The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-06-23
AN ACT

To amend the fourth section OF an act, enti.
tied Gan. act to authorize the making OF
real estate indexes, and further to prescribe
the duties of county commissioners and
recorders in certain countless" passed
February l4th, 1859.
Section l.. Be ii enacted by The General
Assembly of the STATE Of Ohio, That section
four Of an act, entitled an act to authorize
the making of real estate indexes, and fur
ther to prescribe the duties of county COM
Inissioners and recorders in certain counties,
be so amended as to read as follows Sec.
4. For every entry in such general index of
any lot, piece or parcel of land, the recorder
shall be allowed the sum of ten cents, to be
paid by the person leaving such instrument
Of conveyance or transfer for record.
Sec. 2. Section four Of the above recited
act is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 30, 1859.
No. 1871 AN ACT
10 prevent and punish freud in the use of
false Stamps, Brands, Labels, or Trade
Marks.
Section /. Be ii enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That any
person or persons who shall knowingly and
wilfully forge or counterfeit, or cause or pro-
cure to be forged or counterfeited any rep.
resentation, likeness, similitude, copy or i'm 4.
itation of the private stamp, brand, wrapper,
label, or trade mark, usually affixed by any
mechanic, manufacturer, druggist, mercha Mt
or tradesman, to and upon the goods, wares,
merchandise, preparation or mixture of such
mechanic, manufacturer, druggist. merchant
, or tradesman, with intent to pass off any
! work, goods, manufacture, compound, pre-.
paration or mixture, to which such forged or
counterfeted representation, likeness, simil
itude, copy or imitation is affixed or intended
to be affixed as the work, goods, manufac
ture, compound, preparation or mixture OF
such mechanic, manufacturer, druggist or
tradesman, shall, upon conviction thereof
be imprisoned in the county Jail for a period
of not less than three months nor more than
twelve months, and fined not exceeding five
hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. That any person or persons who
shall have in his or their possession any die
or dies, plate or plates, brand or brands, en-.
craving or engravings, or printed labels
stamps, imprint, wrapper or trade marks, OF
any representation, likeness, similitude
copy, or imitation of the private stamp, i'm
print, brand, wrapper, label, or trade marL
usually affixed by any mechanic, manufac.
turer, druggist, merchant or tradesman to OF
upon articles made, manufactured, prepared
or compounded by him or them, for the pur
pose of making Impressions, or selling the
same when made, or using the same upor
any other article made, manufactured, pre-
pared or compounded, and passing the same
oil upon the community as the original goods
manufactures, preparations or compounds o
any other person or persons, or who shall 81
in fact sell or use the same, or who shal
wrongfully and fraudulently use the genuine
stamp. brand, imprint, wrapper, label, o.
/ trade mark, with intent to pass off anv goods
wares, merchandise, mixtures, compounds
or other article not the manufacture of tn
person or persons to whom such stamp
brand, imprint, wrapper, label or trade mari
properly belongs, as genuine and origin a
shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned
in the county Jail not less than three months
nor more than twelve months, and be fined
not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. That any person who shall venc
or keep for sale any goods, merchand ize
mixture or preparation, upon which any for
ged or counterfeit stamps, brands, imprints
wrappers, labels or trade marks be placed
or affixed, and intended to represent the sale
goods, merchandise, mixture or preparation,
as the true and genuine goods, merchandise
mixture or preparation Of any other person
or persons, knowing the same to be counter
felt, shall, on convention thereof, be punish
ed by fine not exceeding one hundred dol
lars in each case SO offending, the com
plainant entitled to one half the amount Sc
recovered.
Sec. a. That it shall be lawful for any
justice of the peace within this State, upon
affidavit being made by any mechanic, man,
ufacturer, druggist, merchant or tradesman
or his or their agent or attorney, that he has
good reason to believe, and does believe, that
any dies, plates, stamps, or brands are in the
possession OF any person within his county
for the purpose of making false and counter.
felt stamps, brands, imprints, labels, or trade
marks, to issue search warrant, authorizing
the search for and seizure of all such dies,
stamps, brands or plates, and all such i'm
pressions from the same that can be found,
and upon satisfactory proof being made that
such dies, stamps, brands or plates, or the
Impressions therefrom, are to be used for the
purpose of deception and fraud, such justice
shall have full power to order all such stamps
dies, brands and plates, and the impressions
therefrom to be publicly destroyed.
Sec. 5. This act shall be in force from
and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
| MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 30, 1859.