license, the person applying shall pay to the county treasurer of the county where such application is made twenty dollars, for the use of the state and shall also pay fifty cents to the clerk for his fees; and if any pedlar or travelling merchant shall hereafter be found in any part of this state, or on the waters bordering the same, offering any goods other than the growth or manufacture of the United States, for sale, without having first obtained a license for that purpose, as herein provided; or shall on the demand of any person of lawful age, neglect or refuse to show his license, as evidence of his having been legally licensed to vend merchandize, it shall be taken and deemed good evidence against him, of his not having license, agreeably to the provisions of this act; every such person trading without license shall be liable to pay a sum not exceeding sixty, nor less than eighteen dollars, for the use of the county, with costs of suit, to be recovered before any justice of the peace, of the county in which the offence shall have been committed.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer of each county who may have received any money from travelling merchants under the provisions of this act, to pay the same over to the collector of taxes within his county, on the first day of December in each year; and each collector shall account with the Auditor for all monies so by him received at the time of settling his duplicate of taxes, and pay the same into the state treasury

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sixteenth section of an act entitled an act, for granting licenses and regulating ferries, taverns and stores, passed February 25th, 1820, and the twenty sixth section of the act regulating county levies passed February 27th, 1816 be and the same are hereby repealed.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after the passage thereof.

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

January 22, 1821.

Speaker of the senate,

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CHAPTER XXX,

An act to confirm the official acts of certain road commissioner's,

Whereas by an act of the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, entitled "An act making further appropriation of the three per cent, fund, granted by the United States, for laying out, opening and improving roads in this state," passed the 26th day of February 1820, There was appropriated to the county of Champaign one thousand dollars, to the county of Logan one thousand dollars, and to the county of Wood one thousand dollars, the whole to be expended in exploring the route for, and in laying out and making a state road from Bellfontain, in Logan county to the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the lake in Wood county, to be expended under the direction of three commissioners to be appointed by the legislature. And whereas no appointment of commissioners was made as contemplated in and by said act. And whereas it appears to this General Assembly that the commissioners of the counties of Champaign, Logan and Wood, have appointed three commissioners, to wit: John W. Vance, John Shelby and Peter G. Oliver, who have proceeded to explore and lay out said road, and to let out the opening and improving the same into

iots agreeably to the provisions of the above recit ed act. Therefore.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That all and singular the acts of the said John W. Vance John Shelby and Peter G. Oliver, as commissioners in exploring the route for, and in laying out a state road from Bellfontaine, in the county of Logan to the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the lake, in Wood county, and in letting out the opening and improving said road, be, and the same is hereby legalised and confirmed, and the said John W. Vance, John Shelby and Peter G. Oliver shall be entitled to receive the same compensation for their services as they would have been had they been appointed commissioners under the above recited act.

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

January 22, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

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CHAPTER XXXI

An act authorising the auditor of state to make deeds for lands heretofore sold for taxes.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That the auditor of state is hereby authorised to make deeds for any tract or part of any tract of land that has heretofore been sold for taxes; in the same manner, that non resident collectors were authorised to do by virtue of the laws heretofore in force on that subject; and to the deed or deeds thus made, the auditor shall affix his seal of office which shall be evidence of the execution of

such deed or deeds; and the same shall have all the force and effect, as deeds heretofore made by the non resident collectors; and the auditor shall be entitled to receive for every deed by him made seventy five cents.

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

January 22, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER XXXII.

An act concerning the state road from Neville in the county of Cler mont, to Hillsborough in the county of Highland.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That Benjamin V. Hunt, Levi Pigman and George J. Trantwine, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to receive donations and subscriptions for opening and repairing the state road laid out by Gideon Minor from Neville, in the county of Clermont, to Hillsborough in the county of Highland agreeably to the act to establish certain state roads; and shall have power to sue for and recover every subscription for opening said road, and shall apply the same together with all donations for that purpose, to the opening and repairing said road.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners have power to alter or change the location of said road, when in their opinion it may be necessary, but shall not remove said road more than two hundred poles off its present location; and the said road when opened and repaired by said. commissioners or any part of the same, it shall not G

be subject to discontinuance, alteration or obstruction by the township or county authorities, through which the same may pass.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the supervisors of roads through, whose district the aforesaid state road may pass shall do and perform the same work thereon as if the same was a county road.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That Gideon Minor, the commissioner who laid said road shall receive for his services one dollar per mile, one half to be paid out of the treasury of the county of Clermont and the remaining half equally out of the counties of Highland and Brown.

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

January, 22, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

An act to repeal the letters of incorporation granted to the town of West Union.

Whereas the town of West Union, in the county of Adams, has been duly incorporated by letters of incorporation from the secretary of state, according to the provisions of the act, to provide for the incorporation of towns: And whereas the citizens of said town have preferred a petition, requesting_that said letters of incorporation may be repealed: Therefore,

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. That the letters of incorporation granted to the town of West Union, in the county of Adams, pursuant to the provisions of the act, to provide for the incorporation of towns, be and the same, is hereby repealed.