OHIO
Archaeological and Historical
PUBLICATIONS.
HISTORY OF THE
EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATION IN
OHIO FROM 1803 TO 1850.
EDWARD A. MILLER
INTRODUCTION.
Ohio's educational history has been an
especially interest-
ing one. Many causes have combined to
make it so. It was
the first state admitted from the
Northwest Territory, and as
such carried on the earliest experiments
with the great state-wide
grant of school lands that has
characterized our policy since that
time in the admission of new states to
the Union. It was set-
tled with unexampled rapidity, changing
from a wilderness
frontier to a great and prosperous
commonwealth in a single
generation. The settlement was a
singularly heterogeneous one,
coming from the east, the middle states
and the south, with a
considerable influx directly from
Europe. These early settle-
ments were being established, too, while
those democratic and
individualistic tendencies that marked
the first decades of the
nineteenth century were in progress.
During these years the
district school idea was at its height
in Massachusetts and the
East, the private academy was displacing
the town grammar
school, and state control of public
education was at low ebb.
These causes, with others more local in
nature, were instru-
mental in shaping the educational
activities of the state in the
first fifty years of its history, and
have left their imprint on all
the later development.
It is my purpose to give a careful study
and interpretation
of the educational legislation of the
state from territorial days
down to 1850. In this legislation one
finds the truest expression
of the constructive educational thought
and activity of the period.
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2 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
In such a study there must be included
not merely the laws
that bear on the development of a state
system of public educa-
tion, but the much larger number that
are concerned with private
educational ventures of various kinds.
To these must be added
those laws that bear on higher and
professional education, all
that touch upon supplementary agencies
of any kind, and also
any provisions made for the indigent,
defective and delinquent
classes.
A study of this kind is needed as a
background before any
adequate state or national history of
education is possible. Such
a study also gives the general student
of history a view of one
of the most important phases in the
social development of a state,
and a closer acquaintance with the
growth of some of the most
important institutions that society has
discovered to aid it in its
progress.
I have attempted in the following pages
to present the ma-
terial in such a way that it will be of
service to the general
student, and also, in the appendices to
furnish a guide for any
one desiring further information from
the source material on
any particular phase of the state's
educational activities.
The plan of arrangement is as follows: A
discussion and
interpretation of the laws passed from
1803 to 1850; Appendix
A: A classified list of the titles of
the more important acts;
Appendix B: A complete index, page and
volume, to all the
legislation that in any way touches upon
education, in the ses-
sion laws of Ohio from 1803 to 1850,
including both the general
and the local laws.
In many cases I have not given the exact
titles in the ap-
pendices, for the sake of both brevity
and clearness; enough of
titles and content to indicate the
general meaning of the act is
given. In Appendix A, a brief abstract
of the laws is also in-
cluded where it seemed necessary to give
more information than
the title itself conveys.
This is especially the case in the acts
of incorporation of
that large number of secondary and
higher institutions that were
so abundant in the first fifty years of
Ohio's history. A com-
plete tabulation of these acts is here
given and as it is the only
complete list of these institutions that
has been made it seemed
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 3
best to preserve in a few words the
chief points of historical
interest that appear in the laws.
I felt this to be particularly the case
with the secondary
schools. These have nearly all passed
out of existence, and as
they mark one of the most important
stages in the development
of our secondary education, a somewhat
more complete abstract
is given than that dealing with most of
the other subjects.
The public school laws are more easily
accessible and they
are usually indicated by title only.
There was an exceptionally
large amount of legislation, especially
of a local and special
character, dealing with the School
Lands. The more important
of these acts are included by title in
the first appendix with a
mere tabulation of those that had only
local significance.
The laws in Appendix A, are grouped
under the following
headings:
1. The Public School System.
1. General Legislation.
2. City and Town school charters.
II. Legislation concerning the School
Lands.
III. Secondary and Higher Education.
1. Academies, seminaries, institutes and high schools.
2. Universities,
colleges and theological seminaries.
3. Medical and legal education.
IV. The Education of Defectives,
Dependents and Delin-
quents.
V. The Training of Teachers.
VI. Supplementary Educational Agencies.
Appendix B furnishes a page and volume
index to all laws,
resolutions and memorials that have any
educational significance
in either the general or local laws,
from 1803 to 1850. The in-
dices in the volumes of the session laws
themselves are some-
times defective, and they are, too, an
unreliable guide, as many
important items are found in laws the
titles to which give no
hint that they contain material that
relates in any way to educa-
tion.
The primary source material has been the
session laws of
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the state of Ohio. The revised Statutes
for this period have
also been consulted.
It was found necessary to examine all
the laws of the period,
special and general, as the titles and
indices were not dependable.
A considerable amount of material was
also found in the resolu-
tions and memorials.
The United States Statutes at Large were
used to secure
federal legislation concerning school
lands in Ohio. Nashee's
Compilation of Laws, Treaties and
Ordinances which relate to
Lands in the State of Ohio, was relied
upon especially for acts
passed during the territorial period.
The earliest Congressional legislation
was secured from the
Journals of the American Congress,
reprinted by Way and
Gideon, in 1823, under the title as
given.
The chief secondary sources consulted
are indicated in the
Bibliography.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER 1. PAGES
THE SOURCES
OF OHIO'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ............... 1-23
Introductory.
Ohio's admission to the Union. Consti-
tutional
provisions for education. Traditions of decentral-
ization.
Early settlements and centers of influence. Growth
in
population. Conflicting educational ideals. Dominant
educational
influences at the time of settlement. New Eng-
land
influences. School Lands. Early practice in N. E. Its
extension in
Ohio. The Ordinance of 1785. The Ohio Com-
pany and
Symmes Purchases. The state wide grant. New
England men
and school legislation. Ephraim Cutler and
the law of
1821. Caleb Atwater and his report.
Nathan
Guilford and
the law of 1825. The work of Samuel Lewis
and the law
of 1838. The schools that preceded the school
laws.
CHAPTER II.
THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM .............. 24-68
Organization. Summary. School
support. Rates.
Revenue
from School Lands. Permanent
funds. State
school fund.
Surplus Revenue. Taxation. Fines and pen-
alties.
Control and Supervision. Certification of Teachers.
Curricula.
Length of school year. School officers. Schools
for colored
children. City and village schools. Cincinnati.
Cleveland.
Portsmouth. Zanesville. General laws for cities
and towns,
before the Akron act. Dayton. Columbus. Mt.
Vernon.
Akron. Akron act made general in application.
CHAPTER III.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
LANDS ..................................... 69-92
Various
tracts and grants. Methods of Survey. School
grants for
the different tracts. Reasons for lack of uni-
formity in
the method of granting the lands. Location of
the tracts
receiving grants other than Section 16. Legisla-
tive
responsibility for the school lands. Formal legal guard-
ing of
school rights. Methods of making the grant pro-
ductive.
Temporary leasing. Results. Permanent leasing.
Results.
Atwater's report. Cessation of leasing. Memorial
to Congress
for authorization to sell the school lands. The
sale of the
lands. State losses in selling the leased land.
Summary.
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6 Contents.
CHAPTER IV. PAGES
SECONDARY AND
HIGHER EDUCATION ............................ 93-119
Secondary
Education. Legal provisions. The recom-
mendations of
Supt. Lewis for township high schools.
Kinds of
secondary institutions. Method of incorporation.
Enumeration
and classification of Secondary schools. Edu-
cation societies.
Denominational influences.
Curricula.
Manual labor
influence. Limits of State control. Higher
Education.
Enumeration of institutions incorporated. State
influence on
higher education. Ohio University.
Miami
University.
State aid to other colleges. Denominational
influences.
Agricultural education. Summary. Professional
Schools.
Medical education. Legal education.
CHAPTER V.
THE EDUCATION OF DEFECTIVES, DEPENDENTS AND
DELINQUENTS.. 120-128
Legislation
concerning the education of the deaf and
dumb.
Legislation concerning the education of the blind.
Legislation
concerning dependents. Orphan asylums. Edu-
cation of delinquents.
CHAPTER VI.
THE TRAINING
OF TEACHERS
.................................... 129-133
State
attitude. Voluntary associations. The Western
College of
Teachers. The Teachers' Institute.
Private
enterprises.
County teachers' institutes authorized. Private
normal
schools.
CHAPTER VII.
SUPPLEMENTARY
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES ......................... 134-137
Libraries.
Lyceums. Institutes. Athenaeums and Lit-
erary
Societies. College Societies and Fraternities. Mis-
cellaneous
Organizations of educational significance.
CHAPTER VIII.
CONCLUSION
......................................
.... 138-142
Main
features. Decentralization. Permissive legisla-
tion.
Educational experimentation. Advanced position on
taxation for
schools. Lack of efficient organization. The
blinder of
1840. Disastrous experience with school lands.
Attitude
toward Secondary and Higher Education. Influ-
ence of early
history on the later educational development
of the state.
APPENDIX A ................................................. 143-211
APPENDIX B ..................................................
212-265
BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................
266-271
CHAPTER I
THE SOURCES OF OHIO'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
Introductory.
Ohio was admitted into the Union as a
state February 19th,
1803.1 It was the first state admitted
from the Northwest Ter-
ritory, and the first state to which the
grant of Section 16 for
school purposes was made. The
legislation concerning school
lands was intimately connected with the
development of the
Public School System, and in the method
to be adopted to make
this great grant productive of the
desired results Ohio had no
precedents or warnings for her guidance.2
The Constitution adopted when Ohio
became a state re-
mained in force until 1851. It made no
specific provisions for
education, but stated that means of
education3 should be en-
couraged by legislative enactments; that
all institutions of all
grades, endowed in whole or in part from
revenues derived from
the donations of the United States,
should be open without dis-
tinction to all scholars; and that
associations of persons might
receive letters of incorporation from
the legislature to enable
them to hold estates for the support of
their schools, academies,
colleges and universities.
No provision for public schools was made
by any general
law during the first eighteen years
after Ohio's admission, the
first school law being passed in
1821.4 From this period until
1850
eight general school codes were enacted
with numerous
amendments and supplementary acts, and a
mass of special
legislation concerning particular
districts or territory.
Statistical Abstract, U. S., 1910, page
21.
2Land set aside for individual towns had
been common in New
England and elsewhere, but there was no
precedent to direct action in
the case of a state wide grant intended
for the use of the individual
townships.
3O. L. I., Art. 8, Sec. 3; Art. 8, Sec.
25; Art. 8, Sec. 27.
4O. L. XIX, 51.
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8 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
The traditions of Ohio were from the
first against centrali-
zation.5 The first
constitution was formed soon after the bitter
political struggle between Jefferson and
Adams, and at a time
when the arbitrary domination of the
Territorial Governor,
Arthur St. Clair, had prejudiced the
people against centralized
executive power. Nowhere is this
prejudice against centralized
administration better illustrated than
in the various phases of
educational legislation. The tendency throughout the period
under discussion was to depend largely
upon local initiative and
control. The encouragement of education by legislative pro-
vision specified in the constitution was
interpreted by the legis-
lature to mean the passing of a large
number of local acts to
meet the special needs or desires of
particular districts, or even
in the case of school lands, the desires
of individuals, while the
general laws may be said to have pointed
out methods of or-
ganization and control rather than
devising any efficient system
of supervision or penalties to actually
bring about specific educa-
tional results.
The general laws are largely permissive
in character, with
the initiative left in many cases to the
discretion of the local
community. There are doubtless other reasons for this than
the prejudice against the acts of Arthur
St. Clair and the gen-
eral political state of mind in the West
during the early period
of Ohio's history.
Ohio in its early statehood was a
frontier community, settled
by a class of people that in the very
nature of the case were
compelled largely to be self-reliant,
and to solve their own prob-
lems, educational as well as others. It
was a heavily timbered
area. Means of communication were
difficult. It would have
been a hard matter to establish any
general system of control
or supervision in the early period, and
when means of communi-
cation had become simplified, through a
system of state roads
and canals,6 the people had
become habituated to attending to
their own educational needs.
5Orth-The Centralization of
Administration in Ohio, page 11.
6A large part of the early legislation
of Ohio is concerned with
state roads, turnpike companies, plank
roads, canals, etc.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 9
The settlers in Ohio, too, had no common
educational back-
ground. They came from New England, from
Virginia, Mary-
land and Kentucky, and, in fact, from
nearly all the older states.7
A glance at the map on page 70 shows
that the state was
divided into a number of separate
districts such as the Western
Reserve, the Ohio Company's Purchase,
the Symmes Purchase,
the Virginia Military Lands and the
United States Military
Lands. The early settlements in these
sections were usually
made up of people who came into the
wilderness together from
one or another of the older states of
the Union.
Each of these districts, in its customs
and ideals reflected
the current thought and practice of that
part of the country
from which its settlers came, and in no
field was this more evi-
dent than in that of education. The Ohio
Company's Purchase
and the Western Reserve were at first
largely settled by colonists
from New England. Marietta, dating from
1787, and Cleveland,
from 1796, were the respective centers
of influence in these two
districts.
Three colonies were planted in the
Symmes purchase in
1788; the one at Losantiville, later
rechristened Cincinnati by
Governor St. Clair, was destined to be
in many ways a leader
for the entire state as well as for the
Miami country. The early
settlers here, as at Marietta, had many
of them seen service in
the Revolutionary War. They came from no
single locality,
but New Jersey men seemed most prominent
in the early settle-
ment, aided by the other Middle States.8
Later there were many
settlers from Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, New York, and
the New England states.
9The Virginia Military Lands, located between the Little
Miami and the Scioto Rivers, received
its first settlers from
Virginia and the South. General
Nathaniel Massie and Duncan
McArthur founded Chillicothe, on the
Scioto River, in 1796, the
first colony in this district.
7Atwater, A History of the State of
Ohio, page 351.
8Cincinnati. Charles Cist, page 38. The
Old Northwest. Hinsdale,
page 288, 9.
9Ibid. 290. Western Reserve Historical
Society. Vol. II., pages
153, 4.
10 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
On the
eastern edge of the state, south of the Western Re-
serve, are
the so-called Seven Ranges, the name given to the
ranges of
townships first surveyed in Ohio. While there was
no such
colonization here as in the districts already named, the
first
settlers were largely from Pennsylvania, and of German
stock, with a
considerable number of Irish, Scotch and Scotch-
Irish.
The United
States Military Lands seem to have had no
early homogeneous
group, but drew settlers from all the older
states.
There was
also a considerable French settlement at Gal-
lipolis, and
a sprinkling of French all along the Ohio River.
From 1830 on
there was a very considerable German in-
fluence from
the influx of German immigrants that began at
that time.10
The
population increased with astonishing rapidity after
Ohio was
admitted as a state, constant accessions from the older
states were
added to the early settlements, and in the years from
1810 to 1840
the transformation from a thickly wooded frontier
to a settled
farming community had largely taken place. The
census
figures from 1800 to 1850 give some idea of this trans-
formation. At
the beginning of the century the population was
45,365, fifty
years later it had increased to 1,980,329. The
record of
increase by decades, which follows gives an even better
picture of
the sudden changes that must have occurred:
1800 ................................... ..... .
. 45,365
810 ............................................... 230,760
1820 ............................................... 580,434
1830 ............................................... 937,903
1840 ....................... ........................ 1,519,467
1850 ............................................... 1,980,329
11
The census
figures for the last decade of this period show
a foreign
born population of 218,193. In 1850 there were almost
10Orth- The
Centralization of Administration in Ohio, page 164.
Chaddock-A
Study of the Early Influence of Pennsylvania and South-
ern
Populations in Ohio, page 30.
11Statistical
Abstract of U. S., Washington, 1911, page 40.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 11
as many people of foreign birth in the
state as its entire popula-
tion had amounted to only forty years
earlier in 1810. These
people of foreign birth were largely of
German stock.
It was no easy problem to develop a
system of education
to meet the needs of this surprising
growth, coming as it did from
all the older states and from foreign
shores.
There was in these early years no
agreement as to the means
of financing any general system of
education, nor any real
agreement as to the needs of such a
system. The educational
traditions were quite different in
different portions of the state.
Samuel Lewis in his second annual report
in 1838 says: "The
people have not heretofore followed any
particular system. The
directors of each district have done
that which was right in
their own eyes, and generally adopted,
as far as they could, the
particular system of the state from
whence they came."12 Those
from the South brought traditions of the
private school and
parental responsibility for education.
The New England settlers
brought with them the idea of a public
school system, with taxa-
tion and public control, but
unfortunately for Ohio's subsequent
educational history the New England
migration came at a period
when the public school sentiment in
Massachusetts and the East
was at a comparatively low ebb, and when
the decentralizing
tendency that gave Massachusetts the
district school legislation
of 1789 was at its time of greatest
influence. From this time
for nearly forty years, the process of
decentralization went on.
Martin says the year 1827 is "the
high-water mark of modern
democracy and the low-water mark of the
Massachusetts school
system."13 The
New England influence in Ohio began with the
Marietta colony in 1787. By 1830
the population of the state
had reached nearly a million, and it was
during just these
years that the school sentiment in
Massachusetts was lowest.
It was at this time, too, that the
Academy was supplanting
the Latin Grammar School of the colonial
period as the typical
secondary school.
The New England settlers favored the
public school idea,
but it was the highly decentralized
district system with which
12Ohio Documents, 1838, Doc. 32, page
30.
13 Martin-Evolution of the Massachusetts
School System, page 92.
12 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
they were familiar. The Academy idea was
the common posses-
sion of settlers from all the states.
The common school as a district school,
the secondary school
as an academy, were two fundamental
conceptions in the minds
of all those who were active in securing
Ohio's early school
legislation. While many influences were
thus instrumental in
shaping Ohio's early educational
history, her debt to New Eng-
land for the men and ideas most
significant in determining her
early public school system is so large
that a brief sketch of a few
of these men, and of the forces that
worked through them, is a
necessary prerequisite to an intelligent
study of the development
of that system.
The most important of these forces were,
first: the School
Lands.14 Second: the
conception of a State System of Schools,
and third: the idea of State Wide
Taxation for the benefit of
such a system.
The use of public lands for the aid and
support of schools
had its origin in New England. The men
most instrumental in
urging Ohio's first law, giving a legal
basis to the conception of
a State System of Schools, were born in
New England. The
men most active in legalizing the idea
of state wide taxation to
support this system, were also New
England born, and the man
who did most to make these ideas,
incorporated into law, actually
operative in the establishment of
schools and to give a real
organization to the system legally
created, was a man of New
England birth.
When Ohio was admitted as a state,
section 16 in each
township, or an equivalent amount of
land in those districts not
belonging to the United States, was
permanently set aside for
the use of schools.
This grant gave for the use of schools
an amount of land
equal to one square mile or 640 acres
for each surveyed town-
ship of 36 square miles.
The practice of using public lands for
the support of schools
had been from early colonial times a
common New England
device and by 1647 certain towns had
"assumed responsibility
14 discussion of the School Lands,
with maps, methods of survey,
etc., is given in Chap. III.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 13
for the support of schools out of public
property, partly through
gifts of land to school masters, partly
by setting aside grants
of land as a permanent endowment."15
This New England practice first found
state wide expres-
sion when Ohio was admitted to the Union
and from that time
on became an established policy in the
admission of all later
states. The Ordinance of 1785 "for
ascertaining the mode of
disposing of lands in the Western
territory"16 reserved section
16 in each township "for the
maintenance of public schools
within the said township." This
provision, according to Donald-
son17 was the inception of
the rule of the reservation of certain
sections of land for school purposes.
The first action in accord
with this provision occurred within the
next two years when
Manasseh Cutler, as agent for the Ohio
Company, completed
the bargain for the lands acquired by
the company at the mouth
of the Muskingum.l8 Not only
did Mr. Cutler obtain a re-
affirmation of the provision for the
grant of section 16 for school
purposes, but a grant of section 29 in
each township for the
support of religion, and also an added
grant of two townships
for the support of a University. It was
this bargain of the
Ohio Company, engineered by Manasseh
Cutler, that put into
actual operation the provisions of the
Ordinance of 1785 con-
cerning school lands. This was followed
immediately by the
Symmes purchase, between the Miami
Rivers, and sections 16
and 29 were similarly reserved.
With the admission of Ohio as a state
the same provision
for schools, section 16 or its
equivalent for each township, was
extended to the remainder of the state
except the portion still
held by the Indian tribes. Ultimately
the reservation was ex-
tended to all territory within the
state.
In this state wide grant was found an
interest that directed
the attention of settlers in all parts
of the state, and from all
parts of the United States, to the
purpose for which the grants
15Jernegan- Beginnings of Education in
New England. School
Review. Vol. 23, page 379.
16Laws of U. S., 1789-1815. Vol. I,
Chap. 32.
17T. Donaldson--The Public Domain. Chap.
13.
18Hinsdale-The Old Northwest, page 268.
14 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
were made, the schools. The first
legislation concerning schools
is found in efforts made to work out a
method of handling the
school lands, and they remain during
Ohio's early statehood one
of the persistent incentives to
educational legislation and a con-
stant suggestion of a state school
system.
The first general school act for Ohio
was passed January 22,
1821.19 It is a significant fact that the four men most
instru-
mental in putting on the statute books
of Ohio, laws providing
for a tax supported system of common
schools were all of them
born in Massachusetts. These men were Ephraim Cutler,
Caleb Atwater, Nathan Guilford, and
Samuel Lewis.
Ephraim Cutler, of Ames, Washington
county, near Mari-
etta, was the son of Manasseh Cutler,
the inspired lobbyist of
the Ohio Company. He was born in
Edgartown, Mass., but
spent his boyhood in Killingly, Conn.,
with his grandparents, and
came to Ohio in his early manhood. He
was one of the drafters
of the state constitution and it was due
to his efforts that there
were incorporated the clauses providing
that "religion, morality
and knowledge, as essentially necessary
to good government"
were to be supported by the General
Assembly and "that schools
and the means of instruction shall
forever be encouraged by
legislative provision."20
Judge Cutler in December, 1819,
introduced a bill in the
House of Representatives, providing for
a system of common
schools. The bill as introduced was
passed by the House but
allowed to die without action in the
Senate. It was this bill
however, that led to the law of 1821, a substitute
measure that
did little more than outline a method of
school organization and
in so doing recognized the State's
responsibility of legislating
for schools.
Caleb Atwater was born in North Adams,
Mass.21 He was
appointed one of a committee of seven,
in December, 1821, to
consider the subject of schools and
school lands, and report to
the House of Representatives. As a
result of the deliberations
of this committee a commission of five
was appointed in January.
19O. L., XIX, 21.
20Biography of Ephraim Cutler, pages 8,
114.
21History of Franklin and Pickaway
Counties, Ohio, page 98.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 15
1822, to report
to the next General Assembly on a system of
common schools.
This commission collected much valuable
material which
was presented to the Assembly in 1823, but the
friends of educa-
tion were in a minority, and no
legislative action was taken dur-
ing that session. One of the members of
this commission was
Nathan Guilford, a book dealer and
publisher of Cincinnati, the
editor of the Freeman's Almanac, a
western counterpart of Poor
Richard, popularly known as Solomon
Thrifty's Almanac.
Mr. Guilford was born in Spencer, Mass.,22
and was edu-
cated at Yale. He was a constant
advocate of popular educa-
tion and of taxation for schools in
Ohio.
Samuel Lewis, Ohio's first and greatest
State Superintendent
of Schools, was born in Falmouth, Mass.,23
but came to Ohio
as a boy. He was the author and prime
mover for the school
law of 1838, which gave to Ohio its
first completely organized
school system.
The act of 1821 had done little more
than legalize means
by which the settlers in the townships
could move to lay off dis-
tricts and establish schools. It made no
provision for taxation
and organized no definite system. It
was, however, important
as the first state recognition of a
system of common schools. It
was evident to friends of public
education that the law of 1821
was inadequate and ineffective and there
began at once a cam-
paign for a more effective law.
Nathan Guilford used the sayings of
Solomon Thrifty to
arouse the people of the state to the
need of a free common
school education. In 1824
he says :24 "The
Legislatures of
Ohio and Kentucky have taken the subject
of free schools into
consideration. It is hoped that their
zealous endeavors to es-
tablish a system of common education
will be crowned with
success. Millions unborn would rise and
bless them."
Caleb Atwater and his committee after
careful study and
much correspondence had recommended a
commission of seven
22 History of Ohio. Randall and Ryan.
Vol. III., page 374.
23Biography of Samuel Lewis. Wm. G. W.
Lewis, page 13.
24Freeman's Almanac. Maxims and Advice
of Solomon Thrifty.
1824.
16 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
to report on the subject of the school
lands and a school system.
This commission25 consisted
of Caleb Atwater, Rev. John Collins,
Rev. James Hoge, Nathan Guilford,
Ephraim Cutler, Josiah
Barber and James Bell. The number
corresponded with the
total number of different grants of
school lands and each man
was to study and report upon the
condition of the lands in the
territory assigned him. Caleb Atwater
was assigned the Con-
gress Lands; John Collins the Virginia
Military Lands; James
Hoge the Refugee Lands; James Bell the
U. S. Military Lands;
Ephraim Cutler the Ohio Company Lands;
Nathan Guilford the
Symmes Purchase Lands and Josiah Barber
the Connecticut
Western Reserve Lands.
It was evidently the original opinion of
many of the settlers
in Ohio, and perhaps the design of
Congress, that these land
grants, if properly managed would
support public schools with-
out a tax upon the citizens. There was a
growing belief, how-
ever, that this one source of income
would continue to prove
inadequate. Nathan Guilford, who
strongly advocated taxation,
did not serve upon the commission,
evidently believing he could
aid the cause of education better as a
free lance. He addressed
a public letter to the chairman of the
board arguing for a school
tax upon property and insisting that an
adequate school fund
could not be raised from the school
lands alone.
The commission had been directed to
report upon three
topics: The actual condition of the
school lands; a bill proposing
a system of school law; a report on the
necessity and value of
the system proposed. Pamphlets were
issued on these topics
and widely circulated, and served to
awaken an interest through-
out the state in public education.
The system proposed was modeled on the
New York State
system.26 It
provided for an economical management of the
school lands, but made no provision for
taxation. The legisla-
ture of 1823 was however opposed to any
liberal action for
public education. Atwater says :27 "In this legislature were
many influential men who were opposed to
a school system, to
25Atwater. History of Ohio, page 259.
26 Biography of Samuel Lewis, page 101.
27Atwater. History of Ohio, page 261.
Educational
Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 17
a sale of school lands
and to internal improvements." * * *
"This session had
a majority of both houses opposed to a school
system and the sale of
school lands, and all that was done by
them was to quarrel
about these subjects. They finally broke
up in a row and went
home."
In the campaign for
the state election of 1824 the subjects
of internal
improvements, the public school system and the
taxation system of the
state were the main issues before the
people. A majority
favorable to the public schools and internal
improvements was
chosen, among them Nathan Guilford,
elected to represent
Cincinnati. When the legislature assembled
Governor Morrow
presented the necessity for adequate legis-
lation on all these
questions. His message recognizes the dif-
ficulty of bringing
people of divergent educational views, with
no common educational
inheritance, to united action for public
schools. In discussing
the subject he says :28 "In this state there
are causes, extensive
in their nature, for difference of opinion
on the subject. The population is composed principally of
emigrants from the
different States of the Union, with habits
and modes of thinking
on the subject, as different as are the
regulations of the
States from whence they came." * * *
"The act of the
22nd of January, 1821," he declares, is in-
effective because the
establishment of schools and school dis-
tricts was made
optional for the voters in each township. "Was
this act made
positive, and in some respects modified, we should
have a system in force
- perhaps not perfect - for the regula-
tion of common
schools, which could be further improved, as
experience under it
should point out its defects. A joint com-
mittee29 was
at once appointed in the General Assembly, to study
the subject and report
an adequate bill. Mr. Guilford was made
chairman of this
committee and drafted the report and bill,
which finally passed
both houses without amendment and be-
came the law of 1825.
There was a widespread feeling in the
state against imposing
a tax for general school purposes, but
Mr. Guilford and Mr.
Cutler stood firm for this measure, and
with the assistance of
the supporters of the public school idea,
28Ohio School System.
Taylor, pages 132, 3.
29Ibid., page 141.
Vol. XXVII-2.
18 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
insured its passage by forming an active
coalition with those
legislators who were working in the
interests of internal im-
provements, especially the advocates of
state canals. In this
work Mr. Guilford showed himself a
skilled lobbyist and
shrewd judge of men in his personal
campaign among the mem-
bers of both houses.30
While the vote was proceeding in the
house Mr. Cutler stood
beside Mr. Guilford as they anxiously
awaited the outcome,
and when the result was announced, and
it was assured that
taxation for education had prevailed he
turned to his companion
and exclaimed: "Lord, now lettest
thou thy servant depart in
peace, according to thy word, for mine
eyes have seen thy salva-
tion." The great initial victory
for public education had been
won, and had been won primarily by New
England ideas backed
up by New England men.
It remained to give these ideas and this
system effective
organization. This was not accomplished
until thirteen years
later, in 1838, under the leadership of
Samuel Lewis, when a
wholly new school code was adopted.
Following the act of
1825 there were numerous modifications
and amendments of
the law but no essential change in the
system of administration
was made until 1838.
The law of 1825 had made no provision
for centralized con-
trol, and had created no adequate
machinery for uniting the
various schools and districts
established into a true state system.
There was neither state, county, nor
township supervision,
and but little actual knowledge, and no
control, of what various
communities were doing educationally.
While the law had
established the fundamental principle of
taxation for schools,
the actual system remained a headless,
disjointed, decentralized
and ineffective one.
The first suggestions for reform came
from the friends
of education in Cincinnati. A group of
teachers and other
earnest advocates of popular education
had organized a voluntary
association known as the College of
Teachers or Western Ac-
ademic Institute.31 This body met
annually for the discussion
30 Biography of Samuel Lewis, page 103.
31O. L., XXX, 232.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 19
and study of educational topics and
attracted to its meetings, not
only Ohio teachers, but educational
leaders from the other
western states as well. Partly as a
result of a demand for a
better organization, created through the
discussions of this asso-
ciation,32 a bill was
introduced in 1837 to create the office of
State Superintendent of Common Schools.
It met with de-
termined opposition, but finally passed
the House by a vote
of 35 to 34, and became a law in March,
of the same year,
with a decisive vote in its favor in the
Senate.
Samuel Lewis, of Cincinnati, was the
first and only in-
cumbent of the office, which he held for
three years. The law
of 1838 was a direct result of the work
of his first year and
his study of the needs and conditions of
schools as he saw them
while touring the state visiting the
schools and addressing meet-
ings, in an attempt to arouse people to
an active interest in the
need of better school conditions. In
this work he visited more
than 300 schools, traveling on
horse-back over 1,200 miles
over the rough country roads, visiting
schools by day, address-
ing public meetings by night, and
everywhere preaching the
gospel of a better school system and a
free education for every
Ohio boy and girl. He always found it
hard, and often dis-
couraging work. He writes from Cleveland
in November, 1837:
"I arrived here today almost worn
down; have rode on an
average twenty-six miles a day this
week. I generally spend
three or four hours a day in
conversation, answering questions,
giving explanations, and making
suggestions. It is harder than
it would be to deliver an address every
day an hour and a half
long. * * * I fear you overvalue my
efforts. * * * I
shall, however, do my best. I leave here
on Monday, if health
permit, and shall get along as fast as I
can to Columbus, visiting
on my route, as I suppose, about sixteen
counties. * * * The
task before me is so great, that with
all my time and close at-
tention, I shall hardly be able to get
through." In a later letter
he writes: "On Saturday last, I
delivered an address at Canton,
and after riding twenty-six miles on
Monday, spoke in the eve-
ning to a large audience, and I believe
I did good. * * * I
work hard day and night, and I find it a
kind of up-hill business.
32Biography of Samuel Lewis, pages 119,
120.
20 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
If men would only do something, even in
opposition, it would
be better than it is. Almost every man
agrees with me; thou-
sands listen and applaud; and even
candid men of sense declare
they have never heard this subject
treated with so much interest,
and then leave it to go alone, or get on
unaided by their efforts.
Still I am not discouraged, but am
determined to work on till
my report is in, hoping at least for the
final triumph of sound
principles and practice." 33
His report for the year 1837, based on
his own observation
and such statistics as he could gather
from the county auditors,
gave the first assembled information
about the common schools
of the state. The report found the legislature
in a receptive
mood, and the law of 1838 was passed
with but little opposition.
The essential feature of the new law, in
comparison with those
that had preceded, consisted in the fact
that it gave organization
and headship to the system.
The new code retained the State
Superintendent at the head
of the schools;-the act of 1837 had
created the office-,but
had done nothing to change the rest of
the law, or the machinery
of administration. In each county the new law made the
county auditor also the county
superintendent of schools, and
as such, responsible to the State
Superintendent in all educational
affairs. Similarly in each township the
township clerk was made
the township superintendent of schools,
subordinate to the county
superintendent.
An organization had been established by
means of which
an authorized state officer could reach
out into the most remote
district of the state, either to give
help or information, or to
see that the law was obeyed. If equipped
with the proper men,
Ohio, through this law, had the
mechanism for effective educa-
tional administration.
The real strength of the system rested
in the office of State
Superintendent. Mr. Lewis filled the
office for three years, and
in those three years did the same kind
of work for Ohio that
Horace Mann was doing for Massachusetts.
Unfortunately for
Ohio and her subsequent educational
history, Mr. Lewis, because
of failing health, gave up the office
after three years of tireless
33Biography of Samuel Lewis, page 123.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850.
21
service, and the legislature, because
some opposition had de-
veloped, transferred the work to the
office of the Secretary of
State.
This office was given four hundred dollars additional
for clerk hire, and the work became the
collection of statistics
and making of reports, not the
administration of a state wide
school system.
We have seen that the old New England
idea of using
lands for schools first found
application in Ohio, and that New
England men were chiefly instrumental in
giving to the State
the first law of 1821, the principle of taxation in 1825, and the
organized system of 1838. We may now
turn to a more de-
tailed study of the laws themselves.
Before doing this however, a few words must be said
about the schools from 1803 to 1821, the
date of the first school
law. The general type of common schools
during this period
was the pay or subscription school.34
The following agreements
and advertisements give a picture of the
practice, such that any
added explanation is unnecessary.
An advertisement in the Western Spy,
October 22, 1799,
reads as follows:
"ENGLISH SCHOOL.-The subscriber
informs the inhabitants of this
town that his school is this day
removed, and is now next door to Mr.
Thomas Williams, skin-dresser, Main
Street. Gentlemen who have not
subscribed may send their scholars on
the same terms as subscribers,
(commencing this day). He also intends
to commence an evening school
in the same house on the third day of November next, where writing and
arithmetic, etc., will be taught four
evenings in each week, from 6 to 9
o'clock, during the term of three
months. The terms for each scholar
will be two dollars, the scholars to
find firewood and candles. He also
furnishes deeds and indentures, etc., on
reasonable terms."
JAMES WHITE.35
This is given by Venable, together with
the following, ap-
pearing in a Cincinnati paper in 1804.
34 The Historical Sketches of Ohio, a
Centennial publication gives
an account of the development of the
school system in 47 cities and vil-
lages of the state. In 41 cases the
writers mention some form of private
school as preceding or paralleling the
Public School.
35 Venable. Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley
Pages 185, 6.
22 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
"NOTICE. -- The public in general
and my former subscribers in par-
ticular, are respectfully informed that
I expect to commence school again
on the 1st day of January, 1805. I shall
teach reading, writing, arith-
metic and English grammar,
indiscriminately, for two dollars per quarter.
The strictest care will be given to the
school, as my circumstances will
then admit of my constant presence with
the school. Those who place
confidence in my abilities and fidelity
may be assured that both will be
employed to please the parents who shall
commit, and benefit the children
who shall be committed to my care."
EZRA SPENCER.35
The two agreements between teacher and
parents which
follow illustrate the common practice in
the employment of a
teacher and establishment of a school.
"This article between the
underscribed subscribers, of the one part,
and Jabez P. Manning, of the other,
Witnesseth: That said Manning
doth on his part engage to teach a
school at the school-house near the
center of Youngstown for the term of one
quarter, wherein he engages
to teach reading, writing, arithmetic
and English grammar; and further-
more, that the school shall be opened at
9 o'clock A. M. and close at 4
P. M., of each day of the week (Saturday
and Sunday excepted), and
on Saturday to be opened at 9 o'clock
and close at 12 o'clock A. M., and
we, the subscribers, on our part
individually engage to pay unto the said
Manning $1.75 for each and every scholar
that we subscribe at the end
of the term; and we, furthermore, engage
to furnish the necessary ex-
pense of furniture, wood, and all other
things necessary for the use of
the school. Furthermore, we do engage
that unless by the 6th of April
of the present year the number of
scholars subscribed amount to 35, that
the said Manning is in no way obligated
by this article. Furthermore,
we allow the said Manning the privilege
of receiving five scholars more
than are here specified."36
"(Signed)" J. P. MANNING.
"Youngstown, March 31, 1818."
"We the subscribers, do hereby
mutually agree to hire Miss Sally
Rice to teach a school in the school-house
near Mr. William Smith's, for
the term of three months, to commence on
the 9th day of June, instant.
She is to commence the school at the
hour of 9 o'clock in the forenoon,
and keep until 12; and at the hour of 1,
and continue until 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. She is to teach reading,
and to instruct the young Misses
35 V enable. Beginnings of Literary
Culture in the Ohio Valley.
Pages 185, 6.
36Historical Sketches of Ohio. Youngstown.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850.
23
in the art of sewing; and to keep all
necessary regulations as is usual in
schools; for which we agree to give her
the sum of one dollar and
twenty-five cents per week during the
said term, which sum shall be
assessed in proportion to the number of
scholars we have set to our
names. Provided, also, that in case more
are sent by any individual than
he has subscribed for, or any persons
send who do not subscribe, they
shall be assessed in proportion to the
number they send; the money to be
assessed and collected by a committee to
be appointed for that purpose.
And for the performance of the foregoing
we hold ourselves bound."
"Dated this 8th day of June, A. D.,
1814."37
This last agreement was for a school
taught in Warren,
Washington county, and was signed by 19
subscribers, guaran-
teeing 281/2 pupils. Ephraim Cutler
leading with four, while
five subscribers sign for only one-half
a pupil each.
37Biography of Ephraim Cutler. Page 172.
CHAPTER II
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
The Public School System, 1803 to 1850.
The general educational legislation of
this period is con-
cerned only with the district school.
There was no general
legislative enactment to establish
secondary or higher institutions
of learning as a part of the state
system of education, and it
was not until 1847 that there was any
legislation to make pro-
vision for town and city schools and a
graded system, other than
that found in special town and city
charters.
The chief legislative enactments that
divide this period and
mark especially important phases in the
growth of the system
of public schools are as follows:
18211-- The first school law.
Recognition of State need and
responsibility.
18252-The
second school law. The first tax for schools.
I8383-A state system organized. A
definite school fund
guaranteed and the schools,* in theory,
made free.
1847-484 - The Akron Act passed. A
system for town and
city schools established.
These dates mark off periods that may be
roughly charac-
terized as follows:
1803 to 1821- Subscription or pay
schools.
1821 to 1825 - State recognition of the public school idea.
1825 to 1838- Property taxation to aid
schools.
1838 to 1850-Operation under a loose
state organization.
1847 to 1850-The development of town and
city school
systems.
1O. L., XIX, 51.
2O. L., XXIII, 36.
3O. L., XXXVI, 31.
* School rates were not definitely
abolished from the Public Schools
until after 1850. Taylor. The Ohio
School System. Introduction,page4.
4O. L., XLV, local, 187.
(24)
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 25
Numerous school laws were passed from
1825 to 1838, but
the changes were minor in character, and
developed no new
principles.
A clearer view of the growth of the
Public School System
can be gained if the more important
phases of that development
are treated separately, showing the
various stages that each of
these phases passed through during the
entire period.
For the purposes of this discussion the
following topics
have been selected, and are discussed in
the order given below.
The Organization of the School System.
Methods of Common School Support.
Control and Supervision of Schools.
Certification of Teachers.
School Studies.
Length of School Year.
School Officers.
Schools for Colored Children.
City and Village School Systems.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, 1803-1850
It may be said that the school system of
the state had its
beginning in the grant of one section in
each township for the
use of schools that Ohio received from
the United States when
she became a state.5 This
grant, wasted as it afterwards was,
served as one center of common
educational interest, and brought
the topic of common schools constantly
before legislators and
people.
The unit of organization during the
entire period was the
district. The earliest legislation
bearing in any way upon the
organization of schools is found in an
act of January 2, 1806,6
establishing the method of incorporating
townships.
This act provides: "That so soon as there are twenty
qualified electors in any original
surveyed township of six miles
square, or fractional township within
the state wherein there
5A description of this grant and the use
made of it will be found
in the discussion of the school lands in
Chapter III.
60. L., IV, 56.
26 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
is the reserved section number 16,
granted by the Congress of
the United States for the special use of
schools; they are hereby
authorized under the provision hereafter
provided, to elect
three trustees and one treasurer for the
purpose of taking into
their care the section above mentioned,
who shall be a body
politic, capable of suing and being
sued, pleading and being
impleaded."
This early legislation precedes any
specific school act, and
is found in the laws concerning the
organization of the township.
It is the undoubted result of the grant
of school lands and is
an indication of the importance of this
grant in keeping before
the people the ideal of state-wide
education.
All parts of the state had land set
aside for school use.
This was the one common fact in all
attempts to meet local
educational needs. On this subject there
had to be legislation
general in nature. It was the one
subject of common educational
interest. This earlier legislation was
concerned primarily in de-
termining how the scant funds from this
source might be legally
used, either to support for short
periods schools that depended
solely on this source of income, or to
supplement and assist pri-
vate and subscription schools of various
kinds.
The trustees chosen in compliance with
this legislation of
1806, were given authority to divide the
township into districts
for the purpose of establishing schools,
but were not directed
to do so. They were, however, directed
to divide the profits7
arising from the school lands, among the districts that were
established, in proportion to the
inhabitants. In passing this act,
the legislature was evidently primarily
interested in the man-
agement of Section 16, not in the
establishment of schools.
Those townships that wished to do it
were given the right to
organize districts and use the funds
obtained from the school
lands to support their schools. It is
evident from subsequent
legislation,8 and from the
reports of Superintendent Lewis,9 that
7Legal
provision had been made as early as 1803, the year Ohio
was admitted, for renting the school
lands. See Chapter III for a dis-
cussion of the legislation concerning
the treatment of these lands.
8 0. L., XXXIV, 19.
9Ohio Documents, 36th G. A., Doc. 17,
pages 9, 10.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 27
these funds were also used to pay or
lessen the expense of
subscription schools already under way
in the community. In
all laws touching on this subject,
following the act of 1806, the
township trustees are the officers
charged with the duty of
dividing the township into school,
districts, but the final decision
as to whether such divisions are to be
made does not legally rest
with them, although in practice it is
evident that it often did so.
In 1814,10 in an act
supplementary to the above, it was made
obligatory upon the trustees to lay the
township off in districts
upon the application of six householders
of the township, but
no penalties were imposed for a failure
to do so. This same
act directed that those establishing a
school in a district should
choose three (school) trustees, whose
sole duties seemed to be
to get from the teacher a certified list
of the pupils who had
attended the schools, and the length of
time they had been
taught, and present it to the township
trustees as a basis for
the distribution of the revenue from the
school section.
On January 22, 1821,11 Ohio's first
general school act was
passed. By its provisions the method of
organizing districts
legalized in 1814 is evidently repealed
though it is not so speci-
fied. The specific provisions of the act
that concern organiza-
tion are that the voters in each
township should have the right
to vote upon the question of districting
the township. In case
the vote was in favor of such
districting, the trustees were di-
rected to lay off the school districts
in such a way as to have
not less than twelve, nor more than
forty householders in
one district. They were also directed in
their districting to
have regard to any school companies
incorporated, so as to in-
clude the members within one district.
The householders in each district were
to elect annually a
school committee of three, and a
collector. The duty of the
latter was evidently to collect rates
for the support of the school
from those who sent children to it, the
tax for building a school
house in case such a tax was levied, and
any amount levied as
necessary for paying the rates for the
indigent children of the
district. This law also required the
directors to appoint a dis-
10 O. L., XIV, 295.
11. L., XIX, 21.
28 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
trict clerk, whose duties were to keep a
record of the meetings,
make out the tax bills when a tax was
levied, and keep such
accounts as the school committee might
direct.
The legislation up to this point has
been chiefly concerned
in providing an organization for two
purposes: a fair and legal
method for distributing the revenues
that arose from the school
lands, and a method by which local
communities could legally
lay out their districts and set up
schools. There was nothing
in this earliest legislation that in any
way approached a state
system, or compelled any state-wide
action concerning education.
It was the evident intention of the next
general law, passed
in 1825,12 to establish a system that
should be state wide in its
operation. Its great advance over
preceding laws was, however,
in its use of the principle of
state-wide taxation, rather than any
significant change in the organization
of schools. The establish-
ment of districts and schools remained a
local and decentralized
activity and no true state system was
formed.
It was made the duty of the township
trustees to lay off
each incorporated township in the state
into one or more school
districts. Certain negative penalties
were imposed in this law
upon townships that were not divided
into districts and upon
districts that did not employ teachers,
but any real compelling
force that such a provision might have
had, was destroyed by
the excessive liberality of the time
limitation allowed to meet
the minimum requirements of the law.
No township was entitled to receive any
portion of the
monies collected for school purposes,
either from the school
lands or from taxation, unless it was
laid off into districts. (It
might be laid off in one district six
miles square and meet the
legal requirement.) Furthermore, if it were not laid off into
districts within five years, the money
due it arising from the
school tax was apportioned to the other
townships of the county
which had been so laid off. Similarly,
any district which for a
period of three years failed to hire a
teacher and keep a school
was penalized by having the money due it
apportioned to the
districts that obeyed the law.
120. L., XXIII, 26.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 29
This did not refer to the money from
Section 16. By the
terms of the original grant, this was
set aside for the use of
the schools of the township, and the
funds from it could not
be alienated to the use of another
township.
The law of 1825 provided for a
school tax, and the penalty
for not districting the township
consisted13 in losing after a five-
year period the township share in this
tax. No provision was
made other than this for the enforcement
of the law. There
were no penalties for the township
trustees, and no officers,
whose duty it was to see that the law
was carried into effect.
It was the evident idea of the
legislators that the incentive
afforded by a share in the school tax
would be sufficient to
bring about the erection of school
districts in all the townships
of the state. That this was not the
universal result is shown
by the fact that throughout the period,
even as late as 1849,14
there reappears in general laws and in
amendatory and supple-
mentary acts constant directions to the
township trustees to lay
off the township into school districts.
The later directions prob-
ably usually refer to the organization
of new counties and town-
ships in the more unsettled portions of
the state. In general,
the townships seem to have followed the
mandates of the law
and availed themselves of the
opportunity to share in the money
raised by the tax.
Mr. Lewis in his first report as State
Superintendent, in
1837,15 showed that there
were 7,748 organized school districts in
the state. There were 1,129 townships in 71 of the 75 counties of
the state, which would give an average
of nearly seven school
districts to the township, an indication
that the law was quite
generally obeyed. There was however no
uniformity in the
amount of territory included in the
districts (an entire town-
ship might be organized as one
district), and as Mr. Lewis
pointed out the number in each township
did vary from one or
two to eighteen. The district lines were
"frequently made on
personal considerations, or to defeat
some contemplated improve-
130.
L., XXIII, 36.
140. L., XLVII, 52.
15Documents of the State of Ohio. 36th
Gen. Assembly, Doc. No.
17, page 45.
30 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
ment. It is not uncommon to find
districts so bounded as to
exclude whole tracts of land from the
operation of the law."16
The report further indicates that there
were individual town-
ships even in the older counties that
had not organized school
districts at the date of the report,
1837, "and many more in the
new counties that have just commenced
operations."
The organization within the district was
effected by the
district meeting chosing three
directors, who were to have direct
control and management of the schools.
It should be kept clearly in mind in
this, and subsequent
legislation, that the directors are
officers of the district, the
trustees are officers of the township.
The only compulsory feature in the
district organization
was a fine of two dollars, which was
provided for by an amend-
ment in 1830,17 imposed upon
any person who was elected school
director or treasurer and refused to
serve. This provision was
repeated in the general laws of 183218
and 1834.19
These amendments were evidently caused
by frequent refusal
to serve by those elected to the school
offices in the local dis-
tricts. That the work was a real burden
and rested upon a
small army of local school officers may
be seen in another quo-
tation from the State Superintendent's
first report.
"There is no feature in the present
law more burdensome
than that of requiring so many officers
to spend several days
in every year in doing what would be
better done by one-fifth
the number. * * * The amount of time now required, if
the officers do their duty, will, if
computed at the average price
of day labor, amount to a heavier tax
than is assessed in money
for the support of schools. * * * There
are now 38,740
officers, enough certainly to break down
any system however
otherwise good."20
To summarize: On the side of local
organization, the law
of 1825 directed the township trustees
throughout the state to
16Ibid. Page 20.
17 0. L., XXVIII, 57.
18 0. L., XXX, 414.
19 O.
L., XXXII, 25.
20 Ohio Documents, 36th. G. A., Doc. 17, page 19.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 31
lay off the townships into school
districts, in which the electors
might organize by choosing directors.
The only compulsion
for either township or district coming
from a loss in the share
of the school tax.
County contact with the township and
district was first
established in the law of 1825,21 by
which the county officials
were made responsible for the collection
and distribution of the
school tax,22 and through the
appointment of a Board of Ex-
aminers by the Court of Common Pleas.
This county relation-
ship was concerned only with the
distribution of school funds
and the examination23 of
teachers, and had no direct element
in it of control or supervision. The
certification of teachers
by a county authority, rather than a
local authority, did, of
course, introduce one element of
control.
The next step in the direction of county
organization was
taken in the law of 1836,24 which
provided that the county
auditor should open an account directly
with each school dis-
trict in the county, and made the
further provision that each
district school clerk should report
annually to the county auditor.
The county auditor became the
intermediary officer in gather-
ing information for the use of the state
as to the general school
conditions. It is evident that the
legislature felt the need of
information regarding school conditions
throughout the state
as a basis for legislative action. The
directions are specific as
to the information wanted, and included
the following items:
The enumeration of white children from
four to twenty-
one years old in the district;
The time the school had been kept in the
district
The time the school had been supported
by the school fund;
The time the school had been supported
by taxation;
The time the school had been supported
by voluntary sub-
scription;
The amount of money from each source;
The number of children that had been
taught;
21 O.
L., XXIII, 26.
22 See page 44 for full explanation of
this tax.
23 See page 54.
240. L., XXXIV, 19.
32 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
The whole amount spent for teachers'
wages;
The amount paid for school-houses and
repairs, giving as
separate items the sum raised by
taxation for this pur-
pose and that raised by voluntary
subscription.
25Each county auditor was directed to make an abstract of
the information so gathered for his
county, and to report the
same annually to the General Assembly.
It will be seen that the law up to this
point connected the
state, county and district into a loose
organization through a
system of reports, and through certain
financial contacts in
the collection and distribution of the
school tax.
The system lacked a supervising head,
with definite
responsibility for following up the
directions given by the law,
and seeing that the information asked
for was actually gath-
ered and used. The legislature evidently
realized this, and the
following year,28 1837,
passed a law creating the office of
Superintendent of Common Schools, with
an annual salary of
five hundred dollars.
The chief duties of the office so
created were to collect and
tabulate statistics, to investigate the
conditions of the various
school funds resulting from the sale of
lands, and, in general,
to study the school needs of the state
and suggest plans for
better regulation and control of
educational affairs to the Gen-
eral Assembly. Samuel Lewis of
Cincinnati was appointed to
the office April 1, 1837.29 Following his
recommendations, the
25It was largely from these abstracts
that Mr. Lewis made up the
statistical tables in his first report.
He recognized the incompleteness
and inaccuracy in them, but despite that
gathered much valuable informa-
tion. In commenting upon the laxness
shown in the reports he says:
"If all the districts had reported
accurately, the result would be bad
enough; but they have not. * * * There
are in the State 75 counties
of which 62 have reported in whole or in
part; some are extremely de-
fective, not only on account of the work
of the school officers, but also
the extreme carelessness of some of the
auditors. Most of the auditors,
however have done the best they could
with the materials furnished."27
27Documents. Ohio. 36th. G. A., Doc. 17,
page 47.
28 0. L., XXXV, 82.
29 O. L., XXXV, local, 560.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 33
legislature enacted in 183830 an act for
the support and better
regulation of Common Schools, and to
create permanently the
office of Superintendent of Common
Schools. Mr. Lewis had
recommended legislation the preceding
year, which had included
"School libraries; a state school
fund of two hundred thousand
dollars; township high schools; township
Boards of Education;
evening schools in towns and cities;
county superintendents; a
school journal to be distributed to
school officers gratuitously;
encouragement for the formation of
Teachers' Institutes;
authority for districts to borrow money
to erect school-houses;
the employment of women as teachers; and
full reports from
teachers and school officers."31
The resulting legislation was the most
important and com-
plete act bearing upon public education
passed in Ohio from
1803 to 1850, and was the last school
code passed during the
period. Much of its effectiveness was
destroyed by subsequent
amendments that will be indicated, but
the act in itself attempted
to establish an organized system of
common schools for the
state, with state, county, township and
district officers. The
State Superintendent stood at the head
of the system. In each
county the county auditor was made
superintendent of common
schools for the county, and in each
township the township clerk
was made superintendent of common
schools for the township.
The district meeting elected three
directors as in the case of the
preceding laws. The district clerk was
directed to make an
annual report to the district meeting
and to file a copy of his
report with the township clerk. This
report was to contain
full financial and educational
statistics of the district for the
year. The duties of the township clerk,
acting as superintend-
ent, were as follows: to take an
enumeration of the youth of
school age in each district of the
township (for failure to do this
a fine of $15 was imposed upon him); to
fill vacancies that
occurred in any board of directors in
his township; to appoint
directors in case the district meeting
failed to elect them, or in
case the directors failed to serve, and
if those who were ap-
pointed refused to serve, to himself
perform the duties of the
3O. L., XXXVI, 21.
31 Ohio Documents. 36th. G. A., Doc. 17,
pages 11-34.
Vol. XXVII- 3.
34 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
directors for the district in question.
He was directed further
to report annually to the county
superintendent an abstract of
the reports made by the district clerks,
and it was made his
duty to visit each common school in the
township at least once
a year to examine the teacher's record,
the discipline and mode
of instruction, and to keep a journal of
his observations. He
was also directed by the law to estimate
each year the addi-
tional amount necessary to be raised in
the district to maintain
six months' school for all children.
The chief duties of the auditor as
county superintendent
of schools consisted in transmitting an
abstract of the reports
from each township to the State Superintendent,
and in dis-
tributing blanks, circulars and other
information from the State
Superintendent to the proper township
and district officers.
It will be seen that in its working the
system was nominal
rather than actual, so far as any
control of the local unit, the
district, was concerned. It was designed
chiefly to afford con-
venience for the collection of data
needed by the State Super-
intendent, and the dissemination of
information from the State
Superintendent's office. It did provide
for district officers, and
even the possible establishment of
schools, where the district
failed to act, by giving the township
clerk power to exercise
the authority of the directors, and it
also made some pretense
at supervision through the same
officers. Aside from this, it
was a loose and inefficient system,
depending for its value
upon the energy and ability of the State
Superintendent in
arousing educational sentiment
throughout the state, and upon
the thoroughness with which the township
clerk performed the
duties laid upon him. There was still no
actual compulsion in
the law.
The strong points of the system
consisted in the definite
relationship established through state,
county, township and dis-
trict officers, and the possibility of
dissemination and collection
of educational information through these
channels. Its real
effectiveness depended upon the wise
leadership of the State
Superintendent. The law pointed out the
way to a school sys-
tem, and the Superintendent, as an
authorized educational
agent, could do much to arouse
state-wide interest in the
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to
1850. 35
schools. In his Third Annual Report in
1839, Mr. Lewis
speaks of the law in the following
words:
"This law, though not perfect, was
the best that could be passed;
and with all its imperfections, I still
think it is better adapted to our
wants than any other school law that has
come under my notice. It gives
to the people the power to do their own
business, whether in townships
or districts, as the majority may think
best. The widest possible latitude
is given for popular action. The most
that the law does is to prescribe
certain general rules within which the
people can act under the sanction
of the law, and it gives to such popular
action the aid of law to effect
its purpose. An arbitrary law imposing
duties binding upon the people
without their assent could prescribe the
forms and details of the work
in a few words and with great
simplicity. Such would do for despotic
countries, but in a free country where
the actors are a people whose
action depends upon their own wills,
there must be a wide scope given,
allowing each district to accommodate
its own peculiar views, requiring
it only to keep within the general
outlines (and they must be only out-
lines) laid down by the law."32
The effectiveness of the organization
was destroyed by
action of the legislature March 23, 1840,33 when the
office of
State Superintendent was abolished, and
the work of tabulating
and transmitting school statistics and
other educational informa-
tion was transferred to the office of
the Secretary of State.
The one other point at which the law had
promise of
effectiveness was in the creation of the
township and county
superintendents. The weakness, of
course, was in attaching
these offices as mere appendages to the
duties of the county
auditor and the township clerk.
The supervisory duties of the township
clerk were made
dependent upon the decision of the
township trustees in 1839,34
and the amount of pay for the
supervision of any one school
limited to a maximum of one dollar for
any one year. This
made actual supervision practically
impossible. The results of
these two acts were to leave the system
without effective leader-
ship and largely to destroy any
possibility of controlling the
32Third Annual Report of the
Superintendent of Common Schools,
Ohio, page 4.
33O. L., XXXVIII, 131.
34O. L., XXXVII, 61.
36 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
school work of the district through
supervision. There were
portions of the state where the
organization was felt to be
ineffective. Samuel Lewis had advocated
county supervision,
and the appointment of the county
auditor to this position was
felt by many not to meet educational
needs. Voluntary asso-
ciations of teachers35 discussed
the question of school organiza-
tion in their conventions. In 1846 Henry
D. Barnard of Con-
necticut came to Ohio and lectured in
numerous towns and
cities,36 urging the cause of free
public schools.
As one result of these discussions
numerous petitions were
circulated in the northern and central
portions of the state,
asking for a law that would give county
supervision. In 184737
the legislature passed a weak permissive
act applicable to
twenty-five counties located largely in
the Western Reserve and
in the central portion of the state near
Columbus. This act
shows clearly the general legislative
willingness to legalize edu-
cational procedure and the unwillingness
to adopt means to
enforce the measures given the sanction
of law.
The twenty-five counties in question
were allowed to have
county superintendents. The initiative
was left in the hands
of the county commissioners, who were
authorized to set aside
such sum as they deemed proper for the
payment of a county
superintendent. They were allowed to
levy a tax for the pur-
pose if they wished to do so. If a sum
were set aside for the
support of this office, the county
superintendent was elected by
the district clerks of the county. He
became chairman of the
county Board of Examiners, and was
directed to visit annually
each common school in the county as a
supervising officer.
The provisions of this act were made
applicable to all
counties in the state the next year,
1848.38 The act remained
virtually a dead letter in the original
twenty-five counties as well
as in the rest of the state. It simply
pointed out a way in
which a county might legally appoint a
county superintendent
35 See Chapter VI, page 129, for a brief
account of some of these
associations.
36Taylor, page 359.
37 O. L., XLV, 32.
38O. L., XLVI, 86.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 37
of schools if it really wished to do so,
and it left the initiative
in the hands of the county
commissioners, who were apt to be
guided in action by financial
considerations more than by edu-
cational needs.39
The legislature in 185040 passed another
act that created
again the office of State
Superintendent, but in a quite different
form. This law was not permissive in
form, but never actually
came into operation as the General
Assembly, which was the
appointing body, allowed it to lapse
through its failure to ap-
point the officers provided for in the
law. In brief, this law
provided for a state board of public
instruction to consist of
five members, appointed by the General
Assembly. The first
members were to be appointed for one,
two, three, four and five
years. After that one member was to be
appointed each year.
Each member, during the last year of his
term, was styled the
State Superintendent of Common Schools,
and carried on the
duties of that office. These duties were
largely limited to the
collection of statistics and reporting
the results to the General
Assembly. The state was to be divided
into four districts by
the board, and each of the other members
to serve as a district
superintendent. In this service they
co-operated with the
county examiners and their signatures
were necessary to give
validity to teachers' certificates. The
State Superintendent was
to prepare questions for all teachers'
examinations. Teachers
were required to pay one dollar on the
receipt of certificates.
The payment of this dollar entitled each
teacher to receive a
state educational paper, and to attend
teachers' institutes. All
fees and subscriptions to the school
paper were to be paid to
the state treasurer and out of the fund
so created the salaries
of the state board were to be paid. The
salaries were one
thousand dollars for each district
superintendent, and twelve
hundred dollars for the State
Superintendent. The law spe-
cifically provided that no money from
any other source should
be used in the payment of these
salaries. This law represented
the efforts of the teachers'
associations and the friends of edu-
39Two counties, Ashtabula and Sandusky,
elected superintendents
under this law. Taylor, page 360.
40O. L., XLVIII, 44.
38 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
cation throughout the state. They were
successful in getting
the law upon the statute books by
placing the responsibility
for financing it upon the teachers
themselves. The law, how-
ever, as has been said, was never put in
active operation.
Summary.
The district was the unit of school
organization throughout
this period. A state organization was
formed in 1838 with
county and township officers. The
effectiveness of the county
and township organizations was largely
nullified by attaching
the duties of the school officials to
offices primarily created for
other purposes. The greatest possibility
of usefulness in the
system rested in the State
Superintendent, and this office, after a
three years' trial, was abolished, and
its duties transferred to
the office of the Secretary of State,
where it became largely a
clerical function.
METHODS OF COMMON SCHOOL SUPPORT
The subject of the support of common
schools during this
period is an involved one as there are
many sources of revenue
and frequent changes in legislation.
These sources may be
classified as follows:
School rates paid by parents;
The revenue from school lands;
Permanent funds;
Revenue from the United States surplus;
A guaranteed state school fund;
State taxation for school support;
County taxation for school support;
Optional township taxation for school
support;
District taxation for school support;
Revenue from fines, penalties and fees
of various kinds;
District taxation for school buildings;
Voluntary contributions for school
buildings.
Contributions and bequests.
Rates Paid by Parents.
It has already been said that the
earliest schools in Ohio
were subscription or pay schools. The
responsibility for the
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 39
education of the child during the first
twenty-two years of
statehood rested on the parents, not
upon society or the state,
except as the money received from
Section 16 might assist in
maintaining the local school. The
principle of school rates for
at least a portion of the expense was
recognized in the laws of
1821,41 1829,42 1831,43
1834,44 and 1836.45 In the three acts
last cited it was provided that the
parents should pay any addi-
tional amount needed, unless it were
raised by voluntary sub-
scription. Provision was also made for
the exemption of indi-
gent students. School rates, as a source
of revenue, were not
specifically recognized in the code of
1838,46 but reappeared the
following year in an amendment,47 and
remained until 1850 as
a legal source of support.
The practical working of the law and its
amendments is
well shown by another quotation from Mr.
Lewis's first report.53
"As it will be impossible to give a
full history of my observations,
an example of the several classes must
suffice. In one town a free
school is taught three months in the
year, by one teacher, in a district
where more than one hundred children
desire to attend; they rush in
and crowd the school so as to destroy
all hope of usefulness, the wealthy
and those in comfortable circumstances,
seeing this, withdraw their chil-
dren or never send them; the school thus
receives the name of a school
for the poor, and its usefulness is
destroyed. This example is one that
represents nearly all the free schools
in the State, as well in the country
as in the cities and towns.
"Another and much larger number of
the districts, adopt a practice
of which the following is an example:
The district has funds which
would pay a teacher one quarter or less,
but in order to keep up a
school as long as possible, it is
divided between two or more quarters;
the teacher makes his estimate of the
amount, besides public money, that
must be paid by each scholar and gets
his subscription accordingly. Here
none send but those who can pay the
balance; of course the children of
the poor, the very intemperate and
careless, with sometimes the inordinate
lovers of money are left at home.
41 O. L., XIX, 51.
42. L., XXVII, 73.
43O. L., XXIX, 414.
440.
L., XXXII, 25.
450.
L., XXXIV, 19.
46 0. L., XXXVI, 21.
47 O.
L., XXXVII, 61.
Ohio Documents, 36th. G. A., Doc. 17,
pages 8 ff.
40 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
"This mode though it defeats the
primary object of the law, really
secures a greater aggregate amount of
instruction than the other. An-
other class proceeds on the same plan,
with the exception that the
teacher is bound to take the very poor
free, if they prove their total
inability to pay. This is but little, if
any, better than the last, since the
poor woman must humble herself, and in effect
take the benefit of the
poor law, before she can get her
children into school. * * *
"Another part of this class is,
where the directors agree with the
teacher at so much per month, and, after
expending the school money,
levy, under the statute, a tax on the
scholars for the residue, sometimes
admitting the poor, and sometimes
rejecting all that are unable to pay
the difference.
"In some towns all the teachers
receive a portion of the public
money at the rate of so much per
scholar, which they deduct from the
subscription price. In these cases the
schools are all strictly private,
and no provision whatever is made for
the poor. The officers in one
place where this practice prevails, said
that 'if the schools were free,
they would be so crowded as to be
useless, unless they had more funds,
but by the mode they adopted, every man
who sent to school got a part
of the public money;' if he was not able
to pay the balance he was
punished by losing the whole; which is
certainly a bad feature in the
practice, and a gross violation of law.
Another custom is not to draw
the school money for several years, and
then, say once in two or three
years, they can keep a crowded free
school from three to six months. In
some places public schools have not been
taught this two years.
"These examples give the practice
in all the school districts in the
State; the second and third named
prevail the most generally; but it is
not uncommon to find all the examples
adopted in different districts in
the same township."
Revenue from School Lands.
The revenue from Section 16, or land
given in lieu of Sec-
tion 16,48 was by the terms of the grant
to be used for the edu-
cation of the children of the township
or district of country to
which it belonged. The basis of
distribution within the town-
ship finally came to be the number of
white unmarried youth
from four to twenty-one years. The
different bases of distri-
bution used before this were as follows:
18o549--So that all citizens in the
township shall obtain
equal advantages.
480. L., III, 47, Enabling Act, reprinted.
49O. L., III, 230.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 41
181050 - In proportion to the scholars
and the time taught.
182551- In proportion to the number of
families in each
district.
183152 -In proportion to the unmarried
white youth from
four to twenty-one.
In the Virginia Military District the
basis for distribution
by the act of February 9, 1829,54
was made all children from
the age of four to sixteen, instead of
four to twenty-one. This
was changed to children from the age of
four to twenty-one in
1831,55
and a five hundred dollar penalty assessed
upon county
auditors if they failed to make
triennially a report of the number
of school youth of this age in their
respective counties. In
183656 the proportionate amount of
territory in each county was
used as the basis of apportionment in
this particular district.
Permanent Funds.
School lands.
In 180957 the school lands set
aside for the Virginia Military
District were offered for sale at a
minimum price of two dollars
per acre, and the funds deposited with
the state treasurer,
to be funded and the income used for the
support of schools
within this district.
The policy of selling the school lands
in the rest of the
state was adopted in 182758 and was
followed immediately by
another act59 creating a permanent
school fund. The money
from the sale of school land was to be
paid into the state treasury,
and placed to the credit of the
particular townships to which the
land belonged. This was impossible in
the case of such dis-
tricts as the Western Reserve, the
Virginia Military District,
5O. L., VIII, 100.
51. L., XXIII, 36.
52. L., XXXII, 25.
54. L., XXVII, 51.
55. L., XXIX, 229.
56O. L., XXXIV, 469.
57 0. L., VII, 109.
58 0. L., XXV, 26.
590. L., XXV, 78.
42 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
and
the United States Military District, as the land had not
been
given to the townships, but to the districts as a whole. In
these
cases the money was set aside for the use of schools in
the
territories named. The amount so paid in constituted an
irreducible
fund upon which the state pledged its faith to pay
an
annual interest of six per cent for the use of schools in
the
township or district.60 The lands were to be sold at the
appraised
value with no minimum price attached. This act also
provided
that the money from the sale of the salt lands, which
had
not been originally given for the use of schools, should be-
come
a permanent fund belonging in common to the people of
the
state for school use. To this fund was to be added any
donations,
bequests, etc., that might be made to the state for
the
use of schools. The moneys from the two last sources were
to be
funded until 1832, and thereafter interest was to be dis-
tributed
to the counties of the state in proportion to the white
male
inhabitants over twenty-one years of age. These funds
were
loaned to the state for the purpose of building canals in
1830,61
and from this time on the principle was followed of using
the
funds for state purposes, and pledging the faith of the state
for
the payment of annual interest on the debt so incurred.
The
amount of funds derived from this source is shown for
the
years 1830, 1836 and 1846, as follows: 62
1830 1836 1846
Virginia
Mil. Sch. Lands..... $ 47,014.31 $117,884.64 $135,033.96
U. S.
Mil. Sch. Lands ........ 27,895.50 101,256.71 119,871.09
Salt
Lands .............. 10,004.20 24,788.22
Sec.
No. 16 ............ 82,626.31 563,578.63 999,963.24
Western
Reserve Sch. Lands 147,027.01 158,659.01
Moravian
Tract Sch. Lands.. 1,049.82
Totals
.................. $167,540.32
$954,535.21 $1,414,577.12
60The
money paid into the treasury from the school lands was used
by the
State in its canal projects, and interest paid upon the debt so in-
curred.
610. L., XXVIII, 55.
62O.
L., XXVIII, Auditor's reports; 0. L., XXXV, Auditors re-
ports; 0. L., XLV, Auditor's reports.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 43
Surplus Revenue.
In 183763 the surplus revenue received
from the United
States was apportioned among the
counties, the net income from
this source to be used for the support
of common schools. The
method used for deriving an income was
as follows. Each
county was held responsible for the
payment of five per cent
interest annually on the amount
apportioned to it.64 This five
per cent was paid annually to the state
treasurer and redistrib-
uted throughout the state for the use of
schools. Any amount
of revenue that the county had derived
from the fund above
five per cent might be retained by it
and used for internal
improvements, for the support of common
schools or for the
building of academies. The entire fund
apportioned to Ohio
from this source was $2,007,260.34.65 This fund was used in
this way for the support of schools
until 1850, but was finally
pledged by the state for the payment of
debts incurred in the
building of state canals, and passed
from the school finances
subsequent to this date.
State School Fund.
The law of 183866 established for
the first time a guaran-
teed state common school fund of two
hundred thousand dollars.
This was to be derived from the interest
on the Surplus Rev-
enue,67 the interest on the
proceeds of salt lands, and the rev-
enue68 from banks, insurance
and bridge companies. The state
was to supplement from other funds
whatever amount was
needed to bring the total annual revenue
up to two hundred
thousand dollars. The added amount, when necessary, was
raised, in fact, by a state tax. The
amount of this guaranteed
63O . L., XXXV, 97.
64The amount distributed to the Ohio
counties in 1837 was
$1,882,418.92.
65 Ohio Documents. 36th Gen. Assembly.
Doc. 3, page 8.
66O. L., XXXVI, 21.
67 Ohio's share of the surplus
revenue distributed to the several
states by the United States amounted to
$2,007,260.34.
68The revenue from the state tax on
banks, insurance and bridge
companies is reported by the state
treasurer in 1837 as $64,931.53.*
*Ohio Documents. 36th Gen. Assembly.
Doc. 2, page 3.
44 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
fund was subsequently
in 184269 reduced for one year to one
hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and in the following year70
the money arising from
licenses on peddlers, from auction duties
or licenses on
auctioneers, and from taxes levied on lawyers and
physicians, was added
to this fund, the effort evidently being to
raise the amount of
the fund without the necessity of taxation.
The basis for
distribution of this fund to the counties was
made the number of
white youth between the ages of four and
twenty years, resident
in the county.
Taxation.
The principle of
taxation for the support of schools first
appeared in the
general school act of 1825,71 by which the
county commissioners
in each county were directed to levy a
tax of 1/2 mill on the taxable property of the county for the
use of schools. This
principle continued from this date, and
was later supplemented
by a state tax and an optional town-
ship or district
tax. The provisions of the laws
concerning
taxation up to and
including the general law of 1838 are sum-
marized in the
following statement. (This includes
only taxa-
tion for school
support. The provisions for taxation for school
building purposes are
given separately.)
Year Amount.
County tax required72
1825 1/2 mill.
County tax required73
1829 3/4 mill.
County tax required74
1831 3/4 mill. County commissioners may as-
sess 1/4 mill additional.
County tax required75
1834 1 mill. County commissioners
may as-
sess 1/2 mill
additional.
County tax required76
1836 l1/2 mills. County commissioners may as-
sess 1/2 mill additional.
690 . L., XL, 59.
70O. L., XLII, 38.
71 0. L., XXIII, 36.
72O. L., XXIII, 36.
730. L., XXVII, 73.
74O. L., XXIX, 414.
75O. L., XXXII, 25.
76 O. L., XXXIV, 19.
Educational
Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 45
Year Amount.
County tax required77
1838 2 mills. (If the
county commissioners
failed to levy the
additional
Tp. tax ............76
1836 optional. 1/2 mill tax, the township
might vote to raise an
addi-
tional 11/2 mill tax.
Tp. tax
........... 1838 optional. The township might vote an
added amount necessary
to
maintain schools six
months.78
Not to exceed two
mills ad-
ditional.
State tax
........... 1839 variable. An amount necessary added to
the revenue from the
perma-
nent fund to produce
$200,-
00079 annually.80 1/2 mill levied
by the state in 1838.
In 183981 the law was
amended to allow the county com-
missioner to reduce
the county tax to any sum not less
than
one mill, instead of
maintaining a flat rate of two mills through-
out the state as the
act of 1838 had done, and in 1847,82 the
sentiment against
taxation for school support was so strong
in the General
Assembly that the county commissioners were
forbidden to levy more
than 2/5 of a mill for the use of schools.
This was the lowest
point reached in taxation for school support
after the law of 1825.
The following year,
1848, the privilege of levying a local
tax for the support of
schools was extended from the town-
ship to the district.84 The district clerks were directed to
make
an estimate of the
amount needed in addition to the funds pro-
vided under the laws
in force to keep a school in session for
six months. The district meeting was then allowed to
decide
by vote whether an
additional tax should be levied for this
77 O.
L., XXXVI, 21.
78O. L., XXXVII, 61.
79Reduced in 1842 to
$150,000."
80 O. L., XXXVI, 85.
81 O. L. XXXVII, 61.
820. L., XLV, 60.
830. L., XL, 59.
84 0. L., XLVI,, 83.
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Society Publications.
purpose. In no case could this
added district tax exceed one
mill. The same year the county
commissioners were authorized
to raise the tax from 2/5 of a mill to 1
mill,85 but they were not
directed to do so.
The status of taxation for the support
of schools at the
close of the period was as follows:
The state guaranteed a fixed school fund
derived from
various sources. When other sources
failed to make up this
sum, a state tax was levied to do so.
(The fund had been re-
duced from two hundred thousand dollars
in 1838 to one hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars in 1842.)
The county commissioners were directed
to levy a tax in
each county. This had been two mills in
1838, but was reduced
to 2/5 of a mill in
1847, and was left optional, but not over one
mill in 1848.
Each township might vote to raise an
added two mill tax
for the support of schools in the
township.
Each district might vote to raise an
added one mill tax for
the support of schools in the district.
The progress that had been made by the
law of 1838 with
its state-wide county tax of two mills
and state tax amounting
to 1/2 mill had been largely lost by allowing the county com-
missioners to reduce the amount of the
county tax and by the
reduction of the guaranteed school fund
to one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
Taxation for School Buildings.
The law of 182186 authorized the
householders in any school
district by a two-thirds vote to levy a
tax to build a school-
house, and to pay for the schooling of
indigent pupils, and
stipulated the tax should not exceed
one-half the amount that
might be levied for state and county
taxes the same year. The
next law, that of 1825,87 simply said
that the district meet-
ing should provide means for building a
school-house, and for
furnishing fuel, but gave no further
directions as to how money
83 0. L., XLVI, 28.
860.
L., XIX, 51.
870. L., XXIII, 36.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 47
was to be raised. In 182788 a maximum of
three hundred dollars
for a school-house was established and
the district meeting might,
by a three-fifths vote, decide whether
the district should be taxed
for building purposes or not. If it was
decided to raise the
money by a tax and the amount falling on
any householder was
less than one dollar, a minimum sum of
one dollar was charged
against him. The tax might be commuted
by labor on the
school-house or furnishing material for
it. This last law evi-
dently aroused opposition on the part of
non-resident tax-
payers, and in 183089 an amendment to
the school law provided
that not more than fifty dollars might
be levied in any one
year for building purposes, unless
one-third of the property in
the district was owned by residents. If
one-third to one-half of
the property was so owned, the amount
raised might be one
hundred dollars. If one-third to two-thirds of the property
was owned by residents, the sum was
increased to two hundred
dollars. This method of raising the
money for buildings re-
mained with but slight changes until
1838. The minimum tax
for a resident taxpayer was reduced from
one dollar to fifty
cents in 1830,90 and to twenty-five
cents in 1836.91 In 183892
the decision as to a building tax for a
school-house was for
the first time left to a majority vote
of the district meeting, and
the partial exemption for non-resident
taxpayers and the min-
imum tax features disappeared.
Fines, Penalties, Licenses, Fees,
Etc.
In 182793 the principle of using fines for
the support of
schools, assessed for various offences
first appears. By the pro-
visions of this act all fines imposed
and collected by justices of
the peace for offences committed were to
be used for the sup-
port of schools in the district in which
the offences were com-
mitted. This was repeated in 1829,94 and then
disappeared from
880. L., XXVII, 65.
890. L., XXVIII, 57.
900. L., XXVIII, 57.
91 O. L, XXXIV, 19.
92O. L., XXXVI, 21.
930. L., XXV, 65.
940. L., XXVII, 73.
48 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
the school law, but the principle reappeared in a
series of acts
concerning various offences and remained as a definite
method
of school support to the end of the period. These offences
and fines are so numerous that they are given here only
in tabu-
lated form.
Area to which
Date of Penalty fines were
law.
Offence. Min. Max. distributed
distributed.
182993 Selling
liquor without license .....$10.00 $50.00 County
1829 Liquor
seller permitting rioting,
drunkenness or gambling ........ 10.00 50.00 County
183096 Killing muskrat out of season..... 1.00
each Township
183197 Sabbath
breaking ................. 1.00 5.00
Township
183197 Selling
liquor on Sunday
"to
others than travelers" .......... 5.00
Township
183197 Disturbing
religious meetings..... 20.00
Township
183197 Profanity
........................ .25 1.00
Township
183197 Exciting
disturbance in a tavern,
etc
............................
.50 5.00 Township
183197 Playing
bullets, running horses or Township
shooting guns in town.......... .50
5.00 Township
183197 Liquor
dealer keeping 9 pin alley.. 10.00 100.00 Township
183197 Exhibiting
a puppet show, jug-
gling, etc. ...................... 10.00
Township
183197 Tearing
down public notices ....... 10.00
Township
183197 Selling
liquor within 1 mile of a
religious gathering ............. 20.00
Township
183197 Bull
baiting, bear baiting, etc ...... 100.00
Township
183197 Cock
fighting .................... 100.00
Township
183197 Horse
racing on a public road.... 5.00
Township
183197 Justice
of Peace failing to pay over
fine
collected ................... Double
the
amount col-
lected
Township
183198 Selling
at auction without license 100.00
State, for lit-
183198 Failure
to render account of auc- erary pur-
tion sales ...................... 1000.00 poses
183199
Peddling without license........... 20.00 100.00 District
95O. L., XXVII, 11.
96O. L., XXIX, 469.
97 0. L., XXIX, 161.
98O. L., XXIX, 304.
99 0. L., XXIX, 313.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 49
Area to which
Date of Penalty fines were
law.
Offence. Min.
Max. distributed.
distributed.
1831100 Exhibiting
circus without permit.. $100.00
County
1831101 Neglecting
to have fish inspected.. 5.00
County
1831101 Failure to
bury offal.............. $5.00 50.00
County
1831101 Inspector demanding more than
legal amount, or purchasing ar-
ticles condemned ............... 50.00 County
1834102 Selling salt without inspection.... 1.00 per
bbl. County
1834103 Medical
malpractice of various
kinds
..........................100.00
500.00 County
1834104 Obstructing
navigation in Mus-
kingum River .................. 50.00 County
1838105 Officer
or corporation disregarding
court orders in quo warranto pro-
cedure ......................... 10,000.00
County
1840106 Keeping
breachy or unruly animals .25 1.00 District
1840107 Harboring
intoxicated Indians..... 5.00 25.00
District
1841108 Selling
liquor within two miles of
any religious society gathered in
a field or woodland............. 5.00 50.00 Township
1844109
Allowing Canada Thistles to ma-
ture ........................... 10.00 Township
Knowingly selling seed which con-
tains Canada Thistle seed ........ 20.00
Township
1845110 Firing cannon on the public street 5.00 50.00
Township
1846111 Gambling
or keeping a gambling
house .......................... 500.00 County
1000. L., XXIX, 446.
101 0. L., XXIX, 477.
102 O. L., XXXII, 47.
103 0. L., XXXII, 20.
104 O. L., XXXII, 38.
105O. L.,
XXXVI, 68.
106O. L., XXXVIII, 4.
107 0. L., XXXVIII, 57.
108 O. L.,
XXXIX, 34.
109 O. L., XLII, 37.
110 O. L., XLIII, 17.
111 O. L, XLIV, 10.
Vol. XXVII- 4.
50 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
In addition to the fines listed, the
fees received from licenses
for liquor selling, 112 for peddlingl13
and auctioneering114 were
applied for the use of schools. There
were also a number of
local acts of this character applying to
particular towns or
counties.115
116 In 1830 in the act incorporating the town of Steuben-
ville, it is provided that for every
license granted to "all gro-
ceries, porter, ale, and other houses of
entertainment" there
shall be paid into the county treasury
"the sum of five dollars
for the use of the common schools of the
county." A similar
provision is found in the act
incorporating the city of Chilli-
cothe,ll7 in 1838, except
that the money is to be paid to the
district of the city. Acts of the same
general nature occur,
applying to Medina, Huron, and Erie
Counties,1l8 and to the
towns of Chagrin Falls,l19 Fulton,l20
and Akron,l21 and in 1845
an act was passed authorizing the towns
of Painesville and
Norwalkl22 to levy an annual
tax "on all dogs six months old
and upwards" for the use of common
schools.
CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS
Ohio was especially weak in developing
any plan of control
or supervision. The law of 1825123 and
succeeding laws said
that the county examiners might visit
and inspect schools, but
there was no compulsion placed upon
them, no pay for the
duty if performed, and no authority
given to them in case they
decided to make such inspection. In
1838124 the establishment
1120.
L., XXVII, 11.
1130. L., XXIX,
313; 0. L., XLVI, 36.
114O. L., XXIX, 304
115 0. L., XXVIII, 165; 0. L., XLV, 131.
116 0. L., XXVIII, 165.
117 O. L., XXXVI, 274.
118 0. L., XLV, 131.
119 O.
L., XLVI, 269.
1200. L., XXXII, 116.
121O. L., XXXIV, 433.
122O. L., XLIII, 379.
1230. L., XXIII, 36.
124 O. L., XXXVI, 21.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 51
of the office of state, county and
township superintendents
would seem, at first view, to give the
machinery for efficient
control and supervision, but an
inspection of the law will show
that the actual control exercised was
weak and ineffective. The
only man in the entire system who was
primarily engaged in
school work was the State Superintendent
and at the end of
three years the office was abolished,125
and the work transferred
to the Secretary of State, who was
allowed four hundred dol-
lars a year for the extra clerical work
thus placed upon him.
Samuel Lewis 126 in the three
years he served as State Su-
perintendent accomplished much, but it
was through arousing
sentiment in favor of common schools and
in collecting and
presenting educational facts to the
General Assembly and to
the state at large, and not through the
working of the system,
except as it aided him in the collection
of the desired facts, and
as he educated school officers in their
duties through manuals,
reports and other educational material.127
With the transfer of the office to the
Secretary of State
it became, naturally, largely clerical
in character, as the Secre-
tary of State was devoted primarily to
other duties. Similarly,
the office of county superintendent was
simply added to the
duties of the county auditor, and that
of the township superin-
tendent to the duties of the township
clerk. These men, too,
were primarily chosen for work of a
different nature, and the
school duties were in many instances an
unwelcome addition.
It is true that the law gave the
township superintendent
certain control over the district,
vesting him with powers to
appoint directors if the district failed
to elect them, or to per-
form in person the duties of the
directors if those he appointed
failed to serve. There was no machinery,
however, to compel
the township superintendent to act in
the matter. He was also
required by law to visit the schools in
each district once in each
year, but in 1839128 it was made
optional with the township trus-
tees to excuse him from this duty, and
his total pay for super-
125 0. L., XXXVIII, 131.
126 Taylor, page 335.
127O. L., XXXVI, local, 402, 410.
128O. L., XXXVII, 61.
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Society Publications.
vision in any one school was fixed at a
maximum of one dollar
for the year. On the whole the township
clerks seem to have
accepted the responsibility and to have
acted for the best inter-
ests of the schools.
Mr. Lewis in his second report speaks of
the working of
the law at this point as follows:129
"Elections have very generally been
held in the districts in Septem-
ber, 1838, and where they have been
omitted the township clerks have,
in most cases, made proper appointments,
so that there are now school
officers in nearly all the school
districts and they are making the ar-
rangements for schools. * * * The power
of township clerks, to ap-
point district officers, is sometimes
complained of, but without this pro-
vision or some other effecting the same
object, organization could not
take place.
"There will be this winter at least
one thousand schools that but
for this provision would not have
existed. Township clerks only act,
where the district has forgotten or
neglected to act, and it would be un-
pardonable to suffer fifty thousand
youth to go without instruction for
want of officers to regulate the
schools. * * * I am satisfied that
most of the township clerks desire most
heartily to promote the interest
of the schools, pay or no pay, but they
are generally poor and cannot
afford to spend much time without
compensation. Letters every day
coming to my hands, satisfy me that no
money will be better laid out
than that which secures the services of
patriotic and public spirited
township superintendents."
While these quotations show the general
attitude of these
newly appointed officers as favorable to
the schools, there were
many individual instances where, through
laxity or ignorance,
the work was not done. One of the county
auditors writing to
Mr. Lewis says: "Great difficulties
are found in school matters
by the negligence of school district
officers and township clerks,
not that they are opposed to the common
school system, but
they complain of having so much to do
without compensation,
consequently they will not bother
themselves with the matter."130
Another says: "I can assign no
reason for the neglect of
the township clerks in this matter * * *
but from want
of attention merely." * * *
"The township clerks have not
129 Ohio Document. 38th. G. A. Doc. 17, page 51.
130 Ohio Document. 37th. G. A.
Doc. 32, page 67.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 53
generally made accurate
returns."131 "The carelesness of dis-
trict officers has given township clerks
an excuse, and my re-
port is very deficient," are among
other comments from audi-
tor's letters cited by Mr. Lewis.
The only effective measures to compel
the districts to
establish schools were through the
retention of the district's
share of money from the school fund, and
the moneys collected
by taxation, in case of failure to keep
school. The law of
1825132 said that no
district might receive its share of the money
so collected except for the wages of a
teacher duly employed
and certified. There was no
specification as to the length of
time the teacher must be employed. If
the district failed for
a period of three years to hire a
teacher and keep a school, the
money due it was to be appropriated to
the districts that did so.
In 1829133 the provisions were repeated,
and a minimum term of
three months was established as a
condition of receiving the
district's proportion of school tax due.
There was a fine of two dollars assessed
on any person
elected as a director or clerk and
refusing to serve,134 and also
fines on the district officers responsible
for making returns of
the enumeration of school youth135 in
case of failure to report.
It was found necessary in 1848136 to
pass a special act for the
purpose of securing school statistics
from the districts and town-
ships. This forbade the township
treasurers to pay any teacher
a salary unless there was presented with
the order an abstract
of the teacher's record of attendance.
The township treasurer
was fined ten dollars unless he settled
annually with the auditor
of the county, and the possession of
these abstracts was a nec-
essary preliminary to the settlement.
Other than this the state
devised no means for controlling the
educational procedure of
the district.
131Ibid. Page 70.
132.
L., XXIII, 36.
1330. L., XXVII, 73.
134O. L., XXVIII, 57.
135O. L., XXXIV, 19.
1360. L., XLVI, 28.
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Hist. Society Publications.
CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS
In 1821137 the district school committee was
authorized to
employ competent teachers, and no
mention was made of certifi-
cation. In 1825138 the principle of
county certification appeared
and with the exception of a two-year
period, 1836 to 1838, re-
mained until 1850. The law of 1825
provided for the appoint-
ment of three examiners of common
schools in each county by
the Court of Common Pleas, who should
examine and certifi-
cate teachers, and, as previously noted,
might visit and examine
schools. No teacher could legally
recover any part of the pay
due from public funds unless a
certificate had been granted to
such teacher.
In 1827139 the Court of Common Pleas was
allowed to ap-
point such number of examiners as they
might deem expedient,
not to exceed one for each organized
township in the county.
It was the evident intent of this law to
allow single examiners,
for the sake of convenience, to examine
within the township.
In 1829140 the Court of Common Pleas was
directed to
appoint not less than five examiners nor
more than the number
of organized townships in the county,
and any two examiners
might grant certificates.
In 1831141 the examiners were directed
to give the certifi-
cate in the branches in which the
teacher was found qualified
to teach, and no certificate was to be
granted unless the candi-
date was qualified to teach reading,
writing and arithmetic.
The examiners might require the
examination to be public
and could determine upon uniform forms
of certification.
This law was evidently deemed a little
too rigorous and
was amended at the following session in
December, 1831,142
to permit a district that wished to do
so to employ a female
teacher to teach reading, writing and
spelling only, and the
1370. L., XIX, 51.
138 0. L., XXIII, 36.
139 0. L., XXV,
65.
140 0. L., XXVII, 73.
141 O.
L., XXX, 4.
142O. L., XXX, 4.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 55
examiners were authorized, on the
presentation of a written re-
quest from the directors, to grant a
certificate in these subjects.
In 1834143 the court was directed to
appoint five examin-
ers, and the examination was to be given
publicly each month
at the county seat, with the provision
that the examiners might
appoint one examiner in each township to
examine female
teachers only. Reading, writing and
arithmetic were required
for all certificates.
In 1836144 the township
became the unit for certification,
and the method of choosing examiners
changed. Each township
was to elect annually three examiners,
but with the code of
1838,145 the county became definitely
the unit for certification,
and the mode of appointment was again by
the selection of the
Court of Common Pleas. The number of
examiners was fixed
at three. Examinations were to be held
quarterly by the Board.
Each teacher must be qualified to teach
reading, writing and
arithmetic, and the certificate stated
what other branches the
teacher was qualified to teach. No
teacher in any common school
was allowed to teach a study not named
in the certificate. In
1849146
English and geography were added to the
requirements
for certification.
SCHOOL STUDIES
No mention was made of the subjects to
be taught in the
common schools until 1834,147 when
reading, writing and arith-
metic and "other necessary
branches" were specified. The state
insisted on nothing more than these
subjects, but in 1838148 al-
lowed other studies to be taught at the
option of the directors,
and allowed any other language beside
English to be taught, but
the three r's must be taught in English.
This was amended in
1839149 as a concession to
German settlers150 to allow each school
143O.
L., XXXII, 25.
1440.
L., XXXIV, 19.
145 0. L., XXXVI, 21.
146 0. L., XLVII, 43.
147 0. L., XXXII, 25.
148O . L., XXXVI, 21.
149O. L., XXXVII, 61.
150Taylor, page 170.
56 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
district to have its school taught in
whatever language it might
prefer.
In 1849151 on application of three householders the
directors were instructed to add English
and geography to the
subjects taught.
LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR
The minimum length of the school year
was first fixed at
three months in 1829152 for any school
receiving an appropria-
tion of the money raised by taxation,
and as much longer than
three months as the appropriation paid
the wages of the teacher.
Nothing was done to extend the time
until 1838153 when the
township superintendent was directed to
estimate for the town-
ship the amount it would be necessary to
raise by taxation in
addition to the funds already provided
to furnish six months
good schooling to all the white youth of
the township. The de-
cision as to raising the amount needed
to maintain the schools
six months was decided by the voters at
the township election,
who voted "school tax" or
"no school tax". A six months' school
remained the ideal held up by the law
for district schools until
1850.
That this modest ideal of a six month's
school was not
commonly reached is shown in Mr. Lewis's
first report in which
he gave the total number of children of
school age in the
State at 468,812; the number attending
more than two months
and less than four as 84,296, and those
attending over four
months as 62,144.154 These figures show
that 322,372 children
of school age either attended school
less than two months in
the year or that they did not attend at
all. In his last report,
three years later, for 1839, he gives
the total number of schools
(public) as 13,049-partly estimated-and
the average length
of the term as four months; the total
number of pupils in attend-
ance as 455,427, an increase of over
300,000.155 These figures
are a significant indication of the
changed attitude toward pub-
1510. L., XLVII, 33.
152 0. L., XXVII,
73.
153 O. L., XXXVI, 21.
154 Ohio Doc. 36th. G. A. Doc. 17, page
44.
155Ohio Doc. 38th G. A. Doc. 17, page
44.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 57
lic schools that the law of 1838 had
wrought under the leader-
ship of a capable and devoted State
Superinendent.
SCHOOL OFFICERS
The township trustees were throughout
the period given
the power of establishing districts.
District officers were as fol-
lows:
In 1814- three district trustees ;156
In 1821 -three district trustees
and a collector;157
In 1825 - three directors ;158
In 1827 - three directors and a
treasurer to be appointed
by the directors ;159
In 1829-three directors, a clerk, and a
treasurer;160
In 1838--three directors, the directors
appointing one of
their own number as clerk and treasurer ;161
The law of 1838 also created the offices
of
state, county and township
superintendents, the
two latter being ex officio, attached to
the offices
of county auditor and township clerk.
In 1840-the office of State
Superintendent was abolished,
and its clerical functions transferred
to the of-
fice of the Secretary of State.
In 1848 - counties were given the right
on their own initia-
tive to elect county superintendents of
schools.162
SCHOOLS FOR COLORED CHILDREN
The first provision found in the general
laws for the educa-
tion of colored children occurs in
1848,163 when a department
of common schools for black and mulatto
children was created.
Prior to this time the property of
colored people had been ex-
1560 . L., XIV, 295.
157O L., XIX, 51.
158 0. L., XXIII, 36.
159 O. L., XXV, 65.
160. L., XXVII, 73.
161 0. L., XXXVI, 21.
1620.
L., XLVI, 86.
1630. L., XLVI, 81.
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Society Publications.
empt from taxation for school purposes.
This law provided that
their property should be taxed the same
as property of white
people, and the money used to support
colored schools wherever
they were established, but added to the
common school funds
in those districts in which colored
children were allowed to at-
tend the common schools.
Any city, town, village or township
containing twenty
colored children was created a district
for the purpose of estab-
lishing a colored school, and the
colored citizens given authority
to organize by the election of
directors, in accord with the gen-
eral school law. If there were less than
twenty colored children
in the areas enumerated, they were
allowed to attend the com-
mon schools unless there was a written
protest filed by some
one having a child in the school. In the
latter case they were
not allowed to attend and the property
of colored people was
not taxed. At the next session of the
legislature in 1849,164 the
law was changed and the authorities in
towns, cities, villages and
townships were required to create one or
more districts for
colored children if they were not
admitted to common schools.
The colored citizens then organized with
their own officers and
supported the schools by taxation upon
their own property.
CITY AND VILLAGE SCHOOLS
Ohio's growth in population in the early
decades of the
nineteenth century was a phenomenal one.
In 1800, three years
before statehood, her rank in population
was eighteenth. In 1820
she stood fifth in the sisterhood of
states, and in the next ten
years the numbers within her borders
again almost doubled,
jumping from 581,434 in 1820 to 937,903
in 1830.165
This growth in the early years was
almost wholly a rural
one. In 1820 there were only two towns
in the state with a pop-
ulation of 1,000 or over; Cincinnati
with 9,640, and Dayton,
estimated to have 1,000. Ten years later
Cincinnati had grown
to a city of 24,830, Dayton and Columbus
were approaching
3,000 each,- 2,950 and 2,435
respectively - while three other
164 O. L., XLVII, 17.
165 Statistical Abstract of U. S.,
1911, page 34.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 59
towns, Cleveland, Springfield and
Canton, had just passed the
1,000 mark.
In the years from 1830 to 1850 the growth of
towns and
cities was a rapid one. Cincinnati had
increased to 46,340; Day-
ton, Columbus, and Cleveland had each
passed 6,000, and there
were eight other towns in the state with
a population of over
2,000
each according to the census reports of
1840; while by 1850
Cincinnati was a thriving metropolis of
115,435, Columbus and
Cleveland were vigorous young cities of
17,000 each, Dayton had
something over 10,000 inhabitants, and
Zanesville and Chilli-
cothe were rapidly approaching this
number, while fifteen other
centers had attained a population of
3,000 to 6,000 each.166
The school legislation of the first
thirty years of Ohio's
statehood recognized only the district
school in the general school
laws that were passed. This was partly a
reflection of the rural
character of the state in these early
years, and partly a result of
the decentralizing tendency in school
affairs that the early set-
tlers had brought with them. It was not
until the law of 1838
was passed that any recognition was
given to the fact that the
educational needs of cities and towns
were not the same as those
of the country districts.
Samuel Lewis speaking to the legislature
at this period said:
"In towns and large villages the
common schools are poorer than
in the country. In the latter,
neighborhoods depend more upon
them, and, of course, take a deeper
interest in their control, while
in the former there is too frequently
but little attention paid to
these schools by persons able to provide
other means of instruc-
tion." 167
A few cities and towns had early felt
the inadequacy of the
general laws in providing any suitable
system of schools, and
had asked and received special charters
from the state. By
1840 a number of municipalities had
organized their schools
under special charters, and in the years
from 1840 to 1850 there
was a general awakening in the urban
communities to the need
of better provision for public schools.
166 U. S. Census Reports, 1830, 1840,
1850.
167Ohio Documents. 36th. G. A. Doc. 17,
page 10.
60 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
This aroused interest was shown in the
school charters of
Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland,
Portsmouth, Zanesville, Dayton,
Columbus, Mt. Vernon, and, finally
Akron, and the generaliza-
tion of the "Akron Act" in
such form that all municipalities in
the state- of 200 or more - could make use of it.
There was much that was progressive and
enlightened for
the period, in the legislation for
Ohio's cities and towns from
about 1830 to 1850. The one great
lack- found in all Ohio's
School legislation prior to 1850, and for a half
century after
that-was the lack of any form of
compulsion. The general
applications of the laws for
municipalities were wholly per-
missive in character. They simply pointed
out ways in which
the schools could be legally established
and organized but how-
ever excellent and needed these ways
might be, no municipality
was under the slightest compulsion to
follow them.
The earliest special legislation for
towns is found in the case
of Marietta.l68 The
Legislature in 1825 granted her the right
to vote in town meeting a sum for the
support of schools. There
was no further legislation for Marietta
until 1841,169 when an
act was passed dividing the town, which
had been united into one
district by the law of 1838, into
separate districts again, with
three directors for each, and the
ordinary rural district system.
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati was the leader in all the
early efforts for better
educational conditions. In 1829170 she set an
example to the
rest of the state by securing a school
charter that gave the city
an organized, tax supported, free system
of common schools.
This charter divided the city into ten
districts, two for each
ward, and provided for the building in
each district of a two-
story building of brick or stone.
The city council was required to provide
at the expense of
the city for the support of common schools,
and to levy a tax
of one mill on all the property of
the city as long as needed to
168 O. L., XXIII, 65.
169O. L., XXXIX, 22.
1700 . L., XXVII, 33.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 61
defray the expense of acquiring sites
and erecting buildings, and
an additional tax of one mill for the
support of schools.
The voters in each ward elected annually
a trustee and
visitor of common schools. The persons
so elected constituted
the Board of Trustees and Visitors of
Common Schools, and had
general supervision of school affairs.
They were authorized to
employ teachers and to visit schools as
often as once a month.
They also were to appoint six examiners
and inspectors, whose
duty it was to examine and certify
teachers, and to visit and in-
spect schools. Once a year a public
examination of the schools
was to be given under the direction of
the mayor, the Board of
Trustees and Visitors, and the Board of
Examiners. The schools
were to be open at least six months of
each year, and to be free
to all white children. Black and mulatto
children are specifically
excluded. Reading, writing, spelling and
arithmetic made up
the curriculum.
While numerous amendments occur, there
are few significant
changes before 1850. In 1840171 German
schools were estab-
lished, and evening schools provided for
"such male youth over
twelve years of age as are prevented by
their daily avocation
from attending day schools." The
latter schools were to be open
in the months of November, December,
January and February.
In 1845172 the trustees were authorized to
divide the city
into suitable districts without
reference to ward boundaries, and
in 1846173 they were given power
to establish such other grade
of schools as might seem necessary and
have such other studies
taught therein as they might prescribe.
In 1850174 provision was
made for the annual election by the
qualified voters of a
"Superintendent of Common Schools,
whose duty it shall be to
visit and superintend all the common
schools in said city, to es-
tablish courses of study, and perform
such other duties as the
Board may prescribe."
171 0. L., XXXVIII, local, 157.
1720.
L., XLIII, local, 413.
173 O. L., XLIV, local, 91.
174O.
L., XLVIII, local, 662.
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Society Publications.
City of Ohio and Toledo.
In 1836175 and 1837176 the city councils
in these two cities
were given general superintendence over
the common schools,
with power to divide the city into
districts, to erect school build-
ings, and to make provision for the
government and instruction
of children therein. It was left wholly
optional to the city council
as to what should be done.
Cleveland.
Provision for the government of the
Cleveland schools was
included in the city charter, adopted in
1836.177 The provisions
were quite similar to the Cincinnati
plan. The council appointed
one person from each ward instead of the
voters electing as in
Cincinnati. The people so appointed
constituted the Board of
Managers of Common Schools.
In 1848178 the Board of Managers was
made five for the
entire city instead of one from each
ward, and the council was
authorized to establish a high school,
for which purpose the city
was to constitute one high school
district.
Portsmouth and Zanesville.
In 1838179 the city charter of
Portsmouth was amended to
include most of the provisions of the
Cincinnati plan, and in the
following year180 the city of
Zanesville secured a charter for the
support of schools that had many similar
features. The Zanes-
ville charter provided for the election
of six directors to be known
as the Board of Education. The schools
were to be kept in
constant operation except for
"reasonable vacations," and any
deficiency in funds to keep the schools
in constant operation
was raised by a levy upon the parents.
The Board was allowed
to exempt indigent students from payment
of school fees.
1750. L., XXXIV, local 226.
1760. L., XXXV, local, 32.
1770. L., XXXIV, local, 271.
1780. L., XLVI, local, 150.
1790. L., XXXVI, local, 339.
180 0. L., XXXVII, 194.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 63
General Law for Cities and Towns
Before the Akron Act.
The general law of 1838181 made
each incorporated city,
town or borough, not specially regulated
by charter, a separate
school district. The voters in such a
district elected three di-
rectors, who were given corporate
authority and power to in-
crease the number of directors so that
there might be one for
each sub-district. They were authorized
to divide the territory
for which they were responsible and to
establish schools of dif-
ferent grades therein. The question of
an additional tax to
furnish a school at least six months
each year was to be decided
by the vote of the community. The
general law, as is so usual
in Ohio legislation, merely pointed the
way, but did not attempt
to enforce the organization of city and
town schools. The one
compulsory feature that appears occurred
the next year, 1839,182
and stated that in towns, cities and
boroughs it was the duty of
the directors to provide a sufficient
number of night schools for
the male youth over twelve years of age
whose "daily avoca-
tion" kept them from attending day
schools. While this law
was compulsory in form, there was no
machinery devised for
its enforcement.
Dayton, Columbus, and Mt. Vernon.
In 1841183 and 1845184 the cities of
Dayton, Columbus and
Mt. Vernon were granted special charters
for the government
of their schools. Dayton and Columbus
each continued the
principle of school rates in addition to
taxation. The schools
were to be kept in constant operation
except for vacations, and
any deficiency made up by a levy on the
parents. The general
features of control were similar to the
Cincinnati plan.
The Mt. Vernon charter retained the
district system, and
made each council member a special
school director for his ward.
Building taxes were to be collected from
the sub-districts in
which the buildings were erected, and
were not assessed on the
property of the city in general.
181O. L., XXXVI, 21.
182O. L., XXXVII, 61.
1830. L., XXXIX, local, 145.
184O. L., XLIII, local, 57; 0. L.,
XLIII, local, 160.
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Hist. Society Publications.
Akron.
In 1837185 Akron secured school
legislation that was espe-
cially significant, as the legislature
the following yearl86 allowed
cities, towns and villages to adopt the
provisions of the act and
its amendments, on petition of
two-thirds of the voters, and in
1849187 enacted most of its provisions
into a general law. By
this means the Akron law became the plan
usually followed in
the establishment of graded schools in
Ohio. This legislation is
of sufficient importance to merit a
brief description of the steps
that were taken in securing it, and the
school conditions in Akron
preceding its enactment. The
description, with some omissions,
is the one given by Judge Bryan in An
Historical Sketch of the
Akron Public Schools.188.
"In 1846 there were within the
incorporated limits of the village
of Akron six hundred and ninety children
between the ages of four and
sixteen. Of this number there was an
average attendance at the public
and other schools the year through of
not more than three hundred and
seventy-five. During the summer of 1846
one of the district schools
was taught in the back-room of a
dwelling house. Another was taught
in an uncouth, inconvenient and
uncomfortable building gratuitously
furnished by Captain Howe for the use of
the district. There were
private schools, but these were taught
in rooms temporarily hired and
unsuited for the purpose in many
respects. * * * It was, in view of
this state of things, that Reverend I.
Jennings, then a young man and
pastor of the Congregational Church of
Akron, self-moved, set himself
to reorganize the common schools of
Akron. There were many friends
of a better education in the place who
co-operated with Mr. Jennings,
and on the 16th day of May, 1846, at a
public meeting of the citizens, a
committee was appointed of which he was
chairman 'to take into con-
sideration our present educational
provisions and the improvement, if any,
which may be made therein.'"
As a result of this interest, a
committee of three was ap-
pointed to draw up plans and secure
necessary legislation. The
plan of the committee was as follows:
1. Let the whole village be incorporated
into one school
district.
185O. L., XLV, local, 187.
186 O. L., XLVI, 48.
187 0. L., XLVII, 22.
188 Historical Sketches, Ohio Public
Schools, Akron.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 65
2. Let
there be established six primary schools in different
parts of the village so as best to
accommodate the whole.
3. Let there be one Grammar School
centrally located
where instruction may be given in the
various studies and parts
of studies not provided for in the
Primary Schools and yet re-
quisite to a respectable English
education.
4. Let there be gratuitous admission to
each school in the
system for the children of residents,
with the following restric-
tions, viz.: No pupil shall be admitted
to the Grammar Schools
who fails to sustain a thorough
examination in the Primary
School, and the teachers shall have
power with the advice of
the superintendents to exclude for
misconduct in extreme cases,
and to classify the pupils as the best
good of the schools may
seem to require.
5. The expense of establishing and
sustaining this system
of schools shall be provided for:
First, By appropriating all the school
money the inhabitants
of the village are entitled to, and
whatever funds or property
may be at the disposal of the Board for
this purpose;
Second, a tax to be levied by the Common
Council upon the
taxable property of this village for the
balance.
6. Let six superintendents be chosen by
the Common Coun-
cil, who shall be charged with
perfecting the system thus gen-
erally defined, the bringing of it into
operation, and the con-
trol of it when brought into operation.
Let the six superin-
tendents be so chosen that the term of
office of two of them shall
expire each year.
The essential provisions of the plan
adopted by this com-
mittee were incorporated in the law
enacted February 8th,
1847.189 The more important features of
this law may be sum-
marized as follows:
1. The election of a Board of Education of six members,
which should have full control of school
property and school
funds.
2. The
incorporation of the city into one school district.
3. Provision for six or more primary
schools and one
189 0. L., XLV, local, 187.
Vol. XXVII -5.
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Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
central grammar school to teach
"subjects requisite to a respect-
able English Education."
4. Free admission to all schools.
5. Examinations for promotion, and
teachers given the
power to classify pupils.
6. Assessment as a tax by the city
council of the amount
estimated by the Board for erecting
school-houses and for con-
ducting the schools.
7. All school property vested in the
city council.
8. Three examiners appointed by the
council.
9. Annual public examinations.
In the original law there was no limit
placed on the amount
that might be estimated as necessary for
school expense by the
Board of Education, and the law directed
the council to levy
the estimate as a tax. In 1848190 in
order to make a concession
that would meet the objection of the
property owners who op-
posed this feature, the maximum tax that
might be raised in any
one year for current expense was placed
at four mills. The
power of making the levy was taken from
the council and placed
in the hands of the Board of Education,
which reported its
estimate direct to the county auditor,
who was directed to assess
the amount in the same manner as other
taxes.
On February 14, 1848,191 the act was
extended to any in-
corporated town, city or borough in the
state upon petition of
two-thirds of the qualified voters. This
required too large a
majority to allow the act to be adopted
in localities where there
was not an overwhelming sentiment in favor
of better school
conditions, and in the following year192
a general act was passed
for cities and towns which might be
adopted by a majority vote.
The main provisions of this act were
similar to the Akron laws,
as may be seen by inspection of its
chief features.
1. Any incorporated city, town or
village including within
its limits and the territory attached,
for school purposes, two
hundred inhabitants might organize into
a single school district.
1900. L., XLVI,
local, 46.
1910. L., XLVI, 48.
1920. L., XLVII, 32.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 67
2. The
question of adopting the law to be decided by a
majority vote of the community.
3. A Board of Education of six members
elected by the
voters.
4. Building expenses and purchase of
sites to be decided
by popular vote. When so decided and
reported to the county
auditor, the amount to be levied as a
tax upon the property of
the community.
5. Primary and graded schools provided
for. No language
other than English or German to be
taught.
6. Schools to be free to all children in
the district.
7. Schools to be kept in operation not
less than thirty-six
nor more than forty-four weeks each
year.
8. Board of Education to estimate the
amount needed for
running expenses not to exceed a four
mill tax annually. Auditor
to levy the amount estimated as a tax.
9. If the amount raised is insufficient
to keep the schools
open thirty-six weeks, the balance to be
raised by school rates
on the parents. Indigent pupils exempt
from such rates.
10. A Board of three examiners to be
appointed by the
school board.
In 1850193 the provisions of this act
were extended to town-
ships and to special districts, provided
such township or district
had five hundred inhabitants. The
question of the adoption of
the law was left as in the case of towns
to the majority vote
of the territory interested.
By far the most interesting and
significant feature in the
educational legislation of Ohio in the
years just preceding 1850
are these laws passed for towns and
cities. They indicate an
awakening in the urban districts to the
need of universal free
education. Cincinnati had pointed the
way to the other cities
of the state since 1829, and had been
followed by a considerable
number of municipalities. The law passed
for the benefit of
Akron came when the social consciousness
of towns and cities
was ready for it, and the legislature
responded to this sentiment
by allowing communities to adopt its
provisions, at first by a
193O. L., XLVIII, 50.
68 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
majority of two-thirds, but within a
year by a simple majority.194
The state made possible a town or city
system that, on the whole,
was an excellent system for the period,
but the question of or-
ganizing under the system was left
wholly to the educational in-
terests or municipal pride of the
individual communities.
194Not
all towns that adopted it were satisfied. Between 1847 and
1850 three special acts were passed
repealing the provisions of the Akron
law in the case of three towns that
adopted it. Seven other special acts
for schools in towns and cities were
passed in these three years to meet
the desires of municipalities that
wished certain different features.
CHAPTER III
SCHOOL LANDS
An enormous mass of legislation was passed by the
General
Assembly of Ohio, between the years 1803 and 1850,
concern-
ing the state school lands. Many of these laws were
general in
character, many applied to large individual tracts such
as the
Western Reserve, the Virginia Military Reserve, the
United
States Military Lands, and the Ohio Co. and Symmes
Purchase,
and in addition to these there were approximately five
hundred
that were wholly local or special in their application.
A brief description of the more important of these
reserves
and purchases, some explanation of the various systems
of sur-
vey used in Ohio, an account of the varying nature of
the school
grant in these different divisions, and a study of the
accompany-
ing maps and diagrams is an almost necessary
prerequisite to
any clear understanding of this legislation.
The most important of these grants, with their total
acreage,
including the school lands, are as follows: 1
A cres.
The Virginia Military
Reserve..................... 4,204,800
The W estern Reserve.............................. 3,840,000
The U. S. M
ilitary Lands.......................... 2,560,000
The Ohio Company's Purchase
..................... 1,227,168
The Symmes Purchase............................. 311,682
In addition to these there were a number of smaller
tracts,
but the names of only two of them appear in the
discussion of
the school land legislation. These two were the Refugee
Tract,
138,240 acres, and the Moravian Tract,2 12,000 acres.
Over 12,000,000 acres were included in these various special
districts. The remaining portions of the state were
known as
1Ohio Statistics. 1885. The Land and Township System of
Ohio.
A. A. Graham. Pages 22, 23, 25, 29.
2History of Public Permanent School Funds in the U. S., F. H.
Swift, page 370.
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72 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
Congress Lands, and belonged to the
Federal Government.3 That
portion of the government land which lay
on the eastern border
of the state, just south of the Western
Reserve was the first to
be surveyed into townships, and was
commonly spoken of as
The Seven Ranges, because seven ranges
of townships west from
the Pennsylvania line were included in
this first survey.4
It has already been pointed out that a
state wide grant of
land for school purposes began with
Ohio's admission as a state,
and that the precedent thus established
has been followed in ad-
mitting all the later states.5 It
is also true that the rectangular
method of laying out townships, with
meridian lines, sections,
towns and ranges was first practiced in
the Ohio surveys,6 and
the method here established became, too,
the universal practice
in all subsequent government surveys.
Two great American inventions were thus
first tried in
Ohio, the state wide grant of school
lands, and the rectangular
method of survey into six mile square
townships, with thirty-
six sections, of one mile square, in
each. Ohio was not only the
first state to receive section 167 as a
school grant, it was the first
state to have any section 16.
The surveys in Ohio, however were not
all of them uniform
in the method of laying out and
subdividing the townships. The
Seven Ranges, as has been said, were
first surveyed. The town-
ships here were laid out six miles square,
and divided into thirty-
six sections, each one mile square, but
the numbering of the sec-
tions differs from that in the later
surveys. The numbering was
that shown on page 71, diagram 1.
Section one is located in
The Indians still had title to lands in
the state. Most of these
titles were vested in the Government by
1817, but the last titles were not
stilled until 1842. Ohio Statistics.
1885, page 28.
4Ibid. Page 20.
5 See page 13.
6Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Tracts. Vol.
II. Page 188.
7 Section
16 was the section reserved for school purposes in each
township, in the "Congress
Lands" of Ohio and in the Ohio Co. and
Symmes purchases. The precedent
established has been followed in all
the later states and Section 16 has
regularly been the school section.
Since 1848 with the admission of Oregon,
Section 36 has been added to
the school grant.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 73
the lower south-east corner of the
township, and the sections
are numbered upward, in tiers of six,
from the base line of the
township. This method of laying out
townships and numbering
sections was also used in the Ohio Co.
and Symmes Purchases.
In the Western Reserve and the U. S.
Military Lands the
townships were laid out in five mile
squares instead of six, and
at first were not surveyed into sections
but simply divided into
four 20,000 acre blocks in each
township and these numbered
as shown in the diagram on page 71.
The Virginia Military District is the
only part of Ohio in
which the rectangular system of survey
was not employed. The
early settlers here chose each "for
himself his lands, locating
them by any natural boundary, however
irregular it might be,
taking care only to get the full amount
of land demanded by the
warrants." 8 "This led to no
regular survey, and, as a conse-
quence, an irregularity in township and
county lines followed,
which were generally based on the
boundaries of the warrants."
The rest of the state was made up of
Congress Lands, and
in all of these the method of survey was
that of the six-mile
square township, and the division into
sections. The manner
of numbering the sections was changed
from that in the Seven
Ranges and in the Ohio Co. and Symmes
Purchases.
Section one in these lands is located in
the upper right hand
corner,- the northeast corner,- of the
township and the sec-
tions are numbered to the west and east
alternately, number six
lying in the northwest corner of the
township, and section seven
located just beneath section six and
numbering back to the east
again, as shown in the diagram on page
71.
This method of numbering was settled by
federal legisla-
tion in 17999 and has remained the same
since that time.
The Land Ordinance of 178510 "for
ascertaining the mode
8Ohio Statistical Abstract. Page 25. The
statements concerning the
surveys in Ohio are in the main based on
A. A. Graham's article on the
Land and Township System of Ohio. Ohio
Statistics. 1885. Pp. 18-29,
and Col. Charles Whittlesey's
discussions on Surveys of Public Land in
Ohio. Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Tracts.
Vol. II. Pp. 187-191 and
281-286.
9Western Reserve Historical Society
Tracts. Vol. II. Page 282
10T. Donaldson, The Public Domain. Chap.
13.
74 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
of disposing of lands in the Western
Territory," provided that
"there shall be reserved the lot
No. 16 of every township for
the maintenance of public schools within
said township."
In accordance with this provision, as
has been seen, section
16 was reserved for schools in both the
Ohio Co. and Symmes
Purchases. In these two tracts there is
also found a reserva-
tion for religion as well as for
education, a thing not true else-
where in the state. As a part of the
bargain in the purchase of
these lands section 29 in each township
was granted by the gov-
ernment to the purchasers, for religious
purposes, and these
sections have ever since been known as
the Ministerial Lands.
When Ohio was admitted to the Union the
provisions of
the ordinance of 1785, concerning school
lands, were carried
out as fully as possible in the rest of
the state. In all of the
Congress Lands section 16 in each
township was permanently
reserved for the schools of the
township. It was not in the
power of Congress to grant section 16 in
such tracts as the
Western Reserve, the Virginia Military
Reserve, and the U. S.
Military Lands. These lands either did
not belong to the Fed-
eral Government or there were prior
claims and unsatisfied land
warrants that stood in the way of any
such granting of specific
sections. The United States did not own
the land on the West-
ern Reserve, and in the case of the
so-called Military Lands, the
private ownership of much of the land,
through the taking up
of land scrip or bounties by the
soldiers of the Revolution, in
the service of the Federal Government
and Virginia, might con-
flict in any township.
For this reason the assigning of school
land in these por-
tions of the state could not take the
form of reserving section
16 in each township. Some other method
of setting aside one-
thirty-sixth part of the land for the
use of the schools in these
regions had to be devised.
The land originally reserved for schools
in the Virginia
Military Lands was, in amount,
one-thirty-sixth of the entire
tract, to be selected by the legislature
of Ohio from the unlocated
lands, after the warrants issued by the
state of Virginia had
been satisfied.11
11U. S. Statutes at large, Vol. 11, 225.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 75
In 180712 Congress, in response to a
petition from the state
legislature,13 appropriated
eighteen quarter townships and three
sections in lieu of the original grant.
These new lands, how-
ever, were not located within the
Reserve itself but to the north-
east, between the Western Reserve and
the U. S. Military Re-
serve. This territory was in Congress
Lands, title to which
had been purchased from the Indians.
In two very significant ways a grant of
this kind differed
from the grant of section 16 in each
township. In the first
place; an assignment of this character
could not be made for
the township individually, but had to be
for the schools of the
Virginia Military Reserve as a whole.
Secondly; the school
lands were at a distance, and not
something immediately at hand
and under the observation of all as in
the case of section 16 in
each township. Something of this same
sort was true in the
case of each of the other large
reserves, and this was bound to
be reflected in some differences in
legislation concerning these
various grants.
The land reserved for the U. S. Military
tract14 was simi-
larly assigned by quarter-townships, but
the reservation was
made within the U. S. Military Lands
themselves. The amount
of the grant in this case was fourteen
quarter-townships. It
must be remembered in comparing this
grant or that of the
Western Reserve with those of other
parts of the state that
the townships in these two regions
contain only twenty-five
square miles, as compared with
thirty-six elsewhere.
The school lands first selected for the
Western Reserve
consisted of fourteen quarter-townships,
not located in the Re-
serve itself, but in the U. S. Military
Lands. To this was added
by the act of Congress in 183415 land
that amounted to 37,758
acres, to be selected from the unlocated
lands of the United
States within the state, by sections,
half-sections, and quarter-
sections. This additional grant of 1834
was in lieu of one-
thirty-sixth part of that land in the
Western Reserve, which be-
12 Nashee's Compilation, page
157.
130. L., Vol. V, 132.
14U. S. Statutes at large, Vol. II, 225.
15 Ibid., Vol. IV, 679.
76 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
longed to the Indian tribes when Ohio
was admitted, but the
Indian title to which had been
extinguished in 1805.
The Moravian Tract, mentioned once or
twice in the legis-
lation, was a comparatively small
reserve of 12,000 acres in
Tuscarawas County, originally granted by
Congress to the So-
ciety of United Brethren, in trust for
Christian Indians. These
lands reverted to the United States in 1824, and in the
same
year Congress16 set aside
one-thirty-sixth part of the tract for
the use of schools.
The location of the more important of
these various tracts
can be most easily gained by consulting
the map on page 70.
The Western Reserve is a strip of land
on the northern
boundary of the state approximately
thirty-five miles wide and
one hundred and twenty miles long,
extending west from the
Pennsylvania border. It was this land, which Connecticut
claimed, and to which she refused to
cede her interests when
the other states were yielding their
claims in the Northwest Ter-
ritory to the United States, that was
known as the Connecticut
Western Reserve, or more generally,
simply as the Western
Reserve.
The Virginia Military District is
located between the Scioto
and Little Miami Rivers, projecting to
the northward consider-
ably past the middle of the state. It
takes its name from the
fact that this portion of the state was
"reserved by Virginia
from her cession of the territory
northwest of the Ohio River,
for the satisfaction of land bounties
issued to her troops upon
Continental establishment."17
The United States had also set aside a
large tract of land
to be used in paying the claims of her
soldiers in the Revolu-
tionary War. This reservation was known
as the United States
Military Lands, and is located just a
little to the west and north
of the center of the state.
It is a section of the state fifty miles
in width on its western
border, beginning at the northern line
of the original Seven
Ranges of townships first surveyed, and
following the western
boundary of the Seven Ranges fifty miles
south. Its southern
16 Ibid., Vol. IV, 56.
17Taylor, Ohio School System, page 83.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 77
boundary extends from this point
directly west to the Scioto
River, while on the west the Scioto
itself is the natural barrier;
on the north it is bounded by the
Greenville Treaty Line (the
old Indian boundary line), running from
the Scioto back to the
Seven Ranges.18
In all these grants the purpose and
intent of Congress was
that the land should be for the use of
schools in the particular
township in which section 16 was
located, or where it was im-
possible to grant section 16, that the
lands should be for the
use of the particular area for which the
grant was made.
The care of the lands was vested in the
legislature of the
state, for the use of the particular
townships and districts in-
terested.* Some explanation for the
excessive amount of legis-
lation concerning these lands is found
if one keeps clearly in
mind the terms of the original grant,
and the ever present tend-
ency of the Ohio legislature, to allow
communities so far as it
could legally be done, to conduct their
own affairs.
In all the school land legislation
passed in Ohio during this
period, the legislature, formally at
least, guarded against any
diversion of the money received from
these lands, but largely
followed the desire of the local
township or territory as to the
handling of the lands, after setting up
the formal legal guards.
The lands were not regarded, and were
not intended, as a grant
to the state at large, and it is perhaps
only natural that an at-
tempt should have been made to carry out
the desires of the
townships and districts to which the
lands were felt to belong.
Added to this there was the disposition
to be lenient with the
early settlers on the lands. No doubt,
justice was not done to
the cause of education, but it must be
remembered that the
schools had no advocate, while the
petitioner asking special
privileges or terms in regard to the
sale or lease of lands was
a concrete fact with concrete desires
and needs, and the legis-
lature doubtless felt that it had done
its whole duty if the terms
of the grant were formally protected.
Certain general policies of handling the
lands may be out-
lined before discussing the legislation
in greater detail.
16Ibid., page 85.
* Nashee's Compilation, pages 154, 155.
78 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
The policy of temporary leasing, 1803 to
1817.
The policy of permanent leasing, 1817 to
1823.
Preparation for selling the lands;
temporary leasing, 1823
to 1827.
The policy of selling the lands
outright, 1827 to 1850.
The evident intent of the first acts
concerning school lands
was to devise a means of making them
productive and valuable,
and to keep the lands themselves as a
permanent source of
revenue.
On April 15, 1803,19 the legislature
passed an act that pro-
vided for leasing Section No. 16 for a
term that was not to ex-
ceed seven years, and the lands in the
United States Military
Tract, which included both the grants to
that tract and to the
Western Reserve, for a period not to
exceed fifteen years.
The rent was to be paid by certain
specified improvements.
On each quarter section (160 acres)
fifteen acres were to be
cleared and fenced in separate fields,
five acres were to be sowed
in timothy or red clover, three acres to
be planted with one hun-
dred thrifty and growing apple trees,
and the remaining seven
acres prepared for plow land. The
leasing was to be carried
on by agents in the several counties or
districts appointed by the
Governor, and the leases were to be
granted to those who guar-
anteed to make the required improvements
in the shortest period
of time.
The intention was to attract settlers
who were unable to
buy land or pay rent, and have them by
their labor turn the
school land into an attractive and
productive piece of property,
which would command a definite revenue.
The difficulty with
the plan from the lessees' standpoint,
was that just at the time
the land became productive, he must
either move or begin to
pay rent for improvements which he
himself had made. With
land cheap and abundant on every hand
and terms easy, the
ambitious and desirable settlers were
not attracted by a proposi-
tion that did not allow them to keep the
land on which they
settled, and the improvements which they
had themselves made.
The results were evidently not
satisfactory, for on February
19O. L., I, 61.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 79
20, 1805,20 an act was passed giving the township trustees author-
ity to lease the lands in their
respective townships for a term not
to exceed fifteen years to those who
made the most "advan-
tageous proposals." This was
followed in 180621 by an act
which allowed any surveyed township in
which there were
twenty electors to incorporate and
choose trustees for the special
management of Section No. 16. The
section was to be laid off
in lots of eighty to two hundred acres,
and not more than one
lot could be leased by any one person.
It was made the duty
of the trustees to guard against waste
and to see that the terms
of the lease were complied with. The
provisions of these acts
left the management of the lands and the
terms of leasing wholly
in the hands of the township, except for
the fact that a fifteen-
year term could not be exceeded and not
more nor less than a
specified amount leased to any one
person.
None of the acts so far had made any
provision for the
land granted to the Virginia Military
Tract for the use of schools.
It will be remembered that this
consisted of some eighteen town-
ships lying outside the district and not
located so that it could
be locally managed.
By an act passed in 180922 these lands
were offered for sale
to the highest bidder at a minimum price
of two dollars per
acre, the purchaser receiving a
ninety-nine year lease, renewable
forever, with no provision for
revaluation. It was the evident
design to sell these lands out at once
and create a fund, the pro-
ceeds from which might be available for
school purposes when
needed.23 The act provided
that the lands were to be adver-
tised in four newspapers within the
state, and newspapers at
Pittsburg and Brownsville, Pennsylvania,
and Wheeling, Virginia.
The purchaser was to pay down the sum
charged against
each quarter section for the expense of
surveying and offering
the land for sale, and on the purchase
price yearly interest of
20O. L., III, 230.
21O. L., IV, 66.
22O. L., VII, 109.
The money received was to be paid into
the state treasury sub-
ject to appropriation by the state until
it should be appropriated for the
use of schools in the district. 0. L.,
XIII, 307.
80 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
six per cent forever. Succeeding
legislatures were given the
right to make such commutations as they
might deem expedient.
This clause was evidently intended to
leave the way open for
legislation that would permit a cash
payment in lieu of the six
per cent annual rental.
The terms were made still easier for the
purchaser by the
act of 1810,24 which provided that the
amount paid down on
each quarter section should be ten
dollars (to pay for survey-
ing, advertising, etc.), and that the
six per cent interest should
not begin until five years from the date
of sale. The postpone-
ment of interest money for five years
was doubtless made to
meet the competition of United States
land offered for sale
within the state on easy terms and with
taxes deferred for the
first five years after purchase. Each
purchaser was required by
this act to build a cabin and clear
three acres of land within
three years.
In the same year25 an act was
passed allowing the township
trustees to receive either money or
produce as rent from Section
16, and requiring the lessee to make
such improvements as the
trustees thought proper, and in 181426 it was made
illegal for
any lessee of school lands to act as
township trustee or treasurer.
This covers the main features of the
land policy during the
period of temporary leasing. Beginning
with 181627 in the Vir-
ginia Military Tract, and 181728 in the rest of
the state, the
policy was inaugurated of granting
permanent leases with a
revaluation of the lands at stated
periods.
The policy of selling the Virginia
Military lands was
changed, for the lands that were still
unsold. The Governor
was to appoint "three disinterested
persons to appraise them"
and a register under a bond of ten
thousand dollars was ap-
pointed to lease them. The leases ran
for ninety-nine years,
renewable forever, but the law provided
that they were to be
revalued in 1835 and each twenty years
after that date, the
rental to be six per cent on the
appraised value, payable annually.
24O. L., VIII, 253.
25 0. L., VIII, 100.
260. L., XIII, 295.
27 O. L., XIV, 418.
28O. L., XV, 202.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 81
This principle, with certain changes in
details, was adopted
the following year, 1817, for the rest
of the state,29 with the
exception of the Western Reserve school
lands. Those who
held school lands under temporary leases
were allowed to ob-
tain permanent leases by making
application to the county com-
missioners in the following manner: they
must first present a
certificate signed by the township
trustees that they had com-
plied with their present lease, and
second, the consent in writing
of the trustees of the organized
township and of a majority of
the citizens in unorganized townships to
the granting of a per-
manent lease in the place of a temporary
one. The land was
then appraised by three appraisers
appointed by the county
commissioners and the value of all
improvements made a part
of the appraised estimate (improvements
under temporary
leases were a part of the rental paid).
The township trustees
were then authorized to grant leases for
ninety-nine years, re-
newable forever, at the rate of six per
cent annually, and with
a revaluation each thirty-three years.
The same method was
followed in the case of unoccupied
lands, excepting the pro-
vision concerning compliance with the
former lease.
In unorganized townships the county
commissioners had
charge of the leasing, and in the United
States Military district
the Court of Common Pleas. When land was
revalued, it was
to be appraised at the rate of unimproved
land of the same
quality in the vicinity. The appraiser
was to consider only the
general advance in land prices and not
the value that had been
added by the labor of the lessee.
Another act passed in 182130 directed
that land in the United
State Military Tract appraised at less
than one dollar an acre
should not be leased, and confirmed the
principle of permanent
leasing with minor changes in details of
administration. Im-
provements made by settlers in this
district were included in
the valuation at the first appraisal
after this date, being con-
sidered as a part of the rental on the
temporary leases held by
such settlers. These laws for permanent
leasing at no time
applied to the school lands belonging to
the Western Reserve.
29O. L., XV, 202.
30O . L., XIX, 61.
Vol. XXVII- 6.
82 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
While the general policy of ninety-nine
year leases with a
revaluation at stated periods began in
the years 1816 and 1817,
there had been many individual leases of
this type legalized by
special legislative action. It was not,
therefore, a totally new
departure. Prior to 1817 twenty-five
local acts had been passed
by the legislature legalizing permanent
leases for portions of
the school land in various localities,
and in the leasing of the min-
isterial lands, Section 29, in the
Symmes' and Ohio Company's
purchase, this plan had been adopted as
early as 1806.31
The first school land to be so leased
was the section be-
longing to the town of Marietta in 1808.32 From this time until
it became a general policy, the wishes
or needs of various com-
munities were met by these special
legislative actions. It is
interesting to note that in ten of the
twenty-five acts so passed,
the reason assigned is the establishment
of a flour mill, sawmill,
or similar industry. In these cases
Section 16 evidently fur-
nished desirable mill sites and water
power, but lessees were
unwilling to erect mills, so essential
to newly settled communi-
ties, without some guarantee of
permanence.
In general the policy of permanent
leasing was found un-
desirable. From the present standpoint,
it can be seen that if
persisted in and the leasing and
revaluation carefully managed,
it would have preserved to the state a
school property of enor-
mous value, which would eventually have
produced an income
far in excess of the method of selling
the lands and funding
the proceeds. From the standpoint of the
men of that time it
was found undesirable because it did not
succeed in producing
any adequate revenue then for the
schools. Land was abundant
and cheap. Money for the support of
schools was scarce. The
state was rapidly filling up,33 but
desirable settlers preferred to
obtain land in fee simple. It doubtless
appeared to those most
friendly towards schools and education
that it would be more
desirable to take advantage of the
opportunity to sell, getting
the best terms possible and assuring to
the schools some definite
31O.
L., IV, 33.
320. L., VI, 96.
33See page 10.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 83
support from the grant that had been
made. Up to this time
the actual revenue derived from the
lands had been very small.34
Caleb Atwater of Cincinnati, a warm
friend of the schools,
as chairman of a committee in the Lower
House, said in a re-
port to the Assembly in 1822: "From
all the committee have
been able to learn it would seem35 that
more money has been
expended by the state in legislating
concerning these lands than
they have yet or ever will produce,
unless some other method
of managing them be devised than any
hitherto pursued. * * *
The committee are impressed with the
belief that unless these
lands are soon sold * * * no good and
much evil will
accrue to the state from the grant of
these lands by Congress."
He was not alone in his opinion. A
memorial addressed to
Congress by the General Assembly in the
same year,36 speaking
of school lands in general in the West,
said that these lands
have as yet been very unproductive, and
while the legislatures
of the states in which they are situated
are restricted by the
conditions attached to these grants they
must ever be so. In-
deed, it may well be doubted whether
more money has not been
spent than the whole amount derived from
the lands.
The legislature at this session was
evidently impressed by
Atwater's report and convinced that the
policy of leasing under
any of the plans tried was a failure.
The lands belonging to the
Western Reserve were still being leased
on temporary leases
with a maximum of fifteen years'
duration. Throughout the
rest of the state the policy of
permanent leasing was the author-
ized method.
The unleased lands belonging to the
Western Reserve were
first withdrawn from leasing. This act,
passed January 21,
1822,37
forbade any further leasing of unoccupied
lands, and
allowed occupied lands to be released
not longer than to April
1, 1826. The following year, January 27,
1823,38 the legisla-
84 Atwater, speaking of the first
eighteen years of the state's history,
said: "Scarcely a dollar was ever
paid over to the people for whose
benefit the land had been given."
Atwater, History of Ohio, page 253.
35Ibid. Page 258.
36O. L., XX, 64.
370. L., XX, 34.
38O. L., XXI, 33.
84 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
ture authorized the surrender of leases
for school lands through-
out the entire state, and forbade the
granting of any new leases
for a period of one year. The intent of
this law was evidently
not to compel a surrender of leases, but
to provide a way in
which they might be legally terminated
at the desire of the
lessee, with a prospect of sale in fee
simple at some future time.
This same act directed the various
county auditors and the
register of school lands in the United
States Military District
to make a complete report to the auditor
of state showing: "the
whole amount of school lands in each
county, what proportion
is leased, what is vacant, how the lands
are divided, distinguish-
ing each tract by the number of acres,
range, township, section
and quarter, showing what parts are
leased, what rent is reserved
on each tract leased, how long the lease
is to run, whether re-
newable, and if so, whether subject to
reappraisement."
It is evident that neither the
legislature nor any state officer
knew just what the situation was in
regard to school lands
throughout the state. This lack of
information was the natural
result of the various policies adopted
for handling the lands.
In organized townships the township
trustees were in charge of
the leasing and in unorganized townships
the county commis-
sioners. In the United States Military
District the Court of
Common Pleas supervised the leasing of
both the lands reserved
for that district and those belonging to
the Western Reserve,
while in the Virginia Military District
a land officer, appointed
by the General Assembly, was in charge.
There was no cen-
tral office or body which had general
supervision except the
legislature itself. This body now felt
the necessity of a general
change of policy, but found that it
lacked information as to
what had already been done.
The cessation of leasing and the
acquiring of the infor-
mation desired prepared the way for this
general change in
policy. It was felt that more
advantageous results could be
obtained by selling the lands outright,
but there was doubt in
the minds of the legislators as to the
authority of the state to
permit the lands to be disposed of in
this way. By the terms
of the original grant, the lands had
been set aside for the use
of schools in the particular townships
and districts forever.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 85
While the general management of the
trust was vested in the
legislature, it seemed doubtful if
actual alienation of the lands
was originally contemplated, even though
the funds should be
permanently invested for the use of
schools.
In 182439 a carefully phrased memorial
was submitted to
Congress, asking, first, for an
additional grant of land for the
use of schools in the Western Reserve,40
and second, that Con-
gress confirm the right of the state of
Ohio to sell the school
lands. As an indication of the sentiment
of the time it is an
interesting document. It shows first
that the general attitude
of the state toward the grant from the
United States was that
the lands had been ceded by the United
States in return for
certain concessions made by Ohio, and
second, the difficulties
that inhered in the attempt to derive a
revenue from the lands
themselves. The memorial argues that the
original grants were
in the nature of a compact made with the
state and were
"granted upon full consideration
arising from the increased value
of the remaining lands belonging to the
United States and also
from the relinquishment, on the part of
the state of Ohio, of
the right to tax the lands of the United
States within the state
of Ohio until five years after the sale
thereof."
"That it was the intention of the
parties to the compact
aforesaid that one-thirty-sixth part of
all the lands within the
state of Ohio should be granted to the
people thereof for the
use of common schools, and should be
placed under the control
of the legislature" and that the
state is of right entitled to the
additional grant for the Western
Reserve.
The memorial goes on to say that in
relation to the lands
already appropriated, the legislature
"have resorted to various
methods of rendering them productive,
and, in particular, that
of leasing them to such individuals as
have applied therefor;
390. L., XXII, local, 153.
40 When the original grant was made for
the Western Reserve no
lands were set aside for the use of
schools in the lands then held by the
Indian tribes within the Reserve. When
the Indian title was extinguished,
Ohio immediately asked for an additional
grant equal to one thirty-sixth
part of the land so held. This grant was
finally made by Congress in
1834.41
41U.
S. Statutes at large, Vol. IV, 679.
86 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
that experience has fully demonstrated
that this fund will be
wholly unavailing in their hands in its
present shape." That
to accomplish the objects contemplated
"the legislature should
possess unlimited control over the
lands" with the power of dis-
posing of them in fee.
"The objections which are urged
against the present mode
of administering that fund are in the
first place that by reason
of the facilities which the state of
Ohio affords for acquiring
property in real estate, a necessity
exists of leasing the lands
to persons almost destitute of pecuniary
means whereby the
avails of these lands are rendered, at
least, uncertain. In con-
sequence also, that as these lands are
detached over the whole
of the state of Ohio, the expense which
must necessarily be in-
curred by creating a superintendence
over them, renders them
less productive than your memorialists
conceive they might be
rendered if the lands were sold and the
proceeds concentrated
in one fund."
"The fact, also, before adverted
to, that these lands must
necessarily be entrusted to the
possession of those of the lowest
class of the community, and who possess
no permanent interest
in the soil, has produced a waste upon
these lands of their timber
and otherwise, equal perhaps to the
whole revenue which may
have been derived from them."
The memorial recites further that the
method of leasing
"will invite and retain a
population within her boundaries of a
character not to be desired and in
amount so great as to create
an evil which can only be conceived of
in a country where every
individual possessing a very moderate
portion of industry and
economy may, within a single year,
appropriate to himself in fee
a quantity of land sufficient to furnish
means of support for an
ordinary family."
The memorial continues by saying
"that these evils arise
wholly from the system of granting
leases and are such as can
not be remedied by legislative action,
if, as some have supposed,
the state have not the power, under the
terms of the original
grant, of disposing of these lands in
fee." The memorialists
believe that the state has the right,
but "they are of the opinion
that an act of the Congress of the
United States declaratory of
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 87
the extent of the grant aforesaid will
be productive of much
benefit in case the legislature of the
state should hereafter de-
termine to dispose of the same; that it
will have the full effect
of removing the doubt in the minds of
the purchasers and
thereby enhance the price which will be
obtained for the same."
They therefore asked Congress to grant
them the right to
dispose of the lands in fee, the
proceeds to be invested in a per-
manent fund, the income of which should
be applied for the
use of common schools in the townships
or districts to which
the lands were originally granted,
provided that Section 16
should not be sold without the consent
of the inhabitants of the
township to which the land belonged.
Congress passed the desired legislation
February 1, 1826,42
and on January 27, 1827,43 the
legislature passed an act direct-
ing each township in the state
possessing school land to vote
upon the question of its sale, and also
authorizing the inhabi-
tants of the United States Military
District44 and the Virginia
Military District45 to decide
the same question. Legislation
authorizing a vote on the Western
Reserve46 was not passed
until the following year.
In the meantime the policy of special
legislation to meet
local needs had continued. From 1817 to
1823,47 the period of
permanent leasing, twenty-one local acts
had been passed mak-
ing special provisions for leasing or
extending the time for
making payments on leases, and from 1823
to 1827, eleven more
acts were passed authorizing the
revaluation of lands leased,
changing the conditions for lessees, or
authorizing short time
leases, etc.
The general policy inaugurated by the
legislation of 1827
and 1828 remained the policy of the
state until 1850, though
certain changes were made correcting
some of the more unde-
sirable features.
42U. S. Statutes
at large, Vol. IV, 138.
430. L., XXV, 26.
440. L., XXV, 103.
45 0. L., XXV, 45.
46O. L., XXVI, 135.
47O. L., XIX, 35, 72, 75, are examples
88 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
The legislation of 1827 provided that
the townships or dis-
tricts interested should decide upon the
sale of their school lands
and described the method by which the
sale was to be made in
case the vote was favorable. It did not
actually authorize the
sale. This was to be done after the vote
was taken by addi-
tional acts of the legislature, or in
the case of the United States
Military District by proclamation of the
Governor. The pro-
visions governing the sale were as
follows: land that was un-
occupied was to be appraised by the
county assessor. The land
was then advertised and offered for sale
to the highest bidder by
the county auditor. No bid could be
received for less than
appraised value. Payments were made to
the county treasurer,
and the money received by him was
deposited with the state
treasurer to the credit of the township
or district to which it
had belonged. When the money was all
paid the purchaser re-
ceived a deed from the state.
It was in the legislation concerning the
occupied lands that
the greatest loss occurred to the state.
Holders of permanent
leases were allowed to surrender their
leases, and by the pay-
ment of the appraised value upon which it
had been originally
leased receive a deed in fee simple. The
terms of payment were
easy, running over periods of seven to
ten years, and by subse-
quent legislation further extended in
many cases.
The following year, 1828,48 the
legislature authorized sales
to be made in thirty-nine counties in
which the vote had been
favorable. From this time until 1850
there was a constant suc-
cession of local acts authorizing sales
in various townships and
counties; making provisions for leasing
lands where the assent
was not given to the sale; authorizing
revaluation of lands where
lessees thought the original valuation
was too high, or the town-
ships considered it too low; giving
additional time in which to
make the payments due; and in general
enacting various laws
that had only local application. Between
1827 and 1850 ap-
proximately four hundred such laws were
passed. In 182849
those townships that had not voted to
sell their school lands
were authorized to lease it for periods
of not less than three
48 0.
L., XXVI, local, 4.
49O. L., XXVI, 80.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 89
years for improved lands nor seven years
for unimproved lands.
In case the consent of the townships had
been given and the
lands remained unsold, they might be
leased from year to year
on the best terms obtainable. The entire
arrangement and re-
sponsibility was placed in the hands of
the township trustees.
In 1838,50 largely through the influence
of Samuel Lewis, the
State Superintendent of Schools, the
practice of allowing the
holders of permanent leases to surrender
their leases, and by
payment of the first appraised value,
receive a deed in fee simple,
was stopped, and by an act of 1843,51
such surrender was au-
thorized only upon the land being
reappraised and the amount
of its new valuation paid. From 183952
on it was a common
practice to include a minimum price
below which the land could
not be sold, and in 184553 a general act
was passed forbidding
the sale of any school land in the state
for less than five dollars
an acre. This concludes the main
features of the legislation on
this subject from 1803 to 1850.
Summary.
The first attempt of the legislature was
to preserve the
lands and make them productive through a
system of short term
leases, which provided for the payment
of rents through improve-
ments made upon the lands. This system
was followed until
1817 with the exception of the land
belonging to the Virginia
Military District.
The system of temporary leasing was
found unsatisfactory
and in 1817 the state embarked on the
policy of authorizing per-
manent leases with a revaluation of
lands at periods of thirty
to thirty-five years. This system also
proved unsatisfactory in
practice.
From 1827 on the state legalized the
sale of school lands
in fee simple, but allowed the local
community to decide whether
the lands should be sold, and in case
they were not, the manage-
ment was left in the hands of the
township trustees, with certain
50O. L., XXXVI, 33.
51 0. L., XLI, 20.
520. L., XXXVII, local, 88.
530. L., XLV, 58.
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limitations as to the length of time for
which leases might be
granted. The money from lands sold was
paid through the
county treasurer's office into the
office of the state treasurer and
placed at the disposal of the state, the
state pledging itself to
pay a six per cent annual interest upon
the moneys so deposited
for the use of the schools of the
township or territory to which
the land had belonged. The revenue from leased land was
handled directly by the township
trustees and apportioned among
the school districts of the townships.
The basis of apportion-
ment in each case was the number of
white unmarried youth
between the ages of four and twenty-one.
During the whole
period the legislature heeded local
needs and wishes through local
and special legislation.
The results of the system, or lack of
system, entailed great
loss. This loss was not due primarily to
the leasing of the lands
or the selling of them, but to the fact
that the state had no
central office whose business it was to
oversee the lands and
know exactly what the conditions were in
regard to them, and
to see that the laws in force were
obeyed. The legislature was
a changing body. It lacked necessary
information for intelligent
action in many cases, and it attempted
to meet local conditions
without complete knowledge of the facts.
The chief specific points in the general
policy that resulted
in loss were:
First. That of allowing permanent
lessees whose lands had
been appraised during the period from
1817 to 182354 to sur-
render their leases and obtain deeds by
paying the original ap-
praisal value. This policy was followed
until 1838.
Second.55 The policy of local
appraisal. This might or
might not work well. It depended wholly
on the appraisers
chosen. It was found necessary to forbid
by law any appraiser
purchasing land.
54"Cases have come to my knowledge
where land has been taken at
six dollars per acre worth at the time
fifty dollars. * * * The tenants
to be sure make their fortunes, but the
schools are sacrificed." Ohio
Doc. 36th G. A. Doc. 17, page 41.
55"In one very aggravated case the
assessor was a lessee on the
land." Ibid. Doc. 17, page 41.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 91
Third. That no minimum price was placed
upon the school
lands until 1845.56
Fourth. The policy of local control in
leasing and of special
or local legislation. Where the school
sentiment was high this
might work well, but where it was low
the results were apt to
be disastrous.
The state lacked any settled, clearly
defined policy, and it
lacked administrative machinery to
oversee the policies that were
initiated. The legislators, in general,
were doubtless honest in
their efforts, but they were occupied
but a few weeks each year
and then on all classes of legislation.
It was only as one had
opportunity to study the question in
detail and in its bearing upon
the state as a whole, and to carry on
this work for a period of
years, that a basis could be afforded
for intelligent action. Sam-
uel Lewis was enabled to give a portion
of his time to this work
in the three years from 1837 to 1840 and the
legislation resulting
saved thousands of dollars for the
schools.
A quotation from the report of John
Brough, auditor of
state in 1839 and 1840, furnishes a
fitting conclusion to this sum-
mary.57 Mr. Brough had
previously been a member of the legis-
lature and as a member was evidently
satisfied that the general
policy followed by the legislature was
desirable. The quotation
shows the change in his opinion when, as
auditor of state, he
gave the question careful study.
"One of the most important items of
state policy, and one
which it is feared has been least
investigated and understood, is
the prudent management and judicious
disposition of our school
lands. Through the indefatigable labor
of the state superintend-
ent, public attention has been fully
aroused to the waste that has
been committed in this property, and a
determination instilled
to place additional guards upon the
future. That determination
56 "It is not uncommon to find land
sold for fifty, forty, thirty,
twenty, ten, and in one case, as low as
five cents per acre. Men have
become the purchasers of whole sections
for a mere trifle, and that some-
times where it only required a few years
to have realized five, ten, fifteen
or twenty dollars per acre." Third
Annual Report, Superintendent of
Common Schools, Ohio, page 58.
570. L, XXXVIII,
Auditor's Report, 32-33.
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Society Publications.
cannot be too carefully cherished or
rigidly adhered to. The
investigations imposed by the ordinary
discharge of public duty,
have thrown a light and sealed a
conviction, upon my own mind,
at variance with my former opinions,
which had been conceived
upon a superficial knowledge of the
subject;-and such will
be the effect upon the mind of every one
who will seek the
records and gather the melancholy
information they contain. Our
school fund this year, arising from
interest on sales of lands,
and subject to distribution among the
counties, is $73,618.78;
and to accumulate this, we have
sacrificed lands, which, if they
had been judiciously held and managed,
would have now given
us at least ten times that amount and
constituted a revenue suffi-
cient to educate every child in the
state."
CHAPTER IV
SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
The legislation concerning secondary
education in Ohio prior
to 1850 deals wholly with the
incorporation of private secondary
institutions, except in the case of a
few city or town charters in
the last few years of this period, which
make provision for
schools of "a higher grade" or
for high schools.
The state did not concern itself with
secondary schools ex-
cept to indicate the manner in which
they might be incorporated
and in placing certain limits upon their
activities and upon the
amount of property they might hold. Here
again the principle
was that of local initiative with the
state willing to encourage
local effort by legally recognizing the
school established, but tak-
ing no responsibility or initiative for
establishing, supporting, or
controlling such schools.
The Constitution declared that every
association of persons
having given themselves a name might, on
application to the leg-
islature, be entitled to receive letters
of incorporation to enable
them to hold estates for the support of
their schools, academies,
colleges, universities, and for other
purposes1 When the legis-
lature had granted the act of
incorporation provided for, it con-
sidered its whole duty in the matter at
an end. The idea of a
free system of common schools gradually
developed during the
period and the conception of state-wide
taxation for at least
their partial support appears as early
as 1825, but at no time
prior to 1850 does the legislation show
any conception of a state
system of education embracing
elementary, secondary and higher
education. Secondary education was for
those communities that
wanted and could afford to pay for it.
Mr. Lewis in his second report in 1838
had clearly in mind
the beginnings of a state secondary
system. He did not how-
1 0. L., 1, 3, Art. 8, Sec. 27.
(93)
94 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
ever, advocate legislation that would in
any way compel the state
to take a part in the establishment of
secondary schools, but
rather a law that would allow individual
townships to estab-
lish such schools and support them from
public funds, with the
method of establishment and support
warranted by the law of the
state.
His advice to the legislature on the
subject was as follows:2
"There are some townships that have
the means and the desire
of establishing central township schools
or academies, and in
most of our townships the youth over
twelve years of age could
with convenience attend such a school.
The number of town-
ships now prepared for this measure is
small, but will be increas-
ing. I recommend, therefore a provision
giving the whole num-
ber of directors in the township
authority to establish such a
school, and assess upon the township
such sum of money as may
be required for that purpose, and to
this end, they should from
their own number, appoint a board of
five, who should for the
time being control such central school.
The mere passage of the law could do no
harm to those
townships who would refuse to avail
themselves of its provisions,
and would give to those desiring the
privilege, the right to ex-
ercise it."
No action was taken upon this
recommendation, and no gen-
eral legislation concerning secondary
education was enacted prior
to 1850. Some city charters made
provision for schools above
the elementary, but the state did not
concern itself with secondary
education as a recognized part of the
public school system.
The usual type of secondary institution
receiving letters of
incorporation was an academy supported
by a stock company,
with shares selling for from five to
fifty dollars each. A com-
munity that wished an education for its
children beyond the
three r's of the common school,
subscribed stock for the purpose
of building and equipping a school of
higher grade. The man-
agement was ordinarily in the hands of a
Board of Trustees
elected by the stockholders. In most
cases the articles of in-
corporation do not mention tuition or
rates, but in some cases
2Ohio Documents. 37th G. A. Doc. 32.
Page 28.
Educational
Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 95
it is specifically
stated3 that the running expense of the school
shall be assessed upon
the parents in proportion to the number
of children attending,
and doubtless in all cases tuition was
charged. Occasionally
the trustees are authorized to set apart
a fund for the
education of poor children.4 A
school of this
type was usually
called an academy, less frequently the terms
"institute"
and "seminary" appeared. The names "seminary"
and "institute"
are not used with one or two exceptions until
after 1830. The name
"high school" appears at this same period
and is used
occasionally to designate a school of this same gen-
eral type of
organization, supported by an association of sub-
scribers, who formed a
stock company to raise the funds for
the establishment or
support of the school. The first high school
chartered in Ohio was
the Elyria High School, February 22,
1830,5
followed the next year by the Woodward High School of
Cincinnati.6 The
latter institution had been incorporated as the
"Free Grammar
School" as early as 1827,7 but its earlier function
was declared to be the
"better instruction of the poor children"
"in the rudiments
of an English education." By the terms of
the incorporation the
trustees were directed to confine instruc-
tion to "the
common and necessary branches of an English edu-
cation," and not
to extend it to the higher branches of such an
education until the
funds were sufficient to provide for all the
poor children in the
city.
The total number of
incorporations of schools intended to
be of higher type than
common schools was 171 during the
period, classed as
follows:
Academies - 1803-1810 ....................... 4
1811-1820
....................... 8
1821-1830 ....................... 10
1831-1840....................... 44
1841-1850
....................... 26
-- 92
30. L., XVI, 157.
Towns of Harpersfield and Madison, 1818.
4O. L., IX, 57. Gallia
Academy, 1811.
5O. L., XXVIII, local, 116.
6O. L., XXIX, local,
43.
7O. L., XXV, local,
62.
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Seminaries
- 1803-1810
....................... 1
1811-1820 ....................... 1
1821-1830 ....................... 0
1831-1840....................... 20
1841-1850....................... 10
32
Institutes
- 1803-1830
....................... 0
1831-1840
................... ... 13
1841-1850
.................... .. 17
___ 30
High
Schools - 1803-1820
............... .. 0
1821-1830
............. . 1
1831-1840
........... .. .... 8
1841-1850
.................. .. . 5
___
14
Boarding
School .............................. 1
Universal School
............................. 1
Independent
School ........................... 1
____ 3
T
otal
................................... 171
The
names of these schools and the date of their incorpora-
tion
arranged in chronological order are shown on pages 97 to
101,
and their location is shown on the map that accompanies
this
list. The Erie Literary Society, located at Burton, on the
Western
Reserve leads the list in 1803, followed by Academies
in
Dayton, Worthington and Chillicothe in 1808.
The
Western Reserve far outstrips any other section of the
state
in the number of these institutions, having more than three
times
as many as any other section. The map shows however
that
with the exception of the western portion of the state, where
the
settlements were much later, these schools were fairly
abundant
in all parts of Ohio.
The
ambitious boy or girl had before him the incentive to
a
higher education than the common schools afforded and the
possibility
of attaining it without going to any great distance.
The
omnipresence of the Ohio man later in our country's history
may
be in no small part accounted for by the omnipresence of
the
Ohio academy and college.
The
list given and the institutions located on the map by no
means
give all schools of this type founded before 1850. Only
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 97
those that received articles of incorporation from the
state legis-
lature are here shown.
SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER
OF CHARTERING, 1803-1850
1. Erie Literary
Society,
Burton.............................. 1803
2. Dayton Academy
......................................
. 1808
3. Worthington Academy
.................................... 1808
4.
Chillicothe Academy ...................................... 1808
5. New Lisbon Academy
..................................... 1810
6. Steubenville Academy
.................................... 1811
7. Gallia Academy, Gallipolis ................................. 1811
8. Cincinnati Lancaster Seminary
............................ 1815
9. Montgomery Academy
..................................... 1816
10.
Tallmadge Academy ....................................... 1816
11. Florence Academy ....................................... 1818
12. Cadiz Academy
........................................ 1819
13. Union Academy, Muskingum County ...................... 1819
14. Lancaster Academy
....................................... 1820
15. Alma Academy, New Athens
.............................. 1822
16. Urbana Academy
........................................ 1822
17. Rutland Academy
........................................ 1822
18. Franklin Academy, Mansfield
.............................. 1824
19. Norwalk Academy
........................................ 1824
20. Belmont Academy, St. Clairsville
........................... 1824
21. Circleville Academy ....................................... 1824
211/2. Academy of Perry County
................................. 1827
22. Nelson Academy
........................................
1828
23. Hillsborough Academy
.................................... 1829
24. Elyria High School........................................ 1830
25. Woodward High School, Cincinnati
........................ 1831
26. Columbus Female Academy
................................ 1831
27. Ashtabula Institute of Science and
Industry................. 1831
28. Delaware Academy
........................................ 1831
29. Kinsman Academy
......................................
... 1832
30. Canton Academy
.......................................... 1832
31. Farmington Academy ......................................
. 1832
32. Ashtabula Academy
....................................... 1832
33. Huron Institute ..............................
.............. 1832
34. Chillicothe Female Seminary
............................... 1833
35. Ravenna Academy
........................................ . 1834
36. Union Academy, Wayne County
........................... 1834
37. Vinton Academy ................................... 1834
38. Springfield High School
.................................. 1834
39. Female Academy of Mt. Vernon
........................... 1834
40. Stephen Strong's Manual Labor Seminary, Meigs
County.... 1834
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41. The Richmond
Classical Institute .......................... 1835
42. Kingsville High
School .................................... 1835
43. Conneaut
Academy
........................................ 1835
44. Windham Academy
........................................ 1835
45. Granville Female
Seminary ................................ 1835
46. Fellenburgh
Institute, Brunswick, Medina County .......... 1835
47. Western Female
Seminary, Mansfield ...................... 1835
48. Wadsworth Academy
...................................... 1835
49. Academical
Institute of Richfield ........................... 1835
50. Hamilton and
Rossville Female Academy .................. 1835
51. Circleville Female
Seminary ............................... 1835
52. Bishop's Fraternal
Calvinistic Seminary, Athens County.... 1835
53. Universal School
of Massillon ............................. 1835
54. Putnam Classical Institute
................................. 1836
55. Seneca County
Academy .................................. 1836
56. Madison Liberal
Institute .................................. 1836
57. Wooster Academy
........................................ 1836
58. Shaw Academy
............................................ 1836
59. Academy of
Sylvania ...................................... 1836
60. Granville Academy
........................................ 1836
61. Sharon Academy
........................................... 1836
62. Medina
Academy
......................................... 1836
63. Cleves Independent
School ................................ 1836
64. Middlebury High
School ................................. 1836
65. Warren Academy
......................................... 1837
66. Sheffield Manual
Labor Institute .......................... 1837
67. Neville Institute,
Columbiana County ...................... 1837
68. New Hagerstown Academy ............................... 1837
69. Berea Seminary
........................................... 1837
70. Philomathean
Literary Institute, Antrim
................... 1837
71. Monroe Seminary,
Monroe County ........................ 1837
72. Troy Academy
............................................. 1837
73. New Philadelphia Academy
............................... 1837
74. Massillon Academy
......................................... 1837
75. Cleveland Female
Seminary ............................... 1837
76. Akron High School
...................................... 1838
77. Cambridge Academy,
Guernsey County .................... 1838
78. Massillon Female
Seminary................................. 1838
79. Western Reserve
Wesleyan Seminary, Streetsborough...... 1838
80. The Edinburgh
Academy .................................... 1838
81 Wayne Academy
.......................................... 1838
82. Norwalk Female
Seminary ............................... 1838
83. Chester Academy,
Geauga County .......................... 1838
84. Eaton Academy
........................................ 1838
85 Sandusky Academy ................................... 1838
86. Union Academy,
Union County.............................. 1838
100 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
87. Dover Academy, Tuscarawas County ........................ 1838
88. Marion Academy, Marion County ........................... 1838
89. Bigelow High
School, Xenia
............................... 1839
90. Martinsburg Academy, Knox County........................ 1839
91. Blendon Young Men's Seminary ............................ 1839
92. Ashland Academy, Richland County ........................ 1839
93. Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary, Kirtland .............. 1839
94. Oxford Female Academy ................................... 1839
95. Asbury Seminary, Chagrin Falls ........................... 1839
96. Worthington Female Seminary ............................. 1839
97. Universalist Institute, Ohio City ............................ 1839
98. ·Parkman Academy, Geauga County ......................... 1839
99. Barnesville Male Academy .................................. 1839
100. Brooklyn Centre Academy .................................. 1839
101. Auglaize Seminary, Wapakoneta ............................ 1839
102. Lithopolis Academy ....................................... 1839
103. Meigs County High School and Teachers' Tnstit-te .......... 1839
104. Mt. Pleasant
Boarding
School.............................. 1839
105. Cuyahoga Falls Institute ................................... 1839
106. Ravenna Female Seminary ................................. 1839
107. New Hagerstown Female Seminary......................... 1839
108. Bascom Seminary of
Waynesborough....................... 1840
109. Greenfield Institute ....................................... 1840
110. Streetsborough High School
................................ 1840
111 Willoughby Female Academy ............................... 1840
112. Protestant Methodist Academy of Brighton ................. 1840
113. Edinburgh Academy ....................................... 1841
114. Burlington Academy ...................................... 1841
115. Athens Female Academy ................................... 1841
116. Canton Male Seminary ..................................... 1841
117. Middletown Academy and Library Association .............. 1841
118. Gustavus Academy ........................................ 1841
119. Pine Grove
Academy,
Porter............................... 1842
120. Canaan Union Academy .................................... 1842
121. Tallmadge Academical Institute............................ 1842
122. Bath High School
......................................... 1842
123. New Lisbon Academy
..................................... 1843
124. St. Mary's Female Educational Institute, Cincinnati......... 1843
125. Maumee City Academy .................................... 1843
126. Lebanon Academy
..................................... ... 1843
127. Oakland Female Seminary of Hillsborough ................. 1843
128. W est Lodi Academy ....................................... 1844
129. Franklin Academy, Portage County........................ 1844
130. Salem Academy
........................................... 1844
131. Lorain Institute,
Olmstead.................................. 1844
132. W aynesville Academy
..................................... 1844
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 101
133. Keene Academy, Coshocton County ......................... 1844
134. Tallmadge Academical Institute, Second Incorporation..... 1845
135. Bedford Seminary
............................. ........... 1843
136. Cincinnati Classical Academy ............................. 1845
137. Columbus Academical and Collegiate Institute.............. 1845
138. Aurora Academical Institute, Portage County............... 1845
139. Cooper Female Academy, Dayton.......................... 1845
140. Akron Institute
........................................... 1845
141. Rocky River Seminary................................. 1845
142. Findlay Academical
Institute.............................. 1845
143. Vermilion Institute, Hayesville............................. 1845
144. Cottage Hill Academy, Ellsworth.......................... 1845
145. Normal High School, Carroll County ...................... 1845
146. London Academy, Mason County......................... 1845
147. West Jefferson Academical Institute....................... 1845
148. Baldwin Institute,
Middleburg............................. 1845
149. LoudonvilleAcademy ...................................... 1846
150. N orwalk Institute ......................................... 1846
151. Liverpool Seminary ...................................... 1846
152. Mansfield Academical Institute............................ 1847
153. X enia Academ y
........................................ 1848
154. Richland Academic Institute ............................... 1848
155. Felicity Female Seminary, Clermont County ................ 1848
156. Oxford Female
Institute ..................................
1849
157. Miller Academy, Washington .............................. 1849
158. Pom eroy Academy
....................................... 1849
159. Springfield Female Seminary ............................. 1849
160. Cadiz H igh
School
........................................ 1849
161. Mansfield Female Seminary ................................ 1849
162. Mt. Pleasant
Academy
.................................... 1849
163. Elliot Female Seminary, Iberia............................. 1850
164. Vinton H igh
School ........................................ 1850
165. Defiance Female Seminary ................................ 1850
166. Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, Hiram ..................1850
167. Tiffin Academy, Seneca County............................. 1850
168. Xenia Female Academy .................................. 1850
169. Hartford High School .................................... 1850
170. Soeurs de Notre Dame Female Educational Institute, Chilli-
cothe
.................................................. 1850
SCHOOL COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
1. Union School Association, Harpersfield and Madison ........
1818
2. Milford Union School Society, Clermont County............ 1824
3. Jefferson School Association ............................... 1824
4. Literary Society of St. Joseph's.
(To erect academies)..... 1825
102 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
5. The Mesopotamia
Central School Society ................... 1826
6. Goshen School
Association, Logan County .................. 1828
7. Trustees of the
Columbus Presbytery. (To found an acad-
emy)
.................................................. 1829
8. The Education
Society of Painesville ....................... 1829
9. The Brecksville
Academical Association, Cuyahoga County.. 1831
10. St. Mary's Female
Literary Society. (To promote female
education) ..........
.................................. 1832
11. The German
Lutheran Seminary of the German Lutheran
Synod of Ohio and
adjacent states. (To promote learn-
ing, m orality,
religion) ................................. 1834
12. North Union School
Association of Carroll County......... 1836
13. Rome Academical
Company ............................... 1836
14. Springborough
School Company, Warren County............ 1836
15. High Falls Primary
Institute, Chagrin Falls. (The educa-
tion of
youth)
......................................... 1838
16. Newark Association
for the Promotion of Education. (To
establish a
High School)
.............................. 1838
17. The Monroe
Academical Association ....................... 1839
18. The Harveysburg
High School Company, Warren County... 1839
19. Cincinnati New
Jerusalem Church School Association ....... 1841
20. Berkshire
Education Society, Delaware County.............. 1841
21. Western Reserve
Freewill Baptist Academical
Society
(Blacks and Mulattoes
not to be received on an equality
with white
persons) ................................... 1843
22. Sylvania High
School Company, Lucas County ............. 1844
23. Madison Education
Society, Lake County ................... 1846
There were also
incorporated during the same period twenty-
three school or
education societies, whose purpose was to found
academies or other
schools, or in some way offer better educa-
tional facilities to
the communities interested.
The denominational
influence does not seem to have been
great in founding
these secondary schools. Some
twenty-one
of the schools and
societies are more or less denominational in
control or in sympathy,
as indicated by the act of incorporation
or the name. In six cases the Conference of the
Methodist
Episcopal Church
either appointed the trustees or had some part
in the appointment of
them. The other schools and societies
that show
denominational influence are scattered among the
Presbyterian, Baptist,
Catholic, German Lutheran, and Quaker
sects. It is true that
prior to 1836 there were eighty-four church
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 103
incorporations in which the churches
were given a right to main-
tain a school by the articles of
incorporation. The usual form
in which this was done was by limiting
the use of funds to the
support of a church "and to any
institution of charity or educa-
tion connected therewith." In 18368
a general law was passed
which gave any religious society
incorporating after that date
the right to apply property not
exceeding an annual value of one
thousand dollars to the support of
public worship and such in-
stitutions of learning and charity as
might be connected with
such society. How far the rights thus
extended were used by
the churches to found schools of
secondary grade, the laws them-
selves give no hint. Only a careful
search of church records
could do this. It is probable, however,
that a secondary school
of any importance would have followed
the custom of the time
and sought independent incorporation.
The financial limitations
both in special and in general acts
would have prevented an ex-
tensive educational institution.
The comparatively small denominational
influence exerted
on secondary schools was not due to any
lack of religious or
sectarian interest. Numerous sects and
varied religious beliefs9
were common, but this very multiplicity
was a source of religious
toleration and in the founding of
schools for the children of the
community a common interest was found,
in support of which
the adherents of creeds that were not
too divergent often
united.
There are frequent indications in the
articles of incorpora-
tion of an effort to keep the schools
free from any cause of re-
ligious controversy. Sections appear
prohibiting the introduc-
tion or teaching of any religious tenets
peculiar to any christian
sect.l0 Sometimes there is
recognition of the fact that there are
other possible causes of dissension, as
when a clause appears pro-
viding that "No political,
religious, moral or literary association
shall have an ascendancy in the
directory."11
The curriculum was not usually specified
in the articles of
30. L., XXXIV, 17.
Chaddock, page 313.
10O. L., XIII, 132; 0. L., XX, 11;
0. L., XX, 27; 0. L., XXII, 14.
11O.L., XIII, 132.
104 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
incorporation, but was frequently hinted
at in the right given
to the trustees to determine what
branches of the "arts and
sciences" should be taught, or
sometimes the phrase ran "learned
languages, arts and sciences", or
branches of a "polite and liberal
education".
The manual labor influence first
appeared in 1834 with the
incorporation of Stephen Strong's Manual
Labor Seminary.12
The Ashtabula Institute of Science and
Industry had been
founded as early as 1831,13 but in 183514
the name was changed
to the Grand River Institute and there
is nothing but the earlier
name to indicate anything other than the
ordinary secondary
institution. The name of Pestalozzi's
one time associate, Fellen-
berg, was doubtless in the minds of the
incorporators of the
Fellenburgh Institute in Medina County
in 1835,15 though no
mention is made of manual labor in the
articles of incorpora-
tion. There are only three other
secondary institutions whose
articles of incorporation make any
mention of this phase of edu-
ciation.16 One of these,
Bishop's Fraternal Calvinistic (sic)
Seminary, chartered in 1835, specifies
that there shall be manual
labor for both males and females.17
The only control the state exercised
toward these institu-
tions was in limiting the amount of
property they might hold,
the amount of the annual income, or the
amount of stock that
might be issued. It was also common to
find an express stipula-
tion forbidding an incorporated company
of this character from
engaging in the banking business or
issuing any medium of ex-
change. The legislature, too, commonly
reserved the right to
alter the articles of incorporation at
any time, and in 183918 a
general act was passed to regulate
incorporated literary societies,
which included all associations for
literary purposes except com-
mon schools, colleges and universities.
The first general pro-
12 0. L., XXXIII, local, 5.
13 0. L., XXIX, local, 137.
14O. L., XXXIII, local, 79.
15 O.
L., XXXIII, local, 112.
16 The Sheffield Manual Labor
Institute, Bishop's Fraternal Calvin-
istic (sic) Seminary and the Huron
Institute.
170.
L., XXXIII, local, 328.
18 0. L., XXXVII, 49.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 105
vision of this kind was enacted as early
as 1817, in a rather
cumbersome act "to provide for the
incorporation of schools
and library companies."19
By the terms of this law the associa-
tion that wished to incorporate
submitted the articles they had
prepared to the "President of the
court of common pleas," in
the circuit in which the association was
to be established. If
the "president" approved, he
indorsed the same and submitted
them to the inspection of two judges of
the supreme court. They
were then examined by these judges and
if found comformable
to the provisions of the law, were
approved and indorsed, and
deposited with the recorder of the
county in which the association
was located.
This procedure established the
association as a body politic
and corporate under the laws of the
state. It seems to have been
from the first a dead letter, although
not formally repealed.
It was the first general law of the Ohio
legislature that had
primary reference to education, or
educational institutions, and is
of interest for this reason. By the
provisions of this act the
capital stock and property of academies
could not exceed forty
thousand dollars, unless extended in the
act of incorporation.
The act also stated that no part of the
funds of such an institu-
tion should ever be used for banking,
nor should certificates of
deposit or drafts, which in any manner
could be used as a cir-
culating medium, be issued. From this
time on, too, the di-
rectors or trustees were held
individually liable for all debts of
the association. There was no thought of
state supervision or
control of these institutions until 1838,20 and then only
to see
that funds given were being used for the
purpose for which they
were donated. The law at that time
directed the State Superin-
tendent to collect information
concerning all funds and property
given in any way for education, except
in the case of chartered
colleges, and allowed him to direct
procedure against the in-
corporation by the local prosecuting
attorney in case any mis-
application of funds appeared.
19 O. L., XV, 107.
20O. L.,
XXXVI, 21.
106 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Universities, Colleges, and Theological
Institutions
A large number of institutions of higher
learning were in-
corporated during this period of Ohio's
history, the total num-
ber of such incorporations before 1850
being forty-five. Among
these are a number which are still in
existence, including some
of the best known institutions in the
state. In the period from
1803 to 181O the Ohio University, 1804,
originally established in
1802; Cincinnati University, 1807, and
Miami University, 1809,
were founded. Between 1821 and 1830
Kenyon College, 1824;
Western Reserve University, 1826; Lane
Seminary, 1829, were
incorporated; followed in the period
from 1831 to 1840 by Den-.
ison University, 1832; Marietta
College, 1832; Oberlin College,
1834, and Muskingum College, 1837; while
in the last ten years
from 1841 to 1850 Wesleyan University,
1842; Wittenberg Col-
lege, 1845; Otterbein University, 1849;
Capital University, 1850;
Urbana University, 1850, and Hiram
College, 1850, appeared.
A number of these institutions were not
incorporated under
the names which they now bear. Ohio
University was originally
incorporated during the territorial
period as the American West-
ern University.21 Kenyon College first appeared as the
Theo-
logical Seminary of the Protestant
Episcopal Church,22 Western
Reserve University as Western Reserve
College,23 Denison Uni-
versity as the Granville Literary and
Theological Institution,24
Marietta College as the Marietta
Collegiate Institute and West-
ern Teachers' Seminary,25 Oberlin
College as the Oberlin Col-
legiate Institute,26 and
Hiram College as the Western Reserve
Eclectic Institute.27 In a
few cases academies or other secondary
schools were later given the right to
confer collegiate degrees,28
while in some instances institutions
incorporated as colleges or
21 Nashee's Compilation, page 220.
22 0. L., XXIII, local, 12.
23 0. L., XXIV, local, 93.
24 0. L., XXX, local, 88.
250. L., XXXI, local, 18.
26O. L., XXXII, local, 226.
27O. L., XLVIII, local, 627.
28O. L., XLVI, local, 7; XXXVII, local,
308; XLIV, local, 65.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 107
universities were doubtless, in fact,
secondary in character, and
in other cases were never actually
founded, the act of incorpora-
tion representing only the purpose and
ideals of the incorporators.
State Influence on Higher Education.
The attitude of the state towards higher
education as towards
secondary education was marked by a
willingness to legalize by
incorporation the educational
aspirations of any group of peo-
ple, while taking on itself a minimum
amount of responsibility
for the resulting institution either
through support or control.
Three townships had been set aside for
the support of
higher institutions of learning, two in
the Ohio Company's Pur-
chase29 and one in the John
Cleve Symmes' Purchase.30 The
Ohio University at Athens and the Miami
University at Oxford
grew out of these two grants. These two
institutions were under
limited state control. The General
Assembly appointed their
trustees, determined by legal enactment
the manner in which
their lands were to be disposed of, and
in the acts of incorpora-
tion laid down certain regulations, but
in no real sense did the
state in this period assume any
responsibility for them.
Ohio University.
December 18, 179931 the
territorial legislature, by resolution,
requested Rufus Putnam with two
associates, to lay off in the
College Townships (townships 8 and 9 in
Washington County)
a town plat with a square for the
colleges and lots for the presi-
dent and professors, "bordering on
or encircled by spacious com-
mons." The following year the report of "said Putnam" was
accepted, and the town of Athens
established,32 and on January
9, 180233 the University was
incorporated under the name of the
American Western University, with Rufus
Putnam and Return
Jonathan Meigs, afterward Governor of
Ohio and Postmaster
29 Nashee's Compilation, page 154.
300. L., III, Enabling Act, 69.
Nashee's Compilation, page 219.
32 Ibid, page 220.
33 Ibid, page 220.
108 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
General of the United States, as members
of the first Board of
Trustees.
In 1803 Ohio was admitted as a state,
and at the second
session of the legislature, February
18th, 1804,34 a second act
of incorporation was passed, in which
the name was changed
to "Ohio University." A Board
of twelve trustees, exclusive
of the Governor of the state and the
president of the University,
ex officio members; was appointed, and
power given to them to
appoint teachers and officers. Vacancies
in the Board could be
filled temporarily by the Board itself
until appointments by the
legislature at its next session.
The faculty were directed to report to
the corporation "from
time to time" and to hold public
examinations of the students
of each class quarterly. Two townships
were set aside "for
the sole use, benefit and support of the
state university forever,"
and directions given for laying off,
appraising and leasing the
lands. This latter provision directed
that the land should be
leased on ninety year liens, renewable
forever with an annual
rental of 6 per cent, revaluation at 35
and 60 years, and another
revaluation at the end of the ninety
year period. All the land
in the two townships, together with the
buildings was exempted
from all state taxes.
These included all the points in which
the state exercised
any control. It appointed the trustees,
it directed the faculty
to report "from time to time"
to the trustees, it directed that
quarterly examinations of the students
should be held, and it
specified how the land granted for the
use of the University was
to be leased.
The next year35 the
legislature changed the form of the
lease to ninety-nine year leases,
renewable forever, omitting
the clause calling for a revaluation,
and forbade the leasing of
any land at less than one dollar and
seventy-five cents per acre,
but in 180736 the trustees were authorized
to lease the land that
had been appraised at less than one
dollar and seventy-five cents
at its appraised value.
340.
L., II, 193
350.
L., III, 79.
360. L., V, 85.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 109
The legislation of the next ten years is
concerned only with
different phases of leasing of the land
and the appointment of
trustees, but in 1817,37 an act was
passed authorizing a lottery
to raise the sum of twenty thousand
dollars "to defray the ex-
pense of completing the college edifice
lately erected at Athens,
and to purchase a library and suitable
mathematical and philo-
sophical apparatus for the use of Ohio
University." February
1, 1825,38 an appropriation of one
thousand dollars was made for
the purpose of paying debts and
purchasing philosophical ap-
paratus. In 1826,39 during the
same period in which the sale of
school lands was begun, the trustees
were authorized to sell the
remaining lands in the college townships
which were not en-
cumbered by leases, and to convey title
in fee simple to lessees
who paid a sum which would yield at six
per cent, a revenue
equal to the yearly rental. The money
received from such sales
was to be deposited with the state
treasurer, and the state pledged
itself to pay six per cent on the sums
so deposited and reserved
the right to repay the money at any
time.40
In 183641 and again in 183742 the legislature passed resolu-
tions demanding reports from the
University, particularly as to
the expenditures and receipts, and in
the second resolution ask-
ing for the number of professors
engaged, the branches of litera-
ture and science taught by each, and a
list of the number of
students of each year from 1826 to 1837.
In 183843 the com-
missioners of the Canal Fund were
authorized to loan five thou-
sand dollars to the University to be
paid back in annual install-
ments of one thousand dollars each, with
interest at six per
cent, and in 184744 the president and
trustees were authorized
to fund the debts of the University in
an amount not to exceed
370. L., XVI, 37.
38O. L., XXIII, 19.
39 O. L., XXIV, 52.
40 The amount received from these sales
was comparatively small.
The State Auditor's report from 1838 to
1848 shows a credit of $1,897.39
to Ohio University from this source.
410.
L., XXXVI, local, 643.
42 0.
L., XXXV, local, 543.
430. L., XXXVI, local, 205.
44 0. L., XLV, local, 176.
110 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
ten thousand dollars, and the debt so
funded was exempt from
taxation.
In 184345 the legislature passed an act
declaring that it was
the true intent of the law passed in
1805, authorizing ninety-
nine year leases, that the land should
never be revalued. This
meant a great annual loss to the
University, as the lands were
originally appraised and leased at a low
valuation and rental,
and by this act the rental could never
be increased. This was
done in spite of a decision of the
Supreme Court, which had de-
cided the land subject to reappraisal,
and the act was passed to
nullify that decision.46
These chief points in the legislation
concerning Ohio Uni-
versity in the period from 1803 to 1850
show how little there
was of either state aid or state
direction. One appropriation of
one thousand dollars, authority to raise
twenty thousand dollars
by means of a lottery, a loan of five
thousand dollars, and the
privilege of funding a debt of ten
thousand dollars without taxa-
tion, and the exemption of the lands in
the college townships
from state taxation, comprise all the
assistance of a financial
nature given by the state.
The appointment of trustees, the requirement
of a report
asked for twice, and certain general
requirements specified in
the charter include all of the control
or guidance on the educa-
tional side. It is evident that the
institution was not regarded
in any true sense a state university, if
by that term is meant an
institution supported by the state and
governed by policies of
state initiation. If further evidence
were needed, it is found in
a memorial addressed to Congress by the
legislature in 1829,47
asking Congress to grant two townships
of land for the support
of colleges and universities. The
memorial states that Ohio
"has no adequate means of creating
and fostering scientific in-
stitutions without resorting to the
odious measure of direct taxa-
tion." "Possessing no national
domains and having amongst its
citizens few or none whose love of
literature would prompt at
45 0. L., XLI, local, 144.
46 Blackmar, F. W. The History of State
and Federal Aid to Higher
Ed. in the U. S. page 217.
470. L., XXVII, local, 174.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 111
the same time their wealth would make
them able, to endow pub-
lic seminaries of learning . . . the interests of science must
be neglected and languish, unless aid
can be obtained in the mode
now proposed."
"Ohio has received no grant of this
character, unless the
land included in the Ohio Company's
Purchase and Symmes'
Purchase should be so considered, but
neither the state nor the
inhabitants of those districts have ever
thus regarded them."
They were intended to be for the special
benefit of the inhabitants
of those districts, and the location of
the Seminaries was con-
fined to them.
Miami University.
The legislation concerning Miami
University is of the same
general type. The college township was
located in 180348 and
the university incorporated in 1809.49 By the act of incorpora-
tion all benefits and advantages were to
be open to all citizens
of the state. A Board of twelve trustees
was appointed and the
faculty was directed to hold at least
once in every year, a public
examination of the students in each
class. Succeeding legisla-
tion was concerned only with the
appointment of trustees, the
leasing of college lands, and the
collecting of rents, with the
exception of an act in 1814,50 which
required the trustees to
make an accurate statement of all
proceedings "both as respects
the disposal of land, as well as the
state of the funds arising
from the proceeds," to the
legislature. There seems to have
been no financial aid of any kind
extended to Miami University
prior to 1850, and as in the
case of Ohio University, no control
or initiation of educational policies.
The state for the first time
shows an awakening responsibility in
184951 by the appointment
of a committee of three "to examine
into and report to the next
General Assembly the condition of the
Miami University and
the cause of its decline, with such
recommendations as they may
deem proper to make."
48 0. L., I, 66.
49O. L., VII, 184.
50 O. L., XII, 83.
51O. L., XLVII, local, 39.
112 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
Other Institutions.
A grant of five hundred dollars each was
made to two other
institutions by the legislature by an
act passed in 1836.52 The
two institutions receiving this aid were
Ripley College in Brown
County and Franklin College in Harrison
County. The act of
incorporation for Ripley College53 specified
that vacancies in the
Board of Trustees were to be filled by
the General Assembly.
Aside from this, these two institutions
seem in no way to differ
from others founded during the same
period. The appropriation
made was evidently incidental and due to
local influence, and
did not indicate any general policy of
state aid. It is also an
indication that the state regarded other
institutions in about the
same way that it regarded Ohio and Miami
Universities.
In 182854 the legislature warmly seconded
the efforts of
Philander Chase, the President of Kenyon
College, in his at-
tempt to obtain a grant of lands from
Congress for the support
of that institution, and requested its
senators and representatives
to use their efforts in Congress to
support such legislation. These
instances include all of the state's
activities in the interests of
higher education.
In the case of other institutions
chartered, the state ex-
ercised no control, except that it
became customary after 1830
to specify in the incorporating act that
the right to amend or
alter the charter was reserved by the
legislature. There also ap-
peared frequent limitations as to the
amount of real property
that might be held, or the annual income
that might be derived
from it.
Denominational Influences.
It is impossible to say from a study of
the acts of incorpora-
tion how far denominational influence
was instrumental in the
founding of the large number of colleges
and universities that
appeared during this period. It was
certainly much more in-
fluential than in the case of secondary
institutions. Twenty-one
520.
L., XXXIV, local, 610.
53 O. L., XXVIII. local, 88.
54O. L., XXVI, local, 176.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 113
of the forty-five schools show evidence
of denominational in-
fluence either in the act itself or in
the name given, while a few
of them had from the first the
preparation of ministers for a
particular sect in mind. It is quite
probable that others were
under denominational influence where
nothing in the charter or
name indicates it.
Agricultural Schools.
It is interesting to note that as early
as 184655 a Farmers'
College was incorporated in Hamilton
County, whose purpose
was declared to be "to direct and
cultivate the minds of the
students in a thorough and scientific
course of studies par-
ticularly adapted to agricultural
pursuits." This institution was
the result of private initiative and was
founded by a stock com-
pany.
Summary.
The period was one of activity and
interest in higher educa-
tion with a determined effort to afford
the advantages of college
and university training to the young
people of the state without
the necessity of going beyond the state
border for it. The state's
attitude was shown in its willingness to
assist through legalizing
such efforts by acts of incorporation,
but with no conception of
any adequate responsibility in the matter,
even for those institu-
tions which might naturally have been
considered state founda-
tions.
Medical Education
During the first eight years of the
state's history there was
no legislation that bore in any way upon
medical practice or
indicated any state requirements for
entering the profession.
In 181156 an act was passed
to regulate the practice of Physic
and Surgery. The state was divided into
five medical districts
each having three medical censors or
examiners, and it was made
obligatory upon any one who wished to
practice medicine as a
means of livelihood to obtain a license
from one of these boards
55 0. L., XLIV, local, 165.
560.
L., IX, 19.
Vol. XXVII- 8.
114 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
of examiners. The qualifications for a
license included satis-
factory evidence that the candidate was
of good moral character,
and that he had attended three full
years to the theory and prac-
tice of medicine under the guidance of
some able physician or
surgeon, or that he had a license from
some medical society
showing that he had been admitted as a
practitioner. He was
also required to give satisfactory
answers to such questions as
might be put to him by the examiners in
"Anatomy, Materia
Medica, Chymistry, and the Theory and
Practice of Physic."
In 181257 a medical society was
incorporated, the state di-
vided into seven medical districts, and
the society given power
to appoint examining committees to
examine and license candi-
dates and also to grant honorary degrees
to such of the faculty
as they might find of distinguished
merit. Practicing without
a license from some medical society or
college of physicians was
forbidden, and a penalty from five to
one hundred dollars was
imposed for each offense.
In 181758 the candidate was required, in
addition to the ex-
amination, to deliver a thesis upon some
medical subject, and
in 181859 those who had received the
degree of Doctor of Medi-
cine in any university or other medical
institution within the
United States were exempted from the
necessity of being ex-
amined for a license.
In 181960 the first medical school was
incorporated in Cin-
cinnati, under the name of The Medical
College of Ohio. The
preamble recites that the students of
medicine in Ohio are so
distant from any well regulated college
as to labor under serious
disadvantages in the prosecution of
their studies. The purpose
of the college was to give instruction
in Physic and Surgery, and
the auxiliary sciences. There were four
incorporators, and the
act of incorporation evidently followed
the desires of those re-
sponsible for the institution. Six
professorships were created
and the subjects of instruction of each
indicated. The state very
early assumed a certain amount of
control of this institution.
570.
L., X, 58.
580. L., XV, 195.
590. L., XVI, 105.
60O. L., XVII, 27.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 115
At first indirectly, through
authorizing61 The State Medical Con-
vention to appoint two delegates
annually to attend the com-
mencement of the medical college, take
part in the examination,
vote on the candidates and sign diplomas
on behalf of the Con-
vention. This Medical Convention
consisted of delegates from
the various medical districts in the
state, and was given at the
same time (1821) 62 the exclusive right
to grant licenses for
practice. It was allowed to select each
year two indigent medical
students and recommend them to the
Medical College, whose
duty it was to give them instruction
gratuitously.
In 182263 on recommendation of the
Medical Convention,
a board of thirteen trustees of the
College was appointed by the
General Assembly, and they were given
general control of the
institution, and it was provided that
from this time the trustees
were to be so appointed.
In 182564 the legislature directed that
the moneys raised
by auction fees in Hamilton County
should be appropriated for
four years to the use of the Medical
College, unless otherwise
directed by the General Assembly.65
This was extended to five
years at the next meeting of the
legislature, and in 183166 one-
fourth of the money from the same source
was appropriated for
five years, not, however, to exceed
twenty thousand dollars for
the period. In 183867 there were fifteen
hundred dollars appro-
priated outright from the state treasury
to be applied to liquidate
any unsatisfied claims against the
school.
There were no other provisions for
financial aid, but in
183368 the medical examiners were
allowed to appoint one in-
digent student from each medical
district for free instruction,
and on the same date the Governor was
requested to appoint a
committee of five to investigate the
organization, government,
and condition of the Medical College,
and to report to the Gen-
61O. L., XIX, 28.
620. L., XIX, 28.
63O. L.,
XXI, 4.
64O L., XXIII, 19.
65 O.
L., XXIV, 4.
660. L., XXIX, 66.
670. L., XXXVI, 37.
680. L., XXXI, local, 269.
116 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
eral Assembly, suggesting "the
proper means of advancing the
prosperity and utility of the state
medical college as an institu-
tion of the state, and of medical
science therein."
For the first thirty-five years there
was no medical institu-
tion incorporated in any of the other
cities of the state. Two
other institutions were chartered in
Cincinnati in 1828,69 The
Western Eye and Ear Infirmary, whose
trustees had power to
appoint "surgeons, advising
physicians, lecturers, and teachers,"
and the Cincinnati Medical Academy,70
designed to give a sys-
tematic course preparatory to admission
to a medical college.
From 1839 to 1850 eight other
institutions were chartered
in the state for various types of
medical instruction. There were
also incorporated nine local and county
medical societies, evi-
dently associations of physicians
organized for the advancement
of medical science. The State Medical
Society was incorporated
in 184871 with power to organize
auxiliary societies. The state
took no part in the control or support
of the later institutions in-
corporated.
Legal Education
There is almost no legislation bearing
on legal education
prior to 1850. In 181972 a law was passed
that no person should
be licensed to practice as an attorney
unless he had studied law
attentively for the period for two years
previous to his applica-
tion for a license. In 184673 appeared the
first indication of any
definite legal instruction in an act
authorizing any male citizen
of the state of good moral character to
take the oath of office
and receive a license to practice on
producing to two judges of
the Supreme Court a certificate from the
law department of the
Cincinnati College.
69O. L., XXVI, local, 128.
700.
L., XXVI, local, 54.
710. L., XLVI, local, 31.
720. L., XVII, 92.
730. L., XLV, local, 157.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to
1850. 117
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CHARTERED IN OHIO:
1803-1850.
1. Ohio University
........................................ 1802
2. Miami University (Locating Coll. Tps.) .................... 1803
Miami University (Charter)............................... 1809
3. Cincinnati University ...................................... 1809
4. W orthington College ...................................... 1819
5. Kenyon College ........................................ 1824
6. College of Alma
........................................... 1825
Franklin College (Name changed)
......................... 1826
7. Western Reserve College
................................. 1826
8. Lane Sem inary
....................................... .... 1829
9. College of Ripley ..............
............. 1830
10. The Trustees of the Granville Religious and
Literary Society 1832
11. Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teacher's
Sem-
inary
.................................... ............ 1832
12. Oberlin Collegiate Institute
................................ 1834
13. Willoughby University of Lake
Erie........................ 1834
14. German Reform Synod
of Ohio........................... 1836
15. St.
Clairsville Collegiate Seminary .......................... 1837
16. Muskingum College
........................................ 1837
17. Baptist Literary and Collegiate Institute of Huron
County.. 1837
18. Wesleyan
Collegiate Institute ............................. 1837
19. Logan College
....................................... 1838
20. Theological Seminary of the Associated Reform Synod of
the West ......................................... 1838
21. Central
College of Ohio.................................... 1842
22. St. Xavier College
............................. ..... 1842
23. Ohio Wesleyan
University.............................. 1842
24. Lafayette University .......................................
1842
25. Germania College .........................................
1843
26. Providence College ........................................
1843
27. Beverly College ...........................................
1843
28. (Methodist Female Collegiate Institute
........................ 1843
Wesleyan Female College. (Name changed) ...............1846
29.
Bellefontaine Ohio
College................................
1843
30. English Lutheran Theological and Collegiate
Institute of
W ooster
................................................. 1844
31. Ft. Meigs University
....................................... 1845
32. Protestant University of the United States
................. 1845
33. W
ittenberg College ....................................... 1845
34. The Farmers' College
...................................... 1846
35. Marietta Female College......... .......................... 1847
36. (Muhlenberg College
.......................................1848
Judson College.
(Name changed) .........................1849
37. Medina College
.......................................
1848
118 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
38. Newton College
.................................
..... 1848
39. Edinburg College
........................................ 1848
40. Mt. W ashington
College.................................. 1849
41. Otterbein University ...................................... 1849
42. Capital University ........................................ 1850
43. Cambridge College ........................................ 1850
44. G eneva H all .............................................. 1850
45. Urbana University
........................................ 1850
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 119 |
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CHAPTER V
THE EDUCATION OF DEFECTIVES, DEPENDENTS,
AND DELINQUENTS
The institutions for the education of
the deaf and dumb
and the blind were definitely recognized
as a state responsibility
and ample and intelligent provision was
made by the state for
children of this class. This conception
of the state's responsi-
bility was not recognized at once,
however, but was a matter of
gradual growth. The Deaf and Dumb School
preceded the
School for the Blind by ten years, and
in the legislation that
centers about it the gradual development
of the idea of state
responsibility for financial support can
be seen.
THE EDUCATION OF DEFECTIVES
Education of the Deaf and Dumb.
In an act passed in 18221 the Court of
Common Pleas was
authorized to appoint guardians for deaf
and dumb persons,
and the power of the guardians was
expressly extended to the
protection, education, and maintenance
of their wards. In case
the guardian or parent was unable to
teach such children to
read and write, the law permitted the
county commissioners, on
application, to appropriate money from
the county treasury for
such instruction. The law was wholly
permissive in character
and simply legalized appropriations for
the instruction of deaf
and dumb children, in cases in which the
county commissioners
saw fit to grant aid. By the same law
the township officers were
required to report to the county
auditors the number of deaf and
dumb persons in the township, and the
auditors were directed to
report the results to the state auditor.
This was followed at the next session in
18222 by an act
the sole purpose of which was to
ascertain the number of deaf
1O. L., XX, 49.
2O. L., XXI,
5.
(120)
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to
1850. 121
and dumb persons in the state. Five
years later, in 1827,3 an
act was passed to incorporate the
"Trustees of the Ohio Asylum
for Educating the Deaf and Dumb."
Eight trustees were named
in the act of incorporation, and they
were authorized to receive
gifts and bequests for the purpose of
educating the deaf and
dumb, and were directed to report to the
next General Assembly
as to the location of the schools, the
kind of buildings needed,
with an estimate of expense for
buildings and instruction, and
a plan for its organization and
government. The funds of the
institution were to be under the
management of the trustees sub-
ject to the regulation of the General
Assembly, and reports were
required annually as to the expenses,
number of students, num-
ber taught at state expense and the
number who paid tuition,
together with general information as to
the status of the school.
The trustees were allowed to draw on the
treasury of the
state for the support of one indigent
student from each judicial
circuit an amount not to exceed one
hundred dollars for any
student, and no student was to receive
such aid longer than three
years. The Governor was ex officio
president of the Board of
Trustees, and it was specifically stated
that the incorporated body
was under the control and direction of
the General Assembly.
The idea of the legislature seems to
have been to organize
an institution under state management
and control, but financed
by private donations with the state
giving a minimum amount
to the support of indigent students. The
following year, 1828,
the first appropriation of state money
was made, amouting to
$376,76.4 In 18295 the trustees were authorized to open the
asylum in rented houses until suitable
buildings were erected,
and an additional appropriation of one
thousand dollars was
made. The same year it was decided to
permanently locate the
institution in Columbus,6 and
the trustees were authorized to
receive any donations of land or to
purchase a site. In the
meanwhile Congress had been urged7 to
appropriate a township
30.
L. XXV, 87.
4O. L., XXVI, 4.
50.
L., XXVII, 63.
50.
L., XXVII, local, 171.
7 0. L., XXV, local, 113; 0. L., XXVI,
local, 178.
122 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
of land, or an amount equivalent to
that, located in smaller
tracts, to aid in the education of the
deaf and dumb. The grant
was not made and in 18308 another
appropriation of one thou-
sand dollars was made, and the trustees
were again authorized
to receive one indigent student from
each judicial circuit at state
expense, but the amount to be expended
was reduced from one
hundred dollars to seventy-five dollars
for each student.9 The
next year the number of students
receiving state aid was in-
creased to two from each circuit,10
a total of eighteen, and an
appropriation of sixteen hundred
dollars11 was made for ex-
penses. This was followed in 1832 by an
act appropriating one-
fourth of the money arising from sales
at auction in Hamilton
County12 and by another fifteen hundred
dollar appropriation
from the treasury.13
The state had not reached a point where
it was ready to
assume the burden of the school and it
again applied to Con-
gress in the same year14 for
assistance through a land grant.
In. this memorial it was estimated that
a proper housing and
equipment would cost from fifteen
thousand to twenty thousand
dollars, with a total annual expenditure
of nearly ten thousand
dollars. It was pointed out that Ohio in
common with many
other states did not possess land of her
own which might be
appropriated, and that the only
resource, unless Congress came
to the state's aid, was by drawing from
revenue derived by di-
rect taxation for other purposes. The
memorial declares that
every one will admit that this measure
is impolitic and ought
to be avoided, and that it may be deemed
quite sufficient to pro-
vide in this way for indigent students.l5
8O.
L., XXVIII, 30.
9 There were 9 judicial circuits. The
expense involved amounted to
$675.
10 O. L., XXIX, 427.
110. L., XXIX, local, 246.
120. L., XXX,
20.
130. L., XXX, local, 319.
14 0. L., XXX, local, 336.
15This memorial states that Ohio had
established such a school,
that it had been in operation two years,
and had three teachers and
nearly thirty pupils, with a prospect that the number of
pupils would
be doubled as soon as accommodations
were furnished.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 123
From
this time on appropriations of fifteen hundred to
three thousand dollars were common until
184616 when a sys-
tematic budget was evidently adopted and
regular appropriations
made to meet it. The appropriation for
expenses in this year
amounted to nine thousand dollars with
an added four thousand
dollars for building needs. Provision
was made in 183817 by
a two thousand dollar appropriation for
the erection of work-
shops and the introduction of mechanical
employment as a part
of the work of the institution.18
Education of the Blind.
With the exception of two special acts
to assist individuals,
one afterward repealed, the state took
no steps looking toward
the education of the blind until 1835.19
In this year the Gov-
ernor was requested to direct the county
auditors to make a
complete report on the number of blind
persons in the state,20
and in the following year21 a committee
was appointed to
study the question of the education of
the blind in letters and
mechanical arts, and report to the
General Assembly the re-
sults of their findings with an estimate
of the probable ex-
pense of establishing a public school
for that purpose.
This committee made a careful study of
the subject. They
quote largely in their report22 from the
address of Dr. S. G.
Howe, Director of the New England
Institution for the Blind,
which he had made to the trustees of
that institution. In this
address of Dr. Howe's there is given a
synopsis of the develop-
ment of the education of the blind in
the different European
16 O. L., XLIV, 130.
17O. L., XXXVI, 92.
18The
legislature voted a grant of one hundred dollars annually
in 1828 for two years to the trustees of
a private school for educating
deaf and dumb persons, located in
Tallmadge Township, and bearing
the name of the Tallmadge School for the
Education of the Deaf and
Dumb. This is the only hint that appears
in the legislation of a pri-
vate institution of this kind. 0. L.,
XXVI, local, 169.
19 0. L., IX, 68; 0. L., X, 68; 0. L., XVII, 7.
2O. L., XXXIII, local, 453.
21 O. L., XXXIV, local, 648.
22Ohio Documents, 36th G. A. Report No.
10.
124 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
nations and some description of the
beginnings of such work
in the New York and New England
Institutions.
In addition to the information so gained
the committee ad-
dressed a list of specific questions to
the directors of the New
York, New England and Pennsylvania
institutions for the blind
asking for definite information about
expense, number of teach-
ers needed, textbooks available, types
of industry suitable to be
taught in a school of this kind and
other questions of a similar
nature. Provision was also made for Dr.
Howe to visit Colum-
bus during the session of the
legislature to "deliver lectures and
exhibit one or two of the pupils in such
a manner as to prove
their attainments."
The committee estimated the number of
blind in the state
as 500, basing the estimate on the U. S.
census and the reports
made by the county auditors. Of this
number there were 60
under sixteen years of age, whose names
and residences were
known.
The report closes with the following
recommendation :23
"In order to commence a school it
will be necessary to rent a
suitable house, and furnish the books
and apparatus for a class,
and procure one teacher who is qualified
to give instruction, and
provide for the support of those
children who are indigent. For
this purpose it is supposed that, if the
Legislature shall determine
in favor of the measure, an
appropriation of $1,500 will be neces-
sary. -And if it shall be deemed
expedient to purchase a site
on which permanent buildings may
hereafter be erected, a further
sum of $1,000 may be needed. It is
desirable also, that as early
as practicable, musical instruments may
be procured, and the
necessary arrangements may be made, for
teaching music, not
only as a solace and a pleasure to the
blind in their disconsolate
condition as strangers to sight; but as
a means of contributing
to their own support in the school, and
afterward also. And
it is especially desirable, and indeed
highly important, that a
superintendent of work, together with
implements and materials
for some profitable manufactures, should
be furnished; and thus
every pupil, when discharged, may be
able to make his own liv-
ing."
Ibid. Page 23.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 125
"In conclusion the Trustees * * * beg leave, most
respectfully and most earnestly, to
recommend to the General
Assembly the immediate establishment of
an Institution for the
instruction of the Blind."
On the Fourth of July, in 1837, the
first "school was opened
with prayer, in the Presbyterian Church
in the presence of the
Teachers and scholars of the Sunday
Schools connected with
the different denominations in Columbus,
who, to the number of
900, had assembled to celebrate the
sixty-first anniversary of
Independence. On this day the Teacher
and five pupils were
present. This number was increased to
nine, at the middle of
September, and still further to eleven
in the month of Novem-
ber."24
The experience of the legislature with
the Deaf and Dumb
School had prepared it to accept the
responsibility for the school
for the blind in a larger way, and in
183725 trustees were ap-
pointed, and a sum of fifteen thousand
dollars was authorized
for buildings and ten thousand dollars
appropriated for the pur-
pose of building materials and to pay
the expense of beginning
the school at once. In 183826 fifteen
thousand dollars was ap-
propriated to complete the building, and
the trustees were au-
thorized to receive twelve students at
state expense. A tuition
and maintenance fee not to exceed one
hundred and twenty dol-
lars annually was fixed for other
students. The trustees were
authorized to procure all necessary
material and implements for
the purpose of instruction in useful
arts and trades.
In 184327 the limitation as to the
number of students re-
ceived at state expense was removed, and
it was left to the dis-
cretion of the trustees. The regulations
on this subject appear
to have been administered leniently,
both in the case of the school
for the blind and that for the deaf and
dumb, as frequent resolu-
tions appear allowing exceptions in
special cases.
In 184528 the legislature made another
appeal to Congress
24 Ibid. Page 4.
25O. L., XXXV, 116.
26 . L., XXXVI, 49.
27 O. L., XLI, 57.
28 O. L., XLIII, local, 344.
126 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
for a land grant to assist in the
education of the blind and the
deaf and dumb, asking that such a grant
be made in all the states
where it had not been done, but the
grant was not made, and
the state was forced to assume full
responsibility for both insti-
tutions.
THE EDUCATION OF DEPENDENTS
The first appropriation authorized from
the state treasury
of Ohio for educational purposes of any
kind is found in the
case of an Indian orphan girl, whose
mother had been shot by
a citizen without provocation. In 182029
three hundred and fifty
dollars was voted to pay for her support
and education for seven
years. This was repealed the following
year,30 but in 182331
twenty-five dollars annually was definitely
appropriated for that
purpose until she should reach the age
of twelve years. This
is the only time the state made any
financial provision for the
education of dependent children prior to
1850. In 180632 in an
act concerning apprentices and servants
it was directed that in
all indentures for binding or putting
out a child as servant or
apprentice there should be a clause that
every master or mistress
should at least cause such child
"to be taught and instructed to
read and write." In 182433 this was extended to embrace as
much arithmetic as would include the
single rule of three, and
the further provision that at the
expiration of the term of serv-
ice each minor child was to receive a
new Bible and two suits
of wearing apparel.
This embraces all the state provisions
on the subject from
1803 to 1850, and it is interesting to
note that the two laws last
cited are the only laws passed during
the period that in any way
touch upon compulsory education, and
these carry no penalties
for failure to obey.
290. L., XXI, 39.
30 0. L., XVIII, 66.
31O. L., IV, 72.
320.
L., XIX, 144.
330. L., XXII, 381.
Educational Legislation in Ohio
From 1803 to 1850.
127
Orphan Asylums and Schools for Poor
Children.
Orphan Asylums were incorporated in
Cincinnati in 1833,34
Cleveland in 1837,35 Columbus in 1838,36
and Dayton in 1844.37
These four institutions were all
incorporated by women, and
were to be under the management of
women, as indicated in the
acts of incorporation. A second asylum
was incorporated by a
Catholic society in Cincinnati in 184338
and in 184539 an asylum
for colored children was incorporated in
the same city. The
Stark County Orphans' Institute appeared
in 1837,40 but its
charter was revoked three years later
because it had embarked
in the banking business.41 There were also three endowed
schools incorporated for the benefit of
poor children, one in Cin-
cinnati in 182742, one in Zanesville in
183443, and one in Kendall
in 1826.44 Their purpose, however, was to afford instruction
free to children whose parents were
unable to pay for it, not
primarily to care for the wholly
dependent. These three schools
were the Woodward Free Grammar School,
the M'Intire Poor
School and the Charity School of
Kendall.
THE EDUCATION OF DELINQUENTS
Education of Delinquents.
No state provision was made for the education
of delinquents
prior to 1850, and but little was done
through private or municipal
effort. In 184345 an act was passed for
the regulation of county
jails, which directed that each prisoner
should be supplied with
a Bible, and that the sheriff should
keep a record of the means
34O. L., XXXI, local, 52.
35O. L., XXXV, local,
513.
36 O. L., XXXVI, local, 185.
37 O. L., XLII, local, 172.
38 O.
L., XLI, local, 112.
39O.
L., XLIII, local, 101.
40 0. L., XXXV, local, 201.
41O . L., XXXVIII, local, 87.
420.
L., XXV, 62.
430. L., XXXIV, 514.
44O. L., XXIV, 36.
45O. L., XLI, 74.
128 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
furnished for literary, moral and
religious instruction.. In 184546
the directors of the penitentiary were
authorized to employ some
suitable person as a religious and moral
instructor, and in the
same year the City of Cincinnati was
authorized to erect a house
of correction.47
This is all the legislation that in any
way touches upon the
education of delinquents during this
entire period.
460. L., XLIII, local, 446.
470. L., XLIII, local, 393; 0. L., XLV,
local, 112.
CHAPTER VI
TRAINING OF TEACHERS
In the preparation of teachers as in
other phases of educa-
tional activity, Ohio depended upon the
sentiment and effort of
individuals and communities, and did
nothing through state aid
or direction other than to legalize
through incorporation the con-
certed efforts of groups of teachers or
of institutions. As a
result of the educational awakening that
accompanied the passage
of the general school law of 1838, and
the appointment of a State
Superintendent, some attention was given
by the Legislature to
the state's responsibility, and the
State Superintendent was asked
in the same year1 to report
to the next General Assembly "first,
upon the expediency of establishing a
state university or uni-
versities for the education of teachers
and other students; sec-
ond, if he shall deem it expedient to
establish such university or
universities then upon the subject of
the proper system there-
for, and the proper location thereof;
third, also upon the proper
mode of supporting same, the probable
expense thereof to the
state, and such other views and
information in relation to the
subject generally as he may deem it
proper to communicate."
Mr. Lewis in his report strongly urged
the necessity for
the need of schools to train those
expecting to teach,2 but no
action was taken by the General Assembly
to found such an in-
stitution.
It was through the activity of voluntary
associations of
teachers and friends of education that
the first efforts were made
to raise the standard of the teaching
profession. As early as
18293
such an association had been meeting
regularly in Cin-
cinnati for the discussion of
educational problems, and at a gen-
eral convention to which friends of
education throughout the
Mississippi Valley were invited an
association was formed, called
1O. L., XXXVI, 418.
2Ohio
Documents, 37th G. A., Part 2, Doc. 72.
3Taylor, page 333.
Vol. XXVII-9. (129)
130 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
"The Western College of
Teachers." As one result of this asso-
ciation the first educational journal in
the Northwest, "The
Academic Pioneer" was established
and continued for some ten
years.
The original association was
incorporated by legislative
action February 13, 18324 under the name of the Western
Academic Institute and Board of
Education, and its purpose was
declared to be the promotion of
"harmony, cooperation and effi-
ciency in the diffusion of elementary
knowledge, and discussing
such subjects as may be considered
conducive to the advantage
of education generally." This
association was intended to ex-
ercise an influence through the
Mississippi Valley, and of its four
Vice Presidents, one was from
Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and an-
other from Rising Sun, Iowa.
Three years later, through the
leadership of many of the
same men, an act was passed to
incorporate5 "The Teachers' In-
stitute." The preamble and first
section are of interest and show
an advanced educational sentiment on the
part of the incorpo-
rators and a definite attempt to meet
the needs for better trained
teachers, and illustrate the general
legislative willingness to
legalize educational effort through
incorporation. "Whereas it
has been reported to the General
Assembly that a literary insti-
tution devoted to the instruction of
professional teachers is much
wanted within this state, and would be
of much public utility.
Therefore, be it enacted, etc., that
there shall be established and
instituted in the name hereinafter
directed, a college for the
instruction of candidates for
professional school teachers, and
for the purpose of qualifying such
teachers in the best manner
to instruct and govern schools, and
other seminaries of learning,
and to advance the intellectual and
moral cultivation of youth."
Among the incorporators were many warm
friends of the
public schools. The names of Lyman
Beecher, John P. Foote,
Nathan Guilford - through
whose efforts the school law of 1825
took final form-Robert Picket, David L.
Talbott, and others
appear. The school for teachers that
these men had in mind
did not materialize, but there were
continued until 1845 regular
40.
L., XXX, local, 232.
5O. L., XXXVII, local, 117.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 131
conventions of teachers and friends of
education, and their dis-
cussions and influence were instrumental
in awakening educa-
tional sentiment throughout the state.6
In 18327 the Marietta Collegiate
Institute and Western
Teachers' Seminary, which three years
later became Marietta
College, was incorporated. The original
purpose was declared
to be "the instruction of youth in
the various branches of useful
knowledge, and especially the education
of teachers for common
schools."
Other incorporations were the Wayne
County Ohio Teach-
ers' Association in 1833.8 the
Teachers' Institute at Fairmound,9
the Meigs County High School and
Teachers' Institute,10 and
the American Lyceum of Education in
Cincinnati.11
This last institution planned to
establish a common school
"for the purpose of furnishing a
model school, and one in which
experiments might be made as to the best
modes and means of
instruction, with a view to advancing
the interests of common
school education throughout the
state."
In 184712 the state
passed a permissive act allowing teachers
in eleven counties of the state to
incorporate teachers' institutes.
Ten of these counties were located in
the Western Reserve. This
act allowed the county commissioners in
the counties named to
use a portion of the money derived from
the surplus revenue
fund for the support of these institutes
so organized under the
law. The counties had been held
responsible by the act distribut-
ing the surplus revenue,13 for
the payment of five percent an-
nually for the use of common schools.
Any amount derived over
this, the counties had been allowed to
devote to the support of
common schools, the promotion of
internal improvements, or
the building of academies. They were now
allowed in the eleven
counties named to include teachers'
institutes among the objects
6Taylor, page 334.
70. L., XXXI, local, 18.
8O. L., XXXI, local, 193.
9 O . L., XXXV, 417.
10 0. L., XXXVII, local, 257.
11 0. L., XXXVIII, local, 192.
12O. L., XLV, 67.
130. L., XXXVI, 79.
132 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
to which aid from this extra fund might
be extended. The
money was to be used under the direction
of the school examiners
of the county in the employment of
instructors and lecturers, and
in the purchase of a common school
library for the use of the
association.
This act was made general for the state
in 1848,14 by the
same act that permitted counties to
provide for county superin-
tendents if they wished to do so. The
following year, 1849,15
the county commissioners were allowed to
appropriate from
other sources whatever sum was needed to
bring the total annual
amount for this purpose up to one
hundred dollars, but before
doing so the teachers petitioning for
such an institute were re-
quired to present evidence to the
commissioners that they had
already raised one-half of the total
amount needed for the sup-
port of the institute, and the petition
had to have the signature
of forty regular teachers within the
county, and also of the county
Board of Examiners.
The Farmington Normal School in Trumbull
County on the
Western Reserve was incorporated in
184916 through the efforts
of the citizens of Farmington, who gave
a site and raised by
voluntary subscription $2,575.00 for its
support. A stock com-
pany was formed with shares selling at
twenty-five dollars each.
"One great object" of the
school was declared to be "a thorough
education of common or elementary school
teachers, of both
sexes, and to secure a course of
intellectual and moral discipline
for the youth of the country."
Nothing else appears in the legislation
of the state prior to
1850
that has any reference to the training of
teachers. Governor
Bartley in his message of December 3,
184417 said "The subject
of normal schools or seminaries for the
education of teachers is
attracting much attention in several of
the states of the Union,
and in other countries, and by the
pre-eminent advantages af-
forded by this means for advancing the
cause of education, it
commends itself to your favorable
consideration. Departments
140. L., XLVI, 83.
15 O. L., XLVII, 19.
16O. L., XLVII, local, 261.
17Quoted by Taylor, page 180.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 133
for the education of professional
teachers in the Ohio and Miami
Universities could be established under
the authority of the
state, and by a part of the means
derived from the large endow-
ments which these institutions have
received from the govern-
ment."18
18 The plan proposed by Governor Bartley
was the one finally fol-
lowed by the state fifty-seven years
later in establishing normal depart-
ments in these two schools.
CHAPTER VII
SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
Libraries
The first recognition of libraries in
the laws of the state is
found in the charter of the Dayton
Library Society, February
21, 1805.1 There is plenty of evidence,
however, that the early
settlers established libraries before
this, but had not sought the
legal sanction of a state charter.
Venable2 says that the first
library in the territory northwest of
the Ohio was at Belpre,
near Marietta. This was organized in
1796, and was first known
as the Putnam Family Library, later as
the Belpre, or Belpre
Farmers' Library. This library was owned
by a joint stock com-
pany, the common method of procedure in
the formation of later
libraries and library companies.
Another of these early ventures, much
better known than
the preceding, was the so-called
'Coon-skin Library. This was
located at Ames, Washington County, also
near Marietta. The
reason for the name popularly given to
it, and the circumstances
of its beginning are thus told by one of
the founders, "At a pub-
lic meeting of the inhabitants of Ames,
called to devise means
to improve our roads, and to consult
about making one to con-
nect the settlement at Sunday creek with
that on Federal creek,
held in the autumn of 1802, the intellectual wants of the neighbor-
hood became the subject of the
conversation. It was suggested
that a library would supply what was
needed, but the settlers
had no money, and with few exceptions
were in debt for their
lands. Mr. Josiah True, of Sunday creek
settlement, proposed
to obtain the means by catching 'coons,
and sending their skins
to Boston by Samuel Brown, Esq., who
expected to go east in
10. L., III, 228.
2Venable. Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley,
page
135.
(134)
Educational
Legislation in Ohio From 1803 to 1850. 135
a wagon the next
summer. Esquire Brown was present and as-
sented to this
proposition. Our young men were active hunters;
the 'coon skins and
other furs were furnished and sent to market,
and the books were
bought. The Rev. Thaddeus Harris and the
Rev. Dr. Manasseh
Cutler selected for us about fifty volumes of
choice books, and
to these additions were made from time to
time. As the
settlement increased and children grew up, readers
were multiplied,
and all could have access to the library."3
These early
attempts to furnish opportunity for community
study and
improvement, were followed by an increasing number
of similar
organizations during the first four decades of the
nineteenth century.
Atwater writing in
18384 said that most of
the towns in
Ohio had reading
rooms where a traveller could read all the prin-
cipal newspapers
and periodicals, and that libraries were increas-
ing in number as
well as size. The record of incorporations in
the session laws
bears witness to the probable truth of his state-
ment. One hundred
and ninety-two library societies had been
incorporated by 1850. The record of incorporation in the pre-
ceding decades is
as follows:
1805-1810 .............................................. 6
1811-1820 .............................................. 15
1821-1830 .............................................. 45
1831-1840.
.............................................. 95
1841-1850 ...............................
.............. 31
192
The State Library
at Columbus received regular appropria-
tions from 18245
on. In 18466 district school libraries were au-
thorized, but their
support was left wholly to the initiative of
the district. The
law authorized the district to raise by taxes a
sum not to exceed
thirty dollars for the first year, and not more
than ten dollars
for each succeeding year. The decision was left
3Life and Times
of Ephraim Cutler, page 50.
4Atwater, History
of Ohio, page 348.
5 0. L., XXII, 36.
6O. L., XLIV,
81.
136 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
to
a meeting of the taxpayers of the district, called for the pur-
pose
of voting on the question.
Lyceums,
Institutes, Athenaeums, and Literary Societies
In
addition to the library societies, there were frequent in-
corporations
of lyceums, athenaeums, institutes, and literary so-
cieties,
the total number of such incorporations being 64. These
developed
rapidly after 1830, prior to that time only three in-
stitutions
of this type being incorporated. The record of their
incorporation
is as follows:
1805 to 1830
............................................. 3
1831 to 1840 ............................................. 40
1841 to 1850 ............................................. 21
64
These
latter institutions seem designed to afford meeting
places
for their members for discussion and opportunity for read-
ing
and study. The use of their funds is usually limited to the
purchase
of books, maps, charts, pamphlets and newspapers.
Among
them were eight Mechanics' Institutes. Seven of these
incorporated
after 1831. The first one of the latter was the Ohio
Mechanics'
Institute of Cincinnati in 1829,7 and its purpose was
declared
to be for "advancing the best interests of the Mechanics,
Manufacturers
and Artizans by the more general diffusion of
useful
knowledge in these important classes in the community."
College
Societies
The
first college literary society incorporated was the
Erodelphian
Society of Miami University in 1831,8 followed in
the
same year by the Philomathesian Society of Kenyon College.9
By
1850 twenty-three college and university societies were
thus
given sanction. Four of the number
were incorporated
under
Greek letter names.
7O.
L., XXVII, local, 92.
8O.
L., XXIX, 74.
90.
L., XXIX, local, 196.
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 187
Miscellaneous
In addition to the various types of
educational endeavor
represented in the preceding paragraphs
there were also in-
corporated the following institutions,
whose names indicate a
wide range of literary and artistic
interest supplementary to the
regular educational agencies.
The Historical Society of Ohio, 1822 ;10
The Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts,
1828;11
The Lancaster Harmonic Society, 1830;12
The Historical and Philosophical Society
of Ohio, 1831 ;13
The Eclectic Academy of Music in
Cincinnati, 1835 ;14
The New Paris Musical Institute, 1843;15
The Western Academy of Natural Sciences,
1836;16
The Cleveland Academy of Natural
Sciences, 1840;17
The Cincinnati Astronomical Society,
1844 ;18
The Ohio Institute of Natural Sciences, 1849;19
The Western Art Union, 1848;20
The Columbus Art Union, 1849.21
10. L., XX, local, 47.
110. L., XXVI, local, 30.
12 0. L., XXVIII, local, 179.
130. L., XXIX, local, 122.
14 O.
L., XXXIII, local, 161.
15 0. L., XLI, local, 174.
16O. L., XXXIV, local, 110.
170.
L., XXXVIII, local, 138.
18O . L., XLII, local, 122.
190. L., XLVII, local, 256.
20 0. L., XLVI, local, 228.
21 O. L., XLVII, local, 268.
CHAPTER VIII
CONCLUSION
The two essential features of Ohio's
educational policy as
illustrated by the legislation passed
from 1803 to 1850 are, first,
the lack of any efficient central
control of local educational
activities, and second, the permissive
character of a large part
of the legislation passed, and the lack
of any compulsory features.
The large amount of educational
legislation enacted shows
that there was no lack of educational
interest in the state, either
in the public at large or in the
people's representatives in the
General Assembly. There was a
wide-spread belief in universal
education and a desire for it. While
there was, as elsewhere,
much opposition to taxation and to the
idea of distributive re-
sponsibility for free schools, the
general educational sentiment
was good. The laws themselves show in
many cases excellent
educational possibilities. The weakness
of the legislation was
due to the fact that the theory followed
seemed to be that the
function of educational legislation was
to establish general rules
of organization and control in accord
with which the communi-
ties might regulate their own
educational activities and have legal
sanction for them, but that it was not
the function of the state
to develop any legal machinery that
would definitely bring about
educational results.
The words of Samuel Lewis are so
significant in this con-
nection that they are quoted once more.
Speaking of the law of
1838, far the best educational
legislation of the entire period, he
said :1 "It gives to the people the
power to do their own business
whether in townships or districts as the
majority may think best.
The widest possible latitude is given
for popular action: the most
that the law does is to prescribe
certain general rules within
which the people can act under the
sanction of the law, and it
gives to such popular action the aid of
law to effect its purpose."
1Third Annual Report, State Supt. of
Schools, page 4.
(138)
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 139
This expresses as well as it can be done
the state theory
that seems to underlie all the
educational legislation prior to 1850.
One result of this type of legislation
was great freedom in
educational experimentation, with
legislative sanction when that
was asked for. In communities where the
general school senti-
ment was high, as in Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Akron and some other
towns and cities, this resulted in an
excellent type of school sys-
tem, and through this experimentation a
legalized model was
given to other communities throughout
the state. The results
were excellent for those communities
which chose to follow the
example set and there were many that did
so. On the other hand,
there were no penalties in any of the
legislation prior to 1850 to
compel even towns and cities to organize
schools other than those
of the district type, and the only
compulsion to organize the latter
was the loss of the community's share of
the school tax if it did
not do so.
Ohio early took an advanced position on
the right and de-
sirability of taxing all property in the
state for school purposes.
This principle appeared in 1825, when
the commissioners of each
county were directed to levy a half-mill
tax for school support,
and it remained in all subsequent laws
in some form. With this
principle established, the state did not
concern itself further
either to compel the taxation or the
establishment of schools.
These were matters to be decided by
smaller local areas. The
general idea seemed to be that
self-interest and a desire to use
the share of money to which each
district was entitled, would
be sufficient incentive for the
establishment of public schools in
the districts throughout the state. The
results of the next fifteen
years show that this belief was in large
part justified. Mr.
Lewis estimated the number of district
schools taught in Ohio
in the year 18392 at 13,049, and he based
this estimate on actual
reports from 5,442 districts in which
7,295 schools were taught.
The state, however, took no
responsibility for seeing that the
children of the district attended the
school so established, and
but a minor responsibility for the
activities that were carried on
in it.
2Third Annual Report, State Supt. of Schools, page 48.
140 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
This lack of compelling power and lack
of efficient ad-
ministrative officers made the system a
loose and ineffective one,
under which the various communities
continued largely to do that
which was right in their own eyes.
The great educational blunder of Ohio
was in the abolition
of the office of State Superintendent in
1840. Although the of-
fice as created in 1837 did not carry
with it the possibility of ex-
ercising any large legal powers, and was
confined largely to the
gathering of school statistics, and the
dissemination throughout
the state of educational information
concerning the laws in force
and other matters of educational
interest, it did centralize the
educational interest of the state in one
office, and had in it great
possibilities of usefulness. The law of
1838, with the State
Superintendent at the head of the system
contained much of edu-
cational promise. It is not too much to
say that if Mr. Lewis
or a leader of equal ability could have
continued the work begun
so ably by him from 1837 to 1840, the
educational development
of Ohio might have paralleled that in
Massachusetts under the
guidance of Horace Mann. The explanation
of its failure to
do so, must be found in the fact that in
spite of much educa-
tional interest, the people as a whole
were not ready for such
leadership. Whatever the causes may have
been, the result was
to leave Ohio educationally a generation
behind the position she
might have occupied had she lived up to
the full promise of the
law of 1838.
Nowhere is there a better illustration
of the need of a cen-
tralized administrative office capable
of giving to the legislature
advice founded upon knowledge of the
facts, and of administer-
ing the policies adopted uniformly
throughout the state, than in
the legislation concerning Ohio school
lands. Educational in-
terest, state economic interests - such
as the question of internal
improvements-local interests, and too
often, individual in-
terests were all presented to the
legislature, which acted in many
cases upon a one-sided presentation of
the facts. The result was
a mass of confused facts and conflicting
legislation, that as it
multiplied left the legislators
themselves in ignorance as to the
exact law that applied in particular
cases. Opportunities for care-
lessness and downright dishonesty in the
local handling of the
Educational Legislation in Ohio From
1803 to 1850. 141
funds, and the selling and leasing of
the lands were afforded,
and as the records show, not all local
officials were either careful
or honest. Aside from carelessness and
occasional dishonesty,
the conflict between the immediate
interest of a neighbor and
the more distant interest of the
schools, that often confronted
the local appraisers of lands, must have
been frequently disastrous
for the schools. John Brough, the
auditor of state, said in
1840, that "any one who would seek
the records and gather the
melancholy facts they contained would be
convinced of the waste
that had taken place."
The state had no clearly defined
state-wide policy applicable
in all instances and under all
circumstances, and it lacked effi-
cient machinery of government to
administer carefully the policies
that were initiated.
It is not probable that dishonest or
wilful carelessness was
the cause of the legislation that made
great loss possible, but
rather ignorance of conditions, and a
hand to mouth expediency
to meet present needs. This could have
been largely avoided
through the establishment of a central
office, interested primarily
in preserving for the educational
interests of the state the first
state-wide grant made by the general
government for the use of
schools.
There is little to be said in
summarizing the state's attitude
towards secondary and higher education.
Ohio lacked in the
beginning, and failed to develop during
the period any state
educational policy that embraced
elementary, secondary and
higher education. Her interest in public
education was an in-
terest in public elementary education
only, not in secondary or
higher institutions. One explanation for
this is doubtless found
in the abundance of local secondary and
higher institutions estab-
lished by private initiative, and a
second in the fact that the
three townships granted by the
government for higher education
were located in the Ohio Company's
Purchase and in the
Symmes' Purchase, and that the resulting
institutions were re-
garded as largely local and only quasi
state in nature. With a
lack of clearly recognized state
institutions of college or uni-
versity rank, there was no pressure from
above for a system of
preparatory schools under state control.
142 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Secondary education was still generally
regarded as a privi-
lege to be obtained by those who could
afford to pay for it, not
as a recognized part of a free state
system. Private secondary
schools had been established in
abundance. It was not surpris-
ing that the development of a state
system of secondary schools
came as a part of the general high
school movement that began
to take on vigorous growth about 1850.
The characteristic features of Ohio's
educational legislation
during her first half century of
statehood left a strong impression
upon the state's educational policy for
the next fifty years. The
lack of any efficient centralized
control, the absence of com-
pulsory local supervision of any kind,
an abundance of excellent
permissive laws, which legalized
advanced educational procedure
without compelling it, the passing of
laws general in form but
local in application, lack of any state
agency for training teachers
for her schools, these continued
throughout the next half century,
from 1850 to 1900, as marked traits of
the state's educational
procedure.
It is only in very recent years that
Ohio has freed herself
from some of the most undesirable
features of her early legisla-
tive inheritance, and has adopted a
modern, progressive, central-
ized state system of education, with
state-wide supervision, that
places her on a parity with her most
advanced sister states.
APPENDIX A.
A CLASSIFIED
COLLECTION AND ABSTRACT OF THE
EDUCATIONAL
LEGISLATION OF THE
PERIOD: 1803-1850.
ACTS TO INCORPORATE THE ORIGINAL
SURVEYED TOWNSHIPS, IN-
CLUDING PROVISIONS FOR DISTRICTING,
ESTABLISHING
SCHOOLS, APPORTIONING MONEY, ETC.
O. L., IV, 66, Jan. 2, 1806.
0. L., VIII, 100, Feb. 6, 1810
O. L., XIII, 295, Dec. 5, 1814.
0. L., XXIX, 490, March 14, 1831.
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS
O. L., XIX, 51, Jan. 22, 1821. An act to
provide for the regulation and
support of common schools. (The first
School Law.)
O. L., XX, 86, Jan. 31, 1822.
Resolution. Seven commissioners to report
a system of common schools.
0. L., XXIII, 36, Feb. 5, 1825. An act
to provide for the support, etc.
O. L., XXV, 65, Jan. 30, 1827. An act
supplementary to the above.
O. L., XXV, 78, Jan. 30, 1827. An act to
establish a fund for the sup-
port of common schools.
O. L., XXVII, 73, Feb. 10, 1829. An act
to provide for the support, etc.
O. L., XXVIII, 55, Feb. 18, 1830. An act
in addition to the act to es-
tablish a fund, etc.
O. L., XXVIII, 57, Jan. 14, 1830. An act
to amend the school law.
0. L., XXIX, 414, March 10, 1831. An act
to provide for the support, etc.
O. L., XXIX, 423, March 2, 1831. An act
to establish a fund for the
support of common schools.
O. L., XXX, 4, Dec. 23, 1831. An act to amend the school law.
O. L., XXXI, 18, Dec. 3, 1832. An amendment regulating fees of
county treasurers for handling school
funds.
O. L., XXXI, 24, Feb. 13, 1833. An act
supplementary to the act con-
cerning the school fund.
O. L., XXXI, 24, Feb. 25, 1833. An act
to amend the school law.
O. L., XXXII, 25, Feb. 28, 1834. An act to provide for the support,
etc.
(143)
144 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
O. L., XXXIV, 19, March 12, 1836. An act
to provide for the support,
etc.
0. L., XXXIV, 654, March 11, 1836.
Resolution for a committee to pre-
pare a School District Manual.
O. L., XXXIV, 654, March 14, 1836.
Resolution requesting C. E. Stowe
to study and report on European Schools.
0. L., XXXV, 82, March 27, 1837. An act
creating the office of Super-
intendent of Common Schools.
O. L., XXXV, 560, April 1, 1837.
Resolution appointing Samuel Lewis
Superintendent of Common Schools.
0. L., XXXV, 97, March 28, 1837. An act
for the distribution, etc., of
United States Surplus Revenue.
O. L., XXXVI, 79, March 19, 1838. An act
amending the preceding act.
O. L., XXXIX, 41, March 27, 1841. An act
further to amend the pre-
ceding.
O. L., XXXVI, 21, March 7, 1838. An act
for the support, etc.
O. L., XXXVI, 399, Dec. 16, 1837.
Resolution granting certain privileges
to the Superintendent of Schools.
O. L., XXXVI, 411, March 9, 1838.
Resolution appointing Samuel Lewis
Superintendent for five years.
O. L., XXXVI, 73, March 17, 1838. An act
concerning the distribution
of the school fund in certain districts.
O. L., XXXVI, 85, March 19, 1838. An act
levying a tax for school
purposes
0. L., XXXVI, 90, March 19, 1838. An act regulating the fees of
County Auditors.
O. L., XXXVI, 402, Jan. 4, 1838. Resolution concerning Professor
Stowe's report on European education.
O. L., XXXVI, 404, Jan. 4, 1838.
Resolution thanking Professor Stowe
for the report.
O. L., XXXVI, 404, Jan. 16, 1838.
Resolution appropriating $500.00 for
Professor C. E. Stowe for his labor.
O. L., XXXVI, 410, March 7, 1838.
Resolution providing for the dis-
tribution of the report of the
Superintendent of Schools and
C. E. Stowe's report.
0. L., XXXVI, 412, March 13, 1838.
Resolution asking for the amount
of school tax levied on colored people.
O. L., XXXVI, 415, Jan. 16, 1838.
Resolution that 8,500 copies of the
report of the Superintendent of Schools
be printed and distrib-
uted.
O. L., XXXVII, 394, Jan. 16, 1839.
Resolution that 9,500 copies of the
annual report of the Superintendent be
printed and distributed.
O. L., XXXVII, 61, March 16, 1839. An
act amending the school law
and creating permanently the office of
Superintendent.
O. L., XXXVIII, 131, March 23, 1840. An
act to abolish the office of
Superintendent of Schools.
Appendix A. 145
O. L., XXXIX, 44, March 29, 1841. An act
to amend the school law
and all acts amendatory thereto.
O. L., XL, 49, March 7, 1842. An act to
amend the school law.
0. L., XL, 59, March 7, 1842. An act
making appropriations. Reduces
the school appropriation to $150,000.00.
0. L., XLII, 38, March 6, 1843. An act
to increase the school fund.
0. L., XLI, 59, March 11, 1843. An act
further to amend the school law.
O. L., XLII, 48, March 12, 1844. An act
to amend the school law.
O. L., XLIV, 114, March 2, 1846. An act
to amend the preceding act of
March 11, 1843.
O. L., XLV, 26, Feb. 8, 1847. An act to
amend the school law.
0. L., XLV, 60, Feb. 8, 1847. An act to
amend the act for levying taxes.
O. L., XLIV, 81, Feb. 28, 1846. An act
authorizing districts to establish
school libraries.
O. L., XLV, 67, Feb. 8, 1847. An act to
incorporate Teachers' Institutes.
O. L., XLV, 32, Feb. 8, 1847. An act to
provide for the appointment
of county superintendents.
O. L., XLVI, 28, Jan. 21, 1848. An act
to secure the returns of school
statistics.
O. L., XLV, 187, Feb. 8, 1847. An act
for the support of common schools
in Akron.
O. L., XLVI, 46, Jan. 28, 1848. An act
to amend the preceding act.
O. L., XLVI, 48, Feb. 14, 1848. An act
making general the Akron act.
O. L., XLVI, 69, Feb. 22, 1848. An act
to amend the act for levying
taxes.
O. L., XLVI, 81, Feb. 24, 1848. An act
to provide a department of
Common Schools for colored persons.
O. L., XLVI, 83, Feb. 24, 1848. An act
amending the school law.
O. L., XLVI, 86, Feb. 24, 1848. An act
amending the act to encourage
teachers' institutes.
O. L., XLVII, 17, Feb. 10, 1849. An act
authorizing separate schools
for colored children.
O. L., XLVII, 19, Feb. 16, 1849. An act
amending the act to incorpo-
rate teachers' institutes.
O. L., XLVII, 22, Feb. 21, 1849. An act
for the regulation of Public
Schools in cities and towns.
O. L. XLVII, 39, March 6, 1849. An act
amending the school law.
O. L., XLVII, 43, March 12, 1849. An act
to amend the school law.
O. L., XLVII, 45, March 15, 1849. An act
to amend the Akron act.
0. L., XLVII, 52, March 24, 1849. An act to amend the school law.
O. L., XLVIII, 40, March 13, 1850. An
act to amend the law concerning
public schools in cities and towns.
O. L., XLVIII, 41, March 22, 1850. An
act concerning school district
taxes, etc.
O. L., XLVIII, 44, March 22, 1850. An
act for the appointment of a
state board of public instruction.
Vol. XXVII-10.
146 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
O.
L., XLVIII, 47, March 23, 1850. An act supplementary to the pre-
ceding.
O.
L., XLVIII, 728, Jan. 28, 1850. Resolution for the appointment of a
committee
to report on the defects of the present school system.
SPECIAL
ACTS CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Special
acts for the following purposes were passed during
the
period from 1829 to 1850:
Creating
district or changing boundaries of districts ............ 29
Allowing
districts to make appropriations, borrow money or
tax
themselves for school purposes ......................... 26
Authorizing
the sale of school lots or other lots for school
purposes
.................................................. 18
Authorizing
the apportionment of school funds when the school
census had
not been made
.................................. 13
Changing
the form or powers of the district organization ...... 4
Governing
the distribution of school funds in special cases...... 6
Relief of
individual school officers ............................. 2
FINES,
FEES, ETC., APPLIED TO THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
O.
L., XXVII, 11, Jan. 28, 1829. An act to regulate grocers and retailers
of
spirituous liquors.
Licenses,
$5.00 to $50.00. Fines for operating without license, per-
mitting
rioting, drunkenness, gambling, etc., $10.00 to $50.00. All
monies
to go to the schools of the county.
O. L.
XXIX, 161, Feb. 17, 1831. An act for the prevention of immoral
practices.
Sabbath breaking- Fine .......................... $1.00
to $5.00
Selling
liquor on Sunday-Not to exceed ......... 5.00
Disturbing
religious meetings-Not to exceed ...... 20.00
Using profanity
................................. .25 to 1.00
Exciting
disturbance in a tavern, etc............... .50
to 5.00
Playing
bullets, shooting, running horses in towns.. .50
to 5.00
Liquor
dealer keeping nine pin alley............... 10.00 to 100.00
Exhibiting
a puppet show, juggling, etc............ 10.00
Tearing
down public notices ...................... 10.00
Selling
liquor within one mile of religious gather
ings
except by licensed dealers at place of busi-
ness,
etc., ................................... 20.00
Bull
baiting, bear baiting, etc., not to exceed........ 100.00
Cock
fighting-not to exceed ...................... 100.00
Horse
racing on public road ...................... 1.00 to 5.00
All
monies to go to the schools of the township in
which
offenses occur.
Appendix
A. 147
O. L., XXIX,
304, March 14, 1831. An act regulating sales at auctions.
Selling
without license ............................ 500.00
Failure to
render account, not to exceed .......... 1,000.00
All monies to
go to State Literary Fund.
O. L., XXIX,
313, March 14, 1831. An act for granting licenses.
Peddling without
license .......................... 20.00 to 100.00
All monies to
go to schools of district in which the offense occurs.
O. L., XXIX,
446, Feb. 28, 1831. An act to regulate public shows.
Exhibiting
circus without permit..................
100.00
Money to go
to schools of the county.
O. L., XXIX,
469, Jan. 18, 1830. An act to protect the fur trade.
Killing muskrats
out of season....................
1.00
Money to go
to schools of township.
O. L., XXIX,
477, March 9, 1831. An act for the inspection of cer-
tain
articles.
Neglecting to
have fish inspected and barrels branded 5.00
Failure to
bury offal when fish are packed......... 5.00 to 50.00
Inspector
violating regulations .................... 50.00
Money to go
to schools of the county.
O. L., XXXII,
47, March 3, 1834. An act for the inspection of salt.
Selling or
removing salt liable to inspection. Per
bbl. 1.00
Money to go
to schools of the county.
O. L., XXXII,
20, Feb. 27, 1834. An act to provide (sic) for certain
crimes.
Medical
malpractice of various kinds ..............100.00 to 500.00
Money to go
to schools of the county.
O. L., XLVI,
36, Feb. 7, 1848. Amending the act granting licenses, etc.
Peddler's
license fees to go to state school fund.
Fine for
peddling without license ................ 50.00
Money to go
to schools of the township.
O. L., XLIII,
17, Feb. 10, 1845. An act to prevent firing
of cannon
upon public streets, etc. Money to go
to schools
of the township .....................
50.00
O. L., XLIV,
10, Jan. 17, 1846. An act to prevent gambling.
Proprietor of
gambling house or common gambler.
500.00
Money to go
to schools of the county.
O. L., XLIV,
76, Feb. 28, 1846. An act to protect enclosures.
Fine not to
exceed ...............................
100.00
O. L., XLII,
37, March 6, 1844. An act to prevent the introduction and
spreading of
Canada thistles.
Allowing to
mature or selling seed containing Can-
ada thistle
seed .............................. 10.00 to
20.00
Money to go
to schools of the township.
O. L., XXXII,
38, March 1, 1834. Obstructing naviga-
tion in the
Muskingum River ................
50.00
148 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
O. L., XXXVI, 68, March 17, 1838.
Officer or corpora-
tion disregarding court orders in quo
warranto
procedure .................................... 10,000.00
Money to go to schools of the county.
O. L., XXXVIII, 4, Jan. 17, 1840.
Keeping breachy or
unruly animals
............................... .25
to 1.00
Money to go to schools of the district.
O. L., XXXVIII, 7, Jan. 17, 1840.
Harboring intox-
icated
Indians
............................... 5.00 to 25.00
Money to go to schools of the district.
O. L., XXXIX, 34, March 26, 1841.
Selling liquor with-
in two miles of a religious society
gathered in a
field or
woodland............................
10.00
Money to go to schools of the township.
LAWS CONCERNING COMMON SCHOOLS IN CITIES
AND TOWNS
O. L., XXIII, 65, Jan. 8, 1825. An act
authorizing the township meeting
at Marietta to vote a sum for schools.
O. L., XXVII, 33, Feb. 12, 1829. An act
creating a school system in the
city of Cincinnati.
O. L., XXXVIII, 157, March 19, 1840.
Amending the preceding act.
O. L., XLIII, 413, March 12, 1845.
Supplementary. City of Cincinnati.
O. L., XLIV, 91, Feb. 11, 1846. An act
for the better classification of
the Common Schools of Cincinnati and
Dayton.
O. L., XLV, 193, Feb. 6, 1847. An act
authorizing the City Council of
Cincinnati to levy taxes for school
purposes.
0. L., XLVIII, 662, March 23, 1850. An
act authorizing the appoint-
ment of a Superintendent of Common
Schools in Cincinnati.
O. L., XXXIV, 226, March 3, 1836. An act
incorporating the City of
Ohio. Provides for School System.
O. L., XXXV, 32, Jan. 7, 1837. An act
incorporating the City of Toledo.
Provides for School System.
O. L., XXXIV, 271, March 5, 1836. An act
incorporating the City of
Cleveland. Provides for School System.
O. L., XLVI, 150, Feb. 18, 1848. An act
for the better regulation and
support of the Cleveland Schools.
O. L., XXXVI, 329, March 16, 1838.
Amending the act to incorporate
the town of Portsmouth. School System
adapted from the Cin-
cinnati charter.
O. L., XXXVII, 194, March 12, 1839. An
act for the support and better
regulation of the schools in the town of
Zanesville.
O. L., XXXIX, 22, Feb. 20, 1841. An act
to regulate schools in the town
of Marietta.
O. L., XXXIX, 135, March 27, 1841. An
act to incorporate the city of
Dayton. Adapts provisions of the
Cleveland and Cincinnati
schools.
Appendix A. 149
0. L., XLIII, 57, Feb. 3, 1845. An act
for the support and better regula-
tion of schools in the city of Columbus.
O. L., XLVII, 230, Feb. 16, 1849.
Amending the preceding.
O. L., XLIII, 150, Feb. 26, 1845. An act
incorporating the town of Mt.
Vernon. Provides for the control of
schools.
O. L., XLVII, 205, March 9, 1849. An act
concerning taxes, schools, and
sewers in the city of Toledo.
O. L., XLIV, 261, March 2, 1846. An act
to regulate Common Schools
in Maumee City, Lucas County, and in
Elyria.
O. L., XLV, 121, Feb. 8, 1847. An act
for the support and better regu-
lation of schools in District 21, in
Urbana.
O. L., XLVI, 185, Feb. 18, 1848. An act
for the support and better reg-
ulation of schools in Lithopolis.
O. L., XLVI, 191, Feb. 19, 1848. An act
for the support and better
regulation of schools in Lancaster.
0. L., XLVIII, 647, Feb. 13, 1850.
Amending the preceding.
O. L., XLVI, 237, Feb. 24, 1848. An act
for the support and better
regulation of schools in Lebanon
District, Warren County.
O. L., XLVII, 253, March 21, 1849. An
act repealing the "Akron Act"
in the town of New Lebanon.
0. L., XLVIII, 648, March 22, 1850. An
act to repeal the provisions of
the act for the regulation of schools in
cities and towns etc., so
far as it is in force in the town of
Hanover.
O. L., XLVIII, 662, March 21, 1850. An
act to exempt Mt. Vernon from
the provisions of the Akron act.
O. L., XLVIII, 373, March 21, 1850.
Amending the act to incorporate
the town of Fulton. (Providing for
schools.)
O. L., XLVIII, 421, March 19, 1850. An
act incorporating the city of
Piqua. (Providing for schools.)
O. L., XLVIII, 446, March 21, 1850. An
act to incorporate the city of
Springfield. (Providing for schools.)
O. L., XLVIII, 648, March 1, 1850. An
act extending the provisions of
the act for regulation of schools in
cities etc., to Union School
District No. 7 in Springfield and
Suffield Townships in Summit
and Portage Counties.
0. L., XLVIII, 651, March 19, 1850. An
act authorizing the citizens of
Wooster to vote for or against the
provisions of the "Akron Act."
ACTS CONCERNING LOCAL SCHOOL FUNDS
O. L., XXVII, 23, Jan. 5, 1829. An act
establishing a fund for Common
schools in Clermont County.
O. L., XXVII, 180. Feb. 11, 1829.
O. L., XXVIII, 56. Feb 2, 1830. Acts supplementary to the preced-
O. L., XXVIII, 57. Jan. 14, 1830.
ing act.
O. L., XXIX, 210. March 11, 1831. )
150 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
O. L., XXXII, 100, Feb. 20, 1834; 0. L.,
XXXVIII, 149, March 17, 1840.
Acts establishing a Common School Fund
in that part of War-
ren County in the Virginia Military
District.
O. L., XXVIII, 93, Feb. 18, 1830. An act
incorporating the trustees of
the Windham School Fund.
O. L., XXXVII, 50, Feb. 16, 1839; 0. L.,
XLI, 26, January 16, 1843. Acts
supplementary to the preceding.
ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS FOR POOR
CHILDREN
O. L., XXIV, 36, Jan. 24, 1826. An act to incorporate the Charity
School
of Kendall, Stark County.
O. L., XXVII, Feb. 10, 1829, 0. L.,
XLVIII, 625, March 7, 1850. Acts
supplementary to the preceding.
O. L., XXV, 62, Jan. 24, 1827. An act to
incorporate the trustees of the
Woodward Free Grammar School.
O. L., XXXIV, 514, March 14, 1836. An
act to incorporate the M'Intire
Poor School, in Zanesville.
O. L., XXXVI, 514, March 7, 1838. An act
to incorporate the Immigrants
Friends Society of Cincinnati.
LAWS CONCERNING SCHOOL LANDS
Journals of the American Congress.
1774-1788. Vol. IV, 520. May 20,
1785. An Ordinance for ascertaining the
mode of disposing of
lands in the Western territory.
United States Statutes at Large. Vol. I, 51. July 13, 1787. An
Ordinance for the government of the
territory of the United
States northwest of the River Ohio.
Journals of the American Congress.
1774-1788. Vol. IV, Appendix, 17.
Powers to the Board of Treasury to
contract for the sale of the
Western territory.
United States Statutes at Large. Vol.
II, 175. April 30, 1802. Enabling
Act for Ohio.
Nashee's Compilation, page 161,
Territorial Act. Nov. 27, 1800. An act
authorizing the leasing of school lands
etc., in Washington
County.
O. L., I, 161, April 15, 1803. An act to
provide for the leasing of school
lands.
O. L., III, 230, Feb. 20, 1805. An act
directing the mode of leasing
Section 16.
O. L., III, 321, April 15, 1805. An act
to provide for leasing School
lands.
O. L., IV, 66, Jan. 2, 1806. An act to
incorporate the original surveyed
townships. (Leasing school lands.)
Appendix A. 151
O. L., VI, 125, Jan. 14, 1808. An act
accepting certain lands offered by
Congress for the use of schools in the
Virginia Military Tract,
in lieu of those heretofore
appropriated.
O. L., VII, 109, Feb. 17, 1809. An act
directing the manner in which
the school lands in the Virginia
Military Tract shall be sur-
veyed and disposed of.
O. L., VIII, 100, Feb. 6, 1810. An act
to incorporate the original surveyed
townships. (Leasing school lands.)
O. L., VIII, 254, Feb. 16, 1810.
Amending the act concerning the dis-
position etc., of the school lands in
the Virginia Military Tract.
O. L., XIII, 295, Dec. 5, 1814. An act
supplementing the act to incorporate
townships. (Leasing school lands.)
O. L., XIV, 418, Feb. 26, 1816. An act
directing the manner of leasing
the school lands in the Virginia
Military Tract.
O. L., XV, 202, Jan. 27, 1817. An act to
provide for leasing the school
lands. (99-year leases.)
O. L., XIX, 161, Feb. 21, 1821. An act
to provide for leasing school lands
in the United States Military District.
O. L., XX, 34, Jan. 31, 1822. An act
regulating the school lands in the
Connecticut Western Reserve.
O. L., XXI, 33, Jan. 27, 1823. An act to
authorize the surrender of cer-
tain leases etc. (School lands.)
O. L., XXV, 26, Jan. 29, 1827. An act to
provide for the sale of Sec-
tion 16.
O. L., XXV, 103, Jan. 19, 1827. An act
to provide for obtaining the
consent of the inhabitants of the United
States Military District
to the sale of school lands, and to
authorize the surrender of
leases and the receiving of certificates
of purchase.
O. L., XXV, 45, Jan. 29, 1827. An act to
enable the inhabitants of the
Virginia Military District to vote on
the sale of school lands.
O. L., XXVI, 23, Jan. 28, 1828. An act
to provide for the sale of the
school lands in the Virginia Military
District, and to authorize
the surrender of leases and the
receiving of certificates of pur-
chase.
O. L., XXVI, 135, Feb. 11, 1828. An act
to enable the inhabitants of the
Connecticut Western Reserve to give
their consent to the sale
of their school lands.
O. L., XXVI, 80, Feb. 11, 1828. An act
to provide for granting temporary
leases of certain school lands.
O. L., XXVIII, 16, Feb. 9, 1830. An act
to amend the act providing for
the sale of Section 16.
O. L., XXVIII, 18, Dec. 31, 1829. An act
to enable the inhabitants of
the Connecticut Western Reserve to give
their consent to the
sale of their school lands.
0. L., XXIX, 490, March 14, 1831. An act to incorporate the original
surveyed townships. (Management of the school lands.)
152 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
0. L., XXIX, 187,
March 3, 1831. An act making further provision for
the sale of Section
16.
O. L., XXXIII, 128,
Feb. 25, 1835. An act authorizing the electors in the
several counties of
the Western Reserve to give their assent to
the sale of
additional school land.
O. L., XXXVI, 63,
March 16, 1838. Amending the act to provide for the
sale of Section 16.
O. L., XXXVII, 78,
March 18, 1839. An act for the relief of holders
of leases on Section
16.
O. L., XXXVIII, 62,
March 21, 1840. Amending the act providing for
the sale of school
lands in the United States Military District.
0. L., XXXVIII, 164,
March 20, 1840. An act providing for the sale
of three tracts of
Moravian school lands in Tuscarawas County.
0. L., XLI, 20, Feb.
2, 1843. An act to regulate the sale of Ministerial
and School Lands and
the surrender of permanent leases.
O. L., XLIII, 58,
March 4, 1845. An act to fix the minimum price of
school lands.
O. L., XLVI, 38, Feb.
8, 1848. An act to enable the inhabitants of the
Western Reserve to
give their consent to the sale of their school
lands.
O. L., XLVII, 232,
Feb. 17, 1849. An act to provide for the sale of the
Western Reserve
school lands.
SPECIAL ACTS
CONCERNING SCHOOL LANDS
1803 to 1817
Granting permanent
leases ........................................ 25
Concerning other
features of leases ............................... 5
1817 to 1823
Concerning leases
................................................ 18
Extending time of
payment of rent ............................... 3
1823 to 1827
Calling for a
revaluation of land .................................. 4
Granting one year
leases ......................................... 2
For the relief of
lessees
.......................................... 4
Leasing less than
legal amount .................................. 1
1827 to 1831
Calling for a
revaluation of land ................................. 15
For surrendering
leases .......................................... 15
Authorizing sales
of school lands ............................... . 12
Making special
provisions for leasing ............................. 5
Distributing funds
from leased lands .............................. 4
Leasing less than
legal amount .................................... 2
For the
relief of lessees
............... ............... ........... 1
Appendix
A. 153
1831 to
1838
Providing
for sales .............................................. 47
Changing
provisions for surrendering leases ..................... 17
Postponing
payments due ........................................ 17
Leasing less
than legal amount ................................... 7
Distributing
funds from leased lands ............................. 6
Special
provisions in lease ........................................ 3
Concerning
a revaluation of land ............................... .. .5
1838 to
1845
Concerning
the surrender of leases .............................. 21
Postponing payments ............................................. 14
A
cts legalizing sales ............................................... 13
Special
provisions for leasing
..................................... 11
Sixty-four
of the acts of this period included a minimum price
ranging
from two to thirty dollars per acre. The minimum price that
appears
most frequently is five dollars per acre, this appearing in forty-
six of
the sixty-four cases. This fixing of a minimum price occurs in
these
cases before any general act has been passed placing a minimum
price
on school lands.
1845 to
1850
Authorizing
sales of land, approximately ......................... 100
Surrendering leases
............................................... 8
Extending
time of payment ....................................... 7
Leasing .......................................................... 2
In
addition to the special acts classified above, there are a compara-
tively
small number of miscellaneous acts concerning school lands that
do not
lend themselves easily to classification, and which are of very
minor
importance. The total number of special acts passed concerning
school
lands during this period is approximately 500.
ACTS
INCORPORATING SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Acts
incorporating academies, seminaries, institutes, high
schools,
etc. The acts incorporating these
institutions are not
given
in full. Only the date of incorporation and the main
points
are indicated. These facts will indicate the incorporators,
the
control of the institution, the body supporting it, the property
limitations,
the curriculum and purpose, and the limitations placed
upon
the body by the act of incorporation. These provisions
are not
all indicated in the case of each act, but the points that
appear are
shown.
154 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
O. L., I, 117, April 16, 1803. The Erie
Literary Society; David Hudson
and twelve others; board of trustees of
ten to fifteen members;
to support a seminary of learning,
either a college or an academy.
O. L., VI, 17, February 15, 1808. The
Dayton Academy; James Walsh
and seven others; stock company, shares
five dollars each; nine
trustees; annual income not to exceed
three thousand dollars.
0. L., VI, 51, February 20, 1808. The Worthington Academy; James
Kilburne and six others; seven trustees;
stock company, shares
five dollars each; annual income not to
exceed ten thousand
dollars.
O. L., VI, 156, February 18, 1808.
Chillicothe Academy; Robert Wilson
and eight others; seven to eleven
trustees; stock company, shares
ten dollars; annual income not to exceed
ten thousand dollars.
O. L., VIII, 26, January 2, 1810. The
New Lisbon Academy; Clement
Vallandigham and eleven others; twelve
trustees; stock com-
pany, shares five dollars; annual income
not to exceed three
thousand dollars; to erect and keep in
repair a house for an
academy, and such other academical
purposes as they shall deem
most conducive to the interest of said
corporation.
O. L., IX, 39, January 26, 1811. An
academy at Steubenville; Lyman
Potter and fifteen others, twelve
trustees: stock company, shares
five dollars; annual income not to
exceed five thousand dollars.
O. L., IX, 57, January 29, 1811. Gallia
Academy in Gallipolis; Claude
R. Menager and fifty-nine others; seven
trustees; stock company,
shares ten dollars each; annual income
not to exceed five thou-
sand dollars; to use the funds in that
way most beneficial for
the encouragement of literature, and to
set apart a fund for the
education of orphans and poor children.
O. L., XIII, 132, February 4, 1815. The
Cincinnati Lancaster Seminary;
William Lytle and nineteen others; seven
directors; annual in-
come not to exceed ten thousand dollars;
no part of said funds
shall be applied for the purpose of
banking; no political, re-
ligious, moral or literary association
shall have ascendancy in
the directory, and no religious tenets
peculiar to any Christian
sect shall ever be introduced into the
seminary.
O. L., XIV, 183, February 13, 1816.
Montgomery Academy, Hamilton
County; Daniel Hayden and six others;
seven trustees; stock
company, shares five dollars each;
annual income not to exceed
one thousand dollars.
O. L., XIV, 440, February 27, 1816. Tallmadge Academy, Portage
County; Elizur Wright and twenty-five
others; seven to eleven
trustees; stock company, shares ten
dollars each; annual income
not to exceed three thousand dollars; no
funds shall be applied
to banking.
O. L., XV, 107, January 24, 1817. An act
to provide for the incorpora-
tion of schools and library companies.
This act provides that
Appendix A. 155
any association of six or more persons
may, for the purpose
of establishing a school and building a
school-house, or for
the purpose of establishing a library,
submit their articles of
association to the president of the
Court of Common Pleas and
if he approve and endorse same, submit
it to two judges of the
Supreme Court. If they in like manner
approve and endorse
the articles of association, they shall
be recorded and deposited
with the county recorder, and the
incorporators shall have the
usual corporate powers.
O. L., XVI, 109, January 29, 1818. The
Florence Academy of Arts and
Science, Huron County; Luther Havriss
and nine others; an-
nual income not to exceed two thousand
dollars; no part of
stock to be used for banking or other
purposes.
O. L., XVII, 97, February 1, 1819. Cadiz
Academy, Harrison County;
John Rea and eleven others; twelve
trustees; stock company,
shares five dollars each; annual income
not to exceed three
thousand dollars; no part of funds to be
used for banking.
O. L., XVII, 186, February 6, 1819. Union Academy, Muskingum
County; Andrew Howell and ten others;
nine trustees; stock
company, shares five dollars each;
annual income not to exceed
five thousand dollars; no funds to be
used in banking.
O. L., XVIII, local, 85, February 23,
1820. Lancaster Academy; P.
Beecher and six others; seven trustees;
stock company; annual
income not to exceed two thousand
dollars; trustees shall have
power "of directing what branches
of literature and the arts
and sciences shall be taught."
O. L., XX, local, 11, January 1, 1822.
The Academy of Alma, New
Athens, Harrison County; Joseph Anderson
and eleven others;
said corporation shall not deal in
exchange, discount notes or
follow any commercial business or
pursuit; no religious doc-
trines peculiar "to any one sect of
Christians shall be inculcated
by any professor of said academy."
O. L., XX, local, 127, January 30, 1822.
The Urbana Academy; John
Reynolds and six others; seven trustees;
stock company; annual
income not to exceed two thousand
dollars; no religious tenets
peculiar to any Christian sect to be
taught.
O. L., XX, local, 30, January 31, 1822.
Rutland Academy, Meigs County;
Abel Larkin and four others; seven
trustees, stock company,
shares five dollars.
O. L., XXII, local, 14, January 22,
1824. Franklin Academy, Mansfield;
Ebon P. Sturges and fourteen others;
fifteen trustees; stock
company, shares five dollars; no
religious tenets peculiar to any
one sect of Christians shall be taught
or inculcated in said
academy.
O. L., XXII, 72, February 21, 1824.
Norwalk Academy, Huron County;
Timothy Baker and four others: seven
trustees; stock company;
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Hist. Society Publications.
annual income not to exceed two thousand
dollars; trustees
shall direct "what branches of
literature and of the arts and
sciences shall be taught."
0. L., XXXII, local, 85, February 17, 1834. Norwalk Academy changed
to Norwalk Seminary; trustees to be
appointed by the Ohio
Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; no
teacher shall be allowed to teach any
student the peculiar tenets
of any sect or religious denomination
without the consent of
the parents or guardian.
O. L., XXII, local, 104, February 24,
1824. Belmont Academy, St. Clairs-
ville, Belmont County; James Caldwell
and four others; five
trustees; stock company, shares five
dollars each.
O. L., XXIII, local, 18, December 22,
1824. Circleville Academy;
Andrew Houston and six others; seven
trustees; stock com-
pany, shares ten dollars each; trustees
shall determine what
branches of literature and the arts and
sciences shall be taught.
O. L.,, XXVI, local, 167, January 24,
1828. The Nelson Academy;
Jeremiah H. Fuller and eight others;
nine trustees; stock com-
pany, capital stock not to exceed
twenty-five thousand dollars;
board "to direct what branches of
literature shall be taught."
O. L., XXVII, local, 152, February 9,
1829. Hillsborough Academy,
Highland County; William Keys and six
others; board of seven
trustees; stock company, shares five
dollars each.
O. L., XXVIII, local, 116, February 22,
1830. The High School of
Elyria, Lorain County; Heman Ely and
four others; no part of
the funds shall be applied to any other
object than the support
of the high school.
O. L., XXIX, local, 43, January 15,
1831. The Woodward High School,
Cincinnati; five trustees; endowment; to
educate such children
as have no parents living within the
limits of said city; the bene-
fits of this trust shall not be confined
to any religious sect or
sects, but shall be open to all children
coming within the pro-
visions of this act, whatever may be or
whatever may have been
the religious creed of their parents.
Amended, January 7, 1836, 0. L., XXXIV,
local, 27.
SEC. 1. Enabling the trustees to
establish a college depart-
ment to be called "The Woodward
College of Cincinnati."
SEC. 2. Granting power to confer all
such degrees as are
usually conferred in colleges and
universities, provided that they
shall not establish a medical, law or
theological department.
O. L., XXIX, local, 100, February 9,
1831. The Columbus Female
Academy; James Hoge and four others;
three to five trustees;
stock company, shares of one hundred
dollars each; annual in-
come not to exceed three thousand
dollars; to be employed only
for literary purposes.
Appendix A. 157
O. L., XXIX, local, 137, February 22,
1831. The Ashtabula Institution
of Science and Industry; Giles Cowles
and nine others.
O. L., XXXIII, local, 79, February 17,
1835. Amended.
Changing name to the "Grand River
Institute."
O. L., XXIX, local, 39, February 22,
1831. Delaware Academy; Ezra
Griswold and eight others; nine
trustees; income not to exceed
five thousand dollars; no part of such
property to be applied to
any banking or commercial purposes.
O. L., XXX, local, 30, January 19, 1832.
Kinsman Academy, Trumbull
County; Isaac Mcllvaine and ten others;
property not to ex-
ceed ten thousand dollars.
0. L., XXX, local, 47, January 25, 1832. Canton Academy; William
Christmas and nine others; seven
trustees; annual income not
to exceed five thousand dollars; no part
to be applied to banking,
nor other than purposes that are purely
literary; to manage the
academy buildings hereafter erected on
the public school ground
of said town of Canton for the purpose
of this corporation, and
the general interest of education.
O. L., XXXI, local, 133, February 19,
1833. Repealed.
0. L., XXX, local, 62, January 26, 1832.
Farmington Academy, Trum-
bull County; Theodore Wolcott and four
others; annual income
not to exceed two thousand dollars; no
part of property to be
used for other than literary purposes.
O. L., XXX, local, 111, February 6,
1832. Ashtabula Academy, Ashtabula
County; Mathew Hubbard and seven others;
three to five trus-
tees, stock company, shares twenty-five
dollars each; income not
to exceed three thousand dollars;
property shall only be em-
ployed for literary purposes.
O. L., XXX, local, 141, February 7,
1832. Huron Institute; Ebenezer
Andrews and nineteen others; twenty
trustees; to afford in-
struction to the youth of both sexes in
the higher branches of
an English education, the learned
languages, and the liberal arts
and sciences, and the trustees as their
ability shall increase may
erect a separate or additional
departments for the pursuit of
these and any other branches of a polite
and liberal education,
and may provide the requisite means for
the employment of the
students manual labor such portion of
their time as their health
and other circumstances may require.
O. L., XXXI, 188, local, February 21,
1833. The Chillicothe Female
Seminary; John Woodbridge and five
others of Ross County:
five trustees; annual income not to
exceed two thousand dol-
lars; property and funds shall be
converted to no other use
than the promotion of female education.
O. L., XXXII, local, 177, February 25, 1834. The Ravenna Academy;
Darius Lemon and six others; property
not to exceed ten thou-
sand dollars.
158 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
O. L., XXXII, local, 223, February 7,
1834. Union Academy, Wayne
County; James Snodgrass and nine others.
O. L. XXXII, local, 234, February 28,
1834. Vinton Academy, Gallia
County; Samuel W. Holcomb and eight
others; nine trustees;
stock company, shares five dollars each.
O. L., XXXII, local, 270, March 1, 1834.
The Springfield High School,
Clark County; nine trustees; stock
company, shares ten dollars
each; property not to exceed ten
thousand dollars; "said high
school shall afford instruction to the
youths of both sexes in
the higher branches of an English
education, or learned lan-
gauges, or liberal arts and sciences,
and such other branches
of a polite and liberal education as may
be prescribed by the
trustees"; funds shall never be
appropriated for any other pur-
pose than that for which they were
given.
0. L., XL, local, 114, March 7, 1842.
Ohio Conference High School.
The Springfield High School passes to
the control of the Ohio
Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; nine-
teen trustees, trustees to be appointed
by the Ohio Annual Con-
ference of the M. E. Church, property
not to exceed five thou-
sand dollars.
O. L., XXXII, local, 333, March 3, 1834.
The Female Academy of Mt.
Vernon; Hosmer Curtis and nine others;
annual income not to
exceed five thousand dollars; funds to
be used exclusively for
the purposes of education in literature
and the arts and sciences;
no part of the funds to be employed for
banking purposes in
any way whatever.
0. L., XXXIII, local, 5, December 17,
1834. Stephen Strong's Manual
Labor Seminary, Meigs County; seven
trustees; instruction of
youth in the various branches of useful
knowledge; the rules
and regulations concerning the admission
of scholars shall give
no preference on account of religious
tenets or any cause, except
good moral character and promise of
future usefulness; that
no religious tenets peculiar to any sect
of Christians shall ever
be taught or inculcated in the seminary,
provided that nothing
in the foregoing shall be so construed
as to prevent a course
or moral and religious instruction such
as is consistent with
the Christian religion, except such as
is calculated to support
sectarianism.
O. L., XXXIII, local, 21, January 22,
1835. The Richmond Classical
Institute, Richmond, Jefferson County;
Thomas George and
twelve others; thirteen trustees; annual
income not to exceed
five thousand dollars; property and
funds shall be used for no
purpose other than that of education.
O. L., XLVI, local, 7, December 28,
1847. Changing the name of the
Richmond Classical Institute to Richmond
College.
Appendix A. 159
O. L., XXXIII, local, 48, February 12,
1835. Kingsville High School,
Ashtabula County; stock company, shares
ten dollars each; said
property shall be applied to no other
use than the establishment
and maintenance of said school and the
promotion of literature
and sciences.
O. L., XXXIII, local, 51, February 14,
1835. Conneaut Academy; Ashbel
Dart and six others; property not to
exceed ten thousand dollars
0. L., XXXIII, local, 87, February 19,
1835. The Windham Academy;
Hiram Messenger and six others; income
not to exceed two
thousand dollars annually.
O. L., XXXIII, local, 87, February 19,
1835. The Granville Female
Seminary; Henry Carr and eleven others;
annual income not
to exceed two thousand dollars; for
aiding and promoting
literary and scientific purposes, and
for the construction or
purchase of buildings for said seminary.
0. L., XXXIII, local, 112. February 23,
1835. Fellenburgh Institute,
Brunswick, Medina County; John Berdan
and ten others; funds
shall be applied to the endowment,
support and maintenance of
a seminary of learning.
0. L., XXXIII, local, 153, February 27,
1835. The Western Female Sem-
inary, Mansfield; Elizur Hedges and
eight others; property not
to exceed five thousand dollars.
0. L., XXXIII, local, 190, March 5,
1835. The Wadsworth Academy;
William Eyles and four others;
property not to exceed ten
thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXIII, local, 191, March 5,
1835. The Academical Institution
of Richfield, Medina County; Secretary
Rawson and four others;
property not to exceed ten thousand
dollars.
O. L., XXXIII, local, 305, March 7,
1835. The Hamilton and Rossville
Female Academy; John Woods and eight
others; five directors;
stock company, shares ten dollars each;
annual income not to
exceed five thousand dollars; directors
have power to "direct
what branches of literature and of the
arts and sciences shall be
taught; no part of the funds shall be
used for banking".
0. L., XXXIII, local, 321, March 7,
1835. The Circleville Female Sem-
inary; Guy W. Doan and seven others.
O. L., XXXIII, local, 328, March 7,
1835. Bishop's Fraternal Calvanistic
(sic) Baptist Seminary; Samuel G. Bishop and five others;
prop-
erty not to exceed twenty thousand dollars;
that students may
pay any part or all of their board and
tuition in cultivating said
land (one hundred acres) at a fair
reward for their labor, as it
is given for that expressed purpose and
no other, and if circum-
stances shall require, may erect shops
thereon and furnish mate-
rials for mechanics for the same
purpose; also furnish places for
female labor-sewing, braiding and all
such other kinds of
labor as may be deemed expedient; no one
shall be eligible for
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Hist. Society Publications.
the office of trustee or president to
superintend the instruction of
said seminary, unless he is a member of
the Calvinistic or Reg-
ular Baptist Denomination, so-called;
nothing in this act shall be
so construed to authorize the
establishment of a school for the
practice of medicine; "other
teachers and students may be re-
ceived without regard to their religious
tenets provided they are
of a moral character, and be treated
according to their merit".
O. L., XXXIV, local, 6, December 30,
1835. The Universal School of
Massillon; Alexander McCully and four
others; funds shall not
be applied for any other than literary
or scientific purposes.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 190, February 29,
1836. The Putnam Classical In-
stitute; William H. Beecher and five
others.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 242, March 4, 1836.
The Seneca County Academy;
Samuel Waggoner and six others; annual
income not to exceed
two thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 242, March 4, 1836.
The Madison Liberal Institute;
Ebenezer Ward and four others; annual
income not to exceed
$2,000.00.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 386, March 11,
1836. Wooster Academy; David
Robinson and eight others; capital stock
not to exceed twenty-
five thousand dollars; stock company,
shares five dollars; nine
trustees; trustees have power "to
direct what branches of litera-
ture and the arts and sciences shall be
taught"; no part of funds
shall ever be applied for banking
purposes.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 408, March 12,
1836. Shaw Academy, Cuyahoga
County; Clifford Belden and sixty-nine
others; nine trustees;
endowment and stock company, shares ten
dollars each; property
not to exceed twenty thousand dollars,
annual income not to ex-
ceed two thousand dollars; "to
afford greater facilities for the
instruction of youth in literature and
sciences, and for the incul-
cating of good morals on Christian
principles".
O. L., XXXIV, local, 458, March 14,
1836. The Academy of Sylvania,
Lucas County; William Wilson and eight
others; nine trustees;
stock company, shares five dollars each;
stock not to exceed
twenty-five thousand dollars; trustees
may "direct what branches
of literature and the arts and sciences
shall be taught".
O. L., XXXIV, local, 460, March 14,
1836. Granville Academy; Jacob
Little and ten others; annual income not
to exceed five thousand
dollars; funds shall never be used for
banking purposes.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 514, March 14,
1836. Sharon Academy, Medina
County; Thomas Briggs and five others;
property not to exceed
five thousand dollars; proceeds shall be
applied to the support
of a school and to no other purpose
whatever.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 545, March 14,
1836. Medina Academy; U. H. Peak
and thirty-one others; stock company;
annual income not to
exceed two thousand dollars.
Appendix A. 161
O. L., XXXIV, local, 547, March 14,
1836. The Cleves Independent
School, Hamilton County; "whereas
the law regulating common
schools does not sufficiently provide
for schools such as would
suit the wishes and circumstances of the
people in every section
of the state, and that the citizens of
the village of Cleves and
vicinity may have a school where the
different branches of educa-
tion may be taught such as has been
contemplated by the pro-
visions of the general school law";
Stephen Wood and four
others; three trustees, a treasurer and
secretary.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 20, December 30,
1836. Middleberg High School,
Portage County; D. McNaughton and four
others; five trustees;
stock company, shares twenty-five
dollars each; annual income
not to exceed two thousand dollars;
property not to exceed
thirty thousand dollars.
0. L., XXXV, local, 133, March 3, 1837. Warren Academy, Trumbull
County; David Todd with eighteen others;
nine trustees; stock
company, shares fifty dollars each;
annual income not to exceed
five thousand dollars; funds to be used
only for education; a
seminary of learning for the instruction
of young persons of
either sex in science and literature.
0. L., XXXV, local, 139, March 7, 1837.
Sheffield Manual Labor In-
stitute; Robbins Burrell with seven
others of Lorain County;
labor, arts and sciences; no part of
funds shall be used for
banking purposes.
O. L., XXXV, local, 185, March 10, 1837.
The Neville Institute, Colum-
biana County; Alexander Young and eight
others; six trustees
to be appointed by the legislature;
endowment; annual income
not to exceed two thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXV, local, 193, March 13, 1837.
New Hagerstown Academy,
Carroll County; Richard Brown and thirteen
others; annual
income not to exceed two thousand
dollars.
O. L., XXXV, local, 230, March 14, 1837.
Berea Seminary, Cuyahoga
County; James Giltruth and eleven
others; twelve trustees; stock
company; "literary and manual labor
departments".
O. L. XXXV, local, 262, March 16, 1837.
The Philomathean Literary
Institute, Antrim, Guernsey County;
annual income not to exceed
ten thousand dollars.
0. L., XXXVII, local, 308, March 16,
1839. Changing the name of The
Philomathean Literary Institute to
Madison College.
O. L., XXXV, local, 342, March 27, 1837.
Monroe Seminary, Monroe
County; William Mason and eight others;
nine trustees; stock
company; shares ten dollars each;
property not to exceed ten
thousand dollars; "That it shall be
the primary object of this
institution to cultivate the
intellectual and moral faculties of the
youth who may resort to it for
instruction, to teach them the
art of self-government, and fit them by
a judicious course of
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moral discipline for future usefulness
and happiness; provided
that no peculiar tenets of any religious
sect shall ever be taught
in such institution nor shall any
denomination of Christians be
excluded".
O. L., XXXV, 380, local, March 31, 1837.
Troy Academy, Miami County;
nine trustees; stock company, shares
twenty dollars; annual
income not to exceed five thousand
dollars; instruction of young
persons of either sex in science and
literature; funds to be used
for no other purpose than education.
O. L., XXXV, local, 406, April 1, 1837.
New Philadelphia Academy,
Tuscarawas County; Joshua Simons and ten
others; three to
five trustees; stock company, shares
twenty dollars each; annual
income not to exceed three thousand
dollars; funds to be em-
ployed for literary purposes.
O. L., XXXV, local, 425, April 3, 1837.
Massillon Academy, Alexander
McCulley and eight others.
O. L., XXXV, local, 511, April 3, 1837.
The Cleveland Female Seminary;
Henry Sexton and four others; annual
income not to exceed
five thousand dollars; trustees have
power to assign professors
and teachers "in the several
departments of arts, science and
literature."
O. L., XXXVI, local, 52, February 8,
1838. The Akron High School,
Portage County; Simon Perkins and six
others; seven trustees;
Stock company, shares twenty dollars
each; property not to
exceed twenty thousand dollars; "it
shall be the primary object
of this institution to cultivate and
strengthen the intellectual and
moral faculties of the youth who may
resort to it for instruction";
no peculiar tenets of religion shall be
taught nor any denomina-
tion of Christians be excluded.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 98, February 19,
1838. Cambridge Academy, Guern-
sey County; James Blackett and seven
others; annual income not
to exceed two thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 98, February 19,
1838. Massillon Female Seminary,
Stark County; O. N. Sage and ten others;
stock company,
shares fifty dollars each; "moral,
physical and intellectual im-
provement and education of young
females".
O. L., XXXVI, local, 157, March 2, 1838.
The Western Reserve Wesleyan
Seminary; Isaac Winnans and twelve
others; establishing and
maintaining a seminary of learning in
the town of Streetsboro.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 159, March 2, 1838.
The Edinbugh Academy; Ira
Eddy and ten others; establish an
academy in the township of
Edinburgh, Portage County.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 190, March 5, 1838.
Wayne Academy; Ely B. Smith
and eight others; nine directors;
with power to increase to
fifteen.
Appendix A. 163
O. L., XXXVI, local, 210, March 9, 1838.
Norwalk Female Seminary;
Picket Latimer and nine others; nine
trustees; stock company,
capital stock twelve hundred dollars
with privilege to increase to
twenty thousand dollars, shares twenty
dollars each; annual in-
come not to exceed four thousand
dollars; educating females
only.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 223, March 10,
1838. Chester Academy, Geauga
County; Austin Turner and four others.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 231, March 10,
1838. Eaton Academy, Preble
County; five trustees; stock company,
shares twenty dollars; an-
nual income not to exceed five thousand
dollars.
O. L. XXXVI, local, 235, March 10, 1838.
Sandusky Academy, Huron
County; Samuel B. Caldwell and twelve
others; nine trustees,
stock company, shares twenty dollars;
capital stock not to exceed
fifty thousand dollars; funds to be used
only for education.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 287, March 14,
1838. Union Academy, Union
County; Reuben P. Mann and ten others;
eleven trustees; stock
company, shares ten dollars; annual
income not to exceed five
thousand dollars; stock shall not be
applied to banking purposes.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 317, March 15,
1838. Dover Academy, Tuscarawas
County; Wright Warner and ten others;
annual income not to
exceed six thousand dollars; funds to be
used only for purposes
of education.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 362, March 16,
1838. Marion Academy, Marion
County; Sanford F. Bennett and nine
others; nine trustees; stock
company, shares ten dollars; stock not
to exceed fifty thousand
dollars.
O. L., XXXVII, local 49, March 7th,
1839. "An act to regulate in-
corporated Literary Societies."
SEC. 1. "That all associations for
literary purposes, except
common schools, colleges and
universities, which the General
Assembly may hereafter incorporate,
shall be regulated as fol-
lows." The persons named in the act
of incorporation, their
associates, etc., by their corporate
names may have succession for
thirty years. Usual corporate powers,
etc.
SEC. 2. The capital stock and property
of academies shall
not exceed $40,000.00; that of
libraries, lyceums and other lit-
erary associations, shall not exceed
$5,000.00, unless extended in
their respective acts of incorporation,
and no part of funds shall
ever be used for banking, nor shall such
institutions issue certifi-
cates of deposit or drafts, which can in
any manner be used as
a circulating medium.
SEC. 3. Directors or trustees shall be
held individually liable
for all debts of their respective
associations.
164 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
SEC. 4. Any future legislature may alter
or amend any act
of incorporation granted under this act
when the public good
requires such alteration.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 6, January 5,
1839. Bigelow High School, Xenia;
William Ellsberry and seventeen others;
board of directors of
eighteen members and the Ohio Annual
Conference of the M. E.
Church may appoint a visiting committee
of three, who shall for
the time being be members of the board;
property not to exceed
fifty thousand dollars; to afford
instruction in the common
branches of a liberal education, and in
the liberal arts and
sciences; sectarian views of religion
shall not be inculcated.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 30, February 1,
1839. The Martinsville Academy,
Knox County; William Mitchell and eight
others.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 43, February 9,
1839. Blendon Young Men's Sem-
inary; Mathew Westervelt and eleven
others; vacancies in the
board to be filled by the Methodist
Annual Ohio Conference;
partially by endowment; capital stock
not to exceed fifty thousand
dollars.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 44, February 13,
1839. Ashland Academy, Richland
County; John P. Reznor and eight others;
three trustees; stock
company, shares ten dollars each; stock
not to exceed thirty
thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 79, February 26,
1839. Western Reserve Teachers'
Seminary; Timothy Rockwell and ten
others; twelve trustees;
property not to exceed fifty thousand
dollars; education of
youth and preparation of teachers;
trustees shall issue no
circulating medium and shall be
individually liable for debts.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 80, February 27,
1839. Oxford Female Academy;
John W. Scott and six others; seven
trustees; property not to
exceed ten thousand dollars; education
of females in the town
of Oxford.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 109, March 5,
1839. Asbury Seminary, Chagrin
Falls; John K. Halleck and twenty-nine
others.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 141, March 9,
1839. Worthington Female Seminary;
William Bishop and ten others; stock
company, shares twenty-
five dollars; controlled partially by
the M. E. Church, and
partially local.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 155, March 9,
1839. The Universalist Institute,
Ohio City; Richard Lord and eight
others; a board of trustees;
stock company, shares five dollars; no
rules of a sectarian charac-
ter either in religion or politics shall
be adopted.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 156, March 9,
1839. Parkman Academy, Geauga
County; J. P. Converse and six others.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 172, March 12,
1839. The Barnesville Male
Academy, Belmont County; Isaac Hoover
and twelve others;
thirteen trustees; stock company, shares
ten dollars; capital
Appendix A. 165
stock not to exceed twenty thousand
dollars; property to be
used only for education; to cultivate
and train the intellectual
faculties of the youth who may resort to
it for instruction, and
rigorously to discountenance the
inculcation of the peculiar
tenets of any Christian sect or
denomination.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 222, March 13,
1839. The Brooklyn Center
Academy; Joseph Weller and fifteen
others; annual income not
to exceed three thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 254, March 16,
1839. Auglaize Seminary, Wapa-
koneta; William Stockdale and twelve
others; property not to
exceed fifty thousand dollars; annual
income not to exceed five
thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 255, March 16,
1839. Lithopolis Academy; Samuel
L. Wilson and twelve others; property
not to exceed ten thousand
dollars; no part to be used for banking.
0. L., XXXVII, local, 257, March 16,
1839. Meigs County High School
and Teachers' Institute; Samuel Halliday
and seventeen others;
twenty trustees; stock company, shares
ten dollars; annual in-
come not to exceed five thousand
dollars; "to afford great
facilities for the instruction of youth
in literature and science,
and for the inculcating of good
morals"; incorporation shall in
no wise engage in the business of
banking.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 262, March 16,
1839. Mount Pleasant Boarding
School; John Benjamin Hoyle and three
others; thirteen directors
appointed by the Friends of Ohio; annual
income not to exceed
five thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 283, March 16,
1839. Cuyahoga Falls Institute;
Boswell Brooks and four others; property
shall be devoted to
the purposes of education.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 291, March 16,
1839. Ravenna Female Seminary;
board of twelve trustees; property not
to exceed fifty thousand
dollars; to afford instruction in the
arts and sciences.
O. L., XXXVII, local, 344, March 16,
1839. New Hagerstown Female
Seminary; Richard Brown and eight
others; seven trustees;
capital stock not to exceed ten thousand
dollars.
0. L., XXXVIII, local, 29, January 29,
1840. Bascom Seminary of
Waynesburgh; Daniel Schaeffer and seven
others; stock com-
pany, shares twenty-five dollars each;
capital stock ten thousand
dollars.
O. L., XXXVIII, local, 127, March 12,
1840. Greenfield Institute, Huron
County; Jonas Childs and five others;
promoting and encouraging
education.
O. L., XXXVIII, local, 127, March 12,
1840. Streetsborough High School;
John E. Jackson and ten others; stock
company, shares five
dollars each; promoting and encouraging
education; capital stock
not to exceed five thousand dollars.
166 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
O. L., XXXVIII, local, 155, March 17, 1840. Willoughby Female
Academy; Jonathan Lapham and five
others; annual income
not to exceed five thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXVIII, local, 155, March 17,
1840. Protestant Methodist
Academy of Brighton; Joseph Williams and
five others; funds
shall be exclusively applied to the
education of literature and
the arts and sciences.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 51, March 20, 1841;
Edinburgh Academy, Wayne
County; John Andrews and seven others.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 62, March 20, 1841.
Burlington Academy, Law-
rence county; Elijah Frampton and
thirteen others.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 65, March 20, 1841.
Athens Female Academy; E.
G. Carpenter and nine others; act to
become null and void if the
company do not organize within five
years.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 125, March 27,
1841. Canton Male Seminary, Stark
County; William Fogle and eight others;
seven trustees, three
to be elected by the Evangelical
Congregation.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 134, March 27,
1841. Middletown Academy and
Library Association, Butler County;
Francis J. Titus and four
others.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 134, March 27,
1841. Gustavus Academy, Trumbull
County; Philo Gates and eight others;
act shall be null and
void if the academy fails to organize
within five years.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 134, March 27,
1841. Kinsman Academy, Trumbull
County; John Kinsman and eight others.
O. L., XL, local, 86, March 5, 1842.
Pine Grove Academy in Porter;
Stephan Sinon and four others.
O. L., XL, local, 116, March 7, 1842.
Canaan Union Academy; Jonas
Notestone and four others.
O. L., XL, local, 117, March 7, 1842.
Tallmadge Academical Institute,
Summit County; Asaph Whittlesey and
seven others; president
and six directors; stock company, shares
five dollars each, prop-
erty not to exceed ten thousand dollars;
instruction in the higher
branches of education of males or
females or both.
O. L., XL, local, 119, March 7, 1842.
Bath High School, Summit County.
O. L., XLI, local, 14, January 11, 1843.
New Lisbon Academy, Columbiana
County; Fisher A. Blocksom and fourteen
others.
O. L., XLI, local, 46, January 25, 1843.
St. Mary's Female Educational
Institute of Cincinnati; Hortense
Monseau and five other women.
O. L., XLI, local, 62, February 9, 1843.
Maumee City Academy, Lucas
County; John E. Hunt and nine others.
O. L., XLI, local, 127, March 7, 1843.
Lebanon Academy, Warren County;
Daniel Vorhees and four others; five
trustees; stock company,
shares ten dollars; property not to
exceed ten thousand dollars;
"maintenance of an academy for
instruction in the various
branches of education of males and
females".
Appendix A. 167
0. L., XLII, local, 80, February 9, 1844. Lebanon Academy; J. Martin
Williams, Thomas Corwin and six others;
twelve trustees; stock
company, shares twenty dollars; property
not to exceed twenty
thousand dollars; no funds to be used in
banking; "to educate
males and females in the higher branches
of learning than are
usually taught in the common schools of
the county, and to in-
struct them in the elements of morality
and the great truths of
the Christian religion"; the
particular tenets or creed of any par-
ticular sect shall never be taught.
O. L., XLI, local, 148, March 10, 1843.
Oakland Female Seminary of
Hillsboro; Joseph J. Mathews and ten
others; nine trustees;
stock company, shares ten dollars;
annual income not to exceed
two thousand dollars; stock not to
exceed six thousand dollars.
0. L., XLII, local, 107, February 26,
1844. West Lodi Academy, Seneca
County; John Carey and nine others.
O. L., XLII, local, 115, March 4, 1844.
Franklin Academy, Portage
County; Thomas Earl and twelve others;
buildings not to exceed
ten thousand dollars; "to establish
an academy and to promote
and afford therein, both to males and
females, instruction in the
usual branches of a sound, practical and
liberal education, and in
the languages, arts and sciences".
O. L., XLII, local, 178, March 12, 1844.
Salem Academy, Ross County;
Hugh S. Fullerton and four others.
O. L., XLII, local, 184, March 12, 1844.
Lorain Institute; Robert Cochran
and six others; board of trustees; to
afford instruction in litera-
ture, arts and sciences.
O. L.; XLII, local, 191, March 12, 1844.
Waynesville Academy, Warren
County; Burrell Goode and eleven others;
to establish an acad-
emy and promote and afford therein, both
to males and females,
instruction in the usual branches of a
sound, practical and liberal
education, and in the languages, arts
and sciences.
0. L., XLII, local, 210, March 12, 1844. Keene Academy, Coshocton
County; Robert Farewell and four others;
to establish an acad-
emy and to promote and afford therein,
both to male and fe-
males, instruction in the usual branches
of a sound, practical and
liberal education; and in the languages,
arts and sciences; build-
ings not to exceed ten thousand dollars.
O. L., XLIII, local, 12, January 9,
1845. Tallmadge Academical Institute,
Summit County; Samuel L. Bronson and
four others; four
directors; stock company, shares
twenty-five dollars each; prop-
erty not to exceed ten thousand dollars;
the maintenance of an
academy for instruction in the higher
branches of education, both
for males and females.
0. L., XLIII, local, 16, January 15, 1845. Bedford Seminary, Cuyahoga
County; E. H. Holly and eleven others;
twelve directors and a
president; stock company, shares ten
dollars; property not to
168 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
exceed twenty-five thousand dollars; to
maintain an institution
for the instruction of youth in the
various classes of education.
O. L., XLIII, local, 39, January 23,
1845. Cincinnati Classical Academy;
Elbert T. Bledsoe and two others; a
rector and five or more
trustees; capital stock not to exceed
fifty thousand dollars.
O. L., XLIII, local, 42, January 29,
1845. Name changed to St. John's
College.
O. L., XLIII, local, 65, February 6,
1845. Columbus Academical and Col-
legiate Institute; H. M. Hubbell and
nineteen others; twenty
trustees; to afford instruction in
literature and in the arts and
sciences; not to confer collegiate honors
or degrees until ten
thousand dollars property shall be
acquired.
0. L., XLIII, local, 75, February 10, 1845. Aurora Academy and Institute,
Portage County; John E. Jackson; nine
trustees; stock company,
shares ten dollars; stock not to exceed
five thousand dollars.
O. L., XLIII, local, 87, February 10,
1845. Cooper Female Academy in
Dayton; Samuel Forrer and five others
including Robert W.
Steele; annual income not to exceed five
thousand dollars; trus-
tees may direct what branches of
literature and the arts and
sciences shall be taught.
O. L., XLIII, local, 84, February 10,
1845. Akron Institute; Samuel Per-
kins and six others; seven trustees;
stock company, shares twenty
dollars.
O. L., XLIII, local, 121, February 26,
1845. Rocky River Seminary; Rob-
ert Cochran and ten others; literature,
arts and sciences.
O. L., XLIII, local, 203, March 4, 1845.
Findlay Academical Institute,
Hancock County; J. Hughing and eight
others; nine trustees;
stock company, shares ten dollars; stock
not to exceed fifty
thousand dollars; shall not contract
debts beyond the amount
of the capital stock subscribed.
O. L., XLIII, local, 229, March 4, 1845.
The Vermillion Institute; Har-
rison Armstrong and fifteen others; ten
trustees; stock company,
shares twenty dollars; property not to
exceed fifty thousand
dollars; to educate males and females in
letters and the sciences,
and to instruct them in the elements of
morality and the great
truths of the Christian religion; no
part to be used in banking;
the tenets or creed of any particular
sect shall never be taught.
0. L., XLIII, local, 289, March 8, 1845.
Cottage Hills Academy in
Ellsworth; William Bottum and eight
others; nine directors;
stock company; annual income not to
exceed ten thousand
dollars.
0. L., XLIII, local, 292, March 8, 1845. The Normal High School, Carroll
County; Joseph Cable and eight others;
property not to exceed
ten thousand dollars; "the
promotion of a highly moral and
intellectual education in languages,
arts and sciences upon the
normal plan"; a failure to organize
said school within one year
Appendix A. 169
or to operate the school for the space
of one year at one time
shall act as a forfeiture.
O. L., XLIII, local, 384, March 12,
1845. The London Academy, Mason
County; Patrick McLane and two others;
three to seven trustees;
stock company, shares ten dollars each;
capital stock twenty
thousand dollars.
O. L., XLIII, local, 409, March 12,
1845. West Jefferson Academical
Institute, Madison County. James Burnham
and eighteen others;
nine trustees; stock company, shares
five dollars each; capital
stock not to exceed ten thousand
dollars.
O. L., XLIII, local, 4, December 20,
1845. Baldwin Institute, Middle-
burgh; Thomas Thompson and twelve
others; trustees appointed
by the North Ohio Conference of the M.
E. Church; annual
income not to exceed three thousand
dollars.
O. L., XLIV, local, 107, February 14,
1846. Loudonville Academy, Rich-
land County; C. N. Haskell and six
others.
O. L., XLIV, local, 122, February 19, 1846.
Norwalk Institute; Joseph
Lowry and four others; property shall
not be devoted to any
other purpose.
O. L., XLIV, local, 236, Febraury 28,
1846. Liverpool Seminary, Colum-
biana County; Alexander R. Young and
twenty-five others; nine
trustees; stock company, shares five
dollars; stock not to exceed
ten thousand dollars; instruction shall
not be confined or
restricted to pupils of any separate
sect or denomination of
religion.
O. L., XLV, local, 99, February 8, 1847.
Mansfield Academical Institute,
Mordecai Bartley and nine others.
O. L., XLVI, local, 114, February 11,
1848. The Xenia Academy; David
Medsker and seven others; seven
directors; stock company,
shares twenty dollars each; stock not to
exceed twenty-five
thousand dollars.
O. L., XLVI, local, 126, February 14,
1848. Richland Academic Institute;
Logan County; Reverend G. G. Page and
eight others.
O. L., XLVI, local, 135, February 14,
1848. The Felicity Female Seminary,
Clermont County; Robert Chalfert and
fourteen others; three
trustees; stock company, shares
twenty-five dollars each; stock
not to exceed ten thousand dollars; that
instruction in said
seminary shall not be confined or
restricted to pupils of any
separate sect or denomination of
religion.
0. L., XLVII, local, 238, February 23,
1849. Oxford Female Institute,
Butler County; Herman B. Mayo and eight
others; nine trustees;
stock company, shares twenty dollars
each; real property not to
exceed twenty thousand dollars; capital
stock not to exceed
twenty-five thousand dollars.
O. L., XLVII, local, 241, February 28,
1849. Miller Academy in Wash-
ington; John E. Alexander and five
others; the Presbytery of
170 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Zanesville in connection with the
General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church and a board of five
trustees; real property not
to exceed twenty thousand dollars.
O. L., XLVIII, local, 618, March 23,
1850. Under control of the Zanes-
ville Presbytery in connection with the
General Assembly of the
Old School of the Presbyterian Church.
O. L., XLVII, local, 243, March 8, 1849.
Pomeroy Academy, Meigs
County; Charles R. Pomeroy and six
others.
O. L., XLVII, local, 263, February 17,
1849; Springfield Female Seminary,
Clark County; J. S. Galloway and eight
others; nine directors
chosen by the Miami Presbytery; stock
company, shares ten
dollars each; stock not to exceed fifty
thousand dollars; litera-
ture and the arts and sciences as
directed by the board.
O. L., XLVII, local, 273, March 9, 1849.
Cadiz High School; Jonathan
Dewey and six others; three trustees;
stock company, shares
fifty dollars each; property not to
exceed ten thousand dollars;
all the necessary and useful branches of
a thorough and liberal
education.
O. L., XLVII, local, 280, March 22,
1849. Mansfield Female Seminary,
Richland County; James Johnson and seven
others; five di-
rectors; stock company, shares ten
dollars; capital stock not to
exceed twenty thousand dollars;
literature and the arts and
sciences as directed by the board.
O. L., XLVII, local, 284, March 28,
1849. Mount Pleasant Academy, Ross
County; Timothy Stearns and four others;
seven directors; stock
company, shares ten dollars; capital
stock not to exceed twenty
thousand dollars.
O. L., XLVIII, local, 614, February 14,
1850. Elliott Female Seminary;
Hugh Elliot and fourteen others; fifteen
directors; capital stock
not to exceed thirty thousand dollars;
literature and the arts and
sciences as directed by the board.
O. L., XLVIII, local, 617, March 21,
1850. Vinton High School, Gallia
County; Herman Wilkins and four others;
a board of three
trustees; stock company, shares ten
dollars; property not to
exceed ten thousand dollars.
O. L., XLVIII, local, 625, March 23,
1850.. Defiance Female Seminary,
Defiance County; Sidney S. Sprague and
five others; five trus-
tees; stock company, shares twenty-five
dollars each; stock not
to exceed twenty thousand dollars;
instruction shall never be
confined or restricted to pupils of any
separate sect or denomi-
nation.
O. L., XLVIII, local, 627, March 1,
1850. Western Reserve Eclectic In-
stitute; George Paw and eleven others;
stock company, shares
twenty-five dollars each; stock not to
exceed sixty thousand dol-
lars; the instruction of youth of both
sexes in the various
Appendix A. 171
branches of literature and sciences,
especially the moral sciences
based upon the facts and truths of the
Holy Scriptures.
0. L., XLVIII, local, 630, March 21, 1850. Tiffin Academy, Seneca
County; Henry Elbert and twenty-two
others; seven trustees;
stock company, shares twenty dollars
each.
0. L., XLVIII, local, 636, March 22, 1850. Xenia Female Academy;
Thomas C. Wright and eleven others; nine
trustees; stock com-
pany, shares fifty dollars each; real
property not to exceed twenty
thousand dollars; capital stock
twenty-five dollars each; the arts
and sciences and all necessary and
useful branches of a thorough
and useful education such as may be
taught in the best female
colleges and academies.
O. L., XLVIII, local, 639, March 23,
1850. Hartford High School, Trum-
bull County; Seth Hayes and eight
others; five trustees.
O. L., XLVIII, local, 639, March 22,
1850. Soeurs de Notre Dame Female
Educational Institute, Chillicothe, Ross
County; Julia Van Balton
and four others (women).
SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS.
O. L., XVI, local, 157, January 29,
1818. The Union School Association
of the town of Harpersfield and Madison;
James A. Harper
and twelve others; officers elected by
the corporation; stock
company, shares ten dollars, not to
exceed seven hundred in
number; property not to exceed ten
thousand dollars; not to
be used for banking.
O. L., XXII, local, 106, February 21,
1824. The Milford Union School
Society, Milford, Clermont County; James
MacDonald and
twenty-five others; five trustees; stock
company, shares twenty
dollars each.
O. L., XXII, local, 109, February 10,
1824. The Jefferson School Associa-
tion; Timothy Hawley and eleven others;
four trustees and a
president; stock company, shares ten
dollars each; property
shall not exceed twenty thousand
dollars.
O. L., XXIII, local 44, January 28,
1825. The Literary Society of St.
Joseph's; John A. Hill and three others;
annual income not to
exceed twelve thousand dollars; to erect
and establish an academy
at St. Joseph's in Perry County, an
academy in Cincinnati, and
an academy at Canton in Stark County;
funds not to be used
for any other than literary purposes.
O. L., XXIV, local, 92, February 7,
1826. Mesopotamia Central School
Society; confirming incorporation under
the general law be-
cause of doubts as to the
constitutionality of said law.
O. L., XXVI, local, 67, January 29,
1828. The Gosher School Associa-
tion, Logan County; Hardin Brown and
four others.
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O. L., XXVII, local, 131, February 12,
1829. The trustees of the Colum-
bus Presbytery; twelve trustees; annual
income not to exceed
three thousand dollars; for the sole
purpose of establishing and
supporting an academy and of carrying
into effect such benevo-
lent, literary or religious plans as may
be connected therewith.
O. L., XXVII, local, 147, February 11,
1829. The Education Society of
Painesville, Geauga County; Isaac
Gillett and eight others; stock
company, shares ten dollars each (by an
amendment of February
24, 1835); to establish an academy or
other seminary of learning.
O. L., XXIX, local, 42, January 12,
1831. Brecksville Academical Asso-
ciation, Cuyahoga County; Isaac M.
Gorman and four others.
0. L., XXXI, local, 74, December 17,
1832. The St. Mary's Female Lit-
erary Society, Elizabeth Sansberry and
three others of Perry
County; annual income not to exceed
three thousand dollars;
property of said society shall be
converted to no other uses other
than the promotion of female education.
O. L., XXXII, local, 46, January 30,
1834. The German Lutheran Sem-
inary of the German Lutheran Synod of
Ohio and adjacent
states; annual income not to exceed ten
thousand dollars; that
the funds of the corporation shall never
be used or employed for
any other purpose than the promotion of
religion, morality and
learning.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 402, March 1, 1836.
The North Union School As-
sociation of Carroll County; Jacob
Everhart with seven others;
money and funds of corporation shall be
applied exclusively to
the payment of a teacher and furnishing
fuel for the school, and
to no other purpose whatever except the
purchase of a lot, the
erection of a school building and
dwelling house for a teacher.
Amended March 12, 1844. Vol. XLII,
local, 221. Authorizing
said association to keep open four
public schools and no more,
and to own and equip four school-houses,
and to draw a fair
and equal proportion of the school funds
of the county.
O. L., XXXIV, local, 411, March 12,
1836. Rome Academical Company;
three trustees; property not to exceed
ten thousand dollars.
O. L., XXXV, local, 3, December 17,
1836. The Springborough School
Company, Warren County; Joseph Stanton
and eight others;
three trustees; stock company, shares
five dollars each; annual
income not to exceed three thousand
dollars; capital stock five
hundred to five thousand dollars; to
promote the organization of
useful knowledge and a sound practical
education.
O. L., XXXVI, local, 107, February 23,
1838. High Falls Primary Insti-
tute in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga and
Geauga Counties; twelve
trustees; property not to exceed fifteen
thousand dollars; educa-
tion of youth is the exclusive object of
this corporation and its
funds shall be exclusively devoted to
the promotion of this object.
Appendix A. 173
O. L., XXXVI, local, 371, March 17,
1838. Newark Association for the
Promotion of Education; Asa Beckwith and
twenty others;
twenty-one directors; stock company,
shares ten to fifty dollars;
stock not to exceed twenty-five thousand
dollars; "the object of
this corporation is to establish a high
school with suitable houses
and means of instruction for the
education of both males and
females".
0. L., XXXVII, local, 166, March 12, 1839. Monroe Academical Associa
tion; David Kirkbridge and six others;
three trustees and a
president; stock company, shares fifty
dollars; annual income not
to exceed ten thousand dollars; "to
cultivate and strengthen the
intellectual and moral faculties of the
youth who may resort to
it for instruction, to teach them the
art of self-government and
to fit them by a judicious course of
moral discipline for virtue,
usefulness and happiness".
O. L., XXXVII, local, 169, March 12,
1839. The Harveysburgh High
School Company, Warren County; property
not to exceed ten
thousand dollars; to establish a high
school and to promote and
afford therein instruction in the usual
branches of a sound, prac-
tical and liberal education, and in the
languages, arts and
sciences.
O. L., XXXIX local, 11, January 29,
1841. The Cincinnati New Jerusa-
lem Church School Association; Jacob L.
Wayne and nine
others; five trustees; annual income not
to exceed five thousand
dollars; not to issue any circulating
medium or exercise any
banking privilege; to establish and
carry forward a school in the
city of Cincinnati, wherein may be
taught all branches of litera-
ture and science.
O. L., XXXIX, local, 103, March 27,
1841. Berkshire Education Society,
Delaware County; David Prince and three
others.
O. L., XLI, local, 85, February 17,
1843. Western Reserve Free Will Bap-
tist Academical Society; S. B. Philbrick
and nine others; pro-
moting and encouraging education; if the
managers shall receive
blacks and mulattoes into the same upon
equality with white
persons it shall work a forfeiture of
all the powers hereby
granted.
O. L., XLII, local, 60, February 15,
1844. The Sylvania High School
Company, Lucas County; John P. Pease and
three others; prop-
erty not to exceed ten thousand dollars;
the establishment of a
high school and to promote and afford
therein instruction in
the usual branches of a sound, practical
and liberal education and
in the languages, arts and sciences.
O. L., XLII, local, 163, March 12, 1844.
The Western Reserve Free Will
Baptist Education Society; S. B.
Philbrick and nine others; pro-
moting and encouraging education and
sustaining the Western
Reserve Manual Labor Seminary in
Chester.
174 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
O. L., XLIV, local, 161, February 23,
1846. Madison Education Society;
Joshua Harkwell and eight others; nine
trustees; stock company,
shares twenty dollars.
ACTS CONCERNING HIGHER INSTITUTIONS
COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARIES.
Ohio University.
Territorial Acts, Nashee's Compilation,
Page 219, December 18, 1799.
Resolution that Rufus Putnam, Ives
Kleeman, Jonathan Stone,
Esqs., be requested to lay off in
Townships 8 and 9 in Washing-
ton County a town plat with a square for
the colleges, lots for
the president and professors, tutors,
etc., bordering on or en-
circled by spacious commons.
Territorial Acts, Nashee's Compilation,
Page 220, January 9, 1802. An
act establishing a University in the
town of Athens
SEC. 1. That there shall be a university
instituted and estab-
lished in the town of Athens by the name
and style of the Amer-
ican Western University, for the
instruction of youth in all
branches of the liberal arts and
sciences, for the promotion of
good education, virtue, religion and
morality, and for conferring
of the degrees and literary honors
granted in similar institutions.
SEC. 2. Creating a body politic.
SEC. 3. Appointing the Honorable Rufus
Putnam, Joseph
Kleeman, Return Jonathan Meigs and seven
others; created a
body politic.
SEC. 11. Vesting Townships 8 and 9
granted by Congress in
said corporation forever.
SEC. 18. The legislature may grant
further powers or alter
limit or restrain any of the powers by
this vested in this cor-
poration.
O. L., I, 148, April 16, 1803.
Resolution appointing three commissioners
to appraise the college townships in
Washington Township.
O. L., II, 193, February 18, 1804.
SEC. 2. Creating a body politic and
corporate by the name
and style of the President and Trustees
of the Ohio University,
to consist of the Governor of the state,
the President, and not
more than fifteen nor less than ten
trustees.
SEC. 8. Vacancies caused by death shall be
filled at the next
meeting of the legislature.
SEC. 9. The faculty shall direct and
cause to be holden
quarterly in every year a public
examination, at which time the
faculty shall attend, when each class of
the students shall be
examined relative to the proficiency
they shall have made in the
particular arts and sciences or branches
of education in which
they shall have been instructed.
Appendix A. 175
SEC. 13. Directing the trustees to lay
oft the town of Athens
conformably to a plan made out by Rufus
Putnam and others.
SEC. 14. Providing that the annual rents
and profits shall
be appropriated to the endowment of the
University.
SEC. 17. Exempting the lands in the two
townships appro-
priated, together with the buildings,
from all state taxes.
O. L., III, 79, February 21, 1805.
Amendatory, providing for appraising
and leasing the land in the two college
townships for ninety-nine
years, renewable forever. No land to be
valued for less than
one dollar and seventy-five cents per
acre.
O. L., V, 85, Jan. 23, 1807. Amendatory,
authorizing the trustees to lease
the appraised lots that have been
appraised at less than one dol-
lar and seventy-five cents.
O. L., VII, 167, February 15, 1809. Sec.
2. Trustees shall have power
until the year 1811 to receive articles
or produce from the
lessees in payment of rent.
O. L., XVI, 37, December 29, 1817. An
act to authorize the drawing of
a lottery for the benefit of the Ohio
University.
"WHEREAS the diffusion of science and literature has ever
been found to be auspicious to the
interests of liberty and the
purity and permanence of republican
institutions:"
SEC. 1. Seven commissioners are
authorized to raise by lot-
tery a sum not to exceed twenty thousand
dollars to defray
the expenses of building a college
edifice and to purchase a
library and suitable mathematical and
philosophical apparatus.
O. L., XXIII, 19, February 25, 1825. An
act for the better regulation of
the Medical College of Ohio and making
certain appropriations
therein named.
SEC. 7. That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropri-
ated for the use of the Ohio University
to be paid out of the
lottery fund and to be applied by
direction of the trustees for
the purpose of paying any debts that may
have been contracted
for the purchase of philosophical
apparatus or for any addition
to the Library.
O. L., XXVII, 8, January 10, 1829.
Amendatory, the Board of Trustees
shall report annually to the Auditor of
State the amount of
money arising from the sale of lands
situated in the College
Township; when the money is deposited
with the Treasurer of
State it shall be placed to the credit
of the Ohio University.
O. L., XXXIV, 643, March 7, 1836.
WHEREAS by a resolution of January
30, 1827, it is made the duty of the
President and Trustees of
the Ohio University annually to report
the condition of said
University:
Resolved, That the President and Trustees of the Ohio Uni-
versity be required to report to the
legislature a statement of the
condition of said University.
176 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
O. L., XXXV, 543, January 12, 1837.
"WHEREAS the legislature of this
state do possess a controlling power
over the officers of the Ohio
University, and whereas no report can be
found on the files of
this legislature made by the President
and Trustees of said
University":
Requiring a report on the total amount
of revenue and its
source, amount of disbursements and the
purpose, state of build-
ings, amount of debts due, to whom and
for what expended, the
number of professors engaged, the
branches of literature and
science taught by each, and a list of
the number of students in
each year commencing with the first day
of April, 1826 to the
first day of January, 1837, inclusive.
O. L., XXXVI, 205, March 7, 1838. An act
providing for a loan to the
Ohio University.
SEC. 1. Authorizing the Commissioners of
the Canal Fund
to loan from the sinking fund five
thousand dollars to the Ohio
University to be paid back in annual
instalments of one thou-
sand dollars each, interest at six per
cent.
0. L., XLI, 44, March 10, 1843. An act
to declare the true intent and
meaning of the first section of the act
entitled, "An act to amend
an act entitled an act to establish a
university in the town of
Athens, passed February 21, 1805."
SEC. 1. "That it is the true intent
and meaning of said act
that the leases granted under said act
and the one to which that
was an amendment should not be subject
to a revaluation at
any time thereafter."
O. L., XLV, 176, February 8, 1847. An
act to provide for the funding of
debts for the Ohio University.
SEC. 1. Authorizing the President and
Trustees to fund any
amount of the debts due from said
University not exceeding ten
thousand dollars in sums not less than
one hundred dollars each,
for such length of time and for such
rates of interest not ex-
ceeding seven per cent per annum as may
be agreed upon.
Miami University.
O. L., I, 66, April 15, 1803. An act to
provide for the locating of a college
township in the District of Cincinnati.
SEC. 1. That one township in the
District of Cincinnati, or
equivalent land equal to thirty-six
sections, shall be located and
entered for the use and support of an
academy in lieu of the
college township heretofore granted in
trust to John C. Symmes
and his associates.
SEC. 2. Directing the Commissioners
appointed to select such
lands as are most valuable "having
due regard to the quality of
the land, the situation for health, the
goodness of the water, and
the advantage of inland
navigation".
Appendix A. 177
O. L., VII, 184, February 17, 1809. An
act to establish the Miami
University.
SEC. 1. For the instruction of youth in
all the various
branches of the liberal arts and
sciences, for the promotion of
good education, virtue, religion and
morality, and for conferring
all the literary honors granted in
similar institutions; and benefits
and advantages of the said University
shall be open to all the
citizens within this state.
SEC. 2. Creating a body politic, a
president and not more
than fourteen or less than seven
trustees.
SEC. 8. The faculty shall cause to be
holden in the said
University at least once ever year a
public examination, at
which time the faculty shall attend,
etc.
SEC. 10. Vesting the township granted by
Congress in the
Cincinnati District, in the said
corporation for the sole use,
benefit and support of the said
University, with power to sub-
divide and sell the same for terms of
ninety-nine years; renew-
able forever; subject to a revaluation
every fifteen years; mini-
mum price two dollars per acre.
SEC. 11. The clear annual rents and
profits to be appro-
priated "in such manner as shall
most effectually promote virtue,
and morality" and knowledge of such
languages, liberal arts and
sciences as shall hereafter be directed
from time to time by said
corporation.
SEC. 15. Legislature shall have power to
grant any further
and greater powers or alter, limit or
restrain any of the powers
by this act vested.
SEC. 17. Alexander Campbell, The
Reverend James Kil-
bourne and The Reverend Robert G. Wilson
appointed to select
a permanent seat for the University.
O. L., VIII, 94, February 6, 1810.
Amendatory, That the trustees of the
Miami University shall cause a town to
be laid off on such part
of land described in said act as they
may think proper, to be
known by the name of "Oxford."
SEC. 2. The said University is hereby
established on said
land and such place as the trustees may
think proper, and they
are authorized to direct such building
and buildings to be erected
as they deem necessary.
O. L., XII, 83, February 1, 1814.
Amendatory. SEC. 1. Trustees are
required to make an accurate statement
of all proceedings both
as respects the disposal of land as well
as the state of the funds
arising from the proceeds to the
legislature.
O. L., XVII, 131, February 5, 1819.
Amendatory. SEC. 1. Not more than
four trustees shall reside out of the
limits of the John Cleve
Symmes Purchase; none of them shall
reside within the college
township.
Vol. XXVII- 12.
178 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
O. L., XLVI, 291, February 7, 1848.
Repealing so much of the act as
provides that not more than four of the
trustees shall reside out
of the limits of the John Cleve Symmes
Purchase.
O. L., XLVII, 398. (No date). Resolution
appointing a committee of
three to examine into and report to the
next General Assembly
the condition of the Miami University
and the cause of its de-
cline, with such recommendations as they
may deem proper to
make, and that said committee shall have
power to send for re-
ports and papers, and to administer all
acts necessary to said in-
vestigation.
Cincinnati University.
O. L., V, 64, January 23, 1807. An act
to incorporate the Cincinnati Uni-
versity.
J. S. Gano and forty-eight others.
SEC. 3. "That all parcels of land,
tenants, rents, annuities,
profits on any goods, chattels, or any
other effects . . . and
shall have power to appropriate any
funds belonging to said cor-
poration in improving the present
university and making further
improvements on the tract of land
thereunto now belonging or
for educating poor children"; stock
company, shares ten dollars.
O. L., V, 120, February 3, 1807. An act
authorizing the citizens of Cin-
cinnati and its vicinity to raise six
thousand dollars for certain
purposes; authorizes the appointing of
commissioners to raise
by lottery a sum not to exceed six
thousand dollars for Cincin-
nati University.
Cincinnati College.
O. L., XVII, 46, January 22, 1819. Jacob
Burrett and nineteen others
incorporated as trustees and faculty of
the Cincinnati College;
annual income not to exceed eleven
thousand dollars; stock com-
pany, shares twenty-five dollars each;
control thirteen trustees;
the religious tenets that may be
peculiar to any sect or denomi-
nation shall never be taught or enforced
in the College; Board
of Trustees may grant all or any of the
degrees that are usually
conferred in any college or university
within the United States.
O. L., XLIII, 376, March 11, 1845.
Authorizing the trustees to borrow
not to exceed thirty-five thousand
dollars.
Worthington College.
O. L., XVII, 155, February 8, 1819. An
act to establish a college in the
town of Worthington by the name and style
of the "Worthing-
ton College" for the instruction of
youth in all the liberal arts
and sciences, in virtue, religion and
literary honors granted in
similar institutions.
Philander Chase and eleven others
created a body politic.
Appendix A. 179
Kenyon College.
O. L., XXIII, 12, December 22, 1824. An
act to incorporate the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the
Diocese of Ohio.
SEC. 1. The Right Reverend Philander
Chase, now Bishop
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and
eight others, the pres-
ent trustees, are created a body
corporate; annual income ex-
clusive of lands or tenants occupied by
said seminary, not to
exceed twenty thousand dollars.
The General Assembly may at any time
hereafter modify
or repeal this act, but no such
modification shall divert the real
and personal property of the seminary to
any other purpose than
the education of ministers of the gospel
in the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in the United States of
America.
O. L., XXIV, January 24, 1826.
Supplementary. SEC. 1. The presi-
dent and professors of said seminary
shall be considered as the
faculty of a college, and as such have
the power of conferring
degrees in the arts and sciences and of
performing all such other
acts as pertain to the faculties of
colleges for the encourage-
ment and reward of learning, and the
name and style by which
the said degrees shall be conferred and
the certificate of learn-
ing given shall be that of the president
and professors of Ken-
yon College in the State of Ohio.
0. L., XXVI, 176, January 11, 1828. Resolved,
That this General As-
sembly approve of the object of the
application of The Reverend
Philander Chase to the Congress of the
United States for a
donation of a tract or tracts of public
lands for the support of
Kenyon College, and that the Senators
and Representatives of
this state in the Congress of the United
States be requested to
use their exertions in aid and support
of the said application.
O. L., XXXVII, 353, March 6, 1839.
Supplementary. SEC. 1. Trustees
shall have power in connection with said
seminary to establish
a college and halls for preparatory
education.
SEC. 2. Power to confer degrees as
president and professors
of Kenyon College.
SEC. 3. The president and professors of
said Theological
Seminary shall have power to confer
degrees in Theology by
the name and style of the president and
professors of the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Diocese of Ohio.
Franklin College.
O. L., XXIII, 22, January 22, 1825. An
act to incorporate the College of
Alma in the town of Athens, Harrison
County.
John Rhea and thirteen others are
created a body corporate
with full power to confer degrees.
180 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
O. L., XXIV, 49, January 31, 1826.
Amendatory. Changing the name to
Franklin College.
O. L., XXXIV, 610, March 14, 1836. An
act making an appropriation to
Franklin College in the County of
Harrison and Ripley College
in the County of Brown.
SEC. 1. Appropriating five hundred
dollars to each college,
to be applied in such manner as the
Board of Trustees shall
direct.
Western Reserve University.
O. L., XXIV, 93, February 7, 1826. An
act to incorporate the trustees
of the Western Reserve College.
SEC. 1. George Swift and eleven others
are created a body
politic to be styled the Board of
Trustees of Western Reserve
College with power to confer on those
whom they may deem
worthy all such honors and degrees as
are usually conferred in
similar institutions.
SEC. 2. Said college shall be located in
the Township of
Hudson, Portage County, and erected in a
plan sufficiently ex-
tensive to afford instruction in the
liberal arts and sciences, and
the trustees may erect additional
departments for the study of
any or all of the liberal professions.
O. L., XLII, 95, February 23, 1844.
Amendatory. SEC. 1. That the trus-
tees of the Western Reserve College are
authorized to establish
a medical department in the City of
Cleveland, and to confer
degrees and other diplomas.
Lane Seminary.
0. L., XXVII, 118, February 11, 1829. An
act to incorporate the Lane
Seminary in the County of Hamilton.
SEC. 1. "That there shall be and
hereby is established in
the County of Hamilton a theological
institution for the educa-
tion of young men for the gospel
ministry by the name of the
Lane Seminary."
SEC. 3. "That the officers and
members of the Executive
Committee shall reside in the City of
Cincinnati or this vicinity,
a majority of whom together with all the
professors and in-
structors of said institution shall be
members of the Presbyte-
rian Church in good standing under the
general care of the
General Assembly of the Church in the
United States." Board
of Trustees shall have power to confer
any of the degrees in
divinity usually granted in the colleges
and universities of the
United States.
SEC. 5. "That a fundamental rule or
principle of said in-
stitution shall be that every student
therein when in good health
Appendix A. 181
shall be required to spend not less than
three nor more than
four hours each day in agricultural or
mechanical labor, the
profits of which shall be applied to
defray the expense of the
institution and the board and tuition of
the students."
O. L., XXXVI, 22, January 16,
1838. Amendatory. The Board of Trus-
tees shall consist of not less than
thirteen nor more than twenty-
five.
Ripley College.
O. L., XXVIII, 88, February 9, 1830. An
act to incorporate the College
of Ripley in the County of Brown.
Allan Trimbell and twenty-one others are
created a body
politic with full power and authority to
confer degrees; annual
income not to exceed twenty thousand
dollars; no religious doc-
trines peculiar to any sect of
Christians shall ever be inculcated;
vacancies in the trustees to be filled
by the General Assembly.
Marietta College.
O. L., XXXI, 18, December 17, 1832. An
act to incorporate the Marietta
Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers'
Seminary.
Luther G. Bingham and eight others are
created a body
politic; purpose, the instruction of
youth in the various branches
of useful knowledge and especially the
education of teachers
for common schools; annual income not to
exceed five thousand
dollars.
O. L., XXXIII, 53, February 14, 1835. An
act to incorporate Marietta
College.
SEC. 1. That there shall be and there is
hereby established
in the County of Washington an
institution for the education
of youth in the various branches of
useful knowledge by the
name of the Marietta College.
SEC. 4. Annual income not to exceed five
thousand dollars;
funds shall never be used for purposes
of banking.
SEC. 6. Power to confer such honors and
degrees as are
usually conferred in similar
institutions.
O. L., XLIII, 4, December 31, 1844.
Amendatory, it shall be lawful for
the board to increase the number of
trustees not to exceed
twenty-five.
Denison University.
O. L., XXX, 88, February 2, 1832. An act
to incorporate the "Granville
Literary and Theological
Institution."
Jonathan Atwood and six others; the
present trustees of said
institution are constituted a body
politic; income from property
182 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
not used by said institution or its
officers or professors not to
exceed five thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. Trustees have power to confer on
those whom they
may think worthy all such honors and
degrees as are conferred
by similar institutions.
SEC 3. Trustees may increase their
number, but not to ex-
ceed eighteen.
O. L., XXXII, 215, February 27, 1834.
Amendatory. Trustees shall have
power to increase the number of trustees
not exceeding thirty-
six nor less than twelve.
O. L., XLIII, 54, February 3, 1845.
Amendatory. Changing the name
to "The Granville College."
SEC. 2. The trustees may as their
ability shall increase erect
additional departments for the study of
any or all of the liberal
professions.
Oberlin College.
O. L., XXXII, 226, February 2, 1834. An
act to incorporate the Oberlin
Collegiate Institute.
Henry Brown and eight others are created
a body politic to
be styled the Board of Trustees of the
Oberlin Collegiate In-
stitute with power to confer on those
whom they deem worthy
such honors and degrees as are usually
conferred in similar
institutions.
SEC. 2. That the said institution shall
remain in Lorain
County and shall afford instruction in
the liberal arts and
sciences and the trustees may erect
additional departments for
such other branches of education as they
may think necessary
or useful.
SEC. 3. They may increase the number of
trustees to twelve
exclusive of the president.
SEC. 4. The president shall be ex
officio a member of the
Board of Trustees and president of the
same.
SEC. 6. The funds to be applied in
erecting suitable build-
ings and supporting officers and in
securing books, maps, charts,
and other apparatus necessary to the
well-being of the institu-
tion.
O. L., XLVIII, 632, March 21, 1850.
Amendatory-changing the name
of the Oberlin Collegiate Institute to
Oberlin College.
Willoughby University of Lake Erie.
O. L., XXXII, 376, March 3, 1834. An act
to incorporate the Willoughby
University of Lake Erie.
Nehemia Allan and two others are created
a body politic.
Purpose--the instruction of young men
and youth in the
Appendix A. 183
various branches of literature and
sciences; annual income from
real estate not to exceed five thousand
dollars; power of con-
ferring degrees in the arts, sciences,
and professions.
O. L., XLV, 7, January 14, 1847.
Amendatory. SEC. 1. Trustees are
authorized to transfer the medical
department of said univer-
sity from Willoughby and establish the
same at the City of Co-
lumbus to be known as the Willoughby
Medical College at Co-
lumbus.
German Reform Theological Seminary.
O. L., XXXV, 9, December 20, 1836. An
act to incorporate the German
Reform Synod of Ohio.
SEC. 2. For the purpose of furthering
the interests of the
German Reform Church in Ohio by erecting
a house or houses
for a theological seminary or for
establishing all the necessary
conveniences for an institution of
learning wherein to prepare
men for the gospel ministry.
St. Clairsville Collegiate Seminary.
O. L., XXXV, 55, January 30, 1837. An
act to incorporate the St. Clairs-
ville Collegiate Seminary.
James Moore and thirty-eight others are
created a body
politic; "all property shall be for
the purpose and no other of
educating females"; annual income
from funds not to exceed
ten thousand dollars; instruction and the
means of education
in the said seminary whether in the
primary or collegiate de-
partment shall never be confined or
restricted to the tenets of
any separate sect or denomination of
religion.
SEC. 15. Corporation shall report
annually to the General
Assembly the number of scholars taught
the preceding year and
the condition of the corporation.
Muskingum College.
0. L., XXXV, 272, March 18, 1837. An act
to incorporate the Muskingum
College.
Robert Wallace and eight others
associated for the purpose
of establishing a seminary of learning
at or near the town of
New Concord in Muskingum County are
created a body politic;
nine directors with power to increase
same to fifteen.
Baptist Literary and Collegiate
Institute.
O. L., XXXV, 347, March 29, 1837. An act
to incorporate the Baptist
Literary and Collegiate Institute of
Huron County.
SEC. 1. For the education of young men.
184 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
SEC. 2. Board self-perpetuating, not
less than twenty-one
nor more than twenty-five.
SEC. 3. Officers and members of the
Executive Committee
shall reside in Huron County, a majority
of whom, together
with all the professors, tutors,
teachers and instructors, shall
be members of the regular Baptist Church
in good standing.
SEC. 5. "The design of this
institution shall be to give a
thorough literary and collegiate
education; the income and tuition
of which shall be applied to defraying
the expense of the in-
stitution and the board and tuition of
the students."
Wesleyan Collegiate Institute.
O. L., XXXV, 378, March 31, 1837. An act
to incorporate the trustees
of the Wesleyan Collegiate Institute.
Jacob Ward and nine others are created a
body politic; to
be located at Olmstead and erected on a
plan sufficiently extensive
to afford instruction in the liberal
arts and sciences.
Logan College.
O. L., XXXVI, 203, March 7, 1838. An act
to incorporate Logan College.
James Wallace and twenty others are
created a body cor-
porate.
Theological Seminary, Reform Synod.
O. L., XXXVI, 34, January 22, 1838. An
act to incorporate the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Associated
Reform Synod of the West.
SEC. 1. That there shall be established
at Oxford in Butler
County a theological institution for the
education of young men
for the gospel ministry; annual income
of property not to ex-
ceed two thousand dollars.
Central College.
O. L., XL, 77, March 2, 1842. An act to
incorporate the trustees of the
Central College of Ohio.
H. L. Hitchcock and thirteen others are
created a body
politic with power to confer on those
whom they may deem
worthy all such honors and degrees as
are usually conferred
by colleges; said college shall afford
instruction in the liberal
arts and sciences usually taught in
colleges; shall be allowed
to have an academical department.
St. Xavier College.
O. L., XL, 84, March 5, 1842. An act to
incorporate the St. Xavier
College.
"That there shall be and there is
hereby established in the
city of Cincinnati an institution, for
the education of white
Appendix A. 185
youth in the various branches of useful
knowledge, by the name
of the Trustees of St. Xavier's
College"; property not to ex-
ceed forty thousand dollars; no part of
funds to be used in
banking; trustees shall have power to
confer honors and degrees.
Ohio Wesleyan University.
O. L., XL, 111, March 7, 1842. An act to
incorporate the trustees of
the Ohio Wesleyan University.
WHEREAS, "The Ohio and North Ohio Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church have
determined upon estab-
lishing an extensive university or
college in this state to the
support of which they are pledged to use
their utmost efforts,
and which university is ever to be
conducted on the most lib-
eral principles, accessible to all
religious denominations, and
designed for the benefit of our citizens
in general", therefore:
SEC. 1. William Neff and twenty others
are created a body
politic.
SEC. 3. That the Ohio and North Ohio
Conferences of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, or such
other conferences
as may be formed out of these
conferences, shall fill the vacan-
cies occurring in the Board of Trustees,
and shall annually
appoint any number of visitors not
exceeding three for each
conference, who shall attend the
meetings of the Board of Trus-
tees and shall constitute a joint board
in the appointment and
removal of all officers of the said
university.
SEC. 5. The university shall be styled
the Ohio Wesleyan
University and shall be located in or
near Delaware, Ohio.
Lafayette University.
O. L., XL, 119, March 7, 1842. An act to
incorporate Lafayette Univer-
sity at New Carlisle, Clark County.
SEC. 1. There is hereby established
"an institution for the
education of youth in the various
branches of useful knowl-
edge"; William G. Serviss and
twenty others are appointed trus-
tees; annual income of real property not
to exceed five thousand
dollars; funds shall never be used for
banking; the said cor-
poration shall have power to confer
honors and degrees.
Germania College.
O. L., XLI, 12, January 11, 1843. An act
to incorporate the trustees of
the Germania College.
Jacob Leist and eight others are created
a body politic for
thirty years with power to confer honors
and degrees; not less
than eleven nor more than twenty-one
trustees.
SEC. 5. "The said college
shall afford instruction in the
186 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
liberal arts and sciences usually taught
in colleges, and shall be
allowed to establish an academical
department for the instruc-
tion of students in the various branches
of an academical edu-
cation and general knowledge not
included in the usual colle-
giate course, and for the instruction of
those who design to be
teachers of schools."
Providence College.
O. L., XLI, 63, February 9, 1843. An act
to incorporate Providence
College and that for the purpose of
establishing a college for
the education of youth in the various
branches of useful knowl-
edge, Wilson Shannon and twenty others
are created a body
politic with power to confer honors and
degrees; trustees not
less than eleven nor more than
twenty-one.
SEC. 5. "The said college shall
afford instruction in the
liberal arts and sciences usually taught
in colleges and shall be
allowed to have an academical
department, etc."
SEC. 9. The private and individual
property of the incor-
porators shall be held responsible for
the payment of debts of
said college.
Beverly College.
O. L., XLI, 92, February 28, 1843. An
act to incorporate the Beverly
College at Beverly for the purpose of
educating youth in the
learned and foreign languages, the
liberal arts and sciences, and
literature; Board of Trustees not to
exceed twenty-one; A. M.
Bryan and twenty others named as the
first trustees incorpo-
rated a body politic; annual income not
to exceed five thousand
dollars; Board of Trustees to be elected
by the Pennsylvania
Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Methodist Female Collegiate
Institute.
O. L., XLI, 146, March 10, 1843. An act
to incorporate the trustees of
the Methodist Female Collegiate Institute
of Cincinnati. Thomas
A. Morris and twelve others.
Western Female College.
O. L., XLIV, 171, February 24, 1846. An
act to incorporate the trustees
of the Western Female College of
Cincinnati. Thomas A. Mor-
ris and twenty-one others; trustees to
be chosen by the Board
of Trustees of eight local Methodist
Churches, and the min-
isters of the M. E. Church in
Cincinnati, with the agents and
editors of the Western Book Concern to
be trustees ex officio;
purpose-"the instruction of the
pupils therein in the arts and
sciences and in all necessary and useful
and ornamental branches
Appendix A. 187
of an efficient and liberal education,
such as is taught in the
best female academies;" power to
grant literary honors and de-
grees.
Bellefontaine College.
O. L., XLI, 220, March 13, 1843. An act
to incorporate the Bellefon-
taine, Ohio, College.
Joseph Stevenson and fourteen others; to
afford instruc-
tion in the common branches of a liberal
education and in the
liberal arts and sciences; property not
to exceed two hundred
thousand dollars; a board of fifteen
trustees.
SEC. 10. If from any cause the
corporation shall dissolve,
the property of said institution, after
its debts are paid, shall
go to the Common School Fund of the
State of Ohio.
English Lutheran Theological and
Collegiate Institute.
O. L., XLII, 189, March 17, 1844. An act
to incorporate the Board of
Directors of the English Lutheran
Theological and Collegiate
Institute of Wooster, Wayne County.
William Godfrey Keil and eleven others;
property not to
exceed ten thousand dollars; power to
grant degrees in the lib-
eral arts and sciences; trustees
appointed by the English Evan-
gelical Lutheran Synod.
Ft. Meigs University.
O. L., XLIII, 80, February 10, 1845. An act to incorporate the trustees
of Ft. Meigs University. John C. Spink
and eleven others,
location - Perrysburg, Wood County;
"to be erected on a plan
sufficiently extensive to afford
instruction in the liberal arts and
sciences" and that trustees may
erect additional departments
for instruction in the languages, arts
and sciences, and in all
of the liberal professions; power to
confer degrees; degrees
shall not be conferred until the
corporation shall have obtained
property to the amount of ten thousand
dollars; twelve trustees.
Protestant University of the United
States.
O. L., XLIII, 345, March 10, 1845. An
act to incorporate the seven trus-
tees of the Protestant University of the
United States.
William Wilson and twenty-nine others;
location--in or
near Cincinnati; "the promotion and
advancement of education,
the cultivation and diffusion of
literature, science, and the arts,
in all their departments and
formalities".
SEC. 11. The corporation shall have
power to establish a
sectarian religious test as a condition
of enjoying the honors
and privileges of the university,
provided that it shall always
188 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
be conducted in conformity to the
Reformed Protestant religion
as taught in the Holy Scriptures of the
Old and New Testa-
ments; degrees not to be conferred until
the corporation shall
have fifteen thousand dollars in
property; annual income not
to exceed twenty thousand dollars; said
university shall report
annually to the legislature.
Wittenberg College.
O. L., XLIII, 375, March 11, 1845. An act to incorporate the Board of
Directors of Wittenberg College; John
Hamilton and fifteen
others; degrees shall not be conferred
until the corporation have
acquired property to the value of ten
thousand dollars; Board
of Directors appointed by the English
Evangelical Synod of
Ohio and the Miami Synod.
Farmers' College.
O. L., XLIV, 165, February 23, 1846. An act to incorporate the Farmers'
College of Hamilton County. Charles
Cheney and fourteen
others; stock company, shares thirty
dollars.
SEC. 5. "The objects of this
association shall be to direct
and cultivate the minds of the students
in a thorough and
scientific course of studies,
particularly adapted to agricultural
pursuits ;" real property not to
exceed forty thousand dollars.
Marietta Female College.
O. L., XLV, 140, February 8, 1847. An act to incorporate the
Marietta
Female College; David C. Skinner and
four others; a board
of three to fifteen trustees; stock
company, shares twenty-five
dollars each, capital stock not to
exceed twenty thousand dol-
lars; the instruction of females in all
the necessary and useful
and ornamental branches of a thorough
and liberal education.
Muhlenberg College.
O. L., XLVI, 19, January 11, 1848. An act to incorporate the Board
of
Directors of Muhlenberg College at the town
of Jefferson, Har-
rison County.
Moses Bartholomew and fourteen others;
directors ap-
pointed by the English branch of the
Evangelical Lutheran
Joint Synod of Ohio and adjacent states;
degrees shall not be
conferred until the corporation have
property to the value of
ten thousand dollars.
Judson College.
O. L., XLVII, local, 259, February 10,
1849. An act to incorporate the
Judson College at Jefferson, County of
Harrison; transferring
Appendix A. 189
the rights, franchises, etc., of
Muhlenberg College to the Board
of Directors of Judson College.
Medina College.
O. L., XLVI, 188, February 18, 1848. An
act to incorporate Medina
College. Stephan N. Sargeant and
thirteen others; stock com-
pany, shares twenty dollars each;
capital stock not to exceed
twenty thousand dollars.
Newton College.
O. L., XLVI, 211, February 19, 1848. An
act to incorporate Newton
College, Hamilton County.
Joseph Jackson and eleven others; stock
company, shares
fifty dollars; twelve trustees; "to
direct and cultivate the minds
of the students thoroughly in literary,
classical and scientific
studies for a regular course, and
studies for an irregular course
as the trustees may deem proper;"
degrees shall not be conferred
until the corporation have property to
the amount of ten thou-
sand dollars; real property not to
exceed two hundred thousand
dollars.
O. L., XLVI, 220, February 21, 1848. An
act to incorporate the Edin-
burgh College.
George Hackett and sixteen others.
SEC. 5. The said college shall afford
instruction in the lib-
eral arts and sciences usually taught in
colleges, and shall be
allowed to have an academical
department, etc.; the corpora-
tion shall not confer degrees until it
have obtained property
to the amount of ten thousand dollars.
Mt. Washington College.
O. L., XLVII, 236, February 21, 1849. An
act to incorporate the Mt.
Washington College in Hamilton County;
Thomas H. Whet-
stone and eight others; stock company,
shares fifty dollars each;
eight trustees; property not to exceed
two hundred thousand
dollars; "to direct and cultivate
the minds of the students thor-
oughly in literary, classical and
scientific studies for a regular
course" and also an irregular
course as the trustees shall de-
cide; corporation shall not grant
degrees until the college shall
have obtained property to the amount of
ten thousand dollars.
Otterbein University.
O. L., XLVII, 257, February 13, 1849. An
act to incorporate the Otter-
bein University of Ohio. Louis Davis and
two others named
of the Scioto Annual Conference of the
Church of the United
Brethren of Christ and Jacob Barger and
two others named
190 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
of the Sandusky Annual Conference of the
South Church;
power to confer degrees; location -
Westerville; the corpora-
tion shall afford instruction in the
liberal arts and sciences
usually taught in colleges, and be
allowed to have an academical
department; they may use funds in the
erection of buildings,
purchase of lots, mechanical implements
wherewith to maintain
the manual labor connected with said
university; no part of the
property to be used for banking; honors
and degrees shall not
be conferred until the corporation have
property to the amount
of ten thousand dollars.
O. L., XLVIII, 619, March 2, 1850. An
act to incorporate the Capital
University. James Manning and thirty
others; purpose--the
promotion of religion, morality and
learning; trustees to be
chosen by the Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church, and
by the Board of Trustees created by the
act of incorporation.
Cambridge College.
O. L., XLVIII, 621, March 22, 1850. An
act to incorporate the Cambridge
College. John Fordyce and eight others
are created a body pol-
itic to be styled "the Trustees of
the Cambridge College of the
Methodist Protestant Church";
vacancies in the board to be filled
by the Muskingum Annual Conference of
the Methodist Prot-
estate Church and one member of the
Conference shall annually
attend the meetings of the Board;
purpose-the instruction of
students in the arts and sciences, in
the learned professions, and
all branches of learning as are usually
taught in the colleges of
the country; "the college shall be
conducted on the most liberal
principles and open alike to all
religious denominations and to
the community in general."
Geneva Hall.
O. L. XLVIII, 672, March 7, 1850. An act
to incorporate the
Geneva Hall. J. B. Johnston and ten
others; seven trustees;
stock company, shares fifty dollars
each; location - Northwood,
Logan County; capital stock not to
exceed fifty thousand dollars;
the promotion of learning, morality and
religion; power to es-
tablish a literary and theological
department, the theological
department to be known by the name of
"The Theological Sem-
inary of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church."
Urbana University.
O. L., XLVIII, 624, March 7, 1850. An
act to incorporate the Urbana
University; a board of twelve trustees;
Milo G. Williams and
eleven others; purpose - to encourage
and promote the diffusion
of knowledge in all the branches of
academic and scientific, and
Appendix A. 191
exegetic instruction, and to combine
therewith instruction in the
productive arts and practice of rural
economy; power to confer
degrees; to be under the management of
persons recognized as
belonging to the New Church.
ACTS CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
MEDICAL EDUCATION
O. L., IX, 19, Jan. 14, 1811. An act
regulating the practice of Physic
and Surgery. Five Medical Districts
created, three medical ex-
aminers in each to license applicants.
O. L., X, 58, Feb. 8, 1812. An act to
incorporate a Medical Society.
Seven medical districts. Power to
appoint examining commit-
tees. Practicing without license $5.00
to $100.00 penalty for each
offense.
O. L., XI, 28, Jan. 18, 1813. An act
regulating the practice of physic and
surgery.
O. L., XV, 195, Jan. 28, 1817. An act
regulating the practice of physic
and surgery.
O. L., XVI, 105, Jan. 30, 1818.
Amendatory. Allowing any person who
has received the degree of Doctor of
Medicine from any medical
school in the U. S. to receive license
without examination.
Medical College of Ohio.
O. L., XVII, 37, Jan. 19, 1819. An act
to authorize the establishment of
a medical college. Name: Medical College
of Ohio. Location:
Cincinnati. Professorships: Practice
of Medicine, Anatomy,
Surgery, Materia Medica, Obstetrics,
etc., and Chemistry and
Pharmacy.
O. L., XVIII, 162, Dec. 30, 1819.
Amendatory. Two-thirds of faculty
necessary to create or abolish
professorships.
O. L., XIX, 28, Jan. 15, 1821. An act
regulating the practice of Physic
and Surgery. Creating the Medical
Convention of Ohio, which
may select annually two medical students
destitute of means and
recommend to the Medical College whose
duty it shall be to ex-
tend to them gratuitously all its
advantages.
O. L., XIX, 58, Jan. 22, 1821. An act establishing a Commercial Hospital
and Lunatic Asylum for the State of
Ohio. Location: Cincinnati.
Faculty of Medical College to give
medical and surgical advice.
Students may witness treatment of
patients.
O. L., XXI, 4, Dec. 13, 1822.
Amendatory. Medical College of Ohio.
Corporate powers vested in a Board of
Trustees instead of the
faculty. Trustees appointed by the
General Assembly.
O. L., XXII, 142, Feb. 26, 1824. An act to incorporate Medical
Socie-
ties, etc.
192 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
O. L., XXIII, 16, Jan. 28, 1825.
Amendatory to the preceding.
O. L., XXIII, 19, Feb. 15, 1825. An act
for the better regulation of the
Medical College of Ohio. Making certain
appropriations, etc.
O. L., XXIV, 4, Dec. 31, 1825. An act to
incorporate the Medical College
of Ohio and to revise and repeal all
existing laws concerning it.
0. L., XXXVI, 37, March 7, 1838. An act
for the relief of the Medical
College of Ohio. Appropriating
$1,500.00.
Cincinnati Medical Academy.
O. L., XXVI, 54, Jan. 18, 1828. An act
to incorporate the Cincinnati
Medical Academy. Benjamin Piatt and ten
others.
O. L., XXIX, 66, Jan. 31, 1831.
Amendatory. The Medical College of
Ohio. Appropriating one-fourth of the
money arising from
taxes on auction sales in Hamilton
County for a five year period
to the Medical College, not to exceed
$30,000.00.
Ohio Medical Lyceum.
O. L., XXXI, 207, Feb. 22, 1833. An act
to incorporate the Ohio Medical
Lyceum in the city of Cincinnati.
0. L., XXXI, 269, Feb. 25, 1833.
Resolution. Free tuition in Medical
College to one indigent student from
each medical district in the
state, on appointment of the censors.
O. L., XXXI, 272, Feb. 25, 1833.
Resolution. Governor to appoint a
committee of five to inspect and report
on the condition, etc., of
the Medical College of Ohio.
Medina Medical Lyceum.
O. L., XXXII, 9, Dec. 24, 1833. An act
to incorporate the Medina Med-
ical Lyceum.
Lebanon Medical Society.
O. L., XXXVI, 347, March 16, 1838. An
act to incorporate the Lebanon
Medical Society.
Literary and Botanical Medical
College of the State of Ohio.
O. L., XXXVII, 208, March 8, 1839. An
act to incorporate the Directors
of the Literary and Botanical Medical College
of the State of
Ohio.
O. L., XXXIX, 161, March 29, 1841.
Amendatory. Locating the above
corporation in Cincinnati during the
continuation of the charter.
Eaton Medical Society.
0. L., XL, 83, March 3, 1842. An act to
incorporate the Eaton Medical
Society.
Appendix A. 193
Morgan County Medical Society.
O. L., XLI, 145, March 10, 1843. An act
to incorporate the Morgan
County Medical Society.
Dudley Medical University.
O. L., XLII, 179, March 12, 1844. An act
to incorporate the Dudley Med-
ical University of Wadsworth.
Summit County Medical Society.
O. L., XLII, 183, March 12, 1844. An act
to incorporate the Summit
County Medical Society.
College of Dental Surgery.
O. L., XLIII, 32, Jan. 21, 1845. An act
to authorize the establishment of
a College of Dental Surgery. Location:
Cincinnati.
Medical Institute of Cincinnati.
O. L., XLIII, 257, March 10, 1845. An
act to incorporate the Medical
institute of Cincinnati. Name Eclectic
Institute. At least five
professors.
O. L., XVII, 268, March 8, 1849.
Amendatory. Increasing capital stock
of preceding institution to $60,000.00.
Starling Medical College.
O. L., XLVI, 31, Jan. 28, 1848. An act
to incorporate the Starling Med-
ical College in the City of Columbus.
Lyne Starling gives
$30,000.00 for support.
Medical and Surgical Society of the
County of Ashland.
0. L., XLVI. 76, Feb. 4, 1848. An act to
incorporate the Medical and
Surgical Society of the County of
Ashland.
State Medical Society of Ohio.
O. L., XLVI, 231, Feb. 22, 1848. An act
to incorporate the State Medical
Society of Ohio.
Cincinnati Medical Institute.
O. L., XLVII, 264, Feb. 23, 1849. An act
to incorporate the Cincinnati
Medical Institute.
Darke County Medical Society.
O. L., XLVII, 274, March 18, 1849. An
act to incorporate the Darke
County Medical Society.
Western College of Homeopathic
Medicine.
O. L., XLVIII, 629, March 1, 1850. An
act to incorporate the Western
College of Homeopathic Medicine.
Vol. XXVII - 13.
194 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
Cincinnati College of Pharmacy.
O. L., XLVIII, 632, March 23 1850. An
act to incorporate the Cincinnati
College of Pharmacy.
LEGAL EDUCATION
O. L., XVII, 92, Jan. 28, 1819.
Amendatory. An act to regulate the ad-
mission and practice of attorneys, etc.
Candidates must have
studied law attentively two years prior
to application.
Cincinnati College.
O. L., XLIV, 157, Feb. 21, 1846.
Amendatory. Certificate from the law
department of Cincinnati College shall
entitle to admission to
the bar.
ACTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF
DEFECTIVES, DEPENDENTS
AND DELINQUENTS
EDUCATION OF DEFECTIVES
Education of the Deaf and Dumb.
O. L., XX, 49, Feb. 2, 1822. An act to
amend an act concerning the safe-
keeping of idiots, etc. Court of Common
Pleas may appoint
guardians of deaf and dumb persons.
Guardians shall teach. If
unable to do so County Commissioners may
appropriate money for
the purpose. All deaf and dumb persons
to be listed in town-
ships and be reported to the State
Auditor.
O. L., XXI, 5, Dec. 28, 1822. An act to
ascertain the number of deaf and
dumb persons in this state.
O. L., XXV, 87, Jan. 30, 1827. An act to
establish an asylum for the deaf
and dumb persons. Eight trustees. Income not to exceed
$30,000.00. Shall be forever under the
control of the General
Assembly.
O. L., XXVI, 4, Jan. 16, 1828.
Amendatory. Adds three trustees. Ap-
propriation, $376.76.
O. L., XXVII, 63, Jan. 28, 1829. An act
to provide further for the
establishment of the asylum. Authorizes
opening in Oct., 1829,
at Columbus.
O. L. XXV, 113, Jan. 9, 1827.
Resolution. Instructing Senators and
Representatives in Congress to try to
obtain from Congress a
grant equal to one township to aid in
the education of the deaf
and dumb in this state.
O. L., XXVI, 178, Jan 29, 1828.
Resolution. Renewing preceding effort.
O. L., XXVI, 171, Jan. 21, 1829.
Resolution. Locating asylum at Co-
lumbus. Authorizing receiving donation
of land or purchasing
land for a site.
Appendix A. 195
0. L., XXVIII, 30, Feb. 18, 1830.
Amendatory. Twelve trustees; $1,-
000.00 appropriation. Provisions for
indigent students.
O. L., XXIX, 427, March 3, 1831. An act
to establish an Asylum for the
education of Deaf and Dumb persons and
repealing all existing
laws on that subject.
O. L., XXIX, 246, March 10, 1831.
Resolution. Appropriating $1,600.00.
O. L., XXX, 20, Feb. 13, 1832.
Amendatory. One-fourth of all monies
arising from auction sales and licenses
in Hamilton Co. appro-
priated to the use of the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum.
O. L., XXX, 319, Feb. 11, 1832.
Resolution. Appropriating $1,500.00.
O. L., XXX, 336, Jan. 5, 1832. Memorial.
Asking Congress for a grant
of a township of land for the use of the
asylum.
O. L., XXXI, 24, Feb. 25, 1833.
Amendatory. Three indigent pupils to
be admitted from each judicial circuit
in the state.
O. L., XXXI, 238, Feb. 25, 1833.
Resolution. Appropriating $1,500.00.
O. L., XXIII, 36, March 3, 1834.
Amendatory. Provision for educating
all indigent deaf and dumb persons
between ages of 12 and 20.
Appropriation, $2,213.10.
O. L., XXXII, 428, March 3, 1834.
Appropriation, $2,000.00.
O. L., XXXIII, 435, March 9, 1835. Appropriation,
$3,000.00.
From this time on appropriations are
usually made annu-
ally until 1846. From 1846 on regular
budget appropriations are
made.
O. L., XLIII, 344, Jan. 11, 1845.
Resolution. Urging Congress to grant
a portion of the public domain for institutions
for the educa-
tion of the deaf and dumb or the blind,
in states where such
institutions may be established.
O. L., XLIV, 111, March 2, 1846.
Amendatory. Salary of the Supt. to
be $1,000.00. Six trustees to be
appointed by the Gen. Assembly.
Education of the Blind.
O. L., IX, 68, Jan. 29, 1811. An act for
the relief of David Phouts. Ap-
propriating $150.00 annually for the
relief of five children born
blind.
O. L., X, 68, Feb. 11, 1812. Repealing
preceding act.
O. L., XVII, 7, Dec. 23, 1818. An act
for the relief of John Twaddle.
County Commissioners of Jefferson County
authorized to make
an annual allowance. Nine children, six
born blind.
O. L., XXXIII, 453, March 5, 1835.
Resolution. Census of the blind.
O. L., XXXIV, 648, March 11, 1836. Resolution.
Three trustees ap-
pointed to gather information concerning
the instruction of the
blind and probable cost of commencing a
school.
O. L., XXXV, 116, April 13, 1837. An act
making provision for the
instruction of the blind. Three
trustees. Ohio Institution for
the Instruction of the Blind. Provisions
for site and buildings
196 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
at or near Columbus. Authorizing
$15,000.00 for building; pro-
vision for apparatus.
O. L., XXXV, 559, April 1, 1837.
Resolution. Extending thanks to Dr
Howe for his work in behalf of the
blind.
0. L., XXXVI, 49, March 10, 1838. An act
making further provisions
for the instruction of the blind.
Authorizing completion of the
building, receiving students from other
states, giving free in-
struction to 12 indigent students, etc.
O. L., XLI, 57, March 11, 1843.
Amendatory. Extending privileges to
indigent students.
O. L., XLII, 21, Jan. 27, 1844. An act
reducing salaries. Superintend-
ents of Blind Asylum not to exceed
$700.00. Superintendent of
Deaf and Dumb Asylum not to exceed
$600.00.
O. L., XLII, 253, Feb. 3, 1844.
Resolution. Authorizing employment of
oculist by the asylum.
O. L., XLIII, 270, March 12, 1844.
Resolution. Authorizing $150.00 for
philosophical apparatus for the pupils.
0. L., XLIV, 111, March 2, 1846.
Amendatory. Salaries of Superin-
tendents of Asylums for the Blind and
Deaf and Dumb to be
$1,000.00 each. Repealing acts for
support of pupils in these
institutions.
EDUCATION OF DEPENDENTS
Individuals.
O. L., XVIII, 66, Feb. 26, 1820. An act
for the relief of an orphan
Indian child.
O. L., XIX, 144, Feb. 2, 1821. Repealing
the preceding act.
0. L., XXI, 39, Jan. 25, 1823. An act
for the relief and benefit of an
Indian orphan child. Mother killed by a
citizen of the state;
$25.00 annually appropriated for
education and maintenance until
age of 12 years.
Apprentices and Servants.
0. L., IV, 72, Jan. 27, 1806. An act
concerning apprentices and servants.
Children bound out must be taught to
read and write.
O. L., XXII, 381, Feb. 23, 1824. An act
concerning apprentices and serv-
ants. Arithmetic to the rule of three
added to the preceding
requirements. A new Bible and two suits
of clothes to be fur-
nished at the end of the period of
service.
Orphan Asylums, Etc.
O. L., XXXI, 52, Jan. 25, 1833. An act
to incorporate the Cincinnati
Orphan Asylum.
O. L., XXXII, 216, Feb. 27, 1834. An act to provide a fund for the re-
lief of the widows and children of the
clergy of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in Ohio.
Appendix A. 197
O. L., XXXV, 202, March 13, 1837. An act
to incorporate the Stark
County Orphans' Institute.
0. L., XXXVIII, 87, March 3, 1840.
Repealing the preceding act. The
corporation had assumed banking
privileges.
O. L., XXXV, 513, April 3, 1837. An act
to incorporate the Cleveland
Female Orphan Asylum. Lowry Willy and 11
other women
incorporators.
O. L., XXXVI, 185, March 5, 1838. An act
to incorporate the Columbus
Female Benevolent Society. Mary Cressy
and six other women.
O. L., XLI, 112, March 2, 1843. An act
to incorporate the St. Aloysius
Orphan Asylum of Cincinnati.
O. L. XLII, 172, March 12, 1844. An act
to incorporate the Dayton
Female Association for the benefit of
orphans.
O. L., XLIII, 101, Feb. 18, 1845. An act
to incorporate the trustees of
the New Orphan Asylum of Colored
Children of Cincinnati.
EDUCATION OF DELINQUENTS
0. L., XLI, 74, March 13, 1843. An act
for the regulation of county
jails. Each inmate shall be furnished
with a Bible. Sheriff
shall keep a record of means furnished
prisoners of literary,
moral and religious instruction.
O. L., XLIII, 446, March 6, 1845.
Resolution. Directors of Ohio Peni-
tentiary authorized to employ a suitable
person as a religious and
moral instructor.
O. L., XLIII, 393, March 12, 1845. An
act to authorize the City of Cin-
cinnati to erect a House of Correction.
ACTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF
TEACHERS
0. L., XXX, 232, Feb. 13, 1832. An act
to incorporate the Western
Academic Institute and Board of
Education. Elijah Slack and
14 others.
O. L., XXXII, 217, Feb. 27, 1834. An act
to incorporate the Teachers'
Institute. For instructing professional
school teachers. Lyman
Beecher and eight others. Board shall
report annually to the
Secretary of the State of Ohio.
0. L., XXXI, 18, Dec. 17, 1832. An act
to incorporate the Marietta
Collegiate Institute and Western
Teachers' Seminary.
O. L., XXXI, 193, Feb. 19, 1833. An act
to incorporate the Wayne
County, Ohio, Teachers' Association.
O. L., XXXV, 417, April 1, 1837. An act
to incorporate The Teachers'
Institute at Fair Mound, in Licking
County.
O. L., XXXVIII, 192, March 23, 1840. An
act to incorporate The Ameri-
can Lyceum of Education in the City of
Cincinnati. A model
school and one in which experiments may
be made to be one
feature.
198 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
O. L., XLV, 67, Feb. 8, 1847. An act to
incorporate Teachers' Insti-
tutes. Act in force only in the Counties
of Ashtabula, Lake,
Geauga, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, Medina,
Trumbull, Portage,
Summit and Delaware.
O. L., XLVII, 261, Feb. 15, 1849. An act
to incorporate the Farming-
ton Normal School in the County of
Trumbull. Edwin Love-
land and eight others. Citizens raised
$2,575.00 for school. Site
donated.
ACTS CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES
Libraries.
O. L., III, 288, Feb. 21, 1805. Dayton
Library Society.
O. L., V, 62, Jan. 26, 1806. Library
society to be known as "Granville
Alexandrian Society," in the town
of Granville, in the County
of Licking. (Repealed later for banking
activities.)
O. L., VI, 127, Feb. 10, 1808. New Town
Library Company, in the
County of Hamilton.
0. I., VIII, 141, Feb. 19, 1810. Western
Library Association.
O. L., VIII, 197, Feb. 19, 1910. Poland
Library Society.
O. L., VIII, 251, Feb. 19, 1810.
Washington Social Library Company.
O. L., X, 5, Dec. 17, 1811. Wooster
Library Society.
0. L., X, 14, Dec. 23, 1811. Lebanon
Library Society.
O. L., X, 178, Feb. 20, 1812. Platonic
Library Society, in the towns of
Sunbury and Berkshire in Delaware
County.
O. L., XI, 14, Jan. 2, 1813. Circulating
Library Society of Cincinnati.
O. L., XII, 55, Jan. 18, 1814. Boardman
Library Society, in the County
of Trumbull.
O. L., XII, 61, Jan. 19, 1814. Troy
Library Society.
O. L., XII, 147, Feb. 10, 1814. Euclid
Library Society, in the County
of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XIII, 11, Dec. 22, 1814.
Circulating Library Society of Cincinnati.
O. L., XIII, 14, Dec. 22, 1814. Village
Library Society of Burton, in
the County of Geauga.
O. L., XIII, 75, Jan. 13, 1815. Eaton
Library Society, in the County of
Preble.
O. L., XIII, 285, Feb. 16, 1815.
Northern Social Library Company of
Harpersfield.
O. L., XIV, 6, Dec. 16, 1815.
Waynesville Library Company.
O. L., XIV, 256, Feb. 20, 1816. Fearing
Library Society, in the County
of Washington.
O. L., XIV, 263, Feb. 21, 1816. Social
Library Company of Salem, in
the County of Ashtabula.
O. L., XVII, 154, Feb. 8, 1819.
Amendatory. Circulating Library Com-
pany of Cincinnati.
Appendix A 199
O. L., XX, 36, Feb. 1, 1822. Amendatory.
Social Library Company of
Salem.
O. L., XXII, 36, Jan. 20, 1824. Relating
to State Library.
SEC. 1. Librarian, $200 per year.
SEC. 2. Bond of $2,000.
SEC. 3. Librarian shall give receipt for
all books, etc., to
the treasurer of the state.
SEC. 4. Three hundred and fifty dollars
appropriated an-
nually for purchase of "useful
books" and maps.
SEC. 5. List of books needed may be
submitted by mem-
bers, judges, etc.
SEC. 6. Covering resignation of
librarian
SEC. 7. Provision for necessary
furniture.
O. L., XXIII, 3, Dec. 29, 1824.
Elizabethtown Social Library Society,
in the County of Hamilton.
O. L., XXIII, 101, Jan. 28, 1825. Social
Library of Kendal, in the
County of Stark.
O. L., XXIII, 76, Feb. 7, 1825. Windham
Library Society, in the County
of Portage.
O. L., XXIV, 5, Dec. 23, 1825.
Frederickstown Library Society, in the
County of Knox.
O. L., XXIV, 24, Jan. 17, 1826. Preble
County Library Society.
O. L. XXIV, 35, Jan. 24, 1826.
Bloomfield Social Library Society, in
the County of Trumbull.
O. L., XXIV, 82, Feb. 4, 1826. Social
Library Society, in the town of
Fairfield, County of Columbiana.
O. L., XXIV, 86, Feb. 7, 1826. Eldridge
Library Association, in the
County of Huron.
O. L., XXV, 8, Dec. 15, 1826. Franklin
Library Company of Little
Sandy.
O. L., XXV, 3, Jan. 9, 1827. Dayton
Library.
O. L., XXV, 57, Jan. 6, 1827. Buffalo
Library Society, in the Counties
of Guernsey, Morgan and Muskingum.
O. L., XXV, 56, Jan. 23, 1827. Columbia
Library Society, in the County
of Lorain.
O. L., XXV, 42, Jan. 26, 1827.
Brookfield Social Library Society of
the County of Morgan.
O. L., XXV, 55, Jan. 26, 1827. Harmony
Library Society, in the County
of Fayette.
O. L., XXVI, 3, Dec. 14, 1827.
Newburgh Library Society, in the
County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XXVI, 4, Dec. 18, 1827. Liberty
Library Society, in the County
of Butler.
O. L., XXVI, 27, Jan. 1, 1828.
"Hubbard Library Company," in the
County of Trumbull.
O. L., XXVI, 41, Jan. 16, 1828. Union
Library Society of Lexington.
200 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
O. L., XXVI, 119, Jan. 21, 1828. Yellow
Spring Library Society, of
the County of Greene.
O. L., XXVI, 107, Jan. 29, 1828. Lorain
County Library Society.
O. L., XXVI, 106, Feb. 11, 1828.
"'The Hartford Library Society,' in
the County of Trumbull."
O. L., XXVI, 161, Jan. 29, 1828. Monroe
Traveling and Circulating
Library Society.
O. L., XXVII, 5, Dec. 22, 1828. Social
Library Company of Madison,
in the County of Geauga.
O. L., XXVII, 10, Dec. 24, 1828.
Amendatory. Frederickstown Library
Society.
O. L., XXVII, 14, Dec. 29, 1828. The
Chester Library Association, in
the County of Geauga.
O. L., XXVII, 21, Jan. 5, 1829. Sunbury
Library Association, in the
County of Delaware.
O. L., XXVII, 63, Jan. 30, 1829. Olin
School Library Society, of the
County of Morgan.
O. L., XXVII, 95, Feb. 9, 1829. Nelson
Library Society.
O. L., XXVII, 95, Feb. 9, 1829.
"Barlow Library Society," in the County
of Washington.
O. L., XXVII, 103, Feb. 9, 1829.
Granville Library, in the County of
Licking.
O. L., XXVII, 10, Dec. 29, 1828. Social
Library of Greene, in County
of Trumbull.
0. L., XXVII, Feb. 2, 1829. "Lyme
and Ridgefield Circulating Library
Society," in the County of Huron.
O. L., XXVII, 127, Feb. 11, 1829.
Madison Library Association, in the
County of Hamilton.
SEC. 2. Milford Circulating Library
Society declared a body
politic.
O. L., XXVII, Feb. 11, 1829. Vernon
Library Association, in the County
of Scioto.
O. L., XXVIII, 8, Dec. 31, 1829. Venice
Library Society, in Butler
County.
O. L., XXVIII, 22, Jan. 12, 1830.
Brecksville Columbian Library So-
ciety, in the County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XXVIII, 23, Jan. 12, 1830.
Dresden Library Association in the
County of Muskingum.
O. L., XXVIII, 46, Jan. 21, 1830.
Windsor Library Society, in the
County of Ashtabula.
O. L., XXVIII, 62, Feb. 2, 1830.
Mesopotamia Social Library Company,
in the County of Trumbull.
O. L., XXVIII, 70, Feb. 9, 1830.
Marietta Library.
O. L., XXVIII, 164, Feb. 22, 1830.
Newbury Social Library Society, in
the County of Geauga.
Appendix A. 201
O. L., XXIX, 11, Dec. 21, 1830. Dover
Library Association, in the
County of Athens.
O. L., XXIX, 13, Dec. 27, 1830.
Ashtabula Social Library Association.
O. L., XXIX, 25, Dec. 21, 1830.
Williamsburg Library Society, in the
County of Clermont.
O. L., XXIX, 41, Jan. 6, 1831. Social
Circulating Library Association,
in village of Waverly, County of Pike.
O. L., XXIX, 49, Jan. 17, 1831. Hamilton
and Rossville Library So-
ciety, in the County of Butler.
O. L., XXIX, 50, Jan. 17, 1831.
Middlebury Library Company.
O. L., XXIX, 57, Jan. 31, 1831. Olmstead
Library Company, in the
County of Cuyahoga.
O. L. XXIX, 67, Jan. 31, 1831. Athens
Library Society, in the County
of Athens.
O. L., XXIX, 83, Feb. 7, 1831.
Austinburg Social Library Association,
in the County of Ashtabula.
O. L., XXIX, 119, Feb. 11, 1831. Wayne
and Cherry Valley Union Li-
brary Association, in County of
Ashtabula.
O. L., XXIX, 142, Feb. 24, 1831. Utica
Library Society, in the County
of Licking.
O. L., XXIX, 179, March 2, 1831. Capital
Library Society of Columbus
O. L., XXX, 4, Dec. 19, 1831.
Harrisville Library Association, in the
County of Medina.
O. L., XXX, 60, Jan. 31, 1832. New Paris
Library Society, in County
of Preble.
O. L., XXX, 133, Feb. 7, 1832.
Clarksfield Library Society, of Huron
County.
O. L., XXX, 134, Feb. 7, 1832.
"Darke County Library Society," in the
County of Darke.
O. L., XXX, 244, Feb. 11, 1832. Guernsey
County Library and Reading
Room.
O. L., XXX, 267, Feb. 11, 1832.
"Farmers' Library Company," in County
of Seneca.
O. L., XXX, 275, Feb. 11, 1832. Library
Society of London, in Madi-
son County.
O. L., XXX, 276, Feb. 11, 1832. West
Branch Library Association, in
Miami County.
O. L., XXX, 277, Feb. 11, 1832. Farmers'
and Mechanics' Library So
ciety of Berkshire, in the County of
Delaware.
O. L., XXXI, 10, Dec. 24, 1832. Dane Law
Library.
O. L., XXXI, 31, Jan. 15, 1833. Milford
Library Association, in the
County of Union.
O. L., XXXI, 63, Jan. 31, 1833.
Cleveland Library Company.
O. L., XXXI, 83, Feb. 6, 1833. Farmers'
and Mechanics' Library Asso-
ciation, in Aurora, Portage County.
202 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
0. L., XXXI, 159, Feb. 19, 1833.
"Wadsworth Library Society," in the
County of Medina.
O. L., XXXI, 89, Feb. 6, 1833. Massillon
Library Society.
O. L., XXXI, 94, Feb. 7, 1833. Eden
Library Association, in County of
Seneca.
SEC. 1. Incorporated name, "Eden
Social Library."
O. L., XXXI, 105, Feb. 12, 1833.
Franklin Library Association of Guil-
ford, in the County of Medina.
O. L., XXXI, 132, Feb. 19, 1833.
Fitchville Library Society, in Huron
County.
O. L., XXXI, 195, Feb. 23, 1833.
Lancaster Library Association, in
County of Fairfield.
O. L., XXXII, 16, Dec. 31, 1833. Rome
Library Company, in County
of Ashtabula.
O. L., XXXII, 51, Feb. 3, 1834.
Richfield Social Library Company, in
the County of Medina.
O. L., XXXII, 122, Feb. 21, 1834. Akron
Lyceum and Library Associa-
tion Company, in Akron, Portage County.
O. L., XXXII, 150, Feb. 24, 1834.
Harmony Library Company, in Sa-
lena Township, Muskingum County.
O. L., XXXII, 177, Feb. 25, 1834.
Gustavus Centre Library Company,
in County of Trumbull.
O. L., XXXII, 191, Feb. 25, 1834.
Lagrange Library Association, in the
County of Lorain.
O. L., XXXII, 195, Feb. 25, 1834. "Cincinnati
Law Library."
O. L., XXXII, 225, Feb. 28, 1834.
Springboro Library Company, in the
County of Warren.
O. L., XXXII, 238, March 1, 1834. Free
Discussion Library of Andover,
in Ashtabula County.
O. L., XXXII, 265, March 1, 1834.
Montville Social Library Company,
in the County of Geauga.
O. L., XXXIII, 38, Feb. 3, 1835.
Penfield Library Society, in Penfield
Township, Lorain County.
O. L., XXXIII, 38, Feb. 3, 1835. New
Lyme Young Men's Library So-
ciety.
O. L., XXXIII, 117, Feb. 24, 1835.
"The Milford Library Association."
O. L., XXXIII, 119, Feb. 25, 1835.
Delaware Library Association, in
the County of Delaware.
O. L., XXXIII, 149, Feb. 26, 1835.
Roscoe Social Library Company, in
the County of Coshocton.
O. L., XXXIII, 149, Feb. 26, 1835.
Hinckley Social Library Company,
in Hinckley Township, Medina County.
O. L., XXXIII, 160, March 3, 1835.
Darrtown Library Company, in the
County of Butler.
O. L., XXXIII, 197, March 5, 1835. Painesville
Lyceum and Library
Society.
Appendix A. 203
O. L., XXXIII, 320, March 7, 1835.
Vermilion Library Company, of
Huron County.
0. L., XXXIII, 330, March 7, 1835.
Urbana Juvenile Library.
O. L., XXXIV, 25, Jan. 5, 1836.
"Young Men's Mercantile Library As-
sociation of Cincinnati."
O. L., XXXIV, 83, Jan. 27, 1836.
Bellville Library Company, in the
County of Richland.
O. L., XXXIV, 133, Feb. 29, 1836.
Highland Library Association.
O. L., XXXIII, 305, March 7, 1835.
Wellington Social Library Com-
pany, in Wellington Township, Lorain
County.
O. L., XXXIV, 197, March 1, 1836.
Bedford Library Company, in the
County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XXXIV, 383, March 10, 1836.
Hopewell Library Company, in
Muskingum County.
0. L., XXXIV, 467, March 14, 1836. Westfield Library Society, in Town-
ship of Westfield, in County of Medina.
O. L., XXXIV, 468, March 14, 1836.
Brooklyn Library Company, in
Cuyahoga County.
O. L., XXXIV, 468, March 14, 1836.
Greenville Library Association.
O. L., XXXIV, 488, March 14, 1836. Port
Washington Lyceum and Li-
brary Company, in County of Tuscarawas.
O. L., XXXIV, 488, March 14, 1836.
Rutland Library Association.
O. L., XXXV, 47, Jan. 10, 1837. Paris
Library Association, of Rich-
land County.
O. L., XXXV, 53, Jan. 23, 1837. Blendon
Library Society, in the County
of Franklin.
O. L., XXXV, 96, Feb. 18, 1837. North
Royalton Social Library Society,
in the County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XXXV, 104, Feb. 27, 1837. Darby
Creek Lyceum and Library
Association, in the County of Union.
O. L., XXXV, 119, March 2, 1837.
Braceville Library Company, in the
County of Trumbull.
O. L., XXXV, 195, March 13, 1837. Monroe
Lyceum of Natural His-
tory, and Library Association, in
Ashtabula County.
O. L., XXXV, 196, March 13, 1837.
Ruggles Library Society, of Huron
County.
O. L., XXXV, 227, March 14, 1837. New
Philadelphia Library Society.
O. L., XXXV, 340, March 27, 1837.
Sandusky City Lyceum and Library
Association, in the County of Huron.
O. L., XXXV, 346, March 29, 1837. Parma
Library Association, in Cuy-
ahoga County.
O. L., XXXV, 353, March 29, 1837.
Creating an additional number of
directors of the Platonic Library
Society, of the County of
Delaware.
O. L., XXXV, 445, April 3, 1837.
Amendatory. Young Men's Mercan-
tile Library Association of Cincinnati.
204 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
O. L., XXXV, 562, April 1, 1837.
Resolution appointing a committee to
select new works for State Library.
O. L., XXXVI, 106, Feb. 23, 1838.
Granger Library Association, in
County of Medina.
O. L., XXXVI, 127, Feb. 27, 1838. Lenox
Library Association, in Ash-
tabula County.
0. L., XXXVI, 270, March 13, 1838. "Young Men's Association of the
City of Toledo."
SEC. 1. Funds to be used only for
supporting a Lyceum and
Public Library.
O. L., XXXVI, 378, March 17, 1838.
Painesville Library Association, in
County of Geauga.
O. L., XXXVII, 21, Jan. 21, 1839.
McConnellsville Library and Reading
Room Association.
O. L., XXXVII, 84, Feb. 28, 1839. First
Universalian Religious Library
Society of Harmar.
O. L., XXXVII, 126, March 7, 1839. St.
Mary's Library Association, in
County of Mercer.
O. L., XXXVII, 144, March 9, 1839.
Martinsville Silliman Institute and
Library Company.
O. L., XXXVII, 147, March 9, 1839.
Franklin Library Association, in
the County of Mercer.
O. L., XXXVII, 217, March 12, 1839.
Elizabethtown Circulating Li-
brary Society, in the County of Licking.
O. L., XXXVII, 219, March 12, 1839.
Perrysburgh Lyceum and Library
Association.
O. L., XXXVII, 257, March 16, 1839.
Worthington Literati.
SEC. 1. To establish a library and
lyceum.
O. L., XXXVII, 263, March 16, 1839.
Fredonia Social Library, in the
County of Licking.
O. L., XXXVII, 295, March 16, 1839.
Fairfield Library Association, in
the County of Huron.
O. L., XXXVIII, 19, Jan. 17, 1840. Youth's
Neville Library Society.
0. L., XXXVIII, 28, Jan. 29, 1840. Marysville Library Institute.
O. L., XXXVIII, 29, Jan. 29, 1840.
Oxford Library Society, in the
County of Butler.
O. L., XXXVIII, 36, Feb. 3, 1840.
Addison Library Association, of
Champaign County.
O. L., XXXVIII, 37, Feb. 3, 1840.
Athenian Library Society, in the
County of Warren.
O. L., XXXVIII, 45, Feb. 7, 1840.
Portsmouth Library Company.
O. L., XXXVIII, 70, Feb. 18, 1840.
Kalida Lyceum and Library Asso-
ciation.
O. L., XXXVIII, 111, March 9, 1840.
Burlington Library Association,
in the County of Lawrence.
Appendix A. 205
O. L., XXXVIII, 179, March 20, 1840.
Twinsburg Library Association,
in the County of Summit.
O. L., XXXVIII, 183, March 21, 1840.
Reading Mutual Improvement
and Library Association, in Hamilton
County.
O. L., XXXVIII, 197, March 23, 1840.
Repealing charter of Washington
Social Library Company.
O. L., XXXIX, 53, March 20, 1841.
Franklin Library Association, of
Carlisle and Elyria, in the County of
Lorain.
O. L., XXXIX, 54, March 20, 1841. Orange
Library Association, in
County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XL, 113, March 7, 1842. Repealing
Granville Alexandrian Society
because of banking activities.
O. L., XL, 103, March 27, 1841. Mayfield
Circulating Library, in Town-
ship of Mayfield, in County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XL, 104, March 27, 1841. Franklin
Library Society of Water-
ford, in Knox County.
O. L., XL, 31, Feb. 15, 1842. Union
Library Association of Richmond,
in the County of Ashtabula.
O. L., XL, 35, Feb. 26, 1842. Dover
Library Association, in the County
of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XL, 36, Feb. 26, 1842.
Donnelsville Library Association, in the
County of Clark.
O. L., XL, 5, Jan. 5, 1842. First Moral
Library Association, of Wil-
liamsfield, in the County of Ashtabula.
O. L., XL, 16, Jan. 27, 1842. Chagrin
Falls Mechanics' Library Associa-
tion, in the County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XL, 85, March 5, 1842. Orwell
Library and Reading Society, of
Township of Orwell, Ashtabula County.
O. L., XLI, 52, Feb. 2, 1843. Badger
Library Society, of Plain, in the
County of Wood.
O. L., XLI, 85, Feb. 17, 1843. New
Orange Library Society, of Cass, in
Miami County.
O. L., XLI, 91, Feb. 28, 1843. Jefferson
Library Association, of Town-
ship of Jefferson, in County of
Ashtabula.
O. L., XLI, 176, March 11, 1843.
Mechanics' Lyceum and Library As-
sociation, of town of Warren, in County
of Trumbull.
O. L., XLII, 110, Feb. 26, 1844.
Champeon Library Association at Cha-
grin Falls, in the County of Cuyahoga.
O. L., XLII, 169, March 11, 1844.
Cincinnati Philosophical Library As-
sociation, in County of Hamilton.
O. L., XLII, 213, March 12, 1844.
Ravenna Library Association.
O. L., XLIII, 58, March 6, 1845.
Regulating the State Library.
SEC. 1. The State Library shall be under
control and man-
agement of board of commissioners
consisting of Governor,
Secretary of State and State Librarian.
206 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
O. L., XLIII, 61, Feb. 3, 1845. Young
Men's Book Association of West
Canaan, in the County of Madison.
O. L., XLIII, 62, Feb. 3, 1845. General
Library Association of Cincin-
nati.
O. L., XLIII, 68, Feb. 10, 1845. New
Carlisle Social Library Company,
in Clark County, and the Library
Association of Harlem, Car-
roll County.
O. L., XLIII, 70, Feb. 10, 1845.
Tallmadge Library Association, in
County of Summit.
O. L., XLIII, 274, March 6, 1845.
Miamisburg Library Association.
O. L., XLIII, 311, March 8, 1845. Act
for relief of creditors of Gran-
ville Alexandrian Society.
O. L., XLIII, 361, March 11, 1845.
Incorporating certain literary socie-
ties:
SEC. 4. Farmers' and Mechanics' Library
Association of
West Lodi, Seneca County.
SEC. 9. German Catholic Library
Association of Cincinnati.
SEC. 10. Donaldsville Library
Association, in Clark County.
SEC. 13. Hanover Social Library
Association, in Butler
County.
O. L., XLIII, 389, March 12, 1845.
Linton Library Association, of
County of Coshocton.
O. L., XLVI, 149, Feb. 18, 1848.
Cleveland Library Association.
O. L., XLVIII, 632, March 22, 1850.
Young Men's Catholic Association
of Cincinnati.
SEC. 1. A library association.
O. L., XLVIII, 635, March 21, 1850.
Western Library Institute.
O. L., XLVIII, 640, March 23, 1850.
Warren Library Association.
O. L., XLII, 250, Dec. 30, 1843.
Resolution. Relative to the incorporation
of churches, religious societies,
library associations, literary so-
cieties, etc. Bills shall be referred to
the standing Committee
on Corporations, of the House in which
presented, which com-
mittee shall be instructed to retain the
same until near the close
of the session of the General Assembly,
when they shall report
one bill for the incorporation of all
such churches, and religious
societies, one for the incorporation of
literary societies, library
associations, etc.
0. L., XLII, 260, March 6, 1844. Resolution.
WHEREAS, By resolution
of the General Assembly of March 13,
1843, authorizing the
Secretary of State to furnish each
college, university and scien-
tific and literary institution in this
state, when called for at the
office of the secretary, one copy each
(of various reports).
Resolved, To furnish documents in the same manner to all
incorporated library associations.
Appendix A. 207
O. L., XLIII, 70, March 11, 1845. An act
to regulate literary and other
societies.
SEC. 1. That from and after the passage
of this act it
shall be lawful for any literary,
scientific, Odd Fellows or other
benevolent association within this
states, to elect any number of
their members, not less than three, to
serve as trustees and one
member as clerk, who shall hold their
offices during the pleas-
ure of the society.
SEC. 2. Proceedings of such election to
be recorded with
the county recorder.
SEC. 3. Trustees shall have perpetual
succession and shall
possess the powers and privileges, and
be subject to the restric-
tions imposed under the act entitled
"An act to regulate incor-
porated literary societies," etc.,
passed March 7, 1831.
Athenaeums, Lyceums, Literary Societies, Etc.
O. L., XXVII, 7, Dec. 22, 1828.
Zanesville Athenaeum.
"Funds not to be employed for any
other than literary pur-
poses, the purchase of books, maps, charts,
pamphlets and news-
papers."
O. L., XXIX, 126, Feb. 14, 1831.
Cincinnati Lyceum.
Morgan Neville, named with 11 others,
including Salmon P.
Chase. SEC. 1. "with their
associates who have united together
for the purpose of promoting the
diffusion of useful knowledge
among all classes of the
community."
SEC. 3. "with power to establish
such schools, classes and
professorships, and appoint such
professors, lecturers, and teach-
ers therein as to them shall seem
expedient."
O. L., XXX, 229, Feb. 13, 1832.
Steubenville Athenaeum.
O. L., XXXI, 58, Jan. 29, 1833. Mount
Vernon Lyceum.
O. L., XXXI, 81, Jan. 29, 1833.
Cincinnati Literary Society.
0. L., XXXI, 92, Feb. 6, 1833.
McConnelsville Athenaeum.
O. L., XXXI, 117, Feb. 13, 1833.
Cleveland Lyceum.
O. L., XXXI, 227, Feb. 25, 1833. Urbana
Athenaeum.
O. L., XXXI, 234, Feb. 25, 1833. Xenia
Lyceum.
O. L., XXXII, 8, Dec. 24, 1833. Medina
County Athenaeum.
O. L., XXXII, 31, Feb. 3, 1834. Young
Men's Reading and Literary So-
ciety of Morgan, Ashtabula County.
O. L., XXXII, 105, Feb. 20, 1834.
Springfield Lyceum.
O. L., XXXII, 140, Feb. 24, 1834. Elyria
Lyceum.
O. L., XXXII, 150, Feb. 24, 1834.
Guilford Lyceum.
O. L., XXXII, 165, Feb. 24, 1834.
Chillicothe Lyceum and Mechanics'
Institute.
O. L., XXXII, 217, Feb. 27, 1834.
Zanesville Juvenile Lyceum.
O. L., XXXII, 234, Feb. 28, 1834.
Circleville Athenaeum.
208 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
0. L., XXXIII, 148, Feb. 26, 1835.
Gallipolis Lyceum.
0. L., XXXIII, 396, March 9, 1835.
Cuyahoga Falls Lyceum.
0. L., XXXIII, 411, March 9, 1835. Peru
(Delaware County) Lyceum.
O. L., XXXIV, 190, Feb. 29, 1836. The
Wellsville Literary Institute.
0. L., XXXIV, 191, March 1, 1836.
Bedford Lyceum.
O. L., XXXIV, 546, March 14, 1836.
Brooklyn Lyceum.
O. L., XXXV, 22, Jan. 3, 1837. Putnam
Lyceum.
O. L., XXXV, 49, Jan. 23, 1837. New Lisbon
Lyceum.
O. L., XXXV, 167, March 10, 1837.
Columbus Literary and Scientific
Institute.
0. L., XXXV, 336, March 23, 1837.
Litchfield Lyceum and Society.
O. L., XXXV, 405, April 1, 1837. Stark
County Lyceum.
O. L., XXXVI, 39, Jan. 26, 1838. Newark
Athenaeum.
O. L., XXXVI, 187, March 5, 1838. The
Literary, Historical and Philo-
sophical Society of Canton, Stark
County.
O. L., XXXVI, 270, March 13, 1838. Canal
Dover Lyceum.
O. L., XXXVII, 13, Jan. 9, 1839. Johnstown
Lyceum, Licking County.
O. L., XXXVII, 18, Jan. 11, 1839.
Rockport Lyceum, Cuyahoga County.
O. L., XXXVII, 168, March 12, 1839.
Woodsfield Lyceum.
O. L., XXXVII, 190, March 12, 1839.
Conneaut Lyceum.
O. L., XXXVII, 294, March 16, 1839.
Malta Lyceum.
O. L., XXXVIII, 8, Dec. 23, 1839.
Airington Lyceum.
O. L., XXXVIII, 19, Jan. 17, 1840.
Harmar Lyceum.
O. L., XXXVIII, 30, Jan. 29, 1840. The
Literary and Philosophical So-
ciety, Smithfield, Jefferson County.
0. L., XXXVIII, 163, March 19, 1840.
Franklin Literary Society of
Bellville, Richland County.
O. L., XXXIX, 7, Jan. 26, 1841.
Ridgeville Lyceum, Lorain County.
O. L., XXXIX, 9, Jan. 28, 1841.
Massillon Lyceum, Stark County.
O. L., XXXIX, 27, March 11, 1841.
Jamestown Literary Society.
O. L., XXXIX, 52, March 20, 1841.
Columbus Literary Lyceum.
0. L., XXXIX, 52, March 20, 1841. Beaver
Lyceum.
O. L., XXXIX, 53, March 20, 1841.
Franklin Institute, Portsmouth.
O. L., XXXIX, 53, March 20, 1841. Lower
Sandusky Literary and Sci-
entific Institute.
0. L., XL, 121, March 8, 1842. Findlay
Literary Lyceum.
0. L., XL, 123, March 7, 1842.
Wilkesville Lyceum, Gallia County.
O. L., XLI, 9, Jan. 10, 1843. Berlin
Union Society, Holmes County.
O. L., XLI, 14, Jan. 10, 1843. Young
Men's Literary Association of
Springfield.
O. L., XLI, 15, Jan. 11, 1843. Defiance
Literary Lyceum.
O. L., XLI, 52, Feb. 2, 1843. Wayne
Township Lyceum, Jefferson County.
O. L., XLI, 86, Feb. 17, 1843.
Alexandria Literary Society.
O. L., XLI, 175, March 11, 1843.
Massillon Young Men's Polemic So-
ciety.
O. L., XLII, 102, Feb. 24, 1844.
Erodelphian Society of Gallipolis.
Appendix A. 209
O. L., XLII, 112, March 4, 1844.
Institute of Lower Sandusky.
O. L., XLIII, 361, March 11, 1845.
Newcomerstown Literary Society.
Corwin Literary Institute,
Springborough, Warren County.
O. L., XLVIII, 640, March 23, 1850 Mt.
Pleasant Philomathean, Kings-
ton Township, Ross County.
Mechanics' Institutes and Lyceums.
O. L., XXVII, 92, Feb. 29, 1829. The
Ohio Mechanics' Institute.
SEC. 1. "for advancing the best
interests of the mechanics,
manufacturers and artizans, by the more
general diffusion of
useful knowledge in these important
classes of the community."
SEC. 2. May establish professorships and
appoint such pro-
fessors, lecturers and teachers, etc.
O. L., XXXV, 339, March 27, 1837. Mechanics'
Institute, Lebanon, War-
ren County.
O. L., XXXVI, 365, March 16, 1838. First
Mechanics' Lyceum of Ma-
rietta.
O. L., XXXVII, 135, March 9, 1839.
Dayton Mechanics' Institute.
O. L., XXXVIII, 139, March 16, 1840.
Farmers' and Mechanics' Insti-
tute, Greene Township, Hamilton County.
O. L., XL, 16, Jan. 27, 1842. Mechanics'
Institute, Urbana.
O. L., XL, 121, March 7, 1842. Batavia
Mechanics' Institute.
O. L., XL, 122, March 7, 1842.
Portsmouth Mechanics' Institute and
Mechanics' Library Association.
O. L., XLI, 226, March 13, 1843.
Mechanics' Association of Fulton.
College Societies, Fraternities, Etc.
O. L., XXIX, 74, Feb. 29, 1831.
Erodelphian Society of Miami Univer-
sity.
O. L., XXIX, 196, March 8, 1831.
Philomathesian Society of Kenyon
College.
O. L., XXXI, 65, Jan. 31, 1833. Nu Pi
Kappa Society of Kenyon Col-
lege.
0. L., XXXII, 105, Feb. 20, 1834.
Phylozetian Society of Western Re-
serve College.
0. L., XXXII, 193, Feb. 25, 1834.
Philosophic Literary Society of Frank-
lin College.
O. L., XXXIV, 289, March 7, 1836.
Jefferson Literary Society of Frank-
lin College.
O. L., XXXIV, 381, March 10, 1836. The
Calliopean Society of the
Granville Literary and Theological
Institution.
O. L., XXXV, 5, Dec. 19, 1836. Athenian
Literary Society, Ohio Uni-
versity.
0. L., XXXV, 3, Dec. 19, 1836. Franklin Scientific and Rhetorical So-
ciety of Western Reserve College.
Vol. XXVII -14.
210 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
O. L., XXXVI, 15, Jan. 5, 1838. Rush
Medical Society of Willoughby
University of Lake Erie.
O. L., XXXVI, 186, March 5, 1838.
Adelphic Society of Western Re-
serve College.
O. L., XXXVII, 146, March 9, 1839.
Philomathean Society of the Ohio
University.
O. L., XXXVIII, 78, Feb. 26, 1840. Alpha
Kappa Society of Marietta
College.
O. L., XXXVIII, 104, March 6, 1840.
Miami Society of Miami Univer-
sity.
O. L., XXXVIII, 125, March 12, 1840.
Union Literary Society of Miami
University.
O. L., XXXIX, 4, Dec. 24, 1840. Phi
Delta Society of Western Reserve
College.
O. L., XXXIX, 44, March 20, 1841. Psi
Gamma Society of Marietta
College.
O. L., XL, 23, Feb. 4, 1842.
Philomathean Literary Society of Monroe
Academy.
O. L., XL, 122, March 7, 1842.
Amendatory. Philozethian Society,
Western Reserve College.
O. L., XLI, 30, Jan. 19, 1843. Young
Men's Franklin Society of Gran-
ville College.
O. L., XLI, 125, March 7, 1843. Miami
Union Literary Society of Miami
University.
O. L., XLI, 220, March 13, 1843.
Amendatory. Young Men's Franklin
Society, to Franklin Society of
Granville College.
O. L., XLII, 102, Feb. 24, 1844.
Amendatory. Calliopean Society Gran-
ville Literary and Theological
Institution.
O. L., XLII, 102, Feb. 24, 1844. Oberlin
Young Men's Lyceum.
O. L., XLII, 102, Feb. 24, 1844. Handel
Society of Western Reserve
College.
O. L., XLIII, 130, Feb. 25, 1845.
Hunterian Society, Medical Depart-
ment Western Reserve College.
Miscellaneous Organizations and
Societies.
O. L., XX, 47, Feb. 1, 1822. Historical
Society of Ohio.
O. L., XXVI, 30, Jan. 11, 1828.
Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts.
O. L., XXVIII, 179, Feb. 22, 1830.
Lancaster Harmonic Society.
O. L., XXIX, 122, Feb. 11, 1831.
Amendatory. Cincinnati Academy of
Fine Arts.
O. L., XXIX, 122, Feb. 11, 1831.
Historical and Philosophical Society
of Ohio
0. L., XXXIII, 161, March 3, 1835.
Eclectic Academy of Music, Cin-
cinnati.
0. L., XXXIX, 50, March 20, 1841. Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts.
Appendix A. 211
O. L., XL, 174, March 11, 1843. New
Paris Musical Institute.
O. L., XXXIV, 110, Feb. 5, 1836. The
Western Academy of Natural
Sciences, Cincinnati.
O. L., XXXVIII, 138, March 16, 1840.
Cleveland Academy of Natural
Sciences.
O. L., XLII, 122, March 4, 1844.
Cincinnati Astronomical Society.
O. L., XLVII, 256, Feb. 7, 1849. Ohio
Institute of Natural Science, Cin-
cinnati.
O. L., XLI, 114, March 2, 1843.
Columbian Association of Cincinnati (for
diffusion of useful knowledge).
O. L., XLVI, 228, Feb. 22, 1848. Western
Art Union.
O. L., XLVII, 267, March 8, 1849.
Columbus Art Union.
O. L., XLVII, 268, March 8, 1849. Ohio
Education Society of Evangel-
ical Lutheran Church.
O. L., XXXVI, 238, March 10, 1838.
Society of United Christians Berea.
(literary and benevolent purposes).
O. L., XXXIII, 317, March 7, 1835.
Western Baptist Education Society.
O. L., XLIII, 86, Feb. 10, 1845. Ohio
Baptist Education Society.
O. L., XLIII, 361, March 11, 1845. Lower
Sandusky Phrenological Mes-
meric Institute of Sandusky County.
APPENDIX B.
A PAGE AND VOLUME
INDEX TO ALL EDUCATIONAL
LEGISLATION IN THE
SESSION LAWS OF
OHIO FROM 1803 TO
1850.
TERRITORIAL ACTS.
Nov. 27, 1800, Nashee's Compilation, p.
161. An act authorizing the
leasing of lands granted for the support
of schools and for reli-
gious purposes in the County of
Washington.
Dec. 7, 1800, Nashee's Compilation, p.
220. An act establishing the town
of Athens in the County ofWashington.
Jan. 9, 1802, Nashee's Compilation, p.
220. An act establishing a univer-
sity in the town of Athens.
VOL. I.
PAGE
61. An act to provide for the leasing of
certain lands therein named.
117. An act incorporating the trustees
of the Erie Literary Society.
148. Resolution appointing three
commissioners to appraise the two
college townships.
VOL. II.
193. An act establishing a university in
the town of Athens.
297. Resolution to secure a law for the
university limiting the time in
which military warrants may be satisfied
in the Virginia dis-
trict.
VOL. III.
79. An act to amend an act entitled,
"An act establishing a university
in the town of Athens."
79. An act directing a leasing made of
Section 16.
288. An act incorporating the Dayton
Library Society.
321. An act to provide for the leasing
of certain lands therein named.
459. Resolution appointing five trustees
of the Ohio University.
VOL. IV.
25. An act to amend an act entitled
"An act authorizing the leasing
of certain lands in the County of
Washington, granted for
religious purposes."
(212)
Appendix B. 213
PAGE
38. An act supplementary to an act
entitled, "An act to amend an act
entitled 'An act establishing a
university in the town of
Athens' ".
66. An act to incorporate the original
surveyed townships.
72. An act concerning apprentices and
servants.
70. An act making appropriations for the
year 1806.
VOL. V.
56. An act to incorporate the Society of
St. John's Church in Worth-
ington and parts adjacent.
62. An act for incorporating a library
society in the town of Granville,
County of Licking.
64. An act to incorporate the Cincinnati
University.
85. An act to amend the several acts
establishing the University of
Athens.
86. An act to amend an act entitled,
"An act incorporating the trustees
of the Erie Literary Society."
120. An act authorizing the citizens of
Cincinnati and its vicinity to
raise six thousand dollars for certain
purposes.
122. An act to incorporate the First
Religious Society of Marietta.
132. Resolution concerning lands in the
Virginia Military Reservation.
VOL. VI.
17. An act incorporating the Dayton
Academy.
24. An act incorporating the
Presbyterian Society in Red Oak.
51. An act to incorporate the
Worthington Academy.
125. An act accepting certain lands
offered by Congress for the use of
Schools in the Virginia Military Tract
in lieu of those hereto-
fore appropriated.
127. An act to incorporate the New Town
Library Company in the
County of Hamilton.
151. An act for the benefit of Henry
Barrows.
156. An act to incorporate the trustees
of the Chillicothe Academy.
172. An act altering several acts
establishing a university in the town
of Athens.
VOL. VII.
109. An act directing in what manner
lands granted by Congress for
the use of schools in the Virginia
Military Tract shall be sur-
veyed and disposed of.
165. An act supplementary to an act for
leasing Sections Nos. 16 and
29 in fractional townships in the Ohio
Company's Purchase.
167. An act amendatory to several acts
appointing trustees to the Ohio
University and for other purposes.
214 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
PAGE
184. An act to establish the Miami
University.
193. An act for leasing Sections 16 and
29 in fractional townships
within the Ohio Company's purchase.
195. An act to amend an act authorizing
the citizens of Cincinnati and
its vicinity to raise $6,000 for certain
purposes.
219. An act for laying out and leasing
Section 16 in fractional Town-
ship 4, in the Miami Purchase.
VOL. VIII.
12. An act to incorporate the Society
for Propagating Gospel among
the Heathen, formed by members of the
Episcopal Church of
the United Brethren.
26. An act to incorporate the New Lisbon
Academy.
94. An act to amend an act entitled
"An act to establish the Miami
University."
100. An act to incorporate the original
surveyed townships.
141. An act to incorporate the Western
Library Association.
197. An act to incorporate the Poland
Library Society.
251. An act to incorporate the
Washington Social Library Company.
253. An act supplementary to the acts
directing in what manner certain
lands granted by Congress for the use of
schools in the Vir-
ginia Military Tract shall be surveyed
and disposed of.
254. An act amendatory to the above act.
VOL. IX.
19. An act regulating the practice of
physic and surgery.
30. An act investing the disposition and
management of lands therein
mentioned in a Board of Trustees under
the title of The Trus-
tees of the Granville Religious and
Literary Society, and for
other purposes.
39. An act for the establishment of an
academy at Steubenville.
44. An act amending an act entitled,
"An act to authorize the town
council of Marietta to grant permanent
leases of Section 16
in said town."
53. An act to incorporate the town of Athens.
57. An act to incorporate the Gallia
Academy.
63. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act amendatory to the several
acts appointing trustees to the Ohio
University, and for other
purposes."
64. An act to amend an act for the
laying out and leasing Section 16
in fractional Township 4 in the Miami
Purchase.
68. An act for the relief of David
Phouts.
Appendix B. 215
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PAGE
5. An act to incorporate the Wooster
Library Society.
12. An act to authorize the trustees to
sell and convey certain public
lots in the town of Eaton, Preble
County, and for other
purposes.
14. An act incorporating the Lebanon
Library Society.
29. An act authorizing the incorporated
township No. 2, R. 6, to lease
to William George a lot of land in
Section 16.
57. An act in addition to the act
entitled, "An act to incorporate the
original surveyed townships."
58. An act to incorporate a medical
society.
68. An act repealing the act for the aid
of David Phouts.
73. An act authorizing the trustees of
fractional School Section 16 in
Tp. 1, of the 2nd Range, and Tp. 2 of
the 3rd Range, to grant
permanently, for a mill site, a lot of
land in each of said
sections.
88. An act further to amend an act
establishing the Miami University.
95. An act to amend the act to
incorporate the town of Athens.
97. An act authorizing the trustees of
the Ohio University to issue
orders in certain cases, and for other
purposes.
101. An act to amend an act for laying
out and leasing Section 16 in
fractional Township No. 4, 2nd R. of
townships in the Miami
Purchase.
162. An act to amend an act to authorize
the town council of Marietta
to grant permanent leases to Section 16.
178. An act to incorporate the Platonic
Library Society, Sunbury and
Berkshire, Delaware County.
198. Resolution appointing two trustees
for Ohio University.
VOL. XI.
14. An act incorporating the Circulating
Library Society, Cincinnati.
27. An act to enlarge the college green
of the town of Athens.
28. An act regulating the practice of
physic and surgery.
51. An act incorporating the Fearing
Religious Society.
61. An act enabling the trustees of Tp.
6, R. 3, in Belmont County to
make a permanent lease for part of the
school land in said
county.
161. An act to amend an act entitled,
"An act to amend the act entitled,
'An act directing in what manner certain
lands, etc., shall be
disposed of.'"
VOL. XII.
51. An act to amend an act entitled,
"An act to amend the act entitled,
'Directing in what manner certain lands
granted by Congress
for the use of schools in the Virginia
Military Tract shall be
surveyed and disposed of.'"
216 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
PAGE
55. An act to incorporate the Boardman
Library Society in the County
of Trumbull.
61. An act to incorporate the Troy
Library Society.
83. An act to amend the several acts
establishing Miami University.
84. An act for the relief of John
Stalker and others.
147. An act to incorporate the Euclid
Library Society in the County
of Cuyahoga.
174. An act to enable the trustees of
the original surveyed township
No. 3, R. 8, in the County of
Washington, and the trustees of
the original surveyed township No. 6, R.
14, in Gallia County,
to grant permanent leases to the school
sections in said town-
ships.
VOL. XIII.
11. An act incorporating the Circulating
Library Society, Cincinnati.
14. An act to incorporate the
Theological Library Society of Burton,
County of Geauga.
75. An act to incorporate the Eaton
Library Society in the County of
Preble.
106. An act to enable the township
trustees in Champaign County to
make a permanent lease of fractional
School Section No. 16
for a mill site.
132. An act to incorporate the
Cincinnati Lancaster Seminary.
166. An act to provide for granting
permanent leases to certain tracts
of school lands in the United States
Military School lands.
285. An act to incorporate the Northern
Social Library Company of
Harpersfield.
288. An act to enable the inhabitants of
the 3rd Tp., R. 7, Washington
County to grant permanent leases for
School Section No. 16.
295. An act supplementary to the act
entitled, "An act to incorporate
the original surveyed townships."
302. An act to authorize the trustees of
Zanesville Township to make
a permanent lease on a certain lot of
school land.
305. An act to provide for the permanent
leasing of Section 16, 4th Tp.,
Range 14, County of Gallia.
307. An act further to amend the act
directing in what manner certain
lands in the Virginia Military Tract
shall be surveyed and
disposed of.
320. An act for the relief of David
Moore and others.
332. Resolution appointing four trustees
for the Ohio University.
335. Resolution appointing nineteen
trustees for Miami University.
Appendix B. 217
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PAGE
6. An act to incorporate the Waynesville
Library Company.
16. An act for granting a permanent
lease for the S. E. quarter of
Sec. 16, Tp. 3, R. 8, Greene County.
24. An act for granting a permanent
lease to school lands in Stark
County.
132. An act authorizing the trustees of
the original surveyed townships
of Fairfield County to grant permanent
leases for reserve
Section 16 within said county.
183. An act to grant permanent leases
for Section 16 in the original
surveyed township 2, R. 1, E. of the
meridian drawn from the
mouth of the Miami River.
183. An act to incorporate the
Montgomery Academy.
220. An act authorizing the permanent
leasing of a lot of school land
in Ross County.
256. An act to incorporate the Social
Library Society of Salem, County
of Ashtabula.
266. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act to incorporate the Dayton
Academy."
267. An act to vacate part of College
Street in the town of Athens.
275. An act providing for the permanent
leasing of Section 16 in Gallia
County.
418. An act directing the manner of
leasing the school lands within the
Virginia Military Tract.
440. An act to incorporate the Tallmadge
Academy, Portage County.
444. An act to provide for granting
permanent leases of certain tracts
of school lands in the U. S. Military
Tract, Guernsey County.
VOL. XV.
10. An act for leasing a certain part of
Section 16 in the John Cleve
Symmes Purchase.
63. An act to amend the act for granting
a permanent lease of a cer-
tain Section 16 in Greene County.
137. An act to provide for the
incorporation of schools and literary
companies.
195. An act regulating the practice of
physic and surgery.
202. An act to provide for leasing certain
school lands therein named
(Section 16).
245. Resolution appointing a trustee for
Ohio University.
VOL. XVI.
6. An act authorizing the leasing of a
portion of Section 16 in Ham-
ilton County to the Baptist Society for
a meeting house.
16. An act for leasing a certain part of
Section 16 in the County of
Butler.
218 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
PAGE
37. An act to authorize the drawing of a
lottery for the benefit of the
Ohio University.
79. An act exempting from taxation the
lands belonging to the Wright
Literary Society.
98. An act to repeal the 1st Section of
the act amending the act incor-
porating the Dayton Academy.
101. An act for the relief of John
Jordan.
103. An act to authorize the auditor to
proceed against William W.
Cotgreve, Register of the Virginia
Military school lands.
107. An act to amend the act entitled
"An act to regulate the practice
of physic and surgery."
109. An act to incorporate the Florence
Academy of Arts and Sciences
in Huron County.
119. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act providing for the leasing
of certain school lands therein
named."
122. An act to prevent the sale of town
lots for taxes in certain cases.
157. An act to incorporate the Union
School Association of the towns
of Harpersfield and Madison.
198. Resolution appointing twenty-six
trustees of the Miami University.
203. Resolution appointing a Register of
the Virginia Military school
lands.
VOL. XVII.
7. An act for the relief of John
Twaddle.
35. An act for the relief of purchasers
of the Virginia Military school
lands.
31. An act for the relief of Jermiah R.
Munson.
37. An act to authorize the
establishment of a medical school.
46. An act to incorporate the Cincinnati
College.
92. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act to regulate the admission
and practice of doctors and counsellors
of law."
97. An act to incorporate the Cadiz
Academy in the County of Har-
rison.
131. An act further to amend the several
acts establishing the Miami
University.
132. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act authorizing the trustees
of the original surveyed townships in
the County of Fairfield
to grant permanent leases, etc."
139. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act authorizing the Auditor
to proceed against William W.
Cotgreve."
144. An act to authorize the trustees of
Tp. 2, R. 1, within the Ohio
Company's Purchase in the County of
Washington to make a
distribution of school funds in said
township.
149. An act for leasing Section 16, Tp. 15, R. 13, in Wayne
County.
Appendix B. 219
PAGE
154. An act to amend an act entitled,
"An act to incorporate the Cir-
culating Library Company of
Cincinnati."
155. An act to establish a college in
the town of Worthington.
186. An act to incorporate the Union
Academy in the County of Mus-
kingum.
203. An act to enable the proprietors of
the town of Mansfield to ex-
change certain donations therein
contained.
VOL. XVIII.
Local.
3. An act to amend an act to provide for
the permanent leasing of
Section 16, Tp. 4, R. 14, Gallia County.
General.
18. An act providing for the
incorporation of townships.
45. An act further to amend the several
acts establishing a university
in the town of Athens.
54. An act to amend the act amending the
act for granting permanent
leases for a school section in Greene
County.
61. An act to amend the act
incorporating the Cadiz Academy.
66. An act for the relief of an orphan
Indian child.
71. An act for the relief of certain
lessees of the Virginia Military
school lands.
78. An act amending the act to
incorporate the Union Academy.
85. An act to incorporate the Lancaster
Academy.
154. Resolution directing the agents for
school lands in the U. S. Mili-
tary Tract to report.
160. Resolution appointing three
trustees of Ohio University.
VOL. XIX.
28. An act regulating the practice of
physic and surgery within this
state.
35. An act providing for the permanent
leasing of Sections 16 and 29
of Gallia County.
51. An act providing for the regulation
and support of common scools.
72. An act to provide for a revaluation
of certain school lands.
58. An act establishing a commercial
hospital and lunatic asylum for
the state of Ohio.
75. An act for the relief of certain
lessees of Section 16 in the Miami
Purchase.
78. An act enabling the trustees of a
certain school section in Clark
County to make a permanent lease.
102. An act relative to permanent
leases.
111. An act to amend an act levying a
tax on land.
140. An act further to amend the several
acts establishing the Miami
University.
220 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
PAGE
144. An act for the relief of lessees of
Section 16, Fairfield County.
144. An act to repeal the act for the
benefit of an Indian orphan child.
145. An act authorizing a loan for the
use of the state of Ohio.
155. An act authorizing permanent leases
of a certain Section 16 in
the County of Washington.
161. An act to provide for the leasing
of school lands within the U. S.
Military school district.
166. An act to amend the 14th Section of
the act to incorporate the
original surveyed townships.
212. Resolution appointing one trustee
of the Ohio University.
212. Authorizing the State Auditor to
settle the account of the Register
for the Virginia Military school lands.
213. Resolution reappointing Mordecai
Bartley register.
General. VOL.
XX.
6. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act relative to permanent
leases," passed January 29, 1821.
49. An act to amend the act concerning
the safekeeping of idiots, luna-
tics, etc., passed January 4, 1820.
53. An act supplementary to an act
regulating the duties of county
auditors and commissioners.
56. An act levying a tax on land.
84. An act supplementary to the act
entitled, "An act to incorporate
the original surveyed townships."
Local.
10. An act granting further time to the
lessees of school lands in the
Virginia Military tract for the payment
of arrearages in rent.
11. An act to incorporate the Academy of
Alma in the town of Adams,
Harrison County.
21. An act authorizing the township
trustees in Preble County to grant
a permanent lease with new conditions on
school lands.
27. An act to incorporate the Urbana
Academy.
30. An act to incorporate the Rutland
Academy in the County of Meigs.
34. An act regulating school lands in
the Connecticut Western Reserve.
36. An act amending the act to
incorporate the Social Library Asso-
ciation of Salem.
41. An act supplementary to the act allowing further time to the les-
sees of school lands in the Virginia
Military Tract for the
payment of arrearages of rent.
42. An act to authorize the inhabitants
of Tp. 2, R. 8, Washington
County to elect trustees for managing
School Section 16 in
said township.
47. An act to incorporate the Historical
Society of Ohio.
Appendix B. 221
PAGE
51. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act further to amend the
several acts establishing the Miami
University."
64. A committee report-Resolution
concerning the granting of school
lands.
86. Resolution authorizing the governor
to appoint seven commis-
sioners to report on a system of
education for common schools.
87. Resolution appointing two trustees
of the Ohio Unversity.
VOL. XXI.
General.
4. An act further to amend the act
authorizing the establishment of
a medical college.
5. An act to ascertain the number of
deaf and dumb persons in this
state.
26. An act levying a tax on land.
33. An act to authorize the surrender of
certain leases, and for other
purposes.
Local.
5. An act repealing the act granting
permanent leases for Section 16,
Tp. 2, R. 1, E.
31. An act amending the act to
incorporate the trustees of the Erie
Literary Society.
39. An act for the relief and benefit of
an orphan Indian child.
VOL. XXII.
General.
249. An act declaring what lands
situated within the State of Ohio are
subject to the payment of taxes.
381. An act concerning apprentices and
servants.
418. An act to incorporate the original
surveyed townships.
Local.
14. An act to incorporate the Franklin
Academy, Mansfield.
36. An act relating to the State
Library.
68. An act further to amend the several
acts establishing the Miami
University.
72. An act to incorporate the Norwalk
Academy, Huron County.
82. An act authorizing a special leasing
of the Virginia Military school
lands.
104. An act to incorporate the Belmont
Academy in St. Clairsville, Bel-
mont County.
106. An act to incorporate the Milford
Union School Society in Mil-
ford, Clermont County.
109. An act to incorporate the Jefferson
School Association.
142. An act to incorporate medical
societies.
222 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
PAGE
153. Resolution and memorial to Congress
on the subject of school
lands.
162. Resolution asking for school lands
in the Western Reserve.
164. Resolution appointing trustees of
the Ohio University.
186. Resolution appointing one trustee
of the Ohio University.
VOL. XXIII.
General.
16. An act to amend the act
incorporating medical societies, etc.
19. An act for the better regulation of
the Medical College of Ohio,
and making certain appropriations.
23. An act to amend the act levying a
tax upon land.
25. An act for the relief of lessees of
the Virginia Military school
lands.
36. An act to provide for the support
and better regulation of common
schools.
47. An act supplementary to several acts
regulating the admission of
attorneys, and for regulating the
practice of physicians and
surgeons.
58. An act establishing an equitable mode
of levying taxes in this state.
Local.
3. An act to incorporate the
Elizabethtown Library Society, Hamilton
County.
10. An act to provide for the leasing of
certain school lands therein
mentioned.
12. An act to incorporate the
Theological Seminary of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ohio.
18. An act to incorporate the
Circleville Academy.
22. An act to incorporate the College of
Alma in the town of New
Athens.
30. An act authorizing the County
Commissioners of Athens in Cler-
mont County to perform certain acts
therein named.
34. An act to provide for a valuation of
certain school lands.
40. An act authorizing a revaluation of
certain School Sections 16 in
Gallia County.
44. An act to incorporate the Literary
Society of St. Joseph's.
55. An act to enable the trustees of Tp.
3, R. 8, Washington County,
to revalue certain school lands.
76. An act to incorporate the Windham
Library Association, Portage
County.
78. An act to authorize the Auditor of
State to collect the amount due
from William W. Cotgreve to the Virginia
Military School
funds.
101. An act to incorporate the Social
Library of Kendall, Stark County.
Appendix B. 223
PAGE
106. Resolution appointing a trustee of
the Ohio University.
112. Resolution appointing two trustees
of the Ohio University.
114. Resolution for the purpose of
ascertaining the value of school
lands in this state.
116. Resolution appointing an agent for
the Western Reserve school
lands.
116. Resolution charging interest on the
loan of the Virginia Military
School Fund to a certain road fund.
VOL. XXIV.
General.
4. An act making special appropriations.
4. An act to incorporate and establish
the Medical College of Ohio.
17. An act amending the act for levying
taxes.
52. An act authorizing the trustees of
the Ohio University to dispose
of certain lands.
62. An act levying a tax for state
purposes.
63. An act amending an act to
incorporate the original surveyed town-
ships.
78. An act further to amend the act
incorporating medical societies.
81. An act making appropriations.
Local.
5. An act to incorporate the
Frederickstown Library Society, Knox
County.
24. An act to incorporate the Preble
Library Society.
33. An act authorizing the Commissioners
of Franklin County to do-
nate certain public buildings in
Franklinton to the Episcopal
Seminary.
35. An act to incorporate the Bloomfield
Social Library Society, Trum-
bull County.
36. An act to incorporate the Charity
School of Kendall, Stark County.
39. An act supplementary to the act
entitled, "An act to incorporate
the Theological Seminary of the
Protestant Episcopal Church."
49. An act to amend the act to
incorporate the College of Alma.
57. An act authorizing the County
Commissioners of Clermont County
to convey certain lands.
82. An act to incorporate the Social
Library Society, Fairfield, Colum-
biana County.
86. An act to incorporate the Aldrich
Library Association, Huron
County.
87. An act for the relief of James
Fraisure, and others.
92. An act to incorporate the
Mesopotamia Central School Society.
93. An act to incorporate the trustees
of the Western Reserve College.
122. Resolution appointing a register of
the Virginia Military School
Lands.
224 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
PAGE
122. Resolution directing the Auditor to
audit claims for interest against
William W. Cotgreve and others, to be
paid out of the Vir-
ginia Military Fund if found just.
123. Resolution allowing the widow of
said Cotgreve to receive rents
of the house and lot which she now
occupies, notwithstanding
any sale which may be made by virtue of
the judgment ob-
tained by the Auditor.
123. Resolution appointing trustees of
the Ohio University.
123. Resolution directing the Auditor to
transfer interest on loans made
for the Virginia Military School Fund to
a certain road fund.
126. Resolution appointing an agent for
certain school lands in the
Western Reserve.
VOL. XXV.
General.
20. An act supplementary to the act to
amend the act incorporating
medical societies.
26. An act to provide for the sale of
Section 16, granted by Congress
for the use of schools.
65. An act supplementary to the act to
provide for the support and
better regulation of common schools.
78. An act to establish a fund for the
support of common schools.
85. An act to loan the State of Ohio
school money from the Virginia
Military and U. S. Military Districts.
87. An act to establish an asylum for
the education of deaf and dumb
persons.
103. An act to obtain the consent of the
inhabitants for the sale of
school lands in the U. S. Military
District.
Local.
3. An act to incorporate the Dayton
Library.
4. An act appointing trustees for the
Miami University.
8. An act to incorporate the Franklin
Library Company of Little
Sandy.
18. An act to change a medical district.
24. An act for the relief of Henry
Wagner.
25. An act to provide for the
revaluation of certain school lands in
the Ohio Company's Purchase.
27. An act authorizing the revaluation
of certain school lands.
29. An act for the relief of certain
lessees of the U. S. Military school
lands in Guernsey County.
42. An act to incorporate the Brookfield
Library Society, Morgan
County.
45. An act enabling the inhabitants of
the Virginia Military District to
vote on the sale of school lands.
55. An act to incorporate the Harmony
Library Society, Fayette County.
56. An act to incorporate the Columbia
Library Society, Lorain County.
Appendix B. 225
PAGE
57. An act to incorporate the Buffalo
Library Society in the counties
of Guernsey, Morgan and Muskingum.
62. An act to incorporate the Woodward
Free Grammar School.
96. An act to incorporate the Middlebury
Academy of Perry County.
112. Resolution appointing a trustee of
Miami University.
112. Memorial to Congress asking that a
law be passed authorizing the
sale of Section 29 in the Ohio Company's
Purchase and the
John Cleve Symmes Purchase.
113. Resolution concerning a grant of
land to aid in the education of
the deaf and dumb persons.
114. Resolution directing the Auditor of
State to procure a list of all
appraisements of school lands in the
United States Military
district.
115. Petition asking for certain school
lands in the Western Reserve.
118. Resolution appointing agents for
school lands in the Western
Reserve.
122. Resolution requiring the President
and trustees of Ohio University
to report annually to the General
Assembly.
VOL. XXVI.
General.
4. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act to establish an asylum
for the education of deaf and dumb
persons."
4. An act directing the sale of sundry
Sections 16.
7. An act authorizing the treasurer of
Lincoln County to give bond.
10. An act amending the act providing
for obtaining the consent of
the inhabitants of the U. S. Military
School District for the
sale of lands.
23. An act providing for the sale of
school lands in the Virginia Mili-
tary District.
44. An act authorizing the register of
the Virginia Military school
lands to sell certain lots.
61. An act providing for the sale of
school lands in the United States
Military school district.
78. An act to return to the State of
Ohio certain school money.
80. An act to provide for granting
temporary leases of certain school
lands.
Local.
3. An act to incorporate the Newburgh
Library Society, Cuyahoga
County.
3. An act to incorporate the Liberty
Library Society, Butler County.
8. An act for the relief of certain
lessees.
13. An act to incorporate the Deacons of
the Regular Baptist Church
of Stillwater.
24. An act confirming the exchange of
school lands in Bellville.
Vol. XXVII- 15.
226 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
PAGE
27. An act to incorporate the Hubbard
Library Company, Trumbull
County.
27. An act authorizing the proprietors
of the town of Dresden to make
changes in school lots.
28. An act to establish and incorporate
the "Western Eye and Ear
Infirmary".
30. An act to incorporate the Cincinnati
Academy of Fine Arts.
41. An act to incorporate the Union
Library Society of Lexington.
47. An act authorizing the leasing of
certain school lands.
54. An act to incorporate the Cincinnati
Medical Academy.
67. An act to incorporate the
Goshen School Association, Logan
County.
78. An act authorizing a sale of the
property of Cadiz Academy.
88. An act authorizing the revaluation
of certain school lands.
106. An act to incorporate the Hartford
Library Society, Trumbull
County.
107. An act to incorporate the Lorain
Library Society.
119. An act to incorporate the Yellow
Spring Library Society, Greene
County.
135. An act enabling the inhabitants of
the Connecticut Western Re-
serve to give their consent to the sale
of their school lands.
159. An act authorizing the trustees of
Township 10, Harrison County,
to execute new leases and revalue
certain school lands.
161. An act to incorporate the Monroe
Traveling and Circulating Li-
brary Society.
167. An act to incorporate the Nelson
Academy.
169. An act granting aid to the trustees
of the Tallmadge School for
the education of deaf and dumb persons.
175. Resolution concerning a grant of
school land in the Connecticut
Western Reserve.
176. Resolution asking a grant of land
for the Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb.
179. Resolution permitting taxes on
lands belonging to Kenyon College.
180. Resolution appointing three
appraisers of the Virginia Military
school lands.
181. Resolution directing the clerks of
the courts and the agents ap-
pointed to make out abstracts, etc., for
the U. S. Military
school lands.
VOL XXVII.
General.
8. An act amending the act authorizing
the trustees of the Ohio
University to dispose of certain lands.
11. An act to regulate grocers and
retailers of spirituous liquors.
32. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act to provide for the sale
of Section 16."
Appendix B. 227
PAGE
33. An act in addition to the act
entitled, "An act to incorporate and
establish the City of Cincinnati,
etc."
40. An act supplementary to the several
acts authorizing the surrender
of leases of U. S. Military school
lands, and amending the
act providing for the sale of said
lands.
51. An act providing for the
distribution of the proceeds of the Vir-
ginia Military school fund.
63. An act to provide further for the
Asylum for the Education of
the Deaf and Dumb.
64. An act amending the act entitled,
"An act for the sale of escheated
lands in the Township of
Gallipolis."
73. An act to provide for the support
and better regulation of com-
mon schools.
Local.
5. An act to incorporate the Social
Library Company of Madison,
Geauga County.
7. An act to incorporate the Zanesville
Athenaeum.
9. An act authorizing the register of
the U. S. Military school lands
to grant certificates of purchase to
certain individuals.
10. An act to amend an act incorporating
the Frederickstown Library
Society.
10. An act to incorporate the Social
Library of Greene, Trumbull
County.
14. An act to incorporate the Chester
Library Company, Geauga
County.
15. An act to amend an act entitled,
"An act to incorporate the Gallia
Academy."
17. An act for leasing certain school
lands in Belmont County.
21. An act to incorporate the Sunbury
Library Association, Delaware
County.
23. An act to create and establish a
fund for the support of common
schools in the County of Clermont.
26. An act for the sale of certain
school lands in Wayne County.
32. An act for the relief of the
purchasers of certain school lands
in Lawrence County.
36. An act to provide for the
revaluation of certain school lands,
Perry County.
36. An act for the relief of William
Potter.
40. An act authorizing the revaluation
of certain school lands therein
described
62. An act authorizing the conveyance of
a certain tract of land
therein described.
63. An act to incorporate the Ohio
Social Library Society, Morgan
County.
228 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
PAGE
64. An act authorizing the leasing of
certain school lands in the Ohio
Company's Purchase.
68. An act for the relief of Henry
Magner.
72. An act to incorporate the Methodist
Church of Zanesville.
76. An act to amend the act
incorporating the Charity School of
Kendall.
88. An act authorizing the revaluation
of certain school lands therein
described.
90. An act authorizing the Auditor of
Shelby County to sell certain
Sections 16 in said county.
92. An act to incorporate the Ohio
Mechanics' Institute.
95. An act to incorporate Nelson Library
Society.
96. An act to incorporate the Barlow
Library Society in Washington
County.
99. An act to create and establish a
common school fund in that part
of the County of Warren composed of the
Virginia Military
District.
105. An act to incorporate the Lyme and
Ridgefield Circulating Li-
brary Society, Huron County.
103. An act to incorporate the Granville
Library, Licking County.
106. An act directing the sale of
certain school Sections 16, Preble
County.
112. An act authorizing the leasing of
Sections 16 and 29 of the
11th Tp., R. 14.
118. An act to incorporate the Lane
Seminary, Hamilton County.
127. An act to incorporate the Madison
Library Association, Hamilton
County.
128. An act authorizing the revaluation
of certain school lands in Mus-
kingum County.
131. An act to incorporate the trustees
of the Columbus Presbytery.
139. An act to incorporate the Vernon
Library Society, Scioto County.
147. An act to incorporate the Education
Society of Painesville, Cuya-
hoga County.
152. An act to incorporate the
Hillsborough Academy, Highland County.
165. An act authorizing the school
directors in the Township of Fair-
field, Butler County, to make a certain
appropriation of money.
170. Memorial to Congress concerning
school lands in the Western
Reserve.
171. Resolution for the location of the
deaf and dumb asylum at Co-
lumbus.
173. Resolution appointing a register of
the Virginia Military school
lands.
174. Resolution appointing two trustees
of the Ohio University.
174. Memorial to Congress concerning a
donation for the benefit of
colleges and universities.
Appendix B. 229
PAGE
177. Resolution appointing two trustees
of the Charity school of Ken-
dall.
177. Resolution instructing the
Secretary of State to have two thou-
sand copies of the school law printed in
German.
177. Resolution appointing trustees for
the Medical College of Ohio.
178. Resolution for printing the school
laws.
179. Resolution making certain
appropriations to the Register of the
Virginia Military School Lands.
180. Resolution directing the Auditor of
State to transmit certain school
moneys to Clermont County.
VOL. XXVIII.
General.
11. An act amending the act providing
for the distribution of the
Virginia Military school fund.
13. An act to incorporate the Township
of Black River, Lorain County.
16. An act in addition to and further to
amend the act providing for
the sale of Section 16.
17. An act in addition to the act
providing for the sale of school lands
in the Virginia Military District.
30. An act to amend the act establishing
an asylum for the education
of the deaf and dumb.
35. An act further to amend the act
providing for the sale of Sec
tion 16.
55. An act in addition to an act to
establish a fund for the support
of common schools.
59. An act to amend the act to provide
for the sale of certain lands
granted by Congress to the State of
Ohio.
Local.
3. An act providing for the appointment
of appraisers for the U. S
Military school lands, Guernsey County.
8. An act to incorporate the Venice
Library Society, in Butler County.
10. An act for the relief of James
Elder.
15. An act to enable the inhabitants of
the Western Reserve to give
their consent to the sale of their
school lands.
20. An act authorizing the sale of
certain school lands.
21. An act authorizing the leasing of a
certain school section therein
named.
22. An act to incorporate the
Brecksville Columbiana Literary Society,
Cuyahoga County.
23. An act to incorporate the Dresden
Literary Society, Muskingum
County.
27. An act allowing the citizens of
Rossville to appropriate certain
lots for public uses.
230 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
PAGE
28. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational Church of Cin-
cinnati.
46. An act to incorporate the Windsor
Library Society, Ashtabula
County.
52. An act authorizing the revaluation
of certain school land in Gallia
County.
53. An act appointing trustees for the
Miami University.
55. An act authorizing the
reappraisement of certain school land in
Perry County.
56. An act supplementary to the act providing
for distributing certain
school funds in Clermont County.
57. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act to provide for the sup-
port and better regulation of Common
Schools."
57. An act to provide for the
distribution of the proceeds of the Vir-
ginia Military School Funds heretofore
appropriated to the
County of Clermont.
60. An act for the relief of James
McMullen.
62. An act to incorporate the
Mesopotamia Library Company, Trum-
bull County.
70. An act to incorporate the Marietta
Library Society.
82. An act providing for the payment of
certain claims out of the
United States School Fund.
88. An act to authorize the leasing of
school lands therein named.
88. An act to incorprate the College of
Ripley, Brown County.
92. An act to enable the Knoxville
School Company, Jefferson County,
to close the concerns of said company.
93. An act to incorporate the trustees
of the Windham School Com-
pany.
94. An act to incorporate the First Free
Church in Warren Township,
Jefferson County.
102. An act to incorporate the First
Lutheran Church in Ross Town-
ship, Jefferson County.
112. An act amending the act to provide
for obtaining the consent of
the United States Military District to
sell their school lands.
113. An act to provide for the sale of
certain school land in Belmont
County.
116. An act to incorporate the High
School of Elyria, Lorain County.
140. An act to incorporate the
Associated Methodist Church of Spring-
field.
153. An act to provide for the
revaluation and sale of a certain school
section therein named.
153. An act to provide for the
revaluation and sale of a certain tract
of school land in Stark County.
157. An act to authorize the survey of
certain school lands in Fairfield
County.
Appendix B. 231
PAGE
164. An act to incorporate the Newbury
Social Library Society,
Geauga County.
165. An act to incorporate the town of
Steubenville.
179. An act to incorporate the Lancaster
Harmonic Society.
198. Resolution appointing trustees of
the Charity School of Kendall.
202. Resolution appointing trustees for
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
203. Resolution authorizing the sale of
a certain Section 16 in Monroe
County.
205. Resolution providing for
distributing two thousand copies of the
act providing for the distribution of
the Virginia Military
School fund.
206. Resolution appointing a trustee of
the Ohio University.
VOL. XXIX.
General.
89. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational Church in Bur-
lington.
90. An act authorizing the appraisement
and sale of school lands in
the Connecticut Western Reserve.
161. An act for the prevention of
certain immoral practices.
272. An act pointing out the mode of
levying taxes.
304. An act regulating sales at auction.
313. An act for granting licenses.
427. An act establishing an asylum for
the education of deaf and dumb
persons, and repealing previous laws.
446. An act to regulate public shows.
469. An act to protect the fur trade.
423. An act to establish a fund for the
support of Common Schools.
477. An act for the inspection of
certain articles therein named.
490. An act to incorporate the original
surveyed townships.
Local.
11. An act to incorporate the Dover
Library Society, Athens County.
13. An act to incorporate the Ashtabula
Library Association.
21. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational Society of Twins-
burgh.
25. An act to incorporate the
Williamsburgh Library Society, Cler-
mont County.
25. An act to further amend the act
providing for the distribution
of the Virginia Military School Fund.
26. An act authorizing the treasurer of
Muskingum County to issue
certificates of purchase for certain
school lands.
31. An act to incorporate the First
Presbyterian Society of Atwater.
41. An act to incorporate the Social
Circulating Library Association
of Waverly, Pike County.
232 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
PAGE
42. An act to incorporate the
Brecksville Academical Association, Cuy
ahoga County.
43. An act to incorporate the Woodward
High School of Cincinnati.
47. An act postponing the sale of
certain school lands in Columbiana
County.
49. An act to incorporate the Hamilton
and Rossville Library Society,
Hamilton County.
50. An act to incorporate the
Middleberry Library Company.
51. An act for the relief of John M.
Holly and John C. Coffing, Hu-
ron County.
57. An act to incorporate the Olmstead
Library Company, Cuyahoga
County.
66. An act to amend the act
incorporating the Madison College of
Ohio.
67. An act to incorporate the Athens
Library Society, Athens County.
74. An act to incorporate the
Erodelphian Society of Cincinnati.
81. An act further supplementary to the
several acts authorizing the
surrender of leases of United States
Military school lands, etc.
83. An act to incorporate the Ashtabula
Social Library Association,
Ashtabula County.
89. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational Church in Burling-
ton, Licking County.
90. An act authorizing the survey,
appraisement and sale of all the
school lands in the Connecticut Western
Reserve.
100. An act to incorporate the Wayne and
Cherry Valley Union Li-
brary Association in Ashtabula County.
121. An act directing the sale of
certain school Sections 16 in Butler
County.
122. An act amending the act to
incorporate the Cincinnati Academy
of Fine Arts.
122. An act to incorporate the
Historical and Philosophical Society of
Ohio.
126. An act to incorporate the
Cincinnati Lyceum.
130. An act authorizing the Auditor of
Piqua County to grant certifi-
cates of purchase for certain school
lands.
135. An act authorizing the Auditor of
Seneca County to grant certifi-
cates of purchase for certain school
lands.
137. An act to incorporate the trustees
of the Ashtabula Institution
of Science and Industry.
139. An act to incorporate the Delaware
Academy.
142. An act repealing the final part of
the 11th Section of the act to
incorporate medical societies.
142. An act to incorporate the Utica
Library Society, Licking County.
179. An act to incorporate the Capitol
Library Society of Columbus.
Appendix B. 233
PAGE
184. An act for the relief of purchasers
of certain school lands, Ross
County.
185. An act supplementary to the act
providing for the sale of school
lands in the Virginia Military District.
186. An act authorizing the revaluation
of a certain Section 16 Gallia
County.
187. An act making further provision for
the sale of Section 16 granted
by Congress for the use of schools.
188. An act appointing one trustee for
the Miami University.
196. An act incorporating the
Philomathesian Society of Kenyon Col-
lege.
203. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational Church of Yellow
Creek, Jefferson County.
204. An act for the relief of Hugh
Porter.
207. An act for the sale of certain
school lands therein named.
210. An act to amend the act providing
for the distribution of the pro-
ceeds of the Virginia Military School
Fund for Clermont
County.
215. An act for the relief of certain
purchasers of school lands in Stark
County.
229. An act to provide for the
distribution of the proceeds of the Vir-
ginia Military School Fund.
235. Resolution appointing trustees for
the College of Ripley.
235. Resolution granting certain
historical documents to the Zanesville
Athenaeum.
239. Resolution appointing trustees for
the Ohio Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum.
240. Resolution authorizing the Auditor
of Muskingum County to re-
ceive leases of school lands and grant
certificates of purchase.
242. Resolution appointing an agent for
school lands in the Western
Reserve.
244. Resolution directing that all
school lands sold shall be placed on
the tax duplicate.
246. Resolution appropriating money for
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
247. Resolution concerning the printing
of the school laws.
249. Resolution directing several boxes
of government documents to
be sent to certain institutions.
VOL. XXX.
General.
4. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act to provide for the sup-
port and better regulation of Common
Schools."
13. An act for the relief of certain
lessees of school lands, etc.
20. An act amending the act to establish
an asylum for the deaf and
dumb.
234 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Local.
3. An act postponing the sale of a
certain Section 16 in Clermont
County.
4. An act authorizing the trustees of a
certain Section 16, Hamilton
County, to divide said section.
4. An act to incorporate the Hayesville
Library Association, Medina
County.
30. An act to incorporate the Kinsman
Academy, Trumbull County.
38. An act authorizing the Auditor of
Shelby County to receive a lease
and grant certificates of purchase for
certain school lands.
47. An act to incorporate the president
and trustees of the Canton
Academy.
60. An act to incorporate the New Paris
Library Society, Preble
County.
62. An act to incorporate the Farmington
Academy.
64. An act to enable the lessees of
certain school land in Richland
County to surrender their leases, etc.
64. An act to incorporate the First
Calvinistic Congregational Society
of Hudson.
84. An act appointing one trustee for
the Miami University.
87. An act to incorporate the First
Universalian Religious Library
Society, of Marietta.
88. An act to incorporate the
"Granville Literary and Theological In-
stitution."
111. An act to incorporate the Ashtabula
Academy, Ashtabula County.
132. An act to amend the act authorizing
the survey, sale, etc., of
school lands in the Western Reserve.
133. An act to incorporate the
Clarksfield Library Society, Huron
County.
134. An act to incorporate the Darke
County Library Society.
141. An act to incorporate the Huron
Institute.
157. An act to incorporate the First
Presbyterian Society of Middle-
bury.
178. An act to postpone the sale of a
certain Section 16, Seneca County.
229. An act to incorporate the
Steubenville Athenaeum.
230. An act to provide for the
distribution of the Virginia Military
School Fund.
232. An act to incorporate the Western
Academic Institute and Board
of Education.
234. An act to provide for the sale of
certain Sections 16 in Hamilton
County.
238. An act to authorize the Auditor of
Guernsey County to grant
certificates of purchase for certain
school lands.
244. An act to incorporate the Guernsey
Library and Reading Room.
247. An act amending the act authorizing
the Auditor of Seneca County
to grant certificates of purchase, etc.
Appendix B. 235
PAGE
265. An act for the relief of the
lessees of a certain Section 16 in
Morgan County.
267. An act to incorporate the Farmers'
Library Company, Seneca
County.
268. An act to authorize the Governor to
make deeds in certain cases.
275. An act to incorporate the Library
Society of London, in Madison
County.
276. An act to incorporate the West
Branch Library Association, in
Miami County.
277. An act to incorporate the Farmers'
and Mechanics' Library Society
of Berkshire, Delaware County.
319. An act making appropriations for
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
324. Resolution appointing trustees for
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
325. Resolution appointing trustees,
College of Ripley.
325. Resolution appointing trustees of
the Ohio University.
326. Resolution appointing a trustee for
the Ohio University.
326. Resolution granting the
Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum use of the State Library.
327. Resolution appointing a Register of
the Virginia school lands.
331. Resolution appointing trustees of
the Medical College of Ohio.
336. Memorial to Congress concerning a
grant for the use of a Deal
and Dumb Asylum.
338. Resolution granting Caleb Atwater
authority to make abstracts of
certain documents.
SECOND SESSION.
VOL. XXX.
Local.
8. An act making an approprition to aid
in the establishment of a
Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
8. An act amending an act authorizing
the survey, etc., of school
lands in the Western Reserve.
VOL. XXXI.
General.
18. An act to amend the act entitled,
"An act to prescribe the duties
of the County Treasurer."
24. An act to amend the act establishing
an Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb.
24. An act supplementary to the act
establishing a fund for the sup-
port of common schools.
24. An act to amend an act to provide
for the support and better
regulation of common schools.
236 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
PAGE
26. An act to authorize the surrender of
leases of School Section 16
in certain cases.
27. An act to repeal the act to
incorporate medical societies, etc.
Local.
3. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational Society of Franklin,
Portage County.
4. An act to incorporate the St. Mary's
Female Literary Society.
5. An act making special provisions for
the sale of a certain Section
16, Jefferson County.
10. An act to incorporate the Dane Law
Library.
18. An act to incorporate the
"Marietta College Institute and Western
Teachers' Seminary."
19. An act to incorporate the First
Methodist Protestant Church of
Xenia, Greene County.
19. An act to incorporate the First
Presbyterian Congregation in
Wellsville, Columbiana County.
31. An act to incorporate the Milford Library Association, Union
County.
33. An act to amend an act to
incorporate the Academy of Perry
County.
52. An act to incorporate and establish
the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum.
58. An act to incorporate the Mt. Vernon
Lyceum.
58. An act making special provision for
leasing a certain School Sec-
tion 16 in Jefferson County.
62. An act authorizing the Auditor of
Washington County to sell
certain school lands.
63. An act to incorporate the Cleveland
Library Company.
65. An act to incorporate the Nu Pi
Kappa Society.
67. An act to incorporate the Miamisburg
Union Meeting and School-
House Company.
72. An act authorizing the lessees of
certain school lands in Carroll
County to surrender their leases, etc.
81. An act to incorporate the Cincinnati
Literary Society.
81. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational Society in Free-
dom, Portage County.
83. An act to incorporate the Farmers'
and Mechanics' Library Asso-
ciation in Aurora, Portage County.
84. An act to authorize the Auditor of
Sandusky County to sell cer-
tain land.
89.
An act to incorporate the Massillon Library Society.
92. An act to incorporate the
McConnelsville Athenaeum.
93. An act to authorize the Auditor of
Seneca County to complete
certain contracts.
94. An act to incorporate the Eden
Library Association, Seneca County.
Appendix B. 237
PAGE
105. An act to incorporate the Franklin
Library Association of Guil-
ford, Medina County.
117. An act for the relief of Jacob
Hammer.
117. An act to incorporate the Cleveland
Lyceum, Cuyahoga County.
131. An act to incorporate the First
Congregational or Presbyterian
Church and Society of Granville, Licking
County.
132. An act to incorporate the
Fitchville Library Society, Huron County.
133. An act repealing the act to
incorporate the president and trustees
of the Canton Academy.
134. An act extending the time for
making payment by the purchasers
of certain Virginia Military School
Lands.
159. An act to incorporate the Wadsworth
Library Society, Medina
County.
160. An act authorizing the Auditor of
Wayne County to apportion
school moneys.
160. An act to incorporate the First
Presbyterian Church of Mt. Leigh,
Adams County.
174. An act amending the act to
incorporate the trustees of Chillicothe
Academy.
178. An act prohibiting the sale of a
certain Section 16 in Preble
County.
186. An act appointing trustees for the
Miami University.
187. An act providing for the sale of a
certain Section 16 in Darke
County.
188. An act to incorporate the
Chillicothe Female Seminary.
193. An act to incorporate the Wayne
County Ohio Teachers' Asso-
ciation.
195. An act to incorporate the Lancaster
Library Association, Fairfield
County.
197. An act to incorporate the
Cincinnati Medical Society.
198. An act to provide for the
distribution of the proceeds of the
United States Military School Funds.
204. An act to provide for the sale of a
certain Section 16 in Wayne
County.
205. An act concerning the sale of
certain school lands in Preble
County.
207. An act to incorporate the Ohio
Medical Lyceum in Cincinnati.
227. An act to incorporate the Urbana
Athenaeum.
234. An act to incorporate the Xenia
Lyceum.
238. An act appropriating fifteen
hundred dollars for the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum.
238. An act relating to the Miami
University lands.
248. An act concerning the sale of
certain school lands in the Counties
of Guernsey, Hancock and Champaign.
238 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
PAGE
259. Memorial to Congress concerning a
school grant in the Western
Reserve.
265. Resolution appointing trustees of
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
266. Resolution concerning statutes
against certain delinquent lessees.
267. Resolution appointing trustees of
Ripley College.
268. Resolution appointing a register of
the Virginia Military School
Lands.
269. Resolution granting free tuition to
an indigent student in each
district in the Medical College.
272. Resolution directing the Governor
to provide for an inspection of
the Medical College.
VOL. XXXII.
General.
12. An act to provide for the
revaluation of real property in this
state.
20. An act to provide for the punishment
of certain crimes therein
named.
25. An act to provide for the support
and better regulation of Com-
mon Schools.
36. An act further to amend the act
establishing a deaf and dumb
asylum.
47. An act to provide for the inspection
of salt.
Local.
33. An act appointing trustees of Miami
University.
76. An act authorizing applying school
funds on building.
84. An act appointing a trustee of Miami
University.
100. An act amending an act establishing
the School Fund, Warren
County.
143. An act providing for the
distribution of the School Fund of Car-
roll County.
168. An act authorizing the auditor to
settle accounts, Section 16,
Wayne County.
187. An act providing for the
distribution of United States Military
School Funds.
216. An act authorizing the sale of
Section 16, Ohio Company's Pur-
chase.
428. Making appropriations, Deaf and
Dumb Asylum.
ACTS INCORPORATING EDUCATIONAL AND
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
Medina County Athenaeum, 8; Medina
County Medical Lyceum, 9;
Rome Library Company, 16; Young Men's
Reading and Literary So-
ciety in Morgan, Ashtabula County, 31;
German Lutheran Seminary, 46;
Richfield Social Library, 31; Baptist
Convention of Ohio, 63; (amend-
Appendix B. 239
atory) Norwalk Academy, 85; Springfield
Lyceum, 105; Phylozetian So-
ciety, Western Reserve College, 105;
Akron Lyceum and Library Asso-
ciation, Portage County, 142; Elyria
Lyceum, 140; Harmony Library
Company, Muskingum County, 150; Guilford
Lyceum, Medina County,
150; Chillicothe Lyceum and Mechanics'
Institute, 165; Ravenna Acad-
emy, 177; Gustavus Center Library
Company, Trumbull County, 177;
Lagrange Library Association, Lorain
County, 191; Philosophic Literary
Society, Franklin College, 193;
Cincinnati Law Library, 195; (amend-
atory) Granville Literary and
Theological Institution, 215; Zanesville
Juvenile Lyceum, 217; The Teachers'
Institute, 217; Union Academy,
Wayne County, 223; Springborough Library
Company, Warren County,
225; Oberlin Collegiate Institute, 226;
Circleville Athenaeum, 234; Vinton
Academy, Gallia County, 234; Free
Discussion Library, Andover, Ashta-
bula County, 238; Social Library
Company, Geauga County, 265; Spring-
field High School, 270; Female Academy,
Mt. Vernon, 333; Willoughby
University of Lake Erie, 376;
(amendatory) The Theological Seminary
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 380.
ACTS CONCERNING CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS
INCORPORATIONS MENTIONING
EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS.
Presbyterian Church, Long Run,
Columbiana County, 31; Free Will
Baptist Church, Conneaut, Ashtabula
County, 64; First Regular Baptist
Church Society, Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, 161; Mt. Zion M. E.
Church, Clark County, 167; Presbyterian
Church, Steubenville, 194;
Baptist Church and Society, Conneaut,
Ashtabula County, 329.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING OR LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Guernsey County, 30; Virginia Military
School Lands, 42; Huron
County, 43; Muskingum County, 47;
Jefferson County, 53; Hamilton
County, 88; Columbiana County, 95;
Butler County, 162; Athens County,
184 and 189; Tuscarawas County, 193;
Washington County, 214; Stark
County, 233; Sandusky County, 325.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
(Amendatory). Town of Fulton, 116; City
of Cincinnati (Sections
29 to 36), 244.
Resolutions Concerning:
Trustees, Charity School of Kendall,
435; trustees, Ohio University,
436; Public lands for education, 451;
trustees, Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
453; West Point Military Academy, 456.
240 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
VOL. XXXIII.
General Acts.
(Amendatory). The method of levying
taxes, 48; incorporation of
townships, 49.
Local Acts.
(Amendatory). Distribution of United Stat's Military School
Funds, 15; appointing trustee of the
Miami University, 33; distribution of
interest of Western Reserve School Fund,
394; appropriation for the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, 435.
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Stephen Strong's Manual Labor Seminary,
75; Richland Classical
Institute, Jefferson County, 21;
(amendatory), Woodward High School,
Cincinnati, 23; Penfield Library
Society, Lorain County, 38; New Lyme
Young Men's Society, 38; Mansfield High
School, Ashtabula County, 48;
Conneaut Academy, 51; Marietta College,
53; renaming the Ashtabula In-
stitute of Science and Industry, Grand
River Institute, 79; Windham
Academy, 87; Granville Female Seminary,
87; Fellenburgh Institute, Me-
dina County, 112; Milford Library
Association, 177; (amendatory) Edu-
cation Society, Painesville, 118;
Delaware Library Association, 119; Gal-
lipolis Lyceum, 148; Roscoe Social
Library, Coshocton County, 149; Social
Library Company, Medina County, 149;
Wesleyan Female Seminary,
Mansfield, 153; Darrtown Library
Company, Butler County, 160; Eclectic
Academy of Medicine, Cincinnati, 161;
Wadsworth Academy, 190; Paines-
ville Lyceum and Library Society, 197;
Academic Institution of Litchfield,
Medina County, 199; (amendatory) Miami
University, 298; Hamilton and
Rossville Female Academy, 305; Western
Baptist Education Society, 317;
Vermilion Library Company, Huron County,
320; Circleville Female
Seminary, 321; Bishop's Fraternal
Calvinistic Baptist Seminary, 328;
Urbana Juvenile Library, 330;
(amendatory) Springfield High School,
341; Cuyahoga Lyceum, 396; Berea Lyceum,
441.
ACTS CONCERNING CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS
INCORPORATIONS MENTIONING
EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS.
Associated Congregation of West Union,
Columbiana County, 3;
First Presbyterian Society, Ashtabula,
7; Wardens and Vestrymen of
the Parish of St. Peter's Church, Rome,
Ashtabula County, 80; First
Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga
County, 114; First Regular
Baptist Church of Christ, Berkshire,
Ross County, 127; First Congrega-
tional Society, Litchfield, Medina
County, 181; M. E. Church and Society,
Ashtabula County, 184; First
Presbyterian Society, Wadsworth, Medina
County, 198; Union Presbyterian Church,
Bloom Township, Seneca
County, 212; First Congregational
Society, Harrisville, Medina County,
Appendix B. 241
218; First Presbyterian Congregation of
Olivesville, Richland County,
251; First Baptist Church, Norwalk,
Huron County, 253; First Congre-
gational Society, Solon, Cuyahoga
County, 256; First Congregational So-
ciety, Strongville, Cuyahoga County,
301; Immanuel Church, New Phil-
adelphia, 322; Regular Baptist Church,
Wooster, Wayne County, 339;
First Congregational Society, Munson,
Geauga County, 342; First Pres-
byterian Church, Jefferson, Franklin
County, 346; First Baptist Church,
Cherry Valley, Ashtabula County, 348;
First Congregational Church, Ver-
milion, Huron County, 365; First
Congrgeational Society, Kirtland,
Geauga County, 374; First Universalist
Society, Scipio, Seneca County,
401.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING OR LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Relief of Sylvester Pearson, Athens
County, 13; (extending time
of payment) Richland and Logan Counties,
34; (extending time of pay-
ment) Western Reserve, 35; Allen County,
57; Butler County, 78; relief
of purchasers in certain cases, 91;
(extending time of payment) Butler
County, 115; Western Reserve (to vote on
sale) 128; Wayne County,
150; Seneca County, 178; Wood County,
206; Columbiana County, 214;
Wood County, 302; Crawford County, 344;
Harrison County, 370; Allen
County, 382; (extending time of payment)
Richland County, 387.
Resolutions Concerning:
Trustees, Charity School of Kendall 438;
Trustees, Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, 448; to ascertain the number of
blind, 453; Trustees, Ohio Med-
ical College, 458; Trustees, Ohio
Medical College, 469.
VOL. XXXIV.
General.
Law to incorporate religious societies,
17; providing for the sup-
port of Common Schools, 19; making
appropriations (Deaf and Dumb
Asylum), 39.
Local.
Authorizing the use of township money
for Common Schools (Darke
County) 446; (amendatory) distribution
of Virginia Military School
Fund, 469; appointing trustees, Miami
University, 528; making an appro-
priation to Franklin College, 610.
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Universal School of Massillon, 6; Young
Men's Mercantile Library
Association, Cincinnati, 27;
(amendatory) Woodward High School, Cin-
cinnati, 27; Belleville Library Company,
Richland County, 83; Western
Academy of Natural Sciences, 110;
Highland Library Association, 133;
Wellsville Literary Institute, 190;
Putnam Classical Institute, 190; Bedford
Vol. XXVII -16.
242 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
Lyceum, 191; Bedford Library Company,
Cuyahoga County, 197; (amend-
atory) Nelson Academy, 222; Seneca
County Academy, 242; Madison
Liberal Institute, 242; Jefferson
Literary Society, Franklin College, 289;
Calliopean Society, Granville Literary
Institution, 381; Hopewell Library
Company, 383; Wooster Academy, 386;
North Union School Association,
Carroll County, 402; Shaw Academy, Cuyahoga
County, 408; Rome Aca-
demical Company, Ashtabula County, 411;
Academy of Sylvania, 458;
Granville Academy, 460; Westfield
Library Society, Medina County, 467;
Brooklyn Library Company, Cuyahoga
County, 468; Greensville Library
Association, 468; Port Washington
Library and Lyceum Company, Tus-
carawas County, 488; Rutland Library
Association, 488; Sharon Academy,
Medina County, 514; McIntire Poor
School, Zanesville, 574; Medina Acad-
emy Lyceum, Cuyahoga County, 546; Cleves
Independent School, Hamil-
ton County, 547.
ACTS CONCERNING CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS
INCORPORATIONS MENTIONING
EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS.
Associated Reform Church, Piqua, Miami
County, 7; M. E. Church,
Canton, Stark County, 11; First
Congregational Church, Rome, Ashtabula
County, 28; Presbyterian Church,
Monroeville, Jefferson County, 43;
German Reform Church, Dayton, Montgomery
County, 45; First Metho-
dist Society, Sandusky, Huron County,
47; Wardens and Vestrymen of
Grace Church, Huron County, 51;
Protestant Episcopal Church, Bellevue,
Huron County, 53; First Congregational
Society, Lagrange, Lorain
County, 79; Lutheran and German Reform
Church, New Rumley, Harri-
son County, 82; First Congregational
Society, Geauga County, 95;
Cheviot Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
County, 98; German Reform
Church, Greene County, 119; Presbyterian
Congregation, Carrolton, 182;
M. E. Church, Willisville, Columbiana
County, 193; First Presbyterian
Church, Lower Sandusky, Sandusky County,
246; First Presbyterian
Church, Knoxville, Jefferson County,
248; First Presbyterian Church,
Norwalk, Huron County, 290; First
Presbyterian Church, New Lisbon,
292; First Presbyterian Church, Olive
Township, Morgan County, 293;
Middlebury Baptist Church, 390; Free Will
Baptist Society, 478; Presby-
terian Church, Helson, Licking County,
483; First Episcopal Church,
Maumee City, Lucas County, 488; Wardens
and Vestrymen, St. Paul's
Church, Norwalk, 513; Second Baptist
Church and Society, Geauga
County, 524; First Baptist Church,
Madison, Geauga County, 555; First
Baptist Church, Massillon, 587.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING OR LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
(Amendatory) Virginia Military District,
15; Carroll County, 16;
Richland County, 72; Seneca County, 91;
Jackson County, 118; Ohio
Company's Purchase, 121; (extending the
time of payment) Butler
County, 128; Wayne County, 130; Butler
County, 134; Seneca County,
Appendix B. 243
134; Relief of Charles Stewart, 144;
twelve mile reserve, 152; Crawford
County, 218; Guernsey County, 312;
Carroll County, 313; (extending the
time of payment) Richland County, 373;
Crawford County, 400; (ex-
tending the time of payment) Logan
County, 447; (extending the time of
payment) Richland County, 447; Ohio
Company's Purchase, 523; Gallia
County, 589.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
City of Ohio, Section 29, 226; City of
Cleveland, Sections 19 to
29, 271; Town of Akron, Section 7, 433.
Resolutions Concerning:
Register, Virginia Military School
Lands, 639; report of Ohio
University, 643; trustees, Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, 647; distribution of
school laws, 647; Committee on Education
of Blind, 648; trustees, Ripley
College, 649; School District Manual,
659; information on European
school systems, 659; a deaf and dumb
student, 662.
VOL. XXXV.
General.
Declaring valid certain leases, 63;
creating the office of Superin-
tendent of Common Schools, 82; providing
for a geological survey, 84;
providing for distribution of the
state's share of U. S. surplus, 97; to
punish trespassers on public lands, 111;
appropriations Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, 113; provision for instruction
of the blind, 116; receiving for-
eign pupils in Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
118; levying a tax for state
purposes, 121.
Local.
increasing the number of trustees and
visitors of Common Schools,
Cincinnati, 141; appointing a trustee of
the Miami University, 152;
authorizing directors to levy a tax for
building purposes, Butler and
Geauga Counties, 243.
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Franklin Scientific and Rhetorical
Society, Western Reserve Col-
lege, 3; Springborough School Company,
Warren County, 4; Athenaeum
Literary Society, Ohio University, 5;
German Reformed Synod of Ohio,
9; Middlebury High School, Portage
County, 20; Putnam Lyceum, Mus-
kingum County, 22; Paris Library
Association, Richland County, 47;
New Lisbon Lyceum, 49; Blendon Library
Society, Franklin County,
53; St. Clair's Collegiate Seminary, 55;
North Royalton Social Library
Society, Cuyahoga County, 96; Darby
Creek Lyceum and Library Asso-
ciation, Union County, 104; (amendatory)
St. Clairsville Female Colle-
244 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
giate Seminary, 108; Warren Academy,
Trumbull County, 133; Shef-
field Manual Labor Institute, 139;
Columbus Literary and Scientific In-
stitute, 167; Neville Institute,
Columbiana County, 185; New Hagarstown
Academy, Carroll County, 193; Monroe
Lyceum of Natural History and
Library Association, Ashtabula County,
195; Ruggles Library Society,
Huron County, 196; Stark County Orphans'
Institute, 201; New Phila-
delphia Library Society, 237; Berea
Seminary, Cuyahoga County, 230;
(amendatory) North Union School
Association, Carroll County, 247;
Philomathean Literary Institute, Antrim,
Guernsey County, 262; Mus-
kingum College, 272; (amendatory) Miami
University, 303; Litchfield
Lyceum and Society, Medina County, 336;
Mechanics' Institute, Leba-
non, Warren County, 339; Sandusky City
Lyceum and Library Society,
Huron County, 340; Monroe Seminary,
Monroe County, 342; Parma
Library Association, Cuyahoga County,
346; Baptist Literary and Col-
legiate Institute, Huron County, 347;
(amendatory) Platonic. Library
Society, Delaware County, 353; Western
Collegiate Institute, 378; Troy
Academy, Miami County, 380; Stark County
Lyceum, 405; New Phila-
delphia Academy, 406; Teachers'
Institute, Licking County, 417; Mas-
sillon Academy, 425; (amendatory) Young
Men's Library Association,
Cincinnati, 445; Cleveland Female
Seminary, 511; Cleveland Female
Orphan Asylum, 513.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING AND LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
(Extending time of payment) Virginia
Military school lands, 10;
Ohio Company's Purchase, 14; relief of
John Feller, Fairfield County,
58; Muskingum County, 170; (repealing)
relief of John Feller, 175;
Monroe County, 184; Putnam County, 207;
Crawford County, 221; Ham-
ilton County, 224; Miami County, 229;
(extending time of payment)
Logan County, 230; (extending time of
payment) Butler County, 242;
Carroll County, 243; Wood County, 247;
Monroe County, 261; Darke
County, 265; Washington, Meigs and
Gallia Counties, 267; Crawford
County, 275; Jefferson County, 290; Wood
County, 297; Crawford
County, 319; Wood County, 321; Ohio
Company's Purchase, 352; Har-
din County, 437; (amendatory) selling of
Section 16, 446.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
City of Toledo, Section 29, 32.
Resolutions Concerning:
Athens College (requiring reports), 543;
trustees, Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, 555; Dr. Howe's Report,
education of the blind, 559; appro-
priation, State Superintendent of Common
Schools, 560; State Library,
562; trustees, Ohio Institution for the
Blind, 566.
Appendix B. 245
VOL. XXXVI.
General.
For the support of Common Schools, 21;
for the relief of the
Medical College of Ohio, 37; making
further provision for the Institu-
tion of the Blind, 49; amending the act
for the sale of Section 16, 63;
authorizing County Auditors to permit
certain school districts to receive
their portion of school funds, 73;
(amendatory) distribution of the
surplus revenue, 79; levying a tax for
state and school purposes, 85;
regulating office of County Auditors
(school duties), 90; appropria-
tions, State Library, Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, Professor Stowe's Report,
and Superintendent of Common Schools,
92.
Local.
Authorizing certain school districts to
borrow money for school-
houses, Stark County, 164; authorizing
the sale of public square, Win-
chester, Adams County (to erect
school-house), 98; authorizing a loan
to Ohio University, 205; for the relief
of the town of Dover, Tuscara-
was County, 211; authorizing a school
district in Stark County to bor-
row money (building), 227; appointing
trustees Miami University, 269.
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Rush Medical Society of Willoughby
University of Lake Erie, 15;
(amendatory) Lane Seminary, 22;
Theological Seminary of the Asso-
ciated Reform Synod of the West, 34;
Newark Athenaeum, 39; Akron
High School, Portage County, 52;
Cambridge Academy, Guernsey County,
98; Massillon Female Seminary, Stark
County, 98; Granger Library
Association, Medina County, 106; Ohio
Falls Primary Institute, Chagrin
Falls, Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties,
107; Western Reserve Wesleyan
Seminary, 157; Edinburgh Academy, 159;
Columbus Female Benevolent
Society, 185; Adelphic Society, Western
Reserve College, 186; Literary,
Historical and Philosophical Society,
Canton, Stark County, 187; Wayne
Academy, 190; Logan College, 203;
Immigrants' Friends Society, Section
2, Cincinnati, 208; Norwalk Female
Seminary, 210; Chester Academy,
Geauga County, 227; Eaton Academy,
Preble County, 231; Sandusky
Academy, Huron County, 235; Dover
Lyceum, Tuscarawas County, 220;
Union Men's Association, Toledo, 270;
Union Academy, Union County,
287; Dover Academy, Tuscarawas County,
317; Lebanon Medical So-
ciety, 347; Marion Academy, Marion
County, 362; First Mechanics
Lyceum, Marietta, Washington County,
365; Newark Association for
the Promotion of Education, 371;
Painesville Library Association,
Geauga County, 378.
246 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
ACTS CONCERNING CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS
INCORPORATIONS MENTIONING
EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION.
Society of United Christians, Berea,
Cuyahoga County, 238.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING AND LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Monroe County, 38; (extending time of
payment) Warren County,
49; Richland County, 50.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
(Amendatory) town of Fulton (Section 2),
199; (amendatory)
City of Cincinnati (Section 6), 241;
City of Chillicothe (Section 30),
274; (amendatory) Town of Portsmouth
(Sections 14 to 23), 329.
Resolutions Concerning:
State Superintendent of Common Schools,
399; Trustees, Medical
College of Ohio, 402; Professor Stowe's
Report (Elementary Public
Education in Europe), 402; Members of
the Geological Group, 403;
Geological Survey, 404; Professor
Stowe's Report, 404; appropriating
five hundred dollars, Professor Stowe,
404; trustees, Charity School of
Kendall, 404; trustees, Ohio Institution
for the Blind, 408; trustees, Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, 409; Common School
Reports and C. E. Stowe's
Report, 410; appointing Superintendent
of Common Schools, 411; school
tax on colored people, 412; school lands
in land acquired from Indians,
413; Report of Superintendent of Common
Schools, 415; concerning a
state University for teachers, 418.
VOLUME XXXVII.
General.
To regulate incorporated literary
societies, 49; (amendatory) for the
regulation of Common Schools, 61;
authorizing the Canal Fund Com-
missioners to borrow money, 68; making
appropriations of various items
concerning education, 71; for the relief
of holders of leases of Section
16, 78.
Local.
Authorizing school trustees to borrow
money, Gallipolis, 20; (amend-
atory) trustees of Windham School Fund,
50; organizing Hamilton, But-
ler County, into two school districts,
51; authorizing Chillicothe to bor-
row money (school purposes), 64;
concerning medical and surgical
supervision of the Commercial Hospital
of Ohio, 71; authorizing Troy
and Miami Counties to borrow money,
school building, 136; to remit a
building tax, Ashtabula County, 224; to
levy a school tax, 235; appoint-
ing trustees, Ohio University, 277;
authorizing Wooster to borrow money
(school purposes), 283; dividing Akron
into two school districts, 285.
Appendix B. 247
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Bigelow High School, Xenia, 6; Johnstown
Lyceum, Licking County,
13; Rockford Lyceum, Cuyahoga County,
18; McConnellsville Library
and Reading Room Association, 21;
Martinsburg Academy, Knox County,
30; Blendon Young Men's Seminary, 43;
Ashland Academy, Richland
County, 44; Western Reserve Teachers'
Seminary, 79; Oxford Female
Seminary, 80; First Universalian
Religious Library Society, Harmar, 84;
Asbury Seminary, Chagrin Falls, 109; St.
Mary's Library Association,
126; Dayton Mechanics Institute, 135;
Worthington Female Seminary,
141; Martinsville Silliman Institute and
Library Company, 144; Philo-
mathean Society, Ohio University, 146;
Franklin Library Association,
147; Universalist Institute, Ohio City,
155; Parkman Academy, Geauga
County, 156; Monroe Academical
Association, Monroe County, 166;
Woodsfield Lyceum, 168; Harveysburgh
High School Company, Warren
County, 169; Conneaut Lyceum, 195;
Literary and Botanical Medical
College of the State of Ohio, 208;
Elizabethtown Circulating Library
Company, Licking County, 217;
Perrysburgh Literary and Library Asso-
ciation, 219; Brooklyn Center Academy,
222; Auglaize Seminary, 254;
Lithopolis Academy, 255; Worthington
Literati, 256; Meigs County
High School and Teachers' Institute,
257; Mt. Pleasant Boarding School,
262; Fredonia Library Association,
Licking County, 263; Cuyahoga Falls
Institute, 263; Ravenna Female Seminary,
291; Malta Lyceum, 294; Fair-
field Library Association, Huron County,
295; Philomathean Literary
Institute changed to Mason College,
Guernsey County, 308; New Hagars-
town Female Seminary, 344;
(supplementary) Theological Seminary
Protestant Episcopal Church, 353.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING AND LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
(Extending time of payment) Butler
County, 10; Columbiana County,
39; Jefferson County, 88; (relief of
John Wolfe), Montgomery County,
130; Hocking County, 140; Greene County,
170; Jackson County, 198;
(extending time of payment) Holmes
County, 260; (relief of two les-
sees) Clark County, 315; Jefferson
County, 387.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
Support and better regulation of public
schools, Zanesville, 194;
(amendatory) City of Cincinnati, Section
6, 297.
Resolutions Concerning:
Report of the Superintendent of Common
Schools, 394; trustees,
Ripley College, 395; trustees, Blind
Asylum, 403; register, Virginia Mili-
tary District School Lands, 404;
(exemption from tuition) two deaf and
dumb students, 405; trustees, Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, 414.
248 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
VOLUME XXXVIII.
General.
Levying taxes, Section 1, 3; inspection
of salt (fines for schools), 25;
(amendatory) incorporating townships,
58; (amendatory) sale of Sec-
tion 16, 61; (amendatory) sale of school
lands, United States Military
School District, 62; (amendatory)
levying taxes, Section 1, 81; (extend-
ing time of payment) purchasers of
school lands, 83; abolishing the
office of Superintendent of Common
Schools, 131; making appropria-
tions (various educational items), 144.
Local.
Appointing trustees, Miami University,
96; (amendatory) regulating
the fur trade (fees for schools), 129;
to establish a school district, War-
ren County, 145; (amendatory) to
establish a school fund in Warren
County, 149.
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Airington Lyceum, 8; Harmar Lyceum, 19;
Neville Library Society,
19; Marysville Library Institute, 28;
Oxford Library Society, Butler
County, 29; Bascom Seminary of
Waynesburg, Stark County, 29; Liter-
ary and Philosophical Society,
Smithfield, Jefferson County, 30; Addison
Library Association, Champaign County,
36; Athenaeum Library Society,
Warren County, 47; Portsmouth Library
Company, 45; Kalida Lyceum,
70; Alpha Kappa Society, Marietta
College, 78; (repealing) Stark County
Orphans' Institute, 87; Miami Society,
104; Burlington Library Associa-
tion, Lawrence County, 111; Union
Literary Society, Miami University,
125; Greenfield Institute, Huron County,
127; Streetsboro High School,
127; Cleveland Academy of Natural
Sciences, 138; Farmers and Me-
chanics Institute, Hamilton County, 139;
Willoughby Female Academy,
155; Franklin Literary Society,
Bellville, Richland County, 163; (amend-
atory) establishing a college in
Worthington, 174; Twinsborough Library
Society, 179; Reading Mutual Improvement
and Library Association,
Hamilton County, 183; American Lyceum of
Education, Cincinnati, 192;
(repealing) Washington Social Library
Company, 197.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING AND LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Steubenville land district, 14; Lawrence
County, 42; relief of lessee,
Harrison County, 62; Preble County, 66;
Washington County, 77; Knox
County, 81; Greene County, 96; Lucas
County, 97; (relief of Timothy
Evarts), Richland County, 107; Williams
County, 109; Allen County,
125; Columbiana County, 131; Scioto
County, 132; Delaware County,
133; Athens County, 143; Shelby County,
144; Akron School District,
145; (relief of two lessees) Washington
County, 160; Tuscarawas
County, 164; Lucas County, 177; (relief
of lessees) Washington County,
Appendix B. 249
178; Columbiana and Carroll Counties,
180 (amendatory) Ohio University
lands, 183; (relief of David Holbrook)
Morgan County, 195; Meigs
County, 211.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
City of Cincinnati, Sections 9 to 12,
157.
Resolutions Concerning:
Use of State Library, 217; deaf and dumb
student, 217; interest on
school funds, 220; report of Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, 224; admission of
certain indigent students to Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, 233; trustees, Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, 243; trustees, Ohio
University, 244; trustee, Ohio
Institution for Instruction of Blind,
246.
VOLUME XXXIX.
General.
Extending time for payment to purchasers
of school lands in this
state, 25; making appropriations
(various educational items), 29; (amend-
atory) for the prevention of certain
immoral practices, 34; (amendatory)
providing for the distribution of this
state's proportion of the surplus
revenue, 41; an act declaratory of the
law in certain cases, and to pro-
hibit the appraisers of land from
purchasing same, 42; (amendatory) an
act for the support and better
regulation of Common Schools, 44.
Local.
Appointing trustees of the Miami
University, 122; authorizing the
trustees of Zanesville Township to lay
off in school districts the part of
the township not included in the limits
of Zanesville, 128; to form a new
school district, Franklin County, 177;
to form a new school district, Troy
Township, Richland County, 178.
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
The Phi Delta Society of Western Reserve
College, 4; The Ridge-
ville Lyceum, Lorain County, 7;
Massillon Lyceum, Stark County, 9;
The Cincinnati New Jerusalem Church
School Association, 11; James-
town Literary Society, Greene County,
27; Psi Gamma Society, Marietta
College, 44; Cincinnati Academy of Fine
Arts, 50; Edinburg College,
Wayne County, 51; Columbus Literary
Lyceum, 52; Beaver Lyceum, 52;
Franklin Institute of the Town of
Portsmouth, 53; Lower Sandusky
Literary and Scientific Institute, 53;
Franklin Library Association of
Carlisle, Lorain County, 53; Orange
Library Company, Cuyahoga County,
54; Burlington Academy, Lawrence County,
62; Athens Female Academy,
65; Berkshire Educational Society,
Delaware County, 103; Mayfield Cir-
culating Library, Cuyahoga County, 103;
Franklin Library Society, Wa-
250 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
terford, Knox County, 104; (amendatory)
Berea Seminary, Cuyahoga
County, 104.
ACTS CONCERNING CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS
INCORPORATIONS MENTIONING
EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS.
(Amendatory) Incorporating the Wardens
and Vestrymen of Grace
Church in Sandusky City, 160.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SALE AND LEASING OF
SCHOOL LANDS.
(Amendatory) Allen County, 5; (relief of
Herman Bower) San-
dusky County, 6; Stark County, 13;
Sandusky County, 18; Darke County,
20; Columbiana County, 45; Hancock
County, 73; Knox County, 85;
Mercer County, 89; Williams County, 93;
Sandusky County, 116; Ohio
Company's Purchase, 129; Marion County,
166; Lucas County, 168;
Wood County, 170; United States Reserve
of Lucas County, 171; United
States Reserve of Lucas County, 173.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
To regulate Common Schools in the town
of Marietta, 22; incor-
porating and establishing the city of
Dayton (Sections 29 to 33), 135.
Resolutions Concerning:
Trustees, Neville Institute, 183;
trustees, Medical College of Ohio,
184; use of State Library, 185; trustee,
Ohio Institute for the Blind, 186;
trustee, Ohio University, 186; trustees,
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 190;
deed for school land, 191; education of
certain blind persons, 195.
VOLUME XL.
General.
(Amendatory) for the support and better
regulation of Common
Schools, etc., 49; making appropriations
(various school items), 59.
Local.
Authorizing a school district in
Muskingum County to sell a part of
school-house lot, 24; to alter certain
school districts, Bucyrus, Crawford
County, 37; authorizing the levy of an
additional tax, School District
No. 2, Rome Township, Ashtabula County,
48; for the relief of the Fund
Commissioners of Clermont County, 69;
(amendatory) authorizing trus-
tees of Troy Township to lay off a
school district, 89; for the relief of
the Mayor, Recorder and Trustees of
Dresden, Muskingum County, 97;
authorizing the sale of the public
square in Jacksville, Adams County
(funds for school use), 103; making
special appropriations in favor of
Shelby, Cuyahoga and Lawrence Counties,
182.
Appendix B. 251
ACTS CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
First Moral Library Association of
Williamsfield, Ashtabula County,
5; Chagrin Falls Mechanics Library
Association, Cuyahoga County, 16;
Mechanics Institute, Urbana, 16;
Philomathean Literary Society, Ashta-
bula County, 31; Dover Library
Association, Cuyahoga County, 35; Don-
aldsville Library Association, Clark
County, 36; (amendatory) Protes-
tant Methodist Academy in the Village of
Brighton, Cuyahoga County,
59; Trustees of the Central College of
Ohio, 76; Eaton Medical Society,
83; St. Xavier College, 84; Orwell
Library and Reading Society, Ashta-
bula County, 85; Pine Grove Academy,
Porter, Gallia County, 86;
(amendatory) Urbana Academy, 88;
(amendatory) Wesleyan University,
111; (repealing) Granville Alexandria
Society, 113; Ohio Conference
High School, Springfield, Clark County,
114; Canaan Union Society, 116;
Tallmadge Academical Institute, 117;
Bath High School, Bath, Summit
County, 119; Lafayette University, New
Carlisle, Clark County, 119;
Findlay Literary Lyceum, Hancock County,
141; Portsmouth Mechanics
Institute and Mechanics Library
Association, 122; (amendatory) Philo-
zethian Society of the Western Reserve
College, 122; Wellsville Lyceum,
Gallia County, 123; (amendatory) Miami
University, 123; (amendatory)
Barnesville Male Academy, 128.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SALE AND LEASING OF
SCHOOL LANDS.
Athens County, 3; Seneca County, 36;
Sandusky County, 66; Craw-
ford County, 81; Marion County, 86;
Crawford County, 89; Muskingum
County, 101; Lucas County, 108; Perry
County, 124; Lucas County, 128;
Jackson County, 135; Meigs County, 137;
Miami Purchase, 138; San-
dusky County, 141; Williams County, 144;
Putnam County, 150; Tus-
carawas County, 173; Sandusky County,
198.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
(Amendatory) City of Cincinnati, Section
2, 143.
Resolutions Concerning:
An indigent blind student, 205; trustees,
Charity School of Kendall,
206; a certain blind student, 211;
register of the Virginia Military Dis-
trict School Lands, 212; trustees,
Charity School of Kendall, 212; a cer-
tain deaf and dumb student, 215; a
certain blind student, 215; a certain
deaf and dumb student, 216; a blind
student, 217; a deaf and dumb stu-
dent, 217; Ohio University lands, 218;
trustees, Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
228; trustee, Ohio Institute for the
Blind, 230.
252 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
VOLUME XL-Second Session.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING
AND LEASING OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Lucas County, 2.
Resolution Concerning:
A certain deaf and dumb student, 7.
VOLUME XLI.
General.
An act to extend the
time of payment to purchasers of school lands
in this state, 4; regulating the sale of
ministerial and school lands and
the surrender of permanent leases
thereto, 20; (amendatory) making fur-
ther provision for the instruction of
the blind, 57; (amendatory) for the
support and better regulation of Common
Schools, etc., 59; for the regu-
lation of county jails, 74; making
appropriations (various educational
items), 95.
Local.
(Repealing) Incorporating the town of
Mt. Eden, 49; authorizing
the trustees of Milton Township,
Trumbull County, to lay off the town-
ship into school districts, 60;
authorizing the trustees of Painesville
Township, Licking County, to divide the
town into school districts, 62;
appointing trustee of Miami University,
87; an act to erect the Risdon
Common School District, 125; making a
special appropriation to Cham-
paign County for school purposes, 155;
to divide the town of Lancaster
into school districts, 216; to divide
School District No. 1, Warren Town-
ship, Trumbull County, 219; Morgantown
Medical Society, 145; trustees
of the Methodist Female Collegiate
Institute of Cincinnati, 146; Oakland
Female Seminary, Hillsborough, 148; New Paris Medical Institute,
Preble County, 174; Massillon Young
Men's Polemic Society, Stark
County, 175; Mechanics Lyceum and
Library Association of Warren,
Trumbull County, 176; to change the name
of the Franklin Society of
Granville College, 220; Bellefontaine
Ohio College, 220; Mechanics Asso-
ciation of Fulton, Hamilton County, 226.
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Berlin Union Society, Holmes County, 9;
amending the charter of
Ohio Wesleyan University, 12; trustees
of the Germania College, 12;
Young Men's Literary Association of
Springfield, 14; New Lisbon Acad-
emy, Columbiana County, 14; Defiance
Literary Lyceum, Williams
County, 15; (amendatory) trustees of the
Windham School Fund, 26;
The Young Men's Franklin Society of
Granville College, 30; St. Mary's
Female Institute, Cincinnati, 46; Wayne
Township Lyceum, Jefferson
Appendix B. 253
County, 52; Badger Library Society of
Plain, Wood County, 52; Maumee
City Academy, Lucas County, 62;
Providence College, Harrison County,
63; New Orange Library Society of Cass,
Miami County, 85; Western
Reserve Free Will Baptist Academical
Society, 85; Alexandria Literary
Society Licking County, 86; Jefferson
Library Association, Jefferson
Township, Ashtabula County, 91; Beverly
College at Beverly, 92; Aloy-
sius Orphan Society of Cincinnati, 112;
Cambrian Association of Cin-
cinnati for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge, 114; The Miami Union
Literary Society, Miami University, 125;
Lebanon Academy, Warren
County, 127; (amendatory) The German
Lutheran Seminary of the Ger-
man Lutheran Synod of Ohio, 129; (declaratory)
The Ohio University,
144.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SALE AND LEASING OF
SCHOOL LANDS.
Wood County, 90; Richland County, 90;
Washington County, 110;
Putnam County, 111; Hancock County, 111;
United States Reserve, Lucas
County, 112; Hancock County, 126; Monroe
County, 141; Athens County,
141; Wood County, 142; Seneca County,
142; Athens County, 143; Tus-
carawas County, 143; Columbiana County,
144; Williams County, 175;
Darke County, 176; Paulding County, 177;
Williams County, 217; Wil-
liams County, 218.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
(Amendatory) The City of Cleveland, 130.
Resolutions Concerning:
Remission of taxes on certain university
lands, 241; the instruction
of a certain blind Chinese child, 245;
reports from state instruction, 248;
a deaf and dumb student, 248; a deaf and
dumb student, 249; trustees,
Asylum for Deaf and Dumb, 253; a deaf
and dumb student, 253; com-
pensation of Ephraim Cutler as
Commissioner of Schools, 256; Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, 261.
VOLUME XLII.
General.
An act in relation to the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, 8; reducing the
compensation of members of the General
Assembly and certain other
state and county officers, 21; an act in
addition to an act to provide for
the inspection of salt (fines for
schools), 33; preventing the introduction
and spread of the Canada Thistle (fines
for schools), 37; increasing the
revenue of the state Common School Fund
and making permanent the
transfer thereto, 38; an act to amend an
act entitled "An act to extend
the time of payment of purchasers of
School Lands in this state," 39;
an act to amend the act to regulate the
sale of school and ministerial
lands and the surrender of permanent
leases thereto, 43; an act to amend
the act entitled, "An act for the
support and better regulation of Com-
254 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
mon Schools, etc.," 48; an act
making appropriations for the year 1844
(various educational items), 78.
Local.
To erect a school district in Portage
Township, Summit County, 3;
to divide School District No. 1, Warren
Township, Trumbull County, 19;
authorizing School Districts 10 and 11,
Painesville Township, Licking
County, to levy a special tax, etc.,
126; vesting the property belonging to
the Knoxville School Company in the Knoxville
School District in Jef-
ferson County, 212.
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Sylvania High School Company, Lucas
County, 60; Lebanon Acad-
emy, 80; (amendatory) Western Reserve
College, 95; (amendatory)
Calliopean Society of the Granville
Literary and Theological Institution,
102; Acts to incorporate certain
trustees therein named, 102:
1. The Berlin Young Men's Lyceum,
2. Erodelphian Society, Gallipolis,
3. The Handel Society of Western Reserve
College;
West Lodi Academy, Seneca County, 107;
Champaign Library Associa-
tion, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County,
110; Institute of Lower Sandusky,
Sandusky County, 112; Franklin Academy,
Portage County, 115; Cin-
cinnati Astronomical Society, 122;
(amendatory) Beverly College, 160;
Western Reserve Free Will Baptist
Educational Society, 163; Cincinnati
Philosophical Library Association,
Hamilton County, 169; Dayton Fe-
male Association for the Benefit of
Orphans, 172; Salem Academy, Buck-
skin Township, Ross County, 178; Dudley
Medical University of Wads-
worth, 179; Summit County Medical
Society, 183; Lorain Institute, 184;
The Board of Directors of the English
Lutheran Theological and Col-
legiate Institute at Wooster, Wayne
County, 189; Waynesville Academy,
Warren County, 191; Keene Academy,
Coshocton County, 210; Ravenna
Library Association, 213; (amendatory)
North Union School Association
of Carroll County, 221
ACTS CONCERNING THE SALE AND LEASING OF
SCHOOL LANDS.
Hancock County, 6; Sandusky County, 29;
Carroll County, 66; Gallia
County, 67; Columbiana County, 83;
Twelve Mile Square Reserve, 99;
Morgan County, 111; Putnam County, 121;
Williams County, 131; Meigs
County, 132; Sandusky County, 132;
Monroe County, 133; Crawford
County, 146; Hocking County, 149;
Hocking County, 155; Williams
County, 156; Ottawa County, 156;
Williams County, 157; Seneca County,
158; Monroe County, 161; Mercer County,
161; Meigs County, 178; Scioto
County, 196; Delaware County, 194;
Butler County, 206; Williams
County, 206.
Appendix B. 255
Resolutions Concerning:
Incorporation of churches, religious
societies, towns, literary socie-
ties, library associations, etc., 250;
report of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
251; report of the Asylum for the Blind,
252; an oculist for the Asylum
for the Blind, 253; clothing for certain
blind, and deaf and dumb stu-
dents, 256; trustees, Neville Institute,
256; trustees, Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, 258; documents for library
associations, 260; apparatus, etc., for
the Blind Asylum, 270; trustees,
Institution of the Blind, 270; trustees,
Ohio Medical College, 271; trustees,
Ohio University, 273.
VOLUME XLIII.
General.
An act to prevent the firing of cannons
upon public streets and high-
ways (fines for the use of schools), 17;
fixing the minimum price for
school lands, 58; regulating the State
Library, 58; regulating literary
and other societies, 70; (amendatory)
for the support and better regula-
tion of Common Schools, etc., 98; making
appropriations (various edu-
cational items), 129; (amendatory) for
the support and better regulation
of Common Schools, 132.
Local.
Authorizing certain investments of a
fund bequeathed by Mrs. Eunice
Buckingham for the purposes of Female
Education, 42; to regulate the
fur trade, etc., (fines for the use of
schools), 140; for the relief of Johna-
than D. Schultz, 255.
To regulate Common Schools in the
Township of Portland, Erie
County, 285; for the relief of creditors
of the Granville Alexandrian
Society, 311; for the relief of School
District No. 10 in Sugar Creek,
Greene County, 334; for the relief of
the township of Hocking, Fairfield
County, 353; to divide the town of
Hudson, Summit County, into two
school districts, 368; authorizing the
trustees of Cincinnati College to
borrow money to erect college buildings,
376; authorizing the towns of
Painesville and Norwalk to levy a tax
for the benefit of Common Schools
therein, 379; authorizing the City of
Cincinnati to erect a house of cor-
rection, 393; to attach certain
territory to the City of Columbus for
school purposes, 404; supplementary to
an act increasing the number of
trustees and visitors of Common Schools,
Cincinnati, 413.
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION
OF EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
(Amendatory) Marietta College, 4;
Tallmadge Academical Institute,
Summit County, 12; Calvinistic Book
Concern, 15; Bedford Seminary,
Cuyahoga County, 16; College of Dental
Surgery, Cincinnati, 32, Cin-
cinnati Classical Academy, 39;
(amendatory) Granville Literary and
Theological Institution, 54; Ohio
Baptist Book and Tract Society, 56;
256 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
The Young
Men's Book Association, West Canaan, Mason County, 61;
General
Library Association, Cincinnati, 62; Trustees of the Columbus
Academical and
Collegiate Institute, 65; New Carlisle Social Library
Company, Clark
County, and the Library Association of Harlem, 68;
Tallmadge
Library Association, Summit County, 70; Aurora Academical
Institute,
Portage County, 75; Fort Meigs University, 80; Ohio Baptist
Educational
Society, 86; Cooper Female Academy in Dayton, 87; Akron
Institute, 89;
New Orphans' Asylum of Colored Children of Cincinnati,
101; Rocky
River Seminary, 121; Hunterian Society of the Medical De-
partment of
Western Reserve College, 130; (amendatory) the Summit
College
Medical Society, 141; Findlay Academical Institute, Hancock
County, 203;
Putnam Union Sunday School, Muskingum County, 205;
(amendatory)
North Union School Association of Carroll County, 213;
Vermillion
Institute, 229; Miamisburg Library Association, 274; Cottage
Hill Academy
in Trumbull County, 289; Normal High School, Carroll
County 292;
The Seven Trustees of the Protestant University of the
United States,
345; trustees of the Medical Institute of Cincinnati, 357;
to incorporate
certain literary societies, 361; Sec. 3. Newcomerstown
Literary
Society, Tuscarawas County; Sec. 4. Farmers and Mechanics
Library
Association, West Lodi, Seneca County; Sec. 7. Corwin Literary
Institute,
Springborough, Warren County; Sec. 8. Middletown Academy
in Butler
County; Sec. 9. German Catholic Library Association of Cin-
cinnati; Sec.
10. Donaldsville Library Association, Clark County; Sec.
11. Union
Society of Oberlin Collegiate Institute, Lorain County; Sec.
12. Trustees
and subscribers of the School Fund Society, Ross County;
Sec. 13.
Hanover Social Library Association in Butler County; Sec. 14.
Erie County
Antiquarian Society; Sec. 15. Lower Sandusky Phrenolog-
ical Mesmeric
Institute, Sandusky County; Board of Directors of Wit-
tenberg
College, 375; London Academy, Mason County, 384; Linton
Library
Association in Washington County, 389; West Jefferson Academ-
ical
Institute, Madison County, 409.
ACTS CONCERNING
SELLING AND LEASING SCHOOL LANDS.
Putnam County,
9; Seneca County, 12; Mercer County, 18; Putnam
County, 22;
Fairfield County and Licking County, 30; Meigs County,
38; Lucas
County, 39; Lucas County, 41; Marion County, 48; Twelve
Mile Square
Reserve, 56; Williams County, 92; Sandusky County, 115;
Washington
County, 120; Allen County, 124; Sandusky County, 125;
Sandusky
County, 126; Richland County and Knox County, 128;
Williams
County, 140; Hamilton County,
143; Sandusky County,
146;
Putnam County, 169; Lucas County, 170; Lucas County,
176; Perry,
Morgan and Muskingum County, 205; Holmes County,
221; Stark
County, 224; Fairfield and Licking Counties, 236; Dela-
ware County,
256; Athens County, 270; Holmes County, 325; Mon-
roe County,
343; Meigs County, 344; Marion County, 357; Monroe
Appendix B. 257
County, 364; Gallia County, 367;
Fairfield County, 372; Belmont County,
397; Crawford County, 407.
Resolutions Concerning:
Ohio Historical and Philosophical
Society, 432; a certain blind stu-
dent, 433; Government grants for aid of
instruction of the deaf and
dumb and blind, 344; a certain blind
student, 435; sending school laws to
Monroe County, 438; distributing court
decisions to library institutions,
438; furnishing documents to the New York
Historical Society, 441;
trustees, Miami University, 442; copies
of school laws to Summit County,
443; religious and moral instructor for
the Ohio Penitentiary, 446; for-
warding certain documents to Alexander
Vattemare, Paris, France, 448;
register of Virginia Military school
lands, 450; reports from the Deaf
and Dumb and Blind Asylums, 451; oculist
for the Institution of the
Blind, 451; admission of teachers into
state asylums and the state library,
463; trustee, Ohio Institution for
Blind, 464; trustees, Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb, 465.
VOLUME XLIV.
General.
An act more effectually to prevent
gambling (fines for the use of
schools), 10; an act for the more
effectual protection of enclosures, 76
(fines for the use of schools); an act
in relation to religious, literary
and other incorporated societies, 79; an
act authorizing school districts
to establish libraries for the use of
Common Schools, 81; an act for
levying taxes on all property in this
state, etc., 85; an act to amend such
acts in relation to the Asylums for the
Deaf and Dumb and for the
Blind, 111; (amendatory) for the support
and better regulation of Com-
mon Schools, 114; an act making
appropriations (various educational
items), 130.
Local.
For the relief of School District 5,
Eaton Township, Lorain County,
and School District 5, Caesar's Creek
Township, Greene County, 3; an
act for the relief of John N. Nichols
and Wesley Johnson, Muskingum
County, 29; authorizing the town of
Putnam, Muskingum County, to
divide School District No. 1, in said
town, 33; authorizing the city council
of Cleveland to levy an additional tax
for Common School purposes, 55;
(amendatory) an act dividing the town of
Lancaster into school dis-
tricts, 89; authorizing Findlay
Township, Hancock County, to divide
District No. 1, 108; authorizing the
directors of School District No. 1,
Napoleon Township, Henry County, to
exchange certain lots, 121; author-
izing the president of Chillicothe
Academy to convey certain property,
123; an act for the relief of the
sureties of Hamilton Robb, 200; author-
izing the trustees of the several
townships in Mercer County to select a
section of land for school purposes in
lieu of Section 16, 226; for the
Vol. XXVII - 17.
258 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
relief of School District No. 4, in Bath
Township, Greene County, 238;
an act for the relief of School District
14, Fairfield County, 268.
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Baldwin College, Middleburg, Cuyahoga
County, 4; (amendatory)
Vermillion Institute at Hayesville,
Ohio, 65; Loudonville Academy, Rich-
land County, 207; Norwalk Institute,
122; (amendatory) Cincinnati Col-
lege, 157; Madison Educational Society,
Lake County, 161; Farmers'
College of Hamilton County, 165;
trustees of the Wesleyan Female Col-
lege of Cincinnati, 171; the Liverpool
Seminary, Columbiana County, 236.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SELLING AND LEASING
OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Crawford County, 7; Columbiana County,
13; Fairfield County, 25;
Jefferson County, 35; Lucas County, 77;
Gallia County, 78; Jefferson
County, 80; Seneca County, 92;
Connecticut Western Reserve School
Land, Seneca County, 123; Butler County,
126; Meigs County, 166; Mon-
roe County, 244; Hamilton County, 244;
Scioto County, 253.
TOWN AND CITY ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
(Amendatory) City of Cincinnati, 7; an
act for the better classi-
fication of Schools of Cincinnati and
Dayton, and for other purposes, 91;
(amendatory) City of Toledo, 208; an act
to regulate Common Schools
in Maumee City, in the County of Lucas,
and Elyria, in the County of
Lorain, 261.
Resolutions Concerning:
Trustees, Charity School of Kendall,
293; copies of the school law
for Washington County, 293; McIntire
School Fund, 294; Reports of
the Institution for the Blind, 295;
reports for the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 296; printing
report of the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, 296; the title to certain school
lands, 298; copies of the school
laws to Lorain County, 299; trustee,
Miami University, 302; copies of
the school law, 315; trustees, Ohio
University, 317; trustees, Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb, 324; trustees,
Institution for the Blind, 325.
VOL. XLV.
General.
Amending the act to extend the time of
payment to purchasers of
school lands, etc., 21; repealing the
act providing for the inspection of
salt, etc., 22; amending the act for the
support and better regulation of
Common Schools, etc., 26; an act
regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquors, 39 (fines for schools); an act
making appropriations (various
educational items), 56; an act to amend
the act for levying taxes on
all property, etc., 60; an act
to incorporate teachers' institutes, 67; an
Appendix B. 259
act to provide for the appointment of
county superintendents of Com-
mon Schools, and defining their duties
in certain counties therein named,
32.
Local.
Authorizing the sale of certain lots in
the town of Jefferson, Fair-
field County, and the application of the
proceeds to the erection of a
school-house, 73; authorizing the
president and trustees of Miami Uni-
versity to relinquish certain rents, 85;
(amendatory) authorizing the city
council of Cincinnati to erect a house
of correction, 112; an act to pre-
vent Intemperance in Medina, Huron -and
Erie Counties, 131; for the
relief of school district No. 2, German
Township, Harrison County, and
School District No. 10, Washington
Township, Clermont County, 139;
an act to quiet the title of certain
lands in Paulding County, 149; an act
to enable the town of Bellville to
convey a lot of land, 166; an act to
provide for the funding of debts for the
Ohio University, 176.
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION
OF EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
(Amendatory) Willoughby University of
Lake Erie, 7; authorizing
the establishment of professorships in the Farmers' College, Hamilton
County, 67; (amendatory) Baldwin
Institute, 89; Mansfield Academical
Institute, and amending the act to
incorporate the Ohio Mechanics' In-
stitute, 99; Marietta Female College,
140.
ACTS CONCERNING SELLING AND
LEASING SCHOOL LANDS.
Wyandot County, 4; Belmont County, 5;
Belmont County, 8; Stark
County, 10; Washington County, 14;
Carroll County, 53; Gallia County,
54; Fairfield County, 54; Van Wert
County, 56; Williams County, 71;
Richland County, 103; Seneca and Wyandot
Counties, 104; Greene
County, 116; Meigs County, 121; Hamilton
County, 158; Seneca County,
167; Perry County, 173; Morgan County,
174; Delaware County, 174;
Stark County, 191; Defiance County, 192.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS
CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
An act for the support and better
regulation of Common Schools
in School District No. 21 in Urbana
County, 21; (amendatory) City of
Cleveland, Section 1, 135; Town of
Marion, Marion County, Section 9;
161. For the support and better
regulation of Common Schools in the
town of Akron, 187; authorizing the city
council of Cincinnati to levy
taxes for school purposes, 193.
Resolutions Concerning:
Reports of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
196; Institution for the
Blind, 199; the collection of natural
curiosities for the State Library,
260 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
200; forwarding school laws to Sandusky
County, 201; trustees Charity
School of Kendall, 204; report of the
Superintendent of Common
Schools, 207; furnishing the
Superintendents of the Asylums with copies
of the revised laws, 208; trustees,
Medical College of Ohio, 208; trustee,
Ohio University, 211; trustee, Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, and Blind Asy-
lum, 233; employment of James Russell by
Smithsonian Institute, 224.
VOL. XLVI.
General.
An act to secure the returns of the
statistics of Common Schools,
28; an act amending the act granting
licenses to peddlers, etc. (fines for
Common Schools), 36; an act to enable
the inhabitants of the Connec-
ticut Reserve to give their consent to
the sale of their school lands, 38;
an act to provide for extending the
provisions of an act entitled "an
act for the support and better
regulation of Common Schools in the
town of Akron," and the amendatory
acts thereto, to the cities and in-
corporated towns of this state, 48; an
act to amend the 18th Section of
the School Law of March 7, 1838, 51; an
act further to amend the act
for levying taxes, 69; an act to provide
for the education of black and
mulatto persons and to amend the act
entitled, "an act for the support
and better regulation of Common Schools,
etc.," 81; an act to amend
the act for the support and better
regulation of Common Schools, etc.,
83; an act to amend the act to encourage
teachers' institutes and to ex-
tend the provisions of the acts
providing for teachers' institutes and
county superintendents in the several
counties of this state, 86; an act
making appropriations (various
educational items), 103.
Local.
An act to levy a tax on the Town of
Lancaster, 5; authorizing the
president and town council of Portsmouth
to levy a tax for school and
other purposes, 37; an act to provide
for the erection of school-houses
in Springfield, Clark County, 85; an act
for the relief of School District
No. 1, Piqua County and District No. 4,
Ashland County, 139; author-
izing the directors of School District
No. 3, Moorefield Township, Har-
rison County, to sell a school lot, 150;
authorizing the directors of School
District No. 6, Jefferson Township,
Madison County, to sell a certain
school lot, 157; authorizing the
directors of School District No. 2, Gratis
Township, Preble County, to sell a
school lot, 176; authorizing the
directors of School District No. 3,
Montgomery Township, Ashland
County, to sell the school-house and
lot, 190; an act to incorporate
School District No. 1 in Perry Township,
Stark County, 223; amending
an act to dispose of two escheated lots
in Mansfield, Richland County,
232; an act for the support and better
regulation of Common Schools in
the Lebanon District in Warren County,
237; to regulate the sale of in-
toxicating liquors in the town of
Chagrin Falls, 269.
Appendix B. 261
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION
OF EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
SOCIETIES.
Changing the name of the Richland
Classical Institute of Jefferson
County, 7; the R. M. Bradley Commercial
College, Cincinnati, 12; Board
of Directors of Muhlenberg College in
Jefferson, Harrison County, 19;
the Gundry-Bacon Cincinnati Mercantile
College, 21; Starling Medical
College in Columbus, 31; (amendatory)
Cincinnati Classical Academy, 46,
the Medical and Surgical Society of the
County of Ashland, 76; (amend-
atory) Miami University, 88;
(amendatory) to enable the Knoxville
School Company to close its concerns,
107; Xenia Academy, 114; Rich-
land Academical Institute, Logan County,
126; The Felicity Female Semi-
nary, Clermont County, 135; Cleveland
Library Association, 149; Me-
dina College, 188; Newton College,
Hamilton County, 211; Edinburgh
College, 220; The Western Art Union,
228; The State Medical Society
of Ohio, 231.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SALE AND LEASING OF
SCHOOL LANDS.
Greene County and Piqua County, 8;
Wyandot County, 24; Wyandot
County, 27; Muskingum County, 33; Scioto
County, 35; Meigs County,47;
Allen County, 43; Paulding County, 48;
Mercer County, 49; Montgomery
County, 80; Williams County, 85;
Richland County, 91; Montgomery
County, 91; Seneca County, 91; Seneca
County, 92; Crawford and Wyan-
dot County, 92; Sandusky County, 102;
Muskingum County, 134; Morgan
County, 137; Stark County, 139; Shelby
County, 140; Montgomery
County, 141; Defiance County, 144;
Ashland County, 145; Ottawa County;
162; Carroll County, 188; Paulding
County, 207; Lucas County, 219;
Hamilton County, 241; Paulding County,
265.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
(Amendatory) An act for the support and
better regulation of
Common Schools in the town of Akron, 46;
(repealing) an act for the
support and better regulation of Common
Schools in School District
No. 1, Ravenna, 51; (amendatory) an act
for the support and better reg-
ulation of Common Schools in Zanesville,
54; for the better regulation
and support of schools in the City of
Cleveland, 150; for the support and
better regulation of Common Schools in
the town of Lithopolis, Fair-
field County, 185; for the support and
better regulation of Common
Schools in Lancaster, 191; (amendatory)
an act for the support and
better regulation of Common Schools in
the City of Columbus, 259.
Resolutions Concerning:
Virginia Military District School Lands,
282; report on medical
societies and colleges, 286; report of
the Superintendent of Schools, 286;
trustees, Ohio University, 288;
trustees, Miami University, 291; directing
262 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
the printing of the Akron Law for Common
Schools with the General
Laws, 293; report of the Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb, 296; cor-
recting an error in the school funds in
Troy and Sylvian Townships,
Ashland County, 296; appointing a
director of the Blind Asylum, 303;
trustees, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 307;
furnishing Wyandot County
with School Laws, 309; asking the
Governor to examine and report upon
the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylums,
317.
VOL. XLVII.
General.
An act to authorize the establishment of
separate schools for the
education of colored children, and for
other purposes, 17; amending an
act to incorporate teachers' institutes,
19; an act for the better regu-
lation of the public schools in cities,
towns, etc., 22; (amendatory) an act
for the support, etc., of Common
Schools, 39; (amendatory) an act for
the support, etc., of Common Schools,
43; (amendatory) an act for the
support and better regulation of Common
Schools in the Town of Akron,
45; an act making appropriations
(various educational items) 45;
(amendatory) an act for the support,
etc., of Common Schools, 52.
Local.
An act in relation to taxes, schools and
sewers in the City of To-
ledo, 205; (amendatory) for the support
and better regulation of Com-
mon Schools in Columbus, 230;
(repealing) the provisions of the Akron
Act for the town of New Lebanon,
Columbiana County, 253; to amend
the charter of the City of Ohio, 278; an
act to regulate a certain school
district in Orrville Township, Ashtabula
County, 224; an act for the
support and better regulation of Common
Schools in District No. 4,
Washington Township, Preble County, 224;
to organize School District
No. 7, River Township, Clinton County,
229; to divide the town of St.
Clairsville, Belmont County, into two
school districts, 240; granting to
the trustees, etc., of Greenfield
Seminary authority to confer degrees
and testimonials, 240; authorizing the
directors of School District No.
13, Jefferson Township, Fayette County,
to sell a school lot, 246; author-
izing the trustees of Coal Township,
Knox County, to redistrict said
township, 250; authorizing the county
Auditor of Holmes County to
levy an additional tax on a school
district for school-house purposes,
252; amending an act to repeal the act
for the support, etc., of Common
Schools in School District No. 1,
Ravenna Township, 253; an act for
the relief of John D. Burrell, 342.
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Mt. Washington Institute, Hamilton
County, 236; the Oxford Fe-
male Institute in Oxford, Butler County,
238;; Miller Academy, 241;
Pomeroy Academy, 243; Ohio Institute of
Natural Sciences, 256; Otter-
Appendix B. 263
bein University of Ohio, 257; Judson
College, Jefferson, Harrison County,
259; Farmington College, Trumbull
County, 261; Springfield Female
Seminary, Clark County, 263; Cincinnati
Medical Institute, 264; Colum-
bus Art Union, 267; (amendatory)
Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincin-
nati, 268; the Ohio Educational Society
of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, 268; The Cadiz High School, 273;
Darke County Medical School,
275; Mansfield Female Seminary, Richland
County, 280; Mt. Pleasant
Academy, Kingstown, Ross County, and in
relation to Hillsborough
Academy, 284.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SALE AND LEASING OF
LANDS.
Wood County, 223; Seneca County, 228;
Hardin County, 229; An
act to provide for the sale of the
Western Reserve School Lands, 232;
Hancock County, 233; Wyandot County,
234; Champaign County, 234;
Preble County, 235; Wyandot County, 235;
Wyandot County, 237; Har-
rison County, 237; Gallia County, 238;
Jefferson County, 240; Williams
County, 242; Morrow County, 242; Seneca
County, 242; Lucas County,
243; Seneca County, 244; Clark County,
245; Wood County, 245; Wood
County, 245; Township 3, Range 3, E. of
the Meridian drawn
from the mouth of the Miami River, 247;
Miami County, 247;
Paulding County, 248; Hardin County,
248; Lawrence County, 249;
Wyandot County, 249; Muskingum County,
250; Monroe County, 251;
Warren County, 251; Stark County, 251;
Meigs County, 252; Lucas
County, 254; Athens County, 255;
Jefferson County, 255; Lucas County,
340; Champaign County, 341.
Resolutions Concerning:
Trustee, Miami University, 384;
trustees, Ohio University, 386;
trustee, Ohio University, 388; agent,
Western Reserve School Lands, 388;
asking Governor to examine and report on
the Deaf and Dumb and
Blind Asylums, 393; appointing a
committee to examine and report on
Miami University, 398.
VOL. XLVIII.
General.
An act to amend the act for the support
and better regulation of
Common Schools in cities, towns, etc.,
40; an act in relation to School
District taxes, providing for the annual
school district meetings, and
requiring maps of school districts, 41;
an act for the appointment of a
State Board of Public Instruction, 44;
an act supplementary to the act
for the appointment of a State Board of
Public Instruction, 47; an act
to carry into effect an act entitled,
"An act to provide for the sale of
the Western Reserve School Lands",
53; an act to exempt certain stu-
dents from laboring on public roads, 69;
an act making appropriations
for 1850 (various educational items),
93.
264 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
Local.
To incorporate School District No. 9 in
Liverpool and St. Clair
Townships, Columbiana County, 641; to
incorporate School District No.
11, in the Townships of Springfield and
Beaver, Mahoning County,
642; to authorize the directors of
School District No. 4, Delhi Town-
ship, Hamilton County, to appropriate
certain funds for building pur-
poses, 648; extending the provisions of
the act for the. better regulation
of public schools in cities, towns,
etc., to Union School District No. 7,
Springfield and Suffield Townships,
Summit and Portage Counties, 648;
authorizing the trustees of Monroe
Township, Knox County, to re-
district said township, 668; an act
amending and reviving the act to cre-
ate permanently the office of Treasurer,
Township No. 1, Range 1, White-
water Township, Hamilton County, 663; an
act to amend the act to
create permanently the office of
Treasurer, Township No. 1, Range 1,
Hamilton County, and to give additional
powers to the trustees of
School Section No. 16, Greene Township,
Hamilton County, 670.
ACTS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION
OF EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Elliott Female Seminary of Monroe
County, 614; Vinton High
School, Gallia County, 617; Miller
Academy, Washington, Guernsey
County, 618; Capital University, 619;
Cambridge College, 621; Geneva
Hall, Winfield, Logan County, 672;
Urbana University, 624; (amenda-
tory) The Charity School of Kendall,
625; Defiance Female Seminary,
Defiance County, 625; Western Reserve
Eclectic Institute, Portage County,
627; Western College of Homeopathic
Medicine, 629; Tiffin Academy,
Seneca County, 635; (amendatory) Oberlin
Collegiate Institute, 632;
Young Men's Catholic Association of
Cincinnati, 632; Cincinnati College
of Pharmacy, 632; Western Library
Institute, 635; Xenia Female Acad-
emy, 636; Hartford High School, 638;
Soeurs De Notre Dame Female
Educational Institute of Chillicothe,
Ross County, 639; Mt. Pleasant
Philomathean, Kingston, Ross County,
640; Warren Library Associa-
tion, 640.
ACTS CONCERNING THE SALE AND
LEASING OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Belmont County, 649; Ohio Company's Purchase,
650.
CITY AND TOWN ACTS
CONCERNING SCHOOLS.
(Amendatory) An act to incorporate the
town of Fulton (Sec-
tions 10 and 11), 373; an act to
incorporate the town of Fremont, San-
dusky County (Section 5), 404; an act to
incorporate the city of Piqua
(Sections 25 to 30), 421; an act to
incorporate the City of Springfield
Sections 29 to 32), 446; an act to
incorporate the City of Zanesville,
Muskingum County (Sections 26 to 38),
473; (amendatory) for the sup-
Appendix B. 265
port and better regulation of Common
Schools in the town of Lancas-
ter, 647; (repealing) the provisions of
the act for the better regulation
of schools in cities, towns, etc., for
the town of Hanover, Columbiana
County, 648; amending an act for the
support and better regulation of
Common Schools in the town of Akron,
650; authorizing the citizens
of Wooster to vote for or against
adopting the Akron Act, 651; ex-
empting the town of Mt. Vernon from the
provisions of the Akron
School Law, 662; authorizing the
appointment of a Superintendent of
Common Schools in the City of
Cincinnati, and for other purposes, 662;
extending the powers of the Board of
Education of the town of Put-
nam, Muskingum County, 667; authorizing
the Board of Education in
the town of Cambridge, Guernsey County,
to levy a school building tax,
695.
Resolutions Concerning:
Certain school lands in Lucas and
Williams Counties, 728; appoint-
ing a committee to examine and report on
the school system of this
state, 728; trustees, Charity School of
Kendall, 729; trustees, Miami
University, 729; trustees, Neville
Institute, 730; trustees, Medical College
of Ohio, 730; two deaf and dumb
students, 742; a certain blind student,
742; forwarding school laws to Greene
County, 743; forwarding school
laws to Ashland County, 746.
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