This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...credible witness. Such fine shall belong to the school commissioners or trustees of the municipality, as the case may be, and shall be by them employed for the benefit and advancement of education in their municipality. R. S. Q, art. 2197. 436. If any school commissioner, trustee, or secretary-treasurer, after dismissal, or retirement from office, or any other person whatevere retains, keeps, or takes possession of or refuses to deliver up, any book, paper, tiling, money, sum of money, insignia, or any object belonging to the school commissioners or trustees of any school municipality, he shall thereby incur, for each day during which he retains, appropriates or refuses to deliver such book, paper, thing, money, or sum of money, insignia or any other object whatever, a fine of not less than five or more than twenty dollars. Such fine may be sued for and be recovered in one and the same action, after notice from the superintendent ordering. him to deposit or deliver into the hands of the person indicated in such notice, which may be served by a bailiff of the Superior Court, upon the person mentioned in the notice, either in person or at his domicile; and the said bailiff shall make his return of such service to the superintendent, under his oath of office, and thenceforward the said notice or return shall be authentic. R. S. Q., art. 2198. 437. The superintendent may, in the same action, demand the return of such books, papers or things, money or sums of money, insignia, or other objects whatever, and the defendant may be condemned thereto upon such penalties as the court may inflict. The judgment shall in all cases carry costs and shall be executed in the usual manner. The Superior Court shall alone have jurisdiction to hear and decide such actions, whatev...
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