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52. Any person who shall willfully disturb, interrupt or dis-
quiet any district school in session, or any persons assembled
with the permission of the district commissioner in any district
school house for the purpose of giving or receiving instruction
in any branch of education or learning, shall forfeit twenty dol-
lars for the benefit of the school district.

. 53. If any person convicted of the said offence do not imme-
diately pay the penalty, with costs, the party so convicted shall
be committed to the jail of the county, there to be imprisoned
until the penalty and cost be paid, but not exceeding thirty
days.

54. The school year shall be divided into four terms, which
shall be designated the fall, winter, spring and summer terms;
the fall term shall commence on the first day of September, and
close on the fifteenth day of November; the winter term shall
commence on the sixteenth day of November, and close on the
thirty-first day of January; the spring term shall commence on
the first day of February, and close on the fifteenth day of
April; the summer term shall commence on the sixteenth day
of April, and close on the thirtieth day of June; the months of
July and August shall be vacation, and the following days shall
be holidays, viz: thanksgiving day; from Christmas eve to the
first day of January, inclusive; Washington's birthday; from
the Friday before Easter to the Monday after Easter, inclusive;
and Monday of Whitsunday; these divisions of the year shall
be strictly adhered to throughout the State, and in case it may
be necessary to open a 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 school commissioners held at the close of the
term.

TEACHERS.

55. No person shall be employed as a teacher under this law
unless holding the certificate of qualification issued by an au-
thorized examiner, or the diploma of a graduate of the State
Normal School.