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(1) Without prejudice to any of the provi sions of this Act in general and of section 11 in pa r ticula r, a local autho rity in which the management of Elementary Education has vested, shall have the following duties and functions to perform and carry out, na mely:— (t) construction, expansion, improvemem and maintenance of school buildings ; (it) supply of necessary equipments to elementary schools ; (tit) arranging of play grounds, mid-day meal drinking water and medical inspection of students ; 116 tiv) preparation and maintenance of a register of children of the area in the form prescribed ; (») decision, when necessary, as to who is the guard ian of a child or the head of a family ; (vi) arrangement for stocking and marketing and disposal of the products of school crafts ; (vii) arrangement for periodic exhibition of such products in the region ; (viii) supervision of a ttendance ; and (?'x) such other duties and functions, as may be entrusted to them by the State Board for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Powers of