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CADIZ, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1852.
TEEMS $1,50 PEE ANNUM.
LAWS OF OHIO....
PUBLISHEDlBYTni
No. 40.
AN ACT regulating the sale of Poisons.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it
hall not hereafter be lawful for any apo
thecary, druggist, or other person m tins
State to sell or give away any article lie
longing to the class of medicines, usually
denominated poisons, except in compliance
with the restrictions contained in this act.
Sec. 2. That every npoiheenry, drug
gist, or other person, who shall sell or
give away, except upon the prescription
of a phpsicinn, any article or articles of
medicine belonging to the class usually
known as poisons, shall lie required; 1st.
To register in a book kept fur that pur
pose, the name, age, sex and color of the
person obtaining such poison. 2. The
quantity sold. 3d. The purpose for which
it is required. 4th. The (lay and date
on which it was obtained. 5th. The mime
and place of abode of the person for whom
the article is intended. Cth. To carefully
mark the word 'poison' upon the label or
wrapper of each package. 7ih. To nei
ther sell or give away any article of roi
aon to minors of either sex.
Sec. 3. That no apothecary, druggist
or other person, shall be permitted to sell
or give away any quantity of arsenic less
than one pound, without first mixing ci
teer soot or indigo therewith, in the pro
portion of one ounce of soot or half an
ounce of indinro, to the potind o'ar-enie.
Sec 4. That any p rson offending a
gainst the provisions of ibis act, shall be
deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor, n 1 up
jn conviction thereof, shall be fined in
any sum not less than twenty, nor mere
than two hundred dollars, nt the discre
tion of any court of compel. -nt jurisdiction.
JAMES 0. JOHNSON,
Speaker of Iloue of Hepp-senHtivcs.
WILLIAM ME DILL,
President of the Senate.
April 13, 1852.
No. 41.
AN ACT to regulate the sale of School
land, and the surrender of permanent
leases thereto.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That all
those lands granted by the Congress of
the United States for School purposes,
known as Section Sixteen, Ingetlicr with
nil such as have been granted in lieu of
said Section Sixteen, may be si 1 1, and such
sale shall be rcgtiratca'by, arid bVimfweed
according to the"pivisior.s of this net.
Sec. 2. In case there has been no
vote taken for the sale of any sucli lands,
. the trustees of any original sun t yed town
hip, to which such lands may belong,
shall, at least thirty days prior lo taking
of any such vote, cause not Jcs than eight
notices to be posted up in as many of ihe
most public places of such township, no
tifying the legal voters resident therein,
to met at some convenient pl.tce and
time therein specified, anil then ami there
cast their ballots, for or against the sale
of any such lands, belonging to such
township.
Sec. 3. The trustees of the township
shall preside at the taking of such bal
lots, and shall appoint two clerks, who
, shall keep two poll books containing the
names of the voters and the result of the
ballot, which poll books shall be signed by
the trustees and clerks; and, in case such
.. ballot shall result in favor of a sale, the
trustees shall, within ten days after such
election, deposit one of said poll books
with the auditor of the county, within
which such lands (or the greater portion
thereof may be situated, with a copy of
the notice given, and the affidavit of one
or more of the trustees, stating the man
ner of giving said notices, the time and
place of putting up the same; which no
tices, affidavit, and poll book, shall be by
said auditor copied into' a book for that
purpose to be provided; and when sore
corded, such record shall be proof of the
facts therein stated.
Sec. 4. When such record has been
made, the trustees of such township, to
which said lands belong, shall file a peti
tion in the court of common pleas of the
county within which said lands (or the
greater portion of tliem) may be situate,
setting forth the giving of said notice, the
taking of said ballot, the result of the
same, the filing and recording of the a
foresaid papers in the office of the audi
tor of the proper county, and asking the
eourt to appoint three disinterested free
holders, not resident of the township in
which the land may be situate, to-divide
and value the same in money.
Sac. 6. If such court shall be satisfied
that the statements made in the petition
are true, the court shall Appoint three
persons to divide and appraise the same,
. according to the prayer of such petition;
and said appraisers, after being first duly
worn before sorne oflicer authorized to
Administer oaths, and taking to their aid,
jf they think necessary, the county sur
veyor, shall proceed to divide said lands
jmto such parcels or tracts; as in their o
f inion will be best for the sale thereof, and
Return in writing such divisions, suita
bly numbered and described, to the said
ppurt, with a just valuation of each sepa
rate division, in money.
.' 6ko. 6. The court, on such return be
"' Ing made, and having been by said court
V examined, and found in all things regular,
, just and fair, shall certify the same, and
order the same to be entered of record,
s together with the petition, and all the
proceedings therein had; a copy of which
'. the trustees shall oause to be tiled in the
dice of the auditor of the proper county,
who shall copy the same into the book
containing the notice, affidavit and poll
, book ofofesaid, and immediately following
the same.
Sec. 7. The auditor of the county, on
' the recording of said proceedings, shall
r forthwith cause a notice to be published,
. in some -newspaper of general circulation
in Mid county, for six consecutive weeks,
before the day of sale; and, at the said
time, by posting up copies of such notice
in six of the most public places in said
county, two of which shall be in the town
ship where the lands are situate, and one
at the court house, containing a descrip
tion of the lots or lands to be sold, the
valuation thereof, and the time when said
lands shall be offered at public auction,
by said auditor, at the door 'of the court
house, at not less than the appruhed val
ue, thereof; one twelfth of the purchase
money to be paid at the time of sale, and
the balance in eleven annual installments
of equal emount, with annual interest
thereon; and said auditor shall, at such
time and place, proceed to offer the same
to the highest bidder, at or over the ap
praisement; and on the terms stated in
said notice.
Sec. 8. Tn case said lands, or any
part thereof, shall not be sold, as afore
said, the auditor may continue to offer
the same, oh application in w riting, of the
trustees of the township to which said
lands may In-long, at any future lime or
times, until they shall be soi l, hav
ing first given the like notices herein pro
vided, t be gien on the first sale there
of; I'rovided, that no sale shall be had on
anv valuation made more than two yours
prior 1 1 the d y of the sale.
Sec. 9. The court of common pleas
aforesaid, is hereby required, on ihe peti
tion 'if tins trustees a ton said, setting for: h
the former appraisement. I he subsequent
procee lings thereto, and that iwo years
haw elapsed siii'e, mi I the land remain
ing un-iild, to direct u new valuation of the
sa ne, tob - made in ti-u; murinci hen rinbt fore
directed, ii'ile.-s sai.i court, on testimony,
shall lie saii: fi.-d tint 'he loii.ter nppriti.se
ment is a jus! and fair valuation of said
.it I
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hat ca- e, lite conn Miail in ike.
an en ry of the lc which entry sh.s
ciliaed to, and r-'cor led by the au
i.i mtun'-r afoivssii ', and ..iul I iiav.
same eii'ect as a new appraisement.
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held
Sko. H). Incise said hinds an
unlet- permanent, leases, orients lor ninety-nine
years, the leg d or equitable hol
der of any suchloise, wishing lusitrrendei'
the same, an I to pinch i.iu ihe fee of the
premises so hell by lease, may, vi h liu:
coii-ent of the tnw'ees of ihe origin il
township to which siu-h lands belong, file,
his petition in the court of common pleas
of the county in which t he largest portion
of such lands am sitii.i'e, setting forth a
description of the premises so held, the
state of his lease, or his li-tle thereto, that
he is desirous of surrendering such lease,
an 1 becoming the owiv-r of the promis
...fii.jn ,f e. an I asking ihe C"urt, to appoint
lir e uls'li eres eu ireeito .ifi.. oi mr ciniu
IV, and mil resident of i he: township
wherein such .ands are siuitc, to. value
the same, an I the court, on being antic
fied of ihe truth of the facts set forth in
such peii.ioii, shall appoin'.'sut.-h apprai
sers, who shall proceed, an Icr ouh, to
make a just valuation of the premises in
money, without reference to the improve
ments made (.hereon, under and by reason
of said lease, and shall return such valua
tion, in writing (osai.l court; and the said
court, if it shall be satisfied that said val
uation is just, shall confirm the same, and
order it, w ith the petition find other pro
ceedings therein, to be recorded: Provid
ed, that before the trustees of any origi
nal surveyed township shall consent to
the surrender of any lease, as provided
in this act, they shall cause the proposi
tion to be submitted to the electors of said
township, at an election to bo held, and
conducted in conformity to the provisions
of the second section of this act ; and if, at
such election, a majority of the electors
shall vote for such surrender, then, and
not otherwise, said trustees shall consent
to the surrender, in manner and form as
herein provided.
Sko. 11. Any such lessee, on produc
ing to the auditor of the proper county,
within one year after making the same, a
certified copy of such petition and ap
praisement, and confirmation, shall be
permitted, by endorsement thereon, at
tested by the auditor, to release to the
State of Ohio, nil his interest, title and
claim, in and to such lease, for the benefit
of the township to which the same may
belong, which certified copy of said record
and said release, shall be recorded in a
book for that purpose to be provided.
Sec. 12. The purchaser of any such
lands, at any auditor's sale, or the lessee
of any such land held under such lease, on
executing his release as aforesaid, shall
each, forthwith, pay to the treasurer of
the county, one-twelfth of ihe purchase
money in (he first case, end one-twelfth
of the valuation in the second, and take
the treasurer's receipt therefore, find the
auditor, on receiving the treasurer's re
ceipt for said first instalment, shall tdvc
to said purchaser or lessee a certificate
containing the name of the purchaser or
lessee, a description of the premises, the
number, amount and time of payment of j
the subsequent instalments, and that said
purchaser or lessee, their heirs or assigns,
on the punctual payment of the sums still
due, with annual interest up to the time of
payment, shall he entitled to receive a
final certificate from such auditor; Pio
vided, hat such lessee shall produce fo
the auditor, the certificate of the proper
officer, that all rents due on such premi
ses have been paid up to the time of sur
rendering said lease.
Sec. 13. Any person wishing to pay
any money under the provisions of this
act, in part or full payment of tiny such
lands, shall first obtain the certificate of
the auditor, of the amount due, or to be
paid; and on the presentation of the same,;
the treasurer is authorized to receive the
amount therein specified, find shall give to
the person paying the same, a certificate
directed to the auditor, of the payment of
said sum of money, and th. auditor, on
the presentation of said ctrttfeate, shall
give lo such person a rectipt therefor,
credit him with the amount in his books,
and charge ihe treasurer therewith.
Seo. 14. The county auditor shall
keep an account with the county treasu
rer of all sales made, and leases surren-
dcred, and moneys paid thereon, by each
purchaser or lessee, and report the same
to the auditor of state, on the firstday of
February, May, Auguct, and November, in
each and every year; and from the lime of
such report, the state shall be liable to pay
interest on all such sums so reported to as
paid; and the treasurer of state, on receiv
ing a certified copy of the account from
the auditor of state, shall be authorized
immediately to draw said money from the
couijty treasurer.
Six. 15. If any such purchaser or les
see shall fail to make any payment on any
tract of land, for the space of twelve
months after the time the same shall be
come due and payable, the auditor of the
proper county shall forthwith proceed to
sell such tract or tracts of land, with all the
improvements thereon, at the door of the
court house, to ihe highest and best bidder
therefor, in cash, having first given court
of the time and place of such sale, contain
ing a description of the lauds, and the mo
ney duo and to become due thereon, by
publishing the same in some newspaper of
general circulation in said county, for six
consecutive weeks before the day of sale;
an. I on such sale, no bid shall be cntertain
e 1 for a sum which w ill not be sufficient to
pay all the purchase money due to the
slate, and ail expenses incident to such
sale; and in case said premises cannot be
sold for that amount, iluy shad levert to
the state in trust tot- said township and be
sold in the manner hereinbefore provided i
fort be sale of such lands not under perniii- i
neiit le,i-es, or leases for niuely-iiine i
years. I
Sue. lo. When saiil lands shall sell as !
aforesaid, the purchaser shall pay to the
treasurer ot ilie county the amount so bid i
for said prcmi.-es; and on pro. lacing to the '
i auditor iiie treasurer's r ecipt for such
payi'Hiit, the auditor shall ie linn a
in, at
itu,
U.etite, s
mug the iaet.t.t Midi
lie purchaser, the ilu
i U sold, she amount
payment ot the .same,
.-.ale, the Ii lit!'.' oi
s.TipUoii of I in: 1,
for liluii S' ill, ihe
j an 1 lb it the purcha.-ei- is eu'itleol to rc
1 ccive, from the state of 0iio, a decj in
I fee sitnp'c for the same, on producing lo
the proper oiliia r tins ceriitictiie.
,-iiC. 17. When any purchaser or les
I sec, their heirs or assigns, shall have
! made payment in full, the auditor shall
j give lo such person a final certificate, cou
j mining, in addition to ihe former one, ihe
i , fact ol die payment iu full, ami that said
j person is entitled to receive from the state
i of Ohio, a deed in fee simple for said pre-
miscs, on the, presenttilion of this certili-
cade to the pi opcr officer or officers.
J sojttBg' 1 x-.'l'b" i'lws of state, upon
; the t.ling ot any such filial eti uhetUe. "tu "
his office, shall make out the draft for a
i deed therefor, and deliver the same, with
such iiual certificate, to the governor of
the slate, who shall sign said deed, and
i cause the same to be sealed with the
' creat. seal of the state, and countersigned
i and rocorded by the secretary of state,
: and by him delivered to the grantee, on
j demand.
j Sec. 19. All excess of moneys made
j on any sale of delinquent lands as afore
) said, after paying aii sums due, interest
and costs, shall be paid on demand, lo
! such delinquent owner, his heirs or as
j signs, from the county treasury, on the
order ol the auditor, it such demand be
made within one your from the time of
such sale; and if not so demanded,' it shall
be paid into Ihe state treasury; and unless
the same shall be demanded vithin one
year after the same shall have been paid
into the state treasury, it shall be applied
for the same uses as the lands are subject
to.
Sec. 20. The fees for services under this
act, shall be ns follows: The court shall
tux such fees on any petition filed in the
same, as are alowed for similar service on
proceedings in chancery. The county au
ditor to be allowed one dollar and fifty
I cents on each sale made by him; for each
certificate, fifty cents; for each receipt six
cents, to be paid by the purchaser,
I and the same fees for recording as is
j alowed to county recorders, to be paid out
of the first moneys paid in as interest or
j rents, on such stile or surrender. All
I -printers' fees, for advertising, shall be
I paid out of the county treasury, on the
I order of the auditor, and refunded out of
the first moneys received on such sale,
! as interest or rents. The cost in court,
; shall, in case of a petition by the trustees,
j he paid out of the county treasury, on or
! der of the county auditor, and refunded
out of the first moneys received from the
sale, as iulerest orients; in case of a les
' see beintf petitioner, all costs shall be paid
I by him.
j Sko. 21. The act entitled Onact to
: provide lor the sale of Section Sixteen,
: granted by Congress for the use of schools,'
I passed January 29, 1827 The netenti
! tied 'An act to extend the time of pay
ment to purchasers of school lauds in this
Stale,' passed January 3, 18-13 The act
entitled 'An act to legulate the sale of
Ministerial and School lands, mid the sur
render of permanent leases thereto pass
ed i February 2, 1843 -The act entitled
'An act to amend an act entiled an act to
extend the time to paymentof purchasers of
School lands in this State passed March
C, 184'4 The act entitled 'An act to a
mend the act to regulate the sale of Min
isterial and School lands, and the surren
der of permanent leases thereto, passed
February 2, 1843 passed March 12, 1844
The act entitled 'An act to fix the min
imum price of the sales of School lands
p isseil Mirch 4, 1845 And the act en
titled 'An act to amend an act entitled an
act to extend the time of payment to pur
chasers of School lands in this state and
an act amendatory thereto passed Feb
ruary 1, 1847, be and the saih'&nre here
by repealed; Provided, such repeal shall
not impair, or in any manner ad'ect any
rights or interests acquired under any of
said acts.
JAMES C. JONSTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
WILLIAM MKDILL,
President of the Senate.
April 18, 185.
IXo. 42.
AN ACT
To provide for the State Printing.
Site. 1 . Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the
Secretary, Auditor and Treasurerof State,
shall; immediately on the passage of this
act, give notice in two newspapers prin
ted in the city of Columbus, two in the ci
ty of Cincinnati, and two in the city of
Cleveland, for two consecutive weeks, that
scaled proposals will be received at the of
fice of ihe Secretary of State until the
fifteenth day after the first publication of
said notice, for the executing of the sev
eral branches of tin: State printing, in sep
arate contracts as hereinafter specified,
until the first Monday in November, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two; and
the Secretary, Auditor, and Treasurer,
shall during die first week in May, one
thousand eight hundred and liliy-two;
and biennially thereafter, give notice as
above prescribed, for iho period of sixty
days for the executing of the several
brunches of the State Printing, for the
term of two years from the first Monday
of November next thereafter; which pro
posals shall distinctly and specifically slate
the price per thousand ems for the com
position of all bills, resolutions or other
matter, that may be ordered to be printed
in bill form, the pi ice per thousand ems
for the composition of all pamphlets or
reports ordered to be printed in pamphlet
form, the price per thousand ems for ihe
eomposiiiun of Journals of the Senate and
House of Jlepresenia'ives, the price per
thousand ems for the composition of the
General laws, the price per thousand ems
for the couiposiiion of ihe Local Laws,
tlie priee per token for press work of all
bilis resolutions or other matter ordered
to be printed in bill folm, the price per to
kcii for press work of till pamphlets; re
1 ports or communications to be printed in
; pamphlet foim, ihe price per token lor
. press work for the journals of the Senate
' ami House of Hej teselilalives, the rice
; per token for the press work of the Ciuio
.1 ral and Locla laws; ihe price per token for
! press w ork of the volumes of Legislative
j Documents, and Che price per thousand
; ems for ihe couiposiiion and the price per
i quire for press work of all blanks and cir
culars for the Executive Officers, at which
the bidder is willing to take the contract
bid for; and in such notice us prescribed
in this act, the Srcretary, Auditor and
Treasurer of State, shall publish an ab
stract of this law, Slating distinctly each
item to be bid for, the character of the
work, and the mode of allowing compen
sation for the same; and the said Secreta
ry, Auditor and Treasurer, ur-uny ixa.uf ..
them, shall within two days after the ex
pirat on of such notice, proceed to open
till such proposals by them received, and
they shall, on careful examination and
strict computation, give the contract for
each of the lieroimi'ter named branches
of S:ate Printing, to the lowest bidder
therefor, who will comply with all the pro
visions of this act; Provided, that if two
or more bidders shall propose for the same
contract, and the proposals of one be low
er on composition, and the proposls of an
other be lower on press work, then the
said Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer,
taking to their assistance a disinterested
practical printer, shall proceed to compute
the same by taking as a basis the aggre
gate number of ems and the aggregate
number of tokens of press work of the
same kind of printing, for the last session
of the General Assembly preeeeding, and
they shall give the contract to the lowest
bidder under the computation aforesaid;
And provided, further, that nothing here
in contained shall be construed so us to
prevent the same person from becoming
contractor for two or more brunches of
the public printing, if he shall be the low
est bidder therefor; but the said Secretary,
Auditor, and Treasurer of State, shall,
in no case whatever, receive, or take into
consideration, the bid of an irresponsible
person; Provided, however, that no per
son shall be deemed irresponsible, who
shall tender to the executive officers af
oresaid, along with his bid, satisfactory
assurance, subscribed by his proposed se
curity, that he w ill execute the bonds re
quired by the tenth section of this act.
Sec. 2. That the printing of all Bills
for the two houses of the General Assem
ral Assembly, together with such resolu
tions and other matters as may be order
ed by the two houses, or either of them,
to be printed in bill form, shall be let in
one contract; the printing of the Journals
of the Senate and House of Representa
tives, and of such reports, communica
tions and other documents, as enter into
and make a part of the journals, shall be
let in another contract; the printing of all
,Heporls, Communications and other docu
ments that may be ordered to be printed
in pamphlet form, by the General Assem
bly, or either branch thereof, except such
as enter into and make a part of the jour
nab, together with the volume of Public
Documents, shall be let in another separate
contract; the piiiuing of the General and
Local Laws and such Joint Resolutions as
may be directed by the General Assembly
to be printed therewith, shall be let in an
other separate contract; and the printing
of ail Blanks and Circulars necessary for
the use of the Executive Officers of the
state, shall be let iu another separate con
tract. , Sue. 3. The bills shall be printed in fo
lio foolscap form, on small pica type, each
page to contain not less than twenty-five
lines of solid matter of the usual length;
with a pica blank only in each space be
tween the lines; and in counting the com
position upon bills, the same shall be meas
ured as solid matter, and every necessary
fraction of a page shall be counted as a
full page; but no entire blank page shall
be counted or charged for.
Sec. 4. The Journals shall be printed
in medium octavo form, on neat long prim
er type, and in as close and compact or
der as is consistent with good workman
ship, without unnecessary blank or broken
pages, each to contain as near as may be
i fifteen hundred ems, including head and
I foot lints.
Ssc. 6. The volumes of Public Docu
meuts, and all Reports, Communications
and other documants ordered to be print
ed in pamphlet form, shall be printed on
the same kind of type, and the pagesbe of
the same size, as specified for the journals
in the preeeeding section; said Documents
to be printed in pamphlet form, shall be
printed in close compact order, without ti
tle pages, unnecessary blanks or open spa
ces; the volumes of Public Documents
shall contain nothing that shall have been
inserted in the laws or journals of the
same year, except the annual report of the
auditor and treasurer of state; and the
various reports; communications and oth
er documents proper to be inserted there
in, shall follow each other in as close
compact order as is consistent w ith good
workmanship, without the intervention of
unnecessary blanks or separate title or
half title pages; and the paging thereof
shall be consecutive; and at the conclusion
thers shall be an' index, to be made out
by the printer, referring to the particular
page at which each separate document
commences. In all cases where any doc
ument is printed in pamphlet form by or
der of the General Assembly, or either
branch thereof; by the contractor for print
ing of the volumes of public documents,
which shall also be inserted in the volume
of public documents, and in all cases where
any such document is printed in pamphlet
form by the contractor for the printing of
the journals, which shall also be printed
in the journals, but one charge shall be
made or allowed for the composition there
of. Sec. C. The laws shall be printed in
royal octavo form, on good small pica
type, the pages to be of the same size and
form as ihose in ihe laws of the session
of one thousand eight hundred and fifty,
and one thousand eight hundred and lilty
one, with similar marginal notes to the
general laws.
Sec. That in composition, all pam
phlets, laws, journals, and volme.' of pub
lic documents, every necessary fraction of
a page shall be counted as a full page, but
no entire blank page shall be countfld or
charged for; and if any branch of the
printing, tabular statements occur, which
it, shall be impracticable to print on
the ordinary sized pages, the same shall
be printed on tabular sh;ets of the neces
sary size, and the amount of compositition
on the same sV.all'Xe asceit lined by meitsur
ingihe the printed surface, and thereby as
certaining lite number of ems; and for all
rule and figure work, double price for com
position shall be allowed, the same to be
ascertained by strict nieasurment and count
" jTitroiie'el.nrge shall be made for the com
position oi ail documents ordered lo be
printed by both branches of the General
Assembly, and no charge or allowance
shall be made for composition when extra
and additional copies are ordered to be
printed.
Sec. 8. in charging and counting the
press work, whether on bills, journals,
laws, pemphlets, or volumes of public doc
uments, the token shall consist of one
hundred and twenty-five sheets, printed
on both sides, or two hundred and fifty
shets printed on one side only.
Snc. 9. Each contractor for any branch
of the State Printing, shall deliver over
to the Secretary of State, or on his order,
in the sheet, all copies ordered lo be print
ed, in-good order.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State, to give immediate
notice to the successful bidder, that his
propolis have been accepted; and each
siiccessfull bidder shall, within ten days
ftfter receiving such notice, enter into
bonds, payable to the Ptate of ( 'hio, in the
sum of live thousand dollars, for each and
every branch of the public priming so
awarded to him with at least two suf
ficient and approved sureties, conditioned
for the faithful performance, pursuant to
this act, of that branch or branches of the
prinlingto which he Ins been adjudgedtl.e
successful bidder and if he shall fail so to
give bond within ten days, then the con
tract shall be given to the nex lowest bid
der, who will give bond as aforesaid.
Skc. II. The folding of all bills, res
olutions, pamphlets or documents, order
ed to be printed, together with the stitck
ing of the same, and the brochure cov
ering of all documents ordered to be cov
ered by the General Assmbly, or either
branch thereof, shall be let in one cotract;
and the folding, stiching and binding of
the laws, journals, mid volumes of pub
lic documents, shall be let iu another con
tract.
Sue. 12. The secretary, auditor, and
treasurer of state, at the same time and in
the same manner as is prescibeal in the
first section of this net, shall give notice
that sealed pro osals will be received for
the folding and stitching of all bills, reso
lutions, pamphlets or documents, ordered
to be printed, and the brochuse covering
of all documents ordered to be covered,
and for the folding, siilching and binding
of the laws, journals, and volumes of pub
lic documents, which proposals shall spe
cify the rate per hundred sheets for fold
ing, the raty per hundred copies for stitch
ing all bills, tesolmions, pamphlets or
documents, the rate per hundred copies
for brochure covering alh documents or
dered to be covered; and the rate per
hundred sheets for folding, the rate per
hundred copies for stitching, and the lite
per hundred copies for binding the laws,
journals, and volumes of public docu
ments, at which the contractor is willing
to do the same; and each successful bid
der to whom the contracts, or either of
them, may be awarded, shall enter into
bond, in the sum of two thousand dollars,
in the sum; manner as is prescribed in
the tenth section of this act, for the faith
ful performance of the same.
Sec. 14. The binding of the laws, jour
nals, and the volumes of public- docu
ments, shall be in the same style, and of
the same materials, as of the volumes of
laws, journals .ind documents of the scs-
eion one thoifsand eight hundred and uf-
y , u uu. Hivuuu u. uuuu.u mu
fifty-oil.
Skc. 14. That in counting the folding
and stitching of all bills, resolutions, pam
phlets or documents, no half shcetshall bo
counted, charged for, or allowance made.
Sec. 15. Folding, stitching, and bind
ing, shall include the collating, drying and
pressing, and no charge or allowance
shall be made for collating, drying and
pressing.
Sec. 15. That each contractor for any
branch of the Public Printing, shall file
and preserve one copy of each document
or other matter by him printed for the
slate, which file he shall deposit, together
with his accounts for printing, with the
Secretary of Slate, on or before the first
Monday in November, anually; in which
account shall be specifically stated the
various jobs performed, the number of
ems composition in each, the extra charge,
if any, for rule and figure work in each,
the number of tokens of press work in
c!ch designating whether ordered by the
Senate, the House, or jois'.ly by both, or
by other officers or agents of the state, to
gether with the kind and quality of pa
per used for each job.
Sec. 17. Each contractor for the fold
ing, stitching, covering and binding, shall
file and preserve one copy of every doc-
umcntoro'.hermattcr by him folded, stitch
ed or bound, which file he shall deposit,
together with his accounts for the same,
with the Secretary of State, on or before
the first day of November, annually; which
account shall specifically state each item,
as provided for in the twelfth section of
this act, and the number of copies of each
bill, resolu ion, pamphlet or document,
folded, stitched or covered, and the num
ber of copies of laws, journals and docu
ments, bound.
Sko. 18. That on the filing of any ac
count and vouchers, under the two last
preceding sections, the Secretary, Audi
tor, and Treasurer of State, shall careful
ly examine such accounts, together with
the vouchers therefore, and the orders for
the same; and if any errors be found in
such account by saii examining officers,
they shall immediately correct the same;
and if they shall find any unnecessary
blanks or i ltrased number of pages, caus
ed by stretching outof matter, or other de
vice of the pi inter, they shall deduct from
the account of the contractor double the
amount of composition and press work
charged for such unnecessary blank or
increased number of pages, together with
ihe additional amount of paper consumed
thereby; and if any error shad be commit
ted in executing a fry branch of the print
ing nforsaid, by which the sense or mean
ing may be altered, said examining olli
cers shall deduct from the account of the
"contractor" by whom the error was com--mitfed,
the amount of compensation to
which he would have been entitled for
the composition and press work of the
whole sheet in which such error shall be
fouud, and also the value of all paper
consumed in the printing of the sheet con
taining such error; but tne said Secretary,
Auditor, and Treasurer of Stale, shall in
no case allow constructive charges, or any
other than is specifically named in this
act.
Sec. 19. That after any account as a
foresaid shall have been examined by the
proper officers, and all errors and over
charges corrected, and proper deductions
m tele therefore, pursuant to the foregoing
section, said account shall be certified to
be correct, by said examining officers, or
any two of them; and when any account
shall be so audited and certified, the Au
ditor of State shall draw a bill upon the
treasury for the amount thereof, payable
out of any moneys appropriated for that
purpose,
Seo i!0. The contractor for the print
ing of bids, resolutions, or other matter
to be primed in bill form, shall promptly
and without dt lay, execute ail orders of
the General A-Sciiibly, or either branch
thereof, for ihe printing of all bills and re
solu, ions; and all contractors under the
provisions of this act, shall piomtly and
without unnecessary delay, execute all or
ders to them issued by die General As
sembly, or either branch thereof, or the
Executive Officers of'the State: and the
laws, journals, and volumes of public doc
uments, shall be printed and delivered to
the contractor for the folding, stiching
and binding, on the order of the Secreta
ry of Stale, within twenty days alter the
adjournment of the General Assembly:
and said contractor shall, within twenty
days after the receipt thereof, execu'e the
folding, stiching and biud.ng, and deliv
er to said Secretary of state the volumes
so bound, under the penalty of a forfeit
ure of their bonds; Provided, however,
that the said Secretary, Auditor and Trea
sure of State, mny on good cause shown,
by either of the contractors, extend thy
time, not exceeding ten days, for the exe
cuting of their several contracts.
Sue. 21. The paper for the State prin
ting aforesaid, shall be provided by the
state; and the secretary of stale shall,
from lime to time, as the same may be
needed, deliver over to euch contractor,
suitable paper for the printing which he
is required by his contract to do; and shall
take and preserve, from each contractor,
a receipt for all paper so delivered; and
at the annual setttlement. each contrac
tor shall deliver over to the Secretary of
State, all paper which has not been used
in the State rriuting; and it any sucn pa
per shall have been wasted or convened
to any other use, the contractor to whom
the same sh!l have been delivered, shall
be charged with the value Iheieof, togeth
er with the penalty of fifty per cent., and
the amount thai be deducted from his
account.
Sic. 22. That the Secretary of $tato
shall furnish a true aud accurate copy of
the laws, ns they may be demanded by
the printer thereof; and the clerks of the
respective brauches of the General As
sembly snail each furnish lo the printer.
who is bound by his contract to print the
i aamn .nnin if tka vt hit, ttllls rVAnrt
1 aJ olher pftperg aud documents.' without
unnecCM(llT aei; and nocoutractor shall
i axcountabl for any delay occasioned
Ihe want of trulk sopy.
Sxc. 23. This act shall take effect and
b in force from and after its passage.
JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker of the Houseof Representatives,
WILLIAM MEDILL,
President of the Senate
April 10, 1802.
(No. 43.)
AN ACT.
To abolish the ofli-e of Register and Re
ceiver of the State Land Office at De
fiance, to regulate the sale of lands at
said office, and to create the office of
Laud Commissioner.
Sec. 1. Re it enacted by the Qfnral
Assemuiy oi ine oiate ol UMO, mat the
officers of Register and Receiver of the
Suite Land Office at Defiance, in this
State, be and the same is hereby abolish
ed; ai.d immediately after the passage of
thi act, there shall be appointed by the
Govenor, by and w ith the advice andcon
sent of ihe Senate, a Land Commissioner,
who shall keep an office at Defiance, a
foresaid, for the sale of all the lands of
the Slate, which have heretofore been for
sale at said Land Office, and now remains
unsold.
Sec. 2. That said Land Commissioner
shall hold his office for and during the
teim of three years, end unlil his succcs
cr shall be appointed and qualified; and
shall have ali the powers heretofore pos
sessed by, and perform all the duties
heretofore enjoyed on both the said Reg
ister and Receiver, according to law; and
before entering upon the discharge of the
duties of his said office, the said Land Com
missioner shall enter intoabond.wilh three
or more sureties, freeholders of the Slate of
Ohio.to be approved by the Governor of
this State, payable to the State of Ohio, i
the sum of twenty thousand dollars, condi
tioned for the paying over according to
law of all moneys which may be received
by said Laud Commissioner in his official
capacity, and for the faithful discharg
of all aud singular the duties of Lis said
office; and if the said Land Commission
er shall .it any time fail togivesuch bond,
with said suhties, or fail in making bis
returns and paying over moneys received
by him in his official capacity, us required
by law, his office shall be considvred va
caut, and it shall be the duty of the Gov
ernor to fill said office by appointment,
with the adv ice and consent of the Senate,
as prescribed in the first pec lion of tin
act, if ihe General Assembly shall ba ia
session at the time such vacancy occurs;
and if the General Aeinbly shallaiotba
in session at such time, then, and in that
ease, the Governor shall fill such vacancy
bv the nnnointiiumt of soitia nersnn tn
said office until the first session of
the General Assembly succeeding such
appointment, and until his successor is
appointed and qualified; and the said
Commissioner, appointed under any of
the provisions of this act, before entering
upon the duties of his said office, shail
take and subscribe to an oath or affirma
tion, before competent authority, tadis
charge faithfully and to the best of his
skill and ability, all the duties of said
office; which oath or affirmation, shall fx
endorsed upon his bond aforesaid.
Sec. 3. That said Land Commissioner
shall reeive as a compensation for his ser
vices, the sum of three per centum est
the amount of all moneys received at
his said office in payments for lands sold
by him as such Commissioner.
Sec. 4. That the Register and Receiv
er of the State land office at Defiance, at
this time acting, whall deliver over all the
books, papers, and other property belong
ing to iheir respective offices, to such per
son as may be appointed Land Cummia- .
sioner, under this act. . - i
Sec. 5. That any person i elding the
office of Commissioner, shall r C purchase,
or enter, or be iu any m.anm v : ncerned,
either tis principle or agent c i-ectly or
indirectly, in the purchase or entry of any
lands subject to sale or entry, in saidStai
Ltiud Olin-e; n.id any Commissioner vio
lating the provisions of this section, shall
for e very such oti'eiiee, forfeit and pay
the bum of two hundred dollars, to be re
covered by action of debt, in ihe name of
the State Ohio, which action shall be
brought in the county wherin said land
office is situate; and the amount recovered
in said ac'im shall bo paid iuto the State
treasury, by the Prosecuting Attorney of
such county; mid it is hereby made the
duty of such Prosecuting Attorney, to
prosecute in behalf of the State, all ariione
under the provisions of this section, for
w hich service lie bhall be allowed a rea
sonable compensation, to be audited and
allowed by the auditor of State, and paid
out of the money recovered in tucu ac
tion or actions.
Sec. 0. That said lands shall be sold
to any person not an actual settler, mat
king the oath as hereafter provided, attht
appraised value thereof, heretofore made,
or herefter to be made, Ut pursuance ut
law.
Sec. ?. That said lands shall be sold
to actual settlers, at fifty percent, below
their appraised value; Provitlei, that any
applicant who applies to punsase ok ea
ter any of said lands at said reduction,
shall, before any certificate or other evi
dence of purchase or enlry U issued t
him or her by said Comraissicaer, make
and subsciibt) an affidavit, that it is bon -lied
his or her intention, within twelve
months from and after; said purchase, to
enter upon and improve the tract so pur
chased, and that he or she has not made
said purchase for the purpose of specula
lion merely, but for the purpose of seen-
ring a home for himself or herself and
family; which affidavit shall be preserved
by the Commissioner aforesaid, with the,
records ot hiaoffiee. , . v t -
Sko. 8. That the afSdait required by
the foregoing section, twy be made and'
subscribed before said Com missioner, ( wh
is hereby authorized to administer oatb
in such case,) or before any officer baring
by law a general authority to adminirU-r
oaths, for administering which alt, a
fee shall be charged by said CoramiKM t . t
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