The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-09
The School Act

In view of the election to be held Fri
day on the school question, we think 1t
will be of interest to publish the act
passed at the recent session of the legis-
lature in reference to the matter, which
is as follows:
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
That the board of trustees of Bamberg
school district No. Il, of Bamberg county,
upon a petition of majority of the free
holders of said school district, shall order
an election at which the qualified elec-
tors within such district shall vote on the
question of whether or not the said school
district shall be bonded for ten thousand
dollars for the purpose of purchasing
lot and erecting, equipping and furnish.
ing thereon school house or houses and
maintaining Il school therein.
Section 9. That upon the filing of such
petition the trustees shall make an order
for the holding of such election fixing the
time and place of the same, and appoint
ing the managers thereof, and making all
the provisions for the carrying out OF the
same. That at such special election only
the qualified voters residing in such
school district shall vote; and said trus-
tees shall publish notice of the time and
place of the holding Of the same for at
least fifteen days in one or more news
papers published in said school district
and said trustees shall have printed, for
the use of the voters in said election, an
equal number Of ballots, on one set of
which shall be printed the words "for
the issuing of bonds" and on the other
set the words Against the issuing OF
onds," and sufficient number OF said
ballots shall be placed at the voting place
on the day of election. That the said
managers Shall conduct the said election
and at the close thereof shall canvass the
vote and make O return Of the result
thereof in writing to the board of school
trustees aforesaid, and if majority of
ballots cast at such election are for the
issuing of bonds, then the said board OF
trustees shall issue the said bonds as here
matter provided.
Section 3. That the said school dis
trict be and hereby is authorized and en-
powered to issue coupon bonds in the sum
of ten thousand dollars of the denomina-
ton of five hundred dollars each, bearing
interest at six per centum per anuum
! from the date of issue and running for q
series of twenty years, one bond and the
annual interest on the whole issue out
standing to be paid each year until the
whole amount of principal and interest
shall be paid in full Said bonds and
interest coupon to be signed by the chair
man of the board of trustees of said school
district and countersigned by the clerk OF
said board; provided that the signatures
of said officers may be Autographed upon
the bonds and coupons of said bonds and
such lithographing shall be sufficient
signing of said bonds and coupons OF
said bonds.
Section a. That said bonds shall be
sold by said board either at public or
private sale as in the judgment of said
board may be best and the proceeds there
of shall be used for the purpose aforesaid
by a committee of five for that purpose to
be elected by mass meeting OF the cltl-
zens of said school district, to be known
as the building committee, which meeting
shall be called by the board OF trustees OF
said school district after two weeks notice
in the newspapers of the county of BAN.
berg, stating the time, place and object OF
such meeting. >,
Section 5. That the proceeds of said
bonds shall be paid over to the county
treasurer of said county and shall be kept
separate by him subject to the order OF
said building committee, and shall be paid
out upon the order of a majority of said
committee.
Section 6. That for the purpose OF
paying said bonds and the interest thereon
an annual tax of three mills on the
dollar shall be levied upon IT, taxable
property of the taxpayers of said schoo
district to be placed upon the tax dupli
cate of the county by the county auditor
and collected by the county treasurer as
other taxes are collected and at the same
time and shall be kept separate by hin
and paid out upon the order of the schoo
trustees of said school district who are
hereby required to issue their warrant:
in favor of the holders of said bonds anc
coupons when due, approved by thu
county auditor as school superintendent
and the payment of said tax shall be en-
> forced in tue same manner as the pay
ment of other taxes which annual ta!
: shall continue until the general assembl,
shall otherwise provide, and in case o
the neglect or failure of the county audi
tor or any other official to perform tn
2 duties herein required to be performed
!. bv him, or either of them, the holder o
1 holders Of aay of the said bonds may en-
force them by mandamus either - tn
Circuit or Supreme court of the State.
Section :. That any balance of tn
. proceeds of the said bonds which may re
= main after the erection and eQuiptaenS
, said building and said tax remaining afte
the payment of the annual interest an
one of said bonds shall he PLACED to th
> credit Of said school district and may b
> used by the trustees thereof for the pay
ment of the teachers Of said school dl'
> trict or for ordinary school purpose