Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-07-02

Sec. e5. The police court shall always be
open for The dispatch Of business. but may ad
iourn from day 10 6a,. 'ifrom time 10 time j
and the mode in which cases shall be brought
before The couu shall be regulated BY the Ordi.
nance Of the city council. OF a rule OF the court
she Jurors in said court. shall have the quaf.
cations Of jurors 10 the cour Of common pleas
the police Judge shall adopt such rules Of prac /
Iice and proceeding as will give 10 al parties a
prnper stuIeaen. Of any charge against them.
fall opportunity Of being heard. but shall al the
same lime dispach the business Of the court
with al convenient speed.
Sec. Sc Any final convicIiop or sentence
Of ,he police court. may be examined into BY
the court Of common pleas, on ceTliOTsri, which
NAV be allowed BY such court or Judge there.
Of COR sufficient cause, and proceedings may
be stayed on such terms, as may be deemed rea'
sonable such police Judge or court, shall re.
turn on such cerliorari, all matters Of record or
on 6e touching the proceedings, or tran
script thereof, and any facts which may have
been noted by the Judge, or certified in the ma
ture Of bill Of exceptions the time Of trial.
which il shall be the duty Of the Judge on re.
quest Of the party 20 do and on such return.
the court Of common pleas shall make such Or
der as right and jGslice NAV require, and may
either discharge ihe party, or set aside the con-
vicliou and order another trial. or dismiss the !
cerliorari and order precedendo; hut no con.
vicIon or sentence Of any such judge shall srs
set aside or disregarded for want Of any
technical avermenl, that any matter or thing isl
within their iursdieIi'n and in like manner.
as IS above provided, may a conviction for vi
olulion Of an ordinance before the mayor Of
nuv corporation. be examined and revised.
Sec. 81. That until the first Monday ins
April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
three, and until police judge shall be elected
and qualified, the mayor Of any such city shall
have all the powers aud Jurisdiction which are
by this law vested in the police Judge, and shall
hold the police court in like manner, and with
like jurisdiction aud powers, as is required of
the police Judge, and shall bo entitled to de.
mand and receive the same fees and compensa.
ton as is in this act, or as may be provided byl
the council, for the police court.
Sec. 68. All bylaws or ordinances, and al
resolutions or orders for the appropriation orl
payment Of money, shall require for their pass
age or adoption the concurrence Of n majority
Of all the trustees Of any municipal corporalion;I
ali bylaws and ordinances Of general or per-
manent nature shall be fully and distinctly read
on three different days, unless three fourlhs of
the council Of the municipal corporation inI
which the same may be pending, shall dispense
with the rule; no bylaw or ordinance shall con.
tain more than one subject, which shall be clear
ly expressed in It's title; and no bylaws or or.
dnance. or section thereof, shall be revived orI
amended, unless the new bylaw or ordinance
contain the entire bylaw or ordinance, or sec.
lion, revived or amended; and The bylaw or or.
dnance, section or sections, 50 amended shall
be repealed. No trustee or member OF any
council, shall, during the term foI which he shnll
have been elected, or for ono year thereafter be
appointed TO any municipal Office, which sha
be created, or the emolumens Of which shall
have been increased, during the term for which
he shall have been elected; no such trustee or
member shall be appointed 10 any municipal of.
fee. except in the cases provided in this act, du
ring the time for which he may have been elect.
ed, nor shall any such trustee or member be in
teresled, directly or indirectly, in the profits Of
any contract or Job for work or services 10 b. +
performed for the corporation. The emolu. {
menls Of no officer whose election or appoint
menI is required ia this act, shall be increased
or diminished during the term fer which he may
have been elected or appoin,ed; nor shall any
change Of compensation infect any officer whose
office shall be created under the authority of
this aclsduring his existing term, unless tho OF,
fee be abolished; and no person who shall hive
resigned or vacated any office, shall be eligible /
10 The same during the period Of time for which
he was elected or appointed to serve, where, du.
ring The same lime the emolumenIs have been
increased.
Revenues and Debts Of Municipal Corporations.
Sec. 80. That the council of any munici
pal corporation is hereby authorized and re
qured 10 cause TO be ct..fod to Ihe auditor Of
the county. on or before the second s,andny Of !
June, annually, the per cenlage by them levad ]
on the personal property n said corporation, Op. +
praised and returned on the grand levy afore
snid and the said county oudior is hereby au
thorzed and directed to place the same on the
duplicate Of taxes for said county, in the same
manner as township taxes arc now by law
placed on sud duplicate: which said taxes oil
such municipal corporation, shall bo collected
by tho county treasurer of the county, and paid
into The treasury Of such corporation in theH
same manner, with The same power and roscric
lions, and under the same regulations; and ia
all things as to the sale of real or personal prop
erty, he shall be authorized, and no is hereby
required to nct according TO the provisions and
TequISRlOns Of the law for The collection Of tax.
es for state and county purposes.
Sec. 90. The amount which may be so Ger
tilted, assessed and collected for special roadH
district, 10 deCruy the general and incidental ex
perses thereof, shall no, exceed two and half
mills on the dollar, Of tho amoun, subject ,oE
taxaIiQu; for an Incorporated village, to deray
lis general and incidental expenses, three millsh
on tho dollar, for a city OF the second class, IT,
delrny its general and incidental expenses, ,hreeH
mills on the dollar; for a city of the first class,
TO deCray its general and incidental expenses
five mills on the doIlOr To the amount author