The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-14
OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. 49, AN ACT
10 amend and supplementary to an ac
entitled "an act to provide for the re.
organization, supervision and mainten.
ance OF Common Schools" passed
March IA, 1853.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted 5y the Gene
rat Assem6lyG the State Of Ohio, Thai
Isection three of the act aforesaid be sc
amended as to read as follows: Section
3. The said directors within five DAYS
after their election, shall take an oath OF
affirmation to support the Constitution o
the United States and of the State o.
Ohio, and faithfully and impartially to
4 discharge the duties of their office; which
said oath the directors are authorized to
administer to each otb1r. And in case a
Vacancy shall occur in the Office of di-
rector, by death, resignation. refusal to
serve, or otherwise, it shall be the duty
of the township clerk to fill such vacan-
cy within ten days after being informed
thereof, by the appointment of some suita-
BILE person who shall hold his office until
the time cf the next annual meeting.
when director shall be elected for the
remainder, if any, of the unexpired term
in the manner prescribed in section two.
SEC. 2. That section four of said act
be SO amended as to read as follows:-
Section 4. If the qualified voters of any
Sub district shall fail to meet and elect
school directors as prescribed in sections
two and three, it shall be lawful for anv
three qualified voters of such sub district
to call special meeting of the voters of
such sub district for the purpose of elect
ing directors, on first giving FIVE days no.
tice in writing of the time and place of
holding such meeting by posting the
same in three OF the most public places
| in such ub-districts; and the directors so
elected at such special meeting, shall hold
their Offices for the unexpired term
which they were respectively elected to
| fill.
Sec. 3, That section eight of said act
be so amended as to read as follows:-
Section 8. It shall be the duty Of the di-
rectors in each sub district to take or
cause to be taken, annually, between the
first and third Monday of September, an
enumeration of all the unmarried white
and colored youth, noting them separate
| ly, between the ages of FIVE and twenty
one years, resident within such sub-dis-
trict and not emporarily there, designa.
ting between male and female, and re.
turn certified copy thereof to the town
ship clerk; and in case the directors in
any sub-district shallfail to take and re.
turn the enumeration aforesaid, it shall
be the duty Of the township clerk to EN-
ploy competent person to take the same
and allow him reasonable compensa-
ton for his services, and shall proceed to
recover the amount SO paid for such SER
vices in civil action, before any Court
having jurisdiction, in the name of the
State of Ohio, against said directors in
their individual capacity. and in such
suits, said clerk shall be a competent
witness; and the money so collecten
shall be applied to common schools id
the proper township. The township clerk
shall make an abstract of the enumera-
ton SO returned to him, designating the
number of youth in each sub district, and
transmit such abstract duly certified, to
the county auditor, on or before the first
day of October.
Sec. 4. That section twelve of said
act be so amended as to read as follows:
Section l2. 1t shall be the duty of the
township Board of Education to hold reg
ular sessions on the third Monday OF
April and on the third Monday of septem
Der in each year. in the usual place oil
holding township elections, or at such
place IN the immediate neighborhood as
may be convenient for the transaction oil
any business which may be necessary in
relation to the subject of either the pri-
mary or graded schools of the township,
with powerto adjourn from time to time,
or to hold special meetings at any other
time or place within the proper township,
as they may think desirable for the trans
action of business as aforesaid, and at all
such meetings shall appoint one of their
numberto the Chair. and in case of the
absence Of the township clerk may ap.
point one of their own number to serve
temporarily as Clerk.
i Sec. 5. That section nineteen of said
act be so amended as to read as follows
Section 19. The Board of Education in
each township shall prepare, or cause te
be prepared and forwarded to the county
Auditor, on or before the first day of Oe.
tober, statement exhibiting the mum.
Der of children in the township, between
the ages of FIVE and twenty -one years
distinguishing between male and female
f the number of schools, specifying the diff
ferent grades, the number of teachers
male and female, the number of children
male and female who have ATTENDED
school during the past year, the averag,
: attendance, the length of the terms o
schools, compensation of teachers, NAL,
and female, the number and condition o
the school houses and furniture, and tn,
estimated value thereof; the number ant
condition of the books in the school libra
r ries; the number of libraries; the kind o
school books used in the schools, th
number and value Of school apparatus
and full account Of the expenditures fo
! school purposes, together with such othe
statistics and information in relation +
schools, as the State Commissioner q
Schools may require.
SEC. 6. That section TWENTY-FIVE q
! said act be SO amended as to read as fol
!, lows: Section 90. 1t shall be the dut