Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-06-04

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manner prescribed in the preceding Sec
ton, and shall decide by vote the ques-
ton whether such greater tax, or n
other greater tax for said purposes than
two mills on the dollar shall be raised.
1t shall also be the duty of the Board to
estimate such additional amount as they
may think necessary, not exceeding two
mills on the dollar of the taxable pro-
perty of the township, for the exclusive
purpose of sustaining teachers in the
central or high schools, or for the pur-
pose of ~prolonging, after the State funds
have been exhausted, the terms Of the
several sub-districts or primary schools
in the township or for both purposes, as
the Board may adjudge best. These
several amounts Of money so estimated
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 Il special meeting of cleo
tors as provided in the preceding section
to the Auditor of the proper county,
who shall thercupon assess the entire
amount of such estimates on all the tax
able property of the township not in
cludcd in any city or Incorporated vii
lage or territory annexed thereto, form
ing any special district, to be entered by
said Auditor on the tax duplicate of the
county, and collected 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 wei 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 mo-
neys 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 24. All school funds
which may come into the hands of the
township Treasurer fr I'm whatever source
shall be paid out only on the order Of
the Clerk Of the Board Of Education,
under the direction of the Board, ex-
cept in paying teachers for their services
the said Clerk may, on such teachers
presenting their certificate of qualifca-
ton, and depositiug with the Clerk true
copies thereof, draw the requisite orders
on the Treasurer for such amount as |
may have been certified to be due by
any two of the local directors of the
proper sub-district in which the teacher
was employed and so much of the
school moneys coming into the hands
of Treasurer as may be derived from the
State tax or from any township tax
levied for the continuation Of schools
after the State fund has been exhausted
or from such school funds as arise from
the sale or rents Of section sixteen, or
other school lands, shall be applicable
only to the payment of teachers in the
proper township, and shall be drawn for
no other purpose whatever; and all
funds made applicable to the pay
ment of teachers only, shall be distrib-
uted to the several sub-districts and
fractional parts thereof, in the township,
in proportion to the enumeration of
scholars with the exceptions Of SO much
of the township tax as may have been
levied and reserved by the Board for
sustaining teachers in the central or
high schools, and with the further ex-
of so much Of said township tax
as may be necessary for prolonging the
schools the required length of time in
those sub-districts which contain COM
parativcly a small number of resident
youth of school age, and which, owing
to scarceness of population, or other I'M
avoidable obstacles, cannot be enlarged
without serious inconvenience to the in
h~abitants; and such school funds as
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
p.,,1, e H. 4Nr-,-I,@ ,.4 ,s,,I /
for the central or high schools, nor
made applicable to the payment Of
teachers, as aforesaid, shall be applied
under the direction of the Board in pro-
school-house sites, building fur
nishing and repairing school houses,
providing fuel and in making such other
provisions for schools in the sub-dis-
of the proper township as may, in
the opinion of the Board, be necessary:
and the Board Of education Of each
township, city or village shall make the
necessary provisions for continuing the
schools in operation in their respective
townships or separate school districts
for at least six months in each year.
SEC. s That section forty of said
act be so amended as to read as follows:
10. The Auditor of each and
every county shall, on or before the
fifth day of November, annually, make
out and transmit to the Commissioner
of common schools at Columbus, an alb
stract of all the returns ofschool statistics
made to him from the several townships
his county, according to the form
may be prescribed by the State
Commissioner: and he shall cause to
be distributed all such circulars, blanks
and other papers, including school laws
and documents, in the several townships
the county, as said Commissioner
shall lawfully require; in case the
county Auditor shall fail from any
to make return of the abstract as
aforesaid, it shall be the duty Of the
county Commissioners to deduct for
every such failure, from the annual sal
or allowance made to the Auditor
for his services, the sum Of fifty dollars.
SEC. 5. That Section sixty-four of
said act be so amended as to read as
Section ca. The debts which
have heretofore been contracted by any