The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-03

utEtlous LODS aQY6Itl6eme0tB Dy eue WeehS
month or year, at reaS0nable rates. "a
Actg and Joint Resolutions Passed by the
Legislature OF Gouth Carolina.
AN ACT TO RsTABIIeH AND MAINTAIN. A
SYSTEM OF FREE COMMON SCHOOLS FOR
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
SECTION I. Be ii tenacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives. of the State
of South Carolina,a now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the authori-
ty of the same:
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
That the States Board of Education
shall consist of the,several County School
Commissioners and the State Superinten-
dent Of Educations who shall be eS o6icio
Chairman of the Board. and who shall
be entitled to vote on all questions SUBJ
mitted to the Board. The Board may
elect one of its members as Secretary.
SEQ Q. That the State Board of Edu-
cation shall hold IFS first meeting at the
Capital of the State on the second We'd
nesday after the approval of this Act,
and shall thereafter meet on the first
Wednesday in October of every year ct
She 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 enti-
tied to receive aSmileage OF the rate of
twenty (20) cents per mie, going to and
returning from the meetings of the Board
aforesaid, to be paid by the State Trea-
surer on presentation of certificate
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
the Board.
SEQ. 3. That, for the purpose of pro-
curing On uniform system of textbooks,
to be used in the common and public
schools throughout the State, there shall
be Com mission of five appointed, to
consist Of His ExcelIency the Governor.
who shall be ep, o6icio Chairman; the
tion of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives; and, for the purpose of select
ing the other two members, the Senate
shall, by q majority of votes. appoint one,
and the House of Representatives shall
in like manner, select the other: Pro
oided, That the Commission, having de-
oided upon O list of tbooks, such list
shall not be subject to amendment or
change until the first of january, 1873,
unless authority be granted to the Com
mission, by Act of the General Assembly.
to amend or change the list aforesaid: {:
And proDided, further, That the Commits
sion shall decide upon list Of text
books TO be used in the common and
public schools throughout the State, and
snail furnish the same to the Board of
Education at it's first session. The meet
ings of the State Board of Education
shall be held for the purpose of consider
ing such matters hs may be deemed neces-
snry, and of taking such action as may
advance the cause of common school
education in this State.
SEQ. 4. Books shall be furniahed to
the 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 gratu-
itously to such pupils as they may be
satisfied are unable to pay for them; hut
in all other cases they shall furnish books
to the pupils who have failed to purchase
books, ana certify the cost of the same.
with the name of the person against
whom they are charged, to the Assessor
within whose district such school district
may be situated at the time when the
annual assessment OF property is made;
and it shall be the duty of said Assessor
to return the amount, 80 certified, to the
Auditor OF his County, whose duty it
snail be to place the same upon the
County duplicate, and cause it to be col
looted at the same time and in the same
manner that State and County taxes are
collected.
SEQ. s. That the State Board of Educa-
tion shall take and hold in trust, for the
State. any grant or devise of lands, and
any gift or bequest of money, or other
personal property, made to it for educa-
tional purposes, and shnll pay into the
State Treasury, for safe-keeping and
investment, all moneys and incomes
from property so received. The State
Treasurer shall, from time to time, invest
all such money in the name of the State,
and shall pay to the State Board of
Education, on the warrant of the Cover
nor, the income or principal thereof, rs
it shall, from time to time, require:
Propided. That no disposition shall be
made Of any grant. devise, gift or bequest
inconsistent with the conditions or terms
thereof. For the faithful management
Of all property 30 received by the State
Treasurer, he shall be responsible, upon
his bond to the State, as for other funds
received by him in his official capacity: