Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-06-09
AN ACT

AN ACT
To authorize city councils in cities of the lst class
having population of less than eighty thousand
and more than thirty five thousand to appoint
inspectors of provisions and other articles.
Sec. 1. Be Il enacted Jy the Gens7a Assembly
of the Stateef OAio, That in every city in the
State of Ohio of the first class, now having pop
ulation ofless than eighty thousand and more than
thirty-fve thousand, the city council shall have
exclusive power to appoint any citizen citizens
Of said city, whom said city council may deem suit
ably qualified to act within and for said city as in
spectors of such articles as are specified in the act
entitled can act for the inspection Of certain arti
cles therein named. passed March 8, one thous-
and eight hundred and thirty -one, and the act to
amend the same, passed February eleventh, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two; which said
inspectors shall, within and for said city, have the
same powers, perform the same duties, take the
same oaths or affirmations, be governed by the
same rules and liable to the same penalties as are
prescribed in the acts above mentioned.
Sec. 2. The appointment, with the license here
matter provided for, may authorize said inspector
Or inspectors, or any one or more of them, to in
spect any one or more of the articles named in the
act above mentioned.
Se,. 8. Every person appointed by said council,
as an inspector under the provisions of this act,
shall, before entering upon the duties Of his Office,
enter into bond with sufficient security, to be ap-
proved of by the said council, in the penal sum of
three thousand dollars, for the inspection of beef
pork butter and lard, one thousand dollars for the
inspection of fish, and one thousand dollars for the
inspection of foreign and domestic spirits and lin
seed oil, conditioned for the faithful performance
of the duties of his office; which bond shall be fl
ed and made payable to, the treasurer of said city,
and shall also. If the council shall deem it neces-
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Sec. A. Any person who may claim himselfin-
jured by the misconduct, neglect, or incapacity of
any said inspectors. may institute suit on copy
ofthe bond of such inspector, certified by the trea
sursr of said city, for the of the person suing
and the same proceedings shall be had thereon,
with the same provisions as are contained in the
third section of the act entitled san act for the in
specion of certain articles therein named, passed
March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-one-
Sec. 5. The said city council are hereby autho-
rized to require each and every person appointed
under the provisions of this act, before entering
upon the duties of said Office, to pay to the treas
of said city for the of said city, such sum,
not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dol
lars, for the license to inspect beef pork, butter
lard not less than two hundred and fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars for the license to inspect
fish from year to year, and not less than seventy
five nor more than one hundred dollars for the Ii
cense to inspect and gague foreign and domestic
spirits and inseed oil, as the said council may from
year to year deem proper; and on such payment,
shall be entitled to receive from the clerk of said
city, license authorizing the person therein NAM
ed to act as such inspector until the first day of
April next after the date thereof and in case of
vacancy occurring by death, or otherwise, during
the term for which any inspector shall have been
licensed as aforesaid, the council may fill said va