Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-17
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AN ACT
To provide for the establishment Of the State Nor
NAL School.

To provide for the establishment Of the State Nor
NAL School.
Whereas the constitution of the State Of
South Carolina, article x, section 6, declares ::
"Withn the five years after the first regular
session of the General Assembly following the
adoption of this constitution, it shall be the
duty of the General Assembly to provide for
the establishment and support of a State Nor
NAL School, which shall be open to- all per-
sons who may wish to become teachers" there
fore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES Of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section l. That there shall be established,
in the city of Columbia, school to be called
"The South Carolina State Normal School,"
for the training and educating of teachers in
the art of instructing and governing in the
public schools of this State, which shall be
open to all persons who may wish to become
teachers.
Sec. g. That there shall be appointed, by
the Governor, by and with the approval Of
the Senate, board of regents to be called
"The Board of State Normal School Regent"
of which the Governor and State Superintend-
ent of education shall be, er oficio, members.
This board shall be twelve in number, two Of
which shall be appointed from each Congress
sional district, and two from the State at
large. The term of office of all members of
the board Of regents, hereafter to be appointed,
(except when such appointment is for an un-
expired term,) shall commence on the first
day of April, and shall continue for three
years, and until others are appointed by law.
The board Of regents shall be divided into
three classes, so that the term of Office of one
class shall expire each year. The Governor
shall have power to fill all vacancies which
may occur by death, resignation or otherwise,
until the next meeting of the General Assem-
bly,, or while the General Assembly is not in
session, but the appointments thus made snail
be confirmed by the Senate during the next
preceding session.
Sec. 8. That the officers of the board of
regents shall be president, ce-president and
secretary; they shall, severally, hold their
Offices for the term of one year, and until their
successors are elected, and shall perform the
duties incident to their Office.
Sec. T. That the board ofregents shall hold
an annual meeting at Columbia on the first
Monday in November in each year, or at such
time as may hereafter be designated by said
board. A majority of the board shall consti-
tute quorum for the transaction of business,
but less number may adjourn from time to
time. Special meetings Of the board Of re-
gents may be called by the Governor, or the
president of said board, on a petition signed
for that purpose by any three members Of the
board. At all special meetings of the board,
two-thirds Of all the regents shall be necessa-
ry to constitute quorum. Any regent may
be removed from office, for cause, by vote
of two-thirds Of the board.
Sec. 5. That the board of regents and their
successors in Office are hereby constituted q
body corporate, with the name and style of
"The Board of State Normal School Regents
of the State of South Carolina" and, under
that name and style, shall have perpetual sue
cession, with the right to purchase, have, hold,
control, possess and enjoy, to them and their
successors in office, in trust for the State Of
South Carolina, for educational purposes sole
ly, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods,
chattels and effects, of whatever nature or de-
scription the same may be, which may be ne
cessary and required for the legitimate purpo-
ses, objects and uses of the State Normal
School, authorized by this act, and none other,
with full power to sell or dispose of such per-
sonal property, or any part thereof, when, in
their Judgment, it shall be for the interest Of
the State; to make all such contracts and
agreements as shall be necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this act to sue and be
sued, to plead and be impleaded, in all the
courts of this State; to have and to use a
common seal, and the same to change, alter
and renew at pleasure; to make such bylaws
and regulations as they may deem proper for
the well-ordering and government of said cor
poration and the transaction of its business
Provided, The said Board of Regents shall
not have power to sell, mortgage or dispose Of,
in any way, any real estate, so held by them
as aforesaid, without the express authority Of
the General Assembly of this State, nor have
power to borrow money! nor shall the indebt-
edness contracted, nor liabilities incurred, by
said board of regents ever, at any time, ex-
ceed, in the aggregate, the amount of money,
which, under the provisions of the law, shall
then be at their disposal, in the hands of the
State treasurer: And provided, further, That
the proceeds derived from the sale of any real
or personal estate by said board of regents
shall be paid by them into the State treasury,
and shall become part of the income of the
State Normal School fund.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the
board of regents to prescribe course of study,
and the time and standard of graduation,
and to issue such certificates and diplomas as
may, from time to time, be deemed suitable.
Such certificates and diplomas shall entitle
the holders to teach in any county in the State
for the time and in the grade specified in the
certificate or diploma, the said certificates or
diplomas to be countersigned by the State su-
perintendent of education.
Sec. 7. That at each annual meeting of the
board of regents, they shall determine what
number of pupils may be admitted into the
school, and this number shall be apportioned
among the counties of this State according to
the number of Representatives from said coun-
ties in the General Assembly: Provided, That
teachers holding second and third grade cer-
ti6cates may be admitted from the State at
large.
Sec. s. That the county school commission
ers and the county board Of examiners shall
hold competitive examinations before the first
Monday in July in each year of all persons
desiring to become pupils of the State Normal
School, which examinations shall be conduct
ed in the same manner as examinations for
third grade teachers certificates. A list shall
be made of the applicants thus examined, and
they shall receive recommendation in the or
der of standing in the examination Provided,
That the county school commissioners may
discriminate in favor of those whose age and