The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-08

School COmmi s$ioncrs, and shall re.
ceivc az compensation for his ser.
vices, for tho year 1881, Il sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars, and
tor each succeeding year such reas.
enable sum Of money rs the Board
may determine; and before entering
into his duties as such treasurer lie
shall give an official bond, in the
penal sum Of ten thousand dollars,
to the said Board, with two good
surctics, conditioned for the faithful
discharge Of his duties.
SEC. 7.-That the County Treas.
urer shall Eold the constitutional
school tax and poll tax, to which the
said school district is entitled under
the general provisions Of law, subject
to the warrant Of the Board of said
School district.
SEC. S-Thc said school district is al.
80 hereby authorized and empowered
to levy, on all real and personal
property returned in said district, a
local tax not exceeding one mill on
the dollar, for the year 1881, and not
exceeding two mills on the dollar for
each succeeding year, to supplement
the constitutional tax for support Of
public schools, by the persons and in
the mode following, to wit: The SAID
Board Of School Commissioners shall,
on or before the 18th day Of Feb.
ruary, 1881, and again on or before
the lst day Of February in each sue.
cccding year, call meeting of all
the legal voters living in said school
district and returning real or person.
al property therein. That a notice
Of said meeting, specifying the time,
place and object thereof, shall be
published in one or more newspa.
pers Of the city Of Columbia. ut least
ten days before such meeting. The
persons answering the above desig-
nation, when thus assembled, shall
appoint q Chairman and Secretary,
adjourn from time to time, and dc.
eide what additional tax, if any,
shall be levied. No tax thus levied
shall he repealed at a subsequent
meeting held within the same fiscal
year. The Chairman Of the said
meeting shall, in one week thereafter,
notify the Chairman Of said Board Of
School Commissioners and the Coun-
~ Auditor Of the amount Of the tax
thus levied; and the County Auditor
shall at once assess such tax on all
real and personal property returned
in said school district; and the Coun.
ty Treasurer shall collect the same
with the State taxes and it shall be
4 lien on all property till paid; and
dcfaulting taxpayers shall be liable
to like process and penalties as
dcfauitcrs Cor State and County
taxes.
SEC. 9..--All the moneys received
by ,itc County Trcasuerer from the
local taxes herein, shall be protected
BY the official bond of said Treasurer
as public money, and kept by him
as Il separate and distinct fund, to be
paid out only on the warrant of the
said Board ofSchool Commissioners;
the said amount to be applied to the
support Of the city schools, necessary
expenses and salaries, and the bal.
ancc to the building Of school houses
and repairs.
SEC. I0.-That all Acts and parts
Of Acts Inconsistent with this Act
be, and the same are hereby re-
pcalcd.
SEC. 11.--'That this Act shall take
effect from its passage.
Approved, December 9th, 1880.
Under this Act-which in many
respects is similar to the Act under
which tho Public School system of
the City of Charleston is organized
an election for School Commits
sioncrs VAS held in January, 1881,
and it resulted in the selection of
the following Board: Col. f.. w.
McMastcr. Mcssrs. w. j. Duf1ie, Ma.
thanicl Is. Barnwcll, j. S. Muller and
j. =. Arthur. This Board, rs soon
as they had qualified, took steps to
have the question of "taX' or ''no
tax submitted TO the citizens of
Columbia. Pursuant to notice, q