AN ACT To authorize the courts for the county of Vanwert to be held at the county seat thereof. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supreme court, and courts of common pleas, in and for the county of Vanwert, shall, hereafter, be held at the town of Vanwert, the county seat of said county. JAS. J. FARAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. December 15, 1838. AN ACT To amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Wilmington, in the county of Clinton." Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the town council of the town of Wilmington, in the county of Clinton, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit of said corporation, of the surplus revenue deposited with said county, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, according to the provisions of the law entitled "An act providing for the distribution and investment of this State's proportion of the surplus revenue," passed March 28, 1837; which money, when borrowed under the provisions of this act, shall be applied by the said town council to the discharge of any debt or debts which have been contracted, or which hereafter may be contracted, by said town council, for the purpose of purchasing a fireengine, hose, hooks, and ladders, and any other necessary apparatus for the protection of the said town against damage by fire, and for the erection of the necessary buildings for the safe-keeping thereof. Sec. 2. The town council aforesaid shall have power to levy a tax on all the property within the limits of said town, returned on the grand levy, and made subject to taxation by the laws of this State, sufficient to discharge the amount so loaned, and the interest accruing thereon; which said tax shall be levied and collected in the manner prescribed by the act to which this is an amendment. JAS. J. FARAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. December 15, 1838. AN ACT For the relief of Demas Adams. Whereas, on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1836, Demas Adams entered and paid the sum of one hundred dollars, for the east half of the southeast quarter of section number twenty-nine, in township number two south, of range number six east, of the Ohio canal lands: And whereas, the same tract of land had been, on the 21st day of November, A. D. 1833, entered and paid for by one William Patrick: Therefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be paid to Demas Adams, on the order of the Auditor of State, the sum of one hundred dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum, from the 30th day of March, 1836, out of the Ohio canal fund. JAS. J. FARAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. December 15, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To incorporate the First Presbyterian Church and Society in the town and county of Huron. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Eli Holliday, Benj. D. Turner, Asa Sprague, James N. Sly, Morris Homan, Henry W. Jenkins, and S. Hume McLaurin, and their associates, be and they are hereby created a body corporate, and politic, by the name of the First Presbyterian Church and Society of the town of Huron, in Huron county, and as such shall be entited to all the rights, privileges and immunities granted, and shall be subject to all the restrictions of an act entitled an act in relation to incorporated religious societies, passed March 5th, 1836. Sec. 2. That said society shall give ten days' notice, by posting up advertisements in three of the most public places in the vicinity of said church and society, of their first meeting under this act. JAS. J. FARAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. January 5, 1839. AN ACT To incorporate the Bigelow High School of Xenia. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That William Ellsberry, Lewis Wright, Chapel H. Bonner, Richard Conwell, Stith Bonner, Henry G. Beatty, John S. Perkins, Michael Nunnemaker, Benjamin Nieukirk, James Cummings, John Walton, Casper L. Merrick, Jacob Nesbit, Smith Persinger, Aaron Harlan, George C. Lauman, Silas Roberts, and Tinsley Heath, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, to be styled the Board of Trustees of the Bigelow High School of Xenia; and by that name to have succession for thirty years, with full powers in that name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with; to acquire, hold, and convey property, real, personal, and mixed; to have and to use a common seal, to alter and renew the same at pleasure; to make and alter, from time to time, such by-laws as they may deem necessary for the government of themselves and the Bigelow High School of Xenia, its officers, members, teachers, and agents: Provided, Such by-laws are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this State. Sec. 2. That said institution shall be located in or near the town of Xenia, in the county of Greene, and shall be erected on a plan sufficiently extensive to afford instruction in the common branches of a liberal education, and in the liberal arts and sciences; and the trustees may, as their ability shall increase, and the interests of community require, erect additional apartments for the study of any or all of the liberal professions: And provided further, That the value of the real and personal estate held by said corporation, at any one time, shall not exceed the value of fifty thousand dollars. Sec. 3. The board of trustees shall, from time to time, appoint a president and such other officers, teachers, servants, and agents of the institution, as may be necessary; and shall have power to displace and remove any or either of them for good and sufficient reasons; and to fill all vacancies which may happen in their own body by death, resignation, or otherwise; and, by a vote of two-thirds, to remove, for good cause, any one of said trustees from office. Sec. 4. The trustees shall have power to appoint a president, secretary, and treasurer, and such other officers in their own body, and for the gov ernment of the same, as shall be necessary; and shall have power to direct the branches to be taught, and the course of study to be pursued in the institution and its departments. Sec. 5. The board of trustees shall be constituted of eighteen regular members; and, in addition to that number, the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church may annually appoint a visiting committee of three members from its own body, who shall, for the time being, be, and exercise the duties and privileges of, members of the board of trustees. Sec. 6. That any ten of the members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business; and the first annual meeting of the board of trustees shall be held on the first Monday of March, 1839, and afterwards they shall meet on their own appointments; and the president or secretary of the board, with two other members, may, at any time, call a meeting of the trustees. Sec. 7. The board of trustees shall faithfully apply all funds by them collected or received, according to their best judgment, in erecting suitable buildings; supporting the necessary officers, instructors, agents, and servants; and in procuring books, maps, charts, globes, and other apparatus necessary to the success of the institution, and in the payment of such other expenses as are usually incurred by such an institution, and to no other use or purpose whatsoever. Sec. 8. The treasurer shall give bond to the board of trustees, and their successors in office, in such sum as the board of trustees shall from time to time require, and with such conditions and securities as the trustees shall direct. Sec. 9. All suits against the corporation shall be by summons, served on the president of the board of trustees, as in other cases. Sec. 10. The amount of subscriptions and donations made by the citizens of the town of Xenia, and its vicinity, shall be applied to the purchase of ground and the erection of buildings of instruction; and if the corporation shall be dissolved and extinct, this portion of the property of the institution shall revert to the donors and subscribers, and the balance of the property shall be at the disposal of the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Sec. 11. Sectarian views of religion shall not be inculcated by the faculty, teachers, or instructors: parents and guardians shall, at their discretion, direct in the religious training of their children, and the place of their worship on the Sabbath day; pupils may be bound to attend morning and evening devotion of the institution, as is usual in similar institutions. Sec. 12. That any future Legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act: Provided, Such alteration, amendment, or repeal, shall not affect the title to any property, real or personal, belonging to said company, nor to any which they may have conveyed or transferred. JAS. J. FARAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 5, 1839. AN ACT To incorporate the Winchester Fire Association. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That George Debolt, Christian Saylor, Joseph Taylor, B. Debolt, Leonard H. Thomas, Peter Housel, Peter Mikesell and M. B. Chadwick, and those who are or may be hereafter associated with them, be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, under the name of the Winchester Fire Association, for the purpose of extinguishing fire, with succession for the term of twenty years; and as such shall be capable in law and equity of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto in any action or suit, in any court having competent jurisdiction; and shall have power to hold and possess property, whether real or personal, not exceeding in value five thousand dollars; and shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, to enact by-laws, and to adopt such regulations as may be deemed. necessary for the good government of said association: Provided, Such by-laws and regulations are not contrary to the constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, nor in opposition to the laws or ordinances of the corporation of the town of Winchester; said association may have power to use a common seal, which they may break, alter, or renew at pleasure: Provided, That the funds of said fire association shall not be used for any other purposes than those connected with the fire department. Sec. 2. The officers of said company shall consist of a president, secretary, treasurer, and superintending committee of five, who shall be elected by ballot, the elections to take place on the first Saturday of April, in each year; and said officers shall hold their offices one year, and until their successors are chosen: Provided, That a failure to make an election on the day herein appointed, shall not work a forfeiture of the rights and privileges of the corporation; but in case of such failure from any cause, the president or superintending committee shall have power to appoint such other day for an election as he or they may think proper. Sec. 3. Any future legislature may alter, amend or repeal this act, provided such alteration, amendment, or repeal, shall not affect the title to any property, real or personal, belonging to said company, nor to any which they may have conveyed or transferred. Sec. 4. This act shall be taken in all courts of justice and elsewhere in this State, as a public act. JAS. J. FARAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 5, 1839. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT Authorizing the revaluation of section Twenty-nine, in the original surveyed township number Four, in the second entire range between the Miami rivers, in Warren county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the original surveyed township number four, in the second entire range between the Miami rivers, in Warren county, be, and they are hereby authorized, if they deem it expedient, to cause to be re-appraised the several lots in section number twenty-nine, in said original surveyed township; which re-appraisement shall be made and returned, upon the principle, and in the mode prescribed, by the sixteenth |