The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-06-26

mo. l5s. ANACT ..,.--
Supplementary to an act entitled ''an act prescribing
the duties of Supervisors, and relating TO roads and
highways" passed February Is, 1853.
SECTION ]. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State Ohio, That if the county commissioners
ofany county hereafter levy road tax it shall be as
follows If the taxable property OF the county be over
fifty millions Of dollars, the levy shall not be more
the half mill, less than twert rtyfh mill
the dollar If such property amount to over three
and less than fifty millions of dollars the levy shall not
be more than mill nor less than one tenth mill
on the dollar; if such property amount to less than
three millions of dollars, the levy shall notbe
than and half mills, less than two enths of
mill on the doar but if the trustees of any township
shall deem additional road tax necessary, the trus-
tees shall determine 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 on or before
the first Monday in June in each year, who shall by the
18th day of the month, forward the list of road
taxes, made out required by the twenty eighth
tion 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 dis
trict against whom any road tax may stand charged
together with the amount of such tax charged against
eaeh and each supervisor shall, prior to the first day
of August following, notify every such person, agree
ably to the provisions Of the thirty Fourth section Of
said, act to which this is to work the
same.
SEC. .. The county commissioners may approsrl-
ate onethird 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 the county du
pcate and other bridge tax shall be levied or col
lected.
SEC. 3. Any person charged with road, tax, may
discharge the same by labor, the roads within the
district where the same is charged prior to the fifth day
of August at the rate of doldrper day for each
days work of an able bodied man and rateable al
lowance per day for any team furnished by any per-
which labor shall be performed under the drec-
ton of the supervisor of such district.
SEC. 4. Each supervisor shall write on the margin
ofh list oppsite to the amount charged against all
such may pay the same by labor the word "Pad''
and shall return his list before the seventh of
August of the same year to the township clerk who
shall write the margin of the list sent to him by the
Auditor opposite 10 the amount charged against each
person who may have paid the same labor shown
by the returns supervisors the word Pad' and
shall forthwith forward the the to County auditor,
who shall charge all such as may remain unpaid as
shown by the returns of the Clerks the duplicate of
the county. and the same shall be collected other
monies are collected by the county treasurer. And
the supervisor shall also give each person to who may
pay his road tax receipt forthe same. and il by mis-
take any person who may have paid his road tax sha
be charged with road tax the duplicate the receipt
of the proper supervisor shall be conclusive evidence
that such road tax is sunusty charged.
Sec s. All road :axes collected by the county rea-
surer shall be paid over TO the treasurer Of the township
from which the same collected, and shall be ex-
pended the public roads OF the district from which
the same were collected.
SEC. 6. That all such persons required by the
first section of the act, to which this supplemental
70 do and perform two days work the public roads
shalt do and perform the same between the first day
April and the first day Of July of each year, person
shall be released from such labor by the neglect
supervisor to order him out before the first day
of July.
SEC. 7. The act entitled "an net to amend the acl
entitled prescribing the duties ofsupervisors and
relating to roads and highways passed April T. 49,
81. and the act entitled act to amend the act ent
tied "act prescribing the duties of supervisors and
relating to roads and highways passed April 90, 1854
are hereby repealed
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives..
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April 18th, 1856.
.. AUDITORS OFFICE. RAvEHNA. }
PORTAGE Co. o., June Goth 1861
hereby certify that the foregoing is true copy o
the original acts as fled in my office.
.,. THOS. w. BRO WE1NG,