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statute in such case made and provided. At these schools instruction shall be Riven with a view to teaching the entire trade or vocation at which such apprentices, clerks, or servants are employed, for not less than six hours per week, during the cntirterm of such apprenticeship. "d. Part time schools for youth between fourteen and eight n years, the pupils of which will spend alternate weeks in shop, factory, store or office or other place o\ employment and at th< schools at which instruction shall he given with a view t<> supplementing and rendering effective the work of the pupils in their respective employments. Teachers at these schools will he required to supplement the school work by giving practical aid and advice to the pupils and their employers at the respective places of employment of such pupils. "e. Vocational day schools for the industrial, commercial or agricultural instruction and for the instruction in domestic service of youth between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years. At these schools instruction shall be given with a view to the vocational preparation of the youth of both sexes, who expect to commence industrial, commercial, agricultural or domestic service at the age of sixteen years, and shall include instruction to girls in women's trades, commerce and the household arts, and to boys in agricultural, commercial, industrial and mechanical subjects. Youth employed upon farms shall not be required to attend such schools, except during the months of November, December, January, February and March, but the technical or special teachers oi subjects pertaining to agriculture may be employed for ten months in each year, of which period, five months service shall be in the schools and five months service on the farms in the municipality supporting the school, giving lectures and demonstrations and promoting such other educational measures as the board shall determine to be for the benefit of the agricultural interests of the community, "f. Schools which shall provide in one institution for the instruction required in any two or more of the above mentioned types of schools."

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5. The Board of Vocational Education shall have power to buy or lease sites for buildings and grounds with the concurrence of the city council or commissioners in the case of cities and villages, and

without c o n c u r r e n c e in t h e ease of t o w n s h i p s . (i - 111 all eases the Board shall have power to ereet. p u r c h a s e , ov

renl buildings or rooms, employ teachers, provide equipment, expel pupils, and perform any aet necessary to the successful conduct o\ the schools it has established. 7 - I" the case of city or village organizations, the Board of Voca tional Education sliall certify to the city government the amount o( money necessary for the conduct of the vocational schools it has es tablished, after which the city council or the commissioners shall have

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