Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-06-06

| lZatlon, Snch additional companies may De so
organized until complete battalion is fornl-
ed.
Sec. 9.~In the return of artillery compa-
nies, consisting of a full complement OF twen-
ty men, if the company and other legal pa
Iades have been made, with full compile
ment of horses, as well as men, such compa-
| ny shall receive the sum allowed to the mimi
mum number of men necessary for an infantry
company; and in proportion, if their num-
bers are less than twenty men, to meet the
increased expense Incidental to the care of
cannon, rent of armoIy and gun room, and
the care of small arms to them issued.
SEC. 10 This act shall take effect on and
from its passage.
ED. A. PARROTT.
| Speaker pro tenn. of the House of Rep
resentatives.
,4srs if Emo ROBERT G. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed April II, 1861.
mo. 81 AN ACT
Supplementary to the tct passed May 3,
1852. to provide for the organization
of cities and incorporated villages.
SECTION l.. Be 1t enacted by the Gen
eral ASSEMBLY of tie State of Ohio, That
the Council of any Incorporated village, which
at the last Federal census had a population
of not less than two thousand Inhabitants,
shall have power to purchase a site and to erect
and maintain village prisor, 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 the 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 in the bill of costs. The Council may,
by ordinance, provide for the keeping of per-
sons, convicted and sentenced to hard labor,
during the term of their Imprisonment, at such
place or places within the corporation as the
said Council may determine,
| SEC. 2. That Council ofevery such incor-
porated villages shall have power to provide
| by ordinance for the summoning and impan-
neling of juries by the Mayor of the village !;
such juries shall have the qualifications of
1 juries in the Court of Common Pleas, Jurors
/ and witnesses in all prosecutions before the
Mayor for violations Of the village ordinances
i 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-
victed and in case ofacquittal shall,be taxed
against .he village, and Except the fees of
the Mayor and MarshaD shall be paid out of
the village treasury upon the certificate of the
Mayor. The Mayor shall have exclusive ju-
risdictlon in all prosecutions for the viola
| tions Of the village ordinances, with full pow
i er to hear and detesmine the same, where
! 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
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 profane Ian
guage in the streets or other public places,
| to the annoyance of its citizens, or otherwise
violating the public peace by indecent and
disorderly conduct or by lewd and lascivious
behavior; and they shall have power, in like
manner, to provide for the punishment of dis
turbers of the peace, common prostitutes,
| pick pockets, burglars and thieves, watch
suffers, and persons practicing any trick or
game, with, intent to swindle, and per-
sons who abuse their families and such pun
ishment may be either by imposing and COL
lecting fines, or by imprisonment at hard labor.
or both, at the discretion of the court. Pro-
vided, that no such person shall be fined for
single offense to exceed fifty dollars, and
that such Imprisonment at hard labor for the
first offense shall not exceed thirty days; and
for the second or any further repetition of
the same offense, not exceeding sixty days
They shall have power to provide that all
persons who shall lefnse or neglet to pay the
fine imposed on conviction of any ofense,
together with the costs of prosecution, shall
be imprisoned and kept at hard labor, until,
at the rate of one dollar for each days labor,
exclusive of Sundays. they shall have earned
an amount equal to such fines and costs, but
not to exceed the time above named. They
Snail also have power to make suitable regu-
latlons to conduct such labor to the best ad-
vantage and in manner consistent with the
proprietles due to age and sex. and just re-
gard to the health of the prisoners.
| SEC a. This act to take effect and be in force
from and after its passage
RICHARD c. PARSONS,
Speaker ofHouse of Representatives.
--fs-'s- ROBERT C. KIRK,
1ss President of the Senate.
Passed April 10, 1861.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STArE,)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 1st, 1861. {
certify that the foregoing acts are true
COPIES from the Original Rolls on file in
this Office. 1lszs,. ta-st
A. P. RUSSELL,
Secretary Of State.
AUDITORS OFEIcE,
Holmes County, o., June 26, 1861.
I. G., F. NEWTON. Auditor of Holmes
County. Ohio, do hereby certify that the
foregoing laws are correctly copied from
the official paper.
G. F. NEWTON, Auditor.
Inna 1891