The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-17
The Laws Of the State.

Tie Laws Of the State.
Among the important. Acts passed at
the recent session ofthe General ASSEM-
bly, were the following:
To provide for the establishment of sep
arate School Districts in the several
cities, incorporated towns and villages
in this State, to authorize the levy and
collection of Special Taxes therein, and
to authorize the levy and collection of
Special Taxes, in the several School
Districts now formed or hereafter to be
formed outside of cities, Incorporated
towns and villages.
SECTION l. That for the purpose Of
establishing and maintaining graded or
other public schools in any city, incor.
porated town or village in this State,
such city, incorporated town or village
desiring to establish and maintain the
same, and to receive the benefits of this.
Act, are hereby constituted and declared
to be separate school districts.
SECTION 2. Thai the voters Of said
school districts who return real or personal
property Of the value of one hundred
dollars taxation are authorized to levy
and collect an annual tax to supplement
any constitutional or other tax for like
purposes, and for said purposes the trus.
tees of said school districts, upon the
written request Of a majority of resident
freeholders of the age of 81 years and
over, shall call a public meetingiof said
taxpayers at any time before the 1st day
of June, each year, which meeting must
be advertised in newspaper published in
such city, incorporated town or village
once week for two weeks or posted in
three conspicuous places to such sch ool
district for said leugth of time; and when
assembled said meeting shall have the pow
er to elect chairman and secretary, to
adjourn from time to time, to levy such
special tax, not exceeding two mills, and
to appropriate the same to such school
purposes as majority present shall see
fit; that no tax so levied shall be repeal.
ed at any subsequent meeting; that with.
in ten days after said meeting the chair.
man thereof shall furnish the board OF
trustees of such school districts and the
county auditor with the amount 80 levied
and the auditor shall enter the same on
his tax duplicates, and the county treasurer
shall collect the same as other county and
State taxes; such levy shall be lien on
the property in such school district,
which shall be subject thereto in case of
default of payment; that said tax SO
collected shall be paid out by the county
treasurer upon warrants drawn by the
board of trustees, counteraigned by the
county school commissioner: Provided,
that any surplus of such levy remaining
in the hands of the county treasurer at
the expiration of any fiscal year shall be
paid out as herein provided and to be used
for like purposes.
| SECTION 8. That the voters of any
school districts now formed or hereafter
to be formed outside ofcities, incorporated
towns or villages in this State who return
real or personal property for taxation Of
the value Of 800, desiring to levy tax
not exceeding two mills, for the uses and
purposes hereinbefore mentioned in this
Act, are hereby authorized and empower
ed to levy, collect and disburae such tax
| in the same manner and upon the same
conditions prescribed in Section 2 of this
Act for the levy, collection and disburse.
ment of taxes for separate school districts
in cities, incorporated towns or villages
in this State: Provided, that this Act
shall not interfere with any school dis.
trict which has heretofore been created
by special Act.
SECTION 4. Each taxpayer, when be
pays any tax for school purposes, voted
under the provisions of this Act, shall
have the right to designate to which
;. school in his district he wishes the money
paid by him to go, aud the treasurer shall
keep q note Of such designation and the
money shall be applied as thus designated.
Where no destination is made by the
taxpayer at the time ofsuch payment the
money shall be expended as other school
funds in such district.
SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty
of the county board Of examiners, as soon
as the written request provided for in
Section shall have been made, to
appoint three freeholders in said school
district OF districts to act as trustees
thereof.
SECTION 6. That all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with any ofthe proyis.
ions of this Act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
superintendent OF Highways.
An Act to abolish the Office ofSuperin.
tendent Of Highways.
SECTION 1. That the Office of Superin-
tendent of highways now provided for
by law be, and The same is hereby, sbol.
ished. al
SECTION 2. That all of the duties now
imposed by law ur on the superintendent
of highways be, and the same hereby are,
deYolyed upon the county commissioners
Of the several counties of this State.
SECTION 8. That all Acts, or parts OF
Acts. in conflict with this Act be. and the