Education Acts Compilation.

PART 111. School Districts : School Committees and their Duties. School Districts. 98. For every school district constituted under this Act there 5 shall be a School Committee consisting of not less than five nor more than nine householders resident within the school district, to be elected as hereinafter provided. 99. No bankrupt who has not obtained his final order of discharge, no person attainted of treason or convicted of perjury or any 10 infamous crime, or any crime punishable by death or imprisonment with hard labour for any term of three years or upwards, no person of unsound mind, and no person not qualified as herein required, shall be capable of being or continuing a member of any Committee. 100. Upon the memorial of not less than ten householders of 15 any locality praying for the erection of such locality into a separate school district, or upon the report of an Inspector, or otherwise at its own discretion for any reason that may seem to it sufficient, the Board of the district may call by advertisement a public meeting of the householders in such locality for the purpose of electing a Com--20 mittee. 101. It shall be the duty of such meeting to appoint a Chairman and elect a Committee in manner hereinafter provided, and the meeting shall likewise consider the boundaries of the proposed school district and report the same to the Board, which may at its discre--25 tion fix the boundaries of the school district, whether those recommended by the meeting or otherwise, and cause the same to be publicly notified. 102. (1.) All school districts constituted under the provisions of " The Education Act, 1877," or any Act or Ordinance thereby re--30 pealed, shall be school districts for the purpose of this Act until altered as herein provided, and the persons in office at the time of the coming into operation of this Act as the Committee of every such district shall be deemed to have been elected under this Act, and shall continue in office till their successors are elected. 35 Election of School Committees. 103. Every householder of a school district is qualified to vote at any election of members of the School Committee for such district : Provided that in the case of husband and wife any qualification 40 possessed by either of them shall be deemed to be possessed by each of them. 104. (1.) Every resident householder in a school district, and no other person, is qualified to be elected a member of the School Committee for such district, excepting as follows : — 45 (2.) No householder who is a paid servant of the Education Department or of any Education Board or School Committee shall be eligible to be elected as a member of any School Committee. 105. On or before the first Monday in April in each year the Board shall publicly notify that a meeting of householders in each 50 school district will be held on the fourth Monday in that month for 4

School Committees. 1877, No. 21, sec. 58

Disqualification for membership of Committee. Ibid, sec. 59

Provision for constitution of new school districts. Ibid, sec. 60

Meeting of householders. Ibid, sec. 61

School districts in existence to continue as such. Ibid, sec. 62

Qualification of electors. 1891, No. 36, sec. 3 1903, No. 72, sec. 2

Qualification of members. 1891, No. 36, sec. 4 Disqualification.

Annual election of School Committees, Ibid, seo. 5

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