Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-12

ship within the same county, or shall
remove fl ON township to ward of
city within the same county. Prortded,
that voter, the head of family, re-
moving from any township in this State
to any ward within the corporate limits
of city in the same county, shall not
have the right to vote at municipal
election in such city unless he shall have
resided in such city twenty days prior to
such election
Sec. 2. That section six of the above
recited act be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
SEC 3. This act shall take effect
on its passage.
RICHARD C. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT C. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed February 8, 1861.
mo. 1s.l AN ACT
10 amend section seven of an act for
opening and regulating roads and
highways, passed January y, 1858.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
section seven Of the above reclted act be
| amended, SO as to read as follows:
That the surveyor shall survey the
said road under the direction of the
viewers, and cause the same to be con-
spicuously marked throughout, noting
the courses and distances, and at the
end of each mile shall cause the number
of the same, and also the commencement
and termination of said road or survey,
to be marked on tree, or monument
erected for that perpose; he shall also
make out and deliver to one of the
viewers, without delay, a correct, certi-
fed return Of the survey of said road,
and plat of the same; and the viewers
shall make and sign report in writing,
stating their opinion in favor or against
the establishment or alteration Of such
road, OF. any part thereof, and set forth
the reasons of the same, which report,
| together with the plat and survey OF
said road, or alteration, shall be de-
livered to the county Auditor by one oi
the viewers, on or before the FIRST day of
the session of the commissioners then
next ensuing. And it shall be the duty
| of the commissioners, en- receiving the
report of the viewers aforesaid, to cause
the same to be publicly read On two diff
ferent DAYS of the same meeting, and il
no legal objection shall be made to them
for review Of said road, or any part
thereof, or alteration, and they are salts
fed that such road, or any part thereof
if the same be capable of division, will
be of public utility, and the report Of
the viewers hsi1g favorable thereto: and
that no damages have been claimed ol
assessed, they shall, on the third day Of
the session, cause said reports, survey
and plat to be recorded, and from thence
forth said road shall be considered a
public highway and the commissioners
shall issue their order to the trustees Of
the proper township, or townships, di,
recting said road to be opened; but Ii
the report of the viewers be against snch
proposed road or alteration, or if in the
opinion of the commissioners the same
shall be unnecessary, then no further
proceedings shall be had thereon; and
the obligor or obligors, in the bond Sc
curing the expenses, shall be liable fol
the full amount of such costs and expen.
ses: Proviaed, that in all cases where
any oath or affirmation is required to be
taken by any person under the proyis
ions Of this act, the same may be admin
istered by the surveyor, or by one Of the
viewers or reviewers, who have been pre-
viously sworn or affirmed themselves.
SEC q That section seven be and the
same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage
RICHARD C. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT G. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed February II, 1861.