The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-24
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Special Act Appropriate
ing $500, 900.
One Hundred Thousand to the Benef. Of Public
Schools and One Hundred Thousand For
-Four Months Term.

The following is the snll text of the
act to Appropriate Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars to the Public Schools of
North Carolina:
The General Assembly of North Carolina
do enact:
Section /. That the sum of 100000 be
and the same is hereby appropriated sn-
nually, out of the State Treasury for the
benefit of the public schools; to be distrib-
uted to the respective counties of the
State, per capita as to school population
on the first Monday in January of each
year, using the school census of the pre-
vious scholastic year as basis. of APP
portionment.
Sec. 2. That the Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction shall issue warrants upon
the State Auditor for the amount due
each county under section one of this act,
said warrants to be drawn in favor of the
county treasurer of each county and to be
credited to the general public school fund
of the county.
Sec. 8. That the sum of 100000. or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be
nually out of the State Treasury for the
purpose of bringing up to the constitu-
tional requirement for four months pub
lie school term in each school district in
the State, those public schools whose
terms, after the distribution and applica-
ton of all other school funds, do not COM
ply with said requirement, to be distrib-
uted and applied in the manner herein
after set forth.
Sec. 4. That at the January meeting of
each year the County Board of Education
shall report to the State Superintendent
of Public instruction the number of school
districts in the county, which cannot have
a four months term, with the funds avail
able from county sources and State ap-
preparations other than that provided for
in section 8 of this act, special local taxes
not included. The County Board of Edu-
cation shall also report the amount of all
school funds available for the use of the
entire county, and also the amount that is
available for the use of the particular dis
trict or districts needing additional ho''
They shall also report the amount of ex-
penses incurred per month in running the
schools in each of said districts the
school census of the entire county and
of each of said districts, by race, the
number of pupils enrolled in each of said
schools during the current term, the
average daily attendance, and the salary
paid to the teachers of each of said
schools. And, in the event that there is
on hand an ,inexpended balance of moneys
properly belonging to the public school
fund, the full facts in connection there
with shall be reported. The State Super
intendent of Public Instruction shall
forthwith lay these facts before the State
Board of Education, which shall there
upon, after full investigation, fix and de-
termine the amount which must neces-
sarily be appropriated to each of said
counties to enable each district therein
to have a four months term of public
school. Provided, that if the said Stale
Board of Education shall find that the
500, 900 hereby appropriated is insufficient
for the purpose of giving to all of said
counties the required amount, the said
Board shall deduct from such required
amount for each county such fixed per-
centage for all counties alike as shall re-
duce the aggregate of the amount to be
distributed to the said sum of 100000
Provided. further. that If the State Board
of Education shall find that the 100000
provided for in this section is more than
sufficient for the purpose e giving to all
of said counties such. said amounts re-
quired for the accomplishment of four
months term in each school district, the
said Board shall. distribute such surplus
per capita in the manner with, and in adj
dition to the appropriation provided for
in sections one and two of this act. Every
report required to be made by the pro-
visions. of this section shall be accom-
panied by affidasits from the county SUI
perintendent~of schools, the chairman of
the Board OF County Commissioners. and
the clerk of the Superior court of the
county, to the effect that all fines, penal
ties, and forfeitures and other moneys
properly belonging to the school fund of
the county have been SO applied, and that
the constitutional limitation of taxation
has been reached in said county; and un-
less the report. is accompanied by such
affidavits, it shall not be considered by the
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion. 5
Sec. 5. That when said apportionment