Fuller's mills and Montgomery station, on the Cincinnati and Marietta railroad, in Hamilton county, Ohio, at a cost not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars: Provided, that no contract shall be entered into for building said bridge by the commissioners of Hamilton county unless the same be approved by the board of control of said county. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force on its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Passed March 17, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of Oberlin School District, in Lorain county, Ohio, to issue bonds to obtain money for building a school-house. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That for the purpose of erecting a Union school house, and for furnishing the same in anticipation of taxes to be levied for that purpose, the board of education of Oberlin union school district, in Lorain county, is hereby authorized to borrow money and issue bonds therefor in the name of said board, not exceeding in the aggregate thirty thousand dollars, bearing interest payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding eight per centum per annum, and issued in such denominations not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars, and having such time to run, not exceeding ten years, as said board shall determine: Provided, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value; and provided, further, that before any bonds shall be issued or money borrowed under this act, the question of the propriety thereof shall be submitted to the electors of said Union school district at some general election in April or October, and a majority of all electors voting at said election shall have voted in favor thereof, and said election shall be held and conducted as follows: The board of education shall give at least ten days notice of the time and place of holding said election by posting written or printed notices thereof in at least five public places in said district, and said election shall be by ballot, and all ballots in favor of issuing said bonds or borrowing money as aforesaid shall have written or printed thereon "Issue Bonds-Yes," and those against "Issue Bouds-No." The said board of education shall be judges of the election, and the electors present shall choose two clerks of said election, and they shall count the ballots and certify the result, together with a poll book and tally-sheet, to the township clerk of said township, who shall make a record thereof. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying said bouds and the interest thereon as it becomes due, the said board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax annually on all the taxable property in said uLion school district, sufficient to pay said bonds and interest as they shall become due, which levy shall be placed on the tax duplicate by the auditor of said Lorain county, and shall be collected as are other taxes, and the money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay said bonds and interest. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 18, 1873. AN ACT To authorize the village council of the incorporated village of West Union, in the county of Adams, to levy a tax to aid in the construction of a new court-house for said county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village council of the incorporated village of West Union, is hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax of six hundred dollars for each year of the years 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877 upon the taxable property of said incorporated village, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a new court-house at West Union, in said county of Adams. SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 28, 1873. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, and territory annexed for school purposes, to levy a special tax to pay an existing indebtedness. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the incorporated village of Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, and territory annexed thereto for school purposes, be and it is hereby authorized to levy a special tax (in addition to the taxes now authorized by law) upon all the taxable property of said village and territory thereto annexed for school purposes, for the year 1873, not exceeding seven mills on the dollar, for the purpose of enabling said board to pay its existing indebtedness. SEC. 2. That an act entitled "An act to authorize the board of education of Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, and territory annexed for school purposes, to levy a special tax to pay an existing indebtedness," be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 29, 1873. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Pleasant township, Hardin county, Ohio, to tranfer funds from the treasury for poor fund purposes, to the general township fund of said township. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Pleasant township, Hrdin county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to permanently transfer fifteen hundred dollars from the township poor fund to the general township fund of said township. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 29, 1873. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Brown township, Darke county, Ohio, to levy and assess a tax for the purpose of paying an existing indebtedness of said township. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Brown township, Darke county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to levy an additional tax not exceeding nine hundred dollars ($900) on the taxable property within the limits of said township for the purpose of paying an existing indebtedness of said township. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 29, 1873. AN ACT To transfer territory from separate school district No. 4, in Paris township, to Paris township, Stark county, Ohio, for school purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the following territory be and hereby is transferred for school purposes from separate school district No. 4, in Paris township, to Paris township, in the county of Stark, in the state of Ohio, to wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of section eighteen (18), town 17, range 6; thence south to the southwest corner of said section; thence east with the south line of said section to the northwest corner of W. Shotzman's lot of fifty-five acres; thence south to the centre of section nineteen (19), same town and range; thence east to the southeast corner of said Shotzman's fifty-five acre lot; thence north to the northeast corner of the same in the section line; thence east with the section line to the northwest corner of M. Farmer's lot of thirty-three acres in the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section twenty (20), same town and range; thence south to the southwest corner of said Farmer's thirty-three acre lot; thence east 120 rods, more or less, being the south line of said Farmer's thirty-three acre lot, and the south line of the west side of W. Shearer's lot of land in the northeast quarter of said section twenty (20); thence south to the south line of said northeast quarter of section twenty (20); thence east to southeast corner of said northeast quarter of section twenty (20); thence north with section line to the northeast corner of section seventeen (17), same town and range; thence west to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said section seventeen (17); thence north eighty rods; thence west to the east line of section seven (7), same town and range; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said section seven (7); thence west to the section line, and thence south to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 29, 1873. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of the Union School District of Niles, Trumbull county, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assemby of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the Union school district of Niles, in the county of Trumbull, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be applied to the payment of the indebtedness existing for the erection of their school building, grading, fencing and improving the grounds of the same, and furnishing suitable apparatus therefor. SEC. 2. That for the purpose aforesaid, the said board are authorized to issue bonds, to be signed by the president and attested by the clerk of said board, in sums of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cen tum per annum, payable semi-annually; said bonds to be payable at such time or times, not exceeding fifteen years from the respective dates thereof, as said board may determine, which said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of paying said bonds and interest thereon as the same shall become due, the said board of education are hereby authorized and empowered to levy on all the taxable property of the said school district, a tax for such an amount annually as will be sufficient to pay the principal of the debt that shall fall due each year, and also the interest falling due annually on the bonds so issued, which levy shall be placed on the tax duplicate by the auditor of the county, collected as are other taxes, and when collected paid over to the treasurer of said Union school district. SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its pas. sage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Passed April 2, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Trustees of Middleburgh township, Cuyahoga county, to purchase a farm for poor purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Middleburgh township, Cuyahoga county, be and they are hereby empowered to purchase a farm at an expense not to exceed seven thousand dollars, for poor purposes, and to levy a tax on the taxable property of said township for the amount necessary for said pur chase: Provided, that before said purchase shall be made, the question shall be submitted to the people of the township at an annual township election held after the passage of this act, and after due notice shall have been given; and if a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of a tax to be levied for such purpose, then said trustees shall be fully authorized to proceed as before stated, and the voter shall have placed upon his ticket: "Tax for farm for poor purposes-Yes," or "Tax for farm for poor purposes-No;" but all tickets that do not contain a vote upon the question so submitted, shall not be counted in the aggregate of votes provided for. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Passed April 2, 1873. President of the Senate. |