the money accruing to said town under the general school laws of the State, to defray all the other expenses of said school system during the current year; and thereupon the said town Council shall proceed to levy a tax sufficient to meet such expenses of buildings and repairing school-houses, and the expenses attendant upon the maintenance of said free schools in Akron, during the whole year, customary vacations only excepted; said tax to be levied and collected as other taxes of said town are or may be collected. And it shall be the duty of said Board, on or before the first Monday in April, in every year thereafter, to make report in writing to the town Council, of all moneys received, how and for what purpose expended, with the proper vouchers, and such other information in relation to said schools as they may deem important, specifying in said annual report the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, to defray the expenses of said school system for the current year; and said town Council shall, annually, upon the coming in of such report, and within thirty days thereafter, proceed to levy a tax sufficient to meet such expenses, to be levied and collected as other taxes of said town. And the town Council shall cause all such reports of Reports of the Board of Education to be published, or so much Board. thereof as they may deem necessary, the reports them selves to be left with the Mayor of the town, open to public inspection. SEC. 8. All legal titles to lands and houses, and other Titles to Board property used for common school purposes in said etc. town of Akron, shall vest in the town Council of Akron at the taking effect of this act, and all titles acquired thereafter shall be in the name of said town Council; and said town Council shall have power to sell, lease, and convey, any and all of the lands and tenements held under and by virtue of this act, and to purchase other lands and tenements in more eligible positions, by and with the advice of said Board of Education, but not otherwise. teachers SEC. 9. The town Council shall, immediately after Examiners the appointment of Directors, as hereinbefore provided, schools. appoint three competent persons to serve as School Examiners of said town, all of whom shall be citizens of Akron; one to serve until the first Tuesday in June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; one until the first Tuesday in June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine; and one until the first Tuesday in June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and until their successors are qualified; and annually, at the first of and Reports. Public examin regular meeting of the town Council, after the annual election for members of that body, they shall appoint one person for Examiner, to serve for three years, and until his successor is qualified; and the Council shall fill all vacancies that may occur by death, removal, or otherwise. The Examiners, or any two of them, shall examine such persons as may apply for that purpose; and if they find the applicant qualified, they shall give him a certificate, naming the branches he is qualified to teach, that they have carefully inquired into his character, and believe it to be moral and good, and that they believe him to be well qualified to govern and teach; they shall, also, in every case where two of their number concur, have power to annul any certificate previously given, and the person holding the same. shall be discharged from the public schools in said town; they shall, also, separately or otherwise, together with such other persons as may be appointed by the Mayor, visit said schools at least as often as once in every quarter, observe the discipline, mode of instruction, progress of the scholars, and such other circumstances as they may deem of interest; and, semiannually, at such times as the Board of Education shall [appoint,] they shall report their proceedings to the town Council, and also to the Board of Education, with such suggestions as they may think proper, the publication of which shall be in the discretion of the town Council. SEC. 10. Annually, at such time as the Board shall ation of schools. appoint, public examinations of all the schools shall be had, under the direction of the Mayor, Council, the Board of Education, and the Examiners. SEC. 11. So much of the general school law, and so much of any and all other laws of this State, general or local, as may be inconsistent with this act, or any of its provisions, is hereby repealed as to said town of Akron. SEC. 12. The power conferred upon the Board of Education of the town of Akron, in the fifth section of this act, is hereby conferred upon the Managers of the common schools of the city of Dayton. SEC. 13. Any future Legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. EDSON B. OLDS, Speaker of the Senate. Modified: see section 3 of the act of June 28, 1848, chapter 111. Tax not to exceed four mills on the dollar: see section 1 of same act. CHAPTER III. An Act to amend the act entitled "An Act for the support and better regulation of Common Schools in the town of Akron," passed February 8, 1847. [Passed January 28, 1848, XLVI vol. Stat. 110.] SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the amount of tax heretofore to be Amount of tax. assessed to defray the expense of the school system, introduced into said town by virtue of the act to which this is an amendment, shall not exceed, in any one year, four mills on the dollar of the taxable property in said town. Board of Education. SEC. 2. The Board of Education of the town of Ak- Powers of the ron shall have full power and authority to determine what branches of education shall be taught in any and all of said schools under their management and control; and said Board shall also have power, at their discretion, to restrict the right of admission into any and all of said schools, to the children, wards, and apprentices of actual residents, within the limits of the town corporate of Akron, with power to admit scholars from abroad, upon such terms and conditions as said Board shall see fit to prescribe. SEC. 3. That on or before the first Monday of June, in each year, it shall be the duty of the said Board of Education to make known to the Auditor of the county of Summit, the amount of tax which they may want levied for school purposes during the current year; and thereupon it shall be the duty of said county Auditor to assess the taxable property in said town of Akron, as the same appears upon the grand list; and the said tax shall be collected by the county Treasurer at the same time with the State and county taxes, and in the same manner; and, when collected, the amount shall be paid over to the Treasurer of said Board of Education. SEC. 4. That so much of the act to which this is an Duties of Auditor and Treas urer. Repealing amendment as conflicts with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Clause. JOSEPH S. HAWKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. All incorporat organize under and how. CHAPTER IV. An Act to provide for extending the provisions of an act and the amendatory acts thereto, to towns of this State. [Passed February 14, 1848, XLVI vol. Stat. 48.] SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ed towns may State of Ohio, That every incorporated town or city in preceding acts, this State, shall have the provisions of the act entitled "an act for the support and better regulation of common schools in the town of Akron," and the amendatory act thereto, passed by the forty-sixth General Assembly of this State, extended to all or any of the said incorporated towns or cities, wherever two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof shall petition the town or city Council in favor of having the provisions of said acts so extended. Election of Directors. SEC. 2. That whenever two-thirds of the qualified voters of any city or incorporated town shall petition the town or city Council in favor of having the provisions of said acts extended to said city or incorporated town, the electors qualified to vote for members of the town or city Council, shall assemble at the time and place within said town or city, of which at least ten days' previous notice shall be given by the city or town Council, by posting written or printed notices in at least three of the most public places in said city or incorporated town, and then and there proceed to the election of six Directors, by ballot, who shall serve, and in all respects be governed by the provisions of the act entitled "an act for the support and better regulation of common schools in the town of Akron," and the act amendatory thereto; and the common schools in said city or incorporated town shall, in all respects, be governed and organized according to the provisions of said acts. SEC. 3. That the last preceding election in said city or incorporated town, shall be the basis upon which to determine the number of qualified voters. SEC. 4. That all acts, or parts thereof, inconsistent Repealing with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed: clause. Provided, that this act shall not extend to, nor be in force in the city of Cincinnati. JOSEPH S. HAWKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. GODDARD, Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER V. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act for the support and the acts amendatory thereto. [Passed March 15, 1849, XLVII vol. Stat. 45.] may adopt certain laws. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Boards of EduState of Ohio, That the Board of Education in cation any city, town, or village, which has adopted the act entitled " an act for the support and better regulation of common schools in the town of Akron," passed February 8, 1847, and the acts amendatory thereto, may adopt the eleventh, twelfth, and fifteenth sections of the act entitled "an act for the better organization of the public schools in cities, towns," etc., passed February 15, 1849, whenever, in the opinion of said Board of Education, the educational interests of such city, town, or village, may require it. |