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exceeding twenty nor less than two dollars, and shall be liable for all! 

 damages arising to any person from such obstruction, or injury to such 

 road or highway, to be recovered by an action at the suit of the trustees 

 of the township in which the offense is committed, or of any person 

 suing for the same before a justice of the peace within the county where 

 the offense is committed, or by indictment in the court of common pleas 

 in the proper county; every twenty-four hours such person or corpora- 

 tion, after being notified, suffers such obstruction to remain, shall be 

 deemed an additional offense against the provisions of this section ; and 

 all fines accruing under this section, when collected, shall be paid to 

 the treasurer of the township in which the offense was committed, and 

 be applied by the trustees to the improvement of roads and highways-, 

 therein. 



SEC. 4749. [Company liable for fines against employes.] Every- 

 railroad company or other corporation, the servant, agent, or employe 

 of which in any manner, obstructs any public road or highway, shall be 

 liable to pay all fines which may be assessed against such servant, 

 agent, or employe for so obstructing the same, and such liability may be 

 enforced by execution issued against such corporation on the judgment 

 rendered against such servant, agent, or employe. 



SEC. 4750. [How fires in woods or prairies extinguished. 1 

 Whenever the woods or prairies in any township are on fire so as seriously 

 to endanger property, the trustees of such township may order as many 

 of the inhabitants of the township, liable to work on the highways, and 

 residents in the vicinity of the place where such fire is as they deem 

 necessary, to repair to the place where such fire is, and there to assist in 

 extinguishing the same, or stopping its progress ; and every person called 

 out under the provision of this section shall be allowed, by the supervisor 

 of his road district, to be applied on his poll or road tax, the same 

 amount per day that he is now allowed for work on public highways. 



SEC. 4751. [Penalties for refusal to assist.] If a person refuse 

 or willfully neglect to comply with such order, he shall forfeit a sum not 

 less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to be collected before any 

 justice of the peace of the township. 



SEC. 4752. [Bridges over mill-races.] No person possessed of 

 the right to any water privilege shall be required to erect a bridge over 

 any mill-race or water-course, excavated or constructed by such person 

 across any public road or highway for hydraulic purposes ; nor shall any 

 person be required to keep in repair any bridge that has been or may 

 hereafter be erected over any mill-race or water-course so excavated or 

 constructed. 



SEC. 4753. [Mill-races across roads.] When any public high- 

 way is hereafter laid out and established the person possessed of any 

 such right, shall within one year thereafter, file in the office of the auditor 

 of the county, a declaration of such right, in writing, describing the 

 same, and setting forth therein the place at which as near as practicable, 

 he intends at some future day to excavate and construct a mill-race 

 or water-course across such highway ; which declaration shall be recorded 

 by the auditor and thereafter such right shall be considered valid in law 

 for the benefit of such person, his heirs, or assigns ; but nothing in this 

 section shall be so construed as to prevent any person possessed of such 

 right from excavating and constructing a mill-race or water-course 

 across any public highway that has heretofore been laid out and estab- 

 lished on giving the notice required by the next section. 



