Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-05-13

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Supplemental to an act entitled, An act
in relation to statistics, passed April
II, 1857. -i-s't'-,. ''
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen;
eral Assembly ofthe State of Ohio, That
the commissioners of .statictics for the
state OF Ohio, shall hold his. office for
the term of three years, and until his
successor is appointed and qualified.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of
each township assessor to require each
person, in listing his property for taxa
ton, to state the number of acres plant
ed in oats and grass, and the quantity
of oats and hay produced in the preced
ing year, in the same, manner as they
require statements of the crops of wheat
and corn, by the act passed March 5,
1851.
Sec. 8. That the corporate officers
of the several rail road companies in
corporated by the laws of this state, are
required to answer such questions as
may be asked: by the commissioner of
statistics, in relation to the condition of
their road, the accidents which have oc-
currred on them, the number of cas- al
ties, the number of passengers, and the
amount of freight carried, and the guam
tity of fuel consumed.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of
any state or county officers to answer
fully and promptly such special or gen
eral questions as said commissioner NAV
ask and for such services county officers
are allowed the usual fees for making
abstracts to be paid in the same manner
as assessors are now paid.
Sec. 5. That the clerks of courts,
justices of the peace, mayors of incor-
poratcd towns and cities, are required
to answer such questions as said COM
missioner may ask, in relation to the
and character of criminal and
police offences and the disposition made
thereof, which have been charged, or
entered, in their respective tribunals.
Sec. 6. That any person who by
this act is required to give information
and who shall refuse or neglect to ans
wer such questsons, shall forfeit to the
use of the state of Ohio any sum not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, at the discretion
of the court of common pleas for the
proper county, which. fine shall be col
lected by the prosecuting attorney there
of as otheE fines are collected, by law.
Sec. Z. That the several classes of
statistics now rcturEable to the auditor
of state the secretary of state and the
attorney general not necessary to the
duties of said officers, be transferred by
them to the commissioner of statistics,
and by him be embodied in his report
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of the
said commissioner to ascertain, as far as
practicable, the number and condition
Of all insane persons in this state distin-
gushing between the male and the fe-
male, dangerous and harmless, durable |
md incurable, also the number of idi-
ots, blind, and deaf and dumb persons,
With such classification of each and in
formation connected there, which shall
seem to him important and shall state |
he number of each class of persons |
lbove mentioned who are paupers, to-
,ethcr with their ages, and respective
places of nativity, and what number are
capable of performing manual labor with
,enefit to themselves and profit to the
tate.
Sec. 9. That to enable said commits
ioner to procure special information in
egard to the industry of the state, said
be allowed contingent
'und of five hundred dollars, to be ac-
counted for by proper vouchers, to the
uditor of state, and paid by the treasu-
er, on the certificate of the auditor of
tate, and that said commissioner be al
owed his necessary stationery and
blanks in the same manner as is now
by law, for the secretary of
tate.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
April IL, 1853.
AUDIToRsOFFICE,
EATON, May 5, 1858.
hereby certify that the foregoing
Icts are true copies of the original rolls
low on file in this office.
JAMES ALBERT, Auditor.