School day and week.

Enumeration of children.

and regulations relating to truants and
children between the ages of eight and
sixteen years not attending school, and
without any regular and lawful occupa-
tion; and the laws relating to the attend-
ance at school of children between the
ages of eight and sixteen years.

Truant officers shall have authority
without a warrant to take and place in
school any children found employed con-
trary to the laws relating to the employ-
ment of children or violating the laws
relating to the compulsory attendance at
school of children between the ages of
six and sixteen years.

In the absence of express contract, a P. S. 92:20.
session of three hours in the forenoon and
three hours in the afternoon shall con-
stitute a school day, five such days a
school week, and four such weeks a school
month, in the public schools.

Truant officers or agents appointed by 46, laws 1895, as
amended by 91,
school boards of cities and towns shall laws 1905.
annually, in the month of September,
make an enumeration of the children of
each sex, between the ages of five and
sixteen years, in their town or city, giv-
ing such items in regard to each child as
may be required by the school board or
the state superintendent of public in-
struction, and shall make a report to the
school board thereof within fifteen days
after the completion.

Section 14, chapter 43, Public Statutes, 46:2, laws 1895. and any other acts inconsistent with this

act are hereby repealed.

Teachers of public schools may attend P. S. 92:21, as teachers' institutes held within the state, laws 1903, and amended by 29, as provided by law, not exceeding one 28, laws 1909. day in any term, and the time so spent shall be regarded as spent in the service of the district.

In all the public schools of the state 14, laws 1897. one session during the week in which Memorial Day falls, or a portion thereof, shall be devoted to exercises of a patriotic nature.

Thanksgiving Day and Fast Day, when- 11, laws 1899, as ever appointed, Labor Day, the twenty-sec- amended by 7, laws 1907, and ond day of February, the thirtieth day of 96, laws 1909; May, the fourth day of July, the first day 22, laws of 1913. of January, the twelfth day of October, and Christmas day shall be legal holidays, and when either of the last six days mentioned occurs on Sunday, the following day shall be observed as a holiday.

The school board of such cities and 112:2, laws 1901. towns shall have the same superintendence over such evening schools as they have over other schools, and may determine the term or terms of time in each year and the hours of the evening during which such schools shall be kept, and may make such regulations as to attendance at such schools as they may deem expedient.

Nothing contained in this act shall ex- 112:3, laws 1901. empt any person from the requirements

of chapter 93 of the Public Statutes.

VII.

SUPERVISION.

laws 1895.

A school district may require the school P. S. 90:24, as board to elect or appoint a superin- amended by 48, tendent of schools, who shall hold office for such term, be vested with such of the powers and charged with such of the duties of the school board, and be entitled to such compensation as it may provide; and such district may raise and appropriate money to pay the compensation.

Two or more towns or special districts 47:1, laws 1895. may, by vote of each, form a district for the purpose of employing a superintendent of the public schools therein, who shall perform in each town the duties prescribed by law and the regulations of the school boards.

Such superintendent shall be appointed 47:2, laws 1895. by a joint committee composed of the school board of each of the towns of said district, who shall determine the relative amount of service to be performed by him in each town, and shall fix his salary and apportion the amount thereof to be paid by the several towns, and certify such amount to the treasurer of each town. Said joint committee shall for said purposes, be held to be the agents of each town composing such district.

Two or more towns or special districts, 77:1, laws 1899. or their school boards when duly authorized by their respective districts, may, by vote of each, form a supervisory district for the purpose of employing a

Joint supervisory committee.

State will pay
one half salary
of superintendent.

superintendent of the public schools
therein, who shall perform in each town
the duties prescribed by law and by the
regulations of the school boards, giving
thereto his entire time.

The school boards of the several dis- 77:2, laws 1899. tricts forming the supervisory district shall constitute a joint committee which for all purposes of this act shall be the agent of each district therein represented. Said committee shall meet between April 1 and August 1 of each year, as may be agreed upon by the chairmen of the several boards, and organize by the choice of a chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer. It shall elect a superintendent for such supervisory district, determine the character and value of his services, and apportion the same among the several districts, certifying such apportionment to their respective treasurers.

18, laws 1901.

Any town or special district which 77:3, laws 1899, shall unite with one or more districts to as amended by form a supervisory district, which shall employ as superintendent, at an annual salary, a person holding a permanent state teachers' certificate, and shall certify through its chairman and secretary such facts to the state treasurer, shall be entitled to one half its apportioned share of said salary, said sum to be paid by him in December of each year to the town treasurer of each town in said supervisory district, upon sworn statement of the state superintendent of public instruction certifying as to what

Size of districts.

Withdrawal from
supervisory
district.

Appointment.

amount each town is entitled. This sec-
tion shall not apply to cities.

[The town's portion of the superintendent's
salary may be paid out of the school money.]

115, laws 1905.

Supervisory districts of less than three 77:4, laws 1899, towns formed under this act shall employ as amended by not fewer than twenty nor more than sixty teachers.

Any town or special district which has 81, laws 1901. united, or may hereafter unite, with any other town or towns, district or districts, to form a supervisory district, as provided by chapter 77 of the Laws of 1899, may, at any annual school district meeting, by vote, rescind such action, and thereupon shall, at the end of the school year or at the expiration of the period for which such supervisory district may then already have contracted for the services of a superintendent, cease to be a part of such supervisory district.

VIII.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

There shall be a superintendent of pub- 149:1, laws 1913. lic instruction who shall have general

supervision and control of the educational
interests of the state and who shall be
appointed and may be removed by the
governor, with the advice of the council.
He shall be paid such salary as the gov-
ernor and council may determine, not ex-
ceeding four thousand dollars annually.

The superintendent of public instruc- 149:2, laws 1913. tion may on or before the fifteenth day

of July, 1913, appoint three deputies, at