Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-01
School Law.

approval of the people, and furnish what is SO
much needed-an efficient system of Common
Schools. We are unable to say what are the
prospects of the passage Of the bill in its present
shape, but it will be incumbent upon this Legisla-
ture to enact some kind of School law, and one,
toe, which shall afford the means of education to
the entire youth ofthe State. The Bill introduced
by Mr.. RICE has been considered in Committee of
the Whole in the Senate, and reported back to
that body for action. 1t is of great length, en-
bracing seventy odd sections. The following
synopsis of the bill of Mr.. RICE, from the Coium-
bus correspondent of the Tfumbull Democrat:
1t "provides that each organized township shall
compose but one school district, excepting any
territory that may be included in any incorporated
city, town, or village,-and that the electors at
the annual elections in said townships shall elect
the same as township officers, three school direc-
tors, who with the township clerk shall constitute
a'Township Board Of School Directors and that
the township clerk shall be clerk of said board
and record all Of their official proceedings
1t further provides that said board of directors
be invested with the title, care and custody OF all
school houses school house SITES school Libraries,
apparatus and all other property belonging to said
dstrict-shall hold regular sessions each month
employ teachers, pay, and dismiss them-to visit
schools, &c. Said board of directors are author
lied to sub-divide their respective townships into
snbdistricts containing not less than sixty resi-
dent scholars, by enumeration, having due regard
to the school houses now built-having full pow
er and control over the whole matter of selecting
sites and buildings, repairing and renting school
houses, purchasing fuel, assigning ana transferring
scholars to primary schools or schools of higher
grade, and to visit said schools, by one or more Of
their number. at least twice in each term.
The board Of Directors oftwo or more townships
may, if convenience require, transfer scholars to
such school in an adjoining township, and the
township from which such transfer was made shall
pay its proportion of school funds for the support
of said school.
The board of directors are required annually to
make out a statement of the condition of schools
in their district or township, similar to those now
made by the township clerk to the county auditor.
Said board of directors may establish high schools,
but when said board think it desirable to provide
said high school, the estimate cost of which ex-
ceeds the sum of five hundred dollars, then the
establishment Of said high school, as we'll as tax
to be determined by a vote of the cleo
tors of said township. .---..
All taxes for building school houses to be col
lected the same as other taxes.
All Incorporated cities, towns, and villages, not
otherwise provided for by charter or other school
laws, shall constitute separate school district,
and be under the supervision of the corporate al-
thorities thereof, and board Of school directors
elected by the electors ofthe city town, village,
and governed in manner similar to those provid-
ed for townships. A -
Said act further provides for .County School
to be composed of delegate from
each board of directors, who, when convened shall
appoint three school examiners and county Su-
perintendant, who, collectively, shall form coun-
ty board of school examiners, whose duty it shall
be to hold quarterly and special meetings for the
purpose of examining teachers. The county su-
perintendent is required to spend annually at least
four days in each year, in township.
This bilf Further provides in the appointment of
estate superintendent estate Board of Educa-
ton" ""School libraries with one copy of Web
stefs unabridged Dictionary to each sub-district.
New HroEs Pr9jeet.
It is stated that Shoenberger, the Oldest iron
maker in Pennsy vania, Riley, Matthews g. Co.,
of Pittsburgh, and a number Of enterprfsing capt.
talists in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, are
a company with ST 100000 capital, to
embark very extensively in the manufacture of
iron rails, at Johnston, Canbria CO., Pa.-Ee-
change. aass 5zSSE -ae fs s.t1 =
We suppose this is another evidence of the rai11-
oaGs effects of the present Democratic Fariff upon
the manufacturing interests Of the country! To
read such of the Federal papers as are@so stupid
and SO far behind the age to still advocate that
exploded humbug, Protective Tariff, one would
be led to believe that the freT in all the iron fur
naces of the country, had long since been estin-
guished. But instead of this being the case, it
appears that under ''he Locofoeo, British, Free
Trade, Tariff Of 1916, iron has recently advanced
greatly in price, and that new and very extensive
Manufactures are now springing up in various
parts of the sountry!
, e may be considered as almost out of place, to
discuss the subject of Tariff at the present time,
since there is but comparatively little diversity of
opinion in relation thereto, amongst the American
people, A Protective Tariff has become s'an OBJ
solete idea" Nobody except few antiquated
imbeciles in the federal party, will now pretend
to advocate this monopolising system to benefit
few wealthy capitalists at the expense of the in
dustrial classes Of the nation.
Car Next GoverEsoE---goE. N5esgi9f.
The time is drawing near when the democracy.
will be called upon to say, who SHALL be our
next Governor, and in our opinion it will be an
act ofwisdom in them to designate Col Medill,