Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-06-17

entries and surveys Of any and all tracts oi
land, in whole or in part, in said county
including acurate plats thereof.
Sec. g. That said entries, surveys and
plats, may be copied from the entries, sur.
veys and plats. in the Office of the Auditor
Of State, and when so made and transcribed
shall be carefully compared by said audit.
DR., or some clerk in his office, who shall
certify in said book, at the end of said rec
ord, that the entries, surveys and plats
are truly taken, and copied from the books
Of entries, surveys and plats of land in the
Virginia military district, in said Office;
which certificate shall be under the seal of
office of the Auditor of State.
Sec 8. That the said book or books,
containing the entries, surveys and plats a.
foresaid, shall be deposited and remain in
the Office Of the recorder Of the proper coun-
ty; and said records, and all copies thereof
certified by the recorder of the proper coun-
,y, under his seal of office, to be true and
correct copies from said record books, shall
be received in evidence in all courts and
places in the same manner, and shall have
the same force and effect that the original
entries, surveys, or plats, or copies thereof,
would have: Provided that any person in
terested may impeach the correctness of said
record, SO deposited in the recorders office,
or copies therefrom, by competent proof.
Sec. 4. That the recorder of the proper
county shall, on demand of any person,
make and furnish copies of any entry. sur
vey or plat from said record, duly certified !;
and he shall be entitled to demand and re-
ceive therefor, the sum of ten cents for eve
ry hundred words contained in the body of
said copy, together with twenty-five cents
for his certificate thereto, under seal, and
twenty-five cts. for each plat with said copy.
Sec. 5. That any book of entries, sur
veys and plats of lands in the Virginia mill
itary district, heretofore made, shall. on de-
mand of the recorder of any county, be
compared and certified by the Auditor of
State, or some clerk in his office in the same
manner as provided in the second section Of
this act; and copies certified from such
book, or from any book of entries and sur
veys certified by w. Marshall Anderson,
surveyor Of the Virginia military district, or
his successor in Office, under his seal of Of
fee, by the recorder of the county in whose
Office the same may be, shall have the same
force and effect as copies authorized to be
certified under the preceding section of this
act.
Sec. 6. That the book containing copies
of the original plats and surveys Of Virgin
la military land in the county of Union, in
the State of Ohio, which said book and cop
les were copied, prepared and arranged
from the books and records in the office of
the surveyor of the Virginia military land
district at Chillicothee, in the State of Ohio,
and were authenticated by the certificate of
w. Marshall Anderson, surve yor of said
district, under his hand and the seal of his
said office, on the 2nd day of June, A. D.
1916, and which are now kept in the office
of the auditor of said Union county, shall be
hereafter received in all courts of record
and elsewhere, as lawful and conclusive ev-
idencs in all suits, controversies, proceed
ings and acts whatsoever, touching the
land, or any part thereof, to which said
book, copies and plats, or any part thereof,
may have relation.
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
.sa CHARLES G.. GONVERS, ,------
49,. Speaker of the Senate.
March l9, 1850.