and repair thereof, and all persons owing such taxes, who may wish to discharge the same in labor, shall apply such labor under the direction of said commissioners, or their agent or agents, appointed for that purpose at the rate of seventy five cents per day. SEC. 6. So much of the taxes appropriated by this act as shall be paid into the county treasury shall be computed by the county auditor as accurately as may be, and paid over upon the order of the president and secretary of said commissioners, certifying that labor to the amount of said order has been done on said road, and all taxes so computed by the county auditor shall be expended on said road in the county where collected. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the county auditors, of the respective counties through which said road may pass, in computing the portion of road tax that may have accrued within the aforesaid limits on each side of said road, to embrace the whole of any tract of land, of which one half may be included within the parallel lines, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, and for all duties performed by them, under this act, they shall be allowed the same fees allowed by law for similar services in other cases. SEC. 8. The commissioners shall have power to receive donations of land to aid in the construction of said road, and to sell and convey the same in fee simple; they shall take releases of the right of way, and they shall expend the money in their hands only on such parts of the road as shall have been permanently located and established. SEC. 9. The said commissioners, and their successors, shall be a corporation by the name and style of the West Charleston, Quincy and Logansville Free Turnpike Road, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and it shall be their duty to prosecute for all obstructions to said road or for injuries done to the same, or the bridges thereon, and the form of such prosecution shall be in the action of debt, and the amount recoverable in each case shall be the amount of damages actually found by the court or jury, with ten per centum thereon, and, in all cases, the said commissioners shall have a right to sue, either before a justice of the peace or in the court of common pleas of the proper county, which suits shall be appealable, as in other cases, and the amount collected, in each case, shall be for the benefit of said road, and shall be paid, upon the order of the president and secretary of said commissioners, as in case of county treasurers, in section six. SEC. 10. The said commissioners shall, annually, in the month of January, make a full settlement of their receipts and expenditures, under this act, and deposit a copy thereof in the auditor's office in each county through which said road may pass. SEC. 11. That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to interfere with any tax heretofore appropriated to any other free turnpike road, but hereafter, if the claims of the road hereby authorized to be constructed should conflict with the claim of taxes with that of any other free turnpike road, said taxes shall be equally divided. JOHN M. GALLAGHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS W. BARTLEY, Speaker of the Senate. March 12, 1844. 23-L. Li AN ACT To authorize the sale of School Section Sixteen, in Rutland Township, in the County of Meigs. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the lessees of section sixteen, in township six, in range fourteen, of the Ohio Company's purchase, in Meigs county, be and they are hereby authorized, upon full payment of all back rents, to surrender their leases to the auditor of said county and take certificates of purchase for said lands at the appraisement under which said leases were granted; and in all other respects the said auditor and lessees shall be governed by the "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. JOHN M. GALLAGHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS W. BARTLEY, Speaker of the Senate. March 12, 1844. AN ACT To incorporate the Salem Academy, in Buckskin Township, in Ross County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Hugh S. Fullerton, William Wilson, Satterfield Scott, Samuel A. Morton, William Tharp, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Salem Academy, in Buckskin township, in Ross county, and, as such, shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities granted by, and be subject to all the restrictions of the act entitled "an act to regulate incorporated literary societies," passed March seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, and of "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. SEC. 2. That the first meeting under this act may be convened on ten days previous notice by a majority of the corporators aforenamed, posted up at three of the most public places in the vicinity of said Academy. JOHN M. GALLAGHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. March 12, 1844. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Congress, Wayne county, to convey certain real estate. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the old Methodist Episcopal Church, in the town of Congress, Wayne county, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make and execute a deed of conveyance to the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church, in said town, and their successors, for the use of said church, for one fourth of an acre of land, being the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of section twenty seven, township twenty one, and range fourteen, in said county of Wayne, together with the meeting house erected thereon, and other improvements belonging thereto. SEC. 2. Such deed of conveyance, made and executed by said trustees for the old Methodist Episcopal Church, shall vest in the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church, and their successors, for the use and benefit of said church, and the members thereof, all the right, title, interest and estate, which the said old Methodist Episcopal Church holds, either by gift, grant, devise or purchase, in the premises so conveyed. JOHN M. GALLAGHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS W. BARTLEY, Speaker of the Senate. March 12, 1844. AN ACT To incorporate the Dudley Medical University of Wadsworth. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there shall be and hereby is established at Wadsworth, in the county of Medina, a University for the purpose of educating young men in the science of medicine, and in all its collateral branches, the style and title of which shall be the Dudley Medical University of Wadsworth, at Wadsworth, Ohio. SEC. 2. The said university shall be under the management, direction and government of a number of trustees, not exceeding ten, or a quorum or board thereof, as hereinafter mentioned. SEC. 3. The first trustees of said university shall consist of the following persons, to wit: George K. Pardee, Aaron Pardee, Philo Welton, William Eyles, George Miller, Richard Warner and John Pardee, which said trustees, and their successors, to be elected as hereafter mentioned, shall be and they are hereby created, established and declared to be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, with all the incidents of a corporation in deed and in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, with full power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to acquire and hold and convey property, both real and personal; to have and to use a common seal, to alter and renew the same at pleasure; to confer on all whom they may deem worthy such honors and degrees as are usually conferred by universities of a similar character, and to make and alter, from time to time, all such by laws as shall be deemed necessary for the government of said institution, provided such bylaws are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state, and provided that no banking operations be undertaken by said corporation. SEC. 4. Five trustees shall be a quorum for the transaction of business; the officers shall consist of a president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected from among the number of trustees. SEC. 5., The present trustees shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors are chosen. SEC. 6. The treasurer shall be styled treasurer of the Dudley Medical University of Wadsworth, who shall give bonds, before entering upon the duties of his office, for the security of the corporation and the public, in such penal sums and with such securities as shall be approved of by the trustees. SEC. 7. The said members of this corporation may take unto themselves any number of associates, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the bylaws of said corporation; which bylaws may be made and established, by a quorum of said trustees, at any regular meeting of said trustees. SEC. 8. The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be on the first Monday of March in each year, in the township of Wadsworth; the first meeting to be held on the first Monday of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty five, at such place as a quorum of the trustees shall appoint. SEC. 9. The corporators and their associates and successors shall be held jointly and severally liable, in their individual capacity, for all the debts of the corporation. SEC. 10. The legislature may, at any time hereafter, alter, amend or repeal the privileges hereby granted. JOHN M. GALLAGHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS W. BARTLEY, Speaker of the Senate. March 12, 1844. AN ACT To incorporate the Mount Vernon and Cavallo Turnpike Road Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That John Frew, Benjamin Butler, William Robeson, John Robeson, Nicholas Riley, Isaac Means, William Critchfield, Squire S. Butler, Emanuel Mast, Joseph L. Workman, of Knox county, and their associates, be and they are hereby created a body corporate, under the name of the Mount Vernon and Cavallo Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of constructing a road from Mount Vernon to Cavallo, in Knox county; which 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 in so far as the same may be modified or changed by the special provisions of this act. SEC. 2. The capital stock of said company may be twenty thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each. SEC. 3. That the above named commissioners shall meet at Cavallo, at such time as they shall think fit, and proceed to organize the said company, and take order for the opening of books for the subscription of stock agreeably to the second section of the said act to provide for the regulation of turnpike companies. SEC. 4. That as soon as fifty shares shall be subscribed, the above named commissioners shall call a meeting of the stockholders, in the manner prescribed in the third section of the said act to provide for the regulation of turnpike companies, for the election of five directors for the government of said company. SEC. 5. That said company be and they are hereby authorized to demand and receive from persons traveling said road, the following tolls for every ten miles travel on said road, and in the same proportion for a less distance, to wit: For every four wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses or oxen, fifteen cents; for every horse or ox in addition, five cents; For every sled or sleigh, drawn by two horses or oxen, ten cents; and for every horse or ox in addition, five cents; For every horse and rider, five cents; For every horse, mule or ass, six months old or upwards, led or driven, three cents; For every head of neat cattle, six months old or upwards, one cent; For every four wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by two horses, thirty cents; for every horse in addition, five cents; For every two wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by one horse, ten cents; For every four wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by one horse, twenty cents; For every cart, drawn by one horse or two oxen, ten cents; for every horse or ox in addition, five cents. SEC. 6. That whenever five continuous miles of said road are completed, according to the provisions of the said act for the regulation of turnpike companies, the aforesaid company may erect a gate and receive tolls from persons traveling said road, at the above specified rates, provided that such persons shall be exempt from paying tolls as are exempted in the eleventh section of the aforesaid act for the regulation of turnpike companies, saving only, persons conveying public mails of the United States, which last mentioned persons shall not pass free, as in the said act provided. SEC. 7. That said company, and the corporators thereof, shall be subject to the provisions of all acts now in force, or which may be hereafter enacted for the purpose of governing and regulating turnpike companies generally, in this state, and also, "an act instituting proceedings against |