the sureties on his official bond as such treasurer, be, and the same are hereby relieved from the payment to said board of education, and said township trustees, or either or any of the said officers thereof said sum of sixteen hundred and eleven and 87-100 dollars or any part thereof. SECTION 2. That said board of education and said township trustees or the said officers thereof repay to the said Mathias Held said sum of sixteen hundred and eleven and 87-100 dollars together with the legal interest thereon from the 16th day of April, A. D. 1900, to date of payment thereof. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 20, 1902. President of the Senate. 23L [House Bill No. 112.] AN ACT To authorize the board of county commissioners of Summit county, Ohio, to reimburse John E. Washer for his loss sustained in the Akron riot, August 22, 1900. WHEREAS, John E. Washer was upon the 22nd day of August, 1900, the duly appointed and acting prison keeper of the city of Akron, Ohio, and as such prison keeper, was required to reside with his family in the city building; and WHEREAS, Said John E. Washer was, on the aforesaid date, residing with his family in said city building and had household goods and other property of considerable value therein; and WHEREAS, A certain prisoner charged with the commission of an offense against the statutes of the state of Ohio, had been placed in the city prison of Akron, Summit county, Ohio, under the charge and custody of the said John E. Washer as prison keeper; and WHEREAS, On the night of the 22nd day of August, 1900, a mob collected for the purpose of lynching said prisoner, and as the result of the acts of said mob, the city building, in which was located the city prison and the living apaments of said John E. Washer and family, was set on fire and said cit building and its contents, including the household goods and other property of the said John E. Washer, totally destroyed; therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That the board of county commissioners of Summit county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to settle and determine, before September 1st, 1902, upon the amount of loss sustained by the said John E. Washer by reason of the destruction of his said property; and said board of county commissioners are further authorized and empowered to draw their warrant or order upon the treasurer of said county, and in favor of said John E. Washer, for such an amount as said board of county commissioners shall ascertain and determine to be sufficient to reimburse him for the loss sustained by him, and that the treasurer of said county be authorized and empowered to pay the said John E. Washer the amount of said warrant or order out of the general fund of said county. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 20, 1902. President of the Senate. 24L [House Bill No. 23.] AN ACT To divide Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, into two election precincts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, be and the same is hereby divided into two election precincts, the boundary of said precincts beginning at a point in the Warren county line on the Canbytown road; thence northeast in a line of said road to the Henry Hawkins crossroads; thence in a southeasterly direction in the line of the Canbytown road to the John Hurley crossroads; thence north one hundred yards to a stake in the line of the new Burlington and Dakin's corner road; thence due east to the Albert Hackney road crossing from the Center pike to the New Burlington and Gurneyville pike; thence in the line of the Albert Hackney road north to the New Burlington and Gurneyville pike; thence in the line of the New Burlington and Gurneyville pike east to the Liberty township line. All of that portion of said township lying north of said line shall be known as New Burlington precinct of Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, and all that portion lying south of said line shall be known as Kingman precinct of Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. F. B. ARCHER, Passed February 21, 1902. [House Bill No. 459.] 25L AN ACT To authorize cities of the second class, third grade a. to issue bonds for the purposes therein [herein] specified. [SPRINGFIELD.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That the council of any city of the second class, third grade a, wherein waterworks have been or hereafter may be constructed. be, and it is hereby authorized and empowered upon application of the trustees of the waterworks of such city, to issue, from time to time, bonds of such city designated, "Waterworks bonds," not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars, for the purpose of extending water mains and pipe lines and for the purpose of making other improvements to the waterworks service of any such city. SECTION 2. That the council of any such city of the second class third grade a, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the application of the board of police and fire commissioners of said city, to issue, from time to time, bonds of such city, designated "Fire department bonds," not exceeding in the aggregate fifty thousand (50,000) dollars, for the purpose of purchasing real estate, fire engines, hose, horses and other necessary equipments for same, and for the building and repairing fire engine houses. SECTION 3. That the city council of any such city of the second class, third grade a, upon the recommendation of the board of public affairs of said city, two-thirds of the whole number of members of council elected thereto, concurring, and declaring the same to be necessary, be, and it is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city, not exceeding in aggregate the sum of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars, for the purpose of paying such portion of the cost and expense of paving or otherwise improving its streets, as to the council may seem equitable and just, and for the purpose of paying the deficiency caused by illegal assessments heretofore made for street paving purposes. SECTION 4. Such bonds shall be in such denominations, run for such length of time, not exceeding twenty (20) years, and bear such rate of interest not exceeding five (5) per cent. per annum, payable semiannually as such council may by ordinance determine; they shall be signed by the mayor and the city clerk of such city, and sealed with the seal of the corporation, and shall be advertised and sold in the manner provided by law for the sale of municipal bonds, and the entire proceeds arising from the sales thereof shall be applied exclusively for the purposes for which the bonds are issued. SECTION 5. The council of any, such city is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to levy and collect, from time to time, upon all taxable property of such city, a tax sufficient in amount to pay principal and the interest of any bonds which may be issued under the authority of this act. Said tax to be levied and collected in the manner of levying and collecting other taxes in the corporation. SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. F. B. ARCHER, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed February 24, 1902. [House Bill No. 99.] AN ACT To create a special school district in Harrison township, Perry county, Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That the following described territory in the township of Harrison, county of Perry, and state of Ohio, be and is hereby made and constituted a special school district, to be known as the Crooksville special school district, to-wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of section 16, township 14, range 14, Perry county, Ohio, thence west 480 rods, thence south 160 rods, thence west 80 rods, thence south 400 rods, thence east 80 rods, thence south 80 rods, thence east 480 rods, thence north 640 rods, to the place of beginning. SECTION 2. That all school property, including buildings and furniture now located on said territory described in section I of this act shall be a part of and belong to said special school district, subject to, and under the control of the board of education of said special school district. SECTION 3. Said special school district shall be entitled to receive its pro rata share of all the school funds, state and local, including contingent funds, that are or may be placed to the credit of said township of Harrison for the current school year, together with the other funds that may be applicable thereto and duly credited according to law, and shall in all respects be governed by such laws as are or may be enforced relating to special school districts. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, but not to operate against any existing contracts pertaining to the schools now in session therein; but said existing contracts shall be executed according to the terms thereof. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed February 24, 1902. 27L [House Bill No. 100.] AN ACT To authorize the county commissioners of Perry county, Ohio, to transfer funds. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That the county commissioners of Perry county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to transfer the following funds: Four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) from the bridge fund to the county fund, nine hundred and nineteen dollars and twenty-four cents ($919.24) from the township school fund to the county fund of said county, four hundred and twenty dollars and seventy-nine cents ($420.79) from the corporation fund to the county fund of said county, one thousand and fifty-seven dollars nine cents ($1057.09) from the township fund to the county fund of said county, six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) from the building fund to the county fund of said county, nine hundred and forty one dollars and twenty-five cents ($941.25) from the court house bond fund to the county fund of said county, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) from the court expense fund to the county fund of said county, twenty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents ($29.56) from the pike fund to the county fund, of said county, and six hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty-two cents ($614.32) from the tax omission fund to the county fund, which funds are now balances in the county treasury of said county credited to the aforesaid funds by mistake, and properly belong in the county fund of said county. SECTION 2. after its passage. This act shall take effect and be in force from and W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 24, 1902. F. B. ARCHER, President pro tem. of the Senate. 28L [House Bill No. 61.] AN ACT To authorize Joseph Bellefeuille, of Hamler, Henry country, state of Ohio, to change the spelling of his name. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That Joseph Bellefeuille of Hamler, Henry county, state of Ohio is hereby authorized to spell his name as follows: Joseph Bellfy. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 24, 1902. F. B. ARCHER, President pro tem. of the Senate. 29L [House Bill No. 200.] AN ACT To amend section 10 of an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the commissioners of Guernsey county to construct free turnpike roads, passed March 21, 1887 and to supplement the same, passed March [17, 1893,] 21, 1887, and to supplement the same, passed March 17. 1893, as amended April 10, 1894, (91 O. L. p. 612). Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That section 10 of an act to authorize the commissioners of Guernsey county to construct free turnpike roads, passed March 21, 1887, and to supplement the same, be amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 10. And such counties with population as aforesaid, shall be and are hereby created a special road district for the purpose of opening, |