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April as, 1859.
AN ACr

IN. $751; AN ACT
TO reosganiz, the Benevolent lnsIiIuIinns Of
lhe SAFE Of Oaio.
Sec. .. lie IL enacted by the General As.
sembly Of Ihe State of Ohio, That the ASYLUM
Tor The insane, the Institutions for the education
of the d iaf and Dd nb, and for the education Of
ihe Bind. be placed under The control Of a
Baard OF Trustees. consisting Of members. ;
Of which board shall be selected from the city
OF Columbus, or iIs vicinity, and The remaining
elk 10 be selected from different portions Of the
STATE, no Two Of whom shall be residents Of the
sane county, which shall be denOminaIed the
Board Of Trustees for the Benevolent lnslilu.
lions; who shall each take an Doth faithfully to
discharge the duties required Of them by law;
and the said Board shall be appointed immedi.
alely aher the passage Of this act rs provided
Cor in the constitutions; The three first named,
shall bo appointed for Two years; the three sec.
ond named, for four years; the three last named,
lor six years; and after their terms Of service
shall successively expire, three others shall be
appointed in like manner for the term ol six
years.
Sec. e. That 10 tine Board Of Trustees shall
be committed all the powers for the government
aud regulation Of the Institutions above named,
now held by the several Boards Of Trustees of
these Institutions, which Boards Of Trustees il
shall supercede, from and after the time specl.
fed 10 this act
Sec. 5. That the Board Of Trustees shall
appoint, from their own number, President to
preside aI lis meetings, and u Secretary, TO re.
oofd, attest and preserve lis proceedings.
Sec. 4. That the Board shall appoint from
rs own number. comniuee Of three for The
institutions aforesaid, which commiuee shall
have control Of the respective institutions du.
ring The interim Of The stated meetings Of the
Board; all their acts, however, shall be subject
10 the decision Of The whole Board, al its stated
meetings.
See. s. That the Board shall meet annual
Nv, on the first Monday 10 december, at which
Jime the commiuees above named, and also the
Superinlendents Of tho several Institutions, shall
present their written reports, which reports shall
contain The names Of each and every person
employed about the several institutions, and al.
90 the amount paid 10 each person, whian re.
porIs shall bc approved by tho Board, aud pre-.
senIed TO The Governor, as provided for in The
Constitution,
Sec. 6, That there shall be vsilalions and
lOOFOURu tAutnluuNOUS VI lNc btNtfdl lUSNNu"
IoBs, monthly, by one, and semiannualy by a
majority Of the trustees, and annually by the
whole Board Of trustees, which Board shall
draw up and preserve detailed report or record
Of tho proceedings Of The several institutions un'
der their charge, which record shall be subject
TO the command OF the General Assembly, aud
open at all times 10 the committee on Benevo.
lent institutions.
Sec. 7. That Ihe treasurer Of state shall be,
and heis hereby appointed the treasurer Of these
several institutions, aud all the expenses Of the
several institutions shall be paid out Of the funds
appropriated for the use Of such institutions, on
orders signed by The Superintendent aud TWO Of
the commiiice.
Sec. Q. The Trustees provided for in this
act shall perform all The duties required Of Them,
GraIui,ousIyi Provided, however, that they shall
be entitled to have their necessary expenses
paid during the time they may be actually en-
gaged 10 the discharge Of their official duties.
Sec. 8. That this act shall luke effect from
and after the first Monday in June next; aud
the Board Of Trustees appointed under the pro.
visions Of This ncI; shall meet NJ The city Of Co.
lumbus on said day and organize.
JAMESC. JOHNSON,
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives
WILLIAM MEDlLL,
President Of the Senate.
All; oQ 1880