The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-06-26
For the anderson Itel2igencer.
Annual Convention of School Trustees
and Teachers.

Annual IOnV6HLlOH vi SCllOUl Al Iuolooo
and Teachers.
The Convention of School Trustees and
Teachers for Anderson County met at Ander-
son, S. c., pursuant to call of their Chair
man, on June 23rd, 1873 The Convention
was called to order at IL o'clock a. NJ, and j.
B. Watson elected Secretary.
The Convention being organized for business,
Col. VIM. S. Shaw, chairman of the business
committee, offered the following:
The committee to prepare business for the
Convention beg leave to report:
1st. That they have made progress IN the
duties assigned them, but are not able at this
time to report fully the many changes in the
School Law which they conceive to be neces-
sary for the public good, but hope to be able
to do 80 before the meeting of the General AS
sembly in November next. And they recon-
mend that this Convention be assembled before
the meeting of the next Court OF Common
Pleas in September.
End. That they recommend for the consider
alton of the Convention to-day, that uniform
tax be levied on Saturday next, in the School
Districts of this County, of = mills.
3rd They recommend that this Convention
request that the County Board of Examiners
change the school year to agree to that forced
upon us by the State authorities.
w. S. SHAW, Chm'n.
The above was received as information, and
the committee continued.
Mai. Newton moved that the End section OF
the foregoing report from the business commit
tee be adopted as the sense Of this Convention,
and that the blank be filled with one ~ mill
for the use of the free common schools of this
County; also moved that the scholastic year
commence on the first of November; Also
moved that the Trustees recommend to the
voters of all the School Districts in our County
on next Saturday to vote the Teachers pay from
assessment then and there made for services
rendered during the months of July, August
and September last. All of which was adopted
by the Convention.
Maj Anderson moved that, when this Con
ton adjourn, it adjourn to meet on Thursday
before the 3rd Sunday in August next.
Adopted.
Col. w. S. Shaw moved that the sense o
this Convention is, that the School year of thi
County be divided into two terms, the first t.
commence on the first Monday in Novembe
and end on the last Friday in March, and tn
second term to commence on the first Monda.
in May and end the last Friday in August-un
less the Commissioner has funds to continue
them longer and that the Board of Examiner
be requested to make this change.
Adopted.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the prime object of this Con
yention is to perfect the School Law, and t.
this end we invite similar organizations to co
operate with us in each and every County o
our State, and all communications addressed t.
this Convention be directed to ]. B. Watson
Secretary of the Convention. The aid OF tn
press in extending this information IS respect
fully solicited.
On motion, it was further
!, Resolucd. That resolution passed by tn
} Trustees Convention, on the 10th of June
1871, be altered and amended so as to read a
!; follows: That first grade teachers OF free com
mon schools be paid, out of the funds appro
priated for said purpose, six cents per diem
second grade four and one-half, and thlrf
grade three and one-half; and that in no cas-
shall any teacher receive pay for more thal
forty pupils. We recommend that the Count.
School Commissioner adopt this with the be
ginning of the ensuing scholastic year.
On motion, the papers of this County wer
respectfully requested to publish the proceed
ings of this Convention.
On motion, the Convention adjourned.
JOHN B. MOORE, Chm'n.
J. B. WATSON, Secretary.