The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-07-11
Spirit Of Democracy,
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,

Laws OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CNo TOT AN ACT
To prevent Collisions on Railroads within the
State of Ohio.
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted Jy the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
whenever the tracks of two railroads in the
State Of Ohio cross each other at common
grade, the crossings shall be made kept up,
and watchmen maintained at the joint expense
of the companies owning said tracks, and all
trains or engines passing over s. aid tracks shall
come to . full stop not nearer than two hun
dred feet nor further than eight hundred feet
from said crossing, said crossing, signaled
80 to do by the watohman, nor until the way
is clear; and when two passenger or freight
trains come up at the same time, the train ON
the road first built shall have precedence; pro-
vided, they are both main tracks over which
all passengers and freights on said roads are
transported but if only one is such main track
and the other is side depot track, then
the train on the main track shall take prece-
dence; but if one of said trains is passenger
and the other a freight train, then the former
shall take precedence. Regular trains on time
shall take precedence over trains of the same
grade not on time, and engines, with cars at
tached, not on time, shall take precedence of
engines without cars attached If not on time.
The same rule as above provided shall apply
in all respects where the tracks of two rail
roads in any way connect.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the managing
agent or superintendent on every railroad in
the State of Ohio, Immediately after the taking
effect Of this ac', to establish and publish to
all the employees on said railroad such rules
and regulations as shall, in all cases, secure
strict compliance with the provisions of the
foregoing section, and to republish such rules
or regulations on every time table or card is
sued to the employees on said road: and in
case such managing agent or Superintendent
shall fail or neglect to establish and publish
such rules and regulations, or to republish the
same on each time table or card issued to the
employees ON said road, for every such neglect
or refusal, said managing agent or superin-
tendent shall be personally liable to penalty
of one hundred dollars, to be recovered, to-
gether with costs, in an action against him in
favor Of the State of Ohio to be brought in
the Court of Common Pleas Of any county
where any such crossing may exist; any such
agent or superintendent, and the railroad COM
pany of which he is agent or superintendent,
shall also be liable in damages to any person
or company who may be injured in person or
property by any accident arising from neg
lect to establish, publish or republish such
rules and regulations as above provided, and
said agent or superintendent shall also be liza
bic to criminal prosecution therefor.
SEC. 8. That every engineer, or person in
charge of an engine, who shall fail to comply
with the provisions of the first section of this
act, and shall fail to bring the engine of which
he is in charge, with the train, if any, thereto
attached, to q full stop at least two hundred
feet before arriving at any railroad crossing or
connection, or shall CROSS the same before sig
nailed 30 to do by the watchman, or before the
way is clear, shall be personally liable there
for to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be
recovered by civil action, at the suit of the
State Of Ohio, in the Court of Common Pleas
of any county where any such crossing or con-
nection exists, and the company in whose en-
.ploy such engineer or person in charge of an
engine may be, as well as the person himself,
shall be liable in damages to any person or
company who may be injured in person or
property by the neglect or act of said engineer
or person in charge of an engine as aforesaid;
and such engineer or person in charge of an
engine shall also, in case any person be Killed
by reason of his neglect or failure to bring
such engine anj train of cars, if any there be
attached thereto, to full stop at least two
hundred feet before reaching a crossing or
connection with the track of another railroad,
or by reason Of bis crossing the same before
being signaled SO to do by the watchman there
stationed, or before the way is clear, be liable
TO indictment, conviction and punishment for
manslaughter; or in case any psrson sustain
bodily injury, not affecting life, by reason
thereof, then such engineer or person in charge
OF an engine as aforesaid, shall be considered
guilty Of misdemeanor, and shall, on con-
viction thereof in the proper court of the
county whore such bodily injury occurred, be
imprisoned in the Jail of the county not less
than one nor more than twenty months, or be
fined in any sum not more than five hundred
dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court
SEC. A. That section six of the act entitled
san act to amend the act entitled an act to
provide for the creation and regulation of in
teorporated companies in the State of Ohio,'
passed April s, 1857, be and the same is here
by repealed.
ssEc. 5. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage. ri
ssla RICHARD G. PARSONS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
sa a9k ROBERT c. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
S March "a, 1850.
1 No. 96. AN ACT -
- Toprevent and punish child stealing.
Sec. l.. Be 1t enacted By the General
Assenbly Of the Stale Of Ohio. That every
person who shall maliciously, or forcibly, or
fraudulently, lead, take or carry away, or de-
coy or entice away, any child under the age of
ten years, with intent unlawfully to detain cr
conceal such child from its parent or parents.
or guardian, or other person having the law
fol charge of such child, shall upon conviction
thereof, he imprisoned in the penitentiary and
kept at hard labor not more than seven years
nor less than one year.
Sec 2. Every person who shall aid, abet
or procure the commission of the ofense de-
dued in the preceding section of this act, or
shaft knowingly harbor or conceal, with in
tent to detain from its parent or parents, or
guardian, any child under the age of ten years
So led, taken, carried, decoyed or enticed away
as in the preceding section specified, shall
upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the
penitentiary and kept at hard labor not more
than seven years nor less than one year:
3 Sec 8. This act shall take effect on its
passage.
RICHARD PARSONS.