The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-06-24
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF COUNTY school cosrsfIs.
sIoHER.
Jans lei, 1871.
0RAscHBbno oouNfY, 8. q,

10 each OF the CLERKS or tbs BOARD
of SCHOOL TRUSTEES in the yarious
School Districts Of Orangeburgs County you
are hereby instructed TO CALL q NETTING
OF the Legal Voters of your. respective
School Districts on Saturday June 24th.
1871, mt II o'clock nj.
Notice of the time and place of such meet
ing 10 be given by the Clerk of the Board Of
Trustees by posting written or printed no.
tices in three (3) public places Of the School
District at least ten llo) days before said
meeting. Your special Attention is invited
to the following extracts from an Act to-
amend an Act entitled IAN tct to establish
and maintain q systemf fofsFrec Commons
Schools for the State of South Carolina" ap-
proved March 9th, 1871:
SIC. xxx. The County Treasurer shall
pay over all moneys by him resolved, gwhicls
shall have been ssscssedby virtue Of tire vote
OF any District meeting as hercihsfter pro-
Eided for, in the County in which suci, dis
trict Is situated. on the order of the Clerk Of
the Board of Trustees of said District, coun-
tcrsigned by the County School Commission;
er, 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 ars
assessed and collected; and if the Inhabitants
OF any School District, at their annual Dis
trict meeting. shall fail to provide for the
raising Of such tax. then the County School
Commissioners Of the County in which such
District is situated. shall be required to
withhold from said District that part of the
State appropriation derived from the rcre-
nnc of the State, and TO apportiot and dis
tribute the same to the other Distriefs of tho
County which hara complied with the re-
quirments of this act: Provided, That in
School Districts where there are less than
one hrncred children between the ares oe
six and sixteen, the inhabitants may raise
such sum, per child, as will be sufficient
to maintain their schools. gfafis
SEC. L. Tho following persons shall bo
ensitled 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. yote at said
Meeting
SEC III. The inhnbifants qualified 10 at
school meeting, lawfully assembled, shall
have power STE zTss a,.,5,s..,se
Est. To appoint u Ciluirrnau to pr,sid,
over said meeting
2't To adjourn frar ime 10 ri1ae.
I'd. To choose a cle,k, who alinllo pofsass
the qualification eE Il vetcr.
4tlh To raise hy tax, in rtlliiion TO the
amount nrportioRca by the State 10 their
msr, such further snh,s OF money ns they may
deem proper FOR tl,c support crpell;c schools,
s.sd sum moi 10 he raepciitHn tkre, dollars
Tor every rliiid in, tls. .fsisiIios aer.s cen ti
ages oi nv and sixtects as asceft circsl ny tn,
'ast enumeration ssirf san, to Be collected
Ivy TN: County TREASURER. AMI to l,e held bv
tilfs. subject to fh- orler Of the Trustees
eountcrsiGned hy tHc eonnty School Com
missioner, such sums Of money to I,c used az
shall he agreed upsn at the meeting. either,
for the rny of teachers salary orsto.nurchasc.
or lease sites for school houses; to build
'''rc or purchase snehschooi houses; to keen
thcr i'll repair, and furnish the sa,ne wi,,,
necessary fuel ond arpcntlagcs or 10 fur
nisA b'ack,heartis. 'oasIiae. nmpsso,l arpara-
'ns for illustrating the principles Of science,
or tedischargc any debts or liabilities law
fully incurred
9Th. To eive snql, ,.ircctiyu and make such
provisions may b. deemed necessary, in
relation TO the prosecution or defcnce ofanv
Suit on proceeding in which the District mny
be party.
Sth 70 authorize the Board Of Trustees to.
build school houses, or to rent the same: to-
sell any school house site, or other property
belonging to The district, when the same
shall no longer be ncotlnil for the use of the
District
9Th To alter or repeal thcip proceedings.
from time to fine, as occasion may require,
and TO do any other business contemplated i'm
this Act. Ell. CAIN,
june 1T S. C. o. C.
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