The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-04-26
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AN ACT
Supplementary to the Act entitled ian Act
to provide for the Organization Of Cities
and Incorporated Villages" passed March
11th, 1853.
SECTION l. Be Il enacted By tho General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That for the
purpose Of purchasing land for a cemetery,
the council Of any municipal corporation,
organized under the act to which this act is
supplementary, shall have power to levy, in
addition to the taxes otherwise authorized
by law to be levied, upon tho taxable prop
erty Of such municipal corporation, q tax
not exceeding one half Of one mill on the
dollar, each year, during a term Of not ex-
ceeding six years, which tax shall be col
lected in the same manner as other taxes Of
such corporation, and the money arising from
such levy shall DO set apart exclusively for
the purposes Of said purchase; provided, the
aggregate amount levied for said purpose
shall not exceed five thousand dollsrs.
SIC. 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 section it shall
be lawful for such council to proceed to pur-
chase land for y cemetery, and may pledge to
the vendor thereof the money arising from
said levy, in payment therefor, so far as the
same shall be necessary, together with sew
enty-fve per centum Of the money accruing
from the sale by such corporation, Of lots in
such cemetery, as hereinafter provided, and
upon full payment to the vendor Of the pur-
chase money for said land, said municipal
corporation may receive from the vendor an
absolute conveyance thereof.
SEC. g.. The council Of any municipal
corporation which has purchased or may
hereafter purchase land for a cemetery, may
cause the same to be laid out into lots, ave-
nues, alleys, or other subdivisions, as shall
be deemed expedient, which lots shall be
numbered and the avenues named, and a
plat thereof made and kept in the office Of
the clerk or recorder, for the use Of the pub
lie.
SEC. 4. For the purpose Of defraying the
expense Of purchasing, improving and en-
bellishing 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 ad-
visable, and may cause to be executed to
the purchasers of said lots such convey
ances as may be necessary to carry into effect
said contracts Of sale, and said conveyances
shall, at the expense Of those receiving them
be recorded in book to be kept for that pur-
pose, by the clerk or recorder Of such munic-
ipal corporation.
SEC. s. Seventy-five per centum Of the
purchase money arising from the sale Of said
lots, shall be set apart, snd applied to the
payment Of the purchase money due to the
vendor Of said cemetery grounds, and to the
prepayment Of such sums as may have been
paid by such municipal corporation under the
provisions Of this act, until the same shall
DO fully discharged, and the residue of the
money arising from said sales shall be ap-
piled to defray the expenses Of improving
and embellishing said cemetery grounds.
SEC. 6. The council Of any municipal
corporation owning a cemetery shall have full
power to pass all ordinances necessary to
carry into effect the provisions Of this act or
to regulate said cometry, the improvement
Of the Same, and tho burial Of the dead there.
in, to define the tenure and conditions on
which lots therein shall be held, to protect
said cemetery and all fixtures thereon, and
to punish all violations Of such ordinances
whether said cemetory be situated within or
without the limits Of such corporation.
SEC. T.. This act to take effect and DO in
force from and after its passage.
RICHARD c. PARSONS,
Speaker of tho House Of Representatives..
ROBERTO. KIRK,
President Of the Senate.
Passed March II, 1850.
AN ACT
To provide for the Confinement Of Prisoners
under the laws Of the United States, in
tho Jails ofthis State, and to repeal certain
Acts therein mentioned.
SEcTroN l. Re IL enacted by the General
assembly of the State Of Ohio, That the Sher-
III or the keeper of every iail in anV coun-