Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-06-07
PoMERoY. TUESDA JUNE 7. 1859

of private property appropris| "a to the use
of corporations" passed Ap|A 30, 1852,
and the acts amendatory the.bof and sup
Elementary thereto, so far as Na same may
be applicable; and the connensation SO
found and assessed in favor said claim
ant or claimants shall be cefiified by the
probate Judge to the county auditor and
paid out of the county treasury, from the
general fund or remain deposited therein
for the use of such claimant q claimants;
and said county commission1fs shall, at
the next regular session atieE such COM
pensation shall have been saessed and
paid or deposited as afogea4'4 pf9ceed to
locate and establish sucl ditBiI. 'fsin or
water course as hereinbefore provided.
Sec 5. That said county commissioners,
whenever they shall have established any
such ditch, drain or watercUurse, shall di-
vide the same into suitable sections, not
less in number than the numbers OF own
ers of land through which the same may
be located, and shall also prescribe the
time within which the work upon such
sections shall be completed.
Sec. 6. That the county auditor shall
cause notice to be given of the time and
place of letting, and of the kind and
amount of work to be done upon said sec
tions, and the time fixed by the commits
sioners orits completion. by publication for
thirty days, in some newspaper printed, or
Of general circulation, in said county, and
shall let the work upon said sections re-
spectively to the lowest bidder therefor; and
the person or persons taking such work at
such letting, shall, on the completion there
of to the satisfaction of the county commits
sioners, be paid for such work out OF the
county treasury upon the order of the
county auditor; provided, that if any per-
son or persons to whom any portion OF
said work shall be let as aforesaid, shall
fail to perform said work, the same shall
be re-let by the county auditor, in the man
ner hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 7. That the county auditor shall
keep full and complete record of all pro-
ceedings had in each case under this act.
Sec. 8. That the auditor and surveyor
or engineers shall be allowed such fees for
services under this act, as the county com
missioners shall, in each case, deem rea-
sonable and allow; and all other fees and
costs accruing under this act shall be the
same as provided by law for like services
in other cases, and all costs, expenses,
costs of construction, fees and compensa-
ton for property appropriated, which shall
accrue and be assessed aud be determined
| under this act shall be pad out of the
county treasury, out OF the general fund
OH the order of the county auditor, provi-
ded that no part of the same, except the
compensation for property appropriated,
shall be paid out of the comfy treasury
till the sum shall have been levied and
collected as provided in the next section OF
this act.
Sec 9. That the county commissioners
shall make an equitable apportionment Of
the costs, expenses, cost of construction,
fees and compensation for property appro'
priated, which shall accrue, and be as
sessed and determined under this act
among the owners of the land benefited by
the location and construction of such ditch,
drain or water-course, in proportion to the
benefit to each of them through, along the
line or in the vicinity of whose lands the
same may be located and constructed re-
spectively; and the same shall be LEVIED
upon tho lands Of the owners so benefited
in said proportions, and collected in tht
same manner that other taxes are LEVIED
and collected for county purposes.
Sec. 10. The act entitled can act au-
thorizing the trustees of townships to es
tablish water courses and locate bitches
in certain casess" passed May l, 1854
and the act amendatory thereto, passed
April IA, 1857, and the original act passed
February "a, 1858, on the same subject
are hereby repealed; provided, that no pro
ceedinos had or commenced under an,
law repealed by this act shall be affected b1
such repeal.
Sec. ii. This act to take effect from ant
after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Represent tatives
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March "a, 1859.