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fixed on by a joint meeting and consultation of the trustees of said township and medical college.

Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That should the commissioners of the county of Hamilton see proper to erect a county poor house, the township of Cincinnati shall be exempted from any taxes for the building or support of the same.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON,

Speaker of the house of representatives]
ALLEN TRIMBLE,

January, 22, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

An act for the relief of David S. Waters.

Whereas it has been represented to this General Assembly, that David S. Waters, late a constable in the town of Somerset, in the county of Perry, has been rigorously prosecuted for the amount of a fine laid upon a certain William Saxton, who, by the direction of the commissioners of said county, was released from the payment thereof; which fine, amounting to sixty two dollars and fifty six cents has been collected off the said David S. Waters, and paid into the county treasury. Therefore.

Be it enaced by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That the commissioners of Perry county are hereby authorised and required to issue their order to the treasurer of Perry county, directing him to pay unto David S. Waters of the town of Somerset, in the county of Perry the sum of sixty two dollars and fifty six cents, in remuneration for the

same amount of fine collected from him and paid in: to the treasury of said county.

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

Speaker of the senate.

January 22, 1821.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

An act for the relief of the Agent of the Ohio Penitentiary

Whereas it appears to this General Assembly, that in consequence of the agent of the Ohio Penitentiary receiving manufactured articles of the keeper by the quantity, and selling the same at retail at the same prices, and in consequence of the depreciation of certain bank paper in the hands of said agent, which wrs received for manufactured articles sold, a loss of four hundred and fifty one dollars and thirty cents was sustained by him. Therefore,

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That the Auditor of state is hereby authorised and required to credit the agent of the Ohio Penitentiary, with the sum of four hundred and fifty one dollars and thirty cents.

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

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

January 24, 1821

Speaker of the senate

CHAPTER XXXIX.

An act to remunerate the county of Huron for expenses incurred in prosecuting two Indian murderers.

• Whereas it has been represented to this General Assembly, that the county of Huron has been at great expense, in apprehending three Indians, and convicting two of them of murdering George Bishop and John Wood, two citizens of said county, near Carrying river, in the spring of 1819. And whereas the peace and safety of the frontier settlements are greatly promoted in bringing to justice the Indians who may murder our citizens, within their territory or elsewhere. Therefore,

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That the collector for the county of Huron be, and he hereby is directed to pay to the treasurer of the county of Huron, the sum of six hundred dollars, from the state tax he may collect, on his duplicate for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and a receipt from the treasurer aforesaid, shall be good accounting by the said collector with the Auditor of state for the amount.

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

January 24, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

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CHAPTER XL.

Anact making provisions for locating a state road leading from Duck creek salt works in Morgan county, to Uricks' mill in Tuscarawas county.

Sec. 1. e it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That William Thompson of Guernsey

county is hereby appointed a commissioner to locate a state road established by an act, passed Februa ry 26, 1820, commencing at Marietta in Washington county, and running north to Millner's mill in Guernsey county.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said William Thompson shall proceed before the first day of June next, at the Duck creek salt works to locate said road, from thence to Seneca salt works, thence to Milner's mill, thence to Uricks' mill, on the nearest and best ground, for a road, from the two extremes, by the points above mentioned.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioner before entering on his duties, shall take an oath or affirmation, before some justice of the peace, faithfully to discharge the duties enjoined on him by this act.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That, the said Thompson shall cause said road to be laid out at least sixty feet wide, and return to the clerk of the commissioners of the different counties, through which said road shall pass, an accurate map and field notes of the survey of said road, as far as it may pass through the same, and it shall be the duty of the said clerks to record the same, at the expense of the different counties to be allowed by the commissioners thereof.

Sec. 5. Beit further enacted, That the said commissioners shall receive the sum of two dollars per day, and the surveyor two dollars per day, also the chain carriers the sum of seventy five cents per day each, as a compensation during the time they and each of them may necessarily be employed in the discharge of the duties required of them by this act.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the expense of locating said road shall be paid out of the coun

ty treasuries in proportion to the distance said road may pass through each county.

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

January 24, 1821.

Speaker of the senate:

CHAPTER XLI.

An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Bishop's fund of the Protestant Episcopal church of the Diocess of Ohio,

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That Eenjamin Gardiner, John Mathews and John C. Wright, and their successors in office and they are hereby created a corporation and body politic by the name and style of the Trustees of the Bishop's fund of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocess of Ohio, by which name they shall be, and are hereby made capable of receiving, holding and disposing of any estate real or personal, which may be in them invested, for the support and maintenance of the bishop of the protestant episcopal church within the Diocess of Ohio, and by which name they may sue, and be sued, and in relation to the property in them invested, do and perform every act necessary for the receiving, safe keeping, using and disposing of the same to the best advantage: Provided, that the actual value of the property invested as aforesaid, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars, nor the annual income therefrom, fifteen hundred dollars.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the trustees of the bishop's fund, of the protestant episcopal church of the diocess of Ohio, shall be elected triennially by the convention of the diocess of Ohio

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