The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-02-28
Text of New Baltimore
School Bill.
. THE NEW BOUNDARIES
FIXED by the Treasurer That
Passed the Ohio Legislature
Last Week After a
Hot Fight.
aFrom a staff Correspondent,

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full text of the New Baltimore school
bill, which became. a law last week: .
Section /. That a special school
district in the township of Marlboro,
Stark county, Ohio, to be known as
the New Baltimore Centralized Special
School district be and the same is es-
tablisheh in and oyer. the following
described territory, towit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
Of section 1877 of Marlboro township,
Stark county, Ohio; thence north along
the west line of Marlboro township, a
distance of two (2) miles to the section
line between sections 6 and of said
township; thence east along the sec
ton line a distance of one-half Q-2)
mile; thence north on the one-half
section line to the north line of Marl-
boro township; thence east along tho
north line of said Marlboro township
70 the center line of section No. /;
thence south along said center line OF
section No. to the center of section
No. 12; thence west along the center
line of sections Nos. IL, II, to the CEN
ter of section No. 10; thence south
along the center line of section No.
10, to the southeast corner of the lands
formerly belonging to J.F.Fox; thence
west along the south line of said Fox
and also along the lands Of Tobias
Sweitzer to the section line between
sections and 10; thence south to the
public highway running between Marl-
boro and Hartville; thence west to the
center Of section No. II; thence south
A. i,,A hot ronfinnC q
~ and 20, and IS and 10, to the place
of beginning.
THE DIVISION LINE.
Sec. 2. That for school purposes
the west one-half of section No. 6 in
said township of Marlboro, shall from
the passage of this act be considered
and In all respects treated as a part Of
the district OF Randolph township,
Portage county, Ohio, and shall lie un-
der the control and care of the board
of education thereof; and that the east
one-half Of section No. / of Marlboro
township shall in all respects be con-
sidered and treated as a part of the
district of Lexington township, Stark
county, Ohio. and shall he under the
control of the board of education
thereof.
Sec. 8. Said special school district
shall be entitled to receive it's pro-
portionate share of the school funds,
and the funds levied for incidental
expenses in accordance with the
enumeration of the year 1901 Of school
children, entitled to attend schcpl,
Including the funds now collected with
I'm the township or county treasures,
ard shall he governed by the laws as
they now arc, or may hereafter be
in force relating to special school dis
tricts. except as hereinafter provided.
J, CONVEY ALL PUPILS.
,n"Sec. 4. The hoard of education Of
said special school district shall. pro-
vide for the comfortable conveyance
and shall convey all pupils, TO and
from the school building now situate
therein and to be ut all times there
maintained In the village of New Bal
tinore, in said township OF Marlboro,
residing within the above described
territory, but outside of that part
thereof, formerly comprising what was
known as sub district No. 8, OF said
Marlboro township, the cost of which
shall be paid out of the school funds
of said district, provided, however,
that said board Of education may, If
It shall be mutually agreed upon be-
tween tine parents or guardians of
said pupils, or any of them, allow said
parents or guardians such sum or
sums as shall be agreed upon for the
conveyance of such parents or guard
ians of said pupils in lieu of the con-
veyance thereof by said board, and
said board of education may in like
manner, II II SO deems best, convey
or provide for the conveyance of any
Of the pupils residing within what was
formerly known as sub-district No. s,
In said Marlboro township, and now
oomprising a. part of the territory
herein described. ''- stsT .. -
"Sec. 8. When the electors of said
SPECIAL school district desire to
abandon tho same, and become a part
ship in which said special school is
so located, they may make the change
In the following manner, *.
THE ELECTION
written or printed notices shall bs
posted in at Least five of the most
public places In the district, signed
by majority Of the members of the
board of education, or one of the board
and at least six resident electors there
of to assemble on day, and at an
hour and place designated In the no
tices, which notices shall be posted at
least ten days prior to the day desig-
mated In them, then and there tn
vote for or against such changes; the
electors, when assembled at the time
and place designated in the notice
shall appoint chairman and two
clerks. who shall be judges OF the
election, which shall continue at leas.
two hours; those In favor OF the
ehange shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, School
change" and those opposed thereto
The words, "schOol-no change" aud
majority OF the ballots cast shall
6etermine the question whether the
change shall be made; the judges shall
within hvs days SITTER the election.
rake due return thereof to, the board