Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-02-11

l. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of Virginia, That the county
school board Of any county may,
whenever they -aay deem best, lay off
any school district in their county into
sub-districts, one division to be made
for white, and another for colored
schools, which sub-distriets shall be
numbered and named by the said board
Said sub'dlstricts shall be laid off in
contemplation of establishing one per-
mantnt public school in a convenient
place therein, and located as near the
centre thereof as practicable. The
boundaries thereof, as we'll as any
change thereafter made, shall be de-
determined by two-thirds vote of the
members of said board present. SAID
sub-districts shall be laid off with
reference to the present and future con-
venience of all portions of the district
sub divided. ...-f
2. Whenever it is found necessary
for the convenience of the people,
SUBJ district may be formed, to include
portions of two or more school districts.
In the same manner sub-district may
be formed to include portions oftwo or
more counties, by the consent Of the
respective county boards. The site OF
a schoolhouse for a sub district thus
formed, shall be selected by the joint
action of the boards of district school
trustees of the districts interested. And
when such site has been thus deter
mined, all of said sub-districts shall be
permanently attached, for public school
purposes, to the districts and counties
in which the schoolhouse site of said
sub district is situated.
3. 1t shall be the duty of such officer
as may be required to take the census
OF all persons between the ages of five
and twenty one years, to report the
number of children within his county
or district, in each sub-district or
fractional sub district therein, to the
county superintendent of schools. 1t
shall be the duty of the county super
intendent of schools to furnish to the
county treasurer complete list of all
the school population of that fractional
sub district lying within the county in
which such superintendent resides. 1t
shall be the duty of each county treas
urer to open a separate account with
each sub district and fractional sub
district ana he shall place to the
credit of each its proportion ofthe state,
county and district funds in the ratio
of the school population in each, and
shall pay out the same upon the warrant
of the district school board. Said
warrants shall always state the name
and the number of the sub district and
fractional sub. district upon whose &c
count the same is drawn, and under no
circumstances shall the county or
district funds belonging to one sub
district or fractional sub .district be
drawn to pay the expenses Of another.
4. In aSy sub district, where the
school funds are insufficient to run the
school the length OF time prescribed by
the board of education Sithout being
supplemented from other sources,
authority is hereby granted to, and it
shall be the duty of the district schoo,
trustees, to adjust the time for the
continuance of the school in that
particular sub district.
S. In any of the schools of the sub
districts herein provided for, it shall be
lawful for the county school board to
fix the minimum average attendance of
pupils at ten, when In their Judgment
the interest of public education may be
promoted thereby
6. 1t shall be the duty of the state
board of education to adopt any
necessary regulations for carrying the
provisions Of this act INTO effect
7. This act shall be in force from its
passage.