The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-05-19
AN ACT
mo. 139 !

Supplementary to and to amend an act con.
cerning the relation of Guardian and
Ward,' passed April l2th, 1858.
Section l. Be ii enacted by The General
Assembly Of The State Of Ohio, That section
% Of said act shall be SO amended as to read
as follows: Section %. The guardian of
the person and estate, or of estate only, shall
have power, when for the interest Of the
wsrd, to sell all or any part of the personal
estate of the ward and whenever necessa-
ry for the education, support or payment OF
Just debts of any minor, or for the discharge
of any liens on the real estate of such minor,
or whenever the real estate of such minor is
suffering unavoidable waste, or better in.
vestment of the value thereof can be made,
and the court shall be satisfied that sale
thereof will be for the benefit Of any minor,
the probate court, by whom guardian of
the person and estate, or the estate only, has
been appointed, may, on the application Of
such gardian, order the real estate of such
minor, or part thereof, situate in this state,
to be sold.
Sec. 2. That section 25 be so amended
as to read as follows: Section 25. At the
time appointed for the hearing of said peti.
ton, and being sati, fed that the notice nam
ed in the last preceding section has been
! given, and that such real estate ought to be
sold, the court shall appoint three freeholders
of the county in which said real estate shall
| be situlted, who are not of kin to the petition
er, to appraise said real estate, and the same
shall not be sold for less than two-thirds OF
the appraised value thereof.
Sec. g. That section % be so amended
as to read as follows Section %. Upon
such bond being filed and approved by the
Court, the Court shall order the sale of such
real estate, providing IN the order for rea-
sonable notice, and the place of such sale in
the county in which such real estate shall
lie, and the credit to be given for payment
OF the purchase money, and the deferred
poyments of the purchase money shall be
secured by mortgage, executed by the pur-
chaser, upon the real estate sold, and they
shall bear interest at the rate Of six per cen.
tum per annum, from the day Of sale, paya-
bic annually.
Sec. 4. That section 81 OF said act be
80 amended as to read as follows: Section
3d. When any unmarried woman, who has
been or may be appointed guardian OF
any minor, shall marry, such marriage shall
of itself determine the guardianship of such
; woman and the Probate Court of the pro.
per county shall appoint another guardian
for such minor, to which last named guar
dian all the estate Of such guardian shall
on demand, be delivered up by such former
guardian, and she shall forthwith render hel
, guardianship account to the Court from
.. which she received her appointment for ina
= settlement.
Sec. 5. Any guardian of the person ant
| estate, or of the person only, heretofore OF
hereafter appointed, for any female under o.
over the age of twelve years, or any male un
. der or over the age of fourteen years, may
y if it be necessary, bind such minor to on,
. suitable person, until such minor, if male
. shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years
and if female, at the age of eighteen years
II prc yided, that before the indenture whereof
any minor may be bound to service accord
. ing to this section shall be valid in law, tn
person to whom such minor shall be boun
. as aforesaid, and also the terms and cove
> nants in such indenture, shall he approve
BY the court by whom such guardian wa
appointed, and certificate Of the Judge {
: said court, with the seal of such court, shO
= be attached 10 sucn lnuehture' III 'es'imon
of such appreciation.
Sec. 6. Original sections 25, 25 and 81
are hereby repealed, and this act to take O.
: feet from and after its passage. t~
II e,7 a.. 80 IS. W.. gibson, .
r a,< Speaker pro, TEN. of the. a ..~a
a ~ House of Representative
n +ss 81 MARTIN WELKER, gft.-
"A tag,. President Of the Senate
9 February 30, 1859. oss0 Y ae