Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-07-08
OHIO LAWS.

sors, and relating to Roads and iigh"ays,
Sec. /. Be IL enacted bv the General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That all
male persons, between twenty-one and
sixty years of age, who have resided
three months in this State, and who are
not township charge. shall be liable,
yearly and every year, to do and per-
form two days work on the public roads,
under the direction of the supervisor,
within whose district they may respect
lively reside.
Sec. Q. That it shall be the duty OF
every supervisor to order out every such
person, resident as aforesaid, between
the first day of April and the first day
of October, annually, to do and perform
the work aforesaid, on the public roads
within his district; and if any such re-
sident, being personally warned by the
supervisor, or by leaving written no.
tice at his usual place Of abode, or by
some person under the direction of the
supervisor, by whom such warning can
be proven, shall refuse or neglect, hav-
ing had at least three days notice, to at
tend by himself or substitute, to the &C.
ceptance of the supervisor. on the day,
and at the time and place directed by the
supervisor; or having attended, shall
refuse to obey the directions Of the su-
pervisor, or shall spend the time in idle
ness or inattention to the duties assigned
him, every such delinquent shall forfeit
and payfor neglect to attend, or for any
of the offences above specified, the sum
of one dollar, to be recovered by action
of debt, before any justice of the peace,
of the proper township, at the suit of
the supervisor, within whose district
such delinquent may reside; and the
money SO collected shall be applied by
said supervisor to the improvement of
the roads in his district, and accounted
for by him, at the annual settlement with
the trustees of his township.
Sec. 3. That in case any person shall
remove from one district TO another, who
has, prior to such removal, performed
the whole, or any part of the labor afore-
said, or in other respects has paid the
whole, or any part Of the amount afore-
said, in lieu of such labor, and shall pro-
duce certificate of the same, from the
supervisor Of the proper district. such
certificate shall be complete discharge
for the amount therein specified.
Sec. 4. That every person called up
on to perform any labor upon the public
roads and highways, under any of the
provisions of this act, shall appear at the
place appointed by the supervisors at
the hour Of seven o'clock in the forenoon
with such necessary tools or implements,
as said supervisor may direct; and the
supervisor may, if necessary for the i'm
provement of the roads, order any per-
son owning the same, to furnish team
of horses or oxen, and wagon, cart,
scraper, or plough, to be employed and
used on the roads, under the direction of
said supervisor, who shall allow such
person reasonable compensation for the
use of such team; wagon, cart, scraper,
or plough, in discharge of any labor or
tdAy uuC IlOti odlu pClSOus
Sec. s. That all persons who may be
deemed by the supervisor unable to per-
form, or cause to be performed, the two
days work required by this act, shall be
exempted from the requisitions of the
same. m
Sec. 6. That whenever it shall hap.
pen, in consequence of sickness, absence
from home, or any other cause, that the
two days labor aforesaid shall not be
performed within the time specified in
this act, the supervisor shall be author
lied to require the performance Of such
work, at any other time: Provided,
Such delinquent may discharge the same,
by paying to the supervisor one dollar
and fifty cents; who shall appropriate
it, agreeably to the second section of
this act.
Sec. Z. That the trustees of town.
ships shall, on the first Monday of
March, annually, divide their respective
townships into suitable and convenient
road districts, and if the same have not
heretofore been so divided, cause brief
description of the same to be entered on
the township records, and also cause
each supervisor to be furnished with
rough plat of his district; and in case
any public road shall be established as a
part of the line or boundary of any town.
ship, the trustees in the adjoining town
ships shall meet at some convenient
place, as soon after the first Monday of
March, as convenient, and apportion
such road or roads, between the two
townships, as justice and equity may re- I
1uire, for the purpose Of opening and ,
improving the same and the superyi. {