The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-10-12
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SCHOOL
OPFICERS.

I'LL pOIIdnG W Gail Jn6 dIleutIOIl VI AOCdi
Directors, Township Clerks, and Boards
of Education, to certain duties imposed
upon them by the School Law, and to the
inconveniences, losses and penalties which
must inevitably accrue if these duties ale
neglected or unreasonably postponed.
BY section 8, it is made Ihe duty
of the directors in each sub-district to
take, or cause to be taken, annually BE-
TWEEN THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY, OF
OCTOBER, (from October 2d to October
l6 in 1854 an enumeration of all the un-
married white and colored youth, noting
them separately, between the ages of five
and twenty one years, resident within
such sub district and not temporarily
there, designating between male and fe-
male, and return certified copy thereof
TO the Township Clerk
2. 1.-THE Directors fail to make and re-
turn the enumeration, the Township Clerk
must employ competent person to do it
and collect the expense from the directors
individually.
3. "The Township Clerk shall make an
abstract of the enumeration so returned
to him, designating the number of youth
in each sub-district, and transmit such alb
stract duly certified to the County Audit.
or, WITHIN TWENTY DAYS after the return
made to him by the Directors or the per.
son appointed to take such enumeration.
A, BY section 10, it is made the duty of
the Board of Education "to 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, 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
schools, specifying the different grades !;
the number of teachers, male and female;
the number of children, male and female,
who have attended school during the past
year; the average attendance, the length
of the terms of schools, compensation of
teachers, male and female the number
and condition of the school houses and
furniture. and the estimated value thereof;
the number and condition of the books in
the school libraries, the number of libra.
ries, the kind Of school books used in the
schools, the number and value of school
apparatus, and a full account of the ex-
Pcndilures for school purposes, together
with such other statistics and information
in relation TO schools as the State Com
missioner Of schools may require.
5. Section 40 directs the County Au.
ditors, 'on or before the twentieth day of
December, annually to forward abstracts
OF all the returns of school statistics
made from the townships to the State
Commissioner, and attaches q penalty of
fifty dollars for the neglect, besides max.
ing them responsible for any loss thereby
sustained by any township or county. A
similar liability for damages follows up
on a failure by township clerk TO make
and return the abstracts and enumeration
required by the act
From the foregoing summary, the du.
ties of the different officers are apparent;
and it now remains TO consider the conse
quences OF neglecIing their performance.
The State Auditor apportions the school
fund among the counties, upon the emu.
meratlon and returns made to him by the
State Commissioner, and the County
Auditors shall annually, Immediately af.
ter their annual settlement with the Coun-
ty Treasurer, apportion the school funds
for their respective Counties, according to
the enumeration and returns in their res.
pectiye Offices and no township, or other
district, city or village, which shall have
failed to make and return such enumera-
ton, shall be entitled TO receive any por
ton of the common school fund (Sec-
ton 81
Still more explicit and imperative is the
last clause of section g., to wit: 1t
shall not be lawful for any County Treas.
urer to pay over any portion of the school
fund to any local treasurer, board Of edu.
cation, or other school officers o any city,
township, or village, organized as to
schools either under general or special
law, except on the order of the auditor
OF the proper county and no such order
shall be drawn by the county auditor, un.
less the local treasurer, clerk, recorder,
or secretary of fsuch board, or other school
officers, shall first deposit with said audit.
or, annually, an abstract of the cnumera
ton of scholars, and other statistics ra.
tive to the schools under their charge, as
required by this act of Teachers, Local
Directors and Boards of Education in
Townships
As the reports required of the several
grades of school officers follow each 9th
er in sort of ascending series, with near
Iy the same length Of time allotted to
each grade for making and reporting their
respective abstracts, it is highly impor-
-ant that these reports be promptly made
within the time prescribed. 1 his is in
iispenSablc not only to avoid losses to
school districts, and penalties to school
officers, but also to the harmonious and
Efficient working of the whole school sys,
EN-.
The reports required of those school
,iliccrs whose duty is to take the onumcr.
llon Of youth, should not be delayed be-
,ound the Goth day of October nor those
'equircd of Township Clerks and Boards
If Education, beyond the Goth day of
october, nor those required of Township
Jerks and Boards of Education, beyond
he Doth dny nf Noyembpr. If thrSn -.