Appointment of officers. Duties of the To make regulations, Prescribe studies. Define standards. Provide for examinations. Prepare forms for reports. Decide upon appeals. Make provisions to meet exigencies. Annual report. 5. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, from time to time, determine what officers or persons it is necessary to employ for any of the purposes mentioned in this Ordinance, assign their names of office, prescribe their duties and salaries and make the necessary appointments. 6. It shall be the duty of the Council of Public Instruction: (a) To make regulations for the government and discipline of schools and institutes, and for the training and certification of teachers; (b) To prescribe programmes of study and text books; (c) To define by "Standards" the studies to be pursued in all schools, such standards to be numbered from I upwards, standards above standard V to be further denominated "High School Standards;" (d) To provide for the examination of persons other than teachers who may desire to enter professions or who may wish certificates of having completed courses of study in any school; (e) To prepare suitable forms and give such instructions as may be necessary for making all reports and conducting all proceedings required by this Ordinance; (f) To determine all cases of appeal, disputes, and complaints, arising from decisions of trustees or inspectors and to make such orders thereon as may be required; (g) To make any provisions, not inconsistent with this Ordinance, that may be necessary to meet exigencies occurring under its operation. 7. The Council of Public Instruction shall report annually to the Lieutenant-Governor upon all the schools and institutes herein mentioned, with such statements and suggestions for promoting education generally as they may deem useful and expedient. of certificates. 8. The Council of Public Instruction shall have Cancellation power to suspend for cause the certificate of any teacher and also to cancel the same. of persons to meeting. 9. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may em- Appointment power any person to call any school meeting required call school to be held under this Ordinance when the persons, invested with the power to do so, neglect or refuse to act. person or of commis 10. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may ap- Appointment point a commissioner to examine into and report upon sioners. the condition of any one or more schools, and such commissioner shall have the power of a school inspector for such purpose. financial (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may at Inspect any time appoint a commissioner to inspect the condition of financial condition of any school district. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. schools. 11. Every school district created under this Ordin- Name of ance shall be entitled " School District district. No. of the North-West Territories." school (1) School districts shall be numbered consecutively Numbering of in the order of their proclamation. school 12. A school district shall comprise an area of not Area. more than twenty-five square miles nor more than five miles in breadth or length, exclusive of road allowances, and shall contain not less than four resident ratepayers Population. and twelve children between the ages of five and sixteen inclusive. school (1) Provided always that any person, not living Person outside within a school district, may apply to the trustees of district. any organized school district to have his or her pro Enlargement of area, Proviso. perty, not already included in any other district, assessed in any such school district to secure the advantages of education for his or her children, and, in such case, the trustees shall receive such application and place such property on the assessment roll of such district, and such property shall remain on such assessment roll until a new district is established including such property; (2) Provided that in special cases the LieutenantGovernor in Council may permit the boundaries of any school district to exceed five miles in breadth and length or either; (3) Provided further that such permission shall only be given in cases where all the resident ratepayers affected by such permission have agreed in writing to the same. Committee to erect school district. Form of petition. FORMATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 13. Any three ratepayers resident in any area fulfilling the requirements of section 12 of this Ordinance may be formed, or may form themselves, into a committee to procure its erection into a school district, and may petition the Council of Public Instruction for such erection. 14. The petition may be in form as in Form A in the schedule to this Ordinance, and shall set forth :. Information to (1) The proposed name, limits, location and approximate area of the proposed school district; be given. Population. Number of ratepayers. (2) The total population and the number of adults and children between the ages of five and sixteen inclusive, and the number of children below the age of five, resident within the proposed district; (3) The total number of ratepayers in the district, and the number of Protestant and Roman Catholic ratepayers respectively; and such petition shall be Description of accompanied by a sketch, plan, or map of the proposed district, showing its boundaries, principal legal sub district. divisions, physical features, and general location; and, except in the case of town school districts, the quarter sections or river lots, if the land is surveyed, on which the children of school age reside. 15. The petition must be accompanied by an affi- Affidavit. davit of a member of the committee, that the said members are bona fide resident ratepayers of the proposed school district, and that the statements made in the petition are correct. meeting. 16. On receiving the approval of the Council of Notice of Public Instruction to the limits of any proposed district, a notice calling a meeting of the ratepayers shall be posted up by the petitioners in at least five widely separated places within such limits, one of which shall be the post office therein, or nearest thereto, at least two weeks next preceding the date of said meeting. The notice may be in form as in Form B in the schedule to this Ordinance. (1) Satisfactory proof that at least five such no- Proof of noticetices have been posted up, as hereinbefore provided, shall be furnished to the Council of Public Instruction, by a declaration in form as in Form C in the schedule to this Ordinance. FIRST SCHOOL MEETING. holding 17. At one o'clock in the afternoon (standard time) Time of of the day appointed in the notice of the committee, meeting. calling the first school meeting, the resident ratepayers present shall organize the meeting by appointing a Organization chairman, who shall be a resident ratepayer, and a secretary. 18. Only resident ratepayers shall be entitled to vote who may vote at or take any part in a first school meeting. votes voter may cast. (1) Every resident ratepayer shall have as many Number of votes as there are trustees to be elected, but shall in no case vote more than once for one candidate at the same election. Chairman. Chairman's vote. Chairman's decisions. Polling Time when poll to open. Nominations for trustees. Manner of voting. Returning officer. Poll clerk. Oath of voter. Form. 19. The chairman shall preside and put all motions to the meeting. 20. The chairman may vote on any question, and in case of an equality of votes he shall declare the motion lost. 21. The chairman shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the meeting. 22. A poll shall be held to decide the questions of the erection of the proposed school district and the choice of trustees respectively: (a) The poll in each case shall be opened at two o'clock in the afternoon (standard time); (b) Nominations for trustees shall be received by the chairman up to the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon (standard time). 23. All other questions shall be decided by a show of hands. 24. The chairman shall be the returning officer, and after the time for nomination for trustees shall have elapsed, shall open the poll or polls forthwith. 25. The secretary shall record the votes given and the poll shall be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon (standard time). 26. If required by any person present, or of his own accord, if deemed advisable, the chairman shall admnister the following oath or affirmation to any person desiring to vote : I, A. B., do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I am a bona fide resident ratepayer of (give name of district in full); that I am of the full age of twenty-one years; that I am not an unenfranchised Indian; that I have not before voted at this election; and that I have not received any reward, either directly or indirectly, nor have I any hope of receiving any reward, for voting at this time and place. So help me God. [Note-In the case of an affirmation the words "So help me God" shall be omitted.] |