Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-01-23

to establish high schot
ner- and with the privileges here...
I given.
.sSee. 2. That any high school ter.
ritorial unit mentioned in section !
of this act may establish q 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. cone ducted in all
other respects, including tbe require
ments Of those who: are allowed to
vote therein, as elections are;now con-
Quoted under section. 1908 of the civil
code eof 1902, in reference to special
levies for school purposes. If. ma.
jority Of the votes cast, shall be For
high Schools and not Against high
Schools, the high school shall be es.
tablished. and become a body cor
:porate under the; name. =and.style,. oi
high school district No.-.of -
county*g( (the-rState., boardatos rinsert
the. numbersin order of. itsSestablish.
ment in the particular, county. and
:alsc the name Of the proper county,.
whereupon the county board of edu-
cation shall appoint for said high
school a board Of trustees composed
of Ave regular members: + Provided
That the fve.trustees for said high
school shall be appointed for Sly
years, one of whom shall serve fol
only one year, 1.-TWO for sonly' foul
years, and two for six years, the ten
ure Of each to be determined by lot:
Provided, further, That the chair man
of each school district board within
the high school territory be ex offcic
member Of the high school board
provided futher. that the trustees OF
any special district in any incorpor-
ated town or city operating under 9
special act of the general assembly
shall be ex offeio strustees of the
high :school-in that town or city, every
vacancy by expiration Of tenure to be
filled for six years and all. unexpir.
ed terms to be filled by appointment
of said county board, except in spec
ial districts otherwise provided.
Sec. 3. That the board of trustees
of every high school SO established is
hereby authorized to levy annually
for the support of such high schoo'
not exceeding 2 mills on the dollar
in addition to the levy now allowed
by law, of all taxable property with.
in such high school district, the tal
to be collected in the same :mannel
as special s.levies are now collected
under section l2OS Of said code: Pro.
vided, That the right to make levy
merely for conducting the higl
school for the then next current
scholastic year as now defined in sec.
ton 1892 of said code may be votec
down for that year in the same man.
ner as now provided for in said sec.
tion 1908 with reference to voting
upon special levies for school district
piirofssc piifroofPsssscc.
"Sec. 4. That any public high
school already established, or any
number ;of high school grades Gin 5
Espublic school already established,
provided it shall be organized :and
adopted as a high school by special
election as prescribed in section OF
this act; in any high school territory
above described, may claim the pri.
vilege of this act, provided it con.
forms to the provisions thereof:
Provided, further, That nothing in
this act shall be construed, as re.
peal Of arr Of the privileges grant.
ed them i'll the 5speciale.acts ,;of5Sthe
general assembly.
{ "See.ss5. That high school main.
tanning four years. course of study
beyond the branches of learning pre-.
scribed to be taught in the common
schools of the State and embracing
not fewer than seven grades or school
years shall be known as four-yea1
high school; high school maintain.
ing a three years. course beyond the
common schoos course shall .bes known
as three-yeays high school, and one
maintaining 3 twa years course be.
lyond the common school course shall
be kaowa as q tYo.ysar high aeAool,