The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-06-18

dorse, assign, transfer or put off, or shall
atiemMto endorse, assign, transfer or put
of, any such false OF fictitious bill ol
lading, feceip, invoice, schedule, Of
other written instrument, knowing the
sans 10 be false, fraudulent or fictitious,
The person so offending shall be deemed
guilty OF a misdemeanof, and ON convic
ton thereof, shall be Imprisoned in the
peniteniiary, and kept at hard labor, Tor
term not exceeding four years, nor
less than one year. &tCl +
Sec. 2. IL any person shall execute
and deliver, or shall cause OF procure 10
be executed and delivered to any other
person, any false and fictitious ware.
house receipt, acknowledgment, or other
instrument OF writing, TO the purport and
effect that such person, or any person or
persons, coparinersbip, firm, body polite
or corporate, which he or she represents,
or preiends to represent, held or had re-
ceived in store, or held or had received
in any warehouse, or in any other place,
or held or had received into possession, /,
custody or control, Of such person or
persons, coparInership, firm, or body po-
Iiic, any goods, wares or merchandise,
when such goods, wares or merchandise
were not held or had not been received
in good faith, according TO the pdrporl
and effect Of such warehouse receipt,
receipt acknowledgment, or instrument
Of writing, with intent TO deffand, de-
ceive, or injnre any person whomsoever,
or if any person shall endorse, assign,
transfer or deliver, or shall attempt to
endorse, transfer and deliver to any other
person any such false and fictitious
warehouse receipt, receipt acknowledg-
ment, or instrument of wiring, knowing
the same 10 be false, fraudulent, OF 6c'i-
lious, such person shall be deemed guilty
Of misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the peniienlary, and kept at
hard labor, for term not more than three
years, nor less than one year.
Sec. 8. Tba, if any person or per.
sons, or the agent Of any person or per.
sons, having in his or their possession,
custody or control, any goods. WIRES or
merchandise, by virtue Of any genuine
instrument Of writing, Of the purport or
effect of any such instrument Of writing
as is mentioned in the first or second
sections Of this act, shall, without au
.bority, and with intent 10 injure or de.
fray the rightful owner thereof sell.
assign, transfer or cucumber such goods,
wares or merchandise, or any part there
Of, to the value Of fifty dollars or up
wards, or shall in any way convert the
same 10 biz own use, or if the con'igner
or consigners or the agent of such con.
sgnor or consigners of any goods, wares
or merchandise, not being the absolute
owner thereof, and not having authority
to stop, countermand or change the con-
signment thereof, or not having authority
to sell or cucumber The same during the
transit, shall, after the shipment thereof
on board any watercraft, or after the de-
post thereof in or upon any vehicle for
land carriage, in any way stop, counter
mand or charge the consignment thereof,
or shall sell, dispose Of or encumber
such goods, wares or merchandise, du-
ring their transit or after .heir delivery,
or shall in any way convert the same or
any part thereof, TO his or her own use,
to the value Of fifty dollars or upwards,
so that the righuful owner thereof shall
sustain a loss thereby 70 the value of
fifty dollars or upwards, the person so
offending, with intent as aforesaid, shall
be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned
in the peni'entiary, and kept at hard la.
Dor, for term not less than one, nor
more than four years.
Sec. 4. That the ninth and tenth
sections Of the act entitled an act TO pre-.
vent fraudulent practices, passed the 18th
Jay Of March, lS44, and the first section
,f an act entitled an to amend the act
entitled an act to prevent frandulen,
PRACTICES, passed January 3lst, lS46, be,
md the same are hereby repealed.
JAMES c. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
WILLIAM MEDILL,
President Of the Senate.
April 0, 1852.
AN ACT
For ascertaining the Boundaries ofCoun-
ties.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the General
assembly Of the State of Ohio, That
whenever ]. shall appear to the commiss-
Dners Of any county, that The boundary