thence Southwest, in direct line, to the steam mill of G. & D. Carmichael; thence South, in direct line, to a point directly West of the residence of Alfred Harrelson and distant one-fourth mile from said residence; thence East, in direct line, to the site of Old Sand Ridge School House; thence on, in direct line, to the brick yard on Gaddy and Nichols's public highway; from this point North, in direct line, to the residence of Joshua Byrd, on State line; and from thence West, in direct line, back to the beginning point, be, and is hereby, constituted a new school district, to be known as Union High School District. A. D. 1892. Creation and name. tees. SEC. 2. That R. H. Rodgers, A. B. Carmichael, J. R. Oliver, Board of TrusAlfred Harrelson, B. F. Edwards, and their successors, to be elected by the stockholders of the Union High School District, and thereupon appointed by the Superintendent of Education, be, and the same are hereby, constituted a Board of Trustees for said school district. SEC. 3. That the said Board of Trustees shall have the follow- Powers of Board ing powers and duties: 1st. To discharge the duties of School Trustees, and to have all the powers, privileges, rights and liabilities now possessed by and pertaining to School Trustees. 2d. To determine the studies and class books to be used in the schools Studies. Teachers. of said school district. 3d. To elect and dismiss the teacher, to fix their salaries, to prescribe their duties and term of office, and to make rules for the government of the schools. 4th. To make an annual report of the schools in this district to the Superin- Annual Report. tendent of Education on or before the first Monday in October in each year, to be forwarded through the office of School Commissioner of Marion County. 5th. To take in charge and Property. keep in order all buildings and other property belonging to or used for carrying on the schools of the district herein created. SEC. 4. That the Board of Trustees shall elect from its members a Chairman, and also a Secretary and Treasurer. SEC. 5. That the Chairman shall call meetings of the Board whenever, in his judgment, it is necessary, or whenever three (3) members of the Board shall in writing request him to do so. SEC. 6. That the School Commissioner of Marion County shall have jurisdiction only over the schools and educational interests of his County not comprised within the corporate limits of the said new school district hereby created under the name of the Union High School District. SEC. 7. That said school district is also hereby authorized and empowered to levy on all real and personal property returned in Officers. Meetings of Board. Jurisdiction of sioner excluded. School Commis tax. Local school A. D. 1892. ing of tax-paying voters. ing. said school district a local tax not exceeding three (3) mills on the dollar in any one year, to supplement the general tax for the support of schools, by the persons and in the mode following, to Annual meet wit: The said Board of Trustees, if they deem it expedient, shall, on or before the 31st day of January, 1893, and on or before the same day in each succeeding year, call a meeting in said school district of all the freeholders living in above named school district and returning real or personal property therein: Provided, Notice of meet- That public notice of said meetings specifying the time, place and object shall be given at least ten (10) days before said meeting, by posting the same in three conspicuous places in the said school district. The persons answering the above designations, Powers of when thus assembled, shall appoint a Chairman, and also a Secretary, adjourn from time to time, and decide what additional Tax and its tax, if any, shall be levied. No tax thus levied shall be repealed at a subsequent meeting in the same fiscal year. The Chairman Notification, of said meeting shall within one week thereafter notify the collection of tax Chairman of said Board of Trustees and the County Auditor of Marion County, respectively, of the amount of the tax thus assessed and levied, and the County Auditor shall at once enter on his books such tax so assessed and levied as aforesaid on all real and personal property returned in said school district, and the County Treasurer of said County shall collect such tax with the other taxes for the same year, and said tax shall be liable to like process and penalties as are State and County taxes. meeting. repeal. assessment and Disbursement of school funds. Bond of Treasurer. Payments. Survey. Expense. Repealing clause. Public Act. SEC. 8. The County Treasurer of the County of Marion shall hold all moneys arising from the Constitutional school tax and poll tax to which said school district may be entitled under the general provisions of the law, or under the provisions of this Act, subject to the warrant of the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of said school district. SEC. 9. All moneys received by the County Treasurer from the local tax herein shall be protected by the official bond of said Treasurer, and shall be paid out only on the warrant of the said Treasurer countersigned by the Chairman of the said Board of Trustees of said school district. SEC. 10. The Board of Trustees shall have said school district surveyed and pay the expenses of such survey out of the funds belonging to said district. SEC. 11. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SEC. 12. This Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall take effect and be of full force immediately after the date of its approval. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. A. D. 1892. When to take effect. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION FOR INTENDANT AND No. 218. WARDENS IN THE TOWN OF LITTLE ROCK, IN MARION COUNTY, AND TO REDUCE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID TOWN. Whereas the town of Little Rock, in Marion County, though Preamble. duly incorporated by an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Little Rock, in Marion County," approved December 19th, A. D. 1887, has no duly qualified Intendants or Wardens or Warden; and whereas the time has expired for the County Commissioners to order an election for Intendants and Wardens for said town, under the provisions of Section 14 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for and regulate the incorporation of towns of less than one thousand inhabitants in this State," approved December 23, A. D. 1885, which appears from the petition of citizens of said town herewith submitted; now, therefore, ordered. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the County Commissioners of Marion County be, and they are hereby, Election to be authorized and required to order an election for Intendant and four Wardens for the town of Little Rock, in said County, and for said purpose said County Commissioners shall at any time within sixty days after the passage of this Act appoint three managers to conduct said election, and said County Commis- Managers. sioners shall give ten days' notice of the time of said election to be held in said town. Notice. A. A. 1885, 19 Stat., 174, to SEC. 2. That the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for and regulate the incorporation of towns of less than govern election. one thousand inhabitants in this State," approved December 23d, A. D. 1885, shall apply to said election, as to any first election for Intendant and Wardens of any such town. SEC. 3. That on and after the passage of this Act the corpo- Limits of town rate limits of the town of Little Rock, in Marion County, shall A. D. 1892. Repealing clause. be, and are hereby, changed so as to extend one-fourth of a mile in SEC. 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. NOTE.-For Act regulating commutatiou for road work in Marion County, see Act No. 90, ante p. 156. For Act authorizing County Commissioners of Marion and Marlboro to use surplus funds, For Act fixing compensation of County Board of Equalization and Township Assessors in For Act regulating traffic in seed cotton in Marion and Marlboro Counties, see Act No. 153, For Joint Resolutions imposing duties on the County Treasurer of Marion County, see Nos. 164 and 165, ante p. 248. No. 219. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCOR- AND TO LIMIT THE CORPORATE PRIVILEGES OF THE SAME," SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That SecA. A. 1882, tion 4 of an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the village of Clio, in Marlboro County, and to limit the corporate privileges of the same," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: 17 Stat., 772, amended. Intendant, &c., to preserve peace. ings. Quorum. SECTION 4. That the Intendant and Wardens duly elected and qualified shall, during their term of service, severally and respectively, be vested with power to preserve the peace within the limits Council meet- of said town; that the Intendant shall, as often as occasion may require, summon the Wardens to meet him in Council, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, and shall be known as the Town Council of Clio; and Name and they and their successors in office shall have a common seal, and shall have power to appoint from time to time such persons to act as Marshals as they may deem expedient and proper, which officers shall have all the powers and duties of Constables and be subject to the penalties prescribed for the violation of law by Constables; and the Intendant and Wardens, in Council, shall have power and authority under the corporate seal to ordain and powers. Marshals. Ordinances. 1 ་ A. D. 1892. establish all such rules, by-laws and ordinances respecting the streets, ways, public wells, markets and police of said town, and for preserving health, order and good government within the same, as they may deem expedient, and punish offenders for vio- Punishments. lations of the same, when convicted before the Intendant, or before the said Council, who are empowered to try the same, by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the County jail or the guard house of said town not more than thirty days, when no penalty is affixed to the ordinance under which. such offender is tried, but when a penalty is so affixed the punishment shall conform to the limits thereof. ed to town. SEC. 2. That said village shall hereafter be known as the village chang"Town of Clio," and in all Acts relating thereto the word "town" shall be substituted for "village" where the same ap plies as a designation of said corporation. clause. SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act, Repealing and those supplied by it, are hereby repealed. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. A JOINT RESOLUTION TO REFUND TAXES UNLAWFULLY No. 220. No. 88, ANCIENT ORDER OF FREE MASONS, LOCATED IN Whereas, Marlboro Lodge, No. 88, A. F. M., located at Ben- Preamble. nettsville, S. C., did pay to the Treasurer of Mariboro County, S. C., during the years 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890 and 1891 taxes aggregating the amount of ninety-three and dollars ($93.72), and the said Lodge not being liable to taxation under the charter of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. Warrant to be drawn and paid SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Comptroller-General be authorized and required to draw his warrant and the State Treasurer to pay the same out of any funds not otherwise appropriated in favor of T. E. Dudley, Secretary of Marlboro Lodge, No. 88, A. F. M., for fifty-two and dollars, Repayment of for State taxes improperly paid as stated below, and the County Treasurer of Marlboro County be, and is hereby, authorized and County taxes. |