The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-05-28
LAWS OF OHIO.
ruHLIsHnp BY AuTHoRITY.
No. IS. "a AN ACT sy7rtt
To provide for the organization of Cities and
- -. Incnrnorated XillareH -.l

9gt ancorporated villages.
Sec. !. 6e Y endG,ea T, oy y Ihe General ASsemol,
,;ctte state cf vhio' 4 hat al corporations which
existed when tne present constitution took ef-
fect, LOT the purpose OF municiPal government
eltner general OF speclai, ana described or de-
nomlnatea IN any law then In iorce, as cities!
towns, villages, or special ROAD districts, shall
be. and they are hereby organlzedinto cities,
and incorporated villages, with the territorial
limits to them respectively prescribed, or be-
longing, IN manner ioiiowing. Az snch num-
cipai corporations, as IN any sucn Jaw are de,
nominated cites, snail oe uvelileu ci.les, ana
those denominated Towns, sIiages, orspeclai
road districts, snail % aeemea incorporates WI
iages; 70 pc resRecsseiy gosefrseIi a1 c,sies Of
incorporated Villages, an ssse VI e.e iaSler lol
genera or sPecial purposes, as p'Syiaeu ~ tnis
act; ana al acts now sii ioioe, i1i ue VI gau,
lzation q ~ sus t
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AZ on Sne 'po Whaas Uis IN ;nhahitonto of nor. -
oec. = ~. oash..aod Y.;th;n ha i;t,;.. S ~ ~
any oarnoratsJ nos village shall das;ro 70 =,
Any ony - aod MI an ;ncornorsted v;ll,gs t6ev
~, snrir hv nst;t;on in Writing signed by t5e
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innaoltanss so aPpiE,ensi " 70 - nIAlDo. III noO
less tnan Inilsy qaalineu ao'els, " sn9 Goun.y
commissioners q ane p.opei Gouny, wnieh r., e.
tluon snall ecscipe tne .e.,U5 p,,pt pHpoeea ny "
pe embraced ~ susn in.o Po,S..o ;, oid
,Ssreos. e shaII state The name proposed for such
.ne,so,s :,.stod ,;ilsse and n ease the same he
ea, .vs ens IA pbsli also name tbe person or ner.
ptnpCJ oHo 'si'''A. --> 20 Tc., -
sei; 81 Il, ,,roSscut;no said netition
&c - pe9S When anv sI,cb netition shall be
. .,.ssa,toi Syv, 70 tbe county commissioners thew
PreIi aaaso tbe same to he fled IN tbe Office of
sst,S s,,d;,or ~ he tbore tent suhiect IN
e ,he ~ n,-,ecton Of anv nerson or persons inter.
III Wy Sn,;i tba fine anno;niea fdr the hearing
,h"sabf. tbo sa;d com,nissioners shall at or
has,ss ;be time of such fling fix and com.
,S,,S;cate 10 spcb netitioners or their agent n
,;,d. and nlaca for the hearing of such netition
ss;cS.,,n,a alI mt h, less han s;xtv davs Of,
~ ,ha t;me of sncb fling. and tbereunon the
ns,;t;onars or tbeir AGENTS shall cause q notice
r. be nubl;shed n some newspaper of general
o;,o,,ipttn,, In tba county NOT than six con.
soont;y ye weeks and cony of such notice tobe
Tos,ed AZ some nublic place. within the limits
- lie said nronosed Incorporated village. not
10 ! tban.siT consecutive weeks before the time
~ sncb hearing, which notice shall contain the
substance Of said petition, and state The time
and place appointed for the hearing thereof.
Sec 4. Every such hearing shall be public,
and NAV be adjourned, from time to time or
from nlsce 10 place, and any person interested,
NAV annear and contest the granting of said
nat,,;nr, and afidayits in snpport of, or against
~ " ,.at;t;on. which NAV he urepared and sub.
n;ttpd. shall be examined by said commission
"rs ana thew NAV in their discretion. permit
,ha aro,d oy agents named in the original be-
,;,;ar ~ 'nend nr change tbe same. except that
no.anendmcnt shall be permitted whereby ter.
r,,orv nof before embraced shall be added or
~ aroc,or of The nronosed incornoroted vii.
ino,o ohamaod from GENERAL nurnoses 10 snecial
80 fr,,a sps.;,l n General without anpointing
VI ,,i,I nIm ~ Gov 6ear;nr and reonirine new
n.:aN ano.ne, - 'imv ho zion as abeye nrov;dad
"oS,.s S"s Y Is ,be county commissioners after
~. ~ ,oh ,o,;t;nn shall he satisfied that al
inas. a., nnot;feJ voters actnalIv reside with
,he & i;n;is described in tle petition. and that
- III Js a.;.;an has heen signed bv majority of
au p.is ,o. s,;d limits have heen accurntely d.
sns;hnd amd an accurate man or niat thereof
made [ md M fled tLat tbe name nroposed for the
sa;d ;~oo,nnro,od village is nroper and suffi.
o;au, ~ oiSt;nouisb II From o,bers Of like kind
~ tho S,ato. md Il shall morcoyor he deemed
r;abt and nroner in tbe iudomeut and dlscre-
,ien Of said Commissioners. that said petition
shall be granted: then. they shall make and en-
dorse on the said petition, an order, TO the eff.
feet. that the Incorporated village. as named
and described in tie petition, NAV be organ.
ized. which order said commissioners. or n ma
iority Of them. Shall sign, and deliver, togeth
er with the petition and tie map or plat, to the
recorder of their county, whose duty Il shall
be to record The same as soon as may be, in the
proper book of records. and TO file and preserve
In lis office the original papers, having certi.
fed thereon. thatthe same have been properlv
recorded. and it shall also be the duty Of said
recorder, to make out and certify, under his Of.
fetal seal, two transcripts os said record, one
of which he shall forward to the Secretary of
State, and the other he shall deliver to the A.
gent or agents, Of said petitioners, with Ger.
tifcate thereon. that similar transcript has
been forwarded 10 the Secretary of State, as a.
hove provided. aA
Sec. 6. So soon as said record shall be made,
and said transcripts certified and forwarded
and delivered. the inhabitants within the lin.
its described in the petition, shall be deemed an
incorporated village, to be organized and gov
erned under the provisions Of this act, in like
manner as if specially named therein: and SO
soon as said Incorporated village shall be- ac-
.t,,an,v oroan;zed bv an election ~ ira oA;cers
~ Lcyro;no fsar oroy;dsd notico of its ey;stsncs
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