Votes to be transmitted.

Medals to be provided.

Examination of bills.

a schedule showing the number of teachers then employed in the schools.

SECT. 5. He shall transmit. copies of all votes, resolutions and documents which are to be sent to the members of the Board, and to the various Committees, to the Teachers, and to other persons.

SECT. 6. He shall see that the Medals and Diplomas awarded to the successful candidates in the Public Schools are procured, properly inscribed, and sent to the appropriate Schools at least one day preceding the Annual Exhibitions.

SECT. 7. He shall examine all bills for salaries, and the bills for all articles purchased by order of the Board, or by the Committee on Accounts, and shall perform such other duties as the School Committee shall prescribe, or from time to time direct.

Election.

Salary.

General duties.

CHAPTER VII.

Duties of the Superintendent.

SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Public Schools shall be elected annually, by ballot, at the quarterly meeting of the Board in May, to enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of June next ensuing. At the same meeting the salary of the Superintendent shall be voted, and no alteration in the amount of said salary shall be made during the year for which he is elected.

SECT. 2. He shall devote himself to the study of the Public School System, and to an examination into the condition of the schools, and shall keep himself acquainted with the progress of instruction and discipline in other places, in order to suggest appropriate

means for the advancement of the Public Schools in

this City.

SECT. 3. He shall, as far as practicable, have a Visiting schools. personal knowledge of the condition of all the schools; shall visit, for inspection or examination, each of them as often as his other duties will permit, and shall endeavor to suggest improvements and to remedy defects. in their management. He shall also advise the teachers in relation to the best modes of instruction and discipline for their respective schools, and shall see that the regulations of the Board in regard to the schools are carried into full effect.

schools.

SECT. 4. He shall make investigations as to the Absentees from number and the condition of the children in the City who are not receiving the benefits offered by the Public Schools, and shall endeavor to ascertain the reasons and to suggest and apply the remedies.

committees.

SECT. 5. He shall render such aid and communicate Assistance to such information to the various Committees as they may require of him; and when desired he shall assist

the Committees in the quarterly examinations.

SECT. 6. He shall consult with the different bodies School houses. who have control of the building and altering of school houses, and shall communicate to them such information on the subject as he may possess; and he shall suggest such plans for building and altering school houses as he may consider best for the health and convenience of the teachers and pupils, and most economical for the City; and he shall advise with those through whom, School exeither directly or indirectly, the school appropriations are expended, that there may result more uniformity in their plans and more economy in their expenditures. SECT. 7. It shall be his duty to attend the public Attend meetings meetings of the Board; and he may be called upon by the Board to express his opinion on any subject under

penses.

of Board.

Quarterly report.

Record of Primary School teachers.

discussion, or to communicate such information as may be in his power. And at each quarterly meeting he shall present to the Board a written report, giving an account of the Schools he has visited and the other duties performed by him during the quarter, together with such facts and suggestions relating to the condition of the Schools, and the increase of their efficiency and usefulness, as he may deem advisable for the information of the Board.

SECT. 8. He shall keep a record of the names, ages and residences of persons who may desire to be considered as candidates for the office of Assistant or Primary School Teacher, with such remarks and suggestions respecting them as he may deem important for the information of Committees; which record shall be at all times open to the inspection of any member of this Board. And he shall perform such other duties as the School Committee shall prescribe or from time to time direct.

Teachers to observe the school regulations.

General duties of teacher.

CHAPTER VIII.

General Regulations of the Public Schools.

SECTION 1. All teachers in the Public Schools are required to make themselves familiar with the provisions of these Regulations, and especially that portion of them relating to their school duties. They are also required to take special pains to observe and carry into full effect all the Regulations of the School Committee in relation to the instruction and discipline of their respective schools.

SECT. 2. The instructors shall punctually observe the hours appointed for opening and dismissing the schools; and, during school hours, shall faithfully de

vote themselves to the public service. In all their intercourse with their scholars they shall strive to impress on their minds, both by precept and example, the great importance of continued efforts for improvement in morals, in manners and deportment, as well as in useful learning.

SECT. 3. From the first Monday in May to the first School hours. Monday in October, the Grammar and Primary Schools shall commence their morning sessions at 8 o'clock, and close at 11 o'clock; and shall begin their afternoon sessions at 2 o'clock, and close at 5 o'clock. From the first Monday in October to the first Monday in May, they shall commence their morning sessions at 9 o'clock, and close at 12 o'clock; and shall begin their afternoon sessions at 2 o'clock, and shall close at 5 o'clock, except from the first Monday in November to the first Monday in March, they shall close at 4 1-2 o'clock. Provided, that nothing in this Section shall be so construed as to prevent the Teacher from the judicious exercise of the right to detain a pupil for a reasonable time after the regular hour for dismissing school, either for purposes of discipline, or to make up neglected lessons.

SECT. 4. The School rooms of all the schools shall Teachers and pupils to be at be opened, and the teachers are expected to be present, school early. both morning and afternoon, fifteen minutes before the time prescribed for commencing school; and the teachers shall require their scholars to be in their seats punctually at the appointed hours, and shall commence their schools without allowing any time after those hours for the scholars to assemble. They shall also close their respective schools punctually at the prescribed hours.

schools.

SECT. 5. The morning exercises of all the schools Opening the shall commence with reading, as a devotional exercise,

Moral instruction.

School registers and records.

a portion of Scripture, in each room, by the teacher, and the Board recommend that the reading be followed with prayer, at least with the audible repetition of the Lord's prayer, by the teacher alone, or by the teacher and children in concert. The Board also recommend that each teacher instruct the pupils under his or her charge to repeat the Ten Commandments audibly, at least once a week.

SECT. 6. Good morals being of the first importance to the pupils, and essential to their highest progress in useful knowledge, instruction therein shall be daily given in cach of the schools, in conformity with the provisions of the Rev. Stat. ch. 23, § 7.* The pupils shall be carefully instructed to avoid idleness and profanity, falsehood and deceit, and every wicked and disgraceful practice, and to conduct themselves in an orderly and proper manner; and it shall be the duty of the instructors, so far as is practicable, to exercise a general inspection over them in these regards, both in and out of school, and also while going to the same and returning home; and on all suitable occasions to inculcate upon them the principles of truth and virtue.

SECT. 7. The principal teacher in every school shall keep a register in which shall be recorded the names, agcs, dates of admission, and places of resi

*"It shall be the duty of the president, professors, and tutors of the University at Cambridge, and of the several colleges, and of all preceptors and teachers of academies, and all other instructors of youth, to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction, the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded; and it shall be the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above mentioned virtues to preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness; and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices."