National School Teachers (Ireland) Act, 1875

Local Government Board to give notice to guardians inquiring whether they are willing to become a contributory union.

4. The Local Government Board shall, on or before the first day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, transmit to the guardians of each union in Ireland a notice requiring them within forty days after the receipt thereof to inform the Local Government Board whether, for the purpose of increasing the remuneration of the teachers of national schools within such union, they are willing to become a contributory union within the meaning of this Act; and the Local Government Board shall, on or before the first day of January in every year, transmit a notice to the like effect to the guardians of every union which shall not at such time be a contributory union.