Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-03-01

, but the name Of: :he person and the a
, mount ofsuch tax, and transmit the sam
, 10 tho clerk ofthc proper township.
Il Section 20. That itshall bo the du
~ Of the township clerk, Immediately Of
fer the reception .ofsuch duplicate upor
r tho presentation by the supervisors O
their rcspoc i've districts In said township
Of a list Of all persons liable to perform
labor on the roads and highways Of
subject TO taxation for the same TO make
out and deliver 10 each supervisor nlorc
said, m abslract duplicate Of tho amount
Of road tax each Person in said disiric
may stand charged with, and tho super
visors shall then proceed agrecably tc
the provisions hereinafter containcl.
Section 20. That whenever the ,ren
surer of any township shall have recei
we'd ony money from the county treasury
foi road purposes in such township he
shall notify the trustees of such town.
ship Of the same, who shall cause the
money so received to be Appropriated to
building bridges, or repairing the public
roads, within their township; il for The
building Of bridge or bridges, they
shall give at least twenty days notice,
by advertisement posted up in five Of
the mos, public places in said township
Of the time anl place Of such sale, an |
sell to the lowest bidder, (if in their
opinion snch bidder be competent to
perform tho samc,) such bridge or bril-.
ges as aforesaid, as they may deem ex.
pc elient, equal 10 the amount Of money
10 be appropriated as aforesaid, AMI
whenever such labor shall be perlorme
asfceably 10 contract or conditions Of
sale, the trustees, or ma ajorily Of them
shall draw an or icr on the treasurer OF
the township in favor of the person OF
persons who have performed such labor
for the amount due for the same, which
order shall be paid by the township
treasurer on demand.
Section 81. That il the trustees oI
any township shall deem it expclicn,
to appropriate the money aforesaid, OF
any par. thereof, to the improving oflhc
public roals anl highways. they may
cause the amour, thus set apart, for the
purpose of improving any road or roa Is
in the several districts in said township,
TO be cxpeniel under the superin,en.
dence of the supervisors Of sail districts
or by such other persons as they may
see proper TO appoint, and it shall be
the duty of the supervisor, or such other
person, thus appointed, on receiving an
orier on the township treasurer, to draw
from the treasury the amount so appro.
piiateI, ana proceed to expcnl the
same in improving ofthc roads and high.
ways in the proper districts, first, by
procuring. by purchase Or otherwise,
such number Of plows, scrapers AMI 9th
er tools, as the township trustees shall
direct. or deem necessary for that pur-
pose; secondly, by the purchase Of such
materials as may be necessary, and to
the employment ofsuch number of teams
and aDle.bollcl men to perform such
labor, at the customary price, as may
appear, TO said supervisor or superinlen.
dent to be just an right.
Section 30. That the supervisors or
other persons appointed asrecably to the
foregoing section shall meet with the
trustees, at their annual meeting for the
settlement OF township business as here.
matter provided, AMI then AMI there
produce list or account OF money by
him received for road purposes, and how
expendci, ami to whom paid; ana the
trustees are authorized ana rcgurcJ 10
Just and settle all accounts So pro.su
cel TO them; AMI il upon fair AMI ac-
curate settlement, they shall be satisfied
that the money has been faithfully ap.
piled, aod accounted for, they snail al
low said supervisor or superintendent
one dollar per day fof each and every
day they may have been necessarily EN-.
ployeI in the duties ASST sneI them, aud
The trustees shall give him an orler. on
the township treasurer ior the alno't due.
Section 33. That any person char.
god with roal tax on the grand lew,
as provided for in the twenty.sixth an |
twenty. seventh sections of this act may
either personally or by. an agent, ts.
charge the same by labor, to be perform.
cd on the road, within the proper dls.
tfict within that township where such
tax may be charged, by any e.boIed
man, at the rate Of one dollar per day
Tor each days work, and fateable pro e.
portion per day for any team furnished
by such person.; which labor shall be
performed under the direction OF the SUI.
pervsor Of highways in the proper dis.
trict,.in such township and it shall be
the duly Of such supervisor to return
such duplicate on Or before the tenth
day OF November, then next ensuing,
to township clerk, certifying the amount
ii any OF taxes that remains unpaid by
labor as provided for by this act, and it
shall be the duty Of the township clerk,
within five days thereafter, to certify
the same to the township treasurer, who
shall lmmc lately proceed 10 collect
the same, and in making such colec.
ions, he shall proceed IN all respects
as is required bylaw of county trcasu.
ferS in collecting taxes; provided that
the township lrcasurers shall not be al.
Lowell TO charge mileage for greater
distance than from his Office to the resi-.
dence of the taxpayer; provided fur.
ther, that If there he anv non resi- Ian,