The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-06-24
Laws or OHIO.
PUBL1sHHD BIZ AUTHORITY.
AN ACT


To amend the act entitled an act to authorize
County Recorders to transcrlbe records IN
certain cases, passed1January 3Otb, 1889, and
for oiherpurposes,
Sec. l. BE % enacted by the Gtntral As
8embly of the State Of Ohio, That the recor-
2 ders Of the several counties be and they are
hereby authorized and required to provide
suitable books and continue and complete
the general indexes provided for by the sec
ond section of the act entitled an act to au-
thorize county recorders to transcrIbe records
in certain cases, passed January Both, 1885,
to the present time, and for such services 50
rendered said recorders shall be conapensat-
ed in the same way as in-saidsection ispro-
vided.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of said re-
corders hereafter to. continue said indexes
from this time onward, as the business of
their respective offices shall require, without
compensation further than the cost Of the
books used for that purpose.
SIC. 3. That the recorders OF the sever
al counties in this State be and they are
hereby authorized and required to provide
at the expense of their respective counties
and keep in their respective offices three
separate sets of record books, in one OF
which sets, to be denominated record OF
deeds, they shallrecori all deeds, powers oi
attorney and other instruments of writing
for the absolute and unconditional sale or
conveyance of lands, tenements or heredita-
ments. in regular succession according to
the priority Of their presentation; and in
another of said sets, TO be denominated re-
cord Of mortgages, &C., they shall record all
mortgages, powers of attorney and other in
struments Of writing by which lands, tene-
ments or hereditaments shal! or may be
mortgaged, or otherwise conditionally sold,
conveyed, affected or incumbered in law, ia
like regular succession according to the pri-
ority Of their presentation; and In the other
of said sets, TO be denominated record of
plats, they shall record all plats and maps of
town lots and of the subdivisions thereof,
and Of other divisions or surveys of lands,
in like regular succession according to the
priority Of their presentation, and such re-
corders shall properly index each Of said
books.
SEC. 4. The recorders aforesaid and their
respective sureties shall be liable on their
official bonds for all damages sustained by
any person or persons, by the neglect or re-
fusal OF such recorders to perform the duties
or any of them required OF such recorders by
this or any other act, or by the neg,ect or
refusal of such recorders accurately and truly
to transcribe ard record within the period
required by law for Ihe recording thereof,
any deed, mortgage, power of attorney or
other instrument of writing required 10 be
recorded, which shall be delivered or tender
ed to them at their respective offices for the
purpose of being recorded. =
BENJAMIN f. LETTER.
Sneaker Of the House of Representatives..
CHARLES G. C0NVERS,
March 30, 1850. Speaker cftte Senate,
ANACT
To authorize County Commissioners TO sub
scribe for newspapers.
SEC. l. BE it enacted BY the General As
scmblyof the State Of Ohio, That the county
commissioners of each county in this State,
be, and they are hereby authorized and re-
ouired to subscribe for one copy Of the lead
ing newspapers of each political party,
printed and published in each county, and
cause the same TO be bound and filed in the
auditors office as public archives, for the
gratuitous inspection Of the citizens ofsuch
county.
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker of the House of representatives.
CHARLES G. C0NVERS,
March 2, 1850. Speaker Of the Senate.