Bonds may be issued. new bridge or bridges over the stream or streams crossed by the bridge or bridges so condemned or ordered removed; and for this purpose such commissioners shall have power to purchase or appropriate property, in the manner provided by law, to widen the channels of such stream or streams. SECTION 2. For the purpose of supplying funds necessary to do the work herein authorized, the county commissioners of any county shall have authority to issue bonds payable not later than twenty years from date and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum, in an aggregate amount not to exceed two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars and to levy a tax upon all the real and personal property of the county to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund for the final redemption of such bonds; and such bonds and taxes shall be in addition to all other issues or levies now authorized by law. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Preamble. To appropriate money for building a culvert under the Miami and Erie canal and to grant relief to Hannah Brown by reason of the overflow of her lands from said canal. WHEREAS, The state of Ohio, through its agents and servants caused an aqueduct or culvert running under the Miami and Erie canal, at or near the center of the west line of Sec. No. 3, Washington township, Paulding county, Ohio, to be closed up, and WHEREAS, By reason of the closing up of said aqueduct or culvert the south half (%) of the northwest quarter (4) and all that part of the west half (%) of the southwest quarter (4) of said section No. 3 east of said Miami and Erie canal and containing in all 105 acres of land, owned by the said Hannah Brown, have had no drainage, and have thereby been flooded and the crops thereon destroyed, and, WHEREAS, The flooding of said lands have caused great loss to the said Hannah Brown and sickness in her family, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Appropriation Brown. SECTION I. That there be and hereby is appropriated for Hannah out of any money of the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, and not otherwise appropriated the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars to be paid to Hannah Brown, of Washington township, Paulding county, Ohio, for the loss so sustained. The auditor of state is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the state treasury in favor of the said Hannah Brown for the sum hereby appropriated. There is also hereby appropriated out of any Appropriation money in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue for board of fund and not otherwise appropriated the further sum of public works. seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars which sum, or so much thereof as is necessary shall be used by the board of public works for the purpose of building a new aqueduct or culvert under the Miami and Erie canal at or near the center of the west line of section No. 3, Washington township, Paulding county, Ohio. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That the sum of one hundred and two Appropriation ($102.00) dollars for the purpose hereinafter specified, be to reimburse village of and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in Spencerville. the state treasury to the credit of the general reven rund not otherwise appropriated, and that the auditor of state be, and is hereby authorized to issue his warrant on the state treasurer for said sum of one hundred and two ($102.00) dollars, in favor of the village of Spencerville, Ohio, to reimburse said village for constructing eight hundred and sixteen (816) square feet of concrete and cement sidewalks, abutting property in said village, belonging to the state. Preamble. Appropriation to reimburse [Senate Bill No. 75.] AN ACT To reimburse city of Nelsonville, Ohio, for cost of culvert and sewer through canal and state grounds. WHEREAS, The state of Ohio has permitted the culvert. under the canal and through state grounds at Nelsonville, Ohio, to fall into decay, and as said culvert took care of the water received from the natural watercourse, and WHEREAS, It became necessary to keep the city from being flooded, to rebuild the culvert and sewer, and WHEREAS, The city has rebuilt said culvert and sewer, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That the following sum for the purpose city of Nelson hereinafter specified, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund not otherwise appropriated, to-wit: ville. City of Nelsonville, Ohio; to reimburse for cost of culvert and sewer through canal and state grounds, $1,073.00. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed March 24, 1904. MYRON T. HERRICK, Governor. Approved March 26, 1904. [House Bill No. 155.] AN ACT To amend section 4759 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, relative to repairing of roads. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 4759. The roads established and constructed under this chapter shall be opened not more than sixty nor less than forty feet wide, and at least twenty feet in width shall be turnpiked with earth so as to drain freely to the sides, and raised with stone, brick, gravel or other material equally as good not less than eight nor more than sixteen feet in width, nor less than twelve inches thick in the center, and not less than eight inches thick at the outer edges of sucn bed of stone, brick or gravel, well compacted together in such manner as to secure a firm, even and substantial road; but the commissioners may, in their discretion, cause the road to be constructed wholly of earth, when stone, brick or gravel or other material equally as good is not accessible to the line of the road; in no case shall the grade of ascent or descent on the road be greater than seven degrees; Manner in must be con which road structed. [Bridges and Culverts.] The road shall be well provided Bridges and with all necessary side drains, waste-ways and under drainings, to prevent overflowing or washing by water and with substantial bridges or culverts at all crossings of watercourses; which bridges and culverts shall be built as a part of said road, and paid for out of said turnpike funds. But any sucn bridges (substructure and superstructure inclusive), the estimated cost of which exceeds five hundred dollars, shall be erected and let separate from the rest of the work, in accordance with the provisions of chapter I of title VI, part one of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. The provisions of section eight hundred and seventy-seven, and section two thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and section two thousand eight hundred and thirty-four b (2834b) of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the making of any of the improvements under this chapter. (74, v. 145; R. S. of 1880; 95, v. 216.) SECTION 2. That said original section 4759 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be and the same is hereby repealed. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Repeals. County recorder: Compensation for services ordered by county commissioners. Repeals. [House Bill No. 207.] AN ACT To amend section 1158 of the Revised Statues of Ohio, providing for the payment of compensation to the recorder for transcribing defaced or injured records. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 1158 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 1158. The recorder for services directed to be performed by the commissioners in transcribing the records of other counties, and transcribing defaced or injured records, shall receive such compensation as the commissioners determine, not exceeding six cents for every hundred words; and for transcribing defaced or injured records of plats, not exceeding fifty cents for the first six lines and three cents for each additional line; a line for the purposes of this section to be such portion of such record as can be drawn by a continuous stroke of the pen without change of the rule, regardless of intersecting lines; and for making the general indexes provided for herein, such sum as is fixed by the commissioners; and they shall allow the recorder his necessary expenses in transcribing records in other counties. SECTION 2. That said original section 1158 be and the same is hereby repealed. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. MYRON T. HERRICK, Governor. 45G Appropriations for gen eral assembly. [House Bill No. 393.] AN ACT To make sundry appropriations. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any money in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, and not otherwise appropriated the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars for salaries and mileage of members, per diem of clerks, sergeants-at-arms and other officers and employes of the general assembly; forty-five hundred ($4,500.00) dollars for contingent expenses of the house; three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars for |