True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-04-23
laws OF0HIO.


SEcrIoN l. Be it enacted BY the Gem
ernl Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
the Court of Common Pleas, in addition to
the criminal Jurisdiction it now has shall
have original jurisdiction of all crimes, Of
fences, and misdemeanors, the cognizance
of which is now vested in the Probate
! Court.
! SEc.2. All prosecutions forsaid crimes,
offences, and misdemeanors shall be by in
1 dictment, in said court, in the county in
which the crime, offence, or misdemeanor
shall have been committed, except where it
it otherwise provided in the several acts
for the punishment Of crimes.
SEC. 8. All fines collected under said
prosecutions, shall be paid into the treasu-
ry of the county where the prosecution is
held, and all persons imprisoned under said
several prosecutions, shall be imprisoned
in thejail ofthe proper county.
SEC. A. All recognizances which shall
hereafter be taken by Justices of the Peace,
and other officers authorized to take the
same, and all transcripts in criminal cases,
within the Jurisdiction Of the Common
Pleas Court, shall be returned to said court
forthwith, after the commitment of per-
son charged with an offence, or the taking
of a recognizance forhis appearance before
said court.
Sec. 5. That all prosecutions pending
| in the Court of Probate of any county, at
the time of the taking effect of this act,
shall be continued upon the informations
now filed in the Court of Common Pleas Of
the proper county, and the Probate Judge
of each county is hereby directed to trans
nit to said Common Pleas Court, all intor-
nations and recognizances now on file in
his Office, and not disposed Of.
Sec. 6. That no bill of Indictment of
any offence specified in the act entitled
"An act for the punishment Of crimes"
passed March 8, 1881, shall be found true
bill by any grand jury, unless the name of
the prosecutor be endorsed thereon, except
such bill be found upon testimony sworn
and sent to the grand jury by order ofthe
court at the request of the prosecuting at
torney, or the foreman of the grand jury,
in which cases the fact that the bill was
found upon testimony sworn and sent to the
grand jury by order of the court, shall be
endorsed on the bill instead of the name of
the prosecutor.
Sec. 7. That in all cases were the pros
ecutor's name is endorsed on the bill, and
the same is found true bill by the grand
jury, and upon trial the defendant is acquit-
ted, the prosecutor shall be liable for costs
and the court at the term at which such ac-
quittal shall take place or at any subsequent
term, shall render judgment against such
prosecutor for such costs unless the court
shall be Of opinion that there were reason
able grounds for instituting the prosecu-
tion.
Sec. 8. That chapter four containing
from sections twenty-nine, to, and includ-
ing section fifty-six of an act defining the
jurisdiction and regulating the practice of
the Probate Court, passed March ID, 1858;
also an act amendatory of the same. passed
April 26. 1854 be and the sumo are here
by repealed.
Sec. 9. The provisions Of this act shall
not apply tothe Counties of Jackson, Vinton,
Meigs, Fayette, Hooking, Lake. Trumbull,
Harrison, Portage, Seneca, Adams, Put
nam, Henry, Lucas Pike, Cuyahoga, Me-
dina, Mercer, Lawrence, Gallia, Miami,
Summit, Delaware, Wood, Ottawa, Car
roll, Guernsey, Monroe, Lorain and Scioto,
and the repeal herein of chapter four of an
act defining the jurisdiction and regulating
the practice Probate Courts, passed March
IA, 1853, shall not apply to the counties
named in this section, but the jurisdiction
of the Probate Court in said counties shall
reuain the same as if this act were not
passed.
NH. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
"r President Of the Senate.
April 9Th, 1856.
| T No. SO. ANACT.
Further defining the duties Of County Treas
urers.
SECTION l.. Be il enacted by the Gen.
eral assembly ofthe State Of Ohio. That
hereafter the treasurer Of each county in
this State which, according to the last Fed
eral census, had population Of less than
one hundred thousand inhabitants shall re-
tain in his hands for disbursement, as here
matter provided, all the taxes by him col
lected, which shall have been levied for any
purpose whatever within the township, in
4 which by law the county treasury is loca-
ted, whether for township purposes, school
purposes, or the purposes of municipal cor
porat tions, also all funds ofevery kind which
shall be paid into the county treasury, and
are applicable to any such purpose within
the limits Of aforesaid township: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to taxes
II Iav;ad foy State ni,rnoaee