Lease for the erection of buildings across canals. Leases to be prepared by at what to contain. tion would or might be entitled to under this act if there were no building or buildings, or other valuable structure upon said land; provided always, however, that each and every building or other valuable structure erected thereon by any person, or persons, or corporation may be taxed as other property of individuals or corporation in the same locality. The said commission, board of public works and chief engineer of the public works may lease for the term of fifteen years, at six per cent. per annum, rental to be paid semi-annually in advance, on a valuation made by said. commission, the right to erect buildings across any of the canals not less than ten feet above high water line, to be constructed under the direction of the chief engineer of the public works in all respects so as not to interfere with the maintenance of the embankments and operation of the canal under said buildings. Sec 218-228. That all leases to be made under the torney-general; provisions of this act shall be prepared by the attorneygeneral of the state, and shall state the purpose or purposes for which the land therein leased is to be used, and shall contain a condition that if any installments of rent therein agreed to be paid, shall not be paid at the time specified, or within ten days thereafter, whether a demand therefor shall or shall not be made, said lease shall, at the option of the board of public works, become and be null and void as against the state of Ohio, and that the lessee so in default, his heirs, or assigns, or any party in possession of such leased premises, shall yield up the possession thereof to said board of public works or its authorized agent, and the same may thereupon be leased to any person or persons, or corporation upon the same conditions as herein provided for in other cases. For what pur Sec. 218-230. The commission appointed under the poses lands may provisions of this act, the board of public works, and the chief engineer of the public works, under such rules, regulations and conditions, as to semi-annual payment of rent, or otherwise, may lease to any person or persons, or to any corporation organized under the laws of this state, the right to lay one or more lines of pipe along the berme bank and along the outer slope of the towing path embankment of any canal, basin, or reservoir of any of the canals of this state, for the purpose of transporting oil or gas from the natural oil or gas-fields for fuel, lighting and other purposes, the valuation on said land for laying and maintaining a line of pipe shall be made by said commission and the rental shall be six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, in advance, upon the amount of said valuation. The said commission, the board of public works and the chief engineer of the public works may also lease to any person, natural or artificial, for the following purposes, any tract of land or part thereof, owned by this state, and the berme bank and [the] outer slope of the towing path embankment along any of the canals, basins and reservoirs and the land within any of said basins and reservoirs owned by this state, for the purpose of drilling therein for oil, and gas to be conveyed or transported therefrom. Such lease to be granted for a period not exceeding ten years, with the full power to contract and determine as to the conditions, terms, and the amount the state shall receive for the purposes specified in such lease or leases, and the lease therefor shall be prepared as in other cases. But no lessee, lessees, or his or their assigns or assignees, shall have any power to fill up any part of the land so leased, or in any manner to obstruct navigation therein, or permit oil to escape into the water of any canal, basin or reservoir, and no such lease shall be granted or given unless in the opinion of said commission, the board of public works and the chief engineer of the public works, the use of the land so leased would not materially injure or interfere with the navigation of any of the canals of this state. Upon the filing of each application for lease of any state land, under the provisions of this act, notice thereof shall be immediately posted by the commission in its office. SECTION 2. Said original sections 218-225, 218-226, Repeals. 218-228 and 218-230 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. To amend sections 2759, 2762 and 2765 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Sec. 2759. All unincorporated banks and bankers, except as provided in section 2765, shall annually, between the first and second Mondays of May, make out and return to the auditor of the proper county, under oath of the owner or principal officer or manager thereof, a statement setting forth: First. The average amount of notes and bills receivable, discounted or purchased in the course of business, by such unincorporated bank, banker or bankers, and considered good and collectable. Second. The average amount of accounts receivable. Third. The average amount of cash and cash items in possession or in transit. Listing personal property: Statement by banks and bank unincorporated ers. Deduction by county auditor. Shares to be listed. Return to be made by cashier to the auditor. Repeals. Fourth. The average amount of all kinds of stocks, bonds, including United States government bonds, or evidences of indebtedness, held as an investment, or in any way representing assets. Fifth. The amount of real estate at its assessed value. Seventh. The average amount of accounts payable. Eighth. The average amount of United States government and other securities that are exempt from taxation. Ninth. The true value in money of all furniture and other property not otherwise herein enumerated. From the aggregate sum of the first five items above enumerated, the said auditor shall deduct the aggregate sum of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth items, and the remainder thus obtained, added to the amount of item nine, shall be deemed to be the property employed by such bank or bankers in the business of banking, and shall be entered on the duplicate of the county in the name of such bank, banker or bankers, and taxes thereon shall be assessed and paid on the same as provided for other personal property assessed and taxed in the same city, ward, or township. Sec. 2762. All the shares of the stockholders in any incorporated bank or banking association, located in this state, whether now or hereafter incorporated or organized under the laws of this state or of the United States, and all the shares of the stockholders in any unincorporated bank located in this state, the capital sock of which is divided into shares, shall be listed at their true value in money, and taxed in the city, ward, or village where such bank is located, and not elsewhere. Sec. 2765. The cashier of each incorporated bank, or of each unincorporated bank whose capital stock is divided into shares held by the owners of such bank, shall make out and return to the auditor of the county in which every such bank is located, between the first and second Monday of May, annually, a report in duplicate under oath, exhibiting in detail, and under appropriate heads, the resources and liabilities of such bank, at the close of business on the Wednesday next preceding said second Monday, together with a full statement of the names and residences of the stockholders therein, with the number of shares held by each, and the par value of each share. SECTION 2. That said original sections 2759, 2762 and 2765 be and they hereby are repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A. G. REYNOLDS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 16, 1900. JNO. A. CALDWELL, President of the Senate. 225G [Senate Bill No. 216.] AN ACT To amend section 6968 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: game: Catching fish devices. Bass; unlawful traffic or posses sion. Abatement of nuisance. Bait: stocking ing in Mercer county reservoir. hatcheries; fish Sec. 6968. No person shall draw, set, place, locate or maintain any pound-net, seine, fish-trap, trammel-net, gill- with prohibited net, fyke or set-net, or any device for catching fish in any of the waters, either natural or artificial, lying in the state of Ohio, or part therein, nor catch fish with any device in any of the waters of this state, except with hook and line, with bait or lure. No person shall catch and take any bass less than six inches in length; nor buy, sell, or offer for sale, or have in possession, any fish caught out of season, or in any manner prohibited. And all pound-nets, seines, fish-traps, trammel-nets, gill-nets, fyke or set-nets, or any device for catching fish, set, placed, located or maintained in or upon any of the waters of this state, or on the shores of any such waters, in violation of this act, shall be deemed a public nuisance and shall be abated. Provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent the taking of minnows for bait with nets, or shall prevent the fish and game commissioners of this state, or their authorized agents from taking fish at any time or place, in any manner, for the purpose of stocking ponds, lakes and rivers, and for the maintenance and cultivation of fish in hatcheries, or shall prevent any one from fishing in the Mercer county reservoir, between the first day of September and the first day of May inclusive, with the fyke or set-net, without leads or wings with hoop or mouth, of not over five feet in its greatest width and not to exceed ten feet in length. It shall also be unlawful to take any fish with trot line or lines fastened to stumps or logs in said reservoir, or the banks thereof, or take any bass less than eight inches in length or to expose or offer the same for sale less than ten inches in length. Any person Penalty for vioconvicted of any violation of this act in regard to fishing with a trammel-net shall be fined not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, and in case of neglect or refusal to pay said fine, be imprisoned in the county jail or workhouse, and shall there remain for the full period of sixty days, or any person convicted of violating any of the other provisions of this act shall be fined not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars, and in case of neglect or refusal to pay said fine, be imprisoned in the county jail or workhouse, and shall lation. there remain for the full period of thirty days. And all fines Disposition of collected under the provisions of this act shall go to the fines. county fish and game fund in the county wherein such offence shall have been committed, unless otherwise directed Prosecution required under this and other sections. Powers of game wardens. Lake Erie, artificial fish ponds, etc. Suckers and carp, etc. Repeals. and ordered by the fish and game commission of this state. And it is hereby made the duty of the chief warden, special wardens, fish and game wardens, and their assistants, of this state, to prosecute all violations of this act, and all violations of sections 6960, 6961, 6963, 6964, 6966, and all the laws enacted for the protection of birds, fish and game, in connection with the prosecuting attorneys of the counties wherein such offense shall have been committed, and such prosecuting attorneys shall be entitled to the same fees as are now allowed by law for the collection of forfeited bonds. And such chief warden, special wardens, fish and game wardens, and their assistants, shall have the same power to make arrests, subpoena witnesses and summon jurors to try all cases arising from violations of this act, and all laws enacted for the protection of fish and game, and commit prisoners as the sheriffs, in the counties of this state, and shall be entitled to the same fees for similar services. Provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to Lake Erie, or any of the estuaries, inlets or bays thereof, or shall apply to artificial fish ponds, or to persons owning entire fish pond or lake containing fish; provided nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent persons to gig, spear, or bate with the device known as grab-hook any of the sucker variety or kind of fish including carp in any waters in the state, or prevent the taking of fish in any manner in the ponds and lagoons formed by the receding waters of running streams and having no connection with the channels of said streams; and further provided, that the superintendent of any water works company supplying water to any village may seine for carp to cleanse the water in said stream. SECTION 2. That section 6968 of the Revised Statutes be and the same is hereby repealed. Licensing of companies organized for insuring against burglary, robbery, etc. [Senate Bill No. 17.] AN ACT To provide for the organization and admission of mutual companies to transact the business of inland transportation insurance, and to provide against loss by burglary and robbery or attempt thereat. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That any insurance company organized or incorporated on the mutual plan under the laws of this state for any other state] for the purpose of insuring against loss or damage from burglary and robbery or attempt |