The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-02-06

Of the residence IN such
road district to perform such labor
has been repealed. The power Of
the township trustees to levy tax
es for road purposes has not been
changed or affected In any way,
and the duties Of such officers and
the supervisors are practically the
same as heretofore.
at would seem by the provisions
of Sec. 473s, which is still In force,
that when the trustees at their an.
nual session have determined the
amount to be assessed for road pur-
poses in their respective townships
that the County Auditor must give
notice In some newspaper Of gcner-
al circulation in the county Of the
per centum on each 300 Of valua.
tion so determined to be assessed In
each township, and the tux may be
discharged by labor on the road
under the direction Of the super
visOrs Of the several districts, and
the Auditor of the county is re-
quired to make u list of tax payers
and the amount of the road tax
with which each citizen is charged
and transmit the same to the clerk
Of the proper township, who shalt
Immediately after the receipt Of
such list make out and deliver to
each supervisor an abstract of the
road tax each person in his district
is charged with.
"I presume If any other work Is
done in the way of improving the
township roads by persons other
than tax payers for the purpose Of
working out their tax that such
work should be let by contract by
the trustees, and 1t should be per-
formed under the direction of the
super eTNiSoTS.
"Under the law c.eating town
ships in certain counties single
road districts, the persons having
the supervision Of such roads, are
designated as pike superintendent
and, unless a superintendent has
heretofore been elected, the County
Auditor is required to notify the
township clerks that the election
of II township pike superintendent
is necessary; the clerk upon re-
ceipt of such notice must immed-
lately notify the trustees, who must
at the first annual meeting In March
next, order the election of one pike
superintendent at the annual spring
election to serve for one year.
"Ii the trustees OF the township,
however, fail to give notice of the
election of IL superintendent as
above provided, then the Auditor
must Immediately give notice to
the clerk of each township in which
any such improved road is located
that the the trustees are required
to take charge and control of the
same; the clerk upon the receipt of
the notice from the Auditor, should
notify the trustees of s1cli fact {;
the trustees must then divide the
roads into sections of not less than
one half mile each, and keep them
in good condition and repair under
the direction of the road supervis-
Ors or such other persons MS the
trustees may appoint.
"The trustees are required to pro.
vide means by setting aside so
much from the common road fund
as may be necessary for the pur.
pose; if the tax levied by the town
ship and the road labor where ap-
piled are insufficient, the county
commissioner may levy mn addi-
tiOnal tax upon all taxable proper.
ty of the county, or township alone.
Persons charged with road taxes,
under the law relating to town
ship roads proper, may discharge
40 much of the same AS is repre-.
sented by the township levy by
labor, for which they are entitled
to a receipt from the supervisor.
"Where the work is performed
under the direction of II pike sup
perinttndent, instead of supervis.
Ors uutler the direction Of the trus-
tees the duties Of the superinten.
dent are practically the same as
that of the supervisors, except that
he makes report and accounts tn
the county commissioners instead
Of the trustees"
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