Sec. 7. That, until the election shall take place under the provisions of this act, the persons named in the first section of this act shall be, and they are hereby vested with all the powers of trustees of "The Academy of Sylvania," and shall so continue until their successors are elected and qualified.

Sec. 8. That this act shall be taken and received in all courts as a public act; all printed copies of the same, which shall be printed by or under the authority of the General Assembly, shall be admitted as good evidence thereof without further proof whatever.

WILLIAM MEDILL,

Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives.
ELIJAH VANCE,
Speaker of the Senate.

March 14, 1836.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Granville Academy.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there shall be, and hereby is, established in the town of Granville, in the county of Licking, an institution for the education of youth in the various branches of useful knowledge, by the name of the Granville Academy; and that, Rev. Jacob Little, Samuel Bancroft, Spencer Wright, Knowles Lennel, Leonard Bushnell, William Smedley, Timothy M. Rose, Henry L. Bancroft, Ebenezer Crawford, Edwin C. Wright, and William W. Bancroft, and their successors, be, and they hereby are appointed trustees of said institution, and made a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, to be known by the name and style of "The Trustees of the Granville Academy."

Sec. 2. That said trustees by the name aforesaid, shall be competent to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law or equity; may have a seal, and alter the same at pleasure; and shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own body, occasioned by death, resignation, or neglect, for more than one year, to attend to the duties of the trust.

Sec. 3. That the trustees or a majority of them, shall constitute a board, and have power to appoint a president, secretary and treasurer, and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary, and prescribe their duties; to make, ordain and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, for managing the affairs of the corporation, as they may think necessary: Provided, They are not repugnant to the constitution or laws of the United States, or of this State.

Sec. 4. That the trustees, in their corporate capacity, shall be capa ble of receiving and holding, by deed or otherwise, property, real, personal, or mixed, to be used for the purposes of the trust: Provided, The annual income of the real property of said corporation shall not exceed five thou sand dollars, and that the funds of the institution shall never be used for banking purposes.

Sec. 5. That the trustees shall have power to appoint such officers and teachers as may be necessary for the government and instruction of the institution, and prescribe their duties.

Sec. 6. That the trustees shall have power to elect honorary members, who shall have seats in the board of trustees, and be admitted to take part in the discussions therein, but not to vote.

Sec. 7. That any future Legislature may alter or amend this act, so far as may be necessary to restrict the corporation to the powers hereby intended to be conferred: Provided, That the funds of the corporation, or the management thereof, shall not thereby be changed from the purposes intended by the donors.

WILLIAM MEDILL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ELIJAH VANCE,

March 14, 1836.

Speaker of the Senate.

AN ACT

To incorporate the town of Bridgeport and its additions, in Belmont county.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so much of the township of Peas, in the county of Belmont, as lies within the following boundaries, (including all the lots in the original town plat of the town of New Canton, now called Bridgeport, together with all the lots in Zane's and Allen's addition to the said town, be, and the same is hereby created into and constituted a town corporate, by the name of Bridgeport.

Sec. 2. That for the good government of said town, and the inhabitants thereof, it shall be lawful for the white male inhabitants, who have resided in said town for the space of six months next preceding any election to be held under this act, having the qualifications of electors of members of the General Assembly, to meet at some convenient place for holding an election in said town, on the first Saturday of April next, and on the first Saturday of April annually thereafter, and then and there proceed by a plurality of votes, to elect, by ballot, one mayor, one recorder, and five trustees, who shall be householders, and shall hold their respective of fices for one year, and until their successors are chosen and qualified; such mayor, recorder, and trustees, so elected and qualified, shall constitute a town council, any five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business pertaining to their duties; but any less number shall have no power, other than to adjourn from time to time, until a quorum shall have been convened.

Sec. 3. That at the first election to be held under this act there shall be chosen, viva voce, by the electors present, two judges and a clerk of said election, who shall each take an oath or affirmation, faithfully to discharge the duties required of them by this act; and at all subsequent elec

tions, the trustees, or any two of them, shall be judges, and the recorder shall be clerk of said election; and at all elections to be held under this act, the polls shall be opened between the hours of one and two, and closed at four o'clock, P. M. of said day; and at the close of the polls, the votes shall be counted, and a true statement thereof shall be proclaimed to the electors present, by one of the judges; and the clerk shall give notice to the persons so elected, of their election; and it shall be the duty of the said town council, at least ten days before each and every annual election, to give notice of the same, by setting up advertisements in three of the most public places in said town.

Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the mayor, or in case of his absence or inability to serve, the recorder, to preside at all meetings of the town council; and it shall also be the duty of the recorder to attend all such meetings, and keep a fair and accurate record of all their proceedings.

Sec. 5. That the town council shall have power to fill all vacancies which may happen in said board, from the householders, who are qualified electors in said town, whose appoinment shall continue until the next annual election, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and whenever it may happen that neither the mayor or recorder is present at any such meeting, the trustees shall have power to appoint one of their number, to perform the duties of such mayor, recorder, or both, as the case may be; which appointment shall be pro tempore.

Sec. 6. That the said mayor, recorder, and trustees of said town, shall be a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, to be known and designated by the name and style of "The Town Council of the Town. of Bridgeport;" and shall be capable in law, in their corporate name, to acquire property, real, personal and mixed, for the use of said town, with power to sell and convey the same; may have a common seal, which they may alter or amend at pleasure; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in any court of competent jurisdiction, whether of law or in chancery; and when any suit shall be commenced against said corporation, the first process shall be by summons; an attested copy of which shall be left with the recorder, or at his usual place of abode, at least five days before the return day thereof.

Sec. 7. That each member of said town council shall, before he enters upon. the duties of his office, take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States, and the State of Ohio, and also an oath [of] office.

Sec. 8. That the said town council shall have power to ordain and establish by-laws, rules and regulations, for the government of said town, and the same to alter, amend or repeal, at pleasure; to provide in such bylaws for the appointment or election of a treasurer, town marshal, and all the subordinate officers which they may think necessary for the good gov ernment and well being of the inhabitants of said town; to prescribe their duties, and determine the period of their appointments, and the fees they shall be entitled to receive for their services; and to require of them to take an oath of office, previous to their entering upon the duties of their respective offices; and may further require of them a bond, with security, conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective offices, as an

officer of the said corporation; the town council shall also have power to affix to the violations of the by-laws and ordinances of the corporation, such reasonable fines and penalties, as they may deem proper to enforce obedience to the same, and provide for the disposition and appropriations of said fines and penalties: Provided, That such by-laws and ordinances be not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, and of this State: And provided, also, That no by-laws or ordinances of said. corporation shall take effect or be in force until the same shall have been posted up, at least ten days, in one of the most public places within said town, unless it be a case of emergency; in which case, they shall be in force from and after the passage thereof.

Sec. 9. That the town council shall, at the end of each and every year, cause to be made out, and posted up as aforesaid, the receipt and expenditures of the preceding year.

Sec. 10. That the said town council shall have power to regulate and improve the lanes, streets, and alleys, and determine the width of the walks; they shall have power to remove all nuisances and obstructions from the streets, alleys, and commons, within said corporation; provide for the removal of the same, and to do all things which a corporation of a similar nature can do, to secure the peace, health, and good order of the inhabitants of the town.

Sec. 11. That for the purpose of more effectually enabling the town council to carry into effect the provisions of this act, they are hereby authorized to levy a tax on all the real estate and personal property, subject to taxation within the bounds of said corporation, as the same has been, or shall be appraised and returned, on the grand levy of the State: Provided, That said tax shall not exceed, in any one year, one half of one per centum, on the aggregate amount of all such taxable property within the limits of said corporation; and the said town council shall, between the first Saturday in April, and the first Saturday in July, determine the amount of tax to be assessed and collected for the current year.

Sec. 12. That it shall be the duty of the recorder of said corporation, to make out duplicates of taxes, charging each individual within said corporation, an amount of tax, in proportion to the aggregate value of taxable property belonging to said individual, within the limits of said corporation, as the same appears from the books of the auditor of Belmont county; and the recorder of said corporation shall, at all reasonable hours, have access to the county auditor's books, for the purpose of making out such duplicates, free of expense; and the duplicate, when made out, shall be certified by the mayor and recorder; and one of said duplicates shall be delivered to the marshal, or to such other person as shall be appointed collector, whose duty it shall be to collect said tax, in the same manner, and under the same regulations, as the collector of State and county taxes are requir ed by law, to collect State and county taxes; and the said marshal or collector, so appointed, shall, immediately after collecting the said tax, pay the same over to the treasurer of sad corporation, and take his receipt therefor; and the said marshal, or other collector, shall have the same power to sell both real and personal property, as is given by law to the county treasurer; and, when necessary, the recorder shall have power to make deeds for real estate, so sold, in the same manner that county auditors are,

by law, empowered to do, for lands sold by the county treasurer; and the marshal, or other collector, shall receive for his fees, such sum as the town council may direct, not exceeding six per centum on all moneys so by him collected, to be paid by the treasurer, on the order of the recorder.

Sec. 13. That the town council shall have power to appropriate any money remaining in the corporation treasury, to the improvement of the streets, alleys and side walks of said town, when they may deem it necessary so to do, and to make wharves, and all other improvements of a public nature, which may conduce to the convenience and prosperity of the inhabitants of said town.

Sec. 14. That the mayor of said corporation, shall be a conservator of the peace throughout said town; and shall have, within the same, all the powers and jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, in all matters either civil or criminal, arising under the laws of this State, to all intents and purposes whatsoever; and shall give bond and security as by law is required of justices of the peace: and the said mayor shall perform all the duties required of him by the by-laws and ordinances of said corporation; and appeals may be taken from the decisions of said mayor, in all cases where appeals are allowed from the decisions of justices of the peace, and in the same

manner.

Sec. 15. That the marshall shall be the principal ministerial officer of said town, and shall have the same powers as constables have by law; and his jurisciction, in criminal cases, shall be co-extensive with the county of Belmont; and he shall execute the process of the mayor, and receive the same fees for his services, that constables are allowed in similar cases for like services.

Sec. 16. That the mayor shall receive the same fees that justices of the peace are, or may be entitled to, in like cases; and the recorder such fees for his services, as the by-laws and ordinances of such corporation shall prescribe.

Sec. 17. That if no election shall be held by the electors of said town, on the first Saturday of April next, it shall be lawful for any ten householders of said town, at any time thereafter, to call a meeting of the electors, by giving ten days notice in three of the most public places therein; which notice shall state the time, place, and objects of the meeting, and shall be signed by said householders; and if a majority of the electors of said town shall attend at the time and place named in said notice, it shall be lawful for them to proceed to the election of officers, in the same manner as though the meeting had taken place on the first Saturday of April, who shall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Sec. 18. That said corporation shall be allowed the use of the jail of he county of Belmont, for the imprisonment of such persons as may be liable to imprisonment, under the laws and ordinances of said corporation; and all persons so imprisoned, shall be under the charge of the jailor of Belmontcounty, as in other cases.

Sec. 19. That the Legislature shall have power, at any time, to alter, amend or repeal this act; not thereby affecting, however, the right of any individual acquired under this act; and that the corporation shall be enti