AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "An act to authorize the trustees of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio, to buy a site and build a town hall thereon, and to levy a tax for that purpose," passed April 29th, 1872. (O. L. 69, 282.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That for the purpose of finishing the town hall authorized by the act to which this is supplementary, and for the purpose of improving the grounds and fencing the same, the said trustees are hereby authorized to issue an additional amount of bonds, not exceeding one thousand dollars, which bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value, and bearing not to exceed eight per cent. interest, and said bonds, as well as any portion of the bonds authorized to be issued by the act to which this is supplementary, may be made payable at any time not exceeding ten years from date. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed April 15, 1873. N. H. VAN VORHES, President pro tem. of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Youngstown township, in the county of Mahoning, to sell the town hall. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the township of Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell the town ball, situated in the city of Youngstown, and to use the proceeds of said sale for the benefit of said township. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed April 15, 1873. N. H. VAN VORHES, President pro tem. of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of school district No. 1, Scioto township, Ross county, to levy a tax to pay an existing debt. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of school district number one (1), Scioto township, Ross county, Ohio, be and it is hereby authorized to levy on the taxable property of said school district, for the year 1873, the sum of thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars, for the purpose of paying the bonds of said board of education now outstanding and the. interest accruing thereon; and the money so raised shall not be used for any purpose than to pay said bonds and interest. SEC. 2. Said sum of thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty six dollars shall be certified to the auditor of Ross county by said board of education, and shall be placed on the tax duplicate by him, and collected as other taxes are collected. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Passed April 18, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the incorporated village of Vermillion, Erie county, Ohio, to issue bonds and borrow money to build a school-house. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of school district No. 1, Vermillion township, of the incorporated village of Vermillion, Erie county, Ohio, be and the same are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds not to exceed twelve thousand dollars, bearing a rate of interest not to exceed eight per cent. per annum, to be of such demonination as the said board shall determine, not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars; said bonds to be made payable any time the board of education shall determine, not to exceed ten years, and shall not be sold for less than their par value; interest to be paid semi-annually, and the money arising from the sale of such bonds shall be applied to the purchasing of a lot if necessary and the building and furnishing of a school house in said district No. 1, village of Vermillion, Erie county, and for no other purpose. SEC. 2. That said board of education shall have power, and it is hereby made their duty, after the issuing of said bonds, to levy a tax on the taxable property of said separate school district No. 1, of the incorporated village of Vermillion, Erie county, in each year during the running of said bonds, sufficient to pay the interest semi-annually and principal of said bonds as they may become due. SEC. 3. The board of education of the incorporated village of Vermillion, shall certify to the county auditor the amount of tax necessary, not exceeding the amount specified in the first section of this act, which shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and collected as other taxes are collected as provided by law. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed April 18, 1873. AN ACT Authorizing and empowering the trustees of Jennings township, Van Wert county, and the trustees of Spencer township, Allen county, to remove obstructions in Jennings' creek, in said Spencer township. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Jennings township, Van Wert county, and the trustees of Spencer township, Allen county, be authorized and empowered to cause to be removed from the bed or channel of Jennings' creek, on sections fourteen and twenty-two in said Spencer township, the rock now obstructing the flow of said creek, and to deepen or change the channel of said creek so as to drain the lands overflowed and injured by said obstruction. SEC. 2. The township trustees of said Jennings township and the township trustees of said Spencer township, shall jointly estimate and apportion the cost and expense of said improvement according to the advantages accruing in each of said townships by reason of said improvement; the said cost and expense to be paid from the township treas ury of each of said townships upon the warrant of the township clerk of the proper township. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAS. H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 18, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Trustees of Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, to levy a tax to construct a Vault or receptacle for the dead. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to levy and assess a tax, the amount of which to be by them determined, and submit the same to a vote as herein provided, for the purpose of constructing a vault or receptacle for the dead for the use of said township. The said vault or receptacle for the dead to be under the control of said trustees or some person appointed by them; Provided, that the trustees shall first submit the question of tax or no tax, for the above named purpose, to the qualified voters of said township at a general election, having given at least ten days' (10) notice of the same in at least three public places in the aforesaid township, which notice shall state the amount to be raised and for what purpose. SEC. 2. The electors voting at said election shall have written or printed upon their ballots the words "Tax-Yes," or "Tax-No," and if a majority of all the electors voting at said election upon the question submitted shall vote "Tax-Yes," this act shall thereupon be considered and holden to be adopted by such majority. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 18, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Trustees of Jackson township, Crawford county, Ohio, to purchase a site and erect a Town Hall thereon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Jackson township, Crawford county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to appropriate any money now in the said township treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of purchasing a site and erecting a town hall thereon. SEC. 2. That if the moneys in the said treasury shall be insufficient to purchase said site, and erect said town hall thereon, the said trustees shall be authorized to borrow an amount sufficient to complete said building, at a rate of interest not to exceed eight per cent. per annum; Provided, that the cost of said building and site shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars; and provided further, that the proposition to build shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said township. SEC. 3. The electors voting at said election shall have written or printed upon their ballots the words "Tax for Town Hall-Yes," or "Tax for Town Hall-No;" and if a majority of all the electors voting at said election upon the question submitted shall vote "Tax-Yes," this act shall thereupon be considered and holden to be adopted by such majority. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Passed April 19, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Auditor and Commissioners of Gallia county to settle and compromise a claim for escheated land sold in said county. WHEREAS, On the eleventh day of February, A.D. 1860, the auditor of said Gallia county, by order of the court of common pleas of said county, did sell to one Charles Tapping the following described tract of land, to wit: Part of the northeast quarter section No. 33, town. No. 6, of range No. 15, in Gallia county, and state of Ohio, for the sum of seven hundred and twenty one dollars, which said land had escheated to the state of Ohio; and WHEREAS, Only one hundred and fifty dollars of the purchase money thereof has been paid, and the balance of the purchase money, together with the accruing interest, being more than the present value of said land, and it would be inequitable to exact the whole amount thereof from said purchaser; therefore SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the auditor and commissioners of said Gallia county be and they ac hereby authorized and empowered to settle and compromise with said purchaser upon such terms and conditions, and for such sum of money as they may deem just and equitable. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 22, 1873. AN ACT President of the Senate. To authorize the Board of Education of separate school district number one of Ridge township, Van Wert county, Ohio, to borrow money and issue bonds for purchasing a site and building a School House in said separate school district. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of separate school district number one of Ridge township, Van Wert county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow money, not to exceed in amount the sum of two thousand dollars, for the purpose of purchasing a site and erecting a school-house thereon. SEC. 2. That for the purpose aforesaid the said board are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds, to be signed by the president and attested by the clerk of said board, in such proportion as the board may stipulate, each bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent. per annum; said bonds to be payable at any time within five years: Provided, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. |