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Penalty on
persons re-
moving or

assisting to
remove any
black or mu-
latto per-
son, etc.

officers shall reside, to the claimant or claimants or his or their agent or agents, for which service the sheriff or constable shall receive such compensation as they are entitled to receive in other cases for similar services.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons who shall attempt to remove, or shall remove from this state, or who shall aid and assist in removing, contrary to the provisions of this act, any black or mulatto person or persons, without first proving as herein before directed, that he, she or they, is, or are legally entitled so to do, shall, on conviction thereof before any court having cognizance of the same, forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars, one-half to the use of the informer and the other half to the use of the state, to be recovered by How recov- action of debt, qui tam, or indictment, and shall moreover be liable to the action of the party injured.

How disposed of.

ered.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

January 5th, 1804.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER V.

An act, for the relief of Hannah Willis.

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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That the marriage contract now existing between Isaac Willis and Hannah Marriage Willis, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, solved. shall be and the same is hereby dissolved, and the said Hannah divorced and forever released from the said contract of marriage with the said Isaac Willis, and from all the obligations and incapacities of the same.

the privileges of a feme

sole.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Restored to said Hannah Willis shall be and she is hereby restored, to all the privileges, abilities and capacities of a feme sole, as fully and completely as though the same marriage had never existed, any thing in the said contract to the contrary notwithstanding.

the guardian

dren.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the constituted said Hannah Willis shall be and she is hereby of her chilconstituted, the lawful guardian of her children which she bore to the said Isaac Willis, until they arrive at the age of fourteen years.

Commencement of this act.

This act shall commence and be in force, from and after the passing thereof.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

January 6th, 1804.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

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CHAPTER VI.

An act, to establish the county of Muskingum.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That so much of the counties of Washington and Fairfield, as comes within the following boundaries, be and the same is hereby erected into a separate and distinct county, which shall be known by the name of Muskingum, to-wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of the ninth township, in the ninth range of the United States military lands, thence with the western boundary line of said range south, to the southern boundary line of said military lands, thence with the same, west, to

the western boundary line of the fifteenth range of public lands, thence with the said line, south, to the southwest corner of the sixteenth township of the fifteenth range, thence eastwardly with the south boundary of the sixteenth township, till it intersects the west boundary of the twelfth range, thence with the sectional lines, east, to the western boundary line of the seventh range, thence with the same, north, to the northeast corner of the military tract, thence with the north boundary line of the tenth township in the first and second ranges of said military lands, west, until intersected by the Indian boundary line, thence with the same, westwardly, to the place of beginning.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of March next, the said county of Muskingum shall be vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities of a separate and distinct county: Provided always, That all actions and suits which may be pending on the said first day of March next, shall be prosecuted and carried into final judgment and execution, and all taxes, fees, fines and forfeitures, which shall be then due, shall be collected in the same manner as if this act had never been passed.

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seat of justice.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the

Temporary temporary seat of justice for said county, shall be at the town of Zanesville, until the permanent seat shall be fixed according to law.

Commencement.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and be in force, from and after the first day of March next.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

January 7th, 1804.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

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