AN ACT To authorize the city council of the city of Youngstown to borrow money for fire purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the city council of the city of Youngstown, two-thirds of the members elected thereto concurring, are hereby authorized to borrow money, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, for the purchase of a fire engine, hose, hose cart, and such other appliances as may be deemed necessary by said city council for the protection of said city against fire, for the construction of reservoirs and the erection of a suitable engine house, all of which as to kind, size and location shall be such as said city council may prescribe. SEC. 2. To secure the payment of the money borrowed as aforesaid, said city council may issue the bonds of said city in such sums as they may see fit, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, the principal of said bond to be made payable at such time or times as said city council may prescribe. SEC. 3. To pay said bonds and the interest on the same as they become due, said city council is hereby authorized to levy a tax, not to exceed two mills on the dollar each year, on all the taxable property within the limits of said city, until a sufficient amount is raised to pay said bonds and the interest thereon, and no more. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 18, 1868. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Wellington township to levy a tax to purchase grounds for a public park and for agricultural exhibitions and fairs. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the township of Wellington, in the county of Lorain, are hereby authorized to purchase grounds within the incorporated limits of the village of Wellington for a public park, and for the purpose of raising the necessary amount of money therefore, be and are hereby authorized to levy a tax upon the taxable property of said township not exceeding the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; said grounds so purchased, shall be set apart and dedicated to the use of the citizens of said township for a public park, reserving to the trustees of said township the right to lease or let said grounds to any agricultural society or societies, stock or wool growers associations, for the purpose of holding fairs and exhibitions of said society or associations thereon. The said tax to be levied in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, or by such annual installments as the said trustees shall seem just and equitable. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its To authorize the trustees of the township of Russia, Lorain county, to borrow money and issue bonds to aid in the erection of a town hall. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the township of Russia, in the county of Lorain, in order to anticipate the levies of the years 1868 and 1869, for the erection of a town hall, are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of ten thousand dollars, and to provide for the payment of the same, to issue the bonds of the township for said sum, bearing interest at the legal rate at the time of issuing the same, payable one-half in one year, and one-half in two years from the date thereof. SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 21, 1868. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the First Baptist Church in the village of Keene, in the county of Coshocton, in the state of Ohio, to sell their church property and dispose of the proceeds of such sale. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the First Baptist church of the village of Keene, in the county of Coshocton, in the state of Ohio, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell the church building and lot upon which such building stands, now owned by said church, either at public or private sale, as to such trustees may seem best, and upon such payment or payments, and upon such terms of credit as such trustees may judge best, and when such trustees shall have received the money therefor, they are hereby authorized and empowered to apply said moneys as follows, to wit: One third thereof to the Clark Baptist church in Coshocton Association; one-third to the Ohio Baptist State Convention, and one-third to the Baptist Home Mission; and upon such sale said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to make, execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers of such property, a deed or deeds conveying said property to such purchaser or purchasers in fee simple, and such deed or deeds shall convey all the interest of said church therein to such purchaser or purchasers. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed April 22, 1868. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "an act to provide for the support and regulation of the public schools of the city of Cleveland," passed April 14, 1868. WHEREAS, The board of education of the city of Cleveland, composed of the members holding over and those elected at the city election held on the first Monday of April, 1868, under the laws then in force, regulat ing the election of the members of the board of education for said city, met and organized on the 14th day of April, 1868, by electing officers and making classification of members, as provided in the act to which this is supplemental; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education, as organized on the said fourteenth day of April, 1868, be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to act under and by virtue of the provisions of the act to which this is supplemental, and is hereby vested with all the powers therein conferred; and the said board of education and its officers, elected as aforesaid, shall act under and be subject to its provisions. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed April 25, 1868. AN ACT To anthorize the county treasurer and auditor of Shelby county to collect the surplus revenue belonging to said county, outstanding; and also authorizing the county com missioners of said county to transfer the same to any fund they may think proper. WHEREAS, the county of Shelby has fully paid to the state her portion of the surplus revenue fund, and said county has remaining, loaned out to citizens of said county, about the sum of six thousand dollars, which has accumulated from the portion of said fund belonging to said county; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That, the treasurer and auditor of said county be and they are hereby authorized to collect, by suit or otherwise, all of said fund so outstanding, and pay the same into the county treasury. SEC. 2. The commissioners of said county of Shelby are hereby authorized and empowered to transfer all or any portion of said fund when collected, to any fund which they may think best for the interests of said county. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed April 25, 1868. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the incorporated village of Ada, in Hardin county, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, to complete a school-house in said village. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education in the incorporated village of Ada, in Hardin county, are hereby authorized to borrow two thousand dollars for the purpose of completing a school-house in said village. SEC. 2. For the purpose aforesaid, the said board of education are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds signed by the president and secretary of said board, in sums of not less than fifty dollars each, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per centum per annum, payable annually, and the principal of said bonds to be payable at any time within five years, at the discretion of said board; provided, that said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 3. That said board of education are hereby empowered to levy a tax annually on all the taxable property of said school district sufficient to pay the interest on all of said bonds annually, and the principal of said bonds respectively as they shall fall due; which levy shall be placed on the tax duplicate by the auditor of the county, and collected as other taxes are collected. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on and after its passage. Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 28, 1868. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Chester township, Morrow county, to levy a tax to purchase a site and build a town hall. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Chester township, Morrow county, be and the same 17-LAWS. are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase a site and build a town hall thereon. SEC. 2. For the purpose of providing means to pay for said site and town hall, said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to use any money in the treasury, not needed for the purpose for which it was raised; and further, to levy a tax on all the taxable property in said township, to raise a sum of money not exceeding five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed April 30th, 1868. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT To authorize the town council of the incorporated town of Franklin, Warren county, to levy a tax to erect break waters for the protection of said town. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the town council of the incorporated town of Franklin, in the county of Warren, are hereby authorized to levy a tax and collect the same on all the taxable property in said incorporated town, not exceeding three thousand dollars, for the purpose of erecting break waters for the protection of said town. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 30, 1868. AN ACT To provide for surveying and platting certain lands in Hocking county. WHEREAS, It appears that certain lands situate in township thirteen of range fifteen, and townships twelve and thirteen of range sixteen, in Hocking county and in the "Ohio company purchase," were by said company surveyed partly into tracts denominated "fractions," estimated to contain two hundred and sixty-two acres each, and partly into tracts denominated "lots," estimated to contain one hundred acres each, but in fact the real number of acres in said sub-division greatly exceeds the estimated number; and, WHEREAS, Said sub-divisions were laid out without reference to section lines, and the original survey in many respects being incorrect; and, WHEREAS, A pertinent description of said sub divisions, as now owned, cannot be entered upon the tax duplicate for purposes of taxation, so |