said election. Those electors who favor the issue of such bonds and the levy of said tax, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Issue of bonds-Yes;" and those who are opposed to such issue and levy shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Issue of bondsNo." And if a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the issue of such bonds, the council of said village shall be authorized to issue said bonds and make said levy for the purposes aforesaid.

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.

Passed February 26, 1889.

WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

[House Bill No. 858.]

AN ACT

To authorize the trustees of Jefferson township, Brown county, Ohio, to erect a township hall, finish off and furnish the same, and to issue bonds and levy a tax therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Jefferson township, Brown county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds, not exceeding twelve hundred dollars, for the purpose of erecting a township hall, on what is known as the public square in the incorporated village of Russelville, in said township, finishing off and furnishing the same.

SECTION 2. Before such bonds shall be issued or tax levied, the question of issuing said bonds and levying of a tax therefor, the same shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said township, at their next annual spring election. Notice of said election shall be given by public notice posted up at five of the most public places in said township, at least twenty days before said election. Said notice shall specify the object for which said election is to be held, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, with the rate per cent. of interest they are to draw, and the number of yearly levies to be made; the tickets voted at said election shall have written or printed thereon, "Authority to issue bonds-Yes;" or, "Authority to issue bonds-No." If the proposition to issue bonds is approved by a majority of all the voters voting at said election, the township trustees shall have authority to issue its bonds for an amount designated in section one of this act, and to levy a tax therefor, as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 3. Said bonds, when so authorized, shall be issued by the trustees of said township in denominations of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, and shall be drawn from one to four years, with interest at six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and at such place as the trustees may designate; they shall express on their face the purpose for which issued; shall be signed by the trustees, and countersigned by the clerk of said township, and shall not be sold for less than their face value.

SECTION 4. No more such bonds shall be sold than is necessary to erect said township hall and finish off and furnish the same. Said bonds to be sold from time to time as the work progresses, and in such amounts as shall be required and made necessary for the completion of the same.

SECTION 5. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the trustees are hereby authorized and required to levy, annually, at the time of making other levies, a tax not exceeding one mill on the dollar, upon all the taxable property of the township, an amount sufficient to pay said bonds with accrued interest as they become due.

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

NOAH H. ALBAUGH,

Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives.

Passed February 27, 1889.

WM. C. LYON. President of the Senate.

[House Bill No. 1020.]

AN ACT

To authorize the commissioners of Adams county to construct certain free turnpike roads.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Adams county, Ohio, be and the same are hereby authorized to construct the following turnpike roads, to-wit:

First road: Beginning at the Jacksonville and Locust Grove pike near David Coblers, running thence with the township road to intersect the new Chillicothe road at a point near T. J. McMillen's; thence with said new Chillicothe road in a southerly direction to a point at the forks of the road near the steam furnace and near a school house.

Second road: Beginning at the Scioto county line where said line crosses the Portsmouth and Hillsboro state road about three-quarters of a mile west of the village of Rarden, extending thence westward by the most practicable route to intersect the West Union and Locust Grove turnpike at a point corresponding with the eastern terminus of the Tranquility turnpike.

Third road: Beginning in the Locust Grove and West Union free turnpike road about one mile south of Locust Grove and near the Locust Grove cemetery, thence along the old road, or as near thereto as practicable to the bridge across Brush creek at the Marble furnace, in Bratton township, Adams county, the point of termination.

Fourth road: Beginning at the Mineral springs in Meigs township, thence running north on or near the survey heretofore made to Mineral Springs station on the Ohio and Northwestern railroad.

SECTION 2. Said commissioners may, in their discretion, order at once the building of said roads, or a part of them, as near the location thereof as may be practicable; and may require donations not exceeding twenty per centum of the estimated costs of the roads ordered to be built, and may issue bonds for the construction of the same, bearing six per cent. interest, which shall not be sold for less than their par value;

and may levy a tax not exceeding three mills on the dollar, annually, on the taxable property of said county, for the purpose of paying said bonds and interest thereon.

SECTION 3. A majority of said board of commissioners may, at any regular or special session, agree upon plans and specifications, and order said improvements or any part thereof.

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

NOAH H. ALBAUGH,

Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives.

Passed February 27, 1889.

WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

[House Bill 1068.]

AN ACT

To authorize the village of Harmar, Washington county, Ohio, to transfer certain funds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the incorporated village of Harmar is hereby authorized to transfer six hundred dollars ($600) from the landing fund and three hundred dollars ($300) from the general fund to the fire fund.

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

To authorize the commissioners of Pickaway county, Ohio, to issue bonds and borrow money to cover a deficiency in the county treasury.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners fo Pickaway county, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said county in an amount, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), in addition to the amount now authorized by law, which bonds shall be in sums of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, payable at such times, not exceeding two years from September 1st, A. D. 1889, as the said commissioners may deem expedient. Said bonds to bear interest from

date at the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September of each and every year, until said bonds shall have been paid. The issuing of said bonds being necessary to supply a deficiency oecasioned by defalcation of treasurer of said county.

SECTION 2. Said bonds shall have coupons attached thereto, representing the semi-annual interest thereon as it shall become due; and said bonds shall be sold as provided by law.

SECTION 3. The commissioners and auditor of said county are hereby constituted a board, and authorized to pay out of the funds now in said treasury, any amount which may be due the state, the township, township school, city, village, and special district school, corporation and other trust funds, and apportion the money arising from the sale of said bonds, among the several funds of said county, in proportion to the requirements thereof, as may be determined by the judgment of said board.

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

ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed February 27, 1889.

WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

[House Bill No. 916.]

AN ACT

To divide Cardington township, Morrow county, into two election precincts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Cardington township, Morrow county, Ohio, be divided into two election precincts, and said two election precincts shall be known as the east and west precincts of said township, and shall be divided by the following line, to-wit: Beginning where Marion street crosses the south line of said township; thence north with said street to the north line of the incorporated village of Cardington; thence west with the Marion road to the northwest corner of said village; thence northwest with said Marion road to its intersection with a township road on the lands of John Sellars and Jacob Heil, Jr.; thence north with said township road to its intersection with the north line of said Cardington township.

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

NOAH H. ALBAUGH, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives.

THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

Passed February 18, 1889.

[House Bill No. 1017.]

AN ACT

To authorize the trustees of Saltcreek township, Muskingum county, to assume certain duties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Saltcreek township, Muskingum county, are authorized and empowered to assume the functions and duties of the school land trustees of the said township, as provided for in section 1368 of the Revised Statutes.

SECTION 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.
NOAH H. ALBAUGH,

Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives.

THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem, of the Senate.

Passed February 28, 1889.

[House Bill No. 1070.]

AN ACT

To change the name of Wm. D. Therman and Sallie R. Thorman, of Adams county, to that of Wm. D. Coleman and Sallie R. Coleman.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the name of Wm. D. Thorman and Sallie R. Thorman, of Adams county, be changed to that of Wm. D. Coleman and Sallie R. Coleman. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.

NOAH H. ALBAUGH, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives.

THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem, of the Senate.

Passed February 28, 1889.

[Senate Bill No. 398.]

AN ACT

To amend section 1 of an act entitled an act "to incorporate the Granville_academy," passed March 14, 1836, relating to change of name and granting literary degrees.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there shall be and hereby is established in the town of Granville, in the county of Licking, an institution for the education of youth in the various branches of useful knowledge, by the name of the Granville female college; and that Rev. Jacob Little, Samuel Bancroft, Spencer Wright, Knowles