The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-31
4 VERY IMPORTANT ACT,
Any S. DOL District Can Levy Special
School Tax.

School Tax.
At the last session of the Legislature
an Act Tas passed giving anJ school
district 10 the State the right to levy
and collect an extra school tax, TO run
the schools a longer period than that
allowed by the regular tax collected Tor
the purpose. This is an important tax,
as it puts in the hands Of the people
tie cplartunity 2f extending the terms
Of tleic schools at q comparatively
small cost. The ACT IS to be printed,
and thousands Of copies sent out to
school trustses, teachers and others in
terested, bT the superintendent or Ed
ucatiou. The following is the Ac: as
passed, and it will be Interesting read
ing:
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State os South Carolina, nov met aGd
sitting IN General Assembly, and by the
authority Of the same; That for the
purpose of establishing and maintain
ing graded or other public schools in
any city, incorporated town or village
in this State, such city. incorporated
town o. village desiring to establish
and maintain the same, and to receive
the benefits of this Act, are hereby coz
stituted and declared to be separate
school districts.
Sec. g. That the voters Of said school
districts, who return real or personal
property OF the value Of 500 for taxa
ton are authorized to levy and collect
an annual tax to supplement any con-
stitutional or other tax fo1 like pur-
poses, and for said purposes the trus-
tees Of said school districts, upon ma
iority of resident freeholder5 of the age
of tWenty-one years and over shall call
public meeting of said taxpayers at
any time before the first day OF ] une of
any fiscal year, which meeting must be
advertised In newspaper published N
such city, incorporated town or village,
once a week for two weeks, or posted
In three conspicuous places IN such
school district for said length of time;
and when assembled said meeting shall
have the power to elect chairman and
secretary;to adjourn from tine to time,
to levy such special tax not exceeding
four mills, and to appropriate the same
to such SCHOOL purposes as a majority
shall see 6t;that the tax SO levied shall
be repealed atany subsequent meeting;
that within ten days after said meet
ing, the chairman thereof shall furnish
the Board of Trustees of such school
district and the County Auditor with
the amount so levied, and the Auditor
shall enter the same in his tax dupll-
cate, and he shall annually, each year
thereafter, enter said amount IN his tax
duplicate until the same is Increased,
decreased or repealed BY SAID tax pay
ers, at a meeting called for that pur-
pose, and be is notified that the same
has been increased, decreased or re-
pealed, and if Increased or decreased,
he shall annually enter it as before;
which meeting shall be called and no.
tice given in the same way and man
ner as herein provided tor the calling
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 oe a lien
on the property il such school d1stElct
which seal be subject thereto, 10 case
OF dass:zai. IF pay Il cIi1; s5Sat-sa.G tax Sc
collected shall be paid out by the
County Treasurer upon warrants drawn
by the Board of Trustees, counterslgn-
ed by the School Commissioner: Pro-
Yided, that any surplus of such levy re
naming in the hands Of the County
Treasurer at the expiration Of any fs-
cal year shall be paid as herein proTi-
ded, and to be used for like purposes,
Sec. 3. That the voters of any school
district now formed, or that may here
after be formed By the County Beard
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 OF that may hereafter be form
ed by tie County Board of Examiners
outside OF cities, Incorporated towns or
villages in this State, VINO return real
OF personal property for taxation of the
| value of 500, desiring TO levy tax not
exceeding four mills for the uses aad
purposes heTeinbefCre mentioned lG
this Act,are hereby authorized and e1.
powered to levy, collect and disourse
such tax in the same manner and upon
| the same conditions prescribed a sec.
2 of this Act, for the levy, collection
and disbursement of taxes for separate
school districts il cities, incorporated
| towns, or villages in this State: ProYl-
ded, That this Act shall not interfere
with any school district which has
heretofore been created by special act.
Sec. 4. Each taxpayer, Whsn h@ pays
any tax for school purposes voted IN
! der provisions Of this Act, shall have
the right to designate for which school
IN said school district he wishes the
money paid by them to go, ard the
! Treasurer shall keep a note OF suca
designation, and the money be applied
as thus designated. Wtere no deslg
nation Is MADE by the taxpayer at the
time of such payment. the money shall
be expended as other school funds 10
such district.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty OF
the County Board of Examiners, as
soon as the written request provided
for IL Sec. 2, shall have been made, to
appoint tn ee freeholderS IL said ScnGnl
district or districts to act as trustees
| thereof: Provided, said district or G:s
tricls be without trustees.
Sec. 6. That whenever petition saall
be made by maj jority Of the voters IL
any section not included in any sepa
rate school district to the County
Board of Examiners, from any county
praying that the section designated oy
them be established as separate schoo
district, the said County Board OF Ex
aminerS are hereby authorized and re
uuired to establish suchsection as sep
arate school district, and said Board Is
hereby empowered to make such regula
ltion for the government OF same, as
nay be confoTmable to law.
! Sec. :. That whenever 1t shall happer
that by reason of the location OF spec
! ial school districts, portion OF two ad
iacent counties should for convenience
be included IN one school district, tn
County Board of Examiners OF sucl
counties are hereby authorized and di
rected in joint conferenceto make sucl
regulations as will enable such seclIoi
to be established into q separate schco