CHAPTER LV.

An act to amend the act entitled an "act for the prevention of cer

tain immoral practices.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That if any person shall at any time interrupt, molest or disturb any religious society, or any member thereof, or any persons when meeting or met together for the purpose of worship, or when meeting or met together for the purpose of performing any other duties enjoined on, or appertaining to them as members of such society, the person or persons so offending may be arrested and detained in custody not exceeding six hours at any one time; and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars; and any judge of the court of common pleas or justice of the peace within the proper county, be, and they are hereby empowered, authorised and required to proceed against and punish every person offending against the provisions of this act, upon view, or hearing, may, or on information given on oath or affirmation, shall, if need be, issue their warrant to bring the body of the accused before them, and shall, in a summary way, inquire into the truth of the accusation; and if guilty, shall enforce the penalty by this act annexed to the offence, which shall be collected and disposed of in the manner pointed out in the act to which this is an amemendment.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that the third section of the act, entitled "an act, for the prevention of certain immoral practices, passed, Janua

y third, 1816, be, and the same is hereby re

pealed.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the house of representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE,

Speaker of the senate.

January 29, 1821.

CHAPTER LVI.

An act relative to permanent leases.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That all lands of whatever description, lying within this state, the owners or occupiers of which, hold their titles thereto by the tenure of permanent leases, shall, in cases of judgments had and executions levied thereon, be con sidered as real estate; and the officer levying the execution or executions, shall conform to, and be governed by, the provisions of the several acts regulating judgments and executions, and such other laws as may hereafter be made and provided, for the sale of real estate taken in execution: Provided however, that nothing therein contained, shall be so construed, as to impair or affect any of the ob ligations stipulated in the lease or leases, by virtue of which the owner or owners or occupiers hold said lands.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after the passage thereof.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALLEN TRIMBLE,

January 29th, 1821.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER LVII.

In act to change the place of holding the courts in the county of Meigs.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That until there be erected a court house in the county of Meigs, or otherwise provided for, at the seat of justice of said county; the courts of said county shall be holden at the house of Levi Stedman, in the third township and twelth xange in said county.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the house of representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE,

January 29, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER LVIII

An act supplementary to the act to authorise Timothy Buell and others to erect toll bridges over Duck creek and little Muskingum river, in the township of Marietta, in the county of Washington.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That Timothy Buell and his associates, be allowed a further time for the completion of said bridges, of two years from the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the house of representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE,

January 29, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER LIX.

An act authorising and empowering Samuel Quimby, administrator on the estate of John Leavitt, deceased, to sell the lands belonging to said estate, and for other purposes.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That Samuel Quimby administrator on the estate of John Leavitt, be and he hereby is authorised and empowered to sell, subject to the right of dower of the widow, where the same has not been set off; either at public or private sale, for ready cash or on credit if not more than three years, to be paid in such instalments as he shall deem most advantageous; such lands belonging to the estate of John Leavitt, deceased, lying and being within the Connecticut Western Reserve, as shall be sufficient to pay the debts of said John Leavitt, deceased, and on the part and behalf of the heirs of Leavitt, convey the lands so sold, to the purchaser or purchasers, by deed, in as full and ample manner as the said John Leavitt could have done in his life time.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That the said Samuel Quimby, before entering on the business aforesaid, shall make out and file in the clerk's office of the several counties where the lands are situate, a schedule of all such lands as he may offer for sale under this act, and also a list of claims against said estate, and shall annually exhibit in each of said counties an amount of all sales by him made, together with the debts of said estate remaining unpaid, if any, and the amount received, and shall apply the proceeds arising from such sales, to the payment of the debts, agreeably to the statute in such cases made and provided, and shall, after the payment of the debts aforesaid, faithfully settle with the court of common pleas, in the counties

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aforesaid, and pay over to the said heirs such sum or sums as may be remaining (if any) in his hands belonging to said estate.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Samuel Quimby shall enter into a bond, in such sum and with such security, as the court of common pleas, in the county where the land is situate, may direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of his trust, previous to selling or offering any tract or lot of land for sale; which bond shall be in the name of the treasurer of the county and his successor in office, and deposited with the clerk.

Sec. 4. Be it jurther enacted, That whenever the condition of said bond shall be broken, it shall be lawful for any person interested to prosecute suit in the name of the treasurer, and the court shall enter judgment for the amount the person prosecuting may prove that he has sustained damage, by reason of the breach of the condition: Provided, that the sum shall, in no instance, exceed the amount of said bond, on which may be due thereon, after deducting the prior judgments, if any.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all sales made, deeds or conveyances executed, by the said Samuel Quimby, as administrator as aforesaid, to carry into effect this act, shall be good and valid in law.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON,

Speaker of the house of Representatives.

ALLEN TRIMBLE.

Speaker of the senate.

January 29, 1821.