Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-04-07

BcStlnS Sucn improvements IN the school avs
tenn as he may deem useful, and giving such
othcr information in regard to tho practical
operation of the common schools and laws
relating thereto, as may be deemed of public
interest: He shall also include in his report
such other matters as he shall be directed to
report by the State Superintendent of Edu.
cation.
SEC. &c That, should he fail to make the
report required in the proceeding Section, he
shall forfeit to the school fund of his County
his last quarters salary of that year, and shall
also be liable for all damages caused by such
failure.
SEC. 27 That he shall at all times, con
form to the instructions of the State Super
intendcnt of Education, as to matters within
the Jurisdiction of said Superintendent. lie
shall serve as tho organ of communication
between the said State Superintendent and
school authorities. lie shall transmit to
school officers, or teachers, all blanks, circu-
lars, and other communications which arc to
them directed.
SEC. 2S. That each County School Com
missioner shall receive, as compensation for
his services, including expenses of transpor-
tatlon within his County, an annual salary of
one thousand dollars, except the County
receive all annual salary of one thousand
two hundred dollars, payable quarterly by the
State Treasurer
over all moneys by him received, which shall
have beon assessed by virtue of tlfc vote of any
district meeting as hereinafter provided for,
in the County in which such district is situa-
ted, on the order Of the Clerk of the Board
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by the County School Commissioner, to be
used for the purpose directed by the District
meeting so held. Said money shall bc as
scsscd and collected at the time, and in the
manner that County taxes are assessed and
collected; and if the Inhabitants ofany School
District, at their annual District meeting,
Shall fail to provide for the raising of SUCH
tax, then the County School Commissioner
of the County in which such district is situa.
ted shall be required to withhold from said
District that part Of the State appropriation
derived FROM the revenue of the Statc, and to
apportion and distribute the same to the 9TH
er Districts of tho County which have com.
piled with the requirements of this Act :
P'ouiae2, That in School Districts where
there are less than one hundred children be-
tween the ages Of six and sixteen, the inhab.
itants may raise such sum, per child, as
will be sufficient to maintain their schools.
SEC. 80. That it shall be the duty of each
County School Commissioner, Immediately
after the passage of this Act, to divide the
County into convenient School Districts, for
all purposes connected with the general inter
est of education, and rc.district the same,
whenever, in his judgment, the general good
requires it. And every School District or
rnp in IF A A. c1,,l No
body politc and corporate, by tho name and
style of School District No = (snch nun.
bcr as may be designated by the County
School Commissioner Of of--2County, (the
name of the County in which the District is
situatcd,) State Of South Carolina, aud in
that name may sue and be sued, and be capa-
Bile of contracting and being contracted with,
and holding such real and personal estate as
it may come into possession of, by will or
otherwise, or as is authorized to be purchased
by tho provisions of this Act, all of which
shall be used exclusively for school purposes.
Each School District shall be confined to the
management and control of the Board of
School Trustees hereinafter provided for, who
shall hold their Office for two years, and until
their successors are appointed and qualified,
and the said Trustees shall be exempt from
militia and road duty, and payment Of poll
tax.
Soc. 81. That thero shall be, in each
County, Board Of Examiners, composed Of
the County School Commissioner, who shall
cc oDicio, be Chairman, and two other NOM
bcrs, who shall be appointed by the County
School Commissioner, and shall hold office
for the ter4p Of two years from tho time of
their appointment; but no person shall be
appointed member Of the County Board of
Examiners, who is not competent to teach
first grade school.
1t shall bo the duty Of the County Board
of Examiners to examine all candidates for
the profession of teacher, and to give to each
person found qualified a certificate, sctting
forth the branches of learning he or sho may
be capable of teaching. Such examination
to be renewed every year. and no teacher shall
be employed in any OF the common or public
schools. without certificate from the County
Board Of Examiners, or the State Superln.
tcndent Of Education.
SEQ. 50. That the Board Of County School
Examiners shall meet at least twice year, at
such places, and at such times, as the County
School Commissioner shall appoints that the
County School Commissioner shall be Chair
man and Clerk of tho Board, and shall keep
fair record of their proceedings, and reg.
lister Of the name age, sex, color residence,
and date Of certificate Of each person to
whom certificate is issued, and in case
certificate bo cancelled, shall mako proper
entry Of the namo.
SEC. 33. 1t shall be tho duty Of each Coun.
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