Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-03-09

ton unnecessarily to remain to the hnderance ncon
Or upon such road highway shall be deemed addition
al offence against the provisions of this section.
SEC 49, That railroad company other corporation
shall be abe against such company
or corporation for obstruction by the conduc
tors of RAILROAD cars agentsor servants Of any rail-
road company other corporaton for of
the provisions of last preceding secon and it shall be
lawful any officer having process in his hands to collect
fine or fines assessed against such company or corpo
ration caused by ofraroad cars OF any agent
or servant of such or corporation 70 levy up
property of such railroad company corporation
found the county such offence was comlted and
sell same in the same manner as or the sale
SEC. 70 That each and every supervisors who shall cnt
auy timber or take away any TIMBER gravel
bs mrpose of repairing AMI road or the building CT re-
pairing any bridge or crossways, within his district shall
demand of the owners their agent agents.
tie guardian guardians OF any MINOR idiot or unac, of
the premises from which such TIMBER or gravel shall
have been taken aforesaid, give certificate, showing
the quantity and quality OF such timber number of loads
of stone gravel with the value thereof respectively. and
the time the same slail have been taken.
SFc 2t That any person persons who shall receive
Certificate provided for in the foregoing section shall
same to the county comn soners of the prop
CT county, at regular session of said sioners
within six mouths after the taking aud carrying away of
such timber gravel and the commissioners being
be just and equithe shall tie same TO be paid out of
the county treasury But if the commissioners shall Of
opinion that the anountof damages as certified to by the
supervisor ought paid by the county, they
refuse pay the in which they shall Determine
what sum- their opinion, would be just. But if the APP
plicau payment of damages shall refuse to receive
The certified TO by the supervisor, CT the amount
determined on by te commissioners, then and in either
the commissioners shall require the said applicant 10
into bond with good and sufficient securely, made
payable 70 The sateof Ohio tho use of The connycon
accrue on a view for the assessment of damages
Section %. That the fling of the bond provided
for IN the foregoing section the commissioners shall ap
point jury three disntrestad citizens of the county,
who shall afier first oath or armation to faith
fully discharge the duties Of their appointments proceed
on day to be named in the order of the commissioners
or failure to meet said day. within five days there
after, TO view and examine the matter complained Of
and assess and dc rmine the DAMAGES fany and return
their decision in writing to heauditor of the county on
before the first day Of the next regular session of the
the ary shall be ofopinion, that the amount of
ages greater than the amount to be paid
by the commissioners then the obligor orobgors the
bond fled with the commissioners, shall pay all the costs
and expenses aecruing under the view. ,g,s
Section %. That any landholder through whose lands
any State, county. township road is here
after be laid established, is hereby authorized,
to construct passway passways either under
such road or roads, SO as to permit the stock of such
andholder to pass and provided that such pass
way passwas shall not be constructed under
any roadwhin the limits of the oaots ofany city town.,
materially hinder obsruct tho travel on such road or
roads, where the same may be constructed; provided
fnrther that the said passway or passway shall be con-
stfuct4d and at all times be Kept in good repair ct the
proper expense ofsGch landbolder.
Section "a That each supervisor within his district,
shall erect and keep up, at the expense of his townships
at the forks of every State and county road, post and
guide-board ngerboard. containing an inscription
In sgble letters directing the way and distance to the
road. respectively.
Seetono5 That person shall wilfully demolish
throw down. alter defaee any board or guide
board, at the fork Of any public road, every person
offending shal upon conviction thereof before any
justice OF the peace of the proper county, be fined any
not exceeding dollars with costs of suit and the
money, when collected, sll be- by the justice of the
peace constable collecting the same, paid over to the
supervisor in whose district the offence committed,
and be by him appropriated to the repair of the roads
and highways within his district agFeeaby to the pro-
Section &c. That the commissioners in each county in
this State may at their annual meetings for the purpose
of determining the per ceRtum necessary to be levied
for the expenses of their respective countless levy upon
all articles subject to taxation for State and county pur
poses tax for the Improvement of highways to be ap-
proprated agreeably to the provisions of this act.
Section 81. That the county commissioners of any
county shall noteYy in any year, greater amount
of road tax than is herein specified viz: When the ag
greate amount otaxabe property entered upon the list
than onetwenty-ff ofone mill than mill;
and when the sgregate amount of taxable property
entered upon the list shall not be three millions of
dollars, the tax sl be less than onetenth of
mill, nor more shail mill on the dollar; and
when it is less than three millions of dollars, the
road tax shall not be less than twotenths of mill,
more than one and half mills on the dollar; pro-
yided that nothing in this section shall be construed
as to prohibit said county commissioners from levyng
any additional for road purposes exceeding
half mill on the dollar that the trustees of any township
may deem necessary provided further that the trustees
of such township shall determine and certify in writing,
the additional per centum to be levied, and deliver
be delivered the certificate aforesaid, to the
auditor of the proper county, before the first
Monday in June in each year. provided that the county
commissioners of each county iii State may, they
shall deem it necessary, levy an additional tax annually,
upon the taxable property of their respective countless
not exceeding of one mill the dois which
shall be collected in the and at the
time that State and county taxes collected and paid
into the county treasures of each county; which tax
shall applied under the directions the county COM
issieners exclusively, to the erection and repairing of
bridges within the county in which the shall have
been levied and collected provided that nothing in this
or The preceding sections shall make it compulsory on
the county commissioners to levy any tx for road pur
poses
Saafihn hat tho If tv int lio
State SHALL Immediately after the county commissioners,
at their annual session for that purpose, shall have deter
mined the amount to be assessed for road purposes
their several townships give notice i'll newspaper
of general circulate in the county, of the POI
each hundred dollars of the valuations determined
to be assessed in each township respectively, and that
said may be discharged by labor the roads, under
the direction of the supervisors of the several Districts
theate of dollar per day; and shall make out list
for each township of the amount of road tax with which
each individual stands charged; Inserting nothing in
list but te of the person and the amount of such
tax, and transmit the same to the clerk of the proper
township.
Sc ton 90 That it shall be the duty of the township
clsr imnedatey after the reception of such dupli-
cate upon the presentation of the supervisors of hcrre-
spacye districts in said township, of list of all persons
liable to perform labor upon the roads and highways,
subject to taxation for the same, to make out and deliver
each supervisor Aforesaid abstract duplicate ofthe
tax person in said district may stand
charged With and the supervisors shall then proceed
agfeeably to the provisions hereinafter contained.
Section 80. That whenever the treasurer of any town
ship shall have received any money from the county
treasury for road purposes in such he shall no.
cause the money received to be appropriated build
ingbrides, repairing the public roads, within their
township; if for the building Of bridge bridges they
shall give least twenty days notice. by advertisement
posted up in five of the most public places in said town.
Ship of the time and place of such sae, and sell to the
lowest bidder, (f in their opinion such bidder be
patent to perform the same such bridge bridges
aforesaid. as they may deem expedeHt, equal to the
amount Of money to be appropriated aforesaid and
whenever such labor shall be performed agreeable to
contract conditions of sale, the trustees ority
othem, shall draw order the treasurer of the
Ship in favor of the person persons who have per-
formed such labor, for the amount due for the same
which order shall be paid by the township treasurer
demand.
Section 81 That if the trustees of any township shall
deem expedent to appropriate the money aforesaid,
any part thereof to the improving of the public roads
and highways they may the amount thus set apart,
for the purposeof improving any road roads, in the
several districts in said township, to be expended under
the suerintendanca of the supervisors of said districts,
by such other persons they may proper to ap-
point and it shall be the yof the supervisor, such
other person, thus appointed, receiving order
the township treasurer draw from the treasury the
amount appropriated, and proceed to eXpend the
same in improving of the roads and highways in the
proper districts, first by procuring, by purchase or
otherwise, such number of plows scrapefs and other
tools, the township trustees shall direct, deem
essary for that purpose secondly by the purchase of
such materials be necessary, and to the employ
m:n Of such number of teams and ableboded men to
perform such labor at the customary price, may