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section ; said bonds to state for what purpose issued, to bear interest at 

 a rate not in excess of five per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, 

 to mature in not more than ten years after their issue, in such amounts 

 and at such times as the commissioners shall determine, but not more 

 than one-fifth of the principal of said bonds shall mature in any one 

 year, and they shall be sold according to law and for not less than par 

 and accrued interest ; the proceeds of such bonds to be applied and used 

 exclusively for the payment of the expenses and cost of construction of 

 such stone or gravel road improvement, and the levy for the payment 

 of the principal and interest of such bonds may be in addition to any 

 levy now authorized by law. 



(4670-20) SEC. 7. [When person signs both petition and re- 

 monstrance; costs.] If it appear that any person who signed the peti- 

 tion asking for such road improvement afterwards signed a remonstrance, 

 so that by counting such person remonstrator instead of petitioner the 

 object and prayer of such petition will be defeated, the person who is 

 both petitioner and remonstrator shall be held liable, and shall pay all 

 costs growing out of the presentation of the petition and the proceed- 

 ings had thereon ; and if the costs are not paid within thirty days after 

 the dismissal of further proceedings in the case, the auditor shall tax 

 the costs against such person, and if there is more than one such person, 

 the auditor shall apportion the costs among such persons in the pro- 

 portion of the appraised value of their several lands for taxation that 

 are within one mile of the route on which the improvement was prayed 

 for, and shall place the same on the grand duplicate for collection, to 

 become due and payable at the next December collection of taxes there- 

 after ; and the same penalties shall attach and the same proceedings shall 

 be had in the collection as in delinquent state and county taxes. 



TOWNSHIP ROADS. 



SEC. 4671. [Width of township roads.] All township roads 

 hereafter laid out and established shall not be less than sixteen nor more 

 than sixty feet wide, and the width shall be determined by the viewers, 

 as hereinafter provided. 



SEC. 4672. [Petition for township road, and notice.] if any per- 

 son, for the convenience of himself and neighbors, wishes to have a town- 

 ship road laid out from the plantation or dwellingrplace of any person, 

 or from any mill or house of public worship, or to any cemetery or 

 burial-ground, or to a public road, or from one public road to intersect 

 another, or from any tract of wild land or timber land, or from any stone 

 quarries, coal mines or mineral lands other than petroleum or natural 

 gas lands to a railroad or railroad station, or from any railroad station, 

 to a township, county, or state road, or saw-mill, he may petition the 

 trustees of the proper township, after giving thirty days' previous notice 

 thereof, by advertisement posted up in three public places within the 

 township, setting forth therein the time when the petition is to be pre- 

 sented, the place of beginning, intermediate points, if any, and the place 

 of termination of the road. 



SEC. 4673. [Petition for township road; bond required.] On 

 such petition being presented to the trustees, a majority of whom shall 

 constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business of which they 



