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SEC. l8. That he shall prepare suitable
forms of contracts. obligations, and other
like Instruments of writing, for the use Of
the state officers. when requested by the
Governor, Secretary, Auditor or Treasur.
er Of State.
SEC. 10. That he may prosecute any
suit, information. or other suit, either al
law or in equity, in behalf OF the state, or
in which the state may be Interested, (other
than prosecution by indictment,) in the
courts Of appropriate jurisdiction in Frank
lin county. or in the courts of appropriate
jurisdiction in any other county in which
the defendant, or any one or more Of the
defendants, may reside or be found; Pro-
vided, however. that no merely civil s''it
at law, or in equity, other than is authori
zed by the eighth section. shall be COM
menced in Franklin county. unless the
defendant. or one or more Of the defen-
dants. shall therein reside or be found, ex.
cept the Attorney General shall certify on
the writ, that he believes the amount in
controversy to exceed five hundred dol
lars.
SEC. 90. That in all cas,s brought un.
der the provisions Of this act. the writ or
writs may be sent to the sheriff Of any
county by mail. and returned hv him in
like manner, for which the Sn"ritf shall be
allowed the same mileage and tees as il
the writ or writs had been issued out of the
court Of common pleas or district court
in his own county. and been returnable
thereto.
SEC. 2l. That upon all information or
other proceedings specified in the ninth.
tenth, and eleventh sections. if the writ or
wriis. mesne process be returned, not
found by the sheriff of the county in which
the company is authorized by law to have
its place OF business. the clerk Of the court
in which such information or other pro-
ceedings may have been filed, shall make
gu, notice of the. filing and substance
thereof, and cause the same to be publish
ed for six consecutive weeks, in some
newspaper printed in the county in which
such company is authorized as aforesaid,
TO have its place Of business; or il no
newspaper be therein printed, in some
newspaper printed in the city of Colum.
bus; and an affidavit of such publication, to-
gether with copv Of the said notice, shall
be fled in the office of the clerk aforesaid;
and if the company so made defendant,
should fail to answer or plead to any such
information or other proceeding, within
thirty days from the filing of the affidavit
and copy aforesaid. judgment shall be
given upon the default, in like manner as
il the writ or writs had been duly served
and returned.
Sec. g. That upon all appeals. wri,s
oferror certiorari, supersedeas, proceden-
do, replevin. ne exeat, Injunction. attach
ment, mandamus. or prohibition. taken or
sued out by the Attorney General upon he.
half Of the state, or upon behalf of any
other officer thereof, no security shall be
required.
SEC. %. That nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent either party to any
cause brought under its provisions. from
taking the depositions of such witnesses as
reside out Of the county in which the cause
may be pending, or intend to leave the
county before the time Of trial, or are un.
able to attend the trial in person.
SEC. "a. That the Attorney General
shall keep an Office in the city of Colum.
bus. to be provided and furnished at the
states expense, and the account for post.
age upon his official correspondence shall
be audited and allowed by the auditor Of
state, and paid out of any funds in the
state treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 35. That he shall keep, in suita-
bic books, to be provided for that purpose,
at the states expense. a register Of all ac-
tions, demands. complaints, writs, infor.
nations. and other suits prosecuted or de.
tended by him officially, together with all
the proceedings had in respect thereof.
and also register of all written official
opinions given by him. which said books
he shall deliver to his successor at the ex-
piraiion of his term.
SEC. 26. That he shall, in the report
required of him, by article third, section
twentieth. of the constitution, submit an
abstract of the statistics of crime returned
to him by the prosecuting attorneys of the
several counties, with general statemen,
Of the business under his immediate
charge.
SEC. 27. That the act to create the
Office Of attorney general and to prescribe
his duties. passed the 10th day Of Febru-
ary, in the year eighteen hundred and
forty-six. and the acts amendatory thereof,
passed the twenty. fourth day of February.
- Tho yoor o;ubtean hundrad and fortv.
eight, and the nineteenth day Of March,
in the year eighteen hundred and forty
nine, be, and the same are repealed.
JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
WILLIAM MEDILL,
President Of the Senate
May !, 1852
mo. IS. AN ACT