Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-15
School Commissioners Office
q .CoLuMp1A. 8. M Mkfav.lst. 1873.

'N~>e-At ~ 'T3 ~S'
To Gssrgc Il. Moryaa' ,>OJsssty School
Commissioner Of Edgefeld County, s. c.
DEAR SIR: Section 40 OF 8. An Act. to
amend an Act entitled an Act to estab-
lish and maintain system Of Free Com
mon Schools for the State Of South Caro-
llna," approved March 9th, 1871, provides
| that IAN annual meeting Of eacll School
Dfstriet- shah be- -heid id.eBthe last Satazday
notice Of the time and place tB6ing given
by the Clerk OF the Board of Trustees,
by posting written or printed notices ia
three public places Of the District at least
ten days before the meeting" -
Section 81 Of the said Act provides that
The inhqhitants qualified to vote at q
schoolMe Getting, lawfully assembled, shall
LIST. To appoint q Cbajrpa9 to preside
oyegthe meeting. -
I'd. TO adjourn from time to tinre.
I'd. To choose {. Clerk, who shall pos,
fsess the qualifications Of Yoter,
T. 4th. To raise BY tax, in addition Is the
use, such farther SUMS Of naohey asthey
may deem proper for the support of pub
lie'schools. said sum pot so be woge than
three dollars for every child in the Dis
trict between, the ages of six and sixteen,
as ascertained by the last enumeration /;
said sam TO be collected by the County
Treasurer, and to be held by him, SUBJ
ject, to the order of the Trustees, coun-
| tersigned by the County School Commits
sioneE. such sums Of money to be used
as shall be agreed upon at The mneting,
either for the pay of'teachers' salaries, or
TO purchase ar lessPsites for school houses,
to bnild, hire ar purchase such school
houses TO keep them in repair, and fur
nish the. same with necessary fuel and
appendages; or to furnish biackboards,
loatline maps apd apparatus for illnstra-
ting the principles Of science, or to dis
charge any debts or liabilities lawfully
Eincurred.. &
-5th. To give such direction aud make
such provisions rs maybe deemed nee.
sssary, in relation to the prosecution or
defense Of. any suit or proceeding IN
whieHthe District may be aparty. ~ -
9th. To authorize the Beard of Trustees
| to build school houses, or rent the same;
10 sel any school house site or other prop.
erty belonging to the District, when the
same shall no longer be nee6fuf for tia
use of the District. ~ =
7th. To alter er repeal their proceed
ings, from time to time, as occasion may
require, and to do any. other business
contemplated in this Act"
You are hexeby most earnestly advised
to instruct the. Clerk of each Of the seve-
raj Boards of School Trustees in your
County to give due notice Of an annual
meeting, to be held in The School District
under their supervision, on Saturday,
0Sth dow Of Tnno 1879 ot 10 ofo M
deem it of great importance to the sue
cess of our Free Com mon School System,
that these meetings be held in every
Seheol District IN the State, and that each
School District raise Liberal Local or
District School Tax for the sapport,of its
Free Common Schools for the following
reasons: ~ rs
LIST. The State appropriation made for
Free Common School purposes, for the
current fiscal year, is; OF itself, insua1-
cient to supply the educational wants of
the people, In those States having the
most popular, satisfactory and success
ful systems OF Free Common Schools,
the schools are almost wholly: sustained
by means of Local School Tdxes.,
I'd. The amount of Poll Tax collected
in each of the several School Districts,
is, of itself, insignificant,
Sd. The Local School Tax raisedin any
School District will be of great service as
aq1jliaf ara suppimeIHEy totlae State
appropriation and Poll Tax.
4th. The Local School Tax is paid into
the County Treasury, and is directly SUBJ
ject to the order of the Beard of School
Trustees, coun ersigned by the County
School Commissioner.
Very Respectfully,
J. X. JILLSON,
State Superintendent Education, s. C.