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be by him applied to the payment of outstanding bonds issued for said 

 improvement. 



(4686-25) SEC. 25. [Restrictions.] That not to exceed five 

 miles of roads shall be improved in any one year, and that in no event 

 shall the bonds herein authorized be issued for a sum greater than is 

 required to pay the cost of the improvement of roads for the current year. 



(4686-26) SEC. i. [Improvement of dedicated street, etc., by 

 township trustees; appropriation of real estate therefor.] Upon the 

 presentation of a petition therefor, signed by the owners of a majority of 

 the feet front abutting on any dedicated street, alley, or avenue, as set 

 forth in any plat or map of record in the recorder's office of any county, 

 and when said dedicated street, alley or avenue is not within the limits, 

 or subject to the control of any municipal corporation, the trustees of 

 the township wherein said street, alley or avenue is situated, are hereby 

 authorized and required to open, extend, widen and straighten said 

 street, alley or avenue, in such manner as may be indicated on the re- 

 corded plat or map which dedicates said street, alley or avenue, and shall 

 appropriate, enter upon and hold any real estate within the township 

 necessary for such purpose, regardless of any other public use of said 

 real estate. 



(4686-27) SEC. 2. [Proceedings for appropriation.] The trus- 

 tees of any township upon receiving the petition, as provided in section 

 one (i) [(4686-26)] hereof, shall immediately make application to 

 the probate court of the county, as provided in section 2236 of the Re- 

 vised Statutes of Ohio, and thereafter, as far as practicable, the pro- 

 ceedings shall conform to, and be had under the provisions of sections 

 2236 to 2261, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. 



(4686-28) SEC. 3. [Compensation of trustees; assessments 

 upon abutters; payment of assessments; collection of unpaid assess- 

 ments; application of moneys; power of county treasurer.] The trus- 

 tees shall receive reasonable compensation for their services, which shall 

 not' exceed in any case the sum of twenty-five dollars each, which, with 

 all costs and expense of constructing said improvement, together with 

 the interest on any bonds issued by the trustees for the same, shall be 

 levied and assessed upon each front foot of the lots and lands abutting on 

 each side of the street, alley or avenue to be improved, and shall be a 

 lien from the date of the assessment upon the respective lots or parcels 

 of lands assessed ; said assessment shall be payable in five ( 5 ) annual 

 payments, and shall be paid to the township treasurer; and the option 

 of paying his portion of such assessment in full within a period of 

 twenty (20) days from the date of the levy thereof, shall be given to 

 each of the property owners, but no notice to the property owners of 

 such option shall be necessary. The township treasurer shall, on or be- 

 fore the second Monday of September annually, certify all unpaid assess- 

 ments to the county auditor, and the same shall be placed on the tax 

 list, and shall be, with ten (10) per cent, penalty to cover interest and 

 cost of collection, collected by the county treasurer in the same manner 

 as other taxes are collected, and when collected he shall pay the same to 

 the township treasurer; and all moneys received by the township treas- 

 urer on such assessments shall be applied to the payment of the bonds 

 issued under this act, and for no other purpose: and for the purpose 

 of enforcing the collection of the assessments so certified to him. the 



