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LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, 



SEC. 4897. [Board of turnpike directors.] 1 he directors, at their 

 first meeting, shall divide the county into three districts, as nearly equal 

 in number of miles of turnpike, and conveniently located, as may be 

 practicable, and each director shall have the personal supervision of 

 one of such districts, subject to all rules and regulations that may from 

 time to time be agreed upon by the board ; and the directors shall hold 

 a meeting as such board at least once in three months, at their office at 

 the county seat, and shall be governed in all transactions by the rules 

 governing county commissioners. 



SEC. 4898. [Duties of directors of improved roads.] They may 

 appoint suitable persons to superintend the work of repairs on the several 

 roads, who shall be required to give bond and security to the satisfac- 

 tion of the commissioners for the faithful performance of their duties, 

 and take and subscribe an oath also, which shall be endorsed on the back 

 of the bond, and the same shall be filed in the auditor's office of the 

 county. The auditor of the county shall serve as clerk of the board, and 

 shall record the proceedings of the board in a book to be provided for 

 such purpose by the county commissioners, which shall be open for 

 examination to all persons interested, and they shall cause notice to be 

 published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county, 

 of such rules as may be adopted for the regulations of labor and travel 

 on such roads, notice of the regular meetings of the board, and on or 

 before the third Monday in the month of September in each year shall 

 make a detailed statement of receipts and expenses to the court of com- 

 mon pleas, and the same shall be examined and published as provided in 

 section nine hundred and seventeen of the revised statutes of Ohio. 



SEC. 4899. [May contract for labor and material.] They may 

 contract for labor and material, either at public sale or private contract, 

 as will best subserve the interests of the different roads, and shall certify 

 to the county auditor, on or before the first Monday in June each year, 

 the amount of money necessary for the purpose of keeping such roads, 

 including the bridges and culverts thereon, in good repair; and they 

 may, where hills have not been brought to the grade, as defined in 

 section fottr thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine Revised Statutes, 

 when the road was originally constructed, and where public safety and 

 convenience demands it, cut down the same, regrade and regravel, as 

 may be found necessary, the cost of same to be paid for in [the] same 

 manner as general repairs ; and when in the opinion of the board the 

 interests of any of the roads require it, they may enter upon any lands 

 in the county, and take the gravel or other material necessary for the 

 repair of the roads, and shall give a certificate to the owner of such 

 material so taken, which shall state the value thereof, together w T ith the 

 amount of damage to the lands by reason of the removal of such material ; 

 and the county auditor, upon the presentation of such certificate, shall 

 issue an order on the county treasurer for the amount so certified, who 

 shall pay the same out of the turnpike fund. 



SEC. 4900. [Appeal from assessment of damages.] If an owner 

 be dissatisfied with the value so certified by the board, he may appeal to 

 the probate court of the county, subject to all the provisions of the statutes 

 relating to the appropriation of material for road purposes, but notice 

 of such appeal shall be filed with the probate judge of the county within 

 ten davs after the delivery of the certificate, 



