Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-08-28
WANTS AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Citizens Of Olive Branch Prepared to Bid
Tor Institution.

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From Mr.. M. Blocker, a member Of
the county school board from Olive
Branch, we learn that the latter towr
is prepared to submit an excellent
bid for an agricultural high school al
the meeting of the board Sept. 16, in
the event the board decides to estab.
lish one in DeSoto county.
The necessary twenty acres oil
ground and other inducements have
already been subscribed by the citi.
zens of Olive Branch and Mr.. Blocker
says that if the school is established
about seventy pupils will enroll at
the opening.
In order that the citizens of any
town in the county can familiarize
themselves with the law governing
the establishment of an agricultural
high school we reproduce again the
law authorizing their establishment:
Sec. 2. The board of supervisors of
any county where an agricultural
high scheol has been established by
the county school board shall have
the power, if necessary, to levy tax
OH the taxable property, provided that
such tax for any one year shall not
exceed two mills; and provided furth-
ther that should within twenty days
after such levy shall have been made
petition of twenty per cent. of the
qualified electors of the said county
shall file with the clerk of the board
of supervisors a petition asking that
that tax be not lowed, then the ques-
tion shall be submitted to an election
of the qualified electors of the county
within thirty days after the next
meeting of the board of supervisors
after the filing of the petition, and
should majority of the votes cast
be Eagainst the tax, the levy of the
board for the high school shall be null
and void, and the tax collector shall
refuse to collect the tax; but should
majority of the votes be for the tax,
then the tax collector shall proceed
to collect the tax as all other taxes
are collected, receiving the lawful
commission for such collection The
tax so collected shaI he deposited
with the county trease ~ sgg paid
out by him on the order Of the board
of trustees of the high school.
Sec. 3. The government and con-
troll of the county agricultural high
school shall be vested in board of
five trustees, two of whom shall be
elected by the board of supervisors,
two by the county school board, and
the superintendent of education shall
constitute the fifth member. Two of
the number first elected shall serve
for two years and their successors
shall serve for term of four years;
and two shall serve for term of four
years. All regular terms shall be for
a term of four years. The trustees
shall have control of the property,
elect and fix salaries of all teachers
and employees, and shall have full DOW
er to no all things necessary to the
successful operation of said school.
The trustees are hereby empower to
received donations Of land, money
and other things of value for said
school, and if necessary to buy real
property. No school shall be recog-
uized by the state board of education
as an agricultural high school until
at least twenty acres of land has
been acquired.
Sec. 4. Whed the state superinten-
dent of education shall have received |
from the county superintent of edu-
cation OF any county statement |
showing that an agricultural high |
school has been located by the county /
school board, that the land as hereto
fore proyided has been acquired, the
necessary levy has been made by the
board OF supervisors as heretofore |
provided for in this act, and suitable
buildings have been erected, includ-
ing boarding department., where not
less than forty students may have |
dormitory and dining-room facilities,
then the state superintendent shall |
visit said school and after a thorough
of said school shall make
a full and complete report of said in
spection to the state board of educa-
tion. Should it appear to the board
of education that it would be to the
of the state, the board shall
draw an order on the auditor in favor
Of the county treasurer for the sum
Of one thousand dollars for the trus-
tees of the high school, and the au-
iitor shall issue his warrant annually
Oh the the treasurer for that amount.
Provided that no aid shall be given
an agricultural high school until the
state board of education has approv-
I'd the plans for the buildings and the
course of study for the same. The
appropriation of one thousand dollars
shall be made annually, but state aid
nay be withdrawn at any time when
he state board of education finds that
| school is not being legally conduct
ID for the purpose for which it was
established.
The Springfield Riots.