Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-10-06
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
SClInAL 0EEICERS.

"The School Commissioner deems !, import
ant to call the attentson of Local Directors,
Township Clerks, and Boards Of Education, TO
certain duties imposed upon them by the School
Law, aud 10 the Inconvenience, losses and pen
allies which must inevitably accrue if III ese du-
ties are neglected or unreasonably postponed.
/. By section 8, it is made 1.-The duty Of the
directors in each sub district 10 take. or cause
TO be taken. annually B4TwEES THE riRsr AND
rHtRp MONDAY OF OcroBER, (rrom October 2d 10
October q, in 1854, > an enumeration OF all the
unmarried white aud colored youth, noting them
srpar ately, between the ages Of FIVE and twen.
ty-oue yea re- resident within such sub district
and not temporarily there, designating between
male aud female, and return certified copy
thereof TO the Township Cl rk"
u the directors fail TO make aud return
tie enumeration, the Township & ERIK must EN-
ploy competent person 10 do ii aud col .ect the
expense from he directors indvidua ~.
3. "Fhe Township Clerk shall make an alb.
strgct OF The enumeration returned to him,
design ting the number OF youth ~ each sub
district aud transmit ssch uhStt act dul certified
to the COulty Auditor, wIrHIS TWENTY DAY.
after the return m ids to him by the Director,
| or The person appointed 10 take such enumerd
| top.
| 4. By section nineteen il is made the duty
Of the B jard Oi eIucitIol ''tJ , rspure, cause
| 10 be prepared, and forwarded 10 the County
|
| the enumeration Of scholars s reqnired to be-
made, statement exhinttIag the number U
children IN the tOwn>hip b,lwe en- the ages .
! five aud twenty one Years. d,siing ,shiug be-
tween male and female; the Number Of schools
specifying the different grd les; the nuinbpr o
teachers, male aud female; the number OF chl
dren, mae and female, who have attended
school during the past year; the average at
tendance. the length Of the terms Of schools
g,ff,,
number aud condition Of the school houses anC
furniture, aud the estimated value thereof; The
number and condition OF the books in the schJo
libraries, the number Of libraries, the kind o
school books used ia the schools, the numbe
aud value Ul school apparatus, a nd full uc
count of the expenditures for school purposes
, together with such other statistics and inlorma
! on in relation TO schools as the State conn mis-
soner Of schools may reg1ige.
5 Section 4 directs the C1untv Auditors
] .'on or before the 10Th day of December, annr
ally," TO forward abstracts oi all the return
of school statistics made from the townships L
the State Commissioner aud attaches pen
atty Of fifty dollars for the neglect besides max
! ing them responsible for any loss thereby sul
tain by any township or county. similar Ii
ability for damages follows upon future by
: township clerk to make and return the All
, stracts ant enumeration required by the act. -
From the foregoing summary the duties
, the different officers are appuent; and it no
remains IN cons,ier The consequences of ney,er
ing ,b.ir nerCro,nance. Tne st,ts Auditor a,
uor,;rns the SchooI fund amoug the countie
} uunon the enumeration and returns made
: him, by the Slate Commissioned" and '.th
County Auditors shall aunurlly. immedatel
} after their anrua, settlement with the count
} treasurer apportion the school funds for the
} respectiye counties, according to the euumer,
lion aud returns in their respective offices; an
} no township. or other district city, or villag.
} which shall have failed 10 make aud return sue
} enumeration, shall be emitted to receive an
portion of the Common school fund" (Sec. 81
Still more exp irit and imperative is the La
) clause of Sec 67, TO wit: ''it shall not be Law
full for any county Treasurer 10 pay over an
portion of the school fund TO any local tre isure
. board of education or other school officers {
y any city, iownshp, or village, organized as
schools either under a general or special law
except on order OF the auditor of the prope
county; aud no such order shall be drawn b
the county auditor, unless the loc al ire asurer
. clerk recorder or secretary of such board, O
other school officers, shall fl st deposit wit
said auditor, Annually, an abstract OF the emu
J, "'S' " 80