[House Bill No. 1340.] AN ACT Appropriating certain sums to Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. WHEREAS, Mary L. Hissem, late of Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, willed and bequeathed to the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, of Xenia, Ohio, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), and said home has received, after deducting court costs, the sum of two thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars ($2,971.00), which sum, together with interest from July 25, 1907, is now on deposit; also one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) bequeathed by John Ross, late of Hamilton County, Ohio, which, together with interest from November 1, 1907, the said board of trustees has in its possession, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That said sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated to the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, to be expended by the board of trustees of said home, for the improvement of grounds and establishment of a dairy. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, Passed May 9, 1908. [House Bill No. 1341.] AN ACT To amend section 1 of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the redemption of county bonds, required by the act authorizing their issue, to be paid by moneys derived from a particular source, and where such source has proved inadequate," passed April 9, 1908, relating to the redemption of county bonds. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section I of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the redemption of county bonds, required by the act authorizing their issue, to be paid by moneys derived from a particular source, and where such source has proved inadequate," passed April 9, 1908, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 1. That when county bonds have been issued and sold under an act of the general assembly, passed prior to the year 1860, authorizing such issue for the purpose of improving any public road and providing for the payment of the same by tolls, and requiring their redemption by moneys derived from such source, and when it has been demonstrated, during the shortest period provided in such act, within which such bonds could be redeemed by such county, that adequate moneys to redeem such bonds cannot be derived from such source so provided for their redemption, then, at any period after the expiration of said short term, designated for such bonds, the county commissioners of such county are hereby authorized to redeem such bonds, in the manner provided by law for the redemption of county bonds, using for the payment thereof any unexpended balance or balances in any county fund not otherwise appropriated. SECTION 2. That said section I of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the redemption of county bonds, required by the act authorizing their issue, to be paid by moneys derived from a particular source, and where such source has proved inadequate," passed April 9, 1908, be and the same is hereby repealed. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Redemption of certain under act, To amend section 1 of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the relief of indigent union soldiers, sailors and marines and the indigent wives, widows and minor children of indigent or deceased union soldiers, sailors and marines," passed May 19, 1886, as amended April 14, 1900, in relation to a tax for the relief of soldiers and sailors. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That section I of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the relief of indigent union soldiers, sailors and marines and the indigent wives, widows and minor children of indigent or deceased union soliders, sailors and marines," passed May 19, 1886, as amended April 14, 1909, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. I. The board of county commissioners of the several counties in this state is hereby authorized and re 1 Tax levy of five-tenths of one mill, authorized. quired to levy in addition to the taxes now levied by law for other purposes than those herein provided, a tax not exceeding five-tenths of one mill per dollar on the assessed value of the property of their respective counties, to be levied and collected as now provided by law for the assess- ment and collection of taxes, for the purpose of creating a fund for the relief of honorably discharged soldiers, indigent soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States, and the indigent wives, parents, widows and minor children under fifteen years of age, of such indigent or deceased soldiers, sailors or marines, to be disbursed as hereinafter provided. SECTION 2. That said original section 1 of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the relief of indigent union soldiers, sailors and marines and the indigent wives, widows and minor children of indigent or deceased union soldiers, sailors and marines," passed May 19, 1886, as amended April 14, 1900, be and the same is hereby repealed. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, President of the Senate. Passed May 9, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. 249G. Maliciously interfering. etc.. with growth of tobacco. Penalty. [House Bill No. 1354.] AN ACT To provide for the protection of tobacco growers and fixing a penalty for the destruction of or the injury to tobacco, or the interference with the growing thereof. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. Whoever maliciously cuts down, breaks down or destroys, or by any means whatsoever injures, or retards, or prevents the growth of any tobacco plant not his own, or by sowing or planting other seed, or by removing or disturbing the ground, or by any means whatsoever maliciously prevents or retards, or interferes with, the growth or development of any tobacco seed planted upon the land of another, or whoever maliciously burns, destroys in any way, or injures in any manner any tobacco not his own, at any time after such tobacco has been severed from the soil, shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months or in the penitentiary not more than five years nor less than one year, at the discretion of the court. To appropriate money to protect the tobacco growing industry of Secret service officers, ap Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That the adjutant general of the state of Ohio be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appoint such number of persons as may be deemed necessary to act as secret service officers to detect and apprehend any person or persons engaged in the malicious destruction of tobac- pointment of. co plants or other property of persons engaged in the growing, curing and marketing of tobacco, and the adjutant general shall fix the compensation of such officers which shall be allowed, in addition, their actual and necessary expenses. Such officers when so appointed shall have the same power as a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other police officer to arrest and detain until a legal warrant can be obtained, any person or persons found violating any law of this state enacted to prevent the destruction or injury of tobacco. Powers of officers. secret service tion. SECTION 2. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act there be and is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund and not otherwise appropriated, the Appropriasum of $10,000 for the payment of the compensation of such officers and their necessary expenses, and the auditor of state is hereby authorized and directed to issue his warrant upon the treasurer of state upon vouchers properly approved by the adjutant general. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, JAMES M. WILLIAMS, President of the Senate. Passed May 9, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. Name, must [Senate Bill No. 419.] AN ACT To provide for the organization, regulation and inspection of building and loan associations, and savings associations. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. A corporation for the purpose of raising money to be loaned to its members, and others, shall be known in this act as a "building and loan association," or as a "savings association." Associations organized under the laws of this state shall be known in this act as "domestic" associations, and those organized under the laws of other states or territories, as "foreign" associations. Associations may be organized and conducted under the general laws of Ohio, relating to corporations, except as otherwise provided in this act. SECTION 2. The name of every such corporation hereafter organized, or heretofore organized and hereafter changing its name, shall begin with any word it may select, and shall end with the word "company" or with the word "association," and it shall also use in its name in any order it may designate, and if it so desires, with other words not forbidden by law, any one or more of the following words, or combinations of words, at its option, to-wit: "Savings, "buildings," "loan," "savings and loan," or "building and loan." Provided, however, such association shall not use Words, use of, the words "bank," "banking" or "trust," or any one or more of them in combination. forbidden. Business, when may be commenced. Directors, term of office. Deposits, receiving of. SECTION 3. The capital stock named in the articles of incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the authorized capital, and the organization may be completed and business commenced when 5 per cent. thereof is subscribed, and when the names and addresses of its officers and not less than two copies of its constitution and by-laws have been filed with the inspector of building and loan associations. SECTION 4. Directors may be elected for any term, not less than one year nor longer than three years, but if such term be longer than one year, it shall be so arranged that the term of office of an equal number of directors, as nearly as may be, will expire each year. SECTION 5. Such corporation shall have all the powers set forth in the following sections of this act. SECTION 6. To receive money on deposit, and all persons, firms, corporations and courts, their agents, officers and appointees are hereby authorized to make such deposits and stock deposits, but such corporation shall not pay interest thereon exceeding the legal rate; and whenever counts, duties any such deposits or stock deposits are made to the joint account of two or more persons, whether adults or minors, with a joint order to the corporation that such deposits or any part thereof are to be payable on the order of any one Joint ac as to. |