The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-08-10

the respective counties in the State
are hereby authorized at their spe-
ciaI session in May, 1871, and there
after at the March session of their
board, annually, to levy for road and
bridge purposes as follows: incounties
where the taxable property exceeds
the sum of eighty millions of dollars,
not more than $40 of mill; in
counties of fifty millions of dollars
of taxable property, and less than
eighty millions, not more than 7-1O
of one mill; in counties of less than
fifty millions of dollars Of taxable
property and more than twenty
millions, not more than l mill and
1-1O ofa mill; in counties where the
taxable property is less than twenty
millions Of dollars and over ten
millions, not more than 1 and $40
mill; in counties where the taxable
property is less than ten millions of
dollars, not more than 2 and $40
mills; in counties where the taxable
property is less than five millions of
dollars, not more than 3 and $40
mills; and the Auditor of the county
shall place the same on the tax du-
pIicate of the current year, to be in
cluded in and collected in the De
cember instaIlment Of taxes, except
as otherwise provided by law. The
County Commissioners shall set apart
such portion of the road tax by them
levied as they may deem proper, to
be applied to the building or repair
ing of bridges in their respective
counties, which portion so set apart
shall be called a bridge fund, and
shall be entered on the duplicate Of
taxes for the county by the Auditor
Of the county in separate column
from the other Ievies for road purpo-
ses, and shall be collected in money,
except as may otherwise be provided
for by any local law heretofore en-
acted, and expended under the direc-
tion of the Commissioners of the
county, in the building or repairing
of bridges or culverts, or both, in
their respective counties; provided,
that in case any important bridge or
bridges, belonging to or maintained
by any county, shall be destroyed by
any casualty, and the restoration
thereof may be necessary for public
accommodation, the Commissioners
of such county may levy a special
tax for that purpose, not exceeding
one-half mill on the dollar of the
taxable property of such county, the
! proceeds of which tax shall be ap-
piled solely to the restoration of such
bridge or bridges. Provided further,
that nothing herein contained shall
affect the right Of city councils to
receive and expend their proportion
Of the levy herein, as authorized by
the 641st section of the municipal
code.
Section 3 declares that the County
Commissioners of any county "shalI
not levy any tax or appropriate any
money for the purpose of building
any public county buildings, pur-
chasing sites therefor, or for lands for
infrmary purposes, or for building
any bridge, except in case of casualty
as provided for in section 2, the ex-
pense of which shall exceed ten
! thousand dollars, without first sub.
mitting" the policy of such build
/ ing, the tax therefor, ETC., to the
qualified voters, to be voted on at
the annual fall election. The section
goes on to make the usual provision
for taking the vote upon the question;
provides that if a majority of those
voting upon the question decide in
favor of the tax it shall be levied by
the Commissioners; and that if it is
decided against, the same question
may be submitted at any annual
election thereafter, on petition of not
less than 100 taxpayers of the coun-
/ ty. 1t is further provided that this
this section shall not apply to any
contracts for buildings, etc. entered
into prior to the passage of this act.
ADDITIONAL POOR TAX.
| Sec. 4. That the County Commits
sioners are hereby authorized, in case
the ordinary revenue Of the county
shall prove insufficient for the sup
port of the poor, to levy and collect
poor tax, not exceeding six-teuths
of one mill on the dollar of the val
uation of the property in such coun-
! ty, taxable for State and county pur-
poses, to be entered on the grand list
and collected as other taxes.
TOWNSHIP TAXES.
Sec. 5. There shall be levied annu-
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