Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-04-19
mo. G61 AN ACT


70 authorize the Lessees of Ministerial
Section Twenty nine, in Salem Town
ship, Meigs county, to surrender their
Leases and receive Deeds.
Section l. Be ii enacted Jy lie General
AssemJ(y Of tile State of Ohio, That
the lessees, assignees or equitable holders
of any part or parcels of ministerial sec
tion twenty-nine, In original township
number eight Of range number fifteen of
the Ohio company's purchase in Meigs
county, be and they are hereby authorized
to surrender their permanent leases to the
State of Ohio for the use of said township,
the surrender to be made in writing, un-
der seal. to tie Auditor of Meigs county.
who is hereby required to enter in book
TO be by him provided for that purpose,
the date of the original lease, the date OF
the assignment or other evidence of title,
the name of the original lessee, the name
of the person surrendering the same, a
full description of the tract surrendered,
and the rate DER acre at which such tract
was valued at the last appraisement thereof
under said lease.
Sec. Q. That on the surrendering of any
such lease, such lessee, assignee or equi-
table holder shall receive from the auditor
of said county, a certificate of purchase
rendered, by paying therefor the same
price per acre as the same was valued at
at the last appraisement under said lease,
in the manner following: One forth of said
purchase money shall be paid at the time
of the surrender, and the residue shall be
divided into three equal installments, one
of which shall be paid annually, from and
after the date of the surrender until the
whole is paid, the deferred payments TO
bear interest at six per cent per annum,
payable annually; provided, the person
sIri endering shall be permitted to pay the
whole of the purchase money at any time
before the same becomes due; and provi-
ded fur thur, that no person shall be per-
mitted TO make such surrender until all
rents due under said leases shall have been
fully paid.
Sec. 3. That all payments made under
the provisions of this act, shall be made
to the treasurer of said Meigs county, and
the person making the same shall receive
from said treasurer receipt therefor,
which receipt he shall deliver to the said
auditor, who shall file the same in his
Office and charge the treasurer Herewith,
and give to the person making such pay
ment certificate of the same.
Sec f. That the treasurer of said county
shall keep separate accounts of all moneys
received under the provisions of this act,
when, from whom, and on what account
each item was received, and it shall be the
duiy of said county treasurer to make ont
and transmit; on OIL before the first Mon
day in January annually, a transcript Of
said account to the auditor OF state. and
the said county treasurer shall pay over
annually 10 the treasurer of state. at the
time of making his settlement with the
treasurer of state, in February, all the mo-
uey that shall have come into his hands
under the provisions of this act during
the pre- oeding year.
Sec. s. That when any person shall sur
render his lease rs aforesaid, said county
auditor shall give him certificate speei-