meeting, in some public paper in this state, the name of every person so licensed. Sec. 9. BE it further enacted, That each Each board board of censors shall keep a seal, appoint a to keep a seal and secretary from or from without their body, whose duty it shall be to record all their official appoint a secretary proceedings, and grant certified copies thereof, under the seal of the board, on the application Secretary's of any person requesting the same, the applicant duty paying therefor at the rate of twelve and an half cents for every hundred words, which copy shall be received in evidence in any court within this state. His fees Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Where medical censors for the first district shall hold boards to their meetings at Cincinnati; for the second dis meet trict, at Chillicothe, in the county of Ross; for the third district, at Athens, in the county of Athens; for the fourth district, at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum; and for the fifth district, at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson. This act shall take effect and be in force from Commence and after the first day of May next. EDWARD TIFFIN, Speaker of the house of representatives, ment January 14, 1811, THOMAS KIRKER, Speaker of the senate. CHAPTER XIX. An act to prevent destroying timber. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assem- First quality bly of the state of Ohio, That if any person of timber shall cut, fell, box, bore or destroy any white named or black walnut; black, white, yellow or red oak; poplar or white wood; wild cherry: white or blue ash; yellow or black locust; chesnut; coffee; pine; cedar; or sugar tree or sapling, growing on land belonging to any other person or persons, without having first obtained permission from the owner or owners of such land, his, her or their representative, agent or attorPenalty for ney, every person so offending shall forfeit and destroying pay to the owner or owners of the land, for every tree or sapling aforesaid, a sum not less it than fifty cents nor more than twenty dollars and every person who shall in like manner of Second qua fend, in cutting, felling, boxing, boring or des lity named troying any tree or sapling, other than those above named, shall forfeit and pay, for every Penalty for such tree or sapling, a sum not less than twelve destroying and an half cents nor more than five dollars. Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, That if any Justices of person shall commit any of the trespasses enuthe peace to merated in the first section of this act; and have cogni when such trespass does not exceed seventy dollars, any justice of the peace of the township where such trespass was done, shall have cog. nizance thereof, and shall hear and determine the same as in other cases, whether the defendant shall claim title to the land or not, but an Appeals al appeal in usual form and manner may be had from the final judgment of the justice in such case. Zance lowed clause Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That a Repealing law to prevent destroying of timber, passed January eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and five, be and the same is hereby repealed. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of May next. JOHN POLLOCK, Speaker of the house of representatives. January 4, 1815. Speaker of the senate. CHAPTER XX. An act to raise a revenue from banks and to pro. hibit the unauthorised issuing and circulating bank paper. Manner of the tax Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the general assem- Four per ct. bly of the state of Ohio, That every bank and to be paid on banking company, whether chartered or unchar. dividends tered, within this state, which, at the taking effect of this act, may have commenced the business of banking, by discounting any paper, shall pay to the state an annual tax upon the dividends declared by such bank or banking company, of four per centum upon all such dividends, in the manner hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That half yearly, at the time of declaring the dividends declaring & of such bank or banking company, the presi- paying over dent and directors, or managers, shall set apart to the credit of the auditor of state, four per cent. upon the aggregate amount of the dividend so declared; and the cashier or chief clerk of every such bank or banking company, shall immediately make out a statement (under oath and transmit the same to the auditor) of the aggregate amount of the whole dividend declared, and also of the aggregate amount placed to his credit for account of the tax afore said, for which sum the auditor shall draw upon the cashier or chief clerk of such bank or banking company, in favor of the treasurer of state, and shall charge the treasurer with the amount thereof, and the treasurer shall receive and account for the same as for other monies paid into the treasury. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That if the president and directors, or managers of any ༣ Manner of bank or banking company as aforesaid, shall not enforcing on or before the first day of September, in each the payment and every year, comply with the provisions of of tax, the foregoing section, so as to enable the auditor to draw upon the cashier or chief clerk of their respective institutions, in favor of the treasurer, for the full amount of four per cent. upon their annual dividends, then and in that case, it shall be the duty of the auditor, and he is hereby authorised and required, immediately after the said first day of September, annually, to levy upon such delinquent bank or banking company, a tax of one per centum upon the nominal amount of the stock of such bank or banking company, which shall be the tax upon such bank or banking company for the current year, and shall be collected as follows: The auditor shall make out and state an account with such bank or banking company, charging it with the amount of one per cent. upon its nominal stock, and crediting it with the amount paid, if any, upon account of that year's tax, which account, so stated and subscribed by the auditor, shall have the force and effect of an execution, and shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county where the banking house of such bank or banking company may kept; and the sheriff, after receiving the same, shall enter the banking house of such bank or banking company, during bank hours, and present the said account; and if the amount thereof, together with four per centum (the sheriff's col lection fees), is not immediately paid, the sheriff shall proceed to levy upon so much of the specie, bank notes, or other property of such bank or banking company, which he may find in such banking house or elsewhere, as will be sufficient to discharge the amount of such account for tax and four per cent. thereon, his fees for the col Duty of the sheriff in collecting the tax be lection thereof; and if the levy be made upon other property than specie or bank notes, the sheriff shall advertise and sell the same, in the same manner as property of the same description, taken in execution, is advertised and sold. tax to the Sec. 4. BE it further enacted, That the au- Duty of the ditor shall take from the sheriff, to whom any auditor in de account is delivered under the foregoing sec- livering the tion, a receipt for the same, and shall file the amount of same, and charge such sheriff with the amount sheriff for thereof; and the sheriff shall collect the amount collection of such account, and pay it over to such person as the auditor may direct, within forty days after receiving the same; and if any sheriff shall refuse to make the money aforesaid, or shall Sheriff neg neglect or refuse to pay over the same, when lecting to made, to the person authorised by the auditor collect, &c. how proceed to receive the same, such sheriff and his secu- ed against rities shall be liable to be proceeded against, in the same manner as is provided by law for proceeding against delinquent sheriffs and their securities in other cases; and such proceedings shall be had in the name of the state, under the direction of the auditor,; and in all cases where judgments are rendered against sheriff's or their securities, under the provisions of this section, the court rendering the judgment shall include therein fifteen per centum upon the amount of the account put into the hands of such sheriff, as damages to the state. notes unless by law Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That from No persou and after the taking effect of this act, it shall may issue not be lawful for any individual or any company authorised of individuals to issue and put in circulation any note or order for the payment of money, struck or printed upon any engraved plate and calculated to circulate as a bank bill or note, unless such individual shall be by law specially Q |