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if the vacancy is to be filled by the Governor, or to the
and the regulations thereunder, and to this scheme, have
Secretary to the Education Board if the vacancy is to be
full power from time to time to make, alter, and rescind
filled by that Board, or to the appointing body in the case
by-laws and regulations for defining the courses of study
of a member to be appointed under paragraph (d) of sub-
and education in the school, and also for regulating the
class (1) of clause 2 hereof.
discipline and examination of the same, the conditions
8. (1.) The appointment or election of a member to fill
upon which the scholars shall be admitted, and the fees to
a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term of
be paid in respect of such admission, and, in general, touch-
office shall be made in the first week of the month of De-
ing all other matters, purposes, and things regarding the
ce m ber at the end whereof such expiry takes place, or as
school.
soon thereafter as may be convenient, but shall not take
18. (1.) The school shall provide a general course o
effect until such expiry.
secondary education and one or more vocational courses.
(2.) The appointment or election of a member to fill a
(2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by the
casual vacancy shall be made not later than fifty days after
headmaster of the school after consultation with the parents
the vacancy occurs.
or guardian of the pupil; but no pupils shall be compelled
9. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in the month
to take Latin or to take more than one language besides
of February or March in each year, at such time and place
English.
as the Board shall direct.
(3.) The net fees to be charged to those who are not holders
10. From time to time as may be necessary the Board
of scholarships or free places shall be £10 per annum.
shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or some
(4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about
other person with authority to receive and to pay moneys on
thirteen weeks each.
its account. The Board shall in each case forthwith inform
the Minister of such appointment.
11. (1.) At the annual meeting and at such other times as
may be necessary the Board shall elect a Chairman.
(2.) During the election of Chairman the Secretary to the
Board shall preside. The person presiding shall have no
vote; ties shall be decided by lot.
(3.) The Chairman's ordinary term of office shall be one
year, and he shall be eligible for re-election.
(4.) If the Chairman shall from any cause cease to be
a member of the Board or resign the office of Chairman,
the Board shall as soon thereafter as conveniently may
be elect another member of the Board to be Chairman in
his stead, who shall hold office only until the next annual
meeting.
12. At all meetings of the Board the Chairman, or in his
absence such member of the Board as the majority of the
members assembled shall choose, shall preside, and such
Chairman or presiding member shall have a deliberative vote,
and in all cases of equality of votes shall also have a casting-
vote.
At all meetings of the Board a majority of all the mem-
bers then in office shall constitute a quorum.
13. Subject to the provisions of this scheme, the Board
shall make, and may from time to time revoke, vary, and
make fresh regulations for the conduct of business at its
meetings, for determining how meetings shall be convened,
and for such other like matters as may be requisite for the
conduct of the business of the Board.
14. Minutes of the proceedings of the Board shall be re-
gularly entered in a proper book to be kept for that pur-
pose, and at every meeting of the Board the minutes of
the previous meeting shall be read over and signed by the
Chairman of the meeting at which the same are read,
and the minutes when so signed shall be held to be a true
statement and record of the proceedings of the Board for all
purposes whatever.
15. (1.) The Board shall keep full and true accounts,
in which shall be entered every sum received into and paid
out of the Board fund in the order of date of each such re-
ceipt and payment, including all moneys received from rents
or profits derived from lands or other property, vested in the
Board or under its control or management.
(2.) The Board shall cause its accounts for the preceding
calendar year to be balanced, and a true statement and
account to be prepared, in the prescribed form, of the receipts
and expenditure of the Board and of its assets and liabilities.
(3.) All such accounts shall be audited by the Audit Office,
which for that purpose shall have and may exercise all such
powers as it has under the Public Revenues Act, 1910, in
respect of public moneys.
16. All things required by the Education Act or this scheme
to be done by the Board shall be done in accordance with and
in pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of the
Board; and no act of the Board shall be invalid or liable
to be questioned on the ground that one or more than one
of the members thereof was or were incapacitated, or had
ceased to hold office, or on the ground that the seat of any
member was vacant.
17. Subject to the provisions of this scheme, there shall
be vested in the Board the whole control and management
of the Hamilton High School, and also the entire super-
intendence over all the affairs, concerns, and property
thereof, with full power to appoint and suspend or dismiss
all masters, teachers, lecturers, examiners, and other neces-
sary officers and servants; and in all cases unprovided for
by the Education Act and the regulations thereunder, or by
this scheme, it shall be lawful for the Board to act in such
manner as shall appear to it best calculated to further the
purposes intended to be served by the establishment of such
school; and the Board shall, subject to the Education Act
(5.) The headmaster shall cause the school to be examined
during each term; provided that it shall not be necessary
for the school to be so examined in any term in which it is
examined by some other person appointed by the Minister
or the Board; and provided further that it shall not be
necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for
public examinations during the term.
19. Subject to the general direction of the Board, the
headmaster shall have the following powers:-
(1.) He shall have control of the school buildings and
premises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof.
(2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint-
ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other
officers of the school, and to allot their several
duties; and no assistant teacher or other officer
of the school shall be appointed until the headmaster
has been consulted.
(3.) He shall have the power in case of grave neglect of
duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any
assistant teacher or other officer, but shall forth-
with report his action to the Chairman, who shall
thereupon confirm or overrule his action until the
next meeting of the Board, when the matter may
be determined; but the action of the headmaster
shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board
has determined the matter.
(4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may
suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the
Board at their next meeting, and the action of
the headmaster shall hold good until the Board
has come to some determination in regard to the
matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the
sanction of the Board.
(5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and or-
ganization in accordance with clause 18 hereof, and,
subject to the same clause and to the regulations
under the Education Act, shall determine the course of
study for each pupil.
20. The Board may establish or license hostels or board-
inghouses for the accommodation of pupils, and may place
such hostels or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers
of the school or other suitable persons, and shall provide
for the inspection of such hostels or boardinghouses.
21. The rents, profits, and income of all real and personal
estate which may be vested in the Board, or granted or
acquired as a site or sites or otherwise for the benefit of the
school, or given, devised, or bequeathed to the Board for the
benefit of the school without any trusts or powers of a differ-
ent nature being expressed in the instrument so giving,
devising, or bequeathing to the Board, and all reserves of
land which may be hereafter made for the benefit of the
school, shall be held and dealt with by the Board under and
subject to all such powers, provisions, and conditions as are
contained in the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and its
amendments, as if the school were a high school within the
meaning of that Act.
22. Subject to the subsequent clauses of this scheme, the
rents, profits, and annual income of all real and personal
estate that may be vested in the Board, together with all
funds which may from time to time be derived from fees
or payments made in respect of pupils attending the school,
together with any annual or other allowance that may be
made by the General Assembly or the Government of New
Zealand, shall be applied by the Board for the mainten-
ance of the school, and the payment of the salaries and
expenses connected therewith, and for prizes, exhibitions,
and scholarships for the pupils therein: Provided that
the Board shall have power to set apart, if it sees fit, out
of the said rents, profits, and annual income such part as
it considers advisable, either as an addition to the capital
fund, which shall then be invested in the manner hereinafter