The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-03-30

or may be authorized to serve by law.
Sec. 2. That said original section one hundred
and eighty-six is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act to take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
E. BASSETT LANGDON,
President, pro tenn, of the Senate.
February IA, 1859.
mo. 2s.1 AN ACT -
To authorize the making of real estate indexes, and
further to prescribe the duties of County Commiss-
toner's and Recorders in certain counties.
SECTION. /. Be IL enacted BIZ the General assembly
Of the State of Ohio, That it shall be the duty of the
county commissioners of all counties in this State
having a population of more than two hundred thou
sand inhabitants, to employ, at a reasonable compen-
sation, to be fixed by them, and to be paid out of the
county treasury upon the order of said commission
ers, one or more competent persons, who shall under
the direction of the recorder, make out and complete
general indexes from the records of all the real
estate situate in such county, in addition to the alpha
betical indexes now provided for by law, by placing
under the heads of the original surveyed sections or
parts of a section, squares, subdivisions, or lots, on
the left page of such index book: LIST. The name of
the grantor or. grantors. I'd. Next to the right the
name of the grantee or grantees. Sd. Then the
number and page of the record, where the instru-
ment is found recorded. 4th. The character of the
instrument, to be followed by a pertinent description
of the property conveyed by such deed, lease, or as
signment of lease and on the opposite page, in like
manner, all the mortgages and liens, or other lncum-
ORANGES affecting said real estate.
Sec Z. IL snail De the duty OF the recOruer 10
procure, at the expense of the county, suitable books
for such indexes.
Sec. 3. AS soon as the indexes, provided for in
the first section of this act, shall be brought up and
completed, it shall become the duty of the recorder
of every snch county to keep up said general indexes
in the manner prescribed by the first section of this
heads, all deeds, leases, assignment of leases, mort
cages, liens, and other instruments, affecting the I'll
tie to such real estate, and in the order as they are
filed in his office for record.
Soc Il n MFR IN CIInh IndnX of
any lot, piece or parcel of land, the recorder shall be
allowed the sum of five cents, to be paid by the per-
son leaving such instrument of the conveyance or
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
WILLIAM b. WOODS,
., Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Z. BASSETT LANGDON,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
February IA, 1859.
mo-. 24.7 AN
supplementary to an act entitled san act defining
certain duties of clerks, sheriffs, and prosecuting
attorneys passed February 26, +S42.
Sec. l.. Be 1t enacted by the General assembly of
the State of Ohio, That it shall be the duty of every
clerk of every court of record to receive from the
hands ofthe sheriff, or other officer ofthecourt, alcosts
taxed upon any writ issued from the court, such as
appraisers fees, printer5 fees, or any other fees ne
cessarily incurred in the execution of any such writ,
pay the same over to the persons entitled thereto
on demand; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff,
VI Otu6T OulceI u OuEL IL liza oaOLA SO1sct i
pay the same over to the clerk of the court from
which the writ issued giving the name of each indi-
vidual, and the amount which each is entitled to re-
eeive.
B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
E. BASSETT LANGDON,
President pro TEN. of the Senate.
February IA, 1859.
mo. %. AN C
To amend the 514th section of the Code of Civil
Procedure.
Sec. Re II enacted bv the GaneraI assembly of
State of Ohio, That the 314th section of the act
entitled AN act to establish a code of civil procedure,
,e so amended as to read as follows: Sec. 314. The
GLOWING persons shall be incompetent to testify:
st. Persons who are of unsound nina at the time Oh
heir production for examination. I'd. Children I'M
ler ten years of age, who appear incapable OF re-
.eiving just Impressions of the facts respecting
which they are examined, or of relating them
ruly. Sd. Husband and wife, for or against
other or concerning any communication made by
me to the other, during the marriage, whether call l.
d as q witness while that relation subsisted, or af-
erwards, except in actions where the wife, were she
feme sole; woul d be plaintiff or defendant; in
which action the wife may testify. Either the hus-
,and or wife may testify, but not both. 4th. An
ttorney, concerning any communication made to
i'm by his client, in that relation, or his advice there
n, without the clients consent. 5th- A clergyman :
priest, concerning any confession made to him in i
is professional character, in the course of discipline I
njoined by the church to which he belongs, without
he consent of the person making the confession t
th. No person who would if a party be incompetent
o testify under the provisions of Section 813, shall /
'ecome competent by reason of an assignment of his t
lain. i
Sec. 2. That section 314 of the said act to estab- q
ish a code of civil procedure, as said section was
mended by the act of April 18th, 1858, be, and the
is hereby repealed. q
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage. c
WILLIAMS B. WOODS, 4
Speaker of the House of Representatives. +
E. BASSETT
President pro tenn. of the Senate. t
February IA, 1859. G
No. 26.1 AN C
% prohibit Watchmena and other Police Officers from
claiming Witness Fees in certain cases.
Sec. /. Be it enacted By the General Assembly Of
he State Of Ohio, That no Waterman or other police
ficer shall be entitled to any witness fees in any
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