In Honor of This Couple’s Engagement: A History of Wapakoneta School-Houses
May 11th, 2009 | published in Nouns: People, Places, Things.

Chicago, Illinois. March 16, 2008.
An Act to amend the first and second sections of the act entitled “An act to authorize the Board of Education of the incorporated village of Wapakoneta, in the county of Auglaize, to borrow money and issue bonds to build a school-house, or additions to the school-house in said town.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That sections one and two be amended as follows: That the board of education in the incorporated village of Wapakoneta and territory thereto annexed for school purposes, in the county of Auglaize, be and they are hereby authorized to build a school-house in said village, or build additions to the school-house now therein, as in their judgment may be deemed most for the public good, at a cost of not exceeding twenty-eight thousand dollars.
Sec. 2 That said board of education shall have power to issue bonds of said village and territory thereto annexed for school purposes, in sums not less than one hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent … Such bonds shall be countersigned by the president of education and countersigned by its secretary, who shall keep a record of the same; and the said bonds shall not be sold for less their par value.
Sec. 3 That said original sections one and two of the act to which this is an amendment, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Geo L. Converse, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Alphonso Hart, President of the Senate
Excerpted from the chapter ‘Local and Special Acts’ in The State of Ohio General and Local Laws and Joint Resolutions, Volume LXXI. Printed by Nevins & Myers, State Printers, Columbus, Ohio, 1874.