Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-31
LAWS OF OHIO.
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Supplementary To an net to provide tol
. tile organization Of Cities and lucoapo'
10 raled Villages, passed May 3. 1879.
Secticn 1. BE it enacted by tie General
Assemblg of tie State of ono, That the
council Of any city Or Incorporated village
within this State shall have power to pro
vide that when 6ue shall be. imposed fol
the violation of the ordinances OF any such
city or incorporated village. or any OF
them, and the same is not paid, the party
convicted shall, by order OF the mayor or
other proper authoritySor on process Is
sued .or the purpose, be committed until
such fine aud the costs of prosecution
shall be paid or the party discharged by
due process of law; they shall also have
power to provide that any person or per
sons convicted of q repeated and wlliiul
violation OF any ordinance who shall refuse
or neglect 20 pay the fine imposed and the
costs of prosecution, shall, by like order
or process, be imprisoned and kept in
confinement for any time not exceeding
thirty days; they shall have power to pro-
vide that all vagrants, coElmon prostitutes,
and persons disturbing the peace of such
city or incorporated village, shall, on con-
victon thereof, be punished by imprison-
ment for such period as may be provided
by ordinance, not exceeding sixty days
Sec Q. When any person or persons
shall be convicted uuder the provisions Of
this act, such person or persons shall be
imprisoned IN the Jail OF the city or incor-
poIaled village where the person OF per
sons shall be so convicted, If such city or
incorporated village shall be provided with
q iail for the use such city or incorpo-
rated village, and any city or Incorporated
village not provided with a jail shall be al
lowed for the purpose of imprisonment
authorized by law, the Use OF the jail Of
the proper county until said city or lncor-
porated village shall have efficiently pro
vided by appropriate ordinances and con-
tracts city or village prison or work
house. at the expense OF sud city or IN
corporateG village, and all persons SO
imprisoned in the county jail shall be
under the charge of the sheriff Of the
county, who shall receive and discharge
sucn persons in such manner as shall be
prescribed by the ordinances of the city or
Incorporated village, or otherwise by due
course of law; Provided. however, that
tie county commissioners of any county
may, at their discretion, on giving to the
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written notice of their intention so TO do,
at least ninety days previous thereto, pro
hbit the use OF the county Jail for the
purpose herein before authorized; Provi-
ded, further, that if within ninety days
after such notice shall have been given,
the city council of such city shall eff
niently provide by the appropriate ordinan-
ces and contracts for the immediate erec-
ton OF city prison, house of correction,
or work house, for the purposes Of inn
prsonment authorized by tins act, the
said city shall continue, Notwithstanding
such notice and prohibition, to have The
use of the county Jail for the purpose
herein authorized, until such city prison.
house of correc ton, or work house, Shall
be erected and ready for use.
Sec. 3. That an act entitled an act ''IO
amend All act to provide for the organize
ton of cities and Incorporated villages. -
passed May 3, 1852, passed April 8, 1856,
anu an act supplementary thereto, lassed
April Ia, 1857, be and the. same are
hereby repealed.
WILLIAM 3 WOODS.
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
February %, 1859.