Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-04-05
LAWS OF OHIO. = . .
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To provide for the Reorganization, Su,
psrvision and Maintenance Of Com
mon Schools. Passed March IA, A. D.
1863.
'is1Continued from 4th page.]
STATEMENT REQUIRED OF DIRECTORS.
Sec. 10. The board Of education in
each township shall prepare or cause to
be prepared and forwarded TO the coun.
ty suditor st the same time when the re.
turn Of the enumeration Of sholar. is 70.
quired TO be made, a statement exhibit.
ing the number Of children In the town.
ship bctwcecn the ages Of five an twenty.
one years distinguishing between male
and female the number Of schools, speci.
fying the different grades, the Du,Lbcr Of
teachers male and female, the number Of
children male and female who have at
tended school during the past year. the
average attendance, thr length of the
terms of schools, compensation Of tea.
chcrs male and female, the number and
condition Of the school houses and fur.
niture and the estimated value thereof.
the number and condition Of the books
in the school libraries; the number Of il.
brares; the kind of books used in the
schools; the number and value ofschool
apparatus, and full account of the cx.
pcnditnrCs for school apparatus, and Il
full account of tho expenditures for
school purposes, together with such 9th.
er statistics and information in relation
to schools as the State commissioner OF
schools may require.
CENTRAL on uIGu SCHOOLS.
Sec. 90. Each Township board Of
education shall have power as herein.
after provided, to establish in their re.
spcctive townships such number of gra.
ded schools, or such notifications Of
them as the public interests may requirc;
and in case of the establishment OF such
graded schools, it shall be the duty Of
the board so to classify the children Of
the township as to secure 10 all as far
as practicable an equitable participation
in the advantages thereof, and the board
shall designate the subdistricts by nun.
bcring them, and schools Of G higher
grade than primary shall be known by
the appelalion Of central or high school.
Sec. 2l. Whenever in the opinion
of the board of education, it shall be-
come necessary or desirable to provide
one or more such central or high schools
in their respective townships, the board
shall estimate the probable cost there
of, and call special meeting of the
qualified voters Of the township and who
are not resilient Of any Of tho ter
ritory or districts named in the first sec
tion Of this act, over which the jurisdic
tion Of the township and local directors
is excluded, at the usual place ofhold
ing elections, first giving twenty days
notice oftho time and place OF holdin;
such meeting, by posting the same il
some public place in each Of the scvera
subdistricts Of the township, in whicl
notice the amount or rate oftax as esli
mated by the board shall be stated, an'
the electors when convened in pursu
ance Of such notice shall decide by vot
ony questions which may be deemed i'm
portant in relation to the cost and loca
llon of the building or buildings, Or 9th
er provisions necessary Tor the establish
mcnt of any such school, anT also tn
amoun, Of township tax which may b
levied for The purpose, and the Chairman
and clerk of the board shall be the chair
man and clerk Of the meeting, and tn
clerk shall recordin recoris Of Inc boar
the action of the meeting, and the boar
shall be governed by the direction an
vote Of said meeting in relation 10 tn
subjects or matters SO Submitted.
ANNUAL Es MATES TO BE CERTIFIED
BY the BoAcD.
Sec, %. 1t shall be the duty OF til
board of education in any organize
township Of the State, annually to dc
,ermine by estimate as nearly as practl
cable, the entire amount Of money he
cessary to be expended in the townshi
for school purposes other than for tn
payment Of teachers and also such add
tional amount as th<boa may lhin
necessary not exceeding TWO mills on ia
dollar valuation Of the taxable. ..propert
ofthc township, for the exclusive pei
pose of sustaining teachers in the cen
tral or high schools, or for the purpos
ofprolonging, after the State funds hav
deem exhausted, the terms OF the severa
subdis,ricts or primary schools in til
township, or for both purposes, as tn
board may adjudge best, which severa
amounts of money so estimated, tn
board shall make known by certiGcat
before the first Monday in June in eac
year, including any tax which may hay
been voted by as special meeting ia
which may have been voted by a specia
meeting Of electors as provided in tn
preceding section, to the auditor of tn
proper county, VINO shall lhcreupon as
sess the entire amount of such estimate
on all the taxable property of the town
ship not included in any city or incol
ported village or territory annexed there
10, forming any special district, to, b
entered by said auditor on the tax DIT
plicate Of the county and collected b
thel county treasurer at the. same tim
and in the same manner as State an
county taxes are collected; and whe
collected shall be paid over to the tres
surer Of the proper township on the OF
der Ofthe cOunfv auJ;tor. anI so;d conf