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SKCTACICS,
18 & 22 Carat Solid Huptial Rings,
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undersigned have this day
A formed a copartnership under
the name of
J AIHCS BAXHISTEB Sc SOlt,
For t!ie purpose of carrying on the
OP
James Bannister,
T. JT. Bannister.
THE Mills arc now in excellent
9 order, and we are prepared to
tnrn out a
FIRST CLASS PAPER,
"Which we will warrant to give
satisfaction. -?
A FULL SUPPLY OF
PRINTING. COLORED.
HUN & WRAPPING
Can he found at all times at onr
Agents, Messrs. David & St&adlkVS.
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NBW MIIMNRRT
MRS. L. T. JENNINGS,
RKBPECTFULLY 1N?
forma her friends end the
public generally, that ahe
1 ? receirod and
BEAUTIFUL,
AND HANDSOME LOT OF FALL AND
WINTER
MILLINERY,
Which abe offer* at prioes low aod reasonable.
Ladies before purchasing their
HATS. BONNETS. RIBBONS. &C..
Would do well to giro her call, at her old
tend.
Oet IS 21 da
The State of South Carolina.
GREENVILLE COUNTY.
In tho Common Floao?Equity Side.
THOMAS C. OOVFER, Administrator, re. P.
?. SUDDUTII, ti at.?Bill for Salt /
Krai Delate, to Pay Debit, d r.
"TTNDEIl the Decretal Order made In tho
U above case, tho Creditota of the Estate
el Mra. MARTHA LOVELAND, are required
to establish, the rank and amount of {their
claims against said Estate, before tho Clerk,
within nine moniA* from this date.
W. A. McDANIKL, C. 0. P.
Clerk's Office, September 28th, 1869.
Sept 29 IS 9m
E. P. JONJES, '
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AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY.
WILL 9BACTICB IN ALL
COURTS OF THIS STATE
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in Orwnnllt and tha snrronndiag Count iae
of Andarson, Ocooao, Pickens, Spartanburg and
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An Aot to Efitablith and Maintain
A System of Free Common Sohooli
for thft State of South Carolina.
Ssotion 1. He it enacted by the
Senate and House of Reprentatived
of the Slate of Sooth Carol inn,
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now met hiiu tiuuig in vjrenerai
Assembly, and by the authority oi
the same:
state board of education.
That the State Board ot Education
shall consist of the several
County School Commissioners and
the State Superintendent of Education,
who shall be ex cfficic
Chairman of the Board, and who
shall be entitled to vote on all
questions submitted to the Board.
The Board may elect one of its
members as Secretary.
Seo. 2. That' the State Board of
Education shall hold its first meeting
at the Capital of the State on
the second Wednesday after "the
approval of this Act, and shall
thereafter meet oa the first Wednesday
in October of every year
at the Capital of the State, and at
such other times and places as the
State Superintendent of Educatiou
elinll iliroot Tim inaintiAra Af tlin
Board shalh be entitled to receive
a mileage at the rate of twenty
(20) conts per mile, going to and
returning from Uie meetings < f
the Board aforesaid, to be paid bj*
the State Treasurer on presentation
of ft certificate signed by the Chairman
and Secretary of the Board.
Sko. 3. That, for the purpose of
procuring an uniform system of
text-books, to be used in the common
and public schools throughout
the State, there shall be a Commission
of five appointed, to con
sist of Ilia Excellency the Governor,
who shall be cx officio Chairman
tlio f!hftirmnn nf tKo Prtm.
mitt^c on Education of the Senate
and House o f Representatives;
and, for the purpose of selecting
the othor two members, the Senate
hall by a majority of votes, appoint
one, and the House of Representatives
shall, in like manner,select the
other ; Provided, That the Commission,
having decided upon n
list of text-books, such list shall not
he subject to amendment or
change until the first of January,
1873, unless authority be granted
to the Commission, by Act of the
General Assembly, to amend or
change the list aforesaid; And
provided, further, That the Commission
shall decide upon a list of
text books to be used in the common
and public schools throughout
the State, and shall furnish the
same to the Board of Education
at its first session. The meetings
of the State Board of Education
shall be held for the pu.^ose of
considering such matters as may
he deemed necessary, and of tak~
ing such action as may advance the
cause of common school education
in this State.
Sbc. 4. Books shall be furnished
to the nutiila in the rnhlie and
common schools of thi$. State at
ten per cent, above their cost to
the State ; and, in all cases where
the parents neglect or refuse to
furnish their children, attending
such schools, with suitable books,
the Trustees of the several school
districts are hereby authorized to
furnish the same gratitouely to
such pupils as they may be satisfied
are unable to pay for them ; hut in
afrotftcr oases tbeys h a 11 furnibli
books to the pupils who have failed
to purchase books, and certify
the cost of the same, with the name
of the person against whom they
are charged, to the Assessor^ within
whose district such school district
may be situated at the time
when the annual assessment of
property is made; and it shall be
'{he duty of said Aqpeseor to return
the amount, so certified, to the An
ditor of Iris County, whose duty it
thai! be to place the same upon
the County duplicato, and cause it
to be collected.at the same time
and in the same manner that State
and County taxes are oollccted.
Sfle. 6. 1 hat the State Board of
Eduoatioo shall lake and hold in
trust, for the State'/ any grant or
devise of lauds, and any gift or be*
qtiest of monejr,or other personal
property, made toft for education
al purposes* aud shall pay into the
State Xreaau r v, for safe keeping pnd
Investment, all moneys and incomes
from property so received. The
Slate fieasnrsr shaH, from time to
tiutp* invest all stteh money tn the
name of the Stale, an! shall pay to
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toe crate isoard ot Education, on
r the warrant of the Governor, the
income or principal thereof, as it
r shall, from time to time require :
> Provided, That no disposition shall
; be made of any grant, do vile, gift
t or bequest inconsistent with the
, 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
1 other funds received by him in bis
l 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
grant or devise of lands, and any
' gift or beqnest of money, and apv
the same in interest of the
schools of their District, in such
manner as in their judgment seems
moet conducive to the welfare of
the schools, when not otherwise
directed by the terms of the said
grant, or devise, gift or bequest:
And provided, further, That be
fore said Trustees sball assume
' control of anv such grant, devise
or bequest, thev shall give a b nd,
to be approved of by the SchdCi
Pnmmiooinnor ??,? ....... I
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wllich such grant, devise or bequest
is made, said bond to be de
posited with Clerk of the Court of
said County.
STATE BttrKRrSTKNDKirr or EDUCATION.
Sko. 6. That the present State
Superintendent of Education shall
continue in office until the election
and qualification of his successor.
At the general election in lb72,
and every four years thereafter, a
State Superintendent of Education
shall bo elected, in the same man
ner as othor State officers, who
, shall enter upon the duties of Lis
office on the first day of January
succeeding his election.
Sec 7. That bo shall, belore entering
upon the duties ot his office,
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 sure
ties, to be approved by the Governor,
conditioned for the faithful
and impartial performance of the
duties of his office ; and he shall,
also, at the time of giving bond,
take and subscribe the oath pre
scribed in Section 30 of Article II
of the Constitution of the State,
which oath shall be endorsed unon
tbe back of said bond, and the
bond shall bo filed with, and pre
t-crved by, tbe Secretary of State.
Sec. 8. That tbe State Superintendent
of Education shall receive,
at compensation for bit tervices,
the sum Of two thousand five linn
dred (2,500) dollars per annum,
together with hit actual cost of
transportation when traveling on
public business, payable quarteryearly
ont of the State Treasury.
Seo. 9. That he shall have general
supervision over all the common
and public schools of tbe
State, and it shall be his duty, as
far as practicable, to visit every 1
County in the State, for the purpose
of inspecting the schools, I
awakening an interest favorablo to
the cause of education, and diffusing
as widely as possible, bv public
addresses and personal communication
with school officers,
teachers and parents, a knowledge
of existing defects, and of desirable
improvements in the government
and instrnction of the schools.
C5kc. iu. mat lie shall secure
uniformity in the use of text books
throughout the common and public
schools of the State, and shall forbid
the use of sectarian or partisan
books and instruction in the
schools.
Sic. 11. That he shall prepare
and transmit to the several Coun
ty School Commissioners, school
registers, blank certificates, reports,
and such other suitable
blanks, forms and printed instructions
as may be necessary to aid
echool officers and teachers in making
their reports and carrying into
full effect the various provisions
of the school laws of this State; and
shall causo the laws relating to
common schools, with snob roles,
' regulations, forms and instractions
as shall be presoribed by the
Board of Education, to be printed, <
together with a suitable index, in ,i
pamphlet form, by the person au- I
thcrizcil to do the State printing,
at the expense 6f the State; and lie *
shall cause copies of the same to be
transmitted to the several Connty
School Coipuiissionera for distribution.
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Sxo. 1?. That It shall be the do* :
* *jr of the State SaperiuteDdent oi
ivunMiiun ?o ooitecT, in iiis omce,
such school books, apparatus, mips
and charts at ean be obtained without
eiponse to the State; aba also ?
to pn rebate, at-an expense not exceeding
flftr doll art. a year, rare; i
and valuable works on edueation, 1
for the benefit of teachers, authors
and others who may wish to oonsalt
them; and the said stun it t
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hereby annually appropriated for
tide pttrpene oat of any money* in
the State Treasury not otherwise
appropriated. '*?
Bko. 18. That copies of all papers
filed in the office of thf? State
Superintendent of Education and
his official acta may be certified
by him, and, when so certified,
shall be evidence equally and in
like manner as the original papers.
Sao. 14. That the State Superintendent
of Education elinl! submit,
In his annnal report, a statement
of his official visits daring the past
year.
Sao. 15. That he shall make a
report, through the Governor, to
the Gei.eral Assembly, at each
regular session thereof, showing:
1st. The number of persons between
the ages of six (6) and sixteen
(18) years, inclusive, residing
in I he State on the first day of the
last preceding October.
2u. The nutpber of such persons
in each County.
3d. The nnrober of each sex.
4tb. The number of white.
6th. The number of colored.
0th. Xlie whole number of persons
that attended the free common
schools of the State during tlie
year ending the thirtieth day of
the last preceding S?n^mW on/1
the nurnW in eaoii County that
attended during the tame period.
7tU? Hie number of whites of
each sex that attended, and tho
number of colored ot each sex that
attended the said schools.
8tb. Tho number of common
schools in the State.
9th. The number of pupils that
studied each of the branches
taught.
10th. The aveiage wages paid
to teachers of each sex.
11th. The number of school
houses erected during the year,
and the location, material and coat
there *f.
12th. The number previously
erected, the material of their construction,
their condition and value,
and the number with their
grounds enclosed.
IStb. The Conn?ies in Which
teachers* institutes were held, and
the number that attended the institutes
in each County.
14th. Such other statistical information
as ho may deem important,
together with such plans as
he may have matured, and the
State lloard of Education may
have recommended for the management
and improvement of .the
school fuud, and for the more perfect
organization and efficiency ,j>f
the common schools.
S*c. 16. That he shall have
power to examiue all persons who
uiay make application to him, as
to their qualification for teaching
school iu this State; and that to all
persons of good moral character
who pass a satisfactory examination
he shall issue a certificate of
qualification for leaching school in
the Btateof South Carolina ; which
certificate shall authorize the person
to whom it is given to teacli in
any of the common schools of this
State, in which bia or her services
may be desired by the Trustees of
the echool in which he or she may
make application to teach, without
any farther evidence of qualification.
Said certificate shall be val
id for the term of two (2) years,
unless sooner revoked.
Sao. 17. That lie shall annually,
on the first day of November, or
as soon as practicable thereafter,
apportion the income of the State
school fund, and the annual taxes
collected by the State for the support
of schools, among the several
school districts of the State, in proportion
to the respective number
of pn p i 1 s attending the public
schools, and be shall certify snch
apportionment to the8tateTreasurer.
He shall also certify to the
Treasurer and School Commissioner
of each County the tmount apportioned
to their County, and lie
shall draw his orders on the State
Treasurer In favor of the County
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.treasurer 01 eacn uounty tor Hie
amount apportioned to said Coon
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18. That tlvere Sa hereby
appropriated, out of any money in
the State Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the eanrot eight hundred
(800) dollars annually, to the
State Superintendent of Eduoation,
tor the purpose of defraying the
unpens? of qUrk hire in the effiue
of said State Superintendent of Ed
ocation; said hum to be drawn
quarterly by him, and to be dieKnrsoH
t>? li>? ??U 0?-?- **-'" J
HIVMIV ITtAM Dnpsrintendeut
for tU purpose bwein
named: Provided, That the said
turn of eight hundred (800) dollar*
shall be in foil for the annual pay*
ment of all clerk hire of en id Department.
Sao. 19. That the State Saporintendent
of Education shall diecbsrgosaoh
other duties as may be
provided by law; and he shall deliver
to his lacooMor, within ten
days after the expiration of his
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term of office. All honk* TtaiMM I
documents and other property belonging
to bis office.
Skc. 20. That, in case of vacancy
in the offioe of State Superintendent
of Education, the Governor
shall appoint, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, a person
to fill such vacancy, who shall
qualify within fifteen days after his
appointment, and shall coutinue in
ofhce until the next ensuing general
election, when a person shall be
elected to fill the unexpired term :
and should the person so appointed
fail to quality within the time
specified, such failure shall create
a vacancy.
county school commission kk8.
Sko. 21. That tlie present County
School Commissioners shall continue
in office until their successors
are olcctod and qualified. There
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sumi ue eieciea in eacti Uonnty,at
tlie general election in October, A.
D. 1870, and at the general election
every two years thereafter, a
School Commissioner, who shall
hold his office until his successor is
elected and qualified.
Sao. 22. Tiiat on the first day of
January next succeeding the date
of his election, l:e shall take and
subscribe the oath of office prescribed
in Section 30, Articlo II,
of the Constitution of the State,
which oath lie shall file in the office
of the Clerk of the Coart of the
Oonnty in wbieb he was elected,
and shall immediately enter upon
the discharge of his duties ; and
npon his failure so to do, or if for
any other cause there should be a
vacancy in the office, the Governor
shall appoint a person to till such
vacancy, who shall qualify within
fifteen days after his appointment,
and shall continue in office until
the time prescribed for filling said
office by election, as herein provi-,
ded ; and should the person so appointed
fail to qualify within the
time specified, such failure shall
create a vacancy. /
Seo. 23. That he 6hal) have the
(rpnnral ?
g..... > U..jrv. i ioivu vi mi me common
And public schools in his
County. Ho shall vUit each school
in the County at least oticc each
regular term thereof, counsel with
and encourage Trustees and teachers,
see that the common school
law is properly enforced, and do
whatever tna^r promote the cause
of education in the County.
Sac. 24. That it shall be his duty
to see that in every school under
his care there shall bo taught,
as far as practicable, orthography,
reading, writing, arithmetic, geography,
English grummer, history ol
the United States, the principles
of the Constitution and Laws of
t e United States and of this
State, and good behavior.
8ne. 25. He shall, on or before
the first day of October in_ each
year, iorwara to the State Superintendent
of Edncation an extend
ed report, containing an abstract
of the reports made to him by the
various school officers and teachers
in his County, and showing the
condition of the schools under his
charge, suggesting snch improvements
in the school system as he
may dectn useful, and giving such
other information in regard to the
practical operation of the common
schools, and laws relating thereto,
as may be deemed ot public interest.
He shall also include, in his
report, such other matters as he
shall bo directed to report by the
State Superintendent of Education.
Sue.'86. That sliould he tail to
make the report required in the
preceding Section, he shall forfeit
to tlio school fund of his County
the snm of fifty (50} dollars, and
shall, besides, be liable for all
damnges caused by such neglect.
Sao. 27. That he shall, at all
times, conform to the instrnctions
of the State Superintendent of Ed
ncation, as to matters within the
jurisdiction of said State Superintendent.
lie shall serve na the organ
of communication between the
said State Superintendent and
school antborities. lie shall transmit
to school officers, or teachers,
all blanks, circulars, and other
oominculcations which are to them
directed.
Sko 28. That each County
School Commissioner shall receive,
as compensation for bis services,
including expenses of transportation
within "his County, an annnal
salary of one thousand (1,000, dd
fare, except the Connty of Charleston,
in which County be shell receive
an anneal salary, of fifteen
hundred (1,600) dollars, payable
quarterly by the State Treasurer.
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Sbo. 29, That the County Commissioners
of the several Counties
hell furnish the School Commissioners,
oi their respective Conn*
ties with en office end the necessary
office turniture.- .
Beo 80. The* it shall be the duty
of each County School Commissioner,
immediately after the pea
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sage of ibis Aot, to divide his f
Oouuty into ooafcuieiit School t
Districts, tor ?U purposes Couuec- t
iwu wiiu uie general interest ot ed- S
ucatkm, and re-district the seme, r
whenever, in his judgment, tbe 1
Sere) good requires it. Each &
trict snail be oonfined to the d
management and control ot, tbe t
Board of School Trustees liereinaf- (
ter provided for, who shall hold e
their office for two years, and until p
their successors are elected and <3
qualified. o
Sro. 81 It shall be the duty of t
the School Commissioner ot each
County to select Iwo suitablo and p
discreet persons, who, together r
with himself, snail constitute a t
Board of Examiners, Whose duty c
it shall be to examine all candi- 3
dates for the profession of teacher, a
and to give such persons as are t
found qualified a certificate set- v
ting fortu the branches of learning ?
be or she may be found c pable of 8
teaching; such examination to be
renewed everv year. No teacher .
shall be employed in any of the {
common or public schools without
a certificate "from the Board of Examiners
or the State Superintendent
; but certificates furnished by
the Board of Examiners shall lie
valid only in the Counties where
issued. A majority of the County
Board of Examiners shall have
power, for good and sufficient rea
sons, to cancel any certificate issued
by them before the expiration
ot the time for which said certificate
was granted.
Sec. 32. That the Board of County
School Examiners shall meet at
least twice a year, at such places,
and at such times, as the
County School Commissioner
shall appoint; that the County
School Commissioner shall
be Chairman and Clerk of the
Board, and shall keep a fair record
of their proceedings, and a regis
tor of the name, ago, sex, color,
residence and date of certificate
of each person to whom certificate
, is iseued, and in case a certificate
be cancelled, shall make a proper
entry of the same.
Skc. 33. That it shall be the duty
<of the County Board of School
Examiners, at their first meeting,
to ordpr, in and for each and ev
ery school district in their County,
an election for a Board ot three
(3) School Trustees, whose duties
shall be hereinafter prescribed.
The said County Board shall also
have power to fill, by appointment,
all vacancies which may occur in
the respective School District
Boards of School Trustees in their
county,
school districts and trusters.
Sec. 3T. For the purpose of con
ducting the election provided for
in the foregoing Section, a public
meeting of the voters of each
school district shall be called by
order of the County Board of Examiners
; said meeting shall be
presided over by one member of
said Board of Examiners, or a person
by them appointed; shall ap
point a secretary, wlio shall keep
a fair record of its proceedings, to
bo deposited with tbc County
School Commissioner, and shall
then proceed to elect three persons,
resident in the said school
district, to servo as School Trus
tees for one year : Provided, That
fifteen days* notice shall be given
of every such public meeting.
Skc. 35. That the said Trustees,
within fifteen (16^ days after their
appointment or election, shall take
an oath or affirmation faithfully
and impartially to discharge the
duties of their office, which oath
the members are authorized to administer
to each other.
Sec. 36. That it shall be the duty
of the said Trustees, any two of
whoin shall constitute a quorum,
to meet as soon as practicable after
having been appointed or elected
and qnalifiod, at suoh place as may
lie most convenient in the district,
and organize by appointing one ot
their number Cleric of the Board,
who thall preside at the official
mcetiugs of the Trnsieee, and shall
rec .rd their proceedings in a book
provided f r that purpose: Provided,
that each member of the
Board shall be dulv notified of anch
meeting* by the School Coin mis- I
ionera ot the County. <
Sac. 87. That it ahull be the duty
of the Trustees in each school 1
district to take the management <
and control ot the local education- 1
al interests of ttie same, subject to 1
the supervision ot the Countv 1
School Commissioner, and to viait '
the school at leaat twice in evety
month during the school term.
Sao. 88. That it shall be the duty
of the 'trustees in the several 1
school districts to make, or eaese '
to be mede, annually, in each
schooT district, by the first day of 1
September, an enumeration of all
the children between the age* of J
six (6) and sixteen (10) years, resident
within such school district, 1
distinguishing between male and
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emale, white colored ; ?nd
he Clerk of said Board of Trasses
shall return to the County
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?port of the same: Provided,
[hat ia ease the enumeration of
eholastic population of any school
listrict is not made, a* provided
or in thie Act, by that time, the
bounty Board of School Examines
is'herewith authorised to appoint
new Trustees for such school
listrict, unless for good and sufficient
cause the Trustees hare failed
o act
Sko. 39. It shall be the duty of
he Board of Trustees "to hold ^ a
egular session In their School Disrict
at least two weeks before the
commencement of any Or every
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,ny and all bnsine* necessary to
be prosperity of the school, with
K>\ver to adjourn from time to
ime, and to bold special meetings
it any time or place.
Sec. 40. That the Board of
rrostees shall hare power to esablish
and make all arrangements
'or the Common schools of districts,
mying due regard to any scboollonse
already built or site procurid,
as well as to nil other circumitances
proper to be considered, so
is to best promote the educational
nterest oftheir district: Provided,
That if said Board of Trustees
.Ball tail to establish schools and
mild school-houses, when and
rhere the necessities of the pcoplo
equire them, it shall be the duty
>f the County School Commissionjr,
and he shall hare the power to
?tablish and build the same at the
mnense of the school fund of such
Msuool District. They shall employ
teachers from among those
laving certificates, and discharge
he eame when good and sufficient
easons for bo doing present themlelves;
but they snail employ no
jereon to teach in any of the
schools under their supervision uness
such person 6hali hold, at the
ime of commencing his or her
ichool, a certificate to teach, granted
by the County Board of School
Examiners, or by the State Superntendent
of Education.
Sec. 41. That should the Board
)t Trustees be unable otherwise to
procure sites for schools houses,
hoy are hereby authorized to ap>oint
a jury of view of five legal
voters of the County, who shall lo:ate
said site as the public interest
may require; but, except in a
iity, town or village, said site
ihall not bo located within two
jundred yards of the dwelling of
die owner of the land taken for
>aid site without his consent, givjn
in writing. The said jury
thall assess the value of same, and
eport their action to the Board of
Trustees, who shall secure the title
uid pay lor the site, as decided by
he jury of view out any moneys
available for that purpose.
Sec. 42. That when it shall so
happen that persons are so situa:ea
as to be better accommodated
it the school of any adjoinuing
Schools District, or whenever it
may bo desirable to establish a
ichool composed of parts of two or
more School Districts, it shall be
the duty of the respcctivo Boards
if Trustees ol the School Districts
in which such persons reside, or in
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niiiuu ouv.il btiiwis may do siiuated,
or of the Schools Districts, or
the prrts of which the school is
to be joinposed, to transfer such
persons for education to the School
Districts in which such school
bouse is or may he located ; but
the enumeration of scholais shall
be taken in each District as if no
inch transfer had been made; and
uic.li school, when so composed,
ihall be snpportcd from the school
funds of the respective School Districts
from which the scholars may
bave been transferred.
Sec. 48. That the school year
ihall commence on the first Monday
of October, and close on the
last Friday of Juno in each year ;
but the County School Commissioner
shall have power to limit
the school year according to the
ichool fund apportioned to his
County.
Skc. 44. That it shall l>e tlie duty
of each school teacher to 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 ot scholars admitted to
the school dnring each month, dis
ting matting between male and femalo,
tbo Average attendance, the
branches taught, the number of
pnpils engaged in each of said
branches, and such other statistics
as he or she may he required to
makd by tho County School Commissioner
; and until sncli report
shall have been certified and filed
by the said teacher, aa aforesaid, it
shall be the dut?y>f said Board of
IYnstees to reqnirbllie same, and
forward to the County School Com*
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