The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-07-07

lands and town lots adjacent to and lying
near said free turnpike road, as were subject
10 taxation for the construction Of said road
or to pay for the same, at the time when by
the expiration of its charter, or otherwise
the right to tax such lands and town lots
ceased. Said smount shall be assessed upon
such lands and town lots according to their
true value In money, as shown by their val.
uation contained in the county duplicate /;
and whenever by the laws in force immedi-
ately preceding the time when the right to
levy taxes for the benefit OF any such road
ceased, different rates of taxation were au'
thorzed upon the lands adjacent to or lying
near any such road, according to their prox'
unity to such road, the amount authorized to
be levied by this act shall be so assessed
upon those lands as to preserve the same rel
alive proportions between the taxes on the
several tracts as formerly: provided, thai
said county commissioners may in their dis
creton divide the aggregate Of such indebt-
edness into installments not exceeding five
in number, and order, that one of those in
stallments be assessed and collected annu.
ally, the amount 30 assessed shall be collect.
ed in the same manner as state and county
taxes.
Sec. 8. Immediately after the settle.
ment OF the county treasurer with the coun-
ty auditor in August of any year next after
that in which any assessment has been made
as herein provided, to pay the indebtedness
of any free turnpike road company, the
county auditor shall proceed to ascertain
the net amoGnt of money collected on ac-
count of the indebtedness of such free turn
pike road company; and if the amount so
collected is sufficient to pay the whole OF
such Indebtedness, he shall proceed to pay
all orders of said road company on presen.
tation, by his warrants drawn on the coun
ty treasurer payable out OF the proper fund,
and shall cancel said orders and keep them
on file in his office; but if the net amount
so collected shall be insufficient to pay said
orders in full, or said amount of indebted.
ness shall have been ordered to be collected
in annual installments, the county auditor
shall divide the net amount collected pro
rata among the holders of said orders, tax.
ing up and cancellng the original orders,
and issuing new orders for the balances un
paid.
Sec. 4. Whenever any free turnpike
road shall have been finished according to
law, with an outstanding debt unprovided
for, and the right to levy special taxes for
the benefit of such roud shall not have ceas .
ed, such special taxes, when collected, shall
be applied exclusively to the payment of
such debt, till the same shall be paid in
full.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
e Al. f D.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
mo. 3d. AN ACT
To enable Associations of Persons for the
improvement Of any Mineral or medical
Springs in Ohio, to become Bodies Cor
porate.
Section /. Be 1t enacted By the General
Assembly Of The State Of Ohio, That any
number of natural persons, not less than
five, may become a body corporate with all
the rights, privileges and powers conferred.
and subject TO all the restrictions of this
act.
Sec. Q. That any number of persons as
aforesaid, associating themselves together
for the purpose of improving any of the
mineral springs in the State Of Ohio, and
making the same proper and suitable place
for the reception and accommodation of in
valids and other visitors, shall under their
hands and seals make certificate, which
shall specify as follows: First-The name
assumed by such company or association,
and by which it shall be known. Second
The number Of mineral or medicinal
springs to be improved as aforesaid, and
place where situated. Third-The amount
of capital stock necessary, and the amount
of each share thereof. Such certificate shall
acknowledged before justice of the peace
or other proper officer, and shall be for.
warded to the Secretary of State, who shall
record and carefully preserve the same in
his office; and copy thereof duly certified
by the Secretary of State, under the great
seal Of the State of Ohio, shall be evidence
OF such corporation or company.
Sec. 8. That when the foregoing provi
sions have been complied with, the persons
named as corporators in said certificate, are
hereby auth orized to carry into effect the OBJ
jects named in said certificate, in accord
ance with the provisions of this act and
they and their associates, successors and as
signs, by the name and style provided in
said certificate, shall thereafter be deemed
body corporate, with succession, with
power to sue and be sued, plead and be i'm.
pleaded, defend and be defended, contract or
be contracted with, acquire and convey, at
pleasure, all such real and personal estate
as may be necessary and convenient to car.
ry into effect the objects of the incorpora-
IN n nd
the same to alter at pleasure, and do all
needful acts to carry into effect the objects
for which it was created; and such compa.
ny shall possess all the powers, and sha
be subject to all the rules and restrictions OF
this act.
Sec. 4. Amy company or association, or.
ganized for the the purposes aforesaid, shall
have power to take by purchase or other
wise, and hold such real and personal prop.
erty and estate, as may be deemed necessa-
ry for successfully commencing and con-
Quoting the business Of the association, and
shall have power to lease, sell or convey,
or mortgage the same, Of part thereof, in
such manner and for such purposes as NAV
be prescribed by the rules and regulations
of the company, and not inconsistent with
the laws of this State. And said company
shall olso have power to deal in the trans
portation and sale of the mineral waters
yielded by their springs, and to manufacture
glass and other vessels for holding the
same; to engage in quarrying stone, marble
or slate; mining coal, ores and other mine
rails situated on their lands, end manufactur.
ing the same, in whole or in part or both,
and to erect and provide buildings for the
a.
quenting said spring or springs, and to de.
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