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after the expiration of the prescribed time, being not earlier than one 

 month after the first publication of such resolution ; and 



(2.) It is confirmed by the Scotch Education Department by a Minute 

 or Order. 



V. (1.) Every school provided under this Act if it claim a grant 

 from the Department of Science and Art shall, with respect to any sub- 

 ject for which such grant is claimed, be conducted in accordance with 

 the conditions specified in the Minutes of the Department of Science and 

 Art in force for the time being, and required to be fulfilled by such a 

 school in order to obtain a grant from that D'^partment. 



(2.) Those conditions shall, amongst other things, provide that a 

 grant shall not be made by the Department of Science and Art in respect 

 of a scholar admitted to the school unless or until he has obtained such 

 a certificate from the Scotch Education Department as is hereinafter 

 mentioned. 



(3.) A Minute of the Department of Science and Art not in force at 

 the passing of this Act shall not be deemed to be in force for the purposes 

 of this Act until it has lain for not less than one month during one session 

 on the Table of both Houses of Parliament. 



VI. Every school provided under this Act shall, in respect to all 

 subjects other than those for which a grant is claimed from the Science 

 and Ai't Department, be conducted in accordance with the conditions 

 which may from time to time be set forth in the Scotch Education Code 

 annually laid before Parliament under tbe heading 'Technical Schools.' 



VII. (1.) Every school board providing a technical school shall, 

 subject to the provisions of this Act, maintain and keep efficient the 

 school so provided. 



(2.) For the purpose of providing any such school, a school board 

 shall have the same powers, but subject to the same conditions, as a 

 school board has for providing sufficient school accommodation for its 

 district. 



(3.) For the purpose of maintaining any such school, a school board 

 shall have the same powers, but subject to the same conditions, as a 

 school board has in regard to the maintenance of a higher class public 

 school under section eighteen of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1878. 



(4.) A school board may, with the consent of the Scotch Education 

 Department, use for the purposes of a technical school any buildings, or 

 part of any buildinga, vested therein for the purposes of the Education 

 (Scotland) Acts, 1872 to 1883, and a school board, or combination of 

 school boards, may, with the consent of the Scotch Education Depart- 

 ment, use for the purposes of the Education (Scotland) Acts, 1872 to 

 1883, any buildings, or part of any buildings, authorised by this Act. 



(5.) A school board may, with the consent of the Scotch Education 

 Department, spread the payment of the expense of providing a technical 

 school over a number of years, not exceeding thirty-five years, unless with 

 the sanction of the Treasury, and in any case not exceeding fifty, and may 

 borrow money for that purpose ; and for the purpose of such borrowing 

 section forty-five of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1872, shall be held to 

 apply to the loan, and such provision shall be deemed to be a work for 

 which a school board is authorised to bori'ow, and the Public Works 

 Loan Commissioners are authorised to lend, within tbe meaning of the 

 ninth section and the First Schedule of the Public Works Loans 

 Act, 1875. 



