hereby authorized to issue the bonds of the county, payable in installments or at intervals not exceeding in all the period of five years, bearing interest at the rate not to exceed seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, which bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value; and the said assessment shall be divided in such manner as to meet the payments of principal and interest of said bonds, and so be placed upon the duplicate for taxation against the land assessed, and collected in the same manner as other taxes, as the commissioners may direct, and when collected, the money arising there from shall be applied to no other purpose but the payment of said bonds and interest; provided, that no bonds shall be delivered or money paid to any contractor, except upon estimate of work done as the same progresses or is completed. SEC. 7. For the purpose of keeping said ditch, drain or water-course free from driftwood, brush or other obstructions, the county commissioners shall be authorized to levy, from time to time, such an amount of tax on lands so benefited and heretofore assessed for the said improvement, as in their judgment may be deemed sufficient to keep such water course in good repair, and said amount so levied, shall be applied to the removing of such driftwood or other obstruction under and by direction of said commissioners in such manner as they may deem best. SEC. 8. The compensation of persons employed under this act shall be fixed by the county commissioners, and shall not exceed three dollars per day; provided, that the surveyor or engineer and the county auditor shall receive such compensation for their services as is now or may be fixed by law for the compensation of the county surveyor and county auditor, respectively, for like services in other cases. SEC. 9. The said county commissioners, when such improvement is located and established as provided in this act, and the same crosses any public or corporate road or any railroad, if they are of the opinion that the same will be benefited, and the road-bed or traveled track will be made better by the clearing out, widening, deepening, straightening, and constructing said ditch or ditches, drain or drains, or water-course or courses, apportion and set off to the county if a county or state road, to the township if a township road, to the company if a corporate or railroad, part of the costs of constructing the same, as to private individuals according to the provisions of this act, and compel them to pay said costs of construction in like manner. And all proceedings for the purpose of appropria ting lands or property, and for any damage that may be sustained by reason of the improvement contemplated by this act, shall be governed by the laws of Ohio now in force, to provide for compensation to owners of private property appropriated for the use of the public. SEC. 10. All acts and parts of acts and provisions of law now in force, relating to the construction, clearing out, widening, deepening or other wise improving any ditch, drain or water-course, that are inconsistent or in any way conflict with the provisions of this act, shall be held to be inoperative and of non effect in any proceedings had by and under the provisions of this act. SEC. 11. That the provisions of this act shall be and the same are hereby extended to any other ditch or ditches, drain or drains, watercourse or courses, that may form a continuous line of any main or general outlet to any section or tract of country in said county. SEC. 12. Be it further provided, that all the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby extended and apply to the clearing-out, widening, straightening, deepening and improving of ditches Nos. 28 and 46, in Wood county, Ohio, being a continuous line of water courses, commencing at a point on the Haskin's road, in section 13, township 5, range 10, and terminating on east line of section 13, township 6, range 12, Wood county, Ohio. SEC. 13. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, . Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed March 29, 1875. AN ACT To change the name of Maumee city, Lucas county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Maumee city, Lucas county, shall hereafter be designated and known by the name of South Toledo. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 29, 1875. President of the Senate. AN ACT For the relief of C. W. Osborn, Eli Hadley, Leroy Pope, Sampson Wright and Israel Terrell, sureties on the official bond of Amos Hockett, late treasurer of Clinton county, Ohio. WHEREAS, It appears that Amos Hockett, late treasurer of Clinton county, Ohio, having in his care and custody the moneys paid to him as such treasurer as taxes upon the real estate and personal property in said county ano state aforesaid, the same being the funds of said county, to be kept by him as such treasurer, deposited in the vault and safe provided by said county in which to keep said funds of said county, and which said taxes so collected and received by said treasurer amounted to a very large sum of money, and whereas, on the 17th day of June, A. D. 1868, he, the said Amos Hockett, as such treasurer, had collected and received as taxes aforesaid the sum of four thousand seven hundred and fourteen and 22-100 dollars, and on said day he, the said Amos Hockett had been busily engage.. during the entire day in the collection of taxes, and at the close of business hours, having locked the door of said treasurer's office proceeded to count the money so received by him during the day aforesaid as such treasurer, which amounted to the sum of money above stated, at the hour of nine o'clock p. m. of the day aforesaid when he, the said Amos Hockett, as such treasurer was engaged in depositing the said sum of money aforesaid in the safe and vault of said treasurer's office provided as aforesaid, two or more persons opened the door of said treasurer's office by means of false keys, and rushed up behind the said Amos Hockett while so engaged in said vault, knocked him down, blind folded and gagged him, tied his hands securely behind him and took and carried away from the said treasurer's office on the day and date aforesaid, and in the manner aforesaid, the said sum of four thousand seven hundred and fourteen and 22-100 dollars. And whereas, a number of the tax payers and voters of said county and state and various individuals by sworn affidavits, represent and show that said robbery was not due to any fault, complicity or negligence on the part of the said Amos Hockett, and ask that his sureties above named be released from the payment of said sum of money and the interest accrued thereon so stolen as aforesaid. And whereas, he, the said Amos Hockett is hopelessly insolvent and unable to pay any part of said sum of money into the treasury so stolen as aforesaid; therefore, 64 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of the county of Clinton, and state aforesaid are hereby authorized and required to submit the question of the release of the said C. W. Osborn, Eli Hadley, Sampson Wright, Leroy Pope and Israel Terrell, sureties on the official bond of the said Amos Hockett, as such treasurer to the qualified voters of said county and state at some general election, giving thirty days' notice thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in said county requiring said electors to vote for or against the release of said sureties as aforesaid, and of the time of said vote and the opinion of said electors shall be expressed on their ballots, "Release of Amos Hockett sureties-Yes," or Release of Amos Hockett sureties-No," which ballots shall be counted and returned by the judges and clerks of elections as in other cases, should a majority of votes cast at said election be in favor of the release of said sureties then said commissioners of said county are hereby authorized and required to release said C. W. Osborn, Eli Hadley, Leroy Pope, Sampson Wright and Israel Terrell, said sureties on said official bond of the said Amos Hockett, late treasurer of said county, from the payment of said sum of four thousand seven hundred and fourteen and 22-100 dollars, stolen from the said Amos Hockett, late treasurer of said county, together with the accrued interest thereon, of the funds of said county, and enter said release on the records of the said county commissioners. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 29, 1875. AN ACT To divide the township of Cambridge, in Guernsey county, Ohio, into three election precincts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township of Cambridge, in the county of Guernsey, Ohio, be divided into three election precincts, as follows: All that part of said township lying south of the center of the national road, to form one precinct, to be called election precinct number one. All that part of said township comprised within the following bounds, viz: beginning in the center of the national road on the west side of the public square of the town of Cambridge, and running thence north with the west side of said square, and with the center of Market street of said town, and the center of the Coshocton road, north to the north line of the third quarter of township two, of range three; thence west with said line to the center of Will's creek; thence down said creek with the center of the channel thereof to the north line of said township; thence west with said line to the northwest corner of said Cambridge township; thence south with the west boundary line of said township to the center of the national road; thence east with the center of said road to the place of beginning to form one precinct, to be called election precinct number two. And all the remainder of said township, bounded as follows, that is to say: beginning at a point in the center of the national road, on the west side of the public square of the town of Cambridge, and running thence east with the center of said road to the east boundary line of said township, thence with said line north, to the northeast corner of said township, thence west with the north boundary line of said township to the center of Will's creek, thence up said creek with the center of the channel thereof, to the north boundary line of the third quarter of the second township and third range of United States military lands; thence east with said line to the center of the Coshocton road, thence with the center of said road southward to Market street, of said town of Cambridge, and south with the center of said street and the west side of the public square of said town to the place of beginning, to be called electien precinct number three, of said township. SEC. .2 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 29, 1875. President of the Senate. AN ACT To build a town hall in Boardman. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Boardman township, Mahoning county, be and they are hereby authorized, if in their judgment they see proper, to build or buy a town hall for the use of said township, and to be under the supervision and control of said trustees, the cost not exceeding six hundred and fifty dollars; the money to be assessed and collected as other township funds are collected. SEC. 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 29, 1875. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize amendment of the map of the incorporated village of Newton Falls, in Trumbull county, and to correct certain errors therein. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the village of Newton Falls, incorporated "for special purposes," under the style of "the Incorporated Village of Newton Falls," in said county of Trumbull, are hereby authorized and required to proceed, with the aid of a competent surveyor, to make an amended survey and map of said village, and certain contiguous territory, in the following manner and form, viz: Beginning at a point in the East river road at the junction of the Duck creek road, and on the south line of lot one, section nine; thence west on the south line of lands of Mary Parker, H. A. DuBois and J. B. Stanley, to the original section line between section nine and ten; and thence still west one thousand feet to a stone in said line; thence north through lands of said Stanley, Henry Erwin, H. C. Soule and William Howard's heirs, to a lot line, the same being the south line of George Zigler's land; thence east on the north line of Howard heirs, John Graham, H. A. DuBois, Andrew Peterman, Sylvenas Oviatt and J. F. Porter, to the center of the west branch of the Mahoning river; thence down the same to the north line of lot number two, in section number two; thence east on said line to the east line of the Warren road, on lands of John F. Beaver; thence southerly on said east road line to the center of the Lord's town road, between section two and section nine; thence southerly through lands of Samuel Kistler and Mary Parker to the place of beginning, and embracing within these boundaries a fraction less than one square mile of territory. SEC. 2. That said amended map shall show the lines and contents of all fractions of lands not heretofore mapped, and also the numbers of lots from which such adjacent lands are taken. SEC. 3. That all great lots, small lots and sub-divisions, streets and alleys, shown on the map of Newton Falls, as recorded by the proprietor, H. A. DuBois, June 20th, 1837, and not heretofore vacated; and also on the recorded map of Earlesville, shall be designated by the same numbers, letters and names as shown in said plats, so far as the same are embraced in said amended survey. SEC. 4. That on the completion of said survey and map, the said trustees shall deposit a copy with the county recorder for record, and also with the secretary of state, and the same shall thereafter be regarded in law as binding on all parties as provided for in chapter two, section eighteen of the municipal code, passed May 7, 1869. SEC. 5. That for the purpose of defraying all expenses incident to the foregoing provisions, the said trustees are hereby authorized to order the levy and collection of a tax in the manner provided by said code for the general purposes of the corporation. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEO. L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatves. Passed March 29, 1875. President of the Senate. |