TO THE 
 
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 dren | under Fourteen. Years of Age to Attend PEG. a Pe ak Length | 
 PR" i wae HO Time Each Year. 
 
 ar ee Coane and other persons who have care of chularemel 
 
 glish grammar, geography and peienebio: and every parent, — 
 
 ; iL dommenice. reat the first four eek of the first ieee of ihe. 
 ; andi in pspepiel, Pagid and township districts, not less rae 
 
 nt of the public, private or parochial schools in cities, or by au 
 he board of education in [special], village and township dis- 
 
 ithe 
 
 other pens having control and charge of any child be- 
 
 u sh child or oa ae are excused from such i caneisan by ae : 
 
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 uct them, or cause them to be instructed, in reading, spelling, : ie 
 
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 school, or that said child or children are taught at home by some quali- 
 fied person or persons in such branches as are usually taught in pri: 
 mary schools: Provided, that all youth betweeneight andsixteen years 
 of age, not engaged in some regular employment, shall attend schoolfor 
 the full term the schools of the district in which they reside are con- 
 tinued in the school year, unless excused for the reasons named in this 
 section, and if the parents or guardians having legal charge of such 
 
 youth shall fail to send these youth to school regularly for said full term, 
 
 or said youth shall absent themselves from school without satisfactory 
 excuse, said parents and guardians and said youth shall be subject te 
 the provisions and penalties of section 8 of this act. re 
 
 Section 2. That no child under the age of fourteen years shall be 
 employed by any person, company or corporation during the school 
 term, and while the public schools are in session, unless the parent, 
 guardian or other person having care of such child, shall be able to give 
 substantial proof that he or she has fully complied with the require- 
 ments of section 1 of this act, or that, such child has completed the usual 
 course of primary and grammar grades in some public or private school, — 
 and such person, company or corporation shall demand such proof be- — 
 fore giving employment to any minor, and shall make a record of said | 
 proof given, and shall be required, upon the request of the officer (here- — 
 inafter provided for) to allow said officer to examine the said record, and/ __ 
 also the record as provided for in section 6986aaof the Revised Statutes, _ 
 and any person, company or corporation employing any child contrary 
 to the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars 
 for each offense, to be recovered in an action for debt in any court,or 
 before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and such action shall 
 
 be brought in the name of the clerk of the board of education. 
 
 Srcrion 3. That all minors over the age of fourteen, and under 
 sixteen years, who cannot read and write the English language, shall 
 be required to attend school at least one-half of each day, or to attend — 
 some evening school organized and maintained by the board of educa- — 
 tion, or to take regular private instruction from some person qualified, — 
 in the opinion of the superintendent of schools in cities, and the clerk ay a3 
 of the board of education in special, village and township districts to teach — 
 such branches, until he or she shall obtain a certificate from the superin- ie) 
 tendent of schools in cities, and the clerk of the board of education in spe- — 
 cial village and township districts, certifying that said minor canread ab — 
 sight, and write legibly simple sentences in the English language; and 
 every person, company or corporation having such minor in employment 
 shall be required to exact such school attendance from such minor, and _ 
 be prepared, upon demand of the hereinbefore mentioned officer, to furnish 
 evidence that such minor does comply with the requirements of this act, 
 and any person, company or corporation failing or neglecting to exact 
 such school attendance from such minors shall be liable as provided for 
 in section 2 of this act; provided, such person, company or corporation 
 
[Senate Bill No. 88.] 
 
 soe AN ACT 
 
 nd section 3961 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended 
 sa Ree March 15, 1892 (89 O, L. 95). 
 
 os 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of 
 - of Ohio, That section 3961 of the Revised Statutes | 
 nded March 15, 1892 (89 O. L.. 95), be amended so as 
 as follows: ~ 
 
 8961. Fora joint subdistrict the estimate required 
 ction 38958 shall be made by the board of education 
 control of the school thereof, and apportioned to the 
 nships having territory therein in proportion to 
 leration of youth in the territory’ belonging to each. 
 d.shall certify such estimate, so apportioned, to the 
 iditor, who shall add the portion for each town- 
 ' the estimate for a contingent fund certified to him 
 yy its board of education, and place it on the tax list there- 
 ith for collection as part of the township estimate; when 
 county auditor apportions the school funds he shall 
 sfer to the township having control of the school, from 
 ownships, the amount so assessed and collected, 
 0 the clerk and treasurer of each township the 
 1¢ the board in control of said school, including 
 interest on the common school fund, contingent 
 loney received from other sources, which amount 
 paid to the treasurer of the board having control 
 -hool; and such board shall cause to be kept such 
 11 $s will show the funds received from each town- 
 , and the disposition thereof, and transmit to the other 
 boards interested, at the end of the school year, a 
 nt of such receipts and expenditures. When it has 
 ught to the attention of the county auditor that 
 ship having territory in a joint subdistrict has not, - 
 on of errors, mistakes, omissions or otherwise, con- 
 l its pro rata share of the expenses of establishing 
 district, building, repairing or furnishing school-house, 
 | other necessary building or buildings, and maintaining 
 se 3 or schools in the said joint subdistrict, the audi- 
 
 county shall, after giving ten days’ notice to the 
 e boards of education of the townships having 
 the said joint subdistrict, proceed to correct any 
 mistakes, errors or omissions which have, or may 
 ecur by reason of any error, mistake or omission 
 township clerk or clerks, or county auditor, respect- 
 
 School funds: 
 
 “ 
 
 Contingent 
 fund for joint 
 subdistrict. 
 
 Correction of 
 errors. 
 
 Repeals, etc. 
 
 School funds: 
 
 Maximum of 
 levy. 
 
 When and for 
 what purpose 
 greater tax may 
 be levied. 
 
 utes of Ohio, as amended March 24, 1892, ah amende 
 
 ing the Sehtihcation of the apportionment or distrib 
 of the funds between the several townships hav 
 tory in the said joint subdistrict, the same as makin x dis 
 bution of the school funds for the current year, a 
 
 shall, annually thereafter, levy upon the tax duplicate: 
 township or townships so found indebted to other t 
 ships having territory in the said joint subdistrict, s 
 additional rate per cent. of levy from year to year as v 
 sufficient to liquidate one-third of such indebtedness so a 
 certained by the county auditor, each year, until the amour 
 o aon due by said county auditor has sais fally liqn th 
 ated. - ee 
 
 SEctIon 2. That said section 3961 of ae ‘Rewieee: 
 Statutes as amended March 15, 1892, be and the same is 
 hereby peed and this act shall take effect on its passa i 
 
 LEONIDAS H. SOUTHARD, 
 
 .H.McCONICA, 
 President “a tem, of the - 
 Passed February 8, 1894. 
 
 [Senate Bill No. 74.] yt 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 To amend section 3959 of the Revised Statutes, a as amended 1 
 24, 1892 (89 O. L., 142). 
 
 SEcTION 1. Be i enacted by the General id joenibe | 
 of the State of Ohto, That section 3959 of the Revised Stat- 
 
 as to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 3959. Such estimate and levy shall Hoe aS a 
 in cities of the first grade of the first class, three and 
 fourth mills; provided, however, that boards of. educ 
 in said cities may levy one mill additional for ever 
 thousand pupils over and above twenty-five thous 
 rolled in the public schools of said cities, which levy, ho 
 ever, shall in no case exceed four mills; and in all other. 
 tricts, except those hereinafter named, such estimat 
 levy shall not exceed seven mills on each dollar of val 
 
 ties containing a city of the first grade of the frst class y 
 districts outside such city in which a high school is ma 
 tained, and in all special and village districts of any co 
 in the state, such estimate and levy shall not exceed e 
 mills on the dollar of valuation of taxable property. 
 a greater tax than is authorized above, except ine 
 tricts of the first class, may be levied for either of t 
 poses specified in section 8958 if the proposition t 
 such levy shall have ge first submitisH sue fee 
 
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 - of education to a vote of the electors of the school district, 
 ‘under a resolution prescribing the time, place, and manner 
 of voting on the same, and approved by two-thirds of those 
 yoting on the proposition, notice of which election must be 
 given by publication of the resolution for three consecutive 
 weeks prior thereto in some newspaper published and 
 of general circulation in the district, or by posting copies 
 thereof in five of the most conspicuous places in the dis- 
 trict, for a like period, if no such paper is published therein. 
 Section 2. ‘That said original section 3959, as 
 amended March 24, 1892, is hereby repealed, and this act 
 shall take effect upon its passage. 
 ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 ANDREW L. HARRIS, 
 President of the Senate. 
 Passed February 27, 1894. 
 
 La) 
 
 [Senate Bill No. 73.] 
 AN ACT 
 pes To amend section 3991 of the Revised Statutes. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
 _ of the State of Ohio, 'That section 3991 of the Revised Stat- 
 utes be amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 3991. When the board of education of any dis- 
 trict, except a city district of the first class, determines that 
 | it is necessary for the proper accommodation of the schools 
 
 - of such district to purchase a site or sites and erect a school- 
 ~ house or school-houses thereon, or to do either, or when it 
 shall become known to a board of education that the money 
 
 provided for the purchase of a site or sites and the erection 
 of a school-house or school-houses is not sufficient therefor, 
 _ and such board ascertains that the purchase of such site or 
 sites, and the erection and furnishing of such school-house 
 or school-houses, or either, or the completion of a partially 
 built or unfurnished school-house or school-houses for 
 which a sufficient sum of money has not been provided, 
 will require a greater tax upon the property of such district 
 than the board is authorized by this title to levy, and that 
 to provide means therefor it will be necessary to issue 
 _ bonds, it shall make an estimate of the probable amount of 
 money required for such purposes, or either of them, and at 
 a general election, or a special election called for that pur- 
 pose, shall submit to the electors of the district the ques- 
 tion of levying taxes for such.purposes 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 school-house or school-houses, or com- 
 pletion or furnishing or refurnishing of same, or either of 
 
 Repeals, etc. 
 
 School-houses : 
 
 When and how 
 question of tax 
 levy submitted 
 to voters. 
 
them, is raised: and ten days’ notice oa ane 
 shall be given by the board by posters put up in 
 most public places in the district, wee shall state the 
 place and object of the election. ee 
 
 Repeals, etc. SEcTION 2. That said sae section 3991 j is: 
 repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its passage. 
 
 ae 4 [House Bill No. 66] 
 AN ACT 
 
 To amend section 1 of an act ened “An act to ‘authorize he 
 of school-houses for literary entertainments, school exhibition 
 
 By singing schools and religious exercises,” as amended Barres 
 
 1892 (O. L., vol. 89, p. 147; S. and B. 3987—1). 
 
 ae Section 1. Be it enacted by .the Ganival pee. 
 Ree coeneol houses: of the State of One, That section 1 of an act entitled “ : 
 
 tae tainments, schol exhibitions, singing schools and religio 
 Sy EE ae exercises, > as, amended: March 24, 1892 (O"L,., vol. 59, 
 2! eo 147, S. and B. 3987—1), be amended so as to read. as follow ows 
 
 ae eee suing, use Sec. 8987—1. That when, in the tee of 
 houses. board of education, it will be for the advantage of 
 
 school exhibitions, singing. schools, r religious» exer 
 select or normal schools, the board of education shall 
 authorize the opening of such school-houses for the pur-— 
 poses aforesaid. And the board of education of any ‘sc ool. 
 
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 fA. poses; pee nee however, that nothing herein Ba: 
 ao Oa shall be construed to authorize. any board of educatio 
 rent or lease any school-house when such rental or 
 
 shall in any wise interfere with the public schools in 
 
 district, or for any PuEPRSS other than such as is gute 
 
 by this act. 
 
 Repeals. Section 2. That section 1 of an act writitled « 
 
 to authorize the use of school-houses for literary enterta 
 
 an ‘ ments, school exhibitions, singing schools and a 
 ercises,” as amended March, 24, 1892, be and the same i: 
 
 hereby repealed. (O. L,, vol. 89, p. 147, S. and B. a +h 
 
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 ‘Skcr10N 3 ‘This act shall take effect and be in force 
 
 from and after its passage. 
 ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
 eae ANDREW L. HARRIS, 
 President of the Senate. 
 
 Passed February 27, 1894. 
 
 [Senate Bill No. 99.] 
 AN ACT 
 
 To amend supplementary section 4022a of the Revised Statutes of 
 Ohio, as amended April 25, 1893. 
 
 gi Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
 ee of the State of Ohio, That supplementary section 4022a@ of schools: 
 ee the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended April 25, 1893, be 
 so amended as to read as follows: 
 - f Sec. 4022a. ‘Fhe board of education of any township Children per- 
 _ district, subdistrict, special or joint subdistrict within the aatted te eee 
 4 state of Ohio, shall permit children of school age who re- 
 side further than one and a half miles from the school 
 where they have a legal residence under the school laws of 
 Be Ohio, to attend the nearest subdistrict, special or joint sub- 
 district school; and the per capita current expense of run- Per capita ex- 
 ning the school in the district where such children attend, P“"** 
 ae for the term so attending, shall, upon demand of the board 
 of education of such district, be paid by the board of edu- 
 cation of the district where such children have a legal resi- 
 dence. The per capita cost of running the school in all 
 cases shall be the quotient produced by dividing the total 
 current expense of running such school by the total num- 
 ~- - er of children of school age in such district; provided, that Cuyahoga 
 in counties containing a city of the second grade of the °""” 
 first class any board of education of any township district 
 
 located therein may, when in its opinion the same will be 
 
 for the best interests of the pupils therein, temporarily sus- 
 
 pend school in any subdistrict, and provide for the convey- 
 
 ance of said pupils to the school in the adjoining subdistrict 
 most convenient for them respectively. Allacts or parts of Inconsistent 
 acts, so far as they may be inconsistent with the provisions **S 
 a hereof, are hereby declared void as to such inconsistency, 
 
 but not otherwise. 
 
 Sxcrion 2. This act shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage. 
 A ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 hy | Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 ANDREW JL. HARRIS, 
 President of the Senate. 
 Passed March 8, 1894. ; 
 
Schools: 
 
 Examinations 
 in subdistricts 
 and ‘special dis- 
 tricts. 
 
 Tuition of suc- 
 cessful appli- 
 cant. 
 
 Diplomas. 
 
 / 
 
 Direction of 
 _ township com- 
 Ky mencement. 
 
 ‘ 
 
 ah - Repeals. 
 
 -thography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography 
 
 i Hy Annual address. 
 
 ' [House Bill No. 413.) 
 AN UAC T 
 
 To amend sections 1 and 2 of an act passed March 29, 1 3 
 vide for graduation from the common schools. ‘of subdistri 
 and special districts.” a 
 
 of the State of Oey Nhat cactions i snare ‘Of aK a 1: 
 titled “An ‘act to provide for graduation from > co yea, 
 schools of subdistricts and special districts,” es arch 
 22, 1892, shall be amended to read as follows: Pentre 
 
 Sec. I. Hach board of county school examiners 
 
 the subdistricts and special districts in the sabia 
 
 eat 
 cal geography English grammar, United States. “history a 
 physiology. Such examinations shall ee held in the or 
 
 aud May of each year, and shall be of eel a dee 
 shall enable the successful npn to aS a 
 
 tend such high school, and such het shall be exam 
 in the county in which such high school is situated, an 
 tuition of such applicant may be paid by board of ed E 
 of the township in which such applicant resides. i 
 
 Sec. 2. ‘To each suceessful applicant who shall « live 
 an oration or declamation, or read an essay in some public 
 place provided by the clerk of the township board o 
 cation, a diploma shall be formally presented on th 
 Saturday of June next after the examination of su 
 cessful applicant, in the county seat of the county in 
 such examination was held, or some other suitable plac 
 the county to be determined by the board of county St 
 examiners at the conclusion of the annual address 
 address shall be provided by the board of county Cc 
 examiners. Provided, that the township commen 
 shall be under the direction of a teacher of the townshi 
 who shall have been appointed to that duty by ue c eh 
 the township board of education. ny 
 
 March 22, 1892, are hereby ae be 
 
 Section 3. This act shall take effect. and be i a 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 LEONIDAS H. SOUTHARE 
 
 7. H. McCONICA, 
 President pro tem. ea the 
 
 Passed March 18, 1894. 
 
we : ‘ 
 [House Bill No. 314.] * 
 AN ACT 
 
 “lm To amend section 3898, Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended March 
 ; ‘ 21, 1887 (84 vol., 184, 185.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
 the State of Ohio, That section 3898 of the Revised Stat- 
 utes.of Ohio, as amended March 21, 1887 (84 v. 184, 185), 
 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 
 Sec. 8898. In each city district of the first class, and 
 not of the first or second grade, the board of education 
 shall consist of two members from each ward, except in 
 city districts organized under a law providing for one 
 ' member only for each ward, in which districts the board 
 may, at any time, by a vote of the majority of all its mem- 
 bers, provide that thereafter each ward shall be represented 
 ‘by two members, and thereupon proceed to choose one ad- 
 ditional member for each ward, to serve until the next 
 annual election for city officers, and until the election and 
 _ qualification of his successor; and each member of the 
 ~ board shall be an elector of the ward for which he is elected 
 ‘or appointed; and at every annual election for city officers 
 in a city which constitutes districts of the first class, where- 
 in the board consists of two members for each ward, there 
 shall be elected in each ward, by the qualified electors there- 
 of, one judicious and competent person to serve as a mem- 
 _ der of the board of education of the districts for two years, 
 from the third Monday of April succeeding his election, 
 and until the election and qualification of his successor; 
 _ provided, that at the annual election for city officers, held 
 first after a city has been constituted a city district of the 
 first class, with a board to consist of two members from 
 each ward, there shall be elected in each ward of such 
 city, by the qualified electors of such ward and of said dis- 
 trict entitled to vote in such wards, two persons of the 
 required qualifications to serve as members of the board of 
 education of such districts, one for one year and the other 
 _ fortwo years from the third Monday of April succeeding 
 their election, and until the election and qualification of 
 their successors; and provided, that any elector residing in 
 such district, but not in any ward of such city, shall, if the 
 territory containing his residence has not been attached to 
 any ward for school purposes, as provided in section thirty- 
 nine hundred be entitled to vote for members of the school 
 board in the ward nearest his residence; and in such case 
 a separate ballotbox and pollbook shall be provided and 
 used, as required in section thirty-nine hundred and two, in 
 each ward where any such elector may be entitled to vote; 
 when the board of education in such city district of the 
 first class consists of as many members as there are wards, 
 there shall be elected at the annual election for city officers 
 in,the year eighteen hundred and eighty, and every two 
 years thereafter, in each ward designated by an even number, 
 
 School districts: _ 
 
 Board of educa- 
 tion in city dis- 
 tricts of the first 
 class except 
 first and second 
 grades. 
 
City ralistHicted 
 for election pur- 
 poses. 
 
 Repeals. 
 
 and in the year eighteen hundred and signed: ss 
 two years thereafter in each ward designated by an odd num- ra? 
 ber by the qualified electors thereof, one member of the board, 
 
 who shall hold his office for two years, and until the electio . 
 and the qualification of his successor. Provided, _that i 
 
 tion for city officers occurring next areey such. redistrie ‘ing 
 has been, or may be, had, a member shall be elected for 
 each ward created by such redistricting in which a ‘membr 
 does not hold over as above provided. ‘The membe ; 
 chosen at such election from, wards entitled to elect mem- ~~ 
 bers for a term of two years shall serve for such period 
 and until their successors, who shall also be elected | for a a 
 
 serve for one year, at the expiration of which term a suc: 
 cessor shall be elected for each of said members to serve 
 for a period of two years, and until his successor who shall 
 be elected for a term of two years, is elected and qualified 
 Any ward which, but for the holding over of a member, as 
 above provided, would elect a member at the annual elec a 
 tion for city officers occurring next after the redistrictin; i 
 of any such city, for a term of two years, shall, at fees ex: a 
 
 member so elected for one year, shall each be nies for a 
 term of two years and until his successor is elected and = 
 
 21, 1887, be and the same is matic repealed. ; 
 Section 8. ‘This act shall take effect and be in for 
 from and after its passage. 
 ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. S 
 ANDREW L. HARRIS, (3s 
 
 President of the ered 
 Passed March 14, 1894. hee 
 
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 [Senate Bill No. 238.] 
 AN ACT 
 
 To amend section 3904 of the Revised Statutes. 
 
 Section 1. Be zt enacted by the General Assembly 
 of the State of Ohio, That section 3904 of the Revised 
 Statutes of Ohio be so amended as to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 3904. In city districts of the second class, and 
 in village districts, the board of education shall consist of 
 six members, except in districts organized under a law pro- 
 
 - viding for only three members, who shall have the qualifica- 
 
 tions of an elector therein, and in such districts the mem- 
 'bership may be increased to six, in the manner hereinafter 
 provided; but the board of acity district of the second class 
 “may provide, by a vote of a majority of its members, that 
 the board shall consist of as many members as the city has 
 wards; provided, thatin no such city district, the number 
 of members composing such board shall be less than six. 
 SECTION 2. That said original section 3904 is hereby 
 repealed. 
 Section 5. This act shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage. 
 ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 : T. H. McCONICA, 
 President pro tem. of the Senate. 
 Passed March 22, 1894. 
 
 [ House Bill No. 429.] 
 
 AN ACT 
 To amend section 3950 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be zt enacted by the General Assembly of 
 the State of Ohio, 'That section 3950 of the Revised Statutes 
 be amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 _ _ See. 3950. No joint subdistrict, which is now organ- 
 ized or may hereafter be organized, shall be dissolved, 
 changed or altered, unless by the concurrent action of the 
 boards of education of the several townships having terri- 
 tory included therein; provided, however, that when any 
 board of education, in a joint subdistrict desires to dissolve, 
 change or alter the same, the board of education desiring 
 such dissolution, change or alteration, shall notify, in writ- 
 ing, the boards of education interested of the time when 
 they will meet to consider the proposed dissolution, change 
 or alteration. The place of meeting shall be the school- 
 house in such joint subdistrict; but if there be none, then 
 at some convenient place in the vicinity of such joint sub- 
 district. If the joint board fails to meet, or having met 
 
 City districts, 
 second class 
 and village dis- 
 tricts: 
 
 Membership of 
 oard of educa- 
 tion. 
 
 Repeals. 
 
 Joint subdis- 
 tricts. 
 
 Dissolution or 
 alteration. 
 
districts, so far as applicable, as pee er: in sections 3035 to. 
 3941, inclusive; and any joint subdistricts establishe ; 
 proceedings i in the probate court may be dissolved, che 
 or altered, as provided in this section, at any time after 
 expiration of five years, or the court may dissolve the s 
 at any time, upon being petitioned to do so by two-thirds ae 
 
 of the voters residing in the district which is affected b 
 
 the change, when the best interests of the school deman 
 ‘Establishment Such dissolution, change or alteration. And provided fur. 
 |. of specialdis- ther, that the provisions of this section shall in no wise 
 ¥f interfere with the establishment of any special district unde 
 
 twenty-eight to three thousand nine hundred and forty-ni 
 
 inclusive, as amended March fifteen, one thousand e 
 
 hundred and ninety-two. ’ f 
 Repeals. Section 2. That said section 3950 and an acts amend raat 
 ay atory thereto be and the same are hereby repealed. PS: ae 
 Reeth yy) SEctrion 8. ‘This act shall take effect and be in = Ot 
 iy ’ from and after its passage. ey 
 eee ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 ea Speaker of the House of Represeaealn 
 ae ANDREW L. HARRIS, 
 
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 b a Passed April 4, 1894. 
 
 es [ Senate Bill No. 296.] ) 
 Braye: AN ACT 
 
 Hn! To secure a voice ih school affairs to the women of Ohio on eq al 
 ' terms with men. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Avsemsly 0 
 
 Women entitled the State of Ohio, That every woman born, or naturale 11h et 
 to vote and be 
 
 voted for at cer- 
 tain school elec- 
 
 tions. 
 
 member of the board of education or school abhael gp: oo 
 the general or special laws of the state, shall be entitled to 
 vote and be voted for at such election for any such officer. 
 
 officers. shite 
 Separate ballot- Section 2. A separate box shall be Af caged for the 
 RNORES.- ballots of those voting for any such office mentioned j in se 
 
 tion one of this act. 
 
all apply to women upon whom the right to vote 
 ogee provided, that the names of such women 
 
 ECTION ve "That all acts or art of acts in so far as 
 : inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
 
 ¢ 
 
 ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 Speaker of the House ot Representatives. 
 
 / =. ANDREW L. HARRIS, 
 President of the Senate. 
 
 ae [ House Bill No. 30.] 
 AN ACT 
 
 To amend eebtige 4026 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended 
 (OMe April 26, 1890, (vol. 87, O. L. pp. 316-317.) 
 
 L: . _ Section 1. Be tt enacted oy the General Assembly of 
 
 ec. "4026. That each Board of education may furnish 
 io necessary school books free of charge to enable the 
 rent or arene without expense therefor, to comply 
 
 necessary to furnish eee school books free of charge to 
 the popis attending the public schools; but such pupils 
 
 ‘ool books, anal be supplied free of charge only as other 
 ie books are needed, and all school Hooke furnished as 
 
 ALEX. BOXWELL, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 T. H.. McCONICA, 
 President pro tem. of the Senate. 
 
 ECTION 3. An aus ne Ny to the registration of Registration. 
 
Elouse Bil ator 851.) : 
 AN ACT | 
 
 To amend section 3893 of the Revised Sistites of Ohio. 
 March 8, 1892, as amended March 23): 1893. 
 
 Statutes of Ohio, ds aineded Maren 3. 1892, as am a He 
 March 28, 1893, ras amended so as to read as. follows: ei ‘ « 
 
 Sec. 3893. A part or the whole of any district 
 transferred to an adjoining district, by the mutual conse 
 of the boards of education having control of - cache 
 tricts; but no transfer shall take effect until a statemer 
 or see showing the boundaries of the ee tran 
 
 auditor of the oct in ee the territory 56 crawatee 
 is situated; and any person living i in the gael 
 
 come a part of an ee city or village b anaes n 
 the portion of such village, township, or speci 1 school « 
 trict thus annexed to such city or village shall be d 
 to be thereby transferred from such village school 
 township, or ae school district into such pu or 
 
 speed by the county commissioners in the same 3 
 ner as provided in section sixteen hundred aud fifteen; a 
 the county auditor, in the proper apportionment of the sch 
 tax for the respective school districts, shall be governed by 
 an accurate map of the territory so annexed as afot 
 and the boards of education of the rer PS NE: fag 
 
 “this 
 
 so annexed. 
 
 SEcTION 2. That section 3893 of the eRe ‘Stat- 
 aoe of Ohio, as amended March 23, 1898, be and the same 
 
 foc from and after its passage. 
 
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 shall not ave made provision for the private instruction of such 
 
 H Hs “ “@uonion 4. That ue paren guardian, or other person having 
 es charge or control of any child under the age of sixteen who has been 
 - discharged from any business in order to bs: afforded an opportunity to 
 receive instruction or schooling, shall send such child to some public or 
 aa hed school until such child shall have acquired such instruction as 
 ‘section 3 of this act requires, and in case of failure on the part of said 
 f 
 
 parent, guardian or other person to comply with the provisions of this 
 ' section and of section 1 of this act, unless such child shall have been 
 _ excused from such attendance by the superintendent of public schools 
 _ or the clerk of the board of education in special, village and township dis- 
 ‘tricts for reasons stated in section 1 of this act, such parent, guardian or 
 other person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con- 
 _ yiction, be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars or not more ‘han 
 
 " twenty dollars for the first offense, and not less than twenty for each 
 subsequent offense, or to imprisonment for not less vaan one month nor 
 
 - Section 5. That all children between the ages of seven and fourteen 
 years who are habitual truants from school, or while in attendance at 
 any public or private school are incorrigible, vicious or immoral in con- 
 ‘duct ; and all children between said ages, and all minors between the 
 
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 language, who absent themselves habitually from school, and habitually 
 tosis about the streets and aaa places during school hours, having 
 
 cesrs to assist in the enforcement of this act; said truant officer to be vested 
 ‘with police powers, and shall be iaihoried to enter factories, workshops, 
 ; stores, and all other places where children may be employed, and per- 
 _ form such other services as the superintendent of schools or the board of 
 education may deem necessary to the preservation of the morals and 
 good conduct of school children and for the enforcement of this act, and 
 
 _ same power as said officers have in said cities, and the Gouiene ae 
 . of such officers shall be fixed by the board of education. 
 
 | Srcrion 7. That the truant officer shall neake daily reports to the 
 superintendent of public schools during the school term in cities, and 
 o the clerk of the board of education as often as the clerk shall require 
 it to be done in special, village and township districts, and he shall also 
 ; keep a record of his transactions, subject to the inspection of the mem- 
 Ri ¢ and officers of the board of education, and it shall be the duty of 
 
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 when requested to do so by the superintendent of public Bie ees 
 the board of education, and to varn such truants, their parents or guar- — 
 dians, in witing, of the final consequences of truancy if persisted in ; — 
 and Bin to notify the parent, guardian or other person having the charg 
 or control of any child between the ages of eight an 
 years, that the said child is not attending any school, 
 require said parent, guardian or other person to cause ‘the sai 
 child to attend some recognized school within five days. fron 
 said notice; and it shall be the duty of said parent, guardian 
 or other person having the legal charge and control of said child, t 
 cause the attendance of said child at some recognized school; if said 
 parent, guardian or other person having the legal charge and consrals 
 said child, shall willfully neglect, fail or refuse to cause said child 
 attend some recognized school, it shall be the duty of said officers to make, 
 or cause to be made a complaint against said parent, guardian or other 
 person having the legal charge or control of such child, in any court of 
 competent jurisdiction in the city, special, village or township district i in, 
 which the offense occurred, for such refusal, failure or neglect, and upon 
 conviction thereof said parent, guardian, or otBer person, as the case may 
 be, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more tha 
 twenty dollars, or the court may, in its discretion, require persons so cot 
 victed to give bonds in the penal sum of one hundred dollars, with one 0 
 more sureties to be approved by said court, conditioned that said perso c 
 so convicted shall cause the child or children under his or her legal charg 
 or control to attend some recognized school within five days thereafte 
 and to remain at said schoo] during the term prescribed by law; provi- 
 ded, that if said parent, guardian or other person in charge of such child. 
 shall prove inability to cause said child to attend said recognized school 
 then said parent, guardian or other person shall be discharged, and sai 
 court, upon complaint of said truant officer or other person, that sai 
 child is a juvenile disorderly person, as described in section 5 of thi 
 act, proceed to hear such complaint, and if said court shall determi 
 that said child isa juvenile disorderly person within the meaning 
 this act, such child shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and sai 
 court shall thereupon sentence said child to some juvenile reformatory 
 provided, that no child or children over ten years old shall be sentenced 
 by any court to a county children’s home; and that, where in the judg 
 ment of the trustees of any such home, it ‘shall be declared by resolutio 
 at a regular meeting by them held, that the character of any child thus 
 senteneed and kept at such home is vicious, and so bad as to be detri 
 mental and harmful to the habits and good morals of other children a 
 such home, said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to remoy 
 such child or children to the boys’ industrial school at Lancaster, Oh 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF OHIO.— 5 
 
 S aoe the girls’ industrial home at Delaware, Ohio, as the case may be; nor 
 shall such childor children be kept at any such home beyond the period 
 _ prescribed in section one, or until such child shall arrive at the age of 
 
 ne sixteen years, unless sooner discharged by the board of trustees of said 
 yeformatory or home. Provided, however, that said sentence may be 
 _ suspended in the discretion of the court, for such time as the child shall 
 regularly attend school and properly deport himself or herself, It is 
 further provided, that if for any cause the parent, guardian or other 
 person having charge of any juvenile disorderly person, as defined in 
 this act, shall fail to cause such juvenile disorderly person to attend 
 
 said recognized school, then complaint against such juvenile disorderly 
 _ person may be made, heard and tried, and determined in the same man- 
 ner as provided for in case the parent pleads inability to cause said ju- 
 venile disorderly person to attend said recognized school. * * * * 
 
 Sxction 9. That it shall be the duty of officers empowered or ap- 
 pointed under this act to assist in the enforcement thereof, to institute, 
 or cause to be instituted, proceedings against any parent, guardian or 
 | other persons having legal control or charge of any child, or corporation 
 
 commodations to seat children compelled to attend school under the pro- 
 
 any parent, guardian or other person or child in charge of such, unless 
 _ they have received due notification from an officer empowered under 
 _ this act that they are acting in violation of this act, 
 
 i Srcrion 10. When any truant officer shall discover to his full sat- 
 _ isfaction any child under the age of fourteen years, wholly or partially 
 _ dependent upon his or her own labor for a living, or who shall be the 
 as support of others unable to provide for their 6wn sustenance, or when, 
 in the judgment of the superintendent of the schools, or the board of 
 _ education, it may be necessary for such child to contribute to the sup- 
 _. port of the family of which he or she is a member, it shall be the duty 
 _ of said truant officer to report such case to the proper authorities, whose 
 _ duty it is to look after and care for the poor, and to endeavor to obtain 
 such relief as may release such child from labor for such length of time 
 _ each year as will be required for compliance with section 1 of this.act; 
 _ but such child shall not be declared a pauper or removed to any infirm- 
 _ ary, reformatory or children’s home, unless he or she shall willfully 
 neglect to take advantage of the provisions made by said truant officer 
 for his or her relief and instruction; and said truant officer failing to 
 _ obtain such relief, the superintendent of schools, cr the board of educa- 
 ' tion, may make suitable arrangements for the private instruction of 
 such child while so adversely conditioned. 
 
 es Section 11. That it shall be the duty of all prihcipals and teachers 
 ___ of all schools, public and private, to report to the clerk of the board of 
 _ education of the city, special, village or township districts in which 
 __ &chools are situated, the names, ages and residence of all pupils in attend- 
 
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 * violating any of the provisions of this act; provided, that this law shall 
 not be operative in any school district where there are not sufficient ac-. 
 
 visions of this act, and that no prosecution shall be instituted against 
 
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 ance at their schools, together with such other facts as said clerk 
 require, in order to facilitate the carrying out of the provisions 
 act, and the said clerk shall furnish blanks for said purpose, and 
 reports shall be made in the last week of September, December, Febru 
 and April in each year; and it shall be the further duty of said pri 
 cipals and teachers to report to the truant officer, the superintenden 
 schools or the clerk of the board of education, all cases of truancy or | 
 corrigibility in their respective schools as soon after these offenses & 
 shave been committed as practicable. 
 
 SECTION 12. That when any of the provisions of this act are vio 
 
 nizant of such violation by the corporation of which they are the officer 
 or the agents, and said officers or the agents shall be subject to the sam 
 penalties as individuals similarly offending. . 
 
 Section 138. Any person or officer mentioned in this act, and desi 
 
 its provisions, neglecting to perform any such duties, shall be liable i 
 a fine of not leas than twenty-five dollars nor more thar fifty dollars for 
 each and every offense; and mayors, justices of the peace and probate 
 judges shall have jurisdiction to try the offenses described in this, act 
 and their judgment shall be final. ; 
 
 S.ertion 14. Any provision of statutes in force when this act take 
 effect, which conflicts with any provisions of this act, shall, to the extent 
 itis inconsistent with the latter, and not otherwise, be held to be super- 
 seded by thisact. The provisions of this act shall ‘apply to children, 
 entitled under existing statutes to attend school at the institution for 
 the education of the blind, and the deaf anddumb. Other. provisions 
 of statutes in force, relating to school affairs, shall not be affected b: re 
 this act. Sections 4023, 4024 and 4028 of the Revised Biasulies are pa ~ 
 repealed. 
 
 Passed April 25, 1890 
 
 To amend section 4018 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, relating to employment of 
 teachers in township districts. : in 
 
 Secrion 1. Be tt enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, 
 That section 4018, of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, be amended 80 as to Spry, 
 read as follows: ‘ 
 
 sufficient cause se dismiss, the teachers of the schools in their ronnie 
 sub- districts, and shall fix their salaries or pay, which Salaries or pa 
 
 and shall not exceed in the aggregate, in any year, for any sub-distric 
 the amount of money, to which the sub-district is entitled for the pu 
 
SCHOOL LAWS OF OHIO. Y 
 
 riseed by them certificates of such employment, and of services ren-. 
 
 . seaniced and fifty-one, shall draw orders on the township treasurer for 
 the amounts certified to be due, in favor of the parties entitled thereto, 
 ane the treasurer shall pay the same. 
 
 _ Suction 2. Section 4018 of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed ; 
 and this act shall take effect on its passage. 
 
 ‘Passed March 6, 1890. 
 
 es To amend section 4030 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, : as amended April 11, 1888 
 me (85 vol., p. 192). 
 
 tae SEOTION 1. Bett enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, 
 : That section 4030, of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as ae - April 11, 
 
 See. 4030. There shall be taken in each district, annually, during 
 ib the two weeks ending on the fourth Saturday in Taly: an enumeration 
 
 } of age, resident ihe the district, cine Ao temporarily thane designat- 
 ing also the number between six arid eight years of age, the number be- 
 tween eight and fourteen years of age, the number between fourteen and 
 ixteen years of age, the number between sixteen and twenty-one years 
 of age, and the number residing in the Western Reserve, the Virginia 
 ‘ military district, the United States military district, and in any y Cue 
 
 oie. or other land in lieu thereof, or any other Jands for the use of pub- 
 lic schools, or any interest in the proceeds of such lands. 
 
 f April 11, 1888, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 " SEcTION Be That this act shall take effect and be in force from and 
 
 mered, addressed to the township clerk, who, upon presentation thereof, | 
 
 SxctTion 2. That section 4080 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
 
in counties containing a city of the first grade of the first class, in di 
 
 of taxable property. 
 
 To amend section 3959 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as anisadedt April 
 (81 OL; 178). 
 
 sand enrolled in the public schools of said cities, which levy, however, 
 shall in nocase exceed four mills; and in all other districts, seven mills 
 on each dollar of valuation of taxable property; provided, however, th 
 
 mate and levy shall not exceed eight mills on each dollar of ‘valuation | : 
 
 fe Deity 
 
 Section 2. That said section 3959 of the Revised statniss of Ohio, ne 
 as amended April 14, 1884, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 ~\ Sgorion 3. This act shall take sid and be in force from and after 
 its passage. 
 
 Passed April 21, 1890, 
 
 To amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to authorize the use of school- houses for 
 literary entertainments, school exhibitions, singing schools and religious exercises, 
 passed January 31, 1889 (O. L., bic 86, p. II.) 
 
 Srecrion. 1. Be ct enacted by the General A nseila of the State of Oo, 
 That said section one of said above entitled act be amended so as to read 
 as follows: / eb 
 
 Sec. 1. That when, in the judgment of any board of saideannents nm 
 will be for the advantage of the children residing i in any school distric 5 
 to hold literary societies, school exhibitions, singing schools, or religious 
 exercises, the board of education may, upon the application of a majority 
 of the sub-district directors, or a majority of the parents 2° ‘wally sending 
 children to such school, authorize and require the opening of such if 
 school-houses by said sub- district directors for the purposes aforesaid. 
 
 Suction 2. That said original section 1 of said above entitled act is 
 hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect o on its ‘passage. 
 
 Passed April 21, 1890. 
 
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 : Sections 4013 and 4026 amended to read as follows: 
 ate " Sec. 4013. The schools of each district shall be free to all oath be- 
 
 * tween six (6) and twenty-one (21) years of age, who are children, wards 
 . apprentices of actual residents of the district, including children 43 
 
 x ote ideated 3 in any such school district, at the discretion of the board 
 of education of the township in which said school district is located; pro- 
 vided, that all youth of school age, ns apart from their ae or 
 
 terms | or upon payment of such tuition as it may prescribe ;, provided, 
 2b that in all counties which do not contain a city of the first grade of 
 
 charged the amount of school tax in such district for the current school 
 _ year, which may be paid by such non- -resident pupil, or a parent there- 
 of; and the several boards shall make such assignment of the youth of 
 leir eo os wee to the schools established by them, as will, in 
 
 See. 4026. If it be shown to the satisfaction of the board of ed a 
 tion that the parent or guardian has not the means wherewith to pur- 
 _ chase for his child or children the necessary school-books to enable him 
 the same, free of charge, to be paid for out of the contingent fund at the 
 ” pe of the posed: 
 
 To amend section 4017 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. 
 
  Smorion 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, 
 rat section 4017 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, be amended to read 
 as follows: 
 
 _ See. 4017. The board of education of each district shall have the 
 management and control of the public schools of the district with full 
 power subject to the provisions of the next section, to appoint a super- 
 ‘intendent and assistant superintendents of the schools, a superintend- 
 ent of buildings, and teachers, janitors, and other employes, and fix their 
 alaries or pay, which salaries or pay shall not be either increased or di- 
 minished 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- 
 he of the board is elected ; 5 ange that if any person is dean: to 
 
 j heard. At said appointment, ties clerk shall call publicly the roll of all the 
 % aembers comprising the board, and as each member’s name is called, he 
 
same is hereby peples 
 
 eed be necessary to fully ad vise them: and within sixty ve pti: 
 
 of those voting and for whom they voted. Sait 
 Section 2. That section 4017 of the Revised Statntes, be and 
 
 its passage. 
 Passed April 28, 1890. Oe 
 
 SCHOOL BOOK LAW. 
 
 An act to amend and supplement section 4020 of the Revised Statutes of “Ohio, 
 amended April 22,1885 (O. L., v. 82, p. cae Mapes yi PSAs: 
 
 Section 1. |Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State ee (6) 
 That section 4020 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended Api 
 1885, be so amended as to read as bei and that other secti 
 
 one copy of fe latest and best edition of Guidh of the school. text-book 
 use, so far as he can learn, in the public schools in this state, and th 
 upon the governor, said commissioner, and the supervisor of 
 printing, who, together with two other persons to be appointed © 
 
 persons tu be a practical educator and the other to bea practical b 
 ness man, constituting a board for the purposes herein named, t be 
 known as the school book board, shall secure all such information a 
 
 shall be necessary for a decision of all questions. Four of said ae 
 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the gC 
 ernor shall be president of said board, and said commissioner ‘secre 
 
 tary thereof, and he shall keep a record of all the proceedings of. 8 id 
 board, and write in each of said books 80 pee by him the said } pri | 
 
 books may be made or new school text-books may be placed on ‘the ma: 
 
 re) 
 
ee rae 4020a. That whenever the maximum price of the books now in 
 use, as aforesaid, has been so fixed by said board, the said commissioner 
 all forthwith notify the publishers of such books of the action of said 
 ard and of the price so fixed on each book i aeeeee by such publisher, 
 
 herein Feed at a price not exceeding that so fixed, for the period of 
 five years, in such quantities and at such times as they may be ordered 
 as herein provided (giving the name and address of such publisher); the 
 yoard oi education making the order to pay all costs of transportation, 
 and at the expiration of ninety days from the passage of this act said 
 school book board shall meet and consider all such proposals submitted, 
 and if the board is of the opinion that from the proposals thus received 
 - the public schools of the state can be well supplied with good school 
 yoks equal to the necessities and best interest thereof, said school — 
 ol board shall make and enter an order that said proposals be ac- 
 pted, and such proposals shall be recorded and preserved, and each pub- 
 sher submitting a proposal so accepted, shall be bound thereby and by 
 he provisions of this act for the period of five years from the date of 
 ch acceptance, and the state shall be bound to see that payment for 
 oks so ordered, as herein provided, shall be made as herein provided, 
 id any publisher failing or refusing to promptly fill any order or ship 
 ny books ordered as herein provided, included in his said accepted pro- 
 sal, shall forfeit and pay to the state of Ohio, five hundred dollars for 
 each failure, to be recovered in the name of the state in an action to be 
 orought ‘by the attorney general, in the court of common pleas of 
 Franklin county, or in any other proper court, or in any other place 
 where service can be made, and the amount when collected shall be paid 
 to the state aes to ths credit of the common school fund of the 
 
 is oi Sec. 40208. ‘That in case of such proposals me presented to'said 
 
 e to time, make and forward any additional statements concerning 
 
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 ae of said board authorized hereunder, that may be necessary to 
 
tered or revised for five years after the time of the aboobeanal by said 
 school book board of said propositions, without the consent of three- 
 fourths of all the members elected, given at a regular meeting; and all 
 branches shall be taught in the English ane and each board of 
 
 regular meeting in April and September, and shall cause an order to be A 
 drawn for the amount in favor of We clerk of the board of education, ’ ‘ 
 
 said books so agreed upon by the tae of the publisher, and the pub- i 
 _lisher, on the receipt of such order, shall ship such books to said clerk 
 without delay, and the cleus shall forthwith examine such books, sh, i 
 
 said boards of education can, at any time; secure of the publisher the ~ 
 books so adopted by the board, at a price less than said maximum price, — 
 it shall be its duty so todo, and may without unnecessary delay, make 
 effort to secure such lower price before adopting any particular text- 
 books. Each board, of education shall have power to, and shall make alli 
 necessary provisions and arrangements to place the books so purchased — 
 within easy reach of and accessible to all the scholars in their district, and — 
 for that purpose may make such contracts, and take such “security as 
 they may deem necessary, for the custody, care and sale of such books and ~ 
 accounting for the proceeds; but not to exceed ten per cent. of the cost. ‘ ie 
 price shall be paid therefor, and said books shall be sold to the pupilsof = 
 school age in the district, at a price paid the publisher and not to exceed | 
 ten per cent. thereof added, and the proceeds of such sale shall be maid i 
 into the contingent fund of such district, and whoever receives said 
 books from the board of eaucation for sale as aforesaid to the pupils, and — 
 fails to account honestly and fully for the same, or for the proceeds to foe 
 the board cf education when required, shall be guilty of embezzlement a 
 and punished accordingly. Provided, however, boards of education may | 
 contract with local retail dealers to furnish said books at prices above — 
 specified, such dealers becoming responsible to the publishers for all 
 books purchased by them. .And when pupils remove from any district 
 
 and have text-books of the kind adopted in such district, and not being : e 
 of the kind adopted in the district to which they remove, and wish to Se 
 dispose of the same, the board of the district from which they Tone 
 
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 _ when boiisaied, shall purchase the same at the fair value Paareer and 
 resell the same as other books; and nothing in this act shall prevent — 
 - the board of education trom farnishing free books to indigent pupils, as 
 " provided by law. 
 di Sec. 4020c. That in case no proposals as aforesaid are submitted, 
 - to said school book board, or if those submitted, in the opinion of said 
 board, are not sufficient, or of a kind or character equal to the public 
 ; necessities and fully supplying the wants and demands of the public 
 _ schools of this state, then said commissioner shall forthwith advertise, 
 _ for three consecutive weeks, in one daily paper in each of the following 
 cities, Columbus, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and 
 Boston (dividing the same equally between vhe papers of the two lead- 
 ing political parties), that at a time and place named in the notice fixed 
 by said board, to be not later than six months after the passage of this 
 act, said board will receive sealed proposals as follows: : 
 
 ae First. From the publishers of school books for the furnishing of 
 books to the boards of education of this state, in the manner provided 
 - in this act, for the term of five years after the passage of this act, stating 
 specifically in such bid the price at which each book will be furnished 
 
 - as hereinabove provided, and accompany such bid with specimen copies 
 of each and all books proposed to be furnished in such bid. 
 
 Second. From authors of school text-books who have or may prepare 
 " \ manuscripts of books not published, for prices at which they will sell 
 their manuscripts, together with the copyright of such hooks, ee use 
 ie in the public schools in this state. 
 
 _.. Third. From persons’ who are willing to undertake the compilation 
 _ Of a book, or books, or a series of books, similar and equal to that of the 
 bi best text- ook now in use in this state, describing the same in detail 
 ' and giving price at which they are willing to undertake such’ compilaw 
 Ay tion of any or all of such books, to the acceptance and satisfaction of said 
 board, or such board as may be provided hereafter by law ; provided, that 
 any and all bids by publishers provided for in this section shall be ac- 
 Screened by a bond in a penal sum of ten thousand dollars, with surety 
 to the acceptance of said board, conditioned that if any contract be 
 awarded him or them on such bid, as herein provided, such bidder will 
 _ enter into a contract agreeably to the conditions of the bid and the pro- 
 visions of this act ; and all such bids shall remain in force and continue 
 “sunt the close of the adjourned session in the year A. D, 1891, of this 
 ‘General Assembly, and shall be subject to such supplementary legisla- 
 on tion on the subject hereof'as may be enacted at such adjourned session, 
 " ee not inconsistent herewith, or with such bids, and said board shall also 
 ascertain, as near as may be, the number and kinds of school books that 
 + would be necessary to properly supply the public schools, and what it 
 _ would cost for paper, printing and binding such books, separating the 
 items, and such other items and information as may be of advantage, and 
 said board shall make full report of all the foregoing, Lh such sugges- 
 
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 aden. 
 . io 
 
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 tions and recommendations, and further information as a they a, 
 and deem Race to the adjourned session of this General Ass ; 
 
 Be Se 
 
 _ appropriated, the sums following, to-wit: For the expenses of 
 board, five hundred dollars; for clerical services, two hundred do 85 
 ‘for the state commissioner of common schools for services hereu der, | 
 three hundred dollars; and for the supervisor of public printing for 
 services hereunder, two hundred dollars; each to be paid quarterly, 
 the certificate of the whole board. The said two members gate 
 
 dollars per day for the time they are actually engaged. 
 
 Srecrion 4. That section 4020 of the Revised Statutes, as. sanetaan 
 April 22, 1885, be and is hereby repealed; and this act hall Heo effec 
 on its passage. 
 
 Passed April 28, 1890. 
 
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