[Senate Bill No. 226.] AN ACT To supplement section 2174 of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 2174 of the Revised Statutes Infirmaries: be supplemented by section 2174-1 as follows: Sec. 2174-1. In all counties containing a city of the third grade, first class, if the infirmary directors, after making proper investigation in regard to any case brought to their notice, are satisfied that the person or persons are in a condition requiring public relief, and the circumstances in the case are such as to render their removal to the infirmary inexpedient, they may render such other relief as in their judgment is required; and for the purpose of avoiding fraud and imposition and enabling said board to intelligently determine what persons in such city are entitled to public relief; and if there now be in such city a society incorporated under the laws of this state, any part of the purposes or business of which it is to make, inquire into, keep and furnish written reports of the condition and circumstances of persons living within such city, entitled to, or demanding public assistance, or relief, said board of infirmary directors is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with such society for making and 'furnishing to such board, upon its written requisition, reports of said society, upon all such persons within said city and county, demanding of said board public relief; and for the services of such society in making such investigations and reports, said board is hereby authorized to pay to such society not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month, and the same shall be deemed a part of the legitimate expenses of said board, and be allowed by the county commissioners and auditor and paid as such. SECTION 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 15, 1902. President of the Senate. Lucas county may give out side relief. [House Bill No. 171.] AN ACT To amend section 3893 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That section 3893 of the Revised Statutes Classification of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: and change of districts: Transfer of territory from one school district to another. Apportionment of existing school indebtedness. Apportionment of moneys and credits. Plat of territory transferred. Sec. 3893. A part or the whole of any district may be transferred to an adjoining district, by the mutual consent of the boards of education having control of such districts; but no transfer shall take effect until a statement, or map, showing the boundaries of the territory transferred, is upon the records of such boards; nor, except when the transfer is for the purpose of forming a joint subdistrict, until a copy of such statement or map, certified by the clerks of the boards making the transfer, is filed with the auditor of the county in which the territory so transferred is situated; and any person living in the territory so transferred may appeal to the county commissioners, as provided in section thirty-nine hundred and sixty-seven, and the commissioners, at their first regular meeting thereafter, shall approve or vacate such transfer; provided, however, that when a village or a portion of a village, township, or special school district has been attached to and become a part of an adjoining city or village by annexation. the portion of such village, township, or special school district thus annexed to such city or village shall be deemed to be thereby transferred from such village school district, township, or special school district into such city or village school district. In all cases where territory is transferred from one school district to another, in any manner whatever, the existing school indebtedness of the district from which the territory is detached shall be ascertained and apportioned by the county commissioners in the same manner as is provided in section sixteen hundred and fifteen of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Said indebtedness, so apportioned, shall be paid by the board of education of the district to which such territory is attached, to the board of education of the district from which it was detached, from the contingent fund of such first mentioned district or from a special fund to be raised by a tax of not exceeding two mills on each dollar of taxable property in the transferred territory and the board of education of the district to which such territory is attached is hereby authorized to make such levy in excess of that allowed by section thirty-nine hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes of Ohio and continue such levy from year to year until the amount realized from the same shall equal the indebtedness so apportioned. All moneys and other credits belonging to the district from which such territory is detached shall be apportioned as above provided and paid by the board of education of said district to the board of education of the district to which the territory is attached. A correct plat of the territory transferred shall be filed in the office of the auditor of the county in which such territory is situated, or if it be in more than one county, then such plat shall be filed in each county affected by the transfer: such plat shall also be entered upon the records of each board affected by such transfer. This section shall also apply to cases in which territory has beretofore been transferred. SECTION 2. Section 3893 of the Revised Statutes of Repeals, etc. Ohio is hereby repealed and this act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage. To amend section 3256 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 3256 of the Revised Statutes Creation of of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 3256. A corporation may borrow money, not to exceed the amount of its capital stock, authorized by its articles of incorporation, and issue its notes or coupon or registered bonds therefor, bearing any rate of interest authorized by law, and may secure the payment of the same by a mortgage upon its real or personal property, or both. corporations, etc.: Corporation may borrow money on bond and mortgage. SECTION 2. That section 3256 of the Revised Statutes Repeals. of Ohio be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CARL L. NIPPERT, Passed April 15, 1902. President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 251] AN ACT To supplement an act entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of a commission to ascertain and mark the positions occupied by Ohio troops in the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and to make an appropriation to pay the personal expenses of the commission." WHEREAS, Under the act of congress, approved Feb- Preamble: ruary 21, 1899. establishing the "Vicksburg National Military Park," the government has purchased about 1,200 acres embracing practically all the ground that was occupied during the siege by the confederate line of defense and the federal line of investment; and WHEREAS, The state of Mississippi has ceded to the United States jurisdiction over the said ground; and WHEREAS, The national commission appointed under the act of congress referred to, proposes to restore, and has already, to a large extent restored the said battlefield of Vicksburg to the condition that it was in at the time of the siege, by closing new roads and opening old army ones and clearing away new growths of timber; and WHEREAS, The said National Park, with its two grand avenues (Confederate and Union), in addition to its numerous smaller avenues, and its handsome monuments commemorative of American valor, will, when completed, be of national interest; and WHEREAS, Under an act entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of a commission to ascertain and mark the positions occupied by Ohio troops in the siege of Vicksburg and to make an appropriation to pay the personal expenses of the commission," passed by the general assembly of Ohio, April 16, 1900, six commissioners were appointed to serve without pay, charged with the duty of ascertaining and marking the positions occupied by Ohio troops in the siege of Vicksburg; and WHEREAS, Said commission, in coöperation with the national commission, has carefully selected the locations for monuments to mark the said positions, and which are historically accurate as to the regiments, battalions and batteries engaged; and WHEREAS, Said commissioners having substantially completed the preliminary task assigned them by the general assembly, are now ready to proceed to the execution of the further work contemplated by the act of April 16, 1900, to-wit: The erection of monuments and tablets to mark the positions of Ohio troops that were engaged in the siege of Vicksburg, and such other Ohio commands as were on duty on the line of circumvallation under orders issued by the commanding general; and WHEREAS, Said commissioners have made an estimate of the sum of money required for the completion of said work, and said estimate being as follows, to-wit: Monuments for twenty-six (26) regiments of infantry engaged, costing not to exceed $1,500 each, $39,000; monuments for eleven (11) batteries engaged, costing not to exceed $1,000 each, $11,000; monument for one (1) battalion of cavalry engaged, costing not to exceed $1,000; and traveling expenses, stationery and such other items of expense as may occur in making contracts for monuments and markers, and supervising their erection, $2,500; for purchase and erection of markers the sum of $2,500; and WHEREAS, It is the judgment of said commission that for the economical prosecution of the work contemplated, $7.500 should be available and subject to the orders of said commission on and after April 1, 1902, and that $25,000 on and after December 1, 1902, and $26,000 on and after March 1, 1904, at which latter date, being within about two years from the present time, it is proposed to have all the monuments and tablets erected and the work of the commission practically completed; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That in addition to the sum appropriated by the provisions of the aforesaid act, there is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the state treasury, to the credit of the general revenue fund, and not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty-six thousand (56,000.00) dollars, to be used as herein provided, warrants for which shall be drawn by the auditor of state upon the treasurer of state, upon vouchers or estimates properly approved by not less than four members of said commission. governor. SECTION 2. Said commission shall keep an accurate ac- Report to count of all disbursements and make a full report thereof to the governor on or before the 15th day of November of each year during the continuance of said trust: To amend section 3375a of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 3375a of the Revised Sta- Railroad comtutes of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: panies: freight trains. Sec. 3375a. Physicians in the discharge of their pro- Riding on fessional duties and sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs, in performance of their official duties, and officers and guards. of the Ohio penitentiary and the Ohio state reformatory, in pursuit of escaped prisoners or returning them to their respective institutions, shall be permitted to ride at their own risk, and take a prisoner or prisoners upon freight trains, between stations where such trains stop, paying therefor the regular passenger fare. SECTION 2. That said original section 3375a of the Repeals. Revised Statutes of Ohio be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 15, 1902. CARL L. NIPPERT, President of the Senate. |