Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-03-14

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!. SEC. 6. That for the purpose
e provided for in the preceding sec
1 tions of this act, the residence O
a any person who has a family, shal
{ be held to be where his family resides
r and the residence of any other per
r son shall be held to be where he boards
: in anv township or road district il
, this State.
3 SEC. 7. That the trustees within
t their respective townships shall col
lect by suit or otherwise, all fines
; penalties and forfeitures arising and
accruing under the provisions of this
act, and pay the same into the town
ship treasury; to prosecute to final
Judgment all persons neglecting Oh
) refusing to comply with the provis-
: ions Of this act, from whom such
fine, penalty or forfeiture, in theil
J opinion, can be collected by execu,
ton, and the said judgments, if not
: paid, together with the costs thereon,
shall remain and be in force against
the judgment debtor, as other judg-
ments at law are in case of debt;
provided, however, that all persons
who are, or maybe exempt from per-
forming labor on the public highways
by any law of this State, shall not
be subject to the provisions of this
section.
SEC. 8. That in case the trustees
shall enter into contract with any per-
son or persons, as provided in the
second section of this act, all per-
sons liable to perform the two days
labor aforesaid, shall perform the
same under the direction of, or pay
the commutation meney in lieu there
of to the contractor or contractors
within the district embraced in his
or their contract after beng notified
by him or them in the same manner
as hereinbefore provided; and the
person or persons Sc employed or
contracted with shall meet with the
trustees on or before the first Mon
day of March, annually, and then
and there produce an account of
their labor and service, including a
list of the number and names of
those performing the two days labor
and of those paying the cemmuta-
tion in lieu thereof, and also list
OF those refusing or neglecting to
work the two days or pay said com
mutation money; and the trustees
are authorized and required to ad-
just and settle all accounts so pro
duced in such manner as TO them
may seem just and right, and they
shall carefully estimate the amount
and value of the two days labor per-
formed under the direction of the
person or persons holding contracts
as aforesaid, and deduct said amount,
together with all Communication mon
ey collected by him or them from the
amount due on their respective con-
tracts, and if upon such settlement
the trustees shall be satisfied that
such person or persons have proper
ly discharged the duties assigned,
and fulfilled the contracts entered
into by them, they shall give him or
them an order on the township treas
urer for the amount due, taking his
or their receipt therefor, and file the
same in the office Of the township !
clerk; and if any moneys remain in
the hands of any person or persons
employed or contracted with as
aforesaid at the time of such settle
ment, the same shall be by him or
them paid into the township treasu
ry.
Sec. g. That said trustees shall |
cause to be built and repaired, all |
bridges across any river or stream
of water within their several town.
ships, and when it is necessary to
build or repair any bridge across any
river or stream of water, which Is
the boundary or dividing line of any
township, it shall be the duty of the
trustees of such township to build
and keep in repair every such bridge,
and each township shall pay an
equal part of the expense of build
ing or repairing the same, unless
it shall be otherwise agreed by the
trustees of such townships; proyi-
ded, however, that in no case shall
the expense of building or repairing
any of the bridges aforesaid, exceed
fifty dollars.
SEC. 10. That the person or per-
sons employed or contracted with by
the trustees under the provisions of
the second section of this act, shall
meet with the trustees at their an
nual meeting, for the settlement of
township business, and then and
there produce an account of their
labor and services. unless the same
shall have been sooner settled, and
the trustees are authorized and re-
quired to adjust and settle all ac-
counts so produced, in such a man
ner as to them may seem just and
right, and if upon such settlement
they shall be satisfied that such
person or persons have properly dis
the duties assigned them,
the trustees shall give him or them
an order on the township treasurer
for the amount due, taking his or
their receipts therefor, and file the
same in the Office of township clerk.
Sec. IL. That if any person, {
bsdY polite or corporate, shall OBJ !
struct any public road or highway
by any laws of this State,
and suffer such obstruction to re-
main to the hindrance or inconven-
ience of persons making use of such
public road or highway, or shall, by
virtue of any authority whatever, or 4
otherwise change the line, fill up or
digsout the bed of any such road or
or in any other manner
render the same less convenient or
useful than it had been previously !
such pers on, body corporate
or polite, shall be subject to an ac-