Martha Mc- Deaf and Dumb For Martha McLaughlin, in lieu of the appropriation made for her by the act entitled "an act for the relief of Martha McLaughlin," passed April 12, 1858, one thousand dollars. For bedsteads, mattrasses, bedding and repairs for the deaf and dumb asylum, two thousand dollars. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. January 11, 1859. 55 Laws, i04. 55 Laws, 153. Transfer of Appropriations. Reimbursement of Governor's contingent fund. AN ACT Transferring certain appropriations for the Benevolent Institutions. WHEREAS, By the proviso to the act entitled an act making appropriations for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and for the first quarter of the year 1859, passed April 12, 1858, the sum of eight thousand dollars of the moneys appropriated by that act to the Central Lunatic Asylum, the sum of four thousand dollars of the amount approriated to the Northern Lunatic Asylum, the sum of four thousand dollars of the amount appropriated to the Southern Lunatic Asylum, the sum of three thousand dollars of the amount appropriated to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the sum of three thousand dollars of the amount appropriated to the Blind Asylum for the current expenses of said institutions, were, by the said act, set apart and appropriated to be paid on the expenses of the first quarter of 1859; and whereas, by the act entitled an act making appropriations in part for the first quarter of the year 1859, passed April 12, 1859, appropriations were made for the current expenses of said institutions for the first quarter of the year 1859, intended to supercede the said first mentioned appropriations, and to leave the said sums in the said provizo mentioned for the current expenses of the year 1858; SECTION 1. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the said sums in the said proviso mentioned, be and the same are hereby transferred from the first quarter of the year 1859 to, and appropriated for, the expense of said institutions respectively for the year 1858. SEC. 2. That the auditor of state be, and is hereby authorized to reimburse from the sum so transferred, the governor's contingent fund and any other funds, from which moneys may have been drawn to pay the expenses of said institutions, or either of them, for the year 1858. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. January 11, 1859. AN ACT To authorize the sale of any and all of the shares of stock held by the State, in the Turnpike Companies of this State, and to amend section one of an act in relation to the duties of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, passed May 1, 1854. Swan's R. S., 178. Exchange or R. and Canal stock. sale of State's R SE TION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section one of the act to which this act is supplementary and amendatory, be so amended as to read as follows: That the commissioners of the sinking fund are hereby authorized, and when an opportunity occurs they are directed to exchange for certificates of the six per cent. stock of the funded debt of this state, or to sell, or otherwise dispose of, for money, any and all of the shares of stock held by the state in any of the railroad companies, and canal companies of this state; provided, that such shares of stock, shall in no case be sold, or otherwise disposed of, except upon cash payment therefor; and in no case shall any such shares Terms. be sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, at less than the actual cash value of the same. Should such commissioners be unable to exchange said stocks for certificates of the funded debt of the state, they may, at such times as they may deem proper, advertise that proposals will be received by them, at their office in Columbus, for the purchase of any or all of said stocks: such notice shall be published in such newspapers as they may direct, and shall be given at least ninety days before the time fixed for opening said proposals. Proposals shall be considered without respect to the number of shares bid for, and the sale shall be awarded to the high- sale. est bidder; Provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to compel the sinking fund commissioners to exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of any of said stocks at less than the par value thereof, unless in their opinion the interest of the state will be promoted thereby. SEC. 2. The commissioners of the sinking fund are hereby authorized and directed to sell and transfer any and all of the shares of stock held by the state in any turnpike company of the state. They shall immediately after the passage Notice for pro posals. Price. Who to conduct sale, &c. Terms. Transfer. Privileges of transferces. Sec. repealed. 6 of this act, advertise all the shares of stock held by the state, in any turnpike company to be sold at auction, to the highest bidder, in lots of not less than ten shares each, nor more than fifty shares each, at some public and convenient place on the line of the road of said company, by giving at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of the sale, by posters set up at the gate or gates thereon, and in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties through which said road passes; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to compel the sinking fund commissioners to sell or dispose of, any of said stocks for less than their fair cash value, to be estimated by said sinking fund commissioners. SEC. 3. Any sale of shares of stock made under the provisions of this act, shall be conducted by an agent appointed by the governor; but the approval of at least two of the commissioners shall be necessary to its confirmation. The purchaser or purchasers of such shares of stock shall be required to pay one-third of the purchase money down and the balance in two equal annual payments, with six per cent. interest; but no transfer of stock shall be made by said commissioners until the same is paid for in full. SEC. 4. The shares of stock now owned by the state, in any turnpike company, shall not entitle the person or persons to whom the same may be transferred, by virtue of this act, to vote at the annual election for directors now provided for in the charter of said company; but the person or persons to whom such shares of stock may be transferred, are hereby authorized to meet at the same time and place with the present stockholders, and then and there elect, subject to the same regulations that govern the original stockholders in their election for directors, the number of directors that the governor is now required to appoint in said board. SEC. 5. Section one of the above recited act is hereby repealed. SEC. 6. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 12, 1859. President of the Senate. Swan's, 836. Curwen's R. S., 2210; Curwen's Laws, c. 639. AN ACT Supplementary to an act to provide for the reorganization, supervision and maintenance of common schools, passed March 14, 1853. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of any incorpor Union of village tion with township board to es board of educa tablish central or high school. How established ated village in this state may unite with the board of education of the township in which such village, or any part of it, be situated, for the purpose of establishing a central or high school within such township. The said board shall jointly agree upon an estimate of the probable cost thereof, and thereupon call separate meetings of the qualified voters and controlled. of their respective districts, in the manner now provided by the twenty-first section of the act to which this is supplementary; and said meetings, when so convened, shall in all respects be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the section aforesaid; Provided that no such central or high school shall be so established, unless a majority of the voters at each of said meetings, shall vote in favor of the same. The further establishment of such central or high school, and the control of the same, when established, shall be ordered and regulated in such manner as shall be agreed upon and directed by said boards of education interested therein. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. WILLIAM B. WOODS January 24, 1859. President of the Senate. AN ACT Making partial appropriations for the year 1859. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Appropriation State of Ohio, That the following sum of money be and the well. same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury for general revenue purposes, to be paid on the order of the auditor of state, for the year 1859, to wit: For the sinking of the artesian well, to be expended according to the joint resolution of the general assembly, adopted April 510.L., 233. 8, 1857, or in such other manner as the legislature may direct, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 28, 1959. President of the Senate. AN ACT Curwen's R. S., To amend section one of an act entitled an "act to regulate inclosures, and to 572 Swan's, 426. The expense of partition fences, how adjusted and by whom borne. Sec repealed. provide against trespassing animals," passed January 17, 1840. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That whenever a fence, of whatsoever materials constructed, and in all respects such as a good husbandman ought to keep, shall hereafter be erected by any person on the line of his land or that on which he may have a lease for one or more years, and the person owning the land adjoing thereto, or holding a lease on the same for three or more years, shall make or cause to be made, or have an inclosure on the opposite side of such fence, so that such fence may answer the purpose of inclosing his field, meadow, lot or any other inclosure, such person shall pay the owner of such fence, already erected, one-half of the value of so much thereof as serves as a partition fence, to be adjudged by the township trustees of the township in which such fence may be situated; and the amount so adjudged, if not paid, may be recovered in a civil action before any court having competent jurisdiction, in the name of, and for the use of the owner of such fence, with costs of suit: Provided that nothing in this act contained shall apply to the inclosure of lots in cities and villages. SEC. 2. That the first section of the act to which this is an amendment, is hereby repealed. But all rights accrued and liabilities incurred heretofore, shall remain in force as if this act had not been passed. SEC. 3. This act to take effect from and after its pas sage. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 3, 1859. President of the Senate. Who may become a body corporate. Meeting. AN ACT To enable associations for gymnastic purposes to become bodies corporate. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for any number of persons, not less than five, associated together within this state, for gymnastic purposes, or other purposes of physical training and education, to elect, at any meeting called for that purpose, any number of their members, not less than three, to serve as |