The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-09
From the Springfield Republic.
THE NEW ROAD LAW
A Full and Intelligent Abstract
of it's Provisions.


of it's Provisions.
The first section provides for the
meeting of the township trustees or
the first Monday in March (instead
of the third, as now) to divide theil
townships into road districts. The
change of time does not take effect
until March, 1869.
The second section provides fol
the election on the first Monday Of
April of each year, of a supervisor
of each district, to be chosen at the
township election, each supervisor
being separately voted for by the
electors Of his district. A fine o1
55 and costs is imposed for refusal
or neglect to serve. ad"
The third section prescribes the
duties and rights Of supervisors
substantially as in the old statute.
The fourth section requires two
days labor yearly on the roads, Of
all able bodied males, and sill males
able to hire the labor of others, be
tween 81 and So years OF age, ex-
cept disabled Union soldiers, and
. actual, acting members of unpdao
fire ecompanies-commutation fixed
( at three dollars.
The fifth section prescribes the
season Of flabor on the roads, (from
April l to September } and the
penalty one dollar fine for each Of
fence besides the amount allowed
for two days work, in case of non
attendance for disobedience of the
orders of the supervisor.
! The sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth sections prescribe the method
of procedure in case of removal
from one district to another, fixes
the hour of beginning labor, and
the rules Of determining residence
| (of s. man of family, where his fam.
lily resides, and Of any other person.
where he boards and provides for
the collection of fines and forfeit
ures. o%
The tenth and eleventh sections
instruct supervisors to account to
the township trustees, at the annual
settlement, for all moneys expend
ed; to report the names of persons
ordered out for the two days labor
and of those who fail to comply
the fines to be paid over by the jus
tice Or constable collecting them, to
the supervisor of the district, and
the trustees to prosecute suits &C
ccrding to their discretion. Retir-
ing supervisors are to pay over
moneys on hand to their successors,
taking receipt therefor; and the in
coming. supervisor can sue out exc
cution on unpaid judgments.
The twelfth, thirteenth and four
teenth sections authorize supervi-
sors to construct foot bridges, and
require them to keep up guide
boards at the township. expense at
forks and cross roads Of every
State and county road the penalty
for throwing down or defacing such
guide boards to be a fine not ex-
ceeding $40 and costs.
The fifteenth section authorizes
township trustees to furnish plows
and scrapers for use in their several
road districts, to be paid for out OF
the township funds; taking receipts
for them from the supervisor, who
shall be responsible for their proper
use and keeping, and shall return
them on the first Monday in March
The sixteenth section authorizes
township trustees to maintain water
ing places on public highways at
an expense Of not more than $50 q
year in each township,
The seventeenth section is as fol
lows:
That the Commissioners of the
respective counties in this State,
are hereby auth orized to levy, at
the March session Of their board,
annually, for road and bridge pur-
poses, as follows: In counties
where the taxable property exceeds
the sum of sixty million dollars, not
less than one-twentieth of a mill,
nor more than five-tenths of mill
in counties of thirty millions Of tax
able property, and less than sixty
millions, not less than one-tenth of
a mill, nor more than one mill; in
counties of less than thirty million
dollars of taxable property, 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 a mill nor more than three mills
in counties where the taxable prep
erty is less than five millions OF
dollars, the levy shall not be less
than seven-tenths Of a mill, mol
more than five mills, and the Audi
tor of the county shall place the
same on the tax duplicate of the
current year, to be collected as othe,
tares, to be included in and collect
ed in the December instalment ot
taxes, except as hereinafter provi
ded.
And the county commissioner.
:. shall set apart such portion of tn,
road tax by them levied as they
may deem proper to be applied tx
the building or repairing of bridge
! in their respective counties, which
proportion shall be called .bridg
: fund, and shall be entered on tn
duplicate of taxes for the county
by the auditor of the county, in
. separate column from the other lev
les for road purposes, and shall b