The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-03-14
RESPECTIVE Counties before and until the Is
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SEC. 8. That all Justices vf,he Peace Con-
stables, and other township officers within
those paris Of the counties Of Alleii and Mer-
Ter, which by this act aFe erected into the
county of Auglaize; and also within those
parts of the counties of Darke, Putnam, Mer-
Ger and VAN Vert, which BY this at are at
tached to the Counties Of Metcer, Van Vert
Putnam and Allen, ahall continue to exer-
else and discharg the duties Of their respec.
tive Offices until their time Of services shall
expire and their successors are duly elected
and qualified, in the same manner as if this
act had not been passed. a
SEC. 7. That all wrts and other legal pro-
cess in the territory hereby erected into the
new County of Auglaizc, shall be styled Of
Auglaize County, after the first doy OF March
1913; and all writs and other legal process
within the territory hereby attached to the
counties of Mercer, Allen, Putnam and Van
Vert, shall he styled of the county of Mer-
Ger, Allen, Putnam and Van Vert respect
lively. -.
Sic 8. That the said County Of Auglaize
shall be attached to and form part Of the
Sixteenth Judcal Circuit.
Src. y. That the legal voters residing with
in the limits of the County of Auglaize shall
on the first Monday in April, 1913, assemble
in their respective townships, at tho usual
places Of holding elections, and proceed to
elect the different C9unty officers; in the
manner prescribed in Tie act 10 regulate ell
ecions, who shall hold their Offices uniill the
nexi annual election, and until their success
sors are chosen and qualified; and at such
election, the electors of those parts of town
ships in the county ofAuslaize, which have
no, tho legal number of square miles for a
township, shall vote in 'he township imme.
diately south of such parts respectively.
SEC. 10. That county Commissioners of
each Of the Counties affected by the passage
Of this act, shall have power Immediately up
on the passage thereof TO attach such town
[ships or parts Of townships as shabby reason
Of f,he passage Of this act, fall bel"w the le-
gal number Of square miles TO any adjacent
township in their respective counties, or to
|organize said parts of townships into sepa-
rate townships and add any adjacent territory
to the same that they may deem expedient.
SEC. IL. Tha. the seat Of Justice for the
said County of kuglaize shall be, and hereby
is permanently established at Wapaukonetta,
Provided the citizens thereof or any number
ofthem shall with sixty days after thc,elect-
ion of County officers for said County, to
be held on the first Mondy of April next en-.
ter into Bond to the Commissioners of said
County, with good and sufficient security to
be approved by said Commissioners, for the
payment Of Five Thousand Dollars to said
Commissioners, in such payments as they
shall require, to be applied to the erection Of
County buildings for said County, or the pur-
chase Of proper sites therefor, or for both
said purposes and if the said $4,000 be NOT
paid in accordance with the conditions Of
said bond, then this section TO be null and
void Provided also that the right ofappeal on
behalf Of the obligors in the bond, from the
decision Of the board Of County Commiss-
toner's upon the sufffciency Of such bond shall
exist 10 the Court of Common Pleas as in
other CAGES when appeals are allowed to
said Court; from the action ofBoard of Com
missioners rs. :.
, SIC. l2. That the Commissioners of the
Counties Of Alien and Putnam, shall meet
'on or before the first Monday of April next,
or within sixty days thereafter, and ascertain
and determine the amount of tho public debt
of Putnam Codhiy exclusive Of that for the
Surplus Revenue loaned TO said County, and
the proportion which tho value ofthe taxable
lands set of by this act to the County Of AL
len from the Coanty Of Putnam bears to the
value Of the taxable lands by this act remain
ing in Putram Comfy, and hereafter each
year until the public debt aforesaid shall be
paid off and discharged, there shall be paid
out Of the treasury Of Allen County upon the
order Of the Auditor thereof, to the Treas.