The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-06-27

be In force from and after its passage. !
RICHARD G. PARSONS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
-, ~ ,sisR ROBERT G. KIRK,
President Of the Senate.
March 10, 1860. en-
[ No. 80. y AN ACT
Supplementary to the Act entitled can
Act1to provide for the Organization of
Cities and Incorporated Villages, pas.
/ sed March Ii, 1853 ''7E a- Il
Section L. BE it enacted blythe Gener-
al assembly Of the State Of Ohio That
for the purpose of purchasing land for
cemetery, the council Of any municipal
corporation, organized under the act to
which this act supplementary, shall
have power to levy, in addition to the taxes
otherwise authorized by law to be levied,
upon the taxable property of such muni>
eipat corporation, a tax not exceeding one
half of one mill oo the dollar, each year,
during term Of not exceeding six years,
which tax shall be collected in the same
manner as other taxes of such corpora
tion, and the money arising from such
levy shall be set apart exclusively for the
purposes of said purchase; provided, the
aggregate amount levied for said purpose
shall not exceed five thousand dollars.
= Sec. Q. Whenever the council of any
municipal corporation, as aforesaid, shall
have passed an ordinance for the levy of
the, taxes authorized by the foregoing Sec
zion, it shall be lawful for such council to
proceed to purchase land for a cemetery,
and may pledgeto the vendor thereof the
money arising. from said levy, in payment
therefor, SO ffas as the same shall be ne
cessary, together with qseyenty five per
centu1m Of the money accruing from the
sale by such corporation of lots in such
cemetery. as hereinafter provided. and
uponfnll payment to the vendor, of the
purchase money for said land, said NUM-
cipal corporation moy receive from the
vendor an absolute conyeyance thereof:
[I Sec. 81 The council of any municipal
Icorporation which has purchased or>may
hereafter purchase lard for a cemetery,
may cause the same to be laid out into
lots, avenues, alleys or other subdivisions
as shall be deemed expedient, which lots
shall be numbered and the avenues named,
and plat. thereof, made and kept in the
Office of the clerk or recorder, forfthe use
of the public. t'liIvA .84s
Sec: a. For the purpose Of desraying
the expense of purchasing, improving and
embellishing such cemetery, the council
of such municipal corporation may sell
at private sale, or public -vendue, from
time to time, such number of said lots,
and upon such terms and conditions, as
may be. deemed advisable, and may cause
obe executed to the purchasers of said
lots such conveyance as may be necessary
to carry into effect said contracts of sale,
and said conveyances shall, at the expense
lof those receiving them, be recorded in
book to be kept for that purpose, by the
clerk or recorder Of such municipal cor
poration. 7,-aa,1 ss..t
Sec. 5. Seventy FIVE per centum OF
the purchase money, arising from the sale
of said lots, shall be set apart, and appli,
ed to the payment of the purchase money
due t. h vendor ofsaid cemetery grt unds,
and to the repayment of such sums as
may have been paid by such municipal
corporation under hesprovisions of this
act, until the same shall be fully discharg-
ed, and the residue Of the money arising
i from said sales shall be applied to defray
the expenses of improving and embellish-
ling said cemetery grounds.
/ Sec. 6. The council of any municipal
Icorporation owning cemetery, shall have
full power to pass all ordinances necessary
to carry into effect the provisions of this
act or to regulate said cemetery, the i'm
provement, of the same, and the burial Of
1.-The dead therein, to define the tenure and
tconditions on which lots therein shall be
lheld, to protect said cemetery and all FIX
]tures thereon, and to punish all violations
Of such ordinances whether said cemetery
be situated within or without the limits oi
such corporation. ga sdi 80 bsi
| aSec. 1. This act to take effect and be
! in force from and after its passage. isee..
= - RICHARD G. PARSONS,
Speaker of-the house of Representatives
! ls9af y ROBERT G. KIRK,
i - - President of the Senate
March II, 1860. .9t
Ok fa - aa sHf 90 t.l- .t-.-.A
Z No. SO. as'a' AN ACT
Regulating the payment of costs in Prose
80 cutiops for Minor Offences.
Sec. l.. Be 1t enacted by the Genera
assembly Of the State Of Ohio. That nj
cost taxed by any Justice Of the Peace, o
+ Mayor of any city or incorporated villag
! in the State of Ohio, in prosecutions here
3 after commenced before them for any Of
t fence, the punishment whereof is less thai
Imprisonment in the Penitentiary, shall b
: paid out of the county treasury, unles
!, an Information shall be filed in the prope
!; |court, or bill of indictment be foun
: against the person or persons charge
9 with such offence. deaaati a.soi o.
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