The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-23
Law OF Ohio.


An act authorizing tie establishment Of
seperate Schools FIR the education Of
co Ored children, and for other purposes.
Passed February 9th, lS49.
SIC. /. BE ncnGctcd by tie General
assembly ofMe State Of OhiO. That the
trustees of each incorporated township in
this State. and the trustees. visitors. and
directors Of schools, or other officers hav.
ing authority in tho premises, of each
city and incorporated town or village,
shall be and they are hereby authorized
and required respectively, in case they
shall not deem it expedient to admit the
colored children resident in anytownship,
city town. or village into the regular com
mon schools therein established, to create
Que or more school districts for colOred
persons in every such township, city town
or village, which district or districts, shall
include all the territories therof; and in
laying off said districts, and in altering
the same. they shall he governed in all re-
spects by the provisions Ofthe act for the
support aud better regulation Of common
schools, etc, passed March Z, 1898.
Sec 2. Whenever any district shall bo
established as aforesaid, the trustees or
other authorities establishing the same,
shall give uo;ice,by public advertisement
to the adult male colored tax payers re-
siding in such district, to meet at time
and place specified in the notice. and
choose their school directors, and such
meeting, aud all subsequent meeliugsfor
the election Of directors, and ior other
purposes, shall be held aud cond ucted as
is directed in respect to meetings for like
object 10y the said act Of March Z, 1888,
aud the act amending the same; and the
powers, rights, and duties of the direc
tors chosen, aud Of their successors, shall
be the same in respect tn the school off.
GERS of their several districts, as are con.
fcrred upon, or required of school districts
by said acts.
SEC. 3. The trustees or other authori.
tos establishing seperate districts. as
aforesaid, shall cause an accurate list To
be made as speedily as possible, Of all
colored tax payers. and of oil colored
youth over four and under twenty.one
years of age. resident therein, and shall
certify it to the county auditor. who shall
preserve the same in his Office. and no
property of any colored tax payer within
said districts shall be charged with any
special tax for district purposes, for the
benefit of the schools in any regular dis.
trict, composed wholly or IN part of the
same territory; aud no propor,yof any
white person in any regular district com,
posed wholly, or in part, of tho same ter
rtory.
SEC. 4. Every scperOte district, estab.
lished as aforesaid, shall be held to in,
cludo for school purposes. only the col
ored persons resident within its tcrritori.
al limits, aud from aud after The establish.
ment of the sOme. the colored youth resi-
dent therein, shall at,ead the schools or
ganized under the directors of such dis
lricl: and tho powers and duties of county
Auditors, county Treasurers. township
Clerks, district Treasurers, aud district
Clerks, aud other officers in regard to
such seperate district and the schools
established therein, shnll be the same us
now arc or may DO exercised or performed
by said officers respectively, in relation
to tho regular districts. aud the schools
established therein, aud said districts and
schools shall in all respects, except so far
az the act provides to tho contrary, be
governed by and have tho benefit of all
the provisions of said act of March 7, aud
the amendalory acts, aud all acts relating
4 To schools IN cities, towns, or villages
modifying the some.
SEC. s. Tho term colorod as used in
this act, shall be construed as being Of the
Same Specification as the term "black ol
nuatto "as used in former acts.
SEc. 6. The act entitled dn act Ia
provide for the establishment of common
schools for the education Of black aud mu'
latto persons, passed January 9Th, 1904
aud the several acts i0 amend tho same
4 passed January 4,h, 1907, and February
: 9Th, 1884, and all parts of other ucts ST
far they enforce any special privileges
:, on account Of coloi, are hereby repealed
! except the nc, Of the 9th February 1881
relating lojurcs. and the act of the l4tl
March. 1881, for tho relief Of the poor
u Prosidcd, however, that if any person
shull bring or cause 10 be brought, D
a shall aid in bringing or causing to h,
J. brought, or shall persuade or induce I,
!, cume into this State, any person or per
d sous who is Or are likely to become paur
! ers in any township Of this State, ever
such person so offending shall forfeit an
l. pay fine not exceeding FIVE hundre
J. dollars, to he recovered with costs of su
in any court having jurisdiction, by octio
Of dept. in behalf of the State of Ohio, q
u by indictment, and shall also be impri'
ioncd until such fine he paid. unless III
10 court shall otherwise direct,
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