deem said bills until the first day of July, 1865, and no longer. Immediately thereafter, the auditor and treasurer of state shall proceed to burn to ashes the bills for which said certificates were issued, and such Bills to be as have been redeemed by the treasurer and are then on hand, together with the unregistered circulation of said bank, if any. The balance of said appropriation shall be then charged and credited back to general revenue. SEC. 6. Any amount that may hereafter be recovered or received from the assets, debtors, officers or stockholders of said bank, in any manner or form, shall be certified into the treasury to the credit of general revenue, discharged from all claims from the bill-holders or other creditors of said bank. burned. tion. SEC. 7. There is hereby appropriated as a special fund to pay and Appropriaredeem said certificates and bills, from the general revenue, the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars, to be paid in the manner provided in this act. SEO. 8 Immediately after the passage of this act, the treasurer of state shall cause a notice to be published in one newspaper in the city Notice to be of Cincinnati, one in Columbus, one in Cleveland, and one in Seneca published. county, for the period of three weeks, that he will pay the certificates and redeem the bills at the treasury, agreeably to the provisions of this act. SEC. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 8. HUMPHREVILLE, President pro tem. of the Senate. March 31, 1864. LOCAL AND ACTS. AN ACT For the relief of Daniel H. Gates, treasurer of Gallia county. WHEREAS, Daniel H. Gates, treasurer of Gallia county, did, at his semi-annual settlement in February, 1863, pay into the state treasury the sum of one hundred eightythree dollars and fifty-five cents, being principal of section 29, township 3, range 14, of Gallia county, received on surrender of a lease of survey No. 31, of 61 80-100 acres, by John Cating; and did, again, by inadvertance and mistake, pay the same money into the state treasury at his semi-annual settlement in August, 1863, therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the auditor of state is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant upon the treasurer of state, for the said sum of one hundred and eighty-three dollars and fiftyfive cents, ($183.55) in favor of said Daniel H. Gates. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate. Passed January 26, 1864. AN ACT To authorize the board of education of the city of Mansfield to borrow money and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of education of the city of Mansfield, and territory thereto annexed for school purposes, be and hereby is authorized to purchase suitable grounds within the corporate limits of the city of Mansfield, not exceeding five acres, on which to erect a school building for the use of the schools of said city, and to erect thereon such building or buildings as said board of education shall deem suitable: Provided that the total cost of purchasing said grounds, and erecting said buildings, shall not exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of purchasing said grounds, and erecting said buildings, said board of education is hereby authorized to issue bonds to any amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, in sums of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars each, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and payable in one, two, three, four, five and six years from the date thereof, and redeemable at the pleasure of said board: Provided said bonds shall not be disposed of for less than their par value. SEC. 3. That for the redemption of said bonds when the same shall fall due, said board of education shall have power, and it is hereby authorized to levy on all taxable property within the city of Mansfield, and territory annexed thereto for school purposes, such amount annually, in addition to the levy for the support of schools therein, as will meet the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds that shall fall due each year respectively, and no more. SEC. 4. This act shall not take effect until it shall have been first approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city of Mansfield, and territory thereto annexed for school purposes. That the vote for this purpose shall be taken on such day as the board of education of the city of Mansfield shall direct, and shall in all respects be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the election laws of the state of Ohio. That before taking aid vote, notice of the time and place where said election shall be beld, shall be given by the board of education of the city of Mansfield, for at least twenty days previous thereto, in all the newspapers published in said city, and at the election the ballots shall be endorsed "in favor of the law," or "opposed to the law." If a majority of the ballots given at said election are endorsed "in favor of the law," the mayor of said city shall certify that fact to the auditor of the county of Richland, and from the date of said certificate this law shall have the same effect as if passed unconditionally by the general assembly of the state of Ohio. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate. February 19, 1864. AN ACT To amend the act entitled "an act relative to the sale of the stock of the Cleveland and Toledo Rail Road Company, owned by the northern range of townships in Huron county," passed April 11, 1857. WHEREAS, The said townships in pursuance of the 5th section of the act entitled an act to amend the act to incorporate the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland railroad company, passed on the 20th day of January, 1851, have taken a vote of the qualified voters of said townships to authorize the sale of said stock; and, whereas, in acordance with the second section of said act of April 11, 1857, to which this is amendatory, the commissioners of Huron county have heretofore appointed a trustee of said stock in the manner provided for in said last named section, who has already redeen ed all the bonds issued by said commissioners in behalf of said townships, and now has on hand a surplus of money to be distributed among said townships in accordance with said act of January 20, 1851; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section 3 of said act of April 11, 1857, be so amended as to read as follows: Section 3. That said trustee shall, on the first Monday in March, 1864, report to the commissioners of said Huron county, the amount of said surplus so in his hands as aforesaid, at which time said commissioners shall allow him a reasonable compensation for taking care of and managing said stock and trust fund, and of the amount remaining in the hands of said trustee, after taking from said surplus the compensation so as aforesaid allowed him, there shall then be set apart by said commissioners to the said several townships composing said northern range of townships of said county, the proportions and sums contemplated and provided for in said act of January 20, 1851, and upon said sums and proportions being so set apart to said townships severally, the auditor of said county shall distribute the same among the several boards of education of the union school districts and of said several townships in proportion to the number of youth enrolled in said several districts under control of said several boards of education for the current year; and thereupon the said trustee shall pay over to the respective treasurers of said union and township school board of education, upon the order of said auditor, the several amounts so ascertained and distributed by him among the same, and which said amounts so paid over, shall be used for school purposes in said several districts. SEC. 2. That sections 3, 4, 5, and 6, of the act to which this is an amendment, be and the same are hereby repealed. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate. February 25, 1864. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act regulating the Commercial Hospital of Cincinnati," passed March 11, 1861. (Vol. 58, pages 151 and 152.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the fourth section of an act entitled "an act regulating the Commercial Hospital of Cincinnati," passed March 11, 1861, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 4. That the city council of the city of Cincinnati are hereby authorized to levy a tax, not exceeding one-half of one mill, on the grand duplicate on all taxable property in said city of Cincinnati, in each and every year, the receipts whereof shall be paid into the city treasury as a special fund for the payment of all expenses incurred for re-building and repairing of the buildings and grounds, furnishing, supplying, and supporting said hospital and pest-house, and the city treasurer shall disburse the same on the order of the board of trustees, signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary of said board. SEC. 2. The board of trustees shall adopt rules and regulations for the government of said institution, and for the admission of patients, and the discharge of convalescents from said hospital and pest-house; said rules and regulations shall be submitted to the city council for their approval, and when so approved shall have full force in law, as other ordinances of the city. SEC. 3. That section four of an act entitled "an act regulating the Commercial Hospital of Cincinnati," passed March 11, 1861, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. HUMPHREVILLE, February 29, 1864. President pro tem. of the Senate. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Crane township. Wyandot county, Ohio, to sell a United States Bond in their possession, and to appropriate the proceeds thereof to the payment of bounties to volunteers. WHEREAS, The trustees of Crane township, Wyandott county, Ohio, have now in their possession bonds of the United States, amounting to fifteen thousand dollars, being the proceeds arising out of a subscription to the Pittsburg & Chicago railroad company; and WHEREAS, There is no law authorizing said trustees to dispose of said bonds for any purpose; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the trustees of Crane township, Wyandot county, Ohio, are authorized to sell and dispose of for no less than the highest market price, bonds of the United States, in their possession, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and out of the proceeds arising from said sale, pay such bounties to volunteers for the serviee of the United States from such township, as said trustees may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars to each volunteer. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate. March 1, 1864. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Montgomery county to pay the debts of the agricultural society of said county, on the conveyance by said society of its fair grounds to said county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Montgomery county are authorized to pay out of the county treasury a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying the debts of the agricultural society of said county: Provided, that no payment shall be made until the title in fee to the real estate held by said society for its fair grounds, shall be conveyed to said commissioners. The said real estate shall be held by said county for the use and benefit of said agricultural society, and for such other purposes as the commissioners of said county may from time to time deem proper. SEO. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of the Senate. March 4, 1864. AN ACT To amend the second section of "An act to incorporate the Methodist Book Concern at Cincinnati," passed March 13, 1839. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the second section of "an act to incorporate the Methodist Book Concern at Cincinnati," passed March 13, 1839, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. Said Methodist Book Coneern shall be capable in law, of holding property-real, personal, and mixed, either by purchase, gift, grant, devise, or legacy, and to sell and convey the same: Provided, said book concern shall not own any more real estate than may be required in conducting and carrying on the legitimate business of said book concern, in publishing and circulating religious books, tracts, papers, and |