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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 8', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8']

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254 LAWS OF
of way, asses? the damages which they may think the road will be to the owner
or owners of said land, taking into consideration the advantages as well as disadvantages of said road to the owner or owners of said land; and said commissioners shall make a report, to the next term of the county court, of the route for
said road, the quantity of land taken for the public use, and amount of damages
assessed for the benefit of those who refuse to give the right of way and any person or persons owning said land through which siad road may pass, and who may
and the quantum of damages assessed therefor, may, at tho next term of the
court after said report shall be filed, or at the s-ime term at which the same is
filed, file their objections to said report, and the county court shall order the
sheriff to summon a jury of six disinterested men of the county to re-examine
the ground, and assess the damages the road will be to the person or persons
thus objecting to the report of said comissioners; the jury shall, after being duly
sworn by the sheriff who is hereby authorized for that purpose, to discharge their
damages of those claiming to be aggrieved thereby, and make a report of then-
by said commissiocrs, the person or persons objecting to said report as aforesaid,
the county treasurer for the amount of damages and costs, as the case may be
^judged against the county.
§ 4. The county court shall have power to lay off the county into convenient
road districts, and to alter and change the same as often as the public convenience may require, and to appoint one overseer for each district, and prescribe
the manner and amount of pay thereof. A copy of the road district shall be furnished the county assessor before making the assessment.
§ 5. The county assessor shall make out his list of assessment, in such manner
as will show, separately, the whole amount of taxable property in each road district, and the names and number of persons in each district subject to pay road
according to a tariff ot prices to k^e annually established by the court; in addition
each road district, subject to taxation, as may, in additon to the aforesaid poll
tax be necessary to keep the roads in repair, not to exceed one hundred per cent,
the names of the persons subject to pay road tax, and the amount thereof, including the poll and property tax; and the persons subject to pay such taxes may
§ 8. The overseers shall collect the taxes of their respective districts, having
first given to each person bound to pay a sufficient opportunity to pay the
same in labor on the roads; and, whenever any person shall have failed or neglected to pay the tax in labor, the overseer shall have bower to'collect the tax,
and, for that purpose, shall be under the same restrictions, and have same
powers, that tire collector of the State and county revenues, by law, has. Whenever any tax upon non-resident's lands shall not be paid during the year, a list
thereof shall be placed in the hands of the county collector, and the same shall
ie collected as other State and county revenue is collected.
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0589.tif
Transcript 254 LAWS OF of way, asses? the damages which they may think the road will be to the owner or owners of said land, taking into consideration the advantages as well as disadvantages of said road to the owner or owners of said land; and said commissioners shall make a report, to the next term of the county court, of the route for said road, the quantity of land taken for the public use, and amount of damages assessed for the benefit of those who refuse to give the right of way and any person or persons owning said land through which siad road may pass, and who may consider themselves aggrieved by the road running through his or their lands, and the quantum of damages assessed therefor, may, at tho next term of the court after said report shall be filed, or at the s-ime term at which the same is filed, file their objections to said report, and the county court shall order the sheriff to summon a jury of six disinterested men of the county to re-examine the ground, and assess the damages the road will be to the person or persons thus objecting to the report of said comissioners; the jury shall, after being duly sworn by the sheriff who is hereby authorized for that purpose, to discharge their duty as jurors under this act, and proceed to examine the ground, and assess the damages of those claiming to be aggrieved thereby, and make a report of then- proceedings to the next term of the county court to be held thereafter; and if the damages assessed by the jury shall be the same, or less than the amount assessed by said commissiocrs, the person or persons objecting to said report as aforesaid, shall be adjudged to pay the cost; but if the amount of damages assessed by the jury shall be greater than the amount made in the report of said commissioners, the county shall pay all cost, and the county court shall issue their warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount of damages and costs, as the case may be ^judged against the county. § 4. The county court shall have power to lay off the county into convenient road districts, and to alter and change the same as often as the public convenience may require, and to appoint one overseer for each district, and prescribe the manner and amount of pay thereof. A copy of the road district shall be furnished the county assessor before making the assessment. § 5. The county assessor shall make out his list of assessment, in such manner as will show, separately, the whole amount of taxable property in each road district, and the names and number of persons in each district subject to pay road tax. § 6. Every able bodied male person over the age of eighteen, and under the age of forty-five years, shall pay a poll tax equal to two days work in the year, according to a tariff ot prices to k^e annually established by the court; in addition to the above poll tax, the county court may impose a tax on all property, in each road district, subject to taxation, as may, in additon to the aforesaid poll tax be necessary to keep the roads in repair, not to exceed one hundred per cent, on the amount of the State tax. § 7. The clerk of the county court shall furnish each overseer with a list of the names of the persons subject to pay road tax, and the amount thereof, including the poll and property tax; and the persons subject to pay such taxes may pay the same in needful labor on the roads at such price per day as may be established by a tariff of prices to be fixed by the county court. § 8. The overseers shall collect the taxes of their respective districts, having first given to each person bound to pay a sufficient opportunity to pay the same in labor on the roads; and, whenever any person shall have failed or neglected to pay the tax in labor, the overseer shall have bower to'collect the tax, and, for that purpose, shall be under the same restrictions, and have same powers, that tire collector of the State and county revenues, by law, has. Whenever any tax upon non-resident's lands shall not be paid during the year, a list thereof shall be placed in the hands of the county collector, and the same shall ie collected as other State and county revenue is collected.