after be associated with them, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "The Massillon Female Seminary," and shall be capable, by that name, of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being answered, of defending and being defended, in all courts of competent jurisdiction; may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure, and shall have pow er to pass, ordain, establish and defend, such rules, by-laws and ordinances as a majority of them shall deem expedient for the government of said seminary, and for accomplishing the object of this act, which object is hereby declared to be the moral, physical and intellectual improvement and education of young females. Sec. 2. That said corporation may receive and hold, by purchase, gift, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, and alien and convey the same, any estate, real, personal and mixed: Provided, The clear annual income shall not exceed two thousand dollars. Sec. 3. That the stock of said corporation shall be divided into five hundred shares, of fifty dollars each, and shall be considered and taken as personal property, to be subscribed for in the manner the above named corporators, or any five of them, may prescribe, and to be paid at such times and in such instalments as the by-laws of said corporation may di rect. Sec. 4. That said corporation may appoint such officers, directors and servants, with such powers and duties as they may deem proper. Sec. 5. At all elections to be held by said corporation, the shareholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held; and the votes may be given either in person or by proxy; but none but stockholders shall be eligible as proxies. Sec. 6. That this act shall be taken and deemed as a public act, and the General Assembly may at any time hereafter alter and amend the same in any manner which they may deem expedient, for the more effectual ac complishment of the object herein before declared. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the Senate. February 19, 1838. AN ACT To change the name of West Union, (alias Foulkstown) in the county of Columbiana. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the name of West Union, alias Foulkstown, be, and the same is hereby, changed to that of Calcutta. Sec. 2. That no right or title to any property heretofore acquired, shali in any wise be affected by the passage of this act. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 19, 1838. AN ACT Speaker of the Senate. To repeal a part of the act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the town of Springfield, in the county of Clark;' " passed March 12, 1836. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so much of the act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to incorporate the town of Springfield, in the county of Clark," passed March 12, 1836, as provides that the said corporation of Springfield shall be considered a road district, and that no person residing therein shall be compelled to work on the roads beyond the limits thereof, be, and the same is hereby repealed. C. ANTHONY, February 19, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT Making a special appropriation of a part of the three per cent. fund within the county of Wood. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That one hundred and fifty dollars of the three per cent. fund which is, or may hereafter, become due to the county of Wood, be expended under the direction of William Fowler and Joseph A. Sergeant, of said county, in improving the State road leading from Perrysburg to Findlay within the county of Wood. Sec. 2. The treasurer of Wood county is hereby authorized to pay over to the above named commissioners, upon the order of the county auditor, the sum hereby appropriated. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 19, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To lay out and establish a State road from West Liberty to the town of Bellefontaine, in the county of Logan. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Robert Patterson, Hiram McCartney and Andrew A. Wood, of Logan county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a State road commencing at the north part of West Liberty, thence on the nearest and best route to Bellefontaine, taking into consideration the work done on the road south of Bellefontaine to the Round Prairie. Sec. 2. That the commissioners aforesaid shall be governed in all respects by the law now in force, defining the mode of laying out State roads, passed March 14, 1831. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. February 19, 1838. AN ACT For the relief of J. H. Butler and Son. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Board of Public Works are hereby required to investigate and ascertain the damages sustained by J. H. Butler and Son, on section two hundred and seven, at the mouth of Sun Fish Creek, on the Ohio Canal, south of Licking Summit, by reason of the increased price of labor and subsistence, occasioned by the delay in the work, in consequence of the destruction of a portion of it by the freshet, of 5th July, 1831; and that the board take into consideration all other circumstances connected with such delay; and when so ascertained, to pay the amount to J. H. Butler and Son, or their legal representatives, out of the canal fund, deducting therefrom all sums heretofore paid on that account, if any. C. ANTHONY, February 19, 1838. AN ACT For the relief of Samuel Reed. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Canal Fund Commissioners be, and they are hereby, authorized to pay Samuel Reed, the sum of one thousand five hundred and seventy-six dol lars, on the order of the Board of Public Works, out of any money in the Ohio canal fund, as a just compensation for work performed on the first five stations of section number one hundred and ninety-nine on the Ohio and Erie Canal, south of the Licking Summit, as a sub-contractor under Robert Larimore. C. ANTHONY, February 20, 1838. AN ACT Speaker of the Senate. To authorize the sale of the Four Mile Bridge, in the county of Butler. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the commissioners of Butler county be, and they are hereby authorized, at their discretion, to sell the bridge over Four Mile Creek, in said county; and in case of a sale, the proceeds thereof shall be paid into the treasury of the county, for the use of said county. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 21, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To lay out and establish a State Road in the county of Columbiana. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That James Boyd, John Wallace, and William G. Smith, of the county of Columbiana, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a State road from West Point, on the west branch of Little Beaver creek, to East Liverpool, on the Ohio river, in the county of Columbiana. Sec. 2. That should either of the commissioners die, refuse to serve. or move out of the county, the county commissioners of said county shall fill such vacancy as often as it may occur. Sec. 3. That the commissioners aforesaid shall be governed, in all respects, by the law now in force defining the mode of laying out and establishing State roads, passed March 14, 1831. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE J. SMITH, February 21, 1338. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To incorporate the First Baptist Church and Society in the town of Bedford, in the county of Cuyahoga. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Stephen Ruscoe, John Brannard, D. B. Dunham, and those who may hereafter be associated with them be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, by the name of the "First Baptist Church and Society of Bedford," agreeably to an act passed March 5th, 1836, entitled "An act in relation to incorporated religious societies;" and shall hold their first meeting for the election of officers, by the persons named in this act, or a majority of them, giving ten days' notice in writing, posted up in three public places, of the time and place of holding the same. That Stephen Ruscoe, John Brannard, and D. B. Dunham, 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. C. ANTHONY, February 21, 1838. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To lay out and establish a State Road from Lower Sandusky, in the county of Sandusky, to the Maumee river, opposite the town of Napoleon, in the county of Henry. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Samuel Crowell and Jeremiah Everett be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a State road, commencing at Lower Sandusky and running from thence west to Rholersville, in Sandusky county; from thence to the Maumee river, opposite the town of Napoleon, in Henry county. Sec. 2. That the aforesaid commissioners shall, in all respects, be governed by the law in force, defining the mode of laying out and establishing State roads, passed March 14, 1831. Sec. 3. That should a vacancy occur in any of the foregoing appointments, the commissioners of Sandusky be, and they are hereby, authorized to fill the same. C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE J. SMITH, Speaker of the Senate, February 23, 1838. |