The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
new SCHOOL Law.
Ful! Text OF the Act Giving Fifty
Thousand Dollars

Thousand Dollars
To Help High Schools in Certain
Districts Not Able to Maintain
Them Alone
The most important act passed at
the late session of the General AS
sembly in reference to schools was
the one appropriating fifteen thous-
and dollars for system OF high
schools. This was introduced IN the
senate by Senator T. NJ. Raysor Of
Orangeburg, for years member of
the State board Of education and in
his legislative career the champion Of
compulsory education and other
movements. This act is intended to
provide system of schools that will
help poor boys to prepare for college.
An act to provide high schools for
the State.
Be it enacted by the general as
sembly Of the State Of South Caro-
| lima:
Section l. That it shall be law
full for any county. or for any town
ship, or any aggregation of adjoin-
ing townships, or for any aggrega-
ton Of adjoining school districts, or
any incorporated town or city within
the State, Of not more than 1000 in
habitants to establish a high school
/ in the manner and with the pri-
vileges herein given.
Sec. 2. That any high school
territorial unit mentioned in section
! of this act may establish a high
school by an election to be held in
said proposed high school district
upon the question of establishing the
same; said election to be conducted
] in all other respects, including the
requirements Of those who are allow
ed to vote therein, as elections are
now conducted under section 1908 of
the civil code of 1902, in reference
to special levies for school purposes.
| If q majority of the votes cast shall
be for high school, and not against
high school, the high school shall be
established, and become body cor
porate under the name and style Of
high school district No. blank of
blank county (the State board to in
sert the number in order Of its es-
tablishnent in the particular county,
and also the name Of the proper
county, -whereupon the county
board of education shall appoint for
said high school a board of trustees
composed of five regular members:
Provided, That the FIVE trustees for
said high school shall be appointed
for six years, one of whom shall
serve for only two years, two for
only four years, and two for six
years, the tenure of each to be de-
termined by lot; Provided, further,
That the chairman Of each school
district board within the high school
territory be ex officio member Of
the high school board: Provided,
further, That the trustees Of any
special district in any Incorporated
town or city operating under a spe.
cial act Of the general assembly,
shall be ex oficio trustees Of the
high school in that town or city,
every vacancy be expiration OF
tenure to be filed for six years ano
all unexpired terms to be filled by
) appointment of said county board,
except in special districts otherwise
provided.
"Sec. 8. That the board Of
trustees Of every high school SO es.
tablished is hereby authorized tc
levy annually for the support OF
such high school. not exceeding two
mills on the dollar in addition to the
levy now allowed by law, of all tax
eble property within such high
school district, the tax to be collect
ed in the same manner as specla!
levies are now collected under sec
ton 1908 Of said code: Provided,
5: That the right to make it a levy
merely for conducting the high
school for the then next current
scholastic year as now defined in sec
ton 1882 Of said code may be voted
down for that year in the same
manner as now provided for in said
section 1908 with reference to vot-
ing upon special leyies for school
district purposes.
'Sec. 4. That any public high
school already established, or any
number of high school grades in a
public school already established
provided it shall be organized and
adopted as a high school by special
election as prescribed in section 2 of
this actin any high school territory
above described may claim the privi-
Ilege Of this act: Provided, it con-
forms to the provisions thereof: Pro-
vided, further, That nothing in this
act shall be construed as a repeal of
any Of the privileges granted them
in the special acts of the general
; assembly.
"Sec. 5. That a high school
maintaining a four years course Of
study beyond the branches of learn
ing prescribed to be taught in the
common schools of the State, and
embracing not fewer than seven
grades or school years, shall be
known as a four-year high school; a
high school maintaining a three
years course beyond the common
school course, shall be known as a
three-year high school; and one
maintaining two years course be-
yond the common school course,
shal! be known as a tWo-year high