commissioners of Ross county refuse to settle with him. Therefore.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That the Auditor of state be, and he is hereby authorised to issue to Curtis Cannon or his order, his bills, payable at the treasury of state, for the sum of sixty dollars, to be deducted out of one thousand dollars of the three per cent. fund, appropriated to the county of Ross by the act passed Febr ruary 26, 1820.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of Ross county be, and they are hereby directed, to pay to Curtis Cannon, such daily compensation as they usually allow to road commissioners for similar services.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the house of representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE

December 19, 1820.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER VII.

An act granting certain privileges to Philip Baker of Tuscarawas county.

Whereas an act, passed on the eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled, an act to open and secure the navigation of the Scioto river, and for other purposes, wherein it is provided that any person that shall erect a dam across the Scioto or Tuscarawas rivers, shall construct and place a good and sufficient lock and slope in said dam, for the safe passage of boats, craft, and rafts: and whereas it has been represented to this General Assembly that Philip Baker of Tuscarawas county, who is building a grist mill on the Tus

carawas river, within one mile and a half of New Philadelphia, can, by placing a lock in his mill race, let boats and other craft pass with more safety and convenience, than if a lock was placed in the dam as required by the above recited act, Therefore.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That the above mentioned Philip Baker, shall have the privilege, and he is hereby authorised, to erect a dam across the Tuscarawas river, near where the road leading from said Baker's to New Philadelphia, crosses said river, and construct and place a slope in said dam in the most current or suitable point of descending said river; and said slope shall not be less than thirty feet wide, and not have more than three fourths of an inch of fall for every foot in length, and in every other respect made and placed in said dam as he is required in the above recited act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Philip Baker shall have the privilege, and is hereby authorised to construct and place a lock in his mill race near his mills, instead of placing said lock in his dam, Provided, that said Baker shall have his mill race dug sufficiently wide and deep, and the lock placed therein to be as wide and in every respect made and kept in good repair for the safe passage of boats and other water craft ascending and descending said river, and at all times attend to letting boats and craft pass through without delay, as required in the before recited act, and shall likewise be subject to the same fines and penalties that are contained in the before recited act, for neglecting to make and keep in repair locks and slopes. JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the house of representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE,

December 23, 1820.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER VIII:

An act, to authorise, the commissioners of Morgan county, to sell and convey certain lots in the town of M'Connelsville in the county of Morgan.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That the commissioners of Morgan county, be and they are hereby empowered, to sell at public sale, upon such terms of payment, as they may agree upon, the lots numbered fifteen and twenty two in the town of M'Connelsville, in the county of Morgan, conveyed by the proprietor of said town to the commissioners for the use of the county; and that upon such sale being effected, and the terms thereof complied with, by the purchaser or purchasers, the said commissioners be and they are hereby empowered and authorised, to make conveyances therefor, which conveyances shall pass the legal estate to the purchaser or purchasers.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the house of representatives, ALLEN TRIMBLE,

December 26, 1820:

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER IX.

An act to authorise and empower the court of common pleas for the county of Trumbull to appoint a guardian to Daniel Borden, and for other purposes.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Asembly of the state of Ohio, That the court of common pleas for the county of Trumbull, is hereby authorised and empowered, to appoint a Guardian to Daniel Borden, à person non compos mentis, of Hartford in said county.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said guardian, when so appointed shall be authorised and empow ered, to make, execute and deliver, to Ashael Borden, a deed of release signed with his hand and sealed with his seal, as required in other cases, for and on behalf of said Daniel Borden, for the following tracts of land, lying and being situate in Hartford aforesaid, to wit: one hundred and eighty six acres of land, being the east end of lot number thirty eight, bounded on the east and north by the boundary lines of said lot; on the west by land Iately owned by Thomas Bushnall; on the south by the highway and the line of said lot. Also, sixty six acres of land lying in the north west corner of lot number twenty nine, excepting a small corner of said lot number twenty nine, lying north and west of the highway, running across said lot twenty nine; which sixty six acres is bounded as follows, to wit: on the north by the north line of said lot twenty nine and the highway; on the west by the west boundary line of said lot twenty nine to be in a square form, excepting the corner so cut off by the highway as aforesaid: which deed shall vest in the said Ashael Borden, his heirs and assigns as full, perfect and complete a title as though the said Daniel Borden was of sound mind, and the same had been executed by himself: Provided, that be fore the delivery of a deed for said tracts of land by the guardian to be appointed as aforesaid, the said Ashael Borden shall enter into bond to the treasurer of said county, and his successor in office, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, secured to the acceptance of said court of common pleas, conditioned, that he and his heirs will take care of, provide for and support, the said Daniel Borden, in a decent and humane manner, during his natural life, and save the said township of Hartford free

from any expense for his support; and whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the overseers of the poor of the township of Hartford aforesaid, that said Daniel Borden is not taken care of and provided for according to the provisions and condition of said bond, and is in their opinion in a suffering condition, that then and in that case, it shall be the duty of the overseers of the poor aforesaid to take the said Daniel Borden out of the possession of the said Ashael Bordon, and provide for his support and maintenance in the manner pointed out by such laws as may then be in force, providing for the support or maintenance of the poor.

Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That the overseers of the poor, for said township of Hartford, are authorised to sue said bond in the name of the treasurer of said county for the use of said township, whenever said Daniel may become a township charge; and the court before whom said bond may be sued shall render judgment thereon for its amount, and issue execution quarter yearly for such amount as the said township may have been damnified in supporting said Daniel for that period of time, to be ascertained by the overseers of the poor for said township, and certified to said court.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the said Daniel should become a township charge in any other township within this state, the overseers of the poor within such township may sue on said bond, or proceed on the judgment that may have been rendered thereon, as is prescribed in the third section of this act, This act shall be in force from and after the passage thereof.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON. Speaker of the house of representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE,

December 26, 1820.

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