The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-05-03
LAWS OF OHIO-PubIished Officially.


and highways" passed February Is, 1858
SECTION |. Bet enacted by the General Assem-
bly, Of tie State Of Ohio. That if the county COM
missioners of any county hereafter levy road tan
it shall be as follows: If the taxable property of the
county be over fifty millions Of dollars tile lew shall
not be more than enc half mill, nor less than ore
twenty-tfth mill on the dollar; if such property
amount to 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 pro-
perty amount to less than three millions of dollars
the levy shall not be more than 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 de-
termine the additional per centum, to be levied on
the property of such township not exceeding one
half mill on the dollar, and shall certify the same
IN writing to the county auditor or before the
first Monday i'll June in each year who shall bv the
18th day of the 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
charged, 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.
SECTION 2. The county commissioners NAV an
propnate one-thrd of the tax levied by them under
the first section of this act bridge purposes and
cause the same to be collected in money on the
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levied or collected.
SEcTION3. Any person charged with road tax,
may discharge the same by labor, on the roads
within the district where the same is charned r;or
to the fifth day of August at the of one dollar
per day for each days work of an able bodied man
and rateable allowance per day for anv team fur
nished by any person; which labor shall be per
formed under the direction of the supervisor of such
district.
! SECTION 4. Each supervisor shall write on tie
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 tbe
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
pad the same i'll labor, as shown by the returns of
the supervisors, the word paid" and shall forth
with forward the same to the county auditor who
shall charge all such may remain upad as shown
10y the returns of the clerks the duplicate of the
county and the same shall be collected as other
monies are collected by the county treasurer And
the supervisor shall also give to each person who
may pay his road tax, a receipt for the same: ana
IT, 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 conclusive evidence that such road tax unjust
ly charged.
SEcTloNj. Abroad taxes collected by the coun
ty treasurer, shall he paid to the treasurer of
the township from which the same were collected
and shall be expended on the public roads of the
district from which the same were collected,
u SECTION D. mat all such persons as requir-
ed by the first section of the act, to which this is
supplemental, to do and perform two DAYS work on
the public roads, shall do and erfolm the same be-
tween the first day of April and the first dav of
july OF each year; no person shall be released from
sheh labor by the neglect of the supervisor to order
him out on or before the first day Of July.
= SECTION Z. The act entitled \" an act to amend
the act entitled an act prescribing the duties of su-
perviSors and relating to roads and highways pass
ed April Z, 1851, and the act entitled an act to
amend the act entitled an act prescribing the du-
ties OF supervisors and relating to roads and high
ways" passed April 20, 1854, are hereby repealed
N. Ii. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
THOMAS ii. FORD,
President of the Senate.
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