Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-05-22
L LAW S OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED eY AUTHORITY

No. 81. AN ACT
10 amend the first section of the act of
April 9, 1852, entitled "an Act to pre-
vent fraudulent Practices.
SEeTIoN l. Be 1t enacted by tie Gen.
erat assembly Of the State of Ohio That
section one of the act of April 9, 1852,
entitled ''an act to prevent fraudulent
practices" be so amended as to read as
follows: Sec. l. If any person shall ex-
ecute and deliver, or shall cause or pro-
cure to be executed and delivered to any
person, any false or fictitious bill of la
ding, receipt, schedule, invoice, or other
written instrument, to the purport or eff
feet that any goods, wares merchandise,
hive stock, or other property usually
transported by carriers had been or were
held, deliyere !, received, placed or de-
posted on board of any steamboat or
water craft, navigating the waters in or
bordering upon the state of Ohio, or at
the freight Office, depot, station or other
place designated or used by any railroad
company or other common carrier for the
reception ofany such property SO usually
transported by carriers; when such goods,
wares, merchandise, live stock or other
property were not held, or had not in
fact and in good faith been delivered, re-
cciyed or deposited on board of such
steamboat or other water craft, or at such
freight office, depot, sta tion or other place
30 designated or used by any common
carrier for the reception of such prop
erty. when such bin of lading, receipt
invoice, schedule or other written instru-
ment was made and delivered according
to the purport and eject of such bill Of
lading, receipt, invoice, schedule or other
written instrument, with intent to de-
ceiye, defraud or dajure any person OF
corporation; or if any person shall in
dorse, assign, transfer or put off, or shall
attempt to inderse, assign, transfer OF
put off any such false or fictitious bill Of
lading, receipt, 5nvoice, schedule OF other
written instrument, knowing the same to
be false, fraudulent or fictitious; the per.
son 80 offending shall be deemed guilty
of a Misdemeaaor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be Imprisoned in the pen
itentiary, and kept at hard labor for {
term not exceeding four years, nor less
than one year.
SEC. 2. That original section of tn,
above manned act be and the same i
hereby repealed; provided, however, tha
suth repeal shall in no wise affect an,
liabilities incurred under the said sec
aion SO repealed, nor any proceeding
under the same which may have been o
which may be hereafter instituted unde
the same.
SEC 3 This act shall take effect an,
be in force from and after its passage
RICHARD c. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT c. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed March %, 1860.
mo. COL AN ACT
Prescribing Rates Of Taxation for Stat
purposes.
SECTION L. Be 1t enacted by the Gen
eral assembly of the State Of Ohio, Tha
there shall be levied on each dollar 0
the taxable property of this State, as val
ued and entered on the grand list of tax
able property for the year eighteen hun
dred and sixty, (18600 for the severa
purposes in this act enumerated, in ad
adition to the taxes now prescribed b
law, taxes at the rates hereafter specified
-namelgyz. Eor the ordinary expenses Q
the State government, including the ex
penses of the public benevolent institu
tions, and other expenses chargeable o
fha -ranaraI fankb %
mill; for the sinking fund, applicable t
the payment Of the interest and the grad
ual reduction of the principal of tn
State debts, and to comply with the pro
visions of the constitution for the grad
ual extinction of the public debt, five
tenths Of one mill, and on each dollar @
the taxable property sof this State as val
eed and entered on the grand list of tax
able property for the year eighteen hun
.dred and sixty-oue, dge- tenths of ON
mill, and thereafter four -tenths of on
mill on the grand list .sf taxable prop
erty, annually.
SEC. 2. That for the purpose of al
fording free education to all the yout
of this State, the State common schoo
fund shall hereafter consist of such SUI
as will be produced by the annual lev
and assessment of one and four -tenths G
mill of the dollar valuation on tn
grand list of the taxable property of tn
State, and no more, which sum is hereb
annually levied for that purpose.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect an
be in force from and after its passage.
RICHARD G. PARSONS, r
Speaker of the House of Representative
ROBERT G. KIRK,
President of the Senate
Passed March 16, 1860.