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shall constitute a Board for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act which Board shall be called "The Central Board of Education" and wherever in this Act the term "The Board" is used it shall mean The Central Board of Education constituted by this Act unless the context shows that such construction would be inapplicable: Provided always that notwithstanding any vacancy or defect in the constitution of The Board it shall be lawful for The Board to act in the execution of this Act.

Appointment of Secretary of Board and Inspector of Schools.

4. In order to carry out the provisions of this Act the Board shall appoint a Secretary who shall also be Inspector of Schools and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board and shall receive such salary not exceeding £300 per annum as the Board shall think fit and in addition thereto he shall receive over and above such salary a reasonable allowance for travelling expenses.

Minister of Religion not to act as Inspector.

5. It shall not be lawful for any Minister of Religion to be an Inspector of Schools under this Act.

Meetings of the Board.

6. The Board shall hold two General Meetings one in the month of January and the other in the month of July in every year and such meeting shall be convened by fourteen days’ previous notice to be published in such manner as the Board shall direct and it shall be competent for the Secretary whenever he shall see occasion or shall be requested by the Superintendent or any two members of the Board to call a special meeting of the Board and every such meeting shall be convened by circular and by seven days’ previous notice to be published in one or more newspapers and a quorum of the Board having duly met may from time to time adjourn to meet at such other time and place as they shall appoint: Provided that all meetings of the Board and all adjournments thereof shall be open to the public.

Powers of the Board to be exercised at meetings thereof.

7. All the powers hereby given to the Board shall be exercised at meetings convened as aforesaid at which meetings three members shall be a quorum and the Superintendent when present shall be ex officio Chairman of such meetings and in his absence the members present shall elect one of their number to be Chairman and on every question before The Board the decision of the majority shall be final and conclusive but in case the votes shall be equal the Chairman having a deliberative vote shall also have a casting vote and no resolution or decision come to at any meeting of The Board shall be revoked or altered at any subsequent meeting of The Board within twelve months from the passing thereof unless notice of the intention to propose such revocation or alteration shall have been given at a previous meeting of The Board and shall have been made known by the circular convening the meeting sent to each member of The Board.

Proceedings of the Board to be entered in a minute book.

8. Minutes of the proceedings of The Board shall be regularly entered in a book to be kept for that purpose and at every meeting of The Board the minutes of the preceding meeting shall be read over and signed by the Chairman of the meeting at which the same shall be read and the minutes when so signed shall for all purposes be held to be a true statement and record of the proceedings of The Board: Provided always that the rough draft of minutes of all proceedings at any meeting of The Board shall be read over by the Secretary before the conclusion of every meeting and shall then be signed by the Chairman.

Powers of the Board.

9. The Board shall exercise a general superintendence over all common schools which shall be hereafter established under the provisions of this Act and shall promote the establishment of educational districts and define the limits thereof and shall have power to alter such limits and also the limits of any educational districts hereinafter formed as they shall see fit and to divide any district into two or more districts or parts of districts or to combine two or more districts or parts of districts into one And when any district shall be divided into two or more districts or two or more districts or parts of districts shall be combined into one district then every such division of a district and every such combination shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed a new district and shall proceed in like manner as hereinafter provided for districts originally constituted: Provided always that no new district shall be constituted by the division or combination of any existing district or districts during the currency of any financial year which shall be for the purposes of this Act from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December both days inclusive in each year.

Board shall direct expenditure of monies voted by the Council.

10. The Board shall direct the expenditure and due application of all monies that shall be appropriated by the Superintendent and Provincial Council for the purposes of education as hereinafter provided And whenever any new school district shall be formed pursuant to the provisions of this Act the Board shall direct a notice of the formation of such new district and of the boundaries thereof to be published in the Provincial Government Gazette and every School District shall be held