Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-02-15

plication, shall pay the amount of all costs
and expenses Of the view and survey Of said
road; and The petition shall be read 10 open
meeting Of said trustees; and they being
satisfied that such proposed road is necessa.
ry. they shall appoint three judicious, disin-
lcresled andhoders of the township, who
shall constitute jury, and a surveyor, who
shall, after taking The oath or affirmation
required by The SIKH section Of this act, take
10 heir rassistance Two. chan,carrersaand a
Tarker, and proceed, al The time directed
by the trustees, or within three days there.
alter, 10 view The ground along which said
road is proposed 10 be established, and locate
the same as near the prayer Of the petition.
er or petitioners, as good road can be had
nj reasonable expense; and determine
according TO the provisions Of section four
of this act, the compensation which shall
be paid 10 The owner or owners of The land
through which it is proposed 10 establish The
SAME, and the amount Of damages he, she,
or they may sustain.
Sec. 80. That the viewers shall make
report. in wiring, 10 the trustees. sellirg
forth their opinion, in full. for or against The
establishment of such road, together with
statement of the damages. if any. assessed
10 each person, through whose land The road
is proposed 10 be established; which report.
together with return and plat Of the survey
Of SAID road shall be deposited with the
township clerk, who shall notify the trustees
thereof, whereupon the trustees shall al
their next meeting, cause said report 10 be
read, and if the same be in favor Of eSlah.
fishing said road, and the trustees deem ii
reasonable and just, they being satisfied that
the damages, (il any have been claimed and
assessed } have been paid or secured to be
paid, by The petitioner or petitioners. the
clerk Of tho township shall enler The said
report on record. And the trustees shall
issue their order 10 the petitioner or petition
ers, or any Of lhem 10 open said road thirty
feet wide, and from lhenceforlh, the Rad
shall be considered private or township
road, subject 10 bo kept open and in repair,
al the expense Of the applicant or applicants
for The same; Provided, however, that any
township road. which commences in State,
turnpike, county or township road, leading
or terminating in a county, turnpike or State
road shall be opened and kept in repair bv
The supervisor, in whose district any such
township road may BE- situated in whole or
in par; and il shall be the duty of the su.
lpervisor to cause so much Of the labor ol
thepersons immediately interested, in such
township road. 10 be applied 10 the opening
or Keeping such township road in repair, as
he may deem reasonable; and the costs oI
the view and survey Of such roads shall be
paid oul Of The township treasury; but if The
viewers shall report that the prayer of the
petitioner or petitioners is unreasonable and
ought not 10 be- granted, no further proceed
ing shall be had thereon by said trustees
and all costs accruing under the provision:
Of this section, shall be paid by the person
5 or persons making application for such rsad
except as herein before provided. m
5 Sec. 33. That an appeal from the. III
g decision of the trustees of the TOWNSHIP ~
any petition Oh report for a road, shal1
allowed 10 the probate court, and The cour
Y may order another view of said road, o
e make any other order which may be jus
7 and reasonable in the case; Provided III
i nppelan, shall enter into bonds TO The Stat
n or Ohio, for the use of the township, in Ih
: sum of one hundred dollars. with one O
i more good and sufficient surelies 10 The ac
: ceptance Of The township treasurer, With,
y fifteen days from the date Of the decision {
n said trustees, conditioned for The paymer
: of all costs and expenses arising from sue
d appeal, If the road shall be established b
: the procee ling had in the probate cour
). which appeal shall be entered with the prc
n bate Judge within six days from the day {
/ the filing Of The bond with the townshi
+ treasurer. And no order shall issue f
IL IL opening any township road until fifteen day
i alter the same Shall have been establishes
l. a, which time the clerk Of the township ma
ID issue such order by direction Of the trustee
!. !. unless an appeal has been perfected. agre
- ably 10 the provisions of this section.
I'd Sec. "a That the decision oblnined
v the probate courl, as provided for in II
e. foregoing section, shall be certified back
" ihe township clerk, who shall nodIy Il
N trustees thereof; whereup0n the uuste
ed. shalt dispose of the case agrecabIy to Il
c. order Of The probate coun. And the proba
ca Judge shall be allowed TO tax the same le
~, ~, which are BY law allowed for simil
he services in other cases. ,a.
" Sec. 35, That whenever any lo@nsh
road shall become useless, any one or mo
", u, residents of The township may, after givi
lie The same notice required in The lhirlie
Ter section of this acl, petition the trustees
'e' vacale the same; and if said trustees a
or' or satisfied that the proper nnice has be-
,se given, and no injustice will be done lherel
ate they shall, al their next regular meeting, {
ch clare The same vacated, and give NOT
ne thereof 10 The township clerk, who sh
-" M enter the same on The records Of The TOW
ship.
Sec. SO. That The trustees of any tow
,ns ship in this State be aud they are here
los authorized, upon petition for that purpo
,,d 10 aller or change The direction Of a
inn township road in their respective lownshi
me in such manner us shall be reasonable q
nv as the public convenience may require
in. Sec. 81. That upon application as aGo
lch said for any alteration or change in
of township road, the same proceedings sf
Gler be had by und before such trustees in
sor, respects as required by The thirteenth s
,lic ton Of this act
in Sec. 38. That the ac, entitled "an act
Ell opening and regulating roads and hi
lin ways,n passed March fourteenth one III