Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-04-07

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| by the township board or local direc
tors, and until such report shall hav
been certified and filed by the sal
teacher as aforesaid, it shall not b
lawful for said board or local direc
tors to pay said teacher for his or he
services.
Sec. l9. The board of education Il
each township shall prepare or cause I,
be prepared and forwarded to the count'
auditor at the same time when the returr
of the enumeration of scholars is re
quired to be made, statement exhibit
ing the number Of children in the town
ship between the ages of FIVE and TWEEN
ty>one years, distinguishing between
male and female, the number Of schools
specifying the different grades. the mum
Der of teachers, male and female, the
number Of children male and female
who have attended school during the
past year, the average attendance, the
length of the terms of schools, compen.
sation of teachers male and female, the
number and condition of the school
houses and furniture and the estimated
value thereof; the number and condition
of the books in the school libraries; the
number of libraries; the kind of school
books used in the schools; the number
and value of school apparatus, and a
full account OF the expenditures for
school purposes. together with such 9th.
er statistics and information in relation
to schools as the State commissioner OF
schools may require.
Sec. 90. Each township board Of ed
ucaiion shall have power, as hereinafter
provided, TO establish in their respective
townships such number of graded
schools, or such notifications of them
as the public interests may require; and
in case Of the establishment of such gra-
ded schools, il snail be the duty of the
board so TO classify the children of the
township as to secure TO all as far as
practicable an equitable participation in
the advantages thereof, and the board
shall designate the sub>districts by num-
bering them and schools of a higher
grade than primary shall be known BY
the appella;ion ofcentral or high schools.
Sec. 81. Whenever in the opinion of
the board of education, it shall become
necessary or desirable to provide one or
more such central or high schools in
their respective townships, the said board
shall estimate the probable cost thereof,
and call a special meeting of the quail
fed voters of the township and who are
no, residents of any Of the territory or
districts named in the first section OF
this act, over which the Jurisdiction of
the township and local directors is ex>
cluded, at the usual place of holding
first giving twenty days no.
tice of the time and object of holding
such meeting, by posting the same in
some public place in each of The several
subdistricts Of the township, in which
notice the amount or rate Of tax as es~
iimated by the board shall be stated, and
The electors when convened in pursu>
ance of such notice shall decide by vote
lny questions which may be deemed inn
nortant in relation TO the cost and loca>
ion of the building or buildings. or 9TH
sr provisions necessary for the estab-
ishment of any such school, and also
he amount of township tax which may
be levied for the purpose, and the chair
nan and clerk of the board shall be the
chairman and clerk OF the meeting, and
he clerk shall record in the records of
he board the action of the meeting, and
he board shall be governed by the direc-
ion and vote of said meeting in relation
o the subjects or matters so submitted.
Sec. 92. II shall be the duty of the
,oard of education in any organized
ownship Of the State, annually, to de-
ermine by estimate as nearly as prac~
icable, the entire amount OF money ne
,essary 10 be expended in the township
or school purposes other than for the
payment of teachers, and also such ad-
litional amount as the board may think
not exceeding two mills on
ne dollar valuation of the taxable prop-
,rty of the township, for the exclusive
purpose Of sustaining teachers in the
central or high schools, or for the pur-
,ose of prolonging, after the State funds
lave been exhausted, the terms of the
everal sub-districts or primary schools
n the township, or for both purposes, as
he board may adjudge best, which seve>
al amounts of money so estimated. the
,oard shall make known by certificate
n writing, on or before the first Monday
n June in each year, including any tax
which may have been voted by special
Meeting Of electors as provided in the
section, TO the auditor of the
'roper county, who shall thereupon as
ess the entire amount of such estimates
IN all the taxable property of the town.
hip not included in any city or incorPo-
ated village or territory annexed there>
o, forming any special district, TO be en-
cred by said auditor on the tax dupli-
,ate of the county and collected by the
county treasurer at the same time and in
he same manner as State and county
axes are collected; and when collected
hall be paid over to the treasurer of the
roper township on the order of the
county auditor; and said county t.easu
er shall be entitled TO receive for cols
ection, one per cent. on all moneys by
i'm collected for school purposes, and
10 more.
g. % The townshin hoard of edu,