The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-03-04

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or obli9ors in Tho hon5 seSn,;rr tho oo0ts opso
EXPENSES shall be liable for fe Mi amount srca
and expenses: Provided that in All lcases. .wberf
any oath or affirmation is required to be taker
by any person under the provisions of this act
the same may be administered by the suryeyo,
or by one Of the viewers, or reviewers who
| have previously been ,swo IN or affirmed tbeto.
selves.
Ssc. 8. That It shall be the duty of the
| viewers aforesaid, at the same time at which
they are required to make their report of view
to make separate report, in writing. stating
the amount Of damages, (if any J and to whom
which by them have been assessed. which
would accrue by the opening of said road and
they shall also file the written applications on
which such assessments have been made, with
the county auditor. And the commissioners
shall cause the said report to be publicly read
! on the third day of the session at which IL was
received, and if no petition for review or alte.
ration shall have been presented and received
and the commissioners shall be satisfied that
the amount SO assessed and determined be inst
and equitable and that the said road will. in
their opinion, be of sufficient importance TO tbe
public to cause the damages which have beer
assessed as aforesaid, to be paid by the county,
they shall order the same to be paid to the an.
plicant or applicants from the county treasi,.
ry: but If, in their opinion the said road is NO,
Of sufficient Importance to the public to cause
the same to be paid by the county, they may
refuse to establish the same public highway
unless the damages which have been assessed
are paid by the petitioners. But if applica.
tion. by petition, shall have been made for re-
view or alteration then no further proceeding
shall be had on thereport till the final deter
minatiou of the commissioners on the applica
ton for review or alteration.
Sec. 9. That after the viewers of any cotit
tv road shall have made return in favor of tn,
same, agreeably to the seventh section of this
act. and before said return shall be recorded
and the said road established. it shall be law
ful for anv citizen of the county to apply tc
tho comm; ssioners for a review of said road. b,
petitiop agreeably to the second section of thii
act, and the commissioners shall, on such pc.
tition being presen ed, and they being satisfied
the same is inst and reasonable. appoint five
disinterested freeholders of the county to re.
view said road, and issue their order to said
reviewers. directing them TO meet at a time to
be specified in such order, or within five davs
thereafter: and the said petitioners for review,
shall cause at least six days notice to be given
to the principal petitioner for said road, Of the
time and place Of the meeting of said review
ers, aud the said reviewers shall meet, after
having received the above notice required, and
ALERT king the oath or affirmation required by
the sixth section of this act, shall proceed to
examine the route surveyed for said road by the
former viewers, and make report in writing,
to the commissioners, setting their opinions in
favor or against the establishment of said road
or any part thereof and their reasons for the
same. And if the report OF the reviewers be
in favor of said road, the same shall be estab.
lished, recorded and opened, agreeably to the
provisions of this act. and the person or per
sons boHnd for the same. shall pay into the
county treasury the amount of the costs of such
revi W but if the report be against the estab
lishment of such road, no further proceedings
shall be had thereon befure the commissioner
and the persons executing the first bond shall
pay into the county treasury the costs and ex.
penses of the view, survey and review of said
road. q 5.a ..-F
+ SEC. 10. That when the place of beginning.
or true course of any State or county road shall
be uncertain, by reason Of the removal of anv
monument or marked tree, by which such road
was originally designated, or from any other
cause, the county commissioners of the proper
county may appoint three disinterested land
holders of the county to review and straighten
said road, if they shall deem it necessary, and
q competent surveyor to survey the same and
said reviewers and surveyor, after taking the
oath or affirmation requied by the sixth sec
tion of this act shalt view and survey said
road, and the same correctly mark throughout,
as in case of new roads, and shall make a re.
turn OF said survey, and plat oil said road 10
the commissioners, who hall cause the same
10 be recorded, as in other cases aud from
the ceforth said road, surveyed as aforesaid
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