Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-17
IheTeof.
JAMES C JOHNSON.
Speaker Of the Hoase of Reps.
WILLIAM McDlLL.
President IF Tie Senate.
March l2, 1858.


President Of Tie Senate.
March l2, 1853.
21l AN ACT
For the relief Of the Pour.
SIC. I. BE- it enacted BY the General As.
semby of the State of Ohio, Tina, any per.
son Or persons. other than lhuse hereinafter
provided for. residing one year in any iuwn.
ship in this Slale, wilhuu, being warned bv
The trustees Of said township to depar, the
same. Or three years after being so warned.
without being again warned as aforesaid.
shall be considered as having gained legal
settlement in such township. Ey ry linden.
It'd servant. or apprentice. legally brought
inIu This stale, shall ublain legal settlement
in the township where such servant. or ap.
Prentice. frs, served his or her master or
mistress three years, and every married wo.
man during Overture and aflor her hus-
bands death. shall be considered legally
senled In The place where ne was last legal,
y seuIed; but if he shall have, or shall
have had, no legal settlement. then she shall
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she was last legally seuIed before mar
rlage.
Sec. 9. That nothing in This act shall be
So construed as TO allow any black or mil
lalo person 10 gain legal settlement in
this State. Provided that nothing in this
section shall be so construed as 10 preven
The direclors Of any county or city in6rma
ry in their discretion from admitting any
black ur mulalo person into said infrmary
Sec. 8. That The trustees. upon receiving
Information, that any person has come with
in the limits of their township, 10 reside
who will likely 10 become township
ehargr. shall issue their warrant or order
10 any constable of The township, command
ing such Constable to warn such person forth
with 10 depart the township. by reading such
warrant or order, of The trustees Of The
township, in his or her presence and hear
ing. or BY leaving an aues,ed copy, a, hi
or her IasI place Of residence, and it shal
be the duty Of such cunslable reading such
warrant, or order, TO make Immediate ser
vice thereof, in manner above directed, ant
10 certify on the back of such warrant, Iha
he read The same in the presence or hearin,
oi The person therein named, or LETT an al
tested copy thereof ~ his or her lasi pIac,
oi residence, as The case may be-, which
warrant The said constable shall immedatel
lodge with the clerk of the township. Wit
shall record the same, and the certificate o
+ lhe sunslable endorsed thereon, within ,hre
days thereafter, in the book con'alrirg III,
'ecofus p' 1ne 'owhsh'P'
oec: = na' upon co'nP'a'n' oe'ng mace
VI .'",o'''al"n gwen Z" 'ne trustees OF
"""sn'p' !" any county having a couh,
Poo' nouSe' "a' any ihnaol'ah' o' Suc'
"""S"'p. haVihg ,rga' 'e''lerem Inereln
10 !" SuHer'He c"ho'''on ana requires puo
TIC assistance; or support sal1 trustees sha
: inquire mo Inc condlIi"n and necessities "
sue" person. ana u Sanshed tia. sdch per
son ougn. 10 % relieved al PuoIic expense
'ney snaiI make ou' an order 10 mo dlrec
orS 'o' int p"oi 'hnuse' 10 receive ana pro
V'de Tor such person and shall accompan
, >a'u "'ue' WIN 'ne S'a'e'nhn. rqufeu o!
,ne ac' 10 au'horze Inc establishment oi pou
HOUSES
oec. o. ina' when the trustees oi an
.owhsh'p' w any county having no count
lhnrinary' shall oe sa'iSti d that any perso
I'D such lowhship Is ~ a sun ring c"ndIiiol
. anu ougn 10 % renewed Al Inc expense
. Suc. 'owhsh'p' 'ney snail afford such relle,
j - .ne expense OF 'neir township. as IN thei
op,n, ,'H"n' '"s "eeeSS'''eS oi such person ma
require. Anu when more 'han 'e,nPorar
relief is required, the "s.,s'ees snail set u
u notification in three public PLACES in lncc!
township. sp cliying some lime and place
u, which the, will attend fur the purposs q
receiving proposals, for The maintenance 4
such person, which no ifica,ion shall be MS
ted up al leas, seven days before the da
named therein for receiving such proposals
And suid trustees NAV cun,rac. with sue
person as they shall think sui,abIe TO ,ak
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