Lacy v. Fidelity Bank of Durham
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CONTROVERSY without action, determined before Devin, J., at March Term, 1922, of Waice. From the facts submitted it appears that the General Assembly, with a view of providing a special building fund to enable the counties of the State to properly maintain a six months school term as required by the Constitution, passed an act, Laws of 1921, ch. 147, in which the State Treasurer was authorized and directed to issue $5,000,000 coupon bonds of the State, sell the same, and…
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CONTROVERSY without action, determined before Devin, J., at March Term, 1922, of Waice. From the facts submitted it appears that the General Assembly, with a view of providing a special building fund to enable the counties of the State to properly maintain a six months school term as required by the Constitution, passed an act, Laws of 1921, ch. 147, in which the State Treasurer was authorized and directed to issue $5,000,000 coupon bonds of the State, sell the same, and from the proceeds advance to the several counties of the State a proportionate amount from time to time for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating tbe case: Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Article IX of tbe Constitution, this being tbe article on Education, are as follows:
“SectioN 1. Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and tbe happiness of mankind, schools and tbe means of education shall forever be encouraged.
“Sec. 2. Tbe General Assembly, at its first session under this Constitution, shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of public schools, wherein tuition shall be free of charge to all children of tbe State between tbe ages of six and twenty-one years.…
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- Board of Education v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
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