AN ACT To transfer the control of the high school building of Chatham township, Medina county, to the control of the trustees of said township, for school and township purposes. WHEREAS, The board of education of Chatham township, Medina county, Ohio, in the management of the high school building of said township, have failed to manage and control said building in the interests of the people of said township for school purposes and otherwise; and WHEREAS, Feuds and contentions have arisen between said board of education, and the poople of said township, and which has given rise to much litigation, and promises still more in the future; and WHEREAS, It is manifestly clear, that it is the desire of the majority of the tax paying electors, that the control of said high school building be transferred from the board of education to the board of trustees of Chatham township; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the control of the high school building, of Chatham township, Medina county, be and the same is hereby transferred from the board of education, to the control of the trustees of said township, for school and township purposes. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed April 27, 1872. AN ACT To change the name of Genoa, Pickaway county, Ohio, to Commercial Point. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the name of the incorporated village of Genoa, in Pickaway county, Ohio, be and the same is hereby changed to Commercial Point. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 27, 1872. JACOB MUELLER, President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of the township of Adams, Lucas county, to levy a special tax to build school houses, and pay an existing indebtedness. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the township of Adams, Lucas county, be and they are hereby authorized to levy a tax of twenty-five hundred dollars upon the taxable property of said township; one-half to be levied in the year 1872, and the other in the year 1873, for the purpose of building two school houses in said township, and to pay an existing indebtedness, and to certify the same to the county auditor of said county, which shall be collected as other taxes are, and paid over to the proper officers of said township. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 27, 1872. AN ACT President of the Senate. To authorize the trustees of Brecksville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, to transfer funds from the treasury for Township and Poor purposes, to the Road Fund of said township. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Brecksville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, are hereby authorized to transfer three hundred dollars from the township and poor fund, to the road fund of said township. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, President of the Senate.. Passed April 27, 1872. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the incorporated village of Celina, in the county of Mercer, to borrow money and issue bonds to build a school house or build additions to the school house in said village. SECTION 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the incorporated village of Celina and territory thereto annexed for school purposes, in the county of Mercer, be and they are hereby authorized to build a school house in said village or build additions to the school house now therein, as in their judgment may be deemed most for the public good, at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. SEC. 2. That said board of education shall have power to issue bonds of said village and territory thereto annexed for school purposes, for sums not less than one hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent. per annum, payable annually, and conditioned to be paid at such times and in such proportions as said board of education may stipulate therein, but redeemable at the pleasure of said board, in the aggregate not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, said bonds shall not be disposed of for less than their par value; said bonds to be signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the secretary, who shall also keep a record of the same. SEC. 3. That said board of education is hereby authorized whenever it shall in their opinion become necessary, to levy a tax to pay said bonds or the interest thereon, to certify that fact to the auditor of said Mercer county, and said auditor shall cause such sum so certified by said boards to be necessary, to be levied upon the taxable property or said village and the territory thereto annexed for school purposes, and the same shall be collected as other school taxes are or may be, and paid to the treas1er or other proper officer of said board. SEC. 4. 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 April 27, 1872. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. S. D. Gibson. WHEREAS, In the year 1861, Cyrus Gibson, a citizen of Meigs county, Ohio, was the owner of certain property, consisting in part of bedding, chairs, queensware, etc., being a complete hotel outfit, which was stored in a room or rooms of an unoccupied hotel; and WHEREAS, In April, 1861, by authority of the then governor of Ohio, two companies of troops were recruited, and for want of a better place were quartered in said unoccupied hotel; and WHEREAS, Said troops broke open the room or rooms in which said furniture, the property of the said Cyrus Gibson, was stored, and to a great extent destroyed the same; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the auditor of state be and he is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the treasurer of state for seven hundred and twenty H ($720) dollars in favor of Mrs. S. D. Gibson, widow of the late Cyrus Gibson. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage. N. II. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 27, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the town council of the incorporated village of Crestline, Crawford county, Ohio, to issue bonds for Water Works. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That to enable the town council of the incorporated village of Crestline, in the county of Crawford, Ohio, to procure the right of way for and to construct water works, the said town council of the incorporated village of Crestline be, and it is hereby authorized and empowered to issue, from time to time, the bonds of said incorporated village, signed and sealed by the mayor and clerk of said incorporated village, in sums of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per centum per annum, payable semiannually, for an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of sixty thousand dollars, running for such lengths of time as may be deemed proper, not exceeding twenty years: Provided, that said council shall not issue said bonds until they have secured the right of way, and settled, or made satisfactory arrangements for said settlement, of any and all damage that may accrue to person or property by reason of the construction of said water works. SEC. 2. Said bonds shall be designated "Crestline water works bonds," and may, in the discretion of the council of said village, have interest coupons. attached; and said bonds shall be sold, under the direction of the trustees of water works, at not less than par, and the proceeds shall be applied exclusively to the above named purposes. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of paying the said bonds and interest, as the same shall become due, the town council of said incorporated village of Crestline, is hereby authorized and empowered to levy on the taxable property of said incorporated village, such an amount, annually, as will be sufficient to pay the principal of the debt that shall fall due each year, and also the interest falling due semi-annually, on all of the bonds so issued. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 27, 1872. JACOB MUELLER, President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Fulton county to receive bequests, donations and gifts, and to erect monuments to the memory of the soldiers of said county who died or were killed in the war of 1861, and to levy taxes therefor when authorized by a vote of the county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it shall be lawful for the commissioners of Fulton county to receive bequests, donations and gifts, for the purpose of erecting a monument in memory of her soldiers who died or were killed during the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one. SEC. 2. That whenever in the opinion of the board of commissioners the bequests, donations or gifts received by them are sufficient to erect such monument as aforesaid, they are hereby authorized to proceed with the erection of such monument. SEC. 3. That in case there shall not be a sufficient amount raised by donations, bequests or gifts for the purpose aforesaid, the commissioners of the county are hereby authorized to submit it to the qualified voters of their county at the spring or fall election of eighteen hundred and seventytwo, or at any spring or fall election thereafter, by giving thirty days' public notice by advertisement in one or more newspapers of general circulation in said county, at least thirty days previous to said election, whether a tax, not to exceed one mill on the dollar, shall be levied by the commissioners of said county, annually, until said monument shall be completed, specifying in such notice the amount proposed to be raised by such levy, and if it shall appear that a majority of all the votes cast were in favor of said levy, then the commissioners shall proceed, without delay, to make said levy and erect said monument. SEC. 4. That when a vote shall be taken as prescribed by section three of this act, each and every elector so voting shall have written or printed on his ballot, before depositing the same in the ballot box, the words: "Monument Tax-Yes," or "Monument Tax-No." SEC. 5. And the judges of elections in every township, ward or voting precinct, shall count said votes and certify the same to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county, in the same manner as prescribed by law for certifying the poll-books of annual elections. SEC. 6. If, on counting the votes by the clerk of the court, it shall be found that a majority of said votes were in favor of a tax, it shall then be the duty of the commissioners of the county to appoint, within thirty days, not more than three resident freeholders of the county, whose duty it shall be take charge of and erect said monument, without compensation for services rendered. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 27, 1872. JACOB MUELLER, President of the Senate. |