Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-04-07
LAWS OF OHIO.
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

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q pe STATE Of Ohio, That hereafter each an
every organized township in tn
State shall compose but one schoo
district for all purposes connected
with the general interests Of educa
-tion in the township, and shall b
con6ded 10 the management anC
control Of a board of education, anG
the several school districts and irac
.tional parts thereof, which now are
or may hereafter be established il
the several organized townships oI
the State, shall be regarded as sub.
districts, and be confded to the
management and control of local
directors as hereinafter provided;
but nothing contained in this aci
shall be so construed as to give to
the township board of education, OF
to local directors in sub districts,
jurisdiction over any territory in the
township included within the limits
Of any city or incorporated village
with the territory annexed thereto
for school purposes. which shall elect
or appoint a board OF education as
hereinafter provided, or which now
is or may hereafter be governed as
10 schools, by any special or other
act. specified in the sixty-seventh Sec
ton Of this act.
Sec. 2. On the second Monday
of April, in the year eighteen hun
dred and fifty-three, there shall be
held at the usual hour and place Of
holding district meetings in each Of
the sub districts of the several town.
ships of the State, school meeting
of the qualified voters resident with.
in the sub-district, and having the
qualifications of voters at the State
and county elections, who, when as
sembled. shall organize by the ap-
pointment of a chairman and secre-
tary, and proceed 10 elect by ballot,
three school directors for such SUBJ
district; of those so elected, the per-
son receiving the highest number Of
votes shall hold his Office for three
years; the person receiving the next
highest number, shall hold the office
for two years; and the person re-
ceiving the next highest number,
shall hold The Office for one year;
and each shall continue in office until
his successor is elected and qualified.
In case two or more persons SO
elected have received an equal num-
Der Of votes, the duration OF their
respective terms of office shall be
determined by lot in the presence of
the chairman and secretary of the
meeting, and annually thereafter in
the same manner on the second
Monday in April, there shall be
elected in each sub-district OF the
proper township, one school director
for the term Of three years; and the
minutes of the proceedings of any
such sub-district meeting shall be
signed by the chairman and secreta-
ry, and delivered TO the directors
who shall have been elected as afore-
said, TO be recorded hy the clerk in
the records OF the sub>district, and
the said clerk OF the sub>dislrict shall
forthwith certify to the township
clerk, the names OF the local direc-
tors so elected, specifying the term
for which each was elected; if the
directors Of any sub-district so
elected shall deem it expedient, they
may designate the specific hour OF
the day on which the annual elec>
ton for such sub-district shall be held,
and in such case shall cause five
days notice thereof in writing to be
posted up in three of the most public
places in such sub.district.
Sec. 8. The said directors, within
five days after their election, shall
take an oath or affirmation to sup
port the constitution Of the United
States, and of the State OF Ohio, and
faithfully and impartially to dis
charge the duties of their Office;
which said oath the directors are
authorized to administer to each
other. And in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of director, by
death, resignation, refusal to serve,
or otherwise, it shall be the duty Of
the township clerk to fill such vacan-
cy within ten days alter being in
formed thereof by appointment for
the uuexpired term.
Sec. 4. II the qualified voters of
any sub-district shall fail 10 meet and
elect school directors. as prescribed
In the second section of this act, it
shall be lawful for any three qualified
voters of such sub-district to call
special meeting of the voters of such
sub.distric., for the purpose of elect
ing directors, on first giving FIVE
days notice in writing Of the time
and place of holding such meeting,
by posting the same in three of the
most public places in such sub-dis-
trict; and the directors so elected at
such special meeting, shall hold their
Offices for the same terms of time as
II elected on the second Monday OF
April, as prescribed in said second
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