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Office Superintendent of School for Freedman and Refugees
State of Texas

The observance of the following 
Regulation
is enjoined on the Teachers of Freedmen of Texas
1 The School Hours shall be from 9 am to 2:30 pm with half an hour's recess at mid-day. 
2 The morning exercises will commence with either the singing of an appropriate hymn or prayer or the reading of the scriptures.
3 A regular order of School Exercise will be posted in each School Room.
4 The three studies of primary importance for the Freedman are reading, writing, and arithmetic Teachers will therefore make these branches most prominent. 
5 The holidays shall be the same as those customary in the White Schools of this State.
6 In the Freedman's School, the modes of discipline must not differ from those employed in the best school systems of the North.
7 Night Schools for adults and Sunday Schools for religious instruction may be organized by any Teacher.
The Night School shall be kept in session every week-day evening expect Saturday from 7 to 9:30 Pm  

8 A daily register of attendance will be kept and at the close of each month, Teacher will promptly report in duplicate sending one copy direct to the Superintendent of Schools for the State and forward the other to the Sub Assistant Commissioner in whose District the School is located.
9 Under the head of "Remark" the Teacher will state the general progress made by the school during the month; the serious hindrances if any encountered and such practical suggestions as may seem calculated to give impulse to the Educational work.
10 This Report is incomplete unless to each question exact or approximate answers is given and unless each blank is filled by a number or cypher. 
Jos Welch 
Superintendent of Schools for Freedmen Refugees, State of Texas.