Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-06
ROBERT G. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed April 10, 1861.

Supplementary to the tct passed May 3,
1852 to provide for the organization
of cities and incorporated villages.
SECTION l. Be ii enacted Jy tile Cen
eral Assemly Of tie .Stote of Ohio, That
the Council of any Incorporated village, which
at the last Federal census had population
! of not less than two thousand inhabitants,
| shall have power to purchases site and to erect
and MAINTAIN avillage prison, and for the pur-
chase of the site and the erection of the prison
they may, for not more than three years levy
tax not exceeding one mill on tho dollar
valuation of the taxable property of said vii
| lage The prison to be in keeping and con-
troll of the village Marshal, under such rules
and regulations as the Council shall prescribe.
1t shall be his duty to provide all persons
confined therein with necessary food during
their confinement, and the cost thereof, not
exceeding twenty five cents per day to each
person, to be paid out Of the treasury and
taxed iu the bill of costs. The Council may,
| by ordinances, provide for the keeping of per-
sons, convicted and sentenced to hard labor,
daring the term oftheir Imprisonment, at such
said Council may determine,
Src' ?. That Council ofevery such incor-
porated villages shall have power to provide
by ordinance for the sllmmoning and impan-
neling of juries by the Mayor of the village;
| such jurics shall have the qualifications of
jures in the Court of Common Pleas, Jurors
and witnesses in all prosecutions before tho
Mayor for Violations of the village ordinances
shall receive the same the same fees that are
allowed by law in civil actions before justices
of the peace ; the fees af the Mayor and Mar
shal in such cases shall be provided for by
ordinance, all of which fees in case of convic-
tion, shall he taxed against the parties con-
,f.,l t.xy
against .he village, and (eXcept tho fees OF
the Mayor and Marshal) shall be paid out of
the village treasury upon the certificate of the
Mayor. The Mayor shall have exclusive ju-
risdicton in all prosecutions for the viola
tions Of the village ordinances, with full pow
| cr to hear and detesmine the same, where q
, jury is not demanded, in cases where it may
be properly claimed, he may award and issue
any process that may be necessary to enforce
; the administration ofright and justice through.
, out the village, and for the lawful exercise of
his jurisdiction, according to the usages Of
law. ..r
; SEC. 8. That the council of any incorpo-
rated village having the population named in
the first section of this act, shall have power
to provide by ordinance for the punishment
of persons disturbing the good order and
quiet Of the village, by clamor and noise In
the night season, by intoXication, drunken
ness, fighting, using obscene and prolane lam
\ guago in the streets or other public places,
to the annoyance of its citizens, or otherwise
violating the public peace by indecent and
disordery conduct or by lewd and lascivious
$ bchavor and they shall have power, in like
$ manner, to provide fr the punishment Of dis
turbers OF tho peace, common prostitutes,
! pick pockets, burglars and thieves, watch
/, slunttS, @ a,ln Pe.s"ns P.ao'ic,.s nny .ai1n VI
sons s%' Who abiisc tLcir families: and sucb nun
ishmcnt may be either by imposing and COL
e lectins fines, or by imprisonment at hard labor,
OF oG'h' AZ ,he oisS'ouon oi .nv Iou'e h s5 TO-
Niuea lh no such lersGn s, sna,' d,, 10 m'u ,o5
Q hat sncb imnrisonmcnt at hard labor for the
for the second or any further repetition of
a the same o'Iense' not exceeding sixty daysM
n persons @ ' who Shall ,eiuso or neglet to pay the
ine imposed on conviction o. any ofis1ss,, ms,
DC priSonyH "a Il"r hI' AZ tar c oach Savi %
the rate OF O"S .b" JuJ bave
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