Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15

OFFICE OF STATE SUP'T OF EDUCATION,
COLUMBIA, S. c., May "a, 1871.
To Each of the County School Commits
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VOU are hereby requested to instruct
Il the board of School Trustees of the
several School Districts in your County
to call meetings of the legal voters of
their respective School Districts on Sat
llrday, June "a, 1871, at II o'clock M,
notice of the time and place of such
meeting to be given by the Clerk Of the
Board of Trustees by posting written or
printed notices. in three (3) public places
Of the School District at least. ten (1O)
days before said meeting. Your special
attention is invited to the following ex-
tracts from an Act to amend an Act en-
titled " An Act to establish and maintain
a system Of free common schools for the
State of State Of South Carolina" ap-
proved March 9th, 1871: ....1.,,j..f
SEC. xxx. The County Treasurer
shall pay over all moneys by him receiv-
ed, which shall have been assessed by
virtue OF the vote Of any District meet
ing as hereinafter provided for, in the
County in which such district is situated,
on the order of the Clerk of the Board of
Trustees of said District, countersigned
by the County School Commissioner. to
be used for the purpose directed by the
District meeting so held. Said money
shall be assessed and collected at the time,
and in the manner that County taxes are
assessed and collected; and if the in
habitants of any School District, at their
annual District meeting, shall fail to pro-
vide for tie raising of such tax, then the
County School Commissioner of the Coun-
! ty in which such District is situated,
shall be required to withhold from said
District that part Of the State appropria-
ton derived from the revenue Of the
State, and to apportion and distribute the
same to- the other Districts Of the County
which have complied with the require
ments Of this Act: Provided, That in
School Districts where there are less than
one hundred children between the ages
of six and sixteen, the inhabitants may
raise such sum, per child, as will be
sufficient to maintain their schools.
SEC. L. The following persons shall be
entitled to vote at any District meeting,
viz:
All persons possessing the qualification
of electors, as defined by the Constitution
of this State, and who shall be residents
Of the District at the time OF offering to
vote at said meeting.
SEC. Ii. The inhabitants qualified to
| vote at q school meeting, lawfully as
sembled, shall have power:
lst. To appoint Chairman to preside
over said meeting. ga
Cd. 10 adjourn from time to time.
Sd. To choose a Clerk, who shall pos
sess the qualification of voter.
1,1, taD in oflGif;oy, fo fbc
amount apportioned by the State to their
use, such further sums Of money as they
may deem proper for the support of pub
lie schools, said sum not to he more than
three dollars for every child in the Dis
trict between the ages Of six and sixteen,
rs ascertained by the last enumeration
said sum to be collected by the County
Treasurer, and to be held by him, subject
to the order of the Trustees, countersign-
ed by the County School Commissioner
such sums of money to be used as shall
be agreed upon at the meeting, either fol
the pay of teachers salary or to purchase
or lease sites for school houses; to build,
hire or purchase such school houses; to
keep them in repair, and furnish the
same with necessary fuel and dappendages;
orto furnish black-boards, outline maps
and apparatus for illustrating the princi-
! pies of science, or to discharge any debts
or liabilities lawfully incurred.
5th. To give such direction and make
such provisions as may be deemed neces.
sary, in relation to the prosecution or de-
fence Of any suit or proceeding in which
the District may be a party.
9th. TO authorize the Board of Trustees
to build school houses, or rent the same
to sell any school ilouse site, or other
property belonging to the District, when
the same shall no longer bc needful fol
the use of the District.
7th. no alter or repeal their proceed
ings, from time TO time, as occasion may
require, and to do any other business
contemplated i'll this Act.
J. X. JILLSON,
State Supt. Education, S. G.