Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-31
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cate, and the business extended as afore.
said; and the company shall be entitled 70
the privileges and provisions, and be
subject TO the liability Of this act, as the
case may be. That the capital stock OF
each and every such company ns may be
formed under the provision Of this act
shall be annually listed by the president
or secretary thereof, and assessed at It's
real value in money, and taxed in the same
manner and 10 the same extent ns other
chat,el proI erty,o oaut the place where the
office of snch company shall be Kept, md
shall be subject 10 all the laws now in
operation for the taxation of personal
property, or which may hereafter be en-
acted by the Legislature of Ohio, subject
10 the provisions relating TO corporation
taxes in sec. 17leflhis act
| Sec. %. At any time after twenty years
from and after Tins organization Of my
corporations formed under this act, the
Legislature may annul such corporations:
but the dissolution Of such cornpany sh |
not take away or impair any remedy CIV
en- against such corporation, IFS siockhold-
ers or officers, for any liability which
shall have been previously increased IN
CURED. .3''.is -
Sec. 23. Upon the dissolution of any
corporation created under this act. unless
other persons shall be appointed by the
Legislature, or ty some court of compc-
lent authority, the directors of such cor .
poralion at the time Of It's dissolution, shall
be the trustees, of the creditors and stock
holders Of the same, and shall have full
power 10 settle the uffars Of such corpora.
ton, collect and pay the Outstanding debts.
and divide among the the stockholders the
moneys and other properly that sh all re-
main. after the payment Of debts and neces.
sary expenses. -s ~ e. =. q.
Sec. "a. The persons so constituted
trustees, as provided for in the preceeding
section, shall have authority TO sue for and
recover the debts and the property OF any
corporation formed under this act, and
which may be dissolved, by the name oftho
trustees Of such Corporation, describing IL
by its corporate narne, and shall be jointly
and severally responsible TO the creditors
and stockholders of such corporation, TO
the exten, of its property and effects that
shall come into their hands. efs'i1 -
Sec Is. Nothing contained 10 this act
shallbe 50 construed as to impair or uffect
the rights of any corporation heretofore
created under nny speeiai act, without the
assent Of uch9corporntioD shall be first
given thereto, in the manner herein bo.s
fore designated in thet~entieth and twen-
ty.firs, sections of this act. - 80 S''s
Sec. 26. The municipal authorities or
any city town or village, in which any
gaslight company shall be organized under
this act or any act heretofore passed, are
hereby authorized to contract with any
such corporation for the lighting the streets,
lanes, squares and public places, in any
such city town or village. ',8-.e.'',9e-s'
. se;.s JOHN F. MORSE, =
Speaker of the House of Representatives
@. iH7 CHARLES G. CONVERS, siss
shssga g Speaker Of the Senate. -
January II, 1851. ss.s,.s' snis ~ ?
# IA - III "a. - ,ugtiCt zsfsa 2tos2
AUDIT OR Is OFFicE, PoRrAGE Co., So
Ravenna, March3l, 1881. F
hereby certify that the foregoing are
true copies Of the acts passed by the Gene
raj Assembly Of Obioas certified to by the
Secretary Of State. a3es ~ sa't'5t9 D9s'
ei1 o JOHN G. MCBRIDE, Aaditor.
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l. @, 40 Good Old Blue Laws. g7laa5a d
1.-THE BLUE LAWS OF CONNECTICUT" II;
The fol,owin is literal copy from the
Connecticut code oc 1859, restraining the
use of tobacco: A. ~, sr.., t. .,.,s.i,i .,,.gs u
gfsie 81 ssToBAcKo." lYs,l 10 s7i;oh
p. .Forasmuch as it i. observed that many
abuses are crePt in, by frequent taking Of
iobacko.9 {" pc s'is' '.''-.- -
l., SIT is ordered BY the authority Of this
Courte, that no person under the age of
,wenty9one years, or any other, that hath
not already accustomed himself TO the use
Thereof, shall take any totacko until he hath
broughta certificate under the hands OF
som some who are approved from knowledge
and skill in physick, that il is useful for
him, nnd also Tim, lie hath received lY.
cense from the coufte for the same. And
for the regulating Of those, who either BY
! their former taking it, have to THERE own
apprehensions, made it necessary for them,
or upon due advice, are persuaded to use
| thereof.
at is ordered that no man within this
colonye, after the publication hereof, shall
take any tobacko publquely in the streets,
Ebighwayes, or any barne yards, or upon
trainin dayes, in any open places, under
| the penalty of a sixpence for each ofiece
against this order,in any of the particulars
thereof 10 bee paid without gaipsay ing, ups
pom conviction, by, the testimony. of one
witness, that is without just exception, be.
fore any one magistrate. And the consta-
bles in the several townes ure required TO-
make, presentment. to each particular
courte Of such as they doe understand, and
convict to bee iransgressors Of this or
DEL. ;" ,,.,.,-,.,s.,s >. +, s lzl.sssft "a
a7o5 Prsgressiyts In Iowa.
uo Talking about progress, we notice that
Iowa is leading of, and putting into practi.
cal effect those reforms Of which we Of the
older States have only the courage 70 talk
about. The Legislature Of that young
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