[Senate Bill, No. 149.] AN ACT To change the boundary line between Pike and Monroe townships, in Madison county, Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the following described territory, part of Monroe township, in Madison county, Ohio, be and the same is hereby attached to, and made a part of Pike township in said county, to wit: Beginning at the north-west corner of said Monroe township. and in the line of Pike township; running thence in a south-easterly direction and in a straight line to a point where the county road leading from Liverpool in said county intersects the county road running past the residence of M. Y. Patrick; thence in a northerly direction with the west line of said Liverpool road to the line between said townships; thence with said township line in a westerly direction to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. To authorize the council of the village of Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio, to transfer certain funds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the village of Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio, is hereby authorized to transfer the following funds, to wit: Forty dollars and sixteen cents out of the military fund, eighteen hundred dollars out of the general fund, and two hundred dollars out of the police fund; twelve hundred into the street fund, and the remainder of said sums (eight hundred and forty dollars and sixteen cents) into the fire fund of said village. 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. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. Passed March 27, 1884. [Senate Bill No. 180.] AN ACT To amend section 2 of an act entitled "an act to enable the board of education of Uniontown special school district to afford aid to the Fultonham academy," passed April 8, 1880, to authorize said board to make an additional levy for school purposes, and to repeal section 3 of said recited act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section two of the act passed April 8, 1880, entitled "an act to enable the board of education of Uniontown special school district to afford aid to the Fultonham academy," be so amended as to read as follows: Section 2. That said board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to pay out of the public school fund of said special school district to the Fultonham academy, for tuition, so much money which, together with the amount received by said academy as tuition from persons attending the same as pupils, shall be sufficient to pay the teachers employed by said academy; provided, the amount so paid by the said board of education in any one year shall not exceed the sum of six hundred dollars; and provided further, that all children of school age residing within the limits of said special school district who shall have acquired the necessary qualifications for admission to said academy, shall be admitted and instructed therein free of tuition. SEC. 3. That said board of education of the Uniontown special school district be and it is hereby authorized to levy for school purposes in addition to the seven mills now authorized by law to be levied, the additional rate of three mills on the dollar, upon all property included within the present boundaries of said Uniontown special school district and not exempt by law from taxation. SEC. 4. That section 3 of the said act, passed April 8, 1880, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. passage. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed March 27, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 374.] AN ACT Authorizing the board of education of the village of Middlepoint, Van Wert county, Ohio, to issue bonds to aid in the erection of normal school buildings, and to provide means of higher education of the youth of said village. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That for the purpose of aiding in the erection of normal school buildings in the village of Middlepoint, Van Wert county, Ohio, and to afford facilities for the higher education of the youth of the school district of said village of Middlepoint and the territory thereto attached for school purposes, the board of education of said school district is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said school district, signed by the president and clerk thereof, for an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars, payable in ten annual payments of five hundred dollars each, commencing not later than two years from the date of selling the same. Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, to be paid semi-annually, and shall not be sold for less than their par value, and shall not bear interest until sold; and the money realized from the sale of said bonds shall be used by said board of education to aid in the construction of normal school buildings within said school district in connection with the Middlepoint normal school association company of Middlepoint, Ohio. SEC. 2. For the purpose of paying the bonds issued under section one of this act, and the interest thereon as the same shall become due, said board of education shall annually levy a tax on the taxable property in said school district sufficient therefor. SEC. 3. The clerk of said board of education shall keep a record of said bonds, showing the number, amount and date of each, when due, and the rate of interest, and when paid they shall be taken up and canceled and the fact noted on the record. SEC. 4. Said bonds shall not be issued, nor said tax assessed until the question shall be submitted to the voters of said school district at a general or special election, of which at least ten days' notice shall be given by written or printed notices posted up in at least five public places in said school district; at said election all voters desiring to vote in favor of issuing said bonds and levying said tax shall have written or printed on their ballots, the words, "Normal school-Yes;" and ali voters desiring to vote against issuing said bonds and levying said tax shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Normal school-No." No bonds shall be issued nor no taxes levied under this act unless two-thirds of the votes cast at said election shall be favorable thereto. SEC. 5. Said election shall be held and controlled by said board of education at the usual places of holding elections in said school district, and the polls shall be kept open at least five hours, closing at six o'clock P. M. The clerk of said board of education shall be clerk of said election, and shall enter a complete record of said election. on the records of said school district, and shall file and preserve all pollbooks, tally-sheets and other papers pertaining to said election. SEC. 6. No part of the funds resulting from the sale of said bonds shall be used for said purposes until said board of education and the trustees of said Middlepoint normal school association company shall have agreed upon plans for said normal school buildings, nor until said trustees shall have entered into a contract in behalf of said association with said board of education to the effect that all the youth of said school district, of school age, who shall desire to pursue the branches of study taught in said normal school shall have the right to attend said normal school and be instructed in all such branches of study, without the payment of tuition. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed March 27, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 216.] AN ACT To authorize the council of the village of Boston, Clermont county, Ohio, to transfer certain funds therein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the village of Boston, Ohio, be and the same is hereby authorized to transfer from the police fund one hundred and nine dollars and ninety-seven cents; from the prison fund, two hundred and fiftyfive dollars and nineteen cents; and from the general fund, one hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighty-four cents, to the town hall fund of said village. 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 31, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 330.] AN ACT To authorize the council of the village of Corning, Perry county, Ohio, to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of procuring fire apparatus and build cisterns. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the incorporated village of Corning, Perry county, Ohio, be and the same is hereby authorized to procure a fire apparatus and build cisterns. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying for said apparatus and cisterns, the council of said village is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said village, in an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars, in denominations of four hundred dollars each, signed by the mayor and clerk of said village. SEC. 3. Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum from April 1st, 1884, and shall become due and payable as follows: one on the 1st day of April, 1885, and one on the 1st day of April of each succeeding year, until all of said bonds shall be paid. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed March 31, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 383.] AN ACT To provide for the collection of certain taxes in Logan and Shelby counties. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the treasurer of Shelby county shall hereafter collect all free turnpike assessments until the same are all paid on the lands transferred from Logan to Shelby county by the act of April 11, 1883, and when so collected shall pay the same over to the treasurer of Logan county, taking his proper vouchers therefor, and the treasurer of Logan county shall collect all free turnpike assessments until the same are all paid on all the lands transferred from Shelby to Logan county by said act, and when so collected, shall pay the same oyer to the treasurer of Shelby county, taking his proper voucher therefor. 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 31, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 519.] AN ACT To amend sections one and two of an act entitled " an act to establish a police force in the city of Xenia," passed March 25, 1880. (O. L., 77, p. 350.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That sections one and two of the act entitled "an act to establish a police force in the city of Xenia," passed March 25, 1880, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. The mayor of the city of Xenia, with the advice and consent of the common council thereof, shall, within ten days after the passage of this act, appoint a board of three police commissioners for said city, who shall be electors thereof, to serve until the first Monday in April, 1885, and until their successors are elected, or appointed and qualified; and on the first Monday of April, 1885, there shall be elected, by the electors of said city, three such commissioners, who shall serve, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years and until their successors are elected, or appointed and qualified; and thereafter, annually, one such commissioner, to serve for the term of three years, beginning on the first Monday of April, 1886; and any vacancy in said board shall be filled by the appointment of the mayor of said city, with the advice and consent of the common council thereof, for the unexpired Said commisioners, before entering upon their duties, shall take an oath of office for the faithful and efficient discharge of their duties to the best of their ability. They shall establish rules not inconsistent with law, for their own government; meet regularly, and not less frequently than once per month, at a room to be provided by the council of said city for the purpose, and shall serve without compensation; provided, said council shall provide them with light, fuel, record-books and |