AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Concord township, Ross County, Ohio, to contract with Frankfort Lodge, No. 309, of Free and Accepted Masons, in the construction of a township hall. WHEREAS, The trustees of Concord township, Ross county, Ohio, contemplate the erection of a township hall in the incorporated village of Frankfort, in the above named township; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township trustees of Concord township, Ross county, Ohio, if they see proper, are hereby authorized and empowered to construct a township hall, embracing a room for voting purposes, upon the ground floor, and so as to accommodate Frankfort Lodge, No. 309, of Free and Accepted Masons, of the state of Ohio, located at Frankfort, in Concord township, in the aforesaid county, with suitable rooms and apartments therein, upon such terms and conditions as to them shall appear equitable and just. SEC. 2. That when said parties shall agree upon the terms and conditions in regard to the construction of said township hall and assignment of the various apartments for their several accommodation, they shall reduce their said agreement to writing, under their hands and seals, the trustees in person, and said lodge by the trustees thereof or its prin cipal officers, and acknowledge the same before some competent person authorized by law to take acknowledgments, and when so executed and acknowledged, they shall cause the same to be entered on record in the recorder's office of said Ross county, and the same thereafter shall be conclusive evidence of the terms of their said agreement and the rights of said parties: Provided, the township trustees shall have the same power to make a contract with any person or persons, or lodge, as is granted to them in this act to make with Frankfort Lodge, No. 309, of Free and Accepted Masons; and provided further, that the portion of said hall or building, erected and owned by said Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, shall be appraised and taxed as other private property. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred in the construction of said hall, the trustees of said township are hereby authorized to levy, in excess of the taxes now authorized by law on the taxable property of said township, a sum sufficient to raise the amount of thirteen hundred and thirty-three dollars per year, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and the two years immediately thereafter. SEC. 4. That in anticipation of taxes so levied and taxes already au thorized by law, the trustees of said township are hereby empowered to issue bonds and borrow the sum of six thousand dollars, to be paid in equal installments, in one, two and three years, and to bear a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent. Said bonds to be sold at not less than their par value. SEC. 5. That the trustees of said township are hereby required to call a special election to be held on Saturday, the 18th day of May, 1872, and to give notice of the same by hand bills, posted in every school district in the township at least twenty days before said election. Tickets shall be provided by said trustees, upon which shall be printed "Township Hall, Yes," "Township. Hall, No," and the voter wishing to vote "Yes" shall 16-LAWS. erase the word "No," and the voter desiring to vote "No" will erase the N. H. VAN VORHES, Passed April 10, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT For the relief of John A. Carothers, Superintendent of the Delaware County Infirmary. WHEREAS, On the night of the 14th of February, 1871, the infirmary barn in Delaware county, Ohio, was set on fire by an insane inmate of said infirmary, burning two valuable horses, together with a carriage worth two hundred and forty dollars, one double and one single harness, saddle and bridle, in all valued at seven hundred and fifty dollars; and WHEREAS, A suitable place for the confinement of such insane inmates was not provided at said infirmary, but they were allowed their liberty by the knowledge and consent of the board of directors of said infirmary, and that the superintendent, John A. Carothers, was not responsible for the act of said inmates for the reason above stated; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Delaware county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to pay the said John A. Carothers the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, by reason of the loss above referred to, out of the funds of said county. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 10, 1872. AN ACT President of the Senate. To provide for the erection of a county jail in Champaign county, Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of Champaign county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to raise by a special tax on all the taxable property in said county, by one or more annual levies, as said commissioners may determine, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a county jail on the lot now owned by said county, upon which the court house now stands, or some other suitable lot, to be procured by said commissioners. SEC. 2. That in anticipation of said tax, said commissioners are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said county in such sums as they may deem proper, not exceeding the amount of thirty thousand dollars, and payable at such times as they may deem proper, not exceeding five years, and bearing interest not exceeding eight per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and dispose of the same at not less than their par value, and apply the proceeds to the building of said jail; said bonds and the interest thereon to be paid from the tax thus levied. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 10, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the town council of the village of Bryan, Williams county, Ohio, to issue bonds to raise money to build a town hall, engine house and public offices, and purchase a steam engine for said village. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the town council of the incorporated village of Bryan, Williams county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to issue their bonds, not to exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to raise money for the purpose of building a town hall, engine house, public offices, and purchasing a steam fire engine; said bonds to be signed by the mayor and secretary of said council, and to be in sums not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent. per annum, interest payable annually, and principal payable at any time not exceeding five years from the time of issuing the same, at the discretion of said council: Provided, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying such bonds and the interest thereon as the same may become due, the said town council are hereby authorized, required and empowered to levy a tax on the taxable property of the incorporated village [of] Bryan, Williams county, Ohio, such amount annually as will be sufficient to pay the principal of such bonds as may fall due in each year, together with interest on all the unpaid bonds so issued, and the money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay such bonds and interest, which amount shall be certified by said town council to the auditor of that county, whose duty it shall be to enter the same upon the tax duplicate, to be collected as other taxes: Provided, however, that said town council of said incorporated village of Bryan shall not be empowered to levy any tax under the provisions of this act, until said tax and the amount thereof shall be submitted to the legal voters of said incorporated village of Bryan, in the manner prescribed in an act to authorize the erection, improving, enlarging or constructing additions to town halls, passed April 2, 1866, (Ohio Laws, volume 63, page 84, S. & S., 788.) SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed April 10, 1872. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Jackson township, Coshocton county, to levy a tax to build a Township House and Town Hall. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Jackson township, Coshocton county, be and they are hereby authorized to levy a tax upon all the taxable property of said township, to any amount not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, for the purpose of purchasing a site and building a township house and town hall in the village of Roscoe, and for no other purpose: Provided, that before any levy shall be made for that purpose, the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors thereof, (notice of which shall be given by previously posting for at least ten days, in at least three of the most public places in said township,) at some general election, and a majority of the electors thereat voting in favor of said levy. SEC. 2. That when completed, said building shall be and remain under control of said trustees, and they are also authorized to determine the purposes for which the several rooms in said building shall be used: Provided the same be not inconsistent with the object of this act. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. N. HI. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, President of the Senate. Passed April 10, 1872. AN ACT To authorize the Commissioners of Ross county to levy an additional tax, and borrow money to build a County Infirmary. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Ross county be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, for the purpose of enabling them to build a county infirmary, to levy a tax upon the grand duplicate of said county, in addi tion to the taxes now authorized by law, for such purpose, sufficient to produce the amount of fifty thousand dollars; said tax to be apportioned in such sums during such years, (not exceeding three years,). as said commissioners may deem best. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of anticipating said tax, the said commissioners are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and issue the bonds of the county for the same, payable in such sums and at such times within three years, as said commissioners may determine, to bear a rate of interest not to exceed eight per cent. per annum, and shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 11, 1872. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of school district number one, Paris township, Union county, to transfer the moneys collected for the purpose of building an addition to the present school house in said district, to the fund for building a new and separate school house in said school district, and to repeal an act therein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of school district number one, Paris town ship, Union county, is hereby authorized to transfer the moneys now in the treasury, or which may hereafter be collected, by virtue of a tax levied for the purpose of building an addition to the present school house in said school district number one, to a fund for building a new and separate school house in said school district number one, Paris township, Union county. SEC. 2. That the act to authorize the board of education of the incorporated village of Marysville, Union county, to transfer a fund therein named to the fund for building a school house in said incorporated village, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 12, 1872. President of the Senate. |