The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-06-18

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shd Directors 81 the Penitehtiary, and the Su.
pcrintendent aud Directions of the 9cnlrcieutl
institutions q the State, IN al matters relating
TO their official business. q
Sec, l6. That he shall also give his written
opinion upon any question Of law, 10 either
house Of the General Assembly when fequit.
ed,
Sec.l7. That he shall advise the Prosecute
ing Attorneys Of the several counties, when re-
|quested by them, in all matters appertainipg to
the duties Of their Offices.
Sec. lS. 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, Sec !.
retary, Auditor or Treasurer Of State.
Sec. 10. Thath may prosecute any suit,
information, or other suit either at law sor In
equity, in behalf of the State, or in which the
State may be Interested, lother than prosecu-
ton by indietment) Ia the courts Of appropri.:
tate jurisdiction in FrankliR county, or In the
courts Of appropriate jurisdiction in any other
county inwhich the defendant, or any one Or
more of the defendants, may reside or be found;
Provided, however, that no merely civil suit at
law, or in equity, other than is authorized by
the eighth section, shall be commenced in
Franklin county, unless the defendant, or one
or nioreof the defendants, shall thereiU reside
or be found, except the Attorney General shall
certify on the writ, that he believes the amount
| in ncontroyersy to exceed five hundred dollars.
Sec. 90. That in all cases brought under
the provisions of this act, the writOr writs may
be sent to the sheriff Of any county by mail,
and returned by him in like manner, for which
the sheriff shall be allowed, the same mileage
and fees as if the.writ or writs had issued out
| Of the court Of common pleas or district court
in his own county, and been returnable there-
to-, ,i. ~. n
! Sec. 81. That upon all information or other
proceedings specified in the ninth, tenth, and
eleventh sections, if the writ or writs;, 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 courtin which such information OF. other
proceedings may have been filed, shall make
out q notice of the fling and substancethereof,
and cause the same to be, published for six con-
secutiye weeks, in some newspaper printed in
the county ia which such company is author
lied as aforesaid, to have its place Of business,
or if no newspaper be therein printed, in some
newspaper in the city of Columbus and an
afiday it Of such publication, together with a
copy Of the said notice, shall be filed in the
Office of the clerk aforesaid; and il the compa
ny SO made defendant, should fail TO answer or
plead to any such information or other proceed
| ing, within thirty days from the fling of the
taffidayit' and copy aforesaid, judgment shall be
Egiven upon the default, in like manner as if
the writ or writs had been duly served and re-
turned.
Sec. 22 That upon all appeals, writs of
error, certiorari, supersedeas, procedendo, re-
plevin, ne exeat, injunction, attachment, man
sdamus, or prohibition, taken or sued out by
the Attorney General, upon behalf Of the State,
,,,r upon behalf of any other officer thereof, no
see urity shall be required. ~
Sow. %. That nothing in this act shall be
coustru, d to prevent either party to any cause
brought n, ,nder its provisions, from taking the
denositions of su, n Witnesses as reside out OF
the county in which the cause may be pending,
or intend to leave the county before thetime of
trial, or are unable to attrpd the trial in per
Sec. "a. That the Attorney General shall
keep an Office in the city of Colt 'mbus, to be
provided and furnished at the State = expense,
and the account for postage upon his 0nicla, =,
correspondence, shall be audited and apoweu
by the Auditor of State, and paid out Of any
funds inthe Slate Treasury, not otherwise up
propriated.
: Sec 25. That he shall keep, in suit.abie
books, to be provided for that purpose, at tLe
States expense, register, of all actions, de-,
mands, complaints, writs. informations, aud
other suits prosecuted or defended by him off
cially, together with all the proceedings had in
respect thereof, and also aregister Of all writ.
ten official opinions given by him, which said
books he shall deliver to his successor at the
expiration Of his term.
Sec. 26. That he shall, in the report requir-
ed of him, by article third, section twentieth
of theconstitution, submit an abstract Of the
statistics of crime returned to him by the pros
ecuting attorneys Of the several counties, with
a general statement Of the business under his
immediate charge. 2.s
Sec. 81. That the act to create the Office Of
Attorney General and to prescribe his duties, |
passed the 10Th day of February, in the year
eighteen hundred and forty six, and the acts
.amendatory thereof, passed the twenty y-fourth
day Of February, in the year eighteen hundred
and forty y,eight, and the nineteenth day Of
March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty
nine, be, and the same are repealed.
JAMES @. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM MEDILL,
\ May l., 1852. President Of the Senate.
SEcRETARY OF STATES OFFIoE, 4t(
i Columbus, May 1, 1862. !