AN ACT To lay out and establish a State road in the counties of Wayne, Medina and Cuyahoga. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That James Smith of the county of Wayne, Reuben Willey, of the county of Medina, and Ahimaz Sherwin, of the county of Cuyahoga, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and Abel Dickerson, of the county of Medina, surveyor to lay out and establish a State road in the counties aforesaid, commencing at the town or village of Doylstown, in the county of Wayne, thence to Ohio city, in the county of Cuyahoga, on the nearest and best route, having reference to the occupancy by said road or roads already laid out, an even surface, and ground suitable for building a road. Sec. 2. That the commissioners aforesaid shall be governed in all respects by the law now in force defining the mode of laying out and establishing State roads, passed March 14, 1831; and the expenses of laying out and establishing said road, shall be paid in the manner pointed out by said act; and should either of said commissioners, from any cause, be incapacitated of serving, the commissioners of the county where such vacancy may happen, shall, on being notified thereof, proceed without delay to fill such vacancy. C. ANTHONY, March 10, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Recorders of Lucas, Henry and Williams counties to transcribe certain records. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the recorders of Lucas, Henry, and Williams counties, be, and the same are hereby authorized to cause to be transcribed, into a suitable book or books, to be by them furnished, from the records in the several registers' offices in the State of Michigan, where the same may be found, all deeds, mortgages and other instruments of writing, conveying, encumbering, or otherwise effecting any real estate, situate within this State and north of Sullivan's line; which copies for each of the counties aforesaid, shall be certified by the register from whose office the same may be taken, and shall be deposited in the recorders' offices of the respective counties in which the lands therein described, may be situated; and all transcripts thus taken, certified and deposited, shall be deemed and taken in law to have the same legal force and effect as the original records of said counties of Lucas, Henry, and Williams; and copies thereof, certified by the recorder, in whose office the same may be deposited, shall have the same force and effect in law, as copies of the original records of said deeds, mortgages and other instruments would have had if they had been recorded in the proper counties of this State. Sec. 2. That the respective recorders of said counties, shall be enti tled to the same fees for the services required of them by the first section of this act, that they are entitled to receive for the recording of deeds, to be paid out of the treasuries of the respective counties in which such land may lie, as is or has been conveyed or incumbered by such instruments of writing, upon the order of the auditors of the counties, respectively. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. March 10, 1838. AN ACT To authorize the Directors of School District number eight, in the township of Canton, Stark county to borrow money. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the school directors of district number eight, in the township of Canton, Stark county, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit of said district, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars; which money, when borrowed under the provisions of this act, shall be applied by said directors to the purchase of a lot in said district, for the erection of a school house thereon for said district, and for no other purpose whatever. Sec. 2. That said district shall be bound for the payment of the money borrowed under the provisions of this act. C. ANTHONY, March 10, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To incorporate the Methodist Episcopal Church of McArthurstown, in the county of Athens. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That James Bothwell, James H. Will, Cyrus Catlin, John Livingston, Jacob Shocky, Jacob Johnson and William Craig, and their associates, and those who may hereafter be associated with them, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of the "First Methodist Episcopal Church of McArthurstown," in the county of Athens, agreeably to an act passed March 5, 1836, entitled "An act in relation to incorporated religious societies," and shall hold their first meeting for the election of offi cers, by the persons named in this act, or a majority of them, giving ten days' notice, in writing, posted up in three public places of the time and place of holding the same. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. March 10, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Newark and Lancaster Turnpike Company," passed March 11, 1836. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That as soon as five thousand dollars of the capital stock of said company shall be subscribed, the commissioners named in the said act, to which this is an amendment, by giving the necessary notice, may proceed to call a meeting of the stockholders of said company, for the purpose of organizing and electing directors to manage the affairs of the company, in the manner prescribed in said act; and that, in locating said turnpike road, between Pleasantville and Lancaster, the route of the present road shall be pursued as nearly as the same may be practicable. Sec. 2. That the seventeenth section, together with such parts of the said act to which this is an amendment, as are inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. March 10, 1838. C. ANTHONY, AN ACT To incorporate the First Lutheran Church and Society of Brush Creek township, in Jefferson county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Martin Adams, Samuel Hawley, and William Kerr, and those who may hereafter be associated with them, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The First Lutheran Church and Society of Brush creek," agreeably to an act passed March 5th, 1836, entitled "An act in relation to incorporated religious societies;" and shall hold their first meeting for the election of officers by the persons named in this act, or a majority of them, giving ten days' notice in writing, posted up in three public places, of the time and place of holding the same. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE J. SMITH, March 10, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend "An act to incorporate and establish the Franklin Bank of Cincinnati." Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so much of the tenth section of the act incorporating the Franklin Bank of Cincinnati, as requires that assignments and transfers of stock in said bank, be made in the presence of the president or cashier thereof, be, and the same is hereby repealed. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. March 10, 1838. AN ACT Speaker of the Senate. To authorize Nathan Sherly, of Paulding county, and Montgomery Evans, of the county of Williams, to lay out and establish a State road, in the counties of Paulding and Williams. Whereas, by an act, passed February 17, 1835, entitled "An act to lay out and establish a State road in the counties of Paulding and Williams;" Nathan Sherly, of Paulding county, and John Perkins and Montgomery Evans of Williams county, were appointed commissioners: and whereas, said commissioners, in pursuance of said appointment, commenced to lay out and establish said road; and while on said road, one of the above named commissioners, John Perkins, died; and whereas, there was not sufficient time for the commissioners of the county, in which such vacancy happened, to fill the same in time to complete said survey within one year after the passage of said act; Therefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the said Nathan Sherly, of Paulding county, and Montgomery Evans, of the county of Williams, are hereby authorized to lay out and establish said road, agreeably to said act, and make the return of the survey and plat of said road; and the auditors of the counties are respectively authorized and required to receive and record the same, in all respects, as if said return had been made within one year after the passage of the above recited act. C. ANTHONY, March 10, 1838. AN ACT To incorporate the Butler and Preble county Turnpike Road Company. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Isaac Mathias, Samuel G. Sweney, Henry Snively, John K. Wilson, and John Weaver, of Butler county; George Debolt, David Snively, George Taylor, John J. Taylor, and Jacob Woolf, of Preble county, 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 "Butler and Preble county Turnpike Road Company," for the purpose of constructing a road on the most eligible route, commencing and connecting with the Hamilton, Rossville, and Eaton turnpike, in said county of Butler, about three miles north of Rossville, and south of Capt. Torbot's dwelling house, and north of the Trenton road; thence to Jacksonburg, in said county; thence to Winchester, West Alexandria, Lewisburg, and to intersect the National Road, north of Lewisburg, in the county of Preble; 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 so far as the same may be modified and changed by the special provisions of this act. Sec. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. Sec. 3. The above named persons, or any five 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 fifteen thousand dollars shall have been subscribed to the stock of said company, the persons named in the first section of this act, or any seven 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 seven 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 greater or less distance, to wit: For every four-wheeled carriage, wagon, or other vehicle, drawn by one horse or other animal, eighteen and three-fourth 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 a 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 every coach or other four-wheeled pleasure carriage, drawn by two horses, or other animals, twenty-five cents; for 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 and upwards, led or driven, three cents; for every head of neat cattle, one cent; 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 by 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. |