AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Franklin county to build a bridge across Indian Run, near the village of Dublin, in said county, and to levy a tax for that purpose. 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 locate and build a bridge across Indian Run, on a line with the main street running north and south near the union school building in the village of Dublin, in Washington township, in said county, and to levy a tax for that purpose not exceeding three-eighths of one mill on the dollar of all the taxable property of said county for the year 1873, in addition to the other levies authorized by law. SEC. 2. That in case there shall be any fund in the treasury of said county that has been levied and collected for a special purpose, and such fund or a part thereof will not be needed for such purpose until after the time fixed by law for the collection of the tax authorized by the first sec tion of this act, the said commissioners shall have power to transfer such special fund, or such part thereof as may be reeded for the purposes named in this act, temporarily to said purposes, and re-imburse such fund so taken out of the taxes herein authorized to be levied, as soon as the same shall be collected. SEC. 3. passage. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Passed February 4, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Trustees of the Lutheran Cemetery Association, in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, to sell a portion of said cemetery grounds for the erection of a church thereon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of the Lutheran cemetery association in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, be authorized to sell and convey by deed a parcel of ground situate on the north-east side of said cemetery grounds, in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, for the purpose of erecting a church edifice thereon: Provided, that the proceeds of such sale shall be used for the benefit of the cemetery. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK. Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Passed February 4, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the incorporated village of Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, to issue bonds to obtain money to pay the existing debt of said school district incurred in the erection of a school building, and levy a tax to pay said bonds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the school district of Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, and the territory annexed thereto for school purposes, be and they are hereby authorized to issue bonds not exceeding in amount two thousand dollars, to raise money to pay an existing debt, incurred in the erection and construction of a school building in said school district, said bonds to be signed by the president and secretary or clerk of said board of education, and to be in sums of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceed in eight per cent. per annum, the principal and interest of said bonds to be payable as said board of education may direct, not exeeding three years from the time of issuing the same: Provided, the said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying said bonds and the interest thereon, as the same may become due, the said board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax on the taxable property of said school district of Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, and the territory annexed thereto for school purposes, in such amounts, annually, com mencing in the year 1873, as will be sufficient to pay the principal and interest of said bonds as they may become due in each year, as said board of education shall determine, and the money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose than to pay said bonds or debt and interest thereon. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. CHARLES II. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JACOB MUELLER, Passed February 6, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the Board of Education of the village of Galion to borrow money and levy tax to relieve said Board from indebtedness contracted in building and furnishing a school-house. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That to enable the board of education of the village of Galion in the county of Crawford, to pay all indebtedness contracted by said board of education in the erection and furnishing of a school-house in said village, said board be and they are hereby authorized to issue their bonds, signed by the president and secretary of said board, in sums of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, for an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and payable at any time not exceeding ten years from the time of issuing the same, at the discretion of said board: Provided, said bonds shall not be sold at less than their par value. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying said bonds, and interest thereon as the same shall become due, the said board of education are hereby authorized and empowered to levy on the taxable property of the incorporated village of Galion and the territory thereto annexed for school purposes, such an amount annually as will be sufficient to pay the principal of the debt that shall fall due each year, and also the interest falling due annually on all the bonds so issued, and the money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed February 6, 1873. AN ACT President of the Senate. To require the county auditor of Madison county to apportion unexpended assessments for road improvements among the persons assessed for the same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county auditor of Madison county be required to apportion the balance of assessments made for the construction and improvement of what is known as the Harrison road improvement, remaining in the county treasury of said county, ratably among the persons who paid such assessments, in excess of the amount required to construct said road; and ou demand of any such person, his heirs or legal representatives, to draw an order in his favor on the county treasurer for the amount so found due him. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 7, 1873. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of Windsor township, Lawrence county, to levy a tax to pay the indebtedness of said township incurred in the erection of school-houses. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of Windsor township, county of Lawrence, in addition to the other powers of taxation heretofore conferred by law, be and hereby are authorized and empowered to assess on the grand levy of the taxable property of said township for the years 1873 and 1874, a tax not exceeding four mills on the dollar, to be applied only in liquidating the present indebtedness of said school board incurred in the erection of school houses in said township. SEC. 2. passage. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its Passed February 7, 1873. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of Jefferson township, Ross county, to issue bonds and levy a tax to complete a school-house. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of Jefferson township, Ross county, be and they are hereby authorized to issue bonds to an amount not to exceed four thousand dollars, to raise money to complete a school-house; said bonds to be signed by the president and clerk of said board of education, and to be in sums of not less than one hundred nor greater than five hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed eight per cent. per annum, said interest payable annually, and the principal to be paid at any time, not exceeding three years from the time of issuing the same; said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest upon said bouds, said board of education is hereby authorized to levy, annually (in excess of the amount now authorized by law), for the years 1873, 1874 and 1875, upon all the property of said township, a tax sufficient to raise in the aggregate the sum of five thousand dollars; and said board of education shall certify the tax so levied to the auditor of Ross county, who shall place the same on the duplicate, to be collected annually as other taxes are collected, and paid to the treasurer of Jefferson township, to be expended for the purpose for which they were levied, and no other. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 7, 1873. President of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Ross and Pickaway counties to build a bridge across the Scioto river, and to levy a tax for that purpose. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Chio, That the commissioners of Ross and Pickaway counties be and they are hereby authorized to locate and build a free bridge across the Scioto river at or near the line between said counties, and to levy a tax for that purpose not exceeding three-quarters of one mill on the dollar of all the taxable property of said counties, in each year, for not more than two years, in addition to the other levies authorized by law. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed February 14, 1873. ALLAN T. BRINSMADE, AN ACT To refund money erroneously assessed on certain persons in Guernsey county to build a turnpike. WHEREAS, That in building a short piece of turnpike, only a few hundred yards long, to connect a turnpike in Millwood township, Guernsey county, with a turnpike in Noble county, an error crept into the percentage sheet, which made the levy for said purpose $794.63 more than was intended; and, WHEREAS, The estimate made for said purpose was $960.00, but the building of said road only cost the sum of $710.00, leaving a balance of $250.00 of the estimate not consumed in said work, thereby leaving in the treasury of the county the unexpended sum of one thousand and forty-four dollars and sixty-three cents ($1,044.63,) not needed for the purpose for which it was intended; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Guernsey county be and they are hereby authorized to order the auditor of said county to draw his warrant on the treasurer thereof in favor of the persons who paid the tax, for their pro rata share of the unexpended balance thereof so remaining in the treasury of said county. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed February 15, 1873. |