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Westland Board of Education Ordinance 1867

6. The Westland Board of Education Ordinance 1867.

Analysis. Preamble.

1. Westland Board of Education constituted.

2. Number of Members.

3. How to be appointed.

4. Chairman to be appointed.

5. Such appointment how to be made.

6. Sittings to be held.

7. Regulations to be made.

8. Applications for grants.

9. Examinations of Masters and Candidates.

10. Funds to be administered.

11. Report to be rendered.

12. Inspector to be appointed and schools inspected.

13. Title.

Whereas it is expedient to institute a Board for the formation and Management of

Schools in that part of the Province of Canterbury called Westland.

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:

1. Westland Board of Education constituted.

There is hereby constituted a Board undder the name of “The Westland Board of

Education” and hereinafter called the Board.

2. Number of Members.

The Board shall consist of no less than five nor more than ten Members five to form a quorum.

3. How to be appointed.

The Members composing such Board shall be appointed and removable by the

Superintendent with the advice of the Executive Council.

4. Chairman to be appointed.

There shall be a Chairman of the Board who shall be one of the Members thereof and shall from time to time reappoint and shall be removable by the

Superintenent with such advice as aforesaid.

5. Such appointment how to be made.

Every appointmentt or removal of a Member or if the Chairman of the Board shall be made by Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent and every such appoinment or removal shall be notified in the Provincial Government Gazette and shall take effect from the date of such notification.

6. Sittings to be held.

The Board shall hold sittings at such times and places as the Board shall appointt due notice of such sittings to be given by advertisementt in one or more local papers.

7. Regulations to be made.

It shall be lawful for the Board from time to time to make and to revoke and alter such Regulations as they may think fit for the conduct of the business of the Board Provided that all such Regulations and every such revocation and alteration shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council.

8. Applications for grants.

The Board shall entertain and decide upon applications for grants of money for establishing or aiding tthe establishment of new schools and for aiding existing schools.

9. Examinations of Masters and Candidates.

It shall be lawful for the Board to examine any person who may be desirous of becoming a Teacher or Master or Mistress in any school as to his or her knowledge and qualifications and for that purpose from time to time to appoint fit persons to examine Candidates and it shall be lawful for the Board to make such Regulations respecting the subjects comprised in and the general conduct of such examinations as they shall from time to time think fit Provided thatt all such Regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Superintenddent and Executive Council.

10. Funds to be administered.

The Board shall administer all funds voted by the Provincial Council for he purposes of Education in Westland subject to any appropriation thereof that may be made by the Provincial Council.

11. Report to be rendered.

The Board shall in the month of March in each year render to the Superintendent a full report of all things done by them by virtue of this Ordinance during the year preceding such report.

12. Inspector to be appointed and schools inspected.

Any school or schools receiving grants of money under this Ordinance shall be from time to time inspected by an Inspector to be appointed by the Superintendent and the reports of such Inspector shall be published in the Government Gazette of the Province.

13. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as “The Westland Board of

Education Ordinance 1867.”

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on the 2nd of

January 1867, and assented to by the Superintenent, W.S. Moorhouse on the

3rd January 1867.