Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-04-05
LAWS OF OHIO.
PabIished by Authority.
AN ACT

~ AN ACT
To provide for tho Reorganization, Super
vision and Maintenance of Common
Schools.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly ofihe STATE Of Ohio, That hereafter
each and every organized township in The
STATE shall compose but one school district
for all purposes connected with the general
interests Of education in the township and
shall be confded 10 the Management, and
control OF board Of education, and the
several school districts and fractional paris
q thereof, which now are, or may hereafter
be established in the several organized town.
ships Of The State, shall be regarded as sub.
districts, and be confded to the manage.
men, and control Of local directors as hele.
inalier provided; bu. nothing contained in
This act shall be so construed as 10 give 10
tho township board Of education, or 10 local
directors in sub.dstricls, jurisdiction over
any territory In the township included with,
In the limits Of any city or Incorporated
village with The territory annexed thereto
for school purposes, which shall elect or
appoint board Of education as hereinafter
provided, or which now is or may hereafter
be governed as To schools, by any special or
other act, specified in the sixly.sevenlh sec.
tion Of this act.
Sec. 3. On the second Monday Of April,
in the year eighteen hundred and fifty.
thee, there shall be held al The usual hour
and place Of holding district meetings in
each OF the sub.disiricls OF the several
townships Of the State, school meeting OF
the qualified voters resident within The sub.
district, and having The qualifications Of vo.
Iers at The Stale and county elections, who,
when assembled, shall organize BY the ap.
poinlment Of chairman und secretary, and
proceed to elect by ballot, three school d..
reciors for such sub.dislricl; of those so
elected, the person receiving the highest
number Of votes shall hold his office for
three years; The person receiving the next
highest number, shalt hold The office for
Two years.. and The person receiving 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 number OF
votes, the duration Of their respective terms
of office shall be determined by lot in the
presence of the chairman and secretary oil
Tho meeting, and annually thereafter in the
same manner on the second Monday in
April. there shall BE- elected in each sub.
dis,ric, Of The proper township. one school
director for the term vf three Years; and
The misu,es olsthe procSsdinas of any such
sub.dissricl meeting shall be signed by the
chairman and secretary, and delivered ic
the directors who shall have been elected
as aforesaid, TO be recorded BY The clerk in
The records Of .he sub.dsirici. ard the said
clerk Of the sub. dis,ric, shall forthwith Ger.
,ify TO the township clerk, the names Of the
local directors so elected, specifying the
urm for which each was elected; If the di
.reclors Of any sub.dis,rict so elected shal
deem il expedien,, they may designate ,ht
specific hour of the day on which The an
nuul election for such sub.dislric. shall b.
held. and In such case shall cause fiv,
days notice thereof in wri,ing TO. be pos,ec
up in three Of the mos, public places II
such sub.district. -
Sec. 5. The said directors. within fv
days after their election, shall take an oal
or affirmation 10 support the constitution o
the United States, and Of the State of Ohio
and faithfully and impauially 10 discharg
the duties Of their office; which said oall
the directors are authorized 10 administer /,
each other. And in case vancancy shaI
occur in the Office Of direclor, by death
resignation, refusal 10 serve, or otherwise
Il shall be the duty OF the township clerk I
fill such vacancy within ton days after be
ing informed thereof by appointment fo
the unexpired term. ' "a % .
Sec. 4. II the qualified voters Of an
osub.district shall fail 10. meet and elec
school directors, as prescribed In The secon
section Of this aci, il shnll be lawful for an
three qualified vo,ersof such sub.dlslyic, /
seall Especial meeting Of The voters of sue
sub.dislrict, for the purpose Of eleciing
reciors, on first giving FIVE days notice /
writing OF the time and place Of holdin
such meeting, by posting ihe same in ihre
Of the mos, public places in such sub.di.
lriei; and the directors so elected at sue
special meeting, shall hold their offices f
the same terms Or time as If elecled on Ii
second Monday in April, as prescribed
said second section, excep, that their sa
terms Of Office shall be- considered as ha,
ing commenced on the second Monday
April next preceding The time Of holdir
such special meeting. ',-..' f.-
Sec. 8. Il shall be the duty OF the dire
'tors, any Two Of whom shall constitute
quorum, 10 meet as soon as practicable aft
having been elected and qualified, al sue
place as may be most convenient in Il
sub.districI. and organize by appointing OF
OF their number clerk OF the sub.dislric
who'shall preside at The official meetings
the directors, and record their procNedin
in book TO be provided for the purpos
together with the minutes Of the procee
ings Of the annual school meetings held
the. sub.dis,ricl by the qualified voters ,heI
OF, which shall be a public record; and
such-proceedings, when so recorded, sh
be signed BY the clerk Of the proper 81
district. The directors may NEE, as. Il
quen,ly as they may think necessary
ihe transaction Of business. and fli a
vacancy i6-vhe Office Of clerk which m
occurin ,he sub'dsirlc,, or, in case Of
absence, either ot The other directors m
officiate temporarily In his place,