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


each county in this State. shall, at their
annual meetings for the purpose Of de-
termining the per centum necessary to
be levied, for the expenses Of their res
pective counties, levy upon all articles
subject 10 taxation for State and county
purposes, tax, for the Improvement Of
roads and highways, TO be appropriated
agreeably TO the provisions Of this act.
Sec. 90. That the county commits
sioners of any county shall not levy, in
any one year. greater amcuntof road
tax than is herein specified, viz when
theaggergate amount Of taxable property
entered upon the list, shall be one mil
lion five hundred thousand dollars, or
more, the tax shall be not less than
one and one half, nor more than two.
and one half mills on the dollar; and
when it is less than one million FIVE hun
dred thousand dollars, the road tax shall
not be less than two and one half, nor
more than four mills on the dollar: Pro-
uided, nothing in this section shallibe so
construed as to prohibit said county COM
missioners from levying any additional
tax for road purposes, not exceeding
two mills on the dollar. that the trustees
Of any township in the county may deem
necessary: Provided, further, that the
trustees ofsuch township shall determine
and certify, in writing, the additional
per centum to be levied, and deliver or
cause to be delivered, the certificate a.
foresaid, to the auditor of the proper
county, on or before the first Monday
Of June next, in each year: Provided,
That the county commissioners Of each
county in this state, may if they shall
deem it necessary, levy an additional
tax annually, upon the taxable property
of their respective counties, not exceed
ing one mill and half on the dollar;
which shall be collected in the same
manner and at the same time that state
and county taxes are collected and paid
into the county treasures of each county:
which tax shall be applied under the di-
rection OF the county commissioners, ,ex-
clusively to the erection and repairing
of bridges within the county in which
the same shall have been levied and col
lected.
Sec. 81. That the auditor Of each
county in this State shall, Immediately
after the county commissioners, at their
annual session for that purpose, shall
have determined on the amount to be as
sessed for road purposes, in the several
townships, give notice to some newspa-
per of general circulation in that county,
Of the per centum on each hundred dol
lars of valuation so determined to be as
sessed in each township respectively and
that said tax may be discharged by la.
Dor on the roads, under the direction of
the supervisors of the several districts,
at the rate of scventy-fve cents per day ;
and shall make list for each township,
of the amount of road tax with which
each individual stands charged; inserting
nothing in such list but the name of the
person and the amount of such tax, and
deliver the same at his office, 10 the clerk
OF the proper township. asaj
Sec. %. That it shall be the duty of
the township clerk, Immediately afierfhe
reception Of such duplicate, upon the
presentation, by the supervisors of their
respective districts in said township.
list of all the persons liable to perform la
Dor on the roads or highways. or subject
to taxation Of the same, to make out and
deliver to each supervisor aforesaid, an
abstract duplicate of the amount ofroad
tax each person in said district may stand
charged with, and the supervisor shall
then proceed agreeably to the seven
teenth section Of this act. t
Sec. %. That whenever the treas
urer of any township, shall have receiv-
ed any money from the county treasur-
er, for road purposes, in such township,
he shall notify the trustees of such town.
ship of the same, who shall cause the
money so received, to be appropriated
to building b'idges, or repairing the pub
lie roads within their township; if, for
the building of a bridge or bridges, they
shall give at least twenty edays notice
by advertisement postedup in five Of the
most public places in said township, of
the time and place of such sale, and sell
to the lowest bidder, Gf in the opinion Of
the trustees, such bidder be competent
to perform the same,) such bridge or
bridges as aforesaid, as they may deem
equal to the amount Of money
to be appropriated as aforesaid; and
whenever such labor shall be performed,
agreeably to contract or conditions Of
The sale, the trustees, or majority of