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Notice to ssleol Commissioners /! lil' lI)li'
OFFICE OF STATE, sup'1 OF EDUCATION,
Columbia, S. G., May "A, 1871.
To eooh Of the c0uaty!..Seto0l: co'Hmist.
sioaers' :. =
You are hereby requested to instruct
tho Boards of School Trustees Of the
several School Districts in your Coun-
ty to Gull meetings Of the legalvoters
OF their respective School Districts$oh
Saturday June "a, 1874, at T. o'clock
NJ, notice Of the time Sand place: Of
such meeting to be given by tho
Clerk Of the Board Of Trustees by
posting written or printed notices in
three 81 public places of the School
District at least ten. (lO) days before
said meeting. Your special attention
is invited to tho following extracts
from "An Act to amend an Act enti-
tied an Act to establish aud maintain
q system OF FREQ common schools for
the State of South Carolinay" approx.
cd March 9Th, 1871: -
SEC. xxx. The County Treas
urcr shall pay over all moneys by him
received, which shall have been as
scssed, by virtue of the vote Of any
District. meeting rs hereinafter pro-
rlded for, in the County in which
such District is situated, on tho order
of the Clerk of the Board Of Trustees
of said District, countersigued by, the
County School Commissioner, TO be
used for the purpose directed by tho
District meeting SO held. Said money
shall be assessed and collected ut the
time, and in the manner, that the
County taxes are assessed and col.
lcctcd and if tho inhabitants of any
School, District, at their annual Dis
trict meeting, shall fail to provide for
tho raising Of snch tax, thcn the
County School Commissioner Of the
County in which such District is
situated, shall bo7requircd to with
hold from said District that part of
the State appropriation derived from
the revenue Of the State, and to ap-
portion and distribute tho same to
the other Districts of tho County
which have complied with the re-
quiremcnts of this Act: Provided,
Thatin School Districts where there
arc less than one hundred children
between tho ages Of six and sixteen
the inhabitants may raise such q sum,
per child, as will be sufficient to main
tain their Schools.
Sec L, The following persons shall
be entitled to vote at any District
meeting, viz: -
, All persons possessing tho qualica-
,tion of electors, is defined. by the
Constitution Of this State and who
shall be, residents Of, the District at
thej time Of Offering to vote At said
meeting.
Sec II. The inhabitants qualified
to vote at q school meeting, lawfully
assembled, shall hare power:
1st. To appoint q Chairman to
preside over said meeting. :
3D.. TO adjourn from time to
time.
81. TO choose a Clerk, who shall
possess the qualification Of a
voter.
4th. To raise by tax, in addition
to tho amount apportioned By the
State to their use, such further sums
of money as they may deem proper
for the support Of public schools. said
sum not to be more than three. dol
lars for evory child in the District
between the ages of six and sixteen,
as aseertained BY tho last enumcra-
tion; said sum to be collected by tho
County Treasurer, and,to be held by
him, subject to the order of the Trus-
tees, countcrsigncd by the County
School Commissioner, such sums of
money to be. used as shall be.agreed
upon at the meeting, either for the
pay of teachers salary or to purchase
or to 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 appendagcs; or to furnish black.
boards, outline maps. and apparatus
for illustrating the principles Of sci
encc, or to discharge any. debts or
liabilities lawfully Incurred. :.
9th. To give such direction and
make such provisions as may be
deemed necessary, in relation to tho
prosecution or defente Of any. suit or
proceeding in which the District may
be a party. - ..-%,".: /''' -. .
9th. To authorizs tho Board of
Trustees to build school houses, or
rc,.t the same; to sell any school
house site, or other. property belong
ing to the District, when the same
shall no longer be needtul for the use
of the District.
7ih. To utter or repeal their pro-
ceedings, from time to time, as occa-
sion may require, and to do any other
business contemplated in this Act. ~
J. K. JILLs0N,
State Supt. Education, 8. C.
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