suance of the laws of the state of Ohio, and acquired lands, and erected thereon a seminary building for educational purposes; and WHEREAS, Said seminary building has ceased to subserve the purposes for which it was created; and WHEREAS, It is the unanimous desire of the stockholders in said Goshen seminary association that the buildings and grounds thereof be sold, and its corporate existence closed; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Goshen association (a corporation existing by virtue of the laws of the state of Ohio) may dispose of its property at public or private sale, upon such terms as to payment as the stockholders thereof, by a vote of three-fourths of the shares of stock of the institution may direct, after giving public notice of the same for six consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation, published in Clermont county, state of Ohio, wherein said institution is situated; which notice shall contain a full statement of the terms, time and place of sale, and the action of the trustees aforesaid; and the trustees may then close up the corporate existence of the aforesaid seminary association, and make an equitable distribution of the proceeds of the sale among all the holders of the shares of stock, after the payment of the just debts of the corporation and the expense of sale. SECTION 2. The trustees aforesaid shall have full power to convey to the purchaser, by deed of warranty, all the rights, title and interest of the aforesaid Goshen seminary association in and to the premises so sold. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. Passed January 21, 1889. [Senate Bill No. 337.] AN ACT To authorize the village of Fostoria, in Seneca county, 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 Fostoria, in Seneca county, be, and it hereby is authorized to transfer permanently, six thousand three hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty-six cents, from the water-works fund to the gas fund of said village. SECTION 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. Passed January 21, 1889. [Senate Bill No. 346.] AN ACT To authorize the board of county commissioners of Brown county, Ohio, to issue bonds and to repair the present court house in said county. WHEREAS, On the third day of December, A. D. 1888, the court house in said county of Brown, and the office furniture therein, was partially destroyed by fire; and whereas, it became necessary by reason of said loss, to raise money immediately, to repair, enlarge and improve said court house; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of the county of Brown are hereby authorized to repair, as they may deem necessary and prudent for the interests of said county, said court house, and that they are hereby authorized to purchase new furniture, such as may be needed for the various offices in said court house, and for the court room in said court house, and to provide such improved ventilation, drainage, lighting and heating of said court house, in its various departments, as they may deem best and safest. The said county commissioners shall, immediately upon the passage of this act, determine what repairs they will make to said court house, in any or all of the respects above mentioned, and have such determination forthwith entered upon their journal. Said county commissioners shall immediately cause plans and specifications of and for such repairs, as they may determine upon, to be filed in the office of the auditor of Brown county, Ohio, as soon as practicable, and for such furniture, fixtures and heating apparatus for said court house, and for any improved drainage, ventilation and lighting of said court house; and as soon as such specifications have been made and adopted by them, they shall proceed to advertise for sealed proposals, for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days, in two newspapers of general circulation in the county, for contracts to do said work, and furnish such material as is necessary, and they shall let said contract of said work and said material to the lowest and best bidder therefor, which shall be completed within as short a time as practicable. SECTION 2. That the county commissioners of said Brown county, for the purpose of this repairing said court house, as shall have been as aforesaid determined by them, are hereby authorized to borrow such sums of money not exceeding three thousand ($3,000) dollars, as they shall deem necessary, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, and issue the bonds of said county therefor; the principal of said bonds shall be payable at such time or times, not exceeding twenty (20) years after their date, as the said commissioners shall therein specify; and the interest of said bonds shall be payable semi-annually; the said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SECTION 3. That the bonds issued as aforesaid, shall specify distinctly the purpose for which they are issued; shall be in such respective sums as the said commissioners shall determine; shall be payable to bearer at such place as said commissioners shall therein designate, and shall be signed by said commissioners and attested by the county auditor of said county; and said county auditor shall keep a record of all bonds. issued, and the coupons thereto attached. SECTION 4. That for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, and the principal of the same as they become due, the commissioners of said county shall annually levy a sufficient tax upon all the taxable prop erty in said county in addition to the taxes now by law authorized to be levied. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. Passed January 22, 1889. [House Bill No. 820.] AN ACT To divide the township of Portage, in the county of Summit, into two election precincts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township of Portage, in the county of Summit and state of Ohio, be and the same is hereby divided into two election precincts, as follows: All that portion of said township being situated on the easterly side of the Ohio canal shall be designated as the east precinct, and all that portion of said township situated and being on the westerly side of said canal shall be designated as the west precinct, and the line of said Ohio canal shall be the dividing line between said election precincts. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 22, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 347.] AN ACT To authorize the county commissioners of Brown county, Ohio, to issue bonds of the county for the purpose of having the records in the public offices in said county supplied, which were lost and injured by fire on the third day of December, 1888. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of Brown county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to borrow such sums of money, not exceeding four thousand dollars (84,000), as they shall deem necessary, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, and issue the bonds of said county therefor, for the purpose of transcribing and supplying such public records in the different offices in said county as were lost and injured by fire on the third day of December, A. D. 1888, as they may deem necessary. The principal of said bonds shall be payable at such time or times, not exceeding twenty (20) years after their date, as said commissioners shall therein specify; and the interest of said bonds shall be payable semi-annually. The said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SECTION 2. That the bonds so issued shall specify distinctly the purpose for which they are issued, shall be in such respective sums as the said commissioners shall determine, shall be payable to bearer at such place as said commissioners shall therein designate, and shall be signed by said commissioners and attested by the county auditor of said county, and said county auditor shall keep a record of all bonds issued, and coupons thereto attached. SECTION 3. That for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds. and the principal of the same as they become due, the commissioners of said county shall annually levy a sufficient tax upon all the taxable property in said county in addition to the taxes now by law authorized to be levied thereon. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and its after passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. To authorize the village of Louisville, Stark county, Ohio, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing said village with water-works. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village council of the village of Louisville, Stark county, Ohio, be and said village council is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said village in any sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, in denomination not exceeding one thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable annually, for the purpose of providing said village with water-works. SECTION 2. Said bonds shall be signed by the mayor of the village, and countersigned by the clerk of said village. They shall not be sold for less than their par value; the principal shall be payable at such times as the council of said village may determine, by ordinance, within a period not exceeding twenty years; and said village council is hereby authorized to levy a tax upon all taxable property of said village to pay said bonds, not to exceed four (4) mills in any one year. SECTION 3. The funds realized from the sale of said bonds shall be used by the council of said village for the purpose of constructing and paying for water-works for said village, which water-works, when completed, shall be used, operated, and controlled in such manner as may be prescribed by law and the ordinances of said village. SECTION 4. Before said council shall issue said bonds, the proposition shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said village, at any general or special election called for that purpose. The council, before submitting said proposition, shall declare by resolution the amount of bonds to be issued and within what time the same shall be redeemed or paid. Said resolution shall be published in all newspapers published within said village, for at least two weeks. The election shall be held at the usual places of holding elections in said village, and all persons favoring said proposition shall have written or printed on their ballots, "Issue [of] water-works bonds-Yes;" and those opposed to said proposition shall have written or printed on their ballots, "Issue [of] water-works bondsNo." And should a majority of the electors voting upon said proposition vote "yes," then said council shall be authorized to issue said bonds as provided in this act. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 22, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 821.] AN ACT To authorize the council of the village of Oberlin, Lorain county, 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 Oberlin, Lorain county, be and is hereby authorized to transfer to the street fund of the village all the money now standing to the credit of the sewer fund in the village treasury; and said council are also authorized and empowered to transfer to the street fund all the money that may hereafter be paid into the village treasury, to the credit of the sewer fund, by virtue of the tax levy of 1888. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 22, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 335.] AN ACT To authorize the city of Marietta, Ohio, to erect or purchase an electric light plant. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the city of Marietta, Ohio, be, and it is hereby authorized |