said schools may be closed by the Board of County
School Commissioners; provided, that the Board of
District School Trustees may keep the school open
in part at the expense of the district, and shall receive
their proportion of the school fund for said school
rating a full school at twenty scholars.
SEP. 6. Public examinations shall be held in each
school twice a year, of which due notice shall be
given, that parents and others interested in education
may attend.
She. 7. Schools shall be kept open each week day
except Saturday, for six hours, and the hours for
teaching shall be regulated by the several Boards of
County School Commissioners.
SEC. 8. Any person who shall disturb any public
school in session, shall, upon conviction thereof be-
fore a Justice of the Peace, be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall forfeit and pay twenty dol-
lars, to be) be collected as other fines, to be paid to the
Board of District School Trustees for the benefit of
the school-house district; or said offender shall be
imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both, in
tire discretion of the Justice of the Peace.
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 regu-
lated by the Board of County School Commissioners;
provided, that the financial reports of the schools of
tire State shall be made up and rendered to the
thirtieth day of September, inclusive, of each and
every year; and, provided further, that there shall be
no change in or encroachment upon the holidays
and vacations set forth and established in the follow-
ing paragraph. The month of August shall be vaca-
tion throughout the whole State, and the following
days shall be holidays, viz: Thanksgiving day, from
Christmas Eve to the first day of January inclusive,
Washington's birthday, the fourth day of July, from
the Friday before Easter to the Monday after Easter
inclusive, and the Monday of Whitsuntide; and the
remaining mouth of vacation shall be fixed and de-
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May close
schools.
Examinati'ns
Hours tor
teaching.
Penalty for
disturbing.
Terms.
Proviso.
Holidays.
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