The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-05-28

p Of youth in each sub-dstrict, and trans
: nit such abstract duly certified to til
+ county auditor, on or before the first da
+ Of October.
, Sec. 4. That section twelve Of sal
act be so amended as to read as follows
: Section IL. 1t shall be the duty of tn
, township Board of Education to hold reg
ular sessions on the third Monday o
April, and on the third Monday Of Sep
tember in each year, in the usual place 0
holding township elections, or at sucl
place III the immediate neighborhood a
may be convenient for the transaction 0
any business which may be necessary il
relation to the subject of either the pri
mary or graded schools Of the township
with power to adjourn from time to time
or to hold special meetings at any othe
tlme or place within the proper township
as they may think desirable for the trans
action Of business as aforesaid, and at al
such meetings shall appoint one of theil
number to the Chair, and in case Of the
absence Of the township clerk may appoint
one Of their own number to serve tempo
rarily as Clerk.
Sec. 5. That section nineteen Of said
act be SO amended as to read as follows:
Section 10. The Board of Education in
each township shall prepare, or cause to
be prepared and forwarded to the county
Auditor, on Or before the first day Of Oc-
tober, statement exhibiting the number
of children in the township, between the
ages Of five and twenty-one years, dstin-
gushing between male and female, the
number Of schools, specifying the differ
ent grades, the number Of teachers. male
end female, the number of children, male
and female, who haye attended school dur
ing the past year. the average atten
dance, the length Of terms Of schools,
compensation Of teachers, male and fe-
male, the number and condition Of the
school houses and furniture, and the es-
timated value thereof; the number and
condition of the books in the school libra
ries; the number of libraries; the kind of
school books used in the schools, the
number and value of school apparatus,
and full account Of the expenditures for
school purposes, together with such 9th.
er statistics and information in relation 10
schools as the State Commissioner of
Schools may require.
Sec. 6 That section twenty two of
said act be SO amended as to read as fol-
lows: Section 22 1t shall be the duty of
the Board of Education of any organized
township OF the State, annually to deter
mine by estimate, as nearly as practica-
ble the entire amount of money necessary
10 be expended in the township for pur.
chasing school house sites, for erecting,
furnishing and repairing school houses,
for providing fuel and for any other
school purpose other than the payment OF
teachers, not exceeding two mills on the
dollar of the taxable property of the town
ship: Provided, that if, in the opinion of
the Township Board, a greater tax shall
be necessary for said purposes during any
year, the Board shall call special meet
ing Of the qualified voters of the school |
district over which they have jurisdiction, |
which meeting shall be called and held in
The manner prescribed in the preceding
section, and shall decide by vote the ques-
ton whether such greater tax, or any 9TH
err greater tax for said purposes than two
mills on the dollar shall be raised. 1t
shall also be the duty of the Board to es-
innate such additional amount as they may
hink necessary, not exceeding two mills
IN the dollar of the taxable property of
he township, for the exclusive purpose of
sustaining teachers in the central or high
chools, or for the purpose of prolonging, {
fter the State funds have been exhausted, II
he terms of the several sub-districts or
Urinary schools in the township or for /;
10Th purposes, as the Board may -aAjudge
ests-% These several amounts'of money {
o estimatedor decided upon the Board {
hall make known by G te in writ. s
,g, on Or before the frs in June |
4 such year, including an Ehlchsll
nsy have been voted by spec
f electors as provided in d
ection, to the Auditor
ounty, who shall
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