The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-05-10
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An Act Relating to Roads
and Highways.

SEcrIoN l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of tie State of Ohio That the
trustees OF the several townships in this
State shall have the care, supervision and
control of the public roads and highways
within their respective townships, except
where it belongs to some particular person
or corporation to control or keep the same
in repair; and they shall cause to be opened
all public roads and highways which shall
have been, or may hereafter be laid out aud
established through any part of their re
spective townships, and the same to ho
kept open and in good condition, of lawful
width, and free from all -obstructions that
may from time to time be found thereon
and in case any public road is or Shall be
establishes as part of the line or boun-
derry OF any township or Incorporated vii
age or city, as the case may be, shall meet
at some pubic place soon alter the first
Monday IN March as convenient and ap-
portion such roait or roads between the
two townships or township and-viltage or
city as justice and equity may require, for
the purpose Of opening and improving the
same, and the trustees, in their respective
townships, or village or city council, shall
cause said road or roads to be opened and
improved accordingly,
SEC. g. The said trustees may employ, or
enter into contracts with any suitable per-
son or persons to open, make repair or i'm
prove the several roads and highways, or
any part thereof, within their respective
townships, and they may authorize such
person or persons TO enter on any land ly-
ing near the-road, to make such drains or
bitches through the same as they may deem
necessary for the benft of the roads, doing
as little Injury TO said lands and timbers as
the nature OF the case and the public good
will permit, and the drains and bitches so
made shall be kept open by direction of the
trustees if necessary, and shall not be oh
structed by the owner or oceupier of such
lands, or any other person OF persons, un.
der the penalty of forfeiting a sum not'ex
ceeding ten dollars for each and every of.
fense, TO be recovered at the suit of trus-
tees, and applied for the benefit of the
roads and highways, .G.H
SEC. 3. That all able bodied male persons
and all male persons able to procure the
labor herein required to be done, between
twenty-one and fftyfiye years of age, ex
cept pensioners of the United States and
those who have been permanently disabled
in the military service of the United States,
shall be liable yearly aud every year to do
and perform two days work on the public
roads, under the directiou of the trustees
of the several townships or such other per-
sons as the trustees may employ or con.
tract with to take charge Of, make and i'm.
prove the roads, as herein before provided;
within whose township or district they
may respectively reside; provided that il
shall be lawful for, and the trustees of any
township are hereby authorized, to dis
pense with and remit in their respective
township the two days labor aforesaid, and
the commutation money hereinaferj pro.
vided to be paid in lieu of said labJr
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of said trus.
tees. or such person or persons as may be
employed or contracted with by them, as
aforesaid, to order out every such person
resident, as aforesaid, between the first day
o. April and the first day of September, an
nualy, to do and perform the work afore-
said upon the roads and highways within
his township or district and if any such
person, being personally warned by the
trustees or the person or persons employed
or contracted with, as aforesaid or by leav.
ing a written notice at his usual place OF
abode, shall refuse or neglect having had
at least three days notice, TO attend, by
himself or hnbstitute, on the day aud at the
time directed in said notice. or having at
ttended, .shall lnrefuse 10 obey the directions
4 of the trustees or the person by them EN-
ployed for that purpose; Or shall spend the
time in idleness or inatteNtion 20 the duties
assigned him, every such delinquent shall
forfeit and pay for every neglect to attend
or fer any oflthe offsnses above specified,
the sam OF .one dollar for every such of
tense, TO be recovered by action before any
Justice Of the peace OF the proper township
at tie suit of the trustees of their respec-
ltiye townships. and the money so collected
shall be applied by said trustees for the
improvement Of their roads provided, that
no person shall be released from the per
torrance of labor on the highways 10y rea
son of the neglect Of the trustees or the
person by them employed, as aforesaid, "a
order out such person on or before the frs
day Of September, annuallyl and provided
further, that if any person being warned
as aforesaid, shall pay to the trustees or the
person 80 employed, in whose township ol
district he may reside, the sum Of two dol
lars the same shall be received and as