The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-04-03
VIM. Ii. SMITH,
Secretary IF State.

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An act relating to Roads and Highways.
SECTION l.. BE At enacted BY The Gen
efoJ assembly Of the State Of OHIO,
That the trustees of the several town.
ships in this State shall have the care,
supervision and control of all public
roads and highways within their. res
pective townships, except where 1T be-
longs to some particular person or cor
poration to control, or keep the same
in repair; and they shall cause to be
opened all public roads and highways
which shallLave been, or may hereaf-
ter be laid out and established through
any part of their respective townships,
aud the same to be kept open and i'll
good condition, of lawful width and
free from all distractions that may
from time to time be found thereon !;
and in case any public road is or shall
be established us part of the line or
boundary of any township or in corpor-
ated village or city, the trustees i'll such
adjoining townships, or council of any
Incorporated village or city, as the ease
NAV be, shall meet at some convenient
place as soon after the first Monday of
March as convenient, and apportlon
such road or roads between the two
townships, or township and village or
city. as Justice and equity may require
| for the purpose Of opening and lm-
| proving the same, and the trustees. in
their respective townships, or village
or CITY council, shall cause said road OF
roads to he opened and improved ac-
cordingly.
SEC. 2. The said trustees may en-
-. mt contracts with AnV
suitable person or persons to open,
make, repair or improve the several
roads and highways, or any part there
of within their respective townships,
and they may authorize such person or
persons to enter OH any land adjoining
or living near the road. to make such
drains or bitches through the same as
they may deem necessary for the bene-
| fit of the roads, doing as little injury
to said lands and timber as the nature
of the case and the public good Will
permit. and the drains and ditches sc
made shall be kept open by direction
of the trustees if necessary. and shall
not be obstructed by the owner or oc'
cupier of such lands, or any other per-
son or persons, under the penalty Of
forteiting a sum not exceeding ten dol
lars for each and every offeuse, to be
recovered at the suit of the trustees ant
appIied for the benefit of the roads anC
highways.
SEC. 3. That all able bodied male
persons, and all male persons able tt
procure the labor herein required to b'
done, between twenty-one and nifty
five years of age, except pensioners o
| ~ Gtot
been permanently disabled i'll the mill
tary service Of the United States, sllal
| be liable yearly and every year to a.
and perform two days WORK on IN
public roads under the direction of tn
. trustees of the several townships, o
such other person or persons as tn
3 trustees may employ or contract wit
: to take charge of make and improv
: the roads, as herein before provideo
f within whose township or distric
d they may respectively reside provided
that it shall be lawful for, and the trus
g tees of a1iv township are hereby AT
tbcrized, to dispense with, and remit /
their respective townships the tw
= days' labor aforesaid, and the commit
= tation money hereinafter provided
I. be paid in lieu of said labor.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of sal
trustees, or of such person or person
as may be employed or contracted wit
I by them, as Aforesaid, to order out e'
= cry such person resident, as aforesa'
: between the first day of April and IL
first day of September, annually, to d
and perform the work aforesaid upo
the roads and highways within h
township or district, and if any sue
person, being personally warned |
, the trustees or the person or pers0l
=, employed or contracted with, as afor
' said, or by leaving written notice
his usual place of abode, shall refuse
= neglect, having had at least three day
q to attend, by himself or substitute,
y the day and at the time directed in sa
notice, or, having attended, shall L
fuse to obey the directions of the tru
tees or the person by them employ,
for that purpose, or shall spend 81
time i'm idleness or inattentiOn to, Il
duties assigned him, every such deli
III ~ quent shall forfeit and pay for eve
~ n. neglect to attend, or for any OF the c
in fenses above specified, the sum of OF
a. dollar forcvery suclI offense, to be l
e, es covered by action before any justice
2, the peace Of the proper r1towuship,
Ia the suit of the trustees OF their respe
tive townships, and the money SO c,
'e, lected shall be applied by said truste
e, for the Improvement or their road
IA ia provided, that no person shall be |
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