The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
. BILL


Ohio, That the Commissioners of Per
ry county, Ohio, shall cause to b
constructed a free turnpike road il
said county, which shall extend from
Thornport to the village of New
Straitsville, and shall pass through th'
main street of the village of Thorn.
vile, Columbus street of the village
of Somerset, Main street of the villags
of New Lexington, and through ths
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 viii
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 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-
tion, to be fixed by said commission
ers, in addition to other taxes, in
which the commissioners, in addition
to 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 proportion of cost
thereof, which taxes shall be levied,
assessed, and collected as in other ca
ses.
Sec. 8. The said county commits
sioners may, if they deem it best, is
sue bonds for the construction of said
free turnpike, but said bonds shall
bearinterest at no greater rate than six
per cent, payable semi-snnuallY, and
shall not be sold at less than their par
value, and tor the purpose of paying
said bonds, or the cost of such construc-
ton by them incurred, the said. CON-
shall levy and assess, annu.
ally, tax on all property in said
county not exceed tive mills on the
dollar, nor in any one year more than
twenty per cent. on the cost aforesaid
by them incurred.
SEQ. 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 all
the property of the village, as levied
and assessed, and to be collected as in
other cases of taxation in villages; and
in case Of failure of any of said villa
ges to construct said part of sain turn
pike, said commissioners shall cause it
to be done, and certify the cost thereof
to the county auditor, by whom it
shall be changed to said corporation.
and levied and assessed against the
in said village, and collected
as in other cases; but this section shall
not authorize the said commissioners
to change the grade in any village.
SEC. 5. As soon as practicable, af-
ter the passage of this act, the said
shall employ q compe-
tent engineer, and a sufficient number
OF assistants, who shall survey said
route and such different lines as, in the
opinion of the said commissioners may
be appropriate for parts of said route
may also be surveyed, and a detailed
report thereof, with estimates, shall
be made, in writing, and fled in the
office of county auditor, and there re-
tanned for public inspection.
Sec. 6. The grade and construc-
ton of said turnpike shall be, as now
providsd by law, for the construction
of said turnpike roads, except tina
in the village of the immediate ap-
proaches thereto, the grade may be
to meet the grade Of
the street therein.
SEQ. 7. The construction shall be
let by contract or contracts upon bids,
in writing, after public notice in at
leastsix different newspapers, ofwhich
four shall be in the county for at leas
our consecutive weeks, and any con-
tractor shall give bond, with sufficient
sureties, for the performance of his
contract, and the commissioners may
reject any or all bids, and no contlac-
tor or employe shall be paid at any
time, upon his labor or contract. be-
yond the extent to which fulfilled.
Sec. 8. If, upon the letting of the
contracts, or before that it is found