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Aprill7, 1851.
AM ACT.

mo. 179.1 AN ACT,
10 amend and supplementary to an ret entitled
Aau act to provide for the reorganization, super
vision and maintenance of Common Schools, "
passed March Ia. 1858.
Section /. Be il enacted BY the General as
ssmbly of the State of Ohio, That section thres
Of the act aforesaid be so amended as to read as
follows: Section 3. The said directors within
five days after their election, shall take al oath Or
affirmation to support the Constitution OF the Un-
ted States and of the State of Ohio. aud faithu-
" and imparialy to discharge the duties Of their
Office; which said oath the directors are aatbori
zed to administer to each other. And in case
vacancy shall occur in the Office of director, bY
death, resignation, refusal to serve, or otherwise
it shall be the duty Of the township clerk to fill
sucb vacancy within Ten days after being inform
ed thereof by the appointment Of some suitable
person who shall hold his office until the time Of
the next annual meeting, when director shalIbe
elected for the remainder, if any, of the unexpred
term, in the manner prescribed in section two.
SEo. .. That section four Of said act be 50
amended as to read as follows: Section 4. il The
qualified voters Of any sub.dstrict shall fail to
meet and elect school directors as prescribed in
sections two and three, it shall be lawful for auy
three qualified voters Of such subdistriets to call
special meeting Of the voters of such sub-disrict
for the purpose of electing directors, on first CIV
ing 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 snb-dis-
tricts and the directors SO elected at such speoa
meetinr shall hold their Offices for the uuezpted
term which they were respectfully elected to hll
SEC 8. That section eight Of said act be 50
amended as TO read as follows; Section Q. II shall
be the duty of the directors in each sub-dstict to
take or cause to be taken, annually, between the
first and third Monday of September, an enumer-
alton of all the unmarried white and colored youth,
noting them separately, between the ages Of five
and twenty-one years, resident within such sub
district and not temporarily there, designating be-
tween male aud female, aud return certified copy
theseof to the township clerk; and in case the Ill
rectors in any su district shall fail TO take and
return the enumeration aforesaid, it shall be the
dutv of the township clerk to employq competent
re,sou to take the same and allow him ressona-
ble compensation for his services, aud shall pro-
ceed to recover the amount so paid for such SER
vices in civil action before any court having jus
risdcton, in the name of the State of Ohio, against
said directors in their individual capacity; and IN
such suits, said clerk shall be competent witness;
and the money so collected shall be applied tothe
use of common schools in the proper township
The township clerk shall make an abstract of the
enumeration so returned to him, designating the
number Of youth in each sub-district, and trans
NIT such abstract duly certified to the county au-
ditor. on or before the first day Of October
SEC. 4. That section twelve of said act be so
amended as to reld as follows: Section ~. lt
shall be the duty of the township Board Of Eda-
cation to hold regular sessions on the third Aon-
day of April and on the third Monday of Sep
tember in each year, in the usual place OF holding
township elections, or at such place in the lmn.e.
diate neighborhood as may be convenient for tile
transaction of any business which may be necessa.
~ in relation to the subject of either the sary
or Graded schools Of the township, with power 10
adjourn from time 70 time, OF to hold specia me.
tipcs at any other time or place within The pfol-
er township, as they may think desirable for tho
transaction of business as aforesaid and at al such
meetings shall appoint one Of their
number to the Chair, and in case Of The absence
Of the Township CLERK may appoint one oftheiF
own number 10 terye tempoFanlyas Clerk.
Sec. s. That section nineteen of said act be
so amended as to read as follows: Section Ia
The Board of Education IN each tcwlsinp shal
prepare, or cause to be prepared and forwarded 10
the county Auditor, on or before the FIST day Ct
.nciobeE a htatelnsRL exhlbiiing tie naEnlar. af