Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-04-12
aus of Obtc.
No. As. /
Published by Authority.

officers, and clerks and ,reasurers Of Townships;
and increasing the State and county common
school funds.
Sec l. Be it enacted By the General as
senl6iy of the State of Ohio, That the trustees
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 rprinted notices in at least
four Of the most public places in the township,
specifying the time, place and object of such
meeting,and proceed to lay off such township
into school districts, in the manner best calcu-
lated for the convenience of the inhabitants
thereof and best designed to promote thr in
terests of common schools in such township;
and the township clerk shall make record Of
such districts in book kept specially and sole
" for the record 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- determined with
ont survey. giving to each district n number
by which il 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 free
holders living within each of the districts TO be
affected by such change, to make, alter. or
abolish any school district or districts, if in the
opinion of majority of such trustees, the con-
venience of the public and the interests of the
schools require such change; but, prior TO
such action 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 fo1r OF
the most public places within the districts 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 Il
record of such changes in the book of school
districts, and specify anew all the lines and
| boundaries of al thctlistricts which may have
been changed. which record shall be auihen-
ticated as in the first instance, by the sigma
lures of the said trustees and clerk.
Sec 3. That whrre the public convenience
and the interests IF education require il, a
school district may he composed Of parts oi
two ar more tuw nships; tut in the formation
or alteration uf 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 frceholders, and proceed to fix
the boundaries uf such district, IA majority OF
the trustees of each township asserting; and
such fractional district shall be numbered, and
the boundaries in full be- described in the book
OF school districts belonging TO, and bv 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 belongs 10 the township where
such record is being made, which several rec
ords shall be authenticated by the signatures
of the trustees and clerk
Sec. 4. That it is hereby made the duty
Of the township clerk of each township in this
State, where school districts have already been
laid off and numbered, to make complete
record of such districts, specifying thrrornrrs
and describing the boundary lines, in the same
manner as is required in the first section 81
this act, and authenticate such recnrd at the
period of making it, by his official signature
and il is further made the duty Of the town
ship clerk to furnish TO the auditor of the
county a certified copy of all the records re-
quired under the provisions of the foregoing
sections. -
ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING.
| Sec. 5. The:e shall be held in each schoo
district ON the I'd Monday in April of each
year, a meeting of the tax x-payrrs and house
holders of such district, publicity of the time
and place of which shall be- given BY the dis
itrict clerk, by posting up notices in at leas
| thron public 1locas within tb.
days before the time of such meeting; and
the meeting so called. shall be held at the
school house, on, if there Ibe1 none then al
such place as the directors shall drsignate.-
1 AT such annual meeting, the voters, the same
being householders or resident taxpayers in
the district, including aliens who have declar
ed their intention of becoming citizens. sIial
organize hy the appointment of chairman
and the district clerk shall act as secretary, or
in his absense. asecretary pro tempore shal
be appointed; and the voters present shal
transact all business of the district not other
wise provided for by law shall elect by bal
lot, the several district officers; shall cclcrmin,
by vote. upon the erection or purchase of :
school house. or the purchase or lease o
ground on which 10 erect such house, and how
the money shall be raised for such purchase
shall determine what amount If tax shall b,
levied by the directors for such purpose, ant
shall determine the amount which shall b,
levied for the purchase OF boukS. for the schoO
district library. That upon the organization
of new district. meeting of the voters ii
such district, for the above specified purposes
shall be Immediately called BY posting up
ten days prior TO such meeting, in at leas
lhre" public places within the district, notices
signed by five voters resident in such new
district specifying the tim" and place of sucl
meeting. That special meetings of the voter
may be called in any district. by the directors
by giving twenty days notice, which motto,
shall state especially the object or objects O
such meeting and the voters shall have powe
:" transact at such meeting the business onl,
whirI, is set forth in the notice, and no tai
shall be levied bv such special meeting uules
The notice shall state specifically that such ia.
is proposed to be levied, and the object of tI
tax. Th,tif the district clerk shall fail or neg
lect Ia give the required notice for the annua
district On -, A