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twenty dollars to be collected as other fines, to he paid to the Board of District School Commission- ers, for the benefit of the school house district, or said offender shall be imprisoned until the penalty and costs be paid, not exceeding, however, thirty days.	Penalty.
Sec. 9. The school year shall be divided into four terms, which shall be designated the fall term, winter term, spring term and summer term, and the time of beginning and closing each term shall be regulated by the Board of County School Com- missioners;provided, that the financial reports to the schools of the State shall be made up and rendered to the thirtieth day of September, inclu- sive of each and every year, and provided further, that there shall be no change in, or encroachment upon, the holydays and vacation set forth and established in the following paragraph.	Terms.
Sec. 9. The month of August shall be vacation throughout the whole State, and the following days shall be holydays, viz : Thanksgiving day, from Christmas Eve to the first day of January inclusive, Washington's Birth day, the fourth day of July, from the Friday before Easter to the Mon- day after Easter inclusive, and the Monday of Whitsuntide, and the remaining month of the vacation shall be fixed and designated by the Board of County School Commissioners, to sub- serve the convenience and advantage of their re- spective counties. In case it may he necessary to open school for a fraction of a term, it shall close at the end of the term, and all accounts shall be settled at the meeting of the Board of County School Commissioners, held at the close of the term. CHAPTER 8. — Teachers.	Holidays.
Section I. No person shall be employed as a Teacher under this law, unless such person shall hold a certificate of qualification, issued by the examiner of the county in which he or she pro- poses to teach, or from the Principal of the State Normal School, a diploma as graduate of said Normal School, or certificate from the Board of State School Commissioners, as hereinbefore pro- vided. 35	Qualification of teachers.