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by one person shall exceed the sum
of $4,000 he shall have the option
of paving the same in installments
of $1,000 per wear, with interest at
six per cent per annum until paid.
All benefits assessed under this act
shall be a lien upon the land bene-
fitted unit. paid.
Section 20. The board of super
visors or county commissioners
may lease to the contractor any
scraper, grader or any other road
>tOols belonging to the township or
county.
Section 81. The county commits
Sioners in counties or parts thereof
not organized into townships may
employ men and teams to drag and
roll the public highways at such
times as they NAV deem eXpedient.
Section %. Whenever a petition
signed by two thirds of persons
resident IN the county owning two
thirds of the acl es Of land abutting
on any earth road shall be first filed
in the Office of the county auditor,
setting forth the necessity for the
same, the starting point, route and
terminus, and the lands to be in
Guided within said route, or the
purpose of matchmaking or oil
roofing, gravelling or balIasting
same, the auditor shall thereupon
place a copy of the petition in the
hands of the county surveyor or a
competent engineer, as selected by
the board, who shall make a survey
of the proposed Improvement and
return Il plat and profile thereof to
the auditor, which return shall set
forth a full and detailed description
thereof. its availability necessity
and probable cost, with description
of each trait OF land owed by differ
Snt persons within said proposed
Improvement district and other
lands as in his opinion should be in
Guided, with such other facts as ne
may deem material which shall be
submitted to the board of commiS-
Sloners for its approval. II said re
port is approved the boord shall
direct the auditor Immediately
thereafter to cause notice in writing
to be served on tie owner of each
tract IF land within said improve
ment district who is a lie Ident of
the county of the tendency and
PRAYER of said petition and Of the
recommendations of the engineer
and the session Of the board of
county commissions at which same
will be heard which notice shall be
served tea GAYS prior to said SEES
session, IN the same manner as a
summons is required to be served.
In case any such owner is a non
resident of the County such notice
as TO hlm shall be published once
each week for two consecutive weeks
in some news published IN the coun-
ty, proof thereof being made by
affidavit as in the case Of legal
notices published in the newspapers,
and like notice shall be served on
Nose in possession of SAID land
and mortgages of record, which
proof shall be filed with the board
and the expense of said service shall
be paid out of the money collected
by the tax herein provided.
Section %. The board at the SEES
sion set for the hearing of said peti,
ton shall thereupon proceed to es-
tablish and determine the petition
and if they shall find that said pro,
posed Improvement is a necessary
Improvement they shall locate and
establish the same on the route
specified IN the plat returned by the
county surveyor or engineer.
Section "a. Then the board shall
have established said Improvements
it shall divide the same into suitable
sections and prescribe the time with.
in Ahich work upon section shall be
begun and completed.
Section 25. Tue auditor shall
cause notice to be given of time and
place of letting contracts and the
time fixed for its CON %'letion, by q
\ publication once each week for twe
consecutive weeks in some news
paper printed in the county, anO