The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-14

nlent of teachers, not exceeding two mills
on the dollar of the taxable property Of
the township; Provided, that if, in the
opinion of the Township Board, a great
er tax shall be necessary for said pur-
poses during any year, the Board shall
call a special meeting of the qualified yo;
tiers of the school district over which thew
have jurisdiction, which meeting shall be
called and held in the manner prescribed
in the preceding section. and shall decide
by vote the question whether such great
er tax, or any other greater tax for said
purposes than two mills on the dollar
shall be raised. II shall also be the duty
/ OF the Board to estimate such additional
amount as they mayathink necessary, not
exceeding two mills on the dollar of the
taxable property of the township, for the
exclusive purpose of sustaining teachers
in the central or high schools, or for the
purpose of prolonging, after the State
funds have been exhausted, the terms oi
the several sub-districts or primary
schools in the township, or for both pur-
poses, as the Board may Judge best
These several amounts of money so esti-
mated or decided upon, the Board shall
make known by certificate in writing, on
or before the first Monday in June in such
year. including any tax which may have
been voted by a special meeting of elee-
tors as provided in the proceeding section
to the Auditor of the proper county, who
shall thereupon assess the entire amount
of such estimates on all the taxable pro-
perty of the township not included in
any city or incorporated village or terri
tory annexed thereto forming any special
district, to be entered by said Auditor on
the tax duplicate of the county, and col
lected by the County Treasurer at the
same time and in the same manner, as
State and county taxes are collected; and
when collected, shall be paid over to the
Treasurer of the proper township on the
order OF the County Auditor; and said
County Treasurer shall be entitled to
receive for collections one per cent on all
moneys by him collected for school pur-
poses, and no more.
SEC. Z. That section twenty-four of
| said act be so amended as to read as fol-
lows: Section "a. All school funds
which may come into the hands of the
township treasurer from whatever source,
shall be paid out only on the order of the
Clerk of the Board of Education, under
the direction of the Board, except in paw
ing teachers for their services, the said
clerk may, on such teachers presenting
their certificate of qualification, and de-
posting with the Clerk true copies there
of, draw the requisite orders on the
! Treasurer for such amount as may have
been certified TO be due by any two oi
the local directors of the proper sub-dis
trlct IN which the teacher was employed;
and so much of the school moneys com
ing into the hands of the Treasurer as
may be derived from the State tax or
from any township tax levied for the con-
tinuation of schools after the State fund
has been exhausted, or from such school
funds as arise from the sales or rents OF
section sixteen, or other school lands,
shall be applicable only to the payment oi
teachers in the proper township and shall
be drawn for no other purpose whatever;
and all school funds made applicable to
the payment of teachers only, shall be
distributed to the several sub districts
and fractional parts thereof, in the town
ship, in proportion to the enumeration oi
scholars with the exceptions of SO much
of the township tax as may have been
levied and reserved by the board for sus-
tanning teachers in the central or high
schools, and with the further exception
of so much of said township tax as may
be necessary for prolonging the schools
the required length of time in those SUBJ
districts which contain comparatively a
small number of resident youth of school
age, and which, owing to sparseness OF
! population, or other unavoidable obsta-
cles. cannot be enlarged without serious
Inconvenience to the inhabitants; and
such school funds as arise from the sale
or rents of section sixteen, or other lands
in lieu thereof shall be distributed to the
localities to which such funds belong
All other school funds of the township
not raised for the central or high schools,
nor made applicable to the payment OF
teachers. as aforesaid, shall be applied
under the direction of the Beard in pro.
curing school house sites, building, fur.
nishing and repairing school houses, pro.
viding fuel and in making such other pro.
visions for schools in the sub districts O.
the proper township as may, in the opin.
ion of the Board, be necessary: and the
Board of Education of each township. city
or village shall make the necessary pro
visions for continuing the schools in ope
ration IN their respective townships Of
separate school districts for at least ST,
months in each year.
| Sec. 8. That Section forty of said act
be SO amended as to read as follows:-
Section 40. The Auditor of each anc
every county shall, on or before tile fiftl
day of November, annually, make ou
and transmit to the Commissioner o
common schools at Columbus, an alb
f stract of all the returns of school stats
tics made to him from the several town
ships in his county, according to the form
that may be prescribed by the State Com
f missioner; and he shall cause to be dis
} tributed all such circulars, blanks ant
other papers, including school laws an,
r documents, in the several townships il
+ the County, as said Commissioner shall
) lawfully require; in case the county Au
el II st-~.~ L. T. r \.