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GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS. 109
which make provisions for transportation of pupils to and from
said schools at public expense, may be granted from this fund
in addition to the amount provided in Section 8, a sum equal to
one-half the cost of transportation, amount not to exceed $300.00
for each auto truck required, provided contracts for such transportation
have been approved by the State Superintendent.
SEC. 10. It is hereby expressly provided that an amount not
to exceed one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars of the appropriation
made herein may be used each year of the biennium
for the payment of tuition of rural high school pupils according
to the provisions of Chapter 181 of the General Laws of the
Fortieth Legislature, Regular Session.
SEC. 11. Except as authorized in Sections 7, 8, and 9, no district
shall receive more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars
in any one year under the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 12. Duties of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.-It
shall be the duty of the State Superintendent, and
he is Tiereby authorized, to take such action and to make such
rules and regulations not inconsistent with the terms of this
Act, as, in his opinion, may be necessary to carry out the provisions
and intentions of this Act and for the best interests of the
schools for whose benefit the funds are appropriated. It shall
be the duty of the State Superintendent to send one of the rural
school supervisors, hereby authorized, who shall make a thorough
investigation in person of the grounds, buildings equipment,
teaching force, and financial condition of each school applying
for aid under the provisions of this Act, and aid shall not
be granted unless it can be shown that all provisions of this Act
and regulations made by the State Superintendent have been
complied with, and that such amount of aid is actually needed.
SEC. 13. Warrants and Reports.-Warrants for all money
granted under the provisions of this Act shall be transmitted by
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to treasurers or
depositories of school districts to which State aid is granted in
the same manner as warrants for state apportionment are now
transmitted, and it shall be the duty of all treasurers or depositories
to make annually itemized reports under oath to the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction of the expenditures of all
money granted under the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 14. Apportionment Privilgees.-Rural schools accepting
the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to share in the distribution
of State and County available school funds, and in all
other school funds in the same manner, as all other school districts;
and in case high school grades are maintained, the community
shall still be entitled to participate in the distribution of
any State aid that may be extended by the Legislature of Texas
for vocational or industrial purposes to high schools of the State.
SEC. 15. The fact that many schools in rural districts are in
need of aid, and that public policy requires that proper provisions
be made for the maintenance and support of our schools
with as little delay as possible, and the further fact that con-
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/677/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .