The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-06-03
LAWS on OHIO. Z
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requifing maps Of School districts. ~
SEC. l.. Be IL enacted tblfttc General As.
sembly of the, State of Ohlo. That tits here
by made the duty of the school district clerk
in each school district in this State, TO make
an estimate of the amount Of money neces--
sary, in additionstoswhatshaH be furnished
annually under the provisions OF the "act
for the support and betterfegulation otcom
mon schools. and TO create permanently the
office of superintendent,' passed MasGhs 2,
1898, and the several acts amendatory there
, to, to provide al least six months good
schooling during the year ensuing, to all the
youth in the district who are by law entitled
to the benefits of common schools, and give
notice of the amount so required by posting
the same on the door of the common school
house within the district, at least fifteen
days prior TO the second Monday in April
annually; and it shall be lawful for the quail
ified voters of each school district in this
State, to assemble annually, on the second
Monday in April, at the school house in
such district, between the hours of ten o.
clock, A. NJ, and four o'clock, P. M, and
then and there vote for or against school
tax, sufficient to supply the deficiency re-
ported, as hereinbefore directed, by the dis-
trict clerk.
Sec, 2. That if it shall be found that
majority of the qualified voters present at
such meeting, vote in favor of school tax,
the result shall be certified by the district
clerk, within twenty days after such meet
ing, to the auditor of the proper county or
counties; and such certificate shall contain
statement of the votes polled, the amount
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! phabe.icai list of all the resident and non
resident tax-payers Of the district, designa-
ting whether resident or nonresident, and
specifying where the school district line di-
| vides tract, or tracts of land, held by a tax
payer, the number ot acres in such district !;
and upon the receipt of such certified state
men;, the county auditor shall assess the a.
mount so estimated and certified upon all
the property in such district, subject to tax
alton, and enter the same upon the county
treasurer's duplicate, and the county treasu-
rer shall collect the same and pay it over to
the township treasurer on the order OF the
auditor of said county, charging for his SER
vicesthe percentum aow allowed in the first
instance for the collection of county taxes,
and il shall be the duty o: the county audi
tor 10 furnish to the township treasurer at
the time of furnishing a statement of the
school fund belonging to such township, a
statement of the amount Of tax assessed as
aforesaid in eachdistrict, specifying the num-
ber of the district, when voted for and as
sessed and the township treasurer shall pay
out the same for tuition in such school dis
trict under the-regulations now provided by
law for the payment of teachers OF common
schools in this State.
Sec. 3. That whenevera school district
is composed OF parts Of two or more coun-
ties, it shall be the duty of the clerk of such
district to certify the proceedings Of the vot-
ers and the amount of the tax voted for as
aforesaid to the auditor of each county in
which such district lies, accompanied by an
alphabetical list of tax payers owning prop
erty in the portion of the district lying in
the county to which the report is being
made, and also statement of the fact that
il is a fractional district, naming the several
counties in which the fractions lie; and upon
the reception of such certificate each audi
tor shall Immediately forward to the auditors
of other counties named in the certificate,
an abstract of the amount of taxable prop
erty in the portion Of the district lying with
in his county.
SEC. d. That it shall be the duty of the
school directors Of the several school dis
tricts in this State, to meet on the second
Monday in April annually, at the school
house in the several districts, for the purpose
of asceltaining the will of the qualified vo-
ters in reference to school tax as pointed out
in the first section Of this act, and it shall
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preside over the said meeting.
Sec. s. That the annual school district
meetings provided for in the several acts rel
ative to common schools, shall be held here
after on the second Monday in April, and
such business as is required by said acts to be
transacted on the third Friday in Septem-
Der annually, shall be transacted on the said
second Monday in April, annually; Provid-
ed, thatif the directors Of any school dis
trict shall neglect or fail to give the requisite
notice Of such annual meeting in the
manner contemplated by the Z" act for the
support and better regulation Of common
schools, and to create permanently she office
of superintendent" passed March z, 1888
and the amendatory acts thereto, then il
shall be lawful for said directors, by giving
such notice, to call such annualdistrict meet.
ing at any subsequent time between the sec
ond Monday in April and the third Friday in
September following.
Sec, 6. That nothing contained in thi!
act shall be SO construed as to prevent o.
take from any organized township in thi'
State, the power Of voting to raise an addi
tional townshipschool taxin the mannerpro
yided in the twenty sixth section Of the &C
entitled, "an act for the support and bette
regulation of common schools and TO create
permanently The office of superintendent,
passed March Z, 1885, and the arhendator,
act thereto, passed March l6, 1889.
Sec. T., That whenever any parent o
guardian sending any scholar to any distric
school shall fail or neglect to furnish his o
her proportion or quota OF fuel, as may b
ordered by the directors of such school dis
trict, for the use of such school, and tn
same shall have been provided by the direc
tors, or on their order, it shall be, The duty Q
the directors to make out an account il
writing under their hands, OF The quantit
of such fuel so provided as aforesaid, togeih
er with the value thereof, or price paid 70
the same; and il such accounts are mot vol
UNFAIRLY paid by the person or persons s
charged Herewith, the treasurer Of such dis
trictis hereby authorized, and II shall be hi
duty, to collect such accounts Of the perso
or persons charged with the same as afore