The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-03-21

gbieb principal shall remain a permanent fund,
10 be placed at interest, and the interest shall
he appropriated by the boards Of school cons
m~i.sioners, to the education in said common
schools, of the children residing in the town
ship in which the sixteenth section may lie,
from which the said principal and interest shall
have arisen PrOrided, that any township may
be exempted from the provisions Of this act
by a majority of the heads of families filing
their protest with the clerk Of the board Of
police in their respective counties, on or be
fore the first Of March, in each and every
year; which protest being filed, shall entitle
the board Of trustees of said township, to con-
troll and manage the funds arising from the
lease Of the sixteenth section in said township,
as is already provided by the laws heretofore
existing in relation TO sixteenth sections.
SEC. is. Be further enacted, That said
treasurers shall loan ont all monies belonging
10 said school fund, not appropriated by the
school commissioners, for such time, and for
such security as said commissioner may direct
and approve.
Sec. ID. Be ii further enacted, That said
school commissioners and said treasurers shall
not, themselves, either directly or indirectly,
be the borrowers Of any monies belonging to
said school fund, and shall receive such COM
pensation for their services as the boards Of
police Of their respective counties may order
and allow, to be paid out Of the school fund.
Sec. Is. Be II further enacted, That the
boards Of school commissioners shall report
semi-annually, in June and December, to the
Secretary Of the State, the situation Of schools
and school funds, the number of scholars at
tending school, the number Of teachers, the
amount paid to teachers out of the sixteenth
section fund, the school fund, and by private
individuals, in their respective counties.
SEC. l6. Be 1t fuTthe, enacted, That the
Secretary Of State shall be ex-oficio General
School Commissioner of this State, and shall
file in his Office all returns of school commits
%sioners, and register the same in well bound
books, to be procured and kept for that pur-
pose, and semi-annually, in July and January,
cause to be published an abstract from said
register, showing the number Of scholars at
tending school, the number Of teachers, the
amount paid to teachers out Of the sixteenth
section fund, the school fund, and by private
individuals, and furnish each board of school
commissioners with a copy of said abstract:
and to enable him to receive correct informa'
ton, he ehall cause each board of commissions
ers to be furnished with suitable blanks, to b.
by them filled up and returned to him; and thu
duties required Of the Secretary Of State, un
der the provisions Of this section Of this act
shall be performed under the superintendent,
and direction Of the Governor.
SEC. II. Be further enacted, That the Au
ditor Of Public Accounts, on the certificate o
the Governor, is hereby required to audit an
| allow the accounts for books, stationary, AM
blanks, ordered by the Secretary Of State, un
der the provisions Of this act, not exceedin
FIVE hundred dollars annually; and also 10 au
Dir and allow said Secretary, for the service
D re9Ired by this act, the sum Of five hundre
dollars per annum, or at that rate, to be pal
ont Of any monies in the treasury not other
wise appropriated; Provided, that the tOwnshi
in which the town Of Columbus, in Lownde
: county, is situated, be, andis hereby excopte
. out of the provisions OF the above recited &C
! Sec. 10. Be It further enacted, That this &C
shall take effect and be in force from and aftc
it's passage; and that all acts or parts of nct
conflicting with the provisions Of this act, b
a and the same arehereby repealed.
JAMES WHITFIELD.
!, Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
: GEO. T. SWAMI.
D.o.sJa,F aftbo Cat.