SEC. 3. The said board of education are hereby empowered to levy a tax annually on all the taxable property of said separate school district, sufficient to pay said bonds, together with the interest thereon, as they shall fall due, which levy shall be placed on the tax duplicate by the· auditor of said county, and collected as other taxes. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, JACOB MUELLER, Passed April 24, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Coshocton county to build a Bridge. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Coshocton county be and they are hereby authorized to levy a tax on the taxable property of said county, for the purpose of building a bridge across the Muskingum river at Morris's Ford, about three miles below the town of Coshocton. SEC. 2. That said county commissioners shall be governed in the erection of said bridge by the act amending section seven Obio Laws, volume 68, page 21, passed February 16, 1871. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 24, 1873. AN ACT For the relief of Alvaro A. Thurstin, Treasurer of Center township, Wood county, Ohio. WHEREAS, On the night of the 6th of May, 1872, the dry goods store of Alvaro A. Thurstin, treasurer of Center township, Wood county, Ohio, was burglariously entered, and his safe in said store blown up and broken to pieces, in which the money belonging to said township, to the amount of two hundred and three dollars, which was then and there stolen therefrom, which sum so stolen has been paid by said treasurer to said town ship; and, WHEREAS, A large number of the citizens of said township, by their petition, and also by the affidavits of a large number of respectable citi zens of said township, represent to this general assembly that said robbery was not due to any fault or negligence on the part of said Alvaro A. Thurstin, or any person in his employ; and, WHEREAS, Said petitioners ask that said sum be refunded; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of said Center township, Wood county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to cause to be levied upon the taxable property of said township a tax sufficient in amount to refund to said Alvaro A. Thurstin the sum of two hundred and three dollars, the sum so as aforesaid stolen from him: Provided, however, that at the first regular meeting of the trustees of said township after the passage of this act, said trustees shall carefully examine all the facts and circumstances of the aforesaid alleged robbery, and if in their opinion said robbery was com mitted and said money stolen without any fault or neglect on the part of said treasurer, then and in that case said tax shall be levied as aforesaid; and provided further, that the question be submitted to the electors of said township at the election to be holden therein on the second Tuesday of October, 1873, and if a majority of said electors vote in favor of refunding said money, then the said trustees shall pay to the said Alvaro A. Thurstin the sum of two hundred and three dollars so soon as the money shall be collected by the county treasurer from the tax levied by the trustees aforesaid. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 24, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of Separate School District No. 1, Salem township, Washington county, Ohio, to purchase a site and build a school-house in said district. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of separate school district No. 1, Salem township, Washington county, Ohio, be and it is hereby authorized to issue bonds in an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars, for the purpose of purchasing a site and building a school house in said separate school district, and at a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent. per annum, and said bonds to be payable in equal annual payments, from ore to six years inclusive: Provided, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. The said board of education is hereby authorized and required to levy on the taxable property of said separate school district No. 1, Salem township, Washington county, Ohio, in addition to the amount now authorized by law, such further per centum as may be necessary, and no more, to pay the principal and interest on the bonds authorized by this act. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 24, 1873. AN ACT President of the Senate. To authorize the trustees of Harrison township, Van Wert county, Ohio, to levy a tax to pay bounties to certain volunteers SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Harrison township, Van Wert county, Ohio, are hereby authorized in the year 1873 or 1874 to levy a tax upon the taxable property within said township, for the purpose of raising a fund to pay bounties to volunteers who enlisted in the service of the United States under either of the requisitions of the president in October, 1863, or February, 1864, to whom the trustees of said township agreed to pay a bounty of seventy-five dollars each, and who have never received the same. SEC. 2. No greater amount of tax shall be levied under the authority of this act upon the property of said townships by the trustees thereof, than shall be necessary to raise a fund equal to seventy-five dollars for each volunteer described in the first section of this act, and interest thereon at the rate of six per cent. per annum from the time the trustees of said township agreed to pay said bounties. SEC. 3. All taxes levied under this act shall be certified to the county auditor and placed upon the tax duplicate as other taxes against the same taxable property, and be styled a special bounty fund to be collected as other taxes. 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. Passed April 24, 1873. AN ACT To authorize the one hundred and sixty-fifth Division of the Sons of Temperance in the town of Weymouth, township of Medina and county of Medina, to sell and convey their hall and building for school purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the division of the Sous of Temperance, known as Weymouth Divis on number one hundred and sixty-five, situated in the village of Weymouth, township of Medina and county of Medina, be and they are hereby authorized to sell and convey their building or hall and real estate for school or other purposes: Provided, that the unanimous consent of the members of said division be obtained thereto. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its [assage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 25, 1873. AN ACT For the relief of John A. Lloyd, Treasurer of Raccoon township, Gallia county. WHEREAS, By the partial destruction of the village of Centreville, Raccoon township, Gallia county, by fire, on the night of the 17th of March, 1873, the store and office of John A. Lloyd, treasurer of said township, was burned and totally destroyed, together with their contents, among which were moneys to the amount of about one thousand dollars, funds belonging to said township; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township trustees of Raccoon township, in the county of Gallia, after having first ascertained the full amount of the loss of public funds by reason of the fire at Centerville, in said county, on the night of the 17th of March, 1873, are hereby authorized to submit to the qualified electors of said township, at a special election for the purpose by them ordered, after twenty days' public notice thereof, or at the next general October election, the question of releasing John A. Lloyd, treasurer of said township and his sureties from the loss so found to exist. SEC. 2. That if a majority of all the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of said release, then said trustees and board of education shall release John A. Lloyd and his sureties from all liability arising from the loss of public funds at said fire. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed April 25, 1873. AN ACT To amend section two (2) of an act passed April 10, 1873, entitled an act to amend an entitled "An act to authorize the council of the incorporated village of Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, to borrow money for the construction of water-works for said village, for fire and for other purposes, passed March 29, 1872." (69 O. L., 233.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section two of the above named act be so amended as to read as follows: Section 2. That for the purpose of paying said bonds and the interest thereon as the same may become due, or redeeming the same earlier, said council shall be and are hereby authorized to levy a tax annually upon all the taxable property within said village, not exceeding three and one-half mills on the dollar in any one year: Provided, that no such loan shall be made, bonds issued, or tax levied, unless the qualified voters of said village shall, at a special election to be held, as hereinafter provided, approved by a majority of the voters of said village voting at such special election, one or the other of the following propositions, namely: either first, to borrow seventy-five thousand dollars for waterworks, or second, to borrow twenty-five thousand dollars for steam fire engines and other apparatus for protection against fire; in either case the moneys arising from the tax levied under the act to which this is amendatory to be used for the purpose so appropriated by said voters, and in reduction to that extent of the amount so authorized to be bor rowed. Said special election shall be held at the usual place of holding elections in said village, at any time after ten days' notice thereof being given by the mayor of said village, in the way provided for notice of other municipal elections, and as to time and manner of opening and closing the polls, keeping poll-book, voting and qualification of voters, judges and clerks, and in all other respects, shall be held and conducted as provided for by and in accordance with the law regulating the regular municipal elections in said village, but each voter may vote in the same ballot on either or both of said propositions. Those voting in favor of said loan for water-works, having printed or written on their ballots the words $75,000 for water works-Yes," and those against, "$75,000 for water-works-No;" and those voting in favor of said loan for steam fire engines and other fire apparatus, having printed or written on their ballots the words "$25,000 for steam fire engines-Yes," and those against, "$25,000 for steam fire engines-No." And in case a majority of the voters voting at said election shall vote in favor of either of said propositions, then the council of said village may borrow as aforesaid the amounts so approved by said majority vote, less the amount of money arising from said tax already levied, and use the same for the purpose so indicated and approved, and no other; but in case each of said propositions shall be approved by a majority vote of said voters, then only that proposition receiving the larger number of votes shall be considered approved, and the council shall proceed accordingly. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and said original section two is hereby repealed. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. |