Free school reports 1812-1866.

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Free school reports 1812-1866.

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Information called for by statute in this return included the number of months each school was open in the preceeding year, number attending each school during the quarters, sum drawn on account of each school with the date, and any other necessary observations. Though not called for specifically by act, the returns frequently included the name of the school, teachers, and the persons receiving the public appropriation, as well as the sums agreed to be paid the teachers.

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South Carolina. General Assembly

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S.C. Statute 1811(5)639 specified that every board of commissioners of free schools was to make a yearly return to the legislature. Governor Middleton recommended the passage of this act as a response to the systematic lack of education in the state. The first appropriation made possible 124 elementary schools for the state. As the system progressed, the term "free school" became embarrassingly exchangeable with pauper schools, because the 1811 act carried within it a written directive that an a...