20. Salaries are granted by the Commissioners to the Teachers individually. No new Teacher, therefore, is to receive a Salary from them unless they have first approved of him; the amount is regulated by the Class in which he may be placed, 21. The Commissioners also award Salaries, at the following rates, to Six Male and Three Female Monitors in each District. These are selected by the Inspector from among the best pupils in the National Schools: 22. The Commissioners also award Premiums to the Masters and Mistresses of National Schools who are most distinguished by the order, neatness, and cleanliness observable in themselves, their pupils, and in the school-houses, at the following rates: The sum of £14 10s. to be allocated to each of the School Districts, to be divided into nine premiums. One of £3; two of £2 each, £4; three of £1 10s. each, £4 10s.; three of £1 each, £3. VI.-Books. 1. The Commissioners furnish gratuitously to each School a first Stock of School-books, in proportion to the attendance of Children, which is renewed at the end of every third year. They are to be kept as a School Stock, for which the Master or Mistress is held responsible, and they are on no account to be taken out of the School. The Commissioners also supply Books from time to time for the general use of the Children, and School Requisites, such as Paper, Slates, Quills, &c., at reduced rates. 2. The funds of the Commissioners do not enable them to give a Free Stock sufficiently large for the entire wants of the School. It consists chiefly of Books and Lessons suited to the Junior Classes, viz., Spelling and reading Tablets; First, Second, and Third Books; Grammars; Arithmetics; Copy Lines, and Arithmetical Tablets; also, a Register and Report Book. The more advanced Lesson Books, Maps, Slates, Pencils, and Stationery are to be purchased at the reduced rates. 3. When Books, &c., purchased from the Commissioners at the reduced price, are sold to the children attending a National School, it is directed that in no case shall any advance be made on these prices; and the District Inspectors have instructions to inquire into and report upon, any infraction of this rule. 4. Books are supplied to Schools for the Poor, not in connexion with the National Board, upon special application, at prices considerably lower than those at which they are sold to the public. VII.-Building. 1. Before any grant is made towards Building a School-house, the Commissioners are to be satisfied that a necessity exists for such a School, that an eligible site has been procured, that a satisfactory Lease of the site will be executed to the Commissioners in their Corporate capacity; and that the applicant parties are prepared to raise, by local contribution, at least one third of the whole sum which the Commissioners deem necessary for the erection of the House, providing Furniture, &c. 2. If the proposed site be for a School in a Rural District, and be within three statute miles of a School-house, towards the erection of which the Commissioners have contributed aid, no grant can be made. 3. Although the Commissioners do not absolutely refuse aid towards the erection of School-houses on ground connected with a place of Worship, yet they much prefer having them erected on ground which is not so connected, where it can be obtained; they therefore require that, before Church, Chapel, or Meetinghouse ground be selected as the site of a School-house, strict inquiry be made whether another convenient site can be obtained, and that the result shall be stated to them. 4. The School premises must be vested in the Commissioners, at a nominal rent, and for such term, under the circumstances, as they may deem necessary. 5. The Commissioners will keep in repair the School house and Furniture, where the premises are vested in them in their Corporate capacity. 6. When Grants are voted towards the Building, &c., of a Schoolhouse, the conveyance must be duly executed before the works are commenced. 7. No Grant can be made until the District Inspector shall have reported upon all the circumstances of the case. 8. The Commissioners determine from the information afforded them the dimensions of the proposed Building. 9. The Commissioners cannot, in any case, pay more than twothirds of the sum which they may deem necessary for the erection of the School-house (including Furniture, &c.); and they invariably require that the remaining one-third, at least, shall be locally provided for. 10. The cost of the House, &c., is determined by the number of Children which it is intended to accommodate, allowing an area of six square feet for each child. Example.-A School-house capable of accommodating one hundred Children should contain not less than an area of six hundred square feet, and should be 10 feet high to the wall-plate. 11. The Commissioners furnish instructions as to the Plan and Specification, to which the parties receiving aid are bound strictly to adhere. 12. The Commissioners do not contribute to the ornamenting of School-houses, but merely to such expenditure as may be necessary for having the Children accommodated in plain, substantial buildings. If buildings of another description be preferred the whole of the extra expense must be provided by the applicants. 13. The Commissioners do not contribute towards the expense of erecting Residences for the Teachers, except in the case of a District Model School. 14. The House, Furniture, &c., must be completed, the Teacher or Teachers appointed, and the school in operation, before the Grants can be paid. 15. The whole of the works must be completed within twelve months from the date of the execution of the Lease (unless by special permission) or the Grants will be forfeited. 16. The Commissioners do not make advances or instalments of their Grants. 17. Previous to the payment of the Grants, a Certificate, according to a Form furnished, must be forwarded to the Commissioners, stating that the School-house, Furniture, &c., have been completed in a satisfactory and workmanlike manner, and built according to the dimensions and directions set forth in the Plan and Specification. This Certificate to be signed by the Manager and by the Contractor. The work to be approved of by the Inspectors of the District, or by any other person authorized by the Commissioners or the Governinent to examine it; and if a question arise as to the expenditure incurred, the accounts must be submitted to any audit which may be deemed necessary. 18. The Commissioners do not make Grants to purchase Schoolhouses, nor to purchase, alter, or furnish other Houses, for the purpose of being converted into School-houses. Form of Lease to the Commissioners of National Education, in their Corporate capacity. 18 THIS INDENTURE made the and day of in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred BETWEEN of the of the first part; second part; and THE COMMISSIONERS OF NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND, of the third part. WHEREAS the said Commissioners, by Her Majesty's Royal Charter, bearing date the 26th day of August, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-five, have been incorporated, and are by said Charter empowered to take and hold lands as therein mentioned. AND WHEREAS the Education of the Poor of Ireland has been heretofore, and is now, carried on by the said Commissioners, on the principle of avoiding all interference whatsoever with conscientious scruples on the score of religion, and accordingly, the Schools under their control are open alike to Children of all religious denominations; and no Child is required to be present at any religious instruction or exercise of which his Parents or Guardians may disapprove, and opportunities are afforded to all Children to receive separately at particular periods, to be specified in the rules of each School, such religious instruction as their Parents or Guardians approve of. AND WHEREAS the management of such Schools belongs to the respective local Patrons thereof, who have the power of appointing and of removing the Teachers, subject to the approbation of the said Commissioners. AND WHEREAS the said desirous that a National School, to be called National School, should be established on the principles aforesaid, on the lot of ground hereinafter demised; and the said and have been nominated as Patrons of the said intended National School, and have been approved of by the said Commissioners. NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said in order to promote the said object, granted and demised, and by these presents grant and demise unto the said Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, all that lot of ground described in the map thereof on the margin of these presents delineated, situate in the townland of parish of barony of and county of to hold the same to the said Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, from the day of the date of these presents, for and during yielding therefor during the said term, the rent of one penny on the Feast of St. Michael in every year, if same shall be demanded. And it is hereby expressed and declared, and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents, and of the several and respective parties hereto, that each and every School to be kept and established on the premises hereby demised, shall be kept open for a competent number of hours in each day, at the discretion of the said Commissioners, and shall, during said hours, be used for moral and literary education only; and that one day in each week, or part of a day in the week, independently of Sunday, shall be set apart for the religious instruction of the Children, on which day or part of a day, such Pastors or other persons as may be approved of by the Parents or Guardians of the Children respectively shall have access to them in the School-room for that purpose, whether those Pastors or persons shall have signed the original application or not. And also, that convenient opportunity be afforded to them for the same purpose on other days of the week, and that where any course of Religious Instruction is to be pursued in any such School as aforesaid, during School-hours, to which the Parents or Guardians of any of the Children attending such School shall object, an arrangement shall be made for having such Instruction given to those who are to receive it at a stated time, or in a separate place, so that no Children whose Parents or Guardians object to their being so, be compelled to receive or to be present at it. And further, that no books shall be used in the ordinary School business, save and except those which shall be reported to, and sanctioned by, the said Commissioners. And further, that if any other Books than the Holy Scriptures, or the Standard Books of the Church to which the Children using them belong, be employed in communicating Religious Instruction, then, and in such case, the title of each such book or books shall be made known to the said Commissioners. And further, that all the Master or Masters, Teacher or Teachers, of each and every such School for the time being, shall not only in the first instance, if the said Commissioners shall see fit, before he, she, or they, shall be so appointed, have received previous instruction in the General Normal Establishment in Dublin, or at one of the District Model Schools of the said Commissioners, and shall also have obtained from the said Commissioners, if the said Commissioners shall so think fit, testimonials of good conduct and general fitness, but shall be liable to be fined and removed, or suspended from time to time, and at all times when and as often as the said Commissioners shall deem it necessary, in such way and manner as they shall deem expedient or see fit, upon good and sufficient cause being shown. And further, that the public of all denominations whether clergy or laity, shall have access to each and every such School, in the manner and under the restrictions particularly set forth in the Rules and Regulations of the said Commissioners, under the head and title of "Inspection of Schools," to observe how such School may be conducted. And that no meetings of any kind whatever be summoned, held, or convened, or permitted so to be in any such School-house, or in any part or room thereof, or on the premises hereby conveyed or intended so to be, save such as may relate exclusively to the business thereof; and that no petition or document of any kind whatsoever, save such as may relate exclusively to the business of the said School, be brought or carried into any such School-house or premises, or any part thereof, for signature or otherwise; and that such School-house and premises, or any part thereof, shall not be converted into a place of public worship, or used for any purpose save that of such school; and that from and after the day of the date of these presents, every such School-house shall be kept in full and sufficient repair by the said Commissioners, and that local contributions shall be raised towards payment of the Teachers' salary of such School, after the manner set forth in the Rules and Regulations of the said Commissioners. PROVIDED ALWAYS, and it is hereby further expressed and declared to be the true intent and meaning of these presents, and of the several parties hereto, that in case any of them, the said and or any Patron hereafter to be appointed, shall die, or be desirous of being discharged from the management of said School, or shall go or reside out of Ireland, or shall neglect or refuse, or become incapable to act as such Patron, it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving or continuing Patron or Patrons, to nominate and appoint a new Patron or Patrons in the room of any such Patron or Patrons, such new Patron or Patrons to be first approved of by the said Commissioners; and in case such surviving or continuing Patron or Patrons shall decline, neglect, or refuse to exercise the powers of appointment hereby given as aforesaid, within six calendar months after all or any of the events hereinbefore mentioned shall arise, happen, or take place, that then, and in all or any of such case or cases, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners to nominate and appoint such new Patron or Patrons as aforesaid for the management of said School. And the said heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, covenant and agree to and with the said Commissioners, that he and they, their and his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, shall and will, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, upon the request of the said Commissioners, and at own proper costs and charges, do, perform, and execute all and every such further and other act and acts, deed and deeds, assignment, conveyance, release, and assurance in the law whatsoever, for corroborating and confirming these presents, as by the said Commissioners or their Counsel learned in the law, shall, in that behalf, be reasonably advised, devised, required, demanded, or directed. And the said covenant with hereby for and the said Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, that the said Commissioners, paying the said rent, if demanded, shall and may peaceably and quietly possess and enjoy the said premises for the said term, without any disturbance from the said heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said hereunto put hand and seal, and the said Commissioners have caused their Corporate Seal to be affixed hereto, the day and year first above written. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered by the said A in the presence of |