The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-07
50 COUNTIES GET
$4,000
Appointments Schools
for the Four Months
Term.

State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton j. Y. Joyner yesterday gave out the
following information regarding the ap-
pcrtionment of the second 100000:
The apportionment of the second $780,
0c0 for four months school has been
completed with the exception of Chatham
and Stokes counties, which are delayed
for additional information. The aggre-
gate amount is about $4,000 to fifty
eight counties asking for aid. The small
est amount apportioned to any county is
$232.29. The largest amount is about
81 COO
Some of the amounts seem larger, but
the facts show that the cost per child
Tor four months school in the counties
receiving the largest amount from the
second 100000 is still considerably less
than the cost per child for a four months
school in most of the counties receiving
TO aid from this fund. This would indi-
cate that the large amount needed from
the second 100000 in these counties for
a four months school are rendered neces-
sary by a small county school fund and
a large school population in proportion to
the fund.- rather than by any extrava-
gance in the use of the available funds
Superintendent Joyner will send out the
following letter to county superintendent
tomorrow
you viii find enclosed a copy of the
apPortionment from the second hundred
thousand dollars, in accordance with
chapter ISL of the Public Laws of 1903 to
the various districts in your county apply
ing for aid under that chapter. The State
warrant for the total amount will be
70 ntv -har
issued by the State Auditor and l am
authorized by the State Treasurer to say
that the warrant will be paid promptly
on March 1st. In few counties asking
for large amounts and containing num-
Der of small districts. the amounts asked
by those small districts were scaled, and,
in a few others asking for large amounts
for current expenses, these expenses were
scaled and. In this way, the apportion-
ments were brought within the available
appropriation. With these exceptions,
there has been no scaling this year, and
every district in every county has been
allowed every cent to which it was en-
titled for four months school under
chapter Isl.
please furnish your County Treasurer
with a copy of these appointments and
instruct him to place to the credit of the
respective districts the respective amounts
allowed Please keep also in your office
for the information of the County Board
of Education record of these apportion-
ments. l suggest that you copy them in
your record book.
"As you have been instructed hereto
fore, this money is usable- only by the
particular district to which it has been
apportioned for the specific purpose for
which it was apportioned, to-wit to sup
plement the county and township appor-
tionment to that district for the payment
of salary of teacher and current expenses
for a four months school. 1t cannot be
legally used for any other purpose. If,
for any good reason, the money apportion-
ed to any district cannot be used for that
purpose during this school year. 1t must
remain to the credit of that district. and
be used to lengthen the school term of
the district next year. 1t must be used
for this purpose. however. by each dis
trict on OF before January LIST, 1905.
Please impress upon your committeeman
and other school officers that the use of
this money for any other purpose would
be violation of law and a misappropria-
ton of the funds