The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-24

men as school committeeman, who shall
serve for two years, to be paid by the
county board out of the reserve school
fund one dollar per day for not more
than four days per annum. The county
board may, if deemed best, instead of
electing township committeeman, elect
for each school Of the several townships
three school committeeman, who shall
serve for two years, without conpensa-
ton.
The school committee, not later than
twenty days after their qualification. shall
elect chairman and secretary, keep re-
cord of their proceedings and report name
ard address of chairman and secretary to
the county superintendent. All appeals
from the committee shall be first made to
the county superintendent, whose deci-
sions shall be final, unless reversed by the
county board of education.
The school committee shall be intrusted
with the care and custody of all school
houses, school house sites, grounds, books
apparatus, or other public school proper
ty in the township. They are required to
furnish to the county superintendent a
cersus report Of ali the pupils of school
age in their township or district, also the
value of all public school property for
each race separately, and to the teacher
a register of the names and ages of each
rupil of school age in that district. They
shall also by race and sex the number
Of all persons between the ages of twelve
and twenty-one who cannot read and
write
No teacher shall be employed by any
Of rpurIlar 20 He'd
meeting of such committee, of which due
notice shall be given. The committee
shall have power to purchase supplies
necessary for conducting schools and for
repairs, not to exceed So in any one year
for each school; shall have authority 10
employ and dismiss teachers. NJ person
shall be employed as teacher who does
not produce a certificate from the county
superintendent or other parties autht T.
lied by law, and no certificate shall be is
sued to any person under eighteen years
of age Teachers of the second grace
shall receive not more than $25 per
month. and teachers Of first grade such
compensation as shall be agreed upon.
Teachers of third grade not more chan
500 per month, but no third grade certlil-
Gates shall be Fenewed and no holder
InSECOl Shall UC GlIpiUySu SAICpt tG
siStant.
Twenty school days of not less than six
hours nor more than seven hours shall be
a month. School term shall be continued
as far as practicable
When monthly report of any school
where the district does not contain over
one hundred and fifty children shows an
average daily attendance of less than one
nhnN ri
closed and the money due shall remain
to the credit OF that school.
The county board of education s1all on
the second Monday in January and july
of each year apportion the school fund of
the county to the various townships per
capita, reserving as contingent fund an
amount sufficient to pay salary of county
superintendent and per diem and expenses
of the county board. This aDportionment
shall be based upon the amounts actually
received by the county treasurer from all
sources and reported by him to the coun-
ty board OF education.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
The county boards of one or more coun-
ties may annually appropriate an amour.
not exceeding 500 out of the school funds,
fer the purpose of conducting one of more
teachers Institutes, attendance upon
which by the teachers shall be compulso-
ry Institute to be conducted by the
county superintendent, assisted by some
member Of the State Board of Examiners
or member of the faculty of the Norma
Department Of the University of NORTH
Carolina, or of the State Normal and In
dustrial College, or of the A. and NJ
College, or some practical teacher APP
pointed by the State superintendent.
County board shall meet on the SECOND
Monday of january, April, July and Octc.
Der. and May, if necessary remain in SEES
sion two days. and may have called meet
ings of one day each. once a month. i
the school business of the county re
o,ires it. They shall receive the same
per diem and mileage as that allowed TN
county commissioners.
ANY person wilfully interrupting or dis
turbing any public or private school o
meeting held for literary or scientific rur
poses. or wilfully setting fire to any schoo
house shall be guilty of a misdemeano
and be punished by Imprisonment and line
Tho county board shall divide the town
shirs into school districts. and shall es
tablish no new school within less thai
| three miles of some school already estab
| Jished in the same township; nor shat
! they create any school district with les
| than IS children.
The county board may receive any gu
| made for the use of any school, may SCI
! any school house or site, may receive 0
! purchase sites for school houses. When
! ever unable to obtain a suitable site, IL.
/ shall report to the county superlntenden
/ VINO shall upon five DAYS notice to owner
| apply to the clerk of the Superior Couf
/ for appointment of three appraisers. WI
/ shall lay off not more than one acre. an
assess the value thereof. II their repoi
is confirmed by the clerk of the cour