Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-05-20

Sec. 4. The amount set apart undertbe rro.
visions of the preceding section of this act to.
gether with all other moneys applicable to that
object, shall be applied by the Commissioners o1
The sinking fund to the payment of the public
funded debt of this state, and to no other use o.
purpose whatever; and all bonds or certificates
of the public funded debt 50 paid, shall be can
celed, and conspicuously written upon the fac,
| thereof, paid, with the date of such payment
and undersigned by the commissioners of the
sinking fund, and shall also be taken from the
proper accounts upon the individual and gener.
al stock ledgers, and entered in account of"pub.
lie debt paid, specifying the particular stock
or loah, the number and date of the certificates
so paid, the amount, rate or interest, time at
which it was made redeemable, and in whose
name standing when paid; and all such eertif-
Gates so paid, and cancelled, shall be duly filed
| IN the office of said commissioners.
Sec. 5. 1t is hereby made the special duty
of the auditor of state and the treasurer of state
TO keep, Mt all times, and under all circumstan-
ees, the moneys belonging to the sinking fund
invioiate, and to have special care that no mon
ey belonging to the sinking fund be used, trans
ferred, or applied, at any time, or under any
| circumstances, to any other purpose than the
payment of the principal and interest of the
public funded debt of this state, and if from any
cause at any time, the sinking fund shall moi
be equal in the amount of money in the treasu-
ry to the requirements of the constitution and
laws of the state, and the payment OF the prin-
cipal and interest of the public funded debt o.
the state as SO required for any ensuing year
the said auditor Of state is required to caust
such an amount to be raised as may be adequate
thereto, either, by sufficient Increase of the
state tax applicable to that subject, being pla.
ced upon the tax duplicate, or by sale of prop.
erty owned by the state; such sale to be first
authorized by law, or by join resolution of the
| Of the sinking fund to effect the sale of any
part, or all of the stocks or bonds held by the
State.
Sec. 6. That an act entitled "an act to ere
ate sinking fund, for the payment of the prin-
passed March l4th, 1853 and an act passed May
lst, 1854, entitled "An act supplementary to,
and amendatory of an act to create u sinking
fund for the payment of the principal and inter-
est of the public debt Of Ohio" passed March
IA. 1853 and to repeal certain sections of said
act, and to amend the eighth section of the act
entitled Gan act to define the duties Of the COM
missioners of the sinking fund.- passed April
| 19, 1852 and section three of an act making ap-
preparations for the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six; also an act entitled "An
| act in addition to the act to create sinking
fund for the payment of the principal and inter.
est of the public debt, and all acts amendatory
thereof" passed April lst, 1857, be and the same
are hereby repealed; Provided, that the repea
of said acts shall not effect any liability, civi
or criminal, growing out of or arising under saie
acts, or either of them, or the prosecution O
them to convict on or final Judgment, agreeably
to the law heretofore existing.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in
force on and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate
April la, 1853. '
mo. 126. AN ACT.
Supplementary to an act entitled an act pre-
scribing the duties of Supervisors, and rela.
ting to Roads and Highways, passed Febru:
ary 18th, 1858; and to repeal an act entitled
an act prescribing the duties of Supervisors
and relating to Roads and Highways. passed
April Sth, 1856. As to prescribing the du.
| ties'of Court Commissioners. County Audit
ors, Township Clerks and Supervisors; alse
| torepeal certain other acts therein named.
| Section 1. BE II enacted By the General As.
scmdy Of the State of Ohio, That the commits
sioners of the respective counties in the State o1
Ohio, are hereby authorizes to levy at the March
session of their board, annually, for road and
| bridge purposes, in counties where the taxable
property in the county exceeds the sum of fifty
| millions of dollars, not less than one twenty
fifth part of mill, nor more than one-fiffh Of
mill. In counties of TWEEN y-five millions Of
taxable property, and less than fifty millions
not less than one one-twentieth part of mill
nor more than one-half of MILL In counties
| less than twenty-five millions of taxable prop
erty, and mere than ten millions, not less thar
one-tepth of a mill, nor more than one MILL
In counties where the taxable property is les!
| than ten millions, and over five millions of dol
lars, not less than one-half mill. nor more thar
| two mills. In counties where the taxable prop
erty is less than five millions of dollars the levy
shall not be less than one-half mill nor morl
than three mills; and no other road, or bridge
4 tax, shall be levied by the county commission.
ers; Provided that in counties where the com
missioners of any county have made the levie,
for road and bridge purposes for the year 1858
| that they may at their June session for 1853
increase levies in accordance with the provis
| ions of this act, and in counties where no road
and bridge taxes have been assessed that the
commissioners may at their June session for 1855
make the levies provided for in this act.
| Sec. 2. II the trustees of any township in
| this state, shall deem an additional road tax
necessary, in addition to the amount levied by
the commissioners of their county, they shall
determine the additional per centum to be lev.
led upon the taxable property of their respect
i've townships, not exceeding two mills on thl
dollar, where the taxable property of the coun
| ty in which such township is located does no
exceed six millions of dollars and not exceed
ing one mill where said taxable property does
exceed that amount, and certify the same iH
writing to the county auditor, on or before the
first Monday in June, in each year, and the au-
ditor of the county shall assess the same to-
gether with the per eentum levied by the CON-
missioners. on all the taxable property in the
| township; and the auditor of the county shall
on or before the third Monday in June, in each
year. forward the list of the road taxes, (except
that part set apart by the commissioners for
bridge purposes) made out as provided by the
twenty-eighth section of the act; to which this
is supplemental, to the clerk of each township,
who shall Immediately make out list Tor each
supervisor, of all persons in his district against
whom any road tax may stand charged, togeth-
er with the amount of such tax charged against
each person and each supervisor, shall notify
every such person agreeably to the provisions
of the thirty-four;h section Of the net, to which
this is supplemental, to work out the same on
the public highway.
Sec. 3. The county commissioners may set
apart such portion Of the road tax. by them
levied rs they may deem proper, to be applied
to the building or repairing bridges in their re-
spective counties. which proportion, so set
apart, shall be called bridge fund.- and shall
be entered on the duplicate of taxes, for the con-
ty. by the auditor of the county, in a separate