Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-03-03
Special Act for Fulton County.

prOvement oil the fuDllC Highways III
Fulton county:
SECTION l. Be Il enacted By The General
Assembly Of The State Of Ohio, That the trus.
tees OF the townships OF Fulton county,
Ohio, shall, on the first Monday IN March,
IN the year 1882, and annually thereafter,
constitute, in each township, two road dis.
tricts, and shall furnish the supervisors
thereof with plat Of the territory embraced
therein, rs nearly correct as may be prac.
ticable.
SEC. 2. The trustees in each township
in said county shall, on the fret Monday
in March, in the year 1882. and annually
thereafter, In addition to other taxes al
lowed by law, levy OH the taxable property
of their respective townships tor the pur-
pose of improving, grading, draining, re-
pairing and keeping in repnir the public
highways of such township, not less than
one mill and not to exceed one and one
half mills upon the dollar valuation in
each year; and said trustees shall certify
the same to the county auditor, who shall
place the same on the duplicate, and the
same shall be collected in the December
installment of each year; all road taxes so
levied by said trustees and collected by
the county treasurer, shall be paid over to
the treasurer of the township from which
they were collected; the money arising
from such road tax shall be paid out by
the township treasurer only upon the order
OF the trustees OF said township.
SEC. 8. The qualified electors OF each
township OF said county, shall, on the
first Monday OF April, in the year 1882,
and annuity thereafer,e elect two road sup
ervisors, and only two, in accordance with
law; and each supervisor so elected in said
county shall give bond in the sum of one
thousand dollars. payable 10 SAID trustees;
to be approved by them and conditioned
according to law, which bond shall be de.
posted with the township clerk; said sup
ervisors shall receive, MS compensation for
their service, the sum of two dollars per
day for the time actually emp'oyed IN
supervising and working the roads in their
respective districts, which shall be paid
by the trustees, from time to time, as said
trustees shall direct; said supervisors shall
be subject to the same penalties for the
non-p rformance of their duties as are al.
| ready prescrib, d by law, and they shall be
governed by the same provisions of law as
heretofore and are now in force in
the State Of Ohio, except Ms hereinafter
provided.
Sec. A. The commissioners of said
county, ut their March session in the
year 1882, and annually thereafter, shall
levy on the taxable property OF said
county for the purposes of this act, moi
less than one-half mill and not to exceed
one and one half mills on the dollar val
uation in any one year. and said levy slal
| he in lieu of all 9th taxes autho rizet
by law to be levied bv the county com
| missioners Tor the purposes of improv
ing, grading, draining, repairing nnt
keeping in repair the roads of said coun
ty; the funds arising from such levie
shall be expended in improving, grad
ing draining, repairing nn'l keeping in re
pair the public highways OF the county il
such manner and under such restrictions a
the said commissioners shall provide, and
such funds shall be paid ont on the orde
OF said county commissioners after the,
shall be satisfied that the improvement
made. or repairs effected were done in ,
good and efficient manner.
SEC. 5. Township trustees may antici
pate the tax levied for the current year
but not to exceed the amonnt thereof, b,
issuing their orders ON the township
reasury against said fund in advance o
the time said fund can be drawn from
the treasury for the purposes of this act
tnd said township trustees shall hav,
aower and control over said supervisor
as 10 the time and manner of doing sale
work, and the kind OF work to be done n
specified in section OF this act; provided
that the supervisors shall, when so direct
ed by the said trustees, furnish the sale
trustees an itemized account of all none,
and labor expended and applied under th'
provisions OF this act.
SEC. 6. That the provisions OF this &C
shsll be in lieu of sections 4737, 473s
4739 and 1880, US amended April II, 1880
(ohio Laws, Vol. n, page 1S4) and sec
tions 400, 4757 of the revised statutes o
Ohio, and the same are hereby declare,
imperative in said county; and all acts o
parts OF acts which are inconsistent will
or in conflict with this act are hereb
Superseded in said county,and all acts, law
or statutes or parts thereof not excepte'
herein, are in full force in said county a
though this act had not been pa ssed.
SEC. Z. This act shall take effect an
be in force on and after its passage.