be worked out under the direction of such officer or agent as may be appointed by the city council for that purpose, on the roads, streets, alleys or bridges, within said city; or paid in money to the county collector, as in other cases, and by him paid over to the city treasurer, to be expended under the direction of the city council or their agent, in the improvement of the streets, alleys and bridges within said city, as aforesaid. Sec. 2. That in levying taxes for the current expenses of the city, as provided by the fourteenth section of the act to which this is an amendment, it shall be lawful for the city council to levy said tax, at their discretion, at any rate not exceeding four mills on a dollar. Sec. 3. That it shall be lawful for the city council to cause the general fall elections to be held in the city by wards, in the same manner that elections are held for city officers; and the judges and clerks of each ward shall make their returns to the clerk of the court of common pleas, in the same manner that is required by law in other cases; and that part of the township of Montgomery, not included in the city limits, shall hold their election at a separate place, to be designated by the trustees, and shall be conducted as required by law of other townships. Sec. 4. That so much of the act incorporating the city of Columbus, passed March 3d, 1834, as is contrary to the provisions of this, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE J. SMITH, March 5, 1838. AN ACT Speaker of the Senate. To amend the act entitled "An act to authorize Levi Whipple and others to erect a Toll Bridge over the Muskingum river," and "An act to authorize Moses Dillon and his associates, to erect a Toll Bridge over the Muskingum river." Whereas, by two several acts of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, passed January 21, 1812, entitled "An act to authorize Levi Whipple and others to erect a toll bridge over the Muskingum River," and "An act to authorize Moses Dillon and his associates to erect a foll bridge over the Muskingum river," it is provided by the fifth section of each of the acts as above recited, that the rates of tolls, in said acts specified and established, may be altered or varied by any Legislature of this State after the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and from that time such rates of tolls shall be subject to further alteration as the Legislature may deem proper, once during each successive term of five years, until the expiration of the grant therein contained by the lapse of time: Therefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the said Levi and others, his, her or their assignees or representatives; and the said Moses and his associates, his, her or their several assignees or representatives, may demand and receive toll from travelers and others, passing each of said bridges, agreeaby to the following rates, viz: Foot passengers, two cents; horse, mule or ass, one year old and upwards, three cents; horse and rider, six and one-fourth cents; chaise and two horses, twenty-five cents; same with one horse, eighteen and three-fourths cents; sleigh or sled, and two horses or oxen, twelve and a half cents; coach or pleasure carriage, with four horses, fifty cents; same with two horses, thirty-one and onefourth cents; chair, gig, wagon, carryall, and one horse, twelve and a half cents; wagon and two horses, twenty-five cents; each additional horse, three cents; cart or dray, and one horse, twelve and a half cents; each additional horse, three cents; horse, mule or ass, under one year, (excepting sucking colts,) one and one-half cents; neat cattle over six months old, one and one-half cents; cattle under six months, and each hog or sheep, one-half cent: Provided, That all persons going to, and returning from, public worship, on the sabbath; all funeral processions; all persons going to, and returning from, musters of militia, and elections; all children going to, or returning from, school; all troops of this State or of the United States, with their artillery, baggage and stores, may pass over each of said bridges free from the tolls aforesaid. Sec. 2. That all persons passing to or from the towns of Zanesville, Putnam, South Zanesville and West Zanesville, with wagons, sleds, carts and other vihicles, or on horseback, loaded with the ordinary productions or raw materials of the country, and which may be conveyed for sale in the markets of either of said towns, such persons shall pass the said bridges respectively, at one-half the rates of toll specified in the preceding section. Sec. 3. That persons applying therefor, shall have the privilege of compounding with the owners or proprietors of said bridge respectively, and pass the same on foot, by the year, for themselves and families, at a rate not exceeding two dollars per annum, payable half yearly in ad vance. Sec. 4. That said proprietors respectively, shall cause lights to be placed on said bridges, sufficient for the safe passage of the same, from dark until ten o'clock P. M.; and on the nights preceding the regular market days in the town of Zanesville, the lights shall be continued from dark until daylight in the morning. Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the said Levi Whipple and others, as aforesaid, and the said Moses Dillon and his associates, as aforesaid, they or any of their several assignees or representatives, to set up and constantly keep up, exposed to public view, in some conspicuous place near the toll house or gate which may be constructed across said bridges respectively, a board or canvass, on which shall be printed, painted or written, in fair and legible characters, the rates of toll herein above established: And provided also, That if the said Levi and others, his, her or their assignees or representatives, or either of them, or the said Moses and his associates, or his, her or their assignees or representatives, or either of them, shall collect or demand any greater rates of toll for passing over either of said bridges, than such as are herein prescribed and specified, or shall demand any rate of toll of any person or persons by this act exempted from the payment thereof, knowing of such exemption, he, she or they, so offending, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of fifteen dollars; and for wilful neglect to keep up lights, as herein before specified, they shall respectively forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for every such offence; one moiety thereof for the use of the poor, to be divided and appropriated according to the provisions of the acts to which this is an amendment, and the other moiety for the use of any person who may sue for the same, before any justice or court having cognizance thereot: Provided, That no suit or action shall be brought, unless within thirty days. after such offence shall have been committed. Sec. 6. That so much of the acts herein before mentioned as estab lishes the rates of tolls on said bridges, together with the act entitled "An act to amend the acts entitled 'An act to authorize Levi Whipple and others to erect a toll bridge over the Muskingum river," and "An act to authorize Moses Dillon and his associates to erect a toll bridge over the Muskingum river;" passed the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby repealed. C. ANTHONY, March 5, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT An act to incorporate the First Congregational Society of Johnson, in the county of Trumbull. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Daniel Hine, Isaiah Bartlet, William Johnson, and their associates, be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The First Congressional Society of Johnson," agreeably to an act entitled "An act in relation to incorporated religious societies," passed March 5, 1836; and shall hold their first meeting for the election of officers, by the persons named in this act, giving ten days' notice in writing, posted up in three public places in said township, of the time and place of holding the same. C. ANTHONY, •Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE J. SMITH, March 5, 1838. AN ACT Speaker of the Senate. An act to incorporate the First Regular Baptist Church, in Newton, in the county of Trumbull. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Benami Johnson, Jehiel P. Jacobs, Nelson Jones, and their associates, be, and they are hereby created a body po'itic and corporate, u ider the name of "The First Regular Baptist Church in Newton," agreeably to an act entitled "An act in relation to incorporated religious societies," passed Lee L~~25, March 5th, 1836, and shall hold their first meeting for the election of offcers by the persons named in this act giving ten days' notice in writing, posted up in three public places in said township, of time and place of holding the same. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. March 5, 1838. AN ACT To incorporate the town of Norwich, in the county of Muskingum. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so much of the township of Union, in the county of Muskingum, as is comprised and designated in the plat of the town of Norwich, together with such plats as have been or hereafter may be recorded as additions thereto, be, and the same is hereby, created a town corporate, and shall hereafter be known and distinguished by the name and title of the "Town of Norwich." Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful for the householders and inhabitants of the town, residing within the limits thereof, having the qualifications of electors of the General Assembly, to meet at some c. nvenient place in said town on the first Monday of May next, and on the first Monday of May, annually, thereafter, then and there proceed, by a majority of votes, to elect by ballot one mayor, one recorder, and five trustees; and the persons so elected shall hold their respective offices one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and they shall constitute the town council: Pro vided, That no person shall be eligible to the office of mayor, recorder, or trustees of said town who shall not be a freeholder or householder in said town at the time of such election. Sec. 3. That at the first election to be holden under this act, two judges and a clerk shall be chosen, viva voce, by the voters present, and shall take an oath or affirmation faithfully to discharge the duties required of them by this act; and at all subsequent elections, the mayor, and trustees, or any two of them, shall be judges, and the recorder clerk of the election; and at all such elections, the polls shall be opened between the hours of ten and eleven in the forenoon, and close at three in the afternoon of the same day; and at the close of the polls, the votes shall be counted, and a true statement thereof proclaimed at the door of the house where such election was held; and the clerk shall deliver to each person elected, or leave at his usual place of abode, within three days from the day of elec tion, a written notice of his election; and the person so elected and notified shall, within ten days from said election, take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this State, and also an oath of office; a certificate of which shall be deposited with the recorder, and by him preserved. Sec. 4. That the mayor, recorder, and trustees of said town shall be a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, to be known and distinguished by the name of the "Town Council of the Town of Norwich," and shall be capable in law to acquire property, real and personal, for the use of said town, sell or convey the same; may have a common seal, alter the same at pleasure; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any court of law or equity in this State; and when any suit shall be commenced against said corporation, the first process shall be a summons, an attested copy of which shall be left with the recorder at least eight days before the return day thereof. Sec. 5. That the mayor, recorder, and trustees, or a majority of them, of whom the mayor or recorder shall always be one, shall have authority to make, ordain, and publish all such by-laws and ordinances, consistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, as they shall deem necessary for the regulation, interest, health, cleanliness, and convenience of said town of Norwich; and they shall have power to fill all vacancies occasioned by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, in any of the offices therein named; they shall also have power to appoint a treasurer, town marshal, clerk of the market, and such other subordinate officers as they may deem necessary, to prescribe their general duties, and to require of them such security as they shall think necessary, to secure the faithful performance of their several duties; to remove them at pleasure; to fix and establish the fees of the officers of said corporation, not established by this act; to impose such fines, not exceeding three dollars, as they may deem just, for refusing to accept any office in said corporation: Provided, That no law or ordinance of said corporation shall ever subject horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs, owned by any person not residing in said town, to be taken up, sold, or abused for coming within the limits of said corporation. Sec. 6. That the town council of said town shall have the power and authority, by ordinance or by-law, to prevent the keeping any grocery or house of entertainment other than taverns, in said town hereby incorporated, and to prevent the retailing of spirituous liquors by less quantity than one gallon; and the mayor of said corporation shall have cognizance of any of the aforesaid offences; and on complaint, made under oath, shall issue his warrant, and proceed as in other cases; and on conviction, may fine the delinquent in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and may enforce the payment of said fine and costs in the same manner that justices of the peace may enforce the collection of fines by them assessed; and the money so collected, shall be paid into the treasury of said corporation for the use of the same; the town council may also regulate the exhibition of all shows authorized by law, of whatever kind, by granting license, and fining persons for exhibiting such shows without license, in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every such offence. Sec. 7. That the mayor shall be a conservator of the peace within the limits of said corporations; and shali have the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace therein, both in criminal and civil cases; and in all his acts as justice of the peace, he shall be governed by the laws defining the duties of justices of the peace; and shall be entitled to the same fees as justices of the peace are entitled to receive for similar services; he shall give bond and security as is required by law of justices of the peace; he shall be authorized by law to hear and determine all cases arising under the law and |