True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-05-07
TOLUME 2.-NUMBER Is.

eTHt HSSeHtOty 0I me otAtey Unto, lnat
if the county commissioners of any coun-,
ty hereafter levy road tax, it shall be as
follows: If the taXahle property Of the
county be over fifty millions Of dollars
the levy shall not be more than one half
mill, nor less than one twenty-6fth mill
on the dollar; If such property amounts 70
over three and less than fifty millions Of
dollars the levy shall not be more than
one mill nor less than one-tenih mill on
The dollar If such property amount TO
less than three millions Of dollars, the
levy shall not be more than one aud a.
half mills nor less than two tenihs 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
net exceeding one half mill on the dol.
lar, and shall certify the same in writing
10 tho county auditor, on or before the
first Monday in June in each year, who
shall, by the 18th day of the same month,
forward The list Of road taxes, made out
as required in 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 su-
pervisor, 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 pet
son, agreeably to the provisions of The
thirty-fourth section of said act, 10 which
this is supplemental, to work out the.
same.
SECTION 2. The county commissions
ers may appropriate one-third of the tax
levied by them under the fist section of
this act to bridge purposes and cause the
same to be collected in money on the
county duplicate and no other bridge tax
shall he levied or collected,
SECTION 8. Any person charged witt.
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 dol
arper day for each days work of an
abled bodied man and a rateable allow.
ance per day for any team furnished by
any person which labor shall be perform
ed under the direction of the supervisor
of such distric'.
SECTION 4. Each supervisor shall write
on the margin Of his list opposite 10 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 aud
itor opposite 10 the amount charged
against each person who may have paid
the same in labor as shown by the returns
Of the supervisors the word "Paid" and
shall forthwith forward the same to the
county auditor, who shall charge all such
as may remain unpaid as shown by tho
returns of the clerks on the duplicate Of
the county, and the same shall be collec-
ted, as other monies are collected by the
county treasurer. And the supervisor
shall also give to each person 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 re-
ceipl Of the proper supervisor shall be
conclusive evidence that such road tax is
unjusty charged.
SECTION 5. All road taxes collected
by the county treasurer shall be paid
over 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 collec-
ted, lss a.s,s, n.e, ss.l.,
Section 6. That all such persons as
are required by the first section of,he act,
to which this is supplemental, TO do ana
perform two days work on the public
roads, shall do and perform the same ber
tween the first day Of April and the first
day Of July Of each year, no personshalI
be released from such labor by the neglect
Of the superyiscr d order him out on. og
before The first day Of July.
SEorIoN 4. The act entitled s'an act
10 amend the act entitled al al presksi.
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