Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-04-19

less than imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Sec. 2. This act shall be in force from
and after it's passage.
WILLIAM b. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN lNWELKER, 2 = y "a
President of the Senate.
March 26, 1859. ~ q 4
No. Io4 AN ACT
To Punish Trespasses on Public and other
Lands.
Section /. Be IL enacted by the General
assembly Of tie State If Ohio, That any
person who shall wrongfully and without
lawful authority cut down, fell, box, bore,
or otherwise injure or destroy any living
tree or trees standing or growing on any
lands the property of the State OF Ohio. OF
Of any public or private rcorporated COM
pany, or of any other porson or persons,
or shall otherwise 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 Jail not exceeding twenty days,
or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. All prosecutions under this act
shall be by Indictment before the Court of
Common Pleas in the county where the
offense shall have been committed: pro-
Ivided, that on complaint before justice
of the peace of the county where any Of
| fense shall have been committed, if the
offender elect to plead guilty, the justice
may, at his discretion, enter his plea,
and proceed to pass sentence, and cause
the same TO be carried into execution.
Sec 8. That the act entitled "an act to
punish trespasses on the public lands"
passed March 3st, 1897, be and the same
is hereby repealed: provided, that this re-
peal shall not affect any offense heretofore
perpetrated contrary to the provisions of
said act, but the same may be prosecuted
as if this act had not been passed.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 2G, 1859.
No. 1O8.l AN ACT
TO amend an act entitled can act to es-
tablsh alterations in State and County
Roads," passed March 25th, 1854.
Section L. Be it enacted By the General
AsSenJiy Of tie State cf Ollie, That
the first section of the act entitled ''an act
to establish alterations in state and county
roads" he and is hereby amended so as
20 read as follows: Sec. l. That all al
terations of state or county roads, that are
now or shall hereafter be lawfully made
and established, shall form part of said
road, and SO much of The original road as
lies between points at which the alteration
intersected, or intersects, shall be and re-
main vacated.
Sec. 9. That the original section one to
which this is an amendment is hereby re-
pealed. ..<
Sec. 3. This act 10 take effect and be in |
force from and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 26, l849.
No. 115. AN ACT
10 amend an act entitled can act to regu-
late the sale of school lands and the sur
render of permanent leases thereto"
passed April 10Th, 1852.
Section |, Be 1t enacted Jy The Central
Assena6ly Of tile Stote Of Ohio, That sec
tion second of said act be so amended as
to read as follows: Sec. 9. The trustees
OF any original surveyed township to
which such lands may belong shall, at
least thirty days prior to taking of any
such vote, cause not less than eight mott
ces to be posted up in as many of the
most public places Of such township, noti-
flying the legal voters resident therein to
meet at some convenient place and time
therein specified, and then and there cast
til cir ballots for or against the sale of any
such lands belonging to such township,
and if such vote result in a refusal to sell
said lands, the trustees may in the same
manner authorize the taking of subse- |
quent vote or votes as often as they may |
deem proper; provided, that no such sub
sequent vote shall be taken until one year
shall have elapsed since the last preceding
vote.
Sec 2. That the second section of an
act entitled ''an act to regulate the sale of
school lands and the surrender of perma-
nent leases thereto" passed April 10Th,
1852, be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act thali take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March %, 1859.
No. l6. AN ACT
To prevent the running at large of swine.
Section l. Be IL enacted by The General
assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That it
shall be unlawful for the owners of any
swine in the State of Ohio, said swine
being of the age of sixty days or more, to
suffer the same to go at large off of the
lands of said owner, unless the noses of
such swine shall have been so cut, or rings
shall have been so inserted therein, as TO
ehactually prevent their roofing.
Sec. 2. Any owner Of swine suffering
the same TO go at large, contrary to the
first section of this act, shall be liable to
a penalty of one dollar Ior every swine SO