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STATE :supEaiNtfEND stslliJfa or EDUoAHoN.
SEQ. 6. That the present State Super
intendaht Of Education shall continue ip
Office until the election and qualification
OF his successor At the general cleo
tion in 1872, and every four years there
after, State superintendent OF Educa-
tion shall be elected, in the same manner
as other State officers, who shall enter
upon the duties of his Office on the first
day of January succeeding his election.
SEQ. z. That he shall, before entering
upon the duties of his Office, give bond,
for the use of the State of South Carolina,
in tho penal sum of five thousand Is, ,000)
dollars, with good and sufficient sureties,
to be approved by the Governor, condi-
toned for the faithful and impartial per-
formance Of the duties Of his Office; and
he shall. also, at the time of giving bond,
take and subscribe the oath prescribed
in Section 80 of Article II of the Consti-
tuition of the Safe, which oath shall be
endorsed upon the back of said bond,
and the bond shall be filed with. and
preserved by, the Secretary Of State.
SEC. 8. That the State Superintendent
of Education shall receive, as compensa-
thousand five hundred (2,5OO) dollars
per annum, together with his actual cost
of transportation when travelling on pub
lie business, payable quarter-yearly out
of the State Treasury.
Sec. 8. That he shall have general
supervision over all the common and
public schools of the State, and it shall
be his duty, as far as practicable, to visit
every County in the State. for the pur-
pose of inspecting the schools, awaken
ing an interest favorable to the cause of
education, and diffusing as widely as
possible, by public addresses and per-
sonal communication with school officers,
teachers and parents, O knowledge of
existing defects, and of desirable improve
ments in the government and instrnc-
tion of the schools.
SEC. 10. That he shall secure uniform
ity in the use of textbooks throughout
the common and public schools of the
State, and shall forbid the use of sectarian
or partisan books and instruction in the
schools.
Sec. II. That he shall prepare and
transmit to the several County School
Commissioners, school registers, blank
certificates, reports, and such other
suitable blanks, forms and printed in
structions as may be necessary to aid
school officers and teachers in making
their reports and carrying into full effect
the various provisions of the school laws
of this State, and shall cause the laws
relating to common schools. with such
rules, regulations, forms and instruc-
tions as shall be prescribed by the Board
of Education, to be printed, together
with suitable index, in pamphlet form,
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printing, at the expense OF the Stnte;
and he shall cause copies of the same to
be transmitted to the several County
School Commissioners for distribution.
SEC. H. That it shall be the duty of
the State Superintendent of Education
to collect, in his Office, such school
books, apparatus, maps and charts as
can be obtained without expense to the
State; and also to purchase, at an ex-
pense not exceeding fifty dollars yenr,
rare and valuable works on education,
for the benefit of teachers, authors and
others who may wish to consult them;
and the said sum is hereby annually
for this purpose out of any
moneys in the State Treasury not other
wise appropriated.
SEQ. 13. That copies of all papers fled
in the Office of the State Superintendent
of Education and his official acts may be
certified by him, and when so certified,
shall be evidence equally and in like
manner as the original papers.
SEQ. IA. That the State Superinten-
dent of Education shall submit, in his
annual report, statement of his official
visits during the past year.
SEQ. Is. Thai he shall make report,
through the Governor to the General
Assembly, ateach regular session thereof,
showing:
lat. The number of persons between
the ages OF six (6) and sixteen (16) years,
inclusive, residing in the State on the
first day of the last preceding October.
I'd. The number of such persons in
each County.
81. The number of each sex.
4th. The number of white.
9th. The number of colored.
9th. The whole number of persons
that attended the free common schools
of the State during the year ending the
thirtieth day of the last preceding Sep
tember, and the number in ench County
that attended during the same period.
9TH. The number of whites of each
sex that attended, and the number of
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