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AN ACT,

mo. 1921 AN ACT,
Securing to married women such person
al pro- erty as may be exempted from
execution, and also enabling them to
control their W earnings, and the
earnings of their minor children in
certain cases.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the Gen
eraL assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
no married nan shall sell, dispose of, or
in any manner part with any personal
property which is now or may hereafter
be exempt from sale upon execution,
without having first obtained the consent
of his wife thereto.
Sec. 2. If any married man shall VIC
late the provisions of the foregoing Sec
ton, his wife may, in her own name,
commence and prosecute to final judg-
ment and execution a civil action for the
recovery of such property or its value in
money.
SEC. 8 Any married women, whose
husband shall desert her, or from intem-
perance or other cause, become incapable
or neglect to provide for his family, may,
in her own name, make contracts for her
own labor and the labor of her minor
children, and in her own name, sue for
and collect her own or their earnings
This act shall take effect aud be in force
from aud after its passage.
N. H. VAN VOORHEES,,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
THOMAS H FORD,
President of the Senate.
April 18th, 1857.
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DR.. PHILLIPS,

Physician and Uterine PatEOlOgiSt.
Having located in Mansfield, would respect
LIfully inform the Females of Ashland and vicin
ity, that he will hereafter visit Ashland once a
month. and spend the first week of each month
with them III the treatment of tho sc diseases Incl
dent to the female system. We practice the French
diagnosis and treatment OF uterine
diseases and feel confident from the unrivalledsuC-
cess with which our labors have been crowned in
many ofthe Eastern, as we'll. asthe Western cities,
that we will be able to relieve many that are suf-
lering from those functional dsrGngemcRts. and dis
placements of the uterus; ksHcOrrheG. dmeR0rrhed,
dysmeRhorrhed, menOrrhagia, ProiGpsHs. GRterer-
sion, retrOUerSiOR, reirOfecti0n. acute m~etrit,S, ckro-
mic metritiS, internal meritiS, or any otherdisease
sons can he referred to, Albany, n. Y, Rev. J
Smith, Mrs. L. Smith, Hon. Judge Hnsting, Mrs
NJ. S Hasting.
Syracuse n. Y. Mr.. B. sprague. proprietor ofthe
Brentual Hotel, Mrs. y. Sprague, Mr.. and Mrs. Fan
cling.
Rochester. n. V. Rev, H. NJ. Robertson. Mrs.
Robertson. Mr.. and Mrs. McClain, J. z. Semore
and Mrs. S. A. Semore.
Ashland, Ohio, Mr.. and Mrs Hail.
April 81. 1876. 46tf.
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embraces lengthy practical sets from the vari-
Gus business firms, and is designed for ssch
students as may wish to spend longer than the
time required by the Regular Course, (and
that gratuitously) preparatory to entering some
special House.
By taking in addition the Extended Course,
the student will be faithfully and proftably
emploYed six months.
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A BEAUTIFUL HEAD
RICH GLOSSY HAIR.
Completely Preserved
TO THE GREATEST AGE.

And who that is gray would not have it restored
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do all this, sec circular aud the following.
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remedies, until met you in Lawrence county some
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very thin and entirely white. and before exhaustirg
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on, and entirely over the head; she continues to
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AN ACT,
ITeStUcHt OF lie Oena
Columbus, April II, 1857.

EO. lOCsJ AN ALL
To enable the Wife of an Insane Person
to Mortgage or Convey her Real Es-
tate.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted 6y the Gen
eraL Assembly of tie State Of Ohio, That
whenever the wife of an idiot, %lunatic,
or insane person, who has been declared
to be such by inquest according to law
and is a resident of the State of Ohio, is
the legal or equitable owner of real es-
tate therein, which she shall desire to
sell, convey, or mortgage, during the in
ability of her husband, she may apply
by petition to the court of common pleas
of the county in which she Shall have
had a bona ide residence for at least one
year, for leave to sell by contraet, con-
vey, or mortgage, all or any part of such
real estate; which petition shall set
forth the Insanity, idiocy, or lunacy of
the husband, as the case may be, togeth-
err With a description of land which she
desires to sell, convey, or mortgage.
Sec. 2. The guardian ofsuch husband
shall be made a party to the action, and
be required TO state any reason be may
know why the petition should not be
granted; and upon satisfactory proof be-
ing made that the sale or mortgage of
such lard will be for the benefit of such
married woman, the court shall author
ize her to sell, mortgage or convey the
premises in the petition described, upon
such terms and upon such conditions as
to the disposition of the money arising
from such sale. conveyance or mortgage
as the court may direct; and such sale.
conveyance or mortgage shall have the
force and effect, as though made
by a fene sole, and all right; title and
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SHERIFF SALE.
David Fike, Tn Ashland County

Samuel Riddle & wife.} Common Pleas,
PURSUANT to the command of an alias
L Order ofSale of mortgaged premises. duly
issued from the Court of Common Pleas Of
Ashland county, and to me directed, / will sell
at Public Auction, at the door of the Court
House, in said Ashland county, on
Saturday, the sth dag Of August,
A. D., 1857. between the hours of ten o'clock,
A. NJ. and four o'clock, T. NJ. of said day, the
following described lands and tenements viz:
situate in the County of Ashland and State Of
Ohio being in lot number thirteen u.s. and
fourteen (l4,) in Christopher Mykrantz's adj
hundred and eight feet in front, aud one hum
2red and fifty feet in depth. Appraised at
six hundred dollars. Terms of Sale-Cash.
JOHN ]. HOFFMAN, Sheriff.
July s., 1857 n5tspf$4,50
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Dated April Cd, 1857.


ResOIrcd By the General assembly If the State Of
Ohio, three-hfths of The members elected to each
branch, concurring therein, that it be and hereby.
is pr opposed to the electors of the State. to vote Oh
the second Tuesday of October next. to approve
or reject the following amendment as substitute
for the second and third sections of lie twelfth
articl of the Constitution.
All property, personal and real, shall be subject
to taxation by a uniform rule, at the true value
thereof in money, but such de .~uctions from cred
its NAV Re allowed as the General Assembly may
deem expedient Provided, that burying grounds.
public shool houses, and all other public property.
all houses used exclusively for public worship.
shall be exempt from taxation and il the total
value of the personal property of any person shall
lot exceed fifty dollars, the same may be exempt
from tax alton. All properly employed in banking
shall always bear a burden of taxation equal to
that imposed or the property of individuals.
n. II. A WORRIES,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. X
President Of the S. nate.
O,+cd AnriI I'd 1877
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LAWS OF OHIO
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. 1871 AN ACT
Concerning County Infirmaries.

lNo. lO'-1 AN AOI
Concerning County Iufirmaries.
SECTION |. Be IL enacted By the Gen
eraL assembly ofthe State of Ohio, That
it shall be the duty of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of each county in this State
having a County Infirmary, as soon after
the passage of this act as practicable, to
appoint three Commissioners of the prop
err county, one of whom shall be a ply
%sician, whose duty it shall be to examine
and inspect the Infrmary of said couu
ty and also inquire into the rules and
regulation touching the management(of
the Institution, the number and condi-
ton of its inmates, the cause of their be-
coming such inmates, and their nativity,
and the annual expense of sustaining
such Institution for three years past, and
the average number of persons support
ed therein dnriDg each of said three
years.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of said
Commissioners to report to the Cover
nor on or before the first of December
next, the results of their examinations,
accompanied by such recommendation
as they may deem necessary to secure a
pIOpOI IL OCOOuibS dNuIluiSti dIlOu vi
the affairs of such institutions.
SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the
Governor, as soon as the receipt of said
reports as practicable, to appoint some
suitable person as Commissioner, whose
duty it shall be to examine said reports,
and prepare a bill for the better estab-
fishing, regulating and managing of in
Primaries, and report the same to the
next General Assembly.
Sec A. That the Commissioner ap
pointed by the Governor shall be paid
his expenses incurred viii e discharging
his duties under this act, out of the con
tiugeut fluid of the Governor; and the
Commissioners appointed by the Court
shall! be be paid their expenses while en-
gagged in the performance of their duties,
out of the treasury of the proper county.
Sec. 5. TINS act SHALL take effect i'm.
mediately.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Reps.
THOMAS Fl. FORD,
President Of tile Senate.
Columbus, April II, 1857.
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CLEVELAND AND ERIE RAILROAD

HaE -
1e57.-SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.-Ie57.
ON and after May 25th, 1857, Passenger
~ trains will run as follows
LEAVE CLEVELAND.
500 A. NJ. Mail Train stops at all Way Stations
Wickliffe, Perry, Unionvillc and
Saybrook, and arrive at Erie ii SIS
AM; Dunkirk go I. M; Buffalo
4.20 P. NJ.
800 P. NJ. Cincinnati Express Train stops at
gainesville, Ashtabula, and Girard
only, and arrives at Erie 6 Is 7. M;
Dunkirk $40 P. M; Buffalo Gas p.
NJ.
400 P. NJ. Accommodation Train for Conneaut
and Way Station.
500 p. NJ. Telegraph Express Train stops at
gainesville and Kingsville only.
and arrives at Erie at 8 10 P. NJ ;
Dunkirk 1905 p. NJ: Buffalo II.4O
P. NJ.
$50 P. NJ. Night Express Train stops at
gainesville, Ashtabula. Conneaut.
and Girard only, and arrives at Erie
05 A. NJ; Dunkirk 3.l5 A. NJ ;
Buffalo los A. NJ.
LEAVE LRIE.
IL. 10 4. N. Chicago Express Train stops at Cir
ard, Springfield, Kingsville, Ashta-
bula, Geneva and Painsville only,
and arrives at Cleveland 4.3O A. NJ.
200 A. NJ. Night Express Train stops at Cir.
"Ns OOhhSiuAJ AShliOuld, Dlun1SOn
and gainesville only, and arrives
at Cleveland 600 A. NJ.
Gas A. NJ. Accommodation Train from Con-
neaut stops at all Way Stations, and
arrives at cleveland at 9 so A. NJ.
l0.40 A. M. Mail Train stops at all Way Sta
tions except Saybrook, Unionville,
Perry, Mentor and Wickliffe, and
arrives at Cleveland at $50 P. M.
l sc P. M. Express Train stops at Girard, Con-
neaut, Ashtabula and Pain svilIe
only, and arrives at Cleveland $50
P. NJ.
All of the through trains going Westward
connect at Cleveland with trains for Toledo,
Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati, &c, DE.
And all the through trains going Eastward
connect at Dunkirk with the trains of the
N. Y. & E. Railroad and ut Buffalo with those
ofthe New-York Central and Buffalo and New
York City Railroads.
H. NOTTINGHAM, Superintendent.
Cleveland. June, 1857. n7tf
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mo. 1711 AN ACT,
T., rolotIop - Statistics
April II, 1857.

mo. 17l AN ACT,
In relation to Statistics.
SECTION /. Be it enacted 6y tie Gen.
eraI assembly ofthe State Of Ohio, That
the Governor shall have power, and he
is hereby required, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, to ap-
point a Commissioners of Statistics for
the State of Ohio for the term of one
year. with a salary not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars, to be paid on the GER
~tiicate of the Governor, out of any mon
eys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
Sec. 2. Upon receiving his commis-
sion, the Commissioner of Statistics shall
take the usual oath Of Office and enter
upon the discharge of his duties. He
shall proceed to prepare from the official
reports and documents of the State al
ready published, and from whatever 9th
err reliable sources to which he may OBJ
tain access, as full, accurate and intelli-
gible tables of the statistics of Ohio, as
may be in his power, together With such
statements aud suggestions as may be
proper and useful. He shall report the
results OF his Iabors to the General AS
sembly during its next meeting.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
COMMISSIONS of Statistics, appointed in
pursuance of this act, TO accompany the
report above provided for with a we'll
and fully matured plan for the perma-
nent Organization of the Bureau of Sta
%tistics as contemplated in the eighth sec
ton of the fifteen article of this Consti-
tuition of the State.
Sec 4 In order to the more perfect
collection of information for the Stats
teal Department of the report provided
for in the second section of this act, the
Commissioners of Statistics shall have
power to address special or general in.
q%uiries to any State or county officer or
officers whose duty it shall be to respond
fully and promptly to such inquiries.
SEQ. 5. This act shall take effect upon
its passage.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speake, of the House Of Reps.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
April II, 1857.
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E An independent man is one who
blacks his own shoes and boots, who can
live without whiskey and tobacco, drink
cold water, and shave without a mirror,
says contemporary.
A great Man is one who can make his
children obey him when they are out of
his sight.
AHospitable Man is never ashamed
of his dinner when you come to dine with
him.
A good wife exhibits her love for her
husband by trying to promote his vel
fare and by administering to his comfort.
a poor wife "dears' and "my loves
her husband, and wouldn't sew a button
on his coat to keep him from freezing.
A sensible wife looks for her employ
ment at home silly n abroad.
A wise girl would win a lover prac'
Using those virtues which secure admi,
ration when personal charms have faded
A simple girl endeaVors to commend
herself by the exhibition of frivolous &C.
complishment, and a mawkish sentiment
which is as shallow as her mind.
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FTeStde,
Dated April Sd, 1857.

Resolred by the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio. Three-fifths of the members elected to each
House concurring therei II, that it be, and hereby
is, proposed to the electors of this State to vote
on the second Tuesday of October next, upon the
approval or rejection ofthe following amenoment.
as a substitute fol the fifth and sixth sections of
the fourth article OF the Constitution, viz Sec
5, District Courts shall be held in each county AT
least once in each year, by one or more District
Judges elected by the electors of separate districts
to be prescribed by law. who shall hold their of
flee for five years: and during their continuance
in office shall reside in the district for which they
are elected. The provisions of tie fourteenth
section OF this article shall apply to nistric'
Judges. The General Assembly may by law au.
thoriZe the judges of the District Court, and o.
The courts of common pleas. to fix the times OF
holding their respective courts Until District
Judges shall have been elected and qu-l .fea.
district Court shall be held by the Judges OF the
6 .preme Court and of the Courts OF Common
Pleas. as now authorized. Sec. q. The District
Court sinai II a We such Jurisdiction as may be pro.
vided by law, and the judges thereof shall have
ard exercise such power and jurisdiction al cham
bers. and may be required to sit as judges of the
Courts of Common Pleas as shall be directed by
law. N. F. Ivan
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
THOMAS n. X
President Of tile Senate.
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mo. I72[ AN ACT,
To prevent Kidnapping.
April II, 1857.

10 prevent Kidnapping.
SECTION l.. Be 1t enacted By tie Gen
eral Assembly ofthe State Of Ohio, That
no person or persons shall arrest and
imprison or kidnap or forcibly or fraud
ulently carry off or decoy out of this
State any free black or mulatto person
or persons within this State, or attempt
to kidnap or forcibly or Graudulently
carry off or decoy out of this State any
such free black or mulatto person, or
shall arrest and imprison any UGH
free black or mulatto person or persons
with the Intention of having such person
or persons carried out Of this Strife, un-
less it be in pursuance of the laws there
of.
Sec. 3. That no person or persons
shall kidnap or forcibly or f~raudulently
carry off or decoy out of this State any
black or nulatto person or persons with
in this State, claimed as fugitives from
service or labor, or shall attempt to kid
KNAPP or forcibly or fraudulently carry
off or decoy out of this State auy such
black or mulatto person or persons with
person or persons before the Court,
Judge or Commissioner of the proper
circuit district or county having iur;s-
diction, according to the laws of the
United States, in cases of persons held
to service or labor in any State escaping
into this State, and there, according Co
the laws of the Unite1 States, establish
ing by proof his CT their property in
such person:
SEC. 5. That any person or persons
offending against the provisions of this
act shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, aud on conviction thereof by
indictment in the Court of Common
Pleas of any county in this State, shall
be confined in the Penitentiary at hard
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labor for any space of time, not less Than
three years nor more than eight years
at the discretion of the Court, and more
over be liable for all costs of prosecution.
SEC. A.. That the act entitled an to
prevent kidnapping, passed February
18th, 1851, be and the same is hereby
repealed, but nothing in this act con-
tanned shall in any manner affect the
prosecution or pun. shment for Offences
committed before the taking effect of
this act.
SEC. S. This act shall take effect on
its passage.
N. H. VAN Worries,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April II, 1857.
AUDITORS OFFICE, }
ASHLAND, August 5, 1857.
1 hereby certify, that the foregoing
acts are correctly copied from the origi-
nal acts as reported to this Office.
JAMES SWINEFORD,
AUDITOR ASHLAND Co.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
Columbus, April II, 1877.
hereby certify that the foregoing acts
are correctly copied from the original
rolls on file in this office.
JAMES Fl. BAKER,
Secretary State.
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April 18th, Is;
mo. I7O.1 AN ACT,

mo. l7O.1 AN ACT,
In relation to Public Records.
SECTION ]. Be 1t enacted by the Gen
eraL assembly 9fthe Stated Ohio, That
it shall be lawful for the county commits
sioners of any county to cause any pub
lie records of said county to be iudexed
or Transcribed, whenever in their opiu-
ion the public interest my require it,
and to pay such compensation to the per-
sons employed for the same as may be
agreed upon. not exceeding ten cents for
every hundred words. and all contracts
heretofore made by the county commits
bic or other cause, become incapaciated,
sioners of any county for such indexing or
transcribing, are hereby confirmed and
declared valid !; such compensation to be
paid out of the county treasury on the
allowance of the county commissioners,
and the order of the couaty auditor.
SEC. 2. This act shall take. effect on
its passage.
n. II. VAN VOORHEES,,
Speaker of til, House of Reps.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April II, 1857.
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AUCTION. AUCTION.

THE undersigned have opened an Auction in the
i room one door east of Ralston's Jewelry Store,
where they intend to sell at auction at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. and i'll the evening, on Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday in each week, and occasionally on
o her days, commencing on Wednesday evening,
April 2ad, all kinds of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Caps. Books, Jewelry, Clothing. &C.. aud
will sell all kind of Goods and property furnish
ed them, at a reasonable percentage. They III
also attendto Vendue and Auction sales for others,
both at home and abroad. and if desired. furnish
both auctioneer and clerk.
M q MORY,
46tf Auctioneer. Ashland, Ohio.
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Con1itiou Of Enr,u &c

Built and repaired some fences. making all
in good repair. Stock on Farm-3draft horses,
l y~earling colt, 6 mich cows, l6 head ofyoung
cattle, 10 head of hogs, 10 head of pigs. -
wheat, 7 acres of rye, % acres Of corn, IlIS
acres of oats, p acre of flax, IL acres of pota-
toes. 10 acres of clover and Timothy to NOW
"a acres of pasture. 100 cords of wood chop
ped the past year. Farming utensils, the same
as heretofore, except one new cultiyator purch-