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sub districts but no contracts shall be made
by the directors, under the provisions of this
section, for the payment Of money from the
township school fund applicable to such pur-
poses, which IN any one year shall exceed the
amount distributsble to the sub-district in pro-
portion TO the enumeration Of scholars resident
therein, without first obtaining the consent or
order of majority Of the township board Of
education and all contracts made by the local
directors under the provisions Of this section,
shall be reported to the said board at their next
meeting after the making Of such contracts, and
said township board Of education in their cor
porate capacity on the part Of the sub-district,
shall be held responsible for the performance
thereof
Sec. g. 1t shall be the duty Of the directors
in each sub-district to take, or cause to be ta-
ken, annually, between the first and third Mon
day Of October, an enumeration of all the un-
married white and colored youth, noting them
separately, between the ages of FIVE and twen-
ty-one years, resident within such ub-distrct
and not temporarily there, designating between
male and female and return a certified copy
thereof TO the township clerk and in case the
directors in any sub-dstrict shall fail TO take
and return the enumeration aforesaid, it shall
be the duty of the township clerk to employ
competent person to take the same and allow
him a reasonable compensation for his services,
and shall proceed to recover the amount so paid
for such services in acivi action, before any court
having jurisdiction, in the name of the State
of Ohio, against said directors in their individ-
ual capacity and in such suits, said clerk shall
be competent witness; and the money so col
lected shall be applied TO the use of common
schools in the proper township. The township
clerk shall make an abstract of the enumeration
SO returned to him, designating the number of
youth in each sub-dstrict, and transmit such
abstract, duly certified to the county auditor,
within twenty days after the return made to
him by the directors, or the person appointed
| to take such enumeration.
Sec q. If any civil township or part of a
township composnga subdistrict shall be part
ly situated in the Virginia Military District, the
United States Military District, the Wes'ern
Reserve, or in an original surveyed township,
or fractional township to which belongs any of
section sixteen or other lands in lieu thereof, or
any other lands for the use of schools or any
interest in the proceeds of such school lands,
the local directors shall, in taking the enume-
ration Of youth resident within their iurisdc-
tion, return separately those residing in the
| Virginia Military District. or United States
Military District, or Western Reserve, or origi-
nal surveyed township or fractional township
to which belong any school lands or interest in
the proceeds of school lands.
Sec. TO- The township board of education
shall consist of the township clerk and of the
local director from each sub-distrct of the
township who has been appointed clerk in his
sub-district, molority of whom shall const-
tute quorum for the transaction Of business !;
and the clerk of the township shall be the clerk
of the board, but shall not be entlLled to vote.
1t shall be the duty Of the said clerk to be pre-
sent at the meetings of the board and to record
in IA book to be provided for the purpose, all
their official proceedings, which shall be a pub
lie record open to the inspection of any person
interested therein, and all such proceedings
when so recorded shall be signed by the chair
man and clerk
Sec. IL. The said township board of educa.
ton in each township of the State, and their
successors in office, shall be body polite and
corporate in law, and as such may contract and
be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded in any court of law or equity in
this State and may receive any gift, grant, do
nation or devise made for the use of any school
or schools within their jurisdiction and more.
over they shall be and hereby are invested in
their corporate capacity with the title, care and
custody of all school houses, school house sites,
school libraries, apparatus or other property
belonging to the school districts as now organ
lied or which may hereafter be organized with.
in the limits of their jurisdiction, with full pow.
er to control the same in such manner as they
may think will best subserve the interests o.
common schools and the cause of education
and when in the opinion of the board any school
house or school house site has become unneces.
sary, they may sell and convey the same in the
name of the township board of education of the
proper township such conveyance to be exc
cuted by the chairman and clerk of said board
and shall pay the avails over to the township
treasurer Of the proper township for the benef
/ of schools, and all conveyances of real estate
, which may be made to said board shall be tc
said board in their corporate name and to theil
successors in office.
Sec. 12. 1t shall be the duty of the township
r board of education to hold regular sessions or
; the third Monday of April and on the thirt
Monday of October in each year at the usua
4 place Of holding township elections, or at such
, place in the immediate neighborhood as may
, be convenient for the transaction of any busi
sess which may be necessary in relation to tht
! subiec: Of either the primary or graded schools
, Of The township, with power to adjourn from
time to time, or to hoida special meetings at any
other time or place within the proper township
5 as they may think desirable for the transaction
of business as aforesaid, and at all such meet
ings shall appoint one of their number to th'
: chair, and in case of the absence Of the town
: ship clerk, may appoint one of their own mum
: Der to serve temporarily as clerk.
t Sec IS. The township board of education
shall have the management and control of al
: the central and high schools of their prope
: township which may be established therein un
der the authority of this act, with full power il
r respect to such schools, to employ, pay, AM
n dismiss teachers to build, repair and furnisl