Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-03-10
GALLIPoLIs, OHIO. MARCH 10. 1853.


day they may have been necessarily
employed in the duties assigned them,
and The trustees shall give him an order
on the township treasurer for the amount
due. - - '.-'''
I Sec. 33. That any person charged
with rnad tax on the grand levy, as
provided for in the twenty. sixth and
twenty-seventh sections of this act may
either personally or by an agent, dis
charge the same bv labor, to be per-
formed on the road, within the proper
district within that township where such
tax may be charged, by any able-bodied
man, at the rate of one dollar per day
for each days work, and a raieable pro-
portion per day for any team furnished
by such person; which labor shall be
performed under the direction of the
supervisor Of highways in the proper
district, in such township; and ii shall
be the duty of such supervisor to return
such duplicate on or before the tenth
day of November, then next ensuing to
the township clerk, certifying the amount
&c 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 cer-
tify the same TO the township treasurer,
who shall Immediately proceed to COLI
lect the same, and In making such col~
lections, he shall proceed in all respects
as is required by law Of county treasu>
rers in collecting taxes; provided that
, the township treasurers shall not be alS
lowed to charge mileage for greater
distance than from his office to the resi-
dence of the taxpayer; provided fur
ther, that if there be any non resident
taxpayers on the duplicate transmitted
to the township clerk by the county au-
ditor, it shall be his duty TO certify such
non residents tax, together with any de-
linquent tax which the township t-easu-
rer may have been unable TO collect, TO
the county auditor. on or before the fie-
teenih day of March then next ensuing,
to be placed on the duplicate and collec-
ted as other delinquent ard non resident
taxes are collected, and the taxes so COL
Iected 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. r t,a.-sE -..
Sec. "a. That the supervisors of the
highways of the several districts, shall
give three days. notice to persons resi-
ding in the district, charged with a road
tax mentioned in the preceding section.
. and the time and place they will attend,
/ and direct the work to be performed as
: aforesaid; and in case the whole of said
, tax due from residents within any district
shall not be paid in pursuance Of the
r first notice aforesaid, in consequence Of
! absence from home, sickness, or other
r inability, the supervisor shall appoint a
time that he will again attend, and shall
{ give notice as aforesaid 10 such delin-
quents. 4--n.H la..sa 81. -
, Sec. 50. That any time, during the
year, when any public highway shall be
, obstructed by the fall Of timbers. or any
) other cause, or any bridge shall be i'm
paired, so tne passage of teams or traV-
elers on said road or bridge shall be
) dangerous, and the supervisor in the
, district in which such obstruction or
! impaired bridge may exist, shall be no.
} titled of the same, il shall be his duty to
cause such obstruction TO be removed,
or bridge repaired, forthwith; for which
purpose he shall Immediately order out
! such number Of Inhabitants of his dis
trict. as he may deem necessary to re-
move said distractions, or repair said
bridge.
Sec. SO. That each and every person
so ordered out, who shall, after having
, one days notice, refuse or neglect TO al
T tend with proper implements, where
r with to labor, at the time and place ap-
pointed by the supervisor, or having at
, tended, shall refuse to obey the direc-
: tions of the supervisor, or shall spend
? the time in idleness or inaiteniion to the
= duties assigned him, every such delIn-
? quent shall forfeit and pay the sum Of
2 one dollar for every such offence, TO be
!, recovered, paid over, accounted for, and
. appropriated agreeably to the provisions
: of this act. " .a Jon .He. .9c
/. Sec. 81. That in all cases where any
? person shall, under the direction of the
e supervisor, perform more labor on the
r public road than may be due from him,
D the supervisor shall give such person a
' certificate. specifying the amount of ex.
: ira labor so performed, which certificate
e shall be received for the amount speci.
s ned in such certificate, in discharge oi
: any labor within the same district,
b which may be due from the holder OF
r such certificate, in any succeeding year,
). under the provisions of this act; Prori>
,. ded, that the two preceding sections
b shall not be so construed as to authorize
o any supervisor to order out or direct any
f person 10 perform more than one days
q work, in any o.e year. over and above
s the amount OF labor due from such per-
: son, agreeably to the provisions of this
act. Is -ii 30 1lsf2c
: Sec. SO. That the trustees Of town.
e ships shall meet at the place of holding
e annual elections, on the first Monday oi
e March, at which time and place the sew.
$ eral supervisors Of the township shall
e attend. and each produce his list and nc
v connf of aII labor oe,.forned within their