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Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty OF
the State superintendent of education
to apportion, as the law specifies, the
free common school funds Of the
State s among !. the several "a counties g! 5's
Sec. 5. That it ihall be the duty OF
each county school commissioner to
apportion. according to law, the free
common school funds of his county
among the several school districts
thereof: Provided, That any school
district believing itself Wronged BY
such apportionmont may appeal to
the State superintendent of education
whose decision shall be final.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of
each county treasurer to report
monthly, on the 18th day Of each
month, to the county school commits.
sioner of his county, the amount Of
collections and disbursements made
by him FIR the month on account OF
poll tax and all other school funds ;
and it shall be misdemeaRor on the
part of any county treasurer to neg
ieet, fail or refuse to make such re-
port; and, on conviction thereof, he
shall pay fine of not less than five
hundred dollars, (s5o0) the same to
be used for school purposes in bis
county. ,' .
Sec. Z. That all moneys disbursed
by any county treasurer on account
: Of school funds or taxes. or poll tax
shall b" paid on the order Of boards
of school trustees. countcrsigned by
the county school commissioner
Provided, That accounts or claims OF
school trustees for enumerating school
children shall be paid on the order OF
1.-THE County school commissioners. :,
Sec. S. That each county treasurer
shall make out and forward to the
State superintendent Of education,
annually on the 1st day of Noyem-
her certified statement, showing by
| school districts the amount Of poll
tax and the amount Of local or school
district taxes collected by him for the
fiscal year ending on the 3lst of o.;
tober next preceding; and should any
county treasurer fail, neglect or re-
fuse to make and forward the state
ment as herein required, the State
superintendent of education shall
make out written complaint to the
circuit solicitors for the county in
which the said treasurer resides, who
shall prosecute the said county treas
urer for the same, and, on conviction
thereof, he shall be subject to a fine
of fiye, hundred dollars, (S500,) the
same to be used for free common
school purposes 10 his county.:'
Approved February 20, A. D. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION to Ratify
the Amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the State of South Caro-
lima. Relative to the Time of Hold
ing Elections.
WHEREAS, Article XIV. Of the con-
stitution of the State of South Car
DINA provides that an amendment or
amendments may be made to the
same; and that such amendment or
amendments shall be agreed to by
two-thirds of the members elected to
each House, such amendment or
amendments to be entered on the
journals, respectively. with the yeas,
and nays taken thereon; and that
the same shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State at the
next general eletion thereafter for
representatives; and if majority OF
the electors qualified to Vote for mem
bcrs of the General Assembly, voting
thereon, shall vote in favor of such
amendment or amendments, and two
thirds of each branch 0; the next
General Assembly shall, after such
an election and before apother, ratify
the same amendment or amendments
| by yeas and nays the same shall be-
come part Of the constitution: Pro-
vided, That such amendment or
amendments shall have been read
three times, on three several days, in
each House; and, whereas, the Gen.
eral Assembly, at its last session, did,
in each branch, pass a joint proposing
an amendment to the constitution Of
the State of South Carolina, which
was agreed to by two-thirds of It's
members. to wit: Strike out that por-
tion of section II, article H., follow
ing the words eighteen hundred and
seventy" occurring in the fourth and
fifth lines, and insert the following
"And forever thereafter, on the first
Tuesday following the first Monday
in November, in every year, in such
manner and such place as the Legis-
lature may provide;" and whereas
the said proposed amendment has
been submitted to the electors quail
fed to vote for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, at the next general
election following the action of the
General Assembly, and majority of
the said electors have voted in favor
of the, same; therefore, 1r,s@ =
Be it.resolvcd by the Senate and
HousesofI Representatives, of :. the
State Of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same j q,
That the amendment to the consti-
tuition of the State Of South Carolina,
proposed andagreed to by two,thirds
Of the members of each branch of
the last General Assembly, and voted
for by majority'o of the electors quail
ifed to vote for members Of the Cen
eral Assembly at the last general
election, to-wit; Strike out all that
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