The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-04-07
LAWS OF OHIO.
BY AUTHORITY.

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AN ACT providing for school districts, and
school district meetings; prescribing the
duties Of district officers, and clerks and
treasurers of townships; and increasing the
State and county common school funds.
a, SEC. I. Be IL enacted by the General
Assembly Of The Stale Of Ohio, That the
trustees Of each incorporated township in
this State, where the same has not already
been done, shall meet, after giving twen-
ty day petice BY posting up written or
printed Ices in at least four of the. most
public places in the township, specifying
the time, place and object Of such meet
ing, and proceed toslay off such. township
into school districts, in tho manner best
calculated for the convenience of the in
habitants thereof, and best designed to
promote the interests of common schools
in such township; and the township clerk
shall make record of such districts in a
book kept specially anG solely for the re-
cord of school districts, specifying the
corners, and describing the boundary lines
of each district by reference to land lines
and other localities, in such manner as
that the several boundaries may be de-
termined without survey, giving to each
district number by which it may be Off
cially known; and such record shall be-
authenticated by the signatures Of the
said trustees and clerk.
SEC. Q. That the township trustees
shall have power, at any time between the
first Monday in March, and the first Mon
day in September, on the written request
of five freeholders living within each of
the districts 70 be affected by such change,
to make, alter, or abolish any school dis
trict or districts, if, in the opinion of a
majority Of such trustees, the convenience
of the public and the interests of schools
require such change; but prior to such ac-
ton of the trustees, at least twenty days
notice shall be given of the time, place and
object OF their meeting, by posting up
written or printed notices in at least four
of the most public places within the dis
,ricts to be affected by the action Of such
meeting; and if, upon examination, the
trustees shall make any new district, or
change the lines of any old district, the
township clerk shall make record of such
changes in the book of school districts,
which may have been changed, which re-
cord shall be authenticated as in the first
instance, by the signatures of the said
trustees and clerk.
Sec. g. That where the public convent
ence and the interests of education re-
quire it. school district may be COM
posed Of parts of two or more townships;
but in the formation or alteration of such
district, the same notice shall be given in
each township from which any portion Of
such fractional district is to be taken, as
is required under the second section Of
this act; and the trustees Of the several
townships interested shall meet, at the
written request Of five freeholders, and
proceed to fix the boundaries of such
district, majority of the trustees of each
township asserting; and such fractional
district shall be numbered, and the boun'
daries in full be described in the book Of
school districts belonging to, and by the
clerk of the township in which the schoo
house for such district is located, and the
clerks Of the other townships shall enter q
record Of only that portion Of the boun'
Diary line which belongs to the township
where such record is being made, which
several records shall be authenticated by
the signatures of the trustees and clerk
Sec. A. That it is hereby made the
duty of the township clerk of each town
ship in this State, where school district;
have already been laid off and numbered
to make complete record of such dis
tricts, specifying the corners and describ
ing the boundary lines, in the same man
ner as is required in the first section O
this act, and authenticate such record a
the period of making it, by his oficia
signature, and it is further made the duty
Of the township clerk to furnish to the au
ditor Of the county certified copy of all
the records required under the provisions
of the foregoing sections.
ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING.
SEC. s. There shall be held in eacl
school district, onthe ed Monday in Apri
of each year, a meeting of the tax-payer
and householders of such district, publ
city of the time and place of which shal
be given by the district clerk, by postins
up notices in at least three public places
within the district, ten days before tht
time of such meeting; and the meeting s.
called, shall be held at the school house
or, if there [be] none then at such plac
as the director shall designate. At sue
annual meeting, the voters, the same beinI
householders or resident taxpayers in tn
district, including aliens who have declal
ed their intention of becoming citizens
shall organize by the appointment of
chairman, and the district clerk shall az
as secretary, or in his absence, a secretar
pro tempore shall be appointed; and th
voters present shall transact all business
the district not otherwise provided for
law; shall elect, by ballot, the several di
trict officers; shall determine, by vote, vi
on the erection or purchase Of scho
house, or the purchase or lease Of groun
on which to erect such, house, and ho
the money shall be raised for such pu
chase; shall determine what amount ,
tax shall be levied by the directors ft
such purpose, and shall determine the