The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-03-05

ored brethren, that they can scarcely dc
anything unless there is "nigser insthe
wood pile Even cur own Member OF
Congress, in a speech delivered in Con.
gress on ,hc 18th day Of January last
says: II would strike black aud white
alike from all laws. You who voted fer
him last fall, denying that he was in ia.
yor of placing the African upon an equal
ity with the white man, ''put that in your
pipes and smoke it. But this is wan
Idering from the subject. The inconsis-
tenciss, incongruities, and nonsensical
foolishness Gas a backwoodsmau would
say,l Of our present School Laws,are un-
der consideration. Let US examine them.
On the 18th day of March, 1864, the
Legislature Of the State, (about two7thirds
of whom had negro on the brain passed
an amendment to the School Law, which
reads as follows:
SEC. %. 1t shall be the duty Of the
board of education of any organized
township of the state annually to de-
termine by estimate, as near as practical
Bile, the entire amount of money neees-
sary to be expended in the township for
school aud school house purposes, inclu-
ding the sustaining of teachers in GEN.
trail or high schools, the prolonging of
the terms of the several sub-district or
primary schools after thestat funds have
been exhausted, the erecting, repairing,
or furnishing of school-bonses, and any
other school purposes, not exceeding three
mills on the dollar of the taxable prop
erty of the townships; and if any board
| OF education shall in any one year fail or
refuse to estimate and certify a levy or
legies suficientto provide for six months
tuition in, their district, or to provide a
suitable school house in each sub district
| it shall be the duty Of the county com
missloners Of the county within which
such district is located, upon being ad-
vised and satisfied thereof, to estimate
laad cause said leyies to be made and en-
tered upon the tax duplicate the same as
could have been done upon the estimate
land certificate Of such board; provided
that ifia the opinion of the township
board of education, greater tax than
the aforesaid three mills shall be neces-
| Isary, during any year, for the purpose Of
purchasing sites or erecting school houses
orfer both purposes. the board shall call
special meeting of the qualified voters
lof thegschool district over which they
have jurisdiction, which meeting shall
be called and held in the manner prescri.
bed in the preceding section, and shall de.
eide by vote the question whether such
greater tax, or any other greater tax fol
said purposes, than the aforesaid three
mills on the dollar, shall be raised, These
several amounts of money so estimated
or decided upon, the board shall make
known by certificate in writing, on or be
| fore the FIRST Monday in June. in such
year, including any tax which may have
been voted bysa special meeting Of elec
tors, as provided in the preceding section
to the auditor Of the proper county, who
shall thereupon assess the entire amount
Of such estimates on all the taxable prop
lerty.of the township notincluded in any
city or incorporated village, or territory
annexed thereto forming any special dis.
! trict, to be entered by said auditor or
the tax duplicate of the county, and col
lected by the county treasurer at the
same time and in the same manner a;
state and county taxes are collected; anG
when collected, shall be paid over to the
treasurer of the proper township, on tht
order of the county auditor; and sale
county treasurer shall be entitled to re,
eeige for collections one percent, on al
moneys by him collected for school purr
poses, and no more; provided, that boards
of education in cities and incorporated
villages, organized and governed, will
the territory annexed to the same fol
school purposes, by the provisions of tht
act to which this act is amendatory, OF
by the act for the better regulation o.
public schools in cities, towns, etc, pass
ed February 21, lS49; or by the act fol
thesuppors and better regulation of com
mon schools in the town Of Akron, pass
ed daFebruary s., 1S47 and the acts amen
datory thereto, shall have the power t.
levy taxes fer school and school -hous,
purposes, not exceeding four mills, aut
1 to call a special meetingsof the qualified
voters, to decide the question whether
greater tax for school-house purpose
i than the aforesaid four mills shall b
/ levied, as is herein conferred uponboard
Of education in townships.
After the passage of this law, the Leg
Iislature, in their wisdom, amended il
4 March %, 1865, as follows:
SEC. "a. : - r. the board Q
education of each township, city or will
i age, shall make the necessary provision
i for continuing thescheols in operation'i i
their respective townships, OF seperat
school districts, for a, least twenty -fou
weeks in each, year; and in case the boar
of education of any township or sepeI
J ate school district shall fail to make tn
{ necessary provisions for continuing tn
lsehools therein in operation the leDgt
of time herein required, such townshi
or seperate school district shall not b
! entitled to any portion of the school iun
-larising from the state tax, during tn
: next succeeding school year, and sue
i forfeited state school funds shall be dis
, tributed to the other several township
of the county, in proportion to the emu
me.ation of youth. aud such of the men