[JENNINGS  TOWNSHIP,  PUTNAM  COUNTY.]

Section  1.  J3e  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of
Ohio,  That  whenever  in  any  township  ^^  hich  by  the  federal  census
of  1870  had,  and  which  by  any  subae(|uent  federal  census  may
have,  a  population  of  one  thousand  and  fifty-nine  the  township
trustees  thereof  shall,  on  the  peliiion  of  not  less  than  twenty  five
resident  tax-payers  of  such  township,  pass  a  resolution  declaring
it  to  be  essential  to  the  interest  of  such  township  that  a  line  of  rail-
way shall  be  constructed  on  the  line  to  be  designated  in  said  peti-
tion, and  sxiid  railway  shall  be  named  in  said  resolution,  and  the
termini  thereof  shall  be  designated  therein,  and  not  to  exceed  seven
miles  in  length,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  a  board  of  trustees  appointed
as  herein  provided,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  borrow  as
a  fund  for  that  pur[)Ose,  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand
dollars,  and  to  issue  bonds  therefor,  in  the  name  of  said  township,
bearing  interest  at  a  rale  not  exceeding  six  j)er  centum  per  annum,
payable  semi  annually,  said  bonds  to  be  pa)  able  at  such  times  and
places,  and  in  such  siui^s  as  shall  be  deemed  best  by  said  board.
