The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-04-06

4 Advertisenients. So -
i An, Aot to Establish and Maintain
i q system Of Free Common Schools
4 for the State of South Carolina.
| SECTION 4. Be 1t enacted by the
Senateand House Of Representatives.
Of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority Of
the same: 81. ~ .7..g E3RF2's3
5a STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ~.
That the State Board of Educa-
ton shall consist of the several
County School Commissioners and
the State Superintendent of Edn-
cation, who shall be er c6scio
Chairman of the Board, and who
shall be entitled to vote on all
questions submitted to the Board.
The Board may elect one of it's
members as Secretary. sa'
SEQ. 9. That the State Board of
| Education shall hold its first meet.
ing at the Capital of the State on
the second Wednesday after the
approval of this Act, and shall
thereafter meet on the fret We'd
nesday in October of every year
at the Capital of the State, and at
such other times and places as the
State Superintendent of Education
shall direct. The. members Of the
Board shall be entitled to receive
a mileage at the rate of twenty
(20l cents per mile, going to and
returning from the meetings f
the Board aforesaid, to be raid by
the State Treasurer on presentation
of q certificate signed by the Chair
man and Secretary of the Board.
SEQ. 3. That, for the purpose Of
procuring an uniform system of
textbooks, to be used in the com.
mon and public schools through
out the State, there shall be Com
mission of five appointed, to con
sist of His Exccllency the Govern.
or, who shall be CO offcso Chair.
man the Chairman Of the Com
mitiee on Education of the Senate
and House of Representatives 4;
and, for the purpose of selecting
the other two members, the Senate
shall by a majority fvotes, appoint
one, and the House Of Representa-
tives shall, in like manner, select the
other Provided, That the Com
mission, having decided upon a
list of textbooks, such list shall not
be u bj ect to amendment or
change until the first of January,
1873, unless authority be granted
to the Commission, by Act of the
General Assembly, to amend or
change the list aforesaid; And
provided, further, That the Com
mission shall decide upon list, of
text, books to be used in the com.
mon and public schools throughout
the State, and shall furnish the
same to the Board of Education
at its first session. The meetings
of the State Board of Education
shall be held for the r...pese of
considering such matters as may
be deemed necessary, and Of TAX
ing such action az may advance the
cause of common school education
in this State. -.7i 81. '..-s' '.
SEC. 4. Books shall be furnish.
cd to tho pupils in the public and
common schools of this State at
ten per cent. above their cost to
the State; and, in all cases where
the parents neglect or refuse to
furnish their children, attending
such schools, with suitable books,
the Trustees of the several school
districts are hereby authorized to
furnish the same. gratitously to
such pupils as they. may be satisfied
are unable to pay for them J, but in
ahsotlIer cases they's ha lfurnish
books to the pupils who have fail
etifto purchase books, and certify
thecost Of the same, with thename
Of the person against whom they
| are charged, to the Assessor., with.
in whose district such school dis
trict may be situated at the time
when the ANIMAL assessment of
property is made and il shall be
The duty of said Assessor to return
the amount, so certified, TO the An.
ditor of his County, whose duty it
shall be TO place the same upon
the County duplicate, and cause 1t
to be collected at the same time
and in the same manner that State
and County taxes are collected.
SEe. b. That Abe State Board of
Education shall take and hold in
trust, for the State, any grant or
devise Of lands, and any gift or be.
Quest of Inoney.so other personal
property, made toit for education:
al purposes and shall pay into the
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