15. Contested Elections. 16. Voting Machines. 17. United States Sentors. Del. A 5, S 9; Fla. A 3, S 26; Fla. A 6, S 9; Md. A 1, S 4; Md. A 3, OHIO A 2, S 21. The General Assembly shall determine, by (1) Similar provisions are found in the following states: Ark. A 19, S 24; Colo. A 7, S 12; La. A 209; Md. A 3, S 47; Mo. A 8, (2) In the following states testimony in contested elections is made Ala. A 8, S 189; Ark. A 3, S 9; Colo. A 7, S 9; La. A 216; Pa. A 8, S 10. Pa. A 8, S 17. The trial and determination of contested elections of electors of President, and Vice President, members of the General Assembly, and of all public officers, whether State, judicial, municipal or local, shall be by the courts of law, or by one or more of the law judges thereof; the General Assembly shall by general law, designate the courts and judges by whom the several classes of election contests shall be tried and regulate the manner of trial and all matters incident thereto; but no such law assigning jurisdiction, or regulating its exercise, shall apply to any contest arising out of an election held before its passage. Pa. A 4, S 17. The chief justice of the supreme court shall preside upon the trial of any contested election of governor or lieutenant governor, and shall decide questions. regarding the admissibility of evidence and shall, upon request of the committee, pronounce his opinion upon other questions of law involved in the trial. The governor and lieutenant governor shall exercise the duties of their respective offices until their successors shall be duly qualified. North Carolina A 3, S 3. * * Contested elections shall be determined by a joint ballot of both houses of the General Assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. OHIO, has no provision in respect to voting machines. The following states alow the use of voting machines, provided that Cal. A 2. S 6 (amdt.); Colo. A 7, S 8 (amdt.); Conn. A 33 (amdt.); Advisory vote: Arizona A 7, S 9. For the purpose of obtaining an advisory vote of the people, the legislature shall provide for placing the names of candidates for United States senator on the official ballot at the general election next preceding the election of a United States senator. VIII. EDUCATION. I. FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS PUR POSES NOT ARISING BY TAXATION. OHIO A 6, S 1. The principal of all funds, arising from the 1. Ala. A 14, S 257 to 261; Ark. A 14, S 2; Cal. A 9, S 4 to 5; Colo. A 9, S 3; Control, disposition and investment of school funds left to legis- 2. lature by the following states: Idaho A 9, S 11; Ind. A 8, S 4; Iowa A 9, S 1 and 6; Kan. A 6, S 5 and 9; Ky. A 185, S 185; Minn. A 8, S 5 and 6; Miss. A 8, S 211 and 212; Mo. A 11, S 9 and 10; Mont. A 11, S 4; Neb. A 8, S 1 and 8; N. Dak. A 9, S 156, 157, 161 and 162; Okla. A 11, S 6; Ore. A 8, S 5; S. Dak. A 8, S 11, 12, 14, A 28, S 1, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10; Tex. A 7, S 4; Wash. A 16, S 2, 3, 4 and 5; Wis. A 10, S 7 and 8; Wyo. A 7, S 4 and 6. No Ohio provision. Distribution of school funds: Iowa A 9, S 7. "The money subject to the support and maintenance of common schools shall be distributed to the districts in proportion to the number of youths, between the ages of five and twenty-one years, in such manner as may be provided by the general assembly." Similar provisions: Ky. A 186, S 186; Kan. A 9, S 4; Mo. A 11, S 2; Mont. A 11, S 5; Okla. 3. Shall be preserved. How controlled. How dis tributed. 4. What obliga No Ohio provision. Iowa A 7, S 3. 3. All losses to the permanent school, or univertion on state sity fund of this state, which shall have been occasioned by the if fund is lost. defalcation, mismanagement, or fraud of the agents or officers controlling and managing the same, shall be audited by the proper authorities of the state. The amount so audited shall be a permanent funded debt against the state, in favor of the respective fund sustaining the loss, upon which not less than 6 per cent annual interest shall be paid. The amount of liability so created shall not be counted as a part of the indebtedness authorized by the second section of this article. Similar provisions: La. A 257, S 257; Mo. A 10, S 26 and A 11, S 7; S. Dak. A 8, S 13; Utah II. FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ARISING BY TAXATION. OHIO (1851) A 6, S 2. The general assembly shall make such provisions, by taxation, or otherwise, as, with the income arising from the school trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state; but no religious or other sect, or sects, shall ever have any exclusive right to, or control of, any part of the school funds of this state. The following constitutions contain provisions for a special tax for Ala. A 14, S 269; Ark. A 4, S 3; Colo. A 9, S 7; Del. A 10, S 2; Fla. A The following states contain similar provisions in regard to use of Cal. A 4, S 30, and A 9, S 8; Colo. A 9, S 7; Del. A 9, S 3; Fla. A 12, S Ala. A 14, S 263. "No money raised for the support of the III. METHOD OF CONDUCTING SCHOOLS. The following states provide for free public schools, some of which require the teaching of the English language: No Ohio provision. Ala. A 14, S 256; Ark. A 14, S 1; Cal. A 9, S 6; Colo. A 9, S 2; Del. A 10, No Ohio provision. The following states expressly forbid religious qualifications for admission to schools: 2. Colo. A 9, S 8; Idaho A 9, S 6; Mont. A 11, S 9; Utah A 10, S 12; Wyo. No Ohio provision. Compulsory attendance is provided for in the following: Colo. A 9, S 11; Idaho A 9, S 9; N. C. A 9, S 15; Okla. A 13, S 4; Va. No Ohio provision. Separate schools for white and colored pupils are required in the following: Va. A 9, S 140; Tex. A 7, S 7; Fla. A 12, S 12; La. A 248, S 248; Ky. Some states provide a minimum length of time that schools are to Cal. A 9, S 5; Mich. A 11, S 9; Miss. A 8, S 205; Mont. A 11, S 6; N. C. Uniform text books are required in N. M. A 20, S 17; Okla. A 13, A state superintendent of schools is provided for in the following: County superintendents of schools are provided for in the following: State boards of education provided for in the following: Cal. A 9, S 7; Colo. A 9, S 1; Fla. A 12, S 3; Idaho A 9, S 2; La. A 250; Mich. A 11, S 6; Miss. A 8, S 203; Mo. A 11, S 4; N. C. A 9, S 8 to 13; Okla. A 13, S 5; S. C. A 11, S 2; Tex. A 7, S 8; Utah, A 10, In the folowing states express power is given the legislature to Colo. A 9, S 15; Fla. A 12, S 10 and 11; Tex. A 11, S 10; Utah A 10, Officers, trustees and teachers of schools are prohibited to be finan- Ill. A 8, S 4; Miss. A 8, S 210; S. Dak. A 8, S 17; W. Va. A 12, S 9. IV. STATE UNIVERSITIES. In the following states funds are provided for universities, colleges and normal schools: No Ohio provision. Ala. A 14, S 265-266; Ga. A 8, S 6; Iowa A 9, S 2 and 5; La. A The following states provide for the establishment and location cf No Chio provision. Ala. A 14, S 267; Cal. A 9, S 9 and 10 and 11; Conn. A 8, S 1; Fla. A 12, The following states provide for a Board of Regents or Board of No Chio provision. Board of Regents cr Trustees provided for University in the follow- Mich. A 11, S 3-4-5; Ala. A 14, S 264; Colo. A 9, S 12 and 13 and 14; |