The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-17

~ IN 10e way OF Tie conveyance ol Tie
the first two mentioned to q Public
School Board for use by the system of
graded schools. The trustees of the
TWO academies signify their willingness
to transfer their trnst for such purpose.
About the Hoge school house we are
satisfied there would be no difficulty,
and it could De made, at trit1lng cost,
sufficient for the colored population.
The seating capacity of the two white
! academies is about $50, which would
not more than half accommodate the
white school population.
Your committee are of opinion that
the Male Academy could and should be
utilized for the higher male grades.
But they think that new building
! with all modern conveniences and inn
provements is all imperative necessity
for the lower mixed grades and tile
higher female grades.
Such a building could be provided by
an issue Of per cent. bonds, maturing
in 20 years, for Sl0,On0. 5000 to be
used for building purposes, and $1,000
for furniture, etc. To pay the interest
on these bonds would require an addi-
tional levy of 6-l0 mills, so that Il
special tax of 2 $40 mills would be
sufficient to establish a system Of
schools equal to any in the State.
In our opinion, the management of
such a school-embracing both the
white and colored schools-should he
committed to a board of trustees,
constituted as follows : five trus-
tees to be name in the charter. with
power to fill any vacancy caused in
their number by death, removal, or
resignation, and 'ur others to be elect
ed every two years, one from each
ward of the town. The selection of the
permanent members of the board might
we'll be made at meeting of the citi-
zens, to be held soon for that purpose.
With the personnel of the majority of
the board determined, the people of the
town could vote more eintelligently upon
the questions Of issuing bonds and tax
ing themselves, which would be conf
mitted to them by an act ofthe Legisla-
ture Of the character herewith submit
ted.
There seems to he no real obstacle to
the transfer by the trustees of the two
academies for white pupils of the con-
troll of the property now controlled
by those trustees. It is probable that
they cannot substitute other trustees
for themselves, and that they cannot
convey an absolute, indefeasible title to
! the town, or to any other body or per-
sons, except by actual sale for valuable
consideration. But it seems settled by
the decision in ex parte Greenville
academies e Rich. Eq.) that they may
transfer, for an indefinite period, the
| control and enjoyment of the property,
for educational purposes. This applies
as we'll to the Hoge school.
Your committee therefore recon-
mend the establishment of u system
ofgraded schools for the Town Of New
berry, and the levy of such tax, as
shall be sufficient for that purpose.
The following questions indicate the
character of the information obtained
by the committees in regard to the
graded school system in the towns
heard from:
NEwBERRY, S. c., September 81, 1859.
| Please answer the following questions or
hand them TO some one on your School Board
| who can:
What is the population Of your city?
What is The amount OF your taxable prop
| erty, real and personal?
What is the number Of polls?
| scnool purposes, in addition to ordinary two
| mill ta:.?
About what do you receive from the ordi-
nary two-mill school tax?
What aid, If any, do you receive from the
Peabody Fund?
How long have your schools been in opera
| ton?
Have you erected new school buildings
lc5,, than OBJ nSfh hn oHaIc
If so. at what cost?
| How was the money provided?
! How many school buildings have you?
Are your schools mixed schools?
| II your schools are mixed, is there any OBJ
| lection on that account?
Do you find that mixing the sexes works
well?
What are the school ages?
What was your total enrolment for last
| scholastic year?
| White?
| Colored?
| How many teachers have you?
| What do you pay your eriutendent?
What do you pay white male teachers?
| What do you pay white female teachers?
| What do you pay colored male teachers?
| What do You pay colored female teachers?
DO: II classes fyour people patronize the
| Graded Schools?
What has been the effect OF the Graded
| Schools upon the private schools?
| What is the feeling Of Your people in re-
| gard to the system?
THE PROPOSED ACT.
The Act is similar in all respects to
the Acts establishing graded schools in
other towns in the State, except in so
! far as the constitution of the Board Of
| Trustees is concerned.
The distinctive feature of the Act is
that it makes the majority of the Board
| i
| vides for the infusion of new blood, by
the election of four members every two
years, one from each ward of the town.
A Bill to establish the Newberry School
District, to authorize the establish
ment of system OF free Graded
Schools therein and to provide the
means for the efficient management
of the same.
Section !. Be it enacted by the Sem
ate and House Of Representatives Of
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority Of the same,
That the territory embraced within
| the corporate limits of the town Of
| Newberry in said State be, and the
same is hereby, declared a separate
school district, and that it be vested
with such corporate powers as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of
its organization as declared by this
| Act.
Section 2. That it shall be the duty
of the School Commissioner of New
berry County, within thirty days after
the approval of this Act, to order that
an election be held at the Court House
in Newberry, Of which election ten
days notice shall be given by public
advertisement in the newspapers in
said Town at which election shall be
submitted to the qualified voters resi-
dent in said district, who return real
or personal property within the limits
thereof for taxation, the question of
voting a tax of two mills on the dollar,
to be assessed upon all taxable property
within said school district, for the
purpose of aiding in the maintenance
of the free graded schools in said dis
trict.
Section 8. That Board of Trustees