1903 public laws – Ch.451 Sec.12
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CHAPTER 451 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN THE TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That said Board of Graded School Trustees shall have exclusive control of all public schools in said public school district, free from the supervision and control of the County Board of School Directors and the County Superintendent of Schools of Halifax County, shall prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with this act, for their own government and for the government of such schools; shall prescribe the qualifications, employ and fix the compensation of all officers and teachers of such schools; shall cause to be taken from time to time, in accordance with the general school law of the State, an accurate census of the school population of said school districts; and shall exercise such other powers as may be necessary for the successful control and operation of said graded schools: Provided, further, that the Treasurer of Halifax County shall, whenever the schools hereinbefore provided for shall open, pay over to the Treasurer of the town of Scotland Neck, all funds of said school, district then in his hands, or which may hereafter come into his hands.