treasurers shall retain in their respective treasuries, from the state funds, the amount so apportioned to their respective counties; provided that the interest on the portion due to each county, of the surplus revenue, shall be charged to the county as a part of said sum of two hundred thousand dollars; and that said auditor of state shall, on or before the fifteenth day of January, annually, furnish the state superintendent a detailed statement of all the moneys so apportioned.

SEC. v. (a)

how laid off.

5. SEC. VI. That the trustees of each incorporated School districts township in this state, where the same is not already done, shall, on or before the first day of June next, (b) lay off their respective townships into school districts, in the manner most convenient for the population and different neighborhoods thereof, paying due regard to any school house already erected, school districts already laid off, and all other circumstances proper to be considered, so as to promote the interest of the inhabitants of the townships in which such district shall be so laid off, and so as to include all the territory of the townships; and said trustees shall, immediately after laying off such school districts, prepare a Map thereof; map, or plat of their township, upon which the boundary lines of all the districts shall be laid down, with such plats or references to the adjacent tracts of land along the lines, or at the corners of the districts, or such memorandums of the names of the owners of the adjacent tracts, or such other matters or localities along the lines, or at the corners of the districts, that said lines and corners may be ascertained by an examination of said map or plat; which districts shall be regularly numbered and marked on said plat or map; one copy of which shall be kept by the town

(a) Repealed; for which, see 66th section.

(b) Extended: See 56th, 69th, and 71st sections.

ship clerk; and said clerk shall, within one month after such township is laid off, deliver to the proper county auditor a copy of the same, and also make a record thereof on the books of the township, which shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested. The said trustees, in all cases where their respective townships are already districted, shall prepare, or cause their clerk to prepare, a like map or plat of the same, to be recorded, and a copy to be deposited with the auditor, aforesaid; and the said trustees shall have power, at their annual meeting, on the first Monday of March, annually, to make such alterations in the districts, as in their opinion the general good shall require; for which purpose they may adjourn Alteration of from day to day; provided, that no alteration of any district shall be made, unless public notice shall have been given of the contemplated change, by posting up written notice, in at least three of the most public places in each of the districts to be affected thereby, thirty days previous to such meeting; (a) which notice shall describe the boundaries of the proposed new district, or lines to be changed. Whenever a new district or an alteration is made in a district, the township clerk shall make out and record a new map of the districts in the township, and make and deliver to the auditor of the county a copy thereof, within the time above specified.

districts.

Annual district meetings.

6. SEC. VII. That there shall hereafter be a meeting in each school district, which shall be held on the third Friday of September, annually, at such school house, or, (if there be no school house,) at such other place in the district as the school directors shall-designate, notice of the time and place of holding which meeting shall be posted up by the district clerk, in at least three public places in the district, ten days before

(a) See (as to the power of trustees to alter districts) 56th section.

such meeting, and read in each school, kept in the district, five days before such meeting; and at all such - annual meetings the voters, the same being householders in said district, shall organize by appointing a chairman, and the clerk of the district shall act as secretary, or, in his absence, a secretary shall be appointed, pro tempore, and the voters present may transact all the ordinary business of the district, and elect three directors to serve for the ensuing year, (a) who shall be sworn into office, and hold their respective offices until the next annual election, or until their successors are chosen and qualified; and it shall be lawful for a majority of the voters present, at such annual meeting, to determine, by vote, upon the erection and purchase of a school house, or the purchase of a lot or lots on which to erect such house, and how much money shall be raised for such purchase, and the purchase of fuel, and for building, repairing, or furnishing any school house or school houses in their district; which sums of money, so voted, shall be collected as hereinafter provided: provided, that spe- Special district cial meetings of the voters may be called in the district by the directors, on giving twenty days notice, as aforesaid, which notice shall also state the particular object or objects of the meeting; and such called meeting shall have power to transact all the business, specified in the said notice, that a regular meeting of said voters could transact; and, provided further, that no tax shall be levied by the vote of such meeting, unless the notice aforesaid shall state, specifically, that such tax is proposed to be levied, and the object of such tax.

meetings.

sworn;

7. SEC. VIII. That said directors shall, within ten Directors to be days after their election, meet and take an oath or affirmation of office, faithfully to discharge the duties

(a) By the 15th section of the act of March, 1842, (section 87 of this collection,) directors are to serve three years.

clerk,who shall

surer;

suits thereon.

of the office, to which they shall have been elected, and, to the best of their ability, promote the true interest of education within their respective districts; which said oath may be administered by either of said -To appoint a directors. They shall elect, from their own numbe district trea- ber, a clerk of the district, who shall also be district treasurer; and the said director, so chosen clerk and treasurer, as aforesaid, previous to entering on the -His bond and duties of said offices, shall give bond and security, to be approved by the township clerk of the respective townships, conditioned for the faithful disbursement of all moneys that shall come into his hands, belonging to said district, which said bond shall be made payable to the state of Ohio; and when such bond shall be forfeited, it shall be the duty of the said township clerk to sue and collect the same for the use of Record of pro- the proper district. And it shall be the duty of said ceedings of district meetings. clerk to keep, in the book of records of said district, a full and accurate record of all the proceedings of said directors and district meetings, which shall be signed by the chairman and countersigned by the Directors, body clerk, as evidence of its correctness. And the said board of directors, and their successors in office, shall be a body politic and corporate in law, and, as such, shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in any court of law or equity in this state; be capable of receiving any gift, grant, donation or devise, made to, or for the use of such district; and may receive a deed of conveyance or lease for any land whereon to erect a school house or houses, which lease or deed shall be made to such directors and their successors in office, or to the district; and, in either case, the corporate body hereby created shall be deemed the grantee or lessee, and shall hold the Their orders for same to and for the sole use of such district. They money,and set- shall examine all accounts of the district treasurer,

corporate.

Deeds, &c., to them.

district treasu

and shall order the payment of all moneys that shall tlement with come into, or that shall be in, the township treasury rer. for the use of the district; and, at the close of each year, they shall examine the annual account of the district treasurer, and cause the same to be entered of record and signed by the said directors, if approved.

and duties of

how far schools

free.

8. SEC. IX. That said directors, any two of whom General powers shall form a quorum for business, shall have power to directors, and divide their district into sub-districts, and select sites for school houses, and purchase the same; (a) to repair and keep in order the school houses in the district; to provide fuel for the school or schools; and, for necessary repairs and fuel, they may, without the vote of the district, levy and assess the necessary tax on the property in the district, not to exceed twenty dollars in one year. And it shall be their duty, when funds have been voted and assessed as aforesaid, to contract for the erection of a school house or houses, and provide such furniture therefor as may be necessary. They shall establish a sufficient number of schools, and employ one or more teachers, either male or female; establish such rules and regulations, from time to time, as they may think proper for the government of the schools; they may determine what ages may attend the different schools, (b) or at the different periods of the year at which the said school is taught, and what number shall be assigned to each teacher, giving to all in the district an equal privilege; may determine the studies to be pursued in each school, so that reading, writing and arithmetic shall all be taught in the English language; (c) and they shall faithfully

(a) As to when the directors may rent a school room, see 45th section. (b) But all over four and under twenty one shall have equal privileges in the common schools, and the directors may allow persons over twenty one to attend school; for which, see 51st section of this collection.

(c) So far as it requires any branch to be taught in the English language, repealed: for which see 48th section of this collection, and modified by 49th and 61st sections.