(0. L., volume 74, page 503, as amended, O. L., volume 77, page 369, and 0. L., volume 84, page 356).

SECTION 2. The board of county commissioners of Hamilton county, Ohio, is hereby authorized and shall have full power, anything in any enactment to the contrary notwithstanding, to construct and extend the improvement provided for in the act of May 4th, 1877 (O. L., volume 74, page 503), and the acts amendatory thereof, by constructing a bridge over the railroad tracks and other railroad property on the eastern side of Mill creek, at Liberty street, in the city of Cincinnati, and to further continue the necessary trestle work on said street between Garrard avenue and State avenue such distance as may be necessary to make proper approaches and connections for said improvement; to enable which to be done and to pay the cost of the same, the board of public affairs of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be issued bonds of the said city of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the sum of sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000), bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per centum per annum, interest payable semi-annually, said bonds being payable fifty years after date, or in thirty years after date, at the option of the board of trustees of the sinking fund of said city; said interest and the principal of said bonds being payable out of the sinking fund of said city.

SECTION 3. The proceeds of said bonds shall be paid into the county treasury upon the order of the board of public affairs of said city, and so much of said proceeds as may be necessary shall be expended in making said improvement upon the orders of the board of commissioners of said county, after the fund otherwise provided for said improvement shall have been exhausted. Upon the completion of said improvement and the extension thereof provided for herein, any unexpended remainder of the said fund received as the proceeds of said bonds of the city of Cincinnati, shall be returned to the city treasurer by order of the said board of county commissioners, and shall be placed to the credit of the sinking fund of 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. WM. C. LYON. President of the Senate.

Passed April 3, 1889.

[Senate Bill No. 553.]

AN ACT

To change the name of Martha E. Shaw.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the name of Martha E. Shaw, a resident of Shelby, county, Ohio, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Martha E. Black.

SECTION 2. That said change shall in no way affect the rights, privileges, and liabilities of said person.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.

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

Passed April 3, 1889.

WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

[House Bill No. 1048.]

AN ACT

To authorize the commissioners of Morrow county, Ohio, to transfer a certain sum from the dog fund of said county to the use of the agricultural society of said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio' That the commissioners of Morrow county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to transfer to the agricultural society of said county the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars out of any money in the county treasury to the credit of the dog fund of said county. The said funds so transferred to be used by the said society in the payment of the indebtedness of said agricultural society, occasioned by the purchase of grounds and improving the same.

SECTION 2. Provided, however, [that before] the said commissioners shall be authorized to act, as provided for in section one of this act, they shall submit the question of such transfer of money to the qualified electors of said Morrow county, at sonte annual or special election, due notice of which shall be given for two consecutive weeks by publication in two newspapers of opposite political parties and general circulation throughout the county. At the said election the electors voting in favor of the proposition shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For transfer of dog fund-Yes;" those voting against said transfer shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For transfer of dog fundNo." If, at said election, a majority of the votes cast on said proposition be in favor of said transfer, then and only then shall the commissioners be empowered to transfer the fund provided for in said section one of this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its

⚫ passage.

ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

Passed April 3, 1889.

[House Bill No. 1189.]

AN ACT

To authorize the village of Ottawa, Putnam county, to borrow money and issue its bonds therefor, for the purpose of sinking wells for natural gas, purchasing and laying pipes, and supplying said village and the citizens thereof with natural gas for public and private use and consumption.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village of Ottawa, Putnam county, Ohio, be and it hereby is authorized to issue its bonds for an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), for the purpose of leasing or purchasing the necessary gas lands, sinking wells thereon for natural gas, purchasing and laying pipes, and constructing the necessary buildings, fixtures and machinery to supply such village and the citizens thereof with natural gas for public and private use and consumption.

SECTION 2. Before such bonds or any of them shall be issued, the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of such village, at a special election, to be held at such time as the council of such village shall appoint. The tickets voted shall have written or printed thereon the words,Authority to issue gas bonds-Yes;" or, Authority to issue gas bonds-No." If the proposition to issue bonds be approved by a two-thirds majority of those voting upon the proposition, the village shall have authority to issue such bonds for the purpose named, as provided in this act.

SECTION 3. The council of such village, within 60 days after the passage of this act, shall publish notice of the submission of such question in some newspaper published in such village, for at least ten days prior to such election, and such election shall be held in all respects, not otherwise herein provided, as municipal elections are now required by law to be held in such village.

SECTION 4. Such bonds, when so authorized, shall be issued by the council of such village in denominations not less than one hundred or more than five hundred dollars, payable in such times, not exceeding twenty years, as the council shall provide, with interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, principal and interest payable at such place as the council may determine. They shall express upon their face the purpose for which, and the act under which issued, and shall be signed by the mayor, and countersigned and registered by the clerk of the village, and shall not be sold for less than their face value.

SECTION 5. No more of such bonds shall be issued or sold than is necessary for, and required by the actual and necessary cost and expense of acquiring sufficient gas territory, sinking such number of wells thereon as may be required for the purpose named, the purchase and laying of pipes and other necessary expenses; they shall be sold from time to time as the works progress, and in such amounts as shall be required and made necessary by the progress, and for the proper completion of the works; and all proceeds and moneys arising from such bonds shall be used exclusively for and applied to the payment of the work, labor, material and other expenses necessary for the supply of gas for the purpose aforesaid.

SECTION 6. All moneys collected or received by the trustees of gas works of such village, from the village or the citizens thereof, for gas furnished or consumed for public and private use, and all net income, revenue and profits arising therefrom, shall be pledged and applied to the payment

of such bonds and interest; and the council of such village is hereby authorized to levy a tax annually, not exceeding 4 mills on the taxable property within such village, in addition to the tax now authorized by law to be levied, in such amount as will each year be sufficient to pay the principal and interest then falling due upon such bonds, and provide a sinking fund for the gradual extinguishment of such bonds.

SECTION 7. All moneys so applicable to the payment of such bonds, which shall come into the hands of such board of trustees before such bonds, or any of them become due, shall be used to purchase such bonds, or invested under the order of the council as a sinking fund, to be applied to the payment of such bonds as they become due.

SECTION 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.

ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

Passed April 3, 1889.

[House Bill No. 1208.]

AN ACT

To divide Ross township, Butler county, into two election precincts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Ross township, Butler county, Ohio, be divided into two election precincts, and said two election precincts shall be known as the north and south precincts of said township, and shall be divided by the following line, to-wit: Beginning at the middle of the western line of section 18, in Ross township; thence due east through the middle of sections 18, 17, 16 and 15, to the eastern line of section 15; thence north to the northwest corner of the lands of the late John Riley; thence east through sections 14 and 13 to the eastern line of said Ross township.

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

ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

Passed April 3, 1889.

[House Bill No. 1228.]

AN ACT

To authorize the council of the incorporated village of Logan, Ohio, to issue bonds and levy a tax for the purposes therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the incorporated village of Logan, Hocking county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said village in an amount

not to exceed the sum of five thousand and five hundred dollars ($5,500), to bear interest not to exceed the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, for the following purposes: For macadamizing Gallagher avenue from the bridge across the Hocking canal, to the depot of the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company, the sum of two thousand dollars; for constructing a bridge across the Hocking canal at the point where Front street of said village crosses said canal, the sum of two thousand dollars; and for the purchase of lot No. 169 of said incorporated village in order to widen and extend Orchard street thereof, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. Said bonds shall be payable five hundred dollars each year after their issue, and shall not be sold for less than their par value; and said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and clerk of said village.

SECTION 2. For the purpose of raising the money to pay said bonds, and the interest thereon, as they mature, said council is hereby authorized to levy a tax sufficient to meet the same, in addition to the taxes now authorized by law.

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.

Passed April 3, 1889.

WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate.

[House Bill No. 1254. |

AN ACT

To authorize the trustees of Orange township, Hancock county, Ohio, to levy a tax to construct gravel or macadamized roads, pikes and highways in said township.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township trustees of Orange township, in Hancock county, aforesaid, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to assess and levy upon all the taxable property of said township, a tax not exceeding three mills upon the dollar of the valuation of all said taxable property, in any one year, in addition to the amount of taxes now authorized by law, for the purpose of constructing, graveling, macadamizing and piking roads and highways in said township, and for no other purpose whatever.

SECTION 2. That said trustees are further authorized and empowered. to assess and levy a tax of two mills additional to said three mills named in the foregoing section on all the taxable property along each side and within half a mile of any pike which said township trustees may order to be constructed in said township, for the purpose of constructing such pike on the line designated by said township trustees; and the proceeds derived by said additional levy of two mills as aforesaid shall be used in constructing said pike for which said assessment and levy are made on said designated line, and for no other purpose whatever, and nothing in this act shall be construed to empower the trustees of said township to assess or levy any tax beyond or outside of the boundaries of said Orange township.