Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1859-04-08
A Bill, Passed by the legislature
of North Carolina for 1853 59, Con-
cerning Common Schools.

Sec. 1 Be 1T enacted By the General As
senabzy Of the State Of North Carolaaaa, a7ed
at IS Icre6y enacted by the authority OF the
sumo, That the last clause of section eaghth,
cHnDter second, of he acts of Assembly
of the session OF 1867 entitled an act
concerning the Common Schools OF North
Carolina, and which said clause Is IN the
words following, to wit: ''lra pfoportaon
to the nunaJer Of achite children IN sad
District" be and the same is hereby le-
pealed. ,
Sec 3. Be further e'aacted, That with
in ten DAYS from the first Monday in Oc-
tober. in every year, the sheriff of each
county in the State, and the Chairman of
the Board of Superintendent of Common
Schools, shall jointly sign a statement,
showing the amount of taxes collected,
,,n,i the :..rlots:lt t.ac far school purposes
in said county for the fiscal year, ending
OH the last day Of September, Immediately
preceedino-which statements shall be
filed with the Clerk of the County Court,
and bv him recorded in a book kept ex-
prcssly for that purpose And on the tail
ure of the Sheriff or Chairman to sign such
statement, or of both, they shall each be
liable to penalty of one hundred dollars
to l,e recovered in the county or Superior
court, on motion OF the Clerk, one half OF
said penalty to so to the Clerk and the
other to the Common Schools OF the couil-
tv. And the Clerk Of the county court
of each county shall, within thirty days
from the said first Monday in October, i'll
each year. send to the General Superin-
tendent Of Common Schools for the State,
a COPY, under the seal of his Office, OF the
said statement rendered by the Sheriff and
Chairman of the Board of Superintendent
of Common Schools of his county; and
each Clerk, on failing SO to do, shall be
liable to a penalty Of two hundred dollars,
to be recovered in the superior court OF
Wake. on motion of the General Superin
tendent, o1ae-half to go to the use OF Cont-
a,aoz. Schools Of said county, and the other
half to the Educational Association OF the
State.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the
General Superintendent OF Com. Schools
of the State, be authorized to have printed
and sent to the Chairman of the Board OF
superintendents of Common Schools OF
each county III the State, a sufficient num-
Der of the common School Register, re-
Gently prepared by said General Superin-
dent, to supply all the Common Schools
not yet supplied.
Sec. Be at further enacted That in lieu
OF former regulation in regard to the safe
keeping ana use Oh Sstlu OOlli. oCuoOi 1IcE
lister, the following shall be in force, tc-wit:
1t shall be the duty of the Chairman of
Board of county superintendent to keep
and preserve all the copies of said register
belonging to their respective counties,
when the schools are not in session. And
before the commencement of every [any]
school, the committee of the district shall
give to the teacher an order on the Chair
man for the register belonging to that dis
trict and the said teacher, on receiving it,
shall give receipt for it, and be response
BILE Epr its safe keeping until the close OF
the school. And in no case shall any such
teacher be paid until he returns said reg
lister TO the Chairman, in as good order as
when received and with the blank proper
ly filed with an account of his School ac-
cording to the instructions of the General
Superintendent for the State. And the
register for each school or district shall
contain the name and number of the school
or district and be kept for its use alone.
Sec. 5. Be at further enacted, That when
ever it shall be made to appear to the
Board of Superintendents of Com Schools
of any county in the State, that there is in
said county in factory, mine, or shop
and that there are in the families OF the
employ ees of said factory, mine, or shop