LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



supervisor of the proper district, to construct a passway either over or 

 under such road, so as to permit stock to pass and repass ; but the pass- 

 way shall not be constructed over or under any road within the limits 

 of the outlets of a city, town, or village, and shall not hinder or obstruct 

 the travel on such roads, and shall be kept in good repair at the expense 

 of the landholder. 



SEC. 4741. [Vacancies in office of supervisor; how filled.] When 

 a vacancy occurs in the office of supervisor, by death, resignation, or other- 

 wise, the trustees of the township shall appoint some suitable person 

 to fill the vacancy, who shall, before entering upon the duties of his 

 office, take an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties 

 of his office, and shall be under the same restrictions and penalties as 

 though he had been duly elected and qualified. 



SEC. 4742. [Penalties against supervisors.] A supervisor who 

 neglects or refuses to perform the several duties enjoined on him by 

 this chapter, or who, under any pretence whatever, gives or signs any 

 receipt or certificate, purporting to be a receipt or certificate for labor 

 or work performed, or money paid, unless the labor shall have been per- 

 formed or money paid prior to the giving or signing of such receipt or 

 certificate, shall forfeit for every such offense, not less than five dollars 

 nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered in an action before a justice 

 of the peace within the township where he resides ; and the trustees 

 of the township shall prosecute all offenses against the provisions of 

 this section; but if a supervisor conceives himself aggrieved by the 

 judgment of such justice, he may on giving sufficient security for the pay- 

 ment of costs, appeal to the court of common pleas, which shall make 

 such order therein as to it may appear just and reasonable. 



(4742-1) [Supervisors not to work out road tax other than their 

 own.] No supervisor shall directly or indirectly be concerned in any 

 contract for working out the road tax, other than his own, provided for 

 in section (4738) four thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight, under 

 the penalty provided for in section (4742) four thousand seven hundred 

 and forty-tzvo. 



SEC. 4743. [Only public roads to be worked.] A supervisor 

 shall not perform nor cause to be performed labor on any road not 

 regularly laid out and established by law. 



SEC. 4744. [Certificates for timber, etc., taken for road.] A su- 

 pervisor of roads, or a superintendent of a free turnpike, improved, or 

 other macadamized road having no gate thereon, who takes any timber, 

 stone, or gravel, for the purpose of making, improving, or repairing any 

 road or structure, or repairing any bridge or crossway within- his dis- 

 trict, shall, on demand of the owner of the land, or his agent, or the 

 guardian of any ward, or the executor of any will, having the lands in 

 charge from which the same were taken, give a certificate showing the 

 quantity of such timber, stone, or gravel, with the value thereof re- 

 spectively, and the time, and purpose for which, the same was taken. 



SEC. 4745- [How paid.] A person who receives such Certificate 

 shall present the same to the township trustees of the proper~township, 

 at any regular or called session, within twelve months after the taking 

 of such timber, stone, or gravel, and the trustees, if satisfied that the 

 amount is just and equitable, shall cause the same to be paid out of the 

 fund hereinafter provided for; but a certificate so allowed and paid by 



