tors may pay State State Treas Creation of State Depositories. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Tax Collec- nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to prevent Tax Collectors from paying State funds directly into the State Treasury funds into And it shall not be lawful for the State Treasurer to deposit such funds in any bank or other depository except those established under this Act, and he shall, by check or other proper means, draw from said depositories such amounts only, and at such times only, as the necessities of his department may require. ury. This Act SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing contained in this Act shall be held, taken or construed as affecting, altering or changing the provisions of existing laws as to State Treas the bond of the State Treasurer. not to affect bond of urer. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 16, 1879. Establishing Military and Agricultural College. TITLE VIII. EDUCATIONAL. ACTS. Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College. Teachers of Public Schools to report to School Commissioners. State Normal School. Adding four Trustees to the State University. Local Board for Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College. Failure to put schools in operation.-Effects of. Branches of State University at Cuthbert and Thomasville. ESTABLISHING MIDDLE GEORGIA MILITARY AND AGRICUL TURAL COLLEGE. No. 257. An Act to establish the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College and to commit and lend the State House and Square, the Executive Mansion and premises, and the Penitentiary Square and appurtenances, at Milledgeville, to the State University for that purpose. buildings in ville loaned University. organize SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That Public the State House and Square, the Executive Mansion and Milledgepremises, and the Penitentiary Square and appurtenances, at to Trustees Milledgeville, are hereby committed and loaned to the Trustees of of State the University of Georgia for the purposes hereinafter stated. SEC. II. Said Trustees shall, without needless delay, organize a Trustees to college on the above named property or part thereof, which shall Military and be styled the "Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College," Agricultural and shall be a department of the University of Georgia, and the said Trustees shall have power to receive donations and make purchases, prescribe rules and regulations, and to do whatever else is necessary and proper for the successful establishment and administration of said college. SEC. III. Tuition in said College shall be free to all white males College. Establishing Military and Agricultural College-Teachers of Public Schools to Report to School Commissioners. except ma Tuition free and females, provided, a matriculation and library fee, not exceed triculation ing ten dollars per annum, may be exacted, and grades of scholarfee not ex ship may be prescribed by the faculty under the direction of the ceeding $10 Trustees as conditions of admission. per annum. SEC. IV. The course of instruction, in addition to military trainCourse of ing, shall be especially directed (1) to preparation for the higher instruction. classes at Athens, (2) for the business of practical farm life and Certificate mining, and (3) for the profession of teaching. A certificate of from Facul- proficiency, granted by the faculty, shall be sufficient license to to teach. teach in the State schools. ty a license Donation may be SEC. V. The city of Mill dgeville is hereby authorized to make to said College a donation of land, or in lieu thereof, an annual said College cash endowment. made to by City of Milledgeville. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 14, 1879. schools reports. TEACHERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO REPORT TO SCHOOL COM MISSIONERS. No. 255. An Act to amend section 24 of an Act establishing a Public School SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met. That section 24 of an Act establishing a Public School System for this State, approved August 23, 1873, be amended by inserting between the words "white" and "the," in the sixth line of said section, the words, "together with the names thereof and the entire and;" also between the words "prepared " and "and." in the eleventh line of said section, the words, "and sworn to;" so that said section 24 shall read : "Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the teachers Teachers of to make and file with the County Commissioner, at the expiration public of each term of school, a full and complete report of the whole semi-mal number of scholars admitted to the schol during said term, distinguishing between males and females, and colored and white, together with the names thereof, and the entire and the average attendance, the branches taught, the number of pupils engaged in the study of each of the said branches, and such other statistics as he or she may be required to report by the County Commissioner, or by the State School Commissioner; and until such report shall be sworn to have been prepared, sworn to and filed by said teacher as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for said County Commissioner to audit the account of said teacher for his or her services." Reports to and filed prior to auditing accounts. Teachers of Public Schools to Report to School Commissioners-State Normal College. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 14, 1879. STATE NORMAL COLLEGE. No. 260. An Act to enlarge the facilities for education furnished by the University of Georgia by creating a new school to be a part thereof, and to be known as the Georgia State Normal College. mal School, for- $6,000. State Uni versity. "State Board tion as to Schools. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of State NorGeorgia, That the sum of six thousand dollars, to be paid annually, annual apis hereby appropriated for the support of a school which shall be propriation known as the Georgia State Normal College, and which shall con- Branch of stitute one of the schools of the University of Georgia. SEC. II. The State Board of Education, consisting of the Gov- Rights and ernor, the State School Commissioner, the Comptroller-General, powers of the Attorney-General, and the Secretary of State shall constitute of Educa the Board of Trustees of the State Normal College. They shall Normal be empowered to prescribe the course of study to be pursued in said College, to adopt rules for the conduct and government of the institution, to elect a President and the necessary professors and teachers, to authorize the conferring of degrees and to do such other acts as are commonly done by similar Boards. The acts authorized herein to be done by the said Board of Trustees, shall be Acts of subject to revision by the Board of Trustees of the University of State Board Georgia, and shall not be considered as of permanent force until revision and approved by that Board. In order to the carrying of the provision Trustees of into effect, the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Normal College shall keep a full minute of the acts of that Board, from Board of time to time, in a book provided for that purpose; and, at each Normal annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University, this Duties of. record book of the subordinate Board shall be placed before them for examination and approval; and the acts of the subordinate Board of Board shall not be considered complete and valid until the Secreta- State Uniry of the superior Board, by order of his Board, has entered on Duties of. the book of the subordinate Board a certificate of approval. subject to approval by University. Secretary of School Secretary of Trustees of versity buildings SEC. III. Any municipal or other corporation in the State of Tender of Georgia, or any body of citizens is hereby authorized to tender the an necessary buildings and grounds for the use of the State Normal grounds. College. The Board of Trustees of the Normal College, together with the General Agent of the Trustees of the Peabody Fund, are hereby empowered to decide among these tenders as to which shall be accepted, and this act of theirs shall Who shall decide location. Decision State Normal College. In not be subject to revision by the Trustees of the University. making the choice from among the different tenders, regard shall be had to the value of the property tendered, its adaptability to to revision the object contemplated, healthfulness, convenience and accessibility of location, and any other circumstance which would render the acceptance of one tender more desirable than that of another. SEC. IV. The sole object contemplated in the establishing of this Objects of College is the thorough preparation of the white youth of the said Normal State, male and female, for the profession of teaching. by Trustees of University. College versity siding off SEC. V. The Chancellor of the University of Georgia shall be Chancellor the chief presiding officer of the State Normal College; shall act as the general agent of the subordinate Board in conferring degrees; shall preside on commencement occasions, and exercise a general supervision over the institution; but in case of his inability to perform any of these acts, he may be temporarily substituted by the President of the College, or such other officers as may be named by the subordinate Board. chief pre cer of Nor mal College. His duties defined. Normal SEC. VI. All property, real or personal, given to the State Property of Normal College or acquired in any other way, shall be held by College the Board of Trustees of the University, and to that Board shall vested in all titles of property intended for the benefit of that College, be Board, etc. made, and in said Board shall rest all proprietary rights whatsoever appertaining to the College. University Tuition free to what students. Act shall be operative. SEC. VII. Tuition shall forever be free in this College to all students coming from any county in the State of Georgia who shall declare it their purpose to pursue the profession of teaching, and to appointees from other States selected by the authority of the Trustees of the Peabody Fund. SEC. VIII. This Act shall not go into operation until the TrusWhen this tees of the Peabody Fund shall have bound themselves to donate, for use of the College, the sum of six thousand dollars per annum, and until the tender of the necessary building and grounds has been made and accepted as contemplated in the third section of this Act, and until the removal of the Nashville Normal College from Nashville, Tennessee, to this State. SEC. IX. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved October 14, 1879, |