The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-11-03
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townships may lose their proportionate
shares OF The State School found, unlas,
local directors. .iownshipC Clerks and Boards
Of Education give their'careful attention
TO the duties prescribed by the law, 10 be
performed within the next sixty days.
We propose to analyse several eaclioBs
for their information at this imporianl
Ijunciure,
l. By section s, it is made "ihe duty
OF the directors in each sub-district Ia
take, or cause to be taken, annually, be.
tiueen the tfrsr and third Monday of Oc
tober (lTom October 2d 10 October l6 in
1854 J an enumeration Of all The unmar,
RED white and colored youth, noting
them separately, between The ages Of five
and twenty-one years, resident within
such sub>dislrict and not temporarily
there, designating between male and fe.
male, and return a certified copy thereof
TO The township Clerk"
z. Ii the directors fail to make and re-
turn the enumeration, the township Clerk
must employ competen, person to do
il, and collect the expense from the di-
rectors individually.
3. "The township Clerk shall make an
abstract Of the enumeration so returned
TO him, designating the plumber Of youth
in each sub>districi, and transmit such
abstract duly certified 10 the county Au-
diior, ,0ithin t,oenty days after the return
made to him by the directors Of the per-
son appointed TO take such enumeration"
A. Teachers, before they are certified
to payment for their services, are required
TO furnish the township Clerk the statis-
lical statements mentioned in section Is,
which offord the basis for on important
report by the Boards of Education.-
These Boards should not overlook sec
ton 10, namely: "The Board Of Edu>
cation in each township shall prepare, or
cause to be prepared, and forwarded 10
the county Auditor, at Me same time
tDhen the return of the enumeration of
scholars is required to be made, a state,
ment exhibiting The number Of children
in the township between the ages Of FIVE
and twenty. one years, distinguishing be-
tween male and female; the number of
children, male and female, who have at-
tended school during the past year: the
average attendance, the length OF the
terms Of schools, Compensation Of teach
crs male ard female; the number and
condition Of the school houses and
furniture, and the estimated value
thereof; ihe number and condition Of the
books in the school Libraries, the number
of Libraries, the kind o! school books used
in the schools, the number and value Of
school apparatus, and full account Of
The expenditures for school purposes, to.
ge,her with such other statistics and in
formation in relation TO schools as the
State Commissioner Of schools may re-
quire.
S. Section 40 directs the County Au-
di,ors, "on or before the tenth day of De-
cember, annually" TO forward abstracts
Of "all the re,urns Of school statistics
made from the township TO the State
Com missioner" and forfeits fifty dollars
for the neglect, besides being RESPONSE
bic for any loss thereby sustained by any
township or county. A similar liability
for damages follows upon failure by
township clerk "to make aud return
the abstracts and enumeration required
by the act" l
From the foregoing summary, the Gu,
ties Of the different officers are apparent;
and il now remains to concider the con.
sequences Of neglec,ing their performs
ance. The State Auditor appor.ions the
schools among the counties, "upon the
enumeration and returns made TO him by
the State Commissioner" and "lhe Coun-
,y Auditors shall annually, Immediately
after their annually settlement, with the
County Treasurer, apportion the school
funds for their respective counties, ac-
cording to The enumeration and returns
in their respective officers; and no to,pn-
ship, Or other district, city or village,
uhich shall haze failed to make and return
such enumeration, shall be entitled to re-
ceipe any portion Of the common school
fund" (Section 37.
Still mere explicit and imperative is the
last clause Of section 81, TO wit: "It
shall not be lawful for any county Treas.
urer to pay over any portion ofthe school
fund to any local treasurer, board Of ed.
ucation, or other school officers Of any
city, township, or village, organized as to
schools either under general or spe-
cial law, except on the order of the au-
ditor of the proper county; and no such
order shall bc drawn by the county audi
tor, unless the local treasurer, clerk, re-
coIder, or secretaty of such board, OF 9th.
er school officers, shall first deposit with
said auditor. annually, an abstract Of the
enumeration Of scholars, and other sta>
lis,ics relative 10 the schools under their
charge, as required by this act Of leach
ers, local directors and boards Of educa~
ton in townships"
These provisions should De fully con-
sidered and complied with, and their re-
publication by the newspapers of tho dif.
fesent counties would be matter Of
much ltcal interest, and perhaps preven.