Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-04-28
CIRCULAR.
TO COUNTY AUDITORS, AND BOARDS
OF EDUCATION OF TOWNSHIPS,
CTTTES AND INCORPORATED VII
TsuDO

TO COUNTY AUDITORS, AND BOARDS
OF EDUCATION OF TOWNSHIPS,
CTTIES AND INCORPORATED VII
Lagos.
OHce of State Commissioner Of Common Schook.l
CoruaEcs, Ohio, April IL, less.
Genhemen:-rhe Legislature Oh yes
terjay s, amended section % Of the Gen
eral School Law, passed March ii, 1858,
as to make it read us follows:
Section %. The Township Board Of
Education shall have power, when, in
their opinion, justice and equity require
it, TO estimate separately the cost of pur-
chasing a school house site, and erecting
or repairing a school house thereon, in
any particular sub-d;strict Of the town.
ship wherein the inhabitants have not
heretofore borne a reasonable share OF
of the burden of taxation for such pnr-
poses in comparison with other sub-dIS-
iric,s in the township, and certify such
portion as they may deem just and cquit-
able of the amount of SUCH estimate, 10
the County Auditor of the proper county,
together with anap of The lands md
names of the taxpayers in any such sub
district: which amount, 50 certified, shall
be assessed by the Auditor on The prop
erty therein subject 10 taxation, and Piac.
ed on the county duplicate specially, and
be collected and paid over in The same
manner as other school taxes, aud be ap
piled for The specific purpose Of providing
a schopl house in such sub diStric.:-
Providei. That sUch tar shall not be teV-
led IN 0Hy su6 district arlerein tie s1nae
has been heretJo-e keVied. nor an any case
sbaH il Be assessed more than once IN the
same su5 district: ont further P'O5tded,
Mgt such hx shall not be assessed /" any
sub district chich may be hereafter created.
unless Tie said suG district shall be cum
posed in uhoLe Of tsTitory upon arh,ch
Such ttr has not keretgfore been leUiet."
The last cirnse cf the section, printed
in italics. is additional 10 the SECTION "a it
was previous 10 This amendment. II Is
highly desirable that its force and import
should be correctly understood. Ii Is de-
signed and adap:ed to limit the applica-
lion OF the section 10 appropriate purposes.
Hitherto the law has, in MANY instances,
been misunderstood and misarplied -
This has given rise 10 numerous abuses
and difficulties, in the administration OF
our school system; the repetition Of which
will b. prevented by the amendment en-
acted.
Ii should Be distinctly understood that
a special, or s~ub-district lax, can be lev
led for no other purpose, whatever, Than
for the "cosl of purchasing a sch"ol houSe
site, and erecting or repairing a school
house thereon;"" and that even this lax
can not again be levied in "any sub-dis-
trict wherein The same has been hereto
fire levied, mol. in auy case shall IL be as
.es>ed more than once in the same sub
district"
As this amendment took effect on lis
passage, it will become necessary that
special meetings be held by all Boards of
Education which may, at the meeting on
The l9.h inst, take action not consistent
there SiIh. For this there viii be abun-
dani time, as estimates are not required 10
be made 10 the Auditors of counties till
the first Mond2y in June.
Yours, truly,
ANSON SMYTH,
CONNtSSroSER.