Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04
SALARY OF sUPERINTENDENTs
Swearineen Has Bill to Base Pay on
Enrolment.

Enrolment.
If a bill which John E. Swearin.
gen, state superintendent Of education
has drawn up, is approved by the leg.
islature, the salary of the county sup
erintendent Of education will hereafter
be on a closer parity with the import
ance Of the position.
The bill provides that the salary OF
the county superintendent Of education
shall be paid one-half from county
funds and one-half from an appropria'
ton Of $4,000 which is being asked
for. The salary of the office in various
counties will vary according to school
enrolment.
The bill, in full, is as follows:
"a bill to fix the salary Of the county
superintendent of education in the sew
eral counties Of this state and to make
an appropriation therefor.
Whereas, the progress and eff
ency Of the public schools in any coun-
ty depend in a large measure upon the
personality. leadership and profession
al spirit of the county superintendent
of education.
Whereas, further, the resident free
holders and qualified voters Of nine
tenths of the school districts Of the
state have voted local taxes for the
support and development Of their pub
lie schools.
Whereas, further, the general as
sembly now annually approprtates
large sums for public education, and,
Whereas, all receipts and expendi-
lures are vitality connected with the or
ganization and class room instruction
of the district school and of the county
school system, now therefore,
BE 1t enacted, by the general assem-
bly, Of the state Of South Carolina:
Section /. The salary of the county
superintendent Of each Of the several
counties Of this state is fixed as fol-
lows:
"Abbeville, $2,4OO; Aiken, s2,7o0;
Anderson, $4,000; Bamberg, $1,SOOi
Barnwell, s2,4OO; Beaufort, $780,
Berkeley, $1,000; Calhoun, $1,000;
Charleston, $4,000; Cherokee. $2,10Oi
Chester, $2,40o; Chesterfield, $4,000
Clarendon, s2,4OO; Colleton, $4,000
Darlington, s2,4OO; Dillon, $4,000
Dorchester, $1,000; Edgefeld, s1,SOo
Fairfield, $1,000; Florence, $4,000
Georgetown, s1,SOO; Greenville, $4,000
Greenwood, $4,000; Hampton. s2,10O
Horny. s2,1OO; Jasper, $1,000; Ker'
shaw, s2,100; Lancaster. $1,000; Lau'
rens, $4,000; Lee, $4,000; Lexington
s2,4OO; Mccormick, s1,500; Marion
s2,4OO; Marlboro. s2,4OO; Newberry
s2.7OO; Oconee, s2,4oO; orangeburg
$4,000; Pickens, $2,4O0; Richland, $S,'
600; Saluda, s2,1OO; spartanburg, 49,.
900: Sumter, s2.40O; Union, $4,000
Williamsburg, $2,400; York, $4,000.
One-half of the salary in each coun
ty shall be paid from ordinary county
funds and one-half shall be paid from
the appropriation herein after provid'
ed. In no county shall the salary o.
the county superintendent exceed TIT
amount herein fixed, nor shall the sun
to be paid by the state exceed the sun
to be paid by the county.
Sec. 2. To carry out the provision'
Of Section l, the sum Of $4,000 II
hereby appropriated, if so much b
necessary. All payments shall be made
monthly by the state superintendent
of education upon duly itemized vouch
ers, filed with the com ptroller general
Sec. 8. This act shall take effec
July /, 1919. Any and all acts or part'
of acts inconsistent with this act art
hereby repealed"