[House Bill No. 1338.] AN ACT To authorize the council of the incorporated village of Medina, Medina county, Ohio, to issue bonds for the purpose of improving the streets of said village. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the incorporated village of Medina, Medina county, Ohio, be and is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said village, in a sum not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000), in denominations of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable annually, and redeemable at a period not exceeding twenty years from the date of issue. Said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk of said village, and shall not be sold for less than their par value, and may be issued and sold at such times and in such amounts as the council of said village shall determine by ordinance. SECTION 2. The money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used by the council of said village for the purpose of paving, flagging and otherwise improving the streets thereof, and for no other purpose whatever. SECTION 3. Whenever the bonds of said village shall be issued as provided by this act, it shall be the duty of said council to levy a tax on all the taxable property of said village, sufficient to pay the interest accruing annually on said bonds so issued, and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof, as the same shall fall due. 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 March 27, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 1344.] AN ACT To divide Jackson township, Pickaway county, into two election precincts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township of Jackson, in the county of Pickaway, be and the same is hereby divided into two election precincts. The dividing line of said township, for said election purposes, to be Darby creek, running from the west line of said township to the east line thereof. All that portion of said township lying north of said Darby creek to be designated north precinct, and all of that portion of said township lying south of said Darby creek to be designated south precinct. 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 March 27, 1889. WM. C. LYON. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 1349.] AN ACT To amend an act passed Feb. 23, 1888, entitled "an act to authorize the trustees of Scipio township, Seneca county, to build a soldiers' monument in Farewell Retreat cemetery in said township." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Scipio township, Seneca county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said township in a sum not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), for the purpose of building and constructing a soldiers' monument in Farewell Retreat cemetery, or in the village of Republic, in said township; said bonds shall be in denomination of one hundred dollars each, payable as follows: five hundred dollars ($500), August 1st, 1889; five hundred dollars ($500), August 1st, 1890; and five hundred dollars, August 1st, 1891; and said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. SECTION 2. Said bonds shall be signed by the trustees of said township, or any two of them, and countersigned by the clerk of said township, and shall be sold according to law. SECTION 3. For the purpose of paying the principal and interest of said bonds each year, the trustees of said township shall annually levy a tax upon all the taxable property of said township. 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 March 27, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 1362.] AN ACT To authorize the council of the city of Kenton, Hardin 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 city of Kenton, Ohio, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer the sum of one thousand dollars from the police fund of said city to the fire department fund thereof. 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. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. Passed March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 1366.] AN ACT To enable the school board in the incorporated village of La Rue, Marion county, Ohio to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of erecting a new school house in said village. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the school board of said village be and the same is hereby authorized to issue bonds and borrow money in any sums not exceeding $20,000, and levy a tax to pay the same, for the purpose of building a new school house in said village; said bonds to be for the sum of $250 each, and said bonds to be payable in fifteen equal semi-annual payments; said bonds to draw interest not to exceed four and one-half per cent. per annum; said interest to be paid semi-annually; and provided further, that before this act shall go into effect, it shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said village and receive a majority of the votes of said village, cast at a regular or special election. SECTION 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Passed March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 1367.] AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Marion county, Ohio, to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of erecting permanent improvements upon the Marion county fair grounds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of Marion county, Ohio, be and the same are hereby authorized to issue bonds and borrow money in any sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars, and to levy a tax of one-half mill to pay the same, for the purpose of raising money to erect permanent buildings upon the Marion county fair grounds; provided, that said bonds shall not be issued except by the unanimous consent of the board of county commissioners, which consent shall be taken by yeas and nays and recorded upon the journal of said commissioners. 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 March 27, 1889. [House Bill No. 1370.] AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the Edgerton school district, Williams county, Ohio, to levy an additional tax. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the Edgerton school district, Williams county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to levy annually, for a period of not more than five (5) years, in addition to that already allowed by law, a tax of not more than two (2) mills on each dollar of the assessed value of the taxable property of said Edgerton school district, for the support and maintenance of the public schools thereof. 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 March 27, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 485.] AN ACT For reimbursement of Wm. Powell for part of loss sustained as contractor for school house for Marlboro special school district. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education in Marlboro special school district, in Marlboro township, Stark county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to reimburse, in part, Wm. Powell, for loss sustained by said Wm. Powell as contractor for the school house constructed by him, in said special school district in said Marlboro township, Stark county, Ohio; and for the purpose of so reimbursing in part said Wm. Powell, said board of education are hereby authorized to issue bonds in the sum of eight hundred dollars, in such denominations as the said board may determine; said bonds to bear interest from date of issue, at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable annually; said bonds shall not be sold at less than their par value, and shall be made payable at such time or times as said board may provide, in not less than one year nor more than eight years. SECTION 2. That for the purpose of paying said bonds, said board of education are hereby authorized and required to levy such tax each year on all the taxable property in said special school district, in addition to the taxes now authorized to be levied, as may be required to pay said bonds as the same become due. SECTION 3. That before said board of education shall reimburse said Wm. Powell, or issue bonds, as provided in sections one and two of this act, said board of education shall submit to the qualified electors of said Marlboro special school district at an election, ten days' notice of which shall be given before the day of said election, by posting written or printed notices of such election in at least five different places in said special school district, the question of such reimbursement, in part, of said Wm. Powell as contractor for said school house. SECTION 4. The voters of said special school district desiring to vote for such reimbursement, in part, of said Wm. Powell, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For reimbursement, in part, of Wm. Powell-Yes;" those desiring to vote against such reimbursement, in part, of Wm. Powell, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For reimbursement, in part, of Wm. Powell-No;" and if a majority of all the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of said reimbursement, in part, of said Wm. Powell, then said board of education of said Marlboro special school district shall reimburse, in part, the said Wm. Powell, as provided in sections one and two of this act. SECTION 5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 28, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 486.] AN ACT To authorize the village of Painesville, Lake county, Ohio, to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing sewers in said village. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village of Painesville, in the county of Lake, is hereby authorized to issue its bonds in such amounts and at such time or times as the council of said village by ordinance or resolution may determine, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), in addition to the amount of bonds heretofore authorized by law, for the purpose of constructing sewers in said village of Painesville. Said bonds shall be sold at a price not less than their par value, either at public sale to the highest and best bidder, or at private sale, in the judgment and discretion of said village council, as it may be, previously to said sale determine by ordinance or resolution, and upon a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to said council. Said bonds shall be issued in such denominations as said council may by ordinance or resolution direct, shall be redeemable within fifteen years from and after the date when the same are severally issued, in the discretion of said council, and shall bear interest at a rate of not more than six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually. SECTION 2. That for the purpose of paying the bonds by this act authorized to be issued, and the interest thereon, as the same mature and become due and payable, power and authority is hereby conferred upon said village by and through its said council, to levy a tax each year upon all the taxable property of said village of Painesville, additional to any and all taxes which said municipal corporation is authorized and empow ered to levy and collect under and by virtue of existing law; provided, however, that any and all moneys collected by the authority of said vil |