The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
NEW GRADED SCHOOL LAW

NEW GRADED SCHOOL LAW
FULL TEXT OF THE ACT GOVERNING THE
BAMBERG GRADED SCHOOL.
A Matter in Which All Our People Should be
Deeply Interested d-Board Consists
Of Five characterization
First Monday in June.
SECTION 1. That an Act entitled IAN
Act to provide for graded public school
in the town of Banberg, in School Dis
trict No. H." approved the Oath day of
December, A. D. 1883, be, and the same is
hereby, amended by striking out the word
Barnwell, in Section of said Act, and
inserting the word Bamberg where it &C.
ours in said Section, and that the title be
amended to conform to this Act, and by
striking out all of Section 2 of said Act,
and inserting in lieu thereof new Sec
ton, to be known as Section 2, and by
adding another Section, to be known as
Section 8, and by changing section 8 of
said Act to Section 4; so that said Act.
when amended, shall read as follows:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same: That for the pur-
pose of maintaining a graded public
school in School District number four
teen, in the town of Bamberg, in the
County of Bamberg, the inhabitants of
said School District be, and they are here
by, created body polite and corporate,
with such government, rights, privileges
and liabilities as other School Districts
possess under the provisions of the
general school laws of this State.
SECTION 2. That in addition to the
rights and privileges hereinbefore grant
ed, the said School District shall have the
power to levy and collect tax on the
assessed value of all real and personal
property returned in said School District,
not exceeding 4 mills On the dollar, SUBJ
ject to the following provisions: The
County Superintendent of Education
shall, at any time. previous to the first
Monday of June in each year, issue call
for meeting. after two weeks notice, of
all those citizens who return real or per-
sonal property in said School District;
such notice shall specify the time and
place of meeting, and be published in a
County newspaper, and be posted in three
conspicuous places in said School District.
The persons entitled to vote in said meet
ing shall have power, first, to appoint
Chairman and Secretary; second, to ad-
journ from time to time; third, to
decide whether, in addition to the
amount of the constitutional school
tax apportioned to the use of the
schools in said district, it is deemed
expedient to levy an additional district
tax, not to exceed the limit hereinbefore
mentioned, for the pay of teachers sala--
ries, or the building, furnishing, repair
ing and improvement of school house, or
for incidental expenses. Only those per-
sons shall vote at such meetings who are
citizens of the State and return real and
personal property in said School District.
No tax thus levied shall be repealed at
any subsequent meeting which may be
held before the next annual meeting
herein provided for. 1t shall be the duty
Of the Chairman of such meeting to
notify the County Auditor, within one
week, of the amount of the tax thus
levied, and the Auditor shall thereupon
proceed to assess such tax on all real and
personal property returned in said School
District. The County Treasurer shall
collect this tax, at the time and in the
manner provided for collecting the State
and County taxes, and it shall be lien
on all property until paid, as is provided
for in case of State and County taxes.
The proceeds arising from said tax
shall be kept separate and be paid
out by the County Treasurer of Bam-
berg County, on warrants drawn by
the School Trustees for said district, or
majority of them, countersigned by the
Superintent of Education of said County
and the said Treasurer shall be liable to
all penalties now prescribed by law for
the non-performance or neglect of duty.
SECTION 8. That there shall be five
Trustees for said School District, who
shall be elected by the mass meeting pro-
vided for in Section of this Act. That
at the first meeting (held in 190S five
Trustees shall be elected, and at each
annual meeting thereafter one shall be
elected, one Trustee retiring annually.
That at the organization of the Board it
shall be determined by LIT who shall hold
for one, who for two, who for three, who
for four, and who for five years, and the
nerson elected at each meeting after the