The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-04-20
VOLUME 25, No so
9abs Of 0bio.
PUBLISHES ny AUTHORITY
~ ANAcT.

tN0'e'1 ANAcr.
To authorize Courts TO give effect to the inten-
tion of parties and officers by curing defects
omissions and errors in instruments and pro.
ceedmgs. a...ts
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Ohio That in all cases
wherein any officer or officers, party or parties,
person or persons, or body corporate, or persons
intending and undertaking to become a body
corporate has heretofore made or may hereafter
by reason Of any inadvertance or otherwise,
make any omission, dc feet or orror in any in
strument in writing or in any proceeding,
whereby the same shall not be in strict confor-
nifty with the laws ofthis State, it shall become
competent for the Courts Of this State, and
they are hereby authorized to give full effect to
all such instruments and proceedings according
to the true and manifest intention Of the par.
ties thereto.
Sec. 2. That whenever any such error, omis-
sion or defect shall hove occurred or may here
after occur in any instrument or proceeding
which is required to be made a matter ofrecord
1t shall be competent for any person or persons,
party or parties, body corporate or persons in
tending or undertaking so became a body cor
porate having or claiming an interest in the cor,
rection of such error, omission or defect to file
his, her or their petition in any Court of Com.
mon Pleas having jurisdiction in the premises
setting forth particularly the error, defect or o,
mission complained Of and ask an order Of such
court for the correction thereof and in all cases
where such application is made by any body
corporate, or by persons intending and underta
king to become body corporate, such Court
upon being satisfied, that notice Of such appli-
cation, specifying the error, defect or omission
complained ofand OF the time and place ofhear-
ing the same has been duly published for SIX
consecutive weeks in some newspaper in gener-
al circulation in the county where such appli-
cation may be made and in all cases whenever
the patty or parties interested have been duly
brought beforefhe court in the manner prescri-
bed by law for making service in civil actions,
and upon being satisfied that such mistake, err
Tor or omission has been made, shall grant and
make an order TO correct the same, which order
shall be filed in the Office in which such record
is required TO he kept. and from and after such
filing of the said record and the other correct
ing the same shall be received IS evidence in all
cases, in all Courts the same as if no such er-
TOR, omission or defect had never existed
Sec. 8. That when the record to be correct
ed is in any way connected with any body cor
porate, the proceedings men TONED in the last
preceding section shall be had in the Court Of
Common Pleas of the county wherein the prin-
cipal office of such corporation is located, and
in all other cases the same shall be had in the
county wherein such record is kept.
Sec. f. This act shall take effect and be in
full force from and after its passage
's -, WILLIAM b. WOODS.
Speaker Of the House of Representative
& - ~ f. BASSE1"r LANGDON,
President, pro tenn, of the Senate.
March 10, 1859.