The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-19
BILL

nv county, Ohio, shall cause to be
constructed n free turnpike road in
said county, which shall extend from
Thornport to the village Of New
stmitsville, and shall pass through the
main street of the village Of Thorn
vile, Columbus street Of the village
of Somerset, Main street Of the village
Of New Lexington, and through the
village Of Shawnee and New Straits
Vile; and so much of said free turn
pike as lies within the corporate linn
its of any of said villages shall be
constructed by and at the expense OF
said villages respectively; and, outside
the corporate limits of said villages, as
above designated, said free turnpike
shall be upon and follow public high
ways commonly used between said vii
lagos, except that where expense may
be saved by change, and the public
convenience subserved, the commits
sioners may deviate from the public
road at such point or points as, IN
their opinion, may be necessary or
appropriate, and thereupon, to the ex-
tent Of such change, the same shall be
made part of the public highway.
SEC. 2. The said commissioners
are entitled to receive and collect sub
scriptions of money, or of lands that
may be used for part of the line of
such free turnpike, which subscrip-
ton may be conditioned on the loca-
ton of a specified line as part of the
route, or majority of the owners OF
real estate outside Of said villages may
in writing, petition said commissioners
to locate a specified line as part OF
said route and to be thereby taxed in
a proportion of the cost of construc-
ton, to be fixed by said commission
ers, in addition to other taxes, in
which the commissioners, in addition
70 other taxes, in which case the zeal
estate not in any Of said villages, and
within one mile on each side of such
specified line petitioned to be located,
shall be specially taxed in their prop
er share for such proportioh Oh cos'
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thereof. which taxes snai' DC ie'ieu'
assessed and coiiec'eo Us III QUIET Ca
ses.
SEC. o. Inc SAID county eoihin'
sioners may II they oeem II oe7.' i
sue bonds for the CONSTRUCTION Vi s''iu
free turnpike, out said bonus Snai
bearinterest NJ no greater rate .nai siA
per cent, payable semi-snnuaiY' anu
shall not oe soid NJ less 'hah .iieii p"'
value, and TOT the purpose Oh paying
said bonds or the cost OF such cons'fuc
ton by them incurred the saaa CON-
missioners shall levy and assess annu'
ally, q tax on all property In said
county not exceed two mills on the
dollar, nor in any one year more than
twenty per cent. on the COST aforesaid
by them incurred.
SEC. 4. The councils OF SAID VII
lagos are hereby authorized to con-
struct SO mnch OF said free turnpike as
may necessary, within the corporate
limits Of such village, and leavy and
assess taxes for the cost thereof on al
the property of the village, rs levied
and assessed, and to be collected as II
other cases OF taxation in villages; anc
in case Of failure of any of said villa
ges.t construct said part of sain turn
pike, said commissioners shall cause i
to be done, and certify the cost thereo
to the county auditor, by whom j
shall be changed to said corporation
and levied and assessed against tn
property in said village, and collecte'
as In other cases; butt section shal
not authorize the said commissioner
to change the grade in any village.
SEC s. As soon as practicable. al
Tar the nassaoe of this act the sa;,
oouu,;s,.dnor, .h.l, omn,ov . comm.
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