Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-03-01
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.
To Encourage Building Schools New Act Sets
Aside Fund Of Nearly 100000.

Hon. Q. b. Martin, State Superin-
tendent of Education, has prepared
e resume of the acts of the Legisla-
ture relating TO school matters. His
statement is as follows:
"Th library law was amended so
that the school raising $40 by pri-
vate subscription shall not only re-
ceive $40 from the district and $40
from the State, but it shall also re-
oeive SO bookcase to be paid for
out of the county funds. The county
boards are to approve these cases.
Just as soon as possible shall get
competitive designs from furniture
factories for supplying such cases and
will submit them to tho county
boards. The State Board of Edu-
cation at its last meeting adopted
more than a hundred additional
books for the libraries. Many of
these are especially suited for these
libraries. About 25 are devoted to
agriculture, horticulture and cattle
raising. 1 think these will benefit
not only the children, but the parents.
| shall issue list of these just as
soon as they can be printed. The
new library law provides also that
the libraries established last year may
be enlarged if the schools will raise
S5 the district will give 50
and the tate SIS. The number
of libraries to county was changed
from IL to 25, but the appropriation
remains the same, 80 that the county
which pushes this work most rapidly
will secure the greatest number of
libraries.
zone of the most important acts,
as / see it, is the law 'to encourage
the erection of adequate public
school buildings This act provides
'that the county boards of educa-
ton of the various counties of
this State be, and tho same are
hereby, authorized to annually set
aside from the surplus remain
ing from the net income de-
rived by the State from the dis
pensary profits, an amount equal to 5
per cent of the entire public school
funds of their respective counties,
which said amounts shall be used by
the said county boards of education
for the purpose of encouraging and
aiding in the construction of adequate
school buildings in their respective
counties. Section 2: That when
the friends, patrons or trustees of
any school district in any county in
this State shall raise by private sub
scription, special tax, regular tax, sale
of old buildings, issuing of bonds, or
otherwise, funds for building school
house in such district, the county
board of such county may turn over
to the trustees of such school, from
funds set aside for such purpose un-
der this act, $50 for each 500 80
raised by such friends, patrons or
trustees for such school building.
Provided, no one school shall receive
more than $500 under the provisions
of this act; provided further, that
no more than one school in any one
district in any one year shall receive
such aid. Section 3: That the
county board of education shall give
preference to school districts which
have combined and consolidated two
or more school buildings. Section 4
That any school availing itself of the
provisions of this act shall comply
with the plans and specifications ap-
proved by the State Board of Edu-
cation. Section 5: That no school
shall receive aid under the provisions
of this act without the approval of
the county board of education.
Section 6: That the funds provided
for be paid by the county treasurer
only on the warrant of the county
board of education, countersigned by
the county superintendent of educa-
ton, and any funds not used by the
end of the year shall revert back to
the general school funds of the re.