in his own office as his voucher; and in such settlement the said county treasurer shall be entitled to retain three per centum on all moneys by him collected for corporation purposes, and the town council shall allow the county auditor for his services the same fees as are allowed by law for similar services, to be paid out of the funds of said corporation. SEC. 9. The schools and school districts within said corporation shall be and remain under the control and supervision of the township trustees the same as if this act had not been passed, and the several road districts shall be laid off and remain under the supervision of said township trustees, but the supervisors of highways, when working roads within the bounds of said corporation, shall conform to such grade as may be established by the town council. SEC. 10. That for the purpose of more effectually preserving and securing said town from the ravages of fire, the town council shall have power to organize and establish all such fire companies and provide them with the necessary and proper engines and other instruments to extinguish fires, and preserve the property of the inhabitants of said town from conflagration, and to make such bylaws and regulations for the government of the same as they shall think expedient; and each and every person who shall belong to any such fire company shall, in time of peace, be exempt from the performance of military duty under the laws of this state; and said town council shall have power to make and ordain such ordinances as they may deem expedient to compel such of the householders in said town to furnish as many fire-buckets as said town council may think necessary and proper; to direct of what material and in what manner said buckets shall be made, due regard being had to the wealth of each householder, and the amount of property such householder may own in said town. SEC. 11. That said town council shall have power to regulate by good and wholesome laws and ordinances for that purpose, all theatrical or other exhibitions, or public shows, and all exhibitions of any manner or kind to which admission shall be obtained by payment of money or other reward, having power to grant or refuse license thereto, and affix such penalties for any such exhibition without license as they may deem proper; and before granting such license it shall be lawful for said town council to exact, demand and receive therefor such sum or sums of money as they shall deem proper and reasonable or expedient, and annex thereto such terms and conditions in regard to time, place, or other circumstances under which such license shall be acted upon as, in their opinion, the peace, quiet and good order of society in said town may require; and for the violation of such terms and conditions aforesaid, the mayor shall have power to revoke or suspend such license in such manner as shall be provided for by ordin ance. SEC. 12. The mayor, recorder and trustees of said town of Marion, in their corporate capacity, as aforesaid, are hereby invested as the lawful owner or proprietor, with all the real and personal estate heretofore held and owned by the town council of the town of Marion in their corporate capacity, under an act of incorporation passed February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, repealed by an act entitled "an act to repeal the act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Marion, in the county of Marion, and for other purposes," passed February ninth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three: Provided, all acts done, or contracts made by the trustees of Marion township, under the last named act, shall continue in force the same as if this act had not been passed. SEC. 13. Said corporation and the several officers thereof, in all respects not specially provided for in this act, shall be governed by the provisions of the act entitled "an act for the regulation of incorporated towns," passed February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and all other acts now in force, or which may hereafter be passed on that subject, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and the certificate of the recorder entered on the record of said town shall be sufficient evidence of all notices or publications required by said act. SEC. 14. This act shall be taken and received in all courts and by all judges, justices of the peace, and other officers, as a public act, and all printed copies of the same which shall be printed by or under the authority of the General Assembly, shall be admitted as good evidence without any further proof whatever. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 8, 1847. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT Further to amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Painesville." SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the town council of the town of Painesville has and shall have power to ordain and establish bylaws, rules and regulations, to promote and secure the peace, comfort, health, morals, property and prosperity of the said town and its inhabitants, and also for the protection and security of all property and public buildings within, or which shall be within, the limits of said town; and it is hereby declared, that the power of said town council shall extend to the regulating and restraining of the sale of intoxicating liquors: Provided, they shall not interfere with taverns licensed by law, nor have power to grant licenses to retail such liquors in less quantities than one quart, nor to be drank on the premises where sold: and provided, that no bylaws shall be made repugnant to the laws of the state; and all bylaws ordained and established by said common council shall be published, by being posted up at the place of holding elections in said town, or in a newspaper printed therein, at least one week before the same shall be of any validity. SEC. 2. It shall hereafter be lawful for said town council to levy and collect all taxes for said town according to the provisions of the fifteenth section of the act hereby amended, or according to the provisions of the fourth section of the act entitled "an act further to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the town of Painesville," passed March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, at their discretion. SEC. 3. In criminal cases, the jurisdiction of the mayor and marshal of said town shall be co-extensive with the county of Lake; and the provisions of the second section of the act, in the preceding section mentioned, which extends the jurisdiction of the mayor to Geauga county, is hereby repealed. SEC. 4. Whenever the said county of Lake shall erect and establish a jail, the said town shall be allowed the use of the same for the confinement of any person liable to imprisonment under the bylaws of said town, from which time the right to the use of the jail of Geauga county, given by the act hereby amended, shall be repealed. SEC. 5. The provisos to the ninth section of the act hereby amended, are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. No person, who shall hereafter become a member of any fire company, or hook and ladder company, in said town, shall, by reason of such membership, or services in such companies, or either of them, be exempted from the performance of labor on the highways. SEC. 7. In all matters relating to the affairs of said town, and in all transactions under its bylaws, the recorder shall have authority to administer oaths. SEC. 8. Deeds, executed in pursuance of the charter or bylaws and orders of said town of Painesville, shall be recorded in the county of Lake, and not, as heretofore, in the county of Geauga. SEC. 9. The town council of said town shall have power to make orders for the paving of streets and sidewalks, or parts thereof, by the owners of lots and parts of lots bounding on such streets, and to make bylaws for subjecting such lots and parts of lots, and their owners, to the payment of the expense of paving such streets and sidewalks, in front of such lots and parts of lots, respectively, in case such owners neglect to comply with such orders. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 8, 1847. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To enable the town of Bellville to convey a lot of land. WHEREAS, it is represented that, in times past, Robert Bell, the elder, dedicated, without deed, to the town of Bellville, in Richland county, lot number eighty-five, in the town plat of Bellville, for school purposes; and whereas, it is represented that it will be beneficial to the purposes of schools that said lot be sold, and reinvested in other lot or lots, for the same purposes: therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the mayor of said town of Bellville is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of said town, to sell and convey the said lot number eighty-five, and reinvest the avails thereof in other lot or lots for school purposes in said town: Provided, that neither this act, nor such sale and conveyance, shall, in any manner, be construed to conflict with any rights of the said Bell, his heirs or assigns. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. February 8, 1847. AN ACT To authorize Mercy King. Ervilla King and Julian King, to surrender the lease for, and become the purchasers of, the northwest qurrter of Section Sixteen, in Scipio towhship, Seneca county, Ohio. WHEREAS, heretofore, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, one Obadiah King, then of Scipio township, in Seneca county, and state of Ohio, for the consideration of eleven hundred dollars, then paid by him to one Moses F. Spencer, became the owner of a certain lease of the northwest quarter of section sixteen, being the school lands of said township, with the intention of then surrendering said lease, and obtaining the title in fee simple to said lands, according to the provisions of the laws then in force upon that subject; and whereas, the said Obadiah King, within a few days after his purchase of said lease, as aforesaid, and before he had surrendered the same, died, leaving Mercy King, Ervilla King, and Julian King, his then infants, and only heirs at law, and who have ever since paid the annual interest accruing upon said lease: therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the said Mercy King, Ervilla King and Julian King, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, at any time within two years from the passage of this act, to surrender the said lease of said northwest quarter of section sixteen, in the township of Scipio, and county of Seneca, aforesaid, and become the purchasers of said premises in fee simple, in the same manner as if the same had been done by the said Obadiah King, at the time of his decease, as aforesaid. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 8, 1847. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Steubenville, and also to provide better for the safety, peace, order and good government of said town." SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the mayor, recorder and common council of the town of Steubenville, shall be, and they are hereby empowered to make and publish such ordinances and bylaws, in writing, as shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State of Ohio, and of the United States, as to them shall seem necessary and proper for the health, safety, cleanliness, convenience, morals, peace, order and good government of said town; and to impose penalties by fine and imprisonment for the violation of such ordinances; and they shall have power to put and keep at hard labor on the streets or elsewhere, in such manner as the ordinances may prescribe, any person or persons convicted of offences against the bylaws and ordinances, to preserve peace and good order in said town. SEC. 2. That all persons violating such bylaws and ordinances shall be liable to prosecution and punishment therefor, by suit in the name of the town of Steubenville, before the mayor, (or in case of his absence before the recorder of said town,) which officers shall have power to issue and put in execution such writs and other process as may be deemed necessary or proper for the enforcement of the bylaws and ordinances of said town. SEC. 3. That the mayor, recorder, marshal, assistant marshal, and such other officers as may be appointed by the town council to preserve peace and order in said town, shall be conservators of the peace within the corportate limits of said town; they shall have power, and it shall be their duty to disperse any mob, riotous or disorderly assembly, in the square, market place, or other parts of said town; to suppress all riots or disturbances therein, and with or without warrant, to apprehend, take and keep in custody, any person or persons that have violated said ordinances, or who may be found violating the peace and good order of said town, or any bylaws or ordinances passed for the safety, peace and good order thereof, and such person or persons to secure and confine in the jail of the county, or such other place as may be provided, for a reasonable time, until a trial can be conveniently had, and such person or persons dealt with by a due course of law. SEC. 4. The said mayor, recorder, marshal, assistant marshal, and other officers aforesaid, shall have the right to call upon and require the aid and assistance of the citizens or inhabitants of said town, to suppress any mob, riot or disturbance in said town, and to apprehend, secure, take, and keep in custody, any person or persons who may have violated, or be engaged in violating the bylaws and ordinances of the town; and any citizen or inhabitant of said town who shall neglect or refuse, upon being called on or required by any of said officers to aid or assist as aforesaid, shall be liable to prosecution therefor in the name of said town, before the mayor or recorder as aforesaid, and shall be subject to such fine as may be imposed therefor by the bylaws or ordinances of said town, not exceeding fifty dollars. SEC. 5. That the marshal, assistant marshal, and any other officers appointed by the town council, who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty imposed on him or them, by any law or ordinace of said town, for the |