The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-08-13
April 16, 1851.
AN ACT
No. ]

j "an act to provide for the reorganization super
vision aud maintenance of Com nou Schools"
passed March J4 1853.
! SEC. |. Be IL enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, That section three of the
act aforesaid be amended as to read as follows:
Sec, 3. The said directors within five days after
their election, shall take oath affirmation to
support the Constitution of the United States and
of the State of Ohio, aud faithfully and impair
TALLY to discharge the duties of their office; which
said oath the directors are authorized to admins
ter to each other. Aud in a vacancy shall oc
cur in the office of director, by death, resignation
refusal to serve, or otherwise it shall be the duty
of the township clerk to fill such vacancy within
then days after being informed thereof, by the ap
pOlntnent Of some suitable person who snail hold
! his office until the time OF the next annual meet,
l ing, when a director shall be elected for The re-
mainder, If any, Of the uncx xpired term, in the
manner prescribed in section two.
| Sec. =. That section four of said act be
amended as to read as follows: Sc. H. II the quail
flied voters of any sub-district shall fail to meet
and elect school directors prescribed in section,
two a"h three. it shall be lawful for any three
qualified voters Of such sub-dstrict to cali spe.
cal meeting ut the "nters Of such sub district for
the purpose of electing directors, on first giving
five days notice in writing of the time aud place
of holding such meeting by posting the IIne in
three Of the most public plac, in such sub.ds.
trcts; aud the directors elected at such special
meeting. sha hold their offices for the uLexpired
term which they were respectively elected to fiji.
amended as to read as follows: Sec. s. 1t snail be
the duty of the direc ors in each sub-distrct to
take or cause to be taken, annually, between the
firsC aud third Monday of September an enum.r.
alton of al the unmarried white and cUlored
youth. noting them separately between the ages
oil five and twenty y-One years, rcsd-nt within such
sub-distrct and not myUrIrily there, Designating
between male aud fciuJle, aud return a certiii. I'd
copy thereof to the township clerk; an in
the directors in any sub district shall fail to take
and return the euumpTutiDu atnrpsuiI IT, shall lp
the duty ot the township clerk to employ n com
petent person to take the same and allow HIM a
reasonable compensation for his services and shall
proceed to recO 'er the amount so paid for such
services in civil action, before any court htv
ing jurisdiction, N the of the State
o Ohio, against said directors in their individual
capacity; and in such suits, said clerk shall be
competent witness; aud the money so collected
shall be applied to the of schools 10 the proper
township. The township clerk hall make alb.
stract OF the enumeration returned to him, de-
signaling the number of you Ii in each sub dis
the, and transmit such ab ,tract duly certified to
the county auditor, on or before the first day of
October.
Sec. A. That section twelve of said act be so
amended ns to read as follows: Sec -. 1t shall be
the duty OF the township Board of Education to
hold regular sessions the third Monday of
April aud ON the third Monday OF September in
each year, in the usual place of holding township
elections, or at such place in the Immediate neigh
burhOod as may be convenient for the transaction
of any business which NAV be necessary in rela-
tion To the subject of either the primtry graded
schools of the township, with power to adjourn
from time TO time or to hold special meet
ings at any other time place within the proper
township, as they may think desirable for the
Transaction OF business AS aforesaid, and at all
such meetings shall appoint one of their number
to the chair, and in of the absence of the
Township Clerk may appoint of their own
number to serve temporarily as Clerk.
Sec. That section nineteen of said act be SO
amended as 10 read as follows: Sec l9. The Board
OF Education in each township shall prepare, or
cause to be prepared aud forwarded to the County
Auditor, on ur before the fret day of October,
statement exhibiting the numb.r of children in
the township, between the ag"s Of five and tweu-
ty-oue years, d!stIngui 5hilg between male AMI
female. the number of schools, specify ing the
different grades, the nu:nDer OF teachers aud
female, the number of children, male aud female
who have attended school during the past year,
the average dance, the length Of the of
schools, compensation of teachers male aud fe-
male, the number aud condition Of the school
houses and furniture, and the estimated val ,e
thereof: the number and condition OF the books
in the school libraries; the number of lIbrarieS
the kiud OF school books used in the schools, tie
numb r and value of school appasa.us. and full
account of the expenditures Tor school purposes,
together with such other statistics and inform ,tion
iu relation to schools, as the Stale Commissioner
of Schools may require.
Sec. 6. That section twenty-five of said act b,
50 amended as to read as follows: Sec - 1t shalt
be the duty of the Board OF Education of any or
gaulZcd township OF the S,dte, annually to deter
mine by estimate, as nearly as practicable the en-
the amount OF money necessary to b. expended in
the township for purchasing school h sizes,
Tor erecting, furnishing aud rcpairu5 school
houses for providing fuei aud for any utner school
purpose other than the payment 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, greater tax shall
tie necessary for said purposes during any year.
the Board shall cal spscial meeting OF the quail
ihed voters of the school district wi ich they
have jurisdiction, which meeting shall be called
aud held IN ne manner Prescribed in the preced'
ing section, and shall decide by vote the que ton
whether such greater lax, any other greater tax
for said purposes than two mills the dollar shall
be raised. 1t shall also be the duty OF tue BJard
TO estimate sucn additional am Iunt as they may
think necessary, not exceeding two mills On the
dollar O the taxable property OF the township, fIr
the exclusive purpose Of susta ming teachers in
the central or high schools, or Tor the purpose of
p ulunginy after the State funds ave been cx
haustel the terms of the several sub districts or
primary schools III the township or for both pur-
poses, rs lhe Board may adjudge best. These
several amounts OF money 80 estimated or decided
upon, th3 Board shall make kAoNn by certificate
III Writing, ON or beio.e the first Monday in June in
such year, lucluItng any tax which may have been
voted BY special meeting OF electors ns provided
IN the preceding section, t. the audi or of The
proper county, who shall IhereupOn assess the
enuTe amount of such estimates o. ala the taxable
properly of the township not included in any
clty or incorporated village or territory annexed
thereto forming any special dist let, to b. entered
by sad auditor the tax GupIc .te of the county,
aud collected by the CIuHty Treasurer at the same
time, and IN the sane IN uner as state and county
LAX are collected; and " II, q collected, sha be
paid over to the t,easarur OF The proper tOwnsh p
on the order Of the County Auduur; aud sa Il
County Treasurer shall be entitled 10 receive for
collections one per cent On all moneys by HIM col
lecled for school purposes, and No more.
Sec. T. That section twenty four of said act b
SO amended as 10 read as follows: Sec u All
school funds which may CO Ne into the hands Of
the township treasurer from whatever source.
shall be pad out only ON the order of the Clerk
of the Board of Education, under the dlrec-
tion of the Board, except in paying teachers for
their services, the said cier> may, such teach
ers presenting their cerlfcaLe OF qIaliic on,
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