The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-04-27
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IAN ACf further defining the pOasss OF
Trustees Of Townships.


IAN ACf further defining the poasis OF
Trustees OF Townships.
Gee. l. BE it enacted BY the General
Assembly OF lie STATE OF Ohio, Tlnu the
Trustees oS escl an.leverY organized town.
ship In this State, shall have power 20 sun.
press Or prohibit all hoa>es. shops, or stores,
Known As places OF habitul resort for tip.
ping and inlemy-rance, under such ruics
and ordinances, and by the imposition uI
such ires and penalties as they may deem
pinper: provided 20 fine shall exceed fifty
dollars nad costs, including the fees Of The
Sleritf Qr Jailor, nur any Imprisonment in
The county al be Tor = longer time than
twenty days.
Sec, 2 That, for the purposes Of carry
aug INTO effect The provisions Of ibis act. said
Trustees, or a majority Of them. at any reg
alar or special meeting, mny enter in the
book Of records Of their respective Town
ships, an ordinance prescribed as aforesaid;
but before the taking effect Of such urdi-
nance, The same shall be published for four
Consecutive weeks in some newspaper pub
lisled in the county, or having general cir
%culalion therein. And said Trustees shall
furnish the Justice of the Peace in their re-
Speciiye townships, ana the Probate Judge OF
the proper county, wish n certified copy Of
such ordinance.
Sec. ). ltsbali be snl it is hereby made
The duty Of the Justices uf the Peace in the
several townships Of this State nEcie such
ordinance exists, 10 c~uiurce the rules and
ordinances prescribed as Aforesaid, and up
on complaint on oath or affirmation charging
any person with a violation of such ordl-
nance to issue their warrants directed 70 The
proper constable, who ShSh serve the same
as in other criminal cases, and the defend
ant when arrested may have the benefit Of
trial by jury, which jury shall be summon
ed in the same manner rs jaries before
Justices of the Peace in civil eases. The
defendants shall also have tie benefit Of
eertiorari, error, or appeal TO the PROBATE
Court OF the proper county, by giving bond
and security in dogl!r the amount of tine
and costs imposed by such Justices and said
court, to which is hereby given appellate
jurisdiction in all cases arising under this
ac:, shall proceed TO he hearing and trial
of stch cause in the same manner US if <uch
court had had original jurisdiction. All
appeals taken under his net shall be filed in
the probate cou,t of the proper county with
in ten days from he rendition G. the judg-
m4nt of any Justice Of The PEACE, ard wri,s
Of ceriioraIi and error shall be prosecuted
within the same time.
Sec. 4. All fines imposed under this
act, together with the costs Of prosecution,
including the fees Of the Sheriff or %jailor,
shall be collected by the Justice Of the
Peace or the Probate Judge finally deter,
mining the same, ald when collected shall
be paid into tins treasury Of ihe proper
township, and the fine shall be appropriated
to the use of common schools there! in.
Sec. 5. In all prosecutions under this
act, the Justices Of the Peace shall require
the complaining witness TO give security frr
all costs that mag accrue in case the defend
ant shall be found not guilty.
Sec. 6. The provisions Of this act shall
not extend to any incorporated city or incor-
porated village in this State in which there
shall be in force any ordinance for the sup.
preston or prohibition Of houses, shops, or
Etores, known as places Of kakituIl resort for
tipping and intemperancc.
sec. &. " Ia LeItbJ maui thS may "
the several Prosecuting Attorneys 10 prose
cute all cases arising under this act when
ever the same shall be taken by appeal OF
ecrtiorari into the Probate Court.
Sec. i. The Justice or Probate Judge
before whom a prosecution under this act is
finally determined against the defendant,
nisy commit, and it shall be the duty Of the
sheriff or ~jailor to receive and safely keep
such defendants in the county jail in accor-
dance with the terms Of commitment, and
The fees OF the Sheriff or Tailor shall be pad
out treasury of the proper township on the
pfIer OF the township trustees.
JAMES Z. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
WILLIAM MEUILL,
President Of the Senate.
March l2, 1858.