American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-06-23

Sec. Z. Each stockheldeT shall be individ. !
rally liable for all the debts OF the company in |
IN amount equal 10 the amount OF bis subs
seription thereon ia addition thereto.
Sec. 8. This act shall be in force from and !
after its passage.
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER.
President Of the Senate.
April ., 1859.
mo. 100. e.f. AN ACT
In Relation to Public Records.
Section 1. Be il enacted By tks General As
Senlbly efLhs State Of Ohio, That it shall be
the duty Of the county commissioners Of any
county to cause any public records of said
county to be indexed or transcribed, whenev-
eT the public interest shall require the same
to be done, OF when the same may be neees-
saky 10 facilitate the business Bppertaining to
the Office to which such records belong; and
to pay in compensation to the PERSONS employ
ed for the same, any price not exceeding five
cents a case for indeSipg, and ten cents for
every hundred words for tEanscTibing. And
all contracts heretofore made by thefeounty
OF any county FOR such index
ing or tTanscribing, are hereby con hrmed and
declared valid; such compensation to be paid
out Of the county treasury, upon the order OF
the county commissioners and the order OF the
county auditor. ltit.
Sec. .. This aet shall be inforce from and
after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives. Z
MARTIN WELKER
rllj jtG President Of the Senate.
. April 2, 1852.
fNo I69N AN ACT
TO protect Literary Societies.
Sec. /. Be il enacted By the General As.
ssnbly Of the State of Ohio. That il any per-
son OF persons shall hereafter wifuliy disturb,
moIest or interrupt any literary society, or any
school or society formed for the intellectual
Improvement Of its nembers,A such person or
persons so offending shall be deemed guilty Of
misdeme amor, and on conviction thereof,
shall be fined in any sum not less than five
nor more than twenty dollais, with costs OF
prosecution, and shall stand committed until
such fine shallha been paid: provided such
commitment shall not exceed Ave days; and
provided, further, that the judgment for costs
shall not be stated until such costs shall have
been fully paid. f1
Sec. Q. Tha. it shall be the duty OF any
| Judge Of probate, justice OF the peace, or mays
or 0fany city, town, or incorporated village III
this state, upon information by affidavit, 10 is
sue his warrant, causing the body Of the ac
cused forthwith 10 be brought before him, and
il, upon the investigation, shall be found gull
", to adjudge against said guilty party or par
ties, the penalty provided in the first section
OF this act.
Sec. 8. All prosecutions under this act
shall be in the name Of the State Of Ohio and
all such fines collected shalt be paid into the
township treasury, of the proper township,
for the benefit Of common schools therein.
Sec. a. This act shall be N force from and
after its passage.
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
f'N '-hA MARTIN WELKER
4 |t President OF the Senate.
Aptito, 1859. i"'
No. l63. aH''l AN ACT -.btha
'Po amend the iorty.fourth section Of an act
entitled an act 10 provide for the organiza
tion OF cities and incorporated villages, pas.
ssd May 3, 1852.
Section /. BE 10 enacted by the General As,
ssmbig Of tie SbaE Of Ohio, That section
forty fourth ef the above named act be SO a.
mended as TO read as follows Sec. AZ. The
corporate authority OF incorporated villages,
organized or TO be organized under the provis
ion Of this act, for the special purposes OF be.
ing road district, shall be vested in three
"
ding within the limits OF such special road dis
trioIs, and who shall hold their Office for three
years, except as herein provided, and until
their successors are elected and qualified. At
the first meeting Of the trustees elected under
the provisions Of this act, they shall determine
BY lot the term Of service ofeach trustee so elec-
ted that one OF the trustees shall serve for the
term OF one year, and one for the term Of two
years, and one for the term Of threee years;
and at every succeeding annual election of
any special road district, they shall elect one
trustee who shall serve for the term OF thIee
years: the said trustees shall appoint either
from their own body or from the qualified vo.
tiers Of the coIporation, q clerk, and may ap-.
point supervisor or such other officers or a :
gents as may be necessary; and by proper by.
laws or ordinances prescribe the duties and
compensation OF the officers so appointed, and
may remove any such officers, and may appint
others at their discretion The said trustees
shall have power TO fiA any vacancy which
may happen in their own body from the quail.
fled voters OF the corporation, and the person
so appointed shall continue IN Office until the
hextfegular election. u until his successor is eS
lected aud qualified; and any two Of the said
trustees may act, but notice of any meeting
10 al.
7 Sec. 2. That the foriy>fourth section Of an
act entitled an act TO provide for the organza>
tion Of cities and incorporated villages, pass
ed May 3, 1859, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 3. That this act shall be in force from
and after its passage.
LII WILLIAM B. WOODS.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.,
MARTIN WELKER,
President Of the Senate.
April. ., $50.
No. i64 AN ACT
| TO provide fOE the Payment Of Indebtedness
Of Townships, incurred for the support o
| the poor.
Section /. BE IL enacted by the General As
sembiy ofths StGts Of Ohio, That the trustee
Of townships be aAd are hereby authorized I
leyy annually, any sum not exceeding thTe
mills on the dollar valuation, in addition :
Il he.levles now authoTiaed BY law, for the pay
ment otindebtedness heretofore contracted b
4 the township for The support Of the poor.
~ Sec Q. This act shall take effect and
. in force from and after its passagei asi
J WILLIAM b. WOODS,
III Speeker sof The House Of Representatives,
. t@s e.ae MARTIN WELkER. ~
II ~ 3 es5 PTss'aentsof the Senate.