Georgia State School Items, 1931 September

GEORGIA
State School Items
Published by the State Department of Education

Volume VIII

SEPTEMBER, 1931 .

No. 5

GENERAL UBRARY
UNIV.:.R3ITY OF G EORGIA
General Scllb~Nt~WNG~assed
By the General Assembly
At the 1931 Session

M. L. DUGGAN
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
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Entered as second-class matter October 5, 1923, at the Post Office of Atlanta, Georgia, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 5, 1923.
ATLANTA, GA.

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STANTON BOOK BILL
AN ACT
To create a Text-book Commission for the State of Georgia; to define their duties and powers; to provide for the adoption and use. of a uniform series of text-books in the public schools of the State; to provide how text-books used in the common schools of this State shall be adopted, prepared, published, purchased, distributed and sold; to provide a revolving fund for these purposes; to provide for the sale of text-books at actual cost; to repeal existing laws; to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the- same:
SECTION 1.
A special Text-book Commission is hereby created for the State of Georgia. The members of said Text-book Commission shall be members of the State Board of Education and the State Board of Education shall be the Text-book Commission. The Governor shall be ex-officio a member of the Text-book Commission and the State School Superintendent shall be the Secretary and executive officer of the Text-book Commission. The members of the Text-book Commission shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed their actual traveling expenses in attending meetings of the Commission upon submitting a sworn itemized statement accompanied by proper vouchers, to be paid out of the State Treasury upon the warrant of the Governor. The total expenses for all members shall not exceed three hundred dollars per year.
SECTION 2.
Before transacting business relating to the duties of the Commission, they shall each take an oath before an officer authorized to administer same, as follows: "We, and each of us, do solemnly swear that we will faithfully discharge all the duties imposed upon us as members of the Text-book Commission and we, and each of us, do further swear that we are not interested, directly or indirectly, in the publication or sale of any school book now in use in the common or high schools of this State, and we further swear that we will not become interested in any contract that may be made by the Textbook Commission and that we will receive no personal benefits therefrom, so help us God."
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SECTION 3.
The Text-book Commission shall adopt a uniform series of textbooks for use in all the common schools of this State, and shall have the authority to adopt a uniform series of text-books for use in the high schools of this State, when in their judgment it is advisable and for the best interests of the patrons of said high school so to do. The text-books so adopted shall include the elements of an English education as at present defined and enumerated by law and such other branches of study as may be provided by statute. None of said books so adopted shall contain anything of a partisan or sectarian nature. The manner of adoption shall be as provided herein.
SECTION 4. The Text-book Commission is empowered and directed to formulate and put into effect a system of purchasing, publishing, and distributing the text-books adopted by them, which will reduce the present prices of text-books now in effect under existing contracts and methods of sale and distribution. For the purpose of putting such system into effect thE> Text-book Commission is authorized to make any and all necessary rules and regulations they may deem proper.
SECTION 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the Text-book Commission to adopt text-books in the manner and numbers now authorized by law and the sale and distribution of all text-books adopted shall be by and through the agency or agencies created in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The term "adoption" shall mean the purchase of manuscripts outright or up'on a royalty basis, the purchase of copy-rights for tlie State of Georgia, the renting of plates, the purchase of text-books by the Commission direct from the publishers in quantities, andj or a contract with any publisher for the use of any text-book as provided in Section 8 of this Act.
SECTION 6. The Text-book Commission is empowereq and authorized to have books for the common or high schools printed by contract by the lowest and best "bidders after due advertisement for at least thirty days in at least four newspapers of general circulation in the State, which advertisement shall contain the specifications of such proposed contract, and to carry out this provision the said Commission is authorized to rent plates, secure copy .rights for use in this State, buy
manuscripts outright or on a: royalty basis, and to have the same
electrotyped or plates made thereof and copy-rights secured, to em-
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ploy competent a1,1thors or to do any other act or thing necessary to carry out the provisions of this A~t in publis}].i~g said text-books by contract.
SEC'riON 7.
The Text-book Commission is hereby empowered to contract with the publishers of any text-book the Co'mmis!liori may adopt, for the purchase of text-books in quantities sufficient to supply the childr~n in any or all of the grades of the common schools of this State, based on estimates and the school census, provided said text-books shall be sold to patrons of schools of the common school system at price fixed by said Commission, which ~:;aid price ~:;hall be actual cost of purchase and j or production and distribution a~> herein, pr!Jvided.
SECTION 8.
The Text-book Coi:nmi~:;sion is authorized and empowered to contract with any publisher of school-books for the use of any book which may be adopted at a lower cost than is possible by having' a similar text of equal grade and character and of the same subject or cour~:;e of study, printed by contraCt or purchased in quantities; provided that such 'pubii~:;her will agree to have such books handled through the agency of distribution created and recognized by the Text-book Commission, without any profit to the distributor. Provided that only one text-book of any one subject or course of study for any one grade shall be so adopted and then for no longer period of adoption than other text-book~:; adopted by the Commission.
SECTION 9.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of thi~:; Act the Text-book Commi~:;sion is authorized and the State Board of Education is directed, upon recommendation of the Text-book Commission, to set apart from the appropriation made to the common ~:;chool~:; of this State, in any year, beginning in the year 1933, a sum not to exceed four hundn!d thousand ($400,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be n,ecessary, for any one year; provided that not mqre than four hund:red thousand ($400,000.00) dollars shall at any time COI),stitute and be used as such revolving fund; said fund shall constitute a revolving fund for the purpo~:;e of carrying out the provi~:;ions of thi~:; Act, wpethe~ to print text-b~oks by contract, ~:;ecure copy-rights, purcha~:;e ma,nuscripts outright or on a , royalty
basi:;;, t9 rent plate~, to have plat~s and electrotype~:; made, to , pur-
cha~:;e text-book;; in quantities, and .to cover th~ cos~ of distribution of text-books; any and all of such items to be taken into account in computing the prices at which said text-books shall be sold, and to
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be r"epaid into said revolving fund in the manner hereinafter prescribed. After the plan or system formulated and adopted by the Text-book Commission for the publication andj or purchase and sale and distribution of text-books under the provisions of this Act are fully in effect and operation in all the schools of this State, any surplus in said revolving fund not required in the operation of the said system and in carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be repaid into the common school fund of the State.
SECTION 10.
If the revolving fund provided herein is not sufficient in amount to enable the Text-book Commission to print, purchase, contract, or otherwise render available, text-books for all the grades of the common schools of the State in any one year, the Text-book Commission is authorized first to supply text-books under the plan adopted by them, to the lower grades, beginning with the first grade and adding a grade or grades each year until text-books for all the grades in the public schools of this State shall be supplied under the plan or system adopted, provided said text-books shall be supplied to patrons of schools of the common school system at prices fixed by said Text-book Commission, which said price shall be actual cost of purchase andj or production and distribution as herein provided.
SECTION 11.
The sale for use in the public schools of this State, except as supplemental texts as provided herein, of any text-book adopted under the present method of adoption in effect at the time of the passage of this Act is prohibited after the period of adoption or term of the contract has expired or is changed by the Text-book Commission.
SECTION 12.
The Text-book Commission shall meet in the office of the Secretary not later than June 1, 1932 and shall advertise in such manner and form as they may deem best, that at a time to be fixed by the said Commission, but not later than September 1, 1932, the Textbook Commission will receive at the office of the Secretary manuscript texts of school-b ~oks, specifying the subjects, grades and courses of study, to be purchased outright or adopted on a royalty or copyright basis. At the same time the Text-book Commission shall advertise for sealed bids or proposals from publishers of text-books, for the purchase of text-books in sufficient quantities to supply the children in any or all of the grades of the common schools of this State, specifying the quantities of each text-book required, as well as such other specifications as to the Commission shall seem neces-
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sary, and any bidder under such advertisement shall state in his proposal the price or prices at which the said text-books will be sold to the Text-book Commission delivered to their office in Atlanta, and shall .also state in said proposal the rate at which plates for the printing of such texts will be rented to the Text-book Commission. Each and every proposal from a publisher shall be accompanied by specimen copies of all books specified in said bid or proposal. The Commission shall, at the same time, advertise for bids from publishers of school-books for text-books to be furnished upon contract as provided in Section eight of this Act.
SECTION 13.
The Text-book Commission shall, at the time of, or before the meeting aforesaid, appoint a committee of outstanding and specially qualified educators of this State, not more than nine in number, to whom the manuscripts, bids and specimen copies shall be submitted for examination. The said committee shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the members of the Text-book Commission and in such manner as the Text-book Commission shall determine. The said Committee shall, each, from the school funds of the State, receive the sum of $10.00 per day for the time devoted thereto, but such sum so paid shall not exceed the total amount of $150.00 each, and in addition each member shall be paid his actual expenses, not t() exceed $100.00 upon submission of vouchers and affidavit thereto."
The said committee shall carefully examine and consider the matters submitted to them, having due regard to the subject matter, mechanical make-up and price, and shall within sixty days recommend to the Text-book Commission in writing three books or texts for each subject in a given course of study, and in so doing shall not recommend more than one book for any one grade in each course
. of study from or by the same author or publisher. From the recommendation made by the said committee the Textbook Commission shall select one text or book, which shall be the text or book adopted and shall not be changed during the period of adoption. Provided, however, that if in the opinion of the Textbook Commission a suitable text as to subject matter and price, in any or all subjects or courses of study, is not included in said recommendation, the said committee may be required to make new recommendations in the same manner as before.
If the committee should recommend, and the Text-book Commission should adopt, a manuscript or text submitted by any person, instead of a published book, then the Text-book Commission shall at once advertise for bids for making plates, andjor electrotypes andj or printing said book from the manuscript. If the Text-book

Commission, should elect to rent plates of any text submitted in the proposal of any publisher, instead of buying such books in quantities or under contract as provided 1n Section 8 of this Act, then the Text-book Commission shall .at once advertise for bids for printing books from such plates, as hereinbefore provided.
The Text-book Commission shall have the right to reject any and all bids and shall have the right to re-advertise as often and in any manner as they deem necessary to carry out the plan or system adopted by them. .The Text-book Commission shall have the right to require bidders to post a sufficient bond with their bids to insure good faith and to require bonds from successful bidders in amounts sufficient to insure their compliance with the terms of their contract.
SECTION 14.
Any adoption, contract or purchase of text-books by the Text-book Commission shall be for a period of not less than five years. All contracts made by county boards of education, or independent school districts for school books prior to the adoption of this Act shall not be affected by this Act.
SECTION 15.
The Text-book Commission is authorized and directed to create a Central Depository or Agency for the distribution of the textbooks adopted, printed and purchased by them, to the several counties of this State, which depository or agency of distribution shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Text-book Commission. The expense ofmaintaining such agency shall be paid from
. the revolving fund herein provided and shall be added to the prices
of the books sold as a part of the cost thereof.
SECTION 16.
Text-books purchased, published or contracted for by the Textbook Commission under the provisions of the preceding sections shall be distributed by the Text-book Commission through the County School Superintendent in each County of the State to the school patrons at the prices fixed by the Text-book Commission, which shall be the actual cost of purchase andj or production and distribution. The County School Superintendent in each county of this State is hereby charged with the duty of ascertaining the requirements of all schools in his county, including independent school districts and systems, of school books for all grades in such schools for which adoptions shall have been made under the provisions of this Act, at least
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sixty days before the beginning of each school term, and the County School Superintendent shall make requisition to the Text~book Commission for such requirements sixty days before the beginning of each school term, said requisitions to be approved by the Chairman of the County Board of Education or the Chairman of the Board of Education or Board of Trustees "of each indep'endent school district or system in his county.

Upon the receipt of such requisition the Text-book Commission

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shall determine whether same is reasonable and sufficient for the needs of the common schools in said county and upon the approval

thereof shall cause the books so requisitioned to be forwarded to the

County School Superintendent and charged to him upon the books

of the Text-book Commission. Said books shall then be sold to the

school patrons by the County School Superintendent at the prices

fixed by the Text-book Commission, for cash. The amounts received

by the .County School Superintendent from the sale of text-books

shall immediately be remitted by him to the Text-book Commission

to reimburse the revolving fund for such expenditure made in the

purchase, preparation and distribution of such books. The Text-book

Commission shall have the authority to require the return of all un-

sold books from the County School Superintendent at any time. At

least sixty days before the beginning of any schooi term the County

School Superintendent shall execute and file with the Text-book

Commission a good and sufficient bond to be apJ?roved by the Text-

book Commission, conditioned upon the proper handling of said text-

books and the faithful accounting for same and for all funds received

from the sale of or in connection therewith. Such bond shall be in

the amount of $1,00.0 or such larger amount as the Text-book Com-

mission shall prescribe and in no event shall be for a sum less than

the total amount of the invoices of all school books furnished to said

county for one school year.

SECTION 17.
It shall be unlawful for any teacher in the common or high schools of this State to use any book in place of the books adopted, published or purchased for use and distribution by the Text-book Commission, except as otherwise herein provided.

SECTION 18.
No public school, board of education, board of trustees or independent or local school system of this State shall receive any part of the appropriation made to the common schools of this State by the General Assembly in any year unless such school, board, or system shall use the text-books adopted and provided by the Text-book
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Commission as provided for in this Act. Provided, however, that supplemental books may be used by any school or school system, the cost of such supplemental books to be paid by the school system and the books loaned to the school children without charge. Provided, further, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to nor be mandatory upon those systems of public schools in this State whose boards of education or boards of trustees now own and furnish free, or upon a rental basis, the text-books for their schools, until the text-books adopted and now in use by said systems shall be by them changed; any future adoptions andj or purchases of textbooks, except supplemental texts as provided herein, shall be from the lists adopted by the Text-book Commission and through the agency of distribution created by them.
SECTION 19.
Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of lit misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided therefor.
SECTION 20. If any section or portion of this Act shall be: held to be unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the same shall not invalidate the entire Act but shall apply only to the Section or portion of the Act so held to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 21.
The present laws in regard to the adoption, use, purchase, distribution and sale of text-books for the public schools of this State are hereby expressly repealed, except where they do not conflict with the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, be. and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved August 28, 1931.
GOVERNOR'S NUMBER 268 HOUSE BILL NO. 577.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
AN ACT to be Entitled AN ACT to Amend Subsection 7 of Section 258 of the Civil Code 1910 by providing that a County School
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Superintendent shall not be required to be a voter in that part of the County under which he has jurisdiction; to repeal all laws in conflict therewith and for other purposes.
SECTION ONE. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that Section 258, Sub-section 7 of said Code which reads as follows:
Section 258 (7)-No person shall be eligible to hold any County office in any County of this State, unless he shall have been bona fide a citizen of the County in which he shall be elected or appointed at least two years prior to his election or appointment, and is a qualified voter entitled to vote,"
be amended by adding the following at the end of said Sub-section:
"Provided, however, that any person who shall have been a bona fide citizen of a County for two years shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as County School Superintendent even though said person should not reside in that part of the County which is 'under the supervision of the County Superintendent of Schools and ineligible to vote in the election for such Superintendent of Schools,"
so that said Section will read as follows:
SECTION 258 (7). No person shall be eligiblt> to hold any County office in any County of this State, unless he shall have been bona fide a citizen of the County in which he shall be elected or appointed at least two years prior to his election or appointment, and is qualified voter entitled to vote, provided, however, that any person who shall have been a bona fide citizen of a County for two years shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as County School Superintendent even though said person should not reside in that part of the County which is under the supervision of the County Superintendent of Schools and ineligible to vote in the election for such Superintendent of Schools."
SECTION TWO. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved August 27, 1931.
AN ACT
To amend Section 147 of the School Code of the Laws of the State of Georgia approved August 19th, 1919, so as to prohibit voters
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living in territory embraced within independent school systems from voting in any primary or election for County Superintendent of Schools and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same:
SECTION 1.
That Section 147 of the Code of School Laws, adopted August 19, 1919, and which reads as follows:
Section 147. The term of office of County Superintendent of Schools in each and every County of the State of Georgia shall begin with the first day of January, 1913, and terminate with the first day of January, 1917, and that said County Superintendent of Schools shall be elected for a term of four years as now provided by law at the same time and place as State and County officers, provided, if there' is in this County one or more independent school systems not under the supervision of the County Superintendent, the voters of such independent system or systems, shall not vote in the election for the County Superintendent. The term of office of all County Superintendents of Schools beginning during the year 1912, shall Continue until the first day of January 1917, or until their s~cces sors are elected and qualified as is now provided by law. Acts of 1919, pp. 288, 349, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word "the" in the last line of the first sentence of said Section and adding in lieu thereof the following words "any primary or"; and by adding to said section the following: "Provided that this Act shall not disqualify registered, qualified voters residing in the limits of a quasi independent school district from voting in any election for Superintendent of Schools of said County or County School Superintendent," so that said section when amended will read as follows:
Section 147. The term of office of County Superintendent of Schools in each and every County of the State of Georgia shall begin with the first day of January, 1913, and terminate with the first day of January, 1917, and that said County Superintendent of Schools shall be elected for a term of four years as now provided by law at the same time and place as State and County officers, provided, if there is in this county on~ or more independent school systems not under the supervision of the County Superintendent, the voters of such independent system or systems shall not vote in any primary or election for the County Superintendent. The term of office of all County Superintendents of Schools beginning during the year 1912, shall continue until the first day of January, 1917, or until their sue-
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cessors are elected and qualified, as is now provided by law. (Acts 1919, pp. 288, 349). Provided that this Act shall not disqualify registered, qualified voters residing in the limits of a quasi independent school district from voting in any election for Superintendent of Schools of said County or Co'unty School Superintendent.
SECTION 2.
Be it further enacted by the authority afores~id, that' all laws and parts of laws, in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.
AN ACT
To amend Sub-section 7 of Section 258 of the Civil Code of 1910 by providing that the County School Superintendent shall not be required to be a voter in that part of the county in which he has jurisdiction, in all counties of this State having a population of not more than 48,670 and not less than 48,665 according to the United States census of 1930, or any future census of the United States; to repeal all laws in conflict therewith and for other purposes.
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 Section 258, Sub-section 7 of said Code which reads as follows:
, Section 258 (7). No person shall be eligible to hold any county office in any county of this State, unless he shall have ,been bona fide a citizen of the county in which he shall be elected or appointed at least two years prior to his election or appointment, and is a qualified voter entitled to vote."
be amended bY' adding the following at the end of said Sub-section:
Provided, however, "that in all counties of this State having a population of not more than 48,670 and not less than 48,665, according to the United States census of 1930, or any future census taken by the United States, that any person who shall have been a bona fide citizen of a county for two years and who is otherwise qualified as now provided by law shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as County School Superintendent' even though said person should not reside in that part of the county which is under the supervision of the County School Superintendent, and who is ineligible to vote in the election for such Superintendent of Schools" so that said section will read as follows:
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Section 258 (7). No person shall be eligible to hold any county office in any county of this State, unless he shall have been bona fide a citizen of the county in which he shall be elected or appointed at least two years prior to his election or appointment, and is a qualified voter entitled to vote, provided, however, that in all counties of this State having a population of not more than 48,670 and not less than 48,665 according to the United States census of 1930, or any future census taken by ~he United States, that any person who shall have been a bona fide citizen of the county for two years and who is otherwise qualified a's now provided by law shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as County School Superintendent even though said person should not reside in that part of the county which is under the supervision of the County School Superintendent and who is ineligible to vote in the election for such Superintendent of Schools."
SECTION 2.
Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved: 27th day of August, 1931.
AN ACT
To provide that in all counties of this State having a population of not more than 12,405 and not less than 12,400 according to the United States census of 1930, or any future census, the County Superintendent of Schools may be a resident"' of and reside in the county site of said county, although the court house may be located in a municipality having a municipal system of schools independent of the County Board of Education; to provide that in all counties of this State having a population of not more than 12,405 nor less than 12,400, according to the United States census of 1930, all residents of the county who are registered voters qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, shall be entitled to vote for in all elections held to fill the office of County Superintendent of Schools; to provide that should either of the two above provisions of this Act be declared to be void, the validity of the remainder of the Act shall not thereby be effected; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
SECTION 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whereas,
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the convenience of the public requires that the County Superintendent of Schools shall have and keep an office at the county site, in the several counties of this State, where this officer will be accessible to the teachers and patrons of the county schools in every part of the county, therefore be it enacted, that from and after the passage of this Act it shall be lawful for the County Superintendent of Schools of all counties in this State having a population of not more than 12,405, nor less than 12,400, according to the official census of the United States of 1930, to reside in or become a resident of the county site, although the court house of such county may be within the corporate limits of a municipality which has and maintains a system of city schools separate and independent from the county school system of said county.

SECTION 2.
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all counties in this State having a population of not more than 12,405 and a population of not less than 9,000, all residents of municipal corporation therein who are duly registered and qualified voters of the county and entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, may vote for the office of County Superintendent of Schools, although such voters may reside in a municipality which maintains a municipal school system independent of the county school system.

SECTION 3.



Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should either of the two foregoing sections of this Act for any reason be de-

clared to be invalid, the validity of the other section shall not be af-

fected thereby.

SECTION 4.
Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Approved August 28, 1931.

AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE
AN ACT
To amend Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to authorize County Boards of Education,
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Independ~nt School Systems, and Local School Districts to contract with each other for the education, transportatio~, and care of children of school age, andfor other purposes,

SECTIONL
Be it enacted by the Gener~l Assembly of Georgia and it is hPreby enacted by authority of the same, That Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby ~mended as follows; by adding at the end of said paragraph the following: "Provided, however, County Boards of Education, Independent School Systems, and Lo'cal School Districts may contract with each other for the education, transportation, and care of children of school age."

SECTION 2.

Be it further enacted that if this Constitutional Amendment shall

be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two

Houses of this General Assembly, and shall be entered on the Journ-

als of each House, with the ayes and nays recorded as taken thereon,

the. Governor is hereby directed to cause the' said proposed amend-

ment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in each Congressional District f~r two months previous to the time of holding

the next general election, and the voters shall have written or printed

on their tickets, "For Ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1,

Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution authorizing County Boards

of Education, Independent School Systems, .and Local School Districts to contract with each other" or "Against Ratification of Amend-



ment to the Constitution, Paragraph 1; Section 4, Article 8, authoriz-

ing County Boards of Education, Independent School Systems, and

local school districts to contract with each other." And if a majority

of said electors voting at said general election qualified to vote for

members of the General Assembly shall ratify this proposed amend-

ment to the Constitution of this State, then said Paragraph 1, Sec-

tion 4, Article 8 of the Constitution shall be amended as above and

the Governor shall make proclamation thereof.

SECTION 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 by the Governor August 25, 1931.

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CONSOLIDATION WITH. BONDED DISTRICT
AN ACT
To amend Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to authorize the consolidation of local school districts in which one or more bond issues may be outstanding, and to provide that the districts as consolidated may assume such indebtedness, and for other purposes.
SECTION L
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the saDie, That Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby amended as follows: by adding at the end of said paragraph the following: "Provided also, that authority is hereby given to two or more local school districts, any one qr more of which may have incurred a bonded indebtedness, to consolidate upon the condition that such bonded indebtedness outstanding shall be assumed by the entire district as consolidated, provided, however, before such consolidation shall become effective the same shall be approved by the vote of two-thirds of the qualified voters of each district affected at separate elections held for that purpose on the recommendations of the respective boards of trustees under the same terms and conditions as to advertisement as bond elections by school districts, the tickets for said elections to have written or printed thereon "For Consolidation with Bonded District" or "Against Consolidation with Bonded District;" and, in the event said elections result in favor of said consolidation, the result shall be so declared by the Boards of Trustees of said districts, and thereafter, the indebtedness outstanding against any one or more of said districts shall be a valid outstanding indebtedness of the district as consolidated and taxes for the payment of said indebtedness shall be levied accordingly.
SECTION 2.
Be it further enacted that if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of this General Assembly, and shall be entered on the Journals of each House, with the ayes and nays recorded as taken thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in each Congressional District for two months previous to the time of holding the next general election, and the voters shall have written or printed on their tickets, "For Ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution providing . for consolidation
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of local school districts where bonds have been voted" or "Against Ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution providing for consolidation of local school districts where ponds have been voted." And if a majority of said electors voting at said general election qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall ratify this proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State, then said Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 shall be amended as above, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof.
SECTION 3.
Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are he~;eby repealed. Approved by the Governor August 25th, 1931.

APPROPRIATION

Department of Education

YEAR 1932 YEAR 1933

(a) Maintenance Provided that from the above amount appropriated the sum of $96,600.00 per annum shall be expended for the payment of County School Superintendents of the State.

$160,000.00

$160,000.00

(b) General Fund Grants For the support and maintenance of the Common or Public Schools of the State Provided that of the above amount appropriated $20,000.00 per annum shall be devoted to the holding of teachers institutes and training teachers in the service of the State under the direction of the State Superintendent of Schools. Provided further that the above amount appropriated includes the receipts from poll tax. Provided further that of the above amount appropriated $500,000.00 per annum shall be used for the

4,411,250.00 4,381,250.00

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purpose of aiding consolidated schools as provided for by the Acts of 1927, page 157. (Barrett-Rogers A c t ) . Provided further that of the above amount appropriated $3,500.00 per annum shall be devoted to maintaining a public school for children confined in the State Sanitorium for tubercular patients.
(c) Allocated F und Grants For th e Common School Equalization F'und as provided by law. To be supported by the receipts from one cent (1) per gallon gasoline and kerosene tax as allocated by law less 1-2 of 1 o/o allocated to General Fund to cover the gasoline and kerosene tax collection and inspection expense.
EXCERPT FROM ACT DISCOUNTING THE RENTALS OF THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD
RENTALS DISCOUNTED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS
The Governor is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to place within the general State Treasury and to u se and expend the entire proceeds arising from the sale of said warrant or warr ant s described in Section 2 hereof, in paying and discharging in so far as the entire amount of said proceeds will permit, all unpaid balances of the appropriations made payable by the General Assembly for the years 1928, 1929 , and 1930 including appropriations made for the payment of pensions to Confederate veterans and widows of Confederate veterans under the Act approved August 30, 1929, as amended by the Act approved March 17, 1931. The unpaid balance of all the said appropriations shall be pro rata, provided that the State Superintendent of Schools is hereby directed and instructed to draw requisitions in favor of those schools in this state receiving aid from the Barrett Rogers fund, and he is hereby instructed to pay all money due these sch ools for the years 1928 and 1929 from the money pro-rated to the common schools under the provisions of this bill the balance of the mon ey pro-rated to the common schools shall be pro-rated among the several counties of the state as now provided by law.
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RENTALS DISCOUNTED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS The State Highway Department shall purchase said warrants and shall pay unto the Governor the face value thereof on the following dates and in the following amounts:
April 1, 1932 ______ ------------------------------------- $54 0, 000 0 ctoher 1, 1932 -----------------------------------------$54 0, 000 April 1, 19 33__-----------"------------------------------- $54 0, 0 00
A RESOLUTION
RE-WRITE SCHOOL CODE Whereas, the School Code of Georgia is vague, indefinite, complicated and in many respects weak and uncertain in int-erpretation and application, and Whereas, it is apparent that said School Code should be revised, simplified and re-written in its entirety, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that a Committee, to be composed of three (3) members of the House and two (2) members of the Senate, be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, respectively, to revise, simplify and re-write the said School Code of Georgia and to submit their report with such recommendations as they deem proper to the next General Assembly of Georgia. Approved August 27, 19,31.
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