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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

mentioned and dealt with as part of such capital fund, or
as reserve fund to meet extraordinary expenses, which shall
be invested and dealt with in such manner as the Board
directs.

23. With respect to any moneys bequeathed or given to
    the Board for the school, and with respect also to all rent,
    profit, and annual income set apart under the preceding
    clause, the Board shall have power to invest the same in
    the purchase or upon first mortgages of freehold land in
    New Zealand, or upon the stocks, bonds, bills, or deben-
    tures of the Government of New Zealand, or issued by any
    local authority therein under any Act of the General Assembly,
    and may from time to time vary such investments.

24. The Board may, out of such moneys as may come
    into its hands by virtue of any Act or otherwise for the
    benefit of the school, expend any sum or sums in purchas-
    ing land and erecting and maintaining suitable buildings
    and premises thereon for use as school buildings, and may,
    subject to the approval of the Minister, expend any sum or
    sums in purchasing land and erecting and maintaining
    suitable buildings thereon for use as boardinghouses for
    the pupils, or as residences for the masters, teachers, or other
    officers employed in connection with the school.

25. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by
    section 96 of the Education Act.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of July, 1915.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Education.

Scheme for the Control of Marlborough High School.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th July, 1915.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act,
1914 (hereinafter called “the Education Act”), and with
the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, acting
for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice of
the General Council of Education, approve of the following
scheme for the Marlborough High School (hereinafter called
“the school”), which has been established under the pro-
visions of the Marlborough High School Act, 1899.

1. The school shall be controlled by a Board of Governors
   (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) constituted by
   the Marlborough High School Act, 1899, as amended by the
   Education Act, 1914.

2. (1.) There shall be nine members of the Board, who
   shall be appointed or elected in the manner following,
   namely:—
   (a.) A group of two members appointed by the Governor;
   (b.) A group of three members appointed by the Edu-
   cation Board of the district;
   (c.) A group of three members elected by the parents of
   the pupils;
   (d.) One member appointed by the Committee of the
   urban school district (if any) within five miles of
   the school, or, if there is no such urban school
   district, by the Blenheim Borough Council.

(2.) Except as hereinafter provided, the ordinary term of
office of members appointed under paragraphs (a) and (d)
of subclause (1) hereof shall be two years, and the ordinary
term of office of members appointed or elected under
paragraphs (b) and (c) of subclause (1) hereof shall be
three years; but every member shall hold office until the
appointment or election of his successor.

3. (1.) The members appointed under paragraphs (b) and
   (d) of subclause (1) of clause 2 hereof shall be appointed by
   resolution of the appointing bodies.
   (2.) The first appointments under paragraphs (a), (b), and
   (d) shall be made in the month of July, 1915, or as soon
   thereafter as may be found practicable.

4. In regard to the election of members of the Board by
   the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall
   apply:—
   (1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be
   appointed by the Minister, and thereafter every
   subsequent election shall be held on a date to be
   fixed by the Board in accordance with this scheme.
   (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning
   Officer.
   (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer
   shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name,
   occupation, and address of every person qualified
   to be enrolled as a parent of a pupil of the school.
   The roll shall be closed at 5 o’clock on the four-
   teenth day next before the day on which any
   election is to be held, and shall continue to be closed
   until the election is completed.

“Parent” means the father, if he is living, or,
if not, the mother, or, if neither the father nor the
mother is living, the guardian, of a pupil of the
school.

A “pupil of the school” means a pupil whose
name is on the school roll at the end of the term
preceding the closing of the roll, but does not include
a pupil in any lower department.

(4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in
a newspaper circulating in the district, publicly
notify, not less than fourteen days before each
election—
(a.) The day and hour for the closing of nomi-
nations;
(b.) The total number of candidates to be
elected;
(c.) The day and hour for the closing of the
election.

(5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by
one or more parents entitled to vote for his election.
Each such parent may nominate any number of
candidates not exceeding the number to be elected.

(6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to
the effect following:—
I, [Name and address], being a parent duly entered
on the roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address]
as a candidate for election to the Board of Go-
vernors of the Marlborough High School at the
election to be held on the day
of
Dated this day of .

[Signature of nominator.]

CANDIDATE’S CONSENT [To be subscribed at foot of
Nomination-paper.]
I hereby consent to my nomination.
[Signature of candidate nominated.]

(7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written
consent of the candidate nominated, such consent
may be given by him to the Returning Officer
before the nominations are closed, and every nomi-
ation-paper shall be void in so far as concerns
any candidate whose written consent is not duly
given as aforesaid.

(8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day
before the day of the election.

(9.) If the number of nominations received does not
exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, the
Returning Officer shall forthwith declare the
candidate or candidates so nominated to be duly
elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon as
the nominations are closed, prepare and post to
each elector at his address as appearing on the
roll a printed voting-paper containing in alpha-
betical order of surnames a list of all the duly
nominated candidates for whom such parent is
entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be
in the form or to the effect following:—

VOTING-PAPER FOR USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON THE DAY OF , 19 , OF
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE
MARLBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

CANDIDATES.
[Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full
name of every duly nominated candidate.]
[Signature of voter.]

DIRECTIONS.
The number of candidates to be elected is
[Specify the number].
The voter is required to draw a line through the
name of every candidate for whom he does not
intend to vote.
The number of candidates whose names are left
uncancelled must not exceed the total number of
candidates to be elected.
This voting-paper must be signed by the voter
and enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the
outside thereof the words “Voting-paper,” and if
posted to the Returning Officer must be posted on
or before the day of election, or, if delivered to him,
shall be delivered at his office, Street,
, before the day of election, or not later
than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day.

(10.) The poll shall close at 5 o’clock on the afternoon of
the day of election; but all voting-papers shall be
included and counted which are not informal and