ELIAS LANGHAM, Speaker of the house of representatives. NATH. MASSIE, Speaker of the senate. January 26th, 1804. ers entitled to receive thirty dollars each. CHAPTER XI. An act, allowing compensation to the commissioners for appraising the college lands in the county of Washington. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly Commission of the state of Ohio, That the commissioners appointed to appraise the two college townships in the county of Washington, by a resolution of the first legislature of the state, viz: Samuel Carpenter, James Wells and Henry Abrams, for eighteen days service each, in accomplishing said business, be and they are hereby entitled to receive each, for said service, the sum of thirty dollars, to be paid out of the contingent fund, to be audited by the auditor and paid out of any monies in the treasury of the state. ELIAS LANGHAM, Speaker of the house of representatives. NATH. MASSIE, Speaker of the senate. January 27th, 1804. CHAPTER XII. An act, for establishing the permanent seat of justice in the county of Adams. WHEREAS it is represented to this general Preamble assembly, by the report of the commissioners, pursuant to an act, entitled, "An act, providing for the permanent establishment of the seat of justice in the county of Adams," that the land of Robert McClenahan, in said county, lying about half a mile south of the road leading from Chillicothe to Limestone, and a small distance west of the central line of said county, drawn north from the Ohio river, is the most eligible place for the purpose aforesaid: Therefore, judges au thorized to land, etc.. of the coun purchase for the use ty. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly Associate of the state of Ohio, That the associate judges of the court of common pleas of said county, or any two of them, are authorized and required, to purchase or receive of the said Robert McClenahan, and the owners of land adjoining the tract of said Robert McClenahan, for the use of said county, any quantity of land, not more than Not to ex one hundred and fifty acres: Provided, the lands purchased as aforesaid, shal! not cost the said ceed 150 acres. Proviso. not eight dollars to exceed per acre. To be laid out marked, etc. Purchase money to be paid out of county treasury. To be vested in a board of trustees. The trustees. county more than eight dollars per acre, exclusive of five acres promised as a donation by the aforesaid McClenahan, that in the opinion of the said associate judges will be to the interest and benefit of said county; the land thus purchased or received, to be laid out and marked with sufficient boundaries, under the direction of the said associate judges, and the amount of the purchase money shall be paid out of the county treasury, upon the orders or certificates of the associate judges aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land purchased or received by the associate judges, for the use of the county, shall be vested in a board of trustees and their successors in office, by legal deed or deeds from the owner or owners of said land, for the sole use and benefit of said county. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Nathaniel Beasley, William Marshall, Salathiel Sparks, Aaron Moore, Benjamin Wood, William Collins and John Briggs, be and they are hereby constituted and appointed, trustees for the purFive to con- poses aforesaid, any five of whom shall constitute a board to do business, whose duty it shall be, so soon as they are furnished by the said asso stitute a board and clerk. To appoint a town survey ciate judges with a plat of the tract or tracts of West Union. number the sell lots, etc. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees to board of trustees shall proceed to sell the town lots aforesaid, within sixty days after delivering the town plat to the recorder of the county (having given thirty days notice thereof in the Scioto Gazette) at public sale, within said town, under Under the direction of the associate judges. Proceeds of the direction of the associate judges, or any two of them, in said county, reserving for erections of public buildings such lots as the said associate judges may think proper; and the said board may adjourn the sale of said lots from time to time, as they may judge to the interest of the county, giving notice thereof, as before required by this section; all monies received by virtue of the sale of lots aforesaid, by the board of trustees, shall be paid into the county treasury within ten days after receiving the same, and all Bonds, etc.. bonds and notes to be taken by the said board of trustees, on account of the sale of lots, shall be taken payable to the county treasurer and his successors in office, for the use and benefit of said county. sales to be paid into the County treasury. taken, paya ble to the county treasurer. Trustees, how long to office. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the continue in trustees appointed by this act, shall continue in their office until the number of inhabitants of said town shall amount unto thirty lot-holders, and they shall moreover fill all vacancies that may happen in their body until the number before mentioned is completed: The said board of trustees are hereby authorized to convey unto the purchaser or purchasers of all lots sold in said town, by sufficient deed, upon the purchaser or purchasers producing unto the said board of trustees, a certificate from the treasurer of the To make conveyances. |