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

IL necessary Tor the convenience OF
9 the public; provided, that no more
than fifty dollars shall be expended
for such purpose in any township in
) any one year.
SIC. 20. That it shall be lawful
: for the trustees of Townships border
ing upon the state line between Ohio
and any adjoining state. where a
public highway has been located up
on such state line, in accordance
with and under the provisions of the
laws of the state of Ohio, to cause
said roads to be imprsyed in the
same manner as other roads loca-
ted within the boundaries of this
state are; and they are hereby au-
thorIzed to construct foot bridges
over streams of water on said high
ways.
SEC. 81. That the commissioners
OF the respective counties in this
state are hereby authorized to levy,
at the March sessions of their board,
annually, for road and bridge pur-
poses, as follows: In counties where
the taxable property exceeds the
sum of sixty millions of dollars, not
less than one e-twentieth of mill nor
more than tenths of a mill; in
counties of thirty millions of taxa
BILE property and less than sixty mil
lions, not less than one tenth of q
mill nsr more than one mill; in
counties of less than thirty millions
dollars of taxable leproperty and more
than ten millions, not less than two
tenths of mill nor more than two
mills; in counties where the taxable
property is less than ten millions,
and over five millions of dollars, not
less than seven-tenths of mill nor
more than three mills; in counties
where the taxable property is less
than five millions of dollars, the
levy shall not be less than seven
tenths of mill nor more than FIVE
mills; provided, that in counties
where the commissioners have made
the leyies for road and bridge pur-
poses for the year 1867, they may,
at their June session for 1867, in
crease the levies in accordance with
the provisions ef this act, and in
counties where no road or bridge
taxes have been assessed, the COM
missioners may, at their June ses-
sion for 1867, make the levies provi-
ded for in this act, ana the auditor
OF the county shall place the same
on the tax duplicate for the current
year to be collected as other taxes.
SEC. %. That if the trustees of
any township in this state shall deem
an additional road tex necessary in
addition to the amount levied by
the commissioners of their county,
they shall determine the additional
per centum to be levied upon the
taxable property of their respective
townships, not exceeding three mills
to the dollar where the taxable prop
erty of the county in which said
township is located does not exceed
seven millions of dollars, and not
exceeding one and half mills where
the taxable property does exceed
that amount, and certify the same to
the county auditor in writing, on or
before the first Monday of June in
each year, and the auditor of the
county shall assess the same on all
the taxable property in the town
ship, not included in any city or in
corporated village, and the same
shall. be collected and paid over
as hereinafter provided. The trus-
tees may anticipate the proceeds of
any levy under this act by transfer
ring temporarily any funds in their
township treasury not needed for
other purposes, or by borrowing
money to use upder the provisions of
this act, and shall replace or pay
the same from the road fund when
that shall have been collected; pro-
vided, if they borrow money for this
purpose, it shall be paid into the
township treasures of their town.
ships, and credited to the road fund,
and the treasurer's receipt therefor
fled with the clerk of the township.
SEC. %. The county commission
ers may set apart such portion of the
road tax by them levied as they may
deem proper not exceeding ona-half
.heresf, to be applied to the building,
protecting or repairing bridges in
heir respective counties, which pro-
portion so set apart shall be called q
bridge fund, and shall be collected
Ind expended under the direction of
he commissioners in the building,
protecting or repairing bridges, and
hey are authorized to excavate ap-
to any railroad in their
counties in lieu of bridging when it
S, in their opinion, for the interest
# the county, and pay for the same
'ut of the bridge fund.
SEC. "a. All road taxes collected
" the county treasurer, except that
,art set aside for bridge purposes
" the commissioners, shall be paid
ver to the treasurer of the township
# municipal corporation, from which
he same were collected, and shall
,e expended on the public roads,
nd in building and repairing bridges
s hereinbefore provided, in the
ownship or municipal corporation
rom which the said taxes were col
eeted under the direction of the
rustees of the proper township or
municipal corporation.
Sec. 25. That the act entitled an
ct prescribing the duties of super
isers and relating to roads and high
rays, passed Feb. 18th, 1858, Is. &
=, page 1906, also an act entitled
n act authorizing supervisors of
highways to apply, labor upon roads
oeated on state lines, passed Feb
4th, 1913, rs. d c., page 1916, also
n act entitled an act further defn-
ng the duties of supervisors of roads
nd highways, passed Mar. 21st,
$50, Is. & c., page 1916, also an
ct entitled an act to provide for the
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