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the proposed addition to said grounds and the said board of directors are 

 unable from any cause to agree upon the sale and purchase of said ad- 

 ditional grounds, the board shall make an accurate plat and description 

 of the land which it desires for said purpose and file the same with the 

 probate judge of the proper county; and thereupon the same proceed- 

 ings of appropriation shall be had which are provided for the appro- 

 priation of private property by municipal corporations, said board to act 

 for such society therein as the council would for the municipal~coTpora- 

 tion. 



(3713-11) SEC. 2. [Board of directors to prosecute proceed- 

 ings.] That if, under any existing law, it is made the duty of the 

 county commissioners to purchase any such additional ground for the 

 use of any such society, said board of directors shall prosecute the said 

 proceedings of appropriation to their final conclusion, except so far as 

 relates to payment, or any part of the purchase money, before said com- 

 missioners shall be called upon to act in the matter. All such payments 

 or deposits, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in amount, 

 shall be made by said commissioners when required so to do by said 

 board of directors, or by the court, and no delay on the part of said 

 commissioners shall defeat or prevent the purchase or appropriation afore- 

 said. 



SOCIETIES TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 



SEC. 3714. ["Ohio Humane Society"; powers, etc.; representa- 

 tives; the object of; power to acquire property; board for manage- 

 ment of bequests, etc.; officers and rules; agents; powers of agents; 

 branch societies; societies now organized may become branches.] 



The Ohio state society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, here- 

 tofore incorporated, shall be and remain a body corporate, under the 

 name of "the Ohio humane society" with all the powers, privileges, im- 

 munities, and duties heretofore possessed by said Ohio state society for 

 prevention of cruelty to animals, hereinafter specified, as to county as- 

 sociations, and may appoint any person, in any county in this state 

 where there is no such active association, to represent the state society, 

 and to receive and account for all funds coming to the society, from 

 fines or otherwise. The objects of said society and all societies here- 

 tofore or hereafter organized under sections three thousand seven hun- 

 dred and fifteen and three thousand seven hundred and sixteen of the 

 Revised Statutes shall be the inculcation of humane principles, and to 

 secure the enforcement of laws for the prevention of cruelty, especially 

 to children and animals, to promote which object the said societies may 

 respectively acquire property, real or personal, by purchase or gift. All 

 property acquired by gift, devise, or bequest for special purposes shall 

 be vested in a board of trustees consisting of three members elected 

 by the society, which board shall manage said property, and apply the 

 same in accordance with the terms of the gift, devise, or bequest, with 

 power to sell the same and re-invest the proceeds. Said society may elect 

 such officers, and make such rules and regulations and by-laws as may 

 be deemed necessary or expedient by their members for their own gov- 

 ernment and the proper management of their affairs. Said society may 

 appoint agents in any county of this state, where no active society exists 

 under sections three thousand seven hundred and fifteen and three thou- 

 sand seven hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes to represent the 



