The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-12-14
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VACATION or FREE TURNPIKEs

A T. tho December Session, l847, Of the Couisl
~ "A missioners Of Putnam County, Ohio, the full
lowing order was made, and ordered to be pub
lished IN the newspapers published in said coun-
", to wiz: Ordered that thei following named
Free Turnpikes in the county ef Putnam, or SO
3 much thereof MS is herein specified, be and the
same is hereby vacated and changed into
State Roads, 10 wit:
The whole Of 80 much Of the Van Buren and
Defiance Free hrurnpike as is located Sin the
County of Putnam. t5a ter g8 81 t7'H
The whole Glandorf Free Turnpike; the
awhole Of go much Of the Ottawa and Defiance
free turnpike as is located in the county Of
Putnam; the whole Of the Gilboaand Sugar
Ridge free urnpike; so much OF the Lima land
Defiance Free iuinpike as ia located in Sugar
Creek Tswnship; SO much Of the Ridge Free
turnpike as is located between the town of Co.
lumbus Grove, and point where, said Free
turnpike iatersccs tho Williamstown Free turn
pike; so much of the Findlay, Gilboa, Ottawa,
= Kalida, and Miami Extension Canal, Free turn
50 pike as is located in Ottawa Township cast Of
bthe east line of section numbnr twenty nine IN
said Township; go much sof the Sugar Ridge
FREQ turnpike as is located in Ottawa Township;
so much Of tho Turkey Foot Free turnpike as is
located in Greensburg Township; SO much Of
tho Napoleon FREQ turnpike as is located north of
Blanchard River; ~ Rrf
The whole Ottowo, Gland orf and Miamia, free
turnpike -raads. And in all cases when. the
whole OF so much OF any Tree turnpike ronds is TO-
Gated in Putnam County, is vacated, the taxes ac-
cruing for The useiof such free turnpike road on
the duplicate oil taxes for the year l847 are here
by appropriated to'the payment OF the debts stan
aingHasainst such Free turnpike ifor work and la
Dor done thereon within said Putnam County
and shall be paid out by the countyI Treasurer
OH the order of tho Auditor, and such debts shall
be Audited by the Auditor rs other claims
against the County, TO the amount Of the funds
ngthe Comfy Treasury on account OF the Taxes
aforesaid; and if said Taxes should yield more'
ihan sufficient to paw said debts the balance shall
DO subject TO the further order of the Co., commis
soners; that IN all cases wbersa part only OF su ch
Free Turnpikes shall have been vacated the tax
es nccrning as aforesaid in the Township In
which the same was vacated, are hereby nppro-
spriaied 10 the pavmentfof the debts standing
ngalnst such Free Turnpikes. for labor performed
on such Frecss Turnpike in the Township in.whlch
the same hns been vacated The said debts shall be
Audited and paid as aforesaid. and ifnny balance
should remniu after paying said debts the same
shall be paid over to the Township Treasurer as
other Road funds; and that all moneys in the
bands Of any Free Tufbpikes Commissioner, the
whole of which Free turnpike.iis hereby vacated
shall be expended by such Commissioner, first in
the payment Of debts against such Road, < and
second, in the improvement thereof and account
for the same in his nextannnal settlement.
And further that the Gounly will not be respon-
sibie for any contracts beyond the amount OF
Taxes accrning in the year l847 for the use of
such free turnpike.
he AupIroR's 0frIcE,
Putnam Co., Ohio, Dec o, l847
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