The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-03-07

+ visions ofthe eleventh section Of thil
Q act, shall be full compensation to The
l public for the loss Of, or injury to, such
l road or highway, and the damages re-
| covered In any such suit, after paying
D the expenses Of the same, shall be q
trust fund in the hands of the commits.
{ %sioners or trustees respectively, to be
applied to the repair of such road or
highway, or to be expended upon
tho public roads Of such county or
township, as justice or equity may re-
quire.
SEC. Is. That ifany person or per-
sons, corporations, or any conductor of
any train of railroad cars, or any other
agent or servant of any railroad com
pany, shall obstruct, unnecessarily, any
public road or highway authorized by
any law Of this State, by permitting
any railroad car, or cars, or locomotive
to remain upon or across any public
road or highway, for a longer period
than five minutes, or shall permit any
timber, lumber, wood, or other OBJ
struction to remain upon or across any
such road or highway, to the hindrance
or Inconvenience Of travellers, or any
person or persons passing along orup-
on such road OF highway, every per-
son or corporation so offending, shall
forfeit and pay for every such ofTensa,
any sum not exceeding twenty nor loss
than two dollars, and shall DO liable for
all damages arising to any person
from such obstruction, or injury to- such
road or highway, TO be~reooverod by an
action ut tho suit Of the trustees Of the
township in which such oTense shall
have boon committed, or any person
Bueing for the same before anyjustice
of the peace within the county where
such offenso shall have been commit
tod, or by indictment in tho court Of
common pleas in the proper county
and all fines accruing under tho pro-
Visions of this section, when collected,
shall be paid over to the treasurer of
the township IN which such offense
was committed, and by the trusteesap
piled to tho improvement Of the roads
and highways therein and every
twenty-four hours such corporation,
person or persons as aforesaid, after
being notified, shall suffer such OBJ
struction unnecessarily, to tho hind
or Inconvenience of travellers, or
any person or persons going along or
upon such road or highway, shall be
deemed an additional offenso against
the provisions Of this act.
SEC. 10. That every railroad COM
pany or other corporation shall be liza.
BILE for all fines assessed against such
company or corporation, for any OBJ
struotion caused by the conductors Of
railroad cars, agents or servants of
any saoh railroad company or other
corporation, for violations of any ofthe
provisions of the last preceding sec.
tions.
SEC. II. That any ~lsndholdor, thro'
whose land any state, county, or town
ship road is now or may hereafter be
laid ont and established, is hereby au-
thorized, under the direction of the
trustees Of the proper township, to con-
struct q passway or passways, either
over OF under such road or roads, SO ss
to permit the stock Of such landholder
to pass and repassj provided that such
passway or passways shall not be con-
structod over or under any road with
in tho limits Of the out-lots oHany city,
town or village, and shall not materi-
ally hinder, or obstruct the travel on
such road or roads where the same nay
be constructed provided, further, that
the said passway or pa5sways shall be
constructed and at all times kept in
good repair at the proper expense of
such landholdor.
SEC, 10. That the trustees within
their township shall cause to DO erect
ed and kept up at the expense of the
township, at the forks Of evory state
and county road, a post aud guide
board or finger board, containing an
inscription in legible letters, directing
the way and distance to the town or
towns, or public place or places situa-
ted on each road, respectively. That
if any person shall wilfully domolish,
throw down, alter, or deface any such
Guide board. aHery paraon 80 offending