Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-02-09

SdIlSHGu tluL nave UCCn CiditH-
ed and assessed,) have been paid or secured to be
paid, by the petitioner or petitioners, the clerk of
the township shall enter the said report on record
And the trustees shall issue their order to the Pc
titioner or petitioners, or any of them, to open
said road thirty feet wide, and from theneeforth,
the road shah be ,censRered private or township
road, subject to be kept open and in repair, at the
expense the applicant applicants for the same:
Provided however, that any township road, which
commences in a State, turnpike, county or town.
ship road, leading terminating in county, turn
pike or State road shall be opened and kept in re-
pair by the supervisor, in whose district any such
township road may be situated in whole or,in part
and it shall be the duty of the supervisor to cause
so much ofthe labor Of the persons immediatelyin-
terested,in suclxownship roadto be applied to the
opening,or keeping such township road in repair ras
he may deem reasonable; and the costs of the view
and survey of such roads shall be paid out of the
township treasury; but if the viewers shall report
that the prayer OF the petitioner or petitio1frSls
and ought not to be grss>ted, u f0-
ther proceeding shall be had thereon by said trus-
tees and all costs accrpipg spnder the pr9yisids
of Hlsection, ln lHbe: paid By the person per-
Sons milking applications for such road, except as
herein before providsal.>.
Section 3s. That an appeal from the final de-
,cison of the trustees of the township, ON any pc
fxon or report FOX road, shall be allowed to the
probate court, and the csurt may order another
view of said road, or make any other order which
may be just and reasonable in the case: Provided,
the appellant shall enter into bonds to the State
lot Ohio, for the use of the township, in the sum
of one hundred dollars, with one or more good and
sufficient suretes to the acceptance of the town.
ship treasurer, within fifteen days from the date Of
the decision of said trustees, conditioned for the
payment of all costs and expenses arising from
such appeal, if the road shall be established by
the proceeding had in the probate court, which ap
peal shall be entered with the probate Judge with
in six days from the day of the filing of the bond
with the township treasurer. And no order shall is
for opening any township road until fifteen days
after thesame shall havebeen established, at which
time the clerk of the township may issue such or
der by direction of the trustees, unless appeal
has been perfected, agreeaby to the provisions of
this section.
Section 3D. That the decision obtained in the
probate COURT as provided tor IN the foregoing sec
ton, shall be certified back to the township clerk
who shall notify tile trustees thereof; whereupon
the trustees shall dispose of the case agreeably to
the order of the probate court, and the probate
Judge shall be allowed to tax the same fees which
are by law allowed for similar services in other
cases.
| Section 81. That whenever any township road
shall become useless,any one or more residents of
the township may, after giving the same notice
required in the thrtieth section of this act, petit
ton the trustees to vacate the same; and if said
trustees are satisfied that the proper notice has
been given, and no injustice will be done thereby
they SHALL at their next regular meeting, declare
the same vacated and give notice thereof to the
township clerk, who shall enter the same on the
records of the township.
Section 36. That the trustees of any town
ship in this state be and they are hereby au-
thorized, upon petition for that purpose, to alter
or change the direction of any township road in
their respective townships, in such manner as shall
be reasonable and as the public convenience may
require
Section 81. That upon application as aforesaid
for any alteration change in any township road
the same proceedings shall be had by and before
such trustees in all respects as required by the
thirteenth section of this act.
Section 38. That the act entitled "an act for
opening and regulating roads and highways, pass
ed March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and thrty-one, the act entitled s:an act to amend
the act entitled "an act for opening and regula-
| ting roads and highways passed March third,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-fve; the
act entitled an act further to amend the act
entitled 'san act for opening and regulating
roads and highways passed February the six
teenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
nine; the act entitled san act to amend the actor
opening andregulating roads and highways" pass
ed March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-sx; the act entitled san act to amend
an act entitled an act for opening and regulating
roads and highways" passed February fifteenth,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-four; the
act entitled Gan act further to amend the 'act for
opening and regulating roads and highways" pass
ed March twenty fifth, one thousand eight hundred
and ffty-one; the eleventh and twelfth sections of
an act entitled 'san act prescribing the duties of
supervisors, and relating to roads and highways"
passed March twentieth, one one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-seven; the act, en-
titled s'an act amendatory of act, entitled san
act defining the mode of laying out and establish
ing township roads, passed March eleventh, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; also, of
an act entitled an act for opening and regulating
roads and highways passed February twenty
sixth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine;
the act entitled can act defining the mode of lay
ing out and establishing township roads, passed
March eleventh, one thousand eight hundred thir-
ty-one; the act entitled san act to amend an act
entitled 'an act prescribing the duties of superv:-
sor, and relating to roads and highwaya," passed
January twenty ninth, one thousand eight hun
dred forty-seven; the act passed March eleventh,
one thousand eight hundred and forty three, ent-
tied san act to authorize county commissioners in
any county in this State adjoining to or bounded
by the States of Pennsylvania, Michigan or In
diana, to lay out and establish county roads on
the line of this State thirty feet in width;'' the
actpassed March twelfth, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-fve, entitled s'an act in relation to
State and county roads, the act passed February
twenty-ffth, one thousand eight hundred and thir-
ty-two, entitled ''an act supplementary to an act
entitled IAN actfor opening and regulating roads
anil highways the act passed February second,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, en-
titled San act to amend the act to provide for lay
ing out and opening township roads," the act
passed February eighth, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-eight, entitled San act to authorize
the township trustees Of any township in this