The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-03-30
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county.
sn3noS Be IL saaeted by he Gsns,sd
1SSembiV Of He Slate of Ohio, That from
aud altey the taking effect oil this section OF
this act. as he reina(tcr provided, the scat
of Justice in the county OF Wood shall be
retgyedfrom the town Of Perry sLhrs. and
shah he permanently fixed, until otherwise
provided by law, at the town Of bowling
Green, in said county. .f
SIC. 2. That tho foregoing section Of
tins act shall take effect aud be in force
when and so soon as ihe, Same shall be
adopted by a majority of an the electors Of
said Wood County, voting ct the next gen
eral election after the passage thereof as
hereinafter provided. al
SIC. 3, The electors of said Wood
County, at the next general election aItor
the passage of this act shall iudorse, or
otherwise place OH their tickets, either the
words nor removal or 'Ngainst removal
and if a majority OF all the. electors OF said
Wood County voting at said election, shall
vote for"remoSal,' the first section of this
act sliall thercupon be considered and
holden to be adopted by such majority
Provided, that all tickets upon which the
words (" for removal slialln be indorscd,
or otherwise placed, shall be taken and con.
sidered as votes against removal as fully
as though tho words against removal
wcreindorsed or placed thereon
Size. {. That the judges and clerks of
election in the several townships, IN said
comfy at the said election shall cause all
the votes that may be given tor removal,
or against removal, to be correctly counted,
in the same manner that other votes are by
law required TO be counted, lin doing
which, all tickets upon which tho words
= for removal" shall not be indorsed, or
otherwise placed, shall he counted as votes
against removal, as fully as though the
words against removal were indorsed or
otherwise placed thereon,) aud they shall
enter aud certify in tho poll books respect.
ivey, of said general election, the number
OF votes so counted for removal, and the
number so counted against removal, which
poll books shall be returned and opened as
required by tue acts regulating said gen
eral elections and the opening of the returns
thereof; and the officers opening the re-
turns of said election, shall at the same
time that they make, certify aud sign the
the abstracts required by law. also make,
certify and sign separate abstract of al
the votes so returned for removal or against
removal, showing the number so given in
each township, and the footirgs or aggrc-
gate number so given in all Il 9 townshirH,
which abstract shall forthwith be deposited
in the clerks office of said comfy, aud
shall forthwith be recorded by the clerk in
the journal Of the court of common pleas of
said county, which record, or duly certified
copy thereof, shall bc taken and received
as legal evidence for all purposes of the
result of said voting.
SEC. D. That in case n majority of
electors in said county OF Wood shah vote
"for removaLn as hercinbefore provided,
the public business of the comfy shall con-
tinue TO be Transacted in the buildings
now occupied for holding courts, ard for
other county purposes, until such time a,
new buildings shall be erected at the pro.
posed seat OF justice as provided by law.
SEC 6. 1t shall be the duty of the sheifTr
or coroner as the case may be. TO carse
publication TO be made 10 the qualified
voters of said county, in the same manner
and at the same time, as by law lie is re-
quired to do in other electious, notifying
said electors to vote as Aforesaid upon the
question by this act submitted to them, pro-
yided however that the omission tospublisli
such proclamation, shall not be deemed to
impair the validity of any returns that are
made in pus a1ce of section ur of this
act, and il such case the judges of election
shall, nevertheless, return a statement of
the votes for and against said removal as
hereinbefore provided
SIC. Z. The SECTIONS of this act, suhse,
qpent to the FIRST section, shalt take effect
and be IN force Oh the passage of this bill.
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The Old Birthstone Devil sts
Old Nick has appeared to his Democrat
ic friends in Bracken County. Kentucky.
with his old fashioned concomitants, horns,
tail 'loofs aud all Hois thus described by
an eyewitness:
Standing to the right Of the upper cabin
near the fence that separates the negroes
garden from the house yard, waa creature
of gigantic stature and tile most horri(ying
appearance. 1t was nearly as high as tie
comb OF the cabin, and had monstrous
head not dissinhllr in shape to that of ;in
ape; tw0 short very white horns appearcd d
above each eye its arms were long, COW
cred with shaggy hair of an ashen hue, and
terminated with huge paws not unlike those
of the cat, ard armed with long and booked
claws. Its breast was as broad as that OF
a large sized OK, Its legs resemhled the
front legs ofa horse, OILY tho hoofs were
cloven. 1t had long tail. armed with
! dartshaped horn, which it was continually
living GOALS of fire, while its nostI-iIs aud
mouth were emitting sheets Of bluisl-color-
o flame, with kissing sound, like the hiss
ing of a serpent, only u thousand fold
lou er. It's general color save its arms,
was dull dingy brown The air was pow.
erfully impreSnated with smell OF burn
ing sulphur. The poor negroes We're evi.
IDENTIFY lrbnring under the extrenest terror,
and Two of them, an oil woman and had,
were actually driven to insanity by their
fears and have not recovered their reason
up to this writing. do not know how long
this monster, demon or devil, was visible
after we reached tie windows--pOssibl
some three seconds. When it vanished, il
was enveloped in spiral column of fame
that reached nearly to the top ol the locust
trees adjacent, aud WHICH hid its horrid
form completely from view. The extinction
OF The lame was instantaneous, and with it's
Disappearance we were relieved OF the pres-
ence of this remarkable visitor. s.1 ,ra
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