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years from the time it becomes a law, and said city shall again become 

 a part of the county for bridge purposes under the general law ; 



[Holmes county.] Provided further, that the commissioners of 

 Holmes county at their March or June sessions shall levy on all the 

 taxable property of said count}-, the amount now authorized by law for 

 road and bridg'e purposes to be used on roads and bridges, and the 

 commissioners of Holmes county may turn over such portion of the 

 taxes so raised for roads and bridges on the taxable property in said 

 incorporated village of Millersburg, said county, to the council of said 

 incorporated village for road and bridge purposes as they may deem 

 proper, and the commissioners of said county on the demand of said 

 council of the incorporated village of Millersburg shall turn over to the 

 treasury of said village the pro rata share of the taxes levied in 1899. 



TOWNSHIP TAXES. 



SEC. 2827. [When and how made.] The trustees of each town- 

 ship shall, on or before the fifteenth day of May, annually, determine the 

 amount of taxes necessary for all township purposes, and certify the 

 same to the county auditor ; and there shall be levied annually, by the 

 county auditor, for township purposes, including the relief of the poor, 

 but not including the support of common schools, or the payment of 

 the interest and principal of the debts of the township, such rates of 

 taxes as the trustees of the respective townships may certify to the 

 county auditors to be necessary, not exceeding one mill on each dollar 

 of the taxable valuation of the property of the township, which does not 

 exceed two hundred thousand dollars, and eight-tenths of one mill on 

 each dollar of such taxable valuation exceeding two hundred thousand 

 dollars, and not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars ; and one- 

 half of one mill on each dollar of such taxable valuation exceeding three 

 hundred thousand dollars, and not exceeding five hundred thousand 

 dollars ; and four-tenths of a mill on each dollar of such taxable valua- 

 tion exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, and not exceeding eight 

 hundred thousand dollars; and one-fourth of ore mill on each dollar 

 of such taxable valuation exceeding eight hundred thousand dollars ; 

 and for the payment of the interest and principal of the debts of the 

 township, such sum as the trustees may determine is necessary for that 

 purpose ; provided, that in counties where there are no county infirma- 

 ries, a further township tax, not exceeding one mill and five-tenths of 

 a mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the township, may be 

 levied for the relief of the poor, to be applied solely to that purpose. 



(2827-1) [Authorizing trustees of certain townships to levy a 

 road tax. | The trustees of townships having a population, at the last 

 federal census, of not more than 2,116, nor less than 2,112, be and are 

 hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to the two days' labor, to 

 determine a percentum, to be levied for road purposes, upon each dollar 

 of valuation of the taxable property of their respective townships, ex- 

 clusive of any incorporated village, as follows : Tn townships having a 

 valuation of taxable property of one million dollars and over, not ex- 

 r-i'din? two mills on each dollar; in townships having a valuation of 

 les = than one million, and more than five hundred thousand dollars, 

 any rale not exceeding three mills on each dollar; and in townships 

 having less than five hundred thousand dollars valuation, anv rate not 



