[House Bill No. 110.] AN ACT To amend section 2107 of the revised statutes of Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section twenty-one hundred and seven of the revised statutes of Ohio be amended to read as follows: Section 2107. The commissioners of any county may unite with any city or village located in such county in the erection, management, and maintenance of a work-house, for the joint use of such county and city or village; and the commissioners are authorized to levy and collect the necessary funds therefor from the taxable property of the county. Provided, that the commissioners shall not collect and expend a greater amount than shall be collected and expended by such city or village for the same purpose; that the work-house shall be managed and controlled in all respects as provided in this chapter; and provided further, that not more than ten thousand dollars shall be levied or appropriated by the commissioners for the purpose, unless the amount be approved by a majority of the voters of the county, exclusive of the city or village voting at some general election. SEC. 2. That said original section 2107 be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Commissioners may unite with. city in erecting work-house. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed April 10, 1884. [House Bill No. 337.] AN ACT To authorize the Ohio state board of agriculture to issue bonds for fair ground improvements. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State State board of Ohio, That the Ohio state board of agriculture be and it of agriculis hereby authorized to issue bonds to the extent of not to ture may exceed eighty thousand dollars, for the purpose of raising issue bonds money with which to erect buildings and improve, for Ohio to improve grounds. state fair purposes, grounds owned by the said state board. SEC. 2. Said bonds shall extend from five to twenty years, Bonds; in such ratio as the Ohio state board of agriculture may of. direct; shall be placed upon the market at not less than par value, and draw a rate of interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum. SEC. 3. The moneys arising from the sale of these bonds shall be used only for the purpose named in section one of this act. Proceeds, sale how used. To create SEC. 4. For the payment of such bonds as may by virtue sinking fund of this act be placed upon the market, and for the interest that for payment of. may accrue, the Ohio state board of agriculture shall create a sinking fund, in which shall be placed annually, until all bonds and interest have been paid, not less than fifty per cent. of the surplus earnings of the Ohio State fair. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force fro and after its passage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. County contract for Proceedings in case of damages. [House Bill No. 175.] AN ACT To amend section 4478 of the revised statutes of Ohio, as amended SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section forty-four hundred and seventy-eight of the revised statutes be so amended as to read as follows: Section 4478. A job not completed within the time fixed in the contract and bond may be re-estimated by the surveyor or engineer, and resold by him to the lowest responsible bidder, or he may complete it at the expense of the contractor and bondsman, but such job shall not be resold for a sum greater than such estimate or re-estimate, nor a second time to the same party; a contract and bond shall be entered into as herein before provided, but the commissioners may, for good cause, give further time to any contractor, not exceeding one hundred and twenty days; the surveyor or engineer shall fix a time for the completion of the work resold not exceeding one hundred and twenty days from the date of the bond. A person or corporation who has sustained damages, in consequence of the non-performance of such work may bring suit for such damages in any court of competent jurisdiction against any contractor failing to perform his contract, or upon the bond of such contractor, and recover damages, as provided by law in other cases; and no contractor shall be prosecuted on his bond until the section below has been completed. SEC. 2. That said original section 4478, as amended April 20, 1881, is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed April 10, 1884. [House Bill No. 452.] AN ACT Requiring individual and partnership traders to record their names. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That from and after the first day of July, A. D. 1884, all individuals and copartnerships now doing a mercantile, mechanical or manufacturing business, or that may from and after said first day of July in said year, enter into or carry on any or all of said branches of business within the state, shall make out and file with the recorder of each county in which such business, or any branch thereof is carried on, a true and correct statement containing the name or names under which the same is, or will be, carried on; if the business is owned by one individual, the full and entire name and place of residence of said owner, or if a copartnership the full and entire individual name of each member of the copartnership with the respective place of residence of the same. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the recorder in each county to record in a book to be kept for that purpose, and open to public inspection, each and every such statement as required to be made by the provisions of this act, and by him received; and for filing or making any copy of such statement or certificate of the date of such filing, the recorder shall be entitled to the same fee or fees as are provided by law for like services in regard to chattel mortgages. Business firms to file statement of names with recorder. SEC. 3. If any such individual or copartnership referred Failure to to in this act fail to file such statement as named in this act file name on or before the time herein specified, or on or before the a legal commencement of business as herein named, commenced on defense. and after said first day of July, 1884, if such individual or copartnership shall bring suit in the courts of the state for the purpose of collecting any debt or claim due such individual or copartnership growing out of such mercantile, mechanical or manufacturing business, then upon proof by the defendant or defendants, to such action of the failure of such individual or copartnership to have so filed such statement as required by this act, the same shall constitute and be a legal defense to any such cause of action. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker [pro tem.] of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. Supervisor, etc., to [House Bill No. 315.] AN ACT To amend section 4731 of the revised statutes of Ohio, relating to duties of supervisors of roads. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section four thousand seven hundred and thirty-one be so amended so as to read as follows: Section 4731. The supervisor of each road district or the superintendent of any free turnpike or improved road, shall remove drift remove or cause to be removed all timber or drift lodged against bridges. Compensa tion for. Penalty for neglect. against bridges, except toll bridges or bridges upon toll roads, and all timber, drift and sediment lodged in and obstructing the free passage of water in ditches constructed for the draining and protection of such roads, adjoining and upon the line of free turnpikes and all other public roads in his district; and he shall receive the same compensation for such work or duties performed as is prescribed by law for other road work. And in case any supervisor or superintendent fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this act, he shall be held liable to a fine of not less than five and not more than twenty-five dollars. SEC. 2. That the original section 4731 is hereby repealed; Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed April 10, 1884. School lands; proceedings for sale of. [House Bill No. 300.] AN ACT To amend section 1424 of the revised statutes of Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section fourteen hundred and twenty-four of the revised statutes of Ohio be so amended as to read as follows: Section 1424. The auditor of the county, on the recording of said proceedings, shall forthwith cause a notice to be pub lished in some newspaper of general circulation in said county, for five consecutive weeks before the day of sale; and, at the same time, by posting up copies of such notice in six of the most public places in said county, two of which shall be in the township where the lands are situate, and one at the court house, containing a description of the lots or lands to be sold, the valuation thereof, and the time when said lands will be offered at public auction by said auditor, at the door of the court house, at not less than the appraised value thereof; one-third of the purchase money to be paid at the time of sale, and the balance in two annual installments of equal amount, with interest payable annually thereon; and said auditor shall at such time and place proceed to offer the same to the highest bidder on the terms stated in the notice; provided, if the principal value of such school land consists in the timber thereon growing, on the request of the trustees, or a majority of them, the auditor who sold such school lands shall require the whole of said purchase money to be paid at the time of sale. SEC. 2. That said original section 1424 be and the same is hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 101.] AN ACT To amend section 4443 of the revised statutes of Ohio, as amended SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section forty-four hundred and forty-three, as amended February 22, 1882, be so amended as to read as follows: Section 4443. A bushel of the respective articles hereinafter mentioned shall mean the amount of weight, avoirdupois, in this section specified, viz.: Of wheat, sixty pounds. Of rye, fifty-six pounds. Of oats, thirty-two pounds. Of clover-seed, sixty pounds. Of timothy-seed, forty-five pounds. Of hemp-seed, forty-four pounds. Of millet-seed, fifty pounds. Of buckwheat, fifty pounds. Of beans, sixty pounds. Of peas, sixty pounds. Of hominy, sixty pounds. Of Irish potatoes, sixty pounds. Of sweet potatoes, fifty pounds. Of onions, fifty pounds. Of dried peaches, thirty-three pounds. Of dried apples, twenty-two pounds. Of flax seed, fifty-six pounds. Of barley, forty-eight pounds. Of malt, thirty-four pounds. Of Hungarian grass-seed, fifty pounds. Of coke, forty pounds. Standard weight of bushel. |