Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-23
THE CITY.
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Passage OF the BiIl KexuIatlng
the Common schools
No A,s.I n, n

Passage OF the Blll Regulating
the Common schools
a-8t of Columbus.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill in
troduced into the House by Mr.. Bradbury,
Of Gallia county, amending and changing
the law of ls45, providing for ''the support
and better regulation of the Common
Schools of the city of Columbus, under
which act our schools have been very satis-
factorily conducted for almost twenty years.
The chief object of the bill is to give some
Of the Abolition politicians an opportunity
10 dabble in and mix politics In the govern
ment Of the schools of the city. There is
not much objection to this on the part of
the Democracy except, that reasonable OBJ
lection which Immediately suggests itself
TO the real friends OF education, that 1t is
calculated to Introduce politics and political
prejudices into an institution where they
ought not to enter. Another objection is
that the act was not called for by petition
or otherwise, that we are aware of, by the
people Immediately interested in our COM
mon schools, and Its passageis regarded as
All act of officious interference Oh the part
of the rural members of the General AS
sembly,by whom it was passed over the
protest of the members from this city and
county. N fysf,l,nH1 s,1,5,f5g
:. The bill repeals the first section of the
old law and provides that the qualified vo-
ters In the several wards In the city of Co
lumbus shall, on the second Monday of April,
1864, dhstead of the first Monday as hereto
fore) meet in their respective wards, at the
places designated for holding elections
therein, and elect one member of the board
Of education Of Columbus for each of said
wards, who shall serve, the members for
the first, third, fifth, and every ward in said
city represented by odd numbers, one year;
and the members representing the second,
fourth, sixth, and every ward represented
by even numbers, two years; and annually
thereafter, at the time and place specified,
there shall be elected, in like manner, one
member of the board of education for each
ward in the city, in which the term of the
member is about to expire, who shall serve
for two years, and until his successor is
elected aud qualified. The election shall
be held and conducted in the same manner
as is provided for county and State elections,
and all vacancies that may occur in said
board Of education by death, resignation,
removal, or inability to serve, shall be filled
by appointment by the city council of said
city, by and with the advice and consent of
said board of education. ~
The bill makes the third section of the
old act read the Board shall hold its meet
ings at such time and place as it may think
proper, and a majority of the members
thereof shall constitute quorum; and spe-
cial meetings may be called by the Presi-
dent or by any three members of the
Board; butno special meeting shall be held
without personal notice having been served
upon majority OF said Board at least two
days before the time fixed for said meeting,
and at such special meeting no order or res
olution shall be adopted requiring the pay
ment of money, or the employment or dis
m ssal of teachers or superintendent, un-
less all the members are present. The act
takes effect on its passage, and the first
election held under it will be the week fol-
lowing the ordinary municipal election.