M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-04-24
March 80, 1856.

mo. SOL AN ACT
Further defining the duties Of Coroners.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted By the Gsner-
al Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
whenever an inquest is held BY the coroner
or by any other officer in his place, II shall
be the duty Of the jury to retain, as part of
their verdict, a description of the person,
over whose body the inquest is held, which
description shall specify the name, age, sex,
residence, place Of nativity, color of the eyes,
hair, marks and all other particulars, viii ch
assistin the Identification oft the person. The
jury shall also make m inventory of all arti-
cles of property found on or about the person,
and describe the same as minutely as can
conveniently be done also of all monies,
specifying the amount and kind and denom-
ination thereof.
SECTION 9. Immediately after the find
ing of the jury as mentioned in the prece-
ding section, ifthe friends or relatives of the
deceased b known, the coroner shall give
to them notice by letter or otherwise, and il
the friends or relatives be unknown, then
the coroner shall advertise in one newspa-
per in the proper county, and whether the
notice be by letter or advertisement the cor.
oneI shall state the of the death, the
finding Of the jury and give a substantial de.
scription Of the property mentioned in the
inventory provided for in section one.
SECTION 8. The inventory and return
provided for in the foregoing section shall
be made separately from the verdict OF the
jury, required to be made in the act defining
the duties of sheriffs and coroners and shall,
together with all articles and moneys, de-
scribed in said inventory, be returned by the
coroner, or other officer, to the Probate
court.
SECTION 4. In case the name of the
person ,over whose body the inquest has been
held, is unknown, the Probate court shall
make such order for the preservation ofthe
property found on the person, other than
money, as may be necessary for the future
Identification of said person if the same is
known,i shall make such other order as
may to it seem best. The money found
shall be applied, frst to pay the expenses
Of saving the body of the deceased, of the in
quest and burial and the remainder, if any,
shall be invested, under the order ofthe
Probate court in loan, secured by mortgage
of unincumbered real estate, double in value
to the amount loaned and such moneys
shall be retained by said Probate court in
trust for the use of the heirs of the deceas.
ed, until further dispositions thereof shall be
made by law.
SECTION 8. The provisions of this stat.
ute shall not interfere with the rights of any
administrator or executor appointed ant
qualified in due course of law, but such
moneys and effects shall be delivered up tC
said administrator or executor, whether be.
fore or after return thereof to the court Of
Probate.
SECTION 6. Whenever the prosecuting
attorney OF any county shall be Informed
that any person has in his possession mon.
ey or other property belonging to any person
found dead within such, co. whether obtained
before or after the passage Of this act upon
whose estate no letters of administration
have been issued, it shall be the duty of such
prosecuting attorney to require by notice in
writing, such person having such money OF
other property, to deposit the same in the
Probate court Of the county, and in case
such person shall not, within fifteen days
comply with such requisition, it shall be the
duty OF said prosecuting attorney to bring
suit in the common pleas court, in the name
of thu State of Ohio, for the recovery OF
said moneys and effects, and the same shall
when recovered, be at the disposition Of
said Probate court, as hereinbefore provided
N. H. VAN Worries,
| Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
VIM. LAWRENCE,
President Of the Senate, pro tem.
/ April ID, 1865.