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drawers and endorsers as reside in the township where suit is brought; nor shall the Constable in whose hands summons may be placed, be authorized to serve the same upon any one of the defendants residing without the limits of said township.

JOHN F. MORSE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,

Speaker of the Senate.

March 25, 1851.

&c.

AN ACT

Further to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the settlement of the estates of deceased persons," passed March 23, 1840.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Course of pro- Ohio, That in all cases where any person has heretofore ceeding when decedent was deceased, or shall hereafter die, whether testate or intestate, not a resident such person not being at the time of such decease a resident of the State, of this State, but having been engaged in the prosecution of business therein, as a partner or otherwise, and leaving in this State any property belonging in whole or in part to his estate, the proper court of the county in which such business may have been prosecuted as aforesaid, or of any county in which such property may be situated, or where any debtor of such decedent may reside, shall upon the application of any creditor of such decedent, whose claim is founded on a contract made or a right of action which accrued within this State, grant to such creditor, upon his giving bail as required by the act to which this is an amendment, administration of all and singular the assets of such decedent situate within this State; and such administrator shall be governed in all respects by the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, and the acts amendatory thereto, so far as the same are consistent with the provisions of this act; and the proceeds of such assets shall be applied to the payment of the debts which shall be proved against such estate before such administrator, in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, and the acts amendatory thereto; and the surplus, if any, shall be paid into the court granting such administration, for the benefit of the estate of such decedent; in the State where the decedent resided at the time of his death.

Provisions of former acts to

SEC. 2. That the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, and of the several acts amendatory thereto, tates of non- shall apply as well to the estates of persons who at the time residents, &c.

apply to es

of their decease were not residents of this State and died, or
shall hereafter die, leaving a will as to the estates of persons
dying intestate, and administration thereon shall be con-
ducted, in all respects, as pointed out in section one of this
act.

JOHN F. MORSE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,

Speaker of the Senate.

March 25, 1851.

AN ACT

To amend the laws now in force prescribing the duties of County Commissioners.

new copies of

for

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of CommissionOhio, That from and after the passage of this act, the county ers may order commissioners of the several counties in this State, when record vol they may deem it necessary for the preservation of the records umes when in the Recorder's or Auditor's office, in their respective coun- necessary preservation. ties, that any book shall be transcribed into a new volume, may make out and enter upon their journals, at any of their regular sessions, an order directing the Recorder or Auditor, as it may be, of such county, to transcribe the same; and the transcript, so made, shall be as valid and effectual as the original record.

SEC. 2. That so much of the second section of an act Section rela. entitled "An act to authorize the making of said indexes to ting to Hamil the judicial records in the county of Hamilton and in other ton county recounties of this State," passed March 16, 1836, and for other pealed. purposes, passed and took effect January 26, 1838, together

with such acts as are contrary to the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

JOHN F. MORSE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,

March 25, 1851.

Speaker of the Senate.

AN ACT

Further to amend an act entitled an act to prevent nuisances, passed February 28, 1831.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That every house or building, situate within this State, used or occupied as a house of ill-fame, or for the purposes of prostitution, shall be held and deemed a public nuisance; and any person owning such house or building, and knowingly leasing the same, for the purpose of keeping therein a house of ill-fame, or knowingly permitting the same to be used or occupied for such purpose, or using or occupying the same for such purposes, shall for every such offence bedeemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not less than thirty days, nor more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court.

JOHN F. MORSE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,

Speaker of the Senate.

March 25, 1851.

AN ACT

To amend an act entitled "An act to create a lien in favor of Mechanics and others in certain cases," passed March 11, 1843.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That any person or persons, who now hold or shall hereafter hold a lien, under the above recited act, may, in addition to the remedy therein provided for, proceed by petition in chancery, as in other cases of liens, against the owner or owners of, and all other persons interested, either as lien holders or otherwise, in any such boat, vessel, or other water craft, or house, mill, manufactory, or other building or appurtenance, in the first section of said act mentioned, and the lot or lots of land on which the same shall stand, and obtain such final decree therein for the rent or sale thereof, as justice and equity may require, anything in said act to the contrary notwithstanding.

JOHN F. MORSE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,

Speaker of the Senate.

March 25, 1851.

AN ACT

Relating to the erection of a custom house, and other public buildings of the
United States, in Cincinnati.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That whereas, by an act of Congress, approved the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, there was appropriated " for the purchase of a site, and construction of a proper building at Cincinnati, for a custom house, independent treasury, and other offices of the United States, fifty thousand dollars; provided, that the total cost of construction shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars; and provided also, that said building shall be exempted from city taxes, and all other taxes whatever, by act of the Legislature of Ohio." Now, in order to give effect to said act and appropriation, it is hereby declared that the buildings to be erected for the purposes aforesaid, in the city of Cincinnati," shall be exempted from city taxes, and all other taxes whatever," so long as the same shall be owned and occupied by the United States, under the said act of Congress, for the offices aforesaid.

JOHN F. MORSE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,

December 11, 1850.

Speaker of the Senate.

AN ACT

In relation to the enumeration of white male inhabitants above the age of

twenty-one years.

of white males

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Township asOhio, That the Township Assessors shall, at the time of sessors to take making the assessment of personal property, take the cen- enumeration sus of the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty- over 21 years. one years, in their respective townships, as required by the act regulating the mode of taking the enumeration of the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years, passed January 10, 1827.

returned.

SEC. 2. Said enumeration shall be made of the persons Enumeration, resident in the several townships on the first day of March when made, of each year when the enumeration is by law required to be and to whom made; and the assessors shall return the lists of the names of said inhabitants to the clerk of the court of common pleas for their several counties, on or before the tenth day of April in each year when the enumeration is required to be taken.

SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from the passage thereof, and all parts of laws which conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.

JOHN F. MORSE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,

February 19, 1851.

Speaker of the Senate.

Section of former act repealed.

All pupils to be hereafter admitted at expense of State, &c.

AN ACT

To amend an act entitled "an act making further provisions for the instruction of the blind," passed March 10, 1838.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so much of the third section of the above recited act as provides that the trustees shall be authorized to receive into said institution any pupils of suitable character and capacity for instruction, residing within this State, and, further, that there shall be paid for their maintenance and tuition, such sum as the trustees shall require, not exceeding one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. That all pupils hereafter shall be admitted and retained in said institution the usual length of time at the expense of the State, except traveling expenses to and from said institution, and all the necessary clothing for the pupils; anything in any law for the instruction of the blind, which conflicts with the provisions of this act, is hereby repealed. JOHN F. MORSE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.

March 11, 1851.

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AN ACT

To amend the act to incorporate the State Bank of Ohio, and other banking companies.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Board of Control may, at the time, and in the same manner the president is now by law elected, elect an officer to be called the vice president, who may perform any part or all the duties of the president, as said board may

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