The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-06-16
AN ACT

No. lO4.] AN ACT
To Punish Trespasses on Public and other
Lands.
Section l. Be ii enacted Jv the General
Assembly Of The STATE of Ohio, That any per-
son who shall wrongfully and without lawful
authority cut down, fell, box, bore, or other.
wise iniure or destroy any living tree or
trees standing or growing on any lands the
property of the State of Ohio, or of any pub.
lie or private incorporated company, or of
any other person or persons, or shall other
wise trespass thereon, shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars nor less than one dollar,
or be imprisoned in the county jlil not ex.
ceeding twenty days, or both, at the discre.
tion of the court.
Sec 2. All prosecutions under this act
shall be by indictment before the Court of
Common Pleos in the county where the Of.
fence shall have been committed provided,
that on complaint before a Justice of the
peace OF the county where any offence shal
have been committed, if the offender elect >.
plead guilty, the justice may, at his discre>o
tion, enter his plea, and proceed to pass sen.
tenCe, end cause the same to be carried into
execution.
Sec. 8. That the act entitled can act to
punish tresposses on the public lands," pass.
ed March 3lst, 1887, be and the same is
hereby repealed provided, that this repeal
shall not affect any offence heretofore per-
petrated contrary to the provisions of said
act, but the same may be prosecuted as il
this act had not been passed.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 26, 1859.
mo. 1911 AN ACT
To amend and supplementary to an act en-.
titled can act to provide for the estab.
lishment and government of Reform
Schools, passed April 2, 1858.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by The General
Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That the board
of commissioners for reform schools are
hereby authorized to expend upon the build.
ings now erected upon the State Reform
Farm, twelve hundred dollars in addition to
the amount fixed by law in section nine oil
the act to which this is supplementary pro
vided that such additional expense shall be
confined to useful and necessary improve
ments.
Sec. 2. ANY person that shall entice any
youth detained upon the State Reform Farm
to escape. or aid and abet him in his escape
or shall, after his escape, knowing him to b.
q fugitive from said State Reform Farm, har
Dor him, shall, on conviction thereof, b.
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and be finet
in sum not exceeding one hundred dollars
or confined in the county Jail for period moi
exceeding six months, or both, at the discre
tion Of the court.
Sec. 3. The State Reform Farm is here
by declared to be special road district, ant
the chief officer upon said farm is hereby
vested with all the powers Of supervisor o
roads for said district. He is authorized tt
alter the public roads upon said farm in sucl
manner as shall be found necessary for thu
general plan and outline of the same pro
vided, however, that no alteration shall b.
made by which existing roads shall be great
ly heightened, or their grade materially in
creased, or their general use to the publ
materially impaired: and provided further
that such alterations be approved by tn
county commissioners of the county of Fair
field.
Sec. 4. The city council of any city il
this State are hereby authorized to appl
such pecuniary aid as they may deem proper
but not to exceed three thousand dollars il
any one year, towards the establishment O
one or more reformatories in said city, Q
such character as is fixed by law in sec
tions sixteen and seventeen of the act t
which this is supplementary.
Sec. 5. That section six OF the act t
which this act is supplementary be so amend
ed as to read as follows Sec. 6. Th
said board of commissioners shall continu
to consist of the three members now appoint
ed for the period of their appointment, an
their powers and duties shall be as designa
ted in this act. Their successors shall b
appointed by the governor, by and with tn
advice OF the senate, one of their number be
ing designated by the appointing power afore
said, acting commissioner, and all of then
to hold their offices for three years from tn
day of their appointment, and until their sue
cessors are appointed and qualified, unles
vacancies occur from death, resignation, O
, removal, for cause as herein provided. Sal
commissioners shall, before entering upo
the duties of their Office, take an oath or al
firmation as required by the constitution Q
: this state, and also give such bond in sue
amount, and with such security, as may b
approved by the governor, said bond to
deposited with the treasurer of state. Th
acting commissioner shall receive a salar
not exceeding eighty-four dollars per montl
to be paid quarterly, and to be fixed by tn
said board Of commissioners, by and with tn
advice and consent of the governor, but n
other fees, perquisites, or personal expense
] whatever, and the two advisory commission
I ers shall receive five dollars per diem for tn
time actually employed, but no travelling o
other expenses or fees whatever. The act
ing commissioner shall reside on the farm
and devote all his time to the duties of hi
Office. The board may appoint matron t
| reside upon the farm at compensation no
exceeding two hundred dollars per annum
The board shall meet at least once mont
but no per deim shall be paid to any commits
, sioner for more than forty-fve days in any
! one year and the salary and per diem shal
be paid out of the treasury Of the state, OF
the order OF said board of commissioners up
on the warrant Of the auditor of state.
, Sec. 6. Sections 6, l8, 10 and 40 Of th,
act to which this is amendatory, are hereby
repealed. ...
See. 7. This act shall take effect upor
its passage, -. 20 a" @',3 ~ II.