Cutter, surviving partner of B. G. Cutter & Co., a bond for one thousand dollars, bearing five per cent. interest from the first day of January, 1841, to be governed in its final redemption by the laws now in force relative to the State bonds.

SEC. 2.

This act to be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CXV.

An act to vacate a part of Jennings and Jackson streets, in the town of Rushville.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 13, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That all of Jennings street, commencing five rods west of Morgan street, thence west to Jackson street, and all of Jackson street, commencing at Jennings street, thence south to Elizabeth street, is hereby vacated.

SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CXVI.

An act to change the name of Anne Able, of Martin county, to Anne Henderson.

(APPROVED FEBRUARY 5, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the name of Anne Able, of Martin county, formerly wife of Hiram Able, late of said county, be, and [the same] is hereby changed to that of Anne Henderson, and by said name of Anne Henderson she shall hereafter be legally known and designated.

SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CXVII.

An act to legalize the sale of lands and town lots for taxes, in Spencer county, on the first Monday in January, 1851.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 12, 1851.]

WHEREAS, The lists of lands and town lots in the county of Spencer, delinquent for the non-payment of taxes, for the year 1849, was advertised by posting three lists of the same in said county, prior to the day of sale, by the auditor of said county, giving ample notice thereof to all concerned; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the aforesaid advertisement shall be held to be a good and sufficient advertisement in law, and the said sale of lands on the first day of January, 1851, is hereby legalized and confirmed. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after ¡ts passage.

CHAPTER CXVIII.

An Act to change the name of Howard Allen.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 12, 1851.]

WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly of the State of Indiana, by the petition of Henry P. Werts and Presly Thompson, that one Henry Allen of Elkhart county, did, on or about the first day of December, A. D. 1849, abandon his wife and child, and left for parts unknown; and,

WHEREAS, The wife of the said Allen has since deceased, leaving said child friendless; and that Henry P. Werts, of said county has charitably taken possession of said child, and is desirous of adopting said child as his own, and extend to it a liberal education; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the name of Howard Allen, of the county of Elkhart, be and is hereby changed to, and shall hereafter be Howard

Werts, and by said last mentioned name, he shall hereafter be known' and be entitled to all the privileges he would be without the passage

of this act.

SEC. 2. That the said Henry P. Werts shall have the custody and control of the person of the said Howard Werts, and the care of his maintainance and education, with all such rights and authority as if the said Howard Werts was the legal issue of the said Henry P. Werts: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the overseers of the poor, or other proper authority, from exercising their legal authority over said Howard Werts, should the said Henry P. Werts misuse, ill treat or abandon the said Howard Werts.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect, and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CXIX.

An Act to authorize certain school districts in Adams county to draw their proportion of the common school funds.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 14, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it is hereby made the duty of the township treasurer of congressional township number twenty-six north, of range thirteen east, in Adams county, to pay over any and all money in his hands that may be due, or shall hereafter become due, to any school district in said township, for the purpose of teaching a German school: Provided, The said treasurer is satisfied that a majority of the citizens of said district are in favor of a German school.

SEC. 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage; and it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State to forward a copy of this act to the auditor of Adams county, forthwith.

SEC. 3. All laws conflicting with the provisions of this act, are ereby repealed.

CHAPTER CXX.

An act to amend an act entitled "an act to revise and consolidate the several acts of the General Assembly relative to laying out, opening, repairing, changing and vacating public highways, and to the erection and repair of bridges," and to amend the same so far as the same relates to the county of Putnam.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 13, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the proviso to section one hundred and twenty-nine, in the above recited act, together with all local laws relative to roads and highways in the county of Putnam, be repealed, and that said law be declared in full force and virtue together with all acts amendatory thereto, of a general nature, so far as the county of Putnam is concerned.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to forward to the auditor of said county one hundred and fifty copies of said act, as required in section one hundred and twenty-seven.

SEC. 3.

passage.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its

CHAPTER CXXI.

An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Clinton, in Vermillion county," approved February 14, 1848.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 12, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the president and directors of the town of Clinton, shall, at some meeting of their board during the month of April, each year, appoint a street supervisor, whose duty it shall be to call out the citizens of said town, subject to perform labor on the streets or highways, to work upon the streets of said town, in the same manner and for the same length of time as required by the laws now in force, regulating the performance of labor upon roads and highways.

SEC. 2. The supervisor appointed under the provisions of this

act, shall be governed in all respects by the laws now in force gov. erning supervisors of roads and highways, and shall be entitled to receive from the county auditor a list of persons subject to pay a road tax within said corporation, and the amount thereof, in the same manner as supervisors are furnished therewith, and shall receive the same compensation for his services as other supervisors of roads and highways.

SEC. 3. The trustees of said town are hereby empowered to require the street supervisor to cause any portion of the road work due from citizens of the town of Clinton, to be done and performed upon any state or county road leading from said town to the distance of one-half mile from the limits of said incorporation; and the citizens of said incorporation, subject to perform labor upon the streets aforesaid, shall be liable to work upon said State and county roads in the same manner as they are now or are by this act made liable to work upon the streets of said town.

SEC. 4. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CXXII.

An act for the relief of Hezekiah A. Sutton, of Jackson county.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 12, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That Hezekiah A. Sutton, of Jackson county, in the State of Indiana, be, and he is hereby authorized to file a petition for divorce from his wife, Phoebe Sutton, in the circuit court of any county in the second judicial circuit, and said circuit court shall take jurisdiction of such petition and determine the same, in the same manner as if the said Hezekiah A. Sutton were a resident of the county in which such circuit court is held.

SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.