The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-02


portation."
Another yea and nay vote was called,
resulting against the amendment about
the same as on the first vote. The bill
was then ordered to it's third reading.
AN IMPORTANT SCHOOL BILL
The Boundaries OF School Districts
and the Transfer OF Pupils
The school bill of Mr.. Mccullough
was called up. This bill was the first of
the session, and at the time it was first
discussed excited much debate. The
bill was recommittedSand came forth
from the committee with new
dress.
Mr.. Ashley was not satisfied, and
he succeeded in amending the bill so
that the consent Of the boards of edu-
cation of the counties shall be obtained
before pupils can be transferred from
one school district to another. The
bill as passed is of much Importance to
the schools Of the State.
Mr.. Williams wanted to exempt the
graded schools from the provisions of
the Act.
Mr. Rogers said the amendment was
| unnecessary.
Mr.. Mccullough thought the graded
schools were now amply protected.
Those who lived just outside OF towns,
he said, helped to support the schools
by the ir business, and the bill provides
for ample protection. He wanted to
see the schools Overrun and proposed
to table the amendment, which was
carried.
Mr. Williams then failed to have the
| Lancaster school district exempt from
the provisions of the bill.
The bill was then passed to it's third
reading. 1t reads as follows:
Section 81. The county boards of
education shall divide their counties
toto convenient school districts, as
compact in form as practicable, having
regard to natural boundaries. and not
to exceed forty-nine nor be less than
nine square miles in area provided,
tants and over this Limitation of area
shall not apply provided, further that
when any school district laid out un-
| der this section shall embrace cities or
towns already organized into special
school districts, in which graded
school buildings have been erected by
the issue OF bonds or by special taxa
tion, or by donation, all the territory
included in said school district shall
bear its just proportion of any tax that
may be levied to liquidate such bonds
or support the public schols therein.
The present division of the counties
into school districts shall remain until
changed by the county boards OF educa-
tiOn. The county boards of education
are authorized and empowered to make
contracts for the purpose of dividing
their counties into proper school dis.
tricts, and to provide for the payment
of the expenses thereof out of the
school funds of the county. Every
school district now organized, or to be
hereafter organized, in pursuance of
polite and corporate, by the name and
style of School District No --( (such
number as may be designated by the
county board of education) OF - coun-
ty, (the name Of the county In which
the district is situated,) the State Of
South Carolina, and In that namo may
sue and be sued, and be capable of
contracting and being contracted with,
to the extent OF their school fund, and
holding such real and personal estate
as 1t may come into possession of, by
will or otherwise, or Ia authorized by
law to be purchased, all of which shall
be used exclusively for school pur-
poses provided, however, that In the
division of laid counties into school
districts, as herein provided for, the
said county boards OF education shall
have due regard to the school buildings
as they now exist and so accommodate
the districts thereto as to obviate as
far as practicable the necessity of. re-
moving or disseminating the use Of any
such school building or house as such.
Where 1t shall 40 happen that a per-
son or persons are 80 situated as to be
better accommodated at school of an
adjoining school district, whether
special or otherwise, and such fact is
made to appear to the board of trus-
tees of the school district In which
ouch persons reside, the said board of
trustees shall transfer the person or
persons for education to Che school
district In which such school is located;
and she trustees OF the school Ldistrict
In which such said school Is located
shall receive such person or persons
b be educated into the said school as
though they resided In said district
provided, that in case such transfer la
made to o district in which the ordi.
nary school fund is supplemented by
J a special tax levy, then the parent
guardian or other person applying for
the transfer shall pay to the county
: treasurer, to be placed by him to the
, credit of said school district, an amount
uehflnS Ipo proporLion W inc amount
raised by special levy In said district
| that the number OF children transfer
I red thereto bears to the total number
l enrolled the previous year In said dis
l trict, unless such person pays specia
. tax upon property In said district o.
: least equal to said amount and In the
. event that said special tax ia less thar
q the amount required herein, 1t shall b,
I. allowed as q credit thereon, and sucl
i person shall further pay such inciden
o tai fees as are required of residen
!, pupils attending the same school
0 provided, further, that children shRl
u not be transferred from school dit
b triot In one county to 3 school distric
q consent of the board OF education I
q the reepeetiyo counties In which Oh
3 transfer Is made provided, furth6l