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An Act for the benefit of Harriet and her infant daughter Sarah. 1833 68 (1833)

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they are hereby, appointed commissioners for the purpose
of laying off a town, at the place where a majority of the
citizens aforesaid shall designate, or in the opinion of the
commissioners (a majority acting) shall be best for the in-
terest of the county.
Theinduty and  SEc. 3. And beit further enacted, That so soon as it shall
powers.   appear that a majority of the citizens of said county are
in favor of moving the county seat, it shall be the duty of
the commissioners to designate the place for said town, and
proceed immediately to lay off said town, on the lands of
any individual they can make the best contract with for
thesituation of said town; and the commissioners afore-
said, are hereby empowered with all the rights and privi-
leges that the commissioners of Reynoldsburgh were ori-
ginally empowered with, and shall have the same powers
of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted
with, to sell and dispose of all the present public buildings
and public square, to lay off said town, under the same
rules, regulations and size that Reynoldsburgh is now in-
corporated under, and possess the same power of contract-
ing for public buildings, and do and perform all things ne-
cessary to sell and dispose of the lots and perfect titles to
the same, in as full and ample a manner as any other com-
missioners in laying off county towns are entitled to.
sent of justice SEa. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the county seat
to be removed. of said county shall be anoved as contemplated by this act,
from and after the first day of June next, the place so desig-
nated by the commissioners, shall be,and is hereby, known
as the county seat of Humphr6ys coufity, and shall be cal-
led Waverly. All writs, process, and other legal proceed-
ings, shall be returned at said town, from and after the first
day of June next; and all courts now holden for said coun-
ty at Reynoldsburgh, shall, from and after the first day of
June next, be held at Waverly, at the same time that is
now prescribed for holding courts in said county.
F. W. HULING,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
D.BURFORD,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed November 16, 1833.
CHAPTER CXXVI.
An Act for the benefit of Harriet and her infant daughter Sarah.
Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly,
that Aleck Trimble has purchased his wife Harriet, and
infant daughter named Sarah, from their owners, and paid
therefor a valuable consideration, and that he is anxious to

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