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Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws relating to the aforesaid section number sixteen, that are now in force in any way relating to said section, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

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,

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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That there shall be a state road established in the county of Champaign, beginning at Archibald McGrew's, west of Mad river, to run thence with or near the county road leading from Urbana in the county of Champaign to Piqua in the county of Miami, through Piqua the nearest and and best way to Greenville in Dark county, thence the best way westward to the Indiana state line: also, the state road now established from Piqua to Wappaughkonetta shall be continued and established from the said Wappaughkonetta, the nearest and best way to Fort Meigs.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That Aron L. Hunt, of Champaign county, Leander Munsell of the coun

ty of Miami, and John Devors of the county of Dark be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and locate the state road leading from Archibald M.Grew's in Champaign county through Piqua in Miami county, and through Greenville in Dark county to the Indiana state line. Also that John Johnson of Miami county and Samuel Marshall of Shelby county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and locate the sate road from Wappaughkonetta to Fort Meigs.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners named in the second section of this act after they shall have laid out and located the before mentioned roads, shall make out and transmit to the commissioners of each county through which the road passes a correct plat of said road or roads, as soon as possible after such road or roads shall have been located; and it is hereby made the duty of the board of commissioners to cause the same to be recorded.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the county commissioners in each of the respective counties through which said roads may pass shall allow the road commissioners such compensation for their services as they shall deem just and equitable, to be paid out of the three per cent fund, so soon as their appointments may be assigned them, according to the distance of the roads in each respective county.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted That Joseph Vance of Franklin county Forrest Meeker of Delaware county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to survey and locate a state road from the former Indian boundary line, in Delaware county, at or near the house of captain William S. Drake, from thence to Lower Sandusky, making Upper Sandusky, and the town of Oakley Points.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said Jo

seph Vance and Forrest Meeker commissioners to survey and locate said road, shall be governed in all respects, both as to their wages and in making their returns; and the commissioners of each county through which the road passes shall receive and record the same in the same manner as is provided in the third and fourth sections of this act, for services of a similar nature.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Vance and Forrest Mceker aforesaid shall meet at the house of William S. Drake as soon as may be convenient, after being legally informed of their appointment, and proceed to survey, and locate said road.

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

February 2, 1821.

Speaker of the senate.

CHAPTER LXXXIII.

An act for the relief of Nathan Dustan, Barak Weeks and others.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That there shall be paid out of the county treasury of the county of Franklin to Nathan Dustan and Barak Weeks, or their order the sum of thirty three dollars, to defray the expense of laying out a road from Columbus in the county of Franklin to Zoar in the county of Delaware, so far as the same was run within the county of Franklin.

JOSEPH RICHARDSON,

Speaker of the house of representatives.
ALLEN TRIMBLE,

February 1, 1821.

Speaker of the senate,

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CHAPTER LXXXIV

An act to amend the act entitled an act for the inspection of cen tain articles therin enumerated.

Sec. 1.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, That previous to any two hundred pounds weight of fish being packed or barrelled agreeably to the tenth section of the act to which this is an amendment, said fish shall be corned down, with twelve pounds of salt, for a space of time not exceeding twenty four nor less than twelve hours: immediately after which they shall be cleaned and packed with fifty pounds of good salt, agreeably to the before recited act.

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

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An act to provide for leasing the school lands within the United

States' Military District.

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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the

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state of Ohio, That the court of common pleas of any county within the United States' Military District in this state, be, and they are hereby authorised, upon application as herein after provided, to grant permanent leases for all the school land within said district granted by congress for the use of schools; upon condition and reserving the rents herein after provided: Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise leasing any lands in said district granted by congress for the use of schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That when any person shall apply to take a permanent lease of any of the school lands mentioned in the first section of this act; the court of common pleas for the county in which the land lies shall on application in writing, appoint three judicious freeholders of said county, who shall after the same shall have been surveyed, as is herein after provided, proceed on oath or affirmation, to view and appraise said tract or tracts of land, as the said court shall direct; taking into view the advantages and disadvantages of situation together with the improvements thercon (if any) and quality of soil, and make such return of the value thereof to said court, at such time as the court shall direct, which return shall be filed in the office of the clerk of said court and such permanent lease shall bear the same date as the order of the court for granting the same.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said court shall thereupon order their clerk to proceed in the recess of the court and before the next term thereof to grant permanent leases for the land se applied for and appraised to the applicant or applicants, their heirs or assigns for the term of ninety nine years renewable forever, subject to revaluation at the end of thirty three years from the date of such permanent lease or leases agreeably to

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