Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-04-02

missioner OF schools may require
: SEQ. 20. Each township board of educa.
: ton shall have power, as hereinafter provided
to establish in their respective townships such
number Of graded schools, or such modifca.
tons Of them as the public interest may re-
quire; and in case Of the establishment Of
such graded schools, it shall be the du.y Of
the board SO to classify the children of the
township as to secure to all as far as practi-
cable and equitable participation in the advan
tages thereof and the board shall designate
the sub-districts by numbering them, and
schools of higher grade than primary shall
be known by the appellation Of central 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 CEN
tral or high schools in their respective town
ships, the said board shall estimate the prob.
able cost thereof and call a special meeting
OF the qualified voters of the township and
who are not residents of any of the territory
or districts named in the first section of this
act, over which the jurisdiction of the town
ship and local directors is excluded, at the
usual place of holding elections, first giving
twenty days notice OF the time and object Of
holding such meeting, by posting the same
in some public place in each of the several
sub-districts af the township, in which notice
the amount or rate of tax as estimated by
the board shall be stated, and the electors
when convened in pursuance of such notice
shall decide by vote any questions which may
be deemed important in restion to the cost
and location of the building or buildings, or
other provisions necessary for the establish
ment OF any such school. and also the amount
OF township tax which may be levied for the
purpose, and the chairman and clerk of the
board shall be the chairman and clerk of the
meeting, and the clerk shall record in the rec
ords of the board the action of the meeting,
and the board shall be governed by the direc-
ton and vote OF said meeting in relation to
the subjects or matters so submitted.
Sec. D. 1t shall be the duty of the board
OF education in any organized township of the
State, annually, to determine by estimate as
nearly as practicable. the entire amount of
money necessary to be expendel in the town
ship for school purposes other than for the
payment OF teachers, and also such additional
amount as the board may think necessary.
not exceeding two mills on the dollar valua.
ton Of the taxable property ofthe township,
Tor the exclusive purpose of sustaining teach
ers in the central or high schools, or for the
purpose OF proionging, after the State funds
have been exhausted, the terms of the seve-
raj h-districts or primary schools in the
township. or for both puposes, as the board
may adjuge best, which several amounts of
money SO estimated, the board shall make
known nv partIicnta in, v.;t L
the first Monday in June in each year, inclu-
ding any tax which may have been voted by
a special meeting of electors as provided in
the preceding section, to the auditor of the
proper county, who shall thereupon assess
the entire amount Of such estimates on all
the taxable property Of the township not in
cluded in any city or incorporated village or
territory annexed threto, forming any special
district, to be entered by said auditor on the
tax duplicate of the county and collected by
the county treasurer at the same time and in
the same manner as State and county taxes
are collected; and when collected shall be
paid over to the treasurer of the proper town
ship on the order of the county auditor and
said county treasurer shall be entitled 20 re-
ceive for collection, one per cent, on all mon
eys by him collected for school purposes, and
no more.
Sec. %. The township board of educa.
ton shall have power, when in their opinion
justice and equity require it, to estimate sep
erately the COS. Of purchasing a school house
site and erecting or repairing school house
thereon, in any particular sub-distrct of the
township wherein the inhabitants have not
heretofore borne a reasonable share of the
burden of taxation for such purpose in
comparison with other su5-distrcts in the
township, and certify such portion as they
may deem just and equitable Of the amount
OF such estimate to the county auditor of the
proper county, together with a map OF the
lands and names of tax payers in any such
sub-district, which amount so certified shall
be assessed by the auditor on the property
therein subject to taxation and placed on the
county duplicate, specially, and be collected
and paid over in the manner as other school
taxes, and be applied for the specific purpose
ofprovidng school house in such su6district.
Sec. "a All school funds which NAV
come into the hands of the township treasur.
er, from whatever source, shall be paid out
only on the order of the clerk of the board of
except in paying teachers for their services,
the said clerk may, on such teachers presen.
ting their certificates of qualification, and de-
posting with the clerk true copies thereof.
draw the requisite orders on the treasurer
for such amount as may have been certified
to be due by any two Of the local directors
of the proper sub-district in which the teach
er was employed; and SO much of the school
moneys coming into the hands of the treasur-
er, as may be derived from the state tax. or
from any township tax levied for the contin-
uation ofschool after the state fund has been
exhausted, shall be applicable only to the
payment Of teachers in the proper township,
and 9hall be drawn for no other purpose what
overland all school funds made applicable to
the payment of teachers only, shall be distri-
buted to the several sub-districts and fraction
a! parts thereof, in the township, in proper
ton to the enumeration of scholars. with the
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