The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-06-01
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Passed March 25, 1860.
No. sl.1 AN ACT

rNo. sl.1 AN ACT
To amend tho first section of the act OF
April o, 1852. entitled ian Act to prevent
Fraudulent Practices"
Section l. Be IL enacted BY he General
Assembly Of the State Of Ohio. That section
one Of tho act of April Q, 1859, entitled "an
act 10 prevent fraudulent practices" be so
amended as to read as follows: Soc. l. II
any person shall execute and deliver, or
shall cause or procure to be executed and
delivered TO any porson, any false or ic.
titous bill of lading, receipt, schedule. in
voice, or other written Instrument, to the
purport or effect that any goods, wares,
merchandise, live stock, or other property
usually transported by carriers, had boen or
wero held, delivered, received, placed, or
deposited on board of any steamboat or
wator craft, navigating tho wators in or
Bordering upon tho state of Ohio, or ut the
freight Office, depot, station or other place
desi gnated or used by any railroad company
or other common carrier for tho reception
Of any such property 50 usually transported
, by carriers; when such goods, wnres, mer-
> chaudise, live stock or other property were
,, not hold, or had not In fact and in good
= : faith been delivered, received or deposited
: on board of such steamboat or other water
al Grail, UT dt buCu toiRut OhiOOyuoPo's oto"oh
= or other place SO designated or used by any
common carrier for tho reception OF such
;. property. when such bill. of lading, receipt,
= invoice, schedule or othor written instrument
. was nude and delivered according to tho
- purport and effect of such bill of lading, ro-
:, cept, invoice schedule or other written in
!. strument, with intent to deceive, defraud or
! injure any person or corporation or II
- any person shalt indorse, assign, transfer or
- - put off, or shall attompt to indorse, assign,
y, transfer or put of any such false or fic-
u ttious bill of lading, receipt, invoice, sched-
- ule or other written instrument, knowing
= the same to be false, fraudulent or Rc,itiousi
n the person so offending shall be deemed
:, guilty of misdcmeanor, aud upon convc
:" ton thereof shall be imprisoned in tho peni
~, tentiary, and kept at hard labor for tern
~ ~ not exceeding four years, nor less than on'
ks year.
10 Sec. 2. That original section of the abov'
~, al named act DO and the samo is hereby rc
'a Io peaiod; provided. however, that such ropea
h shall in no wise affect any liabilities incurre'
w under the said section SO rpealod, nor an.
IA. proceedings under tho same which ma
10 have boon or which may be hereafter insii
tuted undor the same.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and
In force from and after It's passage.
RICHARD y. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives..
ROBERT G. kirk.
Presidcni Of ths Senate.
Passed March 22, 1860.
W TNo 98.1 AN ACT
or To prevent and punish malicious injuries
m church edices, school houses and oths
rs, buildings.
sai Section l. BE il enacted by the GenerG
or .4ssembiy Of he Stdie Of Ohio That II an
fol person shall willfully and maliciously injur
on any church odlfice, school houso, dweilin
nd house or other building, not boing his ow
en- property, or in any way disRgure tho sam
with paint or otherwise, or dofaee the sam
,et by painting thereon any obscene word
10. figures or devices. or by posting thereon an
or paper or other material bearing such word
n. figures or doviceS, ho shall DO punished
or fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, {
on by imprisonment in the county jail not Q,
n. cOoding ninety days, or both said punisl
,o. ments in the discretion of tho court.
n RICHARD c. PARSONS.
at Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
or ROBERT q, KIRK,
Passed March "a, 1860.