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SEC. 4901. [General levy for repairs.] Upon the issue of such 

 certificate to the county auditor he shall levy upon all the taxable 

 property of the county such sum, not to exceed three-twentieths of one 

 mill for every ten miles of turnpike completed in the county, the receipts 

 thereof to constitute a turnpike fund in the county treasury, to be paid 

 out only upon the order of the county auditor, issued upon the certificate 

 of the board of turnpike directors, properly attested by the clerk of the 

 board ; but in all counties wherein a levy is made for turnpike repair 

 purposes, as provided in this section, the county commissioners shall 

 make no further levy for general road purposes, and in such case the 

 township trustees in such counties may make such levy for common road 

 purposes in their several townships as they may deem proper, not to 

 exceed in amount the combined levy that would have been authorized by 

 county commissioners and township trustees in case no levy had been 

 made under the provisions of this section. 



SEC. 4902. [Township trustees to apportion road labor.] In 



townships wherein such roads are located, and placed under the control 

 of turnpike directors under the provisions of this chapter, the township 

 .trustees shall, at their annual meeting in March, designate and set off 

 such portion of the two days' labor as they may deem just and equitable, 

 to be performed under the control of the board of directors or their 

 superintendents, subject to all the rules and regulations of law for its 

 performance under the direction of road supervisors. 



SEC. 4903. [Compensation of directors and others*] The com- 

 pensation for services as such director shall be the same in all respects 

 as county commissioners, and the services of superintendents and clerk 

 of the board shall be subject to the agreement of the board, but not to 

 exceed two dollars and fifty cents per day for time actually employed, 

 and to be paid out of the turnpike fund. 



SEC. 4904. [Regulation of burdens on improved roads.] It shall 

 be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, in any county 

 having free or toll macadamized, graveled or stone roads, to transport 

 over such roads, in any vehicle having a tire of less than three inches in 

 width, a burden of more than two thousand pounds. The county com- 

 missioners of every county shall constitute a board of directors for their 

 respective counties, with power to prescribe the increased weight in quan- 

 tity greater than two thousand pounds that may be carried in vehicles 

 having a width of tire three inches or upwards and cause such regulations 

 to be recorded in their journal. All persons violating this act or any 

 regulations duly prescribed by the aforesaid board of county commis- 

 sioners made in pursuance hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 on conviction shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty 

 dollars, and shall be imprisoned until the fine and costs of prosecution 

 are paid, or said person so convicted duly discharged according to law. 

 The board of trustees or any one of them, or any pike superintendent 

 or commissioner within their respective jurisdiction, or any owner or 

 president of any turnpike company owning or operating a turnpike road 

 within any county, and the county commissioners within their respective 

 counties, shall cause to be prosecuted all persons violating this act or 

 violating any regulations prescribed by the board of county commis- 

 sioners, made in pursuance of the authority herein conferred, 

 county commissioners within their respective counties are hereby empow- 

 ered to appoint some suitable person or persons to enforce the require- 



