AN ACT To incorporote the Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That James Kellogg, Horace P. Wedell, Richard Hillard, Benjamin Harrington, and Lewis Handerson, and their associates, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of the Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Company, and by that name they, and their successors, shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, defending and being defended, in all courts and places, and in all matters whatsoever, with full power to acquire, hold, occupy and enjoy all such real and personal estate as may be necessary and proper for the construction, extension and usefulness of the works of said company, and for the management and good government of the same; and they may have a common seal, and the same may alter, break and renew at pleasure. SEC. 2. The corporation hereby created, shall have full power and authority to manufacture and sell gas, to be made from any and all of the substances, or a combination thereof, from which inflammable gas is usually obtained, and to be used for the purpose of lighting the city of Cleveland, or the streets thereof, and any buildings, manufactories, public places or houses therein contained, and to erect necessary works and apparatus for conducting gas in the streets and avenues of said city: Provided, that the said corporation shall so conduct their works as not to create any nuisance, and that no permanent injury or damage shall be done to any street, lane, or highway of said city; but before digging or commencing operations, the said corporation, hereby created, shall first give notice to, and obtain consent of the city council of said city, for that purpose; the real estate which this corporation is entitled to hold, shall not exceed in value twenty thousand dollars. SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be forty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of ten dollars each, to be subscribed for and paid at such time, and in such proportions, as shall be prescribed by the by-laws and rules of said company. SEC. 4. The stockholders shall elect, annually, a board of directors, not less than five nor more than ten; said directors shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said association, as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and of this state, and shall have power to appoint such officers, artificers, agents, and superintendents, as they may think necessary, to regulate their compensation, and prescribe their duties. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 6, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend the act entitled " An act to establish a Free Turnpike Road from Lower Sandusky to Findlay, Hancock county," passed February tenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That no land on the east side of the Sandusky river shall be taxed for the use of said road, nor lands south of the mouth of Wolf creek, west to the west line of Bellvue township, Sandusky county. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 6, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To incorporate the Xenia and Wilmington Turnpike Road Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Abraham Hivling, John Ankeny, sr., Wilford McDaniel, and J. C. Chalmers, of the county of Greene, and Isaiah Morris, Jacob Haines, and Isaac Collett, of the county of Clinton, their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Xenia and Wilmington Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of constructing a turnpike road from the town of Xenia, Greene county, to Wilmington, in Clinton county. SEC. 2. That said company shall have all the rights, privileges and powers, and be subject to all the restrictions defined in the act to provide for the regulation of turnpike companies, passed January seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and the several acts amendatory thereto, except so far as the same may be modified or changed by this act. SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company may be sixty thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. . February 6, 1846. 8-L. L. AN ACT To incorporate the Manchester Bridge Company in Butler county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Abner Enoch, George L. Wrenn, Samuel Lucas, Francis J. Tytus, Jacob Barker, William Berkalow, Jacob Leibee and Solomon Banker, of Butler county, and their associates, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Manchester Bridge Company, and as such shall remain and have perpetual succession, and, by their corporate name, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, answer and be answered, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in any court having competent jurisdiction, and may have a common seal, which they may change or alter at pleasure. SEC. 2. That the said corporation be, and they are hereby authorized to erect a toll bridge across the Great Miami river, at a point near the mills of Abner Enoch, in said county of Butler: Provided, said company own the land on both banks of the said river where said bridge shall be erected, or shall obtain, in writing, from the owner or owners of the land whereon said bridge may be built, their consent to the building of said bridge, unless said banks should be a public highway. SEC. 3. That the said company, in erecting said bridge, shall, in no wise, injure or interrupt the navigation of said river. SEC. 4. That the company shall erect said bridge in a substantial manner, of proper width, and, in all respects, of sufficient dimensions and strength to admit of the safe passage of passengers, teams and carriages, and complete the same within five years from the passage of this act. SEC. 5. That after the completion of said bridge, as aforesaid, the said company are hereby authorized to demand and receive from passengers who may cross said bridge, not more than the following rates of tolls, to wit: For each foot passenger, three cents; For every horse, mule or ass, one year old and upwards, four cents; For every chaise, chair, gig or two-wheeled pleasure carriage, with one horse and driver, twenty-five cents: the same, with two horses and driver, thirty-seven and one-half cents; For every coach, chariot or other pleasure carriage with four wheels, drawn by two animals, driver included, fifty cents; the same, drawn by four animals, seventy-five cents; For every sled or sleigh, drawn by one animal, with the driver, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for every animal in addition, six and one-fourth cents; For every wagon, drawn by two animals, with driver, thirty-seven and one-half cents; and for every animal in addition, six and one-fourth cents; For every head of neat cattle six months old or upwards, two cents; For every head of sheep or hogs, one cent: Provided, that all troops of the United States and of this state, with their baggage and stores; persons attending election and musters; all persons who are, or may hereafter be exempt from the payment of ferriage within this state; and persons attending their usual places of worship on Sundays; and all funeral processions, may pass said bridge free from the tolls aforesaid: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exempt from the payment of tolls, persons conveying the mails of the United States. SEC. 6. That the proprietors of said bridge, previous to receiving any toll, shall set up and keep in a conspicuous place, over or near the gate to be erected on said bridge, a board, on which shall be painted or printed, in a plain and legible manner, the rates of toll allowed by this act. SEC. 7. That if said company shall demand and receive any higher or greater tolls than is by this act allowed, they shall be subject to the like fines and penalties which are, or may be provided in cases of fines, and any future legislature may regulate the rates of toll to be taken at said bridge. SEC. 8. That the said company shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, for the government of all matters pertaining to said bridge, as they may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of the United States and of this state, or the provisions of this act. SEC. 9. That this corporation, and the members thereof, shall be subject to all the liabilities, restrictions and provisions of the act entitled an act instituting proceedings against corporations not possessing banking powers and the visitorial powers of courts, and to provide for the regulation of corporations generally, passed March seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 9, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize John Reynolds and his associates to drain a certain prairie." SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the last proviso in the first section of the act to which this is an amendment, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 9, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To incorporate the Defiance Rural Cemetery Association, in Defiance county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Thomas Warren, Horace Sessions, William C. Halgate, Millard P. Bell, Orlando Evans, Jonas Calby and William Semans, and their associates, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Defiance Rural Cemetery Association, and by that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being answered in all courts and places, and in all matters whatsoever, with power to purchase, receive, hold, occupy and convey any real and personal estate which may be appropriate to the nature of their association, and to use a corporate seal. SEC. 2. That the officers of the said association shall be five trustees, a secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected by the members of said association triennially, on the second Monday of March, and who shall hold their offices until their successors are chosen; the trustees shall elect one of their number president of the association, and shall fill any vacancy that may occur in their own number or in the office of secretary or treasurer, either by death, resignation or otherwise; the title of all the property of the association, real and personal, shall be vested in the trustees, who shall have the government, management and regulations thereof, and of the business and interests of the association, under such general regulations as may be prescribed by the by-laws adopted in a general meeting of the members of the association: Provided, such by-laws shall not controvene any of the laws of this state, or the articles of association, which may be agreed and signed by the members of the association at their first organization. SEC. 3. That the said association shall have authority to dedicate and appropriate any real estate now owned by them, or which may hereafter be purchased by, or conveyed to them, as and for a rural cemetery or burying ground, and for the erection of tombs, cenotaphs and other monuments, for, or in memory of the dead; and, for this purpose, to lay out the same in suitable lots or other subdivisions, for family or other burying places, and to plant and embellish the same with trees, shrubbery, flowers, walks and other rural ornaments, and to make and provide for suitable inclosures, and to make and annex thereto such other suitable appendages and conveniences as they shall, from time to time, deem expedient; and whenever the said association shall lay out and dedicate any of their real estate for a cemetery or burying ground, as aforesaid, the same shall be deemed a perpetual dedication thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, and shall be forever held by said association in trust, for such purposes, and for none other, and the real estate, not exceeding twenty acres, so dedicated and used exclusively for the purposes aforesaid, shall be exempt from taxation; and the said association shall have authority to grant and convey to any person or persons the sole and exclusive right of burial, and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs and other monuments, in any such designated lots or subdivisions, upon such terms or conditions, and subject to such regulations as the said association shall prescribe; and every right so granted or conveyed shall be held for the purpo |