persons who, in the opinion of said commissioners, may be the best bidder or bidders therefor; and upon the completion of said contract, or contracts, the said commissioners shall be authorized to appropriate out of the treasuries of said counties the said sums, as provided in section two. SEC. 4. That the commissioners of Hamilton and Clermont counties shall keep said bridge in repair, by levying an amount of toll necessary for the same, and for no other purpose, or may keep the same in repair in any other way that to them shall seem best. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. March 29, 1859. AN ACT To authorize the city council of the city of Hamilton to appoint commissioners to drain Oll river, and for other purposes. Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "an act to authorize the auditor of Butler county to levy a tax for certain purposes," passed March 11th, 1843, a tax was levied upon certain lands within and around the city of Hamilton, in the county of Butler, therein described, and for the purposes mentioned in said act, and the same collected, and so much thereof applied as was necessary to drain the water which flowed from the Hamilton basin, and one-half of the residue expended in draining and filling up certain ponds south of said city, as by the said act it was directed; and Whereas, The other half of the said residue, which the said act provided should be applied to the draining or improvement of Old river north of said city, with the interest which has accrued thereon, remains unexpended; and Whereas, The time has expired within which, by the said act, the mayor and trustees of the town of Hamilton were authorized to appoint persons to superintend the said improvement; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the city council of the city of Hamilton are authorized, at any regular meeting, to appoint three freeholders, residing within the district. upon which the tax aforesaid was levied, who shall have power and whose duty it shall be to collect and receive the money so collected and not expended, with the interest which may have accrued thereon, and to expend the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose, to the draining or improvement of Old river north of the said city of Hamilton, according to the provisions of the act aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the whole of said money 19-LAWS. shall not be necessary to drain or improve Old river, the said freeholders are authorized to apply the residue to such other improvement in the vicinity of Old river as in their judgment will tend to secure the health and comfort of the residents of said city; said freeholders to make settlement of their accounts with the said city council of the city of Hamilton. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. March 29, 1859. AN ACT Authorizing the school directors of school district number eight, in Madison township, in Butler county, to sell a school lot in the incorporated village of Miltonville, in said county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the school directors of school district number eight, in Madison township, in Butler county, be and the same are hereby authorized to sell and convey the lot in the incorporated village of Miltonville, in said township, known as the school lot donated to said incorporated village by Richard Crain, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the use and benefit of said school district number eight. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. March 29, 1859. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Delaware county to borrow money to supply the deficiency in the treasury of said county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of Delaware county, for the purpose of raising money to supply the deficiency in the treasury of said county, occasioned by the defalcation of the late treasurer of said county, are authorized to issue the bonds of the county, in sums not less than one hundred dollars, bearing interest payable half yearly, and redeemable within ten years from the date thereof. Said bonds shall be signed by the commissioners, and attested by the auditor and seal of said county. Said bonds shall be negotiable, but they shall not be disposed of at a less sum than their par value: provided, that the aggregate amount of said bonds shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The county commissioners of said county are authorized and empowered to levy such taxes on all the taxable property of said county as will be sufficient to pay the interest and principal of said bonds, as the same shall become due. SEC. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. S. W. GILSON, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. March 30, 1859. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Pike courty to borrow money for bridge purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Pike county be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money, on the faith and credit of said county, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of ten thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum. That said money or any part thereof, when so borrowed, shall be expended by said commissioners in such manner and upon such conditions as they may direct, in the erection and completion of a bridge across the Scioto river at the town of Piketon, in said county. SEC. 2. That all loans negotiated by said commissioners in pursuance of this act, shall be evidenced by the bonds or certificates of said county, which shall be signed by the commissioners and countersigned by the auditor of said county. Said bonds or certificates shall be negotiable, and shall not be disposed of by said commissioners for less than their par value, and shall be payable at such times and places as may be agreed upon by the parties-not exceeding five years from the date of said bonds or certificates. That the auditor of said county shall keep a register, showing the date, number and amount of each of the bonds issued under this act, and of the time when the same shall become due and payable. SEC. 3. That for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds or obligations, issued under the provisions of this act, it is hereby made the duty of the commissioners of said county to add such per centum upon the tax duplicate of the county annually, over and above all other taxes, as shall be sufficient to pay the accruing interest semiannually on said bonds or obligations, and the principal as the same shall fall due; and the money so levied, when the same shall be collected, shall be applied to the payment of said bonds or obligations, and to no other purpose. SEC. 4. passage. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. March 31, 1859. AN ACT To amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the Franklin and Warren railroad company." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the second section of the act entitled "an act to incorporate the Franklin and Warren railroad company," passed March 10, 1851, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. That the capital stock of this company, the name of which has been changed to that of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad company, shall be four millions of dollars; and the company shall have full power to construct and maintain a railroad from the village of Franklin, in the county of Portage, in an easterly direction through the township of Warren, in the county of Trumbull, and further to a point on the east line of this state, in said last mentioned county, at or near the village of Orangeville, there to connect with the same gauge with the road of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad company of Pennsylvania; also with fall power to construct and continue said first mentioned railroad from said point of beginning at the village of Franklin in a westerly or southwesterly direction through Akron, in the county of Summit, Ashland, in the county of Ashland, Mansfield, in the county of Richland, Urbana, in the county of Champaign, and thence further in the same direction to connect with any other railroad in this state which the directors of the company shall find advisable; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall in any manner whatever have the effect to change, invalidate or in any wise prejudice the rights of said Atlantic and Great Western railroad company already acquired. SEC. 3. That the second section of the aforesaid act entitled "an act to incorporate the Franklin and Warren railroad company," be and the same is hereby repealed. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. March 31, 1859. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled an act defining the jurisdiction and regulating the practice of probate courts in the counties of Erie, Lucas, Richland, Holmes, Montgomery, Delaware, Franklin, Scioto and Jefferson, passed April 12, 1858, and to extend the operation of said act to the counties of Meigs. Mercer, Auglaize, Lawrence, Harrison, Henry, Licking, Belmont, Stark, Ottowa and Williams. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the provisions of an act entitled "an act defining the jurisdiction and regulating the practice of probate courts in the counties of Erie, Lucas, Richland, Holmes, Montgomery, Delaware, Franklin, Scioto and Jefferson," passed April 12, 1858, be and the same are hereby extended to the counties of Meigs, Mercer, Auglaize, Lawrence, Harrison, Henry, Licking, Belmont, Stark, Ottowa and Williams. SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after To authorize the trustees or directors of Aurora Lodge No. 48, Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 23, Solomon Council No. 5, Calvary Encampment No. 13, in the city of Portsmouth and state of Ohio, to borrow money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees or directors of Aurora Lodge No. 48, of Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 23, of Solomon council No. 5, and of Calvary Encampment No. 13, masonic bodies corporate, under the act of May 1, 1852, be and are hereby authorized and empowered, if they shall resolve to do so, to borrow any sum of money not exceeding four thousand dollars, for the purpose of completing the edifice now erected on their premises in the city of Portsmouth, and for paying off their present indebtedness; for which said loan the trustees or directors aforesaid, and their successors in office, may issue such certificates or bonds as may be agreed upon by the parties to the contract of loan, bearing interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum, and redeemable at such time (not exceeding twenty years) and at such place as said trustees or directors may designate on the face of such certificates or bonds. SEC. 2. The trustees or directors aforesaid shall provide for the payment of the interest on the loan herein authorized, and for the final redemption of the debt within the period for which the same may be contracted, and for that purpose may pledge the property, revenues and faith of the said masonic bodies corporate, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may be necessary to consummate said loan. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. March 31, 1859. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Belmont county to loan money. WHEREAS, There is now remaining in the treasury of the county of Belmont, about the sum of twenty thousand dollars, which has been levied and collected for the purpose of paying off the bonds, issued here |