AN ACT making certain instruments of writing negotiable,

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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of what Ohin, That all bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange, foreign shall be negotte and inland, drawn for any sun or sums of money, certain and made payable to any person or order, or to any person or bearer, or to any person or assigns, shall be negotiable by indorsement thereon, so as absolutely to transfer and vest the property thereof, in each and every indorsee successively: but nothing in this section shall be construed to make negotiable any such bond, note or bill of exchange, drawn payable to any person or persons alone, and not dra vu payable to order, bearer or assigns.

Sec. 2. Taat any indorsee, to who n any such bond, note or Indorsee may bill of exchange, made negotiable by the preceding section, is maintain suit In mrde payable by such indorse.nent or indorsements may, in his his own name own name, institute and maintain an action on such bon 1, note or bill, for the recovery of the money due thereon, against the maker, drawer or obligor; or against the indorsee: having first used due diligence to obtain the money of the drawer, maker or obligor.

Sec. 3. That if any such bond, note or bill of exchange,

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shall be indorsed after the day on which it is made payable; Defence to bills, and the indorsee shall institute an action thereon, against the &e indorsed af maker, drawer or obligor, the defendant shall be allowed to set ter day of payup the same defence that he might have done, had the same action been instituted in the nane, and for the use of the person to whom the said bond, note or bill, was originally made payable.

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Sec. 4. That if any such bond, note or bill of exchange, shall be indorsed on or before the day on which the same is Defence to bills, made payable, and the indorsee shall institute an action thereon, fore day of pay the defendant may give in evidence at the trial, any money actu- ment ally paid on said bond, note or bill of exchange, before the same was indorsed or assigned to the plaintiff, on proving that the plaintiff had notice of the said payment, before such indorsement was made and accepted.

Sec. 5. That if any indorsee of any bond, note or bill of exchange, mule negotiable by this act, on trial of any suit inst - What shall be tuted thereon, against any indorser, shall prove a demand made due diligence of the maker, drawer or obligor, of such bond, note or bill of exchange, at the time the same became due, or within a reasonable ti ne thereafter: it shall be adjudged, due diligence, under the second section of this act, unless by the express terms of the indorsement, the plaintif was bound to prosecute the maker, drawer or obligor, or use other means to procure payment from the naker, drawer or obligor.

Sec. 6. That the art making certain instruments of writing negotiable, passed January twenty-ifth, eighteen hundred and ten, be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, Nothing in this act, shall be so construed, as to affect any suit now pending

on any bond, note or bill of exchange, made negotiable by said act hereby repealed; nor to affect the right of any payee, obligee or indorsee, of any bond, note or bill of exchange, drawn or executed previous to the taking effect of this act.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE,

Speaker of the Senate.

February 25, 1820.

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AN ACT for the prevention of frauds and perjuries.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Deeds &c. made Ohio, That all deeds of gifts and conveyances of goods and chattels, made in trust to the use of the person or persons making the same, shall be, and hereby are declared to be void and of no effect.

grantor, void

Gifts, grante, &c.

tors, void

Sec. 2. That every gift, grant or conveyance, of lands, tenements, hereditaments, rents, goods or chattels, and every bond, to defraud credi- judgment or execution, made or obtained with intent to defraud creditors of their just and lawful debts or damages, or to defraud or to deceive the person or persons who shall purchase such lands, tenements, hereditaments, rents, goods or chattels, shall be deemed utterly void and fro effect.

Possession for five years of

Sec. 3. That where any loan of goods and chattels shall be pretended to have been made to any person with whon. (or those claiming under him) possession shall have remained for right, unless &c. the space of five years, such goods and chattels shall be deem

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ed the property of the person having had such possession, unless a reservation of the right of such goods and chattels shall have been made to the lender, in writing, and such writing shall have been recorded within six months from the time of making such loan, in the recorder's office for the county where one or both of the parties shall ther have resided.

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Sec. 4. That no le ses, estates or Interests, either of freeFreeholds or hold or terms for years, or any uncertain interests of, in, or out terms for years of lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall at any time hereafsigned or grant-ter he assigned or granted, unless it he by deed or note, in ed without deed writing signed by the party se assigning or granting the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized, by writing, or by act and operation of law.

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Sec. 5. That no action shall be brought whereby to charge Persons not an- the defendant, upon any special promise, to answer for the promise to pay debt, default or miscarriage, of another person; or to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate; or to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments,

de't of another, or on marria e agreement or

contract for sale of lands, with out writing

ar any interest in, or concerning of them; or upon any agree
ment that is not to be performed within the space of one year
from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which
such action shall be brougat, or some memorandum or note
thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be
charged therewith, or so ne other person thereunto by him or
her lawfully authorized.

EDWARD TIFFIN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DUNCAN MCARTHUR,
Speaker of the Senate.

February 19, 1810.

AN ACT to regulate the fees of officers in civil and criminal cases.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the fees and compensation of the several officers and persons herein named, shall be as follows, to wit:

SHERIFFS' FEES.

Sheriffs shall be allowed the following fees:

For the service of every writ or summons and return thereof, Sheriffs' fees (subpoenas only excepted,) when only one defendant is named therein, thirty-five cents;

For each additional defendant, fifteen cents;

For every bail bond, fifty cents;

For committing to prison, or discharging therefrom, or attending a person before a judge or court, thirty cents;

For serving a writ of possession, with the aid of county, two dollars;

For serving without aid, seventy five cen's;

For executing a writ of inquiry, and returning the same with the inquisition, one dollar and twenty-five cents;

For the copy of any writ or process necessary to complete a service, for each hundred words, ten cents;

For serving and returning a subpoena, for each person named therein, ten cents;

For summoning a jury, to be allowed on each issue, including traveling fees, fifty cents;

For summoning a grand jury, to be paid by the county, thre dollars;

Summoning a special jury, including traveling fees, two dollars;

Traveling fees upon all writs, precepts and subpoenas, to be computed from the place of return to the place of service, per mile, five cents;

Poundage on all moneys made on execution, decree, or sale of real estate, except as hereinafter provided, two per cent.

Fees of the clerks of sup. court and common leas in civil cases

Service of a declaration in ejectment and return, the same fees as allowed for the service of a summons;

Making a deed of land sold on execution, decree, or order of court, to be paid by the purchaser, two dollars;

Serving a scire facias, and making return thereof, seventy-five cents;

Serving any person with an order of court, and making return thereol, thirty cents;

Mileage as in other cases:

For keeping and providing for a person in jail, per day, twenty-five cents;

For calling a jury, ten cents;

For opening court and calling each action, to be charged once each term, sixteen cents;

For calling each witness, four cents;

For bringing up a person on habeas corpus, seventy-five cents;

For summoning a jury on forcible entry and detainer, or forcible detainer, two dollars;

For serving a writ of restitution, seventy-five cents;

Mileage thereon as in other cases:

For serving a summons in forcible entry and detainer, or forcible detainer, thirty-five cents;

Mileage as in other cases:

For calling an inquest to appraise lands and tenements under the provisions of the act regulating judgments and executions, one dollar;

For all advertisements in a public newspaper, twelve and a half cents in addition to the price of printing;

For all written advertisements for the sale of property, either personal or real, twenty-five cents.

Sec. 2. That the clerks of the supreme court and court of common pleas, shall be allowed the following fees, in civil cases: For filing precipe and issuing capias, attachment, execution, certiorari, supersedeas, summons, or writ of replevin, under seal, and entering the same, twenty-five cents;

Issuing writs of scire facias and venditioni exponas, under seal, for every hundred words, ten cents;

Issuing writs of partition and entering the same, twenty-five

cents:

For entering the appearance of either party, personally or by attorney, to be charged but once, eight cents;

For entering sheriff's return on any writ, six cents;
Docketing each cause, to be charged but once, six cents;
Docketing appeal from justices, eight cents;

Filing declaration, plea, demurrer, or bill, or answer in chancery, each, six cents;

Filing every paper, exhibit, or necessary document in the cause, four cents;

Issuing subpoena in chancery, twenty-five cents;

Dedimus potestatum, under seal, fifty cents.

Subpoena for witnesses, when there is but one person named therein, twelve and a half cents; and for every additional person, four cents;

The writ of venire for a jury, to be charged in each cause tried, twelve cents;

Receiving panel and swearing jury, twelve and a half cents; Swearing each witness, four cents;

Swearing constable, tour cents;

Entering claim of such witness for his or her attendance, six cents;

Giving order therefor to each witness, eight cents;

Entering judgment, ten cents;

Recording general verdict, ten cents;

Special verdict, for every hundred words, ten cents;

For taking special bail, twelve cents;

Taking and entering recognizance, twenty-five cents;
Issuing a bail piece under seal, fifty cents;

For entering every special rule, six cents;

Entering every continuance, discontinuance, or retraxit, ten ents;

Entering a rule of reference, twelve cents;

Copy thereof, under seal, twenty-five cents;

Attending to the striking of a special jury, and furnishing a pannel thereof to each party, fifty cents;

Issuing a venire facias for a special jury, twenty-five cents; Entering allowance of, and issuing a writ of habeas corpus, under seal, fifty cents;

Each certificate to which the seal of the court is required, and not herein provided for, fifty-cents;

For each writ or process under seal, not herein provided for, twenty-five cents;

Entering confession of judgment or consent, rule and plea, ten cents;

Entering satisfaction of judgment on record, twelve and a half cents;

Making up a competent record of the process, proceedings, and judgment in each cause, for each hundred words such record may contain, ten cents;

For making out copies of process, pleadings, records, or any proceedings in a cause, with the seal annexed, when required by either of the parties or by law, for each sheet of an hundred words, ten cents;

Entering notice of appeal to supreme court, ten cents;

Taking bond on appeal, certiorari, or writ of error, twentyfive cents;

Entering allowance of writ of error, certiorari, or habeas corpus, ten cents:

Entering every decree in chancery, for each hundred words, ten cents;