AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act providing for the sale of certain School Sections in the county of Crawford," passed March 7, 1835. WHEREAS, by virtue of the above named act, the auditor of the county of Crawford did, on the third day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, sell and convey by deed the north half of school section sixteen, and the east half of the southeast quarter of said section sixteen, in Liberty township, in said county, and to secure the payments took a bond and mortgage, which bond and mortgage have not been paid; and whereas, the treasurer of said county, at the July term, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, obtained a decree from the court of common pleas for said county, ordering a sale of said lands under said decree; therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the sheriff of Crawford county is hereby authorized to sell said lands by virtue of said decree, on a credit of five years, under the following provisions: the purchaser or purchasers are hereby required to pay one-fifth part of the purchase money in hand, and the balance in five equal annual installments, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable annually from the day of sale. SEC. 2. A failure on the part of the purchaser or purchasers to make any of the payments when the same shall fall due, will be, and it is hereby declared a forfeiture of the purchase and the money thereon advanced; and it shall not be lawful for the sheriff, who may sell said lands, to convey the same by deed until all of the purchase money shall have been fully paid, with the accruing interest. SEC. 3. That the sheriff of said county shall, on the sale of said school lands being made as aforesaid, make out and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers a certificate of purchase, and receive of the purchaser or purchasers his or their promissory notes for the balance of the purchase money, as required by the first section of this act, made payable to the treasurer of Crawford county. SEC. 4. And the said county treasurer shall deposit the money arising from said sale in the common school fund, for the benefit of said township, as required by the act to which this act is an amendment, and all costs that have accrued or that may accrue by reason of such sale, shall be paid out of the funds arising from the sale of said lands. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. December 30, 1845. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Ohio Mutual Fire Insurance Company," passed March 11, 1843. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That this company shall hereafter be known by the name and title of the Ohio Mutual Insurance Company. SEC. 2. That any policy of insurance made by this company on the life of any person expressed to be for the sole benefit of a married woman, whether the same be effected by herself, or by her husband, or by any other person on her behalf, shall enure to her separate use and benefit, and that of her children, if any she has, independently of her husband and of his creditors and representatives, and independently of any other person effecting the same in her behalf, his creditors and representatives: Provided, that the annual premiums paid on such policy shall not exceed two hundred dollars. SEC. 3. That the resources, liabilities and expenses of the fire insurance, life insurance and marine insurance departments of the company shall be kept in accounts separate and distinct from each other, and when there is a mutuality of expense, such as salaries, office rent, &c., each department shall defray such expense prorata to its existing capital at annual settlements, and the insured in one department shall not be held liable for risks in another. SEC. 4. When a premium note is given in the life insurance department, the person giving it shall be deemed a stockholder, and, as such, be entitled to all the rights and privileges guarantied to the stockholders, by, and be subject to all the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. ELIAS F. DRAKE, . Speaker of the House of Representatives. SEABURY FORD, December 30, 1845. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To lay out and establish a graded State road in the counties of Carroll and Stark. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That John Beetz and Daniel Ritter, of Stark county, and Samuel Semple, of Carroll county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and Daniel Black, of Carroll county, surveyor, to lay out and establish a graded state road, commencing at Downingville, Carroll county; thence the nearest and best route to Sparta, in Stark county; thence northwest the nearest and best route to John P. Bardner's; thence the nearest and best route to Bethlehem, on the Ohio canal. SEC. 2. That the commissioners, named in the first section of this act, shall be governed, in all respects, by the law now in force, defining the mode of laying out and establishing state roads, passed March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and the act amendatory thereto, passed March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. SEC. 3. That if either of the commissioners aforesaid shall die or refuse to serve or remove out of their respective counties, the commissioners of the county where such vacancy may happen, shall, on application being made, fill such vacancy as often as it may occur. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SEABURY FORD, January 3, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the sale of School Section number sixteen, in township seventeen, in range five, Columbiana county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That school section number sixteen, in township seventeen, in range five, in Knox township, in Columbiana county, be, and the same is hereby authorized to be sold, and such sale shall, in all respects, be governed by the provisions of an act entitled "an act to regulate the sale of ministerial and school lands, and the surrender of permanent leases thereto," passed February second, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and the act entitled "an act to fix the minimum price of the sales of school lands," passed March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. January 3, 1846. AN ACT To authorize the City Council of the City of Dayton to borrow money for purchasing Fire Engines and other fire apparatus, for the use of said city. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the city council of the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money, upon the faith and credit of the said city, for the purpose of purchasing such fire engines and other fire apparatus as it may deem necessary for the general security of the property of said city, from injury or destruction by fire: Provided, that the sum or sums of money which may be so borrowed shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars: Provided, also, that the period for which said sum or sums may be borrowed, shall not extend beyond the term of ten years from the date of the loan or loans: Provided, further, that the rate of interest payable upon such borrowed moneys shall not be higher than the rate of seven per centum per annum. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 3, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT For the relief of Robert Galbreath. WHEREAS, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, Robert Galbreath being clerk and treasurer of school district number four, in Washington township, Clermont county, the law made it his duty to take the enumeration of the youths within said district and return the same to the clerk of the township, which enumeration he did take, but failed to make the return to the clerk, the consequence of which was, that said district received no proportion of the common school fund for that year, but its proportion was distributed by the auditor to all the other districts of the county; and whereas, the said Robert Galbreath did pay over to said district, for the use of schools for the same year, the sum of forty-seven dollars and twenty cents, out of his own resources; therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county auditor of the county of Clermont be, and he is hereby authorized and required to audit and allow Robert Galbreath the sum of forty-seven dollars and twenty cents, to be paid by the treasurer of said county out of any money in the said treasury for school purposes, not otherwise appropriated. January 3, 1846. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Mayor and Town Council of Piqua, Miami county, to cause the lots in said town to be renumbered. WHEREAS, by reason of the many additions to the original plat of the town of Piqua, and subdivisions of the same into lots, all beginning with number one, great uncertainty, inconvenience and confusion has been introduced upon the tax duplicate of Miami county; therefore, to remedy the evil, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the mayor and town council of the town of Piqua be, and they are hereby authorized to appoint such number of suitable persons as may be necessary, to proceed forthwith to renumber the lots in said town from number one, progressively, till all are numbered; or that they number said lots in blocks, if, in their judgment, that method will best secure the object in view. SEC. 2. That the said lots shall be numbered, and a return thereof made to the auditor of Miami county, on or before the first Monday in July next, or as soon thereafter as practicable; and for their services, the persons appointed shall be paid out of the treasury of the corporation of the town of Piqua, such reasonable compensation as the mayor and town council may allow. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 3, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To lay out and establish a State Road in the counties of Miami, Shelby and Champaign. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That William A. Carey, of the county of Shelby, John H. Walcott, of the county of Miami, Solomon G. Brucount, of the county of Champaign, and the county surveyor of Shelby county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road, beginning at the state road leading from Sidney, in Shelby county, to Piqua, in Miami county, at the point where the county line between the counties of Shelby and Miami crosses said road; thence running east on said county line, or as nearly so as practicable, until it strikes the west line of Champaign county; thence north, on the line between Champaign and Shelby counties, about forty rods to the northwest corner of section number thirty-three, township number three, and range twelve; thence east, on the section line until it intersects the state road leading from Quincy, in Logan county, to New Carlisle, in Clark county. |