Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-07-08
AN ACT

To authoriss Turnpike Road Companies to SUBJ
scribe TO Free Turnpike Roads in certain cases.
Src l. Beueadetea BY The Geserat Assen.6ly
qftke State of0kiO:
That the directors of any Turnpike
Road Company, in this State, shall have
power, and are hereby authorised to cub
scribe, and pay over such sums Of money
as they may think advisable, to any Free
Turnpike Road that may intersect their
Turnpike Road that now is, or that may
heieafter be built, to build and keep in
repair any such Free Turnpike Road :
Provided, That said subscription does moi
exceed the dividends of their turnpike
road; and Provided also, that majority
the stockholders of said Turnpike Road
Company consent to said subscription.
+. c.. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives
ROBT, LEE,
President of the Senate, pro TEN.
May LIST, 1854.
AN ACT
Supplementary to 'an act to provide for the Or
ganization of Cities and Incorporated villages.
Sec. /. Be henacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Ohio,
That in all cases in which any city
shall be liable to the payment Of damages
to the owner or occupant Of any lots or
grounds, by the reason Of the grading OF
any streets, alleys, or other public grounds
or part thereof, the said damages shall BE-
ascertained and assessed by three disinier-
ested reputable freeholders of said city,
where such damages shall be claimed, ap-
pointed by the city council of such city.
The said assessors, before entering upon
their official duties, shall take and sub.
scribe an oath before a justice of the
peace, or mayor, that hey will well and
and truly, to the best of their knowledge
and ability, appraise the damages which
the claimants shall have suffered by reas.
on of such grading, and for which the
said city is liable, which oath shall be fill
ed in tho office of the city clerk; and the
said appraisers shall, within thirty days
after their appointment, make said assess
ment and file the same in the city clerks
office, where i. shall be subject 10 the in
spection of all claimants for damages:
and all such damages shall be paid out OF
the city treasury, and within twenty days
thereafter shall be by said treasurer paid
or rendered to the party in whose favor
said damages were assessed.
SEC. 2. That if any person Or persons
shall neglect or refuse to accept the
amount so assessed, as provided for ir
this act, and shall prosecute the city. ant
if by suit for such damages, he or they
shall not recover more than the amount al
lowed by said assessors, such party SC
prosecuting, shall pay all costs Of suits;
Provided, That no claimant for damages
as aforesaid, shall commence any suit fol
damages on account of such grading o.
improvement, until he shall have filed {
claim for such damages with the city
clerk Of the city making such grade or
improvement, and sixty days shall have
elapsed thereafter, TO enable such city tt
appoint commit ee to assess such dam
ages, return the same TO the proper off
GERS, and sufficient further time shall have
elapsed, not exceeding twenty days alte
the return of such appraisal, TO enable thu
said city 10 pay such assessment.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect ant
be in force from and after its passage.
&c. LIE BLOND.
Speaker of the house of Representatives.
ROBERT LEE,
President of the Senate pro tenn
May Is, 1854,