The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-04-01

persons reside, or in which such schools may
be situated, or of the townships or parts Of
which the school is to be composed, to trans
er such persons for educational purposes to
the township in which such school house is or
may be located but the enumeration of schol-
ars shall be taken in each township as if no
such transfer had been made, and such school
when SO composed shall be supported from,the
school funds of the respective townships from
which the scholars may have been transferred;
and the board Of that township in which the
school house is situated shall have the control
and management Of such school. and the board
Of the adjoining township or townships SO con
nected for school purposes shall each make
he proper estimates Of their share Of the ex-
penses Of every kind necessary to sustain said
school, and certify the same to the auditor Of
their proper county as part of their annual es-
Inmates for school purposes, and draw orders
on their respective township treasurers for
such sum as will be in proportion to the emu
meration Of scholars SO transferred, in favor Of
the board Of that township in which such
schoolis located, to be appropriated to thepay-
ment Of teachers, and for other purposes con-
nected with the establishment or maintenance
of said school as far as applicable.
SEC. II. The said board shall have power
school books to be used in the several schools
under their control, and shall make and enforce
such rules and regulations relative to the use
and preservation of the, school libraries. and
apparatus as they think advisable, and shall
appoint, or authorize the local directors to ap
point suitable person to act as librarian and
to take charge Of the school apparatus, resi-
dent at some convenient place in the peighbor
hood where the school is kept, and may require
such librarian to give bond for the faithful
discharge of his duties, and allow him such
compensation as they may think reasonable.
SEQ. Is. It shall be the duty of the school
teacher to make out and file with the township
clerk at the expiration Of each term of the
school a full and complete report Of the whole
number Of scholars admitted 10 the school du-
ring such term, distinguishing between male
and female, the average attendance, the books
used, the branches taught, the number of pu-
pills engaged in the study OF each of said
branches, and such other statistics as he may
be required to make by the township board OF
local directors, and until such report shall have
been certified and fled by the said teacher as
aforesaid it shall not be lawful for said board
or local directors to pay said teacher for his Of
her services
SEQ. 10. The board of education in each
township shall prepare or cause to be prepared
and forwarded to the county auditor at the
same time when the return of the enumeration
of scholars is required to be made, a statement
exhibiting the number of children in the town
ship between the ages of five aud twenty one
years, Distinguishing between male and female
the number Of schools, specifying the differ
ent grades, the number OF teachers male ano
female, the number of children male and female
who haye attended school during the past year
the average attendance, the length of the terms
of schools, Compensation Of teachers male ant
female, the number and condition Of the schoo
houses and furniture and the estimated yalu,
there e. the number and condition Of the book
in the school libraries the number of libra
1 RIGS; the kind Of school books used in th
schools !; the number and value Of school ap
paratus, and full accounted the expenditure
for school purposes, together with such othe
statistics and information in relation to school
as the State commissioner of schools may re
quire.
SEQ. 90. Each township board of education
shall have power, as hereinafter provided, Il
establish in their respective townships sucl
number of graded schools, or such modifca
i tions of them as the public interests may re
quire and in case of the establishment OF sncl
] graded schools, it.shall be the duty of tn,
board so to classify the children Of the town
ship as to secure to all as far as practicable al
equitable participation in the advantages there
OF, and the board shall designate the sub dis
tricts by numbering them, and schools OF
higher grade than primary shall be known Shy
The appellation Of central er bigh schools.
SEC 81. Whenever in the opinion OF th,
board of education, 1t shall become necessary
or desirable TO provide one or more such cen
tral or high school !, in their respective town
ships, the said board shall kestimate the probs
BILE cost Thereof, and cali a special meeting PI
the qualified voters of the township and wht
are not residents Of any of the territory or dis
tricts named In the first section ofthis act, oyel
which the jurisdiction Of the township and lti
cal directors is excluded, at the usual place d
holding elections, first giving twenty days
notice Of the time and object Of holding such
meeting, by posting the same in some publiS
place in each Of the several sub-districts of thg
township, in which notice the amount or rat!
of tax as estimated by the board shall be sta
ted, and the electors when convened in Pursu
ance of such notice shall decide by vote any
questions which may be deemed important ii
relation to the cost and location Of the building
| or buildings, or other provisions necessary fol
the establishment Of any such school, and al
so the amount Of township tax which may b
levied for the purpose, and the chairman and
clerk Of the board shall be the chairman anc
clerk Of the meeting, and the clerk shall record
In the records Of the board the action of tn,
meeting, and the board shall be governed BY
the direction and vote Of said meeting in rela
tion to the subjects or matters SO submitted.
Sro. %. Itshall be the duty Of the boart
Of education in any organized township Of tn
state, annually, to determine by estimate a
nearly as practicable, the entire arnount o
money necessary to be expended in the town
ship for school purposes other than for th
payment Of teachers, ana also such addition
al amount as the board may think necessary
not exceeding two mills on the dollar yalua
ton Of the taxable property o. the town
ship, for the exclusive purpose Of sustain
ing teachers in the central or high schools. o
for the purpose Of prolonging. after the Stat
funds have been exhausted, the terms of tn
several sub.districts OF primary schools in tn
township. or for both purposes, as the boar
may adjudge best, which several amounts o
money SO estimated, the board shall max
known by certificate in writing, on or befor
the first Monday in June in each year, includ
ing any tax which may have been voted BY
special meeting Of electors as provided in th
preceding section, to the auditor Of the prope
county who shall thereuponl assess the entir
amount Of such estimates on all the taxabl
property Of the township not included in an,
city or Incorporated villageor territory annex
cd thereto, forming any special district, TO b
entered by said auditor on the tax duplicate Q
thecounty aud collected by the county treasur
eratthe same time and In the same manner a
state and county taxes are collected and whel