The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-05-02
GRADED SCHOOL CHARTER
Full Text of the Act Authorizing the Establish
ment of Graded Schools for Henderson Town
ship Vance County.

~ All To T-s1ADliSH ulsADED '>thooI-o
IN HENDERSON TOWNSHIP. IN VANCE
COUNTY
TIE General assembly Of North Carolina do
enact:
SECTION / That all the territory
embraced within the limits Of Henderson
Township, in Vance County, State OF
North Carolina, as now laid out and
established, shall be and is hereby con
stituted a school district for the white
and cOlOred children. to be known and
designated as ''Hcnderson Graded School
District
SECTION 2. That the Board Of Com
missioners of Vance County are hereby
required to submit to the qualified voters
of said Henderson Township. within three
months after the ratification OF this act.
at an election to be held for said Town
ship, in the town OF Henderson. Vance
County. North Carolina. the question
whether an annual tax shall be levied for
the support of the Graded Schools in said
Township.
SECTION g. That at the election held
under the provisions OF this act, those
favoring the levying of such tax shall
vote on a written or printed ballot, with
out device, with the words For Graded
Schools upon it, and those opposed
to the levying of such tax shall vote
written or printed ballot. without
Graded Schools" upon it. The penalty
for illegal or fraudulent voting shall be
the same as in the election for members
of the General Assembly The Board of
Commissioners shall give thirty days
notice of the time of holding said election
| in q newspaper published in the said
| Graded School district.
SECTION f. That in case q majority
| of the qualified voters OF said Henderson
Township shall be in favor of such tax,
| the Board of Commissioners Of Vance
| County, shall, in addition to other taxes
| laid upon said school district, annually
compute and levy. at the time of levying
| other taxes, a sufficient special tax upon
the property and polls of the white and
colored persons of said Henderson Town
| ship to raise such a sum of money as the
| trustees hereinafter named for the said
school district shall deem necessary to
support and maintain said Graded
| Schools, which sum shall not exceed
| twenty cents on the one hundred dollars
| valuation OF property. and sixty cents on
| each pole. Said trustees. hereinafter
| named shall Immediately after the cleo
| ton herein provided for, report to the
| Board of Commissioners of Vance County
what sum said trustees deem necessary
| to support and maintain said Graded
| Schools during the first year, and an
nually thereafter the said trustees thirty
| days prior to the time for levyng the
county taxes. shall report to the said
| Board OF Commissioners OF Vance County
| what jS TO t,rt. IL
| maintain the said Graded Schools during
| the next year The taxes levied for the
| support of said schools, as herein pro-
| vided. shall be annually collected as other
| taxes are collected. and paid over by the
| sheriff or other collecting officer to the
| Treasurer OF Vance County for the safe
| Keeping and proper distribution of the
same, and the said taxes levied and col
| !ected for said Graded Schools shall be
| kept sacred and separate and distinct
| from other taxes by the said officers, and
| shall be used only for the purposes for
which they were levied and collected.
| SECTION ). That the Board of Trus-
tees herein created, and their successors.
| shall he Il body corporate by the name
| and style of The Board of Trustees of
| Henderson Graded Schools, and by that
| name shall be capable of receiving gifts.
| grants and appointments. purchasing
! and holding real estate and personal
! property, selling. mortgaging and trans
! ierrlng the same for school purposes, and
| of prosecuting and defending suits for or
| against the corporation hereby created.
! Conveyances to the said trustees shall be
| to them, and their successors iii Office.
| and all deeds. mortgages, and other
| agreements affecting real estate and per-
| Cnnnl shall Ia ,loap,ol
GENTLY executed when signed by the chair
man OF the said Board of Trustees and at
tested by the secretary of the said board.
| SECTION 6. That it shall be the duty
of the said Board of Trustees to establish
| Graded Public Schools for the white and
colOred children of said Henderson
Graded School district, and the said
| Board OF Trustees shall use and appro-
pirate the funds derived from the said
special taxes herein provided for, in such
manner as shall be just to both races
without prejudice, and giving to each
equal school facilities. due regard being
had, however, to the cost of establishing
and maintaining the Graded Schools fo1
each race.
| SECTION I. That the Board of Trus
tees provided for by this act shall have
entire charge and exclusive control of the
public schools and property in the said
district; shall prescribe rules and regula
lions for their own government and the
government of the schools, not incon
sistent with the provisions of this act
shall employ and fix the compensation o
officers and teachers of the public school.
in said district; shall make an accurat.
census OF the school population of the
district as required by the general schoo
| law OF the State. nd do oil n+Gor =, n =.
that may be Just and lawful in the man