Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-04-02

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public school fund.- And no additional poll tax
shall be levied by any municipal corporation.
(, Section 8. The General Assembly shall provide
for an annual tax sufficient to defay the estimated
expenses of the State for each year; and whenever
it shall happen that such ordinary expenses Of the
State for any year shall exceed the income Of the
State for such year, the General Assembly shall
provide for levying tax for the ensuing year, suf
fcient with our sources of income, to pay the de-
ciency of the proceeding year, togc her with the
estimated expenses of the ensuing year. ~
Section A. . No tax shall be levied except in pur-
suance of law, which shall distinctly state the OBJ
ject of the same to which object such tax shall be
Section S. It shall be the duty Of the General
Assembly to enact laws for the exemption from
taxation Of all public schools, colleges and institu-
tons of learning all charitable institutions in the
nature of asylums for the infrm, deaf and dumb,
blind, idiotic and INDECENT persons, all public II
braries churches and burying grounds; but proper:
ty of associations and societies. although connected
with charitable objects shall not be exempt from
State, County or Municipal taxation. Prorlded,
That this exemption shall not extend beyond the
buildings and premises actually occupied by such
schools, colleges institutions of learning, asynms,
libraries churches and burial grounds, although
connected with charitable objects.
Section 6. The General Assembly shall provide
for the valuation and assessment Of all lands and
the improvements thereon prior to the assembling
of the General Assembly of 1870, and thereafter on
every fifth year. ~.
dinary expenditures, the State may contract public
debts but such debts shall be authorized by law
for some single object, to be distinctly specified
therein and no such law shall take effect until it
shall have been passed by the vote of two-thrds Of
the members of each branch of the General AS
sembly, to be recorded by yeas and nays on the
journals of each House respectively; and every
such law shall levy tax annually sufficient to pay
the annual interest Of such debt.
Section s. The corporate authorities Of Counties,
Townships, School Districts, Cities, Towns and
Villages may be vested with power to assess and
beuniform in respect to persons and property, with
in the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same:
And the General Assembly shall require that all
the property, except that heretofore exempted
within the limits Of municipal corporations, shall
be taxed for the payment Of debts contracted under
authority Of law. ae
Section 9. The General Assembly shall provide
for the incorporation and organization of cities and
towns, and shall restrict their powers of taxation,
borrowing money, contracting debts, and leaning
their credit. .a..fi. pa. :, 90
Section 10. No script, certificate, or other eyi-
dence of State Indebtedness shall be issued except
for the redemption of stock, bonds, or other eyl-
dences of Indebtedness previously issued, or tor
such debts as are expressly authorized in this con-
stitution. -. e,
Section H. An accurate statement OF the re.
ceipts and expenditures Of the public money shall
be published with the laws Of each regular session
of the General Assembly in such manner as may,
by law, be directed.
Section H. No money shall be drawn from the
Treasury, but in pursuance Of appropriation l made
by law. ;, z.ns
the first day of November in each year.
Section H. Any debt contracted by the State
shall be by loan on State bonds, Of amounts not
less than fifty dollars each on interest, payable
within twenty years after the final passage Of the
law authorizing such debt A correct registry Of
all such bonds shall be kept by the Treasurer in
numerical order, so as always to exhibit the num-
ber and amount unpaid, and to whom seVeraly
made payable.
General Assembly for the safe keeping, transfer
and disbursement of the State, County and School
funds, and all officers and other persons charged
with the same shall keep inaccurate entry OF each
sum received, and of each payment and transfer;
and shall give such security for the faithful dis
provide And it shall be the duty of the General
Assembly to pass laws making embezzlement Of
such funds felony, punishable by fine and impris-
onment proportioned to the amount Of deficiency
or embezzlement, and the party convicted OF such
felony shall be disqualified from ever holding any
Office of honor or emolument in this State; Pro-
vided, hoDeuer, That the General Assembly, by a
two-third vote, may remove the disability upon
payment in full Of the principal and interest OF the
sum embezzled.
behalf of the late rebellion, in whole or In part,
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EDUCATION.
Section l. The supervision of public instruction
shall be vested in State Superintendent OF Edu-
cation, who shall be electedby the qualified electors
of the State in such manner and at such time as
the other State officers are elected; his powers
duties, term of Office and compensation shall be
defined by the General Assembly.
Section @ There shall be elected, biennlally, IN
each county, by the qualified electors thereof, one
School Commissioner, said Commissioners to con-
stitute State Board of Education, Of which the
State Superintendent shall, by virtue Of his Office
be chairman the powers, duties, and compensa-
ton Of the members Of said Board shall be deter
Section 8. The General Assembly shall, as soon
as practicable after the adoption Of this consttu
tuition, provide for liberal and uniform system Of
free public schools throughout the State, and shall
also make provision for the division of the State
into suitable school districts There shall be kept
omen, at least six months in each year, one or more
schools in each school district
Section 4. It shall be the duty Of the General
Assembly to provide for the compulsory atten,
dance, at either public or private schools, OF all
children between the ages of six and sixteen years,
not physically or mentally disabled, tor term
equivalent to twenty-four months at least: Prora-
ded That no law to that effect shall be pas
sed until system of public schools has been thor
oughly and completely organized, and tacllItles
afforded to all the inhabitants OF the State tor the
free education of their children.
Section S. The General Assembly shall levy, at
each regular session after the adoption OF this con-
stitution, an annual tax on all taxable property,
throughout the State, for the support OF public
schools, which tax shall be collected at the same
lime and BY the same agents as the general State
lew and 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
noll. the proceeds of which tax shall be applied
solely to educational purposes: Provided, That no
person shall ever be deprived OF the right OF sui
frage for the non.payment of said tax. No other
noI or capitaton tax shall be levied in the State,
nor shall the amount assessed on each poll exceed
the limit given in this section. The school tax
shall be distributed among the several school dis
trcts of the State, in PROPORTION to the respective
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