[Senate Bill No. 251.]. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "an act relating to ditches," passed April 12, 1871 (O. L, vol. 68, page 60), and the acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of directors of the county infirmary of any county in this state are hereby authorized and empowered to commence and carry on proceedings for the location and construction of ditches, drains, and water courses, and for the deepening and widening, or cleaning out ditches, drains, and water-courses, which will or do drain, in whole or in part, the lands belonging to the infirmary farm of such county, the same as individual land owners are authorized to do by the said acts to which this is supplementary, except that such beard shall not be required to file any bond in such proceeding as required of individuals; and like proceedings shall be had thereon in all other respects as is now or may be provided by law for the location, establishment, and construction of ditches, drains, and water-courses, and for the deepening and widening or cleaning out of the same, on petition of land owners. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES E. NEAL, JABEZ W. FITCH, President of the Senate. Powers of the board of directors of any county water- Board not to file bond. Passed February 21, 1879. [Senate Bill No. 210.] AN ACT Providing for increasing the levy for poor purposes in certain townships. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section eight, chapter five, of the revised statutes, page 476, be amended to read as follows: Section 8. The trustees of each township shall, on or before the fifteenth day of May, annually, determine the amount of taxes necessary for all township purposes, and there shall be levied annually, by the county auditor, for township purposes, including the relief of the poor, but not including the support of common schools, or the payment of the interest and principal of the debts of the township, which such rates of taxes as the trustees of the respective townships may certify to the county auditors to be necessary, not exceeding one mill on each dollar of the taxable valuation of the property of the township which does not exceed two hundred Trustees of each township to determine amount of taxes necessary for township purposes. Support of common schools and payment of interest and principal of township debts not to be included in township tax. thousand dollars, and eight-tenths of one mill on each dollar of such taxable valuation exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, and not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, and one-half of one mill on each dollar of taxable valuation exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, and not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars; and four-tenths of a mill on each dollar of such taxable valuation exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, and not exceeding eight hundred thousand dollars: provided, that in counties where there are no county infirmaries, a further township tax, not exceeding one mill and five-tenths of a mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the township, may be levied for the relief of the poor, to be applied solely to that purpose. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 25, 1879. President of the Senate. Jurisdiction of probate court in mis demeanors in the counties named. Repeal. [Senate Bill No. 213.1 AN ACT To amend section one of chapter eight, of an act entitled "an act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to procedure in the probate court," passed May 7th, 1878. (O. L. vol. 75, page 960.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section one, of chapter eight, of an act entitled "an act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to procedure in the probate court," passed May 7, 1878, (O. L., vol. 75, page 960), be so amended as to read as follows: Section 1. The probate court shall have jurisdiction concurrent with the court of common pleas, in all misdemeanors, in the following counties: Cuyahoga, Lake, Lucas, Montgomery, Erie, Richland, Scioto, Holmes, Meigs, Henry, Belmont, Stark, Ottawa, Williams, Allen, Wood, Sandusky, Darke, Wyandot, Coshocton, Defiance, Portage, Clermont, Carroll, Gallia, Hocking, Brown, Lorain, Columbiana, Madison, Clinton, Shelby, Geauga, Mahoning, Jefferson, Monroe, Hancock, Adams, Highland, and Licking. SEC. 2. That said section one, of chapter eight, of the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JABEZ W. FITCH, Passed February 28, 1879. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 736. AN ACT To amend section thirty-three of chapter eight, of an act entitled "an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the statutes relating to crimes and offenses, and to repeal certain acts therein named, to be known as title one, crimes and offenses, part four, of the act to revise and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio," passed May 5, 1877. Ohio Laws, vol. 74, page 273. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section thirty-three (33), of chapter eight (8), of an act entitled "an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the statutes relating to crimes and offenses, and to repeal certain acts therein named, to be known as title one, crimes and offenses, part four of the act to revise and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio," passed May 5, 1877 (Ohio Laws, vol. 74, page 273), be so amended as to read as follows: Section 33. Whoever, without having received verbal or written permission from the owner, his agent, or a person in charge of enclosed or improved lands or any lands, the boundaries of which are defined by stakes, posts, water-courses, ditches, or marked trees, shall hunt thereon, shoot at, kill, or pursue with such intent, on such lands, any of the birds or game mentioned in sections twenty-seven, twenty-eight, and thirty of this chapter, shall be fined not more than twenty-five nor less than five dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty nor less than five days, or both. Penalty for hunting on inclosed grounds, without permission from the person in charge. SEC. 2. That said original section thirty-three of the above Repeal. recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and Supplementary to the act of May 5, 1877, entitled "an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the statutes relating to crimes and offenses, and to repeal certain acts therein named, to be known as title one, crimes and offenses, part four of the act to revise and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio." (Vol. 74, O. L., p. 240.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That whoever, either directly or indirectly, demands or receives any money or other thing of value for compounding or abandoning, or agreeing to abandon any prosecution threatened or commenced for any crime or misdemeanor, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail or work Penalty for compounding a felony. Proviso. house, if there be a work-house in the county, not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both: provided, this act shall not apply to the receiving back by the owner thereof, or his agent, of any property stolen or embezzled. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed February 28, 1879. Penalty for hunting muskrat, mink, or otter on the premises of another dur ing specified times. Repeal. [House Bill No. 576.] AN ACT To amend section twenty-six of chapter eight of an act entitled "an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the statutes relating to crimes and offenses, and repeal certain acts therein named, to be known as title one, crimes and offenses, part four of the act to revise and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio." (O. L., vol. 74, p. 271.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section twenty-six of chapter eight of an act entitled "an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the statutes relating to crimes and offenses, and repeal certain acts therein named, to be known as title one, crimes and offenses, part four of the act to revise and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio," be so amended as to read as follows: Section 26. Whoever, between the fifteenth day of April and the first day of March following, traps, catches, kills or pursues with such intent, on the premises of another, any muskrat, mink, or otter, or at any time deposits or places any poison outside any building, for the purpose of poisoning any such animal or other game, or at any time enters upon the premises of another, without his consent, with a view of trapping, hunting, killing, or pursuing with intent to kill any such animal, or enters upon the premises of another without his consent, and sets fire, destroys, tears down, or in any manner injures muskrat heaps or muskrat houses on such premises shall be fined not more than twenty-five nor less than five dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both provided, this act shall not apply to the canals or lands of the state. SEC. 2. That said section twenty-six of the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 3, 1879. [House Bill No. 834.] AN ACT To change the time of holding the district court in Logan county, in the first sub-division of the third district of Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the time fixed by the judges of the court of common pleas for the third judicial district of Ohio, for holding the district court, for the year 1879, in Logan county, be changed so that said court shall commence, in said county of Logan, on the 15th day of July, A.D. 1879, instead of the 18th of March, as by said judges fixed. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES E. NEAL, Fixing date upon which the district court of Locounty is to convene. Passed March 3, 1879. [House Bill No. 581.] AN ACT To amend section fifteen, of chapter thirteen, of division eight, of the act entitled "an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the statutes relating to municipal corporations, to be known as title twelve, part one, of the act to revise and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio," passed May 14, 1878. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section fifteen of chapter thirteen, division. eight, of the act entitled "an act to amend, revise, and consolidate the statues relating to municipal corporations, to be known as title twelve, part one, of the act to revise and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio," passed May 14, 1878, be and it is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 15. On petition filed in the court of common pleas by any person owning a lot in an incorporated or unincorporated hamlet or village, for the establishment or vacation of a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot, or upon the filing of such petition by the owner of a lot in any city, for the vacation of a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot, the court, upon hearing and being satisfied that it will conduce to the general interest of such hamlet [or] village, may declare such street or alley established or vacated, and under like circumstances in cities, may declare such street or alley vacated, but the remedy shall be in addition to those prescribed in this title. SEC. 2. That original section fifteen of chapter thir- Repeal. |