The Elementary Education Act, 1870: (33 and 34 Vict., C. 75)

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Page 44 - There shall be provided for every school district a sufficient amount of accommodation in public elementary schools (as herein-after defined) available for all the children resident in such district for whose elementary education efficient and suitable provision is not otherwise made...
Page 152 - ... words importing the singular number shall include the plural number, and words importing the plural number shall include the singular number, words importing the masculine gender shall include females ; the word
Page 108 - Any of the following reasons shall be a reasonable excuse ; namely, (1.) That the child is under efficient instruction in some other manner...
Page 113 - ... if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when a letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary...
Page 131 - Every question at a Meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present, and voting on that question ; and in case of an equal division of votes, the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 54 - No religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in the school.
Page 48 - The time or times during which any religious observance is practised, or instruction in religious subjects is given at any meeting of the school shall be either at the beginning or at the end, or at the beginning and...
Page 140 - Act annexed, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of the Case will admit...
Page 42 - Officer of the Company, and need not be under the Common Seal of the Company, and the same may be in Writing or in Print, or partly in Writing and partly in Print.
Page 61 - Treasury or to such person respectively, by annual instalments not exceeding five, together with interest after the yearly rate of five pounds in the hundred, to be computed from the date of any such...

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