The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-10-11


School Fund.
1t should be generally known that the
townships may lose their proporiionate shares
Of the States School fund. unle,s local di-
rectors, township Clerks and Boards OF Ed
ueation give their careful attention TO the
duties prescribed by the law. TO be perform
ed within the next sixty days. We propose
to analyse several sections for their iniorma-
lion at this Important juncture. sau
|. BY section 8, il is made "the duty Of
the directors in each sub-district to take. or
cause TO be taken, annually. GetDeeH The first
and Third Moadog ot October. (from 0cto-
Der 9d TO October l6 in 1854. an enumer-
alton of all the unmarried white and color
ed youth. noting them separately. between
The ages OF FIVE and twenty -one' Years, resi-
dent within such sub-dstrict and not tempo
rarily there, designating between male aud
lemale' and return q certified copy thereof
to the township Clerk" f.
9. Ii the directors fail TO make and return
the enumerauon, the township Clerk must
employ competent person to do it, and
collect the expense from the directors indi.
vidually.
3, "rhe township Clerk shall make an
abstract Of the enumeration 50 returned TO
him, Designating the number Of youth in
each ub-tistrlct, and TRANSMIT such abstract
duly certified to the county Auaitor, scittiA
t,ee'sty days after the return made 10 him by
the directors or til" person appointed 10 take
such enumeration. -
/ 4. Teachers, before they are entitled 10
payment for their services, are required TO
furnish the township Ce,k the statistical
statements mentioned in section q, which
afford the basis for an important report by
the Boards of Education These Boards
should not overlook section 10. namely:-
,"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 state
ment exhibiting the number of children in
the township between the ages Of five and
twenty one years, distinguishing between
male and female; the number of schools,
specifying the different grades the number
4 Of teachers, male and female; the number
OF children, male and female, who have at
tended school during The past year; the av-
erage attendance, the length Of the terms ol
4 schools, compensation Of teachers, male and
female; the number and condition Of the
school houses and furniture, and the esii
mated valGe thereof; The number and con.
dition Of the books in the school libraries
the kind of school books used in the schools
the number and value OF school apparatus
f.tt r ,l IL r,
school purposes, together with such o hen
STATISTICS and information in relation tc
schools as the Stale Commits ssioner Of schools
may require
4 s. Section 10 directs the County Auditors
@on OF before the twentieth day OF Decem-
Der, annually" 10 forward abstracts Of all
the returns Of school statistics made from
the townships togtbe State Commissioner, -
and lorfeits fifty dollars for the neglect, te-
sides being responsible for any loss thereby
sustained BY any township or county. A
similar liability for damages follows upon y
failure by township clerk 10 "make and
return the abstracts and enumeration re-
quired by tho act"
From she foregoing summary, the duties
OF the different officers are apparent; ard il
now remains to consider the consequences
of neg loeting their performance. The Au-
ditor appoftons the school funds anlung The
counties. upon the enumeration and returns
made TO him by the State Commissioner" a"
and ''the County Au litors shall annually.
!, immediately after their annual settlement
with the County Treasurer, apportion The
school funds tor their respective counties
according to the enumeration and returns
in their respective Offices; and no township.
or other district, city or village, wEjch shal
have failed to make and return such emu
mera on, shall be entitled to receive any
portion of the commOn school fund" See
ton 37)
Still more explicit and imperative in the
last clause dissection Ct. to wit. at shal
not be- lawful for any county treasurer 1t
pay over any portion Of the school fund IL
To any local treasurer, board of education, OF
other school officers Of any city, township
or village, organized as 10 schools either
under general or special law, except on
the order OF the auditor Of the proper coun-
ty, and no such order shall be drawn by
the county auditor, unless the local treas
) urer, clerk, recorder, or secretary Of such
board, or other school officers, shall FIRST de-
poSIt with said auditor, annually, and alb
stract Of the enumeration OF scholars, and
other statistics relative to the schools under
their charge, as required by :his actofI teach.
ers, local directors and boards Of education
in townships"
These provisions should be fully consider
ed and complied NNh, and their republica-
lion by the newspapers Of the different
counties would be a matter OF much local
interest, and perhaps prevent Inconvenience
and loss hereafter = Statesman.
4 Annexation Of the Sandwich Is
lands.
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