out the town, &c. 4. That the aforesaid director shall view and examine the lands above Duty of direcmentioned and superintend the surveying and laying out of the town aforesaid, tor in laying and direct the width of streets and alleys therein; also, to select the square for public buildings and the lot for the penitentiary and dependencies according to the proposals aforesaid; and he shall make a report thereof to the next legislature; he shall moreover perform such other duties as will be required of him by law. 5. That said M Laughlin, Kerr, Starling, and Johnston, shall, on or Town to be laid before the first day of July next ensuing, at their own expense, cause the town out at the exaforesaid to be laid out, and a plat of the same recorded in the recorder's office pense of the proprietors and of Franklin county, distinguishing therein the square and lot to be by them the plat recordconveyed to this state; and they shall moreover transmit a certified copy ed in Franklin thereof to the next legislature for their inspection. county. 6. That from and after the first day of May next, Chillicothe shall be the Temporary temporary seat of government until otherwise provided by law. [Passed, seat estab February 14, 1812.] lished. CHAP. CCLXXIV.—An act for the encouragement of manufacturing salt, at the public salt Repealed, Jan. springs, in the United States military district.* 27, 1817; 0. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That Azor Sturdevant, of the town of Delaware, L. c. 408, § 7. A. Sturdevant in Delaware county, or any other person whom he may nominate and appoint, or agent aube authorized to make a complete examination of the salt springs in the first thorized to exquarter of the fifth township in the eighteenth range of the United States amine the salt military lands; and in order to ascertain the quantity and strength of the springs in the water that probably may be had at the said salt springs, the said Sturdevant U. S. military or his agent is hereby authorized to sink wells and erect a furnace for the district. purpose of manufacturing salt. 2. That the aforesaid Azor Sturdevant, or such person as he shall ap- He may take point, shall have the privilege of taking timber off the quarter section afore- timber, sink said, for fuel and for making the necessary buildings for those who may be wells, and ocemployed in making salt at the salt springs aforesaid, and that the said Sturde-cupy the same vant shall have the use and occupancy of the wells and furnace aforesaid free from rent. seven years, free from rent, as a remuneration for the expense and trouble he may be at in making the experiment. seven years, 3. That the aforesaid Azor Sturdevant shall make report to the next He shall make general assembly, within ten days after the commencement of the session, of report to the his discoveries and proceedings, of the situation of said springs, the strength next legislature and quantity of the water, and such other information concerning the premises as may be in his power to give. of his doings, and the pros pect of success. 4. That the act entitled 'an act giving encouragement for manufacturing salt, at the public salt spring, in the United States military district,' passed the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seven, be, and O. L. c. 149, the same is hereby repealed. This [act] shall take effect and be in force from repealed. and after the passage thereof. [Passed, February 14, 1812.] Obsolete; see CHAP. CCLXXV.-An act fixing the ratio of representation throughout this state. † 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the representation of this state shall be so fixed and apportioned, that the several counties shall be entitled to send repre- resentatives sentatives and senators to the general assembly as is hereafter directed, to and senators wit: The county of Jefferson, three representatives and two senators: the from each county of Ross, three representatives and two senators; the county of Ham- county. ilton, three representatives and two senators; the county of Fairfield, three representatives and one senator; the county of Butler, three representatives and one senator; the county of Belmont, three representatives and one senator; the county of Warren, two representatives and one senator; the county of Trumbull, two representatives and one senator; the county of Clermont, two representatives and one senator; the county of Adams, two representatives and one senator; the county of Columbiana, two representatives; the county of Stark and Wayne, one representative, and the three counties last named, two senators; the counties of Washington and Athens, two representatives and one senator; the counties of Miami and Preble, one senator, and each one representative; the counties of Gallia and Scioto, one senator, and each one representative; the counties of Guernsey, Tuscarawas, and Coshocton, one senator; the county of Guernsey, one representative; the counties of *See O. L. c. 149. + See O. L. c. 167. Tuscarawas and Coshocton, one representative; the counties of Licking and Knox, one senator, and each one representative; the county of Montgomery, two representatives and one senator; the county of Muskingum, two representatives and one senator; the county of Pickaway, two representatives and one senator; the county of Champaign, two representatives and one senator; the counties of Portage, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, and Geauga, one senator; the county of Portage, one representative, and the counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga and Geauga, two representatives; the counties of Green and Clinton, one senator, and each one representative; the counties of Highland and Fayette, one senator, and each one representative; the county of Franklin, one representative; the counties of Delaware and Madison, one representative, and the three last mentioned counties, one senator. 2. That where two or more counties elect in common members of the Where the ab- general assembly, the judges and clerks shall be governed by the twenty-sixth stract to be re- section of the act regulating elections, passed February fifteenth, eighteen turned when two or more counties elect in common. Certain senators to be classed at the first session after hundred and nine; and the abstracts of votes given in the counties of Stark and Wayne, shall be transmitted to the clerk of the county of Columbiana; the abstract of votes given in the county of Athens, to the clerk of the county of Washington; the abstract of votes given in the county of Preble, to the clerk of the county of Miami; the abstract of the votes given in the county of Scioto, to the clerk of the county of Gallia; the abstract of the votes given in the counties of Delaware and Madison, to the clerk of the county of Franklin; the abstract of votes given in the county of Knox, to the clerk of the county of Licking; the abstract of votes given in the county of Tuscarawas, to the clerk of the county of Coshocton; and the abstract of votes given for a senator in the county of Guernsey, to the clerk of the county of Coshocton; the abstract of votes given in the county of Clinton, to the clerk of the county of Green; the abstract of votes given in the county of Fayette, to the clerk of the couuty of Highland; the abstracts of the votes given in the counties of Ashtabula and Cuyahoga, to the clerk of the county of Geauga; and the abstract of the votes given for a senator in the county of Portage, to the clerk of the county of Geauga. 3. That the four additional senators to be elected by the provisions of this act, together with the other twelve senators to be elected from those counties where the senators have not heretofore been drawn by lot, and classed according to the fifth section of the first article of the constitution, shall, on the next annual the senate being convened at their first session after the next annual election, be divided by lot into two classes, so that the seats of seven of the said senators shall be vacated at the expiration of one year, and nine at the expiration of two years from the time of their election. [Passed, February 17, 1812.] election. Obsolete; see 455, and 711. Governor to ap point a person to search for salt water at the said salt CHAP. CCLXXVI.--An act to encourage experiments at the Scioto salt works. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the governor of this state be authorized to 316, 347, 381, appoint a suitable person or persons to perforate the rock at the Scioto salt works, for the purpose of obtaining salt water of a superior quality, by descending two hundred feet into said rock, unless such water in strength and quantity as is provided for in the fourth section of the law to regulate the Scioto salt works, passed nineteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten, should be sooner obtained; and such person or persons so appointed, shall receive for such service an adequate sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars, to be paid out of the treasury of the state, upon satisfactory evidence being made to the governor of this state, within eighteen months from and after the taking effect of this act, that such service has been duly and faithfully performed; and it is hereby provided that the place where such experiment shall be made, shall not interfere with the right of any other person. works; how to be compensa ted; not to interfere with the right of others. a lease for five years without rent on certain conditions; The person ap2. That the person appointed by the governor, agreeably to this act, to pointed to have perforate the rock at the Scioto salt works, shall, if successful in the experiment, have the right to lease and occupy the water so discovered, free from rent for the term of five years, as an additional compensation; and for that purpose, the agent at the said salt works shall, on application, execute to such person a lease for the term of five years for the well containing the salt water as aforesaid, and such lot of land as will be necessary to carry on the manufactory of salt. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of May next. [Passed, February 17, 1812.] agent to grant such lease. * See O. L. c. 235, CHAP. CCLXXVII.--An act to amend an act, entitled 'an act appointing notaries public.'* Repealed, FebBe it enacted, &c. That in addition to the number of notaries public ruary 7, 1816, already appointed, there shall be established in the town of Zanesville, in the . L. c. 370, $ 5. county of Muskingum, a notary public; and one in the town of Warren, in the county of Trumbull, and in such other counties of this state, as the governor may deem necessary; and such notaries public shall be appointed in the same manner, made liable to the same penalties, under the same regulations and entitled to receive the same emoluments as those that have been appointed under the act to which this is an amendment, passed the twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nine. [Passed, February 20, 1812.] CHAP. CCLXXVIII.—An act to provide for notification of the time of election of electors of president and vice-president of the United States, and the number of electors to be chosen. Be it enacted, &c. That the governor of this state, sixty days previous to the time appointed by law for the election of electors of president and vicepresident of the United States, shall, by proclamation in one newspaper printed in each county in this state, where any such paper is printed, give notice of the time of holding such election, and the number of electors of president and vice-president then to be chosen. This act to take effect from and after the passage thereof. [Passed, February 20, 1812.] Repealed, Feb ruary 15, 1820, O. L. c. 474, See § 14. 396. CHAP. CCLXXIX.-An act to amend an act regulating the mode of petitioning the legisla- Repealed, Febture in certain cases. + $4. Tuary 22, 1820, § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That all persons hereafter petitioning the legis- O. L. c. 495, lature for the erection or establishment of a new county, or a review or removal of a seat of justice within this state, shall, in their petition or petitions, identify the place where they wish the seat of justice to be fixed therein. O. L. c. 8, repealed in part. 2. That any act, or part of an act, coming within the purview of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. [Passed, February 20, 1812.] CHAP. CCLXXX.-An act to amend the act, entitled an act regulating the Muskingum Obsolete; O. salt works." L. c. 325, 676, 1. Be it enacted, &c. That Thomas Sarchet, John Sarchet and Peter and notes and Sarchet, junior, shall have the privilege of occupying the works, known by references to c. the name of the Muskingum salt works, for and during the term of seven 676. years, to commence at the time their present lease shall expire, subject to a Thomas Sarrent of fifty dollars per annum, and under the restrictions and regulations chet and others made and provided by the act to which this is an amendment: Provided, they allowed a lease shall procure a well or wells of salt water, of such strength that four hundred for seven years. gallons will make a bushel of salt. Proviso. 2. That the said Thomas, John, and Peter, shall have the privilege of May enclose enclosing under fence eighty acres of land on the salt works' section, adja- eighty acres for cent to said works, and to occupy the same as a pasture, to graze the horses a pasture. and oxen that are necessarily employed in carrying on said works, for and during the term they are authorized to occupy the works aforesaid, by virtue of the provisions of this act. 3. That the act, entitled 'an act to amend the act, entitled an act to O. L. c. 232, regulate the Muskingum salt works, passed February nineteenth, one repealed. thousand eight hundred and ten, be, and the same is hereby repealed. [Passed, February 20, 1812.] CHAP. CCLXXXI.-An act for the relief of certain nonresident proprietors of land. ‡ Be it enacted, &c. That the auditor of the state is hereby authorized to examine all returns of lands belonging to nonresident proprietors in this state, transmitted under oath to his office, previous to the first day of September last; and if on such examination it shall appear to said auditor, that such proprietors have paid to the collector of the proper district more than the taxes would have amounted to if they had been charged at the rate mentioned in said return, then the auditor shall issue a certificate for the excess, and the amount of said certificate shall be received for taxes on the same lands for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve. [Passed, February 6, 1812.] Obsolete. CHAP. CCLXXXII.-An act to amend an act, entitled 'an act levying a tax on land.'|| Repealed, 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the auditor of state shall, on settlement February 26, with the district collectors, allow to them respectively for their services the 1816, O. L. c. See O. L. c. 192. + See O. L. c. 8. See O. L. c. 244. || Sce O. L. c. 244. 385,16. See also, O. L. c. 317, 349. Compensation following sums, to wit: For the first district, one hundred and fifty dollars; to be allowed to for the second, four hundred dollars; for the third, two hundred and fifty dol district col lectors. ditor to pre lars; for the fourth, two hundred dollars; for the fifth, one hundred and fifty dollars; for the sixth, four hundred dollars; also, eight cents per mile for travelling from their several places of residence to the seat of government, for making their settlement; and also such compensation for advertising the time and manner of paying taxes, as is provided in the seventeenth section of the act levying a tax on land, passed the nineteenth February, one thousand eight hundred and ten, and all laws or parts of laws providing for compensation to district collectors, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Auditor to cor2. That it shall at all times be competent for the auditor of public acrect any mis- counts to correct any manifest mistakes in the entry of any land or lands for takes; proviso taxation, which now do or hereafter may exist; and in all cases where lands, that satisfacto- which by reason that towns are laid out thereon, or which for any other cause ry evidence be may not be subject to taxation, he shall have the same power to correct such furnished; au- mistakes; and the auditor shall at all times be authorized to remit or apply scribe forms for the taxes in such manner as may be just and as was intended by the person or persons paying the same: Provided, That satisfactory evidence be produced to the auditor of such mistake; and for the purpose of establishing more uniformity in the revenue system, it shall be competent for the auditor to prescribe such forms as may be necessary for that purpose, which forms shall be pursued by the county commissioners and other revenue officers, provided the same be not inconsistent with the laws of this state. revenue officers. Compensation of county or township collectors. 3. That the county commissioners shall, on settlement, allow the county or township collector, six cents per mile for travelling to and from the office of the district collector, for the purpose of paying over the money wherewith he may stand charged. [Passed, February 21, 1812.] Repealed, Jan- CHAP. CCLXXXIII.—An act to amend an act, entitled 'an act directing the mode of reuary 4, 1816, deeming certain lands sold for taxes.'* O. L. c. 358, § 9. collector's cer said land or any part thereof. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That when any person who may have purchased Persons holding any land sold for the nonpayment of taxes, or his, her, or their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, who shall hold the collector's certificate of such sale, tificate or deed, or the collector's deed or any conveyance made therefrom, shall call on the may lift money state treasurer, or treasurer of any county, for any money deposited for the deposited with redemption of such tract of land, or any part thereof; the person so applying treasurer for re- shall, if the money has been deposited for the redemption of the whole tract demption of so purchased or sold, deliver to the treasurer the collector's certificate, deed, or conveyance made there from as aforesaid, who shall endorse thereon, redeemed, and take a receipt for the money so paid, which he shall file with such certificate, deed or conveyance, in his office; but if the money should be deposited for the redemption of a part only of any tract of land sold for the nonpayment of taxes as aforesaid, the person holding such certificate of sale, deed or conveyance, shall, on application for the money, present such certificate, deed or conveyance, to the treasurer, who shall endorse thereon the quantity redeemed, and at all times before the whole thereof is redeemed, return such certificate, deed or conveyance, to the person who presents the same, taking his receipt for the money paid on the same, which receipt the treasurer shall file in his office. Proceedings § 2. That where the deed of the collector, or of any other person deriving when the deed title therefrom, has been recorded in the recorder's office of the proper county, has been recor- and the proprietor or proprietors thereof has or have proven himself, herself, ded; duty of or themselves entitled to the right of redemption, agreeably to the provisions county clerk; of the act under which such land may have been or hereafter may be sold for duty of rethe nonpayment of tax, or agreeably to any other law authorizing or directcorder. ing the mode of such redemption, such person or persons, his, her, or their agent, attorney or other legal representative or representatives, shall be entitled to receive an official certificate from the clerk of the court where such proof may have been made, or from the state treasurer or treasurer of any county where such deed or conveyance may have been deposited or endorsed (as the case may be) which official certificate shall be recorded in the recorder's office where such deed or conveyance has been recorded; whereupon such deed or conveyance shall be cancelled, and deemed in law null and void as it relates to so much of said land as may have been redeemed as aforesaid, 3. That if any compromise should take place between the parties after Manner of the redemption money is deposited in the treasury, such money may be drawn drawing out out of the treasury by the person holding the collector's certificate, in the money depositmanner pointed out by the first section of this act, or if the person claiming ed, when the the right of redemption should fail to establish such right, such person shall, parties comproon the certificate of the clerk of the court, where the same was tried, be entitled to receive back the money which such person may have deposited in the treasury, and the treasurer shall take a receipt for the same, and file it with the certificate of the clerk in his office. mise. 4. That each person who shall deposit money in the state treasury, or in Treasurer's the treasury of any county, for the redemption of any tract or part of a tract compensation. of land, sold for the nonpayment of taxes, such person shall pay to the treasurer, as a compensation for receiving, receipting for, safe keeping, and paying out the same, twenty-five cents, for each and every tract or part of tract so to be redeemed. [Passed, February 21, 1812.] Repealed, O. CHAP. CCLXXXIV.—An act regulating the times of holding judicial courts. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the supreme court shall commence its ses- L. c. 302, ◊ 8. sions and be holden as follows, viz: In the county of Fairfield, on the twenty- Supreme court fourth day of March; in the county of Licking, on the fourth day of April; when to be holin the county of Knox, on the ninth day of April; in the county of Coshoc- den in each ton, on the twelfth day of April; in the county of Tuscarawas on the fifteenth county. day of April; in the county of Wayne, on the nineteenth day of April; in the county of Stark on the twenty-second day of April; in the county of Portage, on the twenty-fifth day of April; in the county of Cuyahoga, on the twenty-ninth day of April; in the county of Geauga, on the second day of May; in the county of Ashtabula, on the fifth day of May; in the county of Trumbull, on the ninth day of May; in the county of Columbiana, on the seventeenth day of May; in the county of Jefferson, on the twenty-fifth day of May; in the county of Belmont, on the fifth day of June; in the county of Guernsey, on the fourteenth day of June; in the county of Muskingum, on the eighteenth day of June; in the county of Washington, on the twentyninth day of June; in the county of Athens, on the eighth day of July; in the county of Gallia, on the twelfth day of July; in the county of Scioto, on the seventeenth day of July; in the county of Ross, on the seventeenth day of August; in the county of Adams, on the thirty-first day of August; in the county of Highland, on the fourth [seventh] day of September; in the county of Clinton, on the tenth day of September; in the county of Clermont, on the thirteenth day of September; in the county of Hamilton, on the twenty-first day of September; in the county of Warren, on the fifth day of October; in the county of Butler, on the nineteenth day of October; in the county of Preble, on the twenty-ninth day of October; in the county of Montgomery, on the second day of November; in the county of Miami, on the ninth day of November; in the county of Champaign, on the twelfth day of November; in the county of Green on the nineteenth day of November; in the county of Fayette, on the twenty-sixth day of November; in the county of Madison, on the thirtieth day of November; in the county of Delaware, on the third day of December; in the county of Franklin, on the seventh day of December; in the county of Pickaway, on the fourteenth day of December; and when any of the aforesaid days shall happen on Sunday, or the second Tuesday of October, the court shall be holden on the next day. 2. That the courts of common pleas for the first circuit shall be holden Courts of comas follows, viz: In the county of Hamilton, on the first Tuesdays of April, mon pleas in and on the first Mondays of August and December; in the county of Butler, the first circuit, on the third Mondays of April, August and December; in the county of when holden. Preble, on the Wednesdays after the fourth Mondays of April, August and December; in the county of Montgomery, on the first Mondays of May, September and January; in the county of Miami, the second Mondays of May, September and January; in the county of Champaign, on the third Mondays of May, September and January; in the county of Green, on the fourth Mondays of May, September and January; in the county of Clinton, on the first Mondays of June, October and February; in the county of Warren, on the third Monday of June and the last Mondays of October, and second Mondays of February. 3. That the courts of common pleas for the second circuit shall be holden Courts of comas follows, viz: In the county of Pickaway, on the third Mondays of Febru- mon pleas in See O. L. c. 242, 255. 6 VOL II. |