LOCAL AND SPECIAL ACTS. AN ACT To enable the trustees of Burton township to issue bonds to discharge a debt incurred in building a town hall. WHEREAS, At the regular spring election last held on the third day of April, A. D. 1871, the electors of Burton township, Geauga county, Ohio, voted in favor of the erection of a town hall, and in pursuance thereof the trustees of said township erected and completed a suitable town hall, and thereby incurred a debt of four thousand ($4,000) dollars; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Burton township, Geauga county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, for the purpose of discharging a debt incurred in the erection of a town hall in said township, to issue their bonds for the sum of four thousand dollars, for the term of not to exceed five years, and at a rate of interest not [to exceed] eight per cent. per annum, payable at such times within said five years as they may deem best. SEC. 2. For the purpose of paying said bonds, with the interest as the same shall become due, the trustees of said township of Burton are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax upon all the taxable property of said township of Burton, both real and personal, at such times and in such amount as may be necessary, in the years 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876, and the same to be certified by said trustees to the county auditor, by whom the same shall be entered upon the duplicate of said county and collected as other taxes; and the same and the money so raised shall be paid over to the treasurer of said township of Burton, to be paid out by him on the [order] of the township trustees, certified by the township clerk. SEC. 3. The bonds authorized to be issued by this act shall be signed by the entire board of trustees, and attested by the township clerk, who shall also keep a record of the same. SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 26, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the incorporated village of Madison, Lake county, Ohio, to issue bonds to raise money to pay an existing debt incurred in the erection of a school building, and to levy a tax to pay said bonds and their interest. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the incorporated village of Madison, Lake county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to issue their bonds not exceeding six thousand dollars, to raise money to pay an existing debt incurred in building a school building in said village; said bonds to be signed by the president and secretary of said board of education, and to be in sums of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per centum per annum, payable annually, and payable at any time not exceeding five years from the time of issuing the same, at the discretion of said board; provided that said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying the said bonds and the interest thereon, as the same shall become due, the said board of education are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax on the taxable property of the incorporated village of Madison, Lake county, Ohio, such amount annually as will be sufficient to pay the principal of such bonds as may fall due in each year, together with the interest on all the unpaid bonds so issued, and the money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay said bonds and interest. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 31, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Seneca county, Ohio, to transfer five hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-five cents ($596.65) from the veteran bounty fund of said county to the county fund. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Seneca county be and they are hereby authorized to transfer permanently five hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-five cents from the veteran bounty fund of said county to the county fund of said county. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Passed February 1, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of Chardon School District No. one, in the county of Geauga, to borrow money for purchasing a site and building a school house. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the incorporated village of Chardon, and the territory annnexed for school purposes in the county of Geauga, be and are hereby authorized to borrow money, not exceeding the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent. per annum, to be expended in purchasing land for a school house site, and in the building of a school house for said district. SEC. 2. Said board of education is hereby authorized to issue bonds for the amount of money so borrowed, principal and interest of said bonds to be made payable at such time not exceeding ten years, and in such proportion as the board of education may stipulate; said bonds to be signed by the president and secretary of said board of education. SEC. 3. For the payment of the bonds which may be issued under the provisions of this act, with the interest on the same, as they shall become due, said board of education is hereby authorized to levy a tax, in addition to other levies for school purposes, on all taxable property, (both real and personal,) of said incorporated village and territory annexed for school purposes, sufficient to pay said bonded indebtedness; the same to be certified by said board of education to the county auditor, by whom the same shall be entered upon the duplicate of said county, and collected as other taxes; provided such levies shall not exceed one-fifth of such indebtedness in any one year. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Passed Feb. 1, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of Sommerford township, Madison county, to levy a tax to build a School House. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of Sommerford township, Madison county, be and they are hereby authorized to levy a tax upon the taxable property of said township, for any sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a school house, and for no other purpose. SEC. 2. The board of education of said township shall certify to the county auditor the amount of tax necessary, not exceeding the amount specified in the first section of this act, which shall be entered upon the duplicate and collected as other taxes are collected. SEC. 3. The said board of education may, if they choose, for the purpose of constructing the same, issue the bonds of said township in anticipation of the receipt of said levies, in such denominations and for such times, not exceeding three years, and at such rate of interest, not exceeding eight per cent., as in their judgment seems proper: Provided, said bond's shall not be sold at less than their par value. SEC. 4. passage. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed Feb. 12, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT Authorizing the removal of the principal office of the Farmers' Insurance Company, from Jelloway, in Knox county, Ohio, to some other place in said county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the directors of the Farmers' Insurance Company, now located at Jelloway, in Knox county, Ohio, be authorized to submit to the stockholders of said company, at a special meeting to be held for that purpose, at the principal office of said company, at any time subsequent to the passage of this act, each stockholder having notice in writing at least ten days prior thereto, the proposition to change the location of the principal office of said company, from Jelloway, to such other place within said Knox county, as said directors or a majority of them shall agree. SEC. 2. At the time and place specified in the notice provided for in the first section of this act, the said stockholders shall proceed to vote by ballot upon said proposition for removal, each stockholder voting shall endorse upon his ballot his name, the amount of capital stock of said company owned by him, and the words "For the removal of the office, Yes," or "For the removal of the office, No," which said ballot shall be counted by the directors and secretary of said company, in the presence of the stockholders, and if it appear that a majority of all the stockholders owning a majority of all the capital stock of said company, have voted "yes," on said proposition, then the said directors shall have authority to remove said office from the village of Jelloway, to some other place within said Knox county, as a majority of them shall agree upon. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed Feb. 12, 1872. 14-LAWS. President of the Senate. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled an act to authorize the trustees of Litchfield township, Medina county, to borrow money for building a town hall. (O. L., vol. 68, page 189.) WHEREAS, The trustees of Litchfield township, Medina county, Ohio, have proceeded in accordance with the act to which this is supplementary (O. L., vol. 68, p. 182), to borrow money and erect a town hall, which town hall is not yet completed; and, WHEREAS, It will be a saving and convenience to the people of said township to furnish and prepare the basement room of said hall for school purposes, which can be done at a cost of five hundred ($500) dollars, in addition to that heretofore authorized to be levied; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That said trustees of the township of Litchfield, Medina county, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, in addition to that heretofore authorized, and issue the bonds of the township therefor, in the manner and on the terms provided in said original act, and to prepare and use the basement room of said hall for school purposes: Provided, that the county treasurer of said county of Medina shall not hereafter pay over to the treasurer of said township the moneys borrowed under the provisions of this and the acts to which this is sup plementary, but shall disburse or pay out the same on the order of said trustees of Litchfield township, attested by the township clerk, to the contractors erecting or other persons doing work upon said town hall. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, * Passed February 14, 1872. AN ACT President of the Senate. To authorize the commissioners of Darke county, Ohio, to transfer fifteen thousand dollars from the bridge fund of said county to the county fund. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Darke county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to transfer permanently fifteen thousand dollars from the bridge fund of said county to the county fund of said county. SEC. 2. This act [shall] take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 14, 1872. President of the Senate. |