Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-05-14

SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
warden and directors to allow to all con-
victs to whom, from the nature of their
employment it is impossible to assign a
daily allowance of work, and who, in the
Judgment of the warden and directors,
are entitled thereto by their fidelity and
extra labor-such compensation as may
appear to them equitable in comparison
with the amount of labor required of
their prisoners. If such labor is per-
formed for a contractor or warden for
whom it was performed, and shall be
collected and kept in the same manner
as other over-work 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 to
suitably reward, at their discretion, any
prisoner who,l by meritoriouss conduct,
may serve the interests of the institution
or the State; and may permit any ex-
ira reward to be given to prisoners by
C pntractors, nott interfering with the in
terests of the State. -
SEC. 4. All of section 4 and section
Z of the act to which this is an amend
atory, shall be, and the same is hereby
repealed.
N. II. VAN VOORHEES,,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April Is, 1857.
mo. 1913 AN ACT
In addition to the other acts now in
fnrceto- FFe+ent-nurSancrs
SECTION L. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
every 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 discretion of the court, and the court
shall, moreover, In case of conviction Of
such offence, order every such nuisance
to be abated or removed.
SEC. 2. That the erecting, continu-.
ing, using or maintaining any building,
structure, or other place for the exercise
of any trade, employment, manufacture
or other business, which, by oecasioning
noxious exhalations, noisome or often
sive smells, becomes injurious or dan.
gerous to the health, comfort or property
of individuals, or the public the caus-
ing or suffering of any offal, filth, or
noisome substance to be collected, or to
remain in any place to the damage or
prejudice of others OF the public; the
obstructing or impeding, without legal
authority the passage of any navigable
river, harbor, or collection of water ; or
the corrupting, or rendering unwholc~
or impure any water-course stream,
or water or unlawfully diverting any
such intercourse from its natural course
or state, to the injury or prejudice of
and the ob~structing' or incunl-
by fences, buildings, structures
or otherwise any of the public highways,
or streets or alleys of any city or village,
shall be deemed ~nuisances; and every
person or persons guilty of erecting,
continuing, using or maintaining, or
any such nuisance, shall be
of a violation Of this act.
SEC. 3. AL prosecutions for a viola
ton of the provisions of this act shall
be by indictment in the Court Of Com
mon Pleas in the county in which the
offence is committed, and in case of the
conviction of any person or any such
uulSdIICC, llC COuIC SHoll lhdhS A. q Pall
Of the judgment of the court, that such
nuisance be- abated or removed, by al
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
before said order shall be
to the sheriff. ..t f..
SEC. 4, Any person injured in his
comfort, property, or the enjoy
of his estate, by any nuisance,
may maintain, against the party guilty
IF the same, an action for the recovery
If damages as in other cases.
n. II. VAN VOORHEES,,
of the House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April 10, 1857. -