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county treasurer shall have the same power and authority now allowed 

 by law for the collection of state and county taxes. 



(4686-29) SEC. 4. [Bonds.] For the purpose of raising money 

 necessary to meet the expense of the improvement the trustees of a 

 township wherein such street, alley or avenue is situated, are hereby 

 authorized and directed to issue the bonds of the township, not exceed- 

 ing $5,000 in amount, payable in installments, or at intervals not ex- 

 ceeding in all the period of six (6) years, bearing interest at the rate 

 of six (6) per cent, per annum, which bonds shall not be sold formless 

 than their par value. 



(4686-30) SEC. i. [Levy for improvement of highways by 

 township trustees.] The trustees of any township in the state of 

 Ohio, wherein no other system of road improvement by macadamizing or 

 graveling has heretofore been adopted and in use, be, and are hereby 

 authorized to levy and assess upon the taxable property of their respec- 

 tive townships, a tax not exceeding four mills in any one year upon the 

 dollar valuation of the taxable property of such township in addition to 

 other taxes authorized by law, for the purpose of improving by macadam- 

 izing and graveling the public highways in such township, as may be 

 deemed expedient or necessary by the board of trustees of such township, 

 and for no other purpose. 



(4686-31) SEC. 2. [Collection of tax.] That the taxes author- 

 ized to be levied shall be placed by the county auditor upon the taxable 

 property of the township, and collected by the county treasurer as other 

 taxes, and when collected shall be paid to the township treasurer of the 

 township from which the same was collected, and be under the control 

 of the township trustees thereof, for the purpose of improving by macad- 

 amizing and graveling the public highways of such township. 



(4686-32) SEC. 3. [Trustees to determine roads for improve- 

 ment; powers of trustees.] The board of trustees shall designate the 

 road or roads to be improved, which shall be, first the main and leading 

 road or roads of the township, and upon which the material can be most 

 easily procured. The board of trustees after having determined which 

 road or roads are to be improved, shall examine such road or roads and 

 ascertain if the proposed road or roads are sufficiently graded and 

 drained, and if such be not the case, they may take to their assistance a 

 competent surveyor or engineer, whose duty it shall be to make, under 

 the direction of the board of trustees, a survey and level of the road or 

 road as selected, fix the grade of the road or roads, and the grade and 

 capacity of the drains on the sides thereof. The trustees shall cause 

 to be constructed all necessary culverts on such road or roads, fix the 

 width of the graveled, paved or macadamized track not less than nine 

 feet nor more than sixteen feet, and the depth thereof not less than 

 eight inches nor more than twelve inches in the center, and the slope 

 from the center to the sides. 



[Consolidation of districts.] The trustees may consolidate the 

 road districts, through which any such proposed road improvement passes, 

 and direct the supervisors of such road districts to work the two days' 

 labor in such district in hauling the material, such as crushed stone or 

 gravel upon such road. The work of hauling the material upon the 

 road in such road district shall be under the supervision of the super- 

 visor of such district, but be performed in such manner as shall be 

 prescribed by the trustees. 



12 F. H. B. 



