The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-01-06
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

friend desires to knowthc provision the
New School Law makes for Libraries for
schools;-for his benefit as well as for that
of all who may feel any interest in the
subject, we give below the section in rela.
ton TO that subject:-
Sec. So. For the purpose of furnishing
school Libraries and apparatus, to all the COM
mon schools in the State, and for the further
purpose of sustaining and increasing such
Libraries, and keeping up supply of school
apparatus in the schools, as a foresaid, from
time to time, as may be considered necessary
in order to afford equal facilities to the said
schools in this respect, as nearly as practical
Bile, there shall hereafter be assessed. col
lected, and paid annually, in the same
manner as the State and county revenues
are assessed, collected and paid on the grand
list of property taxable for State purposes, a
State tax of one tenth Of one mill on the
dollar valuation, to be applied exclusively for
the purposes aforesaid, and the attendant
expenses, under the direction of the COM
missioner of common schools. In purchasing
the librSries for the common schools, no
books of sectarian or denominational
character shall be purchased for said
libraries.
Sec. SO. The amount ofsaid tax, when col
ected, shall be paid over by the county
treasurers to the State Treasurer, at the
time of making their annual settlement, and
shall be paid out by that officer, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, upon the warrant of the
State Auditor
Sec. co.. 1t shall be the duty of the
county auditor, when the said libraries or
apparatus shall be received, to distribute The
same to the clerk of the township boards of
education, or other local school officers, in
their respective counties, having in charge
the interests of common schools: and the
books and apparatus, SO furnished shall be
deemed the property ofsaid several boards, or
local school officers, to whom the same may
have been delivered, and shall not be subject
to execution, sale or alienation for anv cause
whatever.
Sec. 81. The local boards of education,
or other school officers having charge of com
mon schools shall be ED accountable for The
preservation ofsad libraries aud apparatus;
and they shall have power to prescribe the
time OF taking and the periods of returning
the books belonging to the Libraries, and
also to assess and collect the damages which
may be done to the books by persons entitled
to their use; and also to provide for the safe.
keeping of the school apparatus. S..
Sec. 50. 1t shall be the duty ofthe local
school boards, or other school officers having
charge of schools, to appoint the librarians g.
determine the places where the Ii brares shall
be deposited, selecting such central points as
will best accommodate the schools and
families of the districts or sub-districts, as
hereinbeIore provided; and every family in
each district, or sub-distrct shall be entitled
to the use of one volume at time from the
school library, although no member of such
family attends any of the schools of the
township; and the library shall be open,
under the inspection of the librarian, at stated
periods throughout the year, to be prescribed
by the board of education, or other proper
school officer, without regard to the sessions
of the schools.