School Law

1. A district board must act together. It is not neeessary for valid official action tliat all the members of a board be consulted, but an opportunity must be given to all the uiembers to express themselves and vote upon tho questions under consideration. 2. The üuthority for suspending or expelling pupils from school is placed with the district board, ander seotion 60, general school lawa of 1879. A. teacher is subject to the rules and regulationa as adopted by the district board, and in the suspension or expulsión of pupils can act only by authority of the board. 3. Section 59 of the general school laws provides that the district board "sliall prescribe a uniform list of textbooks to be used in the schools, but text booky oik'u adopted shall not be changed within two years, except by the consent of a rnajority of the voters at some regular meeting." The sarao section also confers on the board the power to establish "needful regulations" to enforce its action. The duty of the district board in the matter of text books is, therefore, 1, to prescribe a uniform list of text books to be used in the schools; 2, to secure the introduction of these books; and 3, to see that the books areretuinedintheschool tor tho period of two years, or until further action in conformity with law. The law makes these tho positive duties of the district board, and il' menv bers neglect or refuse toperform them, they inciir the penalties prescribed for neglect of duties. The district board must make the adoption for the period of two years, and it is in force until legally changed; but anyagreemenl fixing a longer period than two years has no binding force. The district board as such cannot purebase or contract to purchase text books for the ordinary use of the school, and any such contract or agreement is void. School ofticers, by a cheerful performance of their duties under the law, and by carefully refraiding from exceeding thei prerogatives, will avoid a prolifle sourc of disconl in the district and of persol al annuyance and liability to tliemselves A stronger temperance sermón wi never be preached than thut which a unfortunate woman of Cape Girardeai M., reoently áellvered before her hua band in a har-rooni. Setting a coverec disli, whicli sht; had brought witli her upon the tablo, she said: "l'resuininf, husband, thatyou are toobusy to com home to dinner, I have brought yo yom's" and departed. With a forcee latigh he (nviceel hls friends to din with him; but, on removing the cover from the ilisli, found only a slip of paper, on which was written : "I hopo yon wil] enjov youi meal; it is the satue your famiiy have at home." Secretan' Blalne, in roply to a question by Brereton, the Irisli Emigratton Agent it Daadalk, as t whether the landing oí the able-bodled paupers in New Vork woukl be objected to, Iims vvritten tliat povrty is no bar to ininiigrants willing to wolk nul obey the laws, but thftt tli í iimnigration of dissohite paupers and 3iiininals is ', tniiily objcctionable.