ART. 77.] DISTURBING SCHOOLS—TERMS. 1177

1872, ch. 377.

45. 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.

Ibid.

46. Any person who shall disturb any public school in session
shall, upon conviction thereof before a justice of the peace, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall forfeit and pay twenty
dollars, to be collected as other fines, to be paid to the board of
district school trustees for the ben'efit of the school-house district;
or, said offender shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or
both, in the discretion of the justice of the peace.

Ibid.

47. 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 commissioners;
provided, that the financial reports of 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 holidays and vacations
set forth and established in the following clause. The month
of August shall be vacation throughout the whole State, and the
following days shall be holidays, viz.: Thanksgiving day; from
Christmas Eve to the first day in January, inclusive; Washington's
birthday; from the Friday before Easter to the Monday after
Easter, inclusive; the Monday of Whitsuntide, and the fourth day
of July; and the remaining month of vacation shall be fixed and
designated by the board of county school commissioners, to sub-
serve the convenience and advantage of their respective counties.
In case it may be 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 commis-
sioners held at the close of the term.