The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-23

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of it was embodied in two bills. both
Of which received unanimous reports
from the Joint Committee on Educa-
ton. Upon III aye and no vote there
were only nine votes cast against these
bills in the House Of Representatives
ana only two cast against them in |
the Senate. This would indicate that
the REPRESENTATIVES OF the people, ire
spectiye Of political affiliations, are be |
ginning TO rise to q proper conception
of pubic education as q question af- |
IectInS the hest interests of the hill
dren o. all the people and TO be held
above partisan bitterness or political
expectancy. !
The educational legislation may be
summed up under Two heads: First,
Increase in Public School Funds; sec
ond. Amendments TO the General Pub
lie school Law.
Increase In Public school Funds.
I. che annual special State appro-
priation Of SIO0. 900 distributed per
Capita as to school population to the
respective counties of the State on
the first Monday Of January of each
year under the act Of the enera AS
senahly of 1901, known as the first
hundred thousand dollars, was in
creased $4,000. and viii hereafter
be an annual per capita appropriation
of $4,000. There was not a vote
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serrblv ~a~ainst this animal increase
Of $4,000 for the public schools.
2. The annual State appropriation
for public high schools was increased
$1,000. making that appropriation
now $4,000 annually.
:. The method Of appOrtioning the
special animal state appropriation Of
$1G0, Gee to e~Qualize school terms end
to aid in providing a four-montns
public school term in each public
school district, heretofore known IS
the second hundred thousand dollars,
was 50 changed rs to require all coUIl-
ties receiving aid from this a~ppropria-
tion IT, provide. by an additional spe-
cha tax on all property and polls OF
the county, 2 part of the additional
fundS required for q full four-montl1S
school term in every school district.
Hereafter this second hundred hous-
and dollars viii! be distributed Is fol-
lows:
On ~ before the first Monday in
June of each ye2r the county board OF
education of each count shal asceF-
tain the amount OF money that Will be
neeGed to maintain the public schools
of such county during the succeeding
school year, using as a basis the re-
ceipts for school d during the
current school year, ending June 20th,
to ascertain the amount that Will be
available for school purposes from the
regular school tax, from fines II pen
altias, and from all other sources ex-
cept special local district taxes. IL
the amount 80 be thus received is less
than the amount aScertalned to pc
needed for a f~our-nontlls school in
every district. the board OF education
shah submit & statement Of the facts
to the board OF county commissioners,
and the board of county commission
CTS IS required to levy q Speclh TAX
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" to supply Cne-haif the deficiency
fCr the support and maintenance Or
the public schools OF such county Tor
four months; provided, however, that
this special tax shall not be less thah
one cent on the one hundred dollars
valuation Of property and three cents
on each pcfl TOY more than five cents
on each hundred dollars valuation 81
property and fifteen cents on eacn
poll in any county.
Each county will tnan receive from
the second hundred thousand dollars
al amount equal to the amount 50
raised by special tax for a four
months school, and the counties levy
ing a maximum OF five cents on tht
one hundred dollars valuation o
property and fifteen cents on the pol
will receive. in addition, from tie
second hundred thousand dollars al
the balance hat may be needed for (
fulI f~our-mcntls school term IN ever
district. The estimate submitted DS
the county board Of education to tn
board of county commissioners on tn
first Monday in une must contain al
itemized statement OF the separate
amounts needed for SUPERVISION, To-
administration. for buildings aDd re
pairs. for salaries of teachers, ana To-
all other expense Of every sort /
must also state the number OF teach
ers, white and colored, TO be employed
in each district, the salary OF eacS
teacher in a district. and the aver
age of salaries to be paid TO the teaeil
ers of the county shall not exceed tn
average Of salaries paid in the Stat'