II. Forms of and APPENDIX A. have a like power of nomination, and such successor in each said Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, that and Assigns. IN WITNESS whereof the said Signed, Sealed, and Delivered by the said in the presence of 2.-Form B of Lease to the Commissioners of National Education in their Corporate capacity. THIS INDENTURE MADE the day of in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight BETWEEN of the Hundred and ference whatsoever with conscientious scruples on the score APPENDIX A. of religion, and accordingly, the Schools under their control II. Forms of are open alike to Children of all religious denominations; Leases and and no Child is required to be present at any religious in- Assignment. struction or exercise of which his Parents or Guardiaus may disapprove, and opportunities are afforded to all Children to receive separately at particular periods, to be specified in the Rules of each School, such religious instruction as their Parents or Guardians approve of. AND WHEREAS the management of such Schools belongs to the respective local Patrons thereof, who have the power of appointing the Teachers, subject to the approbation of the said Commissioners, and of removing them of their own authority. AND WHEREAS the said desirous that a National School, to be called National School, should be established on the principles aforesaid, on the lot of ground hereinafter demised; and the said have been nominated as Patrons of the said intended National School, and have been approved of by the said Commissioners. NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETII that the said and in order to promote the said object, granted and demised, and by these Presents grant and demise unto the said Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, all that lot of ground described in the Map thereof on the margin of these Presents delineated, situate in the Townland of Parish of containing Barony of and County of to hold the same to the said Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, from the day of the date of these Presents, for and during yielding therefor during the said term, the rent of One Penny on the Feast of St. Michael, in every year, if same shall be demanded. And it is hereby expressed and declared, and it is the true intent and meaning of these Presents, and of the several and respective Parties hereto, that each and every School to be kept and established on the Premises hereby demised, shall be kept open for a competent number of hours in each day, at the discretion of the said Commissioners, and shall, during said hours, be used for Moral and Literary Education only; and that one day in each week, or part of a day in the week, independently of Sunday, shall be set apart for the Religious Instruction of the Children, on which day or part of a day, such Pastors or other Persons as may be approved of by the Parents or Guardians of the Children respectively shall have access to them in the School-room for that purpose, whether those Pastors or Persons shall have signed the original Application or not. And also, that convenient opportunity be afforded to them for the same purpose on other days of the week, and that where any course of Religious Instruction is to be pursued in any such School as aforesaid, during School-hours, to which the Parents or Guardians of any of the Children attending such School shall object, an arrangement shall be made for II. Forms of APPENDIX A. having such Instruction given to those who are to receive it at a stated time, or in a separate place, so that no Children whose Parents or Guardians object to their being so, be compelled to receive or to be present at it. And further, that no Books shall be used in the ordinary School business, save and except those which shall be reported to, and sanctioned by the said Commissioners. And further, that if any other Books than the Holy Scriptures, or the Standard Books of the Church to which the Children using them belong, be employed in communicating Religious Instruction, then, and in such case, the Title of each such Book or Books shall be made known to the said Commissioners. And further, that all the Master or Masters, Teacher or Teachers of each and every such School for the time being, shall not only in the first instance, if the said Commissioners shall see fit, before he, she, or they shall be so appointed, have received previous Instruction in the General Normal Establishment in Dublin, or at one of the District Model Schools of the said Commissioners, and shall also have obtained from the said Commissioners, if the said Commissioners shall so think fit, Testimonials of good conduct and general fitness, but shall be liable to be fined and removed, or suspended from time to time, and at all times when and as often as the said Commissioners shall deem it necessary, in such way and manner as they shall deem it expedient, or see fit, upon good and sufficient cause being shown. And further, that the public of all denominations, whether Clergy or Laity, shall have access to each and every such School, in the manner and under the restrictions particularly set forth in the Rules and Regulations of the said Commissioners, under the Head and Title of "Inspection of Schools," to observe how such School may be conducted. And that no Meetings of any kind whatever be summoned, held, or convened, or permitted so to be in any such School-house, or in any part or room thereof, or on the premises hereby conveyed or intended so to be, save such as may relate exclusively to the business thereof; and that no Petition or Document of any kind whatsoever, save such as may relate exclusively to the business of the said School, be brought or carried into any such School-house or Premises, or any part thereof, for signature or otherwise; and that such School-house and Premises, or any part thereof, shall not be converted into a place of Public Worship, or used for any purpose save that of such School; and that from and after the day of the date of these Presents, every such School-house shall be kept in full and sufficient repair by the said Commissioners, and that Local Contributions shall be raised towards payment of the Teachers' Salary of such School, after the manner set forth in the Rules and Regulations of the said Commissioners. PROVIDED ALWAYS, and it is hereby further expressed and declared to be the true intent and meaning of these presents, and of the several parties hereto, that in case any of them, the said and or any Patron hereafter to be appointed, shall APPENDIX A. die, or be desirous of being discharged from the management II. Forms of of said School, or shall go or reside out of Ireland, or shall Leases and neglect or refuse, or become incapable to act as such Patron, it Assignment. shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving or continuing Patron or Patrons to nominate and appoint a new Patron or Patrons in the room of any such Patron or Patrons, such new Patron or Patrons to be first approved of by the said Commissioners; and in case such surviving or continuing Patron or Patrons shall decline, neglect, or refuse to exercise the powers of appointment hereby given as aforesaid, within Six Calendar Months after all or any of the events herein before mentioned shall arise, happen, or take place; that then, and in all or any of such case or cases, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners to nominate and appoint such new Patron or Patrons as aforesaid, for the management of said School. And the said hereby for Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, covenant and agree to and with the said Commissioners, that he and they, their and his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, shall and will, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, upon the request of the said Commissioners, and at own proper cost and charges, do, perform, and execute all and every such further and other act and acts, deed and deeds, assignment, conveyance, release, and assurance in the law whatsoever, for corroborating and confirming these presents, as by the said. Commissioners or their Counsel learned in the Law, shall, in that behalf, be reasonably advised, devised, required, demanded, or directed. And the said Covenant with and the said Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, that Hand and Seal and the said Commis sioners have caused their Corporate Seal to be affixed hereto, the Day and Year first above written. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, by the said in the presence of 3.-Form of Assignment or Conveyance of National School Premises, by Trustees, to the Commissioners of National Education, in their Corporate capacity. THIS INDENTURE made the day of in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and BETWEEN in the of of the second part; and the COMMISSIONERS OF NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND, of the third part. WHEREAS by Indenture of Lease bearing date the One Thousand Eight day of of the first part, APPENDIX A. Hundred and II. Forms of made between the several persons therein named and described as the Com- and that the therein named Com- of the rere Barony of and County of Parish whereon there had been erected and built a School-house for on the |