Mahoning County

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AN ACT

To provide for the removal of the seat of justice of Mahoning county, Ohio, from the town of Canfield to the city of Youngstown, in said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That from and after taking effect of this section of this act, as hereinafter provided, the seat of justice in the county of Mahoning shall be removed from the town of Canfield, and shall be fixed, until otherwise provided by law, at the city of Youngstown, in said county.
SEC. 2. That the foregoing section of this act shall take effect and be in force when, and so soon as the same shall be adopted by a majority of all the electors of said Mahoning county voting at the next general election after the passage thereof, and when suitable buildings shall have been erected as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 3. That the electors of said Mahoning county, at the next general election after the passage of this act, shall indorse or otherwise place on their tickets, either the words " For Removal" or " Against Removal;" and if a majority of all the electors of said Mahoning county voting at said election shall vote for removal, the first section of this act shall thereafter be considered and holden to be adopted by such majority: Provided, that all tickets upon which the words " for removal" shall not be indorsed or otherwise placed shall be taken and considered as votes against removal, as fully as though the words "against removal" were indorsed or otherwise placed thereon.
SEC. 4. That the judges and clerks of election in the several townships, wards and voting precincts in said county, at the said general election, shall cause all the votes that may be so given for or against removal, to be correctly counted, in doing which all tickets upon which the words " for removal" are not indorsed or otherwise placed shall be counted as votes against removal, and shall enter and certify in the respective poll books of said general election the number of votes so counted for, as well as against such removal, which poll-books shall be returned and opened as required by the act regulating said general election ; and the opening of the returns thereof, and the officers opening the same shall, at the same time they make, certify and sign the abstracts required by law, also make, certify and sign a separate abstract of all the votes so returned for or against removal, showing the number so given in each township, and the footings or aggregate number given in all the townships, which abstract shall be forthwith deposited in the clerk's office of said county, and be by him forthwith recorded in the journal of the court of common pleas in said county, which record, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall be taken and received as evidence for all purposes as the result of said election.
SEC. 5. That in case a majority of the electors of said county of Mahoning shall vote for removal, as hereinbefore provided, the seat of justice and county seat shall be deemed and taken to be removed from Canfield, in said county, to the city of Youngstown, in said county, and to be located at said city of Youngstown: Prodded, however, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize the removal of said seat of justice to the city of Youngstown until the citizens of the city and township of Youngstown shall have donated a lot or lots of land in the city of Youngstown, of sufficient size, and suitably located, to accommodate the court house, jail and necessary offices for said county, and shall have erected thereon, or shall have caused to be erected and completed thereon, suitable buildings for a court-house, jail and all offices and rooms necessary for the transaction of all the public business of said county, at a cost for said buildings of not less than one hundred thousand dollars, and to the satisfaction and acceptance of the commissioners of said county, and all such buildings shall be fully completed within two years from the date of the election at which this act shall be notified, and said commissioners shall not, nor shall any other authority of said county levy any tax on the taxable property of said county for said land or buildings; provided, that the citizens of Youngstown may within said two years, build said public buildings and tender the same to said county commissioners.
SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the sheriff or coroner, as the case may be, to cause proclamation to be made to the qualified electors of said county of the time of holding said election, in the same manner as by law he is required to do in other elections, notifying said electors to vote as aforesaid on the question by this act submitted to them.
SEC. 7. The sections of this act subsequent to the first section shall take effect and be in force from and after their passage.

GEORGE L. CONVERSE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALPHONSO HART,
President of the Senate.
Passed April 9,1874.