Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Bills Now Before the Extra Session
of the General Assembly to Amend
Sections Of General Code Relating
to School District Funds and to
Supervision of Rural Schools.

treasurer snail De the treasurer Oh tHe
school funds of such districts"
Section 1000 amended to make it
obligatory on the part of county
auditors to apportion state common
school funds as follows: each school
district within the county shall re-
ceive thirty dollars for each teacher
employed in such district, and the
balance Of the such funds shall be
based upon the enrolment of pupils
in the schools of such districts. En-
rollment for the purpose OF this Sec
tion shall be considered to mean not
less than one hundred days attend
ance during the school year." If an
enumeration Of the youth of any dis
trict has not been taken and returned
for any year "and the enrolment has
not been certified to the county aud
itor", such district shall not be en-
titled to receive any portion OF that
fund. Money received from the state
on account Of interest on the common
school fund shall be apportioned "as
is provided. in the section for the ap-
preparation Of the common school
fund.-.
Section 1902 which relates to the
interest on the proceeds of sale OF
port of public schools, for townships
or fractional township situated in two
or more counties, is so amended as to
direct that such interest money shall
be apportioned "as is provided for
mon school funds in section 1900" and
certified and payed to the proper
school officers in ssection 7601".
Sections 1904 and 7605 which are
mentioned in this bill relate to the
deposit Of school funis in banks by
the boards of education of any city
school district.
House Bill No. 13 introduced by Mr..
Lowry is a lengthy one and relates
to the supervision of rural and vii
lage schools; the changes and addi-
tions to the general code are many:
Sec. 4679, provides for four dis
tinct STYLES or kinds of school dis
tricts in the state: city, village, rur-
al and county districts.
Sec. 1921. A village school dis
trict containing population Of less
than fifteen hundred may vote at any
general or special election to dissolve
and join any contiguous rural dis
trict. After approval by the county.
board such proposition shall be sub
mitted to the electors by the village
board of education on the petition of
one fourth of the electors of such vii
lage school district, or the village
board may submit the proposition on
it's own motion and the result shall
be determined by a majority vote OF,
such electors.
4 Sec. 1883, provides that when vii
laQe district is dissolved it shall be-
come part of the contiguous rural dis
trict which 1t votes to join and all
school property shall pass to such rur-
al district.
Sec. 1884, constitutes each county,
exclusive of the territory embraced
in any city district or any village dis
trict exempted by sections 1888 and
46s8-1, county district.
Sec. 1888, provides that any village
school district containing village
with q population of 5000 or more at
the last federal census may decide not
to become part of the county dis
trict and such village district by mo-
tifying the county board Of educa-
ton Of such decision before the third
Saturday Of July, 1914, shall be ex-
empt from supervision of the board.
Sec. 1881, permits the board of
education of a village district, on the
petition of 100 or more electors of
such district or upon its own motion
to order q census Of the population OF
such district to 0e taken and if such
census shows population of 5000
or more, and is approved by the sup
erintendent Of public instruction, such
district shall become exempt from
supervision of the county board.
Sec. 1882 makes all exempted vii
lage school districts ineligible to re-
ceive state aid for purposes of super
vision teachers training courses and
for grading of schools as provided In
See. 1855 of the general code.
Sec. 4728. Each county school
district shall be under the supervision
and control of a county board OF edu-
cation composed of five members who
shall be elected by the presidents OF
the various village and rural boards
of education in such county school
district each district shall have one
vote in the election of members of
the county board of education except
as may be provided in section 4728-1.
At least one member of the county
board of education shall be resident
of a village school district, If such
district is located in the county school
district and at least three members
of such board shall be residents of
rural districts.
Sec. 4729. On the second Satur-
day in June, 1914, the presidents of
the boards of education of the various
village and rural school districts in
each county school district shall meet
and elect the five members of the
county board of education, one for
one wear, one for two years, one for
three wears, one for four years and
one for five years, and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified. The
terms of office of such members shall
begin on the fifteenth of July, 1914.
Each year thereafter one member of
the county board of education shall
be elected in the same manner for a
term of five years.
Sec. 4730. The county auditor Of
each county shall issue the call for
the first meeting. giving at least ten
davs' notice of the place where such
meeting will be held. The call for
all future meetings shall be issued
by the county superintendent. The
meeting shall organize by electing a
chairman and a clerk. The vote of a
majority of the members present
shall be necessary to elect each mem
her of the county board. The mem
bers of the county board so elected
may or may not be members or Of
lcers of any village or rural board Of
education. The result of the election
of members of the county board OF
education shall be certified to the
county auditor by the chairman and
clerk of the meeting.
Sec. 4731. Each member of the
county board of education shall with
in ten days after receiving notice OF