The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-08


an annual report, on or before The TWEEN.
lletb day OF January IN each and every
year, TO the General Assembly, when
thai body shall be in session in any such
year; and when moi in session in any
one yeat, then the said report shall be
made TO the governor, who shall cause
the same to be published, and shall also
communicate a copy thereof to the nexl
General Assembly. ~
Sec, Sc. TIE state commissioner, in
the annual report of his labors and OBJ
servations, shall presen, statement of
the condition and amount OF all funds
and PropHrty appropriated 10 purposes Of
education; statement Of the number Of
common schools in the state. the number
of scholars attending such schools, their
sex, and The branches taught; a state.
ment Of the number Of private or select
schools IN the state, SO far as the same
can be asceriained, and the number Of
scholars attending such schools, their
sex, and the branches taught; state
ment of the number OF teachers institu-
,uies, and The number OF teachers attend.
ing them; statement Of The estimates
and accounts of the expenditures Of the
public school funds of every description; q
statement Of plans for the management and
! improvement Of common schools, and such
other information relative to the educational
interests Of the State as he may think Of i'm.
portance.
Sec. 81. The said commissioner shall be
entitled to receive for his services the sum
of fifteen hundred dollars annually, paya BILE
quarterly, out of the State Treasury, on the
warrant Of the auditor OF State.
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Sec. SO. For the purposes Of furnishing
school Libraries and apparatus, to all common
schools in the State, and for the futher pur.
poses OF sustaining and nsreasing such Ii
braries, and keeping up a supply of school
apparatus IN the schools, as aforesaid, from
time to time, as may be considered necessa-
ry, in order to afford equal facilities to the
said schools in this respect, as nearly as
practicable, there shall hereafter be assessed,
collected, and paid annually, in tine same
manner ns the State and county revenues
are assessed, collected and paid ON the grand
list Of properly taxable for State purposes,
State tax 'f one tenth Of one mill on the dol
lar valuation, to be applied exclusively for
the purposes aforesaid, and the attendant
expenses, under the direction OF the com.
missioner OF common schools. In purchas.
ing the libraries for the common schools, no
books of eectarian or denominational
character shall be purchased fer said libra.
| RES.
Sec. SO. The amount of said tax, when
collected shall be paid over by the county
treasurers to the state treasurer, a: tho time
of making their annual settlement, and sh all
be paid out by that officer, Cor the purposes
aforesaid, upon the warrant of the State A u
ditor.
Sec. 60. 1t shall be the duty of the coun-
J ty auditor, when the sand libraries or appora-
tus shall be received /, to distribute the same
| to the clerks of the township boards of edu-
cation. or other local school officers in their
\ respective counties, having in charge the in
terests of common schools; and the book
and apparatus. SO furnished, shall be deemed
the property Of said several boards, or local
school officers, to whom the same may have
been delivered, and shall not be subject to
execution, sale or alienation, for any cause
whatever. sgi4
Sec. 6l. The local boards OF education
or other school officers having charge Of COM
mon schools, shall be held accountable for
the preservation of said libraries and appara-
tus; and they shall have power to prescribe
the time of taking and the periods Of return
ing the books belonging to tue libiares, and
also to assess and collect the damages which
may be done to the books by persons entitled
to their use, and also to provide for the
safe keeping Of the school apparatus.
Sec. 62. 1t shRll be the duty Of the local
school boards, or other school officers having
charge of schools, to appoint the librarians
and determine the places where the libraries
shall be deposited, selecting such central
points as will best accommodate the schools
and families of the districts or aub.districts,
as hereinbeiore provided; and every family
in each district or sub-district shall be en-
titled to the use of one volume at time
from the school library, although no member
of such family attends any Of the schools of
the township; and the library shall be open,
| under the inspection oi the librarian, at stat.
cd periods throughout the year, to be pre-.
scribed by the board of education. or other
proper school officers, without regard to the
sessions Of the schools.
STATE SCHOOL FUND.
Sec. So. For the purposes of affording
the advantages of a free education to all the
youth o. this State, the state common school
! fund shall hereafter consist of such sum as
will be produced by the annual levy and as
sessment OF two mills upon the dollar valua.
ton, on the grand list OF the taxable property
of the state; and there is hereby levied and
assessed annually, in addition to the revenues
required foi genelal purposes, the said two
mills upon the dollar valuation, as aforesaid
and the amount so levied and assessed, shall
be collected IN the same manner as othel
state taxes, and, when collected, shall be
/ annually distributed to tho several counties
of the state, in proportion to the enumeratioe
of cholars, and be applied exclusively tc
| the support of common uchoois.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Sec. Ga. The debts which have here.
ofo.e been contracted by any school dis
uct for school purposes, shall be provi-
ded for by the estimates Of the propel
school boards created under the provis
ions ofihis act. -
Sec. IS. The process in all suits
against any township board Of education
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