Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-03-11
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within that township where such tax NAV be
charged. by any able-bodied man, At the rate
Of one dollar per day Tor each days work, and
a rateable proportion per day fOf any team fur
nlshed by such person which labor shall De
performed under the direction Of the supervisor
OF highways in the proper districts m such town
ship and 1t shall be the duty Of such supervi-
sor 10 return such duplicate on or before the
tenth day Of November, then next ensuing, 10
the township clerk, certifying the amount (if
any) Of taxes that remains unpaid by labor as
provided for by this act, and il shall be the
duty Of the township clerk, within Eve DAYS
thereafter, to certify the same TO the township
treasurer, who shall Immediately proceed 10
collect the same. and in making such collec-
tons, he shall proceed in all respects as is re-
qulred by law Of county treasurers in collecting
taxes provided, that the township treasurers
shall not be allowed TO charge mileage for
greater distance than from his Office 10 the res
ldence OF the tax payer provided further, that
1t there be any non resident tax payers on the
duplicate transmitted to the township clerk BY
the county auditor, il shall be his duty TO eei-
/ tfy such non residents tax together with any
delinquent tax which the township treasurer
may have been unable to collect, TO the county
auditor, on or before the fifteenth day of March
then next ensuing, 10 be placed on the duplicate
and collected as other non resident taxes are
collected, and the taxes so collected shall be
paid over TO the proper township treasurers,
which together with the road taxes by them
collected, shall be expended on the public roads
within the districts from which the same has
been collected
Sec. 81. That The supervisors Of the high
ways of the several districts, shall give three
days notice to persons residing in the district,
charged with a road tax mentioned in the pre-
ceding section, and the time and place they
: will attend, and direct the work TO be perform
ed as aforesaid and in case the whole of said
tax due from residents within any district shall
not be paid in pursuance Of the first notice afore-
said, in consequence of absence from home,
sickness, OF other inability. the supervisor shall
appoint time that he will again attend, and
shall give notice as aforesaid to such delin-
quents.
Sec. 35. That any time, during the year,
when any public highways shall be Obstructed
by the fall of timbers, or any other cause, or
any bridge shall be impaired, so th< passage Of
teams or travellers on said road or bridge shall
be dangerous and the supervisor in the district
in which such obstruction or impaired bridge
NAV exist, shall be notified Of the same, it shall
be his duty to cause such Obstructions to be re-
moved, or bridge repaired, forthwith f; for which
purpose he shall Immediately order out such
number of inhabitants of his district as he may
deem necessary, to remove said obstructions,
or repair said bridge.
Sec. Sc. That each and every person so or
dered out, who shall, after having one DAYS
notice, refuse or neglect TO attend, with proper
implements wherewith to labor, at the time and
place appointed by the supervisor, or having
attended, shall refuse to obey the directions Of
the supervisor, or shall spend the time in idle
ness or inattention to the duties assigned him,
every such delinquent shall forfeit and pay the
sum of one dollar for every such offence, to be
recovered, paid over, accounted for, and appro-
priated agreeably to the provisions of this act.
| Sec. 81. That in all cases where any person
shall, under the direction of the supervisor, per-
form more labor on the public road than may
be due from him, the supervisor shall give such
person certificate, specifying the amount Of
extra labor so performed, which certificate shall
I be received for the amount specified in such
certificate, in discharge of any laber within the
same district, which may be due from the hol-
der OF such certificate in any succeeding yeal,
under the provisions of this act ProVided, that
the two preceding sections shall not be SO con-
strued as to authorize any supervisor to order
out or direct any person to perform more than
one days work, in any one year, over and
above the amount of labor due from such per-
son, agreeaby to the provisions of this act
Sec. 38. That the trustees Of townships shall
meet at the place of holding annual elections,
on the first Monday of March, at which time
and place the several supervisors of the town /
ship shall attend, and each produce his list and
account of all labor performed within their re-
spective districts, agreeablyt to the provisions of
this act together with a statement of the amount
of all fines, penalties and forfeitures by him col
lected, or judgments for the same obtained
also, the amount by him expended, in accord
ance with the same and the trustees are here
by authorized and required to adjust and settle
all accounts SO produced to them, and to allow
such amount for delinquencies, as they shall
deem just and reasonable and if, upon fair
and accurate settlement, there shall appear to
be balance dne to any supervisor for his SER
clces under this act, the trustees shall give him
an order on the township treasurer for the
amount due, at the rate of one dollar per day, |
for the time he may have been necessarily en-
ployed; Proviked, that the supervisor shall, in
all cases, be held accountable for the full amount
and the faithful application of labor due in his
district unless, for good cause shown, the trus
tees shall deem it just to remit the same.
Sec. 80. That if, npon settlement with the
township trustees, at their annual meeting for
that purpose, there shall be any unexpended
money in the hands of any supervisor, which
has been collected under the provisions of this
act, he shall pay the same over to his success
or in office, taking his receipt for the amount
thereof which receipt he shall lodge with the
township treasurer. h. ......,.
Sec. 40. That each and every supervisor who
shall neglect or refuse TO perform the several
duties enicined on him by this act, or who shall
under any pretence whatever, give or sign any