The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-04-27

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they are not in use; and If there shall MT
be sufficient money In a y township treas
uTy to purchase a suitable numbsr OF Flows
and scTspers, the trustees may Cause the
same to be procured by the application Of
any labor or tax for road purposes which
may be due within such township.
SEC. q. That each and every trustee Il
any township in this State who shall refuse
or neglect TO do AID perform all md 3 ngular
the duties e%njoined on him or them by this
act, he or they shall be fined in any sum no;
exceeding Gfy do lars nor less than FIVE, to
he recovered before any justice OF the peace
u The county, by any person Suclns Tor the
same, and appropriated as Other tines Under
this act; provided, that if any such trustee
shall conceive himself aggTciyed by the
Judgment of such %lUstice, he shal, have the
same right Of appealing as given in civil
suits or cases and under similar restrictions.
Sac. 90. That the trustees OF their res
peclive townships are hereby authorized TO
levy 4 tax, annually, for township purposes,
not exceeding one furth of one mill on
each dollar Of the valuation Of taxable prop
crty within such township, and for the sup
port of the poor, such sun as may be necs-
sary for that purpose, rot exceeding one
mill on each dollar valuation, Aforesaid
And when it shall become necessary for the
payment OF existing legal and just claims
against such township, the trustees shall
have power to levy a tax not exceeding
three mills on the dollar, within any 0 ne
year, inciudeing the tax for township pur-
poses and for the support of the poor, as
aforesaid, which shall be determined and
certified by the trustees or 4 majority of them,
and the certificate thereof delivered to the
Auditor of such COUNTY on or before The first
Monday in June, annually.
Sec. 90. Thatit shall be lawful for the
trustees of any township in any county in
this State, TO purchase and protect or i'm
prove a cemetry Or bur ing ground, not ex-
ceeding ten acres of land, for the use Of such
township; and for the puopose of aging for
and improving or projecting such grounds,
they are hereby authorized to levy, and as
sess upon taxable property of such town
ship, such a per centum as will laisd any
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars the
first year, or fifty dollars any one year there
after; that it shall be the duty of the coron-
er Of any county 10 bury such dead persons
as he may hold an inquest upon, AMI who
have left no means wherewith to pay the eX-
penses Of their burial, in the burying
ground of that township wherein such in
quest was held, and the necessary expen-
ses of such burial shall be allowed and paid
by the township t u~stees; the coroner shall
also be allowed for bis services under this
section by the trustees of the proper town
ship fly cents for each person 50 buried.
Sec. 50. That before any assessment
shall be made as provided fer in the forego-
ing section, it shall be necessary to submit
the question to the voters of such township,
at some regular election therein, for which
purpose it shall be the duty Of the township
clerk when thercunto requested by the trus-
tees of the township, or any six voters
Of the township, to give notice at least
twenty days before such election, by posting
up in three public places in such township,
notice specifying the amount Of tax which it
s proposed o.assess under such vote, and
the object to whieh the same is to be appli-
ed, an if a mljoIity OF the voters at any
such election, shall deposit ballots having
written or printed thereon, "tax for burying
GROUND" the trustees shall Immediately no
tify the auditor Of the county, who shall en-
ter the same on the tax duplicate against the
taxable property of said township, which
shall be collected by the county treasurer
and paid over to the treasurer of the town
ship in the same manner as other taxes be-
longing to said township, to be paid out on
the order of the trustees, for the purpose
or purposes specified in the foregoing sec
ton of this act, and for no other purpose or
object, unless after paying all the expences
incurred, there should be a surplus, then,
and in such case, the surplus may be trans.
fcrrcd to the township fund.
Sec. 81. That in all cases where a judg-
ment has been Or may hereafter be render
ed again t my township by any justice Of the
pca3e OF court ofrecord in this state, it shall
be the duty Of such justice of the peace or
clerk of the court wherein judgment shall
have been rendered, to m AXE out a c%ertlfi-
ed abstract Of such judgment with the a.
mount of costs a%ceruing thereon, and the
same shall be served by any constable of the
township against which such Judgment shall
be rendered, or by the sheriff or coroner of
The county in which such township may be
situated, and such service shall be by leav-
ing an a!tested copy of such abstract with
the clerk Of the township against which such
Judgment shall be rendered, and the clerk
of such township shall forthwith notify the
township trustees thereof, and said trustees
shall draw an order on the township trea-
surer in favor Of such justice or clerk. for
tie amount Of such judgment and cost, and
it shall be the duty of the township trea su.
rer to pay the same on presentment out of
the appropriate funds, ii there shall be any
of such funds in his possession; provided
that The trustees shall no. be required to is
sue their order for the amount of any iudg-
ment when the same shall have been appeal
ed to a higher tribunal, until afer final
Judgment thereon.
Sec. 80. That the act entitled "an act
for the incorporation of townships" passed
March 5, 1881, and the amendatory acts
hereto, passed Jan. Is, 1888, March 3,
1884, February 10, 1885, be and they are
hereby repealed; provided, that all rights
which have accrued, and all suits and pro-
ceedings now pending under the provisions
of the acts hereby repealed, shall be prose
cuted and determined agreeably to and un-
der the provisions of said acts, and all
judgments which have heretofore been re-
covered or which hereafter may be recov-
cred, under the provisions of said acts, shall
he carried into execution under the nroyi-