The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-04-21
mo. 38.l
AN ACT

mo. 30.l
AN ACT
For ascertaining the boundaries of Coun-
ties.
SEC. /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
whenever it shall appear to the commits
sioners of any county, that the boundary
lines of the county aro not sufficiently as
certained, it is hereby made the duty of
the commissioners to issue their order to
the surveyor of the county, requiring him
to ascertain and survey such line or lines.
SEC. 9. That it shall be the duty of the
commissioners of any county, where the
county line or lines are to be run, to give
notice to the board of commissioners of
the county or counties affected thereby,
declaring their intention of running the
line or lines of SAID county; and said COM
missioners receiving such notice, shall
order the county surveyor otsuch county
to proceed and run such lines with the
surveyor or surveyors of the adjoining
county or counties, at such time and in
such manner as shall be fixed upon by
the commissioners of said counties
SEC. 3. That each county surveyor
shall forthwith make out return of such
survey to the clerk of the common pleas
of his county, whose duty it shall be to
make record thereof.
Sec. 4. That the county surveyors shall
receive for their services, performed un-
der this act, such compensation as may
be allowed by the commissioners of the
county to which each surveyor respective
ly belongs, to be paid out of the county
treasury, on the commissioners order.
SEC. 5. That whenever the commits
sioncrs of any county shall be unable to
ascertain the boundary lines of such coun-
ty with certainty, or having ascertalned
the boundary line thereof, if the commits
sioncrs or officers Of such adjoining coun-
tyi shall disregard the true line, the COM
missioners of the county wishing to es-
tabIish the line thereof, may commence
and prosecute suit in chancery in the
court of common pleas Of such adjoining
county, against the commissioners there
! Of to ascertain and establish such boun.
| daries.
SEE 6. That the commissioners in such
adjoining county, shall be made parties
to such sui: by subpoena, as in other cases
in chancery; and if such court shall find
that the boundary line, to ascertain which
such suit is commenced is not sufficiently
ascertaned, or that the officers Of such
adjoining county disregard the true boun-
| Diary line, said court shall appoint sur
veyor, who shall not be resident of Ell
ther of such counties, to ascertain and
! survey such boundary line, and report
the same to said court; which report shall
be conclusive between such counties as
to 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 court shall order re-
cord of the same to be made, and copy
Of such record to be transferred to the
auditor of each of such counties, and
shall order and decree that said line be
established as the true boundary line
between such counties, and shall enforce
such decree by injunction, attachment or
Otherwise, against the officers of either of
said connties disreg garding the same.
SEC. T. That said court may make UGH
decree as to taxes previously collected by
either of such counties within the true
boundary of the territory actually in the
other, as may be just and right.
JAMES G. JOHNSON.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
WILLIAM MEDILL,
President of the Senate.
April 0, 1852.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
Columbus, April 2, 1852.
! certify that the foregoing laws are
correctly copied from the original roll'
on file in this office.
WILLIAM TREVITT,
Secretary of State.
certify the above to be a correct copy
as published by the Secretary of State il
the Ohio State Journal.
r. X PRICE. Auditor Fl g.