Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-22

The following is a copy of the bill fol
a new road law, introduced into the
Legislature by Mr.. Cannon, of Portage
County:
A Bill to amend sections 1, 2, 8, 4, 5
s and 10, of an act entitled can act
relating to Roads and Highways"
passed February q, 1867. (Gener al
Laws, Vol. 81, page ~
SECTION 1. Be Il enacted Jy The Gen
erdL Assembly of tie State of Ohio, That
the trustees of the several townships
in this state, shall have general care
and supervision of all roads in their
respective townships Except such as
belong to interpretations or individuals
to control and keep in repair and they
shall, on the first Monday of March
next, and annually thereafter, divide
their respective townships into suita-
bic and convenient districts, and cause
-h-bEisf disruption thereof to be made
on the township record (ifnot all ready
done,) and also furnish each supervisor
with plat of his road district, and they
shall cause notice to be given to elect
ors THE same as reqired by law for cleo
ton Of other township officers of the
election Of as many supervisors of roads
as there shall be road districts establish
ed in the township.
SEC. 2. There shall be elected in
each township in this state, on the first
Monday of April next, and annually
thereafter, such number of supervisors
Of highways as directed by trustees
of said township, and no elector shall
vote for more than one supervisor at
such election, being 8 resident of some
road district. Supervisors so elected
shall reside in their respective road dis
triot, and shall take an oath faithfully
and impartislly TO discharge the duties
of said office, and on refusal or neglect
to qualify and serve, shall forfeit and
pay the sun ofthree dollars and costs,
to be collected by the trustees in an &C
ton of debt moneys so collected shall
60 into the road fund ofthe township, to
be expended as other road moneys.
Supervisors shall have power to enter
upon lands joining OF the road,
and obtain timber or other material
necessary for the use of roads, paying
or allowing fair compensation there for,
and also make may drains Oh bitches
deemed necessary for the benefit of said
road, doing in all cases as little dam
age to the premises as the nature of
tie case and the public good will permit;
and 40 drain thus made shall be OBJ
structed by owners of the land or other
person, under the penalty of ten dol
lars for each oaense, to be collected by
the trusteei and applied to road fund
of the township.
SEC. B. That all able bodied male
persons, and all male persons able to
procure the labor herein required, be.
tween the ages oftwenty-one and fifty
I'VE years Except pensioners of the
United States and persons permanently
disabled in the military service of the
United Statesl, shall be liable, annu-
ally, to do and perform two days labor
on the highways, under the direction
OF the supervisor of road district in
which be shall reside provided, it
shall De lawful for the trustees of any
township ofthIs state to remit said tax
labor when lin their opinion) the
person applying is unable TO perform
8 labor or pay said tax.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of each
supervisor OF this state, to warn each
person PRESIDENT afOresaid) to appear
at time and place mentioned in notice,
between the first day of April and the
hrst day Of September of each year, to
do and perform said labor on the road,
with suitable tools or implements there
Tor said notice to be gwen at least two
days previous 10 the time fixed for Ia
Dor, and may be given verbally, or by
notice In writing being left at his usual
place OF abode, and if any such person
being duly warned shall fail to appear,
shall refuse to perform said labor to
the satisfaction ofthe supervisor, it shall
be the duty of the supervisor to return
such delinquent poll tax lin whole or
n partl, to the trustees of the township
On or before the first Monday of Sep
OF each year; provided, any
person may pay to the supervisor or
trustees, the sum of three dollars in
lieu OF said labor, to be expended IN
der direction Of supervisor in the road
district where the person paying the
same resides.
SEC. 5. That every person called upon
10 perform any labor upon the public
roads and highways, under the proVis-
.ons of this act, shall, by himself or sub
'tltute, appear at the place appointed
by the supervisor, at the hour of seven
clock in the forenoon, and ten hours
-abor shall be considered a days work,
md one dollar fifty cents shall be allow
ed per day.
SEC. 8. That in case any public road
S or shall be Land out and established
IN the lines of any township or town.
ships and incorporated village or city,
me trustees of such adjoining township
Or townships and interpretations, as the
Ease may be, shall meet at some central
place, as Don after the first Monday of
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