The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28
TNo. 1887 AN ACT

March 80, 1857.
mo. 1881 AN ACT
To provide for the execution. of De eds for
lands sold by the State of Ohio, and
for other purposes.
SECTION / Be Il enacted By the Gene
raj assembly of the Stale Of Ohio, That
all conyeyances for lands, lots. or any
interest in real estate, which has hereto
fore been sold, or may be hereafter sold,
by any officer or agent of the State by
the board Of public works, or any authori
ty whatever in pursuance of law, shall be
executed in the name of the State, signed
by the Governor, and countersigned by
the Secretary of State, and shall be for
delivery to the person entitled to receive
them at'the office of the Auditor of State,
and the Auditor shall keep record of
such deeds delivered, showing to whom
delivered and the date thereof.
Sec. 2. Whenever it shall be shown
to the Governor and Attorney General
by satisfactory proof that any certificate
ef the purchase Of lands, heretofore or
hereafter sold, at any land Office of this
State, or that any other contract, bond Or
memorandum whatever, evidencing a
purchase of any lands from the State,
has been lost or destroyed, by accident or
otherwise; or that from any cause, by
tie use of due diligence, the owner of
said land cannot obtain possession of such
,o.t,eoolA oontroaf 6opd r,oroor,r J,,r
it shall be the duty of the Governor to
execute deeds for the said premises, in
the same manner as though such eylden-
ces of purchase or contract had been duly
produced to him.
SEC. 8. Whenever any lands, lots or
interest in lands aforesaid, shall have
been sold by the original purchasers, and
have passed into the hands Of one or more
successive purchasers, whether by private
sale, or by sales made by administrators,
guardians, sheriffs, master commission
ers, receivers, or any other officer, and
no deed has ever been made for such
real estate, upon exhibition to the Cover
nor and Attorney General satisfactory
evidence of such sales, and of present
ownership by any such purchasers. it
shall be the duty of the Governor to exc
cute deed directly to such assignee or
present owner.
Sec. 4. Whenever the purchaser has
died before deed is made, and the lands
have passed to others, by descent, or de-
wise, and the title still remains in them,
the Governor shall, upon proper proof of
such facts being made to him and the At
torney General, execute the deed to the
person entitled.
SEC. 5. Whenever it shall be made
to -appearto the Governor and Attorney
General, by satisfactory evidence, that
any person having purchased any
tract of land of the State of Ohio, has ta-
ken and remained in possession thereof,
but has received from the public officer
a certif ate which misdescribes the said
land. and that there is no adverse claim
thereto, set up by any other person, it
shallbe the duty of the Governor to exc
cute deed tosuch purchaser for the land
SO intended to be purchased, and SO mis-
described.
SEC. g. All deeds executed under the
second, third, fourth and fifth sections of
this act, shall recite the facts as ascer-
tanned by the Governor and Attorney
General upon the proof of which said
deeds are executed.
Sec. z. Any land now belonging to
the State of Ohio, lying near the Mercer
county reservoir, which may remain un-
sold. shall he subject to private entry at
the office Of the agent for the sale Of the
Canal lands of the State, now located at
Defiance, upon the same terms and un-
der the same restriction as are provided
in another act entitled "an act to abolish
the Office of Commissioner of the State
Land Office at Defiance, and to provide
for the sale of lands to actual settlers at
SAID office, and to create the Office Of land
agent" passed May l, 1854.
SEC. 8. All deeds provided for in this
act shall, before delivery, be recorded in
the Office of the Secretary of State:
SEC. g. An act entitled an act to
amend the act entitled an act to provide
for the sale of certain lands granted bv
Congress to the State of Ohio, passed
February 22, 1880, and also section four
of an act to provide for the increase of
the Canal fund by the purchase and sale
of real estate, passed February Z, 1926,
be and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 10. This act shall take effect
from and after IFS passage.
M N. III. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
- THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate
April 10th, 1857.
mo. l1s. AN ACT a5 b
To prevent the introduction of intoxica
finn linnnrs into county iailS