Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-04-27
GENERAL AND LOCAL LAWS.
Passed by the Fifty-Ninth General As
Sembly, at the Session Commencing
January 3, and Ending April IS,
1870,
GENERAL LAWS.


No. 1. To repeal the act of May 4,
1869, for the inspection of steam boil
ers.
>. Making partial appropriations for
the year 1870.
5. To dispense with proof in relation
to certain lands used for the construc-
tion of the Wabash canal.
4. To provide that where a school
house site is held under a lease, only
the title to the estate created thereby
shall be regarded as vested in the
board of education.
5. To correct a clerical error in the
marriage act of May 5, 1869.
6. To authorize the election of a
board of Alderman in Cincinnati.
4. To provide for a submission of the
question of constructing free turn
pixies to a vote of the people.
S. To provide for the construction
of street railroads beyond the limits of
any municipal corporation upon the
national or any other road.
8. To authorize cities of the second
class (Zanesville) to provide line of
railway, at an expense of S25, 600.
10. To prohibit expenditures in eX-
Gers Vi appropriations AOA 1lS DOiAAAhS
of reform schools.
IL. TO permit courts to grant alimo-
ny to the wife for her sustenance du-
ring pending of petition for divorce or
alimOny alone.
II. To amend section of the act to
provide for the adoption of children,
so that in cases where the child is an
inmate of an orphan asylum the writ
ten consent of the president of the
board of trustees shall take the place
of the consent of the parents.
Is. To provide that when a legal
holiday occurs on Sunday, the sue
ceeding Monday shall be considered
the legal holiday, and paper becoming
due on that day shall not be present
ed until Tuesday.
Il. To authorize the investment of
the accruing interest on the agricul-
tural college fund in interest bearing
bonds of the State.
Is. To provide for increasing the
salaries ofjudges of the supreme court
to $500 in certain counties Mont
gomery.)
I6. To fix the rate of taxation for
State purposes, for general revenue,
one mill and five-tenths of a mill on
dollar; for sinking fund one and two
tenths of a mill for common schools,
one and two-tenths of mill. Total,
four mills.
II. To provide fer the sale of islands
in the great Miami river.
IS. To make the mutilatiOn of the
records of any court an Offense pun
ishable by fine and imprisonment in
the county Jail.
10. To extend the privileges of saw
ing societies.
90. To authorize township trustees
to appropriate surplus county funds
for school purposes.
q. To authorize county commits
sioners to pay a bounty of 500 for
killing wolves.
%. To establish and maintain an
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
%. To provide for the removal of
minors from the Penitentiary to the
Reform School, at the direction of the
Governor.
"a. To enable the trustees of certain
literary institutions to close their cor
porate existence (OxfOrd Female Sem
inary.)
25. To encourage the study of anat-
omy.
26. To authorize manufacturing
companies to issue preferred stock.
%. To amend and repeal section p
of the act of 1858 relating to common
Is. To authorize the City Council of
Cincinnati TO appropriate $4,000 to
provide for survey Of the Southern
Railroad route.