Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-05-06
AN ACT

prescribing lne dulles ot supervisors, and
relating 10 roads aud highways" passed
February Is. 1858.
SECTION /. Be IL enacird by The General
Assembly Of The STATE of OHIO, That if
the county commissioners # any county
hereafter levy road iox, ii shall b, as fol
l''ws: l lhe Isxdbe property Of ,he county b.
over ihy millions OF dollars, the lew shat
no. oe more ,hnn one ha { mill, nor less
Than one twenty iih mill on the dollar; II
such property amount 10 aver lhrre and less
than fifty millions Of dollars the levy shalt
not be more than one mill nor less than onr
tenth mill on the dollar; if such property
amount 10 less Than three millions Of dol
lars, the levy shall not be mure than one
nm halt mills, nor less than lwo-,enlhs Of
mill on ,h' dollar;( bu, If The trustees of
any township shall deem an additional road
tax necessary, the trustees shall determine
toe additional per cemum. tn be levied on
tho properly o' such township. NOT exceed
ing ne half mill ON The dollar and shui
c6rIiiJ The same in wriling 10 the county au
dior. on or befnre the frs, Mnndav in June
In each year. who shall, by the Is h day OF
the same mAnlh. fnrsar1 the list Of road
iaxes. made ou, MS required by the lwen,y.
eight section Of .he scl TO which this is sup
plempnlal, 10 the clerk OF zach township
who shall Immediately make out.a, list for
each supervisor. Of all persons in his dis
4 ifici. agn'nsl3whom any ioac TAX NAV slni,d
chuEge0. ,ovesher with Tie amount OF such
ttRH f,h an nj g, 90, a. M ,,ch
shall. prior 10 The rs, day of August llow
ing, notify every such person, agteeabiy 10
:he provisions of tie thlrly-lourlh section ol
'suid ACT. To which ,hs.s supplement, To
work on, The sama.
Section 9. The county commissioners
nav appropriate one.,hlrd of The ,Ix levied
by them Nnder.ihe first section Of this ac,
ts'obridge purposes, aud cause he same IL
be collecled in money on the county dupIi'
cate and no oiher bridge TAX shall be levied
or collected.
Section 3. ANY person charged with a
road tax, may discharge ,he same by labor
IN the ruads within The distric; where tn.
same is charged prior 10 The ffh day Of Au
gust q, tho late Of ,re dollar per day fol
each days work Of an able bodied man anG
n rnleable allowance PER day for any team
furnished by any person, which 'lubut shal
be performed under the direction Of The su
p"ryiaor DI such district.
Section a. Each supervisor shall write
on Tho margin Of his lis. opposite 10 lht
amour. charged agains, al such as may pa,
rhe snme bv labor The word Paid
nnd shall return his list on or before III.
seventh Of Angus, of The same year 10 ,ht
township clerk who shall write on the mar
gin of the IisI sen. 10 him by the audio
opposite to The emoun, charged against eacl
person who may have paid The same in la
Dor as shown by the returns of the suprrvi
sors The word paid" aud shall forthwith
forward The snme 10 The county auditor. VIII,
shall charge all such as NAV rsmain unpait
as shown by tho returns Of the clerks o,
The duplicate of The county, and she sam
shall b. collected. as other MONIES are CO.
lected by the county treasurer. And IN
supervisor shall also give 10 each persol
who MY pay his road tax receip, Ior tn
'samo, and II by mistake any person VIII
may have paid his rond tax shall b. chnrgp'
with a road tax on The duplicate the rceir
of The proper supervisor shall be cnnc;u>iv
evidence thai such road TAX is unjus,l
charged.
Section 5. All rnad ioxps co'lpc,et b
the county treasurer shall be paid over l.
The treasurer Of the township from whc
the same were collected aud shall b. pxprn
drd on the public roads of the dis,ric, Iror
which tho same were collected.
Section 6. That all such persons as mr.
required by The first SECTION Of the ac,. /
which this is supplemental. 10 do nnI p"r
form ,wn days work on the puDic road
shalt do and prfurm the same bslwr-n III
first day Of April md the frs, day oi jail,
each year, no psrSon shall be released Frnr
such labor by the n"glsrl Of The supervise
10 order, him ou, on or before he firsl 4n
OF ,July.
Section Z. The scl entitled tan ac,
amend lhe net entitled an act prescribing III
'du'l"s OF suprrvlsnrs uRd relating ,n road
and HIGHWAYS" passed April 7. 1854 an
the act entitled an act 10 amrnd ihr acI ~
'i;ed ian act prescribing the dui-s Of 81
perviSors aud relaung to roads aud hlgl
"ays." passed April 80, 1854 are hereb
repealed.
N. a. VAN Worries.
Speaker Of he House Of R. preventative
TllOS Il. FORD.
President Of The Seaale.
April s'h, ,la5e: