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lands of the state, by sale or otherwise, as may best comport 

 with the original intention of the grantors. 



It is our sincere wish to excite into activity, the learning, 

 the talents and patriotism of the state, so that the attention of 

 our constituents may be immediately turned towards the sub- 

 jects committed to us. 



The following resolution is respectfully submitted to the 

 consideration of the house: 



Resolved, by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, 

 That the Governor be authorized to appoint seven commission- 

 ers whose duty it shall be to collect, digest and report to the 

 next general assembly, a system of education for common 

 schools, and also, to take into consideration, the state of the 

 fund set apart by congress for the support of common schools, 

 and to report thereon to the next general assembly. 



This Report and this resolution bemg read, at the clerk's 

 table, were ordered to be printed, and on the 30th day of 

 January 1822, they passed the house, without a dissenting 

 vote. The joint resolution, for the appointment of commis- 

 sioners, passed the senate, January 31st, 1822, without oppo- 

 sition. 



In the month of May, following, Allen Trimble, Esquire, 

 the then governor of the state, appointed seven commissioners 

 of schools and school lands, to wit: Caleb Atwater, the Rev. 

 John Collins, Rev. James Hoge, D. D., N. Guilford, the Honor- 

 able Ephraim Cutler, Honorable Josiah Barber, and James M. 

 Bell, Esquire. The reason why seven persons were appoint- 

 ed, was because there were seven differrent sorts of school 

 lands in the state, viz: section number sixteen in every town- 

 ship of congress lands; the Virginia military lands; United 

 States military lands; Symmes' purchase, in the Miami coun- 

 try, the Ohio company's purchase, on the Ohio river; the 

 refugee lands, extending from Columbus to Zanesville; and, 

 the Connecticut Western Reserve land. 



Caleb Atwater was appointed for congress lands ; John Col- 

 lins, for the Virginia military lands; James Hoge, for the refu- 

 gee lands; James M. Bell, for the ,United States military 



