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ny, or a renewal thereof, if demanded
by him. Or such company, or some
agent or agents thereof, may, in any
county of this State where it may be de-
sired to transact business of insurance,
file III the Office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of such county
u copy of the statement and verification
required to be filed with the Auditor of
State, with his certificate that the same
is q tru copy, which shall be carefully
preserved by said clerk for public in
spection, and cause the same to be pub
lished in some newspaper printed in
such county, and of general circulation
therein, for three weeks-such pubiica-
ton to be verified by the printer or 9TH
er person as aforesaid, and the affidavit
filed with the clerk of such court in the
same manner as the statement copies Of
all such papers SO fled Ia the efice of
the clerk of such court aud duly certi-
fed to be such by him, shall be taken
and received as evidence of what they
contain in all the courts of this State.
A failure to comply with this and he
preceding section, shall render such
ompany liable to forfeit it's corporate
rights and privileges.
Sec. 20. Township Mutual Insurance
Companies, limited in the transaction of
the busiaess of. insurance to the town
ship in which they are formed, may BIO
organized in the same manner, having
the same corporate rights and powers,
and be subject to the same restriction
aud governed by all the provisions of
this act, as other mutual insurance COM
pauies, except that the amount of pre-
MUM notes, such as are required in the
fourteenth s~cctionsof this act, shall be
at least twenty thousand dollars; and
the amount of money, as required In the
last mentioned section, at one thousand
dollars, before such company shall issue
ans policy of insurance.
SEC. 81. This act shall take effect
and be IN force from and after it's pas
sage.
N. II. VAN VOORHEES,,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
THOMAS FL. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April II, 1857.
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money. If such labor is performed for
the State, it shall be paid for by the State.
And it shall be lawful for the directors
and warden SO suitably reward, at their
discretion, any prisoner who, by meritori-
Gus conduct, may signally serve the inter-
ests of the institution or the State; and
may permit any extra reward to be given
to prisoners by contractors, not interfer-
ing with the interests of the State.
Sec. 4 All of section 4 aud section
Z of the act to which this is ~amendatory,
shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
NH. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
THOMAS H.FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Is, 1857.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, May 20, 1857.
/ hereby Gritty that the foregoing act
are correctly copied from the original rol
on file in this office.
JAMES II. BAKER,
Secretary Of State.
AUDITORS OFFICE, Ashland, o.
May 81, 1857.
Lhereby-eertif2-that foregoing act
are correctly copied from the original act
as reported to this office.
JAMES SWTNEFORD.
Auditor Ahsland County.
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AN ACT,
April 7,le57.

mo. 1911 AN ACT,
To amend an act entitled Gan act to
provide for the uniform government
and better regulation of the Lunatic
Asylums of the State, and the care
of Idiots and the Insane" passed
April 7, 1856.
SEC. /. Be 1T enacted by the General
ASSEMBLY of the State Of Ohio, That
section 40 Of the above named act be SO
amended as to read as follows: Section
40, Tho taxable costs and expenses to
be paid under the provisions of this act,
shall be as follows
To the Probate judge with whom the
affidavit is filed, the sum of two dollars
for an inquest under the provisions of
this act.
To the medical witness who shall
make out the certificate required in the
twenty-sscond section of this act, two
dollars, and witness fees such as are al
lowed by law in other cases.
To the witnesses and constable such
fees as are allowed by law for like SER
vices in other cases.
To each person employed by the Pro-
bate judge to commit a lunatic to the
county infrmary, to the superintendent
of the county %infrmary, for keeping an
idiot or insane person and to the sler-
if, or other person, for taking an insane
person to the asylum, or removing one
therefrom upon the warrant of the Pro-
bate judge, a reasonable compensation
including necessary expenses, which shall
be verified by the affidavit of the claim
ant certified, if he finds it to be correct
by the Probate Judge, and corrected and
approved as to so much of it as they
may allow, by the County Commissioner
to be paid out of the county Treasury
upon the order of the County Auditor.
SEC. 2. When the Probate Jn2ge
f shall issue his warrant for tnne remova,
to a State Asylum Of any insane person
temporarily cn.Amisted to a County In
frmary, the certificate of the Superin
ten1ent of such Infirmary or the Physi
cian in charge thereof that the condition
$ of such insane person, by recovery O.
otherwise, has so changed as to make
> unsuitable to remove him or her to th
State Asylum, shall be a sufficient re
d turn to said warrant; and the Sureriu
T tendent of such Iufirmary is hereby ar
: thorized, in case such person has RI
covered, to discharge him or her fror
the County inirmary.
Sc. 8. That original section 40
u isne act to which this is an amendmen
IS De, and the same is hereby repealed.
M SEC. 4. This act shall take effe'
and be in force from and after its pas
age.
s, N. II. VAN WORRIES,
t., Speaker of the House of Reps.
ID THOMAS H. FORD,
/. President of the Senate
=, April IL, 1857.
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mo. 1881 AN ACT,
Relating to City Infirr
April IL, 1857.

Relating to City InfirmaTies.
Sec. l.. Be 1t enacted By the Gener-
al Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
it shall not be lawful for the Directors
of any Infrmary erected and established
in any city, for the accommodation of its
poor, to require the Directors of the
County Infirmary, of the county ia
which such city is situated, to receive
and provide for PERSONS having no legal
settlement within this State, or whose
place Of residence is unknown, or to
charge the County Commissioners of the
county with the expense of providing
for such persons in the City Infirmary
but the Directors of such City Inirm.
airy shall furnish relief and support tc
such persons in the City Iufrmary ap.
plying therefor, as trustees of township.
are, or shall be required to furnish, and
shall have the like power of removing
such persons as Trustees of Township.
have or may have.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect or
its passage.
Speaker of the House Of Reps.
THOMAS III. FORD,
President of TIE Senate.
April 1 lth, 1857.
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Sec. 2. That the erecting, continuing,
using, or maintaining any building, struc-
ture, or other place for the exercise Of any
trade, employment, manufacture or other
business, which by o~ccasioning noxious
exhalations, noisome or offensive smells,
becomes injurious and dangerous to the
health, comfort or property of individuals,
or the public the causing or suffering of
any ofal, filth, or noisome substance to
be collected, or to remain in any place, to
the damage or prejudice of others or the
public the o~bstructing or impeding,
without legal authority, the passage of
any navigable river, harbor, or collection
of water; or the corrupting, or rendering
unwholesome or impure auy water-course,
stream, or water; or unlawful diverting
any such water course from its natural
course or state, to the injury or prejudice
of others; aud the obstructing or iucum-
bering by fences, buildings, structures, or
otherwise any of the public highways, or
streets or alleys of any city or village,
shall be de emed nuisances ; any and every
person or persons guilty Of erecting, con
tiDuing, using, or maintaining, or causing
any such nuisauces, shall be guilty of q
violation of this
Sec 81. All prosecutions for a VIOLA
ton of the provisions Ct this act shall be
by indictment in the court Of common
pleas of the county in which the offence
is committed, and in case of the conSic-
ton of any person for any such nuisance.
the court shall make it a part of the
judgment of the court, that such nuisance
be abated or removed, by an order to be
issued from said court to the sheriff of the
proper county, for that purpose, at the
expense and costs of the defendant in
such prosecution, unless such nuisance
shall be abated or removed before said or
der shall be issued to the sheriff.
Sec. 4. Any person injured in his
health, comfort, property, or the enjoy
ment of his estate, by any nuisance, may
maintain, against the party guilty, of the
same, an action for the recovery of DANA
ges as in other cases.
n. H. VAN WORRIES,
] Speaker of the House of Reps.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April Is, 1857.
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10. lIs.] AN ACT,

mo. llS.J AN ACT,
To authorize the incorporation of Mu-
tual Insurance Companies.
SEC. l.. Be IL enacted By the General
assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
when an number of persons, as required
by the first section of the act entitled
!" an act to provide for the creation and
regulation of Incorporated companies in
the State of Ohio" passed May LIST, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-two
associate to form a mutual fire insurance
company, they shall under their hands
aud seals male a certificate, specifying
the name assumed BY suehcompanY. and
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1877 AN ACT
April II, 1857.

mo. 1857 AN ACT
To provide for the more adequate punish
- mentof the crime Of maliciously killing
and ipjuring horses and other animals.
SEC L. BE 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That if
any person or persons shall ~wilfully and
maliciousiy kill or destroy any horse,
mare, foal, FLY, mule, ass, sheep, goat,
COW, OK, steer, bull, heller, or swine, TIE
property of another or others of the value
Of thirty-fve dollars or upwards, or shall
~wilfully and maljciously injure any such
animal or animals, the property of anoth-
err or others, to amount of thirty-6ve dol
lars or upwards, the person Or persons so
offending shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
shall be imprisoned IN the penitentiary
aud kept at hard labor not mere than
three years, nor less than one year.
Sec. 2. That if any person or persons
shall willfully and maliciolsly destroy any
horse, mare, foal, flly,mule or ass, sheep,
goat, COW, OK, steer, bull, heifer or swine,
the properly of another, or others, Of less
value than .thirty-fve dollars, or shall viii.
fully and maliciously ipjure any such an
imal or animals, the property of anothe,
or others, to an amount less han thirty
five dollars, SUCH person or persons shall
upon conviction thereof be fined in any
sum not more han two hundred dollars
nor less than FIVE dollars, or imprisoned il
the Jail of the county not exceeding three
months, or both fined and imprisoned al
aforesaid, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall b,
construed to extend to any. person VIII
shall kill or injure any of the before men
tione3 animals trespass:ng in his or be
Enclosure, nor to a1y person causing an.
+ such injury in endeavcring to prevent an.
such animal from committing Il trespass
nor to any person who shall injure ar.
. such animal that has trespas:ed upo
$ such person or his property while sue
s person is endeavoring to eampel such an;
nal or animals to leave his premises, @
$ driving such animal or animals away froI
: tie same.
Sec. 4. All offences under this act sba
Y be prosecuted in the same manner as is {
r may be provided by law for the prosecr
g ton of offences of the same grade in th
different counties in this State.
# Sec. 5. That section thirty seven of q
act for the punishment Of certain offenc'
therein named, be and the same is hereh
" repealed Provided, that no prosecution
# under said act shall be abated by, this r
peal, but shall proceed the same as if til
b act were not passed. 2
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
d Speaker of the House of Reps.
THOMAS Fl. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April Is, 1857.
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No. 1881. AN ACT
In addition to the acts now in force to
prevent nuisanees.
SEC. l. Be 1t enacted By the General
Assembly Of the STATE Of Ohio, That eve
ry person who shall erect, keep up, or
continue and maintain any nuisance, to
the injury of any part of the citizens of
this State, shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars, at the dis
erection of the court, and the court shall,
moreover, in case of conviction of sach Of
fence, order every such nuisanc, to be
abated or removed.
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Dated April Sd 1857.
A~WENpMANr no. 3.

AWENDMANT no. 8.
ResoLued by the General Assembly If the STATE Of
Ohio, three-hfths Of the members elected to each
branch, concurring therein, that it be aud hereby,
is pr oposedt to the electors of the State. to vote on
the second Tuesday of October next. to approve
or reject the following amendment as asubstitu ute.
for the second and third sections of lie twelfth
article of the Constitution.
All property. personal and real, shall be subject
totaxalion by a uniform rule, at the true value
thereoi IN money, but such de f%uctionss from cred
its NAV he allowed as the General Assembly may
deem expedient Provided, that burying grounds,
public shool houses, and all other public property,
and all institution Of purely public charity, and
all houses used exclusively for public worship.
shall be exempt from taxation and If the total
value of the elsonzl property of any personrshall
not exceed fifty dollars, the same may be exempt
from tax alton. AIlProperi y employed in banking
shall always bear a burden of taxation equal to
that imposed or the property of individuals.
NJ. II. VAN VORHES,
Speaker of the House of RepresentGtf1es.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President offke S. nate.
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-AmESDMExr NO. 4.

RcsoIred by the General Assembly of the State Of
Ohio, Three ffths of the members elected 10 each
house con curring therein, That it be and hereby
is propo sed TO the electors of the State, on the sec
ond Tuesday of October next to approve or reject
the blowing amendment as a substitute for tho
first and second sections of the thfrteeIth article
of the Constitution, Viz. Corporations of every
description shall be created. and corporate powers
grantdA only by general laws which shall define
scribe the duties and liabilities Of each class or
discri ption of corporations, but the General As
sembly may enact special laws for the relief OF
curporations-i in peculiar cases. and may make
special provisions in regard to corporations in
cases where from their peculiar location or inter-
esis such neutrality-suspicious. are required, and may
from time to time alter or repeal all such laws, as
NH. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker oftks House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD
President of Fac Senate.
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AN ACT.
+ 1901

AN All,
Further describing the duties of Sher-
ifs in certain cases,
SEC. L. Be 1t enacted blythe General
assembly Of the State of Ohio, That
it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of
any county of this State, who may have
collected the amount of any judgment
and costs, or any part thereof, by virtue
of an execution to him directed, without
any levy or sale Of any real estate Of the
Judgment debtor having been necessary,
to pay over the amount of the Judgment
and interest thereon accrued, or such
part thereof as may have been collected,
INTO tho judgment creditor, or his at
torney, upon a demand being made there
for at the Office of the Sheriff, without
any delay, and to make a return of such
execution, of fully satisfied, within three
days after the money shall have been by
him collected, as aforesaid, without
waiting until the expiration of the re-
turneday of such execution.
SEC. 2. This act to take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
N. H. VAN VOORHEES,,
Speaker of the House Of Reps.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
April 7, 1857.
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mo. 1l9 AN ACT
To prevent the introduction of intoxicat'

mo. 119 AN ACT
To prevent the introduction of ~intoxicat-
ing liquors into county jails.
SEC. /. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Ohio, That it
shall be unlawful for any sheriff, jailor or
other person to convey or procure to be
conveyed within the walls Of any Jail in
this State, any spurious or malt liquors,
or wine unless the same shall have been
prescribed as medicine by a physician for
a patient confined therein. And it shall
be unlawful for any sheriff, jailor or other
officer, having the charge of any jail in
this State, to knowingly permit any pris-
oner confined liz such Jail, to receive by
any means whatever, any spirituous or
malt liquor or wine except the same be
prescribed as above named.
Sec. 2. If any sheriff, jailor or other
person shall violate this act, he or they
shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in
any sum not exceeding one hundred dol
lars nor less than ten, OF be imprisoned In
the county Jail not less than ten nor more
than thirty days. 1t shall be the duty Of
the judges of tn, courts of common pleas
to give this act in charge to. grand juries
at each aud every session of said courts.
Sec. 3. This act to take effect from and
after its passage, aud all fines collected
under it shall go int the county treasures
as other moneys collected for general rev
enue.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Anril Is. 1857.
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Dated April Sd, 1857.
hMxrpMrrr NO. Q.

AMENDMENT NO. 2.
ResolUed By the General .dssembLy Of the STATE of
Ohio, Three-hfths of the members elected 10 each
House co ncurring therein, that it be, and hereby
is, proposed to the electors of this State to vote
on this second Tuesday of October next, upon the
approval or rejection ofthe following amendment,
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 oncein each year, by one or more District
Judges elected by the electors of separate districts
to be prescribed by law, who shall hold their or
fee for i've years: and during their continuance
in Off ce sh all reside in the district for which they
are elected. The provisions of tie fourteenth
section OF this article shall apply to DISTRICT
Judges. The General Assembly may by law au-
thorize the judges ofthe District Conrt and of
The courts of common pleas. to fix the times Of
holding their respective courts. Until District
Judges shall have been elected and qusli6ed.
district Court shall be held by the Judges OF the
s .preme Court and OF the Courts of Common
Pleas, as now authorized. Sec. g. The District
Court shajlhaye such jurisdiction as may be pro.
vided by law, and the judges thereof shall have
and exercise such power and jurisdiction at cham
bers, and may be required to sit as judges Of the
I Courts of common Pleas as shall be directed by
law. n. H. VAN WORRIES
Speaker of the House of Representations.
THOMAS fl. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
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POLITICAL.
Proposed Constitution Amendments.

MO- w.
Resoloed By the General Assembly of the State Of
Ohio. Three ffths of the members eIec.ed to eaeh
is proposed TO the electors of this State to vote on
the second Tuesday of october next, upon the aPs
as a substitute for the twenty,ffth Section Of the
second Article of the Constitution and for the
third section Of the eieyenth Alice viz. Ala
regular sessions of the General Assembly shall
ally Senators shall be elseteS bienniaiiys and
Representatives annually, by the electors Of their
Tuesday Of October. Their term of Office shall
commence on the first day of January next after
their election, and that Oh senators snsn Sontinne
The senators elected in October next shall hold
tives elected at the same time shall hold their Of.
hces for one year. Provided. that seventeen Of
the Senators elected on the second Tuesday OF
October, 1857: to be asrertained by lot. as the
President of the Senate maysdirect, shall hold
shall be elected on the second Tuessey Of October,
one thousand eight hundred and hfty-efght, and
have a fraction above the rates for Representative
SO large that being multiplied by ten, the RESULT
representatives, shah be apportioned for such
ratios among the several sessions of the decenpiaf
one rstio thena Representatives shall be allotted
to the tenth session Of the deeenn1al period.
tF4 II tssT e. a ne sf% SfSfS nd FsGfsss ss SiA5,Sss- se9 tbr ss
10 the eighth. ninth. and tenth sessions.i In faur tn
the seventh, eighth. ninth and tenth II five to-
the sixth, seventh. eighth, Einth and tenth fisk
tenth; If seven to the fourth fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth; If eight TO the third,
( urth, fifth, sixth. seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth; If nine to the second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, SEVENTH ghth, ninth andlenth sessions of
the deCeHnial period respectively.
In the number ofSenators to which
any senatorial district might te-e titled in any
decenniai period by reason of any fraction of 4
senatorial ratio, the fraction shall be multiplied
by five, and If The result be equal to one senatorial
ratio o, an additional Senator shall be allotted to said
district for the ninth and tenth sessions. lfitbe
equalt to two such ratios an addftio atsenator for
the seventh. eighth. ninth, and tenth sessions shall
be allotted to such district If three then to the
fifth. sixth, seventh, eight. ninth and tenth
If four, to the third, fourth, fifth. sixth. SEVENTH,
eighth ninth, and tenth sessions respectively. If
this amendment be adopted by the electors, the
counties now entitled to more than one me mber
in either or both branches of the Legislature in
the fourth and fifth sessions of the present de-
cennial period as now provided, shall have u like
number of members in each branch thereof for
each session Of the remainder Of the present de-
cennial period.
NH VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House Of Representative.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
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LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLIsaED BY AUTHORITY.

No. 99.1 AN ACT,
To regulate The elections of Treasures
of Railroad Companies in certain cases.
SEC. 1. Be 1t enacted By The General
Assembly Of tie State Of Ohio, That the
Directors of any Railroad Company now
incorporated in this State, whose act o.
incorporation require the Treasurer Of
the corporation to be a Director, may,
whenever in their opinion the interest:
or convenience of such company will be
promoted thereby, elect any other suit
able person as Treasurer of such corpor
alton, subject to such rules and regula'
lions as the Directors of such company
may prescribe.
Speake, Of the House Of Reps.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
April 7, 1857.