The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17
Whole No. 1864.
The Turnplke Law Amendment.. .

The Turnpike Law Amendment:
An Act, supplementary to an Art
passed April 30, 1869, entitled "An
act to authorize County Commits
sloners to locate and construct turn
pike roads" ." (Vol. IS, Ohio L. 66.)
SECTION l. Be 10 enacted 6y the
General assembly Of the State Of Ohio,
That the Commissioners of any county
shall not levy any tax or appropriate
any money Except so far as may be
necessary to pay the expense Of prelim-
mary surveys already conn enced, or
any other liabilities already incurredl
to be expended in the construction OF
free turnpikes under the act to which
this Is supplementary, without first
submitting to the qualified voters Of
said county the question as to the poll
icy of constructing said roads by gem
eraI tax, which said submission shall
be made at the annual spring election
in April, A. D. 1870, or any annual
spring election thereafter. And said
commissioners shall cause public no.
tIce OF such vote to be given by publi-
cation in all the newspapers printed
and Of general circulation in said
county, and also by causing hand-biil5
to be posted up at the usual place Of
holding elections in each township and
ward throughout the county, at least
fifteen days prior to said election: Pro-
vided, however, that nothing in this
act shall affect any contract entered
into before its passage, in reference 10
the construction of any such road.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the
judges Of election in the several town
ships and wards in any county in
which such questions may be submit
ted and such notice given, as aforesaid,
on the day of the annual spring cleo
ton in the year A. D. 1870, to open a
poll for taking said vote and to receive.
and count the ballots cast, and within.
three days thereafter to return to the
auditor of the county a full and cor
rect abstract of said vote; and the
said judges of election shall in all re-
spects be governed by the laws rPgu-
lating general elections, and shall te
entitled to the same compensation f II
returning said poll-boOks, which SD Ii
be paid out of the county treasury on
the order Of the auditor; and the poll
books so returned shall, within five
days from the day of holding such
election, be opened and the votes
counted by the commissioners and au-
ditOr of the county, a correct staten, ut
of the result of which vote shall ne
kept by said auditor on file in his
Office for public inspection.
SEC. 3. If at said election a majority
of the votes 50 cast shall be against the
policy Of constructing free turupikes,
the commissioners shall not assess any
tax for that purpose; but the commits
siOners may, on petition of not less
than one hundred taxpayers of said
county, again submit the same ques-.
tiOn at any regular annual election,
either in the spring or fall to said
qualified voters of the county, notice
of which shall be given and the eIec-
ton conducted in all respects in the
prescribed in the first and Sec
Ond sections Of this act.
SEC. 1. If at any such election a
majority shall be found in favor of TIE
Of free turnpikes, then
the commissioners shall be authorized
10 proceed to levy taxes, issue bonds,
and appropriate and expend money in
the construction Of such free turnpike
roads as in their judgment may be
necessary to the public convenicnce
and prOmotive of the public interest
subject, however, in all their proceed
iugs to the provisions, restrictions and
Of existing laws on that
subject.
SEC. 5. This act shall take effect
and be in force frum and after its PAS
sage. A. J. CUNNINGHAM,
Speaker of House of Representatives.
J. c. LEE,
President Of the Senate.
Passed February Is, 1870.