Cashier.

Salary.

suit instituted, shall be paid to the state treasurer and placed in the general revenue fund and a separate account kept thereof. The board shall appoint a competent person as cashier to receive and account for all moneys collected and to perform such other duties as may be assigned him. He shall receive an annual salary of not more than twelve hundred dollars and shall give a bond to the state of not less than $10,000, conditioned that he will faithfully perform his duties, and account for all moneys received by him. Such bond after approval by the board shall be filed at the office of the treasurer of state.

Sec. 1815-8. In order to facilitate the investigation. of the financial condition of the inmates in such state institutions, and of persons liable for their support, the board of state charities may, prior to February 15, 1913, employ Assistant agents. assistant agents not to exceed five in number, who shall receive an annual salary of not more than fifteen hundred dollars, and necessary expenses; after such date not more than three assistant agents may be employed.

tor or administrator.

Claim for support.

Sec. 1815-10. Upon the death of a person who is an inmate, or has been an inmate since the passage of this act, of any of the aforesaid institutions and who is possessed of Duty of execu- property, it shall be the duty of the executor or administrator to ascertain from the board of state charities whether the deceased person was supported while an inmate, and if not, the board may present a claim for support, or for the balance due in case less than the maximum rate had been paid. Such claim shall be allowed and paid as other lawful claims against the estate; provided that the board may waive the presentation of any claim when in their judgment an otherwise dependent person will be directly benefited by the estate. It shall be lawful for the board to accept from a guardian or trustee of an inmate a contract agreeing to pay to the state from the property of his ward before or at the death of his ward a fixed annual amount for the support of such ward while an inmate, and with interest at four per cent. per annum. A copy of such contract shall be filed in the probate court of the proper county, and duly entered as a part of the records concerning such ward.

Contract for fixed annual amount.

Copy filed in probate court.

SECTION 2. That such original sections 1815-1, 1815-2, 1815-4, 1815-8 and 1815-10 of the General Code be and the same are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. That this act shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its enactment.

S. J. VINING,

WM. GREEN,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

President pro tem. of the Senate.

Passed March 30th, 1911.

This bill was presented to the Governor March 30th, 1911, and was not signed or returned to the house wherein

it originated within ten days after being so presented, ex-
clusive of Sundays and the day said bill was presented, and
was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, April 14th,

1911.

JOHN W. DEVANNEY,

Veto Clerk.
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[House Bill No. 63.]

Section 4205-1.

AN ACT

To authorize cities to establish, manage, regulate and maintain
municipal pawn departments and to provide the means there-
for.

shop.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That every city of this state shall have the
power to establish, manage, regulate and maintain a munic- Municipal pawn
ipal pawn department within its corporate limits, to loan
money upon personal property and to charge interest for
advances made on pawns, and to acquire by purchase, lease
or otherwise the necessary lands, buildings, halls or rooms
for such purpose and to do everything that pertains to or
has any connection with the establishment, management,
regulation and maintenance of such department. "But if,
within thirty days after the passage of an ordinance es-
tablishing such department, there is presented to the city
council or filed with its clerk, a written petition signed by Petition; vote.
fifteen per cent. of the qualified electors of such municipal-
ity, to be determined by the highest number of votes cast
for the mayor of the municipality at the last preceding mu-
nicipal election, requesting such ordinance to be submitted
to a vote of the electors thereof, the ordinance shall not
become operative until it has been so submitted and has re-
ceived a majority of the votes cast thereon.

The council by resolution shall provide that such vote
be taken at the next municipal election, and shall cause a
copy of such resolution to be certified to the board of dep-
uty state supervisors of the county in which such municipal
corporation is situated, which board shall thereupon pre-
pare the ballots and make all other necessary arrangements
for the submission of such question at the time fixed in the
resolution. Such election shall be held at the regular place
or places of voting in such municipality and shall be con-
ducted, canvassed and certified in the same manner as the
election of officers thereof.

tion.

Thirty days' notice of such submission shall be given Notice of elecby the mayor of the municipality in two newspapers of opposite politics printed therein, once a week for four consecutive weeks, stating the object and purpose, and the time and place of holding such election. Those voting in favor

5-G. & L. A.

Section 4205-2.

Section 4205-3.

Tax levy.

Section 4205-4.

Section 4205-5. Appointment. Removal.

Section 4205-6.
Assistants.

Section 4205-7.

of the proposition shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For the establishment of a municipal pawn department," and those voting against it shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Against the establishment of a municipal pawn department.'

SECTION 2. To create a municipal pawn fund out of which all municipal money loans upon personal property to pawners are paid and to receive donations and bequests of money or property for the same, in trust or otherwise.

SECTION 3. The council of each city shall for the purpose of creating and maintaining the said municipal pawn fund, have the power to levy and collect a tax not exceeding one-fifth of one mill on each dollar of the taxable property within the municipality, annually, and until said municipal pawn department becomes self-supporting. The municipal pawn fund so created and the moneys in the future from all sources received by said department for the said fund shall be turned over to the city treasurer, who, upon giving bond, as required by the city council, shall be the custodian and disburser of the same as of all other funds and public moneys. But he shall not honor any voucher presented to him for payment from said fund unless the same is properly approved by the head of such municipal pawn department.

SECTION 4. Every municipal pawn department of a city in this state shall be a sub-department of the department of public service and under the general management and supervision of the director of public service.

SECTION 5. The mayor of every city, where a municipal pawn department is established, shall appoint and have the power to remove the head of such department, who shall be called the superintendent of the municipal pawn depart

ment.

SECTION 6. The director of public service shall have the exclusive right, to appoint as many assistant superintendents, pawn inspectors, clerks and pawn custodians in the municipal pawn department as shall be necessary for the administration of its affairs and shall likewise have sole power to remove or suspend any such assistant superintendent, pawn inspector, clerk and pawn custodian, but in making such appointments and removals he shall be subject to the same limitations which govern him in the appointments and removals of any other appointees of the same grade in the department of public service; and he shall make rules and regulations for the administration of the affairs in the said municipal pawn department.

SECTION 7. The superintendent of the municipal pawn department shall organize and superintend the whole department and give all the orders and directions to the appointees thereof. The assistant superintendents shall assist the superintendent in all his work as ordered by him and shall perform all his duties and exercise all his powers in case of his absence, disability or disqualification. The

Section 4205-8.

Section 4205-9.

Section 4205-10.

pawn inspectors shall examine and appraise every article Appraisement.
offered as a pawn. The clerks shall make all the entries
in the municipal pawn books and perform all the clerical
work in the municipal pawn department. The pawn cus-
todians shall place all pawns accepted by the department
in a systematic order, take proper care of them as long as
they are in the possession of said department and do the
manual work pertaining to and connected with the same.
And all the said appointees shall be subject to all the orders
and directions of the superintendent and do or perform all
the work assigned to them by him and make and keep a
record of all their respective work.

Record.

SECTION 8. The position of the superintendent of the municipal pawn department shall be included in the unclassified service of the civil service mentioned in section 4479 of the General Code; the classified service referred to civil service. in the same section shall comprise all other positions in said sub-department not included in the unclassified service, or as the civil service commission appointed according to section 4478 of the General Code may, by rule, determine. Classified servAll applicants for admission into the classified service and all assistant superintendents, pawn inspectors, clerks and pawn custodians, whose positions are included in the classified service in the municipal pawn department, shall be governed by the same laws and regulations, which apply to such other applicants and appointees of the same grade in the department of public service.

SECTION 9. Council shall by ordinance or resolution fix the term of the appointment and the respective salaries and compensation of the superintendent, of the assistant superintendents, pawn inspectors, clerks and pawn custodians in the municipal pawn department, and determine the amount of the bond to be given by each of them, if any be required, and said bond shall be given by such appointees with surety subject to the approval of the mayor of the city.

ice.

Term, Jalaries, dinance or resolution.

bond fixed by or

Loans limited.

SECTION 10. When such municipal pawn department has disposable funds it shall make advances on all goods How loans shall and chattels offered, embraced within its rules and regula- be made. tions, in the order in which they are offered; with the exception that it shall discriminate in favor of small loans to the indigent, but in no case shall the amount loaned to any one person exceed the sum of one hundred fifty dollars. It shall loan not to exceed one-half of the appraised value of gold and silver plate and ware and not to exceed onethird of such value, on all other goods and chattels, and shall carry insurance against loss or damage by fire, in a sum equal to the appraised value of the pledged property. In case of loss or damage by fire said department shall be liable to the pawners thereby affected in an amount not to exceed the appraised value thereof, which value shall be ascertained by the pawn inspector, at the time of making the loan; but before paying anything to the pawner for

Loss or damage.

Oath of appllcant.

Section 4205-11

such loss of or damage to his said pledged property, said department shall after receiving and accepting full payment for such loss or damage from the insurance company, deduct therefrom the principal, interest, and the storage and insurance charges due thereon.

And before making any loan, said department shall inquire about and ascertain from the applicant or applicants for a loan, under oath :

1st. address.

2nd.

pledge.

3rd.

Their full name, age, residence and postoffice

The real ownership of the property offered as a

Whether the same is mortgaged or in any way or manner incumbered.

4th. How, from whom, and when it was acquired. 5th. Its purchase price or original value, and make such other inquiry in that behalf, as it may deem fit or necessary.

Said applicants shall sign the inquiry blank after the same is properly filled out and sworn to by them and it shall be filed and recorded in the office of the municipal pawn department. Wilful false swearings in such examinations, shall be perjury and punishable as such.

The superintendent and assistant superintendents and the pawn inspectors, in said department shall have the power to administer oaths when they make such inquiries or perform any such duty pertaining to their department. If required by the superintendent or any assistant superintendent of said department, the police department of the city shall assist same in the investigation of such applicant for a loan and of matters pertaining to the property offered by him as a pawn.

SECTION 11. No municipal pawn department in this Rate of interest. state shall charge more than six per cent. per annum to any pawner as compensation for the money advanced upon such pawn, nor more than four per cent. per annum additional for storage and insurance.

Section 4205-12.
Redemption.

Sale.

Publication.

SECTION 12. If the pledged property, consisting of dry goods or clothing of any kind, is not redeemed within the time fixed and agreed upon, the same shall, after three months from the expiration of the time of the pledge, or after six months from the expiration of the time of the pledge, in case it consists of other articles, be sold in the city at public auction without redemption under the direction of said municipal pawn department, and not elsewhere or otherwise, to the highest bidder for cash, after ten days' notice of the time and place of sale and the kind of goods, first given in a public newspaper having general circulation in the said city. And the surplus money, if any arising from the said sale, after deducting the amount of the loan, the interest and the storage and insurance charges then due on the same, and the expenses of the advertisement and sale, shall be paid to the pawner or his