AN ACT

To authorize the creation of a special school district in Brush Creek township, Scioto county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the territory now embraced in sub-school district number five, of the township of Brush Creek, and county of Scioto, and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the county line west of John Newman's house, in said township; thence northeast so as to include the lands of David Boyd, to William Foster's, on Rarden's creek, including the lands of said Foster; thence east to Jesse's run, including the lands of Wheeler and Thomas Burkitts, James Freeman, Amos Jenkin, Dr. Penn, and S. S. Jones; thence south-east to Brush creek, so as to include the lands of Smith and Pemberton, and Sarah A. Murphy; thence south so as to include the lands of John Thompson, James Williams and John Williams; thence west so as to include the lands of Mrs. L. N. Moore, James Newman, and John Newman, to the beginning, be and the same is hereby created and declared to constitute a special school district by the name of Galena special school district: provided, however, that a majority of the electors residing within said territory, shall vote in favor of said special school district, at an election to be held in the manner following:

SEC. 2. Written notice shall be posted in three of the most public places in said territory, signed by at least six resident electors of said. territory, requesting the qualified electors thereof to assemble on a day, at an hour and place designated in said notice, then and there to vote for or against the creation of said special school district. The electors assembled at the time and place designated in said notices, shall appoint a chairman and two clerks, who shall be judges of said election, which shall continue at least four hours, and shall not close before four o'clock P.M. The electors in favor of said special school district, shall write or print upon their ballots, "Special school district," and those opposed thereto," No special school district," and a majority of the ballots so cast shall determine the question whether or not the said proposed special school district shall be created.

SEC. 3. Should a majority of the ballots cast at said election be found in favor of the special school, as aforesaid, the electors shall at once proceed to elect three members of the board of education, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years from the third Monday in April thereafter, who shall hold their office for the terms therein specified, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and one year from the third Monday in April next after said election, the qualified voters of said special school district shall meet and elect one member of said board of education, to serve for the term of three years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Said elections shall be counted under the laws then in force governing sub-school district elections. The said special school district shall be entitled to all the school property within said territory, and the title thereto is hereby vested in the board of edu cation of said Galena special school district.

SEC. 4. The said special school district shall be entitled and shall receive their proportionate share of the school funds, and the funds levied for school-house and incidental expenses, in accordance with the enumeration of 1876, of children who are entitled to attend school; said funds being those now collected, or already levied and not collected, either in the county or township treasury; and the board of education of

said Galena special school district shall have power to levy an additional tax upon the taxable property of said district, sufficient to insure them school for six months in each year. Said additional levy shall not exceed three mills to the dollar in addition to the levy now provided by law in

any one year.

SEC. 5. The board of education in said special school district may, when in their judgment it is necessary, levy a sufficient tax upon the taxable property of said district, to build an addition to their schoolhouse, not to exceed the cost of five hundred dollars.

SEC. 6. Said district shall be governed in all respects by such laws as are now, or may hereafter be in force relating to special school districts, with the exceptions herein above provided.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOS. L. YOUNG, President of the Senate.

Passed March 1, 1877.

AN ACT

For the relief of Levi Pricer.

WHEREAS, On the 23d day of March, 1876, Levi Pricer, a duly elected and qualified treasurer of Buckskin township, Ross county, Ohio, had on deposit in the Bank of Greenfield (in the town of Greenfield, Highland county, Ohio), the sum of $2,888.93, belonging to said township; and,

WHEREAS, The said Bank of Greenfield did, on the twenty-third day of March, 1876, fail, and is not able to pay but a small per centage on each dollar of their indebtedness, and said Levi Pricer is not able, without serious embarrassment, to pay said loss; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the township trustees of Buckskin_township, Ross county, Ohio, be and are hereby authorized to release Levi Pricer, and his sureties on his official bond, from payment of the sum of $2,888.93; provided, that before said release shall be made, said Levi Pricer shall assign and transfer to said township trustees, his claim against the Bank of Greenfield, for and on account of said money so by him deposited; and also provided, that before said release shall be made, the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the said township, at some general township or special election, notice of which shall be given, at least twenty days prior thereto, by putting up posters in three public places in said township, and a majority of electors voting thereon at said election, shall vote in

favor thereof.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

C. H. GROSVENOR,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

H. W. CURTISS,

Passed March 12, 1877.

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To authorize the school board of New Philadelphia, Ohio, to issue bonds and build a new school-house.

WHEREAS, The large Union school building in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, was burned to the ground on the morning of February 27, 1877, and in consequence thereof have no place in which to hold their public schools; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the incorporated village of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, be and they are hereby authorized to build a school-house in said incorporated village.

SEC. 2. To meet the expense of the building mentioned in the foregoing section, the said board of education are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds, not to exceed in amount thirty-five thousand dollars, to be signed by the president, and countersigned by the clerk of said board, in sums not less than one hundred dollars each, bearing interest not to exceed eight per cent. per annum, payable annually, and the principal to be paid at a date no longer than ten years; said bonds to be sold at not less than par value, and no commission to be charged for the sale thereof.

SEC. 3. The said board of education are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax annually on all taxable property of said incorporated village of New Philadelphia, and on all taxable property within the territory attached for school purposes, sufficient to pay said bonds together with the interest thereon as they shall fall due, which levy shall be placed on the tax duplicate by the auditor of said county, and collected as other taxes.

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

C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representative. H. W CURTISS,

Passed March 15, 1877.

AN ACT

President of the Senate.

To provide for the payment of the contractors for construction of the stone masonry, cut stone, and brick work of the Columbus hospital for the insane.

WHEREAS, The trustees of the Columbus hospital for the insane, by special report to the general assembly, made on the 19th day of January, 1877, have reported that there is now due to the contractors for stone masonry, cut stone, and brick work on said hospital, under their contract, the sum of forty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-eight cents; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be and hereby is appropriated out of any money in the treasury, to the credit of the asylum fund and not otherwise appropriated, the sum of forty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-eight cents, for the payment of the amount due and owing to contractors under contracts for stone masonry, cut stone, and brick work on the Columbus hospital for the insane, which amount includes any and all claims grow

ing out of a joint resolution passed April 20, A.D. 1874; and the amounts due the several contractors are to be estimated and paid to them by the trustees of the Columbus hospital for the insane.

SEC. 2. This act to take effect on and after its passage.

C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. H. W. CURTISS,

Passed March 15, 1877.

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

Authorizing the county commissioners of Ross county to build a county jail, and issue

bonds therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the county commissioners of the county of Ross be and they are hereby authorized to build a county jail and jailor's residence, upon the same lot of ground now occupied for that purpose, and for that purpose they are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said county, not exceeding in amount the sum of eighteen thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. Said bonds may be in denominations of not less than one hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, bearing interest at not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and payable at such times as said commissioners shall deem for the best interest of said county, but in no case more than five years from the date thereof, and shall not be sold for less than their par value.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, and the principal of the same, as they shall become due, there shall be annually levied a sufficient tax upon all the taxable property in said county, in addition to the taxes now by law to be levied therein.

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

C. H. GROSVENOR,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
H. W. CURTISS,
President of the Senate..

Passed March 17, 1877.

AN ACT

To authorize the city council of the city of Columbus to levy a tax and build a police station.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the city council of the city of Columbus be and hereby is authorized to build a police station-house, on any lands now owned by said city, or if said council deem it advisable, it may purchase other lands on which to build said station-house. And said council, for the purpose of said building, shall have authority to levy a tax on all property in said city on the duplicate for taxation for the year 1877, two mills on the dollar, in addition to the amount of taxation now authorized by law. Whenever the city council shall certify to the auditor of Franklin county its determina

tion to make the levy and build said station-house, it shall be the duty of said auditor to enter the same upon the tax duplicate as other taxes are entered, and the same shall be collected and paid out in the same manner as other taxes are collected and paid out. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Passed March 17, 1877.

C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. H. W. CURTISS, President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To authorize the village council of the incorporated village of Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, to raise money to build a town hall and engine house.

WHEREAS, The question of building a town hall and engine house was submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the village of Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, at the April election in the year 1876, held therein pursuant to law and carried affirmatively by a vote of yeas, 383, to nays, 146; and,

WHEREAS, The council of said village, prior thereto, had purchased a lot for the purpose of building a town hall and engine house thereon; and,

WHEREAS, A part of the money for such buildings has already been raised by levy of a tax for such purpose; and,

WHEREAS, By operation of existing law, the council of said village is restricted from letting the contract for the building thereof until the money therefor is in the treasury of said village; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village council of the incorporated village of Wilmington, Ohio, be and it is hereby authorized to contract for the building of a town hall and engine house, and to raise money for the building thereof, as herein provided.

SEC. 2. That said council is hereby authorized to issue bonds, not exceeding in amount the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, which may be used in payment of the contractor, or contractors, for the building thereof, or may be sold by said council as herein provided, or either as to said council may seem most advantageous to the interest of said village, for the purpose of raising money to build a town hall and engine house, said bonds to be signed by the mayor and the clerk of said village, and to be registered by said clerk, and to be issued in sums of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars each, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent. per annum, the principal and interest to be paid at such time not exceeding ten years from the time of the issuing the same, and in such amounts each year as the village council may direct provided, said bonds shall not be sold for less than par value.

SEC. 3. That for the purpose of paying said bonds and interest thereon, as the same shall become due, the said village council is hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax on all the taxable property of said village in such amounts, annually, commencing in the year 1877, as will be sufficient to pay the principal and interest of said bonds, as they may be