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provement by general taxation, the township trustees shall not levy a 

 tax in excess of that which they were authorized to levy before such 

 election was held; 



[Resubmission of question.] But they shall, when a like petition 

 is hereafter presented to them, again submit the same question, at the 

 next general election held after the presentation of such petition, to the 

 qualified voters of such township, including such village, notice of which 

 shall be given and the election conducted, in all respects, in the manner 

 hereinafter prescribed. 



(4686-19) SEC. 19. [Certification and collection of taxe.] Teh 



trustees of any such township shall cause the amount of taxes by 

 them levied each year, under the provisions of section 18 [(4686 18)] 

 of this act, to be certified to the auditor of the county, in which it is 

 located, as other taxes are certified to him, and the same shall be by 

 him placed upon the duplicate of the taxable property of such town- 

 ship, and the same shall be collected by the treasurer of said county as 

 other taxes are collected. 



(4686-20) SEC. 20. [Provisions for repairs.] The trustees of 

 any such township shall provide for the keeping in repair of such im- 

 proved roads and for that purpose the provisions of sections 4891, 

 4892 and 4893, and any amendments thereto of the Revised Statutes are 

 made applicable to such township. 



(4686-21) SEC. 21. [Annual tax for repairs.] To provide a 

 fund for the keeping in repair of such improved roads, the trustees of 

 such township may levy annually an amount not to exceed one-half of 

 one mill upon each dollar of the valuation of all taxable property in 

 such township, in addition to other road taxes by them levied. 



(4686-22) SEC. 22. [Duties and fees of township treasurer.] 

 The treasurer of any such township shall receive and disburse all money 

 arising from the provisions of this act. He shall receive as compensation 

 therefor one-half of one per centum of the first ten thousand dollars, or 

 less, distributed in any one year and one-fourth of one per centum of 

 any amount in excess of ten thousand dollars, to be paid out of the town- 

 ship funds, and he shall receive no other compensation for services ren- 

 dered under this act. 



(4686-23) SEC. 23. [Exemption.] No taxes or assessments 

 shall be levied upon any property in such township, by the county com- 

 missioners of the county in which it is located, under the provisions of 

 chapters 6, 7, 8, title 7, of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, after any public 

 roads thereof have been improved under the provisions of this act. 



(4686-24) SEC. 24. [Application of cost where improvements 

 made on assessment plan.] That in all cases where roads have 

 been heretofore improved or shall be hereafter improved by being 

 graded or macadamized or paved on the assessment plan, and paid for, 

 or in process of being paid for, by abutting property owners, that the 

 entire cost of the improvement herein provided for such width as may 

 be designated by the commissioners, and at such time as such commis- 

 sioners may designate such roads for improvement shall be paid to the 

 treasurer of the township, as the case may be, and the money so paid shall 



