid sec 32 Quorum of Boards. ibid, sec. 33 Chairman to be elected. Election of 22 1877, No. 21, sec. 33

First and other meetings of Boards, Ibid, sec. 32

Quorum of Boards. Ibid, sec. 33

Chairman to be elected. Election of Chairman. 1900, No. 16, sec. 22

1877, No. 21, sec. 33

Secretary and Officers of Boards. 42. Every Board may from time to time appoint and remove a Secretary and Inspectors and such other officers as may be thought necessary, who shall receive such salary as the Board shall deem proper. 5 Any person wdio at the time of the coming into operation of this Act holds office under an Education Board in any then existing education district shall, subject to removal as aforesaid and to any express provision of this Act, continue to hold such office. 10 43. (1.) The Secretary to each Board shall attend all meetings of suc h Board, take minutes of its proceedings, and enter such minutes in a book to be provided for that purpose, and conduct the correspondence of the Board, and take charge of and preserve all letters papers, and documents relating to the business of the Board, and 15 perform all such duties as may be required by the Board for carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2.) He shall also prepare under direction of the Board all reports, returns, and information relating to school matters which may be asked for by the Minister. 20 Meetings of Boards. 44. The first meeting of each Board elected under the provisions of this Act shall be held at such time and place as the Minister shall appoint, and all subsequent meetings shall be held at such times and places as the Board may by any regulation in that 25 behalf determine. But at least one meeting shall be held in every month after such first meeting, and a quorum of the Board, having duly met, may from time to time adjourn, to meet at such other time and place as they shall appoint. 30 45. (1.) The powers given to Boards by this Act shall be exercised at meetings convened as aforesaid, at which meetings three members shall be a quorum. (2.) Every Board shall at its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, elect one of its number to be Chairman. 35 (3.) At every meeting of an Education Board at which the Chairman is to be elected, the Secretary of the Board shall preside for the purposes of such election, but shall not vote, and, in the event of an equality of voting, he shall determine the election by lot. (4.) On every question before the Board the decision of the 40 majority shall be final and conclusive. (5.) The Chairman shall have a deliberative vote, and, in case the votes shall be equal, shall also have a casting-vote. (6.) No resolution or decision come to at any meeting of a Board shall be revoked or altered at any subsequent meeting of such Board 45 within twelve months from the passing thereof, unless notice of the intention to propose such revocation or alteration shall have been given at a previous meeting of the Board, and shall have been made known by the circular convening the meeting addressed to each member of the Board at his usual or last known place of abode. 50

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