The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-04-13
NEW SERIES--.VOL. 3. NO. 40.

therein, and the said board shall be ca.
pable Of contracting and being contracted
WITH suing and being sued, pleading and
being impleaded, in any court Of law or
equity, and also shall be capable of re-.
ceving any gift, grant, beguest, or de-
wise, made for the use the public schools
in said city, town or districts and all mon
eys accrung to said city, town or district
for school purposes, under any law of this
State, shall be paid over to the treasurer
of said Board of Education. ...-...
Sec. 7. Said Board Of Education may
hold stated meetings at such times and
places in said district as they may ap-
point, four members Of said board at all
meetings thereof constituting quorum
for business; that special meetings hereof
may be called by the presdent.or by any
two members. on giving one days notice
orthe time and, place Of the same, and
said board by resolution, shall direct the
payment Of all moneys that shall come
into the hands of the treasurer, aud no
money shall be paid out of the treasury
except in pursuance of such resolution,
and on the written order fine president,
conntersigned by the secretary.
Sec. s. That whenever said board
shall deem it necessary 10 purchase or
erect "a school house or school houses for
said district, or to purchase sites for the
same they shall call a meeting of The legal
voters in said district, by giving at least ten
daysnotice of the time aud place and OBJ
lect of said meeting, in some ne wspaper
printed in, and in general circulation in
such district,if any such there be, and if
there be no such newspaper,t r,then by post
ngup written or printed notices thereof,at
five ormore ofthe most public place insaid
district, and the president Of said board,
aud in his absence one of the other direc-
: Itors, shall act as chairman Of said meeting
aud said meeting may determine by n
majority vote upon the erection OF school
4 house, or school houses and the purchase
Eof a site or sites therefor and the amount of
money to be raised for the purpose afore.
said. and the time or times when the same
shall be paid, which moneys so voted shall
be therenpon certified by the Board of Ed
ucation by its chairman and secretary, 10
the auditor of the county, aud shall be
assessed in said district, in the same man
ner as the tax hereinafter provided for in
the 18th section of this act.
Sec. O. 1t shall be the duty of said
. board, so soon as the means for that pur-
pose can be provided, 10 establish in said
district an adequate number of primary
schools to be so located as best to accom-.
modate the inhabitants thereof, and in
, which the rudiments of education shall be
taught; and it shall be the further duty
of said board to establish in said district
suitable number Of other schools of a
S higher grade or grades, wherein instruc-
ton shall be given in such studies as may
5 not be provided for in the primary schools,
, the number of schools and also of the diff
, ferent grades thereof, to be determined
+ by said board; and it shall be the further
, duty of said board to decide what branch
2 es shall be taught in each and in all of
: said schools, provte that no other Ian.
I guage than the English OF German shall be
, taught therein, except with the concur
/, renee oftwo-thirds ofsaid board.
S Sec. 10. Admission to said schools
3 shall be gratuitous to the children, wards
/, servants. and apprentices of all actual
4 residents in said district, who may he
. entitled to the privileges of the pnblic
schools. under the general laws Of this
: state, provided that said board shall have
> power to admit to said schools other pu.
$ pills. npon such terms or upon the payment
t of such tuition as they may prescribe,
e Sec IL, Said board shall have power
n TO make all necessary regulations for said
J schools, to prescribe aud enforce rules for
D the admission of pupils into the same not
e inconsistent with the preceding section,
: and the examination that pupils must
D pass preparatory to admission into the
D schools of ofhigher grades than the primary;
to subdivde said school district, if they
| shall think proper; to select sites for school
u houses, to superintend the building ofthe
;, same, and to pay therefor, their appurte-
: nances, furniture and apparatus,to borrow
Q money for the erection IF school houses
1 upon a majority vote ofsaid district there
- for, and to incur all other expenses of
e said school system, and pay the same
@ from the public moneys of said district.
= Sec. IL. 1t shall be the duty of said
8 board to keep said schools in operation
not less than thirty six, nor more than
II rty.fouTweeks Of each year,to determine
:, the amount of the annual tax to be raised
g for the purpose aforesaid, including all
the necessary expenses of said schools
u except for the erection Of school houses
: aud the purchase of sites; and on or be.
= fore the lst day July Of each year, u make known
the amount of such tax to the audi.
s tor CT the county in which said distric,
o was situate; aud thereupon it shall be
II the duty of said auditor to assess the same
c upon the taxable property ofthe said dis
+ trict as the same appears on tho grand
J., list in his office, and the said tax shall be
e collected by the county treasurer, in The
n same manner, and the same time, itl
r the State and county taxes, and when col
i; lected shall be paid over to the treasurer
II of said board; Provided, however, tina,
Q the tax to be assessed under this section
l. shall not exceed four mills on the dollar
upon the taxable property ofsaid district
II II s.