M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-05-30

lsetting fourth their opinions In full for or
against the establishment Of such road. TO.
gelher with statement Of the damages, il
any, assessed to each person Though whose
,'and the road is proposed to be established
which report, together with
are .prH of the survey and plat Of said road
shall We deposited with the township clerk,
who shall notify the trustees thereof, where
upon the Trustees shall, at their next meet
ing, cause said report to b. read. and II the
same be in favor Of establishing SAID road
and the trustees deem it reasonable and Just
they being satisfied that the,dameges ifany'
have been claimed and assessed, f1CVe Deen
paid, or secured TO be paid BY the petitioner
or petitioners, the clerk Of the township shall
enler said report onrecord. And the tTus-
tees, shall issue their order to the petitioner
or petitiondrs, or any of them, to open saln
road thirty Il. wide, aGd from thenceiorth The
road shall be cOnsidered.a private or township
road, subject TO be kept open and in repair
at the expense Of the applicant or applicants
for the same: Provided, however that any
Township road which commences in state,
turnpike, or county road, and passes on and
intefsects another state, turnpike, county or
township road, shall be opened and kept in
repair by the supervisor in whose distrie!
any such township road may be situated in
whole or in part. and it shall be the duty oil
the Supervisor 10 cause so much labor to be
performed by those persons living within his
district liable 10 perform labor on
the public highways to be applied
to opening or keeping such town
ship road in repair as he may deem reasona-
bic; and the costs Of the view and survey of
such road shall be paid out of [thel township
treasury; but if the viewers shall Tepor. that
the prayer or the petitioner or petitioners is
unreasonable, and ought not to De granted,
no further proceedings shall be had thereon
by said trustees, and all the costs occurrir G
under the provisions of this section shall be
paid by the person or persons making app!i-
cation for such road, except as hereinbeioTe
provided.
SEC. 2. That section 35 Of the above
recited act be SO amended as to read as fol-
lows:
Sec. 95. That whenever any township
road shall become useless, any one or more
residents Of the township may, after giving
the same notice required in the 18th section
OF this act, petition the trustees to vacate
such road, and if the trustees shall be satis-
fed that the proper notice has been given,
and no injustice will be done thereby, they
shall, at their next regular meeting, declare
the same vacated, and give notice thereof
to the township clerk, who shall enter the
same on the township records; Provided
however, that any person in the township
feeling aggrieved shall have right to ap
peal from the final decision Of said trustees
TO the probate court in like manner as Sc
forth in the thirty-third section of the above
recited act.
SEC. 8. That the thirty.second and th'
the thirty lth sections of the above rectet
act to which this is an amendment, be ant
the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. A. This act TO take affect and be II
force from and after its passage.
ED. A. PARR0TT,
Speaber pro tenn. Of the House Of Repre- sen
tatves.
JAMES MONROE,
President pro tenn. of The Senate.
Passed March Z, 1861.