M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-05-08

Assembly Of the Slate of Ohio, That
if the county commissioners of any county
hereafter levy a road tax, ii shall be as fol-
lows If the taxable property of the county
be over fifty millions Of dollars, the levy
shall not be more than one half mill, nor
less than one twcnty-fifth mill on the dol
! lar; If such property amount to over three
and less than fifty millions of dollars the
levy shall not be more than one mill nor less
than one tenth mill on the dollar; if such
property amount to less than three millions
of dollars, the levy shall not be more than
one and a half mills, nor less than two
tenths Of mill on the dollar; but if the
trustees of any township shall deem an
additional road tax necessary, the trustees
shall determine the additional per centum,
to be levied on the property of such town.
ship, not exceeding one-half a mill on the
dollar, and shall certify the same in writing
TO the county auditor, on or before the first
Monday in June in each year, who shall, by
the 10Th day Of the same month, forward the
list Of road taxes, made out as required by
the twenty-eighth section Of the act to
which this is supplemental, to the clerk of
each township, who shall Immediately make
out list for each supervisor, of all persons
in his district, against whom any road tax
may stand chaged, together with the amount
of such tax charged against each; and each
supervisor shall, prior to the first day of
August following, notify every such person,
agreeably to the provisions of the thirty
fourth section of said act, to which this is
supplemental, to work out the same.
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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 dupli-
cate and no other bridge tax shall be levied
or collected.
SECTION 8. Any person charged with a
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 Au-
gust at the rate of one dollar per day for
each days work ofan able bodied man and
ratable allowanc ce per day for any team
furnished by any person which labor shall
be performed under the direction ofthe su-
pervisor of such district
SECTION A. Each supervisor shall write
on the margin Of his list opposite to the
: amount charged against all such as may p ay
: the same by labor the word "Paid" and
y shallr his list on or before the seventh
h of August of the same year to the township
+ clerk who shall write on the margin of the
!. list sent to him by the auditor opposite
" to the amount charged against each person
: who may have paid the same in labor al
l. shown by the returns of the supervisors The
# word "Paid" and shall forthwith forward tn,
II same to the county auditor, who shall charg
: allsuch as may remain unpaid as shown byth
Is returns of the clerks on the Duplicate of th
county, and the same shall be collected, a
d other monies are collected by the county
,e treasurer. And the supervisor shall alsC
,f give to each person who may pay his roaC
r tax a receipt for the same, and if by mistake
# any person who may have paid his road ia,
d shall be ch arged with road tax on the du
" plicate the receipt of the proper supervise
l. shall be conclusive evidence that such roa,
ut tax is unjustly charged
l. SECTION 5. All road taxes collected by
re the county treasurer shall be paid over t
the treasurer of the township from whicl
the same were collected, and shall be expen
ded ON the public roads ofthe district from
Wnlcn Ine same were COlleCLeu'
SECTION 6. That all such persons as arC
required by the first section of the act, t.
which this is supplemental, to do and per
form two days work on the public roads
II shall do and perform the same between tn
first day of April and the first day G
n July of each year, no person shal
v be released from such labor by tn
e neglect of the supervisor to order him ou
10 on or before the first day Of July.
.. SECTION I. The act entitled "an &C
Or to amend the act entitled an act prescribin
ID the duties of supervisors and relating t
to roads and highways" passed April 7, 1854
a. and the act entitled an act to amend tn
,h act entitled "an act prescribing the duties
he supervisors and relating to roads and higl
~ ways" passed April 80, 1854, are hereb
Of repealed.
y N. H. VAN VORHES,
nt Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
l. THOMAS RI F0Rn