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SEC. XXII. That all moneys which shall belong to the village of Cleveland, or which said village shall be entitled to at the time said city shall be organized under this act, for the use of common schools therein, shall be paid over to and held by the city treasurer, and all moneys hereaf- ter levied and collected within the limits of said city, for the support of common schools, and also all other moneys appropriated by law for the use of common schools there- in, shall be paid into the city treasury as a separate and distinct fund, and shall not be applied, under any pretence whatever, to any otheruse than that for which it is levied and collected ; and a separate and particular account of the receipts and expenditures thereof, shall be kept by the treasurer, in a book to be provided for that purpose ; and the said treasurer shall not be entitled' to receive any per centage, premium or compensation, for receiving or pay- ing out said fund, or for keeping the accounts thereof.
SEC. XXIV. That the city council shall fix by ordi- nance, the commencement and termination of the current year of said common schools, and determine the time and duration of all vucations thereof, which shall be the same throughout said city ; and said city council may at their
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discretion, at any time previous to the erection of the school houses provided for in this act, lcase on such terms and conditions as they may deem proper in the several school districts of said city, and for such times as they shall think necessary, convenient buildings for the use of common schools, therein, to be occupied only till such school houses shall be erected and prepared for the recep- tion of such schools : Provided, That the property of black or mulatto persons shall be exempted from taxation for school purposes under this act.
SEC. XXV. That any person to be eligible for any office under the provisions of this act, shall be a qualified voter of the city.
SEC. XXVI. That the president, recorder and trustees, and all other officers of the corporation of the village of Cleveland now in office therein, shall remain in their re- spective offices, and perform the several duties thereof, until the mayor and city council are elected and qualified under this act ; and all law, ordinances and resolutions passed and adopted by the corporate authorities of said village, shall remain in full force until altered or repealed by the city council established by this act.
SEC. XXVII. That the said city of Cleveland shall be and is hereby invested as the lawful owner and proprietor of all the real and personal estate, and all the rights and privileges thercof belonging to the corporation of the vil- lage of Cleveland; together with all the property, funds and revenues, and all moneys, debts and demands, due and owing to said village of Cleveland, or to the president, re- corder and trustees thereof, as a corporate body, which by or under any former acts, ordinances, grants, donations, gifts or purchases, have been acquired, vested, or in any manner belong to said corporation, and the same are here- by transferred to the corporate body created by this act ;. and all suits pending and judgments recovered by or in fa- vor of or against the said village of Cleveland, and all rights, claims and demands, in favor of, or against the same, may be continued, prosecuted, completed, defended
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and collected, in the same manner as though this act had never been passed ; and the said city shall be accountable for all' debts and liabilities of said village corporation.
SEC. XXVIII. The president and trustees, or a majo- rity of them, of the corporation of Cleveland village, shall designate some time in the month of April, 1836, for holding the first election, and shall appoint three suitable persons in each ward of said city to be judges of the first election under the provisions of this act, also two suita. ble persons to be clerks thereof, in each ward, and shall notify the several persons so appointed ; and shall publish in one or more of the newspapers in said city, at least ten days before said elcction, the several places designa- ted for holding the same, and to ; cocure a . suitable place. in each ward for holding the election, which said first elec- tion shall be opened between the hours of nine and eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and shall continue open till fiye o'clock in the afternoon; and said election shall be con- ducted agreeably to the laws regulating township elec- tions and it shall be the duty of the judges of said elec- tions in the several wards within two days thereafter, to make and direct the. return thereof to the president of said village corporation at his office, in the same manner that election returns are required to be made to the clerk of the court of common pleas, by the act entitled, " An Act to regulate elections ;" and the . said president, or per- son acting as such, shall, within three days after such election, open the returns which shall have been made to him as aforesaid, and make an abstract thereof, and im- mediately notify in writing the persons elected as aforesaid of their several elections under this act.
SEC. XXIX. That the act entitled " An Act to incor. porate the village of Cleveland," passed December 22, 1814, and the several acts amendatory thereto, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed, saving and excepting as is herein above excepted.
CHURCHES.
There are eight congregations of Christians in the city of Cleveland, viz : one Episcopal, two Presbyterians, one Baptist, one Catholic, one Episcopal. Methodist, one Re- formed Methodist, and one German Protestant.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH stands on the north side of the public square, at the intersection of Ontario street. It is a substantial edifice, built of gray sand stone, rough hammered. The size of the building is fifty-five by eighty feet, finished in the Tuscan order of architecture, with a bell section and dome. The front is divided with antæs or pilasters composed of cut stone, with a flight of spacious stone steps to its main entrance. The entabla. ture is plain, yet tasteful and commanding. The inte- terior is finished, on the first floor with pews, eighty-four in number; a full gallery, which is suspended from the ceiling by iron rods ; the ceiling eliptical, the whole finish is plain, but very imposing, and reflects much credit on the society as well as the architect.
This Church was organized Sept. 19,1820, by the Rev's. Messrs. William Hanford and Randolph Stone, consisting of fifteen members. At the formation, "it was voted, that this church be under the watch and care of the Portage Presbytery." The mode of internal government was left for future consideration and determination.
The Rev. R. Stone was the first minister employed by the church and congregation. He preached one third of the time for a year, ending April, 1821. On the first Sabbath of January, 1822, the Rev. William M'Lean commenced his pastoral labors, having been employed for three fourths of the time, during one year. He closed his labors in January, 1823. In Sept. following, the Rev. Stephen I. Bradstreet, (recently deceased,) was en. gaged to become the minister of the church and congre- gation, one half of the time, for a year. Mr. B. contin-
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ued his ministerial duties until January 24th, 1830, a pe- riod of between six and seven years.
The Rev. John Sisson was employed in June following. His labors, however, were brief, and the church was with- out a stated minister, until July 10th, 1831, when the Rev. Samuel Hutchings commenced his labors in this church and congregation. Mr. H. closed his labors preparatory to going as a Missionary to the Island of Ceylon, in the autumn of 1832. The Stono Church, a commodious house of worship, was commenced this year. The church and congregation were endeavoring through the summer of 1833, to obtain a pastor; and having invited the Rev. John Keep of Homer, N. Y., he commenced his pastoral services, Sabbath, Dec. 1st, 1833. The house was com- pleted and dedicated Feb. 26, 1834. In Dec. of the same year, a number of the members of the church were dis- missed, at their own request, to unite in the formation of & church in Brooklyn, (now Ohio city.)
Mr. Keep closed his ministerial labors on the 26th April, 1835-a period of one year and five months. In the win. ter of 1835, the church and congregation gave a unan. imous call to the Rev. Samuel C. Aikin, of the first Pres- byterian church in Utica, N. Y. It was accepted, and Mr. Aikin removed to this city, and commenced his labors on the 7th June, (Sabbath,) 1835, and was installed pastor of the church and congregation on the 24th Nov. following.
Mr. Aikin is a native of Vermont, and a graduate of Middlebury College. He pursued his theological course at Andover, and was the pastor of the first Presbyterian church in Utica, 17 years, from whence he was called to this place.
The Bethel Church in Cleveland, was formed in the fall of 1835, mostly of members from this church; and on the 26th February, 1837, a second church was organized from this church and congregation. The present number of communicants, is about 240, and the congregation is large, and apparently limited only by the capacity of the house, which it is believed, is sufficiently spacious for one congregation.
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THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN congregation will hold Divine service in a large room over the City Council Room, until the completion of their new Church, which is now being erected.
THE FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH stands on the corner of Seneca and St. Clair streets. It is a handsome frame building, constructed in the Gothic order, measures seventy by forty feet, and is finished with a bell section and four Gothic points or spires.
This Church was composed of inhabitants of Cleveland and Brooklyn, and was organized in 1816, and the Rev. Roger Searle was elected Rector. The services were not held regularly for several of the first years.
In 1828 the society was incorporated by the name of Trinity Church-and during that year the present church edifice was commenced, and was completed in August, 1829.
THE BAPTIST CHURCHI is situated on Seneca and Cham- plain streets ; its location being admirable and command- ing-presenting a fine appearance from the Lake and the surrounding country. It is built of brick, size eighty by fifty-five feet, with a spacious basement through which is the main entrance. It contains the town clock and a heavy bell-the whole crowned with a lofty spire one hun- dred and fifty feet high. Its order of architecture is Tus- can. The internal finish is plain but truly magnificent- finished in the Grecian Dorick order, with a full gallery suspended from the ceiling with iron rods. . The first floor is divided by three broad aisles, and subdivided into one hundred and twelve slips.
This Church was constituted on the third Saturday in February, 1833, with eighteen members. The number of. communicants at present is two hundred, eighty of whom were added within the last year. The Rev. Levi Tucker is the present minister.
THE BETHEL CHURCH, situated at the corner of Dia- mond street, is a neat frame building measuring forty by
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thirty feet. It was built by a subscription raised princi- pally among the liberal inhabitants of this city and its vi- cinity. The first chaplain employed in this church was the Rev. D. C. Blood. The present minister is the Rev. V. D. Taylor, and the average number of persons attending public worship may be stated at one hundred.
CATHOLICS .- The Catholics, although forming a con- gregation of about one thousand souls, have as yet no church in this city. The late Rev. Mr. Dillon fitted up a small chapel in Shakspeare Hall, on Superior Lane, about two years ago. In this chapel the congregation consisting of Irish, English, Scotch, Americans, Germans, and French worshipped God until the death of Mr. Dillon, which took place sometime in September last. Since then there has been no Catholic priest in Cleveland.
The Rev. Mr. Dillon was a young man of profound eru- dition, possessing in an eminent degree all the qualifica- tions necessary for the Christian minister, and as such was beloved by his flock, and universally esteemed by his fellow citizens of every religious denomination. Through his benevolent exertions the sum of one thousand dollars was raised towards erecting a church, which sum is now in the hands of the Treasurer for that purpose.
Since writing the above, we learn that the Rt. Rev. Dr. Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati, is expected in this place in a few days to make arrangements for the erection of a splen- did church for his flock in Cleveland and Ohio City.
GERMAN .- The German Protestants of Cleveland, have Divine service every Sunday in the building occupied as a Female Seminary, on St. Clair street. The number of communicants may be estimated at about four hundred, natives of the Vaterland. The Rev. William Steinmeier is their present pastor.
METHODIST .- Both congregations of Methodists are now erecting large and substantial brick churches, which they expect to finish this summer. At present, these denomina- tions hold Divine service in the Court House.
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THE COURT HOUSE stands on an eminence in the public square. It is a brick building, two stories high ; the front is ornamented with stone antæs or pilasters of the Dorick order, supporting a Dorick entablature ; the whole is crown- ed with an Ionic belfry and dome. On the ground floor are the departments for county officers. The court room is on the second floor. This building was erected in 1810, at an expense of eight thousand dollars.
THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY PRISON is a stone building of two stories, situated on Champlain street, convenient to the rear of the court house. The criminal cells, three in num- ber, are on the ground floor, and in the second story are apartments for debtors. One end of the building is neatly fitted up for the residence and office of the deputy sheriff, Mr. H. N. Wilbur, who is also keeper of the Jail, and who decidedly deserves much credit for the cleanliness and good discipline observed within its walls.
THE CITY HOSPITAL is situated upon Clinton street, in the easterly part of the city and upon the most elevated ground in it. The grounds connected with the hospital are about four acres, and consist of part of the land pur- chased at the public expense and occupied as a public ce- metry. The hospital buildings at present consist of one structure about seventy by thirty feet and two stories high, fronting easterly. Its internal organization is well suited for the accommodation of its inmates, and its apartments kept in a manner creditable to the city.
The hospital is under the control of the Board of Health -consisting of the Mayor and three members of the city council, chosen from that body annually. The officers of the hospital appointed by the Board of Health, are, a Su- perintendant, a Hospital Physician, and a Hospital Warden, each of whom have a fixed salary. The expenses of the institution are paid from the current revenue of the city, and for the present year are estimated at from four to five thousand dollars.
MARKETS .- There are four public markets in this city, kept in good order and supplied with every article that can be desired at similar places. 5
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CLEVELAND THEATRE-CLINTON PARK, &C.
THE THEATRE was opened this season with additional new scenery, decorations, &c., together with a new and splendid drop curtain, not surpassed by any other in the union. The establishment has, for the last four years, been under the management of the Lessees, Messrs. Dean & M'Kinney, who always engage actors celebrated for their talents and respectability, and produce such novel- ties as merit the attention . of a discerning public. The present building being found too small for this city, a new one is now being built on the same street, nearly opposite the Washington House, which, when finished, will rank with the principal public buildings in western America. This extensive building is three hundred feet long, and seventy feet broad, and will cost about twenty-five thou- sand dollars ..
CLINTON PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS, situated half a mile from the court-house, on the bank of Lake Erie-which although a wilderness of unsightly stumps and girdled trees two years ago, is already encircled with some subur. ban villas embosomed in gardens of the most picturesque beauty. The Park itself is about thirty rods in length and occupies the space between Wilson street and Lake street. It is intended to be laid out in the landscape style of gar- dening, comprising lawns, shrubbery, ornamental trees and flowers, which with the Mineral Spring adjacent, will be open to the public.
THE SPRING COTTAGE AND BATHING ESTABLISHMENT is situated at the Park, and contains commodious warm, cold and shower Baths and refreshment rooms, to which there is a handsome pleasure garden attached. The whole bas been fitted up with much skill and taste by Mr. Wil- liam R. Richardson, and is decidedly a summer retreat from ghe bustle and cares of business, of no ordinary character, combining utility and gratification with pleasure. Mr. Richardson has just commenced running an omnibus be- tween the business part of the city and the baths. This vehicle, we understand, is to leave Cleveland every hour for the accommodation of persons visiting the baths.
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The neighborhood of Cleveland abounds with walks and rides affording extensive and beautiful prospects. And the facilities for aquatic excursions are afforded in every variety.
THE WILLEY GARDENS in the vicinity contain about twenty-five acres of land, laid out with considerable skill, for the purpose of growing every description of vegetables necessary for the Cleveland market. These gardens have been leased from the Rev. E. F. Willey, by the present oc- cupants, Messrs. Thompson & Ward.
N. PERRY, Esq. has just laid out a fine street from St. Clair st. to Euclid road, and contemplates devoting ten acres opposite W. Rogers' delightful villa as city gardens, for the culture and sale of ornamental shrubs, flowers and greenhouse plants. Indeed the improvements commenced in this vicinity are of such a character as must prove strong inducements for the location of those who prefer a healthy and respectable neighbourhood to the close pent lots of business precincts.
The CLEVELAND READING ROOM ASSOCIATION Was formed by the voluntary subscriptions of a number of gen- tlemen, in the fall of 1835. The object of the Association, as expressed in their articles, is, to furnish Reviews, Pam- phlets and Newspapers from different parts of the coun- try, on all topics of general interest to the community .- The institution went immediately into operation, with about two hundred subscribers, and furnished during the first year of its existence to the reading community, the principal daily papers from the Eastern, Western and Southern cities ; at least two papers of different politics, from every state and territory in the Union-together with a large number of periodicals, quarterly, monthly, and weekly, both of our own country and Great Britain. The institution is now in the second year of its existence, and the object of its directors has been to carry on the same general plan. The Reading Room is open daily, and is lighted and open in the evening until ten o'clock. There
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are two rooms, one of which is devoted to papers, the oth- er to reviews and periodicals. Strangers are introduced for thirty days by members of the Association.
YOUNG MEN'S LITERARY ASSOCIATION, organized No- vember, 1836, and consists at present of a library which contains about 800 volumes and periodical works. The books and periodicals are drawn from the Reading Room on Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Rooms, 3d story Commercial Buildings.
CLEVELAND LYCEUM, Phoenix Buildings-Incorporated by act of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, the 12th day of February, 1833. Whole number of members now belonging to the Society, are 110.
CLEVELAND CITY TEMPERANCE SOCIETY was formed (on the tetotal plan,) on the 15th March, 1836. A num- ber of Societies were in existence previous to, and at the time this was started, but this may now be said to be the only one that shows any considerable signs of life.
The constitution provides for the annual meeting of the Society, on the first Tuesday in June-for the quarterly meeting, and for the monthly meeting of the Board of Di. rectors.
The Board of Directors consists of all the regular offi- cers of the Society, and of eight Managers.
THE CLEVELAND MATERNAL ASSOCIATION was formed in January, 1835. It is composed of benevolent ladies who are the parents or guardians of children, and have united together for the purpose of providing for the reli- gious education of the children under their care.
The number connected with the association at present, is 26 mothers and 90 children.
CLEVELAND HARMONIC SOCIETY-organized in 1835. Consists at present of seven amateur instrumental per- formers.
CLEVELAND MOZART SOCIETY-organized April, 1837. Its object is the promotion of Musical Science and the
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cultivation of a refined taste in its members, and in the community.
THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND was organized on the 22d of February, 1836. Its objects are benevolence and the diffusion of useful knowledge among its members. The officers of the society consist of a President, Secreta- ry, Treasurer, and a committee of six, and its members number about fifty.
THE CLEVELAND FREE SCHOOL is kept in the basement story of the Bethel church ; it was established in March, 1830, for the education of male and female children of every religious denomination, and is supported by the city. The average number of pupils in attendance may be stated at ninety males and forty-six females.
NEWSPAPERS .- Four papers are published in this city. The oldest is the Daily Herald and Gazette, (originally styled the " Herald,") issued by Messrs. F. Whittlesey & J. A. Harris, editors and proprietors-James Hull, printer. The weckly Herald and Gazette is published at the same office, and are republications of the Daily. They are Whig in politics.
The Cleveland Daily Advertiser is next in succession ; Messrs. Canfield and Spencer editors and proprietors .- A weekly made up from the Daily, is published by the same gentlemen. Democratic in politics.
These papers are managed with admirable editorial tact, and have large subscription lists.
The third, devoted to the promulgation of the Presby. terian creed, and is called the Cleveland Journal. It is published by Messrs. John M. Sterling, Samuel C. Aikin and A. Penfield, and cdited by the Rev. O. P. Hoyt- F. B. Penniman, printer.
The fourth is the Cleveland Liberalist, published weekly by Messrs. Underhill & Son, and cdited by Dr. Samuel Underhill.
BANKS .- There are two Banks in the city, possess- ing in an eminent degrce, the confidence of the people
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in regard to soundness and stability, and are no doubt worthy of the high character they sustain, being conduct- ed by men of prudence and financial ability.
The Commercial Bank of Lake Erie is the oldest insti. tution of the kind in the place. Capital $500,000 00.
The Bank of Cleveland has a capital of $300,000 00.
MANUFACTORIES .- There are four very extensive Iron Foundries and Steam Engine manufactories in this city ; also, three soap and candle manufactories, two breweries, one sash factory, two rope walks, one stone ware pottery, two carriage manufactories, and two French Burr millstone manufactories, all of which are in full operation.
The Flouring Mill now being erected by Mr. Ford, will, when finished, be the largest and most complete establish. ment of the kind in the state of Ohio.
CLEVELAND CENTRE DRAW BRIDGE .- This bridge, which may be classed among the most superior structures of the kind in the state of Ohio, crosses the Cuyahoga ri- ver at the most southern extremity of Cleveland Centre, connecting Columbus street with Ohio City. It was erect- ed in 1834-35, by our liberal and enterprising. fellow- citizen, James S. Clark, Esq. and others, at an expense of fifteen thousand dollars. It is supported by a stone but. ment on either shore, and piers of solid masonry erected in the centre of the river. . Between the piers there is a draw sufficient to admit vessels of forty-nine feet beam to pass through. The length of the bridge is two hundred feet ; breadth, including sidewalks, thirty-three feet, and the height of the piers above the surface of the water may be estimated at twenty-four feet. The whole, which with the exception of the draw, is roofed and enclosed, presents an imposing appearance and reflects much credit on the archi- tect, Mr. Nathan Hunt.
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