CIass_A&^X2 Book (^¥-- COMPILATION OF LAWS RELATING TO COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM State Educational Institutions GEOEGIA. 1897. ATLANTA, GEOEGIA: Geo. W. Habbison, State Pbinteb. (Franklin Printing and Publishing Company.) 1897. COMPILATION OF LAWS /Otr RELATING TO COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM State Educational Institutions GKEOZRO-I.^. J-a*«, fck-U-Ws-L 1897. ATLANTA, GEORGIA : Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer. (Franklin Printing and Publishing Company.) 1897. AUG 4 \909 ^>\ TABLE OF TITLES. Part I.— State Board of Education. II- — State School Commissioner. Ill- — County Board of Education. IV. — County School Commissioner. V. — Financial. VI.— Long Term Schools — Teachers' Be- ports. " VII.— County Institutes. VIII- — Examination of Applicants for Teach- er's License. " IX.— School Census. X. — Miscellaneous. XL — General Laws. XII.— Laws Governing State Institutions. Note.— The whole of the school laws were '-amended, revised and consolidated " by an Act approved in 1887, hence no reference is made in the marginal indices to Acts ap- proved at any time prior to that year. SCHOOL LAWS. PART I. .STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. &cts-ofi887 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ^ie of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by aa" a^on. authority of the same, That the Governor, the At- torney-General, Secretary of State, the Comptroller- General, and the State School Commissioner shall constitute the Georgia State Board of Education. Of this Board the Governor shall be ex officio Presi- dent, and the State School Commissioner the chief officers of executive officer. The Clerk of the State School theboarJ - Commissioner, as hereinafter provided for. shall be the Clerk of the State Board of Education. Hecuerkof shall be the custodian of its records, papers, and effects, and keep minutes of its proceedings, and said records, papers, and minutes shall be kept in the office of the Commissioner, and shall be open to inspection. Acts of 1887 Sec. 2. That the said Board shall meet, upon the Meetings, call of its President or a majority of its members, at the office of the State School Commissioner at the Capitol, or at such other place as may be designated in the call. A majority of the Board shall consti- Q uorum tute a quorum for transacting business. Acts of 1887 Sec. 3. That said Board mav take and hold, to it 2?™}L°° B and its successors, in trust for the State, any grant tionai pur- or devise of lands, or any donation or bequest of pos money, or other personal property, made to it for educational purposes, and shall forthwith place in page 68. 6 Common School Laws. Moneysand the hands of the Treasurer of the State for safe- land dona- keeping all moneys and personal property so re- state 61 * by ceived, and titles to land, taking therefor a receipt Treasurer. f r0 in said officer. When it is evidently the inten- tion of the donor or devisor that the corpus of moneys thus received is not to 'be used, the General issembiv Assembly may, from time to time, invest said may invest moneys in the name of the State; provided, that all donations. mone y S obtained under this section, together with the profits accruing from their investment, shall be Profits sub- subject to use only for educational purposes. The fo? c educa! Treasurer of the State shall pay to the order of the poie^oniyl Board the income or principal thereof as said Board may, from time to time, require in pursuance of law, but no disposition of any devise, donation or be- quest shall be made inconsistent with the condi- tions or tenor of the devise, donation or bequest. For the faithful keeping of all property or moneys responsible so rece i ye( l by the Treasurer, he shall be responsible, upon his upon his bond to the State, as for other funds re- ceived by him in his official capacity. SeaL Sec. 4. That the State Board of Education shall Acts ons87 procure a suitable seal, which shall be used for the pase authentication of the acts of the Board and the im- i stat- portant acts of the State School Commissioner. Board au Sec 5. That the State Board of Education shall A ^° fi V 887 advisory page o». body and constitute an advisory body, with whom the State appeals^ School Commissioner shall have the right to consult !-^„ c } eci " when he is in doubt as to his official duty; and also sions of ■ , , . ■ y c. s. c. a body m the nature of a court to which appeals shall be from the decision of the State School Com- Appeais. missioner upon any question touching the construc- Appeais to tion or administration of the school laws; and the state Board decision of the State Board, when rendered, shall be muse be , .... . made in final and conclusive upon the matter in issue. Ap- through peals to the State Board must be made through the s b hooi unty County Commissioner in writing.and must distinctly commiss'r. set forth the question at law, as well as the facts, in Common School Laics. the case upon which the appeal is taken. Upon any question involving' the construction or administra- tion of the school laws, the concurrence of a major- ^° n n o c e u J fa . ity of the whole Board shall be necessary in order to majority give validity to the decision. Ml. 01 * Common School Laws. PART II. STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. State School Commis- sioner. Elected. Charged with ad- ministra- tion of the school laws Prescribes forms. Instruc- tions. Subordi- nate of- ficers gov- erned in the dis- charge of official du- ties by in- structions of State School Commis- sioner. Visits counties. Sec. 6. There shall be a State School Commis- Acts of i894 sioner elected by the people at the same time and page 34 manner as the Governor and State house officers are elected, whose term of office shall be two years and until his successor is elected and qualified. His office shall be at the seat of government and he shall be paid a salary not to exceed two thousand dollars (f 2,000) per annum. The General Assembly may substitute for the State School Commissioner such officer or officers as may be deemed necessary to perfect the system of public education.* He shall be charged with the administration of the school laws, and a general superintendence of the business relating to the common schools of the State. He shall prescribe suitable forms for the reports re- quired of subordinate school officers and blanks for A ° {s ^ 1887 their guidance in transacting their official business, and shall, from time to time, prepare and transmit to them such instructions as he may deem necessary for the faithful and efficient execution of the school laws, and by whatsoever is thus communicated to them shall they be bound to govern themselves in the discharge of their official duty; provided, never- theless, there shall always be an appeal from the State School Commissioner to the State Board of Education as hereinbefore enacted. Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the State School Acts of iss? Commissioner to visit, as often as possible, the sev- page 69 *The above, which is an amendment to the Constitution, was ratified at an election held in 1896. Common School Laws. 9 eral counties of the State for the purpose of exaniin- g^^g,. ing into the administration of the school law in said j stration of counties, of counseling with school officers, of de- Delivers^' livering popular addresses, of inspecting school Se^es. operations, and of doing such other acts as he may* 11 ^*^ deem subservient to the interests of popular educa- ofschoois. tion. Acts ot 1887 g ec . g. The State School Commissioner shall see|«te o] that the proper actions provided by law are brought commis against all officers and agents of the system, who are fSate liable to the same, for misapplication of the school sui,s - fund or other cause. Acts of 1887 Sec. 9. That the State School Commissioner shall sta^T ' page 70. make an annual report to the General Assembly, |^^ is . Amended i n which he shall present a statement of the condi- sioner. -Acts of 1892 , . , i -it .* j j _ • Contents. page 85. tion and amount of all funds and property appropri- ated to the purpose of public education; a state- ^adean- ment of the number of common and public schools, nuaiiy. of the various grades, in the State; the number of scholars attending such schools; their sex, color, and the branches taught; a statement of the aver- age cost per scholar of instruction under the com- mon school system in each county; a statement of the plans for the management, extension, and im- provement of the common schools; a statement of Mature of the number of children of school age in the State, repor with as much accuracy as the same can be ascer- tained; also, a statement of the number of private schools and of colleges of different kinds in the State; the number of pupils in such schools or col- leges, their sex, the branches taught, the average cost per scholar of tuition in said schools and col- leges. tag s e°7l 1887 Sec - 10 - Tnat the state School Commissioner shall expenses 3 ." 1 be entitled to receive for his services the sum of two thousand dollars annually in quarterly install- Exp ense of ments. All his necessary traveling expenses in- °. be pecuniarily interested in the sale of school-books, terested in shall be eligible for election as member of any Board l^™\ e ° f of Education or as County School Commissioner of boots mei- anv countv in this State. Acts o g f 1895 g ec 14/ That the members of the Board of Edu- S°,no? nsa ' cation in each county shall each be paid a per diem ^ o e a ^ e r f s not to exceed two dollars for each day's actual ser- Education. vice out of the school fund apportioned to the coun- ty; and their accounts for service shall be submitted for approval to the Ordinary or County School Com- missioner ; and they shall not receive any other com- pensation, such as exemption from road and jury dutv. page^ 1 ' 87 See - 15 - That whenever members of a County gjerk or Board are elected or appointed in pursuance of the court cer- provisions of the above section, it shall be the duty election. of the Clerk of the Superior Court to forward to the State School Commissioner a certified statement of the facts, under the seal of the court, signed officially :12 Common School Laws. Removal from office -of members of board. Vacancies filled by Judges of Superior Courts. President of board Secretary. Minutes Public rec- ord open to inspection. Sessions. by him, as evidence upon which to issue commis- sions, and the corresponding evidence of the election of a County Commissioner shall be the certified statement of the Secretary pro tern, of the meeting of the Board at which the election was held. Any member or members of the County Board of Educa- tion shall be removable by the judges of the Supe- rior Court of the county, on the address of two- thirds of the grand jury, for inefficiency, incapacity, general neglect of duty, or malfeasance or corrup- tion in office; that the Judge of the Superior Courts of this State shall have the power to fill vacancies by appointment in the County Boards of Education for the counties composing their respective judicial circuits, until the next session of the grand juries in and for said counties, when said vacancies shall be filled by said grand juries. Sec. 16. That the Board of Education shall elect £g° 7 f 2. 1887 one of their num'ber President, who shall serve as such during the term for which he was chosen a member of the Board. The County School Commis- sioner shall be ex officio Secretary of the Board. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. It shall be the duty of said Secretary to be present at the meetings of the Board, and to record in a book, to be provided for the purpose, all their official proceedings, which shall be a public record open to the inspection of any person interested therein, and all such proceedings, when so recorded, shall be signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. Sec. 17. That it shall be the duty of the County Acts of is87 Board of Education to hold regular sessions on the page n ' first Tuesday of the month succeeding their election, Amended and each three months thereafter, at the court-house Actsof 1393 of the county for the transaction of business pertain- page ing to the public schools, with power to adjourn from time to time, and in case of the absence of the Common School Laws. 13- President or Secretary, they may appoint one of their own number to serve temporarily. Acts of i8S9 Sec. 18. That the County Boards shall lay off their sub school, page 124. counties into sub-school districts, in each of which di * tricts - Amended sub-school districts they shall establish one common paglm?* 9 school each for the white and colored races where the population of the two races is sufficient, which schools shall be as near the center of the sub-school Location of districts as can conveniently be arranged, reference schools. being had to any school-house already erected, and population of said sub-school district, and to the location of white and colored schools with regard to contiguity; provided, however, that in such sub-school Additional. districts where more than one school is demanded, sch00ls - then they may establish one or more additional schools in such sub-school district; and provided also, that whenever it becomes proper to lay off new sub- school districts, or alter the boundaries of those Bounda . already laid off, the said Board shall have full power rics. to make such changes as the public necessities may require. The said County Boards are also empow- ered to employ teachers in the manner hereinafter Board page 1 !! 9 ;! pointed out, to serve in the schools under their juris- teachers. diction, and the contracts for said service shall be in writing, signed in duplicate by the teacher on his own behalf and by the County School Commissioner i a writing;. on behalf of the Board. That the County Boards of Education, whenever, in their opinion, the good of the schools in their respective counties demand it, may, at their discretion, at their first meeting after the passage of this law, appoint three intelligent, upright citizens of each sub-district of their respect- ive counties to act as school trustees for their sub- frustees.. districts, naming one of the appointees to serve for one year, and one for two, and one for three years; and as vacancies occur by the expiration of the terms of incumbents, the Boards shall fill those vacancies with appointees whose term of service 14 Common School Laws. To fill vacancies. Certificates of appoint- ment from County School Commis- sioner. Duties of school trustees. fchool trustees recom- mend ap- plicants for teachers' place?. Trustees to make f.n annual written re- port to County Board?. Schoc 1 propi ity. shall be three years; and should vacancies occur by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Boards of Edu- cation shall fill these vacancies for the unexpired term; and whenever School Trustees are chosen as herein provided, the fact shall be recorded in the minutes of the County Boards, and the appointees shall receive certificates of their appointment from the County School Commissioner, and these certifi- cates shall be their sufficient warrant for entering upon and performing the duties of their office. That it shall be the duty of the School Trustees herein provided for to supervise the school operations of their sub-districts, to visit the schools, and to make such recommendations to the County Boards, in re- lation to the school interests of their sub-districts, as may seem to them best, and especially in the matter of choosing teachers for their sub-districts. It shall be their right to recommend applicants, and it shall be the duty of the County Boards to choose as teach- ers the persons so recommended; provided, they shall ProvLso be persons duly qualified and eligible according to the provisions of existing law; and furthermore, it shall be the duty of the School Trustees, in recom- mending persons as teachers, to recommend those persons who, in their opinion, are the choice of the communities to be served; and it shall furthermore be the duty of the School Trustees to make a written report, once a year, to the County Boards in rela tion to the matters committed to their supervision, or oftener if required by the County Boards of Edu- cation. Sec. 19. That the County Boards of Education Ac ts of 1887 shall have power to purchase, lease, or rent school page 73 - sites; to build, repair, or rent school-houses; to pur- chase maps, globes and school furniture, and to make all other arrangements of this kind necessary to the efficient operation of the schools under their care; and the said Boards shall also be, and are here- Common School Laws. 15 by, invested with the title, care, and custody of all school-houses, sites, school libraries, apparatus, or other property belonging to the sub-districts, as now defined, or as may hereafter be defined, in their sev- eral counties, with all power to control the same, in such manner as they think will best subserve the interests of common schools ; and when, in the opin- ion of the Board, any school-house site has become ga]e unnecessary or inconvenient, they may sell and con- vey the same in the name of the County Board of Education, such conveyance to be executed by the President or Secretary of said Board according to the order of the Board. They shall have power to receive any gift, grant, donation, or devise made for Douaii °ns. the use of common schools within their respective counties; and all conveyances of real estate which Propeity may be made to said Board shall vest the property any wfunty in said Board of Education and their successors in [° ^vested office. It shall also be the duty of said Board of Boa- d of Education to make arrangements for the instruction Educatl0U - of the children of the white and colored races in sep- f*"l t arate schools. They shall, as far as practicable, pro- separately. vide the same facilities for both races in respect to attainments and abilities of teachers and length of term-time; but the children of the white and colored races shall not be taught together in any common or public school of this State; and in respect to the Buildingof building of the school-houses mentioned in this sec- ^°°ei ° tion, the said Board of Education may provide for the same, either by labor on the part of the citizens of sub-districts to be served, or by a tax on their property, as may be hereinafter provided. Acts of 1887 Sec. 20. That the County Board of Education {ggg*, page 74. shall constitute a tribunal for hearing and determin- judicial ing any matters of local controversy in reference to the construction or administration of the school law, with power to summon witnesses and take testimony if necessarv; and when they have made a decision, 16 Common School Laws. Appeal to State .School Commis- sioner. Appeal shall be made in writing through County School Commis- sioner. Text-books Bible can- not be ex- cluded. Length of contract- how changed. Books of a sectarian or sectional character prohibited. said decision shall be binding upon the parties to the controversy; provided, that either of the parties shall have the right to appeal to the State School Commissioner, and said appeal shall be made through the County Commissioner in writing, and shall distinctly set forth the question in dispute, the decision of the County Board and the testimony, as agreed upon by the parties to the controversy, or if they fail to agree, upon the testimony as reported by the Commissioner. Sec. 21. That the County Board of Education ' shall prescribe, from time to time, what text-books page 74 }f" and books of reference shall be used in the common schools of the county; provided, that the Bible shall not be excluded from the common or public schools of the State; and provided further, that when such text-books are prescribed, they shall not be changed for five years thereafter, except by a three-fourths vote of all the Board; and provided further, that the County Boards shall not be permitted to introduce into the schools any text or miscellaneous book of a sectarian or sectional character. No teacher shall receive pay for any pupil who is allowed to use any other than the prescribed text-books. Common School Laivs. 17 PART IV. COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Acts of 1887 Sec. 22. That the County Boards of Education county page 74. ghai^ from the citizens of their counties, select a commis- County Commissioner of Education, who shall be ex sumer. officio county superintendent of the common schools, and who shall hold his office for the term of four years. Before election the applicants for position of Examina . County School Commissioner shall be examined by uon. the President of the County Board of Education, or by some one appointed by him or the Board for that purpose, upon written or printed questions, which Questions shall be furnished to the Board by the State School by r snte d Commissioner — said examination to be upon the co^mis- subjects taught in the common schools, upon the^oner. science and theory of common school teaching and Hond!° u government, and upon such other subjects as the 0ath- State School Commissioner may deem proper. The said County Board of Education shall then elect Election. such applicant County School Commissioner, who has stood satisfactory examination, taking into con- sideration the moral character, business qualifica- tions, and general availability of each applicant. The County School Commissioner so elected shall be required to give bond with good security, payable to Bond, the County Board of Education, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duty under the law, the amount and sufficiency of the security to be judged by the County Board of Education. page 75 1887 ^ eC- ^' Before entering upon the discharge of his oath, official duties, the said Commissioner shall take and subscribe to the same oath required of the other officers of this State. Acts of 1887 Sec. 24. The County School Commissioner may Removal be removed from office^before the expiration of his from office * 18 Common School Latvs. For what cause. Appeal. Vacancy. How filled. Duties of Co. School Commis- sioner. Visits schools. Agent of County Board in procuring furniture, apparatus, etc. Audits accounts. Keeps records. page 77. term by a majority vote of the Board of Education for inefficiency, incapacity, neglect of duty, or mal- feasance or corruption in office; provided, that any Commissioner so removed shall have the right of appeal from the action of the County Board to the State School Commissioner, and from the State School Commissioner to the State Board of Educa- tion. Sec. 25. Should there be a vacancy in the office Acts of 1887 of County School Commissioner, by resignation or page75- otherwise, an examination and election for the remainder of the vacant term shall be held in the same manner, and by the same authorities, as for that of a full term. Sec. 26. That the County Commissioner shall con- Actsof i887 stitute the medium of communication between the State School Commissioner and the subordinate school officers; that he shall visit each school in his county at least once during the school term, or twice if practicable, and oftener if ordered by the Board, and without notice to the teachers, for the purpose of inspecting its management and the modes of in- struction, and of giving such advice and making such suggestions as shall tend to elevate it in char- acter and efficiency. He shall be the agent of the County Board in procuring such school furniture, apparatus, and educational requisites as they may order to be purchased, and shall see that none but the prescribed text-books are used by the pupils; that it shall be his duty to audit all accounts of teachers and others before an application is made to the County Board for an order for payment, and that the said County Commissioner shall procure a book, in which he shall keep a record of his official acts, which, together with all the books, papers and property appertaining to his office, he shall turn over, on his resignation, or at the expiration of his official term, to his successor Common School Laws. 19 Acts of 1887 g ec 27. That the said County Commissioner shall SfSH*?; receive such compensation as the County Board may county allow him, not to exceed three dollars per day, to be commis- determined by the County Board of Education, for sioner - each day actually employed in the discharge of his official duties, the same to be paid out of the educa- tional fund furnished to the county. His claim for services shall be presented in the form of an account against the County Board of Education, and shall ciaim for be verified by affidavit, to the effect that the said verified by account is just and true; that the service therein j^Yudit- named was honestly and faithfully rendered, and ed by co. that the sum therein claimed is rightfully due and Education. remains unpaid. When said account shall have been duly audited and approved by the County Board, the said Commissioner shall retain his pay out of the revenue aforesaid; provided, that the County Board of Education shall determine the H w aid number of days in each year in which said County owpa1 ' Commissioner may labor in the performance of the duties required of him. Acts of 1893 Sec. 28. That it shall be the dutv of the countv commis- pagees. authorities of the different counties of this State to faEK&a 8 furnish the County School Commissioners thereof °® c r e t . in an office in the court-house thereof; provided, there house, is sufficient room in said court-house after furnish- if sufficient ing the county officers of such county with offices as room- now provided for by law. Acts of 1887 Sec. 20. That Countv School Commissioners and school page si. meul bers of the County Boards of Education shall be ?&ST?o empowered and authorized to administer such oaths administer i • , ■, oaths. as may be necessary m transacting school business, or in conducting investigations before the County Boards when sitting as judicial tribunals for deter- mining controversies arising under school laws. 20 Common School Laws. Report and books of < 'ounty School Commis- sioner submitted to grand jury. Sec. 30. That it shall be the duty of the County Ac , s , ofil887 School Commissioner of each of the counties of this page'isi. State to make a report of the school operations of the preceding year to the grand jury, at the spring term of the court, and to place his books before them for examination ; and in making up the general presentments, it shall be the duty of the jury to take proper notice of the matters thus brought to. their attention. Common School Laws. 21 PART V. FINANCIAL. Sec. 31. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Money be- of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of coS' tSs of Sss the same > Tnat beginning with the taxes for the f^ ^ be page 45. year 1895, all moneys belonging to the common paid direct- school fund of the State, including poll taxes and Treasury 6 aSISisw specific taxes, shall be paid direct into the State K S o? h . page 60. Treasury in like manner as other State taxes are er than -iii>-iiiii t a common paid, and said common school fund shall be used tor school no other than common school purposes, as provided P ur P° ses - by law. Acts of 188- Sec. 32. That on the 31st day of March, the 30th Apportion- pag e7o. day of Jnne> the 30th day of September, and theSi° f 31st day of December in each year, or as soon fuud - Acuof 1894 thereafter as practicable, the Treasurer of the State pr page 67. sliall pi ace ^- tkQ cr edit of each county in the State, O f O each 10n on his books, its proportionate part of the common ^pkced school fund in the treasury on each of said dates, to us credit such proportionate part to be determined by the Treasurer State School Commissioner, the Comptroller-Gen- quarter ' y - eral, and the Treasurer, and to be based upon the How proportion which the school population in each po°rtiou°to county bears to the school population in the State mined 161 as shown by the last school census; provided, how- ever, that the salaries of the State School Commis- items sioner and his clerk or clerks, and the expenses of to "fneraf his office, and any other items properly chargeable j£g t d d °. be under the law to the general school fund, shall be ducted. deducted out of the said fund before making the Quarterly aforesaid apportionment to the counties. by^Tulfty Acts of 1887 Sec. 33. That on or before the 30th day of April, school page79 - the 31st day of July, the 31st day of October, and SSSf the 31st day of January of each year, the County | nd s u d n u . e School Commissioner of each county shall, under paid by the approval of the Couu ty Board of Education, Board* 22 Common School Laws. When statement approved and pre- sented warrant to be drawn. Payment of money on such warrants. Disburse- ment by County School Commis- sioners. If money not suffi- cient to pay indebted- ness. When money due under con- tracts with teachers. School year coincident with calen- dar year. transmit to the State School Commissioner an item- ized statement of the various sums due and unpaid Amended by the County Board of Education on said several ££L% i ;* 1 dates mentioned in section 32, whether the same be for teachers' salaries, for pay of the County School Commissioner, or for any other item of expense properly chargeable under the law to the County Board of Education; and w T hen said itemized state- ments have been approved by the State School Com- Amended missloner and presented to the Governor, the Gov- page60. 1SM ernor shall issue his warrants upon the Treasurer for all the funds standing to the credit of each of the several counties upon the books of the Treas- urer, or for such part thereof as may be needed to liquidate the indebtedness of the County Board of Education of such county, as shown by each item- ized statement aforesaid. And the State Treasurer shall, upon the presentation of the warrants afore- said, draw his checks for the amounts of said war- rants in fay or of the County School Commissioners of the several counties, and the State School Com- missioner shall immediately transmit said checks to the several County School Commissioners, who shall promptly disburse the money so received in payment of the sums set out in the itemized statement afore- said; and if the money is not sufficient to pay said sums in full, then it shall' be prorated among the various items; provided, that the expenses of admin- istration for each quarter shall first be paid in full y and the County Boards of Education are hereby authorized to' make their contracts in such manner that the amounts payable to teachers for services rendered up to the end of the calendar quarter shall become due on the days specified in this section. Sec. 34. That beginning with January 1st, 1895, Acts of 1887 and continuing thereafter, the school year shall be pase 8 " coincident with the calendar year, to wit: from January 1st to December 31st thereafter, and the Common School Laics. '2'B State School Commissioner, State Treasurer, and Comptroller-General shall, on or before the first Amended Tuesday in December each year, beginning in 1894:, ofVntfn* page 59. 1898 or as ^ 00n tnereaftei ' as practicable, make an esti- f U ^°f or mate of the entire common school fund of the State ensuing Amended for the next succeeding school year, and shall at year ' ^59 1894 onee. communicate in writing to the County School county Commissioner of each county the amount of money school Amended that will be payable to his county; and on the first sionereto tagl t! m Tuesda y in January in each year, or as soon there- J f e &° e ir fied after as practicable, each County Board of Educa- proportion, tion shall meet and make the necessary arrange- ments for placing the schools in operation for the Boards to next school year, and shall have full authority in arran ?? for their discretion either to fix salaries for the payment oTschoois. of teachers, or to pay them according to the enroll- ment or attendance; provided, that nothing in this Timeof Act shall be construed to affect the right of the re- operating spective counties of the State to select the time of tKlmy" operating; their schools, which shall be left entirely * oards - to the County Boards of Education, nor shall it schools affect or change the time of operating. their schools speSa or under any special or local laws in any county in this l o c t allaiTS State; provided further, it shall not affect the quar- affected. terly payments of teachers as by this Act directed. Acts of 1893 Sec. 35. That in those counties having local school JKlre paget;o. i aws where schools are sustained by local taxation l0 ™ 1 1 Amended for a period of five months or more, the State School laws^or P a c ge°62 Commissioner shall, on the first day of January, ^f is April, July and October of each rear, or as soon ,axat . ion thereafter as practicable, notify the Governor of the school amount of funds standing to the credit of each of state com- such counties on the books of the Treasurer on said missi ° n er dates, arising from the quarterly apportionments Governor aforesaid, and thereupon the Governor shall issue quarterIy ' his warrants for said sums and the Treasurer shall 0famount draw his checks for said sums without requiring the °" each* itemized statements as provided in section 33; and eounty ' 24 Common School Laws. And warrant, etc., to issue therefor. Without requiring itemized statements as above. Chfcksto be immedi- ately trans- mitted. Payments of school boards of towns or cities. Estimate of school population To whom paid. School fund for each year to be a fixed sum. Estimate of school fund for ensuing year. Division of fund so estimated. If specific taxes fall short. Balance may be paid from any fund not other- wise ap- propriated. the State School Commissioner shall immediately transmit said checks to the officer under the local school system authorized to receive its funds, and the State School Commissioner shall, in like man- ner, pay over to the proper officer under the school board of any town or city having a school system sustained by local taxation for a period of five months or more, and to which he is now authorized by law to make direct apportionments, such propor- tion of the entire county fund as shown on the books of the Treasurer as the school population of the town or city bears to the population of the county, as shown by the last school census; provided, that all children of school age resident in said county, and attending the public schools of such town or city, shall be counted in the school popuation of such town or city and be entitled to have their share of such county fund paid over to the proper officer of the school board of such town or city. Sec. 36. That the school fund for each calendar Actsofl887 year shall be a fixed and specified sum, and in order P a s e 70 - to carry out this provision the State School Com- Amended missioner, the Comptroller-General, and the Treas- p a C ge el 1894 urer shall, on the first Tuesday of December of each year, beginning with 1894, or as soon thereafter as practicable, make an estimate of what the school fund for the ensuing year shall be from the specific taxes, direct appropriations, and from any other sources of supply which now belong to the school fund or may hereafter belong to the school fund, and said fund, when so estimated, shall be divided into four equal parts, and each of said parts shall be available and payable at the time spe- cified in this Act; provided, that in the event that the said specific taxes shall fall short of said esti- mate, then the balance necessary to meet the pro- visions of said estimate is hereby authorized to be paid from any fund in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Common School Laics. 25 Act< of 188- Sec. 37. That when the State School Commission- Basis of page n. eFj the comptroller-General, and the Treasuer shall ffifo? of meet on the first Tuesday in December, or as soon ensuiD g thereafter as practicable, as provided in this Act. to make the estimate of the school fund provided for in section 34 of this Act. they shall base said esti- mate upon the amount of school fund coming into the treasury for the year preceding the year for which said estimate is made. Acts of ism Sec. 38. That for the support and maintenance of souses of page 79. the common schools of this State the poll tax. special fund. tax on shows and exhibitions, all taxes on the sale of spirituous and malt liquors, dividends upon the stock of the State in the Bank of the State of Geor- gia, Bank of Augusta. Georgia Kailroad and Bank- ing Company, and such other means or moneys as now belong by law to the Common School Fund, one-half of the proceeds of the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, or one-half the annual net earnings of said railroad as ascertained by subtract- ing the annual cost of running and keeping up the road from the annual gross receipts under any change of policy which the State may adopt here- after in reference to said railroad; all endowments, devises, gifts, and bequests made, or hereafter to be made, to the State or State Board of Education: the proceeds of any commutation tax for military ser- vice; all taxes which may be assessed on such domes- tic animals as from their nature and habits are de- structive to other property; all money received by the Agricultural Department of this State for the inspection of oils and fertilizers in excess of what may be necessary to defray the expenses of said Agricultural Department: the net amount arising from the hire of convicts of this State, after all ex- penses that are now or may hereafter be made a charge upon said fund shall have been deducted 26 Common School Laws. from the gross amount thereof; *any educational fund now belonging to the State (except the endow- ment of and debt due to the University of Georgia), and such other sums of money as the Legislature shall raise 'by taxation or otherwise from time to time for educational purposes, are hereby declared to be a common school fund; and when said com- mon school fund shall be received and receipted for, from whatever source received, it shall be the duty of the officer authorized by law to receive such fund to keep the same separate and distinct from other funds, and said fund shall be used for educational purposes and none other, and shall not be invested in bonds of this State, or in other stock, except when investment is necessary to carry out the conditions of an endowment, devise, gift, or bequest, and when taxes are paid into the treasury of the State the Comptroller-General shall in no case receipt a Tax- must be " Collector for the same until that part of the tax fromother so P a id ]D u which was raised for school purposes, is taxes. separated in amount from the gross amounts paid in. -•Money arising from the lease of oyster lands was made a part of the School Fund in 1889. Common School Laics. 2Z PART VI. LONG TERM SCHOOLS.— TEACHERS* RE- PORTS. Acts of 1894 Sec. 39. That whenever the Board of Education Long term page 62. £ an ^_ coun ty within the State shall hare entered sc into a contract with a teacher to teach a common school in any sub-district within its jurisdiction in accordance with this Act. it shall be lawful for said suppie- teacher to enter into a supplemental contract with J^^cts. the patrons of said school to teach a private ele- mentary school in connection with said common school, and to embrace the period allowed by law Their <«._ for the said public term; provided, that the con " ^ent left tracting with teachers under the provisions of this to me dis- Act shall be left to the discretion of the several £S. of County Boards of Education. Acts of 188- Sec. 40. That upon said private supplemental contract pas contract being examined and approved by the Jroimobe Board of Education of the county in which said £P p b r °a' r e d d school is located, it shall be the duty of said teacher to enter, as pupils in said private school, all schol- ars of common school age (regard being had to separate schools, as now required by law) who may enter said school at any time within the term or scholastic year of said private school. It shall be the duty of said teacher to keep an accurate account of the number of such pupils and the number of anenddu^ days actually attended by each pupil, and when ins the pri- said private school shall have closed, said teacher the*erm° may make out an account against the County Board Te cher , s of Education for the full number of days each of account, said pupils may have attended said schools, not to out m exceed the whole number of days now or hereafter to be prescribed by law; provided, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent any i28 Common School Laws. mon°chooi common school scholar from entering said school as scholar pre pupil, if the parent or guardian of said pupil shall Troinenter- elect to enter him or her for the period of the public meritsof term, and upon the merits of the common school the com- fund only. That no teacher shall be contracted -fund! 50 °° with under the provisions of this Act until he or she has been duly licensed as a common school Teachers teacher; that every teacher contracted with under ncense. provisions of this Act shall be required to make the Must make same reports and returns to the County School Corn- reports, missioners as are now required of teachers of com- mon schools in this State, and until said private schools shall have been taught according to con- tract, and said reports and returns are so made, it shall not be lawful for the Board of Education to pay him or her for such services as such teacher. Reports of Sec - 4L That it sha11 be the dut J of the teachers * c * #. 1887 teachers, to make and file with the County Commissioners at the expiration of each term of school, a full and complete report of the whole number of scholars ad- mitted to the school during said term, distinguish- ing between males and females and colored and white, together with the names thereof and the en- tire and the average attendance, the branches taught, the number of pupils engaged in the study of each of the said branches, and such other statis- tics as he or she may be required to report by the County Commissioner, or 'by the State School Com- untiire- missioner, and until such report shall have been forare alled prepared, sworn to and filed by said teacher as made, aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for said County accounV Commissioner to audit the account of said teacher -audited be ^ or n * s or ^ er services. Common School Laws. 29» PART VII. COUNTY INSTITUTES. Acts of i89i Sec. 42. (An Act authorizing the State School county in- page 121. Commissioner) to organize and establish in each s:uutes " county in Georgia a Teachers' County Institute for the assembling and instruction of the common school teachers of each county in the State, said institute to hold an annual session of one week's Sessions - amended duration in each county of Georgia in the period of page si 1892 June, July, and August, or in such other month as the State School Commissioner may deem best and expedient; provided, however, that the State School Commissioner may, in his discretion, combine the annual session of said institutes, or any number of m|ybe S Amend d ^heni, so * Ba t tne same ma J be held in any county combined- Acts of is93 designated by him; to prepare a program of ex- page 6i. ercises, with a syllabus of each subject named i n Program - said program, for .each day's session of said insti- tute; to require County School Commissioners to operate, at their regular per diem, said institute £etc. 10rK sessions under such general rules and regulations Atteud _ as he may deem best; to require all persons, white ance by and colored, teaching in Georgia, or having licenses entitling them to teach in the State, provided that those not teaching have not permanently retired from teaching; to attend all sessions of said insti- tutes held in the county of their residence, and per- form all duties required of them as members of said institutes, unless providentially prevented; to secure a prompt attendance of the teachers upon the exer- cises of said institutes by causing the County School Commissioners and County Boards of Education to collect such fines from absentees as may be deemed Fines. just and reasonable by said Commissioners and Boards; provided, that no teacher shall be fined till .30 Common School Laws. Separate institutes for whites and color'd teachers. Experts How ■chosen. Session at county site, etc. Visitors. he or she has stated the cause of his or her absence, in writing, to said Commissioners and Boards, and they have duly considered the same; provided further, that all money thus collected shall be used in pur- chasing teachers' libraries for the counties in which said fines maybe collected; to provide separate insti- tutes for the white and the colored ; to pay from the educational fund of each county an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars per annum for the pur- pose of securing the services of an expert in con- ducting the week's session of the institute of said county, which expert shall be chosen by the County School Commissioners and County Boards of Edu- cation, which expert shall assist in conducting the exercises of each annual week's session of said insti- tute in the county where he is thus employed; to cause all sessions of said institutes to be held at county sites, or such other places as may be selected by the County School Commissioner, and allow all persons so desiring to attend the sessions of said institutes; provided, that all visitors shall be subject to the rules and regulations of said institutes while attending the exercises of the same; and to pre- scribe from time to time such other rules and regu- lations as he and the County School Commissioners may deem best for successfully operating said in- stitutes. Common School Lairs. 31 PART VIII. EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR TEACHER'S LICENSE. Actsofiss; Sec. 43. That the County Commissioners shall ex- Examina- nao'e "?>. • n t j?i- !•!• tion oi ap- 1 ° amine all applicants for licenses to teach in their pica- ts For respective counties, giving previous public notice of telch Se t0 the day upon which the examinations are to take place, and said Commissioners shall be allowed to invite such persons as they may think proper to as- . „ sist in these examinations. Applicants for license Acts of 1890 to teach in the common schools shall be examined Upon what -9i, page U p 0n orthography, reading, writing, English grain- examined mar, geography, arithmetic and the science and practice of teaching in common schools. Said ex- aminations shall be held throughout the State on a day or days to be fixed by the State School Com- missioner, and by questions prepared and sent outs. s. c. by him to the County School Commissioners. The questions. State School Commissioner shall also prepare and supply the County School Commissioner with printed instructions as to the grading applicants on and by a uniform grade, and shall fix the lowest standard for each class of licenses; no applicant for teacher's license shall be examined on any other day than the one designated as above described, except in cases where the County Board of Education shall order a special examination; no special examination shall be ordered by said Board except for good and Fpeeiai ex- suffieient reasons and to meet some special emer- of^ppil- 011 gencv. In such cases the questions shall be pre- can . t3 . for do^i Lions pared by the County School Commissioner, or by as teachers. some competent person under his authority, and Questions. their contents shall not be made known to the ap- plicant or applicants until the examination actually commences; said examination shall be conducted 32 Common School Laws. Rules for special ex- aminations Licenses. County- Boards may em- ploy teach- ers at a sal- ary. County School Commis- sioner grades papers and makes re- ports. Report and recommen- dations submitted in writing to Couniy Board of Education, Board li- censes. Grades of licease. How made good in counties other than that in which granted. under the same rules and regulations as are pro- vided by law for other examinations, but the licenses granted shall 'be valid only until the next examina- tion ordered by the State School Commissioner, and it shall not be lawful for the County School Commis- sioner of any county, other than that in which said special examination is held, to indorse a license granted thereunder. The County Board of Educa- tion shall have power, if they deem best, to employ teachers at a salary. Sec. 44. It shall be the duty of the County School Actsofiss? Commissioners, after thorough examination of the 1 * 86 papers submitted by applicants for licenses as teachers, upon the examination conducted as pre- scribed in the preceding section, to grade the appli- cants according to the instructions furnished them by the State School Commissioner, submitting his report and recommendations thereon in writing to the County Board of Education, who shall grant to the applicants licenses of the first, second or third grade, to be determined by the qualifications ex- hibited and the standard attained; provided, they shall obtain at least the lowest grade-mark fixed by the State School Commissioner for each grade; and provided further, that each applicant submits with his or her examination paper satisfactory evidence in writing of good moral character. A license of the first grade shall continue in force for three years, a license of the second grade for two years, and a license of the third grade for one year, which said licenses shall entitle teachers holding them to be employed for and during the period of their licenses in any of the common schools of the county where issued. Licenses, to be good in another county than the one in and for which they are issued, must be indorsed by the County School Com- missioner of the county in which the applicant de- sires to teach. Common School Laws. 33 Acts of 188- Sec. 45. After passing upon the examination Permanent page -e. papers as hereinbefore provided, if, in the opinion fl^se. of the County School Commissioner, any one or more of them exhibit unusual merit, he shall for- ward such papers to the State School Commis- sioner, together with his certificate of the good moral and professional character of the applicant, and if, in the opinion of the State School Commis- sioner, said papers exhibit a sufficient degree of merit, he shall issue a permanent teacher's license to the applicant, which license shall be good in any county of this State, and which shall only be revo- cable by the State School Commissioner for good and sufficient cause. Acta of 1887 Sec. 46. That the County Commissioner shall J f XSSe. n page 7i;. have power, and it shall be his duty, to revoke licenses granted by him, or his predecessors, for in- competency, immorality, cruelty to pupils, or neg- lect of his duties, and the revocation of the license of any teacher shall terminate the connection of said teacher with any school which he may have been employed to teach; but any teacher so dis- missed shall have the right to appeal to the County Appeal. Board of Education, whose decision shall be final. 34 Common School Laws. PART IX. SCHOOL CENSUS. Enumera- Sec. 47. That it shall be the duty of the County Acts of i887 schoo/pop- and Cit ^ Board s of Education of this State to cause page8L uiation. an enumeration of the children between six and eighteen years of age to be made under instructions from the State School Commissioner, in the year 1888, and every ten years thereafter, as hereinafter prescribed. In the year 1893 and every ten years thereafter it shall be the duty of the State Board of Education, in the early part of the year, to have an New enu- estimate made from the last census taken by the au- Sa^be* or- thorities of the United States, of the number of chil- deved. dren of school age in each county of the State, and in each town or city under a local school law, and if, from the evidence thus obtained, or from other evi- dence of any kind, the said Board shall become sat- isfied that a new enumeration of the school popula- tion ought to be taken for any county or counties, or for any town or city, or the entire State, it shall be their duty to order the said enumeration to be taken accordingly. E^imate ^ec. ^8. The different County or City Boards shall Acts of 1887 from u. s. employ one or more competent, reliable persons to page81 - take the enumeration above mentioned in their re- spective jurisdictions, and the person so employed Enumera- shall go from house to house, making a thorough tors ot tiiG /<-»«-» school cen- canvass of the territory assigned them, taking the sus. number of children between the ages of six and eighteen years, and distinguishing between the Th3irdu- sexes and races. The persons thus employed shall lies " be known as enumerators of the school census, and shall take and report any additional statistics re- compensa- quired by the State School Commissioner. They shall receive as compensation a per diem not to ex- Common School Laws. 35 ceed two dollars in the counties, or two dollars in the cities, or in city and county where the same are under local laws, to be paid out of the school fund of the jurisdiction in which the work is done. They shall, moreover, be required to make oath that the oath, work done by them has been carefully and faith- fully done according to the true intent and mean- ing of this Act, the form of oath to be prescribed by the State School Commissioner; provided, that noth- ing herein contained shall be construed to prevent schoof the County Boards from employing the Count v commis- <> x-t/o tit sioner may School Commissioners to do the work contemplated be em- in this section. p oje paglsi 1887 Sec - 49 - The state Board of Education is hereby stateBoard empowered to order at once a new enumeration can order a when they are in doubt as to the accuracy of the merauon. return made from any county or city; but the enu- merators first making their return shall receive no compensation in case it is found their enumeration was not correct. In case their enumeration is veri- Paj . forsec _ fied by the second enumeration, then both shall be ^. a \ 1 j u 1 ^ paid, but the amount paid them shall be deducted from the school fund appropriated to this special , * * loo-, territory. Acts of 188/ •- . page 82. Sec. oO. The respective County or City Boards are compensa- hereby empowered to fix, within the limits pre- enumera- scribed above, the per diem compensation of the tors ' enumerators of the school census employed by them. 36 Common School Laws. PART X. MISCELLANEOUS. Admission to common schools — Manual labor schools — Evening schools — Exemption of school property from taxation— Forfeiture of school fund — Forfeiture in past years — Local school systems — Scholastic month, number of days in. gritSKs Sec - 51 - Tnat admission to all common schools of ^|^ 1887 to an chu- this State shall be gratuitous to all the children be- schoo^age. tween the ages of six and eighteen years residing in separate *he sub-districts in which the schools are located; schools for provided, that colored and white children shall not coiored an attend the same school; and no teacher receiving or teaching white and colored pupils in the same school shall be allowed any compensation at all out crossing of the common school fund. In special cases, to or b couuty Ct meet the obvious demands of convenience, children line. residing in one sub-district may, by express permis- sion of the County Board, attend the common schools of another sub-district; and when a common school is located near a county line, children from an adjoining county, in cases where convenience requires, may, by concurrent consent of the County accounts' Boards of the respective counties, be permitted to for line- attend the school, and in such cases, the teacher shall make out two accounts for his services, one against each County Board, in amount proportioned to the number of children in the school from the respective counties. Manual u- s e c. 52. That the County Board of Education ^s of isst bor schools ,, ., , . " . , . page /» shall have power to organize in each county one or more manual labor schools on such a plan as shall be self-sustaining; provided, that the plan be first submitted to and approved by the State Board of Education. Common School Laws. 37 Acts of 1887 Sec. 53. That the Board of Education of any Evening page 78. coun ty s hall have the power to establish, at such schools - places as they may deem proper, within the limits of their jurisdiction, a suitable number of evening schools for the instruction of such youth over twelve years of age as are prevented by their daily avocations from attending day schools, subject to such regulations, not inconsistent with the provi- sions of this Act and the instructions issued under it by the State School Commissioner, as said Board, from time to time, may adopt for the government thereof. Acts of 1887 Sec. 54. That whenever a County Board of Edu- ^Mture cation, or Board of Education of any city, shall fund, how hereafter fail in any year to make arrangements to Igafnlt. put schools in operation, said county, or city, as the case may be, shall forfeit all right to participation in the school fund of that year, unless the failure to arrange for schools was from providential cause, or other good and sufficient reason, the sufficiency of the reason to be judged of by the State Board of Education. Acts of 1887 Sec. 55. That any county or city, which has failed Forfeiture .page 79. , , , . . J ■ ,. . ' j. j t m P ast to put schools m operation in any past year, and has years. .never received its pro rata part of the State school fund for that year, shall still be entitled to receive through the properly constituted authorities of the county or city that pro rata; provided, that the County School Commissioner of such county shall receive no compensation from the school fund of said county for such year, except for services ren- dered in taking the enumeration of the school popu- lation. Acts of 1887 Sec. 56. That each and every lot or parcel of land Exemption page 78. which has been or may be hereafter obtained by property- purchase, or in any other way, by any County Board *?£™ taxa ' of Education for the use of common schools, to- gether with any school building that may have been 38 Common School Laws. or shall be erected thereon, and all school furniture, shall be exempt from all taxes, State and county, and from levy and sale under any execution or other writ or order in the nature of an execution; pro- vided, that the lot of land so exempted shall not ex- ceed four acres, and if there be any excess over that number of acres, then that portion, not to exceed four acres, most convenient for school purposes, shall be exempt as aforesaid, the exempted por- tion to be set off by order of the County Board. Jchooidays ^ ec - ^7- That from and after the passage of this Acts of is96- a scholastic Act, twenty school days shall constitute and be deemed and treated as a scholastic month in all the public schools of this State. Local Sec. 58. That nothing in this Act shall be so con- Actsof 1887 school sys- , , , , ° . , ■ . , . , , . page 83. tems. strued as to prevent any city with a population greater than two thousand inhabitants, or any county or town under authority of the General Assembly of this State, from organizing a public school system independent of this system, or to pre- vent the said independent organization from draw- ing its pro rata share of all educational funds raised by the State; provided, the chief executive officer of such independent organization shall make the same regular reports to the State School Commissioner as are required from the County Commissioners by this Act ; provided further, that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to annul or repeal any local law now of force in any city or county in this State providing for the organization and mainte- nance of the common or public schools in such city or county. Common School Laws. 39 PART XI. GENERAL LAWS. LOCAL TAXATION BY COUNTIES FOR COM- MON SCHOOLS. An Act to provide for local taxation by counties for the support of common schools, and for other purposes. Acts of 1890 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Lo cai tax page 124. f the State of Georgia, That from and after the^Jf passage of this Act a local tax to supplement the State tax in support of the common schools, may be levied and collected in any county in this State in which a county school system is not already in ex- istence in the following manner, to wit: Whenever two successive grand juries of the mendation county shall recommend in their general present- >y grand ments that a local tax in said county shall be levied J to supplement the State tax in support of the com- mon schools of the county, the Ordinary of said county shall order an election to be held, after giv- Election to ing public notice thereof, once a week for f our determme - weeks, in the paper in which the sheriff's advertise- ments are published, and by posting the notice at the court-house door for at least four weeks previous Kuies for to the time fixed for said election. Said election election. shall be held under the same rules and regulations as those governing the election of county officers, and all qualified voters of the county, and none others, shall be allowed to vote at the same. In said election the ballots shall have printed or writ- ten upon them the words, " For Local Taxation for Public Schools," or "Against Local Taxation for Public Schools." The managers of the election 40 Common School Laws. Consolida- tion of votes. Declara- tion of results. Effect of election. Amount of tax, etc. Its collec- tion, etc. Use of funds. General tax with- out further election. County funds where in- sufficient may have benefits of the Act. shall consolidate the votes as now provided in elec- tions for county officers, and shall then file the re- turns with the Ordinary, who shall declare the re- sult. If two-thirds of the persons qualified to vote at said election have voted for local taxation for public schools, the Ordinary shall certify the same in writing to the County Board of Education. The County Board of Education shall then, at a regular meeting, or at a special meeting, of which due no- tice has been given to each member, proceed by order or resolution to levy a tax not exceeding one- fourth of one per cent, ad valorem upon all the tax- able property of the county as shall appear by the county digest. The County School Commissioners shall make out a certified copy of the order or reso- lution, fixing the rate of said tax, and shall deliver the same to the Tax-Collector of the county on or before the first day of September in each year, and the Tax-Collector shall collect said school tax ac- cording to the vote so levied in the same manner as other county taxes are collected, and he shall promptly pay over the funds so arising to the County School Commissioner, who shall receive and hold the same subject to be applied by the County School Board of Education for the support of the common schools of the county in addition and sup- plementary to the funds received from the State, and said tax may be levied and collected from year to year, as above provided, without holding any other election for that purpose; provided, that any county in which a county school system is already in existence, but where the funds, as now provided by law, are insufficient, in the opinion of the County Board of Education, for the support of the schools, may obtain the benefits of this Act by complying with all the provisions of the same. Common ScJwol Laics. 4 1 Sec. 2. Be it likewise enacted, That if there shall Townswith be in the county an incorporated town, or town ha v- schools ing a local school system of its own, sustained by D y S ioca! local taxation^ in addition to its quota of funds re- Jf^l 011 reived from the State, the residents of said incor- fected. porated town or towns shall not vote in the election held as aforesaid, nor shall the taxable property em- braced within the corporate limits of said town or towns be subject to the county school tax levied as aforesaid. Sec. 3. Be it likewise enacted, That in determin- Melhod of ing whether two-thirds of the qualified voters have determin voted for local taxation for common schools at the whether election held as aforesaid, the registration lists last j^jrlty -completed before the election shall be considered obtained. the correct enumeration of the qualified voters in those counties having registration laws, and the number of names of citizens appearing upon the books of the Tax-Collector as having paid their poll or property tax, if any, for the preceding year, shall be considered the correct enumeration of the quali- fied voters in those counties not having registration laws. Sec. 4. Be it likewise enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved September 16, 1891. 42 Common School Laws. SETTING APART A DAY AS "ARBOR DAY." An Act to encourage tree-planting, and to conserve the forests of the State by setting apart the first Friday in December as "Arbor Day," and for other purposes. First Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Acts of De^mb y er n Geor gia do enact, That the first Friday in Decern- 18 a 9 ^^ "Arbor ber in each year shall be set apart and consecrated page ay * as a day for tree-planting, and shall be known throughout the State as "Arbor Day." observ ^ ec * 2 " Be ** furtner enacted, That it shall be the ance r of. duty of the State School Commissioners to take the matter of the observance of "Arbor Day" by the public, under his general supervision, and through the County School Commissioners to cause the pub- lic schools of the State to observe "Arbor Day" as the superintendents and teachers may think best, in order to show the pupils the value and beauty of forestry by practical tree-planting on school, church, and other public lots, lawns, as well as on the public highways. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 16, 1890. Common School Laws. 4& REGULATING SALARY OF COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. An Act to provide for the payment of a salary to County School Commissioners in lieu of a per diem in certain instances, and for other purposes. Acts of 1896 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly in counties- page 71. of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by Son Xix- authority of the same, That from and after the ty thou- passage of this Act, County Boards of Education, more the in counties having a population of more than sixty location thousand inhabitants, shall be authorized and em- ^ ay c pay t powered to pay the County School Commissioners schoo'i™ y of such counties such salary in lieu of a per diem, as ^™' a s ' the said County Boards of Education shall fix, not salary not to 6XCCGQ. to exceed the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per eighteen nnTnim hundred annum. dollars per Sec. 2. Be it likewise enacted by authority of the year - same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 44 Common School Laws. ESTABLISHING STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. An Act to establish, organize, and maintain a State Normal School as a branch to the University, to appropriate money for the same, and for other purposes. ■ School to be estab- lished. Location, ■etc. ■Commis- sioner. "Terms of office. To be part of State •University, Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem- Acts of bly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the P ag e 126. same, That there shall be established in connection with the State University, and forming one of the departments thereof, a State Normal School for the education and training of teachers for the common schools of this State. Said school shall be located, equipped, and conducted as is hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said school shall be located at Rock College, Athens, Georgia, and for the purposes of said school, said Rock College, and the land contigu- ous thereto, not less than six nor more than ten acres, tendered by the Board of Trustees of the University of the State for said purposes, are hereby accepted by the State, as tendered in the resolution of said Board of Trustees reported to this General Assembly by the Governor. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the immediate charge of said school shall be in a commission to be composed of the State School Commissioner and the Chancellor of the Uni- versity for the time being, and three citizens of Georgia experienced in teaching, to be appointed by the Governor, one for a term of two years, one for four years, and one for six years from the dates of their appointments, which Commission shall be the Local Board of said school. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said school shall be a part of the Common School Laws. 45- University of this State and under the control and management of its Board of Trustees, which Board Govem- shall have authority, from time to time, to pre- f t t nt of; scribe in connection with said commission such special features, and open such departments of training and instruction therein, as they shall think the progress and advancement of the times require. They shall also have authority to ordain and estab- lish such rules and by-laws for the regulation of the school and the training and governing of the stu- dents not inconsistent with this Act, as in their opinion may be proper to secure the success of said school. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority officers or aforesaid, That the officers of said school shall be a schools. president and such other professors, teachers and instructors as may be necessary, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, to carry on the school in ac- cordance with the intention of this Act. The Chan- cellor of the University of Georgia shall have a gen- eral supervision of said school. The officers afore- said shall be elected, and their salaries fixed either directly by the Board of Trustees, or through said Commission or Local Board. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority Tuition. aforesaid, That the tuition in said school shall be free to all white students who are residents of the State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others who are not residents of this State shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per annum. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority ]g£f d f - af oresaid, That the five persons named in the third Trustees- section of this Act shall be a Local Board of Trus- tees for said school, with perpetual succession as herein provided. It shall always be charged with the immediate control, supervision and management of said school, subject to the said Board of Trustees, of the University. 46 Common School Laws. Property of schools Compeu • sation of local board. Obligation to be signed by students. Certificates of profi- ciency. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all property purchased under the authority of this Act shall be free from liens or in- cumbrances, and title to the same, as well as any donations that may be made to said Commission or Local Board, or to the Board of Trustees of the University, for the purposes of said school shall be taken in the name of the Trustees of the University in their corporate capacity, and said property shall become the property of the State of Georgia, and shall not be alienated by any one, nor shall any valid lien be created thereon, either by the erection of any buildings thereon, nor by the act of any per- son, nor by the operation of law. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commission or Local Board shall serve without compensation, except that their actual expenses, while they are away from their sev- eral places of residence attending to the duties of said Commission shall be paid by the warrant of the Governor drawn upon the Treasurer. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all students, residents of this State, entering this school, shall sign an obligation in writing to teach, within the next five years after their leaving said school, such a length of time in the common schools of this State as they spend as students in said Normal School. To said students in said Normal School may be granted by the Facul- ty of said school and the Chancellor of the Uni- versity certificates of proficiency, stating in general terms what branches of education the students have been prepared to teach, which certificates shall au- thorize the holders thereof to teach in the common schools of this State without further examination according to the grades specified in their certifi- cates, and such diplomas to graduates as may be prescribed by said Board of Trustees. Common School Latvs. 47 Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authortiy aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws inconsist- ent with this Act be, and the same are, hereby re- pealed. pa Ct eH) 1895 SeC " 12> Tliat tlie SUm ° f seven thusand dollars Appropria- is also appropriated to the trustees for the use of bunding the State Normal School at Athens, Georgia, which and repairs shall be used for the purpose of building dormitories and the repair of other buildings. 48 Common School Laws. ESTABLISHING A TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL. An Act to establish a Technological School as a branch of the State University; to appropriate money for the same, and for other purposes. T artment Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly f$?$f ofsteK of this State, and it is hereby enacted by authority P age6yV university. Q ^ ^q same, That there shall be established in con- nection with the State University, and forming one of the departments thereof, a Technological school Purpose of. for the education and training of students in the industrial and mechanical arts. Said school shall be located, equipped and conducted as hereinafter provided. slon^n" ^ec. 2- Be it further enacted by the authority school of aforesaid, That the Governor shall appoint five fit noiogy. and discreet persons, residents of this State, to be known as the Commission on the School of Technol- ogy, who shall serve without pay except that their actual expenses while away from their several places of residence attending to the duties of such ofti ers Commission, may be allowed as hereinafter pro- and powers vided ; and they may select from their number a chairman and secretary, prescribe rules and regula- tions for their government, may accept the resigna- tion of any member and fill all vacancies. A major- ity shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. Duty of Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority sion mi& " aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Commis- sion, as soon as practicable after the passage, of this Act, to procure the grounds and buildings necessary for the establishment of the technological school of school, herein provided for. It shall be located within or near to the corporate limits of that city or town in the State which shall offer the best inducements for- Common School Laws. 49 such location, in the opinion of said Commission In making the selection of a location for said school the Commission shall give preference to such place as shall be easy of access to all the people of the S * a *?' having- due regard to the appropriateness, eligibility and healthfulness of the surroundings as well as to any offer or donation of value that may be made to secure the said school, or any induce- ments offered by any non-sectarian educational in- stitution of this State. The selection once made shall be final. * SeC ' h 5? it 1 further enacted by the authority Erection of aroresaid, I hat the said Commission, so soon as they buildin & s - have selected the location and procured the neces- sary ground, shall proceed to have erected on such grounds suitable buildings for said school, or in case they secure grounds upon which there are buildings already erected, shall proceed to remodel the same erecting any additional buildings that mav be neces- sary and to procure and place therein the" necessary machinery, power, fixtures, tools, equipments, appli- Machines, ances, and apparatus required to carry into effect power ' etc- the intention of this Act. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority course of aforesaid, That a course of practical training in the trainiDg ' use and manufacture of tools and machines for wood and iron working, shall be provided for all the students in said school, and the curriculum or course of training shall include, as near as practica- ble, consistent with the appropriation hereinafter made, the branches now taught and followed in the Free Institute of Industrial Science at Worcester Massachusetts. No student shall be permitted to remain in the institution unless satisfactory prog- Progressby ress shall be made by him in the opinion of the students - faculty. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted bv the authority aforesaid, That the said school, when so established, .50 Common School Laws. 'Control of school. Additions to the course. Rules of the school Officers of the school. Selection and salary, Trained assistant for com- mission. Qualifica- tions, sala- ries, duties shall be a part of the University of Georgia, and under the control and management of its Board of Trustees. Said Board shall have the authority, from time to time, to add such special features to the course, and to open such other departments of training and instruction therein as they shall deem that the progress and advancement of the times re- quire. They shall also have authority to ordain and establish such rules and by-laws for the regula- tion of the school, and the teaching, training, and governing of the students, not inconsistent with this Act, as in their opinion may be proper to secure the success of said school. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers of said school shall be a President, a Superintendent of the Manual Depart- ment, a Secretary and Treasurer of the Faculty, and such other professors, teachers and instructors as may be necessary in the opinion of the Board of Trustees to carry on the school in accordance with the intention of this Act. The Chancellor of the University of Georgia, shall have the general super- vision of said school. The officers aforesaid shall be selected and their salaries fixed either directly by the Board of Trustees, or through the local Board of Trustees hereinafter provided for. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the erection of the buildings here- in provided for, and the selection and placing of machinery, tools, and appliances therein, said Com- mission may procure the services of a suitable per- son who shall have been a student in good standing of a similar school, to aid them in said work at a salary to be fixed by them, and the person so selected shall, by virtue of said employment, become the Superintendent of the Manual Department of said school for one year after said school shall have been opened, after which the place shall be filled by the Trustees of the University of Georgia, or in such manner as they may direct. Common School Laws. 51 afo^irf tw f l rthe l enacted by the authority school to aroresaid, lhat when the necessary buildings shall be turned have been erected or completed, and the machinery SMa- tools and appliances placed therein, as required b y ssioner - this Act, and said school shall be ready for the re- ception of students, said Commission shall notify the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia and shall turn the said school over to their control and management. off 60 '* ?",?' i e i t l urther enact ed by the authority Bcneflci- aforesaid, That there shall be one beneficiary for aries - each Representative in the General Assembly from every county in this State, selected by the Board of how Education in each county, on competitive examina- chosen - tion, and who shall be first entitled to the benefits of said school; that the tuition in said school shall be free to all students who are residents of the State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others than residents of the State, shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per annum. . Sec. 11 Be it further enacted by the authority Local aforesaid That the five persons named in the second Ktee/ section of this Act shall become, as soon as said school is turned over by them to the Board of Trus- tees of the University of Georgia, a local Board of rowers Irustees for said Technological School, with per- and dutie *- petual succession as hereinbefore provided, and they shall always be charged with the immediate control, supervision, and management of said school, subject to the general Board of Trustees, of which body they shall be ex officio members. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority A PP ro P ri- aforesaid, That the sum of sixty-five thousand dol- atiou ' lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated for the establish- ment of said school, and to carry this Act into effect, the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State in favor of said Commis- 52 Common School Laws. When available. How paid. What it must cover Report to Governor. Property purchased under this Act free from en- cumbran- ces. Title, how taken. Property, how used. Payment of expenses of commis- sion. Payment for plans and specifi- cations. sioners for such parts of said sum as may be applied for in writing from time to time, as said work pro- gresses; provided, this sum shall not be available after the first of January, 1887, and shall then be- paid only out of any funds in the treasury not other- wise appropriated; provided further, that this sum is. appropriated with the understanding that it shall pay all costs of grounds, buildings, machinery, tools, and appliances necessary for the establishment of said school and its operations for one year, and should the said Commission find the same insuffi- cient for this purpose, they shall, before any pur- chases are made, report that fact to the G-overnor, and in that event no warrant shall issue for any part of the sum appropriated. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all property purchased under this Act shall be free from liens or incumbrances, and title to the same, as well as to any donations that said Commission may receive, shall be taken in the name of the Trustees of the University of Georgia in their corporate capacity, and said property shall become the property of the State of Georgia, and the same shall not be alienated by any one, nor shall any valid lien be created thereon, neither in the erection of any building thereon, nor by the act of any person, nor by operation of law. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any one of said Commission shall have incurred any necessary expense while away from his place of residence, in the performance of his duty under this Act, then, on verification of the same by his affidavit, the Governor may indorse the same correct, and order it paid out of the fund herein appropriated. Any indebtedness for plans, and specifications must likewise be indorsed by the- Governor before payment of the same is made. Common School Laics. 53 Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority Final state- aforesaid, That when said Commission shall haveSmmS performed their duties under this Act, and shall sioru turn OTer said property to the Trustees of the Uni- versity of Georgia, as herein provided, said Com- what to mission shall submit to said Board a full and final contain - statement describing the property purchased, the amount of money expended therefor, with the proper vouchers, and said Board of Trustees, after a verifi- To whom cation of the same, shall transmit to the Governor submitted. said report, with any suggestions therewith they may deem proper to make, and the Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly, a summary of the same. Sec. 16. 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. COMMISSION FOR TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Act of Oct. of the State, That the second section of the above amenfed. recited Act, which prescribes the number of Com- missioners and limits the same to five members, be and the same is, hereby so amended as to authorize of U commis- the election of two other members of said Commis- f u °^ ed sion, so that the local Board of Trustees in charge of said school shall consist of seven instead of five members, as now constituted. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority selection of aforesaid, That the present Commission be, and trustees!* 1 they are, hereby authorized and empowered to select the additional Trustees provided for by this Act. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority ^horitv" 1 aforesaid, That the local Board of Trustees, when of local " Increased by the two members herein authorized^^steesf 54 Common Sclwol Laws. shall be directly charged with the government and control of said school, shall be authorized to grant diplomas, make rules, receive and disburse the funds of the school, and generally do anything and every- thing required by the Act of which this is amenda- tory, to render efficient the work of said school. All Diploma?. aipi omas shall be countersigned by the Chancellor of the University, who shall cause a record to be kept of the same in his office at Athens. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. TO DECREASE TUITION OF NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS STATE TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL. Tuition fee Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of isw of non-rei-i- ^ ^ dent pupils of this State, That from and after the passage of page 63 to be $50.00 per annum 00 this Act, the tuition fee which shall be required of pupils non-resident of this State, in attendance on the State Technological School, shall be fifty dollars per annum, instead of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, as provided in the Act approved October 13, 1885, authorizing and founding said school. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1894. Common School Laws. 55 GEORGIA. NORMAL AND INDUS- TRIAL COLLEGE. ESTABLISHING THE GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE AND APPROPRI- ATING MONEY FOR THE SAME. An Act to establish a Normal and Industrial College as a branch of the State University, for the edu- cation of white girls; to appropriate money for the same, and for other purposes. Actsofi?89 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly page 10. of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there shall be established in con- nection with the State University, and forming one of the departments thereof, a college for the educa- tion of white girls to be known as the "Georgia Normal and Industrial College." Said College shall be located, equipped and conducted as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority Board of aforesaid, That the Governor of this State shall SoT nominate and appoint by and with the advice and actualex consent of the Senate, five fit and discreet persons, pen to be known as the Board of Directors of the Geor- gia Normal and Industrial College, who shall serve without pay, except their actual expenses while away from their several places of residence attend- ing to the duties of said Board, which shall be paid. When the said Directors have selected a location for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, as hereinafter provided, the Governor shall appoint from the county where located, two additional 56 Common School Laws. To fill va- cancies in Board of Directors. Quorum. President and Sec- retary. Term of office. How com- missioned. Subsequent appoint- ments. To convene Board of Directors. Directors, who shall be appointed and confirmed as the first five Directors provided for, and shall have like powers and duties. In all cases where there is a vacancy in the Board of Directors, or from any cause there are unfilled places in said. Board when the General Assembly is not in session, the Gov- ernor shall appoint to fill the vacancy until the regular appointment can be made by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a majority of said Board shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The said Board shall have the power to select from their numbers a President and a Secretary and to prescribe rules and regulations for their govern- ment. Immediately after the Board of Directors is composed of seven members, they shall divide by lot into three classes; two members holding for two years, and two for four years, and three for six years. The result of this allotting shall be certified by the President and the Secretary of said Board, and presented to the Governor, who shall then issue, accordingly, commissions to each of the members of the said Board, in lieu of the certificates of appoint- ment which shall be issued when first appointed. The term of each shall be computed from the date of the appointment of the first five. All subsequent appointments shall be made as above prescribed, and for a term of six years, except when made to fill an unexpired term. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to convene said Board at the Capitol of the State within ninety days after tne approval of this Act, but all subsequent meetings shall be by direction of the Board of Directors, or called by its officers under its rules and regulations. Whenever it is made to appear to the Governor that any member of Common School Laws. 57 said Board has failed to attend two successive meet- ings of said Board, without rendering an excuse which is satisfactory to and accepted by the Board it shall be the duty of the Governor to declare his place vacant and to fill the vacancy . Sec. '5. Be it further enacted by the authoritv Location - aforesaid, That the five Directors first appointed under the provisions of this Act shall, as soon as they are organized, proceed to locate said Normal and Industrial College in the city of Milledgeville and for that purpose the property of the State known as the " Executive Mansion," and its grounds con- taining two acres, and the land and building known fnd dings as the "Penitentiary Square," containing twenty g^ES acres, be, and it is hereby, set apart and appropri- « led - ated for the purposes and benefit of said school. o/ GC ' S ™ ? further enacted b y the authority Buiidi„ gs aroresaid, lhat so soon as said Directors have pro- t0 be erect - cured suitable grounds, they shall proceed to have modeled. erected on such grounds the necessary buildings for said College. In case they should select grounds on which there are buildings, they shall proceed to remodel the same, if needful, and erect any addi- tional buildings that may be necessary. The Direc- tors shall procure and place in the building of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College the neces- sary machinery, power, fixtures, furniture, equip- F . merit, appliances and apparatus to carry into effect nS" the intentions of this Act. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority wh aforesaid, That, when the necessary buildings shall KdS have been erected or completed, and the machinery, S^ of power, fixtures, furniture, equipment, appliances £ D ffig and apparatus placed therein, as required by this ° ' Act, and said Georgia Normal and Industrial Col- lege shall be ready for the reception of students, said Board of Directors shall notify the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia and shall turn 58 Common School Laws. And under their con- trol and manage- ment. Special features. Rules and by-laws. Salaries fixed. Local Board of Directors. Its powers over the said Georgia Normal and Industrial Col- lege to their control and management. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said College shall be a part of the University of Georgia and shall be under the control and management of its Board of Trustees. Said Trutsees shall Lave authority from time to- time to add such special features to the College, and to open such new departments of training and in- struction therein, as the progress and advancement of the times require. They shall also have power and authority to ordain and establish such rules, and by-laws for the regulation of said College, and the teaching, training and governing of the students not inconsistent with this Act, as in their opinion may be proper to secure the success of said College. The Chancellor of the University of Georgia shall have general supervision of said Georgia Normal and Industrial College, and its officers shall be selected and their salaries fixed either directly by the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, or through the Board of Directors as herein pro- vided. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Directors hereinbefore provided shall become, as soon as said college is turned over to them by the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, a local Board of Directors for said Georgia Normal and Industrial College, with right of succession as hereinbefore provided,, and all the powers necessary for the immediate con- trol, supervision and management of said College, subject to the Board of Trustees of the State Univer* sity, of which body the President of the Board of Di- rectors above mentioned shall be ex officio a member. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Directors shall have full and ample powers, subject to the restrictions and limitations herein made, to establish and main- Common School Laws. 5& tain a first-class college for the education of white girls. Said College shall have an Industrial Depart- department ment in which shall be taught telegraphy, stenogra- phy, typewriting, photography, book-keeping, do- mestic economy, cutting and making dresses, print- ing, industrial and decorative art in its practical application, and such other practical industries as may tend to fit and prepare girls for occupations which are consistent with feminine refinement and modesty. There shall also be a Normal Department partmrat 6 for the thorough training of teachers. No girl shall be allowed to take a course in said College who does not receive instruction in at least one industrial art. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority Board of aforesaid, That the Board of Directors shall appoint Directors a President and Professors of said College, and such fleers and" other officers as they may think proper, and shall 5?™^^ make such laws, rules and regulations for the gov- regulations. ernment of said College, its officers, students and employees as they may deem advisable. They shall divide the course of study and instruction into de- partments so as to secure thorough education and the best instruction. Said Directors shall regulate the rates of tuition, together with the course of discipline necessary to enforce the faithful dis- charge of the duties of all officers, professors and students. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority 3™**°* aforesaid, That said Board of Directors shall appor- from coun- tion to each county its quota of the scholars which t,es ' can be received into said College on the basis of white population (according to the United States census taken just preceding each appointment), in the State and several counties; provided, that each county shall be entitled at least to one scholarship in said College. After giving notice for not less How se . than two weeks, the Board of Education from each lected. county shall ascertain which of the applicants from '60 Common School Laws. their respective counties are qualified to enter said College, and select from those so qualified to enter, those to be sent from their respective counties, and certify such selections to the President of the Geor- gia Normal and Industrial College. Such appoint- ments shall be made under the regulations pre- scribed by said Board of Directors, who shall also ?fschoiar- n P rov ide ^ or the disposition of scholaships not taken ships. by the counties entitled to them. In all selections of scholars preference shall be given the daughters of deceased and disabled Confederate soldiers who are otherwise unable to secure a thorough educa- tion. Appropri- Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority ates thirty aforesaid, That the sum of thirty-five thousand dol- thousand , , , „ * , , dollars. lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated for the establish- ment and equipment of said Georgia Normal and In- Howand dustrial College, and to carry into effect this Act. The when paid. Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of this State in favor of said Board of Directors for such parts of said sum as may be applied for in writing, from time to time as the work progresses, and as expenses are incurred; pro- vided, that said $35,000 shall be paid in three equal installments for the years 1891, 1892, 1893, out of the proceeds of the lease of the Western and At- lantic Railroad not otherwise appropriated. ah proper- Sec - 14 « Be it further enacted by the authority ^hasedun a f° resa id, That all property purchased under the de'r S author- authority of this Act shall be free from liens and Act°/ree is incumbrances, and title to same, as well as to any from liens donations that said Board may receive, shall be bra e nc C e U s m " taken in the name of the Trustees of the University of Georgia, in their corporate capacity, and said property shall become the property of the State of Georgia; and the same shall not be alienated by any one, nor shall any valid lien be created thereon, Common School Laivs. 61 neither in the erection of any building, nor by the act of any person, nor by operation of law. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority Report of aloresaid, That when said Directors shall turn over Boardof said property to the Trustees of the University of Dlrectors - Georgia, as herein provided, said Directors shall submit to said Trustees a full statement, describing the property donated, if any; the property pur- chased, if any; the amount of money expended therefor, with proper vouchers, showing all amounts and property received, and from what source and for what expended. Said Board of Trustees shall verify said report and transmit the same to the Governor with any suggestions they may deem proper to make, and the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a summary of the same. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority Authorized, aforesaid, That said Board of Directors shall have donations power to accept for said Georgia Normal and In- dustrial College all donations of money and prop- erty of whatever kind or character, title to which shall be made and vested as provided in section 14 of this Act. Sec. 17. 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. BOARD OF VISITORS TO GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. Acts of Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly how ap - 1890-91. of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of pomted - page 123. ihe same? That there ghall be a Board of visitors appointed by the Governor, composed of women 62 Common School Laws. Number. Duty. Report. Terms of office. Increase of number. First meet- ing. Selection of officers, etc. equal in number to the congressional districts of this State, whose duty it shall be to attend the ex- aminations of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College preceding each annual commencement, and to examine personally into the condition and man- agement of said institution. Said Board of Visitors shall submit their report in writing to the Governor, in which they shall report upon the character of the examinations aforesaid, the progress of the stu- dents, the condition and management of said insti- tution, together with such suggestions and recom- mendations thereon as they may deem proper. Said reports shall be laid before the General Assembly by the Governor^ . Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately after this Act is passed in 1891, dividing the State into congres- sional districts, the Governor shall appoint one member of said Board of Visitors from each con- gressional district, for terms as follows: Three for one year, four for two years, and four for three years. All subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of three years, except the appointments made to fill vacancies, caused by death, resignation or other cause, which shall be to fill the unexpired term. Whenever the number of congressional dis- tricts in this State are increased, the number of the Board of Visitors shall be increased, and said Board shall, as near as practicable, be at all times composed of one member from each congressional district. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Visitors shall hold their first meeting in the city of Milledgeville, at such time as may be designated by the Governor, and shall select their own Chairman and Secretary, fix the number that shall constitute a quorum, and fix rules and by-laws for the government of their body. Such Board shall for all meetings, receive Common School Laws. 63 as compensation for their services four dollars per compensa- diem, estimated from the date of their leaving home tion ' by the quickest practicable route to Milledgeville. The whole service of said Board shall not exceed ten days per annum. The compensation allowed to the members of the Board of Visitors, provided for in this Act, shall be paid by the Board of Directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College out of the funds belonging to said College. Sec. 4. 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. APPROPRIATION FOR THE GEORGIA NOR- MAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. .Acts of 1893 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General A ssembly, $2,000 a P - ■s»geio. and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the to%a™or d same, That the sum of two thousand dollars, or so ISdwS much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same carets in is, hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the Uni- rie7of to " versity of Georgia to be used for building bath- Smii rooms and water-closets for the dormitories of the at ? d : ° dus - Georgia Normal and Industrial College and for re- lege. pairing buildings known as the dormitory buildings. Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict Repealing with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. clause. 64 Common School Laws. APPROPRIATION FOR GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. S25,ooo.oo Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of 189&- ate p d.° pri " of tlie state of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by pagel °" authority of the same, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be For buiid- necessai T> '^e, and the same is, hereby appropriated ingsand to the Trustees of the University of Georgia to be Ga. n NOTmai used in the construction of additional building and triaicoi- s_ ^ urj iishing the same for the Georgia Normal and lege. Industrial College. whenap- Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority ava P iabie 0n aforesaid, That these sums, or any part thereof, may be drawn from the Treasury by warrant of the Gov- ernor whenever the bills for such buildings and fur- nishings have been approved by the Directors of said Normal and Industrial College and the Gov- ernor. Sec. 4. 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.. Common School Laws. 65 STATE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE FOR COLORED PERSONS. ESTABLISHING SCHOOL FOR COLORED PER- SONS AS BRANCH STATE UNIVERSITY. An Act to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University; to appropriate money for the same, and for other purposes. Acts of 1890 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly school to -9i, page f ^his gtate, and it is hereby enacted by authority nlhedf " of the same, That there shall be established in con- sec. i of nection with the State University, and forming one 26?i8«? OT ' °f the departments thereof, a school for the educa- ij™ ended tion and training of colored students, to be called fov Act ot 1895 page 95 "The State Industrial College for Colored Persons." Name of Said school shall be located, equipped, and con- ducted as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority c j ommis b ' . aforesaid, That the Governor shall appoint five fit appointed. and discreet persons, residents of this State, to be known as the Commission on the School for Colored Students, who shall serve without pay, except that their actual expenses while away from their several places of residence attending to the duties of such Commission, may be allowed as herein provided; and they may select from their number a Chairman and Secretary, prescribe rules and regulations for their government, may accept the resignation of any member and fill all vacancies. A majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 66 Common School Laws. Buildings and grounds procured. Location. Erection of buildings, etc. Course of training. Progress must be made by students. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Commis- sion as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, to procure the grounds and buildings necessary for the establishment of the school herein provided for. It shall be located within, or near to, the cor- porate limits of that town or city in the State which shall afford the best inducements for such location, in the opinion of said Commission. In making the selection for a location for said school, the Commis- sion shall give the preference to such place as shall be of easy access to all the colored people of the State, having due regard to the appropriateness, eligibility and healthfulness of the surroundings, as well as to any offer or donation of value that may be made to secure the said school, or any inducements offered by any non-sectarian institution of this State. The selection once made shall be final. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commission, as soon as they shall have selected the location and procured the necessary grounds, shall proceed to have erected on such grounds, suitable buildings for such school, or in case they secure the grounds on which there are buildings already erected, shall proceed to re- model the same, erecting any additional buildings that may be necessary and practicable under the appropriation made therefor. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a course of training shall be pro- vided for all of the students in said school, embrac- ing the studies required by the Acts of Congress of the United States, approved July 2, 1862, and Au- gust 30, 1890, making donations of public land and the proceeds thereof to the States and Territories for educational purposes. No student shall be per- mitted to remain in the institution unless satisfac- tory progress shall be made by him in the opinion of the facultv. Common School Laics. 67 Sec. G. Be it further enacted 'by the authority To be a aforesaid, That the said school when so established sfatVuni- shall be a part of the University of Georgia, and ver sity. under the control and management of the Board of Trustees. Said Board shall have authority, from time to time, to add such special features to the ^q^°q course, and to open such other departments of train- ing and instruction therein as they shall deem that the progress and advancement of the times require. They shall also have authority to ordain and estab- lish such rules and by-laws for the regulation of the R uies and school and the teaching, training and governing of for? 1 '* the students, not inconsistent with this Act, as in their opinion may be proper to secure the success of said school. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority pacers of aforesaid, That the officers of said school shall be a sc president, and such other professors, teachers and instructors as may be necessary in the opinion of the Board of Trustees to carry on the schooi in ac- cordance with the intention of this Act. The Chan- cellor of the University of Georgia shall have gen- eral supervision of said school. The officers afore- said shall be elected and their salaries fixed, either directly by the Board of Trustees or through the local Board of Trustees hereinafter provided for. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority Trustees of aforesaid, that when the necessary buildings shall ^g^i have been procured, erected or completed, as re- fied when quired by this Act, and said school shall be ready ready, and for the reception of students, said Commission shall j^nedover notify the Board of Trustees of the University of to them. Georgia and shall turn the said school over to their control and management. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority Beneficia- aforsaid, That there shall be one beneficiary for lies ' each Representative in the General Assembly from each county in the State, selected by the Board of 68 Common School Laws. Tuition. Local Board of Trustees. Education of each county under the rules and regu- lations to be prescribed by the local Board of Trus- tees herein provided for, and who shall be first enti- tled to the benefits of said school; that the tuition shall be free to all students who are residents of the State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others, than residents of the State shall not exceed fifty dollars per annum. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the five persons named in the second section of this Act, shall become, as soon as said school is turned over by them to the Board of Trus- tees of the University of Georgia, a local Board of Trustees for said school, with perpetual succession as hereinafter provided; and they shall always be charged with the immediate control, supervision and management of said school, isubject to the gen- eral Board of Trustees. The Chairman of said local Board of Trustees shall be ex officio a member of the Board of Trusteesof the University of Geor- gia. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all property purchased under the authority of this Act shall be free from liens and incumbrances and titles to the same, as well as to any donations that the Commission may receive,, shall be taken in the name of the Trustees of the University of Georgia in their corporate capacity, and said property shall become the property of the State of Georgia, and the same shall not be alien- ated by any one, nor shall any valid lien be created thereon, neither in the erection of any building thereon, nor by the act of any person, nor by the operation of. law. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority of commis- aforesaid, That when any one of said Commission shall have incurred any necessary expense, while away from his place of residence in the performance Chairman. Property of schools. Expenses Common School Laws. 69 •of his duty under this Act, then, on verification of the same by his affidavit, the Governor may indorse indebted- the same as correct and order it paid out of the fund JSL f and herein appropriated. Any indebtedness for plans ^jS flcar " and specifications must likewise be indorsed by the Governor before payment of the same is made. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority Final state- aforesaid, That when said Commission shall haveSommiif- performed their duties under this Act, and shall sion ' etc- have turned over said property to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, as herein provided, said Commission shall submit to said Board a final state- ment describing the property purchased, the amount of money expended therefor, with proper vouchers, and said Board of Trustees, after a verification of the same, shall submit to the Governor said report with any suggestions therewith they may deem proper to make, and the Governor shall transmit to the General Assembly a summary of the same. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority Annual ap- aforesaid, That the sum of eight thousand dollars F 7?cnoo? n be, and the same is, hereby, annually appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the University, to be drawn upon executive warrant in their favor for said purposes. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority in l.eu of . - ,™ , , ■. • j_- -i • -j *b claim upon aforesaid, That the appropriation herein provided - land for shall be in lieu of any claim of J :he colored popu- scrip " lation of this State upon the proceeds of the Agri- cultural Land Scrip donated by the Congress of the United States, by said Act of Congress, ap- proved July 2, 1862. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority ^ s f t r d rs of aforesaid, That the Board of Visitors of the State University, or a committee of their body, shall exer- cise like functions and powers touching said insti- tute as are prescribed by law for said Board in rela- tion to the State University. 70 Common School Laws. proposed Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority donation aforesaid, That as to the additional donation of the Ac a t d of c y on- proceeds of public lands made to this State by the gress of United States, under said Act of Congress, approved 1890." 3 ' August (30th, 1890) thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, the General Assembly proposes and reports to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, as a just and equitable division of the funds to be received under said Act, of 30th of August (1890) eighteen hundred and ninety, between one college for white students and one institution for colored students, that one-third of said sum shall be for the colored students and two-thirds for the whites; pro- vided, that the division may be at any time modified by the written consent of the Secretary of the Inte- rior of the United States, and the Governor of Geor- gia, for the time being, so as to make the same a just and equitable division of the fund arising under said Act of Congress of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, between the white and colored people of this State for the purposes of said edu- cation. Actmak- ^ ec - ^. ^ e ^ father enacted by the authority ing appro- aforesaid, That the Act approved March 3d, 1874, Atlanta 1 ° entitled an Act to equitably adjust the claims of onMaTChl' the colored race for a portion of the proceeds of 1874, re- ' the "Agricultural Land Scrip," by which eight thou- pea e ' sand dollars per annum was heretofore appropri- ated to the Atlanta University, is hereby repealed, Races to be and no colored student shall be admitted into the arateiy. sep University and no white student shall be admitted into the school for colored students, herein provided and established. Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of said Act, including said Act of March 3d, 1874, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Common School Laics. 71 THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. Section 1192 (1197) (1116). University of Georgia code of and its government. The government of the Univer- sity of Georgia, at Athens, is vested in a Board of Trustees, who are subject to the General Assembly. Sec. 1193 (1198) (1117). Name and style, may sue and be sued. For such purpose they are a body cor- porate and politic,, by the name of " Trustees of the University of Georgia," by which they shall have a perpetual succession, have and use a common seal, and be a person in law, able to plead and be im- pleaded, to hold and acquire real and personal estate, with power to lease and otherwise manage the same for the good of the University. All money or property granted by the State, or individuals for the advancement of learning in general, is vested in such Trustees. (Sec. 1194, repealed Acts of 1889, page 56.) Sec. 1195 (1200) (1119). When the Board is reduced below a quorum. If the Board shall be reduced to less than a quorum, the Governor shall fill the vacancies till the quorum is complete, and then the quorum shall fill the remaining vacancies. Sec. 1196 (1201) (1120). Powers specified. They have power — 1. To elect their own officers, such as President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, or such of them as they may require, and also all other officers they may deem necessary for their organization. 2. To elect a presiding officer of said University who shall be styled " The Chancellor of the Univer- sity of Georgia," and, in case of a vacancy in his office, unsupplied, to create such office and make such arrangement for the conduct of the institution as to them shall seem fit. 3. To elect or appoint professors, tutors, stewards, 72 Common School Laws. or any other officer necessary; to discontinue or re- move them, as the good of the University may re- quire; to fix their salaries. 4. To prescribe the course of studies to be pursued by the students, the terms and manner of graduat- ing, and of conferring all degrees. 5. To establish all such schools of learning or art as may be useful to the State, and to organize the same in the way most likely to attain the ends desired. 6. To call on all persons who may have, or who have had, any funds, property, papers or books, be- longing to the University, to deliver them up and make settlements. 7. To adjust and determine the expenses of the Institution. 8. To exercise any power usually granted to such incorporations necessary to its usefulness and not in conflict with the Constitution and its laws. Sec. 1197 (1202) (1121). Meeting of Board, how called. The President of the Board and two of its members may appoint a meeting at any time by giv- ing to the others at least ten days' notice, by letter or otherwise. When the President does not act, the senior Trustee present shall preside, and in all other respects discharge his duties; when the Board is divided, the presiding officer shall give the casting vote, or may vote to make a tie. A majority of the body present shall govern, if a quorum. Nothing done at a special meeting shall be binding after the rising of the next annual meeting, unless then con- firmed. Sec. 1198 (1203) (1122). Trustees failing to attend. If any member of the Board being within the State, shall fail to attend any two successive meetings, his seat becomes thereby vacant, unless he be specially excused by the Board for good cause shown. Sec. 1199 (1204) (1123). Shall not dispose of stock subscribed for. Such Trustees shall never dispose of Common School Laics. 73 the stock by them subscribed for, except with the consent of the General Assembly, but the dividends therefrom shall be drawn from and used as the vari- ous demands of the University may require. Sec. 1200 (1205) (1124). Trustees must report annu- ally. It is the duty of such Trustees to make an annual report of their business to the Governor, which must embrace a statement of the expendi- tures and receipts on account of the University, the number and names of the students, their different studies, the tuition money, and all other information and suggestions which the Board may think con- ducive to the good of the University and the cause of general education in the State. (Sec. 1201, repealed Acts of 1887, page 67.) Sec. 1202 (1207) (1126). Reports of Boards of Trus- tees and Visitors. The Governor shall lay the re- ports respectively of the Board of Trustees and Board of Visitors, annually, before the General Assembly, in connection with his Annual Message, with such comments as he may see proper, and when so done the General Assembly has power to revise and approve or reject the action of the Board of Trustees. Sec. 1203 (1208) (1127). No person of any religious denomination shall be excluded from equal advan- tages of education, and the immunities of the Uni- versity on account of their speculative sentiments in religion, or being of a different religious profes- sion from the Trustees or Faculty. Sec. 1204 (1209) (1128). Oaths required in the charter. The Chancellor of the University, its pro- fessors and tutors, shall not be required to take certain oaths prescribed in its charter. Sec. 1205 (1210) (1129). Chancellor may appear before the Legislature. The Chancellor has the au- thority to appear before the General Assembly once at each session, and address them in person on the condition, interest and wants of the University. 7 4 Common School Laws. Sec. 1206 (1211) (1130). Conferring degrees. The University may confer degrees as follows: 1. To each graduate of the University the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 2. To each graduate of the University or another college of three years' standing, or to such gradu- ates as have passed a year in the University schools (all being of good moral character), the degree of Master of Arts. 3. To all law students who have attended the lec- tures of the professors, and are recommended by them for the same, the degree of Bachelor of Laws. 4. To the graduates of such medical school as may be established by the Trustees of the Univer- sity, the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 5. To students in the University schools of two years' standing and proficient in two or more of them, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 6. To persons distinguished for learning, ability and character, according to their respective voca- tions, the degree of Doctor of Laws, or of Divinity, and where appropriate, both. It may also confer such other degrees and honors as may tend to the promotion of the arts and sciences. Sec. 1207 (1212) (1131). Laio students may practice. Any law student having a diploma of graduation, signed by the proper authority of the University, is entitled to plead and practice law in all the courts of law and equity of this State, on the same terms of the graduates of the Lumpkin Law School; and all graduates of the medical school of the Univer- sity are entitled to practice their profession in all its branches. Sec. 1208 (1213) (1132). Preparatory school in con- nection with college. By the authority of the Board of Trustees, there shall be established in connection with the University, an institute combining the in- struction usually given in academies and to the Common School Laws. 75- lower classes in colleges, and by the same authority there may be a reduction of the number of years usually spent in colleges prior to graduation. Uni- versity schools for professional education, includ- ing the application of science to the industrial arts as well as to the more abtruseand recondite sciences, not omitting the application of chemistry to agricul- ture, and mathematics to civil engineering. Sec. 1209 (1214) (1133). Campus grounds not sub- ject to alienation. There is reserved and set apart for the University campus, not subject to aliena- tion, thirty-seven acres of the tract of land donated to the University by the late Governor Milledge. Sec. 1210 (1215) (1134). The permanent income not less than eight thousand dollars. The permanent in- come of said University from its bank stock, shall not be less than eight thousand dollars annually, and when the dividends from the bank shall not be equal to the sum, the Governor is required to make up the deficiency semi-annually, by his warrant on the State Treasurer for its payment out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 1211 (1216) (1135). Acts relative to University not repealed. The various Acts of the General As- sembly relative to said University, in force at the time of the adoption of this Code, if not embraced herein, and not inconsistent with what is so em- braced, are still of force. (Sees. 1217 to 1240, inclusive, superseded by Act of 1870, p. 455.) 76 Common School Laws. AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY TO ELECT THE GOV- ERNOR AS A MEMBER OF THEIR BOARD WHETHER THERE BE A VACANCY AT THE TIME OR NOT. Oovernor of State member of Board of Trustees. An Act to amend the charter of the State Univer- sity, so as to authorize the Board of Trustees to elect the Governor of this State a member of said Board, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Ac t3 of of the State of Georgia, That the charter of the J^g State University be, and the same is, hereby amended, so as to authorize and empower the Board of Trustees of said University to elect the Governor of this State a member of said Board if they see fit at any time, whether there be a vacancy in said Board at the time or not; provided, however, that if said Board should elect the Governor a member thereof, at a time when there is no vacancy on said Board, then and in that event the said Board shall have no authority to fill the next vacancy that may occur in said Board after said election. Sec. 2. 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. Common School Laws. 7 7 GEORGIA REPORTS, ETC., FOR STATE UNIVERSITY. Acts of Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly pagefaV °f Georgia, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to furnish to the University of Georgia, from the State Library, the last Code of Georgia, and such volumes of the Reports of the Supreme Court of Georgia as are not contained in the Uni- versity Library. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority Also future aforesaid, That the Governor shall furnish the Uni- volumes - versity of Georgia, the future volumes of the Su- A n ^P ublie preme Court Reports, and such other public books as are furnished by the State to the several counties. Sec. 3. 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. APPOINTMENT OF A BOARD OF VISITORS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. Acts of 1887 Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of ^^ page 67. Georgia do hereby enact, That the Governor shall annually appoint five experienced educators, citi- zens of the State, as a special Board of Visitors to attend the examinations of the University of Geor- Duty of. gia, preceding the annual commencement, and to examine personally into the condition and manage- ment of said institution. Said visitors, or a major- ity of them, shall submit their report in writing as soon thereafter as possible to the Governor, in which 78 Common School Laws. they shall report upon the character of the examina- tions aforesaid, the condition and management of said institution, together with any suggestions and recommendations thereon as they may deem proper. Said report shall be laid before the General Assem- bly by the Governor. Quorum. Sec. 2. A majority of said Board shall constitute a quorum. Such visitors shall receive a compensa- compensa- tion for their services, four ($4.00) dollars per diem, estimating from the date of leaving their homes, and mileage each way by the nearest practicable route to Athens, at the rate of three cents per mile. The whole service of said Board shall not exceed ten days. Sec. 3. That section 1201 of the Code of 1882, re- lating to the appointment of said special Board of Visitors, and all other laws and parts of laws, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. Board of Section 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the ^gg 1889 £™i^ r e s s it of passage of this Act, the Board of Trustees of the page ' of Georgia. University of Georgia shall be composed of one member from each congressional district of the Howap- State, four from the State at large, two from the pointed, city of Athens, and the Chairman ex officio of the Board of Directors of the Technological School, all of whom, except the latter, shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate under the rules governing the appointment and confirma- tion of other officers of this State required by law to be confirmed by the Senate. Common School Laws. 79 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the term of Thetermo{ office of said Trustees shall be eight years, and until office. their successors are appointed, confirmed and quali- fied. The first appointments under this Act shall be made by the Governor (and confirmed by the Sen- ate), before the first day of September, 1889, and thereafter by the Senate; four of them shall be ap- pointed for two years, four for four years, and four for six years, and four for eight years, and as the first term of these appointees expires their successors Their suc- shall be appointed and confirmed biennially, there- cessors - after for a full term of eight years. It is the inten- tion of this Act to provide for the appointment of two Trustees from the City of Athens, exclusive of lthens one from the congressional district in which said Trustees. city may be located, and in the appointments first made, under this Act, each one of the three Trustees thus allotted this district shall be appointed respect- ively, one to each of the three short terms above provided for. Of the four Trustees first appointed from the State at large, one shall be named for each of the periods above mentioned — two, four, six and eight years — and their successors shall be appointed for a full term of eight years. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That persons to be gjsjg^ eligible to the office of Trustee shall be citizens of Trustee. this State; shall be residents of the districts from which they are appointed; shall be at least twenty- five years of age, and shall not be a Trustee of any other male college or university, excluding branch colleges of the University and high schools or acad- emies, and shall be chosen with special reference and fitness for, and capacity to exercise the duties of the office of Trustee. The Governor shall be ex ^Gov- officio a member of the Board of Trustees, and shall officio attend its meetings when possible and shall be enti- member. tied to all the privileges of membership in the Board. 80 Common School Laws. To fill all vacancies. Chairman. Annual meetings. Rules and regu la- vions. Present Board Office of members declared vacant for failure to attend tbree suc- cessive meetings. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in case of resignation or death of any member of the Board, the Governor shall fill such unexpired terms in the same manner as above provided for, such appoint- ments to be confirmed by the Senate at its next meeting after the same is made. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Trustees as above provided for, shall meet in the city of Athens, at twelve o'clock on the third Wednesday of September next, and shall elect one of their number as its presiding officer, who shall be called the " Chairman of the Board of Trustees." Thereafter they may meet subject to their own order. But they must assemble in annual session in the city of Athens, on the Thursday preceding the Sunday of the commencements of the University. They may establish such rules and regulations for their own direction as they deem proper, and may fix the terms of the offices of their Chairman and Secretary; and they are hereby vested with all the powers, privileges and rights invested in the present Board of Trustees, and are hereby charged with all the duties, obligations and responsibilities now in- cumbent on the same. The existence of the present Board shall expire with the qualification and organ- ization of the Board provided for in this Act. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the office of any member of the Board of Trustees shall be va- cated if he neglects to furnish good and satisfactory excuse in writing to the Board for absence from two successive meetings thereof; and if any member for any cause fails to attend three successive meetings of the Board, his office shall be declared vacant by the Board, and the Secretary shall in either event notify the Governor of a vacancy in the Board, and the Governor shall fill the same as above provided for. Common School Laics. 81 Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That the members compensa- of the Board shall receive for their compensation members. the sum of four dollars for each day of actual at- tendance at the meetings thereof, and mileage in actual fare to and from the place of meeting by the nearest practicable route from their homes, said per diem and mileage to be paid by the State Treas- how paid. urer out of the funds of the State on presentation of vouchers of the members, approved by the Chair- man and signed by the Secretary of the Board; provided, that the per diem of said Trustees shall not Prcms0 - be paid for any longer period than ten days in one vear. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Board of JJgSKo Trustees shall submit to the General Assembly, the Gov - cm or. through the Governor, biennial reports of their transactions, together with such information as is necessary to show the condition of the University and with such suggestions as it may think condu- cive to the good of the University and the cause of education in the State. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. ADMITTING WHITE FEMALE STUDENTS INTO ALL OF THE BRANCH COLLEGES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. Acts of iss9 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly A [] m ^ tt f g Dg page 123.-. of the State of Georgia, That all the branch colleges male stu- of the State University of Georgia,, that have been branch and may hereafter be established, shall be open to con e^«of^ all white female students of proper age and qualifi- sity. cations, with equal rights and privileges as those exercised and enjoyed by male students of such £2 Common School Laws. institutions, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the several Boards of Trustees of said institutions. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. REGULATING DUTIES BOARDS OF VISITORS AND TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ETC. when re- Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly £-5^ °| 1894 Board f of °^ ^ n ^ s State, That from and after the passage of visitors be this Act, it shall be the duty of the Board of Vis- trustees. 016 itors for the University of Georgia, appointed annu- ally by the Governor under the law applicable thereto., to complete and make up the report re quired of them, and lay the same before the Trus- Board tees of said institution on or before the Saturday visitorsio preceding the annual commencement day of said ror S tant im institution. The said Board of Visitors shall also, coming to at the same time, present to the Trustees in writing, knowied e an ^ m atter of importance coming to their knowl- edge during their examination of the institution, ^fg|eT- ake which, in their opinion, is material to the welfare, thFsame S ood management, and success of the same, making as seem. such suggestions touching the matter as may seem proper. to ^ gaid Boar( j f visitors meet and proper; pro- 5e aiai t0 vided, however, that the making of the report herein made to the provided for shall not take the place of the report Governor. qw required to be made to the Governor under ex- isting laws. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority uontobe" aforesaid, That the Board of Trustees of the Uni- %Tetl'., versity of Georgia, shall give to said report and the ofTmstee* ma tter accompanying the same, due and careful es ' consideration, and, in their discretion, take final action on such matters as may be therein embraced, Common School Laws. 83 looking to the welfare, government, discipline and success of said institution. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority Duty of aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the members attlnT 3 10 of the Board of Trustees of said institution to at- meeting of tend the meetings of the Board, so as to take part in its deliberations, and whenever any Trustee shall be engaged at the time prescribed for the annual meeting of the Trustees, as counsel or party in any Engage- case pending in the courts of this State, and such cou^sef en- case shall be called for trial during the regular ses- P art J" s° od ° around for sions of said Board, his absence to attend such ses- postpone- sion shall be good ground for postponement or con- "sef ° f tinuance of the case till the session of the Board shall have come to an end. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority Pursuit of aforesaid, That in prescribing the course of study Bachelor to be followed in said University it shall be the duty encour- be of the Trustees, in so far as the same can be done aged. without detriment to the other departments, to en- courage and promote, by the disposition of the time and attention of the students, the regular course of Bachelor of Arts, in order that said course shall not be subordinated to any other course in the institu- tion. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority Effldeney aforesaid, That the Board of Trustees shall, in their {£» ofthe discretion, ordain and establish such rules and meas- ^^^ a ^ ures as will, in their judgment, tend to secure the be pro- efficiency and promote the success of the two liter- mo ary debating societies in said institution, and to the encouragement of oratory and composition among the students attending the exercises in these societies. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in con- flict with this Act shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 84 Common School Laws. GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. code of Section 1227. Academy for Deaf and Dumb; how 1882. governed. John H. Dent, S. C. Troute, John W. Turner, J. S. Stewart, Samuel A. Echols, Dr. R. W. North, and Seaborn Jones, and their successors in office, shall constitute a Board of Trustees for the Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb; the Governor to have power, as hereto- fore, to remove for cause at any time, and to fill all vacancies that may occur in said Board of Trustees, and said Board of Trustees shall meet at Cave Springs as soon as practicable after their appoint- ment, and proceed to take charge of the affairs of said Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and to adopt such by-laws for its government, in conform- ity to this charter, as they may deem necessary. Sec. 1228. (Superseded by foregoing section.) Sec. 1229. Principal, how elected and to whom re- sponsible. The Principal of said Institution is elect- ed by said Board of Trustees, and shall reside in the Institution. He is responsible to them, and his acts subject to their veto. Sec. 1230. Subordinate officers, regulations, etc. Said Principal has authority to nominate all his subordinate officers and employees, subject to the approval of the Board. He shall make all regula- tions of internal police; shall authorize-all purchases of ordinary supplies, and examine and certify to the correctness of bills of such supplies to be paid by the Treasurer. Sec. 1231. Exclusive powers and duties of Principal. He shall be the sole official medium of commu- nication between the Board and subordinate offi- cers and employees of the Institution, and shall have the exclusive direction and control of the system of religious and moral instruction. Common School Laics. 85 Sec. 1232. Board of Visitors. The Governor may in his discretion, appoint a Board of Visitors to con- sist of such a number as he may think best, and when appointed, their rights and duties are the same as those of the Visitors of the Academy of the Blind. Sec. 1233. Contracts, how made valid. Xo con- tract of said Board of Trustees shall be valid unless it is first recorded by the Secretary in a book kept for that purpose, signed by the President and coun- tersigned by the said Secretary. Sec. 1231. Vacancy in Board of Trustees, how filled. When a vacancy occurs in said Board, the Secreta- ry, or any member, shall notify the Governor with- in twenty days, and the vacancy must be filled within thirty days from said notice. Sec. 1235. Deaf mutes, how educated and clothed. (All deaf and dumb children shall be educated free of charge; but it shall be the duty of parents or guardians of such deaf and dumb children to fur- nish them with the necessary clothing during the time said child or children may remain in the In- stitution, unless the parents or guardians of such children are wholly unable to furnish clothing; then and in that case, the ordinary of the county from which the child or children are sent, will certify that fact to the Board of Trustees, under his hand ■or seal of office, naming the child or children in said certificate, as well as the name of the parents, guardians or other person having charge of them; certifying that the parents or guardians are wholly unable to furnish their clothing; then, and in that case, the Institution will furnish the necessary clothing and will also furnish shoes for all without distinction.) (a) Sec. 1235(a). Treasurer, how elected and Ms duty. The Board of Trustees shall elect a Treasurer, who shall give good and sufficient bond, payable to the said Board, for the faithful performance of his Common School Laws. duties, and shall keep a full and accurate account of all moneys received and paid out, and shall make an annual report to the Board. He shall be re- quired to keep his books in such condition that the- financial standing of the Institution may be seen at any time. Sec. 1235(b). Election and duty of Secretary. The Board of Trustees shall elect a Secretary, whose duty it shal be to keep a neat and true record of the meetings of the Board, and of other matters that may be deemed necessary, and the offices of Secre- tary and Treasurer may be conferred upon one per- son if thought advisable. Sec. 1235(c). Annual report of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall make an annual report to the Governor of all their acts and doings, and a full statement of the condition of said Institution, which report shall be submitted to the legislature. Sec. 1235(d). Who may be educated and how long. All deaf and dumb persons in the State of Georgia, between the ages of ten and twenty-seven years, who are in a condition mentally and physically to receive instruction, shall be entitled to all the benefits of said Institution for a period of seven years, and the Board of Trustees shall have authority, upon the recommendation of the Principal, to allow an addi- tional term of three years to such pupils as have ex- hibited a commendable energy and a mental capac- ity to be benefited, and the conferring of this privi- lege to be conditional upon good behavior and dili- gent application. Sec. 1235(e). Day scholars may be admitted. The parent or guardian of any deaf and dumb mute, or semi-mute, shall be permitted, if they so desire, to send such child to the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Cave Springs, as day scholars, and boarding such child at their own expense, outside of said Institution, at such convenient and accessible place as they may select. Common School Laws. 87 Sec. 1236. Teachers may be educated. (The Board of Trustees may, in their discretion, select some educated young men of this State, who may desire to learn the mute or sign language, upon the condi- tion that they will obligate themselves to teach in the Institution as many years as may be agreed upon by the Board at the time he enters the In- stitution.) (a) Sec. 1237. Provisions of previous chapter applicable. All the provisions of the preceding chapter not in conflict with the preceding sections of this chapter apply to the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, to its Boards of Trustees and Visitors, its officers and other officers of the State or county upon whom any duty is enjoined — the words "deaf and dumb" being substituted whenever the words "the blind" occur. (The Board of Trustees of the Academy of the Deaf and Dumb, or any one or more of them, may, in the discretion of the Governor, be removed by him upon the recommendation of the Board of Visitors of said Institution, and he is authorized to appoint their successors.) (a) APPROPRIATION FOR DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM. Acts of 1887 Whereas, The Trustees and officers of the Georgia page 7. Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, in their 24th report, submitted to His Excellency, Henry D. McDaniel, Governor of the State of Geor- gia, under date of October 1st, 1886, call special attention to the unfinished condition of the new school building of said Institution, and ask for an appropriation of six thousand dollars, to complete said new building with basement included, and to furnish same with apparatus, slates, desks, chairs, etc.; and 88 Common School Laics. Amount appro- priated. Purposes appro- priated. How and when to be paid. Proviso. Prelimina- ries to make ap- propri- ation avail- able. Whereas, Said Trustees and officers aforesaid, further call attention to their report, to the worn- out condition of the roof on the old building of the Institution aforesaid, and recommend the replace- ment thereof with a mansard roof, so constructed that the space gained can be utilized for much needed dormitories — and for this purpose, and for a general remodeling of the interior, as well as for new floors in some of the rooms and in the shop — ask for an appropriation of the sum of six thousand dollars for said purposes; and Whereas, His Excellency, Henry D. McDaniel, Governor of the State of Georgia, in his message of November 3d, 1886, to the Senate and the House of Representatives, fully concurs in said report of said officers and Trustees aforesaid, and recommends said appropriations asked for by said Trustees and officers in their said report; therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the sum of nine thou- sand dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropri- ated to the Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, for the purposes and uses hereinbefore set forth and specified; said sum of nine thousand dollars to be subject to the drafts of said Board of Trustees aforesaid, in sums not to exceed forty-five hundred dollars, for and during the year 1887, and forty-five hundred dollars, for and during the year 1888, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; provided, that said sum shall be expended under the supervision of the Governor, and that only so much thereof as is absolutely necessary shall be used for the purposes aforesaid. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be subject to the draft of the Board of Trustees until they shall have pro- cured and accepted plans and specifications for the Common School Laics. 89 whole of the work contemplated to be done under this Act, on the old or dormitory building - , and shall have obtained and accepted proposals from respon- sible contractors, under bond for the completion of all the work contemplated for both buildings show- ing that the whole work will be completed within the amount therein appropriated. These facts being made to appear by affidavit of a majority of the Board of Trustees, and the same being filed in the executive office, drafts may then be drawn as herein provided. The Trustees shall, each month after the work is begun, file in the executive office an item- ized statement of all the expenditures for the month previous. Sec. 3. 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. FOR DEAF AXD DUMB INSTITUTE. Acts of Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ^ m ^^ p 8 a* } e 9 24. °^ Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority ated. of the same, That the sum of fifteen thousand dol- lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby, appropriated to the Georgia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, to be expended by the Board of Trustees for the following purposes : For the erection and equipping of a steam laundry; For what for the purchasing of necessary boilers and engines purpos for steam heating the buildings, and for furnishing power for running dynamos, shop machinery and pumping water; for increasing capacity of water- works for fire protection; for purchasing hose, hose- carriage, fire-plugs, fire escapes, and piping build- ings; for finishing up rooms in new roof of the dor- mitory; for purchasing furniture for the same, and for the school-rooms and kitchen; for drainage; for 90 Common School Laws. repairing roof of building for colored pupils, and for work on grounds. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws mili- tating against this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. CHANGING THE NAME OF THE GEORGIA INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. Nam e Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts on -S-fa 10 of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this page ' school for Act, the Institution heretofore known as "The Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb," be changed to " Georgia School for the Deaf." Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. the Deaf.' APPROPRIATION FOR THE INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. Trustees Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of isos ^ insti- f Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of pag Delf and the same, That, the Trustees for the Georgia Insti- ?h U orized U to tute for the Deaf and Dumb, be, and they are, here- suftab?e ct b y authorized to construct suitable buildings on the ■ buildings grounds of the Institute, at Cave Springs, Georgia, chanicai for the instruction of the inmates of said Institute triann- us " in mechanical and industrial trades and pursuits struction. b es t suited to their condition and qualifications, such as painting, printing, wood and iron repair work, cabinet work, shoemaking, carpentering, dairying, agriculture, type-writing, and such other Common School Laws. 91 trades and pursuits of like kind as they may be suited or qualified to learn and follow, such build- ings and equipments not to cost over $5,500. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said buildings shall be constructed and equipped on plans to be examined and approved by the Board of Trustees of said Institute, and no moneys shall be paid for the construction or equipment of said buildings, until the claims shall have been presented to and ap- proved by the Board of Trustees. When con- structed and equipped, said building shall become and be a part of said Institute, and shall be under and subject to the management and control of said Board of Trustees. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Trustees to Trustees shall provide for the proper instruction Sfor 6 and training of the inmates of said Institute, in the panmlnt trades and pursuits aforesaid, and shall fix and pre- scribe rules and regulations for the management and control of the mechanical and industrial depart- ment herein provided for. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the sum of swooap. five thousand and five hundred dollars ($5,500), or ? r r O c p o£ ted - so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the a™""* same is, hereby appropriated for the purpose of con- in D gsa £ ft mp ~ structing and equipping suitable buildings for the bu,ldm - purposes aforesaid. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and Re P eals parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the iavvs fl .' cUDg same are, hereby repealed. 92 Common School Laws. ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. code of Section 1212. Location, etc., of Academy for Blind. An institution for the education of the blind is located at Macon, under the control of seven Trus- tees already appointed. Sec. 1213. Trustees a body corporate. They are a 'body corporate, and have all the powers and duties appertaining to similar institutions of this State in their corporate capacity as Trustees of the Academy for the Blind. Sec. 1214. Powers of Trustees. The Trustees have the power — 1. To appoint such officer,;, teachers and matrons as may be necessary; to prescribe their duties, fix their salaries, and to remove or discontinue them at pleasure. 2. To prescribe the course of studies, establish the rates of tuition, and adjust the expenditures of the Institution. 3. To adopt such rules and regulations, not in conflict with law, as the interest of the Academy may require. Amended Sec. 1215. All indigent blind persons between the lm-sf ° f a & es °^ seven an( * twenty-five years, who shall have page 6i. ' given satisfactory evidence of having been a resi- dent of this State for at least two years prior to his or her application, shall be selected by the Trustees from the different counties of this State, received into the Academy, and supported and educated gratuitously to the extent the funds will permit. Sec. 1216. Applicants, how apportioned. When there are more applicants than can be accommo- dated, they shall be apportioned among the several counties, according to representative population. Sec. 1217. Number of pupils, how regulated. Unless the funds will otherwise permit, there shall here- Common School Laws. 9& after be but one indigent pupil from the counties applying, and in case there are not means enough to receive one from each county applying, those shall be received first who first make application. A beneficiary shall not remain at the charge of the Institution longer than four years. Sec. 1218. Pay pupils, how received. All others ■ than the indigents are to be received upon such terms as the Trustees may impose. Sec. 1219. Treasurer must give bond. The Treas- urer of the Board shall give bond and security in the sum of three thousand dollars. Sec. 1220. Trustees must report to the Governor. The Trustees must make annual report to the Gov- ernor of all the affairs of the institution, sending therewith the annual report of the Principal or Superintendent, and shall propose such alterations and improvements as they may desire, which the Governor shall lay before the General Assembly with his Annual Message, appoint a board of ten Visitors for said Academy, Sec. 1221. Board of Visitors. The Governor shall who shall meet the Board of Trustees at the Acad- emy annually, at such time as the latter may designate. Sec. 1222. Powers and duty of visitors. (Said Board of Visitors shall report to the Governor such matters as they may deem advisable, which report shall be by the Governor laid before the General Assembly in connection with his Annual Message.)(a) Sec. 1223. Vacancy in Board of Trustees, how sup- plied. The Trustees shall fill vacancies in their own body, as do the Trustees of the Georgia University. When a vacancy occurs, and is filled, it must be re- ported to the Governor. Their ineligibility is like- wise the same as those last mentioned. Sec. 1224. Statistics for the blind, how obtained. The receiver of each county must keep a column 94 Common School Laws. for and receive the numbers of the blind, between the ages of seven and twenty-five, a statement of which shall be obtained annually by said Board of Trustees, from the Comptroller-General's office. Before the digest is sent by the tax-receiver to the Comptroller, the ordinary of each county shall ex- amine (with such receiver) his list of the blind, and correct (by memoranda thereto attached) any mis- take. Sec. 1225. List of indigent blind. The ordinary shall also take down the names of such as are indi- gent, and procure their admission into the asylum, if possible; and, if from any cause they are not re- ceived, he shall report to the Board of Trustees, the names, ages and sex of such, who shall keep a record of all such reports. APPROPRIATION FOR THE ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. Preamble. Amount appropri- ated. Whereas, The public buildings now in use for the A a 3t |?6 1889 inmates of the Academy for the Blind, are entirely insufficient for the proper accommodation and secur- ity of said inmates; and Whereas, It is absolutely necessary that a dormi- tory be provided for these unfortunate wards of the State; therefore Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a dormitory at the Academy for the Blind, located at Macon, for the use of the inmates of said Academy. Common School Laws. 95 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority Purposes aforesaid, That the said sum of fifteen thousand priaE " dollars, or so much as may be necessary, shall be paid to the Trustees of the Academy for the Blind, to be used and expended by them in the erection of said dormitory, whenever the Governor of this ^enTcfbe State shall approve the drafts of the President of paid. said Board of Trustees, to be made upon the Treas- urer of the State in such sums and amounts as may be necessary, from time to time, in carrying out the provisions of this Act; and provided further, that the Governor shall also approve the plans and speci- fications which may be submitted for the erection of the dormitory as aforesaid. Sec. 3. 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. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION TO THE" ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. Acts of 1892 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly f ^^ 011 ' page 20. of the State of Georgia, That the sum of four thou- fars appro- sand dollars (f 4,000), or so much thereof as may be P riated - found necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appro- and priated to the Academy for the Blind, to be ex- whlVto te pended by the Trustees thereof for the following paid< purposes, to wit: The material improvement of the buildings and grounds of said Institution, for furni- ture for said Institution, and for providing suitable fire escapes for the buildings of said Institution. Sec. 2. 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. DIPLOMA FROM GORDON INSTITUTE SUFFI- CIENT LICENSE TO TEACH IN THE STATE SCHOOLS. Sec. III. * * * A diploma or certificate of proficiency granted by the faculty (of Gordon Insti- tute) shall be a sufficient license to teach in the State schools. Approved December 17, 1894- INDEX. Academy for the Blind 92 Addresses to be delivered by State School Commissioner 16 Admission to common schools 36 Appeals to State School Commissioner 16 Appeals to State Board of Education 6 Applicants for teachers' places, by whom recommended 14 Apportionment of School Fund 21 Arbor Day 42 Attendants upon County Institutes 29 B Bible cannot be excluded from common schools 16 C Census, School 36 Certificate of election of members of County Board of Education 11 Clerk of State School Commissioner 10 Compensation of members County Board of Education 11 Contracts with teachers 13 County Board of Education 11 County Board of Education, a judicial tribunal 15 County Institutes 29 County Institute, sessions may be combined 29 County Institute experts, how chosen 30 County Line, pupils crossing 36 County Line schools, teachers' accounts for 36 County School Commissioner, claims for services, how made and paid . . 19 County School Commissioner, compensation for services 19 County School Commissioner, duties of 19 100 Index. County School Commissioner, examination of, bond, oath 17 County School Commissioner,' makes quarterly report 21 County School Commissioner, office to be furnished 19 County School Commissioner, removal of 17 County School Commissioner, reports of 20 County School Commissioner, salary of in certain instances 43 County School Commissioner, vacancy in office, how filled 18 D Decisions of State Board, when valid 7 Disbursement of School Fund 22 Disbursement of School Fund to Local Schools 23 Donations to State Board of Education for educational purposes, how invested 6 E Employment of teachers 13 Examination of applicants for teachers' license 31 Exemption of school property from taxation 37 Expenses of Department of Education 9 Evening schools 37 G Georgia Normal and Industrial College 55 Georgia Normal and Industrial College Board of Visitors 61 Georgia School for the Deaf 84 Grades of license 32 Itemized expense account of Department of Education 10 Itemized statements of County School Commissioners 21 License, diploma from Gordon Institute sufficient 97 License, each teacher must hold 28 License, granted by Board of Education 32 License, grades of 32 Index. 101 License, how made good in other counties 32 License, revocation of 33 Local school systems 38 Local taxation by counties for common schools 39 Location of schools 13 Long term schools 27 M Manual labor schools 36 Moneys and titles to land donated to State Board of Education for edu- cational purposes, by whom kept 6 Oath, State School Commissioner to subscribe to 10 Oaths can be administered by school officers 19 Officers of County Board of Education, how chosen 12 Operation of schools, arrangements for 23 Operation of schools, time of 23 P Pay of teachers, when due 22 Q Quarterly statements by County School Commissioner 21 B, Races taught separately 15 Races, separate schools for 36 Removal from office of members of County Boards of Education 12 Report of State School Commissioner 9 Reports of teachers 28 S Salary, County Boards may employ a teacher at 32 Salary of County School Commissioner in certain instances 43 Salary of State School Commissioner 8 Scholastic month, definition of 38 102 Index. School census 34 School district, eac'h county a 11 School property 14 School property, exemption from taxation 37 School Fund for each year 24 School Fund, basis of estimating 25 School Fund, division of 24 School Fund, estimate of for ensuing year 24 School Fund, sources of 25 School Fund, when specified taxes fall short 24 School Fund, apportionment of 21 School Fund, disbursement of 22 School Fund, estimate of 23 School Fund, forfeiture of 37 School Fund, proportion of each county, how determined 21 School Fund, tax money belonging to, to whom paid 21 School Fund, when not sufficient to pay indebtedness of any county ... 22 School tax kept separate 26 School year „ 22 Special examination of applicants for teachers' license 31 State Board of Education, members, officers, meetings 5 State Industrial College for Colored Persons 65 State license, how issued 33 State Normal School 44 State School Commissioner, how chosen, duties of 8 Sub-district or county line, pupils crossing 36 Subordinate officers, how governed 8 Suits to be instituted by State School Commissioner 9 Sub-school district 13 T Teachers employed by Boards of Education 13 Teachers' pay, when due 22 Teachers, reports of 28 Technological School 48 Technological School, commission for 53 Text Books 16 Index. 1 03 Text Books, contracts for 16 Trustees of common schools 13 TT University of Georgia 71 University of Georgia, appointment of trustees for 79 University of Georgia, Board of Visitors 77 University of Georgia, trustees authorized to elect the Governor a mem- ber of their hoard 76 V Vacancies in County Board of Education, how filled 8 Visits counties, duty of State School Commissioner 12 W Warrants for each county, when drawn 22 Warrants, payment of, to County School Commissioners 22 White female students admitted to all branches of the State University. 81 V LB JL '09