interest of the city, and the negotiation and sale of said bonds. The principal of said bonds shall be payable at such place and at such times as the council may determine by ordinance, within a period not exceed ing ten years; and said council is hereby authorized to levy a tax upon all the taxable property of said city, not exceeding one mill on the dollar in any one year, to pay the amount of said bonds and interest. SECTION 3. The funds realized from the sale of said bonds shall be used by said council for the purpose of locating and constructing and paying for public sewers for said city. 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. THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 21, 1889. [House Bill No. 1274.] AN ACT To authorize the trustees of the civil township of Union, Belmont county, to assume the duties and functions of the original township trustees. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the civil township of Union, Belmont county, are authorized and empowered to assume the functions and duties of the trus tees of and for the original township corresponding to the said township of Union, as provided for by the laws of Ohio. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 22, 1889. [House Bill No. 724.] AN ACT To amend " an act to divide Pultney township, Belmont county, into two election precincts," passed March 17, 1886, and to repeal said act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Pultney township, Belmont county, Ohio, be divided into two election. precincts, and said two election precincts shall be known as the Bellaire and West Wheeling precincts of said township, and shall be divided as follows, to-wit: The West Wheeling precinct shall include all the territory within sections twenty, twenty-six and the north half of section thirty-two in said township, and the elections in said precinct shall be held at West Wheeling; the Bellaire precinct shall include all of the territory of said township not included in said sections twenty, twenty-six and the north half of section thirty-two, and the elections in said precinct shall be held at Bellaire. SECTION 2. The original act entitled "an act to divide Pultney township, Belmont county, into two election precincts," passed March 17, 1886, is hereby repealed. 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. THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 936.] AN ACT To authorize the village of Avondale, Hamilton county, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, to pay for street improvements, fire and police purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the village of Avondale, in the county of Hamilton, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money, not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) in amount, to be used in paying for general street improvements, and for fire and police purposes in the village, and to issue bonds of said village therefor, the same to bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and to be of such denominations and to mature at such times as said council shall determine; provided, that such bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SECTION 2. Said council is hereby authorized to levy such amount of tax upon the taxable property of said village as may be necessary to pay the interest and principal of such bonds when the same become due; said tax to be levied and collected in the same manner as taxes for general purposes are levied and collected. 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. THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 1042.] AN ACT To establish township lines in the townships of Salem, Fearing and Muskingum, in Washington county, Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the following surveys, commencing at the east line of Salem and Fearing townships, at a point known as the S. E. corner of one hundred acre lot No. one hundred and seventy-four (174) and the N. E. corner of one hundred and seventy-three (173) of Duck creek allotment of donation lands, and running west on the south line of one hundred acre lots No. one hundred and seventy-four (174), one hundred and sixty-five (165), one hundred and thirty-one (131), fifty-nine (59), seventy-four (74), seventythree (73) and seventy-five (75), be and the same is hereby established as the line between the townships of Salem, Fearing and Muskingum, in the county of Washington, this state. 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. THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 1139.] AN ACT To authorize the Star of Hope Lodge, number 127, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Ohio, to issue bonds and mortage its property. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Ohio, a corporation duly incorporated March 11, 1858, under the laws of this state, be and is hereby authorized to issue bonds not to exceed twelve thousand ($12,000) dollars, to be issued in denominations of fifty, one hundred, and five hundred dollars; none of said bonds shall become due and be payable in less than three years from the date of issue, or have a longer time to run than (10) ten years from the date of issue; provided, that any or all of said bonds may be paid at any time after three years from date of issue; and all of said bonds shall draw interest from date of issue, at the rate of (6) six per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and said bonds shall be signed by said corporation, by its duly elected and acting trustees, and countersigned by the secretary of the lodge, under the seal of the Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127, I. O. O. F. of Ohio. SECTION 2. The payment of said bonds and interest is to be secured by mortgage on all or any part of the real estate of said Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Ohio. The bonds hereby authorized to be issued shall not be sold for less than their par value, and the proceeds shall be applied to the improvement of the real property of said Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 1143.] AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the Gahanna independent school district, of the village of Gahanna, and territory annexed thereto, in Franklin county, Ohio, to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a school house in said district. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the Gahanna independent school district, of the village of Gahanna, and territory annexed thereto, in Franklin county, Ohio, is hereby authorized to borrow money, not to exceed the sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500) dollars, and issue the bonds of the district therefor, for the purpose of building a school house and furnishing the same. SECTION 2. That such bonds shall be signed by the president and attested by the clerk of the board of education; shall not be for a sum greater than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars each; shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent. per annum; shall be made payable at such times as the board shall determine, but within ten years from date of issue, and shall not be sold for less than their face value; and the board shall levy annually such tax as is necessary to pay the bonds as they become due, and all accrued interest. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THEO F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 1219.] AN ACT To amend section one of an act entitled "an act to authorize the commissioners of Gallia county, Ohio, to pay Harriet Hampton fifteen hundred dollars, amount paid upon a forfeited bond of W. G. Hampton," passed April 4th, 1888 (O. L., vol. 85, pp. 499 and 500). WHEREAS, At the February term, 1885, of the Gallia county court of common pleas, one W. G. Hampton was, by the verdict of a petit jury, convicted of the crime of burglary; and WHEREAS, A motion in arrest of judgment was made, for the purpose of taking said case to the supreme court, and a bond given for the ap pearance of said Hampton in court and abide all further orders of the same; and WHEREAS, Harriet Hampton, mother of said W. G. Hampton, to secure said bondsmen on said bond, to-wit: John B. Clendennin and John Hampton, made a deed of her home property, situate in the city of Gallipolis, Ohio, to said John B. Clendennin and John Hampton, taking from them a contract to deed the same back to her in the event they were held harmless on said bond; and WHEREAS, Through the ill-advice of alleged friends, said W. G. Hampton fled the country, and did not appear in court as he was bound to by the terms of said bond, and the same thereby became and was duly for feited; and WHEREAS, The said bondsmen were compelled to, and did, pay over to the commissioners of said Gallia county, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars upon said forfeited bond, on the.- day of, 188-, and were duly reimbursed by said Harriet Hampton, by her payment to them of said sum of fifteen hundred dollars; and WHEREAS, The said W. G. Hampton, on or about the day of —, 1886, voluntarily returned to his home, and was duly sentenced by the court of common pleas of said Gallia county, at the May term, 1886, to imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary, for the period of one year; and WHEREAS, On the recommendation of the judge and the jury at the trial of said case, and the other judges of the subdivision, Governor Hoadly, after a careful examination of the evidence at the trial of said W. G. Hampton, and other evidence submitted to him, which made it conclusive to his mind, that said Hampton was entirely innocent of the crime of which he had been convicted and sentenced, unconditionally pardoned him; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of commissioners of Gallia county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to direct the payment of the sum of fifteen hundred dollars out of the county fund to Harriet Hampton, mother of said W. G. Hampton; and to order the auditor of said county to draw his warrant in favor of Harriet Hampton on the treasurer of said county, for the payment of said sum; provided, however, that the said commissioners of Gallia county shall not direct the payment of the said fifteen hundred dollars to the said Harriet Hampton, nor order the auditor of said county to draw his warrant in favor of the said Harriet Hampton on the treasurer of said county, for the payment of the said sum, until the question of the relief of the said Harriet Hampton shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the said county at a general election, of which not less than ten days' notice shall be given by publication in two newspapers of general circulation in said county; and at said election, all those desiring to vote in favor of the pay ment of said sum to said Harriet Hampton shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "Relief of Harriet Hampton-Yes;" and those opposed to the same the words: "Relief of Harriet Hampton-No;" and if the majority of the ballots cast at said election shall have written or printed on them the words, "Relief of Harriet Hampton-Yes," then the said commissioners may proceed to direct the payment of the said sum to Harriet Hampton; but if a majority of the ballots cast at said election |