Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-10-20
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
SCHOOL OFFICERS.

''The School Commissioner deems il import
ant 10 call the atteutson of Local Directors,
Township Clerks, and Boards of Education, 10
certain duties imposed upon them by the School
Law, and to the inconvenences, losses and pen
aities which must inevitably accrue if tn ese du-
ties are neglected or unreasonably postponed.
/. By section s. il is made 1.-The duty Of the
directors IN each sub district to take or cause
to he taken, annually BETWEEN THE FIRST AND
THIRD MONDAY OF OCTOBER (trom October 20 10
October 10, in 1854, AN enumeration OF all the
unmarried white and colorrd youth, noting them
separately, between the ayes of five and TWEEN
ty-one yea rs, resident within such sub district
and not temporarily there, designating between
male aud female, and return certified copy
thereof TO the Township Cl rk. -
2 If the directors fail to make and return
tie enumeration, the Township Clerk must EN-
poy competent person TO do il aud collect the
expense from he directors individually.
3. "The Township Clerk shall make an alb
slract OF the enumeration so returned 10 him,
designating the number of youth in each sub
district, and transmit such abstract duly certified
to the County Auditor, Within Twenty DAYS
after the return made TO him by the Directors
or the person appointed TO take such enumera-
ton.
H. Bv section nineteen il is made the duty
of the Board of education ''tO prepare, or cause
| TO be prepared, and forwarded 10 the COun nty
| Auditor, at the same time VIII en- the return Of
the enumeration of scholars is required TO be
made, a statement exhibiting the number of
children in the township between the ages Of
| five and twenty one years. disi nguishing be-
tween male and female the number Of schools,
specifying the different grades; the number Of
teachers, male aud female; the number Of chil
dren, male aud female, who have attended
school during the past year; the average at
tendance, tie length Of the terms OF schools,
compe nsation ofteaehers male and female; the
number aud condition of the school houses and
| furniture, aud the estimated value thereof; the
number and condition of the books in the school
Libraries, the number of Libraries, the kind of
school books used in the schools, the number
aud value of school apparatus, aud full ac-
| count of the expenditures for school purposes,
ton in relation to schools as the State commls-
sioner Of schools may require.
Section 40 directs the County Auditors,
son or before the Goth day of Dece mber, annu-
aly," TO forward abstracts of ''all the returns
Of school statistics made from the townships TO
] the State Commissioner" and attaches a pen
atty Of fifty dollars for the neglect, besides max
ing them responsible for any loss thereby sus-
tain by any township or county. similar IL
ability for damages follows upon failure by a
township clerk TO make and return the alb
strscts anf enumeration required by the act"
From the foregoing snmmnry, the duties ol
the different officers are apparent; and It now
remains TO consider the consequences Of neglect
ing their performance. The state Auditor ap
portions the School fund among the counties
"upon the enumeration and returns made tC