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county that the full amount of the purchase

money hath been paid; and when the inhabitants Inhabitants

of the town

amounting elect five

to thirty, to

household

ers and a

town clerk.

in said town shall amount unto thirty as aforesaid, they shall meet at the court house in said town, and proceed to elect five trustees and a town clerk, to supply the place of the aforesaid trustees and clerk, whose time shall then expire; the officers thus elected and qualified, shall be vested with the same powers and be liable to the same duties as their predecessors, and shall continue in office one year and until their suc- To contin cessors are chosen and qualified as aforesaid, and annually thereafter, the said inhabitants shall meet at the court house and elect the officers aforesaid.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the trustees and clerk, before they enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take an oath or affirmation, faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices, agreeably to law.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of the county aforesaid, so soon as the conveyance or conveyances of the tract or tracts of land aforesaid, is made to the said associate judges for the use and benefit of said county, to remove or dispose of to the best advantage, for the use

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ue in office one year.

Trustees to take an

and clerk

oath.

The board of

commission

ers to repose of the erty at the

move or dis

public prop

of Brush

creek.

The court of common

pleas to

cause the records to be removed,

courts to be

held at West Union.

of the said county, the public property belonging to the said county, in the town of Washington, at the mouth of Brush creek, in the said county, and the money arising from such disposition, to pay into the county treasury for the use of the said county.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the court of common pleas for the aforesaid county, are hereby authorized and required, so soon as etc., and the they may think it convenient and necessary, to cause the records and papers of the said county to be removed from the town of Washington in the said county, to the place fixed upon by the aforesaid commissioners for the permanent establishment of the seat of justice in the said county, and the court in the said county to be held thereat; and all public officers are hereby required and enjoined to govern themselves accordingly.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

January 16th, 1804.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER XIII.

An act, to establish the seat of justice in the county of Belmont.

WHEREAS John Matthews, James Brown and Robert Spear, commissioners for Belmont county, in pursuance of the powers delegated to Preamble. them by an act, entitled, "An act to provide for a permanent seat of justice in the county of Belmont," passed at Chillicothe, the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, have reported to this general assembly, that on examination they do find, that St. Clairsville is the most proper place for the seat of justice in the county of Belmont. Therefore,

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That St. Clairsville, in the county of Belmont, be and the same is hereby declared, the seat of justice in and for the said county of Belmont; and that all courts hereafter to be holden in and for said county, shall be held in the said town of St. Clairsville, and all officers are required to conduct themselves accordingly.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

St. Clairs

ville the seat

of justice.

January 19th, 1804.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

tled during her life to the one-third part of the real property, etc.

CHAPTER XIV.

An act, regulating the right of dower.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That the widow shall be Widow enti entitled during her life, to the use of one-third part of all the real property that her husband was seized of during coverture, unless she shall have joined with her husband in the conveyance, the widow shall tarry in the chief house of her husband and have a reasonable support out of the estate of her husband, until her dower be assigned her, and shall be entitled to one-third part of the remainder of the personal property after the debts are paid.

When and in what case

er shall be

debarred,

etc.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any right of do- estate shall be conveyed to a woman for a jointure instead of her dower, to take effect immediately after the death of her husband and to continue during her life, such conveyance shall bar her right of dower to the lands and tenements which were her husband's, but if the jointure or conveyance was made when the feme was in infancy, or if made after marriage, in either case the widow, at her election, may waive her jointure and demand her dower.

of assigning to widow

her dower.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the The manner judges of the court of common pleas, on application of the widow, shall appoint three appraisers to appraise the property of the deceased, any two of whom shall assign to the widow her dower therein.

to make her election within six

months if thing by her

willed any

husband,etc.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when- The widow ever any person shall leave any part of his property to his wife by will, she shall, within six months after the death of her husband, make her election, whether she will hold by the will or by her right of dower, unless the husband shall specially set forth in his will, that such provision was made and given in addition to the widow's right of dower; and in case all the heirs to the estate are of age, and the widow and the heirs can agree on a division and on settlement of the estate, they shall make return of such their agreement to the court of common pleas, which settlement and agreement shall be valid court of and binding on the widow and the heirs.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no contract of the husband or recovery against him of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, being the inheritance or freehold of his wife, during the coverture between them, shall in any wise deprive the wife, after the death of the husband, of any right which she had or might have to

when a dican be

vision, etc.,

agreed on, to return the same to the

common pleas.

contract of

When the the husband prive the his death of

shall not de

wife after

her right,

etc.

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