Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-03-25

their respective townships or village or
city council. shall cause said road or roads
to be opened and improved accordingly.
SEC. 81. That If any person or persons,
corporations, or any conductor Of any train
Of railroad cars, or any other agent or ser
want of any railroad company 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
obstruction to remain upon or across any
such road or highway to the hindranee or
Inconvenience of travellers, or any person
or persons passing along or upon such
road or highway, every person or corpora
tion so offending shall forfeit and pay for
every such ofense, any sum not exceeding
twenty nor less than two dollars, and shall
be liable for all damages arising TO any
person from such obstruction or injury to
such road or highway, TO be recovered By
sn action at the salt of the trustees of. the
township in which such offense shall have
been committed, or any person suing for
the same before any justice of the peace
within the county where such ofense shall
have been committed, or by indictment in
the court of common pleas in the proper
county; and all fines accruing under the
provisions of this section, when collected,
shall be paid over to the treasurer Of the
township in which such offense was COM
mitted, and by the trustees applied TO the
improvement Of roads and highways there
in; and every twenty four hours such
corporation, person or persons as aforesaid,
after being notified, shall suffer such
obstruction, to the hindrancs or inconve-
nienee of travellers, or any person OF, per-
sons going along OF upon such road or
highway, shall be deemed an additional
ofense against the provisions Of this act
SEc. 81. That every railroad company
or other corporation, the servant or ser
wants, agent or agents, employe or en-
ployes Of which shall, in any manner, OBJ
struct any public road or highway, shall be
liable to pay all fines which may be
assessed against such servant OF servants,
agent or agents, employe or employees fol
so obstructing any such public road or
| highway, and such liability may be
| enforced by execution Issued against such
railroad company o. other corporation on
the Judgment rendered against such ser
want or servants, agent or agents, emPloye
or employees, for so obstrueting such public
road or highway.
SEc. SO. That the act entitled San act
relating to roads and highways" passed
February q, 1867, and the act entitled
s|an act supplementary to sn act entitled
'an act relating TO roads and highways,
passed February 27.s1S67; passed April s,
/ 1867, be and the same are hereby repealed
provided, that sach repeal shall not pre-
vent the trustees OF any township rom ex
ecuting any contract entered into by them
under the acts hereby repealed for the pur
pose of repairin g or building bridges, ol
for other purposes, and paving for the
same out Of the road funds Of said town
ship; and provided, further, that the FIRST
meeting of the township trustees shall be
held on the third Monday of March, 1868,
instead of the first Monday, as provided in
the first section of this act.
SEC 81. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
JOHN F. F0LLETT,
Speaker of the House of Reps
T. J..GoDFRET,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.