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township's one resident of voting age, the cemetery's sexton, did not own the cemetery; conversely, the
Wesleyan Cemetery Association's board members did not reside at the cemetery. Meanwhile, the sexton could not simultaneously serve in all three trustee positions that state law requires of a functioning township government. The county also sought to avoid setting up a special polling place for the sexton, which would have required the appointment of six election officers.
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withdrew from the township around 1938 by forming its own paper township. In 1939 and 1941, Cincinnati attempted to annex the 25-acre (10 ha), unincorporated enclave occupied by the historic
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Governor. On October 20, 1953, the Clerk of Council of the City of Cincinnati issued a certificate and plat stating that that part of Wesleyan Cemetery that was
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Cincinnati and the township should be abolished. However, the matter was not settled: state law required the freeholders within a territory to vote on annexation, but no freeholder remained in the township to vote in favor. The
525:"To enact supplemental section 503.131 of the Revised Code relative to defunct townships within the boundaries of a municipal corporation." 1953 Ohio Laws 344, File No. 169, Amended House Bill No. 46, passed July 9, 1953, approved July 15, 1953, effective October 14, 1953.
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to determine whether the city has jurisdiction over the cemetery. Despite being in the middle of an urban area, the cemetery had no provisions for police or fire protection. In 1953, a bill introduced by State
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stepped in, obtaining a ruling in Common Pleas Court that removed the caretaker and declared
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a remnant of Mill Creek
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