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PUBLIC 
 
 SCHOOL LAW 
 
 OF 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. W^., 
 
 ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF LAW 
 BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
 
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 1903. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 For the information and convenience of school officers 
 and of the general public this pamphlet is issued in accord- 
 ance with section 7 of the School Law. The amendments 
 adopted by the General Assembly of 1903 to the School 
 Law of 1901 have been incorporated in the various sec- 
 tions so that they may be more easily understood. All 
 school officers and public school-teachers are urged to read 
 carefully this law and the accompanying notes. The notes 
 have been made somewhat fuller than heretofore in the 
 hope that they might be helpful in the way of suggestion 
 and the prevention of mistakes. I bespeak the hearty co- 
 operation of all school officers, teachers and friends of edu- 
 cation in the wise administration of this law. For con- 
 venience of reference acts and amendments of the General 
 Assembly of 1903, really constituting a part of the School 
 Law, have been appended. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 J. Y. JOYITEE, 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 May 1, 1903. 
 
PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW 
 
 OF 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 Sectiojst 1. The State Board of Education shall, on the state Board of 
 
 ' Education to ap- 
 
 first Monday in August of each and every year, appor- ^°"jg "^ school 
 
 tion among the several counties of the State all the school 
 
 funds which may be then in the treasury of the said board, 
 
 and order a warrant for the full apportionment to each Apportionment 
 
 . --, . made on basis of 
 
 county, which said apportionment shall be made on the school population, 
 basis of the school population, but no part of the permanent oniy income of 
 
 ^ permanent fund 
 
 school fund shall be apportioned or distributed, but only app'Jed. 
 
 the income therefrom. The State Auditor shall keep a separate accounts 
 
 ,,.. .. ,-. iifi of funds to be kept. 
 
 separate and distinct account oi the public school funds, 
 and of the income and interest thereof, and also of such 
 moneys as may be raised by State, county, and capitation 
 tax, or otherwise, for school purposes. 
 
 Sec. 2. Upon the receipt of the requisition of the Treas- on requisition of 
 
 County Treasurer 
 
 urer of any county, duly approved by the chairman and E[°Pfg^ r5'^f°Edu' 
 secretary of the County Board of Education for the school w'Ln^Mt^on'Auditor 
 fund which may have been apportioned to said county, the T^-easurer°for° 
 State Board of Education shall issue its warrants on the tioned to said 
 
 county. 
 
 State Auditor for the sum due said county, whereupon the 
 said Auditor shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of 
 the State Board of Education in favor of such County 
 Treasurer for the amount set forth in the warrant of the 
 said State Board. 
 
 Sec. 3. The State Treasurer shall receive and hold as school funds paid 
 
 .,, . -,- , .- . .T. into treasury, how 
 
 a special deposit all school funds paid into the treasury, held and paid out. 
 and pay them out only on the warrant of the State Audi- 
 tor, issued on the order of the State Board of Educa- 
 
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 valid^*'o°ucher Ir tioi^ i^i f avor of a County Treasurer, duly endorsed by the 
 Treas\irer fo/ County Treasurer in whose favor it is drawn, and it shall 
 be the only valid voucher in the hands of the State 
 Treasurer for the disbursement of school funds, 
 ^ranted b^V^s*^^ ^^'^- ^- "^^^ procccds of all knds that have been or may 
 stock^,"b™nXan'd hereafter be granted by the United States to this State, 
 to ecTucItio^na?^'"^ and uot Otherwise appropriated by this State or the United 
 States, also all moneys, stocks, bonds and any other prop- 
 erty now belonging to any State fund, for the purposes 
 of education, also the net proceeds of sales of swamp lands 
 belonging to the State, and all other grants, gifts or de- 
 vises that have been made or hereafter may be made to this 
 State, and not otherwise appropriated by this State or by 
 the terms of the grant, gift or devise, shall be paid into the 
 State Treasury, and, together with so much of the ordi- 
 nary revenue of the State as may be set apart for that pur- 
 pose shall be faithfully appropriated for establishing and 
 maintaining a system of free public schools, as established 
 in pursuance of the Constitution. 
 Property belonging Sec. 5. All moueys, stocks, bouds and other property 
 
 to county school ^ ' ' ± j. t/ 
 
 from'safeofestmys ^^longiug to a couuty school fuud, also the net proceeds 
 u?es^'finesf fillies'" from sales of estrays, also the clear proceeds of all penal- 
 tary laws, moneys tics and forfciturcs, and of all fines collected in the several 
 
 paid for military .» 
 
 exemption, and couutics foT auv breach of the penal or military laws of 
 
 taxes for liquor ^ i. j 
 
 auct°ioneer'^ appro- *^® State, and all moucys which shall be paid by per- 
 colfntyforputiic SOUS as equivalent for exemption from military duties; 
 also the net proceeds of any tax imposed on licenses to 
 retailers of wines, cordials, or spirituous liquors and to 
 auctioneers, shall belong to and remain in the several 
 auctioneers, shall be faithfully appropriated for establish- 
 ing and maintaining free public schools in several coun- 
 ties as established in pursuance of the Constitution. The 
 Annual report to amouut collcctcd in cacli couuty shall be reported annually 
 
 Superintendent «/ j. t/ 
 
 t/on".""""" ^''''''''°' to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The 
 Solicitors of the several judicial districts, criminal and 
 
inferior courts, shall prosecute all penalties, and forfeited Duties of solicitors 
 
 ' '- '- ' as to the penalties 
 
 recognizances entered in their courts respectively, and as reM)g°nf^ances. 
 compensation for their services shall receive a sum to he 
 fixed by the Court, not more than five per centum of the compensation, 
 amount collected upon such penalty or forfeited recogniz- 
 ance for the collection of which execution was foimd to be 
 necessary. 
 
 Sec. 6. If the tax levied for the State for the support pevy of special tax 
 
 ■^ ■*• to maintain four 
 
 of the public schools shall be insufficient to maintain one ^ch^distrlc^pro-*" 
 
 or more schools in each school district for the period of "^'^^^ ^°^' 
 
 four months, then the Board of Commissioners of each 
 
 county shall levy annually a special tax to supply the 
 
 deficiency for the support and maintenance of said schools 
 
 for the said period of four months or more. The said Tax, how collected. 
 
 tax shall be collected by the Sheriff in money, and he 
 
 shall be subject to the same liabilities for the collection and 
 
 accounting of said tax as for other taxes. The said on what levied. 
 
 tax shall be levied on all property, credits and polls of the 
 
 county; and in the assessment of the amount on each the 
 
 Commissioners shall observe the constitutional equation 
 
 of taxation : and the funds thus raised shall be expended Funds, how and 
 
 ' J- where expended. 
 
 in the county in which it is collected, in such manner as 
 
 the County Board of Education may determine for main- county Board of 
 
 "^ '' Education to esti- 
 
 taining the public schools for four months at least in each "e^clssSy'to* 
 year. But the County Board of Education shall not be moiTthTschlois. 
 required to expend upon a district containing less than 
 sixty-five pupils the same sum it may give to larger dis- 
 tricts, notwithstanding an inequality of length of school 
 terms may be the result. The County Board of Educa- 
 tion, on or before the annual meeting of the Commission- 
 ers and Justices of the Peace for levying county taxes, 
 shall make an estimate of the amount of money necessary 
 to maintain the schools for four months and submit it to 
 the County Commissioners. 
 
?endent°of^PQbiic' ^Ec. 7. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall 
 
 pubHcation of '° havc the pchool laws published in pamphlet form and dis- 
 tributed on or before the first day of May of each year. 
 
 of ul^r"(fut^s°.^'^^ -2® shall send to each ofiicer a circular letter, enumerating 
 his duties as prescribed in this act. He shall have printed 
 
 nec^al^ary forms ^^^ ^^® forms ncccssary and proper for the purposes of this 
 chapter, and shall look after the school interest of the State, 
 
 Gove?jfo/^^°^' *° ^^^ report biennially to the Governor, at least five days 
 previous to each regnlar session of the General Assembly, 
 
 What report to which report shall give information and statistics of the 
 
 contain. ^ ^ 
 
 public schools and recommend such improvements in the 
 Where to keep his school law as may occur to him. He shall keep his ofiice 
 Sons^o'^n A^difor. ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ of government, and shall sign all requisitions on 
 
 the Auditor for the payment of money out of the State 
 Force of copies of Treasury for school purposes. Copies of his acts and 
 
 his acts, decif^ions «^ r l r 
 
 and oflBciai papers, (iecisious, and of all papers kept in his ofiice and authen- 
 ticated by his signature and ofiicial seal, shall be of the 
 To be furnished same f orce and validity as the orie-inal. He shall be f ur- 
 
 with room, fuel, _ '^ " 
 
 stationery, etc. nishcd with such room, fuel and stationery as shall be 
 necessary for the efficient discharge of the duties of his 
 ofiice. 
 
 Operations ot Sec. 8. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall 
 
 pubhc schools ^ 
 
 sSplrintend°enfof direct the Operations of the system of public schools and 
 Public Instruction. g^fQ^,^g the kws and regulations in relation thereto. 
 The County Board of Education and all other school offi- 
 cers in the several counties shall obey the instructions of 
 the State Superintendent and accept his constructions of 
 witlfeducltofs of*^ ^^® School Law. It shall be his duty to correspond with 
 other states, etc. ig^diug cducators in other States, and to investigate sys- 
 tems of public schools established in other States, and, as 
 far as practicable, render the results of educational ef- 
 forts and experiences available for the information and 
 aid of the Legislature and State Board of Education. 
 Diities of superin- g^c. 9. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of 
 
 tendent of Public 
 
 Instru( 
 
 tive to 
 
 instructjon^r^ei_a-^^^ Public Instruction to acquaint himself with the peculiar 
 
educational wants of the several sections of the State, wants of several 
 
 sections of the 
 
 and he shall take all proper means to supply said wants, state. 
 by counseling with County Boards of Education and 
 County Superintendents, by lectures before Teachers' In- 
 stitutes, and by addresses to public assemblies on sub- 
 jects relating to public schools and public school work, 
 and he shall be allowed for traveling expenses and for ad- Allowance for 
 
 ° traveling expenses 
 
 ditional clerical assistance five hundred dollars per annum, ^j'/^j^^f^^^f.^ance. 
 Sec. 10. In case the State Superintendent shall have Proceedings for 
 
 ■•- removal of County 
 
 sufficient evidence at any time that any County Superin- |,^^^^i°'^^°d^|^e'c°^ 
 tendent of Schools or any member of the County Board *'°° °^^'^«''^^^°'^- 
 of Education, is not capable of discharging or is not dis- 
 charging the duties of his office as required by this act, or 
 is guilty of immoral or disreputable conduct, he shall 
 report the matter to the Countv Board of Education, which 
 shall hear evidence in the case, and if, after careful in- 
 vestigation they shall find sufficient cause for his removal, . 
 they shall declare the office vacant at once and proceed to 
 elect his successor. Either party may appeal from the Appeal, 
 decision of the County Board of Education to the State 
 Board of Education, which shall have full power to in- 
 vestigate and review the decision of the County Board of 
 Education. This section shall not be construed to deprive county superin- 
 
 1/^ o( • f 1 - ^ 1 • • 1 tendent may try 
 
 each County Superintendent of the right to try his title to title to office in 
 
 bCBito courts. 
 
 . said office in the courts of the State. 
 
 Sec. 11. The State Superintendent Public Instruc- superintendent of 
 
 Public Instruction 
 
 tion is authorized to employ a clerk at a salary of one p'j'oy°"eTk and™" 
 thousand dollars per annum and a stenographer at a salary la'iaries*^ 
 of five hundred dollars per annum to be paid monthly by 
 the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor, out 
 of any funds which may be in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated. 
 
 Sec. 12. The General Assembly shall appoint three county Board of 
 
 ^ '- ^ Education, how 
 
 men in each county of good business qualifications and appointed, 
 known to be in favor of public education, who shall con- 
 
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 When to enter 
 upon duties. 
 
 Vacancy, how 
 filled. 
 
 Term of office. 
 
 stitute a County Board of Education, which board shall 
 enter upon the duties of its office immediately upon the 
 qualification of a majority of its members. In case of va- 
 cancy by death, resignation or otherwise, said vacancy 
 shall be filled by the other members of the County Board 
 of Education. Upon failure of the General Assembly to 
 appoint three members of the County Board of Education 
 for any county as herein provided they shall be appointed 
 by the State Board of Education, and all vacancies occur- 
 ring in said Board that cannot be filled as herein provided 
 shall be filled by the State Board of Education. Members 
 of the County Board of Education herein provided for shall 
 hold office until the first Monday in July, 1905. 
 
 Note. — The term of office of new Boards of Education begins the 
 first Monday in July, 1903. After qualification of all members of 
 new boards, all vacancies must be filled by remaining members of 
 the Board. Vacancies occurring for any reason in new Boards 
 before the first Monday in July, 1903, must be filled by the State 
 Board of Education. 
 
 Body corporate. 
 
 Corporate name. 
 Corporate powers. 
 
 Sec. 13. The County Board of Education shall be a 
 body corporate by the name and style of the County Board 
 of Education of. . . . County, and by that name shall 
 be capable of purchasing and holding real and personal 
 estate, of building and repairing school-houses, of selling 
 and transferring the same for school purposes, and of 
 prosecuting and defending suits for or asrainst the corpora- 
 tion. They shall have power and authority and it shall be 
 their duty, to institute and prosecute any and all actions, 
 suits or proceedings against any and all officers, persons or 
 corporations, or their sureties for the recovering, preserva- 
 tion and application of all moneys or property which may 
 be due to or should be applied to the support and main- 
 tenance of the schools, except in case of breach of bond 
 on the part of the treasurer of the county school fund, 
 in which case action shall be brought by the County Com- 
 
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 missioners, as provided in section 47. The buildins; of New sehooi-housea 
 
 ' i^ o to be under their 
 
 all new school-houses shall be under the control and di- control. 
 rection of and by contract with the County Board of Edu- 
 cation : Provided, said board shall pay not exceeding one- Proviso. 
 haK of the cost of the same out of the fund set aside for District to pay haif 
 
 of cost of building. 
 
 building under section 24, and the school district in which 
 
 any school-house is erected shall pay the other part, 
 
 and upon failure of said district to provide its part by 
 
 private subscription or otherwise, the County Board of 
 
 Education is directed to take it out of the apportionment 
 
 to said district: Provided further, they shall not be au- Provi-o. 
 
 thorized to invest any money in any new house that is not Not to invest any 
 
 -,,-.. , .,, 1110 money in plans not 
 
 built m accordance with plans approved by the otate approved by state 
 
 ^ _ "^ Superintendent. 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction and the County 
 
 Board of Education, and that all contracts for building 
 
 shall be in writing, and all buildings shall be inspected, 
 
 received and approved by the County Superintendent of 
 
 Public Instruction before full payment is made therefor. 
 
 The time of opening and closinjT the public schools in the ^J be fixe°d''^"'"^ 
 
 several public school districts of the State shall be fixed 
 
 and determined by the County Board of Education in their 
 
 respective counties : Provided, however, that the Board proviso 
 
 may fix different dates for opening the schools in different on same date. 
 
 townships, but all the schools of each township must open 
 
 on the same date as nearly as practicable. The Board of Board to fix 
 
 methods of con- 
 
 Education shall have power and authority to fix and de- ducting schools, 
 termine the methods of conducting the public schools in 
 their respective counties so as to furnish the most ad- 
 vantageous methods of education available to the chil- 
 dren attending the public schools in the several counties 
 of the State ; and the County Board of Education and the 
 County Superintendent of Schools shall have full power to To make needful 
 
 rules and 
 
 make all just and needful rules and regulations governing regulations, 
 the conduct of teachers and pupils as to attendance on the 
 schools, discipline, tardiness and the general government 
 of the schools. 
 
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 Note. — No pupil shall be allowed to attend any school while any 
 member of the household is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, measles, 
 scarlet fever, yellow fever, typhus fever, or cholera, or within two 
 weeks after the death, recovery or removal of such sick person. 
 Any pupil coming from such household shall bring proper certificate 
 from attending physician, or health officer. Committeemen and 
 teachers failing to enforce this are subject to indictment. Laws 
 1893, ch. 214, page 13. 
 
 This section places the building of school-houses absolutely 
 under the control of the County Board of Education, and 
 directs them to pay not exceeding one-half of the cost of the same 
 out of the building fund set aside under section 24 from the gen- 
 eral fund. The balance of the cost must be raised by private sub- 
 scription or paid out of the district fund. Any district applying 
 for aid from the second hundred thousand dollars, however, must 
 account for its entire apportionment from the county fund and will 
 not be allowed to deduct the amount used for building and make up 
 the deficit out of this fund. 
 
 All houses must be built in accordance with plans approved by 
 the County Board and the State Superintendent. Plans satisfac- 
 tory to the State Superintendent have been carefully prepared by 
 competent architects and published in pamphlet form for general 
 distribution. They may be had upon application to him. These 
 pamphlets contain specifications, bills of material, blank contracts 
 and estimates of cost. The plans are for houses with from one to 
 eight rooms and may of course be reasonably modified, or entirely 
 different plans that the Superintendent would, for good reasons, 
 approve, might be adopted by County Boards. 
 
 In many counties self-help could be stimulated, the building fund 
 made to go much farther and better houses secured if the County 
 Board would adopt a general rule of giving for building one dollar 
 for every one or two dollars raised by private subscription by the 
 district. In making such propositions regard should be had to 
 the ability of different districts. 
 
 County Boards ought to build only neat, comfortable houses. 
 
 Consolidation of districts can often be secured where needed by 
 the refusal of County Boards to appropriate any money for building 
 new houses in small districts that ought to be consolidated. When 
 new houses are built in small districts that ought to be abolished, 
 the abolition or consolidation of the districts is rendered much 
 more difficult in all cases, and in some cases almost impossible. 
 Great care should be given, therefore, to the proper location of new 
 houses. Reduce districts to the smallest possible number, and 
 thereby reduce to a minimum the number of necessary houses. 
 Endeavor to secure larger and better houses centrally located in 
 
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 larger districts. This is both economy and common sense. Atten- 
 tion should be given also to the selection of beautiful, public and 
 accessible sites for school-houses. 
 
 Every County Board should have a county map showing the 
 boundaries of townships and school districts, the location of school- 
 houses, streams, public roads, etc. Such a map is a necessity for 
 intelligent action in creating and consolidating districts and locat- 
 ing houses. They can in most cases be secured at comparatively 
 small cost, especially where the county maps already exist. The 
 County Board of Education and the Commissioners should share 
 cost of making map where none exists. 
 
 Written contracts are required of builders, and where possible 
 specification should be required. All houses should be carefully 
 inspected, approved and received, as required herein, before paid for. 
 ■Somewhat full powers are vested in the County Board of Edu- 
 cation and the County Superintendent for the regulation and gov- 
 ernment of the schools by this section and section 14. Under this 
 general authority they have a right to make any reasonable re- 
 quirement of teachers that would contribute to the attendance and 
 success of the school or to the efficiency of the teacher. Where 
 the conditions are favorable, for example, they would have a right 
 to require all teachers to join the County Teachers' Association and 
 to attend its meetings as often as reasonable and to do the work 
 outlined and required. A live Superintendent could make such 
 an association exceedingly helpful in the improvement of his teach- 
 ers, especially if he can secure, as some County Superintendents 
 have succeeded in doing, a working teachers' library for his asso- 
 ciation. There is no reason why a competent County Superin- 
 tendent should not do, through such an association, for the teach- 
 ers of the public schools of an entire county, a work similar 
 to that done by a competent City Superintendent for the teachers of 
 the public schools of the city. The County Board and Superinten- 
 dent have about as much authority under this section and section 
 14 for the general regulation of the county schools as the trustees 
 and the Superintendent of the city schools have for the regulation of 
 them. 
 
 Sec. 14. In addition to all other duties and powers Additional powers 
 
 -^ of County Boards 
 
 imposed and conferred upon them by law, the County °^ Education. 
 Board of Education shall have general control and super- 
 vision of all matters pertaining to the public schools in 
 their respective counties and are given the powers to exe- 
 cute, and are charged with the due execution of the school 
 
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 laws in their respective counties, and all powers and du- 
 ties conferred and imposed bj this act, or the general laws 
 of the State respecting public schools which are not ex- 
 pressly conferred and imposed upon some other official, 
 are conferred and imposed upon said County Board of 
 Education ; and an appeal shall lie from all other county 
 school officers to said board. 
 Eorrdlove?7ubL ^Ec. 15. The Couuty Board of Education shall have 
 
 and°appHc°ants"f powcr to investigate and pass upon the moral character of 
 any teacher in the public schools of the county, and to 
 dismiss such teacher, if found of bad moral character, also 
 to investigate and pass upon the moral character of any 
 applicant for a teacher's certificate or for employment as 
 
 fnvelugltion. teachcr in any public school in the county. Such investiga- 
 tion shall be made after written notice, of not less than ten 
 days, to the person whose character is to be investigated. 
 The said board shall have power to issue subpoenas for the 
 attendance for witnesses, a disobedience to which sub- 
 poenas shall, without legal excuse, be a misdemeanor pun- 
 ishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or im- 
 prisonment for not more than ten days. Subpoenas may 
 be issued in any and all matters which may lawfully 
 come within the powers of said board, and which in the 
 
 Kr°/etubp«nas: discretion of the board shall be investigated. And it shall 
 be the duty of the sheriffs, coroners and constables to 
 serve such subpoenas upon payment of their lawful fees for 
 service of subpoenas issued from the Superior Court of the 
 
 Appeals. State. Appeals provided for in this ct shall be regulated 
 
 Right of Superior '^J rulcs to be adopted by the board. The Superior 
 
 Court to review. r^ , j' .i c^j , • • ,• ■, ^ 
 
 Courts 01 the State may review any action of the County 
 Board of Education affecting anyone's character or right 
 to teach. 
 Election of County Sec. 16, The Couuty Board of Education on the first 
 
 buperintendent of "^ 
 
 Schools. Monday in July, 1903, and biennially thereafter, shall 
 
 elect a County Superintendent of Schools, who shall be at 
 
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 the time of bis election a practical teacher or who shall Qualifications. 
 
 have had at least two years experience in teaching school 
 
 and who also shall be a man of liberal education and shall 
 
 otherwise be qualified to discharge the duties of his office 
 
 as required by law, due regard being given to experience 
 
 in teaching. Said Superintendent must be of good moral Term of office. 
 
 character and shall hold his office for a term of two years 
 
 from the date of his election and until his successor is 
 
 elected and qualified. Immediately after the election of chairman county 
 
 Board of Education 
 
 the County Superintendent of Schools, the chairman of '« immediately 
 
 'J ^ ' report to State 
 
 the County Board of Education shall report to the State IXi'd^instm^ction 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction the name, address, experience and^^^' 
 
 1 -K-n ,' r>,T 1,1 1 qualifications of 
 
 experience, and qualifications, oi the person elected, and person elected 
 
 ■^ ^ ' ^ . ' County Superin- 
 
 the person elected shall report to the State Superintendent tendent 
 
 >- ^ ^ Person elected to 
 
 as soon as he shall have qualified, the date of such qualifi- qua°[ficluon.^ 
 cation. In case of vacancy by death, resignation, or other- ^ ^g^^^^' ^^^ 
 wise, the County Board of Education shall fill said va- 
 cancy. The members of the County Board of Education feTot'ths *'^'^''^'^" 
 and County Superintendent of Schools have the authority 
 to administer oaths to teachers and all subordinate school 
 officials where an oath is required of the same: Provided, Proviso as to 
 
 1 1 1 nn 1 T m f /^ n Bertie, Bladen and 
 
 that any person who has filled the office oi County Super- coiumbus 
 
 ■^ ^ ./ i counties. 
 
 intendent for four years next preceding the passage of 
 this act shall be eligible to such office in Bertie and Bladen 
 and Columbus counties, if the election of such person 
 meets the approval of the State Board of Education. 
 
 Note. — The powers of the County Board of Education have been 
 enlarged, their duties have been increased, and consequently their 
 responsibility is greater. The schools will be what you and a Super- 
 intendent of your own selection make them. A wise execution of the 
 law by a wide-awake Board and an energetic Superintendent will 
 insure progress in public schools. 
 
 Sec. 17. The County Board of Education of each Appointment of 
 
 Township School 
 
 county shall on the first Monday in July, 1903, and bien- Committeemen, 
 nially thereafter, appoint in each of the townships of the 
 
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 Qualifications. 
 
 Term of office. 
 
 Vacancy, how 
 filled. 
 
 Compensation. 
 
 County Board ot 
 Education may 
 elect three com- 
 mitteemen for 
 each school. 
 
 Qualifications. 
 Term of office. 
 
 Vacancy, how 
 filled. 
 
 Powers and duties, 
 
 To serve without 
 compensation. 
 
 county three intelligent men of good business qualification^ 
 who are known to be in favor of public education, who 
 shall serve for two years from the date of their appoint- 
 ment as School Committeemen in their respective town- 
 ships and until their successors are elected and qualified. 
 If a vacancy shall occur at any time by death, resignation 
 or otherwise it shall be the duty of the County Board of 
 Education to fill such vacancy. The County Board of 
 Education shall have the power to pay out of the reserve 
 school fund to each member of the Township Committee 
 thus appointed one dollar per day for not more than four 
 days per annum. Any Township Committee may appoint 
 one man in each school district in the township to look 
 after the school-house and property and advise with the com- 
 mittee. On the first Monday in July, nineteen himdred 
 and three, and biennially thereafter, the County Board 
 of Education in each county mav. if they deem best, in- 
 stead of electing Township Committeemen, elect for each 
 school of the several townships three School Committeemen 
 of intelligence and good business qualifications, who are 
 known to be in favor of publ'c education, who shall serve 
 for two years from date of their appointment as conuuit- 
 teemen and until their successors are elected and qualified. 
 If a vacancy should occur at any time by death, resigna- 
 tion, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the County Board 
 of Education to fill such vacancy. And in the case afore- 
 said all the powers and duties conferred under this 
 act on the Township Committeemen shall vest in the said 
 committeemen of the several schools of the township, and 
 they shall serve without compensation. 
 
 Note. — It is left with the County Board of Education to appoint 
 a Township Committee of three, who will act for the township, or 
 a District Committee of three for each school in the several town- 
 ships of the county. The system, however, must be uniform, i. e., 
 Township Committees for the entire county, or District Committees 
 for the entire county. It will be observed that this section now 
 
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 permits Township Committees to appoint one man in each district 
 as custodian of the property and general adviser about school 
 affairs in his district. This seems to me to add to the township 
 system enough of local self-government, which was the popular fea- 
 ture of the district system, without cumbering it with the undesirable 
 features of the district system. From the testimony of those coun- 
 ties that have adopted the township system in this State, and from 
 the prevalence and popularity of it in so many other States, I am 
 satisfied that it will be found the more satisfactory system, and 
 I hope to see it generally adopted in North Carolina. The appoint- 
 ment by the Township Committees of one man in each district is 
 permissive and not compulsory. 
 
 Sec. 18. The School Committee, as soon as practicable school committee 
 
 ' ^ shall elect Chair- 
 
 after their election and qualification, not to exceed twenty man and secretary. 
 
 days, shall meet and elect from their number a chairman 
 and secretary, and shall keep a record of their proceed- \^^^^^ °^ proceed- 
 ings in a book to be kept for that purpose ; the name and cha'irmin and ¥ec- 
 address of the chairman and secretary shall be reported to supenntendenty 
 the County Superintendent of Schools and recorded by 
 him, and all appeals from the committee, shall be first Appeals from 
 
 T y: i- ' Committee. 
 
 made to the County Superintendent of Schools, whose de- 
 cisions shall be final, unless reversed by the County Board 
 of Education. 
 
 Note. — This section requires the official acts of the committee 
 to be done in a business-like manner and the records kept in a book 
 for that purpose. To avoid trouble this section should be strictly 
 obeyed. The County Superintendent should see that every com- 
 mittee is supplied with a book. If necessary the book could be 
 paid for out of district, township or county fund. 
 
 Sec. 19. The School Committee shall be intrusted with committee to have 
 the care and custody of all school-houses, school-house property, 
 sites, grounds, books, apparatus, or other public school 
 property in the township, with full power to control the 
 same as they may deem best for the interest of the public 
 schools and the cause of education. 
 
 Committee to 
 
 Sec. 20. The School Committee is required to furnish furnish county 
 
 ^ Supermtendent 
 
 the County Superintendent of Schools a census report of 0^301100 fag'e^'et'e.'^ 
 School Law 2. 
 
li 
 
 Blanks to be 
 furnished. 
 
 •When. 
 
 Report to be 
 
 ■verified. 
 
 When returnable. 
 
 Penalty for failure 
 to comply with 
 provisions of this 
 section. 
 
 Compensation for 
 making census. 
 
 Report of number 
 of public school 
 houses and value of 
 school property. 
 Ijist of persons of 
 school age to be 
 furnished teachers. 
 
 Report of persons 
 unable to read and 
 write. 
 
 Employment of 
 teachers. 
 
 Superintendent 
 to be notified. 
 
 all the pupils of school age in their township or district 
 hy name, age, sex and race, also name of parent or guard- 
 ian, and the blanks upon which said reports are to be 
 made shall be furnished to the various school committees 
 bj the Oountj Superintendent of Schools on the first Mon- 
 day in August in each year, which report shall be duly 
 verified under oath by the committee and returned to the 
 County Superintendent of Schools on or before the first 
 Monday in September of each year, and any committee 
 failing to comply with the provisions of this section with- 
 out just cause shall be subject to removal. The School 
 Committee shall be allowed a sum not exceeding two 
 cents per name for all names reported between the ages of 
 six and twenty-one. The School Committee shall also 
 report to the County Superintendent of Schools, who shall 
 in turn report to the Coiaity Board of Education, the num- 
 ber of public school-houses and the value of all public 
 school property for each race separately and furnish to the 
 teacher at the opening of the school a complete copy of the 
 census furnished to the County Superintendent, wdiich 
 shall be recorded by the teacher in a register contain- 
 ing the name and age of each pupil of school age in 
 that district. They shall also report by race and sex 
 the number of all persons between the ages of twelve 
 and twenty-one who can not read and write. School 
 Committee shall meet at convenient times and places for 
 the employment of teachers for the public schools, and 
 no teacher shall be employed by any committee except at a 
 regularly called meeting of such committee, due notice of 
 said meeting having been given at three public places by 
 the committee. The County Superintendent shall be no- 
 tified at once by the Secretary of the Committee of the 
 name of the teacher elected, and a copy of the contract, 
 duly signed and recorded, shall be filed with said County 
 Superintendent ; and no voucher for the salary of a teacher 
 
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 of any scliool shall be signed by any County Super in- uniess"contraci"^ 
 tendent unless a copy of such teacher's contract has been 
 filed with him as herein provided, and unless he shall 
 have received satisfactory evidence that said teacher has 
 been elected in strict accordance with this section. 
 
 Note. — ^This census must be made promptly at the time and in 
 proper form and should contain the information required by this 
 section. Attention is called to the manner of employing teachers. 
 
 1. The Census. — This census should be carefully taken in 
 strict accordance with the requirements of this section. Committees 
 are required to make two copies of the census of each district — one 
 for the County Superintendent and one for the teacher of the 
 District School. Superintendents will furnish to committees a suf- 
 ficient number of blanks for this purpose, and see that the teacher 
 of each school is furnished with a complete copy of the census, 
 and is required to copy the same in the school register. This infor- 
 mation is necessary in order that the teacher may know the chil- 
 dren not in attendance and find out the cause of their absence and 
 seek to bring them into school. Teachers and committeemen are 
 urged to compare the census with the enrollment and to make 
 every effort to secure the attendance of the absentees. 
 
 2. Emi^loyment of Teachers. — Committeemen are urged to observe 
 strictly the requirements of this section in regard to the employ- 
 ment of teachers. The County Superintendent is forbidden to sign 
 the voucher of any teacher that has not been employed as herein 
 directed. Teachers, therefore, are advised to see that their em- 
 ployment has been in strict compliance with this section. That is 
 the dignified, business-like way to employ teachers, and it is now 
 made the only legal way to employ them. County Superintendents 
 should enforce this strictly and aid in its enforcement by advising 
 with committeemen, assisting them and furnishing them, if neces- 
 sary, a record book and blank teachers' contracts. Blank forms of 
 contracts with teachers will be found in the appendix of this pam- 
 phlet. 
 
 Sec. 21. The School Committee shall keep a book in committee to keep 
 
 itemized statement 
 
 which shall be recorded an itemized statement of all of moneys appor- 
 tioned, received 
 
 moneys apportioned to, received and expended by them for eopy''of*conti4'cta^° 
 
 each school and a copy of all contracts made by them ^'^ 
 
 with teachers. The committee shall have authority to Power to purchase 
 
 •^ supplies. 
 
 purchase the supplies necessary for conducting the schools 
 
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 and for repairs to an amount not to exceed in the aggre- 
 gate the sum of twentj-five dollars in any one year for 
 each school. 
 
 Note. — The Superintendent should not recommend payment of 
 any account against the school fund, except upon an itemized state- 
 ment sworn to by the committee. Bills of necessary supplies and 
 repairs under $25 must be paid out of district fund. 
 
 Power to employ 
 and dismiss 
 teaefiera. 
 Time of contract. 
 
 Amount of con- 
 sideration limited. 
 
 Restriction on 
 employment. 
 
 Age limit for 
 certificate. 
 
 Compensation 
 
 al lowed to teachers 
 
 Restrictions as to 
 third grade 
 certificates. 
 
 Minimum time of 
 compensation. 
 
 School month 
 defined. 
 
 School term to be 
 continued. 
 When certificates 
 issued by institu- 
 tions void. 
 
 Sec. 22. The School Committee shall have authority to 
 employ and dismiss teachers, but no contract shall he made 
 during any year to extend beyond the term of office of the 
 committee, nor for more money than accrues to the credit 
 of the district for the fiscal year during which the con- 
 tract is made. JSTo person shall be employed as a teacher 
 who does not produce a certificate from the County Super- 
 intendent of Schools or other parties authorized by law to 
 issue the same and dated within the time prescribed by 
 law and continuing to the end of the term. No certificate 
 to teach shall be issued to any person under eighteen years 
 of age. Teachers of second arade shall receive not more 
 than twenty-five dollars per month out of the public fund, 
 and teachers of the first grade may receive such compensa- 
 tion as shall be agreed upon. Teachers of the third grade 
 shall receive not more than twenty dollars per month, but 
 no third-gTade certificate shall be renewed and no holder 
 of a third-grade certificate shall be employed except as an 
 assistant teacher. 'No teacher shall receive any compen- 
 sation for a shorter term than one month unless provi- 
 dentially hindered from completing the term. Twenty 
 school days of not less than six hours nor more than seven 
 hours each day shall be a month. The school term shall 
 be continuous as far as practicable: Certificates issued by 
 any institution as now provided by law shall be void when- 
 ever the jDerson holding said certificate shall for three 
 consecutive years fail to teach in some school in the State. 
 
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 Note. — Subject to section 24, as to teachers' salary. No legal 
 contract can be made with any teacher for a salary greater than the 
 maximum salary fixed by the County Board of Education under 
 section 24 for the school. Attention is called to section 20 and sec- 
 tion 34 and the notes thereon. 
 
 In the selection of teachers committeemen who are regardful of 
 their solemn official oath will be influenced by nothing but the 
 qualifications of the teacher and the interest of the children. Sec- 
 tion 20 should be strictly obeyed, and full notice of the time and 
 place of the selection of teachers given, so that all teachers desir- 
 ing employment may have opportunity to apply and offer recom- 
 mendations. From all applicants the best teacher should be se- 
 lected, irrespective of all other considerations. Favoritism and 
 nepotism in the selection of teachers are wrong and necessarily cause 
 great dissatisfaction and dissension. 
 
 Sec. 23. At the end of every term of a public scliool, At end of term 
 
 "^ teacher to exhibit 
 
 the teacher or principal of the school shall exhibit to the gjfho^c^mmittee 
 School Committee a statement of the nmnber of pupils, Contents. 
 male and female, the average daily attendance, the length 
 of term and the time taught. If the committee is satis- ^^T^on Treasl'rir 
 laed that the provisions of this act have been complied for teacher's salary, 
 with they shall give an order on the Treasurer of the 
 county school fund, payable to said teacher, for the full 
 amount due for services rendered, but monthly and, if re- ^^^^^'/^ feacher. 
 quired by the County Superintendent, weekly statements 
 and reports shall be made by the teacher to the commit- 
 tee, and to the County Superintendent ; orders on the when orders on 
 
 ' 1 _c Treasurer valid. 
 
 Treasurer shall be valid when signed by two members o± 
 the committee and countersigned by the County Superin- 
 tendent. When a monthly or weekly report of any school 
 where the district does not contain over one hundred and 
 fifty children shows an average daily attendance of less 
 than one-fifth of the school census, the committee or when committee 
 
 ^ may order scJiool 
 
 County Superintendent shall at once order the school to "'osed, etc. 
 be closed and the money due said school shall remain to 
 the credit of that school : Provided, however, that all funds Proviso, 
 remaining to the credit of said school at the close of the 
 school year, unused because of non-attendance, shall be 
 
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 returned to the general fund for re-apportionment, unless 
 such non-a,ttendance shall have been caused by providen- 
 tial or other unavoidable causes. 
 
 Note. — The purpose of requiring funds unused because of non- 
 attendance to be returned to the general fund for re- apportionment, 
 unless such non-attendance is the result of providential or other 
 unavoidable cause, of which the County Board is the judge, is to 
 stimulate attendance by taking the money from those who refuse, 
 for insufficient reasons, to use it, and give it to those who will 
 use it. 
 
 In order to keep up with the work in the various districts and 
 keep in touch with every teacher, monthly reports at least should 
 be required promptly of every teacher. Some County Superinten- 
 dents have been very successful in requiring brief weekly reports, and 
 enthusiastically recommend them. In the appendix will be found a 
 blank form of weekly reports. 
 
 Reserve contin 
 gent fund. 
 
 Sec. 24. The County Board of Education shall, on the 
 first Monday in January and the first Monday in July of 
 
 ^c'hooiVund?°'^"°" ^^^^^ y^^^f apportion the school fund of the county to the 
 varioTTS townships in said county per capita ; but they 
 shall, before apportioning the school fund to the various 
 townships, reserve as a contin2:ent fund an amount suiS- 
 cient to pay the salary of the County Superintendent and 
 per diem and expenses of the County Board of Education, 
 and shall set aside one-sixth, if necessary, of the total school 
 fund to be used in securing a four months' school term in 
 
 Reserve fund for evcry scliool in the couuty ; and they may further reserve 
 
 building and ^ :i ./ j 
 
 Proportion ^^ ^ fuud for building and repairing schonl-houses and for 
 
 equipment, in counties with a total school fund of five 
 thousand dollars or less, not more than twenty per cent, 
 thereof; in counties with a total school fund of over five 
 thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars, 
 not more than sixteen per cent, thereof ; in counties with a 
 total school fund of over ten thousand dollars and not 
 more than twenty-five thousand dollars, not more than ten 
 per cent, thereof; in counties with a total school fund of 
 over twenty-five thousand dollars, not more than seven 
 
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 and a half per cent, thereof ; to be used as directed in sec- 
 tion 13 of the School Law. It shall he the duty of the rnra1,porUou'^'''^ 
 County Board of Education to distribute and apportion ™°°®^' 
 the school money of each township so as to give to each 
 school in said township for each race the same length of 
 school term as nearly as may be each year ; in making such J^adroVwork^ ^'^^ 
 apportionment the said County Board of Education shall 
 have proper regard for the grade of work to be done and the 
 qualifications of the teachers required in each school for 
 each race ; and the said County Board of Education shall 
 fix the maximum salary for each school in the county: 
 Provided, that the Ct)unty Board of Education, upon the Board to have 
 recommendation of the County Superintendent, shall have sehooL ^ '° "^ °^^ 
 authority to close any school for either race in any town- 
 ship before it shall have continued for the average length 
 of school term for the township, in case the attendance 
 does not justify the continuance of the school, and the 
 money remaining to the credit of said district thus used 
 for non-attendance shall be returned to the general school 
 fund. As soon as the apportionments are made, it shall Board to notify 
 
 J- J- ' committeemen 
 
 be the duty of the County Board of Education to notify ^""^ treasurer. 
 
 the school committeemen and the treasurer of the county 
 
 school fund of the amount apportioned to each school, and 
 
 each school shall be designated as School IN'umber 1, 2, 3, 
 
 etc., for white, colored or Indian, in ... . Township, 
 
 in the County of ... . Funds unused by any district F"ids unused to 
 
 •J "J <J he returned. 
 
 during any year shall, if still unused at the January 
 meeting subsequent to the close of the school year, be re- 
 turned to the general school fund for re-apportionment, un- 
 less said district shall have been prevented from using said 
 funds during that year by providential or other unavoid- 
 able causes. 
 
 Note. — 1. The Contingent Fund. — TMs fund must be reserved be- 
 fore apportionment and can be used only for the expenses specifi- 
 cally mentioned herein, the salary of the County Superintendent 
 and the per diem and expenses of the County Board of Education. 
 
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 2. The fund for aiding in hringing weak districts to a four months 
 term. — This fund must be reserved in all counties having more than 
 a four months term in the schools of some townships and less than 
 a four months term in the schools of other townships. In such 
 counties such a fund, up to the maximum of one-sixth of the total 
 school fund, must be used for lengthening the terms in all weak 
 districts before one cent can be given for this purpose out of the 
 second hundred thousand dollars appropriated by the State. (See 
 section 10 of act appropriating $200,000, in appendix). This fund 
 need not be reserved in counties having a four months term in all 
 schools or in counties not having it in any. The purpose of this 
 provision is to require all counties that are able, to use a reason- 
 able part of their own funds to help their own weak districts to 
 have a four months term before asking the State to aid them, thus 
 making such counties bear a part of their own burden. If reserved 
 at all this fund also must be reserved before apportionment. 
 
 3. The Building Fund. — The reserving of a building fund is per- 
 missive and not compulsory, but such a fund should be reserved 
 in every county needing new or better buildings, and when reserved 
 it must also be deducted before the apportionment is made. The 
 maximimi per cent, of the total fund that may be set aside for 
 building is fixed herein for the various counties, but of course any 
 smaller per cent, may, if sufficient, be set aside. I think it but fair, 
 and I am sure it is wise, to divide the burden of the expense of 
 building between the county and the district, as directed also in 
 section 13. (See that section and the note thereon). If each dis- 
 trict were required to bear out of its apportionment the entire 
 expense, of building, many weak districts would be compelled to close 
 their schools for one or more years, and the important work of 
 building and improving school-houses would be greatly retarded. 
 Districts applying for aid from the special appropriation for a four 
 months school term will be required to account for their entire 
 apportionment, and will not be allowed to make up out of this 
 appropriation the deficit caused by using all or part of their appor- 
 tionment for building. 
 
 4. The Apportionment. — After reserving as much as the Board in 
 its discretion may determine to be necessary for the above funds, 
 the balance of the total school fund must be apportioned to the 
 various townships per capita. The township must be the unit of 
 apportionment. The part of each township is easily determined by 
 dividing the balance of the total fund to be apportioned by the 
 total number of children of school age in the county and multiply- 
 ing this quotient by the total number of children of school age in 
 the township. The County Board of Education should then fix 
 the maximum salary for each school for each race in each township, 
 
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 and then re-apportion each township's money between the races and 
 among the different scliools of each race as directed herein. In 
 this re-apportionment large discretion is given to the boards, and 
 much judgment and care should be exercised by them so as to avoid 
 discrimination or injustice. 
 
 Sec. 25. The semi-annual apportionment of public semi-annuai 
 
 n apportionment 
 
 school money shall be based upon the amounts actually re- what based upon, 
 ceivecl by the County Treasurer from all sources and re- 
 ported by him to the County Board of Education as re- 
 quired by this act. 
 
 Sec. 26. The County Board of Education of any Appropriations for 
 county may annually appropriate an amount not exceed- institutes. 
 ing two hundred dollars out of the school funds of the 
 county for the purpose of conducting one or more Teach- 
 ers' Institutes for said county, or the County Boards of 
 Education of two or more adjoining counties may appro- 
 priate an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars to 
 each county, for the purpose of conducting a Teachers' In- 
 stitute and school for said counties at some convenient and 
 satisfactory point. All teachers of any county in which {^^fatt'en'd.'^^'^"*'^^*^ 
 such institute is held are hereby required to attend the 
 same continuously during the session thereof for at least 
 two weeks, if the institute continue so long; and, upon Penalty for failure, 
 failure to do so, unless providentially hindered, shall 
 be debarred from teaching in any of the public schools 
 of this State for the term of one year, or imtil 
 such teacher shall have attended some county institute 
 and school in some other county. A County Teachers' By whom con- 
 
 '' -^ ducted. 
 
 Institute under this section shall be conducted by the 
 County Superintendent of Schools, assisted by some 
 member of the State Board of Examiners, or a mem- 
 ber of the faculty of the !N^ormal Department of the 
 University of ITorth Carolina, or of the State l^ormal 
 and Industrial Cbllege, or of the AgTicultural and 
 Mechanical College at Raleigh, or by some practical 
 teacher or teachers appointed by the State Superintendent 
 
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 acceSedls 0^ PubHc Instruction. A properly signed certificate of 
 
 substitute. aj. j j? j_ i • i 
 
 attendance tor two weeks or more m the same year on any 
 summer school of good standing in the State may be 
 accepted by the C'oimty Superintendent as a substitute for 
 attendance of any teacher in his county on the teachers' 
 institute and school for that county; and no teacher shall 
 be required to attend such county teachers' institute and 
 school two consecutive years successively. 
 
 Note. — This section was amended so as to allow an appropria- 
 tion of two hundred instead of one hundred dollars for a Teachers' 
 Institute and School. Counties that are able are urged to avail 
 themselves of this opportunity to provide for their teachers, instead 
 of an institute lasting only one week, a Summer School and Insti- 
 tute lasting several weeks, in which they may pursue in regularly 
 organized classes the study of the subjects taught in the public 
 schools, as well as the study of methods and principles of teach- 
 ing. Such longer schools would be very helpful to teachers, and 
 would afford many teachers of small means an opportunity to enlarge 
 their knowledge of the subjects taught and to increase their effi- 
 ciency that they could not otherwise obtain. The teachers make 
 the schools, and no money is more wisely invested than that in- 
 vested in the improvement of the teachers. Such a system of county 
 summer schools for teachers is in successful operation in many 
 other States, so that it is no longer a mere experiment. Two or 
 more counties are allowed to unite in such a school if preferable. 
 Of course, counties may still hold at smaller expense as heretofore 
 the County Institutes of one week. I am confident, however, that 
 the longer schools and institutes, though costing more, will be more 
 satisfactory and successful, and, in' the end, more economical, if 
 judged by results. Attendance of teachers is still compulsory once 
 in two years for at least two weeks, if the school continues so long. 
 Attendance on any summer school of good standing in the State 
 may be accepted, however, by the County Superintendent as a sub- 
 stitute for attendance in the county. 
 
 The power of appointing conductors of these institutes and schools 
 is vested in the State Superintendent. He will be glad, of course, 
 to follow the preference of the local authorities in these appoint- 
 ments, provided he is assured of the competency of the teachers 
 desired by them, but he must insist that he be notified and consulted 
 in all cases before any contracts are made with conductors of 
 institutes and summer schools. 
 
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 Sec. 27. The County Board of Education shall meet }yhen county 
 
 •^ Board to meet. 
 
 on the first Monday in January, April, July and Octo- 
 ber, and may, if necessary, continue in session two days 
 and they may have called meetings, of one day each, as 
 often as once a month if the school business of the county 
 requires it. They shall receive the same per diem and f^^^^^ ''^'^ p®'' 
 mileage as that allowed the County Commissioners, and duties and powers. 
 shall at the meeting in January, April, July and October, 
 examine the books and vouchers, audit the accounts of 
 treasurer of the county school fund and shall have power 
 to fix the maximum monthly salary for first-grade teach- 
 ers. 
 
 Sec. 28. The County Board of Education of each Power to punish 
 
 for contereipt. 
 
 county shall have power to punish for contempt, for any 
 disorderly conduct or disturbance tending to interrupt 
 them in the transaction of their ofiicial business, and every Misdemeanor to 
 
 1 1 n •! ^ m • T 1 1 disturb sctiool, 
 
 person who shall wilfully interrupt or disturb any pub- literary or scientific 
 
 ^ t/ i -J ±. meeting, injure 
 
 lie or private school or any meeting lawfully and peace- ^°^°°g scho1)i°^ °' 
 
 fully held for the purpose of literary and scientific im- pi'°P®'"*y- 
 
 provement, either within or without the place where such 
 
 meeting or school is held, or injure any school building, 
 
 or deface any school furniture, apparatus, or other school 
 
 property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not penalty. 
 
 exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty 
 
 days. Any person who shall wilfully set fire to any school- Misdemeanor to 
 
 house or procure the same to be done shall be guilty of a house, etc. 
 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by pgjjjj]ty. 
 
 imprisonment in the penitentiary or the county jail, and 
 
 may also be fined in the discretion of the Court. 
 
 Sec. 29. The County Board of Education shall divide Division of town- 
 ships Into school 
 the townships into convenient school districts as compact districts. 
 
 in form as practicable. They shall consult the conven- Provisions for 
 
 , .. » ,' . ... ,11 !• setting boundaries. 
 
 lence and necessities oi each race m setting the boundaries 
 
 of the school district for each race, and shall establish no ^J°^fen'^ehooiT°^ 
 
 new school in any township within less than three miles 
 
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 by the nearest traveled route of some scliool already estab- 
 °|™id™ number lislied in said township ; nor shall they create any school 
 district with less than sixty-five children of school age, 
 unless prevented by geographical reason or sparsely set- 
 tled neighborhoods. l>^othing in this act shall prevent the 
 Board of Education, whenever they shall deem it neces- 
 sary for the good of the public schools, from forming a 
 school district out of portions of two or more contiguous 
 townships. School districts may be formed out of por- 
 tions of contiguous counties by agreement and consent of 
 the County Boards of Education of the two counties ; and, 
 in case of the formation of such districts, the per capita 
 part of the public school money due the children residing 
 in one county shall be apportioned by the County Board 
 of Education of that county and paid to the treasurer of 
 the other county in which the school-house is located, to be 
 placed to the credit of the school district so formed. 
 
 Mi 
 of 
 school district. 
 
 Formation of dis- 
 tricts from eontigu 
 ous townships. 
 
 Districts may be 
 formed. 
 
 Money to be 
 apportioned. 
 
 Note.— The County Board of Education should combine and con- 
 solidate the schools, in most instances making fewer and better 
 schools. This end should be kept in view in making the boundaries. 
 One school with two teachers is better than two schools. If you 
 increase the number of schools you shorten the terms and decrease 
 the efficiency of the schools. A good county map showing townships, 
 school districts, location of streams, swamps, roads, mountains, etc., 
 is indispensable. (See also, in Appendix, special act appropriating 
 $200,000 and note on it). 
 
 Power to receive 
 gifts, dispose of 
 school property, 
 etc. 
 
 Deed, how 
 executed. 
 
 Sec. 30. The County Board of Education may receive 
 any gift, grant, donation or devise made for the use of any 
 school or schools within their jurisdiction. When, in the 
 opinion of the board, any school-house, school-house site, or 
 other public school property has become unnecessary for 
 public purposes, they may sell the same at public auction, 
 after advertisement of twenty days at three public places 
 in the county, or at private sale. The deed for the prop-- 
 erty thus sold shall be executed by the chairman and clerk 
 
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 of the board, and the proceeds of the sale shall be paid ^J^posai °f p"""^- 
 to the treasurer of the county school fund. 
 
 Sec. 31. The County Board of Education may receive sites for sehooi- 
 suitable sites for school-houses by donation or purchase. 
 In case of purchase they shall issue an order on the treas- 
 urer of the County Board of Edu.cation for the purchase Tjt,g^ j^ ^^^^^ 
 money and upon payment of the order the title to the said 
 site shall vest in the board and their successors in office. 
 
 Whenever the board is unable to obtain a suitable site for Procedure to con- 
 demn sites where 
 
 a school by gift or purchase, they shall report to the County "nd'^Mst°ss"'^'^'^^^^' 
 
 Superintendent of County Instruction, who shall, upon damages. 
 
 five days' notice to the owner of the land, apply to the 
 
 Clerk of the Superior Court for the appointf^ent of three 
 
 appraisers, who shall lay off, by metes and bounds, not 
 
 more than two acres, and assess the value thereof. They to make written 
 
 ' . repor . 
 
 shall make a written report of their proceedings, to be 
 signed by them, or by a majority of them, to the said Clerk 
 within five days from their appointment, who shall enter 
 the same upon the records of the Court. Said appraisers 
 and officers shall serve without compensation. If said re- 
 port is confirmed by the Clerk of the Court, the chairman upon payment or 
 
 J. 1 offer of payment 
 
 and secretarv shall issue an order on the treasurer ot tne tuie to vest in 
 
 ■^ County Boards and 
 
 County Board of Education in favor of the owner of the their successors, 
 land thus laid off, and upon the payment or offer of pay- 
 ment of this order the title to said land shall vest in the 
 County Board and their successors in office. Improved f ^p'^^ie" ?and. 
 land shall not be condemned imder this section unless it be 
 essential to secure a proper location. Any person aggrieved Appeal, 
 by the action of said appraisers may appeal to the Superior 
 Court of the county in which the land is situated upon Appeal bond, 
 giving bond to secure the board against such costs as may 
 be incurred on account of said appeal not being prosecuted 
 with effect. 
 
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 Note. — In purchasing sites for school-houses it is a great mistake 
 not to secure plenty of land while it is cheap, for play-ground, for 
 future growth, and for gardening and study of plant growth on a 
 limited scale. In most cases, especially in the country, several acres 
 ought to be purchased, if possible. 
 
 Recorded and kept ^^^- ^^- ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^'^^ Countj Board of Education 
 by Clerk of Court. g]^^i| ^^ rgcorded and delivered to the Clerk of the Court 
 
 for safe keeping, and the Secretary cf the County Board 
 
 of Education shall keep an index bj townships and school 
 
 districts of all such deeds in a book for that purpose. 
 
 Note. — A careful index of all deeds to school property, containing 
 titles and reference to books in the office of the Register of Deeds, 
 where such deeds are recorded, should be prepared by the County Su- 
 perintendent. Track can be kept of school property in this way and 
 much trouble prevented. 
 
 Contracts with 
 teachers of private 
 schools, when 
 made, etc. 
 
 Compensation. 
 
 Qualifications of 
 such teachers. 
 
 Reports. 
 
 Authority of 
 
 County 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
 Sec. 33. In any school district where there may be a 
 private school, regularly conducted for at least six months 
 in the year, unless such private school is a sectarian or de- 
 nominational school, the School Committee may contract 
 with the teacher of such private school to give instruction 
 to all pupils between the ages of six and twenty-one years 
 in the branches of learning taught in the public schools, as 
 prescribed in this act, without charge and free of tuition ; 
 and such School Committee may pay such teacher for 
 such service out of the public school fund apportioned to 
 the district, and the agreement as to such pay shall be ar- 
 ranged between the committee and teacher. Every teacher 
 of the public school branches in said school shall obtain a 
 first-grade certificate before beginning his or her work, 
 and shall from time to time make such reports as are re- 
 quired of other school teachers) under this act. The 
 County Superintendents of Schools have the same au- 
 thority in respect to the employment and dismissal of 
 teachers under this section, and in every other respect as 
 is conferred in other sections of the law. And all con- 
 
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 tracts made under this section sliall designate the mini- contracts to desig- 
 
 ° nate minimum 
 
 mum length of the public school term, which shall not be p'^'^''° ®°'^°°' ''®''™- 
 
 less than the average lenglh of the public school term of 
 
 the county of the preceding; year. The amount paid said Maximum amount 
 
 •J r o t/ i to be paid private 
 
 private school for each pupil in the public school branches, ^ohooi Axed. 
 based on the average daily attendance, shall not exceed 
 the regular tuition rates in said school for said branches of 
 study. 
 
 Note. — If the tuition in the private school for the public school 
 branches is $1 or $2 per month, then said private school shall not 
 be allowed any more per capita of the public fund than they receive 
 per capita from the parents in the private funds. To illustrate: 
 If there are forty children in the public school branches whose pri- 
 vate tuition is $40, then the committee can only pay $40 per month 
 for this instruction out of the public fund. 
 
 By reference to sections 64 and 65 it will be observed that where 
 a contract is made with a teacher of a private school to teach the 
 public school in connection with his school, no tuition can be charged 
 any child in the district between the ages of six and twenty-one 
 years for any study during the continuance of the public school 
 term. 
 
 Sec. 34. Ko contract for teachers' salaries shall be 4Tc°ts resSed. 
 made during any fiscal year for a larger amount of 
 money than accrues to the credit of the respective dis- 
 tricts for the year and no committee shall give an order Restriction on 
 
 Committee in 
 
 unless the money to pay it is actually to the credit of the s'^'^s orders, 
 district, and no part of the school fund for one year shall Restriction on use 
 
 ^ ^ "^ of annual scriool 
 
 be used to pay school claims for any previous year. And ^'^'^'^• 
 no bill for the payment of any claim for teachers' salaries 
 herein mentioned shall be introduced in either House of 
 the General Assembly unless the claim shall have been 
 approved by the chairman of the County Board of Educa- 
 tion and by the County Superintendent, and unless a 
 certificate from the County Superintendent stating that the 
 debt v^as contracted by unavoidable mistake on the part of 
 the teacher and the School Committee shall be attached to 
 and accompany the bill when introduced. 
 
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 Note. — The large number of special acts for payment of teachers' 
 salaries before the last Legislature was the result of a disregard 
 of this section, and necessitated the amendment that no such act 
 shall hereafter be passed by that body except upon approval of 
 County Board and Superintendent, and certificate by them that the 
 debt was contracted by unavoidable mistake. If teachers and school 
 officers will be careful, mistakes of this sort can always be avoided. 
 
 School Committee 
 to keep account of 
 moneys and 
 contracts. 
 
 Sec. 35. The School Committee for each township 
 shall keep a book in which shall be kept an itemized ac- 
 count of all moneys apportioned, received and expended by 
 them for each school and a copy of all contracts made by 
 them with teachers. 
 
 County Superin- 
 tendent ex officio 
 Secretary of 
 County Board of 
 Education. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Note. — The County Board of Education will require a literal com- 
 pliance with this section of the law. This section applies also to 
 District Committees. 
 
 Sec. 36. The County Superintendent of Schools shall 
 be ex officio the Secretary of the County Board of Educa- 
 tion. He shall record all proceedings of the Board of 
 Education, issue all notices and orders that may be made 
 by said board pertaining to the public schools, school- 
 houses, sites, or districts (which notices or orders it shall 
 be the duty of the secretary to serve by mail or by personal 
 delivery without cost), and record all school statistics, look 
 after all forfeitures, fines and penalties, see that the same 
 are placed to the credit of the school fund and report the 
 same to the County Board of Education. The County 
 Board of Education shall piwide the County Superin- 
 tendent of Schools with an office at the county seat and 
 with a suitable book in which to keep the records required 
 Record to Ue kept by this scction. The record of the Board of Education 
 and the County Superintendent of Schools shall be kept in 
 the office provided for that purpose by the said board. 
 
 Board to provide 
 superintendent 
 with office. 
 
 Note. — The duties of Superintendent as Secretary of County 
 Board of Education are very important. 
 
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 The County Superintendent is urged to look closely after the 
 forfeitures, fines and penalties and to report to the Solicitor all 
 failures of all officers to make complete and correct reports of such. 
 Hundreds of dollars from these sources are lost to the school fund 
 every year. 
 
 Sec. 37. The County Superintendent of Schools of t^a!^[^e'i"'**4";ere 
 each county shall examine all applicants of good moral conducted, 
 character for teachers' certificate at the court-house in the 
 county, on the second Thursday of July and October of 
 every year, and continue the examination from day to 
 day during the remainder of the week, if necessary, till 
 all applicants are examined, and for the examination of 
 teachers at any other time than above named, he shall re- 
 quire of such applicant a fee of one dollar, in advance, ^®®- 
 and all fees for private examination shall be paid by Fees for private 
 
 ^ J. ./ examination, how 
 
 the County Superintendent of Schools to the Treasurer disposed of. 
 of the county school fund to go to the general school fund 
 of the county. The place for holding the examination of examinatlln'^'"^ 
 teachers shall be at the county seat, but other places in 
 said county may be designated by the County Superin- 
 tendent of Schools, when^ in his discretion, it may be 
 for the convenience of the teachers of his county. A 
 general average of ninety per centum and over shall en- eIti^iertofir"t' 
 title an applicant to a first grade certificate ; a general 
 average of eighty per centum or more shall entitle the ap^ ^eondgrade *° 
 plicant to a second grade certificate ; and a general aver- *''''^" °^^^' 
 age of seventy shall entitle an applicant to a third ffrade \^'hat entities to 
 
 =^ -^ ^^ ^ thud trade 
 
 certificate. The certificates shall be valid only in the cenifioa^tes how 
 county in which they are issued and for one year from vaifd^" 
 date, except that first grade certificates shall be valid for 
 two years. The branches taught in the public schools Lis' of branches 
 
 '' o i- to be taught in j 
 
 shall be orthography, defining fi'eading], writing, Jraw- p"*^'"^ **'^°'''^- 
 ing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, language lessons, 
 history of North Carolina, including the Constitution of 
 the State ; history of the United States, including the Con- 
 School Law 3. 
 
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 Examinations 
 public. 
 
 Copies to be kept 
 and forwarded to 
 State Superintend- 
 ent on request. 
 
 stitution of the United States ; physiology, hygiene, nature 
 and effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, elements of 
 civil government, elements of agriculture, theory and 
 practice of teaching, and such other branches as the State 
 Board of Education may direct. The County Superin- 
 tendent of Schools shall hold his examinations publicly, 
 and may invite competent persons to assist him in such 
 examination. He shall keep a copy of all examination 
 questions, both public and private, and forward copies 
 to the State Superintendent upon request. ISTo Superin- 
 tendent shall renew any second-grade certificate except 
 upon re-examination. 
 
 Teachers' 
 meetings. 
 
 Note. — It might be well for County Superintendents to give no- 
 tice of special days for private examination also, and to hold them 
 at no other time. 
 
 The branches named in this section are required to be taught in 
 every public school, and must be provided for first. The higher 
 branches mentioned in section 64 in reports of teachers may be 
 taught, also, if time and funds permit. 
 
 Sec. 38. The County Superintendent shall each year 
 hold not less than one teachers' meeting in each town- 
 ship, which the teachers shall be required to attend, if 
 necessary one school day may be set apart for this purpose. 
 
 Note. — A live Superintendent can make these teachers' meetings 
 very helpful in securing co-operation among the teachers of the 
 township and uniformity of work for the entire county in course of 
 study, method of keeping records and making reports, etc. These 
 meetings can also be made means of encouraging, stimulating and 
 directing teachers in many w-ays. On the same day, perhaps in the 
 afternoon, meetings of patrons and parents might be held, and the 
 occasion used for bringing them in closer touch and sympathy with 
 the work and with the teachers, in cultivating educational senti- 
 ment and arousing educational enthusiasm. 
 
 Sec. 39. It shall be the duty of the County Superin- 
 tendent to advise with the teachers as to the best methods 
 of instruction and school government, and to that end he 
 
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 shall keep himself thoroughly informed as to the progress 
 of education in other counties, cities and States ; he shall 
 have authority to correct abuses, and to this end he may, 
 with the concurrence of a majority of the School Com- 
 mittee, suspend any teacher who may be guilty of any te"ache/'°'^ "^ 
 immoral or disreputable conduct, or may prove himself 
 incompetent to discharge efficiently the duties of a public 
 school teacher, or who may be persistently neglectful of 
 said duties. The County Superintendent shall be re- Jehooil* eito!"° 
 quired to visit the public schools of his county while in 
 session under the direction of the County Board of Edu- 
 cation, and shall inform himself of the condition and 
 needs of the various schools within his jurisdiction. The 
 County Superintendent, unless providentially hindered, 
 shall attend continuously during its session the annual 
 meeting of the State Association of County Superinten- 
 dents, and the County Board of Education of his county 
 shall pay out of the county school fund his traveling ex- 
 penses and allow him his per diem while attending said 
 meeting: Provided, that County Superintendents em- 
 ployed on salary shall not receive any per diem while in 
 attendance on this meeting. 
 
 Note. — The requirement that County Superintendents shall visit 
 the schools while in session is mandatory, and properly so. County 
 Boards of Education must obey the law. The compensation allowed 
 under section 44 is now sufficient to justify the Superintendent in 
 visiting the schools. In no other way can the Superintendent ac- 
 quaint himself so well with the educational condition and needs of 
 every part of the county, with the merits and defects, the disposition 
 and character of the teachers and acquire such a knowledge of the 
 people and their views as will make him a helpful adviser in the selec- 
 tion of teachers and committeemen and a wise and effective leader in 
 all educational matters of the county. If there be a County Super- 
 intendent whose visits to his schools would not be beneficial to him- 
 self, his teachers, his schools, his people, no surer evidence of his in- 
 competency is needed, and his resignation should be asked at once. 
 The most valuable part of the work of a live, competent Superin- 
 tendent will be his visits to the schools. Without such visits the 
 
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 work of supervision is a misnomer and largely a farce, and the 
 County Superintendent little more than a clerk to the Board of 
 Education and a mechanical examiner of teachers. 
 
 It will be observed that County Superintendents are required to 
 attend the annual sessions of the State Association of County Super- 
 intendents, and that provision is made for their expenses. 
 
 Duties of County 
 Superintendent. 
 To distribute 
 blanks. 
 
 To distribute 
 school registers. 
 
 Advise as to 
 gathering and 
 reporting school 
 statistics. 
 
 Duty of County 
 Superintendent 
 to report to State 
 Superintt:'ndent 
 PudHc Instruc- 
 tion on or before 
 July 1st every 
 year. 
 
 Contents of 
 report. 
 
 Sec. 40. It shall be the duty of the County Superin- 
 tendent of the Schools to distribute to the various School 
 Committees of his county all such blanks as may be fur- 
 nished by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 for reports of school statistics of the several districts ; also, 
 blanks for teachers' reports and for orders on the treasurer 
 of the county school fund for teachers' salaries; he shall 
 also distribute to the School Committees school registers 
 for their respective districts and necessary record book ; 
 he shall advise with said committee as to the best methods 
 of gathering the school statistics contemplated by such 
 blanks, and, by all proper means, shall seek to have such 
 statistics fully and properly reported. 
 
 Sec. 41. It shall be the duty of the County Superin- 
 tendent of Schools in each county, on or before the first 
 Monday in July of every year, to report to the State 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction an abstract state- 
 ment of the number, grade, race, and sex of the teachers 
 examined and approved by him during the year ; also, the 
 number of public schools taught in the county during the 
 year for each race ; the number of children of school age 
 in each school district ; the number enrolled in each dis- 
 trict ; the average daily attendance in each district by 
 race and sex and the number of all persons in the county 
 between the ages of twelve and twenty-one who cannot 
 read and write. He shall also report by race and sex 
 the number of pupils of each race enrolled in all the 
 schools, their average attendance ; the average length of 
 terms of said schools, and the average salary, respectively, 
 
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 for the teachers of each race ; the number of school dis- 
 tricts for each race, and any new school districts laid out 
 during the year shall be specified in his report. He shall 
 also report the number of public school-houses and the 
 value of the public school property for each race ; the 
 number of Teachers' Institutes held ; the number of teach- 
 ers attending such institutes, together with such sugges- 
 tions as Toaaj occur to him promotive of the school interest 
 of the county. The County Superintendent of the [ifXnuo'reco''r"d 
 Schools shall record in his book an accurate copy of his J," h]| repori°'^^ 
 report to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 If any County Superintendent of Schools fails or refuses fupeVinr/nS*^ 
 to perform any of the duties required of him by this act cTui'i^sgu'hjecuo 
 
 ic I'fOTi removal from 
 
 he shall be subject to removal irom his oitice by tne office. 
 County Board of Education upon the complaint of the 
 State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 Note. — This report must be held by County Superintendent for 
 review by County Board of Education on first Monday of July. 
 ( See section 59 ) . A copy must be recorded by County Superin- 
 tendent. 
 
 Sec. 42. In case the County Superintendent shall have feiiu?rd*/com- 
 sufficient evidence at any time that any member of the dlsehargeVmciai 
 committee is not capable of discharging or is not dis- cause for 
 
 removal. 
 
 charging, the duties of his office, he shall bring the matter 
 
 to the attention of the County Board of Education, which 
 
 shall thoroughly investigate the charges and shall remove Procedure. 
 
 said committeeman and appoint a successor if sufficient 
 
 evidence shall be produced to warrant his removal and the 
 
 best interest of the schools demands it. 
 
 Note. — This is a delicate and often unpleasant duty, but the best 
 interest of the schools demands it. 
 
 Sec. 43. That it shall be the duty of the County Su- List of deaf, dumb 
 
 •^ "^ and blind 
 
 perintendent of Public Instruction to require of the children. 
 
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 To be furnished 
 Superintendent 
 of Deaf, Dumb 
 aud Blind 
 Institutions. 
 
 Blanks to contain 
 questions relative 
 thereto. 
 
 School Committee, in enumerating the number of school 
 children, to make a statement in the report of the number 
 of deaf, dumb and blind between the ages of six and 
 twenty-one j^'ears, desigTiating the race and sex, and the 
 address of the parent or guardian of said children ; and 
 the County Superintendents of Public Instruction are 
 hereby required to furnish such information to the prin- 
 cipals of the deaf, dumb and blind institutions, and 
 the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in preparing 
 blanks, as directed in The Code, sec. 3370, shall include 
 questions, answers to which will furnish the information 
 as aforesaid. 
 
 Note. — -Ample provision has been made by the State for the care 
 and education of all deaf, dumb and blind children, but the Super- 
 intendents of the State's schools for these unfortunates inform me 
 that many of these children are never enrolled in these schools be- 
 cause of inability to get information about them. County Superin- 
 tendents are urged to aid in the effort to get all these children into 
 school by insisting upon full, accurate reports of them as required 
 herein. 
 
 Connpensation of 
 County 
 
 Superintendent 
 of Schools. 
 
 Residence of 
 County 
 
 Superintendent. 
 Unlawful to 
 teach school. 
 
 Sec. 44. The compensation of the County Superinten- 
 dent of Schools shall be three dollars per diem, or the 
 Board of Education luay pay an annual compensation to 
 the County Superintendent not to exceed four per cent, of 
 the disbursements for the schools under his supervision : 
 Provided, however, that the County Board of Education 
 of any county whose total school fund exceeds fifteen 
 thousand dollars may employ a Ciounty Superintendent 
 for all of his time at such salary as ma}^ be fixed by said 
 Board : Provided, the County Superintendent of Iredell 
 county shall not receive over six hundred dollars per an- 
 num. Every County Superintendent shall reside in the 
 county of which he is Superintendent. It shall not be 
 lawful for any County Suj^erintendent to teach a school 
 while the public schools of his county are in session : 
 
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 Provided, the State Board of Education may, for good Proviso, 
 and sufficient reason, permit a Gountj Superintendent 
 to so teacli. 
 
 Note. — This section now allows many counties to pay such reason- 
 able compensation as will make it possible to employ competent 
 Superintendents for all their time. The experience of other States 
 and of those cities and towns and counties of our own State that 
 have most efficient systems of schools, proves the wisdom of a 
 reasonable expenditure for competent supervision. The County 
 Board of Education of every county, in which the school fund is 
 sufficient to permit it, is urged to employ for all his time the best 
 possible Superintendent. If the present Superintendent is compe- 
 tent, his hands should be untied by making his compensation suffi- 
 cient to enable him to give all his time and thought to his work. 
 If he is incompetent, a competent man should be found and em- 
 ployed for this work, in the county if possible, out of the county 
 and out of the State, if necessary. The law does not require that 
 the Superintendent shall reside in the county at the time of his 
 election. No work can succeed without a man at the head who 
 knows the work, loves it, and devotes himself entirely to it. Such 
 a man can be had for a living salary. 
 
 Sec. 45. The members of the County Board of Educa- oath of office, 
 tion, the School Committeemen and the County Superin- 
 tendent of Schools in each county shall, before entering 
 upon the duties of their office, take oath for the faithful 
 performance thereof. 
 
 Sec. 46. The County Treasurer of each county shall c°;?^°^'yjTr|«J'-er 
 receive and disburse all public school funds, and shall fJnds!^^ ^'^ 
 keep the same separate and distinct from all other funds, Je°pamte.^'*™^ 
 but before entering upon the duties of his office he shall 
 execute a justified Treasurer's bond, with security in an To execute bond, 
 amount to be fixed by the Board of County Commission- 
 ers in an amount not less than the moneys received by Amount, 
 him or by his predecessor during the previous year, con- conditions of 
 ditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as 
 treasurer of the county school fund, and for the payment 
 over to his successor in office of any balance of school 
 
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 Increase of bond. 
 
 Concerning 
 default of County 
 Commissioners. 
 
 Approval of 
 Treasurer's bond. 
 
 Action, by whom 
 brought. 
 
 Separate bond. 
 
 When orders 
 shall be valid, 
 voui'hers in 
 hands of 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Limit to amount 
 of order. 
 
 Restriction as to 
 endorsement of 
 teacher's order. 
 
 Order for building 
 and repairs not to 
 be paid till title 
 passed, registered 
 and deposited 
 with clerk. 
 
 Treasurer liable 
 on bond for suras 
 illegally paid. 
 
 moneys that may be in his hands unexpended, and the 
 County Board of Commissioners may, from time to time, 
 if necessary, require him to strengthen said bond, and in 
 default thereof the members of the County Board of Com- 
 missioners shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 47. The bond of the Treasurer of the county 
 school fund shall be approved by the Board of County 
 Commissioners, and they shall bring action for any breach 
 thereof, and on their failure to bring such action it may 
 be brought in the name of the State on the relation of any 
 tax-payer. The said bond shall be separate, not including 
 liabilities for other funds. 
 
 Sec. 48. All orders for the payment of teachers' sala- 
 ries, for building, repairs, school furnishings, or for the 
 payment of money for any purpose whatsoever, before it 
 shall be a valid voucher in the hand of the County Treas- 
 urer, shall be signed first by at least two members of the 
 committee, then by the County Superintendent. No order 
 shall be signed by the County Superintendent for more 
 money than is to the credit of that district for the fiscal 
 year, nor shall Superintendent of Schools endorse the 
 order of any teacher who does not produce a certificate 
 as required in section 22. The said treasurer shall not 
 pay any school money for building or repairing any school- 
 house unless the site on which it is located has been do- 
 nated to or purchased by the County Board of Education 
 and the deed for the same regularly executed and delivered 
 to said board and their successors in ofiice, probated, reg- 
 istered in the office of the Register of Deeds for the county 
 and delivered to the Clerk of the Court, to be by him safely 
 deposited with his valuable official papers, and surren- 
 dered to his successor in office, and for default he shall 
 be liable on his official bond for any sum thus illegally 
 paid. 
 
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 Sec. 49. It shall be tlie duty of the treasurer of the ?oTee"p''aocount°°' 
 county school fund to keep a hook in which he shall open show!'' "" **' ° 
 an account with each township in the county, showing the 
 amount apportioned to the various townships by the 
 Oounty Board of Education. He shall also open an ac- 
 count with each school district showin^r the amount appor- 
 tioned to the various school districts. He shall record the 
 ■date of all payments of school money in the name of the 
 person to whom paid and for what purpose and the seve- 
 ral amounts. He shall balance the amount of each town- ic"coun'ts'^^ 
 ship and district annually on the thirtieth of June of 
 each year, and shall report by letter or printed circular, ^"county ellaJd*' 
 within ten days thereafter, said balances to the County cSmmiuee. 
 Board of Education and to the School Committee. 
 
 Sec. 50. The treasurer of the county school fund shall Jequf^eT'lo^'pro" 
 when required by the County Board of Education pro- v<.u. hers, and 
 
 . . n n exhibit school 
 
 duce his books and vouchers for examination, and shall moneys at 
 
 ' settlements. 
 
 also exhibit all moneys due the public school fund of the 
 county at each settlement required by this act. 
 
 Sec. 51. The treasurer of the county school fund of to'"staw snperi''a°'^' 
 each county shall report to the State Superintendent of instnieti'on. 
 Public Instruction on the first Monday of August of each ^^'^^ ""^'^^• 
 year the entire amount of money received and disbursed contents. 
 by him during the preceding school year, designated by 
 items, the amounts received respectively from property 
 tax, poll tax, liquor licenses, fines, forfeitures, and penal- 
 ties, auctioneers, estrays, from State Treasurer and from 
 other sources. He shall also designate by item the sum 
 paid to teachers of each race respectively, for school- 
 houses, school sites in the several districts, and for all 
 other purposes specifically, and in detail, by item, and 
 on the same date he shall file a duplicate of said report in t^^bi's^ed wiTh "^ 
 the ofiice of the Cbunty Board of Education. He shall Educa^tion.*' 
 make such other reports as the County Board of Education ^"^ '^^^"^ ^' 
 of the county may require from time to time. 
 
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 accounrjf' Sec. 52. The treasurer of the county school fund shall 
 
 receipts. j^^^^ ^ ^^^-^ ^^ which shall be entered a full and detailed 
 
 account of all public school moneys received by him, the 
 
 name of each person paying him school money, the source 
 
 from which the same may have been derived, and the 
 
 JniyTrom^T.eH? ^atc of such payment. In his settlement with the Sheriff 
 
 offieer^'^*^° ^''""^ or Other collecting officer of public school funds the said 
 
 treasurer shall receive money only. 
 Misdemeanor for Sec. 53. Any treasurer of the county school fund fail- 
 
 Ireasurer to iHil "^ •/ 
 
 reqlufe'd'in^h'is ^^g ^o make rcports required of him at the time and in 
 the manner prescribed, or to perform any other duties re- 
 quired of him in this act shall be giiilty of a misdemeanor 
 
 Penalty. ^^^ -^^ fined not less than fifty dollars and not more than 
 
 two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty 
 days, nor more than six months, in the discretion of the 
 Court. 
 
 Sheriff to settle Sec. 54. The Sheriff of each county shall pay annually 
 
 school funds in _ J l J ^ 
 
 money with [f^ monev to tlic trcasurcr of the county school fund on or 
 
 Ireasurer on or •' "^ 
 
 I'n^eacii'^yeTr'"^'''^ ^ before the thirty-first day of December of each year, the 
 whole amount levied, less such sum or sums as may be 
 allowed on account of insolvents for the current year, by 
 both State and county, for school purposes, and on failing 
 
 ^li'Ji'',^.* to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less 
 
 misdemeanor. o J 
 
 Penalties. than two hundred dollars, and be liable to an action on 
 
 his official bond for his default in such sum as will cover 
 
 Action on bond, g-f^(.\^ default, said action to be brought to the next ensuing 
 
 how brought. ' o o 
 
 term of the Superior Court, and upon the relation of the 
 County Commissioners for and in behalf of the State. 
 
 Note. — The only sum deducted from the "whole amount levied by 
 both State and county for school purposes will be that allowed on 
 account of insolvents for the current year." 
 
 Sheriff to take Stlc. 55. The Sheriff or other collecting officer shall 
 
 from Treasurer '^ 
 
 receipts.^ take duplicate receipt of the treasurer of the county school 
 
 fund for such payment as he may make under this act, 
 
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 one copy of which shall be transmitted to the Auditor of J° "''^""^ , 
 
 ^ "^ transmitted. 
 
 the State and one to the chairman of the County Board of 
 Education, and upon his failure to do so he shall be guilty m^gdemeanor 
 of a misdemeanor and fined or imprisoned as in section 53 p®"^"^- 
 of this act. 
 
 Sec. 56. Whenever the Sheriff or other collecting offi- de^fgVa°ed^in 
 cer i^ays over money to the treasurer of the school fund he receiptsf^ ^"*^ 
 shall designate the items as indicated in section 51 of this 
 act, and these items shall be stated in the receipts given 
 by the treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 5Y. If the term of office of any treasurer shall ex- Tieasu°rfl''^ °^ 
 pire on the thirtieth day of November during any fiscal ^^p''*""- 
 school year, or if for any reason he shall hold office be- 
 yond the thirtieth day of November, and not for the whole 
 of the current fiscal school year, he shall, at the time he when he vacates 
 
 his office during 
 
 goes out of office, file with the County Board of Education fiscal school year, 
 
 t3 ' i/ to file report. 
 
 and with his successors a report, itemized, as required by 
 section 51 of this act, covering the receipts and disburse- 
 ments for that part of the fiscal school year from the thir- 
 tieth of June preceding to the time at which he turns over 
 the office to his successor, and his successor shall include -nXded^i'D hi^*" 
 in his report to the State Superintendent the receipts and ?eport.^°' * 
 disbursements for the current fiscal year. 
 
 Sec. 58. Each treasurer of the county school fund in Retiring Trea.s- 
 
 "^ urer to deposit 
 
 going out of office, shall deposit in the office of the Board ^°f b^'nks,'"'^' 
 
 of Education of his county his books, in which are kept 
 
 his school accounts, and all records and blanks pertaining 
 
 to his office. The treasurer of the county school fund when school 
 
 shall, on the last Saturday of each month, attend at his 
 
 office for the purpose of payiug scliool orders; but this 
 
 shall not be construed to prevent the payment of orders 
 
 at other times ; and he shall be allowed for compensation Compensation of 
 
 as treasurer of the school fund such sum as the Board of 
 
 Education may allow him, not to exceed two per centum 
 
 of his vouchers paid on orders of School Committees. 
 
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 Annual settle- 
 ment of school 
 business. 
 
 Examination 
 and forwarding 
 books of 
 Treasurer and 
 County 
 Superintendent. 
 
 Revised form of 
 blanks for tax 
 lists to be sent 
 out by Auditor. 
 
 Register of Deeds 
 to furnish County 
 Boards of Educa- 
 tion abstract of 
 tax lists. 
 What to show. 
 
 Other information. 
 
 Clerks of Courts 
 to furnish County 
 Boards statement 
 of fines, penalties 
 and forfeitures 
 going to school 
 fund, when. 
 
 Failure a 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Duties of teachers 
 in schools. 
 
 Sec. 59. On the first Monday of July, the County 
 Board of Education, County Superintendent of Schools 
 and Treasurer shall meet at the office of the board and 
 settle all the business of the preceding fiscal year. . The 
 board shall on that day examine the reports of Treasurer 
 and County Superintendent, and if found correct shall 
 direct them to be forwarded. 
 
 Sec. 60. The Auditor of the State shall include on the 
 form which he furnishes to the Board of County Commis- 
 sioners and on which the tax lists are to be made out, 
 separate columns for school poll tax and school property 
 tax, in one of which columns the total poll tax levied by 
 the General Assembly and the county authorities for 
 schools due by each tax-payer and in the other the total 
 property tax levied by the General Assembly on [and] the 
 county authorities for schools due oj each tax-payer. 
 
 Sec. 61. The Kegister of Deeds shall furnish to the 
 County Board of Education, as soon as the tax lists are 
 made out, an abstract of said lists, showing in separate 
 columns the total amount of poll tax borne on said lists, 
 and also the total amount of property tax borne on the 
 same, and shall furnish such otLer information from his 
 office as the County Board of Education may require. 
 
 Sec. 62. The Clerks of all Criminal, Superior and Mu- 
 nicipal Courts shall furnish to the County Board of Edu- 
 cation of the county on the first Monday of July and 
 January of each year a detailed statement of fines, for- 
 feitures and penalties which go to the school fund that 
 have been imposed, or which have accrued. Any Clerk 
 failing to comply with the duties herein prescribed shall 
 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, 
 be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the Court. 
 
 Sec. 63. It shall be the duty of all teachers of free 
 public schools to maintain good order and discipline in 
 their respective schools ; to encourage morality, industry 
 
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 and neatness in all of their pupils, and to teach thoroughly 
 
 all branches which they are required to teach. Pupils Dismissal of 
 
 '' -^ ^ pupils. 
 
 who wilfully and persistently violate the rules of the 
 school and any of immoral life and character shall be dis- 
 missed by the teacher. 
 
 Sec. 64. Every teacher or principal of a school to T®^"hers to keep 
 
 •-' c i. daily record. 
 
 which aid shall be given under this act shall keep a daily 
 
 record of the attendance of pupils. At the end of every Report of teacher 
 
 to County 
 
 term every principal or teacher of a public school shall superintendent. 
 
 •^ r 1. J. What to contain. 
 
 report to the County Superintendent of Schools the 
 length of term of school, the race for which it was taught, 
 the number, the sex, and average daily attendance of the 
 pupils, and the number of the district in which the school 
 is taught, the number of children on census blank not 
 attending any school this year, number of children under 
 seventeen years of age not attending any school ; state 
 some causes why they do not attend, how many families 
 having children of school age did not send any of their 
 children to school, how many families did ; state what per- 
 sonal effort you have made to get these children to attend 
 school ; number of children studying primary arithmetic, 
 number studying intermediate arithmetic, number study- 
 ing advanced arithmetic, number studying primary geog- 
 raphy, number studying intermediate geography, nmn- 
 ber studying language lessons, number studying element- 
 ary English grammar, number studying higher English 
 grammar, number studying elementary history of North 
 Carolina, nimiber studying advanced history of North 
 Carolina, number studying elementary history of United 
 States, number studying higher history of United States, 
 number studying elementary physiology and hygiene, 
 number studying advanced physiology and hygiene, num- 
 ber studying civil government, number studying Latin, 
 number studying algebra, number studying higher En"- 
 
 •^ ° ^ ' J fc> & & Teachers to file 
 
 lish. Teachers shall file with their registers at the end ^^[^°'^'^*''^"'^°^ 
 
Contents. 
 
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 of the school term an accurate record of the promotion, 
 advancement, and classification of every child attending 
 the school just closed. 
 
 Note. — The personal effort made by the teachers to secure accu- 
 rate information required will greatly facilitate his work in the 
 school and add to our fund of reliable statistics. The County Su- 
 perintendents should not approve the voucher of any teacher who 
 does not intelligently furnish this information. School Committee- 
 men should not approve teachers' orders for salary until the provis- 
 ions of this section have been strictly complied with. 
 
 ^bUeTc'hooi"''^^ ^^^- ^^- Every school to w^hich aid shall be given under 
 this act shall be a public school to which all children liv- 
 
 agi adm"it°ed'free.' ^"& within the district between the ages of six and twenty- 
 one years shall be admitted free of charge for tuition. The 
 
 Pay students. Committee may admit pay students over twenty-one years 
 of age. 
 
 Note. — No student under twenty-one years of age in any district 
 can be charged tuition for any branch of study in any school in that 
 district using the public school fund of the district. 
 
 snp°e'rmtendent ^'EC. 66. The principal or superintendent of every 
 
 wholly o/pa«iy ^ scliool Or institution of learning supported in whole or in 
 
 by public funds to , i t (• i i ii t m n 
 
 report to State part by public luuds shall report to the otate feuperm- 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
 tendent at such time and in such form as he may direct, 
 and shall also report to the County Superintendent in 
 which such scliool or institution of learning is situated. 
 Fiseai school year. Sec. 67. The fiscal school year shall begin on the first 
 day of July and close on the thirtieth of June next suc- 
 ceeding. 
 
 Note. — The school year begins on the first day of July. No 
 school shall be in session at close of fiscal year; i. e., the term 
 cannot embrace parts of two school years. 
 
 Sren°t''o°bi°''''' ^^^- ^^- ^^^ ^^^te children shall be taught in the pub- 
 
 Ichloil!" "^^''"'''^ lie schools provided for the white race, and all colored 
 
 children shall be taught in the public schools provided for 
 
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 the colored race ; but no child with negro blood in his 
 veins, however remote the strain, shall attend a school for 
 the white race ; and no such child shall be considered a 
 white child. 
 
 Sec. 69. It shall be unlawful for any County Board of Restriction on 
 
 purchase of school 
 
 Education or School Committee to buy school supplies in supplies, 
 which any member has a pecuniary interest. Nor shall On recommenda- 
 
 . • r 1 tion, etc., of school 
 
 any school officers or teachers receive any giit, emolument, supplies, 
 reward or promise of reward for influence in recommend- 
 ing or procuring the use of any school supplies for the 
 schools with which they are connected. Any person vio- ^i^'demeanor 
 lating the provisions of this act shall be removed from his To be removed 
 
 ~ ^ irom office. 
 
 position in the public service and shall, upon conviction, 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. to. The State Board of Education shall elect bien- ^tate Board of 
 
 Examiners and 
 
 nially a State Board of Examiners, which shall consist of o'f whom ^o''°*®'^- 
 three professional teachers and the State Superintendent 
 of Public Instruction, who shall be ex officio the chair- 
 man of said board. The said Board of Examiners shall Powers and 
 
 duties. 
 
 prepare a course of study for the colored normal schools, 
 elect teachers therein, fix all salaries and provide for Sum- 
 mer School of not less than two weeks' duration, which 
 all teachers in said Normal School shall be required to at- y^ft co^^e^d ^° 
 tend. One member of said Board of Examiners shall and'reporV"" 
 visit each of said Colored Normal Schools annually, in- 
 spect the work and report in writing to the State Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction, who shall have the reports Reports printed 
 
 ' -t^ and submitted to 
 
 printed and submitted to the General Assembly on or Ass^e^rLwy. 
 before January twentieth, 1905. Meetings of the State rfExamin°irs°'"''^ 
 Boards of Examiners shall be held at the call of the State ^^®° ^ • 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the members compensation, 
 shall receive no compensation other than traveling ex- 
 penses and board while attending upon their official du- 
 ties, an itemized statement of which shall be kept in the itemized state- 
 
 ' '- ment to be kept. 
 
 books of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
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 Power of Commis- 
 sioners of ineor- 
 pornted towns and 
 cities to order an 
 election on ques- 
 tion of special tax 
 for schools on peti- 
 tion of one-fourth 
 of freeholders. 
 When held. 
 
 Maximum amount 
 of tax. 
 
 Election, how 
 held. 
 
 Form of ballots 
 
 If authorized by 
 majority of 
 quiilifind voters, 
 tax to be levied 
 and collected. 
 
 Moneys so eol- 
 lei'ted, how 
 dispo.sed of. 
 
 Town or city to 
 comprise only 
 one school 
 district. 
 
 Apportionment 
 of moneys. 
 
 Sec. 71. In every incorporated city or town in which 
 there is not now levied a special tax for schools, upon a 
 petition signed by one-fourth of the freeholders therein^ 
 the Board of Aldermen or Town Commissioners of said 
 city or town shall, at the date of municipal or general elec- 
 tion next ensuing upon the presentation of said petition 
 order an election to be held to ascertain the will of the 
 people whether there shall be levied in such city or town 
 a special annual tax of not more than thirty cents on the 
 one hundred dollars valuation of property and ninety 
 cents on the poll to supplement the Public School Fund in 
 such city or town. Said election shall be held in the dif- 
 ferent election precincts or wards under the law governing 
 municipal or general elections in said cities or towns. At 
 said election those who are in favor of the levy and col- 
 lection of said tax shall vote a ticket on which shall be 
 printed or written the words "For Special Tax," and 
 those who are opposed shall vote a ticket on which shall 
 be printed or written the words ^'Against Special Tax." 
 In ease a majority of the qualified voters at said election 
 is in favor of said tax the same shall be annually levied 
 and collected in such town or city in the manner pre- 
 scribed for the levy and collection of other city taxes. All 
 moneys levied under the provisions of this section shall,, 
 upon collection, be placed to the credit of the Town School 
 Committee, composed of not less than five nor more than 
 seven members, appointed by the Board of Aldermen for 
 said city or town, and shall be, by said committee, ex- 
 pended exclusively ujx)n the public schools in said city or 
 town, and there shall be but one school district in the 
 said city or town in which there may be established one 
 or more schools for each race, and the School Committee 
 shall apportion the money among said schools in such 
 manner as in their judgment will equalize school facili- 
 ties. 
 
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 Sec. 72. Special school tax districts may be formed by Formation of 
 
 -'■ d J Special school tax 
 
 the County Board of Education in any county without re- <^'-*''^°'^^- 
 gard to township lines under the following conditions: 
 Upon a petition of one-fourth of the freeholders within the 
 proposed special school districts, endorsed by the County 
 Board of Education, the Board of County Commissioners, 
 after thirty days' notice at the court-house door and three Notice of election, 
 other public places in the proposed district, shall hold an Election, 
 election to ascertain the will of the people within the 
 proposed special school district whether there shall be 
 levied in said district a special annual tax of not more 
 than thirty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of ^'^°"'^* °f ''^^• 
 property and ninety cents on the poll to supplement the 
 Public School Fund, which may be apportioned to said 
 district by the County Board of Education in case such 
 special tax is voted. The Board of County Commission- 
 ers shall appoint a registrar and order a new registration 
 for said district and said election shall be held in the heid."°°' *'°'' 
 said district under the law governing general elections as 
 near as may be. At said election those who, are in favor 
 of the levy and collection of said tax shall vote a ticket on 
 which shall be printed or written the words, "For Spe- ^°''™ ^^ ^*"°*^^- 
 cial Tax," and those who are opposed shall vote a ticket on 
 which shall be printed or written the words, "Against Spe- 
 cial Tax." In case a majority of the qualified voters at qu^meci'voters 
 
 .... p . -. , ini favor tax, same to 
 
 said election is m lavor oi said tax the same shall be an- be levied and 
 
 collected. 
 
 nually levied and collected in the manner prescribed for 
 the levy and collection of other taxes. All money levied moneys sT '^^ 
 under the provisions of this act shall upon collection be °° ^'^ ® • 
 placed to the credit of the School Committee in said dis- 
 trict, which committee shall be appointed by the County 
 Board of Education ; and the said School Committee shall 
 apportion the money among the schools in said districts 
 in such manner as in their judgment shall equalize school 
 facilities. 
 
 School Law 4. 
 
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 Restrictions on 
 application of 
 this act. 
 
 Vacancies in 
 certain special 
 school districts, 
 how filled. 
 
 Where districts 
 comprise a town- 
 ship, regulations 
 relative thereto. 
 
 Section 47, chap- 
 ter 199, Laws 1899, 
 amended. 
 
 Board to publish 
 statement. 
 
 Conflicting laws 
 repealed. 
 
 Sec. 73. The provisions of this act shall not apply to 
 any township, city or town now levying a special tax for 
 schools and operating under special laws or charters, or to 
 schools operating under section 47, chapter 199, Laws of 
 1889, school districts in any city or town now operating 
 under section 47, chapter 199, Laws of 1889, are hereby 
 continued and all vacancies in the School Committee 
 therein shall be filled by the County Board of Education, 
 and if said districts comprise a township there shall not be 
 appointed township school committeemen for said town- 
 ship, and all apportionment shall be made directly to the 
 committee of said districts: Provided, however, that all 
 schools receiving any part of the public school fund shall 
 be required to make to the State Superintendent and 
 the County Superintendent such reports as these officers 
 shall demand, and as are made by other public schools 
 to them, and shall be under the general supervision of the 
 State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 Sec. 74. Section 47, chapter 199, Laws of 1889, is 
 hereby amended by striking out the words, ''By and with 
 the consent of the County Board of Education." 
 
 Sec. 75. The Board of Education of the several coun- 
 ties shall publish annually, on the thirty-first day of De- 
 cember, a financial statement in like manner as now re- 
 quired by law of Boards of County Commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 76. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict 
 with the provisions of this act shall be and the same is 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 77. This act shall be in force from and after its 
 ratification. 
 
 In the General Assemblv read three times and ratified 
 this 4th day of March, A. D. 1903. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 An act to provide for the establishment and enlargement of 
 libraries in the Public Schools of the rural districts. 
 
 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 
 
 SECTioisr 1. Whenever the patrons and friends of any eiubnlhed.^ 
 free public school shall raise by private subscription and 
 tender to the treasurer of the county school fund, for the 
 establishment of a library to be connected with the said 
 school, the sum of ten dollars, the County Board of Educa- 
 tion shall appropriate, from the money belonging to that 
 school district asking for the library, the sum of ten dol- 
 lars for this purpose and shall appoint one intelligent per- puwfc sThoois!'^^^ 
 son in the school district the manager of said library. 
 The County Board of Education shall also appoint one ^"^^pp*'*^*^'*- 
 competent person well versed in books to select books for 
 the libraries as may be established under the provisions of 
 this act from lists of books approved by the State Super- 
 intendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 Sec. 2. As soon as the County Board of Education of teuT'Iuo'nolify 
 
 1 Ti 1 T . ,. « -,. Secretary of state 
 
 any county shall have made an appropriation lor a li- Board of the estab- 
 
 1-1 ^^ 1 -I r\ oi • lishment of 
 
 brary m the manner prescribed, the County Superin- library. 
 
 tendent of Schools shall inform the secretary of the State 
 
 Board of Education of the fact, whereupon the said State state Board to 
 
 " ■•■ relund $10. 
 
 Board of Education shall remit to the treasurer of the 
 county school fund the sum of ten dollars for the purchase 
 of books. 
 
 Sec. 3. Within thirty days after the payment of the ^^^^^^"^ ^^ ^^^^''^ 
 money to the treasurer of the county school fund, the per- 
 son appointed to select the books shall submit the list of 
 books to be purchased and prices of same to the treasurer, 
 who shall order the books at once. The treasurer shall re- books"'^'' '"^ *'''*^*'" 
 «eive no compensation except his regular commission. The 
 
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 Book ease, how 
 furnshed. 
 
 Rules governing 
 use of books. 
 
 Exphange of local 
 libraries. 
 Provided: when 
 exchange to be 
 made. 
 
 Enlargement of 
 library, how 
 secured. 
 
 Money refunded 
 by State Board. 
 
 Appropriation for 
 this purpose. 
 
 Proviso: two-thirdi 
 for establishing 
 and one-third for 
 enlarging 
 libraries. 
 
 County Boards of Education shall furnish, at the expense 
 of the general county school fund, a neat book case with 
 lock and key to each library upon apjDlication of the 
 County Superintendent of Schools. 
 
 Sec. 4. The local manager of every library shall carry 
 out such rules and regulations for the proper use and pre- 
 servation of the books as may be enjoined by the State 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 Sec. 5. The local managers of two or more libraries 
 may by agreement exchange libraries: Provided, that no 
 exchange shall be made oftener than once in six months and 
 that no part of the expense of exchanging libraries shall be 
 borne by the public. 
 
 Sec. 6. Whenever the patrons and friends of any free 
 public school in which a library has been established under 
 the j)rovisions of chapter 662, Laws of 1901, shall raise by 
 private subscription and tender the treasurer of the county 
 school fund the sum of five dollars for the enlargement 
 of the library, the County Board of Education shall ap- 
 propriate from the money belonging to that school district 
 the sum of five dollars and the State Board of Education 
 shall remit to the treasurer of the county school fund the 
 sum of five dollars. The money thus collected and ap- 
 propriation shall be used for the enlargement of libraries 
 already established under the same rules and restrictions 
 as govern tlie establishment of new libraries. 
 
 Sec. 7. The sum $Y,500 of the appropriation for the 
 public schools of the State is hereby appropriated and set 
 apart to be expended by the State Board of Education 
 under the provisions of this act: Provided, that of this 
 amount a sum not exceeding $5,000 may be expended by 
 the State Board of Education in the establishment of new 
 libraries, and a sum not exceeding $2,500 may be ex- 
 pended by the State Board of Education in the enlarge- 
 ment of libraries already established. 
 
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 Sec. 8. Not more than six new libraries in any county dumber of new 
 
 •J 'J libraries 
 
 in addition to those already established shall be entitled to established, 
 the benefits of this act, and not more than six libraries 
 already established in any county shall be entitled to the 
 benefit of section six of this act. ISTo school district in ^^^^^f °^ **'^ *°* 
 any incorporated town with a population exceeding one 
 thousand persons shall receive any moneys under the pro- 
 visions of this act, nor shall any school district receive 
 the benefits of this act without the approval of the County 
 Board of Education. 
 
 Sec. 9. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with 
 the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby re- 
 pealed. 
 
 Sec. 10. This act shall be in force from and after 
 its ratification. 
 
 In the General Assembly read three times, and ratified 
 this 26th day of February, A. D. 1903. 
 
 state 
 be con- 
 
 LOAN FUND FOR SCHOOL-HOUSES. 
 
 An act to establish a State Literary Fund to be used as a loan 
 fund for building- Public School-houses. 
 
 TliG General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 
 
 Section 1. That all funds of the State heretofore de- f ®n^^s"o^ 
 rived from the sources enumerated in section 4, article pund^ iterary 
 9 of the State Constitution, and all funds that may be 
 hereafter so derived, together with any interest that may 
 accrue thereon, shall be a fund separate and distinct 
 from the other funds of the State, to be known as the 
 State Literary Fund. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the State Board of Education under such Loans from said 
 
 land for building 
 
 rules and regulations as it may deem advisable, not incon- school-houses. 
 sistent wdth the provisions of this act, may make loans 
 from such fund to the County Board of Education of 
 
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 Loans, how paya- 
 ble, and interest. 
 
 How evidenced. 
 
 Installments and 
 interest, when due. 
 
 Loans under this 
 act lien on 
 school fund. 
 
 Power of State 
 Treasurer upon 
 failure to pay any 
 installments. 
 
 any county for the building and improving of public 
 school-houses in such county. 
 
 Sec. 3. That loans made under the provisions of this 
 act shall be payable in ten installments and shall bear in- 
 terest at four per cent., payable annually, and shall be evi- 
 denced by the note of the County Board of Education, ex- 
 ecuted by the chairman and secretary thereof and de- 
 posited with the State Treasurer. The first installment of 
 such loan, together with the interest on the whole amount 
 then due, shall be paid by said County Board on the 10th 
 day of February after the 10th day of August subsequent 
 to the making of such loan, and the remaining install- 
 ments, together with the interest, shall be paid, one each 
 year, on the 10th day of February of each subsequent year 
 till all shall have been paid. 
 
 Sec. 4. That at the January meeting of the County 
 Board of Education before any installment shall be due 
 on the next 10th day of February, the said Cbunty Board 
 shall set apart out of the school funds an amount suflBcient 
 to pa}'' such installment and interest to be due and shall 
 issue its order upon the Treasurer of the County School 
 Fund therefor, who, prior to the 10th day of February, 
 shall pay over to the State Treasurer the amount then due. 
 And any amount loaned under the provisions of this act 
 shall be a lien upon the total school funds of such county 
 in whatsoever hands such fund may be, and upon failure to 
 pay any installment or interest or part of either when due, 
 the State Treasurer may deduct a sufficient amount for the 
 payment of the same out of any fund due any county 
 from any special State appropriation for public schools, 
 or he may bring action against the County Board of Edu- 
 cation of such county, any person or persons in whose pos- 
 session may be any part of the school funds of the county, 
 and the tax collector of such county. And, if the amount 
 of school fund then on hand be insufficient to pay in full 
 
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 the sum so due, then the said State Treasurer shall be 
 entitled to an order directing the Tax Collector of such 
 county to pay over to the State Treasury all moneys col- 
 lected for school purposes until such debt and interest shall 
 have been paid. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the County Board of Education, from Boa^dof Educl'^ 
 
 . . c ^ • ''^"^ '^ districts, 
 
 any sum borrowed under the provisions ol this act, may out of money so 
 
 •^ ^ 7 ^ borrowed. 
 
 make loans to any district in such county for the purpose 
 
 of building school-houses in such district, and the amount 
 
 so loaned to any district shall be payable in ten annual in- nfems.'' '° '°***' ' 
 
 stallments, with interest thereon at four per cent., payable 
 
 annually. At the January meeting of said County coiiecung^ 
 
 -r^ 1 • T n 1 1 I' 1 • 1 iDstallments. 
 
 Board, it shall deduct irom the apportionment made to 
 any district which has borrowed under the provisions of 
 this act, the installment and interest then due, and shall 
 continue to deduct such amount at each annual January 
 meeting until the whole amount shall have been paid, to- 
 gether with interest. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the sun. of one thousand dollars annually acTdUionai derk"^ 
 
 . r 1 • to Superintendent 
 
 shall be set aside and is hereby appropriated out oi this Public instruction, 
 fund for the employment of an additional clerk, to be ap- 
 pointed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
 tion, to aid in the proper execution of the provisions of 
 this bill and in the proper eiiecution of the provisions of 
 the bill making a special appropriation for a four months' 
 school term in every public school. 
 
 Sec. 7. The State Board of Education and its succes- Education 
 
 incorporated. 
 
 sors in office is hereby created a body politic and corporate 
 and by that name may receive bequests and gifts of every c*""?"^*'® powers, 
 description and have power to hold real and personal prop- 
 erty and be vested with all other powers conferred upon 
 corporations under the general law relating to corpora- 
 tions. 
 
 Sec. 8. ]S[o warrant for the Expenditure of any money for expenSures 
 
 -, ,. imi- 11 1 *i- under this act, 
 
 under this act shall be issued by the Auditor except upon how issued. 
 
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 the order of the State Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
 tion, with the approval of the State Board of Education. 
 ?epel\ed!^ '^^^ Sec. 9. This act shall be in force from and after its 
 
 . ratification, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict 
 with this act are hereby repealed. 
 
 In the General Assembly, read three times and ratified 
 this 9th day of March, A. D. 1903. 
 
 Note. — The rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of 
 Education for the direction of this fund will be printed soon and sent 
 to school officers. 
 
 An act to appropriate two hundred thousand dollars to the 
 Public Schools of North Carolina. 
 
 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 
 Sura of $100,000 Section 1. That the sum of one hundred thousand 
 
 annually appropri- 
 
 atedfoj public dollars ($100,000) be and the same is hereby appro- 
 distributed, priated, annually, out of the State Treasury for the bene- 
 fit of the public schools, to be distributed to the respective 
 counties of the State, ^Je^ capita as to school population, 
 on the first Monday in January of each year, using the 
 school census of the previous scholastic year as a basis of 
 apportionment. 
 Pub?i'i"Suction ^^^- 2- That the Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 on'the AuditoTfor shall jssuc Warrants upon the State Auditor for the 
 
 the amount due , , , . ^ ■, . 
 
 each county, to be amount duc cacfi couuty under section one oi this act, 
 
 credited to 
 
 general school said Warrants to be drawn in favor of the County Treas- 
 urer of each county, to be credited to the general public 
 school fund of the county. 
 
 ?TOvide*d™r ^^^- ^' "^^^^ *^® ^^™ °^ °^® hundred thousand dol- 
 
 tKmXifou; lars ($100,000), or so much, thereof as may be necessary, 
 
 months school -, i,i -ii •,! n , r 
 
 term. DC and the same is hereby appropriated, annually, out ol 
 
 the State Treasury for the purpose of bringing up to 
 the constitutional requirement for a four months' public 
 school term in each school district in the State, those pub- 
 
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 lie schools whose terms, after the distribution and appli- 
 cation of all other school funds, do not comply with said 
 requirement, to be distributed and applied in the manner 
 hereinafter set forth. The further provision of this act, 
 as hereinafter set out, shall apply only to the distribution 
 of the $100,000 appropriated under this section, and, in 
 the event that such sum shall be insufficient for the pur- 
 pose specified, then the said sum shall be apportioned by 
 the State Board of Education pro rata, or in such manner 
 as they may deem fair and equitable among the counties 
 applying for aid hereunder. 
 
 Sec. 4. That, at the January meetina; of each year, the County Boards of 
 
 ' J o J ' Education to 
 
 County Board of Education of each county shall report {"l^deafof Puwie' 
 to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction the i°^*™°"°°- 
 school districts in such county which cannot have a four 
 months' term, designating each by number and township, contents of report. 
 with a statement of funds available for school purposes 
 for each of such districts, funds obtained by special local 
 taxes and balances brought over from preceding fiscal 
 year, not to be included in such statement, the census and 
 monthly running expenses thereof, the number of pupils 
 enrolled, the average daily attendance, the salary paid to 
 teachers in such districts, and other and further facts in 
 regard thereto that may be required by the State Superin- 
 tendent. The County Board of Education shall likewise 
 report the school census of the entire county, the total school 
 funds available, the total apportionment made at said 
 January meeting and the total amount left unapportioned. 
 
 Sec. 5. The State Superintendent shall forthwith lay ||f^*f foTaylact?" 
 these facts before the State Board of Education, which Board, ^ete^ 
 shall thereupon, after full investigation, fix and determine Apportionment. 
 the amount which must necessarily be apportioned to each 
 district to enable it to have a four months' term : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, that in fixing such amount no consideration shall be 
 had of any funds available by reason of special local 
 
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 statement of 
 apportionment 
 to be filed with 
 Auditor. 
 
 Duty of Auditor. 
 
 Schools of less 
 than sixty-five 
 pupils. 
 
 Duty of county 
 oflScers before 
 appropriation 
 is made. 
 
 taxes, and any rural district having funds raised by such 
 local tax shall be entitled to the same appropriation under 
 this act as if there had been no such funds. 
 
 Sec. 6. That, when such apportionment shall have 
 been so made, itemized statement thereof shall be filed with 
 the State Auditor, who shall thereafter, upon the warrant 
 of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, issue 
 his warrant upon the State Treasurer, payable to the 
 County Treasurer of each of the respective counties in the 
 sum shown by said itemized statement to have been ap- 
 propriated to such county. The amount designated as 
 having been apportioned to each district shall be usable 
 by that district only, and only for the specific purpose of 
 providing a four months' school term. 
 
 Sec. Y. That no school with a school census of less than 
 sixty-five shall receive any benefit under this act, unless the 
 formation and continuance of such district shall have been 
 for good and sufiicient reasons, to-wit, sparsely populated 
 or peculiar geographical conditions, such as intervening 
 streams, swamps or mountains, said reasons to be set forth 
 in an affidavit by the chairman of the County Board of 
 Education and the County Superintendent of Schools, and 
 to be approved by the State Superintendent of Public In- 
 struction. 
 
 Sec. 8. No appropriation shall be made to any county 
 unless the County Superintendent of Schools, the chair- 
 man of the Board of County Commissioners and the Clerk 
 of the Superior Court shall make affidavit to the effect that 
 all fines, penalties, forfeitures and other money properly 
 belonging to the school fund have been so applied and that 
 the constitutional limit of taxation has been reached in 
 said county, and any officer who shall fail to perform the 
 duties herein required, or who shall knowingly make any 
 misrepresentation of any facts in any report required by 
 this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
 
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 viction thereof shall be removed from office and may be 
 fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the Court. 
 
 Sec. 9. That in calculating the necessary monthly ex- te^achlrs*!! dis- 
 penses of districts applying for aid under this act not more ioviid^^ ^"^^ 
 than the average monthly salary paid white teachers in the 
 State for the preceding year shall be allowed each white 
 teacher, and not more than the average monthly salary 
 paid colored teachers in this State for the preceding year 
 shall be allowed each colored teacher, and no second grade 
 teacher of either race shall be allowed more than the salary 
 paid second grade teachers of that race in that county. 
 And to any school having more than one teacher only the 
 said average salary shall be allowed for every thirty-five 
 pupils enrolled therein. 
 
 Sec. 10. ISTo appropriation shall be made to any county fcli'^oorfuld"^ 
 
 I'll IT j.'ii*j.ij21 allowed to be set 
 
 wherein has been expended or set aside during the nscal aside for building 
 year for the purpose of building school-houses a percentage 
 of the total school fund of such county greater than the 
 following: In counties with a total school fund of five 
 thousand dollars, or less, not to exceed twenty per cent, 
 thereof; in counties with a total school fund of over five 
 thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars, 
 not to exceed sixteen per cent, thereof ; in counties with a 
 total school fund of over ten thousand and not more than 
 twenty-five thousand dollars, not to exceed ten per cent, 
 thereof ; in counties with a total school fund of over twenty- 
 five thousand dollars not to exceed seven and one-half per 
 cent, thereof : nor shall any appropriation be made under No appropriation 
 
 ' ./ i i J. unless School 
 
 this act to any county, if it appear that the requirements of ^?'t^°°'"'^'^^'^ 
 the school law in regard to the apportionment of funds to 
 the various districts have not been complied with in all re- 
 spects. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the State Superintendent of Public In- li^^t ^ayTo^or"' 
 struction is authorized to go or to send his clerk to any county, e"! 
 county where necessary for the execution of this act cre- 
 ating a permanent loan fund for building public school- 
 
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 Payment of 
 expenses. 
 
 Annual report of 
 State Superin- 
 tendent. 
 
 Conflicting laws 
 repealed. 
 
 This act in force, 
 wlien. 
 
 houses, and the traveling expenses of the Superintendent 
 or his clerk shall he paid upon itemized account therefor, 
 approved by the State Board of Education. 
 
 Sec. 12. That the State Superintendent of Public In- 
 struction shall include in his annual report a full showing 
 of everything done under the provisions of this act. 
 
 Sec. 13. That chapter 63Y of the Public Laws of 1899 
 and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the 
 provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 14. That this act shall be in full force from and 
 after the thirtieth day of June, 1903. 
 
 In the General Assembly read three times and ratified 
 this 9th day of March, 1903. 
 
 AMENDMENTS TO TEXT-BOOK LAW. 
 
 An act to amend chapter 1 of the Public Laws of 1901, relating 
 to the establishment of a Text-book Commission. 
 
 The General Assembly do enact: 
 Section 13, chapter Section 1. That scctiou 13 of chapter 1 of the Public 
 
 1, Public Laws 1901, ■■- 
 
 amended. Laws of 1901 be and the same is hereby amended by 
 
 striking out all after the word "State" in line two and all 
 in line three thereof, down to the word "for," and insert- 
 ing in lieu thereof the following: "ISTot less than one and as 
 many more agencies as the Text-book Commission, upon 
 recommendation of the County Board of Education, shall 
 order, to be located at such points as said County Board 
 may recommend." 
 
 ameiXd^ ^""'^ ^^^- ^- ^^^^ scction 13 of said chapter 1 of the Public 
 Laws of 1901 be and the same is hereby further amended 
 by inserting after the word "advance" in line fourteen the 
 
 Contractors to iseep following: "Evory contractor shall be required to keep on 
 
 ample supply of o ./ i i 
 
 ^'^'^^^- hand at all times at every established agency in every 
 
 county an ample supply of books to meet all demands of 
 
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 patrons and purchasers, and npon failure to do so or upon ^g^^lj*^' '^'*''''' '*^ 
 
 failure to establish agencies when ordered to do this bj 
 
 the Commission, as directed herein, said contractor shall 
 
 be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each and 
 
 every failure to comply with the provisions of this section, 
 
 to be sued for by the Attorney-General in the name of the 
 
 State in the Superior Cburt of the county of Wake for the 
 
 benefit of the school fund of the county injured by such 
 
 failure, and if any contractor against whom judgment pen^tyYorfeH 
 
 shall be obtained for said penalty shall fail to pay the ''°"*^''^°'^- 
 
 same within thirty days of the docketing thereof, he shall 
 
 forfeit his said contract and the Text-book Commission 
 
 shall so declare, and shall thereupon proceed to make a 
 
 new contract for books with some other contractor : Pro- , 
 
 vided, however, that the County Superintendent shall no- Proviso. 
 
 tify the contractors annually of the date of opening of the 
 
 public schools at least thirty days before they open. 
 
 Sec. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its 
 ratification. 
 
 In the General Assembly read three times and ratified 
 this 9th day of March, 1903. 
 
SUGGESTED BLANK FOR 
 TEACHER'S WEEKLY REPORT TO COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. 
 
 District No Race. 
 
 Township. 
 
 No. Children on Census Roll 
 
 Attendance fob Week Ending 190 . 
 
 Monday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Average for week 
 
 Where are those not in attendance, and what personal effort have you made 
 to get them to attend? 
 
 Give date of closing as soon as known. 
 
 , Teacher. 
 
 FORM OF TEACHER'S CONTRACT. 
 
 .County, North Carolina. 
 
 Articles of an Agreement entered into and concluded between M , 
 
 Public School-teacher, holding a grade certificate, and , the 
 
 Public School Committee of District No , Race, 
 
 Township, 
 
 WITNESSETH : That said teacher, , agrees to teach a Public School 
 
 in said District at a salary of $ per month, and that will faithfully 
 
 discharge the duties assigned by the School Law. 
 
 In consideration of which said Committee promises to pay the said 
 
 out of the money in said District for school purposes, $ for each month 
 
 the said shall teach, provided that this monthly salary does not 
 
 exceed the maximum salary fixed by the County Board of Education for said 
 school. / 
 
 Sealed, signed and delivered in the presence of 
 
 This day of , 190.. 
 
 . , Teacher. 
 
 . , Chairman. 
 . , Secretary. 
 
 The following entry should be made in the Record Book of School Committee: 
 
 At a meeting of the Public School Committee of District No , 
 
 Township, County of , on day of , 190. ., after due 
 
 notice as required by section 20 of School Law, M was duly elected 
 
 to teach the Public School in said District at a salary of $ per month, the 
 
 school to commence on day of , and continue for term of 
 
 months. 
 
INDEX TO SCHOOL LAW. 
 
 A. 
 
 SECTION. 
 
 Action on Sheriffs' bonds, how brought 54 
 
 Amount of contracts for teachers' salaries restricted 34 
 
 Amount of fines, etc., shall be reported to State Superintendent 5 
 
 Annual settlement of school business, first Monday of July 59 
 
 Appeals — 
 
 From decisions of County Boards to condemn land 31 
 
 From decisions of County Boards affecting one's character or right 
 
 to teach 15 
 
 From School Committees 18 
 
 Affecting County Superintendent 10 
 
 Apportionment — 
 
 Made on basis of population 1 
 
 Of school funds, when and how made 24 
 
 Semi-annual 25 
 
 Appropriations for Teachers' Institutes 26 
 
 Auditor — 
 
 To send out revised forms of blanks for tax list 60 
 
 To keep separate accounts of school funds 1 
 
 B. 
 
 Boundaries of school districts 29 
 
 C. 
 County Boards of Education — 
 
 How elected 12 
 
 When to enter upon duties 12 
 
 How to fill vacancies 12 
 
 Term of office 12 
 
 To estimate amount necessary to run school four months 6 
 
 Corporate body 13 
 
 Duties and powers 13 
 
 General duties 14 
 
 Shall control and direct the building of school-houses 13 
 
 To make needful rules for governing school 13 
 
 To obey instructions of State Superintendent and his construction 
 
 of school law 8 
 
 To fix time for opening and closing public schools 13 
 
 Powers over teachers and applicants 15 
 
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 SECTION. 
 
 County Boards of Education — 
 
 Chairman of, to report election of County Superintendent to State 
 
 Superintendent 16 
 
 To appoint school committeemen 17 
 
 Compensation of 27 
 
 Time of " regular meetings 27 
 
 To examine books, vouchers and accounts of treasurers 27 
 
 Power to punish for contempt 28 
 
 Power to receive gifts, dispose of property, etc 30 
 
 May receive suitable sites by donation or purchase 31 
 
 Power to condemn sites and report to Clerk of Court. 31 
 
 To provide office for County Superintendent 36 
 
 Authority to remove County Superintendent 10, 41 
 
 To apportion school fund 24 
 
 To make appropriation for Teachers' Institutes 26 
 
 To divide townships into school districts 29 
 
 To form' school districts out of portions of contiguous townships 
 
 and counties 29 
 
 To administer oaths 16 
 
 To take oath to perform duties 45 
 
 To fix maximum salary for each school 24 
 
 May reserve a fund for building and repairing school-houses 24 
 
 May reserve a fund to increase schools to four months 24 
 
 Shall have authority to close any school for lack of attendance 24 
 
 To elect County Superintendent 16 
 
 Committeemen — 
 
 How appointed 17 
 
 How removed 42 
 
 Compensation to township committeemen 17 
 
 To furnish school census report 20 
 
 Compensation for making census 20 
 
 To organize and record proceedings, etc 18 
 
 To care for school property 19 
 
 To keep permanent record of expenditures, etc 21 to 35 
 
 Authority to purchase supplies and make repairs 21 
 
 Restrictions on giving orders 34 
 
 Power to employ and dismiss teachers 22 
 
 Power to give orders for teachers' salaries 23 
 
 Power to close schools, when 23 
 
 Power to require weekly or monthly reports from teacher 23 
 
 May contract with principal of private school 33 
 
 To give notice of election of teachers 20 
 
 Township committees may appoint one man to look after prop- 
 erty, etc 17 
 
 County Superintendent ex officio secretary of the board 36 
 
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 SECTION. 
 
 County Superintendent — 
 
 How and when elected 16 
 
 Qualifications and term of office 16 
 
 Furnish blanks for committeemen 20 
 
 Authority over teachers of private schools where public funds are used, 33 
 Authority to require reports from all schools receiving any of the 
 
 public money 73 
 
 To administer oaths 16 
 
 To take oath to perform duties 45 
 
 To issue notices and orders of County Boards 36 
 
 To record school statistics 36 
 
 To look after forfeitures, fines and penalties 36 
 
 To examine teachers 37 
 
 To hold teachers' meeting in each township 38 
 
 To advise with teachers 39 
 
 To distribute school registers, blanks, etc 40 
 
 To make annual report to State Superintendent, when 41 
 
 To keep copy of report to State Superintendent 41 
 
 To furnish list of dumb and blind children 43 
 
 To sign vouchers, orders, etc 48 
 
 When to renew second grade certificates 37 
 
 Power to suspend teachers, how 39 
 
 Required to visit schools 39 
 
 Compensation 44 
 
 Residence 44 
 
 Unlawful to teach school 44 
 
 County Commissioners — • 
 
 To approve treasurers' bonds 47 
 
 To order special tax election 72 
 
 To bring action against defaulting Sheriff 54 
 
 Clerks of Court — 
 
 To furnish County Boards statement of fines, forfeitures, etc 62 
 
 To record and keep deeds 32 
 
 Certificates, grades, etc 37 
 
 D. 
 
 Deeds. (See Clerk of Court). 
 
 Districts, how formed, etc 29 
 
 Minimum number of children in 29 
 
 Distance between schools 29 
 
 E. 
 
 Examinations, place for 37 
 
 F. 
 
 Fiscal school year 67 
 
 Funds, how and where expended 6 
 
Q6 
 
 SECTION. 
 
 Funds — 
 
 How apportioned to equalize school term 24 
 
 How and when returned for re-apportionment 23, 24 
 
 For school-houses 13, 24 
 
 Restrictions in use of 34 
 
 G. 
 
 Grades. (See Certificates). 
 
 When to renew second grade certificates 37 
 
 Restrictions as to third grade certificates 22 
 
 H. 
 
 Houses, report of number and value 20 
 
 By whom built and repaired 13 
 
 Sites for school-houses 21 
 
 I. 
 
 Institutes, by whom conducted 26 
 
 M. 
 
 Misdemeanor to disturb school or injure school property 28 
 
 O. 
 
 Oaths of members of County Boards, Committeemen and Superintendents. . . 45 
 
 Orders — 
 
 For teachers' salaries 48 
 
 For buildings and repairs 48 
 
 On treasurer, when valid 23 
 
 P. 
 
 Pay students 65 
 
 Proceeds from swamp lands, grants, etc 4 
 
 Proceeds from estrays, fines, penalties, forfeitures, liquor license, auction- 
 eers, etc 5 
 
 R. 
 
 Right of Superior Court to review actions of County Boards 15 
 
 Register of Deeds, duties 61 
 
 Right of children to attend school 68 
 
 S. 
 
 State Board of Education, duties and powers 1, 2, 16, 44, 70 
 
 State Superintendent of Public Instruction, duties, etc 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 26 
 
 Special school tax 71 
 
 School, public, defined 65 
 
 Funds paid into State Treasury, how held and paid out 3 
 
 Month defined 22 
 
 Year defined 67 
 
 LofC. 
 
67 
 
 SECTION. 
 
 School- 
 Term to be continuous 22 
 
 District, how formed 29 
 
 Branches to be taught 37 
 
 Sheriffs — 
 
 To serve subpoenas 15 
 
 To settle with County Treasurer 54 
 
 To transmit copy of receipts to State Auditor and to County Board 
 
 of Education 55 
 
 To itemize receipts according to section 51 56 
 
 State Board of Examiners 70 
 
 Solicitors, duties as to penalties : 5 
 
 ■* 
 T. 
 
 Tax, on what levied and how collected 6 
 
 Teachers, how employed 20 
 
 How dismissed 22 
 
 How and when examined 37 
 
 To exhibit statement to committees 20 
 
 Required to attend institutes or summer schools 26 
 
 To pay fee for private examination 37 
 
 To keep daily record and file record 64 
 
 Duties in school 63 
 
 To make weekly or monthly reports 23 
 
 When examined 37 
 
 Authority to dismiss pupils 63 
 
 Report to County Superintendent at end of term 64 
 
 Town Commissioners authorized to order election for schools 71 
 
 Treasurer — 
 
 To be notified of apportionment 24 
 
 To receive and disburse county school funds ^ 46 
 
 To execute bond, liable for funds illegally paid 48 
 
 To keep books showing amount apportioned each township and dis- 
 trict ; to balance accounts annually 49 
 
 To produce books, vouchers and exhibit school money 50 
 
 To report to State Superintendent first Monday in August 51 
 
 To receive money only from Sheriff or collecting officer 52 
 
 To be guilty of misdemeanor for failure to perform any duty required 
 
 in this act 53 
 
 To file report when term of office expires 57 
 
 To deposit books, blanks, etc., in office of County Board 58 
 
 To attend his office last Saturday of each month 58 
 
 Compensation 58 
 
 V. 
 
 Vouchers, when valid 48 
 
JUL 22 1904