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TIE SCHOOL LAW
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
EDITION OF 1896.
W. D. MAYFIELD,
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Public Property to be Delivered by Each Officer to His Successor.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THE BRYAN PRINTING COMPANY.
1896.
THE SCHOOL LAW
OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
EDITION OF 1896.
Prepared and Published in Pursuance of Law, under the Direction of
W. D. MAYFIELD,
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THE BRYAN PRINTING COMPANY.
1896.
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The Provision of the State Constitution Relating to Education.
ARTICLE XI.
EDUCATION.
SECTION 1. The supervision of public instruction shall be vested in a State Superintendent of Education, who shall be elected for the term of two years by the qualified electors of the State, in such manner and at such time as the other State officers are elected; his powers, duties and compensation shall be defined by the General Assembly.
SEC. 2. There shall be a State Board of Education, composed of the Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, and not exceeding seven persons to be appointed by the Governor every four years, of which Board the Governor shall be Chairman, and the State Superintendent of Education, Secretary. This Board shall have the regulation of examination of teachers applying for certifi- cates of qualification, and shall award all scholarships, and have such other powers and duties as may be determined by law. The traveling expenses of the persons to be appointed shall be provided for by the General Assembly.
SEC. 3. The General Assembly shall make provision for the elec- tion or appointment of all other necessary school officers, and shall define their qualifications, powers, duties, compensation and terras of office. .
SEC. 4. The salaries of the State and County school officers and compensation of County Treasurers for collecting and disbursing school moneys shall not be paid out of the school funds, but shall be otherwise provided, for by the General Assembly.
SEC. 5. The General Assembly shall provide for a liberal system of free public schools for all children between the ages of six and twenty-one years, and for the division of the Counties into suitable school districts, as compact in form as practicable, having regard to natural boundaries, and not to exceed forty-nine nor be less than nine square miles in area: Provided, That in cities of ten thousand inhabitants and over, this limitation of area shall not apply: Pro- vided, further, That when any school district laid out under this Section shall embrace cities or towns already organized into special school districts in which graded school buildings have been erected
by the issue of bonds, or by special taxation, or by donation, all the territory included in said school district shall bear its just propor- tion of any tax that may be levied to liquidate such bonds or sup- port the public schools therein: Provided, further, That nothing in this Article contained shall be construed as a repeal of the laws under which the several graded school districts of this State are organized. The present division of the Counties into school dis- tricts and the provisions of law now governing the same, shall remain until changed by the General Assembly.
SEC. 6. The existing County Boards of Commissioners of the several Counties, or such officer or officers as may hereafter be vested with the same or similar powers and duties, shall levy an annual tax of three mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property in their respective Counties, which tax shall be collected at the same time and by the same officers as the other taxes for the same year, and shall be held in the County treasury of the respective Counties; and the said fund shall be apportioned among the school districts of the County in proportion to the number of pupils enrolled in the public schools of the respective districts, and the officer or officers charged by law with making said apportionment shall notify the Trustees of the respective school districts thereof, who shall expend and disburse the same as the General Assembly may prescribe. The General Assembly shall define "enrollment." Not less than three Trustees for each school district shall be selected from the qualified voters and taxpayers therein, in such manner and for such terms as the General/ Assembly may determine, except in cases of special school districts now existing, where the provisions of law now governing the same shall remain until changed by the General Assembly: Provided, The manner of the selection of said Trustees need not be uniform throughout the State. There shall be assessed on all taxable polls in the State, between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years (except- ing Confederate soldiers above the age of fifty years), an annual tax of one dollar on each poll, the proceeds of which tax shall be expended for school purposes in the several school districts in which it is collected. Whenever during the three next ensuing fiscal years the tax levied by the said County Boards of Commissioners or simi- lar officers and the poll tax shall not yield an amount equal to three dollars per capita of the number of children enrolled in the public schools of each County for the scholastic year ending the thirty-first day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as it appears in the report of the State Superintendent of Education for said scholastic year, the Comptroller General shall, for the afore- said three next ensuing fiscal years, on the first day of each of said
years, levy such an annual tax on the taxable property of the State as he may determine to be necessary to make up such deficiency, to be collected as other State taxes, and apportion the same among the Counties of the State in proportion to the respective deficiencies therein. The sum so apportioned shall be paid by the State Trea- surer to the County Treasurers of the respective Counties, in pro- portion to the respective deficiencies therein, on the warrant of the Comptroller General, and shall be apportioned among the school districts of the Counties, and disbursed as other school funds; and from and after the thirty-first day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the General Assembly shall cause to be levied annually on all the taxable property of the State such a tax, in addition to the said tax levied by the said County Boards of Commissioners or similar officers, and poll tax above provided, as may be necessary to keep the schools open throughout the State for such length of time in each scholastic year as the General Assembly may prescribe; and said tax shall be apportioned among the Coun- ties in proportion to the deficiencies therein, and disbursed as other school funds. Any school district may, by the authority of the General Assembly, levy an additional tax for the support of its schools.
/ SEC. 7. Separate schools shall be provided for children of the /white and colored races, and no child of either race shall ever be I permitted to attend a school provided for children of the other race. \ SEC. 8. The General Assembly may provide for the maintenance of Clemson Agricultural College, the University of South Carolina, and the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College, a branch thereof, as now established by law, and may create scholarships therein; the proceeds realized from the land scrip given by the act of Con- gress passed the second day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for the support of an agricultural college, and any lands or funds which have heretofore been or may hereafter be given or appropriated for educational purposes by the Congress of the United States, shall be applied as directed in the Acts appropri- ating the same: Provided, That the General Assembly shall, as soon as practicable, wholly separate Claflin College from Clafln Univer- sity, and provide for a separate corps of professors and instructors therein, representation to be given to men and women of the negro race; and it shall be the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of this State.
SEC. 9. The property or credit of the State of South Carolina, or of any county, city, town, township, school district or other subdi- vision of the said State, or any public money, from whatever source
derived, shall not, by gift, donation, loan, contract, appropriation, or otherwise, be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance of. any college, school, hospital, orphan house, or other institution, society or organization, of whatever kind, which is wholly or in part under the direction or control of any church or of any religious or sectarian denomination, society or organization.
SEC. 10. All gifts of every kind for educational purposes, if ac- cepted by the General Assembly, shall be applied and used for the purposes designated by the giver, unless the same be in conflict with the provisions of this Constitution.
SEC. li. All gifts to the State v/here the purpose is not desig- nated, all escheated property, the net assets or funds of all estates or copartnerships in the hands of the Courts of the State where there have been no claimants for the same within the last seventy years, and other money coming into the Treasury of the State by reason of the twelfth Section of an Act entitled "An Act to provide a mode of distribution of the moneys as direct tax from the citizens of this State by the United States in trust to the State of South Carolina," approved the twenty-fourth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, together with such other means as the General Assembly may provide, shall be securely in- vested as the State School Fund, and the annual income thereof shall be apportioned by the General Assembly for the purpose of maintaining the public schools.
SEC. 12. All the net income to be derived by the State from the, sale or license for the sale of spirituous, malt, vinous and intoxi- cating liquors and beverages, not including so much thereof as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law to go to the Counties and municipal corporations of the State, shall be applied annually in aid of the supplementary taxes provided for in the sixth Section of this Article; and if after said application there should be a surplus, it shall be devoted to public school purposes, and apportioned as the General Assembly may determine: Provided, however, That the said supplementary taxes shall only be levied when the net income aforesaid from the sale or license from the sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages are not sufficient to meet and equalize the deficiencies for which the said supplementary taxes are provided.
ACT OF 1896.
The Free Public School Law
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Caro- lina:
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
SECTION 1. The State Superintendent of Education shall be elected at each general election, in the same manner as other State officers, and shall enter upon the duties of his office at the time prescribed by law. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall give bond, for the use of the State of South Carolina in the penal sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful and im- partial performance of the duties of his office; and he shall also, at the time of giving bond, take and subscribe the oath prescribed in Section 26 of Article III. of the Constitution of the State, which shall be endorsed upon the back of said bond, and the bond shall be filed with and preserved by the Secretary of State. The Superin- tendent of Education shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of nineteen hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the State Treasury, and his traveling expenses, not exceeding three hundred dollars, shall be paid out of the State Treasury upon duly itemized accounts rendered by him.
SEC. 2. He shall have general supervision over all the schools of the State supported in whole or in part from the public school funds, and it shall be his duty to visit every County in the State as often as practicable for the purpose of inspecting the schools, awakening an interest favorable to the cause of education, and diffusing as widely as possible, by public addresses and personal communication with school officers, teachers, and parents, a knowledge of existing defects and of desirable improvements in the government and instruction of said schools. He shall secure, by and with the advice of the State Board of Education, uniformity in the use of text books throughout the free public schools of the State, and shall forbid the use of sec- tarian or partisan books and instruction in said schools. He shall prepare and transmit to the several County Superintendents of Edu- cation school registers, blank certificates, reports and such other suitable blanks, forms and printed instructions as may be necessary to aid school officers and teachers in making their reports and carry- ing into full effect the various provisions of the school laws of this
State, aud shall cause the law relating to the free public schools, with such rules, regulations, forms, and instructions as shall be legally prescribed, to be printed, together with a suitable index, in pamphlet form, at the expense of the State, aud he shall cause copies of the same to be transmitted to the several County Superintendents of Education for distribution. He shall collect in his office such school books, apparatuses, maps, and charts as can be obtained. He may certify copies of all papers filed in his office, and such certified copies shall be competent evidence thereof.
SEC. 3. He shall make a report, through the Governor, to the General Assembly at each regular session thereof, showing: 1st. The whole number of pupils registered in, and the number enrolled as hereinafter defined in, the free common schools of this State during the year ending the thirtieth day of the last preceding June, and the number in each County registered in, and the number enrolled as hereinafter defined in, during the same period. 2d. The number of whites and the number of colored of each sex attending the said schools. 3d. The number of free schools in the State. 4th. The number of pupils studying each of the branches taught. 5th. The average wages paid to teachers of each sex aud to the principals of schools and departments in said schools. 6th. The number of school houses erected during the year, and the location, material and cost thereof. 7th. The number previously erected, and the material of their construction, and their condition and value, and the number with the grounds enclosed. 8th. The Counties in which Teachers' Institutes were held, aud the number attending the institutes in each County. 9th. Such other statistical information as he may deem important, together with such plans as he may have matured and the State Board of Education may have recommended for the manage- ment and improvement of the school fund, and for the more perfect organization and efficiency of the free public schools. All State in- stitutions of higher learning shall make an annual report, on or be- fore the first day of September of each year, to the State Superin- tendent of Education, embracing a detailed account of the operations of such institutions, including the expenditure of the public moneys for the current scholastic year, which reports the State Superintend- ent of Education shall include in his annual report to the Legisla- ture. All Acts or parts of Acts requiring annual reports to be made to other authorities are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. The sum of nine hundred dollars shall be allowed to the State Superintendent of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of clerk hire in his office.
SEC. 5. The State Treasurer shall take and hold in trust for the
State any grant or devise of lands and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made to him for educational purposes; all gifts to the State where the purpose is not designated; all escheated property; the net assets or funds of all estates or copartnerships in the hands of the Courts of the State where there have been no claim- ants for the same within the last seventy years, and other money coming into the Treasury of the State by reason of the twelfth Sec- tion of an Act entitled "An Act to provide a mode of distribution of the moneys as direct tax from the citizens of this State by the United States in trust to the State of South Carolina," approved the twenty-fourth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, together with such other means as the General Assem- bly may provide. The State Treasurer shall, from time to time, invest in bonds of this State or of the United States all such money in the name of the State, as a permanent State school fund, and shall pay out the income derived therefrom to the County or Counties of the State as the same may be apportioned among said Counties by the State Board of Education: Provided, That no disposition shall be made of any property, grant, devise, gift or bequest inconsistent with the purposes, conditions or terms thereof. For the faithful management of all property so received by the State Treasurer, he shall be responsible, upon his bond, to the State as for other funds received by him in his official capacity: Provided, however, That the Trustees of any school district of this State may take and hold in trust for their particular school district any property granted, de-- vised, given or bequeathed to such school district, and apply the same in the interest of the schools of their district in such manner as in their judgment seems most conducive to the welfare of the schools, when not otherwise directed by the terms of the grant, devise, gift or bequest: And provided, further, That before said Trustees shall assume control of any such grant, devise, gift or bequest, they shall give a bond, to be approved by the County Board of Education of the County in which such grant, devise, gift or bequest is made, condi- tioned for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in them in respect to said property, which bond shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Court of said County. The said Trustees are hereby invested with the care and custody of all school houses or other school property belonging to their school districts, with full power to con- trol the same in such manner as they may think will best subserve the interest of the free public schools and the cause of education.
SEC. 6. The State Superintendent of Education shall discharge such other duties as may be provided by law; and he shall deliver to his successor, within ten days after the expiration of his term of
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office, all books, papers, documents, and other property belonging to his office.
SEC. 7. In case a vacancy occurs in the office of State Superintend- ent of Education from any cause, such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the person so appointed shall qualify within fifteen days from the date of such appointment or else the office will be deemed vacant. If the vacancy occur during the recess of the Senate the Governor shall fill the same by appointment until the Senate can act thereon.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SEC. 8. The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, and seven persons, one from each Congressional District, to be appointed by the Governor, who shall hold office for four years and until their successors may be appointed, unless sooner removed by the Gover- nor, shall constitute the State Board of Education. Of this Board the Governor shall be ex officio Chairman, and the State Superin- tendent of Education shall be Secretary of the Board. The Secretary shall be custodian of its records, papers, and effects, and shall keep minutes of its proceedings; and said records, papers, and minutes shall be kept in the office of the State Superintendent of Education, and shall be open to inspection by the public.
SEC. 9. The said Board shall meet on the call of its Chairman, or upon the request of a majority of its members, at the office of the State Superintendent of Education, or at such other place as may be designated in the call. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for transacting business. The official seal of the State Su- perintendent of Education shall be used for the authentication of the acts of the State Board. The members of the State Board of Educa- tion appointed by the Governor shall receive as compensation the same mileage and per diem as is provided for members of the Gene- ral Assembly, not exceeding twenty days in any one year.
SEC. 10. The State Board of Education shall constitute an advisory body, with whom the State Superintendent of Education shall have the right to consult when he is in doubt as to his official duty; and shall have power to review on appeal all decisions of the County Boards of Education, as hereinafter provided for. Appeals to the State Board of Education must be made through the County Boards of Education in writing, and must distinctly set forth the question of law as well as the facts of the case upon which the appeal is taken, and the decision of the State Board shall be final upon the matter at issue.
SEC. 11. The State Board of Education shall have power: 1st.
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To adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the State for its own government and for the government of the free public schools. 2d. To prescribe and enforce rules for the examin- ation of teachers. 3d. To prescribe a standard of proficiency before County Boards of Education which will entitle persons examined by such Boards to certificates as teachers. 4th. To prescribe and enforce the course of study in the free public schools. 5th. To prescribe and to enforce, as far as practicable, the use of a uniform series of text books in the free public schools of the State, to enter into an agreement with the publishers of the books prescribed, fix- ing the time of prescription and the price above which the books shall not be retailed during the period of prescription, and a rate of discount at not less than which the books shall be furnished to the retail dealers in this State; to require the publishers, in the discre- tion of the Board, to establish in each County one or more deposito- ries of their books within the State at such place or places as the Board may designate and where such books may be obtained with- out delay; and to exact of the publishers a bond in the sum of not more than five thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful per- formance of the agreement, and with a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation of the agreement, the form and execution of the bond to be approved by the Attorney General of the State, which agreement and bond shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, all recoveries thereon to go into the State Treasury for school purposes: Provided, That the State Board of Education shall not have power, without permission of the General Assembly of the State, to change a text book within five (5) years from the date of its adoption, ex- cept for violation of the agreement entered into by its publisher with the State Board of Education, for which cause it may be changed by the said Board, and it shall be unlawful for any teacher drawing public school money to use any book not prescribed by the State Board of Education, without the consent, in writing, of said Board. 6th. To grant State teachers' certificates, and to revoke them for immoral or unprofessional conduct, profanity or evident uufitness for teaching. 7th. To review on appeal an order revoking a County certificate: Provided, That no certificate be required of examination or proficiency from any applicant for teachers in city schools of Charleston having diplomas from the Memminger Normal School in the city of Charleston, whether regular or extra teachers, but they shall be alone subjected to such examinations and condi- tions as may be required by the Board of Commissioners of the city public schools of Charleston. 8th. To award scholarships created
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by the General Assembly in the institutions of learning supported in whole or in part by the State.
SEC. 12. ]^o child shall be counted in the enrollment more than once, nor in more than one school district in any one school year, and the school officer charged with the duty of enrollment willfully violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The teacher or principal of every school shall keep and furnish annually to the Trustees of the School District a list of all pupils that have attended the school during the preceding scholastic year, showing the names of the pupils, their respective places of residence, and the number of days each pupil has attended, which list shall be cer- tified to the County Board of Education by said Trustees on or be- fore the 1st day of August in every year.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
SEC. 13. At the expiration of the terms of office of the School Commissioners of the several Counties of the State there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the County a County Superin- tendent of Education for each County, who shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his successor is elected and quali- fied. He shall, before being commissioned and entering upon the duties of his office, give bond to the State, for the use of the County in which he is elected for educational purposes, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, to be ap- proved by the County Board of Commissioners, conditioned for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties of his office, and shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed in Section 26, Arti- cle III., of the Constitution of this State, which he shall file in the office of the Secretary of State. When commissioned he shall im- mediately enter upon the discharge of his duties. His failure to qualify within thirty days after notice of his election shall create a vackncy.
SEC. 14. The State Board of Education shall fill all vacancies in the office of County Superintendent of Education for the unexpired term.
SEC. 15. The salary of the County Superintendent of Education of each County shall be the same as that now fixed or hereafter to be fixed by law for the School Commissioner thereof, except in Chester County, in which the salary shall be five hundred dollars, payable monthly, by the County Board of Commissioners, out of the ordinary County funds; and he shall be allowed one hundred dollars per annum for traveling expenses, if so much be necessary, payable in the same manner, upon an itemized statement of such
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expenses being filed with said Board: Provided, Nothing shall be allowed for traveling expenses in the CoVmties of Saluda, Edgefield, Darlington, and Berkeley.
SEC. 16. It shall be the duty of e.ach County Superintendent of Education to visit the schools in his County at least once in each year, and oftener if practicable, and to note the course and method of instruction and the branches taught, and to give such recommend- ation, in the art of teaching and the method thereof, in each school as shall be necessary, so that uniformity in the course of studies and method of instruction employed shall be secured, as far as practica- ble, in the schools of the several grades respectively. He shall acquaint himself, as far as practicable, with the character and con- dition of each school, noting any deficiencies that may exist, either in the government of the school or the classification of its pupils or the method of instruction employed in the several branches, and shall make such suggestions in private to the teachers as to him shall appear necessary to the good order of the school and the pro- gress of the pupils. He shall note the character and condition of the school houses, the sufficiency or insufficiency of the furniture, and shall make such suggestions to the several Boards of Trustees as in his opinion shall seem conducive to the comfort and progress of the several schools. It shall be the duty of each County Super- intendent of Education to aid the teachers in all proper efforts to improve themselves in their profession. For this purpose he shall encourage the formation of associations of teachers for common improvement and conduct teachers' institutes. He shall attend the meetings of such associations and give such advice and instruction in regard to their conduct and management as in his judgment will contribute to their greater efficiency.
SEC. 17. The County Superintendent of Education shall attend the annual settlements of the County Treasurer with the Comp- troller General.
SEC. 18. The annual report of the County Superintendent of Edu- cation shall contain the complete statistics of all schools within his County supported in whole or in part from the public funds, as may be required of him by the State Superintendent of Education.
SEC. 19. The County Superintendent of Education shall make an annual report of all claims filed, audited, allowed and ordered paid by him during each school year to the presiding Judge at the second term of the Court of General Sessions for each County which shall be held after the first day of January in each year, which report shall be submitted by said Judge to the Grand Jury for their examination: Provided, That after examination the Grand Jury shall report thereon
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to the presiding Judge any matter growing out of or pertaining to said annual report, which to them may seem worthy of the attention of the Court. The said report shall thereupon be filed by the Clerk of said Court and kept as papers of said Court for inspection by any citizen desirous of examining the same.
SEC. 20. The County Board of Commissioners of each County are authorized and required to furnish the County Superintendent of Education of their County with a comfortable and convenient office and suitable office furniture, and to supply said office with fuel, lights, stationery, postage, and such other incidentals as are neces- sary to the proper transaction of the legitimate business of his office.
SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the County Superintendent of Education, on or before the fifteenth day of July in each year, to report to the County Treasurer by school districts all school claims approved by him for the school year last preceding, and the County Treasurer shall thereupon close the school accounts for that year, carrying over any balance to the credit of each school district of the then current fiscal year.
SEC. 22. The County Superintendent of Education shall keep a register of all claims approved by him and of such other matters as the State Superintendent of Education shall require of him and in the form prescribed by the State Superintendent.
SEC. 23. The County Superintendent of Education shall furnish the School Trustees of his County with copies of the reports made to him by the County Auditor and County Treasurer as to the per- sons listed and paying poll tax, and shall aid the Trustees in making all proper corrections.
SEC. 24. The County Superintendent of Education shall keep in his office a die, in a circular form, upon the centre of which shall be engraved in capital letters the word "seal," and on the circumfer- ence the proper words indicating the office, which shall be regarded as the seal of the office, and which the County Superintendent of Education shall be required to impress upon all papers issued from his office, and affix his name to such paper. And it shall be the duty of the County Board of Commissioners in each County to fur- nish the County Superintendent of Education of their respective Counties with such seal.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SEC. 25. There shall be a County Board of Education in each County, composed of the County Superintendent of Education and two other persons of such County, to be appointed by the State Board of Education, who shall hold their office for the term of two
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years from the time of their appointment, and until their successors shall be qualified, unless sooner removed by the State Board of Edu- cation. No person shall be appointed a member of the "County Board of Education'' unless he is qualified to hold a first grade cer- tificate.
SEC. 26. The County Board of Education shall examine all can- didates for the position of teacher, and give to each person found qualified a certificate setting forth the branches of learning he or she may be capable of teaching, and the percentage attained in each branch; said certificate to be valid for a term of two years, unless sooner revoked, and it may be renewed with or without examina- tion, at the discretion of the Board, all of which shall be done under such regulations as the State Board of Education may prescribe. No teacher shall be employed in any of the free public schools with- out a certificate from the County Board of Education or the State Board of Education: Provided, That no examination as to qualifica- tion shall be made in the case of any applicant who produces a full diploma from any chartered college or university of this State or Memminger Normal School of Charleston, and furnishes satisfactory evidence of good moral character. The two members of the Board appointed by the State Board of Education shall receive for the ser- vices rendered by them compensation at the rate of three dollars per diem for not exceeding seven days in each year, and mileage of five cents for each mile of necessary travel, the same to be paid by the County Board of Commissioners out of the ordinary County funds.
SEC. 27. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Education and of the Boards of Trustees hereinafter provided for to see that in every school under their care there shall be taught, as far as practi- cable, orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, Eng- lish grammar, the elements of agriculture, history of the United States and of this State, the principles of the Constitution, and laws of the United States and of this State, morals and good behavior, algebra, physiology, and hygiene, and especially as to the effects of alcoholic liquors and narcotics upon the human .system, English literature, and such other branches as the State Board may from time to time direct.
SEC. 28. The County Boards of Education of the several Counties of this State shall levy an annual tax of three mills on 'the dollar upon all the taxable property in their respective Counties, which tax shall be collected at the same time and by the same officers as the other taxes for the same year, and shall be held in the County treasury of the respective Counties; and on the first day of July of each year, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the said fund shall
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be apportioned by the said County Boards respectively among the school districts of their respective Counties in proportion to the number of pupils enrolled in the public schools of such school dis- tricts; and the said County Boards shall ascertain the amount of poll taxes collected in and for each school district of their respective Counties, and shall notify the County Treasurer and the Trustees of each school district of the amount of such poll taxes, as well as of the amount of the aforesaid fund apportioned by them to each school district. The school funds of each school district shall be distrib- uted and expended by the Board of Trustees for the best interest of the school district, according to the judgment of the Board of Trus- tees, on their warrant approved by the County Superintendent of Education. For the purpose of said apportionment, pupils shall not be deemed enrolled until after an attendance of at least ten school days during the preceding scholastic year: Provided, That the apportionment of funds until the expiration of the fiscal year 1896 shall be as now provided by law.
SEC. 29. The County Board of Education shall constitute an ad- visory body, with whom the County Superintendent of Education shall have the right to consult when he is in doubt as to his official duty, and also a tribunal for determining any matter of local con- troversy in reference to the construction or administration of the school laws, with the power to summon witnesses and take testimony if necessary; and when they have made a decision said decision shall be binding upon the parties to the controversy: Provided, That either of the parties shall have the right to appeal to the State Board of Education, and said appeal shall be made through the County Board of Education in writing, and shall distinctly set forth the question in dispute, the decision of the County Board, and the testimony as agreed upon by the parties to the controversy, or, if they fail to agree, upon the testimony as reported by the County Board.
SEC. 30. The County Board of Education shall meet for the pur- pose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates and the trans- action of other business, at least twice a year, at such places and at such times as 'the State Board of Education shall appoint. The County Superintendent shall be Chairman and Clerk of the Board, and shall keep a fair record of their proceedings, and register of the name, age, sex, color, residence and date of certificate of each per- son to whom a certificate is issued, and in case the certificate be can- celled, shall make a proper entry of the same. The Board shall have power to revoke any certificate granted by them, for immoral or improper conduct or evident unfitness for teaching. The Board shall hold as many additional meetings during the year as the interest
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of the free public schools of the County may require, subject to reg- ulations, prescribed by the State Board of Education.
SEC. 31. The County Boards of Education shall divide their Coun- ties into convenient school districts, as compact in form as practicable, having regard to natural boundaries, and not to exceed forty-nine nor be less than nine sqnare miles in area: Provided, That in cities of ten thousand inhabitants and over, this limitation of area shall not apply: Provided, further, That when any school district laid out under this Section shall embrace cities or towns already organized into special school districts in which graded school buildings have been erected by the issue of bonds, or by special taxation, or by do- nation, all the territory included in said school district shall bear its just proportion of any tax that may be levied to liquidate such bonds or support the public schools therein. The present division of the Counties into school districts shall remain until changed by the County Boards of Education. The County Boards of Education are authorized and empowered to make contracts for the purpose of dividing their Counties into proper school districts, and to provide for the payment of the expenses thereof out of the school funds of the County. Every school district now organized or to be hereafter organized in pursuance of this Section is, and shall be, a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of School District No. - (such number as may be designated by the County Board of Educa- tion), of — - County (the name of the County in which the district is situated), the State of South Carolina, and in that name may sue and be sued, and be capable of contracting and being con- tracted with to the extent of their school fund, and holding such real and personal estate as it may come into possession of by will or otherwise, or as is authorized by law to be purchased, all of which shall be used exclusively for school purposes.
SEC. 32. Each school district shall be under the management and control of the Board of Trustees hereinafter provided for, subject to the supervision of the County Board of Education.
SEO. 33. The school districts of the several Counties of the State are hereby made and declared to be the divisions of the Counties for taxation for all school purposes.
SEC. 34. That the voters of any school district who return real or personal property of the value of one hundred dollars for taxation are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax to supplement any Constitutional or other tax for like purposes, and all electors voting in such election imposing such extra levy of tax for school purposes shall exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as re- quired in other general elections, and for said purposes the Trus-
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tees of said school districts, up#u the written request of six resident freeholders of the age of twentj'-one years, shall call a public meet- ing of said taxpayers at any time before the first day of June of any fiscal year, which meeting must be advertised in a newspaper pub- lished in such city, incorporated town or village once a week for two weeks, or posted in three conspicuous places in such school dis- trict for said length of time, and when assembled a ballot shall be had, and if a majority shall vote to levy such special tax, not ex- ceeding four mills, the Trustees shall, after having notice of same posted in at least three public places within the district for not less than ten days, order an election, at which election only such tax- payers as above mentioned shall vote, that within ten days after such election, if a majority of those voting shall vote for such levy, the Board of Trustees shall furnish the County Auditor with a statement of the amount so levied and the Auditor shall enter the same in the tax duplicates, and he shall annually each year.thereafter enter said amount in the tax duplicate until the same is increased, decreased or repealed by said taxpayers, at a meeting called for that purpose, and he is notified that the same is increased, decreased or repealed, and, if increased or decreased, he shall annually enter it as before, which meeting shall be called and notice given in the same way and manner as is herein provided for the calling of meetings to make the levy, and the giving of the notice that it has been made, and the County Treasurer shall collect the same as other County and State taxes; such levy shall be a lien on the property in such school dis- trict which shall be subject thereto in case of default of payment. That said tax so collected shall be paid out by the County Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Board of Trustees, countersigned by the County Superintendent of Education: Provided, That any sur- plus of such levy remaining in the hands of the County Treasurer at the expiration of any fiscal year shall be paid out as other school funds of the district. Each taxpayer, when he pays any taxes for school purposes voted under the provisions of this Section, shall have the right to designate to which school in said school district he wishes the money paid by him to go, and the Treasurer shall keep a note of such designation, and the money be applied as thus desig- nated. When no designation is made by the taxpayer at the time of such payment, the money shall be expended as other school funds in such district: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to change the manner now provided by law for the collec- tion and paying out of special taxes in any school district now es- tablished by any special Act of the General Assembly and organized thereunder.
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SEC. 35. That whenever it shall happen that, by reason of the lo- cation of special school districts, portions of two adjacent Counties should, for convenience be included in one school district, the County Boards of Education of such Counties are hereby authorized and directed in joint conference to make such regulations as will enable such sections to be established into a separate school district.
TRUSTEES.
SEC. 36. Each County Board of Education, on the first Tuesday of July, 1896, and on the first Tuesday of July every two years thereafter, shall appoint for each school district in their County three School Trustees from the qualified electors and taxpayers residing within the district, who shall hold their office for two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the County Board of Education. The County Board of Education shall have power to fill, from time to time, all vacancies in Boards of Trustees. The School Trustees shall meet as a Board as soon and as often as practicable after havi'ng been appointed and qualified, at such place as may be most convenient in the district, and at their first meeting they shall organize by electing one of their number Chairman of the Board, who shall preside at the official meeting of the Board, and another Clerk of the Board, who shall record their proceedings in a book provided for that purpose. Each member of the Board of Trustees shall be duly notified of all meet- ings of the Board by the Clerk of the Board. The terms of office of all Trustees now in office shall expire on the 30th day of June, 1896: Provided, That the foregoing provisions of this Section shall n.ot apply to special and graded school districts created by special Acts, but that the Trustees and School Commissioners of all special and graded school districts shall remain the same in number, and shall be elected or appointed in the same manner, and shall hold office for the same time as is provided for in the respective special Acts, except that in the special school districts where the Trustees or their successors are appointed by the State Superintendent of Education under the provisions of the special Acts the Trustees shall hold office until the first Tuesday in July, 1896, on which day, and on the same day every two years thereafter, the Trustees shall elected by the qualified electors of such school district. The election for all Trustees for all such school districts shall be by ballot, and shall be conducted under the supervision of three qualified electors residing within the district, who shall be appointed by the County Board of Education at least ten days prior to the holding of the election. The manager shall report the result of the election to
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the County Board of Education within ten days thereafter, which Board shall commission the Trustees so elected. The Board of Trustees of each special or graded school district shall elect from their number a Chairman, who shall preside at their meetings, and a Secretary, or a Secretary and Treasurer, who shall record the pro- ceedings of the Board, and who shall keep a full and accurate account of all moneys received and expended, showing the source and disposition of each item, and who shall make a complete item- ized report of the receipts and disbursements for each scholastic year to the County Superintendent of Education on or before the 15th day of July of each year. The books and vouchers of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be open at all times to inspection by the public.
No Trustees of any public school district or any special or graded school district shall be a Trustee of or stockholder in any private or other school or institution for higher education in this State.
SEC. 37. The Board of Trustees in each school district shall take the management and control of the local educational interests of the same, and shall visit each school in their district at least once in every school term, and shall be subject to the supervision and orders of the County Board of Education.
SEC. 38. The Board of Trustees shall hold a regular session in their school district at least two weeks before the commencement of any or every school term, for the transaction of any and all business necessary to the prosperity of the schools, with power to adjourn from time to time, and to hold special meetings at any time or place when called upon by the Chairman or any two members of the Board.
SEC. 39. The School Trustees of the several school districts are authorized and empowered to sell any school property, real or per- sonal, in their school districts whenever they deem it expedient to do so, and to apply the proceeds of sale or sales to the school fund of the district wherein such sale is made: Provided, That the con- sent of the County Board of Education be first obtained by the Trustees desiring to make such sale.
That it shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees within thirty days after said sale to enclose a report of the same to the County Board of Education, setting forth the terms and amount of said sale.
SEC. 40. When it shall so happen that persons are so situated as to be better accommodated at the school of an adjoining school district, whether special or otherwise, the Board of Trustees of the school district in which such persons reside may transfer such persons for education to the school district in which such school is located; and the Trustees of the school district where the school is located may
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receive such persons into the school as though they resided within the district upon sucMi terms as may be agreed: Provided, That chil- dren shall not be transferred from a school district in one County to a school district in an adjoining County without the consent of the Board of Education of the respective Counties in which the transfer is made: Provided, further, That if any taxpayer pays taxes in two or more Counties, he shall have the right to send his children to the schools of any one of such Counties.
SEC. 41. Each school teacher shall make out and file with the Clerk of the Board of Trustees, at the expiration of each school month, a full and complete report of the whole number of pupils admitted to the school during each mouth, distinguishing between male and female, the average attendance, the branches taught, the. number of pupils engaged in studying each of said branches, and such statistics as he or she may be required to make by the County Board of Education: Provided, That whenever a teacher is unavoid- ably prevented from filing said report at the expiration of any school month, the Board of School Trustees may have authority to receive the report within a reasonable time thereafter, if in their opinion the reasons for the delay are good and sufficient. On the filing of the teacher's report, and its approval by the Board of Trustees, their clerk shall draw an order in duplicate on the County Treasurer for the amount due such teacher, which shall be signed by the Board, which order, if accompanied by a copy of said monthly report, and approved by the County Superintendent of Education, shall be countersigned by him and the duplicate filed in his office.
SEC. 42. All claims, of every description whatever, which are chargeable against the fund raised for the support of the free public schools of the State, except such as are otherwise provided for by law, must be signed by at least a majority of the Board of Trustees of the school district against which the claims are chargeable; and the correctness and legality of the same shall be sworn to and sub- scribed by the person presenting such claim, before it shall be approved by the person or persons authorized by law to give such approval. School Trustees and County Superintendents of Educa- tion shall, free of charge, administer oaths to persons presenting the claims cantemplated by this Section.
SEC. 43. It shall be unlawful for a School Trustee to receive pay as a teacher of a free public school.
SEC. 44. The Board of Trustees shall also have authority, and it shall be their duty: 1st. To provide suitable school houses in their districts, and to make the same comfortable, paying due regard to any school house already built or site procured, as well as to all
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other circumstances jproper to be considered, so as best to promote the educational interests of their district. 2d. To employ teachers from those having certificates from their County Board of Exami- ners, or from the State Board of Education, and fix their salaries, and to discharge the same when good and sufficient reasons for so doing present themselves, subject to the supervision of the County Board of Education. 3d. To suspend or dismiss pupils when the best interests of the schools make it necessary. 4th. To call meet- ings of the qualified electors of the district for consultation in regard to the school interests thereof, at which meetings the Chairman or other member of the Board shall preside if present. 5th. To take care of, manage, and control the school property of the district. 6th. To* visit the free public schools within their district from time to time, and to take care that they are conducted according to law and with the utmost efficiency. 7th. They shall be allowed to cross all bridges or ferries free of charge when they are traveling on official business.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEC. 45. The County Auditor shall require each taxpayer to return the number and name of the school district in which he resides when he makes his tax return, and the Auditor shall state the same in a separate column in the tax duplicates.
SEC. 46. The County Auditor, when he has completed the tax duplicates, shall report to the County Superintendent of Education by school districts the names listed for poll tax and the amount of taxable property where there is a special levy.
SEC. 47. The several County Treasurers shall retain all the poll tax collected in their respective Counties, and it is hereby made the duty of the said County Treasurer in collecting the poll tax to keep an account of the exact amount of said tax collected in each school district in his County, and the poll tax collected therein shall be expended for school purposes in the school district from which it was collected; and any violation of this Section by the County Treasurer shall constitute, and is hereby declared, a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof the said County Treasurer shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, to be used for school pur- poses in the County suffering from such violation, or imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
SEC. 48. That each County Treasurer, when he has finished the collection of taxes for his County, shall report to the County Super- intendent of Education the names of the persons in the respective school districts who have paid their poll tax.
SEC. 49. It shall be the duty of each County Treasurer to report
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monthly, on the fifteenth day of each month, to the County Super- intendent of Education of bis County, the amount of collections and disbursements made by him for the month on account of school tax and all other school funds; and it shall be a misdemeanor, on the part of any County Treasurer, to neglect, fail, or refuse to make such report, and on conviction thereof he shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, the same to be used for school pur- poses in his County.
SEC. 50. All moneys disbursed by any County Treasurer on account of school funds, taxes or other school funds, shall be paid on the or- ders of the Board of School Trustees, countersigned by the County Superintendent of Education, or as otherwise directed by law.
SEC. 51. Each County Treasurer shall make out and forward to the State Superintendent of Education annually, on the first day of November, a certified statement showing by school districts the amount of poll tax and the amount of all other school taxes collected by him for the fiscal year ending on the 31st day of December next preceding; and should any County Treasurer fail, or neglect, or re- fuse to make and forward the statement as herein required, the State Superintendent of Education shall make a written complaint to the Circuit Solicitor for the County in which the said Treasurer resides, who shall prosecute the said County Treasurer for the same; and, on conviction thereof, he shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, the same to be used for free public school pur- poses in his County.
SEC. 52. The County Treasurer shall carry forward all sums in his hands collected for any previous year or years for school purposes and unexpended to the next fiscal year, and credit the same to the school district respectively for which it was apportioned, and he shall report the same to the County Superintendent of Education.
SEC. 53. It shall be unlawful for any County Treasurer, County Auditor, member of County Board of Education, or School Trustee to buy, discount or shave, directly or indirectly, or be in any way interested in, any teacher's pay certificate or other order on the school fund, except such as are payable to him for his own services. If any of the officers above said shall violate the provisions of this Section, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con- viction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, to be used for school purposes in his County, and shall be imprisoned at the discretion of the Court, or either or both, and shall forfeit the amount of such claim or of his interest in such claim; and the County Board of Education shall regulate the opening and closing of the school terms so as best to
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promote and subserve the educational interest of the different sec- tions of their Counties: Provided, That all contracts which Boards of Trustees may make in excess of the funds apportioned to their district shall be void.
SEC. 54. It shall not be lawful for any person who is less than six or more than twenty-one years of age to attend any of the free pub- lic schools of this State.
SEC. 55. The members of the State Board of Education appointed by the Governor, members of the County Boards of Education ap- pointed by the State Board of Education, and members of the Board of Trustees, shall be exempt from militia duty, and members of the Boards of Trustees shall also be exempt from road duty.
SEC. 56. If a member of any County Board of Education in any County of the State, or a Trustee of any school district, shall at- tempt to act or discharge the duties of either of said offices after he shall have been removed, or after his successor shall have qual- ified, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and after convic- tion be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred and one dollars or imprisonment for not less than thirty-one days, or both, at the discretion of the Court.
SEC. 57. That it shall be unlawful for any teacher of a school sup- ported in whole or in part from the public school funds of this State, or any Trustee of any such school, or any other school officer, to be- come an active or silent agent of any school-book publisher, or be in any wise pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any school book or books into any school in this State. Any person violating any of the provisions hereof shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the County jail for a period of not less than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the Circuit Judge.
SEC. 58. It shall be unlawful for pupils of one race to attend the schools provided by Boards of Trustees for persons of another race.
SEC. 59. That should the amount raised by the three mill tax and the poll tax and the net income to the State from the sale or license for the sale of alcoholic liquors, for school purposes, not yield, at any time within the. next three fiscal years, beginning with January 1st, 1896, an amount equal to three dollars per capita of the number of children enrolled in the public schools of each County for the scholastic year ending October 31, 1895, as it appears in the report of the State Superintendent of Education for such scholastic year, the Comptroller General shall, for the three next ensuing fiscal years, on the first day of each year, levy such an annual tax on the taxable property of the State as he may determine to be necessary to make
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eficiency, to be collected in the same manner as other State taxes, and apportion the same among the Counties of the State in proportion to the respective deficiencies therein. The sum so ap- portioned shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the County Treas- urers of the respective Counties in proportion to their respective deficiencies therein, on the warrant of the Comptroller General, and it shall be apportioned among the school districts of the Counties, and be disbursed as other school funds. And from and after the 31st day of December, 1898, the General Assembly shall cause to be levied annually on all the taxable property of the State such a tax, in addition to the three mill tax and poll tax, together with the net income for school purposes from the sale or license for the sale of alcoholic liquors, as may be necessary to keep the schools open throughout the State for a period not less than five months in each scholastic year, such tax to be apportioned among the Counties in proportion to their deficiencies, and be disbursed as other school funds.
SEC. 60. The scholastic year shall begin on the first day of July of each year and end on the thirtieth day of June following.
SEC. 61. The State Superintendent of Education may advertise for bids for all printing required under this Act, and shajl let the same to the lowest bidder therefor, who shall be required to file with his bid a bond in double the amount of his bid for the faithful per- formance of the contract.
SEC. 62. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to re- peal the Acts of the General Assembly creating special and graded school districts. And the provisions of said Acts shall apply to said school districts, except the special graded school district in the town of Blacksburg, which shall come under the provisions of this Act: Provided, That the Trustees of said school districts and Commission- ers of the city schools of Charleston shall make annual reports to the State Superintendent of Education, in such form and at such time as he shall prescribe: Provided, further, "Whenever under the pro- visions of law anj7 municipal corporation is authorized to levy a special tax for the support of public schools therein, any person not a resident of said municipal corporation shall be entitled to a credit upon fees for the tuition of his or her children to the amount of such special tax paid by such person.
SEC. 63. That the provisions of Article 7, Chapter XXV., Title IX. of Volume 1 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the city of Charleston and the schools therein, being 1091 and 1094, inclusive, are hereby re-enacted and confirmed: Provided, That no general or special school trustees shall hereafter employ any teacher who has
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not a certificate to teach in the free public schools of the State. This provision, however, not to affect the employment of any teacher now teaching in any of the schools of the special school districts: Provided, further, That the Trustees of any such school shall always have the right and power to impose any additional examinations and qualifications they may deem proper before or after employing any teachers: Provided, also, That all funds of the free public schools of this State, other than those arising from the special levy of spe- cial school districts, shall be paid out of the County Treasury upon warrants duly vouched by the School Trustees of the respective schools or school districts or otherwise as provided by the laws gov- erning any special school district.
SEC. 64. The Trustees, officers or persons in charge of all lite- rary, scientific or professional institutions of learning incorporated, supported or aided by the State, of all schools or private educa- tional institutions shall, on or before the I5th day of July in each year, make a report in writing to the State Superintendent of Edu- cation of such statistics as the Superintendent shall prescribe, rela- ting to the number of pupils and instructors, courses of study, cost of tuition, and the general condition of the institution or school under their charge.
SEC. 65. The Superintendent shall prepare blank forms of inquiry for such statistics, and shall send the same to every such institution or school on or before the 10th day of May in each year, and so much of said information as he may deem proper be incorporated in his annual report.
SCHOLARSHIPS IN WINTHROP NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE.
SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College shall have the authorit}* to assign the scholarships provided for that institution by the General Assembly so that there may be given to a County as many scholarships as such County is entitled to members in the House of Eepresentatives, at forty-four dollars each instead of one scholarship at one hundred and fifty dol- lars as at present. These scholarships shall be awarded upon com- petative examination by the State Board of Education.
SEC. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts contrary to this Act shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING PEABODY SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PEABODY NORMAL COLLEGE, AT NASHVILLE, TENN.
I. The intent of the Peabody Board of Trust in establishing these scholarships in the Normal College is to affect public education in the South through a high grade of professionally educated teachers.
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I. The realization of this intent implies, on the part of teachers: high moral aims; natural aptness to teach; an education of the libe- ral type; a knowledge of the history, theory and art of education; and the pursuit of teaching as a vocation.
II. A Peabody Scholarship is worth $100 a year, and railroad ex- penses to and from college one time, and is good for two years. The college year consists of eight months, beginning on the first Wednes- day in October and closing on the last Wednesday in May, and scholarship students receive from the President of the College $12. 50 at the end of each of these eight months.
1. No payment will be made except for time of actual attendance.
2. Scholarships will be withdrawn from students who allow bills for board to go unpaid.
III. These scholarships are distributed to the several States by the General Agent, and are awarded to students through the State Superintendents of their respective States. The whole number of scholarships is 114, and they are distributed at present as follows:
Alabama, -13; Arkansas, 10; Georgia, 14; Louisiana, 8; North Carolina, 14; South Carolina, 14; Tennessee, 14; Texas, 9; Virginia, 14; West Virginia, 8.
1. No State can claim scholarships as a right. They are gifts from the Peabody Board of Trust, and as such the ratio of their distribu- tion, as well as their amount, may be changed, or they may be withheld altogether.
2. At the close of each college year the President will notify State Superintendents of the vacancies which are to be filled in their re- spective States for the ensuing college year.
IV. Scholarships are awarded on competitive examination, and persons who desire to compete for them should make application as early as June 1 to their State Superintendent, who will forward in- formation as to the time and place of examination.
1. When State Superintendents cannot conduct these competitive examinations in person, they should be careful to delegate this duty to competent hands.
2. There would be a manifest advantage in selecting the same date for these examinations in the several States. The first week in August is suggested.
3. Only two years of scholarship aid will be given to the same student.
V. For the purpose of securing to all applicants a uniform basis of competition, the questions for examination will be prepared by the President of the College and sent to the State Superintendents for distribution to the examiners whom they may appoint.
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1. These questions, with specific instructions for their use, should be sent to the examiners in sealed envelopes, which are not to be opened till the hour for examination has come.
2. Each competitor should be required to return the lists of printed questions to the examiners as soon as the answers have been written.
VI. The qualifications for becoming a competitor for a scholarship are as follows: The applicant must be not less than seventeen years of age, nor more than thirty; irreproachable moral character; good health; no physical defects, habits, or eccentricities, which would interfere with success in teaching; a purpose to follow teaching as a vocation.
1. The task of the examiners will be simplified by making a pre- liminary examination as suggested above.
2. Preference should be given to young men who do not use tobacco in any form.
3. If it should appear that a candidate intends to use his scholar- ship chiefly as a means of securing an education, or of ultimately preparing himself for some profession other than teaching, he should not be allowed to compete.
4. Persons of sluggish or indolent temperaments, of slovenly habits, or of vicious disposition, should be at once rejected.
5. When a choice must be made between a young man and a young woman whose examination papers are of equal merit, the young man should be preferred.
VII. The minimum literary qualifications for securing a scholar- ship are the following: The ability to read fluently, to write a fair hand, to spell correctly, and to express thoughts in grammatical English; to solve problems of moderate difficulty under all the ordi- nary rules of arithmetic, and to demonstrate any ordinary arithmet- ical principle; to locate the principal cities, rivers/ and mountains of the world, and to give the boundaries of any specified State of the Union; to parse the words of any ordinary English sentence, and to correct ungrammatical English; to solve equations of two unknown quantities; to describe the leading events in the history of the United States. The standard for entrance will be raised from year to year.
1. In the main, the examinations should be written, but certain intellectual qualities can best be tested in the oral way.
2. The ability to think and to reason is of more importance than mere attainment of facts and rules. General intelligence and bright- ness may offset some deficiencies in mere book-learning.
3. Good breeding, politeness and a pleasant manner should be counted in a candidate's favor.
VIII. A scholarship is good for any two consecutive years above
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the Freshman Class; that is, for Sophomore and Junior, or for Junior and Senior, or for Senior and Post- Graduate.
1. When scholarship students reach the College, they will not be re-examined for admission.
2. As the number of scholarships is small compared with the number of competitors, it will often happen that some of those who miss the prize are competent to enter the Sophomore Class of the College. When persons of this class desire to enter the College, they will, on application, receive from their State Superintendent a SPECIAL CERTIFICATE, which will admit them to the College with- out further examination. This Certificate has no money value.
3. Students who have gained admittance to the Sophomore Class have the privilege of being examined for any of the higher classes. Candidates are recommended to prepare themselves for entering the Junior Class.
4. The completion of the Junior Course entitles the student to the degree of Licentiate of Instruction (L. I.); of the Senior Course, to the degree of A. B. ; and of the Post-Graduate Course to the degree of A. M.
5. Students who have maintained themselves in the College for one or more years at their own expense, and have there maintained a high record, should have preference over all other candidates for a scholarship.
6. The applicant for scholarship must be at least seventeen years of age; must present to the President of the College a certificate of irreproachable moral character, gentlemanly or lady-like habits, and presumed good health; must declare his intention of making teaching a profession; must give a pledge to remain at the College two years, if the scholarship is continued so long; must promise to submit cheerfully to all its requirements in study, discipline, etc., and to teach in the public schools of his or her own State at least two years, if there is an opportunity.
7. Every member of the College is required to pay an incidental fee of $6 a year. Text books are loaned to pupils free of charge.
W. H. PAYNE, President. NASHVILLE, TENN., February 1, 1890. Approved: J. L. M. CURRY, General Agent, Eichmond, Va.
DECLARATION.
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My object in obtaining a "Peabody Scholarship" in the Normal College at Nashville, is to qualify myself for teaching; and for this purpose it is my intention to remain in that insti- tution two years, if I should be admitted; and I hereby promise to teach, after I have left it, at least two years in the public schools of this State, if I have opportunity. I further prom- ise to attend regularly and faithfully upon all exercises required, and to conform cheerfully
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to the discipline and rules which may be prescribed. And should I, for any reason, fail to teach, as agreed, after graduating, I promise to refund to the President of the College an amount of money equal to that which I have received from the Peabody Education Fund.
I also promise to report myself as often as once each year to the State Superintendent of instruction for this State, either by letter or in person, for two years. ,18 Signed
This declaration, and a duplicate of the same, must be signed in good faith. One will be filed in the office of the State Superintendent, and the other sent to Nashville with other testimonials.
EXTRACT FROM REGULATIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY
ACADEMY.
PAR. 13. — Moral and Physical Qualifications. — Applicants for Cadet- ships shall not be less than 15, nor more than 20 years of age at the time of admission; and not under 5 feet in height. As to Benefici- aries, this rule will be strictly enforced: as to Pay Cadets, among whom there is no competition for admission, the Board of Visitors may exercise some discretion. They shall be of good moral charac- ter, free from contagious diseases, and of a physical conformation and development which will qualify them for military service.
PAR. 14. — Knowledge Requisite for Admission. — The standard of educational qualification to enter the Fourth Class in the Academy shall be ability to read and write English with facility, Arithmetic completed, and a knowledge of the Elements of English Grammar, of Descriptive Geography, and of the History of the United States. Upon presenting themselves for admission, either Pay of Benefici- ary Cadets, may be admitted, at the discretion of the Faculty, to a higher class if found competent upon examination. \
PAR. 15. — Married Persons. — No married person will be appointed a Cadet; and if any Cadet should be married while in the Academy, he shall leave the Institution.
PAR. 17. — Time and Manner of Applying. — All applications for ad- mission into the Academy shall be addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Visitors. Pay Cadets may apply at any time; Beneficiary Cadets should apply after the Annual Graduating Exercises in June, when existing vacancies in the several Counties are announced in the County papers.
PAR. 18. — Form of Application, &c. — All applications for Benefi- ciary Cadetships in the Academy shall be made upon a printed form, which will be furnished on application to the Chairman of the Board. These applications shall be laid before the Board of Visitors, and upon approval by them, the Chairman of the Board shall forward to each applicant a permit to appear for examination before the County Board of Examiners hereinafter provided for. No one without such permit will be examined by the County Board. A Beneficiary Cadet once discharged from the Institution will not be allowed again to
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appear in competition for re-appointineut. No Beneficiary appoint- ment will be awarded where a brother has previously received the same benefaction.
PAR. 19. — Competitive Examinations for Beneficiary Cadets. — The competitive examinations, for selection of Beneficiary Cadets from the Counties, will be held at the respective County seats, and the candidates will, at as early a day as possible after vacancies are an- nounced, make application to the Chairman of the Board for permis- sion to appear before the examiners. There shall be selected by the Superintendent of Education three suitable persons in each County, who shall constitute the Board of Examiners for that County. Such examination to be superintended by the Superintendent of Educa- tion, and conducted under such rules as he may prescribe. The result shall be reported to the Superintendent of Education, who shall, when satisfied that the competition has been fairly conducted under the rules announced, report the results to the Chairman of the Board of Visitors. The Chairman of the Board of Visitors will for- ward to each successful applicant a Warrant of Appointment, who, upon receiving same, will repair to the headquarters of the Academy by such day as the Board of Visitors may fix. He will be again ex- amined by the Academic Board and Surgeon.
PAR. 23. — Beneficiary Cadets, on Matriculation,, Give a Bond. — Every Beneficiary Cadet, upon reporting for duty and matriculating, shall file with the Superintendent of the Academy a bond, payable to the Academy, in a penal sum sufficient to cover the maintenance and education that may be expended in his behalf, and conditioned for the faithful performance by said Cadet of his matriculation agree- ment to teach for two years after graduation in the free Public Schools of the State as provided by law; and if honorably dis- charged before the completion of his course, then to teach for a period of time proportioned to the time he has been in the' Acad- emy. And unless the Cadet shall fulfill his obligation as aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have violated his contract, and the Academy will proceed by law for the collection on said bond of such amount as may be necessary to cover the maintenance and education of said Cadet as may be proportionately due from his failure to teach the whole or any part of the time agreed as aforesaid. And neither the infancy of the Cadet executing such bond nor the Statute of Limita- tion can be pleaded in bar of the recovery of said debt.
PAR. 27. — No Cadet is furnished with underclothing, shoes or uniform (except the undress suit) until after a probation of three months; at the end of which time the Superintendent, with the con- currence of the Professors, shall have power to dismiss from the
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Academy all such probationary pupils as shall have shown utter incapacity, or whose conduct shall have been grossly immoral, or generally improper, or insubordinate. During the whole course Cadets shall supply themselves with books, blankets and a comfort.
STANDING RESOLUTIONS OF STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. REGULATIONS.
RULE 1. To find the average attendance of one school for one school month, add the number of pupils attending each day and divide the sum by twenty.
BULB 2. To find the average attendance of one school for one school year, add the averages as found by Eule 1 and divide the sum by the number of school months that the school has been in session.
EULE 3. To find the average attendance of a school district for one school year, add the averages as found by Eule 2.
EULE 4. To find the average attendance in a County for a school year, add the averages as found by Eule 3.
EULE 5. To apportion the school fund, divide the proceeds of the school tax by the average attendance of a County as found by Eule 4, and multiply the quotient by the average attendance of the several school districts. The products thus obtained will be the amounts to which the respective school districts will be entitled.
EXAMINATIONS.
Resolved, At all examinations before County Boards, at least two members of the Board must be present.
Resolved, All applicants before County Boards shall be examined on orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English Grammar, history of the United States and of this State, physiology, hygiene, and the theory and practice of teaching, elementary algebra, elementary English literature, elementary drawing, elementary vocal music.
RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATES GRANTED IN OTHER COUNTIES.
Resolved, That any County Board of Examiners may, in its discre- tion, recognize certificates of qualification granted in other Counties as evidence of qualification to teach in the public schools, without subjecting the holders of said certificates to another examination.
TIMES FOR HOLDING COUNTY EXAMINATIONS.
Resolved, That examinations by County Boards of Examiners be held on the third Friday in April and October of each year, or on such other days in those months as the State Superintendent of Ed- ucation, in his discretion, may direct.
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APPEALS.
Resolved, That in all cases where appeals are taken from the rul- ings of the County Boards of Examiners to the State Board of Ex- aminers, notice of intention to appeal shall be given in writing by the appellant to the party or parties affected and the County Board within ten (10) days from date of hearing by the County Board, and that the appeal shall be perfected within thirty days from the date of hearing by the County Board, otherwise the appeal shall not be entertained by this Board.
Resolved, That, in future, all papers relating to appeals to be brought before the Board be required to be filed in the office of the State Superintendent of Education at least twenty (20) days before the time prescribed for the meeting of the Board.
PURCHASING OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
The State Superintendent is authorized to permit firms and indi- viduals to present such of their school supplies as he approves of to the County Boards of Examiners of the several Counties of the State: Provided, That before he grants a permission to any firm or individual he shall require such firm or individual to deposit in his office samples of such supplies, and*shall be satisfied with the goods and the prices, and require the vendor to enter into a written con- tract that the goods sold shall at all times conform to the samples, and that the prices shall not exceed the prices agreed on: Provided, farther, That County Boards of Examiners may approve or disap- prove of any or all such supplies, and may allow or disallow the same to be sold within their Counties. In case they approve of any of such supplies, and permit the same to be sold, they shall give the vendor a written permission to offer the same to their Trustees at the prices named by them in such written permission, leaving the purchase or not of such supplies to the good judgment of the respective Boards of Trustees.
LICENSES.
Resolved, That the regulations of this Board permitting County Boards of Examiners to issue Licenses in special cases be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and that hereafter these Boards be per- mitted to grant Licenses only upon examinations, permission to hold such examinations being first obtained from the State Superintend- ent of Education, and the Licenses so granted to continue of force up to the next regular County examination of teachers, and no longer, with the right to the County Boards issuing to revoke them at pleasure. 3— SL
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RESOLUTION.
It having been brought to the attention of this Board that certifi- cates have been granted by County Boards of Examiners on diplo- mas given by institutions that are not colleges nor universities, which is in violation of the proviso of Section 1005 of the School Law, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the State Board of Examiners disapprove this granting of certificates, and instruct County Boards to confine them- selves strictly to diplomas from colleges and universities.
LIST OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
|
Special School Districts. |
Extra Tax Permitted. |
Estab- lished. |
Amended. |
Re- pealed. |
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Win usboro |
1878 |
1887 |
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Chester |
2i |
187M |
1893 |
|
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Kershaw No 1 |
3~ ' |
1879 |
1887 189'> |
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Monticello Academy |
1879 |
1880 |
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Union . . |
l,i - |
1 <S 7 < ) |
1882 |
|
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Johnston |
[\ |
1879 |
1882 |
|
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Columbia |
2 |
1880 |
1881 1883 1893 |
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Ridge Spring... |
3 |
1882 |
1888 1889 |
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Yarns ville |
9 |
1882 |
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Lees vi lie..., |
2 |
1882 |
1883 |
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Sandy River |
2 |
1882 |
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Blacks toe k |
2 |
1882 |
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Orangeburg |
3 |
1882 |
1893 |
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Walterboro |
2 |
ig82 |
1885 |
|
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Rid^ewav |
2 |
1882 |
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Little River |
2 |
1882 |
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Florence |
4 |
1883 |
1889 1890 1893 |
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Timnionsville |
9 |
1883 |
1 886 |
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Marion |
2A |
1883 |
1886 |
|
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Union |
3 |
1883 |
1888 1899 |
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Spar tan burg |
2 |
1883 |
1884 '89 '91 '93-6 |
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Mount Pleasant School Tax |
1883 |
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Bambero' |
3 |
1883 |
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Wilksburg |
2 |
1884 |
1886 |
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Sum merville |
2 |
188 i |
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McConnellsville |
2 |
1884 |
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Slabtown |
2 |
1885 |
1889 1890 |
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Georges |
2 |
1885 |
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Georgetown |
2 |
1885 |
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Greenville |
2 |
1885 |
1893 |
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Martin |
3 |
1885 |
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Allendale |
2 |
1886 |
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Barn well |
2 |
1886 |
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Bennetts ville |
3 |
1886 |
1888 |
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Lowrysville |
2 |
1886 |
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Marion |
2 A |
1886 |
1894 |
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Blacksburg |
4 |
1887 |
1888 1892 1894 |
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Brunsons ... |
2 |
1887 |
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Coneross |
2 |
1887 |
1888 |
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Edgefield . ... |
2 |
1887 |
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Greer's |
2 |
1887 |
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Laurens |
4 |
1887 |
1890 |
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Mon tmorenci |
2 |
1887 |
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Rock Hill... |
2 |
1887 |
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LIST OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.— ^Continued.)
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Special School Districts. |
Extra Tax Permitted. |
Estab- lished. |
Amended. |
Re- pealed. |
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Seneca |
5 mills |
1887 |
1888 |
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Soccastee |
5 " |
1887 |
1889 |
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Su niter |
2 " |
1887 |
1888, 1889 '91, '93 |
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Nos. 9, 19, 20, 21, Fail-field County... Broad River |
2 " 3 " |
1887 1888 |
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Butler |
No provision |
1888 |
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Centennial |
3 mills |
1888 |
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Cheraw . |
3 " |
1888 |
1889 |
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Darlington |
5 " |
1888 |
1889 1896 |
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Holley |
3 " |
1888 |
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Piednioii t |
No provision |
1888 |
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Rutherford |
3 rnills |
1888 |
1891 |
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Willisiou ... . |
2A •' |
1888 |
1890 |
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Yorkville |
2 " |
1888 |
1889 |
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(General Act for |
1888 |
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Fort Hill |
2 " |
1889 |
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Kershaw |
3 " |
1889 |
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Newberry |
2 " |
1889 |
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Con way . |
Seminary |
1889 |
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Bethesda |
2 mills |
1890 |
||
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Bishopville |
4 " |
1890 |
||
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Blackville |
3 " |
1890 |
||
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Cam den |
3 " |
1890 |
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Edgemoor |
4 " |
1890 |
1891 |
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H e n d f r s o n v i i 1 e |
9 " |
1890 |
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Shiloh |
9 <( |
1890 |
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Tirzah |
') I « |
1890 |
1894 |
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Wellford |
2" " |
1890 |
1891 |
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Laurens County (to be laid off) Abbeville |
i " 2 " |
1891 1891 |
1893 1892 1896 |
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Ed is to River |
2 " |
1891 |
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Elko |
1891 |
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Lancaster |
5 " |
1891 |
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Ora .... |
3 »" |
1891 |
1893 |
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Ridgeville |
2 " |
1891 |
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Sally |
2 " |
1891 |
1892 1893 |
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Beulah |
5* " |
1891 |
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Salem |
3 " |
1891 |
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No. 3, Berkeley County |
1891 |
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Green wood |
1892 • |
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Union (Edpefield and Abbeville) |
3 " |
1892 |
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Princeton Laurens and Greenville)... Union High School |
3 « 3 " |
1892 1892 |
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Wheeland |
3 i( |
1892 |
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Ebenezer |
2 " |
1892 |
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Little Mountain |
2 " |
1892 |
1893 |
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Elloree |
5 " |
1893 |
1894 |
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Cross Hill... |
3 " |
1 893 |
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Hurricane Academy. ... |
1 893 |
|||
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Neeseton |
1893 |
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Swansea |
1893 |
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Anderson |
2 " |
1 894 |
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Waterloo |
3 " |
1894 |
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCA- TION OF THE DEAF AND THE BLIND.
W. D. Mayfield, Chairman, ex officio; W. A. Brown, ex officio; J. E. Ellerbe, ex officio; D. E. Converse, Treasurer; T. J. Kirklami.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Hon. E. W. Simpson, President, Pendleton; Senator B. E. Till- rnan, Trenton; Hon. E. E. Bowen, Brings; Hon. D. K. Norris, Hickory Flat; Hon. J. E. Bradley, Hunters; Hon. M. L. Donald- son, Greenville; Hon. J. E. Wannamaker. St. Matthews; Hon. W. H. Mauldin, Hampton; Hon. J. E. Tindal, Silver: Hon. H. M. Staekhouse, Clio; Hon. D. T. Rvdfearn, Mt. Cj'oghan; Hon. Jesse H. Hardin, Chester; Hon. W. H. Ellerbe, Marion; Dr. P. H. E. Sloan, Secretary and Treasurer, Clemson College.
BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY ACADEMY.
Gen. Johnson Hagood, Chairman, Barn well; Col. H. A. Gaillard, "Winnsboro; Major C. S. Gadsdeu, Charleston; Col. John P. Thomas, Columbia; Gen. Edward Anderson, Charleston.
Ex officio — The Governor of the State, the Adjutant and Inspector General of the State, State Superintendent of Education, Chairman Military Committee of the Senate, Chairman Military Committee of the House of Representatives, Columbia, S. C. Col. H. A. Gaillard, Secretary of the Board, Winnsboro, S. C.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES WINTHROP NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE.
Members ex- officio — His Excellency John Gary Evans, Governor, Chairman of the Board, Columbia; Hon. W. D. Mayfield, State Su- perintendent of Education, Secretary of ihe Board. Columbia; Hon. W. A. Brown, Chairman Senate Committee on Education. Marion; Hon. J. E. Ellerbe, Chairman House Committee on Education, Sellers.
Members elected — Hon. J. E. Breazeale, Anderson; Hon. W. N. Elder, Gainesville; Hon. A. C. Fuller, Laurens; Prof. E. S. Joynes, Columbia; Hon. D. W. McLaurin, Little Eock; Hon. A. H. Patter- son, Barnwell; Dr. T. A. Crawford, Eock Hill; W. J. Eoddey, Esq., Eock Hill; Hon. B. E. Tillman, Trenton.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
Members ex officio — His Excellency John Gary Evans, Governor, ex officio President of Board, Columbia; Hon. Henry Mclver, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Cheraw; Hon. Young J. Pope, Asso- ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, dewberry; Hon. Eugene B. Gary, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Abbeville; Hon. Ira B. Jones, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Lancaster; Hon. W. D. Mayfield, State Superintendent of Education, Columbia; Hon. W. A. Brown, Chairman Senate Committee on Education, Marion; Hon. J. E. Ellerbe, Chairman House Representatives Com- mittee-on Education, Marion.
Elective Members — Hon. T. W. Bacot (term expires 1900), Charles- ton; Hon. D. E. Pinley (term expires 1900), Yorkville; Hon. M. B. McSweeney (term expires 1900), Hampton; Hon. John T. Sloan, Jr. (term expires 1898), Columbia; Hon. W. D. Evans (term expires 1898), Bennettsville; Hon. F. H. Weston (term expires 1898), Colum-
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bia; W. A. Clark, Esq. (term expires 1896), Columbia; Hon. A. T. Smythe (term expires 1896), Charleston; Hon. J. W. Ferguson (terra expires 1896), Laurens. Secretary of Board. — Isaac H. Means, A. B.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COLORED NORMAL, INDUSTRIAL, AGRI- CULTURAL, AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
His Excellency John Gary Evans, Governor, ex officio, Chairman, Columbia; Hon. C. D. Kortjolm (term expires 1902), Orangeburg; Hon. Arthur Kibbler (term expires 1902), Newberry; Dr. Wm. R. Lowman (term expires 1900), Oraugeburg; Hon. D. J. Bradham (term expires 1900), Manning; Hon. A. G. Brice (term expires 1898), Chester; Hon. J. W. Floyd (term expires 1898), Liberty Hill.
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
Elected November, 1894, and term of office expires Janury 1st, 1897.
COUNTY.
Abbeville
Aiken
Anderson...
NAME. POSTOFFICE.
*W. T. Milford Abbeville.
L. W. Willia ms (dec' d). . . j Ai ken . *D. H. Russell... .! Anderson.
Barnwell L. N. Bellinger Bar!) well.
Beaufort j James Wigg j Beaufort.
Berkeley |*A. H. DeHay iMonck's Corner.
Charleston W. H. Dunkin | Charleston.
Chester ! *W. B. Thompson j Chester.
Chesterfield !*T. Threatt ; Chesterfield.
Clarendon |*L. L. Wells Manning.
Colleton (Oliver P. Williams Walterboro.
Darlington j*A. J. A. Perritt Darlington.
Edgefield P. K Lott JEdgefield.
Fai rfield D. L. St epheuson | Win nsboro.
Florence |E. J. Smith I Florence.
Georgetown | *G. E. Herriott Georgetown.
Green vi 1 le ! *J. R. Ply ler I Green vi lie.
Hampton j-^S. J. Fitts Hampton.
Horry D. D. Harrelson Conway.
Kershaw |J. A. Grigsby Camden.
Lancaster W. B. Bruce Lancaster.
Laureus James A. Madden j Laurens.
Lexington i J. D. Fa IT ! Lexington.
Marlboro !G. W. Hearsey |Bennettsville.
Marion *S. W. Smith | Marion.
Newberrv |F. W. Higgins Newberry.
Oconee... |V. F. Martin v.......| Walhalla.
Orangeburg " *E. H. Houser } i Orangeburg.
Pickens JT. C. Robinson jPickens.
Rich land j *L. C. Sylvester j Col umbia.
Su niter... .. *W. J. DuRant.. ..ISurnter.
Spartan burg
Union
Williamsburg
^B. B. Chapman iSpartanburg.
M. L. Lemaster j Union.
J. J. B. Montgomery jKingstree.
York... John A. Shirley lYorkville.
* Re-elected.
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
His' EXCELLENCY JOHN GARY EVANS, Governor,
ex officio Chairman Columbia.
HON. W. D. MAYFIELD, State Superintendent of Education,
ex officio Secretary Columbia.
HON. JULIAN MITCHELL Charleston.
PROF. W. N. MARCHANT Monetta.
PROF. J. I. MCCAIN Due West.
PROF. A. T. COOK Greenville.
PROF. A. E. BANKS Yorkville.
HON. W. F. CLAYTON Florence.
PROF. A. M. BANKIN Orangeburg.
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INDEX.
A.
PAGE. SEC.
Acts, special, list of. 34
Age, limit of 24 54
Agents, who not to become 24 57
Annual Eeport of:
State Superintendent of Education 8 3
County Superintendent of Education 13 18
County Treasurer 23 51
Special School Districts 20 36
Institutions of higher learning 8 3
County Superintendent to Circuit Judge 13 19
County Superintendent to County Treasurer 14 21
Teachers 12 12
Apparatus:
State Superintendent to collect 8 2
When Trustees may purchase (Eesolution) 33
Appeals:
How made to State Board of Education 10 10
Notice to be given (Eesolution) 33
Papers to be perfected (Eesolution) 33
Papers to be filed with State Board (Eesolution) 33
Eight of, from County Boards 16 29
Appropriation of School Foods:
When and how made 16 28
When and how made 23 50
Regulations concerning (Eesolution) 32
Special tax 17 34
Associations, Teachers' 13 16
Attendance:
Whole — white and colored — male and female — in each
branch 8 3
Teachers to report monthly 21 41
Teachers to report annually 12 12
Auditor:
JSTot to buy or be interested in school claims 23 53
To require each taxpayer to return tax, how 22 45
To report to County Superintendent : 22 46
To report list of polls 22 46
To be notified of amount of special tax levied and keep
account 8 34
B.
Balance of school fund 23 52
Blanks:
For certificates, reports, &c 7 2
Bond:
Of State Superintendent of Education 7 1
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PAGE. SEC.
Of State Treasurer, responsible for money 9 5
Of School Trustees in certain cases 9 5
Of County Superintendent of Education 12 13
Of publishers of school books 11 11
Books:
County Superintendent of Education to keep 14 22
C.
Certificates:
Diplomas to pass as 15 26
Teachers, State 11 11
County Board to issue 15 26
County Board may recognize (Resolution) 32
Revocation of, by County Board 16 30
Teachers' pay 21 41
Charts:
State Superintendent of Education to collect 8 2
When and how to purchase (Resolution) 33
Claims. (See School Fund.)
Clerk of Court:
To file County Superintendent's Report 14 19
Clerk State Superintendent of Education, salary of 8 4
Clemson, Trustees 36
Commissioners. (See County Commissioners.)
Compensation of:
State Superintendent of Education 7 1
Clerk of State Superintendent of Education 8 4
County Superintendent of Education 12 15
Members of State Board of Education 10 9
Mem bers of Cou nty Board of Ed ucation 15 26
Comptroller General:
To levy tax and apportion same 24 59
Constitution, State (extract) 3
Contracts, void, when 24 53
County lines, schools on 2J 40
County Commissioners:
To approve bond of County Superintendent 12 13
To provide seal for County Superintendent 14 24
To furnish County Superintendent with office, &c 14 20
To pay County Board of Education 15 26
To pay County Superintendent's salary 12 15
County Treasurer. (See Treasurer.)
County Superintendent of Education:
List of. 37
Election, term, bond, and oath of 12 13
Vacancy in office 12 13
Vacancy in office, how filled 12 14
Compensation and traveling expenses of 12
To visit, to note course of study, condition of houses, &c. 13 16 To aid in improvement of teachers, to encourage As- sociations, and conduct Teachers' Institutes 13 16
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PAGE. SEC.
Annual report of, and what to contain 13 18
To report to the presiding Judge 13 19
To keep a seal 14 24
Teachers to furnish statistics to 21 41
To furnish Trustees with reports of Auditor and Trea- surer 14
Is Clerk and Chairman of County Board Education... 16 30
Not become agent for school books 24 57
Claims, to be approved by 16
Claims, to be countersigned by 23 50
To keep register of claims 14 22
To countersign teachers' pay certificates 21 41
To be furnished with an office, &c., &c 14 20
To administer oaths 21 42
To report to Treasurer 14 21
Not, to buy or be interested in school claims 23 53
County Treasurer to report number polls collected 22 48
County Treasurer to report to monthly 22 49
To countersign money orders 18 34
To attend annual settlements 13 17
To furnish School Trustees with certain reports 14 23
A ud i tor to report to 22 46
County Board of Education:
A ppeals from, to State Board 16 29
Consent of. 20 39
May recommend the purchase of school supplies 33
To see that certain branches are taught 15 27
To levy tax 15 28
How constituted 14 25
To hold examinations 15 26
When to meet, to keep records of acts, revoke 16 30
Compensation of members 15 26
To apportion funds 15 28
To notify Trustees of apportionment 16
To notify Treasurer.. 1<> 28
May make contracts for dividing county into districts 17 31
Qualification of , 15 25
May recognize certificates (Resolution) 32
Not to buy or be interested in school claims 23 53
To appoint managers of certain elections 19 36
Time for holding examinations (Resolution) 32
Not to be agents for school books 24 57
To fill vacancies 19 36
Advisory body and tribunal for hearing controversies 16 29
To form convenient school districts . , 17 31
To regulate opening and closing of schools 23 53
Members of, exempt from, what 24 55
Members of, not to hold over 24 56
To have general super1 vision 17
To appoint Trustees, when 19 36
May revoke certificate, when 16 30
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PAGE. SEC.
May hold special examination, when (Resolution) 33
Course of Study:
State Board to prescribe 11 11
To be noted by County Superintendent of Education.. 13 16 To be enforced.. 15 27
D.
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute, Trustees 36
Diplomas:
To exempt holders from examination. (See, also,
Resolution of State Board) 15 26
Districts. (See School Districts.) District Trustees. (See School Trustees.)
E.
Election:
Of State Superintendent of Education 7 1
Of County Superintendent of Education 12 13
Of certain Trustees 19 36
Enrollment:
What constitutes 16 28
When to be counted in 12 12
Examinations:
Rules of, to be fixed by State Board 11 11
By County Board 15 26
Examined on, what (Resolution) 32
Time to be held (Resolution) 32
South Carolina Military Academy 30
Examiners. (See State Board.) (See County Board.)
Exemptions from certain duties 24 55
F.
Funds. (See School Funds.)
G.
Grand Jury:
To inspect County Superintendents' reports 13 19
To report to presiding Judge 13 19
Governor:
Member State Board of Education..... 10
To appoint members of State Board of Education 10
To approve bond of State Superintendent 7 1
To fill vacancy, when 10 7
H.
Houses:
To be reported (see School Houses, also) 8
I. Institutes:
County Superintendent of Education to conduct 13 16
Teachers attending, to be reported 8
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PAGE. SBC.
Law. (See School Law.) Local Tax:
How levied and apportioned (see list of special dis-
tricts) ........................................................... 17 34
Licenses, County Board to grant (Eesolution) ................ 32
M.
Maps:
State Superintendent to collect ................................ 8 2
State Superintendent to collect (Eesolution) ........ ^ ..... 33
When to be purchased (Eesolution) .................. * ..... 33
Meetings:
Of State Board of Education ......................... .......... 10 9
Of County Board of Education ................................ 16 30
School Districts .................................................. '. 19 36
Of people, Trustees to call ...................................... 18 34
Money. (See School Funds.)
Normal Colleges:
Peabody Normal College, Nashville ........................ 26
Declaration of beneficiary ...................................... 29
Winthrop College ................................................. 26
Trustees of. ................................................... . ...... 36
O.
Oaths:
State Superintendent to take .................................. 7 1
County Superintendent to take ............................... 12 13
Who may administer ............................................. 21 42
Office of County Superintendent of Education ................. 14 20
P.
Pupils:
Of one race cannot attend schools for another race ..... 24 58
Ageof. ................................................................ 24 54
Transfer of to another district ................................. 20 40
Monthly report of, giving ages, sex, branches studied,
&c .................................................................. 21 41
Teachers to furnish list of. ...................................... 12 12
When counted enrolled ................... . ...................... 16 28
By whom dismissed .............................................. 22 44
People:
Trustees to call meetings of .................................... 22 44
Of School Districts for special tax ........................... 18 34
Polls:
Auditor to make and report list of. .......................... 22 46
To be retained in district where collected ................. 26 47
How disbursed ..................................................... 23 50
County Treasurer to report .................................... 22 48
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Peabody Scholarships:
To Peabody Normal College, Nashville 26
Declaration of Beneficiary 29
Permanent school funds 9 5
Publishers of school books, to give bond 11 11
E.
Registers, to be prepared and transmitted 7 2
Report (see Annual):
Trustees to report sale of property 20 39
County Superintendent of Education to presiding
Judge 13 19
County Auditor to County Superintendent 22 46
County Treasurer to County Superintendent 22 48
County Superintendent of Education to Treasurer 14 21
Treasurer's monthly 22 49
Treasurer's annual to State Superintendent 23 51
Grand jury to presiding Judge 13 19
Trustees of all schools supported by public funds 26 64
Trustees of special school districts 25 62
Teachers to, monthly 21 41
Teachers' annual 12 12
Road duty 24 55
Revocation of Teachers' Certificates:
By State Board of Education 11 11
By County Board of Education 16 30
S.
School Age:
Limit of 24 54
School Districts:
In cities and towns 17 31
Convenient ones to be formed 17 31
How formed 17 31
Trustees of, to be elected, to keep books, and report
annually 19 36
Special, provided for 25 62
Each to have Trustees 17
In two adjacent counties : 19 35
Transfer of pupils to or from 20 40
To report to State Superintendent of Education 25 62
List of special 34
Size of . 17 31
Division for taxation 17 33
School Fund:
Permanent 9 5
When and how distributed 23 50
State Treasurer to hold 8
When and how distributed 16
Special, how paid out 18 34
In case of transfer of pupils, when 20 40
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All claims chargeable against, to be signed by a ma- jority of Trustees and sworn to 21 42
Balance to be carried forward 23 52
To be reported by Treasurer monthly 22 49
Special tax 17 34
County Board to apportion 15 28
School Houses:
State Superintendent to report 8
County Superintendent to note condition of 13 16
Trustees to provide 21 44
School Law:
To be printed and distributed 8
School Trustees:
When, and how appointed 19 36
To hold school property in trust 9
Term of office to expire, when 19 36
To gi v e bond in certain cases 9 5
To certify to County Board 12 12
Who to employ as teacher 25 63
When and how may purchase school apparatus 33
To see that certain branches are taught 15 27
Those appointed by State Superintendent of Education
to be elected 19 36
Exempt from, what 24 55
Each district shall have 17 32
Can not go i n debt 24 53
To be elected, when, how 19 36
To be commissioned, by whom 19 36
When disqualified 20 36
When to meet, aod how organize 19 36
Have general jurisdiction, subject to County Board of
Education 20 37
Sessions of. 20 38
General authority and duties 21 44
To administer oaths 21 42
May sell school property, when, must report 20 39
To transfer pupils, when 20 40
Of special and graded School Districts 19 36
Teachers to report to monthly 21 41
When to pay teachers 21 41
Cannot receive pay as teacher 21
Majority must sign warrants 21 42
To distribute and expend funds 16
Not to buy or be interested in school claims 23 53
Exempt from, what 24 55
Vacancy, to be filled 19 36
Eight to require additional examinations 26 63
To cross bridges and ferries free, when 21 44
All money to be paid on order of. 26 63
To be notified of meeting 19 36
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Not to hold over 24 56
Not to be agents for school books 24 57
Money to be paid on order of 23 50
Special Districts of, to report 25 62
All Trustees to report 26 64
To distribute school funds 16 '28
To be notified of apportionment by County Board 16 28
To call meeting of people 22 44
To dismiss pupils 22 44
Entrusted with care of school property 9 5
To notify Auditor of amount of special tax levied 18 34
Seal:
State Superintendent's to be used in certain cases 10 9
County Superintendent to have 14 24
South Carolina College, Board of Trustees 36
South Carolina Military Academy, Board of Trustees 36
Regulations of 30
Special Tax:
School Districts may vote appropriate. (See also list
of Special Districts.) 17 34
Taxpayers have right to designate to what school
money shall go 18 34
State Constitution, provision relating to education.. 3
State Treasurer:
To hold and invest certain school funds 8 5
State Board of Education:
How constituted 10 8
List of. 38
Appeals (Resolution) 33
To find average attendance, &c 32
/ Standing resolutions of 32
Purchasing school supplies (Resolution) 33
When to meet and where 10
Licenses (Resolution) :... 33
A majority a quorum 10 9
Seal of State Superintendent of Education to be used,
when 10
Compensation of members 10
Are an advisory and review body 10 10
Certificates on diplomas (Resolution) 34
Appeals to, how made 10 10
Recognition of certificates (Resolution) 32
To adopt rules for self-examination, course of study,
text books 10 11
To appoint County Boards of Education. 14 25
To grant and revoke certificates 11
Appeals to, right of 11
Not be agents for school books 24 57
Members, exempt from, what 24 55
To award scholarships 11
To prescribe course of study 11 11
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State Superintendent of Education:
Election, bond, oath, compensation, and traveling
expenses 7 1
Has general supervision 7
Duty to visit 7
To secure uniformity in the use of text books 7 2
To distribute blanks, blank books, and instructions... 7
To have School Law printed and to distribute 8
To collect school books, apparatus, maps, and charts.. 8
To certify copies of papers and official acts 8
Annual report of, what to contain 8
Clerk's salary 8 4
General duties of. 9 6
Higher institutions to report to 8 3
Institutions supported by public funds to report to.... 26 64
To prepare blanks for schools 26 65
Vacancy in office, how filled 10 7
Is Secretary of State Board of Education 10
County Superintendents to conform to instructions of. 13 18
County Treasurer to report to, annually 23 51
May advertise for bids 25 61
To grant special examinations (Resolution) 32
School year, what constitutes 25 60
T.
Tax: (See Poll Tax.) (See Special Tax.)
Supplemental 24 59
Three mill tax , 15
School District divisions for school taxes 17 33
School Districts may vote 17 34
Treasurer to retain poll 22 47
Special Districts: (See list of.)
Taxpayer to return, how 22 45
Comptroller General to levy and apportion, when 24 59
County Board to levy 15 28
Teachers:
To furnish statistics 21 41
Trustees cannot receive pay as 21 43
To make monthly reports 21 41
Who to be employed as 25 63
Associations 13 16
Trustees to employ 22 44
State certificate 11 11
Not to become agents for school books 24 57
To report annually 12 12
Pay of. 21 41
Licenses (Resolution) 33
Text Books:
Uniformity in use of, to be secured 7 2
State Superintendent of Education to collect 8
Sectarian or partisan, forbidden 7 2
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Power to prescribe 11 11
Traveling Expenses:
Of State Superintendent of Education 7 1
Of County Superintendent of Education 13 15
Of members of State Board of Education 10 9
Of members of County Board of Education 15 26
Treasurer:
State, to receive and invest money 8 5
County, Trustees to draw warrants on 23 50
County Board of Education to report to 16 28
To collect special tax 18 34
To carry balances forward 23 52
To report polls collected to County Superintendent... 22 48
To keep poll tax by school districts 22 47
To report annually to State Superintendent 23 51
To report monthly to County Superintendent 22 49
Trustees:
Clemson College 36
Deaf and Dumb 36
Winthrop College 36
South Carolina College 36
South Carolina Military Academy - 36
Colored Agricultural and Mechanical College 37
Exempt from 24 55
Vacancy:
In office of State Superintendent, how filled 10
In office of County Superintendent 12
In office of County Superintendent, how filled 12
In office of School Trustee, how filled 19 36
W.
Winthrop Normal College:
Scholarships in 26
List of Trustees... 36
Year. (See School Year.)
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