bly. general assem in the treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, and not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for salaries and mileage of members, per diem of clerks, sergeants-at-arms, and other officers and employes of the general assembly, five hundred dollars ($500) for contingent expenses of the house, and five hundred dollars ($500) for contingent expenses of the senate. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 13, 1892. President of the Senate. Preamble. Boards of revision (Cuvahoga county): Sessions. Repeals. [House Bill No. 21.] AN ACT To amend section 2 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the meeting of the decennial boards of equalization in counties containing a city of the second grade of the first class, as boards of revision." WHEREAS, The maps and returns of the district assessors containing the decennial appraisement of real estate in the city of Cleveland were partially destroyed by fire, thereby greatly increasing the labors of the decennial city board of equalization now sitting as a board of, revision; and WHEREAS, It will be impossible for said board of revision to conclude its labors in the time now fixed by law; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section 2 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the meeting of the decennial boards of equalization in counties containing a city of the second grade of the first class, as boards of revision," be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. The session of said county board of revision shall not be held for a period longer than twenty cays, and said city board for a period not longer than ninety days. SECTION 2. That said original section 2 of said act be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 13, 1892. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 17.] AN ACT To amend section 995 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended May 4, 1891. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State Board of conof Ohio, That section 995 of the Revised Statutes, as amended trol (Hamilton May 4, 1891, be amended so as to read as follows: county): Sec. 995. The members of such board of control shall Meetings. meet at the court-house on Tuesday of each week. The mem- Organization. bers appointed, as provided in the preceding section, shall convene on the first Tuesday after their appointment and qualification, and the members thereafter elected as provided shall, annually, assemble together on the second Tuesday of December and organize the board; a majority of the members Quorum. shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All their proceedings shall be public; they shall Proceedings. determine the rules of their proceedings, and these shall, as tem. far as possible, be in accordance with parliamentary law; they shall keep a journal of their proceedings, which shall be open Journal. at all proper times to the inspection of the public, and may Absent memcompel the attendance of absent members in such manner as bers. they prescribe. They shall elect from their own body a presi- President and dent, who shall preside at their meetings, and they may elect president pro president pro tempore. The members of the board of con- Compensation. trol shall each receive as compensation for their services five dollars for every regular meeting they attend. They shall Clerk; duties. elect a clerk, who shall keep a correct journal of all the proceedings of said board of control, and perform such other duties as are required by the rules and regulations of the board; said clerk shall hold his office until his successor is Term; comelected and qualitied, and shall receive as a compensation for pensation. his services a salary at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum. The compensation of the members of the board of Payment of control and the salary of the clerk shall be paid monthly by compensation. warrants drawn by the county auditor upon the county treasurer, on bills certified by the president and clerk of the board with the seal attached. of board and clerk. SECTION 2. Whenever any such board of control has Previous acts heretofore appointed or elected a clerk, whose appointment, election or compensation was not provided for by said section 995 of the statutes as amended May 4, 1891, such election and all acts, services and duties performed by said clerk subsequent thereto by order of said board of control, shall be consid ered legal and valid, and said clerk shall be en itled to a com- Clerk's compensation for said services at the same rate and pay able in the pensation. same manner as the compensation of the clerk. is provided for in section 1 [995, Revised Statutes,] of this act. Repeals, etc. SECTION 3. Said section 995, as amended May 4, 1891 (88 O. L., p. 531), is hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 25, 1892. 4G President of the Senate. Appropria tion for contingent ex [House Bill No 72.] AN ACT Making appropriations for house and senate contingent fund purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be and is appropriated out of any moneys penses general in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the credit of the general revenue fund, fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the house contingent expense fund, and fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the senate contingent expense fund. assembly. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 25, 1892. 5G President of the Senate. Appropria tion for publication constitutional amendment. [Senate Bill No. 18.] AN ACT To provide for a deficiency caused by the publication of constitutional amendment. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve thousand and seven hundred dollars and eighty cents ($12,700.80), to pay for the publication of constitutional amendment, as provided for by an act of the general assembly passed April 25, 1891 (O. L., pp. 401, 402). The same shall be paid in accordance with section four of said act upon the warrant of the auditor of state, upon vouchers approved by the supervisor of public printing. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after's passage. LEWIS C. LAYLIN Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed January 28, 1892. [House Bill No. 104.] AN ACT To authorize any village in the state of Ohio, which had at the last federal census a population of not less than 840 nor more than 850, or which may have such population at any succeeding federal census, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing such village with a system of water-works and the purchase of apparatus for the extinguishment of fires. Water-works and fire department bonds (Wes ton). SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the village council of any village having a population of not less than 840 nor more than 850 at the last federal census, or which may have such population at any subsequent federal census, in the state of Ohio, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said village in any sum not to exceed ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, and Amount. bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, Interest. payable semi-annually, and such bonds shall be of such de- Denomina nominations as the council shall, by ordinance, determine, tion. but not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars each, and shall be made payable at such times and place as the council shall, When payable. by ordinance, prescribe, but not more than twenty years from date, and such bonds shall not be sold for less than their par Sale. value in cash. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used for Water works. the purpose of buying or leasing the necessary land and water right, and buying the necessary material and constructing therewith a system of water-works for the said village, and purchasing necessary apparatus and appliances for the extin- Fire appara guishment of fires, and for no other purpose whatever; and tus. such bonds shall be signed by the mayor of said village and Attestation. attested by the clerk thereof and the seal of said village; and when sold the proceeds shall be paid to the treasurer of said Proceeds village, who shall hold and disburse the same as other village funds are by him held and disbursed. SECTION 2. If bonds of said village be issued, as herein- Additional tax before provided, it shall be the duty of the council of said levy. village annually thereafter until the said bonds and the interest thereon are fully paid, to assess and levy a tax on all the taxable property of the corporation, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, sufficient to provide for the pay ment of said bonds as they fall due with interest accruing thereon. Rate. SECTION 3. Provided, that before said bonds are issued, General or spethe village council shall submit the proposition of issuing the cial election. same to the electors of said village at a general or special election to be held for such purpose at such time and place in the corporation as the council shall determine by resolution. Notice shall be given of the time and place of holding such Notice. election and the amount of bonds to be issued at least ten days prior to the time of holding such election in a newspaper of general circulation in said village, and the form of the Ballot ballot shall be as follows: Those in favor of the construction of water-works and the issuing of said bonds shall have written or printed on their ballots "Water-works-Yes." Those opposed to the construction of water-works and the issuing of said bonds shall have written or printed upon their ballots Expenses of election. Laws governing election. Returns and poll-books. Result. Issue conditional. Inconsistent laws. "Water-works-No." Said ballots shall be provided by the council of said village and the expense thereof, and of said election shall be paid by said village. Said election shall be held in accordance herewith and with the statutes governing elections in force prior to the 30th day of April, 1891, so far as applicable. The returns and poll-books shall be made by the clerk, who shall return and present the same to the council at the first regular meeting after such election, when the same shall be opened and canvassed and the result declared by the council, and said result shall be entered upon the minutes of the council; and if it appear that a majority of the ballots cast at such election were in favor of water-works, then the council shall proceed to issue such bonds, and not otherwise; and all acts and parts of acts and provisions of law inconsistent herewith shall have no application to the election to be held under this act. Partial appro priations. [House Bill No. 80.] AN ACT Making partial appropriations for the last three quarters of the fiscal year ending Nov. 15th, 1892, and the first quarter of the fiscal year ending Feb. 15th, 1893. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the following sums for the purposes hereinafter specified are appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund not otherwise appropriated, to-wit: Adjutant-General's Department: Salary of adjutant-general, two thousand dollars ($2,000). Salary of assistant adjutant-general, fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500). Salary of chief clerk, fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400).· Salary of superintendent of state arsenal, ordnance clerk and book-keeper, fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500). Contingent expenses and inspection, four hundred dollars ($400). Care of military stores and freight on arms, three hundred dollars ($300). |