AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Baldwin Institute, in Middleburg, Cuyahoga county," passed December 20th, 1845. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section two of the act above referred to, be and the same is hereby so amended as to require the trustees therein mentioned to be appointed annually. SEC. 2. That so much of the act above referred to as is inconsistent with this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. 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 Eaton, in the county of Preble," and the several acts amendatory thereto." SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the town council of the town of Eaton shall have power to make bylaws regulating the pavements or sidewalks in said town, and by an ordinance of said town council, duly published, to require the owner or owners of any lot, lots or part of a lot in said town, to make pavements or sidewalks, with good substantial curbing thereto, or to alter, amend or repair the same on such streets, of such width and in conformity with such grade as the town council shall direct. SEC. 2. That if any owner or owners of any lot, lots or part of a lot within said town, whether resident or nonresident, shall neglect or refuse to make or repair a pavement or sidewalk, as required in the preceding section, the town council of said town shall have power to found and make, or repair said pavement or sidewalk, and assess a tax on the premises so improved, sufficient to pay for the same, which tax shall be entered on the recorder's duplicate of taxes for said town, and collected in the same manner that the other taxes of said town are collected. SEC. 3. The said town council shall have the exclusive right of forming one or more road districts within the corporation limits, and the qualified electors of said town shall, at each annual corporation election, elect one supervisor for each district, who shall be governed in his duties by the bylaws and ordinances of said town, and receive the same compensation allowed by law to supervisors of roads and highways; they shall have power to require each male person, resident within said town and liable, by law, to perform labor on the public roads, to perform, in each and every year, two days' labor on the streets and alleys within said town, in lieu of the two days' labor required under the present laws regulating roads and highways, and upon refusal or neglect to perform such labor under the proper supervisor, the delinquent shall be liable to the same penalties which are or may be provided by law against persons refusing to perform the two days' labor required by such law; and all road tax charged on the county duplicate, on property within the limits of said town, shall be collected and paid into the treasury of said town, to be expended by the town council in improving the streets and alleys within the limits of said corporation. SEC. 4. That all notices of elections within said corporation, the yearly exhibit of the receipts and expenditures of said corporation, and all ordinances of the town council hereafter passed, (prior to their taking effect,) shall be published by the recorder in a newspaper, (if any there be,) printed in said town. SEC. 5. That on such day as shall be agreed upon by the mayor and town council of said town of Eaton, of which time twenty days' previous notice shall be given by the mayor of said town, by advertisement in the newspapers published in said town, the qualified electors residing within the corporate limits of said town shall ballot for or against the acceptance of this act, by indorsing on their ballots either "Accept" or "Not accept," which said balloting shall, in all respects, proceed according to and be governed by the laws in force regulating elections held within said corporation, and if more than one-third of the ballots deposited in accordance with the foregoing provisions, are indorsed "Not accept," then this act shall be void and of no effect. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. February 8, 1847. AN ACT To incorporate the East Fork Road and Bridge Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Michael Turner, William Williams, L. A. Hendrick, Emanuel Hawn, Thomas M. Brown, John Kugler, Thomas Hair, Moses Ross, James Pollock, James Simmons, Isaac Edwards, Joseph Davis, and Uriah Baldwin, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the East Fork Road and Bridge Company. SEC. 2. That the capital of said company shall be ten thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. SEC. 3. That the persons named in this act, or any three of them, after giving fifteen days' notice thereof, in some newspaper printed in Clermont county, are authorized to open books for the subscription to the capital stock of said company, at such times and places as they may deem expedient; and when one hundred and sixty shares, or four thousand dollars of capital stock shall have been subscribed, they may, by public notice, call a meeting of the stockholders, and proceed to elect seven directors, who shall choose out of their number one person to be president, and one to be treasurer and secretary of said company. SEC. 4. Said directors and officers, and all other directors and officers elected or appointed for said company, shall, within ten days after such election or appointment, take an oath of office; and they shall have power to fill vacancies in their own body, and make all bylaws, rules and regulations necessary or proper for said company, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state. SEC. 5. The stockholders shall annually, on the first Monday in December, elect seven directors, who shall elect a president and treasurer of said company, and at all such elections each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share of stock by him owned. SEC. 6. Said corporation shall have perpetual succession by the name and style aforesaid, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in any court of competent jurisdiction; may have a common seal, which they may change or alter at pleasure; shall have power to erect a toll bridge over the east fork of the Little Miami River, at a point surveyed by James Given, Esq., in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, if the owners of the land on each side of said stream assent thereto; and said corporation shall have power to construct a graded or McAdamized road from said bridge, on the nearest and most practicable route, to the town of Milford, in Clermont county; but said road shall not in any place exceed three degrees elevation; and said corporation shall always keep said road and bridge in good repair, and construct the same of proper dimensions, and in a suitable manner, for the accommodation of all travel and transportation on the same; and said corporation shall complete said road and bridge within five years, but said bridge shall be so constructed as not to interfere with, injure, or interrupt the navigation of said stream. SEC. 7. That after the completion of said bridge and road, said company are hereby authorized to demand and receive, from passengers who may cross said bridge, not more than the following rates of toll, to wit:" For every horse with rider, five cents; For every horse, mule, or ass, three years old or upwards, led or driven, two cents; For every common two or four wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse or mule, six and one-fourth cents; For every common two or four wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses, mules, or oxen, ten cents; For each additional horse, mule, ass, or ox, three cents; For every pleasure carriage, drawn by one horse, ten cents; For every pleasure carriage, drawn by two horses, fifteen cents; For each additional horse, three cents; For every sleigh, drawn by one horse or mule, five cents; For every sleigh or sled, drawn by two horses, mules, or oxen, six and one-fourth cents; For each additional horse, mule, or ox, two cents; For every score of neat cattle, six months old and upwards, twelve and a half cents; For every score of sheep, six months old and upwards, ten cents; Provided, that all troops of the United States, and of this state, with their baggage, animals, and stores, persons attending elections and musters, all persons who are or may hereafter be exempt from the payment of ferriage in this state, all persons attending places of worship, all funeral processions, all persons who have served the United States in the present war with Mexico, and all persons, animals, and conveyances, carrying the mails of the United States, may pass said bridge free from the tolls aforesaid. SEC. 8. That if said company, or any of its agents, shall demand and receive any higher or greater tolls than may be hereby allowed, said company and their agents shall be subject to the like fines and penalties which are or may be provided in cases of fines. SEC. 9. The general assembly of this state shall have power to require said corporation, and all agents thereof, to report, in such manner as may be provided by the said general assembly, the amount of all tolls, profits and expenses of said corporation, and shall have power to purchase said bridge or road, at a valuation to be ascertained as may be prescribed by law, and shall have power to reduce the rates of toll, at any time after five years from the time when said company shall first receive any tolls. SEC. 10. That this corporation, and the members thereof, shall be subject to all the liabilities, restrictions, and provisions of the act instituting proceedings against corporations not possessing banking powers, and the visitorial powers of courts, and to provide for the regulation of corporations generally, passed March seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty two. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. February 8, 1847. AN ACT To amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of Columbus in the state of Ohio.” SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the boundaries of the city of Columbus, as defined in the first section of the act entitled, "an act to incorporate the city of Columbus in the state of Ohio," be and is hereby extended so as to include within its limits the following described territory in Franklin county, to wit: beginning at the intersection of the south line of south public lane, or the Livingston road, so called, and the east line of Seventh street, and then run east with said road to the east line of Washington avenue; thence north, twelve degrees west, along the east line of Washington avenue to the south line of old Allum creek road; thence westwardly along the south line of said road to the harbor road, so called; thence south along the east line of said harbor road to the north line of north public lane; thence west along the north line of north public lane to the east line of Fourth street in the city of Columbus; thence south, twelve degrees east, along the east line of Fourth street to the north line of Broad street; thence north, seventy-eight degrees east, along the north line of Broad street to the east line of Seventh street; thence south, twelve degrees east, along the east line of Seventh street to the place of beginning; and also, so much territory as is included within the following limits, to wit: beginning on the south line of Friend street and the east bank of the canal, and run north, seventy-eight degrees east, along the south line of Friend street to the west line of Scioto lane; thence. south, twelve degrees east, along the west line of said lane to the south line of south public lane; thence east to the west line of Front street; thence south, twelve degrees east, along the west line of Front street to a point due west from the centre of in-lot number six hundred and sixtyeight in the city of Columbus; thence west along the south line of E. Rockwell's lot and the south line R. Armstrong's land, known as Point Pleasant, and continued west to the east bank of the canal; thence northwardly along the east bank of the canal to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. That all acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. WILLIAM P. CUTLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 8, 1847. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT Providing for the inspection of sawed lumber and shingles in Hamilton county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, shall appoint one inspector of sawed lumber and shingles for said county, which inspector shall have authority to appoint as many deputies as may be requisite to transact the business, he being responsible for their acts; he shall hold his office for the term of three years, and until his successors be appointed and qualified, and give bond and approved security, payable to the state of Ohio, to be approved by said court, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, to faithfully perform the duties of his office: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall dispossess the present incumbent from office, who was appointed under former acts of the General Assembly, until the expiration of three years from the date of such appointment. SEC. 2. That all sawed lumber, not the manufacture of this state, shall be subject to inspection, at request of the purchaser and seller, or either of them, the party so requiring the inspection to be liable to the fees therefor. |