The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-05-29

= lN.uuaR elA ana halt mills on each DOLL
OF the assessed valueof the taxable prone
" in such city OF Incorporated villap
Provided, the Aforesaid limitation sha
not he construed as prohibiting asses,
ments on property adjacent 90 local in
provemonts made in any city orinoorpori
ted village for The purpose Of paying IN
cost thereof aud the damages oocasiope
thereby and provided further, that moth
ing IN this section shall be construed 4
prevent the county commissioners, town
ship trustees, or corporate authofities o
any city or village from levying any "a.
which by any special law they shall b,
authorised to levy.
Sac. 2. The competent authorities O
any county, city or township that shal
have subscribed to the capital stock o.
any railroad company. aud shall have IS
sued its bonds or other securities for IN,
Iplyment of such subscription may. at ans
time within Eve years next before the
principal Of such bonds, or other securi.
ties shall DO payable, if the market price
of the stock Of such railroad company be
less than seventy FIVE per cent. on It's par
value, levy. or cause 70 be levied, annual.
J on the taxable property Of such coun
W, city, or township, such tax not exceed
Ing one mill ON the dollar, a. will be suf.
hcient TO balance the discount ON the
railroad stock held by such county, city,
or township by the time such bonds may
become due; aud the proceeds Of ali such
taxes shall form, with suoh stock, a sink
ing fund, aud shall be invested in the pur.
chase OF the bonds issued by such ooun.
~, city or township. or Ia other safe
and productive securities, and shall be ap
piled to the payment Of the bonds no Is.
sued, and TO noother use or purpose what
ever.
SIC. 3. The operation Of the City eight
aud ffty-ninlh sections Of the act entitled
Fan act 10 provide for the re. Organise
tion, supervise n aud maintenance Of com
mou schools passed March II. 1858,
are hereby suspended for one year.
SEo. a. The. several county auditors
shall not be required 10 assess on the tax
able property of their counties. or OF any
township. city. incorporated village, or
school district therein for any purpose
nor for all purposes added together. any
rate oftaxation containing or resulting in
any fraction other than decimal fraction
nor in any decimal fraction less than one
twentieth ofa mill; but it the sum reuuir-
ed TO be raised for any. or for all purpo.
ses, results in fraction less than one for
tieth Of mill. such fraction shall be
dropped, and il more than one fortieth Of
a mill. the difference between such frac-
tion and one twentieth of n mill shall be
added to such resulting fraction.
SEC. 8 II shall be unlawful for the cor.
porate authorities Of any county, town.
ship. city. or village, unless specially and
expressly authorized by some act Of the
general assembly, to contract any debt,
nor incur any peouniary liability for the
payment Of either the principal or inter-
est Of which during the then current year
or any subsequent year IL will be neoes.
sary to levy on the taxable property Of
such county, township, city. or village.
a hi her rat, o than the maximum lat /,
prescribed by Ihis act.
SEC. g. Every contract made in con.
of the provisions Of the forego.
ing sections shall be utterly null and void
in regard TO any obligation thereby inn
posed on the corporation on behalf Of
which such contract purports to have
been made; but every commissioner. Of
6cers. agent, trustee or member Of any
municipal corporation that shall have
made. or participated in making, or au.
thorizsd the making ofany such contract.
shall be held to be individually liable for
It's performance, aud every commissioner,
trustee. director, member ofany city or
village council. or other officer or agent ,of
any such municipal corporation who shall
have been present when any such urlaw(u
contract was made, or authorized TO be
made. shall be deemed TO have made, or
to have participated in making. or to
have authorized the making the same. as
the case may be, unless he shall. IL pres.
ent, have dissenled theIe'rom or caused
TO be entered. such dissent on the records
Of such municipal corporation. or Of It's
councils trustees or other officers or
a cents.
500, 7. The "act prescribing and limi
ting the rates Of taxation" passed April
II, 1885, is hereby repe led This act
shall take effect Immediately after its pas
sage.
NH. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THoS. II. FORD.
President Of the Senate.
Columbus, April n. 1851
No. o. AN ACT
TO restore to She Court Of Common Pleas
the Jurisdiction Of minor offences.
SEorloN l.. Be il enacted bv the Gene
raj Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
the Court Of Common Pleas ia addition
TO tho jurisdiction il now has shall have
original jurisdiction Of all crimes. often
ces, and misdomeanors. the eogniEanee &c
which IS v, or heretofore has been
vested 70 .s.'ss Probate Court.
SIC. 2. All prosecutions for said crimes
offences. and misdemeanors, shall be bv
indictment in the Court of Common
Pleas IN the county N which the crime
offence Or misdemeanOr Bhall have been
committed. except where Il is otherwise
provided in the several acts for the pun
ishment Of crimes.
SEo. All fines collected under said
prosecutions shall be paid into the treas
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