respective judges of said court may require of said interpreter.

tion.

SEC. 4. That said interpreter shall receive for his services Compensaa compensation to be fixed by the judges appointing him, not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum; and the auditor of the county in which such court is located, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon on the county treasurer, who shall pay the same out of any fund not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 5. The clerk of the court in any county having such interpreter, shall tax in the cost bill in every case, to be collected as other costs, the sum of three dollars per day for the services of such interpreter, where his services are required, and the said fees shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county fund.

SEC. 6. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

C. H. GROSVENOR,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

W. H. CURTISS,
President of the Senate.

Passed March 30, 1877.

AN ACT

To secure the collection of delinquent taxes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State Authority of of Ohio, That when any personal taxes heretofore or hereafter levied, shall stand charged against any person or. corporation, upon the tax duplicate of any county in this state, for state, county, city or any other purposes, authorized by law, and the same shall not be paid within the time prescribed by law for the payment of such taxes, the treasurer of such county, in addition to any other remedy provided by law for the collection of such personal taxes, is hereby specially authorized and empowered to enforce the lien of such taxes by commencing in any of the courts of the state having jurisdiction of the subject matter, a civil action in Mode of prothe name of the treasurer of such county against such person or corporation, for the recovery of such unpaid taxes; and it shall be sufficient, having made proper parties to the suit, for such treasurer to allege in his petition that the said taxes stand charged upon the said duplicate of said county against such person or corporation, that the same are due and unpaid thereon, and that such person or corporation is indebted in the amount appearing to be due on said duplicate, and such treasurer shall not be required to set forth in this said potition, any other or further special matter relating thereto, and said tax duplicate shall be received as prima facie evidence on the trial of said suit, of the amount and the validity of such taxes appearing due and unpaid thereon,

Judgment

shall be rendered.

and of the non-payment of the same, without setting forth in his said petition any other or further special matter relating thereto; and if, on the trial of said action, it shall be found that such person or corporation is so indebted, judgment shall be rendered in favor of such treasurer so prosecuting said action as in other cases; and the judgment debtor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the laws for stay of execution or exemption of homestead, or any other property from levy or sale or execution in the enforcement of any such judgment.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed March 31, 1877.

H. W. CURTISS,

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To amend section one of an act entitled "An act to provide for the execution and supervision of the state printing and binding," passed and took effect March 24, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section one of the above entitled act be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 1. That the secretary of state, the auditor of state, and the attorney general shall be ex officio commissioners of the public printing during their terms of office respectively. SEC. 2. That original section one of said act be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. That this act take effect from and after its passage.

C. H. GROSVENOR,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

Passed March 31, 1877.

H. W. CURTISS,

President of the Senate.

AN ACT

To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the consolidation of railroad companies in this state with railroad companies of states adjoining, in certain cases, and to authorize railroad companies in this state to extend their roads into adjoining states," passed April 10, 1856, and took effect May 1, 1856 (S. & C., 327), as the same was amended by the act of May 6, 1869 (66 O. L., 127), and section two of the aforesaid act, passed April 10, 1856.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section one of the aforesaid act of April 10, 1856, as amended May 6, 1869, be so amended as to read as follows:

Section 1. That whenever the lines of railroad of any Consolidarailroad companies in this state, or any portion of such lines, tion. have been [or] are being so constructed as to admit the passage of burthen or passenger cars over any two or more of such roads, continuously, without break or interruption, such companies are hereby authorized to consolidate themselves into a single corporation; and that it shall be lawful for any railroad company in this state, organized under the general or any special law, or which may hereafter be organized in this state, and whose line of road shall be made, or in process of construction, to the boundary line of the state, or to any point, either in or out of this state, to consolidate its capital stock with the capital stock of any railroad in an adjoining state, the line of whose road has been made or is in process of construction to the same point, and when the several roads so unite as to form a continuous line for the passage of cars: provided, that roads running to the bank of any river which is not bridged, shall be held to be continuous under this act.

SEC. 2. That section two of the aforesaid act, passed April 10, 1856, and took effect May 1, 1856, be so amended as to read as follows:

Joint agree

Section 2. That said consolidation shall be made under the conditions and restrictions following, that is to say: First. The directors of the several corporations may enter into a joint agreement, under the corporate seal of each com- ment. pany, for the consolidation of said companies, and prescribing the terms and conditions thereof, the mode of carrying the same into effect, the name of the new corporation, the number of the directors and other officers thereof and their place of residence, the number of shares of the capital stock, the amount of each share, and the manner of converting the capital stock of each of the said companies into that of the new corporation, with such other details as they shall deem necessary to perfect such new organization, and the consolidation of said companies.

Second. Said agreement shall be submitted to the stock- Mode of preholders of each of the said companies, at a meeting thereof cedure. called separately for the purpose of taking the same into consideration; due notice of the time and place of holding

Reports.

Time.

such meeting, and the object thereof, shall be given, by written or printed notices addressed to each of the persons in whose names the capital stock of said companies stands on the books thereof, and also by a like notice published in some newspaper in the city or town where such company has its principal office or place of business; and at the said meeting of stockholders, the agreement of the said directors shall be considered, and a vote by ballot taken for the adoption or rejection of the same, each share of stock on which have been paid all the installments called for by the board of directors entitling the holder thereof to one vote, and the ballots shall be cast in person or by proxy, and if two-thirds of all the votes cast at said meeting shall be for the adoption of said agreement, then that fact shall be certified thereon by the secretary of each of said companies; and the agreement so adopted, or a certified copy thereof, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall be deemed and taken to be the agreement and act of consolidation of said companies; and a copy of said agreement and act of consolidation, duly certified by the secretary of state, under the great seal of the state of Ohio, shall be evidence of the existence of said corporation.

SEC. 3. Section one of said act, passed April 10, 1856, as amended May 6, 1869, and section two of said original act, passed April 10, 1856, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representaiives.

H. W. CURTISS,

President of the Senate.

Passed March 30, 1877.

AN ACT

To provide for obtaining and publishing reports of banks, savings institutions, and trust companies organized under the laws of this state.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That each and every banking institution, or incorporation engaged in the business of banking, organized under the laws of this state, shall make a report to the auditor of state, showing the condition thereof, before the commencement of business on the first Monday of the months of April and October of each year: provided, that institutions known as banking [building] or loan institutions, organized and conducted under the statutes for such institutions, and not doing a banking business, shall not be included in the provisions of this bill.

Balanced report of condition and publication of same.

SEC. 2. That the auditor of state shall issue his requisition upon all banking institutions for the reports required to be made by section one of this act, a convenient number of days prior to the first day of April and October of each year, and each banking institution shall, upon receipt thereof, immediately forward to the auditor a balanced report of its condition, verified by the oath or affirmation of one or more of the officers of such institution, and shall also publish such report in full, at its own expense, in a newspaper issued at the place where the institution is located, or, if there be no newspaper in that place, then in the one nearest thereto; and any banking institution neglecting to make and transmit to the auditor of state and publish such report, shall, after the expiration of five days from the receipt of the requisition thereof, be subject to a penalty of thirty dollars Penalties. for each day's delay, which penalty may be collected by a suit to be brought by the auditor of state, or by any creditor of the association, before any court of competent jurisdiction in the district wherein such banking institution may be located; and all sums of money collected for penalties under this section, shall be paid into the treasury of the state.

SEC. 3. That all savings associations, banks, trust companies, savings banks, and other banking institutions having capital stock, shall report their resources and liabilities in the following form :