The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-03-17
Tho School nm.

potter support and regulation ofthe Com
mon Schools of Lancaster.
Inc Bill, 1t will be seen, provides for
the election of six individuals, who are
to be styled the Board of Education"
Their duty will be as follows:
Within ten days after their election.
they are to meet and organize by appoint.
ing President, Secretary and Treasurer,
should a Tax" be voted for the pur.
pose of purchasing sites and building
school houses, (itis discretionary with the
Board as to the number,) they are to re-
port the probable cost of the same to the
Town Council; should this tax not be yo-
ted, then the Board are to compute the
cost of renting necessary rooms, of fur
nishing them and Of fuel; they are to keep
the schools in constant operation, except.
ing reasonable vacations; and they have
the power, Unnecessary, of disposing of
the present school lots and buildings.
Under the law, the Town Council are
to give 20 days notice of the time and
place of holding the vote of "Tax or no
Tax" should the Tax be voted, it is their
duty, after the Board have reported to
them the amount needed for purchasing
sites and building school houses, to pro-
ceed to levy the same, in the manner of
other taxes; should the Tax not be voted.
then said Council are to levy what taxes
the Board think sufficient to rent and fur.
nish the necessary buildings-to pur-
chase fuel and to keep the schools in ope-
ration throughout the year. Taxes are to
be levied only to pay any deficiency that
may occur after exhausting the common
school fund of the Town."
The qualified voters in the limits now
embraced in the four school districts of
the Town, are to vote, by districts, wheth-
er they come under the provisions ofthe
law or not. This election is to be held
at the annual spring election. which takes
place on the 1st Monday in April.
On the Sd Monday in April, all the dis
tricts, that vote to come under the law,
will vote for tho election of six School
Directors, (The Board of Education
and for TAX or no Tax"
In all these cases, majority will de-
eide.
These are the general provisions of the
Bill-for particulars the Bill itself must
be referred to. Should there be gener.
al disposition to adopt its provisions,
should there be union and harmony, we
are confident that its operations will be
felt and appreciated by the whole COM
munity.
Whether there be ono, two or four
houses, ifthe intention of the bill is fully
carried Out, it will be found to work ex-
cellently we'll. 1t has in it the features
of an excellent school system and we do
hope that no district will reject it without
due and careful examination.
Few individuals can be found, who
would not rather have good education
than the little amount of means that have
been accumulated for him at the expense
of the development ofhis heart and intel
lect. Few parents there are, who cannot
see that Tax ofa few dollars a year is
of vastly greater Importance to thier chill
dren than these dollars would be to
child without the education, that a we'll
devised school system would give him.
lfthese dollars are invested for the bene-
fit of child, what better investment than
in the cultivation Ofhis heart and intellect
Much depends upon the selection of
proper persons to constitute the "Board
ofEducation." Should they be discreet.
judicious and experienced, they can in a
short time, place the proposed system up
on such basis, that no individual, no dis
trict would be willing to reject its advan-
toges.
But the citizens aid is wanted. They
must put the ball in motion.
The Fatal Secret Is out at Last.
Among men not disposed to impute bad
motives to others, without satisfactory
evidence, the conduct of the Immortal
ffteen," in attempting to destroy the
State Government, was inexplicable.