The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
A Bill to Authorize the Commits.
siOners of Ereb2e County TO
Purchase Toll Roads and
to Convert the Same
into Erran BDiI<aS

k1AeO AEASs
The following 6iH has been intro
duced IN the Ohio House 5y Rep
sesentattve Sheppard of Preble
county:
SECTION L. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
OHIO, That the County Commission
ers of Preble county, when in their
opinion the interests of the citizens of
said county require the same to be
done. may, and they are hereby au-
thcrized and empowered, to purchase
any or all the toll roads, or parts of
toll roads, within said county, is here
matter provided.
Sec. 2. So soon as may be after the
passage of this act, the said Commits
sioners shall make an order to that
effect on their journal, and thereupon
they shall appoint three disinterested
persons, residents within said county,
who, after being duly qualified to
faithfully discharge the duties reguir-
ed of them by law, shall. within ten
days after their appointment, proceed
to personally inspect and examine as
to the net profits of each road, and ap-
praise all the toll roads in said coun-
ty, together with the bridges and Gull
verts thereon !; and within thirty days
from the time of their appointments,
said appraiser shall make and return
in writing to said Commissioners the
valuation or present worth of each of
said roads, including the bridges and
culverts thereon, but %deducting there
from the value of any bridge OF
bridges built by said county, or ofany
subscription OF contribution made.by
said county toward the construction
of the same; said report shall separate
ly state the value of each road-bed,
less the right of way ofsaid r~oad-beds,
and the separate value of the bridges
and culverts thereon.
SEC. 3. That upon the filing of said
appraisers, if the appraised value of
said road shall be deemed reasonable,
the Commissioners shall submit to the
owner or owners of said toil-roads a
proposition for the purchase of the
same, at a price not 10 exceed such APP
praisal and if such proposition is ac-
fcepted, the said Commissioners shall
thereupon purchase the same, and
take conveyance thereof from such
o"hSi VI "uN IL, ulOi Sdtit
first appraisement, the County Com
missioners and the owners of said
toll-roads cannot agree upon the price
TO be paid therefor, said Commission
ers may order a second or other APP
praisement in the manner herein pro-
vided and to provide for the pay
ment of said roads, said Commission
ers are hereby authorized to issue The
bonds of the county at their par value,
the payment of the same to be made
in annual installments not to exceed
seven years, and to bear q rate of in
teresr, payable annually, not to exceed
six per cent. ;and thereupon said roads
shall be declared tree roads, to be kept
in repair as hereinafter specified; and
in any and all cases the Commission
ers OF said county may reserve the
right 10 reject appraisement oraward,
should they deem the same excessive,
SEC. 4. Fol the purpose OF paying
the bonds named i'll this act, and in
terest thereon. the County Commits.
%sioners are authorized and empower.
ed to annually levy, upon the grand
duplicate of the county, an amount
which, in their opinion, may be suffi.
cient for the payment of said bonds anC
interest thereon and for the purpose
of keeping said roads in repair, the
County Commissioners are %authoriz'
ed and empowered to annually levy
? upon the grand duplicate Of the coun
ty an amount sufficient to keep sale
road in repair, which fund shall bt
known as a special pike fund, anC
shall be collected as other taxes, anC
! shall be and remain under the con,
troll of County Commissioners and Il
further provide for the keeping in re
pair said roads, there shall be elected
in each of the townships of said coun
| ty, wherein any of said road or part
thereof may be situated, on the frs
Monday of April, 1885, and annual,
thereafter, one or more Special Pix,
l Commissioners as said County Com
m~issioners may direct, whose duty i
. shall be to keep in repair said road
{ or parts of roads in such township
and who shall give bond for the faith
, full discharge of his duties, in the sun
!; of three thousand dollars $4,000
with good and sufficient surety, to bt
=, approved by the County Commission
ers,and who shall also report, semi
annually, on the first Monday o
March. to said County Commissioners
: with accompanying vouchers, n de
tailed statement ofthe receipts and ex
penditures of his office, and he shal
do and perform his labor upon sale
roads under the instruction of TIL,
County Commissioners, and receiv,
; from them, from time to time, sucl