thence running west on the half section line through sections thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen of said township, terminating at the half-mile post in west line of said section eighteen. 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 April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 130.] AN ACT To authorize and require the commissioners of Belmont county to build a court house and jail. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Belmont county are hereby authorized and required to construct a court house and jail at such point at the county seat of said county as, in their judgment, may be deemed most for the public good, and plans and specifications for the same shall be determined upon and the contract or contracts let according to law, within six months after the passage of this act, which contract or contracts shall require the said building to be completed as soon as practicable, at a cost not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 2. That the commissioners of said county, for the purpose of building said court house and jail, are hereby authorized to borrow such sum or sums of money as they shall deem necessary, at a rate of interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum, and issue bonds of said county to secure the payment of the principal and interest thereon; such interest shall be paid semi-annually, and the principal shall be paid at such times as the commissioners may prescribe, within twenty years from the date of such indebtedness; said bonds to be sold for not less than their par value. SEC. 3. That the bonds so issued shall be signed by the commissioners, or any two of them, and countersigned by the auditor, with coupons attached, in sums of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars each, payable to the bearer, at the county treasury, with interest as aforesaid, at such times not exceeding twenty years after date, as the commissioners may prescribe, and such bonds shall specify distinctly the object for which they were issued. SEC. 4. The commissioners shall, annually, at their June session, levy such tax as will pay the interest on such indebtedness, and the principal as it matures, not to exceed ten thousand dollars in any one year. SEC. 5. passage. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Passed April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. To repeal an act entitled " [House Bill No. 443.] AN ACT an act to divide Liverpool township, Columbiana county, into two election precincts." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That an act entitled "an act to divide Liverpool township, Columbiana county, into two election precincts," passed March 22, 1881 (O. L., vol. 78), be and the same is hereby repealed. 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 April 10, 1884. To amend an act entitled President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 177.] AN ACT an act to incorporate the First Presbyterian Church of New Lisbon," passed March 7, 1836. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That sections three and five of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the First Presbyterian Church of New Lisbon," passed March 7, 1836, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 3. That on the fourth Saturday of April, 1884, the members of said society shall elect six trustees, three of whom shall hold said office for the term of one year, and three of whom shall hold said office for the term of two years; and annually thereafter, on the fourth Saturday of April, each and every year, there shall be elected by the members of said society three trustees, who shall hold said office for the term of two years, and in all cases until their successors shall be elected; and said corporation is empowered to provide, by by-laws, for the election of such other officers as may be deemed necessary and proper. And in case of failure to elect officers as aforesaid, the trustees may call a meeting, at such time and place as they may think proper, for the purpose of electing such officers. any Section 5. That the trustees, or any two of them, shall have power to call a meeting of the corporation, either for the election of officers, or for the transaction of other business of the society, by giving, or causing to be given, to the society, immediately after public worship, five days' previous notice, or by giving notice by publication of the time and place of meeting in two newspapers published in the town of New Lisbon, ten days before such meeting. SEC. 2. That original sections 3 and 5 of said act, passed March 7, 1836, be and the same are hereby repealed; and 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 April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 193.] AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Mercer county, Ohio, to grade and gravel or macadamize a certain road therein named. 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 grade and gravel or macadamize a road on the following described route: Beginning at the point where the Lake Erie and Western railroad crosses Main street in the village of Celina, Ohio; thence on the old road bed, or as nearly thereto as practicable, in a southerly direction on the west embankment of the Mercer county reservoir, to the point where the county road leading from the village of Montezuma, in said county to said village of Celina intersects said embankment. SEC. 2. That said commissioners may issue bonds for the construction of said road, which bonds shall not bear interest at a higher rate than six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall not be sold for less than their par value; said bonds shall be extended to such time as that they can be met by a levy of one mill on the dollar on the tax duplicate of said county. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of paying said bonds, said commissioners are hereby authorized to levy a tax, not exceeding one mill on the dollar in any one year, on the taxable property of said county, which shall be collected as other taxes. SEC. 4. Said commissioners shall adopt specifications and order said. improvement, and may appoint a competent engineer, and thereafter shall, as far as practicable, conform to the requirements of section fortyeight hundred and forty-one of the revised statutes of Ohio. SEC. 5. That on any extension of said improvement hereafter made under the road improvement laws of this state, all owners of lots and lands shall have the right to petition, and shall be assessed for such extension, as if such extension and the improvement herein authorized were then being constructed as one road improvement. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. To authorize the council of the incorporated village of College Hill, in Hamilton county, to improve and repair the sidewalks and pavements of said village, and to provide for the payment of the same by general levy. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village council of the incorporated village of College Hill, Hamilton county, Ohio, are hereby empowered to improve and repair all or any of the pavements or sidewalks and curbings thereto, within the corporate limits of said village as now are or hereafter may be made and constructed, with such material and in such manner as said council shall direct, for the term of ten years. SEC. 2. The cost of any or all such improvements or repairs as shall be hereafter made on any or all such pavements or sidewalks and curbings thereto, under the provisions of section one, shall be provided for by the council of said village at the same time the regular annual levy for taxation for corporation purposes in said village is made; said council shall have the power to levy not to exceed one mill for this special purpose annually for the period of said ten years. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 476.] AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Ridgefield township, Huron county, to transfer funds and erect a township house. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Ridgefield township, Huron county, are hereby authorized and empowered to transfer from the township and poor fund of said township, thirteen hundred dollars ($1,300); from the road fund of said township, fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500); and from the cemetery fund of said township, twelve hundred dollars ($1,200), to a fund to be known as the township house fund, to be used for the erection of a township house in said Ridgefield township. SEC. 2. The question of the transfer of said funds and the erection of said township house shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said township, at the annual spring election to be held on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1884, or at a special election to be held at the usual place of holding elections, after due notice has been given as provided by law in the case of other township elections. The tickets to be voted at said election shall have printed or written upon them the words, "Township house-Yes; " or, "Township house -No;" and if a majority of those voting upon said proposition shall have upon their ballots, "Township house-Yes," then said township trustees shall be empowered to make the transfer of funds, and to proceed to the erection of a township house, as provided in section one (1) of this act. 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, Passed April 11, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 193.] AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Independence township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, to levy a tax on said township, and issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a hall in said township. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Independence township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, be and are hereby authorized to issue bonds of said Independence township, in any sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, payable at any time within eight years, bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent., interest payable annually, for the purpose of building and furnishing a town hall in said Independence township. Said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value, and shall be signed by the trustees of said township, and be attested by the clerk of said township. SEC. 2. For the purpose of raising the money to pay said bonds and the interest thereon as each matures, the said trustees are hereby authorized to levy a tax not exceeding one and one-half mills on the dollar, in any one year, on all of the taxable property in said township, in addition to the taxes now authorized by law to meet said indebtedness. Provided, that before said trustees shall issue said bonds or any part thereof, or levy said tax, they shall submit the question to the qualified electors of said township, at the general election in October, 1884; and they shall cause the clerk to give notice of the estimated cost of such hall, and the time and place of holding such election, by written notices posted up at not less than five conspicuous and public places within the township, at least thirty days before the day of holding said election; at said election, the electors voting shall have written or printed on their tickets the words, "Town hall-Yes;" or, "Town hall-No;" and if a majority of the ballots cast are in the affirmative, the trustees shall have the authority to issue bonds, sell the same, and levy a tax, as provided in this act. If a majority of said ballots be not in the affirmative, said trustees shall have no authority under this act to issue said bonds or levy said tax. 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. Passed April 11, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 388.] AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the city of Akron, in the county of Summit, and state of Ohio, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education in the city of Akron, county of Summit, be and they are authorized to borrow the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be |
