made up shall be prima facie evidence that the lands and lots therein described were still delinquent or forfeited, as the case may be, on the thirtieth day of March, A. D. 1884, for the taxes charged against them on said lists.

SEC. 7. Said auditor and the treasurer of said county shall at once, from such sources of information as are within their reach, make a settlement of the amount of money properly chargeable against said treasurer, the amount of this collected by him, and the sum of money now in his hands; and said officers and the auditor of state, and a majority of them, shall apportion the amount of money said treasurer has collected among the several funds to which the same belongs, and assign to each fund from the money now on hand its true proportion thereof after deducting all advancements, according to the best of their information and belief. The settlement, apportionment and assignment so made shall be conclusive and final, and shall be so accepted in all future settlements of said treasurer. Certificates of said settlement, apportionment and assignment, signed by each of said officers making the same, shall be delivered to the commissioners of said county and spread upon their journal; and certified copies thereof shall be by them given to said treasurer, auditor, and the auditor of state.

SEC. 8. Inasmuch as all evidences of the temporary transfers from one to another of the funds under the control of said commissioners of said county, made prior to the thirtieth day of March, 1884, have been lost, and there is no way of restoring the same, said transfers shall be considered as fully repaid and satisfied, and the sum shown in each of said funds by the apportionment made under section seven of this act shall be taken to be the full sum due such fund from all taxes and receipts collected by said treasurer prior to said thirtieth day of March, subject to any provision for readjustment which may hereafter be made by law.

SEC. 9. The word "person" wherever used in this act shall have the meaning given it in section two thousand seven hundred and thirty of the revised statutes.

SEC. 10. 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 11, 1884.

President of the Senate.

[Senate Bill No. 253.]

AN ACT

To authorize the commissioners of Ross county to levy an additional tax for the support of the poor.

WHEREAS, The fund for the support of the poor in said county has been overdrawn to the amount of five thousand dollars; and

WHEREAS, The separation of the children from the adults in the county infirmary, as required by act of April 9th, 1883, has increased

the expenses of that institution to an extent almost equal to an amount sufficient for maintaining a separate children's home; and

WHEREAS, There will be required to meet such deficiency and increased expense a levy of taxes in addition to the levies now authorized by law; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Ross county, Ohio, be and are hereby authorized and empowered, at their June session in the year 1884, to levy a tax not to exceed three-fourths of one mill, and, annually thereafter, one-fourth of one mill on the dollar in addition to the levies now authorized by law to be levied on all the taxable property of said county, and to be expended for the support of the poor.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

L. A. BRUNNER,

To authorize the commissioners of Clermont county, Ohio, to construct a certain free turnpike road.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of Clermont county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to construct the following free turnpike road: commencing at or near the residence of Edward C. Patchel, in Stonelick township, in said county of Clermont, and thence a westerly course and on the south side of Stonelick creek and the east fork of the little Miami river, passing through or near East Liberty, Cahoon Station, and South Milford, to the county line between Clermont and Hamilton counties, about one mile west of South Milford; and in locating such road said commissioners. may locate the same upon the road or any part of any county or township road heretofore laid out and established, and to widen, alter, change or vacate the same, or any part thereof, and shall have power to lay out, locate, and survey such turnpike through any improved or unimproved lands, and are hereby authorized, for that purpose, to condemn and appropriate the necessary lands therefor, in pursuance of the laws of Ohio for the appropriation of private property for public purposes, and the payment of compensation therefor; said road shall be opened not more than sixty nor less than thirty feet wide.

SEC. 2. That said commissioners may, if they deem best, issue bonds for the construction of said road; provided, that said bonds shall not bear interest at a higher rate than six per centum per annum, payable annually, and shall not be sold for less than their par value; provided, further, that said bonds may extend to such time as they can be met at a levy of one-half of one mill on the dollar on the tax duplicate of said county.

SEC. 3. That said commissioners shall, before proceeding to construct said road, or any part thereof, require and secure from those interested in said improvement, a subscription or donation, equal in amount to twenty per centum of the cost of said improvement, to aid in the construction of the same.

SEC. 4. For the purpose of paying said bonds, the county commissioners are hereby authorized to levy and assess a tax not exceeding onehalf of one mill on the dollar, annually, on all property in said county, in addition to taxes now authorized by law.

SEC. 5. That a majority of said board of commissioners shall be necessary at any regular session, to agree upon specifications and order said improvement, or any part thereof.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

L. A. BRUNNER,

To authorize the commissioners of Clermont county to purchase a turnpike. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Clermont county, Ohio, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase from the owners of the same, the turnpike road running from the village of Batavia to the village of Williamsburg, in said county, at such price and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by and between the commissioners and the owners of said road; and said road, when so purchased, shall be thenceforth a free turnpike road, and shall be improved and kept in repair in the same manner as is provided by law as to other free turnpike roads in said county.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

L. A. BRUNNER,

To authorize the commissioners of Paulding county to issue bonds and to levy additional taxes to pay the same, and for current expenses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, Tha the commissioners of Paulding county be and they are hereby authorized

to issue the bonds of said county, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, to pay existing indebtedness of said county for bridge, and general county purposes; said bonds shall be issued at such time and in such sums as said commissioners may think proper, and shall be made payable at any time within six years; said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, which interest shall be payable semi-annually, and when so issued shall not be sold for less than par value.

SEC. 2. The commissioners of said county are hereby authorized, in the years 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 and 1888, to levy a tax in addition to that authorized by law, not exceeding two mills on the dollar on all the taxable property of said county, to pay said bonds and interest as they

mature.

SEC. 3. The commissioners of said county are hereby authorized, in the years 1884, 1885 and 1886, to levy a tax on all the taxable property of said county for general county purposes, an amount not exceeding one mill on the dollar valuation each year, in addition to the amount now authorized to be levied for said purpose, to meet the current expenses; the same to be entered upon the general duplicate of said county, and collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

To amend an act entitled "an act to authorize the agricultural society of Butler county, Ohio, to erect permanent buildings on the fair grounds in said county, and to provide for the payment of the indebtedness thereby incurred."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the agricultural society of Butler county, Ohio, be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to erect permanent buildings on the fair grounds in said county, at a cost not to exceed five thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying the indebtedness thereby incurred, the county commissioners of Butler county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said county, in Fuch denominations as to them may seem proper, to the amount of tive thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not greater than six per cent., and payable as follows: twenty-five hundred dollars on the first day of September, 1885, and twenty-five hundred dollars on the first day of September, 1886.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after

To authorize the village council of Alliance, Stark county, Ohio, to transfer certain funds therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village council of Alliance, Stark county, Ohio, be and it is hereby authorized to transfer the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) from the police fund of said village, and twenty dollars and two cents ($20.02) from the poor fund of said village to the general fund.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage.

For the relief of T. K. Galloway, treasurer of Whiteoak special school district No. 5, Sycamore township, Hamilton county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of said school district are hereby authorized and required to release said T. K. Galloway and his securities on his official bond, as treasurer of said special school district, from the payment of the sum of one hundred and ninety-eight dollars; provided, that the directors shall submit said proposition to release to the qualified electors of said district at the regular April election, and two-thirds of the electors at said election vote in favor of such release.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said directors, before submitting said' proposition, to give ten days' notice of such election by posting the same in at least five public places in said district. The form of the ballots at said election shall be as follows: "For release of T. K. Galloway—Yes;" and "For release of T. K. Galloway-No."

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.

JOHN G. WARWICK,

Passed April 12, 1884.

President of the Senate.