(4) A separate set of ballot-papers shall be prepared by the clerk of the municipality for all the wards or polling sub-divisions, containing the names of the candidates nominated for school trustees, of the same form as those used for councillors or aldermen except the substitution of the words "school trustee" for councillors or aldermen, as the case may be, on said ballot papers.

(5) In the list of qualified voters required by section 102 of this Act to be delivered to the returning officer by the clerk of the municipality before the opening of the poll, the clerk shall place opposite the names of any persons on the said list who are supporters of separate schools, the letters S. S. S. (signifying supporters of separate schools), and the returning officers shall not deliver to any such person a ballot paper for public school trustees. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 103.

(6) In case any objection is made to the right of any person to vote at any election of school trustees the deputy returning officer shall require the person whose right of voting is objected to, to make the following oath or affirmation :

You swear (or solemnly affirm) that you are the person named, or purporting to be named, in the list (or supplementary list) of voters now shewn to you (shewing the list to voter);

That you are a ratepayer;

That you are of the full age of twenty-one years;

That you are a public school supporter;

That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any other polling place in this Ward or in this Municipality (where the municipality is not divided into wards) for School Trustee;

That you have not directly or indirectly received any reward or gift, nor do you expect to receive any, for the vote which you tender at this election;

That you have not received anything, nor has anything been promised to you directly or indirectly, either to induce you to vote at this election, or for loss of time, travelling expenses, hire of team, or any other service connected with this election;

And that you have not directly or indirectly paid or promised any. thing to any person either to induce him to vote or refrain from voting at this election: So help you God. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 105.

104. In case of any vacancy in the office of trustee of any public school board arising from any cause, the remaining trustees shall forthwith take steps to hold a new election in the manner provided by this Act for the annual

election of trustees to fill the vacancy so created and the person thereupon elected shall hold his seat for the residue of the term for which his predecessor was elected, or for which the office is filled. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 98 (11).

105. The Judge of the County Court, in case any complaint respecting the validity or mode of conducting the election of any trustee of a public school board in any municipality within his county, is made to him within twenty days after such election, shall receive and investigate such complaint, and shall thereupon, within a reasonable time, in a summary manner, hear and determine the same; and may by order cause the assessment rolls, collector's rolls, poll books, and any other records of the election to be brought before him, and may inquire into the facts on affidavit or affirmation, or by oral testimony, and cause such person or persons to appear before him as he may deem expedient, and may confirm the said election or set it aside, or order that some other candidate was duly elected; and the Judge may order the person found by him not to have been elected to be removed; and in case the Judge determines that any other person was duly elected, the Judge may order him to be admitted; and, in case the Judge determines that no other person was duly elected instead of the person removed, the Judge shall order a new election to be held, and shall report such decision to the secretary-treasurer of the public school board. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 98 (9).

106.—(1) The members of every board of school trustees in townships, cities, towns and incorporated villages shall hold their first meeting on the third Wednesday in January, or if a board of education, then on the first Wednesday in February, at the hour of seven o'clock in the afternoon, or at such other hour on the same day as may have been fixed by resolution of the former board, at the usual place of meeting of such board. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 107. (Amended).

(2) At the first meeting in each year of every public school board, the secretary of the board shall preside at the election of chairman, or, if there be no secretary, the members present shall appoint one of themselves to preside at such election, and the member so appointed to preside may vote as a member. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 108.

(3) In case of an equality of votes at the election of chairman, the member who is assessed as a ratepayer for

the largest sum on the last revised assessment roll shall have a second or casting vote in addition to his vote as a member. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 109.

(4) In the absence of the chairman any person appointed to act as chairman by the majority of those present shall preside, and the chairman or person so acting may vote with the other members on all questions, and any question on which there is an equality of votes shall be deemed to be negatived. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 111.

(5) A majority of the members of the board, when present at any meeting, shall constitute a quorum, and the vote of the majority of such quorum shall be necessary to bind the corporation. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 112.

DUTIES OF TRUSTEES.

107. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of cities, towns and incorporated villages, and they shall have power:

1. To appoint a secretary and treasurer or secretarytreasurer, and one or more collectors, if requisite, of such school fees or rate bills as the board may have authority to charge, and such other officers and servants of the board as they may deem expedient; R. S. O. c. 225, ss. 113-1 (Amended).

2. To fix the times and places of the board meetings, the mode of calling and conducting them, and of keeping a full and correct account of the proceedings of such meetings;

3. To provide adequate accommodation for all the children between the ages of five and sixteen years, resident in the municipality, as ascertained by the census taken by the municipal council for the next preceding year; provided always, such residents are not to include the children of persons on whose behalf a separate school or schools have. been established under the provisions of The Separate Schools Act;

4. To purchase or rent school sites or premises, and to build, repair, furnish, and keep in order the school-houses and appendages, and to keep the well, closets and premises generally in a proper sanitary condition, lands, enclosures, and movable property, and procure registers in the prescribed form, suitable maps, apparatus, and prize books, and, if they deem it expedient, establish and maintain school libraries. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-2,-3.

5. To determine the number, grade and description of schools (such as central, ward, or night schools) to be established and maintained; the teachers to be employed; the terms on which they are to be employed, and the amount of their remuneration; and to provide, as they may deem expedient, for children between four and seven years of age, kindergarten schools. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-4,-13. (Amended).

6. To dismiss from the school any pupil who shall be adjudged so refractory by a majority of the trustees and the teacher that his presence in school is deemed injurious to the other pupils, and where practicable, to remove such pupil to an industrial school. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-14.

7. To collect, at their discretion, from the parents or guardians of the pupils attending any public school under their charge, a sum not exceeding twenty cents per month, per pupil, to defray the cost of text-books, stationery and other school supplies; or, at their discretion, to purchase for the use of pupils attending such schools text-books, stationery and other school supplies at the expense of the corporation. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-7. (Amended).

8. To appoint of their number, and under such regulations as they think proper, a committee for the special oversight and management of the schools under their charge, and to see that all such schools are conducted according to the regulations of the Education Department. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-6. (Amended).

9. To constitute at their discretion one or more of the public schools to be a model schoo! for the training of teachers. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-10. (Amended).

10. To submit to the municipal council, on or before the first day of August, or at such time as may be required by the municipal council, an estimate of the expenses of the schools under their charge for the current year. R. S. 0. c. 225, s. 113,-5. (Amended).

11. To submit all accounts, books and vouchers, to be audited by the municipal auditors, and it shall be the duty of such auditors to audit the same. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113, -8.

12. To publish at the end of every year, in one or more of the public newspapers, or otherwise, the annual report of the auditors, and to prepare and transmit before the 15th of January, the annual report of the school to the Education Department. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-11. (Amended).

13. To take possession and have the custody and safe keeping of all public school property which has been acquired or given for public school purposes in the section, including movable property, moneys or income given or acquired at any time for public school purposes, and to hold or apply the same according to the terms on which the same were acquired or received; and to dispose, by sale or otherwise, of any school site or school property not required by them in consequence of a change of school site, or other cause; to convey the same under their corporate seal, and to apply the proceeds thereof to their lawful school purposes, or as directed by this Act. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 40,-9.

108. Every public school board in a city, town or incorporated village, shall have power to take and acquire land for a school site or for enlarging school premises already held. In the event of any dispute between the owner of the land selected and the trustees, with regard to the price of such land, sections 67 to 72 of this Act shall apply. R. S. O. c. 225, s. 113,-12. Part. (Amended).

SCHOOL ASSESSMENT.

109.-(1) The municipal council of every township shall levy and collect by assessment, upon the taxable property of the public school supporters of the whole township, in the manner provided by this Act, and by the municipal and assessment Acts, the sum of $100 at least for every public school therein in which a public school has been kept open the whole year exclusive of vacations. Where the public school has been kept open for six months or over, a proportionate amount of the said sum of $100 at least shall be levied and collected by assessment upon the taxable property of the whole township. An additional sum of $50 at least shall be levied and collected in a similar manner for every assistant teacher engaged for the whole year, and a proportionate amount if such assistant teacher is engaged for six months or over.

(2) In the case of union school sections the municipal council of each municipality of which the union school section is composed shall levy and collect upon the taxable property of the respective municipalities the said sum in the proportion fixed by the equalization provided under section 95 of this Act.