Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-06-14
LAWS UF OHIO.
RURLIslIED nv AUTHoRrTY,
No. 10. AN, ACT
TO provide for the election of Prosecuting |

Attorneys and prescribing their datiea.
SEC. 1. Be Il enacted dg tie General IS
seaably Of lhe Stase Of 0hio, That there shall
/ Hereafter be elected in each county IF this
State, by the qualified electors ef,he county,
! ON the second Tuesday Of October, in the
year eighteen hundred and fifty y-three, and
biennially thereafter, In the same manner Is
other state and county officers arc elected,
fce Prosecuting Attorney, whose Term f If
Zee shall Commences on The first Monday in
January next after his election, and he shall
hold his office fur the term of two years, and
mil his successor shall be elected and oual-
lied; Provided Chat in such counties Of this
stale, wherein the term of Office f any PlUs.
ecating Attorney shall expire in the year
! 1852 a Prosecuting Attorney shall be elect
edat the fall election for county offices in 1852
and biennialIy thereafter. .As
SEc. 2. That it shall be the daiy Of said
Prosecuting Attorney and uf eBch pr st cutting
attorney now in Office, in this state, to lruse-
suite for ami in behalf Of the state, aH CON-
plants. suits and controversies in which tho
state shall be . party, and such other suits,
MATTERS and controversies, as shall be directed
by law, within the county for which Ire shall
have been elected, in the district court, in the
coult of common pleas aud in the probate
cnurt ard to pay over forthwith, to the
county treasurer, all moneys belonging to
said county, which he has or may hereafter
collect or which may come into bis bands by
way Of fines, forfeitures, costs or otherwise
and take the streasurer's duplicate receipts
tlereisr. one Of which be shall file with the
auditor Of his prorer county; and upon fail
dre to pay over said moneys. as herein re-
1nired, said prosecuting attorney thall be re-
moved from ffice, ia manner as prescribed
in the eighth section If this act.
Stc.3. That each and every prosecuting
attorney hereafter elected, under the first
section af this act, shall, before entering up
on the dntieso Of his tfiice. take an oath or af-
formation, to be endorsed upnn his comnis-
sion, to support the cons;itnt on of the United
States, and Of this state. and faithfully and
ialpariially ta discharge the duties Of bis Of
fee Which said oath or affirmation may be
administered by any common pleas Judge of
This State or by the Probate Judge of the
the county in which he is elected; and said
prosecuting attorney shall, before entering
rpm the duties of his oilice, give bond, with
sufficient sureiies, ito be approved by the
court of c,nlilion pleas or probate court to
the state uf Ohio, in any sum nit less than
me thousand doll ,rs. ndi;ioned that he will
according TO The best Of his skill and abilities,
faithfully discharge uil the duties enjoined on
bin by law, and ako that he will honestly
and faithfully pay over oil moneys by him re
ceiyel Ne such prosecuting attorney, in the
manner directed by law, which said bond
shall be filed with the county treasurer.
Sgc. 4. That the prosecuting attorney for
each county in this sta+c, shall receive such
compensation fnr his services in the court Of