[House Bill No. 154.] AN ACT To amend section 2658 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assemb y of the S'ate Streets: of Ohio, That section 2658 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be amended to read as follows: streets; who Sec. 2658. The council of any municipal corporation Labor upou may require each able-bodied male person between the ages liable. of twenty-one and fifty-five years, resident of the corporation or territory attached, as in this subdivision provided, to perform by himself, or substitute, in each year two days' labor upon the streets and alleys of such corporation, or upon the public roads or highways that lie within such attached territory, which labor shall be in lieu of the two days' labor required to be performed upon roads [and] highways; provided, Exemptions. that active members of volunteer engine companies, not exceeding sixty-four; or hook and ladder companies, not exceeding thirty; and hose companies, not exceeding twenty; shall be exempt from the performance of such labor during such membership, and having served faithfully as such for five consecutive years, shall be exempt for five years thereafter. Provided, that when the duly kept minutes of any Certificates to of the above named companies show that the members thereof exempts. are entitled to the foregoing exemptions, the chief or foreman of such company or companies shall issue to all such members a certificate, signed also by the secretary of said company or companies. All members holding such certificates shall file the same with the clerk of such municipal corporation on or before the first Monday in April of each year. And pro: Commutation. vided further, that such labor may be commuted by the payment of three dollars, to be expended where the labor would have been applied. SECTION 2. That said section 2658 is hereby repealed. Repeals. from and alter its passage. To amend section 6884 of the Revi-ed Statutes, as amended April 15,1882. (79 vol., 131.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Sinte Offenses erty: of Ohio, That section 6884 of the Revised Statutes of the state of against propOhio. as amended April 15, 1882, be so amended as to read as follows: Obstructions on public sidewalks. Penalty. Repeals. Sec. 6884. Whoever sets up any table, stand, tent, wagon or other article to use or let for profit, on a public footwalk or sidewalk constructed according to law, by any person or any board of education, the council of any municipal corporation, the trustees of any cemetery assocation, or any agricultural or religious society, or rides, drives, leads or hitches any horse or other animal on any such footwalk or sidewalk, or in any other way obstructs the same, or digs up or removes any of the material of which the same is composed, shall be fined not more than twenty-five nor less than five dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both. SECTION 2. That said section 6884 of the Revised Statutes, as amended April 15, 1882, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN. Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed March 8, 1892. Cemetery bonds (Woodsfield). Amount; denomination; interest; payable. General or special election. Notice. Ballots. Condition of issue. [House Bill No. 369.] AN ACT To authorize the council of any village which at the last federal census had, or which at any subsequent federal census may have a population of not less than 1,026 nor more than 1,036, to purchase cemetery grounds and to borrow money and issue bonds for that purpose. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assemb'y of the S'ate of Ohio, That the council of any village which at the last federal census had, or which at any subsequent federal census may have a population of not less than 1,026 nor more than 1,036, be and they are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said village, not exceeding in amount the sum of three thousand dollars, in denominations not exceeding five hundred dollars each, bearing interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum, payable annually, and to be payable in not less than two years nor more than ten years from their date, as the council may determine. SECTION 2. Said bonds shall not be issued by said council until the question shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said village at a general or special election, of which not less than ten days' notice shall be given by publication in some newspaper published in and of general circulation in said village; and at said election all those desiring to vote in favor of the issue of said bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Issue of cemetery bonds-Yes," and all voters desiring to vote against the issue of said bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Issue of cemetery bonds-No;" and if a majority of the electors voting at said election shall vote in favor of the issue of said bonds, then the council of said village may proceed as authorized by this act but not otherwise. ceeds. SECTION 3. Provided, however, should the authority to Sale; disposi tion of proissue said bonds be ratified by the electors of said village, as provided in section two of this act, said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value, with accrued interest, and the proceeds thereof shall be placed in the village treasury to the credit of the cemetery fund, and expended in the purchase and improvement of cemetery grounds for said village. SECTION 4. The council of said village is hereby author- Tax levy. ized to levy a tax upon the taxable property of said village, not exceeding the sum of three mills, annually, to be applied in payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, until the same have been fully paid; said tax to be levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 8, 1892. 65G President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 429.] AN ACT To authorize the council of any incorporated village in the state of Ohio which had, according to the federal census of 1890, or which at any subsequent federal census may have a population of not less than 1,215 nor more than 1,225, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing said village with a system of public water-works. Water-works loughby). SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of any incorporated village in the bonds (Wilstate of Ohio which had, according to the federal census of 1890, or which at any subsequent federal census may have a population of not less than 1,215 nor more than 1,225, be and is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of such village in a sum Amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), for the purpose of providing such village with a system of water-works. cent. Denomina SECTION 2. Said bonds shall be signed by the mayor of Issue and sale such village and countersigned by the clerk of such village; said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value, and shall be issued in amounts of five hundred dollars ($500.00) tion; interest. each, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per per annum from the date of issue, payable semi-annually on the first day of April and October of each year; the principal shall be paid at such times as the council of such principal. village may determine by ordinance, within a period not exceeding thirty years; provided, however, that the council of such village shall have the right and authority to pay all Payment of Additional tax levy. Water-works. or any part of the bonds outstanding after ten years from the date of their issue, by giving ninety days' notice to the owners or holders of such outstanding bonds SECTION 3. That the council of any such village is hereby authorized to annually levy a tax on all the taxable property of such village, in addition to that now authorized by law, sufficient in amount to meet the payment of said bonds and interest as the same shall become due. SECTION 4. The funds realized from the sale of said bonds shall be used by the council of such village for the purpose of erecting, constructing and paying for waterworks for such village, which water-works, when completed, shall be used, operated and controlled in such manner as may be prescribed by law and the ordinances of such village. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Passed March 8, 1892. President of the Senate. Municipal Street improvement Point). [House Bill No. 447.] AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the village council of any village having a population at the last federal census or any subsequent federal census of not less than five hundred nor more than five hundred and ten to issue bonds to aid in piking and improving the streets of such village," passed February 24, 1892. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State corporations: of Ohio, That an act entitled "An act to authorize the village council of any village having a population at the last federal census or any subsequent federal census of not less than five hundred nor more than five hundred and ten to issue bonds to aid in piking and improving the streets of such village," passed February 24, 1892, be amended so as to read as follows: That for the purpose of piking and improving any vilbonds (Middle lage having a population at the last federal census or any subsequent federal census of not less than four hundred and thirty or more than four hundred and thirty-five, the council of such village is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of such incorporated village, signed by the mayor and clerk thereof for an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars, payable in five annual payments of one thousand dollars each, commencing not later than twenty years from date of issuing the same; said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, to be paid annually, and shall not be sold for less than their par value and shall not bear interest until sold; Application of the money realized from the sale of said bonds shall be used proceeds. Amount. Payable. Interest. Sale. by said council to pike and improve the streets of such village. levy. SECTION 2. For purpose of paying bonds issued under Annual tax section (1) of this act and interest thereon as the same becomes due, said council shall annually levy a tax on taxable property in said village sufficient therefor. bonds. SECTION 3. The clerk of said council shall keep a record Record of of said bonds, showing the number, amount and date of each when due, and the rate of interest, and when aid they shall be taken up and canceled and the fact noted on the record. special election. SECTION 4. Said bonds shall not be issued nor said General or tax assessed until the question shall be submitted to the voters of said village at a general or special election of which at least ten days' notice shall be given by written or printed Notice. notices posted up in at least five public places in said village; at said election, all voters desiring to vote in favor of issuing Ballots. said bonds and levying said taxes shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Pike-Yes;" and all voters desiring to vote against issuing said bonds and levying said taxes shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Pike- No;" no bonds shall be issued nor taxes Issue of bonds levied under this act unless two-thirds of the votes cast at conditional. said election shall be favorable thereto. SECTION 5. Said election shall be held and controlled Conduct of by said council of said village at the usual place of holding election. elections in said village, and the polls shall be kept open at least five hours, closing at six o'clock p. m.; the clerk of said Duties of vilvillage shall be clerk of said election and shall enter a complete lage clerk. record of said election on the records of said village and shall file and preserve all poll-books, tally-sheets and other papers pertaining to said election. SECTION 6. The said original act passed February 24, Repeals, etc. 1892, is hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Passed March 8, 1892. 67G President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 38.] · AN ACT To amend section 3234 of the Revised Statutes, as amended May 18, 1886. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Sate Creation of of Ohio, That section 3234 of the Revised Statutes of the corporations, state of Ohio be so amended [as] to read as follows: etc.: Sec. 3234. Corporations created before the adoption of Corporations the present constitution, which take any action under or in created prior to 1851. |