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in all respects by the laws regulating general elections, and shall receive 

 the same compensation as judges and clerks of other elections, which 

 shall be paid out of the township funds, under the order of th^ town 

 ship clerk. The poll-book and abstract so returned to the township 

 clerk, shall within five days thereafter, be opened by the township trus- 

 tees and clerk and a correct statement of the result shall be entered upon 

 the records of the township by the clerk for public inspection. 



(4686-4) SEC. 4. [Result of negative vote; resubmission.] If 

 at such election a majority of the votes cast are against the policy of 

 improving the roads by general taxation, the township trustees shall 

 not assess any taxes for that purpose ; but they shall, when a like peti- 

 tion is thereafter presented to them, again submit the same question at 

 the next annual election, either spring or fall, to the qualified voters- 

 of such township, notice of which shall be given and the election con- 

 ducted, in all respects, in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. 



(4686-5) SEC. 5. [Appointment, etc., of commissioners; va- 

 cancy; designation of improvements; engineer's selection and duties.] 

 If, at such election a majority be found in favor of the policy of the im- 

 provement of the public roads of such township by general taxation, the 

 trustees of such township shall appoint three freeholders, as com- 

 missioners, who shall serve three years from and after the date of their 

 appointment, and in the event of a vacancy occurring upon such board, 

 from any cause whatsoever, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment 

 for the unexpired term by the trustees. Such- commissioners shall desig- 

 nate and determine the established roads of such township, which shall, 

 in their opinion, be improved. The commissioners shall call to their 

 assistance a competent engineer, who shall make a correct map of such 

 township, plainly showing the established roads of such township which 

 have been by such commissioners designated for such improvement : 

 also, profiles of such roads, showing the grade thereof, as they then exist,, 

 or have been established, which he shall turn over to the custody of the 

 township clerk. 



(4686-6) SEC. 6. [Oath and non-compensation of commission- 

 ers; compensation of engineer.] The commissioners so appointed 

 shall before entering upon the discharge of their duties take an oath 

 or affirmation, to honestly and impartially discharge their duties with 

 a view to the public welfare, and shall serve without compensation. The 

 engineer shall receive such sum, not to exceed four dollars per day, as 

 he may with the commissioners agree upon. The compensation of the 

 engineer shall be paid out of the township funds, upon the order of 

 the township clerk, after allowance by the township trustees. 



(4686-7) SEC. 7. [Order of improvement.] After the report 

 of the commissioners, and the map and profiles have been filed with the 

 township clerk, the township trustees shall, in determining which roads 

 and treets shall be first improved, of those designated by the commis- 

 sioners, select those nearest the center line of such township, north and 

 south, and if, in their opinion, it is not expedient to improve all roads 

 in all directions at one time, they shall proceed to improve the roads 

 which in their opinion are the most traveled and used within such town- 

 ship. 



(4686-8) SEC. 8. [Record; account of receipts and expendit- 

 ures.] The trustees shall cause to be kept by the township clerk in 

 a book, to be provided by them for that purpose, a full and correct; 



