Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-05-02
Laws OF OHIO.
Pubiished BY Authority.
AN ACT

relating to roads and highways passet
February Is, 1853.
SECTION l. Be Il enacted BIZ The Geaer
AZ assembly Of the State of Ohio. That j
the county commissioners of any county
hereafter levy a road tax, it shall he as fol
lows: If the taxable property of the count,
oe over Fifty millions Of dollars, the levy
shall not be more than one half mill, noi
less than one twenty-ffth mill on the dol
lar; If such property amount to over three
and less than fifty millions of dollars, the
levy shall not be moro than one mill nol
less than one tenth mill on the dollar: II
such property amount to less than three
millions of dollars the levy shall not be
more than ono and half mills, nor less
than twotenths Of mill on the dollar; but
but if the trustees Of any township shall
deem an additional road tax necessary, the
trustees shall determine the additional per
centum, to he levied on the property Of such
township not exceeding one half of mill
on the dollar, aud shall certify the same in
writing to the county auditor, on or before
the first Monday in june in each year, who
shall by tho 18th day of the same month";
forward the list of road taxes, made out as
required by the twenty-eight section of the
act to which this is supplemental, to the
clerk Of each township, who shall immedi-
ately make out list for each supervisor, of
all persons in his district, against when any
road tax may stand charged together with
the amount ofsuch taxcharged against each;
and each supervisor shall, prior to the first
day of August following, notify every such
person, agreeably to the provisions of the
thiTty-four section of said act, to which this
is supplemental, to work out the same.
SECTION 2. The county commissioners
may appropriate one-third of the tax levied
by them under the first section of this act,
to bridge purposes, and cause the same to
be collected in money on the county dupIi-
cate and no other bridge tax shall be levied
or collected
SECTION 5, Any person charged with
road tax, may discharge the same by labor,
on the roads within the district where the
same IS charged prior to the fifth day of
August at the rate of one dollar per day for
each days work of an able bodied man /
and aratable allowance per day for any team
furnished BY any person which labor shall
be performed under the direction of the
supervisor Of such district.
SECTION 4. Each supervisor shall write
on the margin of his list opposite to the
amount charged against all such as may
pay the same by labor the word "Paid"
and shall return his list on or before the
seventh of August of the same year to
the township clerk who shall write on the
margin of the list sent to him by the audit
or opposite to the amount charged against
each person who may have paid the same
In labor as shown by the returns of the su-
pervisors the word "Paid" and shall forth
with forward the same to the county audit
or, who shall charge all such as may re-
turn unpaid as shown by the returns of the
clerks on the duplicate of the county, and '
the same shall be collected, as other monies
are collected by the county treasurer. And b
the supervisor shall also give to each per {
son who may pay his road tax, receipt for
the same, and if by mistake, any person
who may have paid his road tax shall be
charged with road tax on the duplicate the
receipt Of the proper supervisor shall be con-
elusive evidence that such road tax is un- I
justly charged s
SECTION 5. All road taxes collected by S
the county treasurer shall be paid over t. is
the treasurer of the township from which J
the same were collected, and shall be ex- {
pended on the public roads of the district G
from which the same were collected. e
SECTION 6. That all such such persons il
as are required by the first section of the c
act, to which this is supplemental, to do and
perform two days work on the public roads i
shall do and perform the same between the t
lirst day of April and the first day of July of
each year, no person shall be released from
such labor by the neglect of the supervisor {
10 order him out on or before the first day it
of July. b saa51a 80 rEos $50 I
SECTION 2. The act entitled san act to a
amend the act entitled an act prescribing Il
the duties of supervisors and relating to II
roads and highways" passed April Z, 1854, Il
and the act entitled ian act to amend the b
vet entitled IAN act prescribing the duties
If supervisors and relating to roads and
highways" passed April %, 1854, are here
BY repealed. tc
- N. H. VAN WORRIES, 8
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
2 THOS. H. FORD, -a ts II
7i President of tie Senate. g
April sth. 1856. ' 81 --.i'.-