Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-04-14


regulations as said board, from tim
to time, may adopt for the govern
ment thereof.
Sec. 81. The auditor of stat,
shall, annually, apportion the com
mon school funds among the differ
ent counties, upon the enumeration
and returns made TO him by th'
state commissioner of common
schools and certify the amount 81
apportioned to the county auditor o
each county, stating from wha
sources the same is derived, which
said sum the several county treas
urers shall retain in their respective
treasures from the state funds; anC
the county auditors shall, annually
and Immediately after their annual
settlement with the county treasurer
apportion the school funds for their
respective counties, according to the
enumeration and returns in their
respective offices; and no township
or other district, city or village
which shall have failed TO make and
return such enumeration, shall be
entitled to receive any portion OF the
common school funds. And in ma.
king such distribution, each county
auditor shall apportion all moneys
collected on the tax duplicate OF any
township, for the use of schools, TO
such township; all moneys received
from the state treasury, on account
of interest on the money accruing
from the sale of section sixteen, OF
other lands in lieu thereof, 10 the
civil townships and parts of civil
townships in the original surveyed
township, or fractional township 10
which such land belongs; all moneys
received by the county treasurer on
account of the Virginia Military
School fund, United States Military
District, and Connecticut Western
Reserve, according TO laws regula-
ting the same; and all other moneys
for the use Of schools in the county,
and not otherwise appropriated by
law, TO the proper township; and he
shall, Immediately after making said
apporionment, enter the same in a
book to be kept for that purpose, and
shall furnish the township clerks,
treasurers and recorders of incorpo-
rated cities or villages, as the case
may be, each with copy OF said ap-
portionment, and give an order on
the county treasurer TO each town.
ship treasurer, or to such treasurer
as may be entitled TO receive the
same, for the amount of money
belonging to his respective township,
city or village, and take a receipt
from suchtreasurer for the amount
thus received; and the said county
auditor shall collect, or cause to be
collected, the fines and all other
moneys for school purposes, in his
county, and pay the same over to
the county treasurer; and he shall
inspect all accounts of interest for
section sixteen, or other school lands,
whether the interest is paid by the
State or by the debtors, and take all
the proper measures TO secure to
each township its full amount Of
school funds.
Sec. 3S. When any original sur
veyed township in which section six
teen has been sold, shall lie in tive
or more counties, the auditors of the
respective counties shall certify TO
the auditor Of the county in which
that portion of said township lies
containing said section sixteen, the
enumeration of the scholars in that
part of said township embraced
within their respective counties; and
the auditor of said county in which
said section sixteen is situate shall
apportion tho fund derived from
said section sixteen to the different
portions of said township according
TO said enumeration, and shall certify
to the auditors of the other counties
the amount belonging to the parts ol
said township situate in their respec-
tive counties, and draw an order in
favor OF the treasurers of the other
counties on the treasurer of his own
county for the amount going to each;
and the auditors of the respective
counties shall apportion the same, in
their respective counties, to such
portions or parts thereof as may be
entitled thereto.
Sec. 80. The interest on the pur-
chase of any such section sixteen
belonging TO any original surveyed
township, so as aforesaid lying in
two or more counties, shall be paid
over on The order of the auditor of
that county in which such section
sixteen is embraced, to the treasurer
OF the same county, TO be ap-
portioned as is pointed out in the
preceding section.
Sec. 40. The auditor of each and
every county shall, on or before the
twentieth day of December, an
nually. make out and transmit to the
commissioner of common schools at
Columbus, an abstract of all the re
turns of school statistics made 10