The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-13
LAWS OF OmIo-By Authority.
ACT To authorize Fairfield count,

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Wilmington aud GAINESVILLE Rnilroad
Company.
SEC. /, BE IL raacfed by he General
Assemdiy 9M State Of OhtO.. That the
commissioners Of Fairfield cunniy be, and
thf y are hereby authorized and required.
on behalf and in the name 0fsaid cDunfy.
to subscribe for two hundred and fly
thousand dollars Of the capital stock of
the Cincinnati. Wilmington aud ZaDes.
vile Railroad company.
SEC. 2. That as . as twelve hun
dred thousand dollars shall be subscribed
TO the capital stock uf said railroad com
pany, the commissioners aforesaid. III a
majority Of them, are hereby authorized
and required 10 issue and deliver 10 said
railroad company. %iDpayment ofsaid sub
scription, the bonds Of said county to the
amount aforesaid. but in such parcels,
from time To time. as may be demanded
by said company TO carry forward the
work, which said bonds shall be signed
by said commissioners, and attesied by
the Auditor of said county. aud drawn in
sums not less than me hundred dollars
each, payable 10 said Railroad company.
or order, and bearing interest from date.
at a rate not exceeding seven per centum
per annum, payable annually either atthe
off e of the Treasurer of said county, or
in the city q New York, or elsewhere,
as said Rail Road company may elect.
and redeemable at the expiration often
years; and for the redemption of said
bonds, tue stock Of said county in said
railroad company together with the faith
of said county, are hereby pledged, aud
all such bonds Issued by the commission.
ers OF said county, aud appearing regu,
lar on the foce thereof. shall il the hands
of said company, or any other bona fde
holder thereof, be deemed and taken in
all courts and elsewhere, as conclusive
evidence OF the regularity Of every thing
required by law, aud all acts to be done
preliminary to the issuing of said bonds.
SEC. g.. That at the next annual town,
ship election, or at any general annual e
lection which may be held in the said
county Of Fairfield, the voters Of said
county the notice hereinafter provided
for, having been given) may vote for or
against the subscription above authorized
by inserting upon their respective tick.
cts For railroad subscriptions" or "a
gainst railroad subscriptions" and when.
ever said vote shall be taken, the returns
thereof shall be made to the clerk ofthe
court of Common Pleas Of said county,
and opened as returns of annual elections
for county officers, are required To be
made aud opened by the existing laws oI
this State. That it shall be tie duty o
the Sheriff Of said county, to make proc
lamatiOn in one or more of the N wspa
pers published in said county, twenty
days prior To any such election. that the
vole aforesaid will be taken at such cleo
ton, upon his being requested so To make
proclamation, In writing signed 10y moi
less then twelve lreehoIders of said c0un
Ivy.
SEC. i. That the commissioners of said
county shall not make tho subscription
%aulhOlIzed in the first %sectinn of this act
until they shall be furnished with a certif
icate from the Clerk oflhe Court ufC"m
mon Pleas Of said county, under the sea
Of said court, showing that u vute upon
the question ofSubscrip,ion has been ia
ken aud that more votes We're given fol
raj road subscription, than against rail
road subscription, al said election, anC
it shall be the duty Of the said Clerl
forthwith upon receiving the returns u
any such election, to certify the result Il
the commissioners, if in favor of The rail
road subscription. Provided. that if
majority of the votes so given, be agains
railroad Subscription, the question may
on "a like application, be in like manner
submitted to the qualified voters Of sal,
county at the next, or any subsequent an
5 uual township cleo ion or any genera
D annual election, and il at said second o
. subsequent election. said question be de
cided by a majority of the votes giveI
thereon, in favor Of railroad subscription
t such decision shall have the same force
and effect, as ii made at the first election
SEC. s.. That the commissioners ofsait
county are hereby authorized and requir
ed to levy a special tax from year To year
, as long as the same may he necessary t.
pay the interest that may accrue upon th'
+ bonds aforesaid, which said tax snail h
r certified To the county Auditor Of SAT-
county, aud by him placed onthe count.
duplicate, and be collected by the coun
, " Treasurer, IN the same name as Stat
and county taxes, aud the taxes SO levie'
together with the dividends on the stool
of the county. so far as necessary, 81
hereby specifically appropriated to tn
payment If the interest upon the bond
L aforesaid. and it is hereby made the dut.
|. ofthe commissioners, Auditor and Treas
urer of said county, annually, to app'
said fund as may he necessary t" the pa
= ment OF the interest upon said bonds, &C
il cording to the tenor thereof.
SEC. 6. 1t is hereby made the duty q
said railroad company TO appropriate an
apply the bonds aforesaid, or the none
% o arising from the sale of the same. To tn
construction of said railroad within tn
Il limits ofsuid Fairfield county only, all,
the commissioners Of said county sha
If have power to represent said stock S
subscribed and To vote thereupon, b
themselves, or by such agents ao they ma
sspp0int, in all meetings of the st0ckhoI