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

any township are hereby authorized
to dispense with and remit in their re
spective townships the two days labo.
aforesaid, and the commutation MONEY
hereinafter provided to be paid in liol
of said labor.
SEC. 4. II shall be the duty ofsaiC
trustees, or Of such person or persons
as may be employed or contracted with
by Thorn, as aforesaid, to order out ev.
cry such person resident, as aforesaid,
between the fret day of April and the
first day of September, annually, to do
and perform tho work aforesaid upon
the roads and highways within his
township or district; and If any such
person, being personally warned by
tho trustees or the person or persons
employed or contracted with, as afore-
said, or by leaving a written notice at
his usual place Of abode, shall refuse
or neglect, having had at least throo
days notice, to attend, by himself or
substitute, on the day and at the time
directed in said notice, or, having at
tended, shall refuse to obey the diroc-
tions Of the trustees or tho person by
them employed for that purpose, or
shall spend the time in idlenoss or in
attention to the duties assigned him,
every such delinquent shall forfeit and
pay for every neglect to attend, or for
any Of the offensos above specified, the
sum Of one dollar for every such Of
tense, to BIO recovered by action before
any justice Of the peace of the proper
township, at the suit of the trustees Of
their respective 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 performance
Of labor on the highways by reason Of
the neglect Of tho trustees or the per-
son by thcm employed, as aforesaid, to
order out such person on or before the
first day Of September, annually; and,
provided further, that if any person
being warned, as aforesaid, shall pay
to the trustees or the person employed,
in whose township or district he may
reside, the sum oftwo dollars, the same
shall be received and accepted in lieu
of tho two days labor hereinbeforo re.
quirod, and the same shall be applied
by tho trustees or person receiving the
same, to tho improvement of tho roads
in his township or district, and ac-
counted for as herein provided.
SEC. 8. That every person. called
upon to perform any labor upon the
roads and highways under tho
provisions of this act, shall by himself
or substitute appear at the place ap-
pointed by the trustees or such other
employed as aforesaid, at tho
hour ofseven o'clock in the forenoon.
with such necessary tools and imple-
as they may be directed to bring,
be used on the roads in tho perfor-
nance of said labor.
SEC. 6. That for the purpose pro-
vided tor in the preceding sections of
this act, the residence of any person
who has a family, shall DO held to DO
where his family resides, and the resi-
dence Of fanny other person shall be held
to be whore he boards in any town
chip OF road district in this State.
SEC. Z. That the trustees within
their respective townships shall collect
by suit or otherwise, allfnes, penalties
and forfeituros arising and aocruing
under the provisions of this act, and
pay the same into the township treas
ury to prosecute to final judgment all
persons neglecting or refusing to com.
ply with the provisions Of this act,
from whom such fine, penalty or for
fixture, in their opinion, can be collect
ed by execution and tho said judg-
monts, if not paid, together with she
costs thereon, shall remain and be in
force against the judgment debtor, as
other judgments at law are in case of
debt provided, however, that all per-
sons who are, or may DO exempt from
performing labor OF the public high
ways by any law Of this State, shall
not be subject to the provisions ofthis
section.
SEC, 8. That in case the trustees
shall enter into contract with any per-
son or persons, as provided in the sec.
ond section Of this act, all persons liza