Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-02-08
LAWS OF OHIO
Published by Authority.
AN ACT

| NO. Ia AIN ALL
For opening aud regulating Roads and
Highways.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly of the State Of Ohio, Tha, all Roads
and Highways, which have been. or may
hereafter be, laid oul and established agree.
ably TO law, within this Stale, shall be open.
eG, and kept in repair, in tho manner here
iraiter provided; and all county and town.
ship roads shall hereafter be laid 5ul and
established agreeaby 10 the provisions Of
this acl; and shall moi be less lhDn thirty,
nor moro than sixty feet wide, aud in all
cases the width of such roads Shall be de-
termined by the viewers Of She same, as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. Tha. all upplicasons for laying
out, viewing, reviewing, altering, or yacaing
any county road shall be by petition to tho
county commissioners, signed by q. least
,welve freeholders Of the county residing in
the vicinity where said road is 10 be laid
out, viewed, reviewed, altered, or vacated;
and one or more of the signers TO any pssi.
lion, presented as aforesaid, shall enter into
bond, with suficien. security, payable 10
The State of Ohio, for the use of the County,
conditioned thstz11e person or persons,
making suchua on for view, review,
alteration .ioh ofnny road, shall pay
into The treasu % the county, the amount
Of all costs and Expenses accruing on such
view, review, alteration. or vacation in case
the prayer Of said petitioners shall not bo
granted, or when the proceedings had in
pursuance thereof shall not be- finally con-
firmed and established, and on neglect or
refusal Of the persons so bound, after
liability shall have accrued 10 pay into tho
treasury according 10 the tenor Of the bond.
all costs and expenses, that shall have ao-
crued, the Auditor Of The County shall de-
liver such bond to the Prosecuting Attorney,
whose duty it shall be to coIecl and pay
over the same 10 the County Treasurer;
and in all cases Of contest, the Court having
Jurisdiction Of The case shall have full power
TO render judgment for COSTS. according 10
Justice between the parties.
Sec. 8. That all petitions for laying out
or altering any county road shall specify
the place of beginning, The Intermediate
points, (ifany,) and the place Of termination
of said road. -3
Sec. 4. That previous to any petitions
being presented, for county road, or for
The alteration Of county road, or for the
vacation Of county road, notice thereof
shall be given by advertisements, set up q.
tho AUDITORS office, ani in three public
places, in each township, through which
any par, Of said road is designed 10 be laid
out, altered or vacated, at least thirty days
previous to the meeting Of the Commission
ers, at which the petition shall DO presented;
also, a notice, stating the time when such
petition is TO be presented, and the substance
thereof, shall be published for Iour consecu-
live weeks, before the presentation Of any
, such petition, in some newspaper, published
in the county, in which may be situated the
road sought 10 be established, altered or va.
Gated by such petition (if there he a news-
! paper printed iherein); and on the petition
: b ing presented, and the Commissioners
satisfied lhal notice has been given, as afore.
said, they shall appoint three disinleres,od
\ lreeholders of The county as viewers, who
r shall also be a jury 10 assess and determine
e the compensation 10 be paid in money fol-
, the properly sought TO be Appropriated, with
3 out deduction for benefits 10 any property o
. the owner; and they shall also assess ant
+. determine how much less valuable, if sny
the land or premises from which such ap
(. preparation may be taken, will be rendered
by the opening and construction aof said
S road, and also skillul surveyor 10 survey
S the same, and shall ;sslie their order, direcl
E ingsaid viewers and surveyor,o proceed
!, on day TO be named in said order, or or
their failing 10 meet on said day, within FIVE
days thereafter, 10 view survey. or,lsy ou
or alter said road; and also, determine
. whether the public convenience requires
that snch road, or any part thereof shall be
sixty feet in width, or whelher less width
y than sixty feet will as well promote the pub
lie convenience, and report the width which
> in their opinion, such road should bseslab
lshed and opened. M.
Sec. 5. That !, shall be the duty Of the
principal petitioner TO- give al least six days
notice, in writing, 10 The owner. or owners
or their agents, II residing within the county
Tor if such owner be minnrs idio,, or insan,
!. person, then 10 the guardian Of such person
!. f residcn, of idcouniy. through who's,
d land said road Is proposed 10 bs laid OH
9 land established; and also six days noice ,C
lhe viewers and surveyor, named In IN,
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