Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-04-07
VOLUME vi. NO. 21.
their Counties.

fifteen Q5) days after their appointment
shall take an oath or affirmation faithfully
and impaltially to discharge the duties Of
their Office, which oath the members arc au (,
thorizodsto administer to zach other.
SEC. 35. That it shall be the duty of the
said Trustees, and two Of whom shall consti.
tute quorum, to meet as soon and often as
practicable, after having been appointed and
qualified, at'the place which shall be most
convenient in the District, and at their first
mcc'ng they shall organize by appointing
one Of their number Clerk of the Board, who
shall preside at the Official meetings Of the
Trustees, aud shall record their PROCEEDINGS
in book provided for that purpose. Each
member Of the Board Of Trustees shall be
duly notified of the meetings by the Clerk of
tho Board.
SEC sc. That it shall be the duty of the
Trustees in each School District to take the
management and control of the local educa-
tional interests Of the same, subject to the
supervision of tho County School Commits.
sioncr, and to visit the school at least once in
every month dnrng the school term.
SEC. 81. That it shall be the duty of the
Trustees in the several School Districts to
make, or cause to be made, once in two years,
in each School District, by the first day Of
September, an enumeration of all the chill
dren between the ages Of six CO. and sixteen
(lG) years, resident within such School Dis.
trio, distinguishing between I'D ale and female,
white and colorcd. And the Clerk OF said
Board Of Trustees shall return to tho County
School Commissioner duplicate return Of
the same; each school Trustee shall receive
five cents per capita for each child cnumcra-
ted by him, the accounts for which shall bo
audited by the County School Commissioner,
and paid according to law by tho County
Treasurer, out Of the School Fund of the
School District wherein the enumeration was
made. Provided, That in case of the scho-
lastic population of any. School District is
not made, as provided for in this Act, by that
time, the County Board Of School Examin-
crs Is herewith authorized to appoint n.w
Trustees for such School District, unless for
good and sufficient cause the Trustees hayo
failed to act. ~
-4tss4.y 9o. It ehall be .}.a arstyyof the Board
OF Trustees to hold regular session in their
School District at least two weeks before tho
commencement of any or every school term,
for the transaction of any and all business
necessary to the prosperity of the school, with
power to adjourn from time, and to hold spc-
ca meeting at any time or place.
SEC. 80 That the Board of Trustees shall
have power to establish and mako all ar
rangcmcnts for the common schools of Dis
tricts, and to make the same comfortable,
paying due regard to any school house al
ready built or site procured, rs we'll as to all
other circumstances proper to be considered,
SO as to best promote the educational interest
of their District. They shall employ teach
ers from among those having certificates, and
discharge the same when good and sufficient
reasons ior so doing present themselves; but
they shall employ no person to teach in any
of the schools under their supervision, unless
such person shall hold, at time of oommcn.
cling his or her school, a certificate to teach,
granted by the County Board Of School Ex-
aniners, OF by the State Superintendent OF
Education.
SEC. 10. That should tho Board of Trus-
tees be unable otherwise to procure sites for
school houses, they arc hereby authorized to-
appoint a jury of view of five legal voters of
the county, who shall locate said site as the
public interest may require, but, except in
city, town or village, said site shall not be-
located within two hundred yards Of the
dwelling Of the owner Of tho land taken for
said site without his consent, given in wri.
ting. Tho said jury shall assess the value Of
the same and report their action to the Board
of Trustees, who shall secure the title and
pay for tho site, rs decided by the jury Of
view, out ofany moneys available for that pur-
pose; and upon such payment the title shall
Immediately vest in the Trustees and thciu
successors in Office
SEC. III. That if any person or PERSONS
shall threaten or in any manner interfere with
tho jury Of view herein directed to bo ap-
pointed, while discharging the duties herein
prescribed, he or they separately or conjoint-
ly, shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor,
and on conviction in any Court of ompetent
jurisdiction, be fined not more than two hun.
drcd dollars, or be imprisoned not more than
ninety days, or shall suffer both fine and i'm
prsonmcnt, at the discretion of tho Court,
and any moneys accruing from such fiucs shall
be added to the school fund Of tho school
district wherein the guilty party or parties
reside
SEC. 42. That when it shall so happen that
persons are 50 situated as to be better aocommo-
dcd at the school of any adjoining Schools
District, or whenever it may be desirable to.
establish school composed of parts of two
or more School Districts, it shall be the duty
Of the respective Boards Of Trustees of the.
School Districts in which such persons reside.
or in which such schools may be situated, or.
of the School Districts, or the parts Of which
tho school is to bc composed, to transfer such
persons for education to the School District
in which such school house is or may be 10.