Sec. 660. The pupils admitted into the state school for the deaf may be permitted to remain such a portion of thirteen years as their progress seems to justify; but if at any time the board of trustees and superintendent determine that the child is not making sufficient progress in its school, or industrial work, to justify its continuance as a pupil, they may return it to its parents, guardian, or the county infirmary of the county from which it came; but no pupil admitted into said state school from a county infirmary or who after admission into said state school shall become a county charge, shall be sent to a county infirmary for the summer vacation. Sec. 661. Shoemaking, printing, book-binding, and the art of cutting, fitting and making wearing apparel for females, shall be carried on and taught in said state school for the deaf, and such other trades and arts as are found to be adapted to the capacities and wants of the deaf, the trustees in this behalf having regard to the good of the pupils and the economical administration of the school. SECTION 2. That said sections 659, 660 and 661 and said section I are hereby repealed. Passed March 31, 1908. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, President of the Senate. Approved March 31, 1908, at 5:00 o'clock p. m. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. 7L. [House Bill No. 743.] AN ACT To compensate Louis Ocker, of Erie county, Ohio, for services rendered. WHEREAS, On the 21st day of April, 1898, Louis Ocker, of Erie county, Ohio, enlisted as a private in Company "B," 16h Regiment, O. N. G., at Sandusky, Ohio, under Captain Charles E. Stroud, and was honorably discharged therefrom on the 9th day of May, 1898, on account of being unavailable under general orders No. 11, S. 1898, and, WHEREAS, At the time said Louis Ocker was discharged as aforesaid, his name, by some neglect, was omitted from the payroll of said company, and no payment was ever received by him for services for such term of enlistment, and, WHEREAS, There is no appropriation made or funds on hand from which payment can be made for said services, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. The auditor of state is hereby authorized and directed to issue his warrant on the state treasurer to pay Louis Ocker the sum of twenty-eight dollars; and for that purpose there is hereby appropriated the sum of twenty-eight dollars from any money in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, not otherwise appropriated; which sum, when paid, shall be in full settlement of all claims, with interest against the state on account of the services aforesaid. JOSEPH D. CHAMBERLIAN, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, Passed April 2, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, [Senate Bill No. 390.] AN ACT To authorize the election of one additional judge in the third subdivision of the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That there shall be elected in the third subdivision of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio, composed of the counties of Jefferson, Harrison and Tuscarawas, by the electors thereof, under and in pursuance of the general election laws of the state of Ohio, governing the election of judges of the court of common pleas, at the regular state election on the third day of November, A. D. 1908, one judge of the court of common pleas in addition to the judges heretofore provided for by law for said third subdivision of said Eighth Judicial District. Said additional judge shall be elected for the term of six years, commencing on the first day of January, 1909, and he shall have all the powers, and be subject to all the obligations, and shall perform all the duties pertaining to said office of judge of the common pleas court, and vacancies, if any shall occur in his office shall be filled as now provided by law. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, President of the Senate. Passed April 6, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. [House Bill No. 862.] AN ACT For the relief of Conley E. Guilford, treasurer of Fulton county, Ohio. WHEREAS, On the night of January 12, 1905, the treasurer's office of Fulton county, Ohio, was entered by burglars, who destroyed the vault and safe therein contained, and took therefrom cash to the amount of $10,714; and, WHEREAS, Conley E. Guilford, treasurer of said county, has since recovered from The Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company, of New York, $10,000.00, and from the government of the United States, for mutilated currency found after said burglary, the sum of $12.50, leaving a net loss of $701.50; and, WHEREAS, Conley E. Guilford, treasurer of said county, has paid into the treasury of said county, from his private funds the amount of said loss sustained by reason of said burglary, and has since deceased; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That the commissioners of the county of Fulton be, and they are, hereby authorized to allow a bill to Frank R. Guilford, administrator of the estate of said Conley E. Guilford, for said amount of $701.50, and the county auditor is hereby authorized to issue an order on the treasurer of said county for said sum, the same to be charged to the county fund of said county. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. To authorize the commissioners of Jefferson county, Ohio, to improve and beautify the court house grounds. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That the county commissioners of Jefferson county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to improve and beautify the court house grounds in Steubenville, Ohio, at an expense of five thousand dollars, that said sum shall be expended to assist in the erection of a statue to the great war secretary, Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, at the place of his nativity, in accordance with plans, and specifications for the same adopted by and under the direction of the trustees of The Stanton Monument. Association, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the state of Ohio, for the purpose of the erection of said statue. SECTION 2. That when said statue is completed and dedicated, the care, custody and control thereof shall vest in said county commissioners and their successors in office. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, Passed April 8, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. IIL. [House Bill No. 928.] AN ACT To amend section 9 of an act entitled, "An act to reorganize and change the name of the Ohio agricultural and mechanical college and to repeal certain acts therein named," passed May 1, 1878, as amended March 16, 1894, relative to the compensation of president, professors, teachers and employes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 9 of an act entitled, "An act to reorganize and change the name of the Ohio agricultural and mechanical college, and to repeal certain acts therein named," passed May 1, 1878, as amended March 16, 1894, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 9. That said board of trustees shall fix the compensation of the president, professors, teachers and all other employes of the university. SECTION 2. That said original section 9, as amended March 16, 1894, be and the same is hereby repealed. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, President of the Senate. Passed April 14, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. [Senate Bill No. 572.] AN ACT To dedicate for public park and pleasure resort purposes, the new reservoir that is being constructed by the state board of public works, in Coventry township, Summit county, Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That the body of water and exterior state lands adjacent thereto that are included in the new reservoir that is being constructed by the state board of public works in Coventry township, Summit county, Ohio, for the purpose of supplying water for the Ohio canal, be and the same are hereby set apart and dedicated forever for the use of the public as a public park and pleasure resort to be known and designated as "North reservoir." SECTION 2. The islands within said North reservoir shall be under the control and management of the state board of public works and the chief engineer of the public works and may be subdivided into such allotments as in the opinion of said board and the chief engineer will best serve the interest of the public, and may be leased for the term' of fifteen years the same as state canal lands are now leased, and the revenues derived from such leases shall be credited to the "Portage Lakes" park fund, and the said North reservoir shall be considered as a part of said Portage Lakes. SECTION 3. All acts heretofore passed and now in force and effect relating to state reservoirs dedicated as public parks and pleasure resorts, shall be in full force and effect as to said North reservoir. To authorize the board of education of Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, to pay James C. Thompson money advanced by him for the construction and furnishing of a school building in said township. WHEREAS, The board of education of Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, deeming it necessary for the proper accommodation of the schools of Klondyke Mines in said township, county and state, to erect and furnish a school building at said place; and WHEREAS, After the completion of said school building said board of education did not have in its building fund sufficient amount of money to pay for the erection and furnishing of said school building; and |