90 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [Art. —.

1866, c. 53, enacts ss. arranged as 145 to 151, both inclu-
sive, and repeals so much of 1865, c. 178, as is inconsistent
therewith. Sup. 1861, '67, p. 230.

1864, c. 128, enacts s. arranged as 152.

Sup. 1861, '67, p. 232.

1866, c. 139, enacts s. arranged as 153.

Sup. 1861, '67, p. 233.

1865, c. 160, further provides that from and after January 1,
1867, all the sections of the several articles of the public local
laws relating to the levying of taxes upon the taxable property
of the several counties and cities of the state, for school pur-
poses, are hereby repealed, and that all the sections of the sev-
eral articles of the public general and local laws relating to
schools, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and all
acts of assembly passed since the adoption of the code relating
to schools, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are
hereby repealed.

The act of 1865, c. 160, in force from March 24, 1865, pro-
vided, nevertheless, that the schools now in operation may be
continued, under existing laws, until the 30th of June, 1865;
and the present school authorities shall exercise all the powers
vested in them, until Monday, 10th of July, 1865. See const.
1867, article VIII, " Education; " by which it is provided, that
the system of public schools, as now constituted, shall remain
in force until the end of the first session of the general as-
sembly, after the adoption of the constitution, and shall then
expire, except so far as adopted or continued by the general
assembly.

See. Article ——, " Public Education. "

ARTICLE ————.

Public Education.

1868, c. 407, entitled an act to add a new article to the code
of public general laws, to be entitled "Public Education, " pro-
viding a general system of free public schools for the state of