The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-04-02

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SEc 2s, That each supervisor
shall receive for his services two dol.
lars per diem for the timo actually
employed on the roads, deductine the
commutation for his two days labor
SIC. 20. That at any time during
the year when any public highway
,hall bo obstruc,ed, Il shall bo tho
duty Of the supervisor Of the district
in which tho same may be, forthwith
to cause such obstruction TO be ro.
moved, for which purpose bo shall
Immediately order out such number
of persons liable 10 do work or pay
ta1 upon tho public highways Of his
district as he may drcm necessary 10
remove said distractions, if the per-
son or persons thus called out shall
have performed their two days labor
upon the public highways, or paid
their road tax, the supervisor shall
give to such person or persons Ger.
ti6cate for the amount of labor per-
formed, aud said certificate shall
apply on the labor or tax that may
be due from suoh person or persons
the ensuing year.
SEC. so. That il shall be lawful
for the supervisor Of road districtn,
bordering on the state line betwees
Ohio aud any adjoining state, when n
public highway has been located upon
such state line in accordance with and
under the provisions of the laws of
tho state of Ohio, to apply the labor
of said roads in tho same manner as
on other roads located within the
boundaries Of this state and In case
any public road is or shall be ostab
liShod as part of the line or boun-
dairy Of any township, or incorporated
village or city, tho trustees in such
adjoining township or townships aud
council of such incorporated village
or city, as tho case may be, shall moet
at some convenient place as soon after
the first Monday of March us con.
venient, aud appor ion such road.
between the two townships, or town
ship and village or city, ns justice and
equity may require, aud the trustees
in their respective townships or vii.
lage or city council, shall cause said
road or roads to be opened and i'm.
proved accordingly.
SEC. 81. That il any persons or
persons, corporations, or any conduc
tor of any train of railroad cars, or
any other agent or servant of any
railroad company shall obstruct, un,
necessarily, any public road or high.
way authorized by any law of tbi,
state, by permitting any railroad car
or cars, or locomotive, to remain upon
or across any public road or highway
for longer period than five minutes
or shall permit any timber, lumber
wood or other obstrr,tion to remaiu
upon or across any such road OF high
way to the hinderancc or inconveni-
once Of travellers, or any person OF
p'rs ns passing along crap n ush road
or highway, every person or corpora
ton SO offending shall forfeit aud pay
for every such offence, any sum not
exceeding twenty nor less than two
dollars, aud shall be liable for all
damages arising TO any persons from
such distractions or injury TO suel
road or highway, to DO recovered by
an action at the suit of the trustees oi
the township in which such offensC
shall have been committed, or any
person suinv fnr H." samo acr%,re nny
justice Of the peace within the conn
~ where such offense shall have been
committed, or by Indictment in the
court Of common pleas in the proper
county aud all iiues accruing under
the provisions of this section, whcI
collected, shall be paid over to tn,
treasurer of the township 10 whicl
such otiense was committed, aud by
the trustees applied to the improve
mert of roads aud highways therein
and every twenty-four hours sucl
corporation, person or pesrons a
aforesaid. after being notified, shal
suffer such obstruction, to the hinder
auce or Inconvenience of travellers. OF
any person or persons going along o.
upon such road or highway, shall b,
deemed on additional oliense agains
the provisions of this act.
SEC, 80. That every railroad com
pauy or other corporation, the SER
want or servants, agent or agents
employee or employees Of which shall
in any manner, obstruct any publ,
road or highway, shall be liable t,
| pay all fiDcs which may be assessed
against such servant or servants
agent or agents, employee or EN-
ployecs for so obstructing any sucl
public road or highway, aud sucl
liability may be enforced by execu-
ton issued against such railroad com
pany or other corporation on tn
| judgement rendered against suol
servant or servants, agent or agent
employee or employees, for Co
obstructing such public road Orhigh
way.
SEC. 80. That the act entitled "aI
act relating to roads aud highways,
passed February 27, 1867, and thu
act EMIT ed can act supplementary.
to an net entitled "an act relating l.
roads and highways" passed Feb
ruary 27, 1867; passed April 8, 1861
be aud the same are hereby repealed
provided, that such repeal shall no
prevent the trustees of any TOWNSHIP
from executing any contract cntere
into by them under the acts hereb,
repealed for the purpose Of repairiu
or building bridges, or for other pur
poses, aud paying FIR the same ou
of the road fnnds Of said township
and provided, further, that tho fir
meeting of the township trustees sha
be held on the third Monday {
March, 1868, instead of The Gri
! Monday, as provided 10 the first sec