[House Bill No. 147.] AN ACT To authorize the transfer of funds arising from a compromise with the sureties of John R. Helman and Jacob B. Koch, late treasurers of Wayne county, under the provisions of an act of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, passed April 15, A. D. 1880 (77 O. L. p. 403.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Wayne county are hereby authorized to transfer the sum of seven thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-nine cents ($7,494.59), to the bridge fund of said county, said amount being the sum realized from the compromise by the commissioners of Wayne county, with the sureties of John R. Helman and Jacob B. Koch, late treasurers of Wayne county, under the provisions of an act of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, entitled "an act to authorize the commissioners of Wayne county to compromise with the sureties of John R. Helman and Jacob B. Koch, late treasurers of Wayne county," passed April 15, A. D. 1880 (77 O. L. p. 403.) SEC. 2. 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 March 13, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 88.] AN ACT For the relief of the Mercer county agricultural society. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Mercer county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to borrow, not to exceed four thousand dollars, to be applied only to the purposes of paying the indebtedness of the Mercer county agricultural society, acquiring title to and improving the grounds of said society; and for this purpose to issue the bonds of said county, payable in one, two, three and four years from their date, in equal amounts, and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed six per centum per annum, payable semiannually, which bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. Said fund shall be under the control of the board of said agricultural society, and shall be set apart and denominated the "Mercer county agricultural fund." SEC. 3. That the title to said lands and improvements shall be in said county of Mercer, but the control and management thereof shall be and remain in the board of directors of said Mercer county agricultural society so long as the said society shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Ohio state board of agriculture. SEC. 4. That for the purpose of paying said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due, said commissioners are authorized to levy, annually, a sufficient tax on the taxable property of said county, in addition to levies now authorized by law. SEC. 5. This act shall be in full force and. effect from and after its To authorize the board of education of Harrison township, Pickaway county, Ohio, to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of building school-houses. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of Harrison township, Pickaway county, Ohio, be and is hereby authorized and empowered, for the purpose of building school-houses in said township, to borrow any sum of money not exceeding six thousand dollars, payable in six semi-annual payments, commencing April 15, 1885, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and issue bonds therefor. Said bonds shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the clerk of the board, and shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. The said board of education is also empowered to levy a tax annually on all the taxable property of said township, sufficient to pay said bonds with the interest thereon, as they become due, which levy shall be placed on the tax duplicate by the auditor of said county and collected as other taxes. SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ELMER WHITE, Passed March 13, 1884. [House Bill No. 421.] AN ACT To authorize the county commissioners of Franklin county, Ohio, to issue the bonds of said county for building a new court house and other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of Franklin county, Ohio, be and the same are hereby authorized and empowered to issue not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) bonds of said county, to be known and designated as "New court house building bonds," in sums of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, each, with or without coupons attached, payable to bearer, at the county treasury of the said county of Franklin, or at such agency in New York city as may be established by the county commissioners, the name of which agency shall be inserted in said bonds, with interest at the rate of not exceeding six per cent., said interest to be payable semi-annually. And the principal of said bonds to be paid at such times within fifteen years after date, as the county commissioners shall prescribe; said bonds so to be issued shall be for the purpose of procuring the money and means and defraying the cost and expense of erecting a new court house building for said county of Franklin. Said bonds shall not be sold and disposed of for less than their face value, with accrued interest thereon. Said bonds shall be signed by the said county commissioners, or any two of them, and countersigned by the auditor of said county; provided, that the proposition and policy of erecting and building such new court house building shall be by said county commissioners first submitted to a vote of the voters of the said Franklin county, at the regular annual spring or fall election, for their approval, in accordance with the provisions of the statutes in such case made and provided. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 15, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 106.] AN ACT To transfer certain funds in the incorporated village of Batavia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village council of said village of Batavia be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to transfer permanently from the genera fund of said village to the sewer fund therein, the sum of three hundred dollars; also to transfer from the street improvement fund to the sewer fund the sum of one hundred dollars; also to transfer from the police fund to the lighting fund the sum of three hundred dollars; also to transfer from the street improvement fund to the lighting fund the sum of one hundred dollars. SEC. 2. 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 March 18, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 136.] AN ACT To authorize the trustees of the township of Defiance, Defiance county, Ohio, to transfer certain funds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the township of Defiance, Defiance county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to transfer the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) from the bridge fund to the township fund of said township. SEC. 2. 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 March 18, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 371.] AN ACT To authorize the creation of an additional sub-school district in Bethlehem township, Stark county, Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the territory embraced within and described by the following boundaries to wit: Beginning at a point in the center of section 20 in said township, thence east on quarter section line through sections 20, 21 and 22, to west bank of the Tuscarawas river; thence northwestwardly along the west bank of said river to the center of section 16, thence north on quarter section line to a point distant thirty rods north of the north line of section 16; thence west and parallel with north line of section 16 to a point on the quarter section line running north and south along west side of southeast quarter of section 8; thence south on said quarter section line to the place of beginning, being a part of the territory now included in sub districts numbered five, six, seven and ten, in said township, be and the same is hereby created and declared an additional sub-school district, and that the same be known as district number eleven. SEC. 2. The board of education of said township are hereby authorized and required to levy a tax on all the taxable property of said township over which it may have jurisdiction, to be levied at their next meeting in April, for the purpose of purchasing a site and building a school-house and furnishing the same, on said above described territory, the site to be chosen by the local directors of the sub-district, and the house to be ready for occupancy on the fifteenth day of September, 1884; and to anticipate the collection o said tax, the board of education of said township is required to borrow the amount of money so to be realized from said levy, or whatever portion thereof is necessary, at a rate of interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum, and issue bonds therefor, payable at such times as will correspond with the collection of said tax, which shall, as far as necessary, be applied to pay the same; provided, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 3. The electors of said sub-district shall, on the day fixed for the annual election of directors in said township, proceed to elect three members of the board of directors of said district, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years from the third Monday of April, 1884, and one annually thereafter for the term of three years, who shall hold their office for the term specified and until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its To provide for issuing and payment of bonds by the commissioners of Stark county, Obio, to meet a deficiency in the levy for county fund in said county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of the county of Stark, for the purpose of meeting a deficiency in the county funds of the last two years, be and they are hereby authorized to issue bonds of said county for an amount not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), payable at such times not beyond three years from their date, as to them may seem proper, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, said bonds not to be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of providing for the payment of said bonds and the accruing interest thereon, said commissioners are hereby authorized to add on the year 1884, to the levy now allowed by the general laws of the state for county purposes, not to exceed two-tenths of one mill on each dollar of taxable property in said county, and to add in the years 1885 and 1886, to the levy now allowed by the general laws of the state, for county purposes, not to exceed four-tenths of a mill in each year on each dollar of taxable property in said county. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ELMER WHITE, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 18, 1884. |