his proclamation on any day after the passage of this act, and before the day of e.ection. Repealing SECTION 2. That an act entitled an act supplementary to an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act to provide clause. for the organization and government of municipal corporations," passed February 10, 1870, passed May 5, 1877, (O. L., volume 74, page 185), be and the same is hereby repealed, . and all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby declared to be inoperative in cities affected by this act. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 21, 1878. President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 10.] AN ACT To amend section eleven (11) or chapter eight (8) 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 repeal and consolidate the general statutes of Ohio, passed May 5, 1877. (Volume 74, O. L., page 268.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section eleven of chapter eight of the act to revise, amend and consolidate the statutes relating to crimes and offenses, passed May 5, 1877, be so amended as to read as follows: Section 11. That whosoever makes any bet or wager, sells or purchases any pools, on the result of any election held under the laws of this state, or upon the election of any person to any office, post, or situation, which by th constitution or laws of this state is made elective, or upon the election of president or vice-president of the United States, or of any elector of president or vice-president of the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred nor less than five dollars, or be imprisoned in the jail of the county not less than ten days, or more than six months, at the discretion of the court, and whenever the amount put at hazard is between said sums, the fine shall equal the amount so hazarded. Prosecutions under this section shall be commenced within one year from the time the offense is committed. SECTION 2. Provided, that the state may require any person to testify as to any violation of this act, and such person so having been called shall not be liable to trial for any offense concerning which [he] has been called. SECTION 3. That said section eleven (11) of chapter eight Betting on election, how punished. Penalty. Prosecutions to be begun within one year. (8) be and the same is hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES W. OWENS, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 21, 1878. Election dis tricts in certain cities, how constittuted. districts in certain city [House Bill No. 335.] AN ACT To amend sections eleven and twelve of an act entitled "an act supplementary and amendatory of the act entitled an act to mend sections two, four, and twenty-four of an act to preserve the purity of electious," passed May 7, 1877, (O. L., vol. 74, page 211.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That sections eleven and twelve of the above named act be so amended as to read as follows: Section 11. In every city of fifteen thousand or more inhabitants, and not exceeding two hundred thousand inhabitants at the preceding census, having any ward in which more than six hundred ballots are cast at any election, the council thereof shall, immediately after the taking effect of this act, and whenever occasion may arise, divide, by ordinance, every such ward into subdivisions of compact territory, for election purposes only, bounded by streets or alleys, or both, so that each subdivision shall contain, as nearly as practicable, three hundred electors resident therein, and shall designate in such ordinance, as wards, such subdivisions by letters of the alphabet in their order, with the number of such municipal ward added, as, for illustration: ward A, 1; ward B, 1; ward C, 1; ward A, 2; ward B, 2, and so on. If the council of any such city shall fail, for sixty days, to divide such ward so divisible for election purposes under this act, the mayor of such city shall thereupon divide the same in accordance herewith, and give notice thereof by proclamation, containing the boundaries and designation of every subdivision, and the places of holding elections therein, which proclamation shall be published forthwith, in some newspaper published and of general circulation in such city, and shall be recorded in the ordinance record thereof. Wards, how In every city of two hundred thousand or more inhabidivided to form election tants, and in every city of ninety thousand and less than two hundred thousand, at the preceding census, where the votes of any ward of a city exceeding eight hundred, the (Cincinnati.) common council may divide said ward or wards into two or more voting districts, on or before the 25th day of March, A.D. 1878; and upon the failure or neglect of said council to so divide said wards into voting districts within the time herein prescribed, the mayor of such city shall perform the duties herein imposed upon common councils: provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the common council of any such city, and it is hereby expressly empowered, to divide any ward into as many voting districts as it may deem proper, and the vote of said district shall be returned as the vote of the ward. Section 12. In every municipal ward so subdivided, all elections shall be held by and in the subdivisions thereof; and the judges of election for such municipal ward, as now provided by law, shall be judges of election for ward A, thereto, and such judges shall meet at the mayor's office on the last Friday in March of each year, at 10 o'clock A.M., and shall there select and appoint two judges of election, of opposite politics, for each of the other subdivisions or wards of such municipal ward, and the electors of the ward so subdivided shall select a third man to serve as judge of such subdivision upon the organization; the persons so appointed shall be electors and residents for at least sixty days in the ward for which appointed; the mayor shall forthwith cause notice to be given to each person so appointed, and shall cause a record to be made and kept in his office of such appointments. The persons so appointed shall act as judges of election in their proper subdivisions or wards during the period of one year; they shall take the same oath of office, be subject to the same requirements, penalties, liabilities and disqualifications, and entitled to the same compensation as other judges of election. They shall designate and appoint two clerks of election, of opposite politics, who shall take an oath of office, and shall perform all the duties, and be subject to all the liabilities as other clerks of elections; if any such judges or clerks shall fail to attend, at the proper time and place, such judges and clerks, and all additional judges and clerks, shall be chosen and qualified as now provided by law. SECTION 2. Original sections eleven and twelve of the act of which this is amendatory are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. 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 March 22, 1878. President of the Senate. [Senate Bill No. 18.] AN ACT To reorganize the reform school for boys. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, Commissioners of reform school, how appointed; their term, oath and bond, etc. Their duties. 7. Object of the school, and term Governor may remove youth from the penitentiary or house of refuge to the school. 17. Subordinates and employés to participate with the inmates in labor and exercises. Board may purchase material and sell products. 18. 9. Also convict youth may be 19. 10. Also youth charged before a 20. SECTION 1. The reform school, situate in Fairfield county, shall be under the control and management of a board of five commissioners, who shall, immediately after the passage of this act, be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and hold their office respectively for the term of one, two, three, four, and five years, in the order of their appointment, and on the first day of March, annually, therea ter, the governor shall appoint one commissioner for the term of five years, and fill all vacancies that may occur; and before entering upon the discharge of their duties they shall severally give bond to the state in such amounts and with such sureties as shall be approved by the governor; which bonds, with their official oaths indorsed thereon, shall be deposited with the treasurer of state. [63 v. 12, sec. 6; S. & S., 723.] SECTION 2. It shall be the first duty of the commissioners after taking the oath of office, to meet at the reform school and organize themselves into a board, by the election of one of their number as president. They shall elect a secretary who shall keep a journal of their proceedings for public inspection. It shall also be his duty to serve as bookkeeper of the institution, and make a faithful entry of all the financial transactions of the school, expenditures of money, etc. He shall reside at the school, and be paid a yearly salary to be fixed by the board. He shall be subject to removal at the pleasure of the board. The board shall appoint a superintendent, who shall hold his office for three years, unless sooner removed by them for cause, and he shall appoint by and with the advice and consent of the board such other officers as in the judgment of the board the wants of the institution may require, and the board shall prescribe the duties of said officers, remove them at pleasure, and determine their salaries respectively. The superintendent shall exercise general supervision over the institution. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum. Commissioners to appoint super intendent. Compensa tion of su dent. Compensa SECTION 3. The superintendent shall receive such salary as may be fixed by law, and no other fees, perquisites, or personal expenses, but he shall be entitled to occupy suitable apartments, and to have board for himself and family in the institution. The commissioners shall be allowed five dollars per diem for the time actually employed in the business of the institution, for traveling and other expenses, but shall receive no other fees whatever, and this per diem shall not missioners. be for more than forty days in any one year. [63 v. 52, sec. 6; S. & S., 723.] SECTION 4. The board shall meet at least as often as once each month, and at such meetings shall examine carefully into the condition of the institution and its administration, inspect all vouchers for and accounts of all expenditures, and all items of receipts, either from appropriations or other sources, and balance and certify the books to the dates of such meetings. [63 v. 52, sec. 6; S. & S., 723 : 55 v. 27, sec. 7; S. & C., 1380.] SECTION 5. The board shall have the power to establish all needful rules and regulations for the admission and discharge of inmates, and for the management of the institution, and the instruction, improvement, discipline, and correction of the inmates, and to amend and alter such rules and regulations. [55 v. 27, sec. 7; S. & C., 1380.] SECTION 6. The board may require of any subordinate officer or employé a bond to the state in such sum, with such conditions and with such sureties, as may be approved by the board. [55 v. 27, sec. 7; S. & C., 1380.] SECTION 7. The reform school shall have for its object the reformation of those committed to its charge, and all youth committed thereto shall be committed until they arrive at full age, unless sooner reformed. [55 v. 27, sec. 1; S. & C., 1380; 54 v. 163, sec. 15; S. & C., 687.] SECTION 8. Male youth, not over sixteen nor under ten years of age, may be co umitted to the reform school by any judge of a police, or judge of the court of common pleas, or the probate court, when, on complaint and proof by the parent, guardian, or next friends of any such youth, supported by the sworn statement of two respectable witnesses, it is shown that he, by reason of his incorrigible or criminal conduct, is beyond the control of such parent, guardian, or next friend, and that, from regard to his future welfare and the Meetings and duties of board. Board to make rules and regulations. May require bond of suofficer. bordinate Who may be admitted to school, and how ad mitted. |