[Chapter 3.]

Passed April 25, 1721.

Whereas the selectmen of Sundry Towns within this Province often Neglect to provide Grammar Schools for their Respective Towns whereby their youths Loose much of their Time, to the great Hindrance of their learning, For Remedy whereof

Be it Enacted by His Excellency the Govern^r Council and Representatives, in General Court Assembled and by y^e Authority of the Same, That Not only Each Town but each parish within this Province Consisting of one Hundred Families shall be Constantly Provided with a Grammar School, and the Selectmen of Such Towns and Parishes Respectively are hereby Impowred to Agree with Such School masters for Salary, and to Raise money by way of Rate upon the Inhabitants to pay the Same.

And further it is Enacted by the Authority afores^d, That So offten as it happens that any Such Town or Parish as aforesaid (after Publication hereof) is Destitute of a Grammar School for the space of one month, the Selectmen of such Town or Parish shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty pounds for Every Such Neglect to be paid out of their own Estates, & to be applyed towards the Defraying the Charges of the Province

[Note: Penalty for negligent towns is now placed upon the estates of the Selectmen, instead of the inhabitants.]

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