Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-04-22
[No. Sa]
AN ACT for ascertaining the boundaries of coun-

No. 38.
AN ACT for ascertaining the boundaries of coun-
~. ties.
SEC. /. Be il enacted by the General
assembly Of the State Of OHIO, Tha. when
ever /, shall appear to the commissioners Of
any county, ,ha, the boundary lines OF The
county are no, sufficiently ascerlained, i. is
hereby made The duty Of the commissioners
TO issue their order TO the surveyor of The
county, requiring him 10 ascertain and sur
vey such line or lines.
SEC. 2. That i, shall be The duty Of the
commissioners Of any county, where the
county line or lines are 10 be run, TO give
notice 10 the board Of commissioners Of the
county or counties affected thereby, declar.
ing their intention Of running the line or
lines Of said countyi and said commissioners
receiving such notice, shall order the county
surveyor Of such county, 10 proceed and run
such lines with the surveyor or surveyors OF
the adjoining county or counties, al such
time and in such manner as shall be fixed
upon by The commissioners of said counties.
SEC. 5. Tha, each county surveyor shall
forthwith make Out a return OF such survey
10 the clerk Of common pleas Of his county,
whose. e..du.y /, shall be TO make record iher col
SEC. I. That The county surveyor shall
receive for their services, performed under
this act, such compensation as may be al
lowed by the commissioners Of the county
to which each surveyor respectively belongs,
10 be paid out Of the county treasury, on The
commissioners order.
SEC. 5. Tha, whenever the commission
ers Of any county shall be unable 10 ascer-
tain The boundary lines Of such county with
cerlainIy, or having ascerlained the bounda'
~ line thereof, il the commissioners or
officers ofsuch adjoining county shall dlsre
garC The true line, the commissioners Of the
county wishing TO establish the line thereof,
may commence and prosecute suiI in
chancery, in the court Of common pleas ol
such adjoining county agains, the commiss-
toner's thereof, 10 ascertain and establish
such boundaries.
SEC. 6 That the commissions in such
adjoining county, shall be made parties 10
such suit by subpoena, as in other cases in
choncery; and II such court shall fad that
the boundary line, TO ascertain which such
suit is commenced, Is not sufficiently ascer;
lained, or that the officers Of such adjt ming
county disregard the true boundary line,
unless, for good cause shown, the same
shall be SET aside; and unless such survey Is
SET aside, as aforesaid, said count shall order
record OF the same 10 be made, and copy
Of such record 10 be transferred 10 The au-
ditor Of each Of such counties, and shall
order and decree that said line be established
as the wue boundary line between such
counties, and shall enforce such decree by
injunction, aWachmeni or Otherwise, agOins,
,he officers Of either Of said counties disre.
garding the same.
SEC, 7. Thai said court may make such
decree as 20 iaxes previously COLLECTED by
either Of such counlies within the true boun-
Diary Of the territory actually In The Other
as may DO jus, and right.
JAMES G. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House OF Reps.
WILLIAM MEDlLL,
Presiden, Of the Senate.
April 9,le5f.