Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-05-07

rent fiscal year, and shall not authorize any
order or appropriation of money when there
is not in the city treasury money uuappropri-
ated sufficient to pay such appropriation; and
any appropriation otherwise made or author
lied, shall be held and deemed utterly void
and of no effect as against said corporation -
Provided, however, that for the purpose Of
purchasing necessary grounds and erecting
suitable school building for the use of public
schools, the council of any such corporation
may, at the request of the board Of education
of said corporation, make sufficient appropria.
ton therefor and shall have power to borrow
money upon the credit of such corporation
sufficient for the aforesaid purposes at such
rates of interest rs said council may deem
proper; and for the purpose of perfecting such
loan, the said council shall have power tc
pledge the faith of said corporation for the
payment of both principal and interest, includ
ing the power to levy tax for the payment o
the same whenever the same may become
due, and to make and execute such bonds OF
other evidences Of debt, and payable at such
times and places as shall be agreed upon by
the parties SO contracting, which said bonds OF
other evidences of debt may be made trans
ferable and redeemable in such form and at
such times and places as may be herein desig-
mated; and the necessary grounds shall be
procured, and the said school buildings here
by authorized shall be constructed under the
direction OF, and in accordance with, plan OF
plans furnished by the board of education Of
said corporation; and provided, further, that
the city council OF any city of the first class
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not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars
at such rate of interest not exceeding six per
cent. per annum, at such dates and upon such
length of time as the city council of any such
city may deem proper, fox the purpose of pur-
chasing lands or other property within the
corporation limits of such city, said lands OF
property to be converted to the use of such ci-
ty for public wharves, public squares or parks
or market spaces and any city council of any
such city so borrowing any money for such
purpose or purposes, shall be authorized to is
sue the bonds of said city, payable at such
time and such place for all money so borrow
ed as said city council may determinc said
city council shall have power to pledge the
faith of the city for the redemption Of said
bonds, and shall also have power to provide
for the payment of the interest on such loan
provided that nothing in this act shall be SC
construed as to vest in any such city council
any power to issue the bonds aforesaid for said
loan of five hundred thousand dollars, or any
part thereof, for the purchase of public
wharves, squares or parks, or market spaces
unless the following requirements have beer
complied with, to wit: that whenever it shal
become necessary for any such city to pur
chase any public wharves, squares, or marke
spaces, it shall be the dnty of the mayor o
said city TO nominate three citizens, subject tC
the confirmation Of the city council, as boarC
Of commissioners for the purchase of so mucf
land for such of the purposes aforesaid as sale
city council may designate; and upon the con
frmation by the city council Of the nomination
of said commissioners, it shall be their duty t
negotiate for the purchase OF such lands fol
the purposes aforesaid as said city council may
direct; and they shall report to the city coun
Gil all propositions they may have received, il
writing, for the sale of any such land for tn,
purposes aforesaid after having received sale
report or reports from said commissioners
said city council may consummate the pur
chase conditionaly, as follows, to wit; tha
said city council shall advertise in at least two
English and one German daily newspapers o
said city, for the space of thirty days, their in
tention to consummate said purchase, the ex
tent, location, and purpose OF the purchase
and the pride to be paid for the same; and i
shall be the privilege of any tax-paying citi
zens of any such city, who shall evidence tina
such city is about to be wronged by any sucf
purchase, either by the payment of more thar
the cash value of said land, or by fraud, OF
neglect on the part of any one, to demonstrate
against the consummation of said purchase
any time within the aforesaid thirty days
and it shall be the duty of any city council o.
any such city, upon receiving such remon
STRANGE, to hear in open meeting Of said coun
Gil all evidence that may be presented in wr
ting for or against the consummation of such
puechase and said city council, after having
considered all the evidence offered, shall final.
| ly decide for or against such purchase; and
if any such purchase of land for any of the
aforesaid purposes shall have been consumma-
ted by the city council of any such city after
having complied with all the requirements oi
this act, then and in that case the city council
Of any such city shall be fully authorized to
borrow five hundred thousand dollars, or any
part thereof, in manner and form and for the
purpose provided for in this act.
Sec. Is. That the city council of any city
or Incorporated village of this state, on petit
ton filed by any person or persons owning
any lot or lots in any such city or incorpora-
ted village, praying that any street or streets,
alley or alleys in the immediate vicinity Of
such lot or lots, may be vacated or narrowed
and the said council may and they are here
by authorized, upon hearing and being salts
fed that there is good cause for such vaca-
ton or narrowing, and it will not be detriment-
al to the general interests, and that the same
should be made, declare such street or streets
alley or alleys vacated or narrowed, provided,
no street or alley shall be vacated by any iu-
corporated village council, until after the next
election of the members of such council
Sec. IA. Any Incorporated city, whether
of the first or second class, shall have power
for commercial purposes, when in the judg-
ment of the city council the interests of the