Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-19
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1e, 1915.

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son shall wilfully and unlawfully keep
such child or children from school, or
allow him to remain out OF school,
shall constitute a separate ofrense,
and shall subject such person to the
penalties hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 6. The following duties are
hereby devolved upon the board OF
trustees Of each school district. They
shall take the census Of children be-
tween the ages of six and twenty-one
years, and shall keep the attendance
records OF their districts. 1t shall be
their duty to taxi an annual school
census during the calendar months Of
!! July and August, and to furnish each
superintendent, principal or teacher
in charge Of a school with an accu-
rate report Of said census of the dis
trict three days before the opening Of
the school, and also to furnish at the
same time a copy Of the said school
| census Of each district to the county
superintendent Of ~education: Pro-
| vided, 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-
pense out Of the funds Of the district.
The board Of trustees shall serve writ
ten or printed, or partly written and
partly printed, notices on every par
ent, guardian or other person violat-
ing the provisions Of this act, and
| prompt compliance or the pal . Of said
| parent, guardian or other person are
| hereby required. Prosecution under
| this act shall be brought In the name
| Of the State Of South Carolina before
any magistrate or recorder Of any
municipal court within the limits Of
whose territorial Jurisdiction the per-
son prosecuted resides. The board Of
! trustees shall have the right to visit
and enter any office or factory or bus
mess house employing children, for
| the purpose of ascertaining h names
and ages Of the children employed to
facilitate the enforcement OF this act
When doubt exists as to the g OF q
child, they may require OF the en-
| ployer a properly attested birth GER
| tifcate or an affidavit stating said
child's age; they shall keep an accu-
| rate account of all notices served, Of
| cases prosecuted, and of all other SER
| vices performed, and shall make an
annual report Of same on or before
July 18th of each year to the county
superintendent Of education: Provtd
ed, further, That the board of trustees
| Of each school district is hereby vest
ed with authority to employ a clerk or
| clerks whose compensation shall not
exceed three cents per capita for OBJ
tanning a census for each school dis
trict for each school term.
Sec. Z. It shall be the duty of all
superintendents, principals and teach
| ers to cooperate with the board Of
trustees in the enforcement OF the
law; to this end 1t shall be the duty
! Of the superintendent, principal or
| teacher in charge of any school In
which pupils between the ages OF eight
and fourteen years are instructed,
| to keep an accurate record Of the at
tendance Of such pupils, to render
| during the period Of compulsory at
tendance Of each school term month
ly reports of same to the board OF
trustees and the county s~uperintend-
ent Of education, showing all absences,
| excused or unexcused, and in case OF
each excused absence, stating the rea-
son therefor. Upon the wilful or neg
ligent failure Of any superintendent,
principal or teacher In charge Of any
| school to comply with the provisions
Of this section, the county supertn-
tendent Of education shall deduct from
his salary for the current month the
sum Of five dollars before approving
the voucher therefor; and in case OF a
second offense on the part Of any su-
perintendent, principal or teacher, the
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| hereby forbidden to approve the sal
airy warrant of said board, who may
| appeal from such action to the coun-
ty board Of education, and the decis-
ion Of the said county board OF edu-
cation shall be final.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty Of the
county board Of education Of each
| county to cause this act to be publish
| ed in full in some newspaper publish
ed in the county, II there Is one, and
II there Is none, In circular form, and
| given the widest possible circulation
at least four weeks prior to the open
ing Of the schools for the school year,
beginning July first, 1915, and annu-
| ally thereafter, II in their discretion 1t
seems necessary. The board Of trus-
tees Of any district, city or town shall
give two weeks public notice Of the
date Of opening Of any school under
their Jurisdiction by publishing said
notices in q county newspaper or by
posting said notices on the school
house door.
Sec. 9. The notice Of any board Of
trustees giving the date Of opening OF
any school or schools shall also state
the proposed length Of the term as
signed by at least a majority Of the
board of trustees shall be filed at the
date Of issuance in the office Of the
county superintendent Of education.
In any district, aggregation Of adjoin-
ing districts this act shall not take ef-
feet and become operative until, and
unless, a petition signed by a major
ity Of the qualified electors of such
district, aggregation Of districts, re-
questing the compulsory school at:
tendance under this act be authorized
in such territory, shall have been sub
mitted to the clerk Of court. The said
tition with especial reference to the
legibility Of the names contained
thereon, and after examination shall
refer such petition to the county
board Of registration. Along with n
petition the clerk of court shall send
his written statement showing that he
has counted the names thereon and
has found them to be so many (giving
the number). Immediately upon re-
ceipt Of the petition and the statement
Of the clerk Of court, the county board.
of registration shall check such petit
ton against the registration books Of
the county or Of such number thereof
as may be affected, and the said coun-
ty board Of registration shall certify
its findings in writing to the county
superintendent of education. Upon
receipt of such certificate showing
that 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 the clerk Of
court, checked by the county board OF
registration, and certified to the coun-
ty superintendent Of education after
the opening Of any school or schools,
the county board Of education may fix
the date for the beginning of the
compulsory school attendance for that
year; or the said county board Of edu-
cation may order such compulsory
school attendance to begin at the
opening Of the next succeeding schol-
astic year. That where no petition is
filed signed by a majority Of the elect
ors as herein provided, upon the filing
of a petition signed by one-fourth OF
the qualified electors of such district.
or aggregation Of districts, an election
shall be ordered by the county board
of education, submitting to the quail
fed electors Of such district, or aggre.
cation Of districts, the question of
compulsory school attendance for said
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