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SEC. 4747. [Roads on state or township lines.] A supervisor of 

 a road district bordering on the state line between Ohio and adjoining 

 state may, when a public highway has been located upon such state line 

 in accordance with and under the provisions of the laws of the state 

 of Ohio, apply the labor of his district upon said road, in the same man- 

 ner as on roads located within the boundaries of the state ; and in case 

 any public road is or may be established as a part of the line or bound- 

 ary of any township or municipal corporation, the trustees of such ad- 

 joining townships, and council of such corporations, as the case may 

 be, shall meet at some convenient place as soon after the first Monday 

 of March as convenient, and apportion such road between the townships, 

 or township and corporation, as justice and equity may require, and 

 the trustees of the respective townships, and council of the corpora- 

 tion, shall cause the road to be opened and improved accordingly, and 

 shall thereafter cause their respective portions to be worked and kept 

 in proper repair. 



(4747-1) SEC, I. [Highways along state line.] When it may 

 T>e desirable to lay out, construct or improve, by grading, graveling or 

 macadamizing any state or county road on or along the state line, be- 

 tween the state of Ohio and any adjoining state, the boards of county 

 commissioners of the several counties of this state adjoining any other 

 state, are hereby authorized and empowered to join with the boards of 

 county commissioners or other proper authorities of any adjoining coun- 

 ties of other states, in the construction and improvement in the manner 

 aforesaid of such roads above described ; and said boards of county 

 commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into con- 

 tracts jointly, with said boards of county commissioners or other proper, 

 authorities of said adjoining counties in adjoining states, for the con- 

 struction and improvements of said roads, each county to pay such pro- 

 portion of the costs of said improvement as shall be determined and 

 .agreed upon by and between said boards of county commissioners or 

 other proper authorities of such adjoining states, and the board of county 

 commissioners of any such county in this state, the share of no county 

 : in this state to exceed one-half the entire cost of said improvement; but 

 any road so constructed or improved as above described shall be free 

 of all tolls. 



(4747-2) SEC. 2. [By what law county commissioners gov- 

 erned.] In the exercise of the powers enumerated and granted in sec- 

 tion one [(4747 i)] of this act, the board of county commissioners 

 of any county in this state shall be governed by and in accordance with 

 the provisions contained in chapters six, seven and eight, division two, 

 title seven, part two of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, and in all acts 

 amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, so far as the same shall 

 be applicable. 



SEC. 4748. [Obstruction of road by railroad agents.] If any 

 -person or corporation, or a conductor of any train of railroad cars, or 

 any other agent or servant of a railroad company, obstruct, unnecessarily, 

 any public road or highway authorized by any law of this state, by 

 permitting any railroad car or locomotive to remain upon or across 

 the same for a longer period than five minutes, or permit any timber, 

 lumber wood, or other obstructions to remain upon or across the same 

 to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers, or any person passing 

 alone- or upon such road or highway, every person or corporation so 

 .offending shall forfeit and pay, for every such offense, any sum not 



