ta a LB 2522 1» Ore \gac { School Laws of Ohio, 1886 {Published in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 360, R. S.J AMENDED SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES. The following modifications in the school laws of the State have been made since their publication in separate form in 1883: Section 354. There shail be elected, triennially, at the general election for state officers, a state commissioner of common schools, who shall hold his office fer the term of three years from the second Monday of July succeeding his election ; and in -case of a vacancy occurring by death, resignation, or otherwise, the gov- ernor shall fill the same by appointment; provided, that the state commissioner of common schools now in office shall continue te hold his office until three years from the second Menday of July succeeding his election. Sec. 2. That said original section 354 be and the same is here- by repealed; and that this act shall take effect and be.in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN -G. WARWICK, Passed March 27, 1884. President of the Senate. Section 1424. The auditor of the county, on the recording of said proceedings, shall forthwith cause a notice to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in said county, for five con- secutive weeks before the day of sale; and, at the same time, by posting up copies of such notice in six of the most public places in said county, two of which shall be in the township where the lands are situate, and one at the court-house, containing a descrip- tion of the lots er lands to be sold, the valuation thereof, and the time when said lands will be offered at public auction by said audi- tor, at the door of the court-house, at not less than the appraised value thereof; one third of the purchase money to be ipaid at the time of sale, and the balance in two annual installments of equal amount, with interest payable annually thereon; and said auditor shall at such time and place proceed to offer the same to the highest bidder on the terms stated in the notice; provided, if the principal value ef such school land consists in the timber thereon growing, on the request of the trustees, or a majority of them, the auditor who sold such scheol lands shall require the whole-of said purchase money to be paid at the time of sale. Sec. 2. That said original section 1424 be and the same ‘is hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and bein force from and after its passage, L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. a Statecommis- sioner of com- mon schools, election and term of. Provise. ‘School lan@s; proceedings for sale of. Tax.com mis- sioners to ap- prove tax Jevy except for school purposes. Heads of de- partments-to report esti- mates. Certain lia- Pilities not walid. City school! district of first class: Board of edu- cation in city districts of first class, constitution of, election of members and their terms of office, 2 Section 2690c. That no tax shall be levied upon the property of any such city, by the council thereof, or any other authority therein, except by the boards of education in cities of the first grade of the first class, for school and educational purposes, until approved by the board of tax commissioners aforesaid. Section 26907. In all cities of the first grade of the first class, to enable the city comptroller and the boards aforesaid to estimate eorrectly the levies and appropriations aforesaid, the authorities of all the city institutions, except boards of education, as well as every head of a department or office in the city, for whose wants provision is.to be: made, including the trustees of the commercial hospital, shall report to the comptroller, on or before the first Monday in March.in each year, the amount of money needed for their. respective wants for the ensuing year; said estimate to be given. for each month. ‘The comptroller, as well as the boards of tax commissioners-and common: council,. shall revise them, and if deemed proper,.shall reduce them so as to prevent unnecessary expenditure, and to bring them within fair limits to the other ex- penditures required by the city. Section 2690/: No liability whatever shall be created against any city of the first grade of the first class, and no expenditures shall be made for the same, except for school and educational pur- poses as provided for by the boards of education therein, unless it be previously covered by an appropriation sanctioned both by the boards of tax commissioners and. common council as above pro- vided, exeept from the contingent fund of fifty thousand dollars herein provided for;.and any tax levied for any purpose whatever, except for schools and educational purposes, as provided for by the boards of education therein, in such city without the concur- rence of: the board of tax commissioners and common council, as herein provided, shall be void; and all laws and parts of laws conflicting. with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Any attempt to create a lability against:any such city contrary to _the'provisions of this act shall be null and void. Sec. 3. This aet shall take effect and bein force from and after its passage.. A..D; MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed April 14, 1884, President of the Senate. Section 3886. [Amended March 24, 1884.] Each city having # population of ten thousand or more, by the census of 1880, in- cluding the territory attached to it for school purposes, and exclud- ing the territory within its corporate limits detached for school purposes, shall constitute a school district, to be styled a city district of the first class; and each city that has heretofore been constituted a city district of the first class shall remain such. Section 3897. In eity districts of the first class, the board of education shall consist of two members: from each ward, except in 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 its: members, provide that thereafter each ward shall be represented by two members, and thereupon proceed to 3 choose one additional 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 or of the township or part of a township which for school purposes has been or may be attached to said ward, for which he is elected or appointed; provided, that in city districts of the first class, having a population, according to the last federal census, of one hundred and fifty thousand and over, the board of education shall consist of thirty-seven members, twelve of whom shall be elected at the April election of the current year, to hold office as follows: The four members who receive the highest num- ber of votes, for three years; the four who receive the next high- est number of votes, for two years; the four who receive the next highest number of votes, for one year; and thereafter there shall be elected annually, four members to serve for three years. In case of a tie vote the choice of terms shall be determined by lot, and the remaining twenty five members shall consist of those mem- bers of the board of education elected at the April election in 1879, and whose terms of office do not expire until April, 1881 ; that, beginning with the April election of 1881, one member shall be elected from each ward of said cities; provided that, in cases where, for school purposes, additional territory is attached to a given ward, said member may be elected from said additional ter- ritory as above provided; and such of said members as shall have been elected by wards having an odd numerical designation, or from territory attached for school purposes to said ward having an odd numerical designation as above provided, shall serve for a term of one year; and such of said members as shall have been elected by wards having an even numerical designation, or from territory attached for school purposes to said ward, having an even numeric- al designation, as above provided, shall serve for the term of two years; and annually thereafter as the term of the members elected by said ward, or ward with territory attached for school purposes, as above provided, shall expire, successors shall be elected to hold for the term of two years. The members elected under this act shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, that the board of education established by this act shall be, in all respects, the successors of the respective boards whose places they take. Sec. 2. That said original section number 3897 of the revised statutes, as amended March 25, 1880 (O. L., v. 77, p..80), be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed January 21, 1885. Board of education in districts of first class, how elected. Cleveland board of education. City divided into districts. 4 Section 3898. At every annual ‘election for city officers in a city which constitutes a district of the first class, and wherein the board consists of two members for each ward, there shall be elected in each ward, by the qualified electors thereof, one judi- cious and competent person to serve as a member of the board of education of the district for two years, from the third Monday of April succeeding his election, and until the election and qualifi- cation of his successor; provided, that at the annual election for city officers held first after a city has been constituted a city dis- trict of tne 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 district enti- tled to vote in such ward, two persons of the required qualifi- cations to serve as members of the board of educaiion of such district, one for one year and the other for two 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 ba'lot-box and poll book shall be provided and used as required by section thirty-nine hundred and two, in each ward where any such elector may be entitled to vote. Sec. 2. That said original sections 3886 and 3898 be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed March 24, 1884. Section 8899. In city districts of the first class, second grade, the board of education shall consist of twenty members, to be elected by districts, to serve for the term of two years, except as here‘nafter provided ; and for the purpose of electing such board of education such cities shall be and are hereby divided into twenty districts, as follows: The second and fourth wards shall constitute the first district. The fifth and eighth wards shall constitute the second district. The sixth and seventh wards shall constitute the third district. The ninth and eighteenth wards shall constitute the fourth district. The nineteenth and twenty first wards shall constitute the fifth district. ‘The twentieth and twenty-second wards shall constitute the sixth district. The twenty-third and twenty-sixth wards shall constitute the seventh district. The twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh wards shall constitute the eighth district, 5 The seventeenth and twenty-fourth wards shall constitute the ninth district. The thirteenth and fifteenth wards shall constitutz the tenth district. The twelfth and fourteenth wards shall constitute the eleventh district. The tenth and eleventh wards shall constitute the twelfth dis- trict. The first and sixteenth wards shall constitute the thirteenth district. The third and twenty-eighth wards shall constitute the four- teenth district. The twenty-ninth and thirtieth wards shall constitute the fif- teenth district. : i The thirty-first and thirty-third wards shall constitute the six- teenth district. The thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth wards shall constitute the seventeenth district. The thirty-second and thirty-sixth wards shall constitute the eighteenth district. The thirty-ninth and fortieth wards shall constitute the nine- teenth district. The thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth wards shall constitute the twentieth district. And in said cities of the second grade, first class, there shall be elected at the first annual municipal election to be held after the passage of this act, in each district designated by an even number, by the qualified electors thereof, for the term of three years, and thereafter biennially, and in each district designated by an odd number, by the qualified electors thereof, for the term of two years, and thereafter biennially, one member of the board, who shall hold his office until the election and qualification of his successor, Sec. 2. That said section 3299, and all other sections incon- sistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 38. ‘This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. + JOHN C. ENTREKIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROB’r. P. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. Passed March 17, 1886. Section 3906. If the boundaries of the district and [the] city are identical, or, if territory has been detached from the city and attached to another district, the election shall be conducted ex- clusively by the judges and clerks of the city election, but elecc- tors residing within the bounds of such detached territory shall not vote thereat; but if territory outside the city limits is attached to the district, an election shall also be held for the same purpose inthe township from which it was detached, and conducted by Election and term of members. Conduct of election, of members of board of ed- ucation in city districts, second class. the judges and clerks of the township election, but only electors . residing within the bounds of such territory shall vote thereat; he election shall be held at the same time and places as the Power to change school sub-districts. Proceedings to effect change, 6 elections for city or township officers shall be held; the names of candidates for such membership shall be upon separate tickets, and all such tickets voted shall be deposited in separate ballot-boxes, which shall be provided by the board of education; separate poll-books of the election shall be kept, and returns of the elec- tion shall be made to the clerk of the city which constitutes the district. Sec. 2. That section 3906 of the Revised Statutes as amended January 20, 1885, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JOHN C..ENTREKIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROB’T. P. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. Passed April 14, 1886. Section 3950. No joint sub district which is now, 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 territory included therein; provided, however, that when any board of education in a joint sub-dis- trict desires to dissolve, change, or alter the same, the board of education desiring such dissolution, change, or alteration, shall notify, in writing, 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 at the school-house in such joint sub district; but if there be none, then at some convenient place in the vicinity of such joint sub-district. If the joint boards fail to meet, or, having met, cannot agree upon a dissolution, change, or alteration (as the case may be), then the board of education desiring such dissolution, change, or altera- tion, may appeal to the probate court of the proper county, and the same proceedings shall be had as in case of appeal in the for- mation of joint sub-districts, so far as applicable, as provided in sections three thousand nine hundred and thirty five, three thous- and nire hundred and thirty-six, three thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, three thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, three thousand nine hundred and forty, and three thousand nine hundred and forty- one of the Revised Statutes. And any joint sub district estab- lished by proceedings in the probate court may be dissolved, changed, or altered as provided in this section, at any time. Sec. 2. Said original amended section 3950 of the Revised Statutes be and the same is hereby repealed. ; Sec. 3, This act shail take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D, MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. OHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed April 14, 1884. q Section 3958. Each board of education shall, annually, at a regular or special meeting, to be held between the third Monday in April and the first Monday in June, détermine by estimate, as nearly as practicable, the entire amount of money necessary to be levied as a contingent fund for the continuance of the school or schools of the district, after the state funds are exhausted, to purchase sites for school-houses, to erect, purchase, lease, repair, and furnish school-houses, and build additions thereto, and for other school expenses. Section 3959. Such estimate and levy shall not exceed, in cities of the first grade of the: first class, three and one-fourth mills; provided, however, that the boards of education in said cities may levy one mill additional for every five thousand pupils over and above twenty five thousand enrolled in the public schools of said cities, which levy, however, shall in no case exceed four mills; and in cities of the second grade, first class, five mills; and in all other districts, seven mills on each dollar of valuation of taxable property. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed Apri! 14, 1884. Section 3967. So much of the contingent fund as may be set apart by a township board for the continuance of schools after the State funds are exhausted, shall be so apportioned by the board that the schools in all the sub-districts of the township shall be continued the same length of time each year; and if the appor- tionment be not satisfactory to the directors of any sub-district, or a majority of them, they may give notice thereof, in writing, to the county commissioners, who, at their first regular meeting for the transaction of business after the receipt of such notice, shall revise the apportionment, and the amount aforesaid shall be ap- portioned in the manner determined by the commissioners ; but neither the township board nor the commissioners shall reappor- tion any funds which were apportioned among the sub districts before any preceding annual settlement, and in making an appor- tionment of funds, the amount set apart for any sub-district shall not be increased or diminished by reason of any deficit or sur- plus in the funds previously apportioned to such sub-district. Sec 2. Said original section three thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed March 20, 1885. Board of edu- cation to make esti- mate for ex- \penses. Maxinvum of levy. Apportion- ment of school con- tingent fund. School-- houses. Cleveland ublic library oard. 8 Section 3987. ‘The board of education of amy district is empow™ ered to build, enlarge, repair, and furnish the necessary schook houses, purchase or lease sites therefor, 07 rights of way thereto, or rent suitable school-rooms, and make all other necessary pro- visions for the schools wnder its control. Directors of sub-districts shall, under such rules and regulations as the township board of education may prescribe, provide fuel for schools, build, enlarge, repair, and furnish school-houses, purchase or lease sites therefor, rent school houses, build and keep in godd repaiy all fences en- closing such school-houses, plant shade and orname tal trees on the school grounds, and make all other provisions necessary for the convenience and prosperity of the schools within their sub- districts, and the township beard shall be held responsible, in its corporate capacity, for all contracts made by such directors, when they are made in accordance with the rules and regulations of the township board, or any resolution thereof. Sec. 2. That section 3987 of the Revised Statutes, as amended March 19, 1885 (82 v. 86), and also the act of April 4, 1884 (8h v. 105), entitled, ‘‘an act to supplement section 3987 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio,” are repealed. Sec. 3 This aet shall take effect from and after its pas- sage.. DANIEL J. RYAN, Speaker pro tenv. of the House of Representatives. ROBT. P. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. Passed April 17, 1886. Sec. 4008 The public library board of the city of Cleveland shall consist of seven suitable persons, residents of said city, no one being a member or officer of the board of education. The members of the linrary board shall serve without compensation, and hold their offices for three years, and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, except that at the first election two of the board shali be elected for one year, two for two years, and three for three years. Aifter said first election so many shall be elected each year as equals the number whose term expires that year. They shall-be elected by roll call as in other cases, by the board of education of the city of Cleveland, at its first regular meeting after the third Monday of April, 2886, and annually thereafter as hereinbefore provided. The board of edu- cation shall have power at any time to fill vacancies in the library board for unexpired terms by election as aforesaid. Sec. 2. That said section 4000, as amended April £18}, 1883 (O. L., v. 80, p. 172), be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 8. This act shall take effeet from and after its pas- sage. ; JOHN C. ENTREKIN, Speaker of the Howse of Representatives. ROB'T P. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. Passed April 28, 1886. 9 AN ACT To amend section 4015 of the Revised Statutes, and to repeal an act entitled an act to enable teachers and seholars of the public schools to attend decorations of soldiers’ graves on the 30th day of May, passed April 13, 1882 (79 v. 87). Section 4015. Teachers employed in the common schools may dismiss their schools, without forfeiture of pay, on the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of Decem- ber, and on any day set apart by proclamation of the president of the United States, or the governor of this State, asa day of fast or thanksgiving. Sec. 2. That section 4015, and also the act.of April 13, 1882 (79 v. 87; 3 Williams’ Revised Statutes., 751), entitled, ‘‘ an actto enable teachers and scholars of the public schools to attend decoration of soldiers’ graves on the thirtieth day of May,” are repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. JOHN C. ENTREKIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. O’NEILL, President pro tem. of the Senate. _ Passed April 9, 1886. AN ACT To supplement section 4009 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. SecTion 1. Be tt enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the following sections be enacted as supplementary to section four thousand and nine of the revised statutes of Ohio: Section 40092. For the purpose of providing such schools of higher grade, any township district, village and special district, situate within the boundaries of such township, may be united together and organized as a special district for high school pur- poses, by a vote of the electors of such township at any general election as herein provided. Section 40094. Any ten or more of the qualified electors of any township having a village district or special district within its limits, may give ten days’ notice before any general election that a separate vote will be taken at the next general election in said township, in each of the districts proposed to be so united, on the proposition to unite such village, township district or special dis- trict, or any two of said districts for high school purposes. Such notice shall be sufficient, if given by publication in a newspaper published and of general circulation in said township, and by be- ing conspicuously posted in at least three public places in each of the districts interested. At such next general election held after publication of such notice, all electors voting in favor of such union shall have written or printed on their ballots, ‘‘ Special District for High School Purposes—Yes ;” and all electors voting against such union, shall have written or printed on their ballots, ‘* Special District for High School Purposes—No.” If a majority of the ballots cast on the proposition in each of said districts have on them the words, ‘‘Special District for High School Purposes— Dismissal of schools on holidays. Schools of higher grade in townships. Vote on union of dis- tricts for high school pur- poses; ap- pointment of board of edu- cation for high school. School beard to arrange courses of study; selec- tion and pur- chase of text- books, State board of examiners; appointment; term and va- cancy. 10 Yes,” such village, township and special districts, or any two of said districts, shall thereafter be united as a special district for high school purposes; and the judges of such election shail certify to the court of common pleas of the county in which such town- ship is situate, the result of such election, which certificate shall be placed upon the journal of said court; whereupon said court shall appoint three judicious persons, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, residents of said township, as the board of education of such special district for high school purpeses, one member of such board of education to be elected every year {t]hereafter, to hold said office for three years, or until his successor is elected. Such board of education, when so ap- pointed, shail have all the powers now conferred by law upon other boards of education. Sec. 2, This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro ten. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed April 16, 1888. Section 4020. Each board shall determine, at a regular meet- ing, by an affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, the studies to be pursued, and the text books to be used in the schools under its control, but no text book shall be changed, nor any portion thereof altered or revised, for five years after its adoption, without the consent of three-fourths of all the members elected to the board, given at a regular meeting; and all branches shall be taught in the English language, and each board of educa- tion is authorized to purchase direct from publishers or dealers, at the lowest wholesale or contract prices, such necessary school text-books and other school supplies as may be determined by the board, and furnish the same to pupils in the schools under its control at cost price, and each board of education is authorized to pay for suck necessary school text-books and other school supplies out of the contingent fund at the disposal of the board. Sec. 2. Original section 4020 is hereby repealed. Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed April 22, 1885. Section 4065. There shail be a state board of examiners, which shall consist of five competent persons, residents of the State, to be appointed by the state commissioner of common schools; the term of office of such examiners shall be three years; and when a vacancy occurs in the board, whether from expiration of the term of office, refusal to serve, or other cause, the commissioner 11 shall fill the same by appointment for the full or unexpired term, as the case demands; but this section shall not be construed to affect the term of office of members of the board in office at the time this act takes effect. Sec. 2 That said original section 4065 be and is hereby re- pealed; and that this act shall take effect from and after its pas- sage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed April 2, 1884. Section 4073. The board may grant certificates for one, two, three, four, and five years, which shall be valid in the county wherein they are issued, except in city and village districts, in which they will not be valid unless indorsed by the president and secretary of the board of examiners of such districts; and if at any time the recipient of a certificate be found intemperate, im- moral, 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- dered. Sec. 2. That said original section 4073, as amended April 11, 1882, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ELMER WHITE, President pro tem, of the Senate. Passed March 19, 1884, Section 4072. _ The clerk of the board shall pay to the county treasurer, quarterly, all fees received, and file with the county auditor a written statement of the amount, and of the number of applicants, male and female, examined during the quarter; and such money shall be set apart for the support of teachers’ insti- tutes, and applied as provided in chapter thirteen. : Section 4075. Each member of the board shall be entitled to receive two dollars for each day he is necessarily engaged in official service, to be paid out of the county treasury on the order of the county auditor ; all books, blanks, and stationery required by the board shall be furnished by the county auditor, The board may contract for the use of suitable rooms in which to conduct examinations, procure fuel and light, and employ janitors to take charge of the rooms and keep them in order, and the expenses so incurred, and also the necessary traveling expenses of the ex- aminers, which shall not in any quarter exceed one-third the amount of examination fees received, together with the cost of advertising required by section 4071, shall be paid out of the county treasury on orders of the county auditor, who shall issue Powers of county exam- iners as to teachers’ cer- tificates. Disposition of fees. Com pensa- tion and ex- penses of board. City and vil- lage school examiners. 12 such orders upon the certificate of the president of the board, countersigned by the clerk. Sec. 2. That said original sections 4072 and 4075 be and the same are hereby repealed ; and this act shall take effect September 1, 1886. JOHN C. ENTREKIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROB’T. P. KENNEDY. President of the Senate. Passed March 25, 1886. Section 4084. The provisions of this chapter relating to boards of examiners for city districts of the first class, shall be applicable to such boards for city districts of the second class and village districts having an enumeration of not Jess than seven hundred youth of school age; except that such boards shall consist of three members, and may grant certificates for one, two, or three years only, and except also that the examination fees shall be disposed of, and statements filed with the county auditor, as pro- vided in section 4072. in all such districts not covered by the provisions of section 4093. Sec. 2. Said original section 4084 is hereby repealed; this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JOHN C. ENTREKIN, Speaker of the House cf Representatives. ROB’T. P. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. Passed March 17, 1886. [ House Bill No. 199. ]* AN ACT To create a special school district in Logan and Moulton townships, Auglaize county, Ohio. Section 1. Be tt enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the territory comprised in Logan and Moulton townships, Auglaize county, Ohio, described and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the west quarter section line of section nine (9), town five (5), south of range five (5), east on the line of said township; thence north to the Kossuth turnpike road ; thence east on said pike to the middle section line of section four(4), *In July 1883, a number of tax-payers enjoined the collection of taxes levied to support the. Buckland Special School District in Aug- laize county, Ohio, and a demurrer was filed to the petition. Judge James H. Day, of the Common Pleas Court, overruled the demurrer and ordered a perpetual injuuction against the collection of taxes for the support of said special district, giving the reason that the General spe ed has no constitutional authority to create special school istricis. 13 of same township and range ; thence north on said line to the north line of section four (4); thence east along the north line of said section four (4), three (3), and part of two (2), all same town and range, to the Auglaize river; thence southwardly up said river, with the meanderings thereof, to the half section line of said sec- tion two (z); then east on said half section line to the north- east corner of the west half of the south-east quarter of said sec- tion two (2); thence south to the south line of said township of Logan; thence west along said south line to the Auglaize river ; thence southwardly along said river, with the meanderings of the same, to the south line of secticn ten (10), Moulton township, Auglaize county, Ohio; thence west on said south line to the east quarter section line of section nine (9), Moulton township ; thence north on said line to the township line; thence west on township line to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby erected and declared to be, and to constitute a school district, to be known as the Buckland special school district. Sec. 2. Such special school district shall be entitled to receive its proportionate share of school funds and the funds levied for school- house and incidental expenses, in accordance with the enumera- tion of the year 1883, of children who are entitled to attend school; said funds being those now collected within the county or township treasuries, and shall be governed by such laws as now are, or may hereafter be in force, relating to special school dis- tricts. Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and -after its passage. L. A BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed April 2, 1884. LEROY D. BROWN, State Commissioner of Common Schools, Cotuusus, Onto, September 15, 1885. Ai (uu mn Ml took SCHOOL L Baws oan THE OHIO Io UvIveRs: ITY BOOK v ; : 3 | - DAISLE SECTS E POS TEM C . Bie ie 7 ’ Vv