The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-12
Local News.
Extending School District.

There is pretty strong movement
on foot to extend the limits of the
school district of the city of Anderson
There are families outside of the city
limits who are anxious to put them :
selves in position to be entitled tC
the school facilities offered by our
graded schools, and are perfectly will
ing to have their property bear its pro-
portion OF taxation for the maintaining
the present excellent system and erect
ing and maintaining other buildings
when necessary.
The mode of procedure in extending
the limits is plain and simple: The
County Board of Education, when pc
titioned by one third of the qualified
electors in the proposed school district
is authorized by statute TO form the dis
trict. The district then becomes Il
body corporate with power to sue and
be sued, and the property III the dis
trict becomes cllarscablr, proportions
ately, with the taxes to Sustain the
schools established.
There is one point in this matter
however, which is not perfectly plain:
The present school district embraces
the city. The City Council is empow-
cred by charter to levy taxes within
the city limits, and, pursuant To this
power, lcvirs Il tax of >! mills. which
goes to maintain onr city schools
Now, in the event the school district
be enlarged to IL distance of two miles
instead OF one, rs ii now is, the 1ucs-
ton arises, who will levy and collect
this tax outside the city limits? There
appears to bc no provision for IL case OF
this kind in the statutes, and some leg
islation would evidently be necessary.
This, however, can be easily attended
to. as the legislature will meet within
the next sixty days.
There is another way this apparent
defect could be met: While agitating
the question to extend tho limits OF the
school district, some think it would be
tending the city limits to Il distance Of
two miles instead of one, as it now is.
The mode Of procedure in this is also
simple and plain. Upon petition to the
City Council of one third of the quail
fled electors of the territory desiring
TO be annexed. the Council, after ten
days notice, shall order an election.
if Il majority of the votes cast by the
qualified electors of the town and of
m. territory proposed t" be annexed,
rh aggregated separately, shall be
ch in tavurof annexation, or ii neith
cr give II majority against annexation,
she Council shall publish the result of
the election and declare the town and
annexed territory q municipality; tho
Secretary Of State is notified aud the
matter becomes legal aud fixed.
Whether it be wise to undertake tho
extention Of the limits OF the city just
ut this time. The Intelligencer cannot
say, but the extension OF the school
district appears to carry with it the
idea OF growth and prosperity
and beneficial results in the
near future. No very noticeable re-
suits need be expected for year or
two, but at tho end of that time n
period Of building and Improvement
can be confidently looked for.
The members Of the County Board
of Education arc II. L. Nicholson. II.
&. Walton, of this city, and l.. NJ. Ma
haffey, ut Starr. 1t is to be hoped that
these gentlemen will encourage this
movement. 1t is a step in the right di-
Yection and in Keeping with the rapid
progress being made in all other de-
paItments.