The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-05-25

March IL, 1858
mo Isl AN ACT
Defining the mole Oflaying out and estab-
fishing State roads.
Sec. !. Belt enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Ohio, That all state
roads to be hereafter laid out, shall be by
petition to the county commissioners as
hereinafter progided.
Se3. 9. That all petitions for any state
road shall specify tho place of beginning,
the intermediate points, il any, and the place
Of termination oi said road.
Sec. } That on application by petition,
signed by at least twenty freeh"llers OF each
county through which it may be proposed to
lay out and establish any state road, the
board of commissioners Of ach OF said
counties shall appoint one 1islnterested free
holderof their respective counties as COM
missioners to view and survey said road.
Sec. 4. That previous to granting an
order on any petition presented as Aforesaid,
one Of the parties in each county Interested
in the location of such road, shatl enter into
bond with two or more responsible free
holders in said county, as securities, to the
satisfaction of the county commissioners,
payable othe state Of Ohio, and conditioned
for the payment Of all expenses which may
accrue in the locoton OF said road, in case
the same should not be established public
highway.
Sec. That on the filing ola petition and
bond, agreeably to the provisions OF the third
and fourth sections of this act, which shall
be at the same meeting ofthe commissioners
ofall the counties interested in the location OF
the road, the commissioners shall issue
their orde,, directing the commissioners,
by them appointed, to meet at the place OF
the beginning of said road, on the first
Wednesday OF the month, then next "nsu.
ing, and the commissioners, when met as
before directed, shall employ a sklltul sur
vevor, chain carrierSa marker, and other
assistants, if necessary, and proceed to the
discharge of the duties Of their appointments
respectively: Provided, that each commits
oner, surveyor and chain carrier, shall, be-
fore entering on the duties of his appoint
mcnt, take an oath, or affirmation, TO dis
charge his duties faithfully and according to
law.
Sec. 6. That each state road shall be laid
out from the place of beginning to the place
Of termination on the most direct route that
suitable ground can be found. whereon 10
establish the same, always having regard to
the intermediate points, il any, in such road
and all state roads that shall be hereafter
established agreeably to the provisions Of
this act, shall be opened and considered
public hisways sixty feet wide.
Sec. T. That tthe commissioners, appoint.
ed to lay out and establish any state road,
shal! cause the same 10 be correctly surveyed
and marked throug ghout the whole distan &c
of the same, and note the courses and dis.
tances therof; and at the end Of each mile,
shall mark the number thereof, on tree or
monument, erected by them, for that pur-
pose. Aud the commiss iouerS anl surv eyor
of each roAd shall make certified return of
the survey and plat Of the whole length Of
said road, specifying, in said return, the dis
tance the same may have been laid ont in
each county, and whether, in THAR opinion,
the public cconvenieacerequlrc the establish
ment Of said roal. One complete copy OF
which return shall be signed by majority
of the commissioners and the surveyor and
Immediately be deposited in the commission
e.s, Office III each county in which any part
Of sad road shall be LAID out; and the audi
sor of the said county shall tile the same in
his office.
Sec. 6. That in case the commissioners
report in favor of the establishment of such
road, the county commissioners ofthe respect.
i've counties shall. at their next session after
tAe filing OF said report, order the anditor
to cause a notice thereof to be published in
S2me newspaper in general circulation in
said county, tor four consecutive weeks be-
fole the next meeting CT the board, notify
ing all the parties Interested in the establish
mcnt of the same, that the commissioners
Of the said counties woul1 hear the parties
in favor OF or against the establishment OF
said road, and The application for damages
Of any person on account Of the location Of
said road through his, her or their lands;
provided, that all persons who do not make
application for damages at the next regular
session Of the commissioners, after the pub
lication of said nctioe, shall he considered
and held to have released all their claim to
damages By reason afthe location said road;
provided further, that il there te any lands,
the owners of which have not grated the
right of way, nor filed their applications for
damages with the county commissioners, the
whole case shall be continued to the next
regular session of the commi. sloners, and
they shall again order the auditor to cause
notice to such owners and all otner persons
interested, to be published in some news
paperin general circulation in the county
for four consecutive weeks, b, fore their
next meeting that they will at such meeting
.near all applications for damages.
Sec. o That if any person or persons
shall consider themsclvs aggrieved by the
location Of said road through his, her or
their premises, such person or persons shall
file petition in writing setting forth the
premises on which they claim. damages, with
the commissioners Of the proper county al
their next regular session after the publica.
tio1 of the notice provided for in the pre-
cecdng sacton; and said commissioners
shall appoint jury Of three disinterested
freehoders Of the county, whose duty it
shall be, after having taken an oath or alfir.
nation to f.ithfully and impartialy dis
charge the duties imposed upon them BY
this act, to proceed to view the said road The
entire distance the came may have been 10
Gated though the premises Of the complain
ant or oomplainants, and of minors, idiots.
lunatics orin"ane persons, where the same are