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SEC. 77. Every member of the School Committee, under whose directions a child is excluded from a public school, and every teacher of the school, from which a child is excluded, shall, on application by the parent or guardian of such child, state in writing the grounds and reason of such exclusion.

SEC. 78. A child, unlawfully excluded from any public school, may recover damage therefor in a civil action, to be brought in the name of such child, by his guardian or next friend against the Township by which such school is supported.

SEC. 79. A school day shall comprise six hours, exclusive of recess; a school month, twenty days, exclusive of the first and last day of each week; a school term, four months.
 
SEC. 80. The school year shall commence on the first day of October, and close on the thirtieth day of September.

SEC. 81. All acts and resolutions heretofore enacted relating to common schools and the Literary Fund, and all other acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 82. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. 

Ratified the 12th day of April, A.D. 1869.
JO. W. HOLDEN,
Speaker House of Representatives.
TOD R. CALDWELL,
President of the Senate. 

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE,
Raleigh, April 22d, 1869.

I, HENRY J. MENNINGER, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original act on file in this office. 

HENRY J. MENNINGER, 
Secretary of State