SEC. 2. That an act entitled "an act in relation to the clerks of courts," passed February 26, 1846, be and the same is hereby repealed. To change the time fixed for holding the summer term of the court of common pleas in the county of Delaware, for the year A. D. 1864. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the time fixed by the judges of the sixth judicial district of the state of Ohio, for holding the second or summer term of the court of common pleas in the county of Delaware, be changed, and that said term be held in said county on the 16th day of May, 1864. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. To fix the times of holding the court of common pleas in the county of Belmont, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the terms of the court of common pleas for the county of Belmont, in the state of Ohio, for the year 1864, shall commence on Tuesday, February twenty-third, on Tuesday, May seventeenth, and on SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. What enlist- To prevent enlistments of residents of this state, by unauthorized persons, in or for military organizations of other states. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to enlist or ful. person or persons in the state of Ohio, to offer any bounty, premium, SEC. 2. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions Penalty. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the governor, immediately after the passage of this act, to issue his proclamation, warning all persons from violating the provisions of the same. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, February 2, 1864. President of the Senate. AN ACT Supplementary to the "act to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages," passed May 3d, 1852. borrow Not exceeding $100,000. pur- interest. Rate of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the council of any city of the first class, of less than one Council may hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, may, for the purpose of purchasing necessary grounds, and erecting suitable school buildings for money. the use of public schools, at the request of the board of education of said corporation, make sufficient appropriation therefor, and shall have power to borrow money upon the credit of such corporation, sufficient for the aforesaid purposes, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, at such rates of interest as the city council may deem proper, not exceed ing the rate of six per cent. per annum semi-annually; and for the pose of effecting such loan, the said council shall have power to pledge the faith of said corporation for the payment of both principal and interest, including the power to levy a tax for the payment of the same, whenever the same may become due, and to make and execute such levy tax. bonds or other evidence of debt, and payable at such times and places, Bonds. as shall be agreed upon by the parties so contracting, which said bonds or other evidences of debt may be made transferable and redeemable in such form and at such times and places as may therein be designated; and the necessary grounds shall be procured, and the said school buildings hereby authorized shall be constructed under the direction and in accordance with a plan or plans furnished by the board of education of Plans of said corporation. Power to school-houses. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. February 3, 1864. Duties of Statement to be filed, -and published. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "an act to regulate insurance companies not incorporated by the state of Ohio." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the fourth section of the above-entitled act shall be so amended as to read as follows: Seo. 4. It shall be the duty of every such insurance company, or foreign insur- some agent or agents thereof, before taking any risks or transacting any ance compa-business of insurance in this state, to file in the office of the clerk of the nies. court of common pleas, of the county in which it, he or they may desire to establish an agency for any such insurance company or individual, or to transact any business of insurance therein, a copy of the statement required to be filed with the auditor of state as aforesaid, together with the certified copy of the certificate of said auditor, which shall be carefully preserved for public inspection by said clerk, and also cause said statement and certificate to be published in some daily newspaper, printed and of general circulation in said county, for one week, or in some weekly newspaper, printed and of like circulation as aforesaid, three consecutive weeks; which publication shall be verified by the oath of the printer, or other person knowing the fact; and such body or individual shall, before it, he or they, or any agent or agents thereof, shall take any risks or transact any business of insurance, furnish such agent or agents with three copies of such statement, auditor's certificate, and affidavit of publication, one of which shall be deposited and kept in the office of the proper clerk of the court of common pleas, in the same manner, and for the same purpose, as herein before mentioned, one of which shall be kept in the office of every such agent or other person, and one to be submitted to any person or persons for examination, who may desire to procure from such agent or agents, or other person, a policy of insurance or renewal thereof, if demanded by him or them. SEC. 2. That the original section four of the above-entitled act, be and the same is hereby repealed. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 9, 1864. President of the Senate. AN ACT To accept an act of congress approved July 2d, 1862, entitled "an act donating lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts." WHEREAS, by an act of congress approved July second, one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-two, it is provided as follows: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lot of gonUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted gross donating to the several states for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount lands. of public land to be apportioned to each state a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in congress, to which the states are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the cen sus of eighteen hundred and sixty: provided that no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act. "SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several states in sections or subdivisions of sections not less than one quarter of a section, and whenever there are public lands in a state subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said state shall be entitled shall be selected from such land within the limits of such state, and the secretary of the interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the states in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to which said state may be entitled, under the provisions of this act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share, said scrip to be sold by said states, and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever: provided, that in no case shall any state to which land scrip may be thus issued, be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other state or of any territory of the United States; but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at pri vate entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and provided further, that not more than one million acres shall be located by such assignees in any one of the states; and provided further, that no such location shall be made before one year from the passage of this act. "SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence and taxes, from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the states to which they may belong out of the treasury of said states, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purpose hereinafter mentioned. "SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the state to which the lands are appor tioned and from the sales of the land scrip hereinbefore provided for shall be invested in stocks of the United Staoes, or of some other safe stocks, yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks, and that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund; the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each state which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such a manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industral classes in the several pursuits and professions of life. "SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized, shall be made on the following conditions, to which as well as to the provision herein before contained the previous assent of the several states shall be signified by legislative act: "1st. If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the state to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished, and the annual interest shall be regularly applied without diminution to the purposes mentioned in the fourth section of this act, except that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any state under the provisions of this act may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said states. 2d. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings. "3d. Any state which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act, shall provide within five years at least not less than one college as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such state shall cease, and said state shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchase under the state shall be valid. "4th. An annual report shall be made, regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their costs and results, and such other matters including state industrial and economical statistics as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of shis act, and also one copy to the secretary of the interior. "5th. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the states at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished. "6th. No state while in condition of rebellion or insurrection against the government of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act. "7th. No state shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within two years from the date of its approval by the President. 66 SEO. 6. And be it further enacted, That land scrip issued under the provisions of this act, shall not be subject to location until after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. "SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the land officers shall receive the same fees, for locating land scrip issued under the provisions of this act, as are now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants, under existing laws: provided their maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased. |