The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-24
AN ACT
March 20, 1850.

AN ACT
To authorize copies Of Entries and Surveys IN
tile Virginia Military District to be made.
SEC. Be ii enGcied by the General us I,
sembiy ofihe Stale Of Ohio, That the county
commissioners of any county in this State.
be and they are hereby authorized AID EN-
powered TO procure, whenever they deem
proper, the necessary books. and 10 contract
with any person or persons for tlanscrl6Ing
and recording therein any and all OF the Ell
tres and surveys ol any and all tracts OF
land, in whole or IN part, IN SAID county, III
cludIng accurate plats thereof
SEQ. 2. That said entries, surveys and
plals, may be copied from the entries. sur
veys and plsls, in the office Of the Auditor
OF State, and when 50 made and transcribed,
shall be carefully compared by SAID auOit"r,
or some clerk in his Office, who shall certify
in said book, al the end of SAID record, that
the entries, surveys and Plats are truly ia
, ken, and copied from the books OF entries,
surveys and plats of land IN the Virginia
military district, in said Office; which cerIl
icale shall be under the seal oi office OF
the Auditor OF Stale.
SEC. 3. That the said book or books,
containing the entries, surveys and piats
2 aforesaid, shull be de pos tcd anu remain n
, the office Of the recorder oi the proper cnun-
ty, aud sald records, aud all copies hereOt,
certified by the recorder the proper Conn'
s ty, under his seal vi once, To be true and
correct copies from sand record books, shall
be received III evidence 80 all courts and
y places 10 the same manner. and snail have
n the same force ana effect mat The original
entries, surveys aud pIaIs, or copts Ihereo'
would have: PROVIDED that any person ~
teresled may lmpeach The torrcctrcs- o.
r: said record so deposited III the recorder 0I
N fce, or copies thcrelrOm, by cOmpeteu
n proof.
" SEC 4. That the recorder of the prope
r county shall, on demand ot any person, MAKE
>, and furnish copies ol any entry survey %
II plat from said record, duly certified; aud h'
shall be entitled to demand and receive
e therefor, the sum of ten cents for every hun
)l dred words contained lu the body Ot sait
u copy, togel her with twenty five cents TO
"a his certificate thereto, under seal, and q
Ia cents for each plat with said copy.
SEQ. 5. That any book Of entries, sur
veys and pats OF land in the Virginia mill
tary district, heretofore made, shall, on de
mand of the recorder of any county. be con
pared and certified by he Auditor If State
n. or some clerk IN his Office, in the same man
ner as provided in The second section {
this act; and copies certified from such book
mr. or from any book OF entries and surVe"
i, certified by w Marshall Anderson, survey
81 or of The Virginia military district, or III
' successor in Office, under his seal o nthce
VI by tie recorder Of the county in whose Of
or flee the same may be shall have the sam
force and effect as copies authorized to d
be certified under the preceding section vi th
at act.
url SEC. 6. That the blok containing cOpft
OF lhe original pats and surveys of Vnglnt
10 military land, IN the county Ut Union. in Il
!. State oil Ohio, which said book and c"pI'
we're copied, prepared aud arranged fro
the books and tecords IN the Office OF Il
surveyor Of the Virginia military land dl
trict at Chilhcothe. in the State OF OH
and were AUTHENTICATED by the certfica
Es. of w. Marshall Anderson, Surveyor ot sa
ofl district, under his hand and the seal OF b
said Office on he 2nd day of June, A
- ls45, andwhlch are now kept in the off
~" of the Auditor of said Union county shall
CO. hereafter received III all courts Of record a
esewhere,a as lawful and conclusive evden
zen in all suits, controversies, proceedings a
me acts whatsoever touching the land, or a
ar, part thereof, TO which said book, copies a
ing plats, or any part thereofimay have relatiC
his BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker Of tbe House Of Reps,
70 CHARLES C.CONVERS,
so' Speaker Of The Senate
ny Mapoh 10 1S5O.