The school board shall purchase, at the expense of the city or town in which the district is situated, textbooks and other supplies required for use in the public schools; and shall loan the same to the pupils of such schools free of charge, subject to such regulations for their care and custody as the board may prescribe; and shall sell such books at cost to pupils of the school wishing to purchase them for their own use.
Source. RS 73:11. CS 77:12. 1863, 27:21. GS 81:17. GL 89:11. 1883, 37:2. 1889, 13:1. PS 92:7. 1895, 90:3. 1921, 85, II:8. PL 117:14. RL 135:16.