Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-04

not less tndn HVe QOlldTS loT any
subsequent offense, nor more than
twenty-five dollars in any case; and
upon failure or refusal to pay said
fine, said parent, guardian or other
person shall be imprisoned not to ex-
ceed thirty days in the county jail:
Provided, That the fine for any first
offense may, by order Of Court upon
the payment of cost, be suspended
and not collected until the same party
is convicted Of a second offense: Pro-
vided, further, That after the expira-
ton of three days from the service OF
the notice by the Trustees each and
every day a parent, guardian or other
person snail wilfully and unlawfully
keep such child or children from
school, or allow him to remain out OF
school, shall constitute a separate Of
fense, and shall subject such person
to the penalties hereinafter prescrib-
ed.
Sec. 6. The following duties are
hereby devolved upon the Board OF
shall take the census Of the children
one years, and shall keep the attend
ance records Of their districts. It
shall be their duty to take an annual
school census during the calendar
months Of July and August, and to
furnish each Superintendent, Princi-
pal or Teacher in charge of school
with an accurate report Of said census
Of the district !hree days before the
opening of the school, and also to
furnish at the same time a copy of
the said school census Of each dis
trict to the County Superintendent
of Education: Provided, That in
case the school census Is not taken
as herein directed, 1t shall be the
duty Of the County Board Of Ed
ucation so to do, and to meet the ex-
penses out Of the funds Of the district
The Board Of Trustees shall serve
written, or printed, or partly written
and partly printed notices on every
parent, or guardian, or other person
violating the provisions of this Act,
and prompt compliance on the part
of said parent, guardian, or other per-
son is hereby required. Prosecution
under this Act shall be brought In
the name OF the State Of South Caro-
lima before any Magistrate or Record
er Of any Municipal Court within the
limits Of whose territorial jurisdic-
tion the person prosecuted resides
The Board Of Trustees shall have the
right to visit and enter any office or
factory or business employing chill
dren for the purpose Of ascertaining
the names and ages Of the children
employed, to facilitate the enforce
ment Of this Act. When doubt ex-
lists as to the age Of a child, they
may require of the employer prop
erly attested birth certificate or an
affidavit stating said child's age; they
shall keep an accurate account Of all
notices served, Of cases prosecuted
and Of all other services performed
and shall make an annual report OF
same on or before July 18th Of each
year to the County Superintendent
Of Education: Provided, further
That the Board of Trustees Of each
school district Is hereby vested with
authority to employ a clerk or clerks
whose compensation shall not exceed
three cents per capita for obtaining
a census for each school district fol
each school term
Sec. T. 1t shall be the duty Of al
Superintendents, Principals, ano
Teachers to cooperate with the
Board Of Trustees in the enforce.
ment Of the law; to this end, 1t shall
be the duty Of the Superintendent, OF
Teacher in charge of any school In
WIlCu DCl"CCi lhC o6So va
eight and fourteen years are in
Of the attendance Of such pupils, tC
render during the period Of com.
pulsory attendance Of each schoo
term monthly reports of same to the
Board of Trustees and the County
Superintendent Of Education, show
ing all absences, excused and unex.
cused, and in case Of each excused
absence, stating the reason therefor
Upon the wilful or negligent failure
Of any Superintendent, Principal ol
Teacher in charge Of any school tc
comply with the provisions Of this
section, the County Superintendent
Of Education shall deduct from his ol
her salary for the current month the
sum Of five dollars before approving
the voucher therefor; and in case o.
second offense on the part Of any
Superintendent, Principal or Teacher
the County Superintendent Of Educa
ton is hereby forbidden to approve
the salary warrant Of said Board, wh'
may appeal from such action to th'
County Board Of Education, and th'
decision Of the said County Board o
Education shall be final.
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty Of tn,
County Board Of Education Of eacl
county to cause this Act to be pub
lished in full in some newspaper
published in the county, II there Il
one, and II there is none, in circula
form, and given the widest possible
circulation at least four weeks prio
to the opening Of the schools for tn,
school year, beginning July 1st, on,
thousand nine hundred and fifteen
and annually thereafter, If in thei
discretion 1t seems necessary. Th
Board Of Trustees of any district
city or town shall give two weeks
public notice Of the date Of opening
Of any school under their jurisdic
ton by publishing said notice in ,
county newspaper or by posting sait
notice on the schoolhouse door.
Sec 9. The notice Of any Board o
Trustees giving the date Of opening
Of any school or schools shall alst
state the proposed length Of the tern
as nearly as practicable, and a cop!
signed by at least a majority OF TIT
Board of Trustees shall be filed a
the date Of issuance in the office o
the County Superintendent Of Edu
cation. In any district, aggregation
Of adjoining districts, this Act shall
not take effect and become operative
until, and unless, a petition signed
by a majority Of the qualified elec
tors of such district, aggregation o
districts, requesting the compulsor!
school attendance under this Act b,
authorized in such territory, shal
have been submitted to the Clerk o
Court. The said Clerk Of Court shal
examine such petition with especia
reference to the legibility Of the name
contained thereon, and after eXamina
tion shall refer such petition to th'
County Board Of Registration. Along
with the petition the Clerk Of Cour
shall send his written statemen
showing that he has counted th'
names thereon and has found them t
be so many (giving the number)
Immediately upon receipt Of the pc
tition and the statement Of the CLERK
IF Court, the County Board Of Regis
tration shall check such petition
against the registration books Of the
county or of such number thereof a:
may be affected, and the said County
Board of Registration shall certify Its
findings in writing to the County Su'
perintendent Of Education. Upon re.
ceipt of such certificate showing thai
such petition bears the signatures OF
a majority of the qualified voters OF
the territory affected, the County
Board Of Education shall forthwith
declare the provisions Of this Act OF
full force and effect in such territory
II such petition for any district, or
aggregation of districts, is filed with