The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-03-25
Emerson antelligenter
(coNcLuDED FROM FIRST pAoE.)

by fine and imprisonment proportioned
to the amount OF deficiency or cmbezzle-
ment, and the party convicted OF such
felony shall be disqualified from ever hold
ing any office of honor or emolument III
tins State; Prorided, ho1oeuer, That the
General Assembly, by q two-thrd vote,
may remove the disability upon payment
full of the principal and interest OF the
sum embezzled.
Is. No debt contracted by this State in
behalf of the late rebellion, in whole or
in part, shall ever be paid.
ARTICLE x.
EDUCATION.
SECTION l. The supervision of pubic
instruction shall be vested in State Su-
perintendent ofsEducation, who shall be
elected by the qualified electors OF the
State in such manner and at such times
as the other State officers are elected; his
mowers. duties, term of office and COM
pensation shall be defined by the General
Assembly.
Q. There shall be elected biennially, in
each County, by the qualified electors
thereof, one School Commissioner; said
Commissioners to constitute 81 State
Board of Education. of which the State
Superintendent shall, by virtuo of his
Office, be Chairman; the powers, duties
and, compensation Of the members of said
Board shall be determined by law.
8. The General Assembly shall, as soon
as practicabl bio after the adoption of this
Constitution, provide for liberal and
uniform system Of free public schools
throughout the State, and shall also make
provision for the division Of the State IN
TO suitable School Districts. There shall
be kept open at least six months in each
year one or more schools in each School
District.
a. It shall bo the duty of the General
Assembly toprovide for tho compulsory
attendance, at either public or private
schools, of all children between the ages
of six and sixteen years, not physically
or mentally disabled, for n term, equiva-
lent to. swenty-four months at least; Pro.
vided, That no law to that effect shall be
passed until system Of public schools
has been thoroughly and completely or
ganized, and facilities afforded tp all the
inhabitants Of the State for the free edu-
cation-of their children.
S. The General Assembly shall levy at
each regular session after the adoption Of
this Constitution .an annual tax on all
taxable property throughout the State
for the support of public schools, which
tax shall be collected at the same time
and by the same agents as the general
State levy, aud shall be paid into the
Treasury of the State. There shall be
assessed on all taxable polls in the State
an annual tax OF one dollar on each poll,
the proceeds of which tax shall beappled
solely to educational purposes; Provided,
That no person shall ever be deprived of
the right of suffrage for the non-payment
: of said tax. Noother poll or capitation
tax shall be levied in the State, ror shall
the amount assessed on each poll exceed
the limit given in this section. The
School Tax Shall be distributed among the
several School Districts of the State, in
proportion to the respective number of
pupils attending the public schools. No
religious sect or sects shall have exclusive
right TO, or control Of any part Of the
school funds of the State, nor shall sccta-
rian principles be taught in tn; public
schools.
6. Within FIVE years after the first reg
ular session of the General Assembly, fol
lowing the adoption OF this Constitution,
it shall DC the duty Of the General AS
sembly, to provide for the establishment
and support of State Normal School,
which shall be open to all persons who
may wish to become teachers
Z. Educational institutions for the ben
eft of all the blind, deaf and dumb, and
such other benevolent institutions as the
public good may require, shall be cstab-
lished and supported by the State, subject
TO such regulations as may be prescribed
by law.
8. Provisions shall be made by law, as
soon rs practicable, for the establishment
and maintenance of State Reform
School forjuvenilc offenders.
a-9. The General Assembly shall provide
for the maintenance OF the State Univer-
sity, and as soon as practicable, provide
for the establishment of an Agricultural
College, and shall appropriate the land
given to this State, forthe support of such
a college, by the Act of Congress, passed
July 2, 1862, or the money or scrip, as the
case may be, arising from The sale o! said
lands, or any lands which may hereafter
be given or appropriated for such pur-
pose, for the support and maintenance Of
such college, ard may make the samc
branch of the State University. for in
struction in Agriculture, tho Mechanic
Arts, and the Natural Sciences connected
Herewith.
,e 10. Tho proceeds of all lands that have
been or hereafter may be given by the
United States to this State, for education
al purpose, and not otherwise appropria-
ted by this State or the United States,
and Of all lands or other property given
h,, ;nd;vidn.Is Or onnrODriatefl bV the