a er : ‘Seventy-Third General Assembly a at its Regular Session, ; NORWALK, OHIO. THE LANING PRINTING COMPANY. Fins is re ee Wea es ms ais i tee ") ¥ ae a : : ay [Senate Bill No. 8.] ’ AN ACT XS o eet s 7 8 To amend sections 3915, 3916, 3917, 3920, 3922, 3927, 3978, 3981, +4017 and 4018, and to reénact and amend section 3918, of the _ Revised Statutes of Ohio. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of -the State of Ohio, That sections 3915, 3916, 3917, 3920, 3922, 3927, 3981, 4017 and 4018 be amended, and that sec- tion 3918 be reenacted and amended so as to read as fol- lows: ; ; See. 3915. The board of education of each township ‘district divided into subdistricts shall consist of the town- ship clerk, and one director elector [elected] for a term of three years for each subdistrict; such board shall organize n the third Monday in April of each year by electing one -of its members president. The clerk of the township shall "be ex-officio the clerk of the board, but shall have no vote except in cases of a tie. ; Sec. 3916. There shall be elected by ballot on the second Monday of April, 1893, in each subdistrict, by the ~ qualified electors thereof, one competent person, having the qualifications of an elector therein, to be styled direc- tor. Those elected shall be divided upon the third Mon- day of April thereafter by lot, into three classes as nearly ~ equal as possible; the directors of the first class shall serve _for the term of one year, the directors of the second class ‘or two years, and the directors of the third class for three years; and there shall be elected on the second Monday of April, 1898, in each subdistrict, by the qualified electors _ thereof, two competent persons, having the qualifications _ of electors therein, to be styled subdirectors. In all stb- istricts where directors are elected in 1898, one subdi- rector shall be elected for the term of one year, and one for the term of two years; in all subdistricts where direc. tors shall be elected in 1899, one subdirector shall be three years, and in all subdistricts where directors shall elected in 1900, one subdirector. shall be elected for term of one year, and one for the term of three years. elections of directors or subdirectors thereafter shall eld on the second Monday of April, and all directors directors shall serve until their successors are elected ualified. sec. 3917. The director of each subdistrict shall post n or printed notices in three or more conspicuous in his subdistrict at least six Mar lected for the term of two years, and one for the term of - days prior to the- Townships and ? special districts. Township board of education how constituted — and organized. Directors; first election. Classes, Subdirectors: election; terms. Subsequent elections. Notice of elec- . tion. Designation of office to be filled, Where held. Judges; oath. Board of sub- directors; record of pro- ceedings. Sessions. Notice of meet- - ing to elect teacher. Regular and special sessions of board. How special sessions called. Standing com- mittees. Duties of com: mittees. whom shall constitute a quorum, and at the meetings of — district by the electors thereof, which shall be a public : iF 3 wt ° election, designating the day and hour of opening, and the 3 hour of closing the election; and he shall also designate whether a director or subdirector shall be elected. The election shall be held at the usual place of holding school meetings in the subdistrict; the meeting shall be organized by appointing a chairman and secretary, who shall act as judges of the election under oath or affirmation, which oath subdistrict, or any other person competent to administer such an oath or affirmation, and the secretary shall keep a poll-book and tally-sheet, which shall be signed by the judges, and delivered within five days to the clerk of the. — township. Lie aes Sec. 3918. The directors and subdirectors of each district shall constitute the board- of directors, two of 3 which the director shall preside, and record their proceed- — ings in a book that shall be provided for that purpose by the board of education, together with the minutes of the — proceedings of the annual school meetings held in the sub- record; all such proceedings when so recorded, shall be | signed by the director; if the director be absent, either of the subdirectors may officiate in his place. The board of subdirectors shall hold regular sessions on the third Sat- urday of April and August, and may meet as frequently as they deem necessary for the purpose of electing teachers ; but no teacher shall be elected at a meeting of which due_ notice has not been given to each member of the board of subdirectors, either personally, or by written notice lef at his residence or usual place of business. Se eee Sec. 3920. The board of education shall hold regular _ sessions on the third Monday of April, June, August, Oc- tober, December and February, at the usual places of hold- ing township elections, or at such place in the immediate vicinity thereof as may be convenient, for the transaction of business, and may adjourn from time to time, or hold special meetings at any other time or place within the town- ship, as it deems desirable, for the transaction of business 5 which special meeting may be called by the township clerk by the president of the board, or by two or more member of the board, but each member of the board must be dul notified thereof personally, or by written notice left at hi residence or usual place of business. The president of eac board of education at the annual meeting on the thir Monday in April shall appoint at least three standing com- — mittees, to be styled respectively: (1) committee on teach- — ers and text books; (2) i ae committee on buildings and grounds; (3) committee on supplies; and he may appoin such other committees as may be deemed expedient. It shall be the duty of the committee on teachers and tex books to consider the certificates of elections of teac filed by the board of subdirectors to recommend s 2 ‘ J st, C care j Ja oie he _ Of the organization of the "= = board: _ changes in text books or course of study, or addition to school libraries as may be desired from time to time: it shall be the duty of the committee on buildings and grounds to have an immediate oversight of all buildings, heating _ apparatus, furniture, school sites and repairs, and_ shall make reports in reference to the same from time to time to the board of education; it shall be the duty of the com- mittee on supplies to consider all matters relating to fuel and ordinary supplies used by the schools of the township and make reports to the board of education from time to time. But no act of any standing committee shall be bind- ing on the board of education without its approval. Sec. 3922. When the board consolidates two or more subdistricts into 4 new subdistrict, or establishes a new subdistrict in any other way, it shall call a special meeting Of the qualified electors resident in the new subdistrict for the purpose of electing one director and two subdirec- tors for the same; at least five days before the time fixed - for the meeting, the board shall post, in three of the most _ public places in the new subdistrict, written or printed _ notices stating time, place and object of holding the meet- ing; the election shall be conducted as provided in this _ chapter, and a director shall be elected to serve the term which will render the classes of directors most equal, from the annual meeting on the third Monday of April next preceding the organization of the new subdistrict: and the terms of the two subdirectors shall be determined by lot; and the terms of office of the directors and subdirectors of subdistricts so consolidated, shall expire at the time such new district is created. Sec. 3927. Whena special district is abandoned, there shall be an election of director and two subdirectors, as provided in this chapter, and for the terms directed in sec- tion 3922. ‘The clerk of the special or village district board shall deliver to the clerk of the township board, all the books and papers of the special district in his custody, and notify the county auditor, in writing, of the abandonment district; the treasurer of the special or village district board shall deliver to the treas- urer of the township board all the books, papers and money of the special or village district in his possession ; the township board shall complete all unfinished business pertaining to the special or village district ; any debt con- tracted by the special or village district board shall be paid out of the money transferred to the treasurer of the town- ship board, as herein provided, and out of the money aris- - ing from the taxes levied by the special or village district and if such funds are insufficient therefor, the re- mainder shall be paid by a special tax upon the property of the subdistrict so created. Sec. 3978, aca In all cases of tie votes at-an election for [director] directors or subdirectors, the judges of election Aetion of com- Mittee not bind- mg, Election in new subdistrict, ~~ Notices, How eonduct- ed; term of diy rectors. Terms of sub- director deter- mined by lot. Terms of direc- tors and sub- directors of con- solidated dis- triets terminate. Election when special district abandoned, Property in cus- tody of elerk; notice to county auditor, Property in cus- tody of treas- urer. Unfinished busi ness. Debts. Special tax, Tie vote, Failure to elect or refusal to serve. Vacancies in board of educa- tion, or office of . subdirector; how filled. Control of schools vested in board; ap- pointees. Salaries. Terms. Election of teachers in sub- districts. Certificate of election to be filed; reference tostanding com- mittee, Report of com-, mittee ; confir- mation. : Failure to con- firm. Failure to elect or confirm, Dismissals. Unlawful em- ployment of superintendent of township boara. shall decide the election by lot; and in other cases oi failure to elect directors or subdirectors, or in cases of a refusal *to serve, the board shall appoint. ee Sec. 3981. Vacancies in any board of education, or vacancies in the office of subdirector of any subdistrict arising from death, nonresidence, resignation, expulsion for gross neglect of duty, failure of a person elected or appointed to qualify within ten days after the annual or-_ ganization or after his appointment, or from other caus which occur more than fifteen days before the next annual, election, the board shall fill within ten days from the oc- currence of the vacancy, until the next annual election, | when a successor shall be elected to fill the unexpired term; provided such vacancies [in township boards] may be filled by the board of education at the next regular meeting, as prescribed in section 3920 oa Sec. 4017. Each board ef education shall have the — management and control of public schools of the district : with full power to appoint a superintendent and assistant superintendents of the schools, a superintendent of build- ings, janitors and other employes, and fix their salaries, and shall fix the salaries of the teachers, which salaries may a be increased, but shall not be diminished during the term for which the appointment is made; but no person shall — be appointed for a longer time than that for which a mem-_ ber of the boatd is elected. And, in township districts” divided into subdistricts, the board of subdirectors shall. elect the teachers in their respective subdistricts, but such election shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the board of education. Whenever any board of subdirec- tors elects a teacher, the director thereof shall at once file — 4 certificate of such election, signed by at least two mem- = bers of such board, with the township clerk, who shall refer — such certificate of election to the standing committee on — teachers, and such committee shall make a report of the | same to the board of education, and the board of educa-_ tion shall confirm or refuse to confirm such election at its next regular meeting after the filing of such certificate of election, with the township clerk. If the board of educa- tion fails to confirm the teacher elected by any board o subdirectors, such board of subdirectors shall elect an other teacher before the next regular meeting of the boar of education; if the board of subdirectors fail to elect a teacher for their school, or if the board of education sha fail to confirm such election on or before the third Mon- + day in August of any year, the board of education shall then employ a teacher for such subdistrict. The boar of education may dismiss any appointee or any teacher for inefficiency, neglect of duty, immorality or improper con- duct. Te a Sec. 4018. It shall be unlawful for the township board of education, prior to the annual election on the secon Monday of April, and the qualification of the director or ~~ es a a ‘directors elected thereat, to employ or contract to employ any [teacher] superintendent for a term to commence after the expiration of the current school year; and: said board at the end of any month, or at the end of the term, shall give to the teacher or superintendent employed by them certificates of such employment and of the services ren- dered, addressed to the township clerk, who, upon presen- tation thereof, and compliance by such teacher or superin- -tendent with the provisions of section 4051, shall draw orders on the township treasurer for the amounts certified to be due, in favor of the parties entitled thereto, and the treasurer shall pay the same. Section 2. Sections 3915, 3916, 3917, 3920, 3922, 3927, 39078, 3981, 4017 and 4918 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio as amended (vol. 89, page 93, O..L.) are hereby repealed. This act shall take effect.on its passage. JOHN E. GRIFFITH, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. THADDEUS E. CROMLEY, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 11, 1898. {House Bill No. 255.] AN ACT To amend section 3926 (as amended 88 O. L., page 297) of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section 2926 (as amended 88 O. L,., page 297), be amended so as to read as follows : Sec. 3926. When the electors of a special or village district desire to abandon their organization, and become a part of the township district of the township in which such special or village district is located, they make the change in the following manner: Written or printed no- tices shall be posted in at: least five of the most public places in the district, signed by a majority of the members of the board of education, or one of the board, and at least six resident electors of the district, requesting the qualified electors thereof to assemble on a day, and at an hour and place, designated in the notices, which notices shall be posted at least ten days prior to the day desig- nated in them, then and there to vote for or against such change; the electors, when assembled at the time and place designated in the notices, shall appoint a chairman and two clerks, who shall be judges of the election, which shall continue at least two hours; those in favor of the pro- posed change shall have written or printed on their Certificate of employment and services. : Orders for pay. Repeals, ete. Special school districts, , How special district abandoned. Notice of elec- tion. Judges of elec- tion; how chosen, Returns of election. Township board to have juris- . diction of terri- tory, property, etc, Withdrawal from special district ; how effected. 3 Repeals, ete, Township and special districts. Map of town- ship district. Suspension of schools in sub- district ; con- veyance of pupils to other . district ; how cost defrayed. tion of the district; and if a majority of the votes cast are the special district, and thereafter treat such district as a such election. ballots the words, SSehool_-Change » os Moe opposed — thereto the sords, “School—No change,” and a majorit rete’: of the ballots cast shall determine the question whether the change be made; the judges shall within five days after — the clechioa alee return thereof to the board of educa- in favor of the change, the board shall immediately certify oe that fact to the township board, which shall thereupon as- sume jurisdiction of the territory, property, and affairs ae subdistrict of the township district | Provided, however, — that in a special district, which has been created from two | or more joint subdistricts, subdistricts or parts of subdis- tricts if the electors of the territory which formerly com- posed any one or more of such joint subdistricts, subdis- tricts or parts of subdistricts desire to withdraw from the special district organization and become a part of the town- ship in which they are situated, they may make the change as provided in this section 3026, except that posted notices a signed by-six resident electors shall be sufficient to call Section 2. That said section 3926 (as amended 83 is O. L., page 297) is hereby repealed and this act shall take = effect from and after its passage. af HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Represent ASAHEL W. JONES, President of the Senate. ' Passed March 30, 1808. [ Senate Bill No, 133.] AN ACT Section 1. Be it enacted by the General soaee at the State of Ohio, That section 3921 of the Revised Statute be amended to read as follows , Sec. 3921. A map of each township district shall be prepared by the board, as often as it may be necessary, in — which shall be designated the numbers and boundaries of — the subdistricts thereof; the board may at any regular ses- sion, increase or diminish the number, or change the boundaries of Sunde iers: or may, when in its opinion, it for the conveyance of oe oe to erick other distaneia > districts as may be most convenient for them, the cost of such conveyance to be paid out of the contingent fun ‘bese o 8 we Noe OPA et eS —~ fi i. es Yas x oh Jan hae e ue Bui =p Res = ans 9 - said district; and any such subdistrict which may be estab- lished by act of the general assembly shall be governed by the provisions of this title, except that it cannot be changed or consolidated by the board within three years after its formation, unless the written consent of two-thirds of the electors residing in the territory affected by such change is obtained. Section 2. That section 3921 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be and the same is hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect upon its passage. HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ASAHEL W. JONES, President of the Senate. ‘Passed April 5, 1808. [House Bill No, 194 ] AN ACT To amend section 4073 of the Revised Statutes, as amended April 6, 1896 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section 4073 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be amended to read as follows: Sec. 4073. The board may grant certificates for one, two and three years from the day of examination, which shall be valid in the county wherein they are issued, except in city and village districts that have boards of examiners, in which they shall not be valid; that in all school districts in the state of Ohio not having a special board of examiners and situated in two or more counties, teachers’ certificates obtained from either county so situated shall be held valid in such districts; and the examiners may grant certificates for five years to such applicants as in addition to the neces- sary qualifications have been for three years next preced- ing their application engaged in teaching, twelve months of which experience shall have been in one place; and such certificates for five years shall be renewable upon the same condition, but without examination, at the discretion cf the examining board; and the examiners may grant certificates for eight years from the date »f examination, to such appli- cants as, in addition to the necessary qualifications, hold or’ » have held a certificate for five years, and havebeen for three years next preceding their application engaged in teaching, eighteen months of which experience shall have been in one place; and the applicants for such certificates for eight years, in addition to the other qualifications, shall be re- quired to pass a satisfactory examination in botany, alge- _ bra, natural philosophy and [nglish literature; and such Change of sub- districts Repeals, etc. Public schools Granting and revocation of teachers’ certi- cates. certificate for eight years shall be renewable upon the same — conditions, but without examination, at the discretion of | the examining board; and if at any time the recipient of a_ certificate be found intemperate, immoral, incompetent, or negligent, the examiners, or any two of them, may revoke - the certificate; but such revocation shall not prevent a_ teacher from receiving pay for services previously ren- tietoce wuckuse, ered ; and when any recipient of a certificate is charged -— teacher. with intemperance, or other immorality, the examining — board shall have power to send for witnesses and examine _ them on oath or affirmation touching the matter under in- Pa eames vestigation. The fees and other expenses of such trial shall be certified to the county auditor by the clerk and president of the examining board, and be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the auditor. peers: Section 2. Said section 4073, as amended April 6, — 1896, is hereby repealed, aud this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. | HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ASAHEL W. JONES, . President of the Senate. Repeals, etc. Passed April 13, 18098. [House Bill No. 730.] ANA CT To amend section 3885 and section 3886 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended March 10, 1898. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Schools. the State of Ohio, That sections 3885 and 3886 of the Re- — vised Statutes of Ohio, as amended March 10, 1898, be amended to read as follows: Classification. Sec. 3885. The state is hereby divided into school districts to be styled respectively, city districts of the first grade of the first class; city ‘listricts of the second grade of the first class; city districts of the third grade of the first class; city districts of the first class; city districts of the second class; village districts; special districts and township districts. ? : | City district of Sec. 3886. Each city having a population of 10,000 the first class. or more together with the territory attached to it for school purposes, if any, and excluding the territory within its corporate limits detached for school purposes, if any, shall constitute a school district to be styled a city district City districts of of the first class ; cities of the second and third grades of the — the second and . : : ‘ third grades of first class, together with the territory outside of their re- the Bist class: spective corporate limits, if any,attached to them for school” Ree 11 purposes, and excluding the territory within their corporate “limits, detached for school purposes, if any, shall consti- tute respectively school districts to be styled city districts of the second and third grades of the first class; and each district that has heretofore been constituted a city district of the first class, shall remain such, except as herein other- wise provided. Section 2: All statutes and parts of statutes now in force, which by their terms apply to city districts of the third grade of the first class shall apply to all such districts ~ created by this act; and all acts heretofore done and pro- ceedings taken in pursuance of such statutes or parts of statutes in any district in a city of the third grade of the first class and hereby constituted a city district of the third grade of the first class as defined in section one of this act, shall be deemed and held to be valid and legal for all pur- poses, the same as if this act had been passed and in force’ before such statutes or parts of statutes were enacted. Section 3. That said original section 3885 and sec- tion 3886, as amended March 10, 1898, be and the same are hereby repealed. : Section 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ASAHEL W., JONES, President of the Senate. Passed April 21, 1898. [House Bill No. 753.] AN ACT To amend sections 3996 and 3998, and to amend and supplement section 3999 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended April 30, 1891. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That sections 3996 and 3908 of the Re- vised Statutes of Ohio be amended so as to read as fol- lows: Sec. 3996. For the purpose of increasing and main- taining the school library of city districts, except in those city districts containing cities of the first grade of the first class, the board of education may levy annually, a tax of one-tenth of one mill on the dollar valuation of the taxable property thereof, to be assessed, collected and paid in the same manner as are the other school taxes of such district. Sec. 3998. The board, except in city districts con- taining a city of the first grade of the first class, may ap- point a librarian, fix his compensation, and make all need- Application of existing statutes: Repeals, School houses and libraries. Levy for libra- ries in cities. Board may ap- point librarian, etc, In certain cities | Sec. 3999. In cities not having less than twenty thou- board may ap- point managers of library. Board of trus- tees in Cincin- nati ; how ap- pointed; terms Vacancies. control of the board of education, as to tenure of office ands PTAA ES 4 ful rules and regulations for the ‘management of library, to which every family resident in such city district, save as hereinbefore excepted, shall have access. pera Section 2. That section 3999 of the Revised ‘Statutes — of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: E tee: sand inhabitants, the board of education having custody of any public library therein, may at any regular meeting, — adopt a resolution providing for a board of managers of — such library, and shall thereupon elect by ballot, two per-» % sons to serve as members of such board for a term of three years, two persons to serve for a term of two years, and Siem two persons to serve for a term of one year; and annually : thereafter two persons shall be elected to serve for a term of three years; all vacancies in such board shall be filled — 2 by the board of education by ballot, and a person so elected shall serve during the unexpired term of his predecessor; _ the president of the board of education shall be a member _ of the board of managers, ex-officio; and the board of managers shall at all times be amenable to and under the authority, and shall serve without compensation; provided, — that in cities of the first grade of the first ‘class upon the expiration of the terms of office of the trustees of the pub- — lic library therein, heretofore appointed under this section, as amended April 30, 1891, there shall be appointed aS" ea successors to said board, a board of trustees of said library~> consisting of seven persons, as follows: Two by the board of education of the school district within which such city is situated, two by the board having charge of the high schools of such city, two by the directors of the university in such city, one of each of said appointees shall hold his office for two years, and one for three years; and one by the judges of the court of common pleas of the county within which such city is situated, who shall hold his office va: for a period of three years; and thereafter said boards and ae said judges shall, upon the expiration of the terms of office _ of said appointees, and each three years thereafter, appoint successors to said trustees. ‘The appointee aforesaid of the judges of the court of common pleas shall succeed in said board of trustees the president of the board of education, — et who theretofore was, by virtue of his said office, a member _ Bet of said board of trustees, and thereafter the right of such ey president of said board of education aforesaid of member- ship in said board of trustees of said library shall cease. © All vacancies in said board of trustees of said library shall ; be filled by the respective bodies having the power of ADr ey pointment. Provided, however, that nothing herein shall ee be construed in any wise to abridge the term of office or curtail the powers or duties of the trustees of the public — library in cities of the first grade of the first class, appointed — under this section as amended April 30, 1891, during the terms of office for which they were appointed, . ~ / , ~ Section 3. That section 3999 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be supplemented with sectional numbering as fol- - lows: . Sec. 3999a. Each and every resident of the county within which is situate any city of the first grade of the first class, having therein established a public library, shall be entitled to the free-use of such library, reading rooms, ‘and any branch of the same, and all the privileges thereof upon such terms and conditions not inconsistent therewith, as the board of trustees of such library may prescribe. Sec. 3999b. The board of trustees of the public library in cities of the first grade of the first class shall have sole and exclusive charge, custody and control of the public library in such city, including all property, both real and personal, used and occupied by such library, whether ac- ~ quired heretofore or hereafter, and shall have full power to ~ make all rules and regulations necessary for the proper government, maintenance, care and management thereof, and to provide therefor. Said board of trustees shall have power over, and exclusive control of, the library fund hereinafter provided for, aud of the expenditure of ail moneys collected to the credit thereof. They shall have - power and it shall be their duty to establish in said city and throughout the county within which is situated said library, reading rooms, branch ibraries and library stations - in connection with said library, and to lease and furnish said rooms, buildings or parts thereof as are required for ~ such purposes, and to pay all necessary expenses connected _ therewith. They shall have power, and it shall be their _ duty to purchase and pay for all books, periodicals, maga: _ zines and other literature and supplies necessary, in their judgment, for said public library, reading rooms, branch __ libraries and library stations, and to incur the necessary ex- _ penditures for the encouragement and advancement of the _best- use of such library, reading rooms, branch libraries and library stations by the public; all such purchases, pay- -- ments and expenditures to be made out of said library fund hereinafter provided for. They shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to employ a librarian, assistant li- _ brarians, and other necessary assistants for such public _ library, reading rooms, branches and stations, to fx the compensation of persons so employed, and to pay the same out of said library fund. Said library board may fix _ the term of any such person employed by them for any per- ~ iod not to exceed one year. . See. 3999¢. For the purpose of increasing, maintain- ing and managing the public library in cities of the first “iy grade of the first class, the board of trustees thereof may Ttevy annually a tax of not to exceed three-tenths of one mill on each dollar valuation of the taxable property in the county wherein is situated such city, to be assessed, collected and paid in the same manner as are other taxes Residents of Hamilton coun: ty entitled to use of city li- brary Powers of trus- tees in Cincin. nati. : Employment of librarian and assistants. Tax for library purposes in Cin- cinnati. Disposition of unexpended funds hereto- fore raised for library purposes in Cincinnati. Repeals. 2), ge yee levied throughout the county. Said levy shall be cert by said board of trustees to the auditor of the county i which said city is situated, and shall be placed by said au- ditor on the tax duplicate and collected as other taxes, — The money realized from said levy, and all moneys re- : ceived or collected by said trustees for the library, shall be — placed in the treasury of said county, subject to the order — of said board of trustees of said library. Said fund shall _ be known as the library fund of said county, of which the — county treasurer shall be the custodian, and no money shall © be drawn therefrom, except upon the requisition of the — board of trustees of said library, certified by the president and secretary of said board, directed to the county auditor, ee who shall draw his warrant upon the cuunty treasurer. os therefor. Any part of said funds unexpended during any year shall remain to the credit of said library fund. Sec. 8999d. The amount of any fund heretofore raised _ by a levy or tax by the board of education in such city for school library purposes, and all library funds remaining unexpended, shall be transferred from the respective funds ety to the library fund herein created, to be expended and paid out as herein provided for funds produced by a levy made | by said board of trustees, and any and all funds, bonds, — stocks or other species of property held by the board of education of such city, or by any of the departments of such city for the benefit of the public library thereof, shall be transferred to the board of trustees of such public li- — brary, to be held and controlled by them subject to the — terms of the respective donations. ; noes Section 4. That sections 3996, 3998 and 3999, as amended April 30, 1891, be and the same are hereby re- pealed. i ee Section 5. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JNO. E. GRIFFITH, 5 Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ASADEL W. JONES; ocow semen President of the Senate. —— Passed April 21, 1808. Ce tg SS 3: 4 2 sal i ie 15 [House Bill No. 171.] AN ACT To empower township boards of education to establish township or joint township high schools, and to discontinue subdistrict schools when too small to justify their continuance. Section 1.. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That whenever ten qualified electors’ of any township, or twenty qualified electors of any two ad- joining townships shall file a petition or petitions with the township clerk, or clerks of two adjoining townships, pray- ing for the establishing of a township high school district, or a joint township high school district, it shall then be the duty of the township board of education, or boards of edu- cation, to call a meeting, or meetings, within thirty days thereafter, of the qualified electors of said township or townships embraced in the petition, or petitions, at their usual place or places of voting, giving ten days’ notice, or notices of the time and place, or places, of said election, or elections, to be posted in at least five conspicuous places in the township, or both townships, requiring said electors to vote for or against the proposed establishing a township or joint township high school district, and the building of a township or joint township high school building, and shall also at the same election submit to the electors of the town- ship, or joint township high school district proposed, the question of levying taxes for buying site, or sites,and build- ing a township or joint township high school house, or either of them, and the further questions whether the levy shall be made from year to year thereafter, and what amount shall be levied each year until the actual cost of such site, or sites, the erection of such high school house, or houses, is raised, and their opinions, the said electors, shall be expressed on their ballots which must be provided by the board, or boards of education, to-wit: For town- ship, or joint township high school district: “Yes.” For levying taxes for site, or sites, and building township, or joint township high school house: “Yes.” For township, or joint township high school ‘listrict: ‘No.’ For levying tax for site, or sites, and building township, or joint town- ship high school house: “No.” Which ballots shall be counted and returned by the judges and clerks of elections as in such cases made and provided. Section 2. Should there be a majority of the votes cast in favor of the establishing of-a township or joint township high school district, and in favor of levying taxes for buying site, or sites, and building township, or joint township high school building, or buildings, or either of them, of continuing the levy from year to year thereafter, and for the amount to be levied each year, the board shall certify the levy annually to the county auditor, who shall place the same upon the tax duplicate in the same manner Township or joint township high school districts: Petition for es- tablishment ; duty of town- ship board of education; elec- tion for submis- sion of question of establishing district and ievy- ing tax for site and erection of building; form of ballot. Counting of bal- lots and returns of election. Levy to be cer- tified to auditor who shall place same on dupli- cate for collec- tion. Townships. di- vided by county line; how levy certified and collected. ~ Purchase or renting of suit- ~able building; when question of levy not re- quired to be submitted. Employment of teacher. Assistant teachers. When subdis- trict school may be discontinued. Laws governing such school dis- tricts. - Joint subdis- tricts. ~ Township boards:may es- tablish by reu- tual agreement, that other taxes certified by such board are required to | be placed thereon; and when the townships are divided by os a county line, the levy shall be certified, collected and paid in the manner provided in sections thirty-nine hun- ‘dred and sixty-one, and thirty-nine hundred and sixty-two, as supplemented by this act, in the case of levies for joint subdistricts, or joint township high school districts, Section 3. Should there be a subdistrict school house suitably located in the township, or joint township high school district, petitioned for, or should there be any other © building favorably located that the board of education could buy for five hundred dollars, or less, or rent the same, then the board of education need not submit to the voters the proposition of a tax levy, but submit only the proposition of establishing the proposed township, or joint township high school district, and if a majority of the votes cast are for such measure, then the board of edu- cation shall go on and establish the township, or joint township high school district, and use such building, or buildings, as are available for the township, or joint town-_ ship high school district then established. Section 4. Whenever the board of education has provided a building for a township, or joint township high school district, it shall then be the duty of the township board of education to hire a teacher who may be recog- » nized as a township, or joint township high school superin- tendent, who shall be required to teach all the branches now required to be taught in the subdistrict schools, as well as natural philosophy, algebra, bookkeeping and phys- ical geography. And the board of education shall hire an assistant or assistants as the township, or joint township — school may require. Section 5. The township boards of education are hereby empowered to discontinue any subdistrict school whenever the enumeration ialls below fifteen (15) pupils and assign the pupils to the surrounding subdistrict schools until such a time as the discontinued subdistrict school has a bona fide enumeration of twenty scholars not eligible to attend the township, or joint township high school, if then established in the township. “a Section 6. Joint township high school districts, es- tablished under the provisions of this act, shall be governed and controlled by the laws now in force governing and controlling joint subdistricts with the laws or different sec- tions amended or supplemented so as to read after the words, a joint subdistrict, or joint township high school district Section 7.. The following sections of Ohio school laws are hereby amended or supplemented so as to read as follows, to-wit: Sec. 3928. When the better accommodation of schol- ars makes it desirable to form a joint subdistrict, or joint — township high school district composed of parts, or all, of 17 two or more townships, the board of education ot the town- ships interested, may, by mutual agreement, at a joint meeting held for the purpose, establish the same, and fix the boundaries thereof; if there is no suitable school house within such boundaries, or if there is one, but it is not suitably located, the board shall designate a site whereon to erect such building; but if there is a suitable school house within such boundaries, properly located, the school shall be held therein; a chairman and secretary shall be chosen at such meeting, and the secretary shall make a memorandum of the proceedings had thereat; a copy of such memorandum, signed by the chairman and secretary, shall be transmitted to the clerk of each of the boards, who shall record the same in his record of proceedings of the board; and the secretary shall transmit a like copy of the proceedings to the auditor of each county having territory embraced in the joint subdistrict, or township, or joint township high school district. Sec. 3929. The school in a joint subdistrict, or joint township high school district, shall be under the control of the board of education in the township in which the school house is. situate, of which board the director of the joint subdistrict, or joint township high school district, shall be a member, or members; but such schoo! shall be supported from the school funds of the townships hav- ing territory in the joint subdistrict, or joint township high school district, in proportion to the enumeration of youth, as provided in sections thirty-nine hundred and sixty-one and thirty-nine hundred and sixty-two and thirty-nine hun- dred and sixty-three, as amended by this act. Section 8. That sections 3928 and 30929 of the Re- vised Statutes of Ohio are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of ‘Representatives. ASAHEL W. JONES, President of the Senate. Passed April 25, 1808. [Senate Bill No. 367.] AN ACT To amend section 4030 (as amended 87, O. L., page 80), of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, pertaining to yearly enumeration of school youth. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section 4030 (as amended 87 O. L,., page 80), be amended so as to read as iollows: Fe Oe Bee School-building. Organization of meeting. . Copiesofmemo- randum of pro- ceedings to be transmitted by secretary. Control of school in joint subdistricts or joint township high school dis- trict. Supportof same Repeals, etc Enumeration;,.., Yearly enumer- ation of school youth. Repeals, Library associa tion in cities of fourth grade, second class; levy of tax. Disposition of tax. 18 Sec. 4030. There shall be taken in each district, an- nually, during the two weeks ending on the fourth Satur- day of May, an enumeration of all unmarried youth, noting sex, between six and twenty-one years of age, resident within the district, and not temporarily there designating also the number between six and eight years of age, the number between eight and fourteen years of age, the num- ber between fourteen and sixteen years of age, the number between sixteen and twenty-one years of age, and the num- ber residing in the western reserve, the Virginia military district, the United States military district, and in any orig- inal surveyed township or fractional township to which be- longs section sixteen, or other land in lieu thereof, or any other lands for the use of public schools, or any interest in the proceeds of such lands. Section 2. Section 4030 (as amended 87 O. L., page 80), be and the same is hereby, repealed . Section 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. HARRY ‘C\MASOM Speaker of the House of Representatives. ASAHEL W. JONES, President of the Senate. Passed April 25, 1808. [Senate Bill No. 15.] AN ACT To authorize cities of the fourth grade of the second class to levy a tax for maintenance of a free public and school library. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That in any city of the fourth grade of the second class, and in which city there is established and maintained by a public library association duly incorpor- ated, but not organized for profit, a public library, free to all the inhabitants of such city, the board of education shall levy or cause to be levied an annual tax, in addition if need be to the annual amount of taxes limited by law for school purposes, of not less than three-tenths and not to exceed five-tenths of a mill on all the taxable property within such city and school district, to be called “a public library fund,” which shall be certified to the county auditor of the county and placed on the tax duplicate of the county, and collected as other taxes. Section. 2. Said tax when so levied and collected shall be paid over by the treasurer of the board of educa- tion to the treasurer of said library association, to be used i 19 only in the purchase of books, pamphlets, magazines or newspapers, and for general library expenses of said li- brary association. Section 3. Said board of education shall require said library association to render an account as often as it shall deem proper of all taxes so received by it, and how the same have been expended, and power to levy a tax under this act shall continue only so long as said association shall keep up and maintain in a public place in such city a public library free to all the inhabitants thereof and to all persons residing within said school district. Section 4. The tax so levied shall be in lieu of all other taxes levied for school library purposes, and no other levy shall be made for such purpose; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the board of education from purchasing all necessary philosophical or other appa- ratus for the schools and making necessary levies therefor. Section 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. HARRY)'C. MASON; Speaker of the House of Representatives. THADDEUS ‘TE, CROMLEY; President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed February 15, 1808. t [Senate Bill No. 87.] AN. ACY To provide for the education of the children in the state of Ohio, who are both blind and deaf. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That on and after the passage of this act, the institution for the education of the deaf and dumb shall also be open to receive such blind and deaf children, resi- dents of the state, as the trustees and superintendent judge from reliable information and examination to be suitable persons to receive instruction therein, and the superintend- ent is hereby authorized to employ a suitable teacher or teachers, agd nurse or nurses, and to make all necessary arrangements for the instruction and care of such blind and deaf children as may be admitted. The compensation of said teachers and nurses shall be fixed by the trustees. No such deaf and blind child shall be admitted under four years of age, or shall remain more than twelve years, or such a part thereof as the superintendent thinks its progress justifies ; and all rules and regulations, which apply to the admittance and education of the deaf and dumb, shall the deaf and blind so far as the same are appli- / Association to render account. — Power to levy tax. Tax to bein lieu of other taxes. Purchase of school appar- atus; levy. Institution for deaf and dumb: Admission of blind ard deaf children. Employment of teachers and nurses; compensation. Age of admis- sion; length of time children permitted to remain. Regulations for admission and education. Education of deaf and blind children at home. Public day schools for deaf children in city districts of first: and second grade of the first class. Annual report by board of edu- cation. Annual appor- tionment and payment by state treasurer to treasurer of such board of education. Fund for sup- port of schools for the deaf. 20 Section 2. The trustees of said institution, when it seems to them fit and proper, shall provide for the educa- tion of any deaf and blind child at its home; the teachers to be appointed and directed the same as when the child is placed in the institution. Section 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ASAHEL W. JONES, .President of the Senate. Passed March 30, 1808. [House Bill No, 389,] ANAL To provide for public day schools for the deaf in the city districts of the first and second grades of the first class. ' Section tr. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That boards of education in city districts of the first and second grade of the first class shall estab- lish and maintain public day schools for deaf children and those defective in speech and unable to attend the public schools provided for children that can hear. Section 2. The boards of education in such city dis- tricts shall report annually on or before September 1 ot each year to the governor of the state such facts as may be required concerning such school, together with an enumeration of all the deaf children between the ages of three and twenty-one years, which enumeration shall be sworn to by the clerk of such board of education . Section 3. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to apportion and pay out of “the state com- mon school fund” annually to the treasurer of the board of education of any such district, in which a school or schools shall be established in accordance with the pro- visions of this act, the sum of one hundred and fifty dol- lars for each deaf child, and those defective in speech and unable by reason of .said defects to attend the public schools provided for children that can hear within such districts, as is shown by the enumeration provided for in | the preceding section, and whatever fund ma¥ be neces- sary in excess of the amount received from the state treas- urer for defraying expenses of such school provided by such boards of education, shall be paid out of the general fund levied and collected for maintaining the public schools in any such city districts of the first and second grade of ‘the first class. Section 4. ~The money received from the state treas- urer as provided in section three of this act, shall be kept separate and distinct from all other funds by the treasurer 21 fund for the support of schools for th paid out for no other purpose than f and maintenance of schools for the | vided. Section 5. The board of educa . is hereby authorized and directed t from “the fund for the support of scl . sum of money sufficient to pay car | who are unable to attend such school — unable to pay their way to and from same shall be distributed to such chil ———— and to such extent as the board of e trict may provide. a Section 6. Except as provide aie a schools shall be controlled in all re with an:act entitled “An act to provic tion of boards of education in the cit) and second grade of the first class,” p with all the amendments thereto. | Section 7. This act shall take ¢ from and after its passage. © | Speaker of the Hous | ASAHE ——— Passed April 21, 1808. [House Bill No. 634 AN ACT Authorizing school districts managed by boards of education or school councils to establish and maintain day schools for the deaf, and authorizing payment therefor from state common school funds. Section r. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That upon application by a board of edu- cation or school council of any school district of this state to the state commissioner of schools, he shall grant per- mission to such board of education or school council and ~~~ such board of education or school council shall thereupon | be empowered to maintain within its limits one or more day schools, having an average attendance of not less than five pupils, for the instruction of deaf persons over the age of three and under fifteen years, residents of the state ‘of Ohio. : Section 2. Such board of education or school coun- cil, which shall maintain one or more day schools for the instruction of the deaf, shall report to the state commis- sioner of schools annually, and as often as such state com- missioner shall direct, such facts concerning such school — Ps sen : oar Day schools for deaf children. Annual and other reports by board of educa- tion. A ai D AISLE SECT SHLF SIDE POS ITEM C oe 'D8 106. <2) 7 O7 024 3 fim 3 2435 01707 2687 = 8 Additions and amendments to the school | a ager IESE Fo ~ — \} Annualpayment i i Pate " Pree. penere” amtboace Section 3. The county auditor in each county is school board by hereby authorized and directed to apportion and’the county = ites: treasurer to pay out of the state common school fund re- ceived by such county, to the treasurer or other financial — officer of such board of education or school council, main- taining such school or schools for the instruction of the deaf, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for each deat pupil, resident of such county, instructed in any such school for at least nine months during the school year anda share of such sum proportionate to the term of instruction of any _ . such pupil as shall be so instructed less than nine months : during such year. If no such'school shall be maintained — in any, county, but persons residing in such county shall attend such school in another county, then the county treasuter of the county not maintaining such school shall ~ apportion and pay to the financial officer of the board of oe education or school council of such other county the amount above specified for each pupil attending such school in such other county. vs ee ceeane ‘Section 4. The sums provided in the next preceding — " ‘treasurer. section shall be paid by such county treasurer as soon as may be after the receipt by him of the state common school fund in each year, upon satisfactory proof being made to him by the president or clerk of such board of education — or school council maintaining such school, of the number of pupils instructed in such school or schools, and their sual residences, and the period of time each such pupil shall aia have been so instructed in such school or schools for the — Re preceding school year. sana . eRaney Section 5. All teachers in such schools shall be ap- » school commis- pointed by the state commissioner of schools upon appli- — sioner, remov- ‘ E 4 ru als. cation of the board of education or school council of the — school district maintaining such school or schools; the state commissioner of schools to have the power to re- Qualificationsof move such teachers for cause. No person shall be ap- eachers. ; ° ey, pointed to teach in any such school who shall not have first obtained a teacher’s certificate as provided by law, — and who shall not have received specific instruction in the — teaching of the deaf for a term of not less than one year. eee an Of Section 6. The state school commissioner shall se- lect some competent person to inspect all day schools or- ganized under this act, or by other authority’ and shall—~ cause an inspection to be made of said schools at least — twice a year, and said person so appointed shall make a | written report to the state commissioner ofcommonschools — of the buildings in which said schools are being held, the ~ method of instruction and all other matters which may — seem to be of interest and profit to the education of the children in said schools. . iB Section 7.’ This act shall take effect.and be in force ~ from and after its passage? HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ASAHEL W. JONES, President of the-Se Passed April 23, 1808. 4 4 iy TAlepeaeee ‘a ew pe \ Whee oe en eR a