Such waters to be open to the public as pleasure resorts. Adjacent state ands may not be sold. Survey. This act shall not interfere with or affect use of same for canal reservoir purposes. Injuries to property or animals. As to enforcement of law for the protection of birds, fish and game. wise, then said management and control shall devolve upon the remaining members of said joint board or their successors having charge of the leasing of state lands. SECTION 3. The said Buckeye lake and the said Indian lake and said Portage lakes shall, at all times be open to the public as resorts for recreation and pleasure, including the privilege of hunting, fishing and boating, but the privilege of hunting and fishing shall be subject to the statutory provisions of the fish and game laws of the state, and the boating privileges shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the joint board, provided for in the second section of this act. SECTION 4. No state lands, in, or adjacent to said Buckeye lake, Indian lake and Portage lakes shall ever be sold, but the board of public works, the chief engineer of the public works, and the Ohio canal commission may lease such lands as said joint board may deem proper under the laws governing the leasing of canal lands. SECTION 5. The Ohio canal commission, as soon as may be practicable, shall cause a survey to be made of said Buckeye lake, Indian lake and Portage lakes and adjacent state lands, as provided for in sections 218-221 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, and shall mark said survey in a permanent manner by planting substantial stone monuments so as to define the lines of state property. SECTION 6. The dedication and use of said reservoirs for public parks and pleasure resorts, shall in no wise interfere with or affect the use of the same for canal reservoir purposes, nor shall such dedication affect in any manner existing leases or privileges, nor shall the state board of public works and the chief engineer of the public works be restricted in any manner from making such repairs and improvements thereon as they may from time to time deem necessary for maintaining the safety and usefulness of the same canal purposes; the authority of said board of public works and the chief engineer of the public works to manage and control said reservoir or lakes, for canal purposes, shall remain and be the same as if no dedication of such reservoirs for park or pleasure resort purposes had been made. SECTION 7. No person shall disturb, injure, or destroy any tree, plant, lawn, embankments, decorations or other property of any kind upon any of the islands within the boundary of said lake, or any embankment or state lands adjacent thereto; nor kill, injure, or disturb any water fowl, water animal, birds or game acquired by donation or purchase and placed and kept within the boundary lines of said lakes as semi-domestic pets. SECTION 8. Said Buckeye lake, Indian lake, and Portage lakes shall, with respect to the enforcement of all laws relating to the protection of birds, fish and game, be under the supervision and control of the commissioners of fish and game; and all laws of the state enacted for the pro tection of fish in the inland rivers and streams of the state, together with all laws enacted for the protection of birds and game, shall apply to said Buckeye ake, Indian lake. and Portage lakes. SECTION 9. Whoever violates any provision of this act, shall upon conviction be fined as provided in section 6968, Revised Statutes; and upon a failure to pay any fine or costs imposed, the person so convicted shall be imprisoned as provided in section 409e, Revised Statutes. Penalty for violation of this act. SECTION 10. That the "Act providing for the dedica- Repeals. tion of the Licking reservoir as a public park," passed April 21, 1896 (Vol. 92, Ohio laws, pages 265 and 266), and "An act to set apart Lewiston reservoir as a public lake." passed April 19, 1898 (93 O. L., 142), be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION II. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, To amend section 719 of the Revised statutes of Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 719 of the Revised Statutes Asylums for of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: the insane: in inquests of insanity. Sec. 719. The taxable costs and expenses to be paid Costs and fees. under the provisions of this chapter shall be as follows: To the probate judge with whom the affidavit is filed, the sum of two dollars for holding an inquest; for each warrant, certificate or subpoena he necessarily issues, the same fees as are allowed by law to the clerk of the court of common pleas for similar services; and the amount of postage on all communications to and from the superintendent which the judge is required to pay; to the medical witness who makes out the certificate, two dollars, and witness fees such as are allowed by law in other cases; to the witnesses and constables, the same fees as are allowed by law for like services in other cases; to each person employed by the probate judge to commit a lunatic to the county infirmary, seventy-five cents per day; to the jailer for keeping an idiot or insane person, thirty-five cents per day; to the sheriff, or other person, other than assistant, for taking an insane person to a state hospital, or removing one there from upon the warrant of the probate judge, mileage at the rate of five cents per mile, going and return Repeats, etc. ing, and seventy-five cents per day for the support, and mileage at the rate of three cents per mile for the railway transportation of each patient to and from the hospital, and to one assistant five cents per mile, each way, and nothing more, for said services, the number of miles to be computed in all cases by the nearest route traveled; the costs specified shall be paid out of the county treasury, upon the certificate of the probate judge, provided that when it appears necessary to the sheriff at the time of conveying said person to the hospital, the condition of the patient requires the same, he shall be authorized to provide a conveyance for the said patient from the nearest railroad station, except that in counties where state hospitals are located, the sheriff may provide a conveyance from the county seat, and the costs of the same shall be taxed in the bill of costs and paid as other costs in the case. SECTION 2. That said original section 719 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be and the same is hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. F. B. ARCHER, President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed April 28, 1902. 181G [Senate Bill No. 26.] AN ACT To amend section 6307 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 6307 of the Revised Statutes of the state of Ohio be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 6307. The guardian of any idiotic, imbecile, or insane person, who has, or is supposed to have a right of dower, or a contingent right of dower, in any lands or tenements, of which the husband or wife of such person was seized as an estate of inheritance, or in any land held by bond, article, or other evidence of claim, where the dower has not been assigned, shall have power to sell, compromise, or adjust the same upon such terms as he shall deem for the interest of such person, and as the probate court of the county in which the guardian was appointed shall approve, if appointed in this state; or if the guardian was appointed in a foreign state, then as the probate court of the county in which the land is situated, shall approve; and in either case after such approval, the guardian may execute and deliver all the needful deeds, releases, and agreements for the sale, compromise, or assignment of such dower, or contingent right of dower. SECTION 2. repealed. That said original section 6307 is hereby Repeals. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. MCKINNON, To amend sections 63, 65 and 66 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Sec. 63. There shall be printed, the number hereinafter stated of each of the annual reports of the following officers and boards: Secretary of state, including statistics, for the secretary, two thousand five hundred copies; for each member of the general assembly, ten copies. Auditor of state, including detailed statement of receipts and disbursements: For the auditor, seven hundred copies, for each member of the general assembly, ten copies. Treasurer of state: For the treasurer, three hundred copies. Sinking fund commissioners: For the commissioners, fifty copies. Attorney general: For the attorney general, two hundred copies. Commissioner of common schools: For the commissioner, five thousand copies; for each member of the general assembly, ten copies; for each member of the board of county school examiners, thirty-five copies for distribution among teachers, boards of education, and special school boards. Commissioners of the state library: For the commissioners, two hundred copies. Supervisor of public printing: For the supervisor, one hundred copies. Commissioners of railroads and telegraphs: For the commissioner, one thousand copies; for each member of the general assembly, five copies; each copy to contain a correct railroad map of the state; of railroad maps, mounted on cloth and paper rollers, for the commissioner, one thousand copies; for each member of the general assembly, one hundred and twenty-five copies; of railroad maps in pocket Annual reofficers and ports of state boards. Number to be distributed. printed: how edition form, for the commissioner, one thousand copies;: for each member of the general assembly, fifty copies, provided, however, that the commissioners of railroads and telegraphs shall control the publication and distribution of the same. Commissioner of fisheries: For the commission, twohundred and fifty copies. State inspector of oils: For the inspector, three hundred copies. Adjutant general': For the adjutant general, six hundred copies. Board of public works: For the board, two hundred copies. Warden and directors of the penitentiary: For the warden and directors, five hundred copies. Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb: For the institution, five hundred copies. Institution for the education of the blind: For the institution, five hundred copies. Columbus asylum for the insane: For the superintendent, five hundred copies. Athens asylum for the insane: For the superintendent.. five hundred copies. Dayton asylum for the insane: For the superintendent. five hundred copies. Cleveland asylum for the insane: tendent, five hundred copies. For the superin- Longview asylum for the insane: For the superintendent, five hundred copies. Boys' industrial school: For the superintendent, five hundred copies. Girls' industrial home: For the superintendent, five hundred copies. Institution for idiotic and imbecile youth: For the institution, five hundred copies. Board of state charities: For the board, one thousand copies. Soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home: For the board. of trustees, five hundred copies. Soldiers' and sailors' home: For the board of trustees, five hundred copies. Ohio state university: For the trustees and officers. five thousand copies. Inspector of mines: For the inspector, two thousand copies for each member of the general assembly, five copies. Commissioner of statistics of labor: For the commissioner, five thousand copies; for each member of the general assembly, ten copies. Superintendent of insurance: For the superintendent of fire and life insurance report, two thousand copies; for each member of the general assembly, of the fire and life insurance report, ten copies. Meteorological bureau: For the board of directors, five hundred copies. |