Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-06-05
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. 1901 AN ACT

1000 .
Sec. /. Be ii enacted By the General As
emily of the State Of Ohio, That Section
hrce of the act aforesaid be so amended ms
o read as follows: Section 8. The said d.
ectors within five days after their election,
hall take an oath or affirmation to support
he Constitution Of the United States and
If the State of Ohio, and faithfully and i'm
partially to discharge their duties of their
,lfice; which said oath the directors arc
to administer to each other.
And in case q vacancy shall occur in the Of
fee of director by death, resignation, refu-
sal to serve, or otherwise, it shall be the du-
ty of the township clerk to fill such vacan-
cy within ten days after being informed
thereof by the appointment Of some suita-
ble person who shall hold his Office until
the time Of the next annual meeting, when
n director shall be elected for tho remainder,
if any of the incxpired term, in the manner
prescribed in section two.
SEC. g That section four of said act be
so amended as to read rs follows: Section
a. If the qualified voters of any sub-dis-
trict shall fail to meet and elect school di.
rectors as prescribed in section twoand thrce,
it shall he lawful for any three qualified vo-
ters Of such sub-diStrict to call special
meeting Of the voters of such sub-disirct
for the purpose Of electing directors, on first
giving five days notice in writing of the
time and place of holding such meeting
by posting the same in three of the most
public places in such sub-districts; and the
directors so elected at such special meeting.
shall hold their offices for the unexpircd
term which they were respectively elected to
fill.
SEC. 8. That section Of said act be 80
amended as to read as follows: Section s.
1t shall be the duty of the directors in each
sub-dlstrict to take or cause to be taken, an
nually, between the first and third Monday
of September an enumeration of all the
unmarried white and colored youth, noting
them separately, between the ages of five
and twcnty-onc years. resident within such
sub-dstrict and not temporarily there, des-
! ignating between male and f male, and re-
turn certified copy thereof to the town
ship clerk and in case the directors in any
sub-district shall fail to take and return the
enumeration aforesaid, it shall be the duty
of the township clerk to employ conpe-
. tent person to take the same and allow him
a reasonable compensation for bis services
and shall proceed to recover the amount so
paid for such services in civil action, be.
fore any court having jurisdiction, in the
namo of the State of Ohio against said di.
rectors in their individual capacity; and in
such suits, said clerk shall be q competent
witness; and the money so collected shall be
applied to the use of common schools in
the proper township. The township clerk
shall mako an abstract of the enumeration
so returned to him, designating the number
of youths in each sub-distrct, and trans
NIT such abstract duly certified to the coun-
ty auditor, on or before the first day of Oc-
tober.
Sec. 4. That section IL of said act be
so amended as to read rs follows: Section
~. 1t shall be the duty of the township
Board of Education to hold regular sessions
on tho third Monday of April and on the
third Monday of September in each year. in
the usual place of holding township cleo
tions, or at such place in the immediate
neighborhood as may be convenient for the
transaction of any business which may be
necessary in relation to tho subject of eth
er the primary or graded schools of the
township, with power to adjourn from timc
to time. or to hold special meetings at any
: other time or place within the proper town
ship, rs they may think desirable for th,
E transaction of business AS aforesaid. and n
, all such meeting shall appoint one of thci
number to the Chair and in case of the at
sence Of the Township Clerk may appoin
one of their own number to servo tcmpora
rily ms Clerk.
SEC. 5. That section nineteen of said ac
be so amended as to read rs fellows: Sec
ton 10. The Board of Education in cacl
township shall prepare, or cause to be pre-
pared and forwarded to the county Auditor
on or before the first day of October, 4
statement exhibiting the number Of children
in the township, between the ages of five
and twenty one years, distinguishing be-
tween male and female, tho number O
schools, specifying the different grades, tn,
number Of teachers, male and female, tn
number Of children, male and female VIII
have attended school during the past yea
the average attendance, the length of term
ofschools, compensation Of teachers male an
, female, the number and condition Of III
| school houses and furniture, and the est
mated value thereof; the number and cond
ton of the hooks in tho school Libraries th
!. number of libraries; tho kind Of schol
books used in the schools, the number an
: value of the school apparatus, and full ac
: count of the expenditures for the school pul
pose, together with such other statistics an
f information in relation to schools as tn
: State Commissioner of Schools may re
t quire.
SEC. 9. That section twenty-five of sal,
. act be so amended ms to read AS follows
! Section %. 1t shall be the duty of th
duty of the Board Of Education Of any or
|, ganized township of the Stute, annually t,
/ determine by estimate, as nearly as practica
BILE the entire amount of money necessary
: to be expended in the township for purchas
{ ing school house sites, for erecting, furnish
, ing and repairing school houses, for provi
, ding fuel and for any other school purpos,
other than tho payment of teachers, not ex
, ceeding two mills on the dollar Of tho tax
> able property of tho townships: Provided
: that, il, in the opinion Of the Townshi
Board, greater tax shall bc necessary IA
said purposes during any year, the Boar
. shall call special meeting of the qualfie
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