Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-07-07
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To provioe for the organization Of Cities
- and Incorporated Villages.
[concluded from last aoeek.
Sec. 35, By>laws and. ordinances of
municipial CORPORATIONS, may be enforced
by the imposition Of fines, forfeitures and
penalties, ea any person or persons Offend
ing against or violating such bylaws, or
ordinances, or any of them, and the fine.
penalty or forfeiture, may be prescribed in
each particular by law or ordinance, or by
a general by law or ordinance made for
that purpose; and municipal corporations
shall have power to provide, in like man.
ner, for the prosecution, recovery and col,
lection ofsuch fines, penalties OF forfpitufes
Sec. SO. Fines, penalties and forfeit>
ures, which shall not exceed the sum Of
twenty dollars for any one specified offence,
or violation Of the by>law or ordinance, or
double that sum for each repetition Of
such offence, or violation, or which shall
not exceed FIVE dollars, for anchday, where
the thing prohibited or rendered unlawfol
is in its nature continuous in respect to
time, shall be deemed reasonable 9 and prop.
er. But where in any by law or ordinance,
greater fiae, penalty or forfeiture is i'm
posed than as above specified. it shall and
may be lawful, in any suit or persecution
for the recovery thereof, to reduce the same
to such amount as shall be- deemed reasona.
BILE and proper, and to permit a recovery,
OF render judgement accordingly.
Sec. 81. Fines, penalties and forfeilures
may in all cases, and in addition to. any
other mode provided, be recovered by suit,
or action, before onv justice of the peace,
or other court of. competent jurisdiction. in
The name of the proper municipal corpora>
ton, and for its use; and in any such suit
or action where pleading is necessary. it
shall be sufficient to declare generally, for
the amount claimed to be due In respect Of
the violation Of the by law or ordinance,
referring to its title, and the date Of its
adoption, or passage, and showing as near
as mny be, the true time of the alleged yio-
lation. s...t.zss.- j.
Sec. 90 All sniis or prosecutions for
the recovery Of any such fires, penalties
and torfeiiures, orAfor the commission Of
any offence made punishable by any bylaw
or ordinance any municipal corporation,
as hereinafter provided, shall be commenced
within one year after the violation OF The
ordinance, or commission Of the eofence and
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not afterwards. ~ 20
Sec. 80. The printed copies Of the by>
lnws or, ordinances Of any municipal corpo-
ration, published under its authority, and
transcripts Of any by.laws or ordinances, or
Of any act or proceeding of any municipal
corporation, recorded in any book, or en-
tered on any minutes or journal, kept under
the directieneofsuch municipal corporation,
and certified by its clerk, shall be received
in evidence for any purpose for which the
original ordinances, book, minutes or iour>
nal, would be received, and with as much
effect. 1t shall be the duty Of The clerk to
furnish such transcripts, and he shall be
entitled 10 charge therefor, at the same rate
that the clerk Of the common pleas is enii-
tied to. charge for transcripts from the
records Of that court. szy.g.
OF THE CLASSES OF. MUNICIPAL
8 CORPORATIONS.
Sec. 40. In respect to the exercise Of
certain corporate powers. and 10 the nurn>
bef, character, powers and duties of certain
officers, municipal corporations are, and
shall be divided into the classes following:
Cities of the first, and cities of the second
class; incorporated villages, uud-incorpo>
rated villages for special purposes. so
Sec, Al. All cities, which at The last
federal census hador now have, a. population
exceeding twenty thousand inhabitants,
shall be deemed cities Of the first class; and
all other cities shall be deemed cities Of the
second class; all cities, which al any future
federal census, or al any census which may
be takenln pursuance of the first section OF
the eleventh article Of the constitution of
this state, shall have apopulation exceeding
twenty thousand Inhabitants, shall also be
deemed cities Of the first class; and any in
corporated village, which al any. future
federal census or al any census taken under
the authority Of the state, as aforesaid, shall
have 4 population exceeding five thousand,
and less than twenty thousand inhabitants,
shall be deemed city ofthe second class.
Sec. AZ. II shall be the duty Of, the
Governor, Auditor and Secretnry of State,
or any two of Them, at the time of ascer-
tanning the ratio Of representation, as re-
quired by the eleventh section of the said
article oftie constitution, also 10 ascertain
what cities of che second class are entitled
OF become cities Of the first class; andswhat
Incorporated villages are entitled to become
cities, and their proper class. And the
Governor shall cause a statement thereof,
10 be prepared BY the Secretary Of State,
which statement he shall cause TO be pub
lished in some newspaper printed in the
city Of Columbus, and also IN some news
paper printed in seoch Of the cities and in-
corporated villages, the grade of which
shall have been SO advanced; and copy
Of said statement shall also be Transmitted
by The Secretary of State, TO the next sess
sion Of the General Assembly; and any
such city or incorporated village, gshall, al
the next regular annual period for the elec.