The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-04-11
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IT. az district officers, and clerks and treasu-
rcrs Of townships; and increasing the
Stato and county common school funds.
SIC. 4. Be Il enacted BY the General As
ssnsbiy Of the State Of Ohio, That the trus-
tees Of each incorporated township in this
State, where the same has not already been
done, shall meet, after giving twenty days
notice by posting up written or printed no.
ttces in at least four of the most public
places in the township, specifying the time,
place and object Of such meeting, and pro-
ceed 10 lay of such townshipinto school dis.
tricts, in the manner best calculated for the
convenience Of the Inhabitants thereof and
best designed TO promote the interests Of
common schools in such township; and the
township clerk shall make a record of such.
districts in a book kept specially and sole
ly for the record of school districts, specify
ing 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 determin-
ed without survey, giving TO each district a
number by which it may be officially known;
and such record shall be authenticated by
the signatures of the said trustees and clerk.
Sec. 2. That the township trustees shall
have power, at any time between the first
Monday in March, and the first Monday in
September, on the written request of FIVE
freeholders living within each of the dis.
tricts to be affected by such change, to make,
alter, or abolish any school district or dis.
tricts, if, in the opinion Of majority of such
trustees, the convenience Of the public and
the interests of the schools require such
change; but prior to such action of the trus.
tees, at least twenty days notice shall be
given Of the tine, place and object Of their
meeting, by posting up written or printed
notices in at least four Of the most public
places within the districts to be affected by
the action of such meeting; and if, upon ex-
animation, the trustees shall make any new
district, or change the lines of any old dis
trict, the township clerk shall make record
of such changes in the book of school dis
tricts, aud specify anew all the lines and
bounoaries Of all the districts which may
have been changed, which record shall be
authenticated as in the first instance, by the
signatures of the said trustees and clerk.
Sec. 3. That where the public convent
ence and the interests Of education require
it, school district may be composed of parts
of two or more townships but in the forma-
ton or alteration of such district, the same
notice shall be given in each township from
which any portion of such fractional district
10 to be taken, as is required under the Sec
ond section of this act; and the trustees of
the several townships interested shall m Get,
at the written request Of five freeholders.
and proceed to fix the boundaries of such
township asserting; and, such fractional dis
tric.s shall be numbered, and the boundaries
in full be described in the book of school
districts belonging to, and by the clerk Of,
the township in which the school house for
such district is located, and the clerks Of the
other townships shall enter record of only
that portion Of the boundary line which be.
longs 70 the township where such record is
being made, which several records shall be
authenticated by the signatures OF the trus.
tees and clerk.
Sec. a. That it is hereby made the duty
OF the township clerk of each township in
this State, where school districts have al
ready been laid off and numbered, to make a
complete record of such districts, specifying
the corners aud describing the boundary
lines, in the same manner as is required in
the first section Of this act, and authenticate
such record at the period of making it, by
his official signature, and 1t is further made
the duty of the township clerk TO furnish to
the auditor of the county certified copy of
all the records required under the provisions
Of the foregoing sections.
Sec. s. There shall be held in each school
district on the I'd Monday in April of each
year, q meeting OF the taxpayers and house
holders of sdch district, publicity of the
time and place of which shall be given by
the district clerk, BY posting up notices IN at
least three public places within tho district,
ten days before the time Of such meeting
and the meeting so called shall be held at
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ut such place as the directors shall desig- |
nate At such annual meeting, the voters,
the same being housoholders or resident |
taxpayers In the district, including aliens |
who have declared their intention OF becom- |
ing citizens, shall organize by the appoint. |
ment OF chairman, and the district clerk |
shall act as secretary, or in his absence, a |
secretary pro-tempore shall be appointed; +;
and the voters present shall transact all busi-
ness Of The district not otherwise provided
for by law; shall elect, Iy ballot, the sever.
al district officers; shall determine, by vote,
upon the erection or purchase Of school
house, or the prychase or lease OF gro ind on
which to erect such house, and how the money
shall be raised for such purchase; shall de-
tarmine what amount of tax shall be levied
by the directors for such purpose, and shall I
determine the amount which shall be levied
for the purchase Of books, for the school dis
trict library. That upon the organization of
q new district, meeting Of the voters in
such district, for The above specified pur
poses, shall beimmediately called by posting
up, ten days prior TO such meeting, in AT
least three public places within the district,
notices, signed by five voters resident in such
new districts, specifying the time and place
Of such meeting. That special meetings of
the voters may be called in any district, by
she directors, by giving twenty days notice,
which notice shall state especially the object
or objects Of such meeting, and the voters
shall have power to transact at such meeting
the business only which lie set forth in the no.
fice. and no tax shall be levied by such special
meeting unless the notice shall state speci-
fically that such tax is proposed TO be levied.
and the object of the tax. That if the district 4
clork shall fail or neglect to give he /,
required notice for the annual district meet
ing on the I'd Monday in April, then il shall
be lawful to call such meeting at any subse. I
cuent time between the second Monday in lt
April and the third Friday in September. by I,
giving the notice required by this section.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS. +
Sec. 8. That the officers of each school