ART. _.] PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 209

months of July and August shall be vacation, and
the following days shall be holidays, viz: Thanks-
giving day; from Christmas-eve to the first day of
January, inclusive; Washington's birth day; from
the Friday before Easter to the Monday after Easter,
inclusive; and Monday, of Whitsunday; these di-
visions of the year shall be strictly adhered to
throughout the state, and in case it may be neces-
sary 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 quali- fication issued by an authorized examiner, or the diploma of a graduate of the state normal school.	Ibid c. V. d. 1. Who to be employed as teachers.
56. Teachers shall be appointed by the district commissioner, and may be removed at any time said commissioner may think proper.	Ibid s 2 How appointed and removed.
57. Teachers shall keep, prepare and enter into registers prepared for that purpose, an acurate ac- count of the attendance of pupils, text books used, and branches taught, and such other statistics as may be required, and make due return thereof to the district commissioner at the end of each term ;	Ibid s. 3 Duties of teachers.
and no teacher shall be entitled to receive payment for services until the register, properly filled up and completed, be so returned.	Payment for services.
58. It shall be the duty of all teachers, in schools of every grade, to impress upon the minds of youth committed to their instruction, the principles of piety and justice, loyalty and sacred regard for truth, love of their country, humanity and benevolence, sobriety, industry and chastity, and those virtues which are the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded ; and it shall be the duties of such instruc-	Ibid. s. 4 Principles of piety and jus- tice, &c.