THE SCHOOL MANUAL, CONTAINING THE LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND RELATING TO PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, WITH DECISIONS, REMARKS, AND FORMS, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL OFFICERS. 1896. Prepared, in accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly, by PROVIDENCE: E. L. FREEMAN & SON, STATE PRINTERS. 1896. NOTÉ. This book is public property and is for the use of School Officers. It is to be delivered by each officer to his successor in office, and a copy should be accessible for consultation at all school meetings. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PREPARE A SCHOOL MANUAL. (Passed May Session, 1895.) Resolved, That the commissioner of public schools be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to prepare a manual for the use of the officers of the public schools of this state, which shall contain such portions of the General Laws of this state as relate to education, and such decisions of the supreme court and of the commissioners of public schools arising under the school laws, and such other matter including forms and rules of procedure, as he may deem advisable; and he is further authorized and directed to cause to be printed and bound three thousand copies of the same when approved by the state board of education; and the state auditor is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders on the general treasurer for the payment of the expense of the preparation, printing, and binding of said manual upon the order of the aforesaid state board of education, and the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for such purpose out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 174893 |