[Senate Bill No. 591.] AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Athens county to levy a tax for and to build a county soldiers' monument. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of county commissioners of Athens county, Ohio, be and are authorized to levy a tax on the taxable property of said county in the aggregate sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), for the purpose and to be used in procuring a site for and in building a monument to the memory of the soldiers, sailors and marines who served from and to the credit of said county, for the preservation of the national government in the late civil war. SECTION 2. Said levy shall be made on three different successive years, to-wit: one-third thereof on each of said three years; and the money so to be raised shall be expended in procuring said site and erecting said monument, and for no other purposes, under the management and direction of a board of five trustees, to be appointed by said board of commissioners, who shall serve without compensation, and whose term shall expire only on the completion of said monument; provided, said board of commissioners shall have power and are authorized to remove said trustees, or any of them, for good cause, and to fill any vacancy that may happen. therein. Said board of commissioners may consult, in making said appointment of trustees, with "the soldiers' and sailors' monumental association of Athens county, Ohio," and may appoint the members of said association as aforesaid. SECTION 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 10, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 592.] AN ACT To divide Trimble township, Athens county, into three election precincts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Trimble township, Athens county, be and hereby is divided into three election precincts, as follows: Sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 13 and 19, and fractions 1, 7, 13, 19, 25 and 31, shall constitute a separate precinct, to be known as Trimble, with the voting place at the village of Trimble; sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18, and fractions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, and 'so much of fraction 36 as lies east of a straight line drawn south across said fraction 36, from the southeast corner of fraction 18, shall constitute a separate precinct, to be known as Glouster, with the voting place at the village of Glouster; and all that part of said township not included in the precincts above described, shall constitute a separate precinct, to be known as Hollister, with the voting place at the village of Hollister. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 10, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 612.] AN ACT To authorize the county commissioners of Licking county, Ohio, to issue bonds to provide for the completing of the county jail of said county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of Licking county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said county for the purpose of completing the county jail of said county, now in the process of erection, not exceeding in amount the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Said bonds shall be in the denomination of one thousand dollars each, bearing interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and redeemable at such times as said commissioners may determine, but not exceeding twenty years from the date thereof, which shall not be sold for less than their par value; and for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds and the principal of the same as they shall become due, there may be levied annually a sufficient tax upon all the taxable property of said county, in addition to the taxes authorized to be levied thereon by law. SECTION 2. This act shall 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 10, 1889. [Senate Bill No. 613.] AN ACT To authorize the city council of the city of Marietta, Ohio, to construct a system of waterworks for said city, and to issue the bonds of said city to provide for the payment therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the city council of the city of Marietta, Washington county, Ohio, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to construct a system of waterworks for said city, and to issue the bonds of said city in any sum neces sary to construct such system of water-works, but in no case to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, such bonds to bear interest at such rate, not exceeding five per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, as such city council may, by resolution or ordinance, provide, and to be issued at such time or times, not exceeding three years from the passage of this act, and in such amounts, and to be of such denominations, as such city council may by resolution or ordinance provide, and the same to be made payable at such time or times as such city council may by resolution or ordinance provide, but in no case to be less than ten nor more than thirty years from the date of their issue, and which bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value, and accrued interest, in cash, the proceeds of which said bonds shall be used for the purpose of constructing and completing such system of water-works and paying expenses incident to such constructing and completing, and for no other purpose. The said bonds shall be signed by the mayor of said city, and the seal of said city shall be affixed thereto, attested by the clerk of said city; and when the said bonds, or any of them, are sold, the proceeds shall be paid to the treasurer of said city, who shall hold and disburse said proceeds as other city funds are by him held and disbursed. SECTION 2. If any bonds of said city be issued as herein before provided, the city council of said city is hereby authorized and required, annually thereafter, until the same, and interest thereon, shall be fully paid, to assess and levy a tax, on all the taxable property of said city, sufficient, in addition to any net income that may be derived from such water-works, to provide for the payment of the interest accruing upon the bonds so issued, and also to provide, by means of a sinking fund, or otherwise, for the payment of the principal of such bonds as they mature. SECTION 3. 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 April 10, 1889. WM. C. LYON, President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 1415.] AN ACT To authorize the incorporated village of Celina, Mercer county, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of sinking wells for natural gas, purchasing or leasing lands, upon which to sink wells, purchasing and laying pipes, or purchasing the gas plant of the Celina Light and Fuel company, and to supply the said village and the citizens thereof with natural gas for public and private use. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of the incorporated village of Celina, Mercer county, Ohio, be and it is hereby authorized to issue bonds, not exceeding eighty thousand dollars, par value, for the purpose of sinking wells for natural gas, purchasing or leasing lands in the Mercer county gas field, for the purpose of drilling wells for natural gas, purchasing and laying pipes, and constructing the necessary buildings, fixtures and machinery, or to use said bonds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to purchase the plant of "The Celina Light and Fuel company," their lands and leases, or so much of said lands and leases as may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid. SECTION 2. Before said bonds, or any of them, shall be issued, the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said village, at a general or special election, to be held at such time as the council of said village shall appoint, and the tickets voted shall have written or printed thereon the words, "Authority to issue bonds-Yes;" or, "Authority to issue bonds-No." If the proposition to issue bonds be approved by a majority of those voting upon the proposition, the village shall have authority to issue bonds for the purpose named in this act. SECTION 3. The council of said village shall publish notice of the submission of such question in all newspapers published in said 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 said village. SECTION 4. Such bonds, when so authorized, shall be issued by the council of said village in denominations not less than five hundred dollars, payable in such times, not exceeding fifteen years, as the council shall provide, with interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, principal and interest payable at such place or places as the council may direct. Said bonds shall express upon their face the purpose for which, the place where payable, and the act under which issued, and shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk of the village, with the corporate seal of said village affixed thereto, and shall not be sold for less than their face value. SECTION 5. No more bonds shall be issued and sold than is necessary for and required by the actual and necessary cost and expense in sinking wells, constructing a plant or plants, or the purchase of gas plant now existing, as may be required for the purposes mentioned in section one of this act. SECTION 6. That if the village of Celina shall purchase the gas plant now existing in said village, the present rates of charges to consumers shall not be diminished until the bonds issued for the purchase of the same are fully paid off, and the money arising from the sale and use of gas shall, after deducting therefrom the current expenses of repairs, management and the sinking of new wells, and making all necessary connections, be set apart as a sinking fund to meet the interest and principal of said bonds, and shall not be used for any other purpose. And the council of said village is hereby authorized to levy a tax annually, not exceding ten mills on the dollar, on the taxable property of said village, which shall be used as a sinking fund for the gradual extinguishment of said bonds; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to prohibit the town council from donating gas to manufacturers for a period of five years from the date of contract, for manufacturing purposes, provided the same can be done without interfering with the consumption of gas to private con sumers. SECTION 7. That the said council shall have power to consolidate any plant constructed by the village of Celina, with the gas plant of the Celina Light and Fuel company, or any other company hereafter created, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between said the Celina Light and Fuel company, or such other company, and the council of said village. SECTION 8. This act to 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 April 10, 1889. [Senate Bill No. 545.] AN ACT To divide Clayton township, Perry county, Ohio, into two election precincts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township of Clayton, in the county of Perry, and state of Ohio, be and the same is hereby divided into two election precincts, as follows, to-wit: Sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12), fourteen (14), fifteen (15), sixteen (16), the north half of section twenty-two (22), and all of section twenty-three (23), shall constitute one election precinct, and be known as the "Redfield precinct" of said township; and that the balance of said township not above described shall constitute the other precinct, and be known as "Rehoboth precinct" of said township; and the elections in said precincts shall be held, respectively, in the villages of Redfield and Rehoboth in said township. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect, and be in force from and after the first day of July, 1889. ELBERT L. LAMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THEO. F. DAVIS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed April 10, 1889. [House Bill No. 661.] AN ACT To open, grade and macadamize Glen Lyon avenue, Hamilton county, Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Hamilton county, upon the written application of any person owning four hundred feet front on Glen Lyon avenue, shall proceed to open, grade and macadamize said avenue (as dedicated and appears of record), beginning at the north end thereof, and continuing south to Clinton street; and for the purpose of making said improve |