The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-21
THE SCHOOL LAW.
ANY School District May Levy an Extra
School Tax and the Levy Stands
from Year to Year Until the
People Change IT.

Section l. Be it enacted by the Sen
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 for
the purpose of establishing and main
tanning graded or other public schools
in any city, incorporated town or vii
lage in this State, such city, incorpo-
rated town or village desiring to estab-
lish and maintain the same, and to re-
ceive the benefits of this Act, are here
by constituted and declared to be sepa-
rate school districts.
Sec. ,. That the voters of said school
districts who return real or personal
property of the value of one hundred
dollars for taxation are authorized to
levy and collect an annual tax TO sup
plement any constitutional or other
tax for like purposes, and for said
purposes the Trustees Of said school dis
tricts, upon the written request of a
majority of resident freeholders of the
age OF twenty-one years and over, shall
call public meeting of said taxpayers
at any time before the first day Of June
of any fiscal year, Which meeting
must be advertised in newspaper pub
lished in such city, incorporated town
or village. once week for two weeks,
or posted in three conspicuous places
in such school district for said length
of time; and whena ssembled said meet
ing shall have the power to elect a
chairman and secretary, to adjourn
from time to time, to levy such special
tax not exceeding four mills, and to ap-
propriate the same to such school pur-
poses as majority present shall see fit;
that no tax SO levied shall be repealed
at any subsequent meeting; that within
ten (l0) days after said meeting the
chairman thereof shall furnish the
Board of Trustees of such school dis
trict and the County Auditor with the
amount so levied, and the Auditor shall
enter the same in his tax duplicates,
and he shall annually each year there
after enter said amount in his tax du-
plicates, until the same IS increased,
decreased, or repealed by said teXpay-
els, at meeting called for that pur-
pose, and he is notified that the same
has been increased, decreased, or re-
pealed, and, if increased or decreased,
be shall annually enter it as before,
which meeting shall be called and
notice given in the same way and man.
ner as is herein provided for the call
ing of meetings to make the levy and
the giving of the notice that it has been
made, and the County Treasurer shall
collect the same as other County and
State taxes; such levy shall be a 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, counter
signed by the County School Commits
sioner: 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.
Sec. 8. That the voters of any school
district now formed, or that may here
after be formed by the County Board
of Examiners, whose territory includes
and extends beyond the limits of any
city, incorporated town or village in
this State, or of any school district now
formed, or that may hereafter be
formed, by the County Board of Ex-
aminers outside of cities, Incorporated
towns, or villages in this State, who
return real or personal property for tax
alton of the value of one hundred dol
lars. desiring to levy tax not exceed
ing four mills for the use and purposes
hereinbefore mentioned in this Act,
are hereby authorized and empowered
to levy, collect and disburse such tax
in the same manner and upon the
same conditions prescribed in Section
of this Act for the levy, collection and
disbursement of taxes for separate
school districts in cities, incorporated
towns or villages in this State: Pro-
gHded, That this Act shall rot interfere
with any school district which has
heretofore been created by special Act.
Sec. 4. Each taxpayer, when he pays
any tax for school purposes voted un-
der the provisions of this Act, shall
have the right to designate to which
school in said school district he wishes
the money paid by him to 60, and the
Treasurer shall keep note Of such
designation, and the money applied as
thus designated. Where no designa-
tion is made by the taxpayer at the
time of such payment the money shall
be expeudad as other school funds in
such district.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of
the County Board Of Examiners, as
soon as the written request provided
for in Section 2 shall have been made,
to appoint three freeholders in said
school district or districts to act as
Trustees thereof: Provided, Said dis
| trict or districts be without Trustees.
Sec. g. That whenever petition shall
be made by a majority of the voters in
auy section, not included in any sepa-
rate school district, to the County Board
Of Examiners of any County, praying
that the section designated by them be
established as a separate School district,
the said County Board of Examiners are
| hereby authorized and required to es-
tablish such section as separate school
district, and said Board is hereby en-
powered to make such regulations for
| the government of same as may be con-
| formable to law.
Sec. I. That whenever it shall hap
pen that by reason of the location OF
special school districts portions of two
| adjacent Counties should, for conve-
nience, be included in one school dis.
trlct, the County Board of Examiners
of such Counties are hereby authorized
and directed III joint conference to
make such regulations as will enable
such sections TO be established into q
separate school district.
Sec. s. That all Acts and parts OF
Acts inconsistent with any Of the pro-
visions of this Act be, and the same are