For table for the same, four dollars and fiffy cents. For factory work and fixing speaker's chair, eight dollars. For post-office for the house, three hundred dollars, to be paid upon the warrant of the auditor, upon the filing in his office of a receipt in full for the above claim. For table for same, six dollars. House of representatives. Deficiency in the appropriation for state binding, one thou- State bindsand five hundred dollars. ing. ASYLUM FUND. SEC. 2. That there be and hereby is appropriated out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the asylum fund, and not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, to wit: For the south-eastern Ohio hospital for the insane: Paving, etc., cellar and basement, three thousand two hundred dollars. For western Ohio hospital for the insane: Salaries of officers, nine hundred and fifty dollars. Asylums. S. E. hospital for insane. Western hospital for in sane. Lucas coun for insane. Deficiency in account for maintaining one hundred patients, ty hospital sixty-eight dollars and fifty-seven cents. For Longview asylum for the insane: Deficiency for keeping colored patients, as per legalized asylum for contract, two thousand dollars. Longview insane. Northern For northern Ohio hospital for insane: For purchase of material to be made up into bedding for hospital for the front wings, three thousand dollars. For blind asylum: lars. insane. Blind asylum. Deficiency in current expense account, five thousand dol Cost of prosecution and transportation of convicts to the Transporta For state reform school for boys: To rebuild shop, seven thousand dollars. Machinery, tools and materials for shop, three thousand dollars. Hall's patent safe, seven hundred and sixty-five dollars. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. tion, etc., o convicts. Reform school. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed December 19, 1874. Appointment of overseers of the poor. Proviso as to certain cities. Compensa tion of over seers. Charge of the poor. Commission to be issued to overseers. AN ACT To amend section three hundred and two of an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization and government of Municipal Corporations," passed May 7, 1869. (66 O. L., 200.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section three hundred and two of the act entitled "An act to provide for the organization and government of municipal corporations," passed May 7, 1869, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 302. The council shall provide by ordinance for the appointment by the mayor, subject to the approval of the council, of such number of persons as may be deemed necessary, not to exceed one in eah ward, to act as overseers of the poor, and shall prescribe the duties of such persons in relation to the care of the po, and their removal when necessary to the infirmary, but such persons shall not receive any compensation for their services: Provided, that in cities of the first class having a population of over two hundred thousand inhabitants, the board of infirmary directors may, with the approval of the common council of such cities, divide such cities into districts, not to exceed twelve in number, bounded by ward lines, and may appoint for one year one overseer of the poor in each of such districts, who shall act under the supervision of the said board of infirmary directors, and be entitled to such compensation as may be fixed by the common council of such cities upon the recommendation of the said board of infirmary directors, who may remove any one or all of said overseers with the approval of the common council of said cities, and fill the vacancies occasioned by such removals with the approval of the said common council of said cities. The compensation allowed to each of said overseers shall not exceed six hundred dollars per year, payable in monthly installments, as the case may be; and no extra allowance shall be made to them under any pretense whatever. The said overseers of the poor shall have charge of the poor of the said cities, in their respective districts, and shall recommend to the said board of infirmary directors, in writing, the assistance to be given to any one of the said poor in their respective districts, but shall have given to them no power to give such assistance directly themselves. The said overseers shall be sworn or affirmed to faithfully perform the duties that may devolve upon them under the law. A commission signed by the members of said board of infirmary directors shall be given to each of said overseers, and a copy thereof kept in a book provided for that purpose, and under the copy of each commission in said book shall be written the oath or affirmation to be taken by each of said overseers, and any one of the said board of infirmary directors may administer said oath or affirmation and certify the same. The said oath or affirmation shall be subscribed by the overseer taking the same. SEC. 2. That said original section three hundred and two be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALPHONSO HART, Passed December 22, 1874. President of the Senate. AN ACT To amend section nine of an act entitled "An act concerning Divorce and Alimony," passed March 11, 1853, as amended March 1, 1870, and amended February 27, 1873. (O. L., Vol. 70, page 50.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section (9) nine of an act entitled “An act concerning divorce and alimony," passed March 11, 1853, as amended March 1, 1870, and February 27, 1873, be amended so as to read as follows: Section 9. That the said court, while in session, or any judge thereof during vacation, upon a sufficient notice to the opposite party of the time and place of such application, shall have power to grant alimony to the wife for her sustenance and expense pending said suit, and an allowance to her for the support of a minor child or children dependent upon the husband for support, and not provided for by him during the pendency of a petition for divorce, or for alimony alone, filed for any of the causes aforesaid, and award execution therefor; and in all such cases, when an appeal is taken by said husband to the district court, said court, or any judge thereof in vacation, shall have power to grant like alimony and support during the pendency of said case on appeal, upon like notice being given; and any person, corporation or company, having possession or control of, or claim any interest in any property, real or personal of the husband, out of which the wife seeks alimony allowed her, may be made party defendants in said action; and whenever it may be made to appear to such court or judge that the said husband is about to dispose of or so encumber his property or any part thereof, so as to defeat the wife in obtaining alimony, the said court or judge may allow an injunction to prevent the same, with or without bond, at the discretion of said court or judge, and the wife may sell and assign the order for alimony or allowance after the same shall be made. SEC. 2. That said original. section nine, passed March 11, 1853, and an act amendatory thereof, passed March 1, 1870, Alimony during pendency of petition. Parties defendant claiming interest, &c. Injunction posal of property, &c. against dis and also an amendatory act passed February 27, 1873, be and SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALPHONSO HART, Passed January 6, 1875. President of the Senate. Vacancy to be filled by governor. Removal for insanity. AN ACT To amend the second section of an act entitled "An act SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its pas- GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. T Passed January 7, 1875. President of the Senate. AN ACT To amend sections one and two of an act entitled "An ́ SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Section 1. That the standard of weight of a bushel of stone Р stone coal. coal shall be 80 lbs., avoirdupois, for bituminous, and 70 Weight of lbs. avoirdupois for cannel coal, and in any sale by the ton, 2,000 lbs. avoirdupois, or fractional parts thereof. SEC. 2. The lawful measure for selling the articles men tioned in the first section of this act, in cases where it is impossible to get the weight, such as in barges or boats afloat, or in large compact piles, shall be the bushel containing 2,688 cubic inches. Dimensions of measure for coal. Sales to be made by weight. violation. SEC. 3. All sales of stone coal shall be made by weight, unless otherwise specially agreed by the parties, in which case the sale shall be regulated by section two of this act; and any person or persons who shall sell and deliver, or cause to be sold and delivered, any stone coal, in violation of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, Penalty for and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars and costs, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than five nor more than thirty days, and stand committed until costs are paid; and the owner or owners of, lessee, company or association, being the owners of any coal mine or coal interests, or coal yard, at which coal is so sold in violation of this act, shall be liable in treble the damages to the person or persons to whom said coal is sold and delivered as aforesaid, which shall be col- · lected by suit before any court of competent jurisdiction; and in case the owner or owners of such coal mine, or coal interest or coal yard, shall not reside in the county where such mine is located, summons may be served upon said party or parties by leaving a copy of the summons at the Service on office or place of doing business of such company, and any judgment recovered as aforesaid, shall be a lien on all property belonging to the defendants from the day summons is served; Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed as to prohibit the measurement of coal according to the metric system of measurement, as provided by an act of congress, passed July 28th, 1866, to authorize the use of said system of weights and measure. And, provided further, that the provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to affect any miner or miners, owner or owners of, lessee, miners. company or association being the owner or owners of any mine or mines, or coal interest, who may mine or sell less than fifteen thousand bushels of coal annually. SEC. 4. Section three of the above recited act shall be renumbered section four, and sections one and two are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALPHONSO HART, non-resident owners. Metric systems. Provisions as to small Passed January 7, 1875. President of the Senate. |