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hereby authorized to borrow, from time to time, such sums of money as shall not exceed in the aggregate, four-fifths of the tax levied by this act; Provided, that the money so borrowed in any one year shall not exceed four-fifths of the tax levied in any such year. The money so borrowed shall be repaid with interest, not exceeding

six per cent. per annum, out of the taxes so collected out of the county treasury.

SEC. 3. That during the years aforesaid the said county commissioners shall levy no other tax for road purposes than is prescribed in this act. And sections four (4) and five (5) of an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act prescribing the duties of supervisors and relating to roads and highways," passed February 13, 1853, and to repeal an act entitled "an act prescribing the duties of supervisors, and relating to roads and highways," passed April 8, 1856; also prescribing the duties of county commissioners, county auditors, township clerks, and supervisors; also to repeal certain acts therein named, passed April 12, 1858, shall not be operative as far as the provisions of this act are concerned.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate.

March 25, 1864.

AN ACT

To authorize the town council of the incorporated village of Ripley, in Brown county, to borrow money.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the town council of the incorporated village of Ripley, in the county of Brown, are hereby authorized to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding in amount five thousand dollars, for which said town council may issue bonds, bearing interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, which bonds shall not be sold, or otherwise disposed of, at less than their par value.

SEC. 2. That the said town council shall have power to levy a tax on all property, both real and personal, situated within said corporation, to pay the annual interest as well as the principal amount thus borrowed.

SEC. 3. That the sum or sums of money thus borrowed shall only be used in the purchase and repair of fire engines, hose, and other apparatus incident to the fire department of said corporation.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate.

March 25, 1864.

AN ACT

To amend "an act for the support and better regulation of common schools in the city of Columbus," passed February 3, 1845.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section one of said act be so amended as to read as follows:

Section 1. That the qualified voters in the several wards in the city of Columbus

shall, on the second Monday of April, 1864, meet in their respective wards, at the places designated for holding elections therein, and elect one member of the board of education of said city of Columbus, for each of said wards, who shall serve, the members for the first, third, fifth, and every ward in said city represented by odd numbers, one year; and the members representing the second, fourth, sixth, and every ward represented by even numbers, two years; and annually thereafter, at the time and place specified, there shall be elected in like manner, one member of the board of education for each ward in said city, in which the term of the member is about to expire, who shall serve for two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Said election shall be held and conducted as is provided for county and state elections, and all vacancies that may occur in said board of education by death, resignation, removal, or inability to serve, shall be filled by appointment by the city council of said city, by and with the advice and consent of said board of education. SEC. 2. That section three of said act be so amended as to read as follows: Section 3. That said board shall hold its meetings at such time and place as it may think proper, and a majority of the members thereof shall constitute a quorum; and special meetings may be called by the president or by any three members of the board; but no special meeting shall be held without personal notice having been served upon a majority of said board at least two days before the time fixed for said meeting, and at such special meeting no order or resolution shall be adopted requiring the payment of money, or the employment or dismissal of teachers or superintendent, unless all the members are present.

SEC. 3. That the original sections one and three be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

JAMES R. HUBBELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES ANDERSON,

March 25, 1864.

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To anthorize the commissioners of Franklin county to levy a tax for the erection of a county jail.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Franklin county be and they are hereby authorized to levy a tax of not exceeding three-fourths of one mill on the dollar of the valuation of the real and personal property subject to taxation on the duplicate of said county for the year 1864, for the purpose of erecting a county jail in said county.

SEC. 2. That said commissioners may, and are hereby authorized to transfer from the county general expense fund, any sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, for the purpose of prosecuting the work on the jail, until the taxes hereby authorized to be levied are collected on the December duplicate.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage

JAMES R. HUBBELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES ANDERSON,

March 25, 1864.

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To authorize the board of education of the incorporated town of Pomeroy, and the territory thereto annexed, for school purposes in the county of Meigs, to raise money to purchase sites and erect school-houses thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of school district composed of the corporate limits of the town of Pomeroy, Meigs county, and territory for school purposes thereto annexed, organized under an act entitled "an act to provide for the re-organization, supervision, and maintenance of common schools," passed March 4, 1853, is hereby authorized to raise, by taxation and loan, a sum of money, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, to purchase school-house sites and erect thereon, and furnish such buildings as the educational interests of said district may require: Provided, that no such loan shall be made, or tax levied, unless a majority of the qualified voters of said school district shall, at an election to be held by said board of education for that purpose, authorize said board of education to make said loan, which election shall be held by said board upon giving public notice of the same, by posting up written notices of the time and place of said election, at least ten days before the same shall be held. The ballots at said election shall be endorsed" for the loan," or "against the loan," as the case may be.

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SEC. 2. That the said board of education is hereby authorized to issue bonds, to be signed by the president and secretary of said board, for not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars each, which shall be made negotiable, and may have such coupons or interest bearing warrants attached thereto, at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, as said board of education may direct; the principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable at such times and places as shall be therein stipulated: Provided, that said bonds shall not be sold or disposed of at less than their par value.

SEC. 3. The said board of education is hereby authorized to levy annually, on the taxable property of the district, over and above the tax for tuition and current incidental expenses of the school, such a sum, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, as the board may consider necessary to redeem the bonds within ten years from the date of the last issue; and such levy shall be certified to the auditor of said county at the usual term, to be entered on the duplicate: Provided, the board shall have the right at any time within ten years, to redeem any or all the bonds issued, by giving notice in the county newspaper of the particular bonds to be redeemed, and if the bonds are not presented in accordance to notice, interest shall cease at the discretion of the board.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

JAMES R. HUBBELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,
CHARLES ANDERSON,

March 25, 1864.

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To authorize the town council of the incorporated village of Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, to borrow money to purchase hose and pay other incidental and necessary expenses to place the fire department of said village in good condition to suppress fire.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the town council of the incorporated village of Wooster, in Wayne county, Ohio, are

hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, at a rate of interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum, for the purpose of purchasing hose and paying other incidental and necessary expenses in putting the fire department of said village in good condition to suppress fires.

SEC. 2. The town council of said incorporated village shall annually, in the years A. D. 1864 and 1865, levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest and the one-half of the principal of said sum so borrowed, and if from any cause said council shall refuse or neglect to levy said tax by the first day of June in each of the years above specified, it is hereby made the duty of the auditor of said county to levy said tax on all the taxable property, both real and personal, within the limits of said incorporated village, and place the same on the duplicate.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

March 26, 1864.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Š. HUMPHREVILLE,

President pro tem. of the Senate.

AN ACT

To amend the act entitled "an act to incorporate the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Medina county," passed February 8th, 1848, and the several acts amendatory thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section eighteen of the act to incorporate the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Medina county, passed February 8th, 1848, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 18. That each director of said company shall, before he enters upon the duties of his said office, give a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to the treasurer of Westfield township, in any sum required by the members of said company, not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office; on which bond any person aggrieved by the misconduct of said director, may maintain a civil action in any court having jurisdiction, and recover such damages as he may show himself entitled to, and a recovery on such bond in favor of any party, shall not be a bar to a recovery in favor of any other party who may be injured by the misconduct of such director. Every action under the provisions of this section shall be brought and conducted under the provisions of the code of civil procedure. Sec. 2. That section four of the "act to amend an act to incorporate the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Medina county," passed February 14th, 1849, be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4. That the company shall not make insurance on any one risk exceeding three thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. That the directors shall have power to appoint a committee of three members of the company, whose duty it shall be to collect all premium notes on hand, and which have expired and been canceled one year or more next preceding each annual meeting, and not called for by signers thereof, and burn the same publicly on said day, and the committee shall certify to their action, and the same shall be published in the next annual report of the company.

SEC. 4. That said original sections eighteen and four be and the same are hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force from its passage.

JAMES R. HUBBELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES ANDERSON,

March 28, 1864.

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To authorize the city of Zanesville to borrow money to build a market-house, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the city council of the city of Zanesville is hereby authorized to borrow money, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not to exceed six per cent. per annum, for the purpose of finishing the market-house in said city.

SEC. 2. That for the purpose of raising said money, said city council is hereby authorized to issue bonds to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, in sums of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars each, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, interest payable semi-annually, and payable in three, four, five and six years after the date thereof, and redeemable at the pleasure of said council, and pledge said bonds for the redemption thereof: provided, said bonds shall not be disposed of for less than their par value.

SEO. 3. That for the redemption of said bonds, when the same shall respectively become due, with the accruing interest, said city council shall have power, and is hereby authorized to levy on all taxable property within said city of Zanesville, such amount of money annually, as will pay the interest on said bonds, and will meet the payment of the principal each year respectively as they fall due, which shall be placed on the duplicate of the auditor of said county, and collected as the other taxes levied by said city council.

SEC. 4. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate.

March 28, 1864.

AN ACT

To provide for the removal of the seat of justice of Fulton county, Ohio, from the town of Ottokee to the town of Delta, in said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That from and after the taking effect of this section of this act, as hereinafter provided, the seat of justice in the county of Fulton shall be removed from the town of Ottokee, and shall be permanently fixed, until otherwise provided by law, at the town of Delta, in said county.

SEC. 2. That the foregoing section of this act shall take effect and be in force when and so soon as the same shall be adopted by a majority of all the electors of said Fulton county, voting at the next general election after the passage thereof, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 3. That the electors of said Fulton county, at the next general election after the passage of this act, shall indorse, or otherwise place on their tickets, either the words "for removal," or "against removal." And if a majority of all the electors of said Fulton county, voting at said clection, shall vote for removal, the first section of this act shall thereupon be considered and holden to be adopted by such majority: provided, that all tickets upon which the words "for removal" shall not be indorsed or otherwise placed, shall be taken and considered as votes against removal, as fully as though the words "against removal" were indorsed or otherwise placed thereon.

SEC. 4. That the judges and clerks of election in the several townships in said county, at the said general election, shall cause all the votes that may be so given for

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