The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19

Ii"ttOttsg Lcdy 0NU C0Wectl0W OF
Special Tares therein, and to AZ
thoriso the Levy and Collection OIL
Special Taras IN the SoUcruJ School
districts noW Formed or Hereafter
TO be Formed outside of Cities, In,
corporated Towns and NiNuges.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted bv
the Senate and House of Rcprc-
sentatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the au-
thoritY Of tho same: That for the
purpose Of establishing and main.
tanning graded or otl,er public
schools in any city, Incorporated
town or village in this State, such
city, incorporated town or village
desiring to establish and maintain
inc same, and to receive the bone.
hts OF this Act, are hereby consti-
tutcd and declared to be q separate
school district.
SEQ. 2. That the voters Of said
school districts who return real or
personal property Of the value Of
ono hundred dollars for taxation,
are authorized to levy and collect
an anual tax to supplement- any
constitutional or other tax for Ike
purposes, and for said purposes the
trustees of said school districts,
upon the written request Of !
minority Of resident freeholdcrs Of
the age Of twcnty-onc years and
over, shall call q public meeting of
snld tax payers at any time before
the first day of June Of each yaar,
which meeting must be advertised
y! q newspaper published in such
CITY, Incorporated town or village
once q week for two weeks, or hos.
tcd III three conspicuous places in
such school district for said LENGTH
oftimc, and when assembled said
meeting shall have the bower to
elect q chairman and secretary, to
adjourn from time to time, to levy
snch special tax not exceeding
two mills, and to appropriate the
same to such school purposes as u
majority present shall see tit; that
no tax SO levied shall be repealed
at any subsequent meeting; that
within ten (l0) days after said
meeting, the chairman tboreofshal]
furnish tho Board Of Trustees Of
such school district and the County
Auditor with the amount 50 lowed.
and the Auditor shall enter the
same in his tax duplicate, and the
County Treasurer shall collect the
same rs other County and State
taxes, sucl4 levy shall be q lien on
the property in snch district which
shall be subject thereto in case of
default OF payment, that said tax
80 collected shall be paid out by
the County Treasurer upon war
rants drawn by the Board ofIrus-
tees, conntersigncd by the County
School Commissioners: PRovIpED.
That any surplus of such levy res
naming in the hands Of the County
Treasurer at the expiration of
any fiscal year shall be paid ont
as herein provided and to be used
for like purposes.
Sec. 3. That the voters Of anv
school district now formed, or here
after to be formed, outside ofcities.
Incorporated towns or villages in
this Srate, who return real or Der
sonal property for taxation of the
value OF one hundred dollars, dc.
string to levy a tax not exceeding
two mills for tho uses and pur,
poses hcrcinbetore mentioned II
tins Act, are hereby authorized
and empowered to levy, collect
and disbnrse snch tax in the same
manner and npon the same con.
dltlols prescribed in Section Q Of
this Act for the levy, collection
and disbursement Of taxes for
separate school districts in cities.
Incorporated towns or villages IL
tllis State, provided that this Act
siall moi Interfere with any school
district which has heretofore been
created by special Act.
SEo. 4. Each tax payer, when
nc pays any tax for school purpo.
ses voted under the provisions Of
TINS Act, shall have tho right to
designate TO which school 81 lie
district he wishes the money paid
by him, to 60, and tic Treasnrcr
snail Keep q note Of such designa.
ton, and the money shall be m.
pied as thus designated. Where
no designation is made by the
taxpayer at tho time Of such pay
'ncnt the money shall DO cxpcn-