The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-04-20

the Office, the Governor shall appoint q person
to fill such vacancy, who shall qualify within
fifteen days after his appointment, and shall
continue In Office until the time prescribed for
filling said office by election, as herein provi.
ded; land should the person 80 appointed fail
to qualify within the time specified, such fail
ure shall create a vacancy.
SEQ. %. It shall be the duty of each County
School Commissioner to visit each of the
schools in his jurisdiction, at least three times
a term, and to note the course and method OF
instruction, and the branches taught, and to
give such recommendation in the art of teach
Ing and the method thereof in each school as
shall be necessary and expedient, so that uni
formity in the course of studies and methods
of instruction employed shall be secured, ,as
far Us practicable, in the schools of the several
grades respectively. He shall acquaint him.
self as far as practicable, with the character
and condition of each school, noting any def1-
ciencies that may exist, either in the govern
ment of the school or the classification OF its
pupils, or the method of instruction employed
in the several branches, and shall make such
suggestions in private to the teachers as to him
shall appear necessary to the good order OF the
school and the progress of the pupils.
He shall note the character and condition OF
the school houses, the suficiency or insutficlen-
cy of the furniture, and shall make such sug-
qestions to the several District Boards, as, in
his opinion shall seem conducive to the COM
fort and progress of the pupils of the several
schools. 1t shall be the duty of each County
School Commissioner to aid the teachers IN all
proper efforts to improve themselves in their
profession.
For this purpose he shall encourage the for
nation of associations of teachers for mutual
improvement; he shall attend the meetings of
such associations, and give such advice and in
struction in regard to their conduct and man.
agement as, in his judgment, will contribute to
their greater efficiency. he shall also deliver
q public lecture TO- the people in each Of the
several Districts of the County each year, for
the purpose of elevating the standard of educa-
ton, and increasing the general interest of the
people in public. schools. :
SEC. a. That it shall be his duty to see that
in every school under his care there shall be
taught, as far as practicable, orthography, read
ing, writing, arithmetic, geography, English
grammar, history of the United States, the
principles of the Constitution and Laws of the
United States and of this State, and good be-
havior.
Sec. 25. He shall on or before the first day
of October of each year, forward to the State
Superintendent of Education an extended re-
port, containing an abstract of the reports made
to him by the various school officers and teach
ers in his COUNTY, and showing the condition of
the schools under his charge, suggesting such
Improvements in the school system as he may
deem useful, and giving such other information
in regard to the practical operation OF the COM
mon 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 Super
intendent of Education.
SEC. 26. That, should he fail to make the re-
port required in the preceding 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, conform
to the instructions of the State Superintendent
of Education as to matters within the jurisdic-
ton of said Superintendent. He shall serve as
the organ of communication between the said
State Superintendent and school authorities.
He shall transmit to school officers, or teachers,
all blanks, circulars, and other communications
which are to them directed.
Sec. g. That each County School Commits
sioner shall.receive, as compensation for his
services, including expenses of transportation
within his County, an annual salary OF one
thousand dollars, except the County School
Commissioner of Charleston, who shall receive
an annual salary of one thousand two hundred
dollars, payable quarterly BY the State Tressu-.
rer.
SEC. %. The County Treasurer shall pay
over all moneys by him received, which shall
have been assessed by virtue Of the vote of any
district meeting, as hereinafter provided for, in
the County in which such district is situated,
on. the order of the Clerk of the Board of Trus-
tees of said District, countersigned by. the
County School Commissioner, to be used for the
purpose directed by the District meeting uso
held, Said money shall be assessed aud collec1
ted at the time, and in the manner that Coun-
ty taxes are assessed and collected and if the
inhabitants of any School District at their an
nual 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 situated shall be required to withhold
priation derived from the revenue of the State,
other Districts of the County which have COM
piled with the requirements of this Act: Pro
vided That in School Districts where there are
less than one hundred children between the
ages of six and sixteen the inhabitants may
raise such a 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 af-
ter the passage of this Act, to divide his
County into convenient school districts, for all
purposes connected with the general interest of
education, and re-district the same, whenever,
in his judgment, the general good requires it.
And every school district organized in pursu-
ance of this Act shall be a body polite and
corporate, by the name and style of School
District No. :, (such number as may be de-
signated by the County School Commissioner J
Of County, (the name of County in which
the District is situated, State of South Carroll
be be- capable of contracting and and being contracted
with, and holding such real and personal es.
tate as it may come into possession of, by will
or otherwise or as is authorized to be pur-
chased by the provisions of this Act, all Of
which shall be used exclusively for school
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