The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL
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Lawson Compulsory Education
Bill Which Received Big Majority.
The McCrayey-Harper-Lawson op-
tional county adoption compulsory ed
ucation bill, as passed by the General
Assembly to its third reading, which
will no doubt be final action by the
House and Senate, is as follows:
Section /. That the county board
of education in any county Of this
State, upon the written petition Of
one third Of the:qualified electors re-
siding in any school district Of the
county, shall order an election to de-
termine whether or not the compul-
sorry attendance Of children between
the ages of eight and twelve years
shall be authorized and enforced in
the schools Of such district.
Section 2. Upon the written petit
ton of the qualified electors of any
county in the State, the County board
of education OF such county shall or
der an election to determine whether
or no the compulsory attendance Of
children between the ages Of eight
and twelve years shall be authorized
and enforced in all the districts and
schools Of such county.
Section 8. In such election only
the qualified electors residing in the
school district or county shall be al
lowed to vote. If no election Is order
dered for school district the county
board of education shall designate
the time and place Of such election
and give notice thereof in some news
paper published in the county, and by
posting such notice in at least three
public places within the school dis
trict for at least two weeks, unless
here be no newspapers published
within the county, in which event the
posting of the notice as above direct
ed shall suffice. In such election the
board of trustees Of the district shall
ac as election managers, shall count
the votes and shall certify the result
to the county board Of education. II
such elction is ordered for the whole
county, the voting shall be condueed
at the regular election precincts and
the county board Of education shall
appoint the managers Of such elction
and pay them from the general school
fund the per diem allowed the mana
GERS of general elections, and shall
receive and canvass the returns Of the
managers and declare the result Of
the election.
Section 4. The said election shall
be by ballot, and the ballots used
shall have written or printed on them
the words, For compulsory atten-
dance" or Against compulsory at-
tendance" If the majority Of the bal
lots cast at such election shall be
"For compulsory attendance" then
the requirements and penalties here
matter stated shall be in full force
and effect in such district or in such
county, but if tn emajority Of the bal
los cast shall be Against compulsory
attendance" the requirements and
penalties hereinafter stated shall not
apply to such district or such coun-
ty.
Section 5. In the district or IL the
county which votes for compulsory
attendance in the manner above de-
scribed it shall be the duty Of every
parent or guardian residing therein
to keep in daily attendance at some
public school in said district or coun-
ty every child or ward between the
ages Of eight and twelve years under
the control of said parent or guar
dian for the entire school term pro-
vided by the district board Of trus-
tees, unless such child or word is in
regular attendance for an equal term
at such regular private school, or
unless said parent or guardian pre-
sents a certificate from some icens-
ed physician as evidence that such
child or ward is physically or men
tally in capacitated for school work,
or unless said parent or guardian
presents to the county board Of edu-
cation satisfactory evidence that the
labor of said child is necessary to the
support Of said child: Provided,
that the district trustees in every
county, city or school district In
which the provisions Of this Act are
in force shall have the power to buy
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