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 OHIO 597 NAME OF CORPORATION. TEE MINI. Miles in operation in Total length between ter- From To the state in 1874. different from the preceding. Iron .... Ironton Centre Station 14 Lake Erie and Louisville. . . Sandusky Cambridge City Ind 87 189 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Buflalo If. Y Chicago 111 265 539 Sandusky branch Elyria Milbury 77 Franklin division Ashtabula Oil City Pa 86 87 Leased, Mahoning Valley Andover Youngstown 88 Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Yalley '. . Black Eiver Uhrichsville 100 Mansfield.. Allegan Mich 64 223 Marietta and Cincinnati Parkersburg, W. Va.. Cincinnati. 201 Marietta Scott's Lauding 4 Branches .. < Portsmouth ... Hamden 56 Hillsboro 21 .... Marietta, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland Marietta Canal Dover 98 Ohio and Mississippi Cincinnati. St Louis Mo 19 840 Ohio and Toledo 10 Painesville and Youngstown Painesville. . Youngstown 50 64 Pittsburgh, Pa. 125 198 Branch Junction Cadiz Q i Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana Cen- ( Columbus.. Chicago 111. 105 814 tral.. Bradford Junction 82 106 Little Miami 120, Xenia ... Springfield 19 .... Branches < Dayton and Xenia Dayton Xenia 16 ( Dayton and Western , Fort Wayne, and Chicago. . Dayton Pittsburgh Pa. Kichmond, Ind Chicago 111. 41 249 '468 Branch *. ' . . " Lawrence Junct'n Pa 17 Rocky Eiver Cleveland Kocky Eiver 5 Toledo, Canada Southern, and Detroit Toledo Detroit Mich' ' 7 57 Toledo, Tiffin, and Eastern Tiffin Toledo 42 Toledo, Wabash, and Western Toledo. Camp Point 111 76 454 Ohio has 654 m. of canals proper, 36 in. of feeders and side cuts, 11 m. of reservoirs, and 95 m. of the Muskingum slack- water improve- ment, from Marietta to Dresden, making a total of 796 m. of artificial navigation. The first canal (the Ohio) was begun in 1825, and the last completed in 1844. The total cost of all was $14,688,666. The canals are as follows : Ohio, Cleveland to Portsmouth 809 m. Trenton feeder 8 Dresden side cut 2 Granville feeder 6 Columbus feeder 11 Miami and Erie, Cincinnati to Toledo 246 Branch to Indiana state line, connecting with Wa- bash and Erie canal 18 Sidney feeder. . . 14 St Mary's reservoir 11 Walhonding, Eoscoe to Eochester 25 Hocking, Carroll to Athens 56 The number of national banks in the state Nov. 1, 1874, was 170, having a paid-in capital of $29,223,000 ; bonds on deposit, $25,964,750 ; circulation issued, $34,474,265; outstanding, $23,605,633. The circulation was $8 68 per capita, 1 per cent, of the wealth of the state, and 80'8 per cent, of the bank capital. Besides the above, 21 state banks were reported in 1874, capital $658,666; 32 savings banks, capital $1,- 879,324; and 190 private banks, capital $8,- 502,414. The present constitution of Ohio was adopted in 1851. The right to vote is secured. to every white male citizen of the United States 21 years of age, who has resided one year in the state, 30 days in the county, and 20 in the township, village, or ward, next preceding the election. Colored citizens are entitled to vote under the federal constitution. The general elections are held annually on the second Tues- day of October. The general assembly consists of a senate of 36 members and a house of 105 representatives, both elected for two years. Its regular sessions are biennial, beginning on the first Monday of January in even years. The executive officers are a governor, salary, $4,000 ; lieutenant governor, $800 ; secretary of state, $2,000; auditor, $3,000; treasurer, $3,000; comptroller of the treasury, $2,000 ; attorney general, $1,500 and fees ; and commissioner of schools, $2,000. All are chosen for two years, except the auditor, whose term is four, and the comptroller and commissioner of schools, who hold office for three years. The board of public works comprises three members, who are also elected. The commissioner of rail- roads and telegraphs, the superintendent of insurance, supervisor of public printing, gas commissioner, and state and law librarians are appointed by the governor. The state board of agriculture consists of ten members, five of whom are chosen annually for two years, at a convention composed of the presidents of the county agricultural societies. The officers are chosen annually by the board. The supreme court consists of a chief justice and four judges, salary $3,000 each. It has original jurisdiction in quo warranto, mandamus, habeas^ corpus, and procedendo, and appellate jurisdiction of the judgments of the district courts. Regular terms are held annually in Columbus, beginning on the first Monday in December. The state is divided into nine common pleas districts, each of which is subdivided into three parts, each part electing one or more of the judges. Courts Including the Cincinnati and Baltimore railroad, which extends from Cincinnati 6 m. eastward.
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