32 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. exceeding twenty dollars, to be recovered before any Justice of the peace of the District. [serum _ _ _ When peuaioty Sec. 272. If upon the hearing of any case, provided for In the preced- "°" *° l’° °“f°’° - ing section, it shall be made to appear to the justice that the party so 25 ,1,,1,% 1864, 0, offending was not able lor any cause to send such child to school, or that 156, s. 20, v. 13, p. the child has been attending any other school for a like period of time, 19*- or that the child by reason of bodily or mental infirmnty was not lit to attend such school, the penalty shall not be enforced. _ Trustees to eu- Sec. 273. The trustees or school-board having charge of public schools
- `°’°° ¤°*°¤d°·¤°°· in the District may make such arrangements for the purpose of ascer-
taining whether any children within the ages prescribed by law are not
156, s.21,v.13, pp. attending the public schools, as they shall deem best for the purpose of wz 19:* enforcing the attendance ot such children upon said schools, under the provisions of the two preceding sections. Children not Sec. 274. No child shall he admitted into the public schools who shall "“°°’“‘l*°d °°" *° not have been duly vaccinated or otherwise protected against thesmallhe admitted. POL Ibid. csr..•,1·¤e1,1e11 or Sec. 275. The provisions of this chapter are declared public and relaws. medial, and shall be construed by all courts of justice according to the
equity thereof- and no proceedings of the inhabitants or of the trustees
'’ of any school-district, or of any other officer created under the provisions of this chapter shall be set aside or adjudged to be void for detect of form, or for any irregularity therein, so that the requirements of law are substantially complied with. PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITHOUT THE LIMITS OF THE CITIES OF WASH- INGTON AND GE01mETOwN. Formation of Sec. 276. There shall be in that portion of the District without the ¤¤l‘°°l·d¤¤*¤°*¤· limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, seven suitable and 20 May, 1862, e. convenient school-districts, two of which shall he located west of Rock [77. ¤· 3, v- 12, p- Creek, three between Rock Creek and the Eastern Branch, and two east eg J and south er are Eastern Burnet. une, 1864, c. 156, s. 1, v. 13, p. 187; 21 Feb., 1871, c. h2,s. 1, v. 16, p. 419. How revisedand Sec. 277. The schooldistricts provided for by the preceding section ¤1f¤r¤¢i· shall remain as now laid down according to law, suluect to revision and ,,5 _;,,,,,,, 1864, ,,_ alteration by the legislative assembly. 156, s. 1, v. 13, p. 187; 21 Feb., 1871, c. 62, s. 5, v. I6, p. 420. d_If¤{¤}¤ ¤¤¤ ¤¤ be Sec. 278. In any alteration of school-districts no tracts of land lying
contiguous and forming one farm shall be divided so that portions of the
.,9, __ 3*:*} *:3:* 3: same property shall be included in two separate districts.
- 0.3.
General duties of SEO. 279. The persons who may be appointed or elected by authority
- °l*°°rb°*'d· of the legislative assembly as a school-board for that portion of the Dis-
25 .1,..,,, 1564, ,,_ trict without the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, Isc, s. 9, v. 13, p. shall have power and it shall be their duty: wg; Fab wu c First. To receive and disburse any fund which may beprovided for 62, uw gg, 30* V: the purchase of sites and the erection and support of primary schools iu 16, pp, 424, 4a:,,' such portion of the District. ‘ Eecpnd. To regulate the number of children to be taught in each of said sc oo s. Third. To mlect, upon a thorough examination, such teachers as are competent, giving to each a certificate of qualifications, without which no teacher shall be entitled to receive pay; and to Hx their salaries and terms of service. Fourth. To suspend or expel from any school any pupil who will not submit to the rea onable and ordinary rules of order and discipline therein. _ Fifth. To prescribe the course of study and the textbooks to be used In the schools, to regulate and control the purchase und distribution of
