The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28
mo. COL AN ACT


10 amend the act entitled san act TO
amend the act entitled AN act to pro,
woe Tor the organization of cities and
Incorporated villages" passed March
IL, 1858. and supplementary to the
same.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted 6y the Gene
raj assembly Of Me State Of Ohio, That
the twelfth section Of said act, passed
March III. 1853. be, and the same hereby
is, SO amended as to read as follows: That
the council OF any municipal corporation
snail not authorize any loan OF appropri-
ation not predicated on the revenues Of
the corporation for the current fiscal year,
ana shall not authorize any order or ap7
preparation of'money when there is not
In the city treasury money unappropria
ted sufficient topay such appropriation:
and any appropriation otherwise made or
authorized shall be held and deemed ut
terly void and of no effect as against said
corporation: Provided, however, that for
the purpose of purchasing necessary
grounds and erecting suitable school
buildings for the use of public schools,
the council of any such corporation may,
at the request-of the board of education
of said corporation. make sufficient ap-
preparation therefor, and shall have pow
er to borrow money upon the credit of
such corporation, sufficient for the afore-
said purposes, at such rates of interest as
said council may deem proper; and for
the purpose OF effecting such loan, ,the said
council shall have power to- pledge the
faith of said corporation for the payment
of both principal and interest, including
the power TO levy tax for the payment
of the same, whenever the same may be-
come due, and to make and execute such
bonds or other evidence of debt, and pay
able at such times and places as shall be
agreed upon by the parties SO contracting,
which said bonds or other evidences Of
deb. may be made transferable and re-
deemable in such form and at such times
and places as may therein be designated; /;
and the necessary grounds shall be pro-
cured, and the said school buildings
thereby authorized shall be constructed
under The direction Of, and in accordance
with, a plan or pisSs furnished by the
board of education of such corporation:
and provided, further. that the city coun-
Gil Of any city Of the first class having a
population of not less than one hundred
thousand, shall have power to borrow
any sum of money not exceeding FIVE
hundred thousand dollars, at such rate
ofinterest not exceeding six per cent per
annun. at such dates and upon such
length of time as the city council OF any
such city may deem proper, for the pur-
pose Of purchasing land or other property
within the corporation limits Of such city, !,
said lands or property to be converted to
the use Of the city for public vharyes or
market places; and any city council of|
any such city SO borrowing any money
for such purpose or purposes, shall be au-
-thorizcd to issue the bonds of said city,
payable at such time and place, for all
money SO borrowed as said city council
may determine; said city council shall
have power to pledge the faith of the city
for the redemption of said bonds, and
shah also have power to provide for the
payment of the interest on such bonds:
provided that nothing in this act shall be
SO construed as TO yestin any such city
council any power to issue the bonds
aforesaid for said loan of FIVE hundred
thousand dollars. or any part thereof, for
the purchase of public wharves, or mar
.ket spaces, unless the following require
ments have been complied with, to wit:
That Whenever it shall become necessary
for any such city to purchase any such
public wharves or market spaces, it shall
be the duty of the mayor of said city to
nominate three citizens, subject to the con-
,frmation of the city council, as board
of commissioners for the purchase of so
much land for such of the purposes afore-
said, as said city council may designate;
and upon the confirmation by the city
council of the nomination of said COM
missoners it shall be their duty to nego-
tiate for the purchase of such lands for
the purposes aforesaid as the city council
may direct; and they shall report to the
city council all propositions they may
have received, in writing, for the sale of
any such land for the purposes aforesaid
after having received said report or re-
ports from said commissioners, said city
council may consummate the purchase
conditionally, as follows, to wit: That
said council shall advertise in at least two
English and one German daily newspa-
per of said city for the space of thirty
days, their intention to consummate said
purchase, the extent, location and pur-
pose Of the purchaser, and the price to
be paid for the same; and it shall be the
privilege Of any tax paying citizen OF
such city, who shall have evidence that
such city is about to be wronged by any
such purchase, either by the payment OF
more than the cash value of said land, or
by fraud or neglect on the part of any one,
to demonstrate against the consumma-
tion OF said purchase, any time within
the afore said thirty days; and it shall be
the duty OF any city council of any such
city, npon receiving such remonstrance
to hear in open meeting of said council,
all evidence that may be presented in
writing for or against the consummation
OF such purchase; and said city council,
after having considered all the evidence
offered. shall finally decide for or against
such purchase; and If any sneh purchase
OF land, for any of the aforesaid purpos-
es, shall have been consunfma ted Dy the
city council Of any such city, after having
complied with all the requirements o. tnis
act, then and in that case the city coun