Sec. 5. That any regular meeting of the corporation may ordain and establish such by-laws and regulations for the government of its officers and members, and for the general benefit of the corporation as they may think proper: Provided, They be consistent with this act, and the constitution and laws of this State and of the United States; and which by-laws or regulations they may amend, alter or repeal at any annual meeting. Sec. 6. That the trustees may call a special meeting of the corporation at any time, by giving at least ten days' previous notice; either by publishing immediately at the close of public worship, or in the newspaper, or by putting up written notices in three of the most public places in the village. Sec. 7. That in all meetings, each male member in communion of the church, and each owner or renter of a pew or part of a pew, shall be entitled to vote, and a majority of the votes shall determine all elections. Sec. 8. That original process against the corporation shall be by summons, which shall be served by leaving an attested copy with any one of the trustees, at least twelve days previous to the return day thereof; and such service shall be deemed sufficient in law, to bind the corporation. Sec. 9. That Thomas Stevenson, John Emerson and Wright Warner, be, and they are hereby constituted trustees of said corporation, with full power to act as such, until the first annual meeting, or until their successors are elected. Sec. 10. That any future Legislature to amend, modify or repeal this To incorporate the Methodist Episcopal Church and Society of Canton, Stark county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Thomas S. Bonfield, Newberry Kline, William Dunbar, George N. Webb, and Peter Toffler, and their associates, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canton, together with such other persons as may be hereafter associated with them, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Methodist Episcopal Church and Society in Canton," and as such, shall remain and have perpetual succession; and by their corporate name, may contract and be contracted with; may sue and be sued; answer and be answered; defend and be defended; plead and be impleaded, in any court of competent jurisdiction, in all manner of actions, causes and complaints whatsoever; and may have a common seal, which they may change or alter at pleasure. Sec. 2. That said corporation shall be capable in law and equity, in their corporate name, aforesaid, of having, receiving acquiring and holding, by purchase, gift, grant, devise, or legacy, any estate, real, personal or mixed, for the use of said corporation: Provided, That the annual income of all such property, shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars; and that all the property of whatever kind, shall be considered as held in trust, under the management and at the disposal of said corporation, for the purpose of promoting the interest of said society, and maintaining any institutions of charity, and particularly a female seminary intended to be connected therewith: And provided also, That where money, or other property, shall be given, granted, devised or bequeathed, for the purposes of education, or any other purpose, it shall be faithfully applied to the purpose for which it may be intended. Sec. 3. That, for the better managing of the affairs of said society, and promoting the interest thereof, there shall be elected on the first Monday of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and on the first Monday in May, in each succeeding year thereafter, five trustees, and such other officers as the corporation may deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected: Provided, That, if from any cause, an election of officers should not be made on the day appointed for the annual election, the society may elect their officers at any meeting of the corporation duly assembled. Sec. 4. That Thomas S. Bonfield, Newberry Kline, William Dunbar, George N. Webb and Peter Toffler, named in the first section of this act, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees until the first annual election, and until others are elected in their place. Sec. 5. That all elections of the corporation shall be by ballot, and the person or persons having a majority of the votes for any office, shall be considered duly elected; each member shall have one vote; and all matters of the corporation shall be determined by a majority of the members present at any meeting of the society, duly assembled. Sec. 6. That the trustees, a majority of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, shall, under the direction of the society, have the management and control of the property and other concerns of the corporation, and they, or a majority of them, shall also have power to call a meeting of the society, either for the election of officers, or for the transaction of any other business of the society, by giving at least ten days notice thereof, by causing notice thereof to be set up in three of the most public places within the limits of said society. Sec. 7. That any meeting of the society, duly assembled, may adopt and establish such by-laws and ordinances as may be deemed proper and necessary for the good government of said corporation: Provided, That such by-laws and ordinances shall be compatible with the constitution. and laws of the United States, and of this State. Sec. 8. That original process against the corporation, shall be served by leaving an attested copy with one or more of the trustees, at least ten days before the return day thereof; and such service shall be deemed sufficient to bind the corporation. Sec. 9. That any future Legislature shall have power to modify or repeal this act: Provided, That such modification or repeal, shall not affect the title to any estate, real or personal, acquired or conveyed under its provisions. WM. SAWYER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 1st, 1836. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To lay out and establish a State Road, in the counties of Wood, Henry, and Williams. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Guy Neering, of Wood county, John Patrick, of Henry county, and Sidney S. Sprague, of Williams county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay out and establish a state road; commencing at the town of Miltonville, in the county of Wood; thence on the nearest and best route to Gillead, in said county of Wood; and from thence to Defiance, in the county of Williams. Sec. 2. That in the event of the death of either of the commissioners, or should either of them refuse to serve, or remove out of the county, his place shall be supplied by the commissioners of the county where the vacancy shall happen, as often as it may occur. Sec. 3. That the commissioners shall be governed, in all respects, by the law now in force, defining the mode of laying out and establishing state roads, passed March 14th, 1831; and the expense of laying out and establishing said road shall be paid as pointed out in said act. WM. SAWYER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 1st, 1836. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT Supplementary to the act, entitled, "An act directing the manner of leasing the lands granted by Congress for the use of Schools within the Virginia Military District," passed February 26th, 1816. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it shall be the duty of the register of the Virginia Military District, forthwith to appoint two disinterested persons, who shall proceed on oath or affirmation, to revalue the lands granted by Congress for the use of schools within the district aforesaid, in such manner as is required by the provisions of the sixth section of the act to which this is supplementary. Sec. 2. That each of the persons so appointed to re-value the lands aforesaid, shall receive for his services, the sum of two dollars per day, for every day he may be necessarily employed in the performance of the duties of his appointment; to be paid out of the Virginia Military School Fund, upon the certificate of the register of said lands. WM. SAWYER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 1st, 1836. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To change part of Perry street, in the town of Dayton. WHEREAS, it is made known to the General Assembly, that those persons whose real estate is appropriated, in order to the change of a street as made in the following act, have received all damages they claim, by reason of said change, and are desirous that the same should be made: Therefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the following change be, and the same is hereby made in Perry street, in the town of Dayton, and county of Montgomery, that is to say: commencing at the north-west corner of a stable, built by George Newcom, on the east line of said Perry street, seventeen feet northwardly of the point where the northern boundary of an alley, from St. Clair street, to Perry street, intersects the said Perry street, and a corresponding point on the western boundary of Perry street; thence to run north fifteen degrees and thirty minutes west, parallel with Wilkinson street, to the southern boundary of First street; and that so much of Perry street, as is now located northwardly of the said beginning points, be, and the same is hereby vacated. WM. SAWYER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 1st, 1836. ELIJAH VANCE, AN ACT To incorporate the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liverpool, in the county of Medina. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That G. W. E. Melzger, Charles Gaier, Jacob Roth, Jacob Keller, and their associates, together with such persons as may hereafter become associated with them, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and cor porate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liverpool;" and by such name, shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, in all courts and other tribunals of competent jurisdiction; and shall have power to make and use a common scal, and the same to alter at pleasure; and to acquire and enjoy, control, rent, sell, or dispose of, any property, real, personal, or mixed: Provided, The annual income thereof shall not exceed two thousand dollars: And provided, also, That said property shall be applied to objects incident to the support of public worship, and the ordinances of said church, together with such institutions of learning and charity, as may be connected therewith, and to no other purpose. Sec. 2. There shall be a meeting of the members connected with the said church and society, annually, on Easter Monday; at which time, not less than three, nor more than seven trustees shall be elected, and such other officers as the said members may deem necessary; and if at any time the election should not be held on the day above specified, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, but the officers previously chosen shall serve until their successors are elected; and such election may be held at any time, ten days public notice having been given of the time and place of holding such election. Sec. 3. That said corporation shall have power to adopt and enforce such by-laws and regulations, as may be deemed proper and necessary for its government, and the efficient management of its concerns: Provided, That such laws and regulations shall be compatible with the constitution and laws of this State, and of the United States. Sec. 4. That original process against the corporation shall be served by leaving an attested copy with one or more of the trustees, and such service shall be sufficient to bind the corporation. Sec. 5. Any future Legislature may alter or repeal this act, but such alteration or repeal shall not affect the title to any property acquired or transferred under its provisions. WM. SAWYER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ELIJAH VANCE, January 1st, 1836. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To amend the act, entitled, "An act to incorporate the town of Canton, in the county of Stark;" passed January 30, 1832. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the president, recorder, and trustees, of the town of Canton, in the county of Stark, for the purpose of enabling them to pay the amount of stock, by them subscribed, in the books of the Nimishillen and Sandy Navigation Company, pursuant to the second section of an act, entitled, "An |