AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Bedford, in Cuyahoga county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the by-laws and ordinances of said town, shall be published in a newspaper published in said town, if any there be; if no paper is published in said town, the said by-laws to be posted up in two or more public places in said town, at least ten days prior to the taking effect thereof; and the certificate of the recorder shall be considered sufficient evidence of the same having been done. Sec. 2. That the mayor of said town shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bond, with two sufficient securities, to be approved by the trustees of said town, in any sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful accounting for, and paying over, all moneys that shall come into his hands by virtue of his said office. Sec. 3. That the town council of said town shall have power to require every male resident of said town, under the direction of the marshal, or such other person as may be required to superintend the improvement of such streets, alleys or public grounds of said town, under the direction of the marshal, or such other person as may be appointed to superintend the improvement of such streets alleys or public grounds, in addition to the labor required under the present laws regulating roads and highways; and, upon refusing or neglecting to perform such work under the proper officer, after having received from such officer such notice as is required to be given to persons to work, in an act entitled "An act defining the duties of supervisors of roads and highways," the delinquent aforesaid shall be liable to pay the sum of seventy-five cents for each day he shall neglect or refuse as aforesaid; to be recovered in the name of the treasurer of said corporation, for the use of said corporation. Sec. 4. That the town council of said town shall have power to regulate or restrain the running at large of horses, cattle, dogs and swine, and to impose a tax on owners of dogs; to regulate all exhibitions and public shows, not prohibited by the laws of this State, with exclusive powers to grant or refuse licenses thereto, or to revoke the same; and to exact such sum or sums therefor as they may deem expedient; and for the violation of any ordinance by them made, under the authority of this act, the said council may prescribe any penalty, not exceeding fifty dollars, and provide for the prosecution, recovery and collection of the same. Sec. 5. The said town council are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax upon al! the real and personal property within the bounds of said corporation, as the same has been, or shall be appraised on the grand levy of the State: Provided, The said tax shall not exceed, in any one year, one half of one per centum of the aggregate amount of taxable property within the limits of said town; and the said town council shall, between the first Monday of May and first Monday of June in each year, determine the amount of tax to be assessed the current year. Sec. 6. That so much of the act to which this is an amendment, as is inconsistent with this amendment, be, and the same is hereby repealed. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 23, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend sundry acts to incorporate the town of Lancaster, passed February 24th, 1831, and March 3d, 1836. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so much of the townships of Hocking and Bern, in the county of Fairfield, as is included in the following described boundaries, to wit: beginning at a point on the south side of the Hockhocking river, where the north and south line, on the east side of Zane's location, crosses the same; thence up said river, with the meanders thereof, to the bridge west of the west end of Main street, thence in a northern direction with the ditch through Boos' meadow, to said river; and thence, with the meanders thereof, to the north line of Hocking township; thence east, along said township line, to the northeast corner of said Hocking township; thence south, along the line between the out lots north of said town and the lands of John Baldwin, to a point forty rods north of the southeast corner of out lot number four, north; thence east to a point where a line due south will intersect the northwest corner of out lot number one, east of said town; thence, from said northwest corner of out lot number one, east along the line, between out lots number one, two and three, and the lands of said John Baldwin, to the northeast corner of out lot number three, and thence south along the line of Zane's location, to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby erected into, and constituted a town corporate, by the name of the "Town. of Lancaster." Sec. 2. That the town council of said town shall have authority to compel the owner or owners of any lot, fractions of land, or part of a lot in said town, to pave and curb the side-walks, and pave the public gutters fronting on the same, in such manner as they may, by public ordinance, deem expedient; and in case of the neglect or refusal of any person or persons, owners as aforesaid, to comply with such requisition, said town council may cause such improvement to be made at the expense of the corpora tion, which money, so expended, is hereby made a tax upon the lot or lots in front of which such improvement is made; and it shall be the duty of the recorder to enter upon the annual duplicate of said town, in a separate column for that purpose, against any lot or lots, the amount so charged and assessed; which tax shall be collected by the marshal as other corporation taxes are collected, under the provisions of the act of incorporation passed February 24th, 1831. Sec. 3. The president of said town council, or in his absence, the recorder shall have power to hear and determine all controversies, arising under any of the laws or ordinances of said town, and for all infractions thereof; on view, or complaint made, they shall be vested with full and judicial powers to hear, try and determine the same. Sec. 4. That so much of the acts of incorporation heretofore passed, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 24, 1338. AN ACT Speaker of the Senate. To incorporate the Harmer and Waterford Turnpike Company. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Douglass Putnam, John Dodge, Shepherd M'Intosh, George Bowen, Robert Legett, William Woodford, Elias Wolcot, Julius Demming, Augustus Stone, Henry Fearing, A. Brooks, David Barber, John Crawford, Absalom Craig, James Farley, Peter Keith, and John de la Vergne, and those who may hereafter be associated with them, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name of the "Harmer and Waterford Turnpike Company," for the purpose of constructing a road from the town of Harmer, in Washington county, to Waterford; thence across the Muskingum river, a northern direction, on the most eligible ground, till it intersects a graded State road from the mouth of Cats creek, by McKee's, to Washington, on the National Road, in the county of Guernsey; 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 7th January, 1817, and the several acts amendatory thereto, except in so far as the same may be modified and changed by the special provisions of this act. Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be thirty thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty dollars each. Sec. 3. That the above named persons, or any seven of them, may proceed to open books of subscription to the capital stock of said company, at such times and places as they may deem proper, agreeably to the act to provide for the regulation of turnpike companies, aforesaid. Sec. 4. That so soon as five thousand dollars shall have been subscribed to the stock of said company, the persons named in the first section of this act, or any five of them, may call a meeting of the stockholders, in the manner prescribed in the "Act to provide for the regulation of turnpike companies" aforesaid, for the election of nine directors for the government of said company. Sec. 5. That the following shall be the rates of toll for each ten miles of said road, and in the same proportion for a less distance, to wit: For every four-wheeled carriage, wagon or other vehicle, drawn by one horse or other animal, eighteen and three-fourths cents; for every horse or other animal in addition, six and one-fourth cents; for every cart, chair or other two-wheeled vehicle, drawn by one horse or other animal, twelve and one-half cents; for every horse or other animal in addition, six and one-fourth cents; for every sleigh or sled, drawn by one horse or other animal, twelve and one half cents; for every horse or other animal in addition, six and one-fourth cents; for each coach or other four-wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by two horses or other animals, twenty-five cents; every horse or other animal in addition, six and one-fourth cents; for every horse or other animal and rider, six and one-fourth cents; For every horse, mule or ass, six months old or upwards, led or driven, three cents; for every head of neat cattle, one cent; for each score of sheep or swine, ten cents; and in the same proportion for a less number: and the said company shall be entitled to demand and receive one half of the foregoing rates of toll on the said road, when the same or any part thereof, being not less than ten miles together, shall have been graded and bridged, though not fully completed; Provided, That such persons shall be exempt from paying tolls as are exempted in the eleventh section of the general act, passed January 7th, 1817, before mentioned, saving only persons conveying the public mails of the United States; which last mentioned persons shall not pass free as in said act. Sec. 6. If the said company hereby incorporated shall not become organized, agreeably to the provisions of this act, and commence operations within two years from and after the passage of the same, then, and in that case, their right to do so shall cease. C. ANTHONY, February 24, 1838. AN ACT Speaker of the Senate. To incorporate the "Fairmount Fire Engine Company," of the town of Canton, Stark county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Samuel Fahnestock, Harman Stidger, F. A. Schneider, Jonas Polley, John Shorb, Joshua Saxton, and Lewis Fogle, and their associates, and those who may hereafter be associated with them, are hereby made a body politic and corporate under the name of the "Fairmount Fire Engine Company, of the town of Canton, Stark county," for the term of thirty years; and by such name, and in their corporate capacity they may make contracts, may sue and be sued, answer and be answered unto, in all courts in this State having cognizance; may hold property, personal or real, whether by purchase, gift, bequest, or devise; and may establish by-laws for their government, and for the assessing and collecting fines, not incompatible with the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. Sec. 2. The annual income of said company shall not exceed two thousand dollars, nor shall the funds be used for any other purpose than to make said company efficient in the extinguishment of fires. Sec. 3. Any future Legislature may alter, amend or repeal this act: Provided, Such alteration, amendment or repeal shall not affect the title to any property, real or personal, belonging to said company, nor to any which they may have conveyed or transferred; this act shall be taken in all courts of justice in this State as a public act. Sec. 4. All suits instituted by said company shall be by action of debt. Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 24, 1838. AN ACT To incorporate the First Methodist Protestant Society, in the town of New Lisbon. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Henry Springer, Isaac Hestings, George Beaumont, Auzry White, and Daniel Harbaugh, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby incorporated a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the "First Methodist Protestant Society, in the town of New Lisbon, and, as such, shall enjoy and be subjected to all and singular the provisions contained in an act entitled "An act to incorporate religious societies," passed March 5th, 1836. Sec 2. That ten days' notice shall be given by the members of said society, of the time and place of holding their first meeting for the election of officers, posted up in writing, in three public places within the bounds of said society. C. ANTHONY, February 24, 1.838. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act declaring Symmes' creek, in the counties of Lawrence and Gallia, navigable under certain restrictions," and the several amendatory acts thereto. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Symmes' creek, in the counties of Lawrence and Gallia, be, and the same is hereby declared a public highway, from where the Portsmouth road near Stephen Gates' crosses the same to the mouth thereof: Provided. L. L.-15. |