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SCHOOL TRUSTEES,
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Section 40 Of .tAn Act to amend ar
Act entitled, an Act to establish and
nlainta a system Of Free Common
Schoolsfor the State of South Carolina, ="
approved March eth, 1871, provides that
"Ansannual meeting. of. each School
District shall be held on the last Sutur-
dayinFJune, of each year, ut II o'clock
Ma, notice of the time and phce being
given byStic Clerk of the Board of
TrustdesfhS, posting written or printed
notices inpree public places of the
District at1east ten days before the
meeting. .ms%
Section H of the said Act provides
that "Tbe Inhabitants qualified to vote
at a school meeting, lawfully assembled,
shall have power:
1st. Toappoint q Chairman to preside
over the meeting.
I'd. To adjourn from time to time. -
Sd. To choose a Clerk, who shall pos
seas the qualificatienEof a voter. ~, :; 1.
4th.. 10 raise by. tax, in addition. to
the amount apportioned by the State to
their use, such further SUMS of money
as they may deem proper for the support
of public schools, said sum not to be
more than three dollars for every child
in the District between the ages of six
and sixteen, as asccrtaincd by the last
enumeration {; said sum to be collected
by the County Treasurer. and to be held
by him, subject TO the order of the Trus-
tees, cctntersigned by the County
School Commissioner, such sums Oh
money to be used us shall be ;usrecd
upon 1T the meeting, either for the pay
OF teachers salaries, or to purchase or
lease sites for school houses; to. build
hire or purchase such school houses tc
Keep them in repair, and furnish the
same with necessary fuel and appenda.
ges or to furnish blackboartls, outline
maps and apparatus for illustrating the
principles of science, or to discharge
any debts or liabilities lawfully incur.
red.
5th. 10 give such DIRECTION and make
suchprovisions as may be deemed nee
essay, in relation to the prosecution OF
defense :0f any suit or proceedings in
which the District may be party.
! 9th. To authorize the Board OF Trl!s.
tees to build school houses, or rent the
same; to sell any school house site OF
other property belonging to the District
when the same shall no longer be need
7th. 10 alter or repeal their proceed
ingS, from time to time, as occasion
may require, and to do any other bust
hess contemplated in this Act'
You are hereby most, earnestly ad
Viscd to instruct the Clerk of each of tht
several Boards of School Trustees il
your County to give due notice of al
annual meeting, to be held in the Sch0o
tpiJ, Ian h,,tr
Saturday, 10Th day Of June, 1915, at !:
O'Clock IL. l deem it OF great, impOr
tance to the success of our Free Com
m'n: School System, that these meet
ingS be held in every School District il
the State, and that each School Distrc
raise Il literal Local or District SSchoo
Tax for the support of its Free Com
mon Schools, for the following reasons
lst. The State appropriation made io
, Free Common School purposes. for TN
current fiscal year, is, OF itself, INSULT
cicnt to supply the educational want
of the people. In those States haviu:
, the most POPULAR, satisfactory and sue
ccs3ful systems of Free Common
Schools, the schools arc almost wholly
sustained by means Of Local sScho0
, Taxes.
I'd. The amount Of Poll Tax collected
in each Of the several School District
is, Of itself, insignificant.
3d. The Local School Tax raised il
any School District will be Of great ser
vice asauxiliary as and supplementary t.
, the Stale appropriation and Poll Tax.
4th. The Local School Tax is paid int
the County Treasury, and is dircctl.
subject to the order of the Board 0
School Trustees, countelsigned by th
County School Com missioner.
. Very respectfully,
u. x. JILLSCN,
State Supt. Education, S. G.