Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-03-08

ship business, as hereinafter provided, and
then and there produce list or accoun, OF
money by him received for road purposes,
and how expended, aud 10 whom paid; md
the trustees nre7auihorized and required 70
adjust and settle all accounts so produced 10
them; and it, upon a fair and accuru,e set.
dement,. they shull be satisfied thu, The mon.
ey has beenlaiiRfulIy v applied, and account
led for, they shall allow said supervisor or
superin,endent one dollar FER day for each
and every day they may have been nncessa-
rily employed in the duties assigned them,
and the ifostees slIall give him an order on
the township treasurer for the amountdue.
r Sec. 33. Tha,a any person charged, with, q
road ta4 on The grand levy, as provided FOR
in The twenty sixth and twenty seventh sec
dions Of ibis Scs may, either personally OF
BY agent, discharge The same BY labor,
10 be performed on the roadn within the
proper district within .ha, township where
such .ax may be charged. by any able
bodied man, at The rate Of one dollar per
day for each day's work, and ra,eabe
proportion per day for any Team furnished
by such person; which labor shall be per.
formed under the direction of The supervisor
of the highways in the proper dislric., in
such township; and il'shall be .be duty ol
such supervisor 70 rAurp SushaiupIicatesoh
or before rhe ,enth day Of ~ Nmber, then
nexl ensuing to the ,ownsbe6sr&, certify
ing ,he amour. (if any OF tSes thu. re.
mains unpaid by labor as provided for by
this act, and i, shall bs the du,y Of The town.
ship clerk, within FIVE days ,llereulier. 10
certify The same To ahe township treasurer
who shall Immediately proceed 10 coilec,
the same, and in making such collections
he shall proceed in all respects as is re-.
quired by law of county treasnrers in col
lec,ing taxes; provided that the township
lreasurers shall NOT be allowed 10 charge
mileage for greater distance than from his
Office 10 lhe residence Of the lax-payer; pro.
vided further, Thar if there be any non resi-
dent taxpayers on the duplicate transmitted
10 The township clerk by the county auditor
!, shall be his duty TO certify such non res
iden,'s tax, together with any delinquen
tax which The township treasurer may have
been unable TO collect, 10 The county auditor
on or before The fifteenth day Of March iher
next ensuing, 10 be placed on The duplicate
and collected as other Delinquent, and non
resident taxes are collected, and the take.
so collected shall be paid over to the prope
township reasurers, which together with lht
road lakes by them collected, shall he ex
pended on The public roads within the dis
iricis from which the same has been col
lec,ed. 5 tl9ta .w f-- zaa.
Sec. 81. Tha, the supervisors Of III,
highways Of, the several districts, shall givt
three DAYS notice 10 persons residing in lht
/ district, charged with u road TAX mentioned
in the preceding section, and The time ant
place they will attend, and direct the worl
10 he performed as aforesaid; and in Gus,
The whole of said lax due from residenr
within any district, shall no. be paid in pur
suancs Of the first notice aforesaid, in con
sequence Of absence from home, sickness
or olher inability, the supervisor shal
appoin, lime that he will again attend. ant
shall give notice as Aforesaid 10 such dein
quenls.
Sec. 35. Tha, any time. during the year
when any public highway shall be obslrucle,
by the fall Of iimbers, or any olher cause
or any bridge shull be impaired, so tn
passage of Teams or travellers on said roat
or bridge shall be dangerous, and The super
visor in the district in which such obsrruc
tion or impaired bridge may exist, shall b
notified Of The same. it shall be his duty 4
cause such obstruction 10 be removed o
bridge repaired, forthwith; for which purpos
he shall Immediately order out such numbe
Of inhabitants Of his district, as he ma
deem necessary 10 remove said obsIruclions
or repair said bridge. .a..4
Sec, SO. That each and every person S
ordered oul. who shall, after having on
days notice, refuse or neglec, TO attend viii
pr'per implements, wherewiIh 10 labor, Q
. the time and place appointed by The super
visor, or having allended, shall refuse /
obey The direo,ons of the supervisor, @
shall spend The time in idleness or inauer
y lion 10 The duties assigned him, every sue
delinquent shall forfeit and pay the sum {
ono dullar for every such offence, 10 be n
covered, paid over. accounted for, and al
: propriated ugreeabIy to The provisions {
this act.
Sec. 81. That in all cases where an
: person. shall, under the direction Of III
supervisor, perform moro labor on The puI
lie road than may be due from him. III
o supervisor shall give such person a cerlii
: cafe, specifying the amount Of extra labt
y so performed. which certificate shall be r
y ceived for the amount specified in sue
certificate, in discharge Of any labor with
Q the same district, which may be due lrvI
P the holder Of such certificate, in any su,
ceeding year, under The provisions Of III
i act; Provided, thai the Two preceding set
u lions shall not be so construed as 10 auIho
Q ize any supervisor to order out or direct an
! person 10 pclCurm more than one days wol
y in any one year, over and above the amour
y OF labor due from such person, ugrecably
q tho provisions Of this act. '74's w ".
:. Sec. SO. That ihe trustees OF township
$ shall NEE, u, the place o( holding annu
y elections, on the, first Monday Of March.
70 which time and place the several supery
o sors of ihe township shall attend, and ear
~ produce his list and account Of all labor Pc
10 formed within their reSpeclivs dislric,
70 ogreeably 10. the provisions Of this oC
ol together with q statement Of The amount
s. all fDes, penalties and luleilures by hi
OF collected, or judgments for The same q
rs lained; also, The amount by him expendc
as ,. aoaoyda.aoa ,Vith ahn enIna. "A md Al