2454
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

“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 nominations.

(b.) The total number of candidates to be elected ;

(c.) The day and the 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 Governors of the Whangarei 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 the 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 nomination 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 alphabetical 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 WHANGAREI 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 mark a cross in the square set opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates for whom he desires to vote.

The number of candidates whose names are thus marked 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 five o’clock in the afternoon of that day.

(10.) The poll shall close at five o’clock on the afternoon of the day of election ; but all voting-papers shall be included and counted which are not informal and are received by the Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the sixth day after the day of the election.

(11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the following cases, that is to say :—

(a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent ; or

(b.) If the candidates against whose names a mark is placed exceed in number the total number of candidates for whom the person is entitled to vote, or if in any other way the paper fails to indicate clearly for whom the vote is intended to be given ; or

(c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is not delivered at his office before the close of the poll ; or

(d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is not received at the office of the Returning Officer before the close of the sixth day after the day of election, or if, from the post-mark on the envelope or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not posted until after the day of the election.

(12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes, and shall declare such candidates to be elected.

(13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two members of the Board, which candidate or candidates shall be elected and thereby complete the election.

(14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister the names of the persons elected.

(15.) Every member shall be eligible for re-election.

(16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regularity of any election, such dispute or question shall be determined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, all the provisions of which shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.

3. (1.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the members so elected as aforesaid, the election of a member to fill that casual vacancy shall, within fifty days after the vacancy occurs, be held in a similar manner to that hereinbefore provided for an ordinary vacancy.

(2.) The member so elected shall hold office only for the residue of the term of the vacating member.

4. Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by the Governor the Board shall forthwith report the fact that such vacancy has occurred to the Minister, or, if the vacancy is to be filled by the Education Board, to the Secretary of that Board, or to the appointing body in the case of a member to be appointed otherwise.

5. (1.) The school shall provide a course of general secondary education and one or more vocational courses.

(2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by the headmaster of the school after consultation with the parents or guardian of the pupil ; but no pupil shall be compelled to take Latin or to take more than one language besides English.

(3.) The net fees to be charged to those who are not holders of scholarships or free places shall be £2 16s. per term, except that for two members of one family the fee shall be £2 9s. each, and for three or more members £2 2s. each. All fees are payable in advance to the Secretary of the Board.

(4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about thirteen weeks each.

(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 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.

6. Subject to the general direction and control 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 appointment 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 cases of grave neglect of duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action to the Chairman of the Board, 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 its 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 organization, and, subject to clause 5 hereof and to the regulations under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of study for each pupil.

7. The Board may license hostels or boardinghouses 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.

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

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 1915.

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

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.