Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-03-09
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Prescribing OF relating TO Roads
SIC. @ !. Be- asaassa u ss osral assembly q he ssase
Ohio, That all male between and fifty
State and who township charge, shall be liable
yearly and every DO md perform two days work on
That s to
the rst ay Of April aud the rssay Of October
TO do perform tho work aforesaid the public roads
ally warned ~ he supervisor or BY leaving wrten no.
tce at his usual place of abode, by person
the direction Of the supervisor whom warning
be proven shall refuse neglect having least three
days notice. 10 attend himself substitute the accep
tance Of the the day and at the time aud
refuse to obey the directions the supervisor or shall
spend the time in encss nattentoa to the duties as
sued him. every such denqen shall forfeit and pay for
neglect to attend or for the offences above specified
the dollar for every such offence to be recover
township al the suit within whose district
he may reside and the money collected shall be applied
by said supervisor to the improvement of the road in his
district accounted for BY him the annual settlement
with the trustees Of his township: Provided that
public highway The neglect of visor
to order out such person on Or before the Of oeto
src g. That in case any person shall remove from dis
the whole any part .hsiabor asresad or iany 9TH
said Of 6 Labor i a Il Isl sa produce ,
the same tbs of Che proper district such
ssrtiiias ss bs complete discharge fOr the amount
SEC That every person called upon to perform la
bor upon tho public roads and highways, under
visions Of this act shall BY hsefo substitute appear at
the place appointed by the supervisor at the hour Of seven
O'clock in the with such Necessary tao and nm
may, ecessary for The improvement Of the roads order
any person owning Tie to furnish team of horses,
mules, and wagon scrapcr piow to lie e
ployed and used roads under the of said
supervisor who shah allow such person reasonable COM
pepsaton for the Of such ta wagon cart scraper or
plou discharge of labor tax from said person
src That III persons who may bs deemed by the su
two days work required BY this act shall be exempted from
the acquisitions Of the same &55sl 7,..s.=
ing sections of this set ta residence Of any person Who has
family shall be held to BE- where his family resides and
he boards IN any road district IN this state.
SEC That whenever it shall happen in consequences Of
tW 1r ~ hs
time Specified in this act the supers shall be s hor ed
to require the such work. at any other time
red that such delinquent may discharge the same, by
paying to the supervisor the of dollar and fifty
cents who shall appropriate it to the second Sec
Sac That the trustees of townships shall on the first
Monday Of March annually divide their respective town
same have mt heretofore been divided, brief des
Of he same TO be entered on the
and also each supervisor to h furnished with rough
plat district and in public road is shall
su The Trustees the adjoining townships shall meet at
paceas after the first Monday of March
such road reais between the
purpose opening and improving the and the super
inhabitants of each township shall b, bound to
work on [on] said road or reads accordingly. Il
9 That the several supervisors within their respect
i've discts shall collect by suit Otherwise all nes for
yons q NJ anss e Collection hefeos or
herein provided fer and they hereby authorized and
reqared before their settlement with the township trus
tees oprosecue to final Judgement all persons nesectng
refusing to comply with the provisions Of this act from
whom such fine forfeiture penalty in the opinion Of the
supervisor can be collected by execution, the said udg
ments not paid together with the costs thereon, shall
remain and be in force against the udgmentebtor 9th
erjudgments at law are of cbt Provided however
that persons who are may exempt from performing
labor the public BY any law Of this shall
not to tns o. sn,s sess1n
monies by them collected the Ieneft of the roads and
highways in the proper districts BY the supervisors col
lecng the sae every supervisor is hereby required
to account to the trusteesof the townshpat the annual
settlement expended under this act and they
shall also reta full and true list and statement of the
of al persons within their respective districts who
have been ordered out to perform the two days labor
perform the same Ard al loa and foreisures sued forand
recovered under the provisions of this act by SUPERVISOR
constable eoeetins the same 10 tie Supervisor Of such road
district, wherein such fire forfeiture accrued and the
at annual settlement of monies that remain in their
hands at the time of settlement: also ell judgments that
remain unpaid and the name Of the judgment debtor and
the amount thereof and the trustees shall make such
der the prosecution of BY the supervisors of the
proper districts against such delinaueht the udg
ment Of the trustees the interest Of the township
quire, :. s-ss..ts -, $50,
Of any supervisor at the of the annual settlement with
the township trustees shall be paid to his in
Office such shall be elected and quail
Highways provided for in the foregoing secton And it
sha Ds for any to sue out executions on
judgments that remain unpaid, within his proper dis
trct at any time when opinion, the can be col
leeed, and the money collscted there be shall
be expended prosidedin the foregoing section.
SEc H. That It shall be the duty of each and every su
perEor to be opened all public roads and
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out and established through any part Of the
ed to such supervisor; the to keep in repair and
from time q time be and ,reon m sar WITCH purpose the
supervisors hereby authorized enter upon
cultivated lands uneneumbered By crop adoin
ing public roads, cut and carry away any timber to
d to be dug and carried away any gravel sand
roa md T. sntr ~ e Il or psar I tb
road to make such drains bitches through the same
they deem necessary the benefit of the roads doing
as little injury to sad lands and timber the nature of
the ese ana public good will permit and the drains and
bitches made, sha kept open by sal supervisors, if
necessary and shall not be otrueted by the owner
enper of such lands ay other person persons under
the penalty Of orfiting sum not exceeding ten dollars
Tor each offence to be recovered and appropriated
as provided for il the ninth and tenth sections of this act
SEC l3 That body polite or sal
laws oftis state suffer such obstruction to remain to
the hisrance Inconvenience of persons making of
such public highway shall by virtue of any al-
thority whatever otherwise Change theline fill dig
out the bed of such road highway, in other
manner render the less convenient useful than it
mad naen thereto, such person. body corporate or
pot shall be subject action the at the suit
Of the commissioners of the county, supervisors in
strcon in which such road OF highway situate in whole
or IN part aud when obstrctng any road or
main more than hours after being notified to
remove the same every such shall be deemed guilty
Of an additional offence against the provisions of this act
and shall be Liable to suit or suits aforesaid
SRe II That the comms toner's Of any county super
visos Of any district in which such road highway is
suate IN whole or in part shall also have the right to ap